Chapter 91

In the eighth round of No.20 in the British Championship, Millwall's opponent is Rotherham.

This is a home game.

Compared with the previous few games, this one is much easier.

Rotherham is not a strong team, just the opposite. They are ranked last in the league. It is not a mockery of their ranking, or any carelessness. Even the outside media and opposing fans think that Rotherham It's hard to get points from Neil Field.

This has to do with the situation at Rotherham.

The current Rotherham is very worthy of sympathy. They have encountered the biggest trouble of a professional club-bankruptcy crisis!
Rotherham's financial situation is much worse than that of Millwall.

In October, the media broke the news that the club had a debt of 150 million pounds due, and there was almost no liquidity on the club's accounts.

Millwall still has a few valuable stars, but Rotherham has no stars that can be sold. The media's analysis of the club's finances shows that Rotherham is already in a state of negative equity.

It almost meant bankruptcy.

There are local fan groups raising funds for the club to support it, but that is just a drop in the bucket. Then Rotherham began to default on the salaries of players and employees. It is said that until now, some players have been owed up to three months of salary.

Due to business problems, Rotherham will almost certainly be 'bankrupt', and then be relegated to a lower league in accordance with the regulations. The specific situation needs to be approved and adjudicated, but now the operation of Rotherham has been officially taken over by the government and the bank.

So you can imagine Rotherham's performance.

None of their players have any interest in fighting. From the first minute of the game, they have been delaying the time, which is not a game at all.

Amidst the cheers of the home team fans, Millwall was quite active.

In the 11th minute, Millwall scored the first goal with Kevin Keir's shot.

In the 31st minute, Jody Morris scored a long-range shot from the outside, rewriting the score to 2:0.

In the second half, Rotherham's performance still did not improve, and Millwall continued to attack the opponent's goal. In the 67th minute, Millwall scored another goal. It was still Kevin Keir, and it was still a kick. Volley from inside the box.

After this goal, the game basically lost its suspense.

After Zhang Yang observed for a few minutes, he simply started to make substitutions and adjustments: defensive teenager Tony Clegg, forward teenager Curtis Weston and David Livermore got playing time one after another, and three training substitutes After the player's substitution, Millwall still maintained the field advantage.

In the 82nd minute, full-back Joey Healy volleyed from the outside and sent the ball into the goal, taking advantage of a set-piece cooperation opportunity.

In the end Millwall won 4-0.

The opponent is only Rotherham, which is the last in the league, but a big victory will be exciting. After the game, every player has a smiling face.

After returning to the club, Zhang Yang announced the holiday arrangement: all the players got three days off.

"Hurrah!!"

The players cheered excitedly.

Zhang Yang can understand their feelings. Throughout December until now, the league is too dense, and the combined holidays are only two days.

Everyone is looking forward to the holiday.

Zhang Yang is also looking forward to it. The days since Christmas are too busy. However, as a head coach, he is different from a player. He still has some work to do. In addition, there is one more important thing.

He stopped David Livermore.

"David, remember what I said?" Zhang Yang asked Livermore with a smile.

"what?"

David Livermore is a little confused.

"Yesterday in the office, I asked you, 'What will happen if you become a big star', remember?" Seeing Livermore nodding, Zhang Yang continued, "I'm not lying to you, I think you have great potential, the future It will definitely work."

"Stop comforting me."

Livermore's disappointed reaction, as expected by Zhang Yang, he must regain his fighting spirit, "David, I'm not joking. I think you have great potential. You have not developed much before, just because you went in the wrong direction .”

Livermore's expression was a little puzzled.

"Think about it, in the entire team, who is stronger than you, who is stronger than your body?" Zhang Yang asked.

Livermore said hesitantly, "No."

"Of course not, you are the best physically!"

"But this has nothing to do with football..."

Before Livermore finished speaking, Zhang Yang interrupted, "It doesn't matter! Any successful football player must have a good body, and you are particularly outstanding in this aspect. It's just that you made a mistake before, and you have been exercising your skills , or exercise coordination, I have been doing systematic training, but those trainings are not suitable for you, you should have your own unique training, you should have an ability that can bring out your strengths."

Livermore touched the back of his head, he obviously couldn't understand.

Zhang Yang found that it was useless to talk to this guy. He said directly, "Do you know how David Beckham succeeded? The whole of England should know this story."

"Beckham? He heard he used a car tire as a goal to practice free-kicks."

"Yes, you should do the same. As long as you have the perseverance to do it, you will definitely have excellent long-range shooting ability in the future."

"is it?"

Livermore was a little unsure.

"Of course. Think about it, how strong are you? No one else can compare to you, you just need to shoot the ball on the spot, practice more, it's very simple. When it takes time, perseverance, hard work Training, as long as you work hard and give more than others, you will succeed one day."

"But... can I do it?"

Livermore is still not confident.

Zhang Yang almost gave up, he said impatiently in a commanding tone, "I don't care if you can do it or not! Your three-day vacation is cancelled. From tomorrow onwards, you will come here to train, and you have to shoot [-] shots in a row every day." more than one time!" After finishing speaking, I felt that the tone was a bit bad, and I added, "As long as you can persevere, maybe by this time next year, you will be able to afford to take your sister on vacation everywhere!"

Livermore's eyes lit up immediately, and he nodded firmly, "Okay, boss, I will definitely complete the training task!"

That fighting spirit is amazing.

Zhang Yang felt that he was talking too much nonsense, and talking about money directly was better than anything else. Looking at this guy's energetic appearance, how could he be a little unconfident?
"Shameful sister-in-law!"

After complaining countless times along the way, Zhang Yang walked to the chairman's office. He knocked on the door a few times, and Grigory's voice came from inside, "Please come in!"

Grigory was looking at the computer screen.

Zhang Yang walked over to take a look. It was the match video between Millwall and Rotherham today. Grigory paused the video and explained, "I didn't watch the match, but I know the result, 4-0, Rare victory! I haven't seen it in a long time, the team won the opponent by four goals."

Zhang Yang said with a smile, "Maybe there will be many opportunities in the future."

"I really hope so, I'm looking forward to it." Grigory looked at Zhang Yang, "Zhang, don't mind if I say something from my heart."

Zhang Yang listened.

"At Christmas, I was quite worried. You have no coaching experience. I was worried that something would go wrong with the team, or the results would plummet. But now I find that worry is unnecessary. After Christmas, the performance so far has been very poor. Yes, we only drew one game, and this is the result of your work!"

Faced with the affirmation of the club chairman, Zhang Yang was somewhat happy. He said modestly, "It's just a job."

Grigory laughed and said, "I heard that Chinese people are very humble. I didn't expect it to be true, but when you are praised, you should affirm your achievements. But I called you here, not for today's game, but for Tomorrow's reception."

"Drinking party?"

"It's a reception of professional clubs in England, and many people will attend it." Grigory explained, "You haven't heard of it before, have you? This is an internal reception, there will be no media interviews, and no other unrelated people will be invited. .Anyway, if you have time, come with me."

Zhang Yang hesitated. It was a pity to lose one day of vacation, but if you can participate in the gatherings of the English football circle, you should try to participate as much as possible. It is also good to expand your social circle.

So he nodded and said, "Okay, I will come to the club tomorrow morning, and then we will go together."

"Then it's settled."

(End of this chapter)

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