It's always reassuring to have such multimedia to back it up, and the fact that the public opinion environment is very favourable for Millwall does not mean that Millwall and Chelsea have a high winning rate.

In fact, most of the media are not optimistic about Millwall, and in the analysis of the game in public opinion, the situation of the two teams is also very different.

Chelsea have more games than Millwall.

Chelsea have not only played in the league and Carabao Cup, but they have also played six Champions League group games, but they have plenty of depth on the bench and a full squad so far.

Millwall is different.

After a dense league season, it's hard to say how much strength will be left in the main squad, and they also lost Marvin Elliott, who is out for at least a month.

There are also huge doubts about whether Braniff will be able to play for Millwall.

Although some media photographed Braniff's training footage, the Irishman has not played three times in a row after all, and no one knows how he is recovering from the injury.

Even if Millwall's main squad is there, the gap between the squad and Chelsea is a little too big.

Chelsea are the most flashy team in Europe, with some of the world's best stars in every position in the squad, while Millwall only have a striker to mention, and they are all new young players, who are much weaker than the strikers of Didier Drogba, Kalou and Kezman.

Recent results also reflect something.

Millwall drew their last game.

Charlton Athletic are not a strong defensive team, but Millwall still haven't scored, proving their lack of quality up front.

Chelsea's defence is world-class.

Jose Mourinho has always been very defensive, and his conservative '1:0' football has been criticised by many media, but it must be admitted that Chelsea's defensive ability is quite strong, and the average team cannot find their goal.

The obvious gap in the strength of the two teams is not something that can be easily bridged.

Millwall's hopes of winning at home are also slim, and many media have interviewed the two teams for this first and second league meeting, and the morning before the game, Mourinho said in an interview, "I'm looking forward to playing against Millwall." That young Chinese coach has created a miracle in the coaching world, and it is not easy for a promoted horse to become second in the league. I've watched some of Millwall's games, and Millwall have a couple of great players like Simpson, Braniff and Bent who are all very good players, but the one I admire the most is Livermore, whose name seems to be David? Yes, I think he's the best player, he's the most important barrier for Millwall defensively, and I believe he's the biggest contributor to Millwall's good results. He's also very good at shooting from distance, I admire him and if he comes to Chelsea, he'll be the toughest combination with Frank Lampard and I'm sure he'll be the successor to Claude [Makelele]! ”

These words immediately made the media excited.

Jose Mourinho is openly poaching Millwall players, and it's a shame that the target is Livermore, not talent such as Braniff and Darren Bent.

Some people think it's normal.

The Portuguese like a tough midfielder the most, Chelsea has no shortage of strong midfielders, Frank Lampard, Makelele are quite good, in the summer Chelsea still spent the 'most expensive African player' transfer fee, the introduction of Essien who plays for Lyon, but the performance of the Ghanaian can only be regarded as average, and it can even be said that it is a little poor, and it did not achieve the desired effect.

Recently, there have been many media reports that Chelsea are chasing Germany's soul captain - Ballack.

It's hard to say whether Ballack will be able to join Chelsea, but as Makelele gets older, Chelsea will definitely look for his successor, Livermore's performance is not outstanding, but it is only relatively speaking, his running around the field is still very eye-catching, coupled with the ability to shoot from a distance, any team will be a strong midfielder.

Jose Mourinho would not miss such a player.

In this regard, Mourinho is not just making smoke bombs, maybe he really wants to get Livermore.

When things can be explained, the story is more convincing.

The day before the game, there were rumours that 'Mourinho values Livermore' and Millwall could not have been unaffected.

Millwall are preparing for tomorrow's game.

Chelsea are not easy to play against, they are not only solid defensively, but also very good in attack, and it is not a matter of improvising to beat Chelsea.

Zhang Yang has made a lot of preparations for the game, the tactical theme of the game is still defensive counterattack, and when the strength is not as good as the opponent, it is never a good choice to play against the opponent.

Defensive counter-attack is a set of tactical theories, including defense, but also counter-attack, against Chelsea, the main preparation is not to defend, but to counter-attack, to rely on solid defense, to hold 90 minutes is unrealistic, and to win you must also break the opponent's goal.

Millwall have been working on fast breaks, and the combination and movement of the left, right and middle flanks could help the team find opportunities in the game.

On the day of the game, the training work still familiarizes the players with the proposed routine, and whether it can be effective depends on the on-the-spot performance tomorrow.

After the afternoon training, Millwall held a regular press conference, tomorrow is the game with Chelsea, there are still a lot of reporters, when the press conference began, some reporters talked about Mourinho's importance to Livermore, hearing the reporter repeat Mourinho's words, Zhang Yang only felt very funny, "He is optimistic about David? Of course, if Chelsea want to sign David and David agrees to go to Chelsea, I wouldn't object to that. ”

The reporters were a little stunned.

Zhang Yangcai is not afraid of Livermore's jumping ship, Livermore is a player who is bewitched by the spirit of words, and the improvement of his long-range shooting ability depends on his trust, judging from Livermore's long-range shooting improvement, his trust in himself is more than worship, even if there is the temptation of Chelsea's high salary, Livermore will not choose to leave.

It's self-confidence.

Mourinho has already made a provocation, and the publicity will not make the opponent comfortable, "but I don't think it makes any sense for him to be optimistic about a certain player." He's not a coach who develops players, and in fact, I think his vision is a compliment. ”

'Look at the Chelsea squad. Their best player of late times has been Joe Cole, with Frank Lampard, Claude Makelele and Arjen Robben among the likes of Frank Lampard, Claude Makelele and Arjen Robben, but none of these players have anything to do with him, they were all brought in by the predecessor Mr. Ranieri. ”

"What about him? He bought Mendes, Ferreira, Kezman, Wright Jr., Essien...... Many, many, many of them, I can't count them, but are any of these players doing well? But they spent a lot of transfer fees and could even buy a couple of Millwall. ”

'Chelsea's results are great at the moment, but he's just lucky, and the players who have been good are the 'legacy' of Mr. Ranieri, and he has used them to win one victory after another, while the players he brings in have to sit on the bench.

'So I said that it doesn't make sense for him to be optimistic about a certain player, most of the transfers are failures, and he only buys a tenth of the value for the money he spends.

The flamboyant disdain is unmistakable.

Many reporters in the audience were stunned, they thought about it carefully, and felt that what Zhang Yang said was really reasonable.

Chelsea's results are good, but their transfer is bad enough, a lot of euros are smashed, all the bench players are bought, and Mourinho is really a 'no-eye' manager.

Mourinho is optimistic about a certain player?

In the flamboyant 'translation', it almost means, "This player has no future and will not do well at Chelsea." ”

The reporters immediately smiled.

They wrote down the words without pulling a letter, and then released them through various channels.

Mourinho almost exploded when he heard the news!

Mourinho stared at that line of text for a long time, and he suddenly felt that there seemed to be no way to refute it directly, Chelsea played well, most of them did rely on the original team, and the players he brought also performed well, such as Ricardo Carvalho, who has always been Chelsea's main central defender, but there are more players who do not perform well, even Essien and Wright-Phillips, who have just been introduced, have not performed satisfactorily.

But Mourinho will never admit it!

He simply ignored it.

"Wait until we win Millwall, see what that guy has to say!" Mourinho gritted his teeth.

The next day was match day, and the news coverage was still hot.

It is rare to have the opportunity to step on the 'arrogant' Mourinho, and many Premier League managers have turned out to 'support' the statement, Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger said, "He (Mourinho) may have a good ability to lead the team, but it depends on the vision of the players...... Ahem, I can only say that it is very average. I hope Millwall can win, Zhang is the manager who can surprise people! ”

Wenger's sense of flamboyance is dozens of times stronger than Mourinho's, and Wenger's personal relationship with flamboyance is also good, the last time Arsenal and Millwall matched, the two chatted for a while after the game.

Ferguson will not miss the opportunity either, and the old jazz have a bad impression of both of them, but in comparison, Zhang Yang is a new opponent and Chelsea are old rivals, he said, "Mourinho has no vision at all. For the game, I hope Millwall will win. That's good for United's form. ”

It's a given.

Manchester United are aiming for the title, and their biggest rival is Chelsea, who are top of the league table, six points more than second-placed Millwall, and eleven more than Manchester United, and if Chelsea lose, the difference between Manchester United and Chelsea can be narrowed to eight, and there is always hope for a single-digit difference.

Middlesbrough boss McClaren also said, "I want Millwall to win! Chelsea need to be careful, Zhang Yang is a very capable young man. ”

Everton boss David Moyes has a terrible sense of Mourinho, and when Chelsea and Everton met, Mourinho was sarcastic about him, saying politely, "It's hard for me to be sure of the result, but I want Millwall to win, it's really hard for the Portuguese to make a good impression." ”

Next, media reporters specifically asked about the coaches, except for a few neutral managers, the other managers expressed their support for Millwall, and there were also many sarcastic Mourinho's vision.

Manchester Sport quipped, "He offended almost everyone. Chelsea have also become the public enemies of English football! ”

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The game is more than just a clash of words.

This game means a lot to both teams, not only for Millwall, but also for Chelsea.

Millwall and Chelsea are just six points apart!

Six points is not an absolute gap, Millwall may catch up, the outside media are talking about 'the results of small clubs will decline in the second half', but whether Millwall's results will decline is still only in theory, and in recent times, Millwall's performance is not worse than other teams at all.

Last season, Millwall were good enough to finish top of the league, but Chelsea have been very strong this season.

Jose Mourinho takes the game seriously.

Until the start of the game, Mourinho and Zhang Yang tacitly did not say anything, and at the press conference, both discussed the team's recent situation and games, and also talked about the players who played well.

That's all.

Soon it was time for the game.

Neil Stadium has long been overcrowded, Millwall has performed quite well, the stadium is almost full, there is no surprise in this game, the difference is only that the ticket sales are hotter, it is said that a few hours before the game, the scalper tickets in the back seats have also been fried to two hundred pounds, or there are people who hope to spend a lot of money to buy tickets, some fans who bought tickets in advance, can not help but tempt to resell tickets.

The heat of the scene can be imagined.

The home team's Millwall fans kept shouting slogans to cheer for the team, and with the shouts of the fans, the two teams lined up in two rows and entered the stadium from the players' tunnel.

Other players, coaches, staff, and followers enter the stadium together.

The camera points to the two head coaches.

Zhang Yang sat on the bench with a smile on his face, and looked left and right at the fans around him, his demeanor and demeanor seemed very relaxed; Mourinho kicked his hands in front of his chest and was turning his head to complain to assistant coach Villas-Boas, who didn't seem to be on the game.

Sky Sports commentator Mike Brand couldn't help but sigh, "This game is the focus, Millwall and Chelsea have endless topics to talk about, and their managers are also the talk of the Premier League. ”

'Both seem to be relaxed at the moment and don't care too much about the game, maybe both have confidence in the game, but one thing is for sure, both sides want to win, Millwall will be looking to catch the three points and Chelsea will want to open the gap.'

"So what will happen to the game, let's watch patiently!"