Tottenham Hotspur are not an easy team to play against.

Tottenham Hotspur finished ninth in the league last season and spent £26 million to add six players to their squad in the summer in order to qualify for European competitions, and Tottenham's prospects look bright for the first time.

Tottenham's ascension is evident.

In the past league games, Tottenham Hotspur won five games, drew five and lost only one, against Chelsea at home, with a score of 20 points in 11 rounds, which is enough to put them at the top of the league, but compared to Chelsea, Millwall and Manchester United in the first group, Tottenham Hotspur still has a big gap in results, but just like their strength, they have narrowed the gap with the first group.

Before Tottenham Hotspur vs. Millwall, many media also made predictions about the game, most of the media believe that the two teams should be a big result, because Tottenham is very good at attacking, Millwall's forward line is also worth mentioning, in the past games, Millwall rarely had a game without scoring, two teams with good offensive ability to play, the score will naturally be satisfying.

But in the twelfth round of the Premier League, the game played at White Hart Lane was disappointing.

0 to 0.

That's the final score.

Tottenham Hotspur did not score at home, and Millwall did not score either, and the two teams only played to a draw in 90 minutes.

After the game, when Zhang Yang shook hands with Tottenham coach Jol, he couldn't help but smile bitterly, "I didn't expect you to play so conservatively." ”

Joel didn't care at all, but squinted his eyes slightly and smiled, "For the sake of points, Millwall is not easy to deal with!" ”

Is this an affirmation of the strength of the team?

Zhang Yang shook his head and smiled bitterly.

Millwall sent a semi-substitute lineup in this game, originally planned to fight with Tottenham Hotspur, although it was a semi-substitute lineup, but it can still play a certain strength, Josh Simpson, Darren Bent were sent on the field, Zhang Yang's idea is that there is a chance to score a goal, he will replace Simpson, but in the end of the game, Millwall still failed to score, near the end of the game 20 minutes, Zhang Yang can only helplessly replace Simpson, let him rest for a while, do not affect the next game.

From that moment on, Millwall gave up the game.

It's not that Simpson is that important, but Tottenham Hotspur is trying to defend, and fans have the impression of Tottenham Hotspur attacking. This team is very good at attacking, similar to Arsenal's style, and their style is more pure.

This is also a big reason why Tottenham fans love the team.

But this game is different, Tottenham have set up Millwall, and it is quite targeted, for example, they do not mark the two flanks tightly, and focus on defending near the penalty area.

This made Millwall's threat to the goal a big minus.

Millwall's wide range is not strong, and Josh Simpson feels good, but in essence, apart from the ability to take a free-kick, he is just an ordinary player, and his abilities are not outstanding.

On the other hand, Konchesky's technical ability is also average.

Millwall's left and right players want to rely on their individual ability to bring a threat to the opposition, Tottenham Hotspur saw this, they loosened the restrictions on the wings, concentrated on the middle and in the box, the effect of targeted restrictions is very obvious, Millwall did not threaten the goal many times throughout the game.

Zhang Yang didn't expect that the team's tactics would be targeted, but it turns out that the coaches of the Premier League are not stupid, just like Joel only watched a few Millwall games, understood Millwall's tactical arrangement, and immediately found a good way. Jol's defensive adjustments were entirely specific to Millwall's squad, and he didn't even need to understand why Millwall were playing so well, he just needed to understand the abilities of players in each position.

Millwall is strong in the middle, so strengthen the defense in the middle; Millwall was weak on the wing, so they relaxed their defense on the wing. In addition, Millwall have excellent set-pieces, so let the players be careful not to foul on the edge of the box, there is no set-piece opportunity, and the opponent will naturally not be able to play.

Wait a minute.

Tottenham Hotspur did just that.

Their approach sounds simple, but it is very effective, Zhang Yang has long understood the shortcomings of the tactics, but he still did not expect that the league has only been played for a dozen rounds, Millwall began to be targeted, he originally thought that it would be after Christmas.

It's really a matter of tactics.

Millwall's tactics are to allow players in each position to give full play to their strength, but the problem is that Millwall's players can only be said to be average in strength, and there are no players who are too comprehensive: fast skills are average, excellent technical bodies are average, and there are gaps in other aspects of physical strength.

That's the case with most of Millwall's players.

Each player's technical ability has its own tendencies, and Tottenham Hotspur has easily completed a targeted defensive arrangement according to the ability of Millwall's players.

For Tottenham Hotspur's approach, Zhang Yang can not come up with many solutions.

In fact, the fundamental reason is the difference in strength between the two sides, if Millwall's player level can be consistent with Tottenham Hotspur as a whole, it will be difficult for the opponent to do targeted defense, and they dare not guarantee that their players can defend.

But there is a gap in strength between the two sides.

Millwall's overall strength is certainly less than six stars, Tottenham Hotspur's strength is definitely more than seven stars, there is a gap between the abilities of ordinary players in the two teams, and no matter how exquisite the tactics are, they cannot be perfect, so they are naturally easy to target.

The only way Zhang Yang can think of is to increase the options in front of the goal and make the tactics simpler.

When tactics are simple, they are not easy to target.

To take the simplest example, when a striker wants to shoot, he doesn't think about anything else in his head, he just has to raise his foot to complete the shot, and if the opponent next to him can't limit the defense, there is no point in interfering, because the player who shoots has no other mind but just kicks the ball directly towards the goal.

That's the simple tactic.

The easiest to crack is the simple tactics, the most difficult to crack is also the simple tactics, the simple play is not easy to target, because the straight pass, the opponent can only be hard to defend, for example, a player wants to pass the ball, everyone knows who he wants to pass to, but the speed is not fast enough, just knowing is meaningless.

It's also very easy to crack: it's fast enough!

Zhang Yang has thought about the next stage of tactical training, and he will also let the team work hard for the goal as a whole, but after all, it is not something that can be completed in a short time, and they must now prepare for the game against Manchester United.

Before that, it was the English League Cup, and Millwall had a game against Tottenham Hotspur.

This game is all about training.

Some media analysis of the game shows that Millwall may 'try their best to get back face', but there is no idea of regaining face at all, and many media outside believe that Millwall's loss to Tottenham Hotspur is a shame, because they are second in the league, but if they are bewitched by the media, they will really become fools.

The last round of the two teams played at the White Hart Lane Stadium!

It is Tottenham Hotspur's turf, and Millwall is not full of main players, so they have long been prepared for not winning the game, and a draw is actually a good result, just like Zhang Yang said after the game, "We are a relegation team, the depth of the bench cannot be compared with other teams, and the decline in results is expected." ”

This low-key attitude made the reporters unable to say anything.

What can they say?

As the head coach of Millwall, Zhang Yang admits that the team's bench depth is insufficient, and the future results will definitely decline, can they still refute it?

Wouldn't that be the same as supporting Millwall!

The 'opposition' media couldn't say anything but the cliché that 'the dark horse's good results can't last long', and even then the fans scoffed: Millwall only drew away at Tottenham, they are still second in the league and are still unbeaten in the league.

This kind of performance is called a decline?

Do Millwall have to be top of the league to be called a good result?

The media was depressed.

Some media are still very concerned about the battle between Millwall and Tottenham Hotspur, but they were soon disappointed again, there was nothing to say about the game, Tottenham Hotspur sent the main lineup, at home put on a 'fight for victory' posture, Millwall sent a full substitute lineup, no main players on the field.

The result of the competition can be imagined.

Tottenham Hotspur comfortably beat Millwall 3-1.

After the game, the media could only say, "Zhang Yang doesn't care about the League Cup, and Millwall sent a substitute lineup, which is enough to prove that they don't have the League Cup as a goal." ”

In fact, Zhang Yang still has some regrets.

Eliminated from Tottenham Hotspur in the Carabao Cup, meaning there was no more Carabao Cup, and the team lost an important 'training ground', but the good news was that the final training session worked: Jamie Vardy scored.

Millwall's only goal came from Jamie Vardy.

It was in the 49th minute that Tottenham Hotspur made a mistake in defending and allowed the ball to be passed to the penalty area, and Jamie Vardy received the ball into the box and volleyed it home against the goalkeeper.

The media don't care about goals.

Millwall's Carabao Cup loss, and Tottenham Hotspur's disadvantage in both meetings, were the key to media coverage, but Zhang Yang cared a lot about scoring because it belonged to Jamie Vardy.

Oh Vardy!

Vardy is a future striker, he has only just turned 18 years old, and his normal history has not yet reached the time to rise, but when Vardy has scored against a Premier League team, maybe it will start to explode?

Millwall had another strong striker.

With Braniff, Darren Bent and a Vardy, Manchester United's forward line isn't so flashy, is it?

Zhang Yang began to look forward to the game against Manchester United.