Chapter 550: Community Shield

The match between Barcelona and Millwall ended, the two sides fought to a three-to-three, and the game was completely showy at the end of the game, and the result of the draw was not bad, but the mood of the two sides was different.

The Millwall players were in a good mood, they felt that the game was smooth, but the result was not important, because they didn't take it seriously in the later games.

The game also gave Millwall confidence.

Barcelona are one of the top giants in Europe, but they used new tactics and did not play hard, scoring two goals in the first half to gain the upper hand.

After the game, many players were also discussing new tactics, and most of the players were confident in the tactics formulated by Zhang Yang, but they didn't know the real effect if they didn't actually use it, and now it seems that the effect is really good.

Zhang Yang's view is very general.

The overall performance of the team was not bad, but the first half played smoothly because Barcelona did not pay too much attention to the game, in addition, Barcelona's performance was not very good, Ronaldinho did not play his strength, and the memory of his previous life still let him know that Barcelona in the new season is not a strong team, and there will be many problems in the team, and then Ronaldinho will leave, and coach Rijkaard can only leave gloomily.

In the memory of the previous life, it was developed like this.

I don't know now.

After watching Barcelona's performance, he felt that it would not change much, and Barcelona could only remember worse than in his previous life, because he also helped Arsenal and won the championship that should have belonged to Barcelona.

Rijkaard didn't win the Champions League for Barcelona, how many players and fans will be reluctant to leave?

Of course, these have nothing to do with publicity.

Millwall's performance was very good, especially in the most important first half, which completely played the team's style, and also made the Chinese media and fans feel that Barcelona is not Millwall's opponent.

This impression is important.

It doesn't matter what happened in the second half, the big substitutions and adjustments were obviously not serious, and the victory or defeat of a warm-up game was meaningless.

The same was true for the post-match Chinese media reports, when they talked about the score, they said that the two sides were 'drawn', but most of the analytical reports were about Millwall, including Millwall's players, Vardy and Braniff were mentioned in a row.

Zhang Yang is the most frequently mentioned.

One of the most media reports is, "Millwall, built by Zhang Yang, is more competitive than last season!" ”

"In the new season, I can look forward to Zhang Yang and continue to lead the team to Millwall to achieve good results!"

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After the match against Barcelona, Millwall carried out activities such as meeting the players and fans, as well as a public press conference, and the sponsors also organized the players to go to the primary school to teach the children to play together.

In Zhang Yang's view, most of them are showmanship, but it is very interesting for the players to guide the children to play football in English, and it is very funny to watch them interact with the children one by one.

Maybe the children who were 'interacted with' were also in a good mood, and taking photos with the stars could also be hung on the bedside as memories.

Of course, there are exceptions.

Wes Morgan scared the kids to tears.

Wes Morgan's dark skin, with some vicious eyes, coupled with a big look, really doesn't fit the aesthetics of children, and the person who interacts with him is still a little girl, and the little girl doesn't dare to talk to Morgan, and a few English words that he learned pop up, Morgan just keeps asking, "What?" What the? ”

Then the girl began to cry.

The teammates next to him laughed, Morgan looked at his teammates innocently, he had no experience in coaxing children, and he didn't know what to do at all, so he walked over and coaxed and persuaded for a long time before the girl stopped crying.

Millwall then attended several events arranged by the sponsors, and the morning passed quickly, and the whole crew returned to the hotel to rest, and in the evening, they packed their things and went to the airport.

They were going to take an evening flight back to London.

When they returned to London, the team took a day off to give the players an extra day off, and when they returned, the final intense preparation of the whole team began.

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There is less than a week left before the start of the season, and the media has been looking forward to the new season, with various reports on preparations coming out one after another, and the analysis articles of one team after another are also dazzling.

The media is still generally optimistic about three teams, one is Manchester United, one is Liverpool and the other is Millwall.

Manchester United are the favourites.

Last season, some media said that Manchester United was reaching a stage of maturity and the young players had grown up.

This is even more true now.

Cristiano Ronaldo is considered to be the top star and he is already widely regarded as Manchester United's number one star.

Over the summer, United spent more than €70 million on their squad by buying Nani, Anderson and Hargreaves.

At the same time, Manchester United's forward line has also been supplemented by Carlos Tevez.

Tevez joined West Ham last season by the MSI investment group behind it, and he and Mascherano were packaged into West Ham United, but the dispute over their ownership cost West Ham United a £550 fine.

After Tevez joined West Ham United, his performance was not optimistic, perhaps because of the manager's trust problems, he could only be used as a substitute, but West Ham United club was dissatisfied with the results, Tevez was reused after the change of manager, at the end of the season, his performance was very crazy, in the last 10 rounds of the Premier League, Tevez contributed seven goals and five assists, which immediately attracted the attention of major giants.

Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson was impressed.

Since the departure of Vanney, Manchester United's forward line has not been optimistic, Rooney alone can't be driven at all, and others such as Saha, Alan Smith and others have performed a little disappointingly, and Manchester United urgently need to bring in a striker who can score goals.

For Manchester United, it was easy to get a Tevez.

However, Tevez's transfer is still very complicated, because his ownership is still disputed, during the transfer process, the behind-the-scenes economic company that operates Tevez - MSI Group appeared, and then the transfer became more complicated, because Tevez's ownership, only part of it is in West Ham United, they did not buy Tevez completely.

West Ham have been fined again for 'allowing players to play in the Premier League without buying full ownership'.

This is quite serious.

The FA stipulates that the ownership of players in the Premier League must be at the club, either buy-out or loan, and only a part of the ownership rights, and not a full loan, is equivalent to an investment, rather than buying a player, and such a player is not eligible to participate in the Premier League.

So West Ham United received a heavy £15 million fine.

Such a heavy amount is considered Tevez's value, Tevez did not have much squad in Europe before, but he is an Argentine national team player, and West Ham United did not pay Tevez's value in full because MSI Group's offer was too high.

Over the summer, France Football valued Tevez at around £20 million, with the FA's fine entirely for West Ham's 'unpaid part'.

In addition, West Ham United also relied on Tevez's crazy performances to successfully complete a difficult relegation, and other relegated teams will certainly not be satisfied.

This money can also compensate the relegated team to a certain extent.

Such a complex ownership behind Tevez also makes Manchester United feel big.

Eventually, they agreed a loan deal with MSI Group and Brazilian club Corinthians – Tevez on loan for two years, with the right to buy out outright for two years.

Manchester United paid nearly £10 million for the loan deal, not including the salary paid to Tevez.

To some extent, Tevez can also be regarded as a transfer to Manchester United.

Manchester United have brought in four heavyweights: Carlos Tevez, Nani, Anderson and Hargreaves.

Such a crazy recruitment has also greatly increased Manchester United's strength.

The British media believes that Manchester United already has the strength to compete for the championship with the original team, and after making a big addition, they already have a 'championship appearance' and are the most likely team to win the championship.

The second team to have a 'champion' is Liverpool.

In the summer, the second most attractive transfer was in Liverpool, that is, the addition of Spain's 'golden boy' Torres, with a transfer fee of 40 million euros, creating the highest transfer income in the history of Atletico Madrid, and also refreshing the highest transfer value in Liverpool's history.

In addition to heavyweight Torres, Liverpool also spent £17 million to bring in talented Ajax striker Babel, and spent £12 million to bring in Brazilian talented defender Lucas.

Others also use stars such as Amo, Benayoun, Leto, Pacheco, etc.

All combined, Liverpool's transfer spending is a little more than Manchester United's.

As the defending champions, Millwall are ranked third, and Millwall have not spent much on transfers, with only Sneijder, Luca Toney, Maxi Rodricks and Luis Suarez being the main signings.

These players are all 'low-priced players', among which Sneijder is more famous, but has only played in the Eredivisie, Maxi is the main full-back of Atletico Madrid, but also belongs to the 'half' of blue-collar players.

Luka Toney is considered a blue-collar striker because he has no experience playing for the big clubs.

Suarez, I simply can't understand it.

Why would Millwall spend a fortune to buy a Uruguayan player who has only played one season in the Eredivisie or who has played for a small club?

Millwall were ranked third, again because of last season's performances, Millwall almost swept the Premier League and won the Champions League, claiming the 'treble' title, but one minus point was that they sold leading scorer Darren Bent.

The leading shooters are gone, what can you hope for?

If you include the income from the sale of players such as Darren Bent and Davis, Millwall has hardly made any transfer investment, which is equivalent to a lack of improvement in strength in the eyes of the public.

So Millwall could only finish third.

In previous seasons, Chelsea, which has been the focus of attention, was tragically off the list, Chelsea and Millwall are similar, selling Robben and Johnson, earning as much as 42.5 million pounds, and only buying Malouda and Belletti on transfers, spending only 25.5 million pounds.

Chelsea netted £17 million!

For the first time in several seasons, Chelsea don't seem to have much desire to buy a star, leaving the European media feeling a little helpless as they have nothing to say about Chelsea and the transfer market seems to be much more harmonious.

The reason why the media is not optimistic about Chelsea is also the departure of manager Jose Mourinho.

Jose Mourinho's departure is not a big problem, especially in a team like Chelsea, where the role of the manager is not so prominent, and with a star-studded team, it seems that finding a coach to lead the team can do well.

But......

Then there must be a coach!

So far, the position of Chelsea head coach has not been secured, because the big European coaches are all staying in their posts, and they can't invite suitable coaches.

The new season is about to start, and there is no head coach yet, so it's a bit incomprehensible.

Could it be that Chelsea are planning to run naked?

Millwall's first game was against such a Chelsea.

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The first event of the new season is the Community Shield, and in the past two seasons, due to the conflict in match time, the Community Shield has been placed in the second league game, and this season there is no such problem, and the Community Shield can be played normally.

On 9 August, the Community Shield officially kicked off against Millwall and Chelsea.

Millwall were league champions last season.

Chelsea, on the other hand, won the FA Cup.

Millwall and Chelsea's fight for the Community Shield seems a bit tiresome as it was a clash last season, when Millwall beat Jose Mourinho's Chelsea to win the Community Shield.

Now it's still two teams playing each other.

Millwall came to Wembley Stadium with the title of 'treble' and Chelsea received more attention because their coach was in place.

This mysterious coach is Grant from Israel.

Grant?

Who is Grant!?

When the media learned the name, most of them were at a loss, and then checked the information to find out about Grant, a 52-year-old Israeli coach who spent a season as head of football at Portsmouth and worked with veteran coach Redknapp.

Grant then met Roman Abramovich, who used his knowledge of football theory to conquer the Russians and became head of football at Chelsea.

Grant only worked as a director of the football department for more than two years, and when the club couldn't find a suitable manager, he was called upon to act as a 'firefighting coach'.

Chelsea have yet to make an official statement, but it is certain that Grant will be interim head coach until a new manager takes over.

Now Grant leads Chelsea against 'sworn enemy' Millwall.

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