Coleman made some guesses and judgments about Millwall's tactics, but he wasn't sure if his judgment was accurate, which was really sensational, completely subverting his perception of football tactics, but in the subsequent games, the more he observed, the more he felt that his judgment was not wrong.

Every player in Millwall did a great job, but the overall style of play was chaotic and the formation was a bit blurred.

Everyone knows that Millwall is a 4231 formation.

But when it comes to the game, you can't tell what kind of formation Millwall is, but when they are defending, the midfielders may run to the goal, and the defenders may also come forward to intercept.

If the average team played like this, the defense would definitely be full of holes, but Millwall didn't, and Fulham couldn't find any space at all.

How can we explain the current game?

"That's right." Coleman was surprised to confirm his judgment.

Fulham's situation on the pitch was not good, they attacked the whole game without finding two good chances, and Millwall's few chances resulted in a goal.

In the closing stages of the game, Fulham continued to take the initiative to attack, but each time it was a bit anticlimactic, and they simply couldn't break down the Millwall defence.

Millwall, on the other hand, have been solid defensively and only hit a counter-attack when they had the chance.

Their counter-attack was different from Fulham's.

Relying on the rapid offensive of the accelerated tempo, coupled with Fulham's eagerness to equalize, the formation pressed very forward, and every counterattack of Millwall made Fulham's defense full of danger.

In the 88th minute, Josh Simpson quickly dribbled the ball wide and cut inside to the exit, then handed the ball to substitute Smitchell, who stabbed to the left side of the penalty area in the face of the defense, and Joey Healy, who was inserted, followed up and sent the ball into the goal.

0 to 2!

When they saw the football re-enter the goal, the Fulham fans were silent, what this goal meant, they couldn't have been more clear, when the game was about to end, but let the opponent score another goal, Fulham will not have any chance.

A number of fans started to leave the stadium early, not wanting to see Fulham lose, and more fans began to watch Millwall.

Millwall's results are fantastic!

In the first four rounds, Millwall won three and drew one, and many Fulham fans thought that Millwall's luck had ended here, but they did not expect that Fulham did not become the team to stop Millwall.

0 to 2.

From the point of view of the game situation, Fulham has a big advantage, but by the end of the game, anyone who doesn't know the ball knows that it is only a superficial advantage, Fulham threatens to score goals all over the field, and can count them with one hand.

This game was not unjust!

The final match ended in '0:2', with Millwall beating Fulham away to win the fifth round of the league.

When the Fulham players came off the pitch, they all looked dejected, but manager Coleman didn't seem to take the loss to heart, and with a smile on his face, he took the initiative to wait between the two dugouts.

Soon Zhang Yang also came over.

The two shook hands.

This is just a symbolic etiquette, Zhang Yang didn't plan to say anything, but he didn't expect Coleman to take the initiative to speak, "Your tactics ...... It's amazing! I want to be sure of one thing, who came up with that tactic? Is it you, or the Millwall coaching staff, or someone else? ”

Zhang Yang was somewhat surprised when he heard it.

The outside media are criticizing Millwall's tactics, and Zhang Yang knows that those people are 'unintelligible laymen', but he doesn't think that in a short period of time, someone will understand the essence of the team's tactics.

If Coleman really sees it, he really underestimates his opponent.

"It should be me." Zhang Yang replied vaguely.

"It's amazing." Coleman smiled wryly, "If I hadn't looked closely, I really wouldn't have understood." I should thank you for giving me a vivid lesson with practical tactics. But I don't think anyone else can do it, I thought you could be Millwall manager and lead the team to the Championship title, mostly by luck, and now I find out I'm wrong. I apologize to you for this. ”

Coleman said, suddenly expecting a little anticipation, "This season, maybe Millwall will surprise a lot of people!" ”

"Thank you!"

"If I can, I hope to have the opportunity to talk about tactical issues together." Coleman took the initiative to send a friendly signal.

"Of course, no problem." Zhang Yang said modestly, "In English football, I am still just a newcomer, and I have many questions that need to be consulted by my seniors. ”

Coleman was in a good mood to hear this.

In English football, Zhang Yang is indeed a newcomer, not only a newcomer to the coaching industry, but also a newcomer to the entire football world, but Coleman only started as a football coach in 2003, and he is only 35 years old, in fact, he is still a newcomer.

Now that he is actually called 'senior', I suddenly have a sense of satisfaction in my heart, and when it comes to the press conference, Coleman praises Millwall, or praises Zhang Yang--

'We played well but Millwall played better and they deserved to win!'

'Millwall's tactics were quite surprising and I never thought a manager would come up with that kind of play for the team.

"Amazing! Very effective! ”

"I'm sure Millwall will surprise all opponents this season!"

'Yes, Fulham lost the game, but we weren't the first team to lose to Millwall, and we definitely won't be the last, and there will certainly be a lot of people in the future who share my opinion.

“……”

Coleman said a lot of praise, but he didn't explain his understanding of Millwall's tactics, because the audience was just media reporters, and he was a layman in football tactics, and few people could understand him when he said it carefully, and few people even wanted to listen to it.

Coleman didn't want to make it clear, it took him a game to figure out Millwall's style of play, and if he did, everyone would know that he wasn't a philanthropist and there was no reason to remind other teams.

But what Coleman didn't quite like was that there were a number of media reporters who were obsessed with understanding Millwall's tactics.

In the past half a month, many media have stood up to criticize Millwall's style of play, saying that they have almost no tactics, saying that Millwall's coaching staff is incompetent, and it is also said that it is 'relying on players to play temporarily' and 'relying on luck' to win.

But the league has passed five rounds!

If you continue to say 'Millwall won by luck', you would be fooling the fans.

Will any team rely on luck to get good results in a row?

No one will believe it.

As Millwall wins more games, the argument becomes more and more untenable.

In addition, Millwall's style of play is not conservative.

Although Millwall have been suppressed in the last two games, their fast-paced offensive is still very good-looking, and it has also attracted the attention of many fans, and the hat of 'utilitarian football' cannot be buttoned on Millwall's head.

So how is Millwall's game covered?

Why win?

You can't find the reason for a long time, right?

So when Coleman praised Millwall's tactical play, there were immediately media reporters, hoping to interview Coleman and let him say a few words about Millwall's tactics in detail.

When returning to the Fulham club on the bus, Coleman stopped him in front of the club's gate, and the reporters directly said, "Mr. Coleman, can you comment on Millwall's tactical play in detail?" ”

They also have no way.

This question can only be answered by Millwall people, but the Millwall players are vaguely unclear, just keep emphasizing that the team's tactics are very powerful, and the members of the Millwall coaching staff refuse to disclose the team's tactics, saying that this is a 'confidential', and they can only interview 'people who can understand'.

Coleman was a little hesitant, he didn't really want to reveal anything, but seeing the seriousness of the reporters, he still had the idea of 'showing off his tactical vision', so he commented very much, "I'll just say one word, it's up to you whether you can understand it or not." All managers use tactics to create teams, and Millwall's head coach, Zhang Yang, is indeed creating tactics with teams! ”

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When Coleman was interviewed the next day, his mysterious words were published in major media outlets.

"All managers use tactics to create teams, and Millwall's head coach, Zhang Yang, is really using the team to create tactics!"

Many people are wondering what this sentence means.

Most non-professionals don't understand what it means, but those who have studied football tactics can understand at a glance what Coleman is talking about, and because of this, they can't believe it.

"Can Zhang Yang create tactics with the team? In other words, he can create the most suitable tactics according to the personnel allocation of a team...... It's also unbelievable! ”

"Just that twenty-two-year-old young Chinese?"

"Coleman isn't funny with a head show! Maybe he wanted to put the blame for Fulham's loss on Millwall's performance, but he didn't have to tell such a big lie, right? ”

“……”

Under the reports of many media, public opinion also quarreled.

Those interested in studying football tactics began to watch every game at Millwall, and they soon discovered that Coleman was not saying this for nothing.

If Millwall didn't rely on players to play on the pitch or rely on luck to perform so well, then 'Millwall's tactics are specially built according to the line-up' can explain everything.

This is a conclusion that many people can reach.

At the same time, they could not believe this conclusion, if this is the case, this young Chinese's tactical ability has definitely reached an unfathomable realm, enough to be called the 'world's top tactician', not worse than those first-class famous commanders.

But...... Is it possible?

A twenty-two-year-old young Chinese with tactical skills comparable to the world's top coaches?

Next, many media continued to report, and there was a lot of noise on the Internet public opinion, some supported Coleman's statement, some completely disagreed, and even many people went to Zhang Yang's Weibo to make noise, and hundreds of messages were refreshed, maybe they wanted Zhang Yang himself to stand up and say something, but unfortunately Zhang Yang ignored it completely.

So a lot of people are looking forward to the next round of the competition.

Millwall will face England giants Arsenal in the next round, and if Millwall can continue to perform well, Coleman's statement will be partially confirmed, otherwise there are other possibilities.

"Millwall vs. Arsenal, Zhang Yang VS Arsene Wenger, will it be a battle for Zhang Yang's name?"

The media started the hype early.

Zhang Yang didn't pay attention to the hype from the outside world at all, and devoted himself to the team's preparation and training.

On this morning, he met the belated strength and conditioning coach - Chouderick.