From Denise's words, Zhang Yang realized the key word to solve the tactical problem: the main purpose.

The main idea, that is, the main meaning, intention or purpose, in writing, refers to the basic point of view expressed through the entire content of the article or work, and is the purpose of the narrative and argument of the article, so to speak, the main idea is the soul of the article or work.

It may be abstract to say that.

The subject can also be simply understood as 'something that the article or work wants to tell us'.

Football tactics also need a theme, a theme, or a different term, which can be called the core style of play, style, and so on.

For example, when it comes to Arsenal, many people will have the impression of 'biased towards smooth and fast attacking football', and Arsenal's sworn rival Tottenham Hotspur is the same.

Chelsea's football is relatively conservative, and after Mourinho took charge, the '1:0' doctrine of football criticized by the conservative media is enough to make people memorable.

La Liga giants Barcelona football is based on possession as the main means, and when they get the team, they will also use the way of constantly passing and receiving the ball to grasp the initiative of attack.

Serie A giants AC Milan is a team that has technical details, and they are very good at small-scale cooperation, with gradual cooperation and advancement, to form a situation, psychological, two-sided, all-round suppression of the opponent.

As you can see from the above examples of famous teams, the style of a team is actually mainly reflected in the offensive means.

Whether it's the fast-paced nature of Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur, or the conservatism of Chelsea, or the possession of Barcelona and the suppressive push of AC Milan, each of them is the embodiment of attacking means.

Defense, there is no style to speak of.

When the opponent has possession of the ball, it must be aimed at defending, the defensive tactics of football all over the world can be counted with one hand, and the difference between them is not big, mainly relying on the whole team's formation running and the individual ability of the players, to block their own half area, it is meaningless to talk about the style of defense.

So the attacking style can represent the overall style of a team's football tactics.

Zhang Yang didn't think about this problem, he just kept changing the local tactical routines, but no matter how he modified, the part can't represent the whole after all, there is no 'main line' that runs through the entire team's tactics, scattered or scattered, he must think of a style to combine Millwall as a whole.

So what is the style that suits Millwall?

This problem seems to be a bit complicated, but in fact it is still very simple, first of all, those styles that are suitable for the big teams are definitely not suitable for Millwall, just by looking at the team lineup, you can know that the style of play is too complicated, and the team average cannot keep up, it is difficult to really adapt.

Just like Barcelona's possession play, anyone who has studied it will have a clear understanding of Barcelona's tactics, but few teams imitate Barcelona.

Why?

They don't have Ronaldinho, they don't have Xavi, they don't have a group of stars with outstanding technical ability, adaptability to tactics, technical skills and a good sense of the big picture, and it is almost impossible to imitate Barcelona's tactics.

Chelsea's style is simple, that is, constantly emphasizing defence, and attacking conservatively, but their style of play is still very demanding, such as they have a Drogba who can rush into the opposition penalty area and still score in the face of tough defense, and there are also strong stars such as Frank Lampard and Makelele in midfield.

Millwall tried to emulate Chelsea's style, with the only result being that they couldn't score at all in the game.

Other top teams are similar.

Their tactical style of play and overall style are only suitable for a specific lineup, and other teams want to imitate it, they first need to adapt to the lineup of the style of play, and Millwall does not have the conditions.

Zhang Yang quickly thought of the most suitable core play for the team: English football.

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The traditional English football style of play is nothing more than defensive counterattacks, long passes and hanging.

Many people think that it is 'behind the times' football, but in fact, many English clubs still follow this style of play and do not try to catch up with the 'pace of the world', the reason is simple: the style of play is not something that can be changed in a short period of time, and in addition, when the team's technical level is not up to standard, the use of the so-called 'world foot' tactical style of play will affect the team's performance.

Tactics are not as fine as possible, but as suitable as possible.

Many people think that Spanish football has technical content, and Real Madrid and Barcelona are the top teams in the world, so they began to promote the so-called 'Spanish style of play', regardless of whether the 'Spanish style of play' is very good or not, but it is meaningless for the team below.

Just make a simple comparison.

If you compare the top teams in Spain with the top teams in England, there may not be much difference between the two, and even the top teams in Spain are even better, and few teams in the history of Real Madrid and Barcelona can compare.

Can you change the level of contrast?

Comparing the mid-table teams in the Premier League with the mid-tier teams in La Liga, it can be said with great certainty that the mid-table teams in the Premier League have an overall advantage in terms of performance and strength.

Moving further down the lower leagues, comparing the Championship and La Liga, there is basically no comparison between the two, and it is not casual that the Championship is considered the 'sixth largest league in the world'.

So is the 'traditional English style of play' behind the times?

In the eyes of the top teams, it is probably like this, but in the eyes of ordinary teams, the 'traditional English style of play' is the best choice, which is not only simple and straightforward, but also allows them to play better.

With Millwall's squad level, they can only choose the simplest 'English style of play'.

There are also a lot of differences in the 'English style of play'.

The situation of each team is different, and the feeling of playing is also different, Zhang Yang has changed a lot of small tactical details, as long as the concept of 'long pass rushing' and 'defensive counterattack' is put into it, it is enough to support a tactical system suitable for Millwall.

This tactical system, named 'Zhang's tactics' by Zhang Yang, is the core point of defending in a full-court pressing manner, and offensively it can be described as 'logical and methodical defensive counterattacks, long passes and quick counterattacks'.

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When Zhang Yang thought about the core style of play, the rest of the things were simple, he began to outline the overall tactics on the tactical board, and then added small details one by one.

The work took half an hour.

After that, Zhang Yang used the "speech and spirit calculation", and the results were very gratifying.

Current Capability Assessment: Seven out of four stars.

"Finally on the Seven Stars!"

From six stars and nine points to seven stars and four points, it has crossed the level of half a star, which is definitely a huge improvement.

Zhang Yang couldn't help but smile happily.

The seven-star four-point lineup evaluation does not represent the current strength, but as long as the team trains according to the established tactics, then the overall strength will be closer to the level of the seven-star four-point.

There is plenty of time to prepare for the summer season, as long as he can train normally, before the start of the new season, Zhang Yang believes that the strength of the team will definitely be able to break through the seven-star level.

Seven stars, it must have reached the middle level of the Premier League.

As long as you play normally at this level, there is no problem with relegation in the league, plus your various abilities, you can also fight for the top four in the league.

Of course, there is still a lot of pressure to compete with the giants.

For example, Chelsea and Manchester United must have more than eight stars, or even nine stars, the two are not on the same level, but there is still more than a week before the start of preparation, and there is still plenty of time, and he still has time to continue to change.

"Keep up the good work!"

After getting the ability assessment of more than seven stars, Zhang Yang is more confident than ever and has become full of fighting spirit at work.

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In the afternoon, there was good news from the club's operations that they had completed their final transfer for half a million pounds to buy Paul Konczeski from Charlton.

It was a bonus.

When Zhang Yang got the news, he was really a little surprised, he seemed to have a little impression of the name 'Konchesky', he felt like he had heard it, and he felt that he had never heard it at all, but as long as he had a little impression, this player should be able to play.

After checking Konchesky's information, Zhang Yang knew what was going on.

This is a player who has played in the Premier League for a long time.

I don't know what the future holds, but he has made back-to-back appearances at Charlton Athletic, he is only 24 years old and is a versatile left-sided player who can play at left-back or left-midfield.

Koncheski had previously played for Charlton Athletic, joining Charlton as a rookie in August 1997 and becoming the youngest first-team player to make an appearance for Charlton at the age of 16 years and 93 days.

Koncheski is undoubtedly a genius, but genius can be defeated by injury.

As a first-team member for Charlton, Koncheski made just 27 appearances for Charlton.

In the summer of 2003, Koncheski asked for a transfer from the team due to an overcrowding on the left flank, and was agreed, after which Koncheski was loaned to Tottenham Hotspur, but Charlton Athletic was called back and dropped from the transfer list after an injury spree broke out in the middle of the game.

Last season, Koncheski was once again on the bench and made just 11 appearances for the team, and he was already frustrated with Charlton Athletic and decided to leave.

Charlton did not have a place for Konchesky, and they had no choice but to let him go.

Koncheski wanted to join Tottenham Hotspur, but he was not the player Tottenham needed, and in the end he had to find a club on his own, and after some communication with Millwall, he chose to join Millwall as a promoted horse.

Koncheski's career can be described as 'injury, no position, injury, no position', he has always performed well, but unfortunately the impact of the injury is too great, and when the injury is healed, he loses his place in the team.

So what Konchesky values most is the main position.

He's only 24 years old and has a long way to go, so it's important to be able to play in the Premier League and it's clear that he's chosen to join Millwall.

This is definitely a bonus.

Zhang Yang had no hope for the left side before, and it was a bit of a luxury to supplement the pure left-back, so he could only let other players concurrently serve as him, but he didn't expect the club to help buy pure left-sided players.

Koncheski, I don't know if he can play the main team, but with his past performances, there is absolutely no problem as the 'first substitute' for left-back and left wing-back.

If a player is injured in the middle of the team, he can go straight to the main team.

Such a player is very important to solidify the squad.

When Konchesky signed a new contract, Zhang Yang knew that the club's transfer work could almost end early.

The lineup is complete.

Now it's time for the new season!