Chapter 563

'Is Eriksen qualified to be Manchester City manager?' Some players looked back on the preparation period, the work to the start of the season, and before and after this game, and there were a lot of doubts in their hearts.

Eriksen's inaction also caused Manchester City's morale to plummet.

Even if many players are angry at Millwall's arrogance, and then re-engage in the game, they are only venting on their own, or they are more aggressive in defense, or looking for unpleasant opponents to target, and the overall performance will decline a lot, and the defensive holes will appear more frequently.

City didn't care because the first half was coming to an end.

They soon regretted it.

The game entered stoppage time, Millwall was not affected by the time, the performance was still very active, and they also played a very smooth and targeted combination, they actively launched the attack, Manchester City could not even get the ball.

Morris once again crossed forward from the middle and Vardy in front of him played the ball horizontally to Braniff.

Braniff takes advantage of the situation to complete a powerful shot!

It was a volley that was close to the line of the penalty area, and Braniff's shot was clean and clean, and the opposition defence was clearly unable to react, and even goalkeeper Schmeichel was a little slower to save.

Football rushes across the goal line again!

When Braniff and Vardy hugged and celebrated the goal, the entire Manchester stadium fell silent, and the City fans couldn't accept the scoreline, and they couldn't imagine the team conceding four goals in the half in front of their own goal.

City's players were at a loss.

Four balls!

Four goals in one game are quite remarkable, and they were scored four times in just one half...... How will the next game be played?

The Manchester City players were silent.

In the face of such a huge score, they don't even have anger, because they feel that their opponents have arrogant capital, and they deserve to be ridiculed, despised and looked down upon.

Stand to reason!

It was with this mentality that the Manchester City players returned to the dressing room, and the stadium was left with many angry Manchester City fans who left the stadium early, as well as the media who looked down on Manchester City's performance.

Manchester City's support media are a bit better, they are looking for all sorts of reasons for City's big defeat, but the reason always comes down to the Manchester City team.

Who's going to take the blame?

Ericsson!

No doubt.

Any team with bad results is the head coach's fault, the head coach does this job, when the results are good, everything is fine, when the results are bad, it must be the head coach's problem.

So there are all kinds of theories—

'Eriksen led the team to win a game and they got off to a good start, but it turned out that a good start doesn't mean good luck, and the Swedes always expect the team to play well, and it's impossible to play well.

"Millwall have been doing well, but even in the first round at home against promoted Madrid, they couldn't play so well, and Manchester City were scored four goals in the first half! Eriksen should think carefully about what went wrong with his team! ”

"The contest between Zhang Yang and Eriksen was decided in only half time!"

"It's unimaginable that Eriksen dares to have a war of words with Zhang Yang, the two are not the same level of head coach at all!"

"Eriksen should have gone to coach training before he took over, otherwise he wouldn't know how to lead the team!"

“……”

Meanwhile, Eriksen walked into the dressing room with a solemn expression on his shoulder.

Along the way, the Swedes thought a lot.

It's already like that, and it's not important to analyze the reasons, or even to find a way to turn it around, because it's almost impossible to do that.

What to do now?

Eriksen believes that the team should be helped to regain their confidence, it is no longer possible to find it back with goals, Manchester City are too far behind to equalise, they can't understand what to say, the Swede knows that his prestige is not so high, but when he speaks, some players will not listen carefully.

So, what is needed is a real feeling of the game.

Eriksen spoke to the players about Millwall's results: "They are treble-winners! We are also favourites to win the title this season, so it's normal for us to play poorly! ”

It's all nonsense.

Eriksen's lack of prestige and morale-boosting was almost useless, and the point he talked about was to adjust his tactical style of play and retreat across the board in order to "not concede any more goals".

There are two benefits to doing so.

One is that defensive success will give confidence to the team, and they will find that the team can hold the goal, and there is no huge gap between Millwall and the team, which can give the team confidence.

Plus, there's less pressure after the race.

If he loses by six goals or seven goals, Manchester City will become the laughing stock of the Premier League, and his position will be greatly affected.

The latter is important.

Many people think that it is easy for the England national team manager to find a job at the club, but in fact, the national team manager and the club manager are two different concepts.

The national team coach may not be able to lead the club team well, and vice versa, the club coach may not be able to do a good job in the national team, so when Zhang Yang was interviewed, he said, "Being the national team coach is a new adjustment." ”

Eriksen's job as England manager has not been done very well, he has always been questioned, and the results of leading the team are not ideal, at least not to the satisfaction of the FA, the media and the fans, and it is almost impossible to find a similar job as a national team manager, no top national team will take the risk of hiring him.

Manager of a Premier League club is the best job Eriksen could find.

This job opportunity did not come easily.

If you fail to lead Manchester City again, if you want to find a job as a manager again, you will have to choose a lower league club, or a worse national team, and then the salary will definitely be greatly affected, and it can be said that a drop of a grade can be said to be inevitable.

When facing a big loss, Eriksen's first thought was his position, and he let the team defend all the way, and there was no way to do it.

It's better to reduce stress than to increase it!

At the start of the second half, the media and fans saw a full-line defensive Manchester City.

Manchester City play very conservatively.

Striker Bianchi stood at the front, and the other players all stayed in their own half, and this formation was set up at the kick-off, undoubtedly to play defensive counterattacks, and it was a passive play style of the 901 formation.

In the Premier League, this kind of scene will only occur when the small club challenges the top club.

For example, the last time Portsmouth visited Neil Stadium, they put up a 901 formation, they just want to get points, whether it is a win or a draw, getting points is equal to victory.

It's a different story for Manchester City.

Manchester City is not a small club, Manchester City was already a medium-sized club, and the results have been stable in the middle of the Premier League, because of the Thai injection, they are called a big club, which is not too much at all.

At his home stadium, with a score of four goals behind, he actually put on a defensive formation across the board.

What do you mean?

Admit defeat?

Manchester City fans were immediately dissatisfied, and they booed from the stands to counteract Eriksen's conservative style of play.

The media was not satisfied either.

The media that support Manchester City do not want their team to lose face, and other media want to get big news, even if Manchester City can't beat Millwall, a big loss is news!

If Manchester City did hold on to the goal, 4-0 would not be a staggering scoreline.

It's a shame!

It's hard to say directly whether Eriksen did the right thing or not, but when City are four goals down, one thing is for sure – whatever he does will be criticised.

Eriksen has a lot of experience in this, and during his time leading England, he has suffered too much criticism, he can turn a deaf ear to the boos of the fans, and even less care what the media are saying about the flag-waving media, he just watches the game seriously.

Manchester City's retreat across the board has a very obvious effect.

Millwall's attacking ability is not bad, but breaking down a dense defence requires not only strength, but also a lot of luck.

Manchester City are not bad, they are playing well and have a chance to beat the top clubs.

When Manchester City retreated across the board, the defence suddenly went up a notch, and with the players alone, they could block most of the space, and it became very difficult for Millwall to pass the ball around the box.

Millwall attacked again and again, and again and again to no avail, but Millwall's advantage was that they hardly had to think about defense, and the opponent only had one Bianchi, Darren Bent and Zambrotta taking turns to mark, and it was completely enough, and everyone else was put into attack.

There is a saying in China, "A hundred guards must make a mistake".

Manchester City's continuous defense, it is impossible not to have a little hole, especially Millwall is very good at seizing opportunities, when Braniff rushed to the edge of the penalty area with the ball, the young defender Richards made a mistake, he was a little anxious to steal, directly out of the foot to cut the ball, but Braniff seized the opportunity and quickly passed by.

The loophole has appeared!

Braniff got past Richards, flashed out of the space to shoot, and didn't hesitate to get to his feet.

The ball sprinted past Dunn and swooped headlong into the goal.

Five to zero!

The Millwall fans were a little numb, and they could only hear the sparse cheers after the goal, and it was difficult to hear the huge cheers.

Even the commentator Paul Scott was numb and shouted, "Braniff has scored the fifth goal!" ”

And then, there was no more.

It should be said that there is, but only a goal analysis with a normal tone, accompanied by a simple commentary in slow motion, and by the way, Braniff's breakthrough and shot.

That's all.

Manchester City is not numb, in the spectator stands, many fans covered their faces and left the stadium early, as if they couldn't bear to continue watching, they only had disappointment and regret in their hearts.

They were disappointed with the team's performance.

They regret not leaving early, and even regret that they bought tickets to support the team on the spot, which became the stupidest thing to do.

The Manchester City players were also very disappointed.

What about "we are not bad defensively" and "we are not far behind"? What about saying "we can keep the goal", "just didn't play well in the first half"?

Millwall scored again!

What's the point of retreating to prevent the opposition from scoring?

Eriksen was also disappointed, he didn't expect that the opponent would be able to score goals with such a tight defense.

Eriksen put the blame on Richards, who was too young and impulsive to think back to the previous few goals, Richards' defence was not up to the mark.

Such a player would be a drag on the whole team!

Eriksen has made the decision to replace the young Richards.

Who will replace it?

Sun Jihai!

Eriksen saw a Chinese player who he had always disliked Sun Jihai and because the other party was a Chinese player, not because of racial discrimination, but because Zhang Yang was also Chinese.

Now you can only let the "backcourt panacea" play.

Sun Jihai's strength is average, but he has always performed steadily, and his experience is much stronger than Richards, at least there will be no impulsiveness or mistakes in running.

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Eriksen had no idea how bad his substitutions were.

Richards!

That's Richards!

In terms of European football and English football as a whole, Maika Richards' name is nothing, but Richards is the youth elite of Manchester City FC and is the core pillar.

This is already recognized.

Born in Birmingham, England's second largest city, but grew up at Leeds United, he signed with Altham as an apprentice at the age of 12 before moving to Manchester City in 2001.

He made his official debut against Arsenal on 22 October 2005 and has since been in the squad for most of City's major competitions, often as a regular and becoming the best young player of the last season.

Last summer, Richards was in the spotlight of the transfer market, with many clubs making offers, but in the end City rejected Chelsea's £15 million offer and Tottenham's £5million offer.

At the time, Pierce publicly stated, "Richards is the future pillar of the club and will only consider selling it if it comes to a sky-high price." ”

Last season, City changed Richards' player number, switching from 45 to the traditional number 2.

A club's No.2 can be imagined, Richards is just turning 19 and he has already made 10 appearances for the England national team.

"Richards is the future of Manchester City!"

"Richards has a bright future!"

"Richards would be called the best defender in England!"

This is all recognized.

When Eriksen wanted to replace Richardson, there was a huge dissatisfaction on the sidelines, the fans from Manchester City Club, because everyone knew that Eriksen's substitution was not a normal adjustment, he probably thought that the goal just now was Richards' responsibility, and felt that Richards did not perform well, so he decided to make a substitution.

This made the fans very unhappy.

Richards is not doing well? Not to mention Richards, in the face of Millwall's offensive, even Dunn, the core of the defense, made mistakes one after another, and it is normal for Richards to make a mistake.

Also, is the game a player issue right now?

City are already four goals behind and Richards should be kept on the pitch, even with the idea of training young players.

Richards himself was also very unhappy, he knew what he was going to represent, it was the head coach who was dissatisfied with his performance, so when he left the game, he didn't give Eriksen a good face, and snorted coldly at the Swede, shouting in a voice that could be heard by both of them, "You shouldn't let me go!" ”

Erikson ignored it.

He also regretted it a little.

When he heard the boos from the fans, Eriksen knew how bad his substitution was, because the target was Richardson, and even if it was a substitution for Dunn, the fans would not complain so much.

His attempt to take Richardson's back was a bad decision from the start.

What now?

Eriksen smiled, took out a bottle of water and handed it to Richardson, and said, "It's just a normal substitution, I think you should take a break, the game is too hard, and you should let the other players go up and feel the pressure of playing against top opponents." ”

It was this statement that Richards reluctantly accepted.

On the other side, Zhang Yang looked at Erikson's approach, although he couldn't hear what the other party said, but the change and performance of that expression was enough to make people understand something.

Zhang Yang scoffed.

Before, Zhang Yang thought that Eriksen was a manager of a certain level, but now he feels that he is overestimating the other party, a manager who deliberately tries to please the players, what else can he expect him to do?

This season, Manchester City have been so poor.

Eriksen's coaching skills are also lacking, and he should have learned how to be the club's manager, so it's no wonder that he only heard that name in the domestic league.

The Swedes are not qualified to be opponents!

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