Actually, Zhang Yang didn't take Erikson seriously, and he didn't think there was any direct contradiction with Eriksen.

Before Eriksen was the head coach of the national team, he did not recruit Millwall's players for a long time, and at the same time, he felt angry for the players, but he also secretly felt relaxed in his heart, fewer players entered the national team, which was beneficial to the club's results, because the state of the players would not be affected by the national team games, at that time, Chelsea, Manchester United and other direct opponents, there was always "international competition syndrome", Millwall was almost gone, and the few players who entered the national team were not the absolute core of the main force, Nor does it affect the whole team if the form is affected.

This is the advantageous aspect.

Zhang Yang expressed his dissatisfaction, and it was only because "he should have made a voice", as for what Eriksen thinks?

Sorry, he won't think about it.

Others don't see it that way.

Like, Erikson.

Eriksen has always felt at odds with Zhang Yang because the other side has constantly expressed dissatisfaction, and in addition, he really has no intention of calling up Millwall players.

That's not because of the contradiction with Zhang Yang.

When he was in charge of the England team, Eriksen had the highest salary in the world, and the work pressure was also very high, England fans had little support for him, and there were many doubts within the FA, and his only support was actually from the England team players, and he had to "protect" these stars.

Therefore, Eriksen's squad and the main core are very stable.

Then the players who have been in the team can stay in the team all the time, as long as there are no major problems with their physical condition, they can play in the game.

Some absolute cores, such as Wayne Rooney, Gerrard, and Beckham, have received "preferential treatment", even if Rooney is injured before the World Cup, Eriksen can say "wait", just like England can't continue to play without Rooney.

In that case, Rooney will definitely support Eriksen!

The same goes for the rest of England's core.

They can feel Eriksen's dependence on them and their trust in them from their national team experience, and when Eriksen faces media crises and his results are questioned, they will collectively speak out in support of the Swedes, and they do not want England to change their manager.

Eriksen has kept the team steady in search of support.

Millwall players are indeed very good, such as Darren Bent, who was already the "second scorer" of the league at the time, considering that the first scorer was Dutch striker Ruud van Nistelrooy, in fact, Darren Bent was the England player with the most goals.

Why can't Darren Bent be in the England national team?

If Bent enters the national team, then he will definitely occupy a central striker position, and if there is an important game without starting, and then the game is lost, fans will also think of Darren Bent and question Eriksen for not letting Bent play to cause the loss.

What to do with Rooney?

What about Michael Owen?

If Bent is allowed to replace Wayne Rooney, or replace Owen, there will certainly be no instability within the England team, and the original players will have less support for the manager.

This is unacceptable to Eriksen.

When the time comes, he will face pressure from the media, the fans, the FA and the players.

Eriksen's approach also puts a pressure on him, as he doesn't rely purely on results, and he also believes that not calling up Millwall players is unfair to the players, and because of this, he believes that there is a direct contradiction between himself and Zhang Yang.

When he officially became the manager of Manchester City, he also felt a kind of pressure when he met Millwall, which was led by Zhang Yang.

That's the difference between the two sides.

Zhang Yang's control of the team is more sufficient, the club's coaching prestige is higher, Millwall's strength is stronger, and Manchester City has little hope of winning at home, in this case, Eriksen can't let the team "stick to defense", or get points with absolute defense, because Manchester City's style is a little more attack-oriented, just coaching the first home game, playing so conservatively, it will definitely cause dissatisfaction among fans.

The current game scene is also caused by Eriksen letting the team go big and playing normally.

Eriksen was mentally prepared to lose, but he didn't expect the opponent to do such a "desperate" way, actually letting the players score more goals, and even gave up the celebration time, as if Millwall was behind.

The Swedes gritted their teeth with hatred.

In fact, Zhang Yang didn't do anything, just arranged a new 352 formation to play, and let the team play normally.

The players spontaneously went to try to score goals.

Millwall players also think that Zhang Yang and Eriksen have a "contradiction", and they want to help Zhang Yang "beat the opponent", preferably by a big score, so that they will have face.

In addition, some players in the team are also very unhappy with Eriksen.

For example, Morris, Darren Ward, Livermore, they all had the opportunity to enter the England national team and have been waiting for the call of the national team, but Eriksen refused to call up Millwall players because of "personal contradictions with Zhang Yang", they will definitely be very dissatisfied, and now they have the opportunity to face the team led by Eriksen, they are all very motivated to play.

The rest of the players were at odds with Eriksen, but it was enough for a team to have a few key players dominate, and the players would talk about it in private before making the decision to "try to beat Manchester City by a big score".

That's why after Jamie Vardy's goal, the team didn't even celebrate and quickly restarted the game.

Millwall's approach surprised many people, many people considered Zhang Yang and Eriksen, and probably understood why, they had all kinds of speculations, but in the end there can only be one conclusion - Millwall wants to beat Manchester City by a big score.

The Manchester City players also guessed.

Manchester City players are very angry, even if the opponent is last season's "treble", can't be so arrogant at Manchester Stadium, score a goal and start quickly?

Is this taking us seriously?

In the annoyance of the Manchester City players, the scramble became much more intense, and the enthusiasm of each player to participate in the game increased, which also made the game between the two sides exciting.

The Manchester City fans in the audience cheered for the team loudly, and they were even more unaccustomed to the arrogant approach of the opponent, and they couldn't wait for Manchester City to hurry up and score two, and then they would dare to be arrogant.

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Millwall has arrogant capital.

Compared with Manchester City's strength, Millwall's most advantageous aspect is not the ability of individual players, but the tacit cooperation of the team, and the overall progress is quite smooth.

If a few months pass, when Manchester City's new squad can play a decent match, the tacit understanding between Millwall's players will no longer become so advantageous. But now Manchester City is still "too young", there are too many new players in their squad, resulting in the transfer between players is completely seen with both eyes, rather than relying on tactics and tacit understanding.

In addition, Millwall's advantage lies in the play of the new 352 formation.

The new formation of 352 plays a fast pace, plays a direct offensive with a direct cooperation, regardless of whether the opponent makes a mistake or not, Millwall's every attack is very fast, and it is great if the opponent makes a mistake, and they can even play a very delicate coordination in a quick counterattack.

Therefore, the new formation of the style of play, I like to play against the opponent the most, especially when the opponent's strength is insufficient, Millwall will play better and better, and it is easy to find opportunities.

Manchester City now has just the right fit.

When the two sides attacked in a row, the two sides seemed to be evenly matched at a glance on the field, but in fact, every time Millwall attacked, it was easy to create a threat, and in turn, Manchester City played several waves in a row, but could not send the ball into the penalty area.

This difference in efficiency, reflected in the whole game, becomes a score gap.

In the 31st minute of the game, Millwall completed the goal again, Morris crossed diagonally from the middle to the right, Simpson followed and hoisted the ball into the box, Toney failed to grab the point, but Vardy, who was outflanked, rushed up and volleyed the ball directly into the goal.

Such a wonderful goal immediately caused a cheer from the fans.

Of course, only Millwall fans.

When the home Manchester City fans saw the goal, they didn't know what to do, and they fell silent.

They were disappointed with the team's performance.

The game had only been played for half an hour and the opponent had scored two goals.

It's still a home game.

Whether or not they can win such a game does not seem to be a question because everyone feels that there is no hope for Manchester City.

Sky Sports commentator Paul Scott also lamented, "Millwall are just too strong. Judging by the game, the gap between the two sides is comprehensive. Manchester City have struggled to find chances, and Millwall have threatened the goal again and again, and so far there have been two goals, which does not seem to be much. ”

'City have brought in a couple of new players who are of a good level but don't seem to be enough in front of the Millwall stars.

Paul Scott was analyzing, when he saw Vardy hold the ball to the centre circle again, and he said with a smile, "It seems that Vardy feels that two goals are not enough!" He also wants to complete a hat-trick! ”

The rest of the media thinks the same way.

Before the game, many media talked about expecting Manchester City to complete the counterattack and beat Millwall at home.

Now they don't have hope.

The gap between Manchester City's performance and winning is too big, and they feel that Manchester City can lose "with dignity", which is quite remarkable, because Millwall obviously want to score more goals.

So when they talk about Manchester City, they say, "Stupid Eriksen! He actually let Manchester City and Millwall play against each other! If he had been in charge of England and had played so openly, perhaps England would have been able to go one step further in the World Cup. ”

"But now, it's Manchester City!"

"Manchester City are not the top team in the Premier League, the gap between them and Millwall is too big, maybe the Swede, before taking over as manager of the club, should learn how to play against strong opponents, compared to Zhang Yang, who has led the team to a brilliant record, Eriksen is like a child in coaching, although he is more than twice as old as Zhang Yang......

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Millwall doesn't matter how passive Manchester City are, the defeat of their opponents is their victory.

After scoring their second goal, Millwall continued to push their way and their goal was to beat Manchester City by a big margin for the team to win and for Zhang Yang.

That's what the players think.

When they found that the game was very smooth, they played more actively, and even Manchester City's successive fouls did not stop Millwall from playing smoothly.

In the 41st minute, Millwall scored again.

This time it was the work of wide Pire, who cut down the middle and dodged a block before firing a direct volley at the post, before Morris followed up to complete the follow-up.

3 to 0.

At this point in the game, Millwall was finally able to relax and celebrate the goal, and Morris hugged Pire excitedly.

A large crowd of players gathered around and cheered for victory.

At the same time, the Manchester City players are full of loneliness and resentment, they have been trying, but they can't stop each other at all, they feel the absolute difference in strength, and they are very angry at the same time as they sigh for Millwall's strength.

Three to zero!

The game was only halfway into the game, and we were down 3-0, so how would we play next?

Do you want to lose by five or six goals?

A number of players looked at Eriksen and hoped that the Swede would give them some instructions on what to do, because they really didn't know what to do next.

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Eriksen didn't know how to play either.

When a team is not as strong as its opponents, its performance is not as good as its opponents, and it is still three goals behind, how to play to turn the situation back may be a problem that world football can never solve.

Even if some teams did!

For example, in the famous "Istanbul Night", Liverpool trailed AC Milan by three goals before equalising after six minutes of the second half.

This is not reproducible.

There were a number of factors in Liverpool's equaliser at the time, one of the important factors was that the opponent was too careless, AC Milan probably thought they could win the game, and began to celebrate the championship at half-time, and finally were stunned by Liverpool's successive goals.

In the current game, even if Millwall is careless, will Manchester City have a chance to equalize?

The answer is no.

Eriksen knows in his heart that the game must be lost, but the difference between losing more and losing less, and another difference is that the impact on the subsequent games, he can't let the team lose no face at all, if the morale is lost by the opponent, the game will definitely become difficult.

Now we can only wait for half-time to do ideological work for the players.

There wasn't much time left in the first half, and Millwall probably couldn't score, so there was no need to make adjustments, so that's all there was for the time being.

Eriksen's non-expression made the Manchester City players very helpless.

What the Swedes don't know is that many players are beginning to be dissatisfied with him, and many players know the contradictions between him and Zhang Yang, Millwall is so proactive, probably it has something to do with the contradictions between the two sides, right?

The opponent's head coach formulated a good tactic and let the opponent play very smoothly, while his own coach, in such a passive situation, sat on the bench and did not move.

How else is the game played?

Is Eriksen really qualified to be Manchester City manager?