Jose Mourinho once declared, "If we score one goal, we can get three points." He was referring to Chelsea's defensive prowess and control of the game after the goal.

It's the same with Millwall.

Especially against poor teams, Millwall rarely scored the first goal.

A lot of people don't understand why.

Millwall were not as conservative as Chelsea, but they were able to hold the lead until the end of the game most of the time.

Zhang Yang naturally won't tell them, the reason is because of foreknowledge and supernatural ability, when Millwall is ahead, he can use a series of abilities on defense, and he will also pay great attention to the team's defense, and it will be very difficult for the opponent to score.

In any case, Sheffield United were scored by Millwall and the game was very bad.

Warnock's pre-match 'one-point strategy' is tantamount to a direct failure, and if you want to get points, you have to attack, but the current game situation, Sheffield United wants to play a frontal attack that threatens the Millwall defence, which is almost like a dream.

Warnock's face began to show helplessness.

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After the resumption of the game, Millwall continued to press strongly against Sheffield United.

This kind of suppression is a little unbearable even for the media and fans, some Millwall fans are a little sympathetic to Sheffield United, the game is played like this, as if it is not a contest of opponents at the same level, but like two levels or even more, in their thinking, only the big and non-professional teams play, the gap will be so big.

But reality happens.

Millwall is a team in the Premier League, Sheffield United is also a team in the Premier League, Sheffield United came up and put on a 'not opponent', and those who were pressed by Millwall had no power to fight back.

Sky Sports' Kevin Bullard also lamented, "Millwall are already ahead, but Sheffield United don't seem to want to step up their attacking efforts...... Maybe they can't attack at all, and they can't play at all when they get the ball occasionally! ”

"The gap between the two teams is too big!"

"It would be a mistake for Warnock to play conservatively, if Millwall can't get the ball on the scoresheet, but when Millwall scores, Sheffield United won't even have the slightest hope of equalising......

Warnock certainly wants hope for the team to have hope, but he feels he should save the effort for the second half.

Regardless of whether it will work or not, the players who have adjusted in the middle of the game will not be used to it, they have been defending for 30 minutes and the sudden change may only give the opposition a chance.

Soon Warnock regretted it.

Livermore's trademark powerful volley made Sheffield United even more aware that 'you can't keep the goal'.

This time it was Livermore who received a return pass from Darken Bent, and he didn't hesitate to volley the ball, and the ball blew across the box like a gust of wind and instantly appeared in the goal.

Goalkeeper Kenny could only look at the ball and sigh.

Two to zero.

Warnock didn't want to admit defeat ...... the game, but the reality was that the defensive strategy developed before the game didn't play as well as it should in the face of Millwall's powerful attack.

Warnock also noticed the Millwall adjustment.

'Back front' is a rare style of play, anyway, Warnock has not seen it, especially let Livermore, such a reckless man who doesn't know how to cooperate 'front', it is simply unimaginable, but Millwall did this, and Livermore also played quite well.

Nearly half-time passed, Warnock also knew why Livermore played well.

One is that Livermore is already very good, his long-range shooting ability and headers are quite good.

The second is the cooperation of the whole team, all the players are making the ball for Livermore, even the striker has no chance, he will pass the ball back to Livermore for processing.

With this level of firepower, Livermore's performance is quite good, and it has also put Sheffield United's tight defense through heavyweight tests repeatedly.

That's Millwall's means.

Then in the second half, Sheffield United made a slight change, they replaced a striker on the pitch, hoping to increase the defensive intensity, but the defense at the back became weak, giving Millwall more chances.

In the 64th minute, Millwall played a brilliant combination, Konchesky crossed to Simpson, and Simpson and Morris passed in succession to send the ball to the left side of the box.

Quaresma followed up with a kick to get the ball into the back of the net.

Three to zero!

'Millwall are three goals ahead and I think there is no suspense in the game now and no one should argue with that.

'Judging from the past game time, the gap between the two sides is a bit too big, and it has to do with Sheffield United's conservative tactics and also with Millwall's adjustments.

"We can all notice that Livermore's position is on the premise. It's hard to imagine a player of this style standing at the front of the formation, who seems to be only further down than Darren Bent. This is the first time I've seen this style of play, but it works very well, and Livermore is the best player on the field so far. ”

In Kevin Bullard's commentary, the Quaresma gallops in celebration, like a war horse, running a long distance along the sideline, and then plunges headlong into the grass, excited and unable to help himself.

Neil Stadium is plunged into a sea of cheers!

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Millwall beat Sheffield United 3-0 to secure their final league game before Christmas.

Speaking after the game, Sheffield United boss Warnock said: "We are very far apart from our opponents. ”

"It's an unequal game, and I believe it will let the players know how strong the team is, and maybe it will have a positive impact on our future games."

Zhang Yang didn't say much.

As it wasn't the focus of attention, only a small number of media outlets covered the game, with even fewer mentioning Millwall's formation changes.

This issue did not attract much attention.

In fact, it is also very normal, the gap between Millwall and Sheffield United is huge, one is the first in the league, the other is a promoted horse with poor results, it is normal to win by three goals at home, no matter whether Sheffield United plays normally or defends the goal, Millwall scores three goals, it is difficult for many people to pay special attention, and the adjustment of a player's position in the game is not a big deal, so naturally few people care.

It's almost Christmas.

The second night was Christmas Eve, the third day was Christmas, and the next 26 was the Premier League's customary 'Christmas War Day'.

The coaching staff deliberated and finally decided to take two 'half-days' off.

The next day's morning training continued, and in the afternoon there was a half-day off for the players to spend Christmas Eve, so there was no training on Christmas morning, but the next day was the game, and we would definitely return to training in the afternoon.

The players are on holiday, the coaching staff is on holiday.

Zhang Yang also has time to walk to the streets and feel the Christmas atmosphere of London.

It was Christmas Eve.

Traditionally, Christmas Eve is the day to decorate Christmas trees, but with the early start of Christmas celebrations, many Christmas trees have been put up weeks before Christmas, and by extension, Christmas Eve refers not only to the evening of December 24, but also to the eve of Christmas, especially to the whole day of December 24.

Because the general festival atmosphere is easy to mobilize at night, and large-scale events are concentrated in the evening, it is called Christmas Eve.

Last year, Zhang Yang had a party for Christmas.

At that time, Denis's company held a PATTY, and Zhang Yang attended the party PATTY, and after a lot of excitement, he moved on to the next day to continue preparing for the league.

This year is probably even more pitiful than last year.

Zhang Yang walked around the street for a long time, and suddenly there was a sense of loneliness, he thought of Ivanka, remembered Catherine, and remembered Denis, Catherine and Denise both invited him to spend Christmas together, but Zhang Yang refused all of them, and at this time, he suddenly felt that it was good to have someone to accompany him.

Ivanka?

Zhang Yang misses Ivanka a little, if you want to talk about love or something, the proportion of existence in the relationship between the two is very small.

Zhang Yang knew this very well, but he still remembered Ivanka and felt very moved. That lively, cheerful girl, if she could spend Christmas with Ivanka, probably it would be very good, right? I don't know what Ivanka is doing.

Zhang Yang sent Ivanka a text message saying 'Merry Christmas'.

Soon received a reply, "Thank you for your blessings, you can still think of me, indicating that there are no other girls around?" I'm a little happy, but I don't want to do anything right now, I just want to lie in bed. ”

"Sick?"

It took a long time for Ivanka to reply, "It's terrible." ”

"Pay attention to your body, and if it's serious, go to the doctor." Zhang Yang chatted with Ivanka and walked all the way back home.

The babysitter Angelica is still there.

She was decorating the Christmas tree in the living room, Zhang Yang watched her hang all kinds of small objects on the Christmas tree, and shook her head helplessly, "Won't these attract insects?" ”

Angelica knew that Zhang Yang was joking, and turned her head and smiled, "No, Steele loves Christmas trees, I buy one every year, and he will hang many toys on it." ”

"I don't really like it."

"Why?" Angelica didn't understand.

Zhang Yang smiled, "Our country does not believe in Jesus or God, and Christmas is not a national holiday. ”

Angelica was a little devastated, she stopped what she was doing and asked Xiang Zhangyang, "Do you want to tear it down?" ”

This Christmas tree was given as a gift by a housekeeping company.

Zhang Yang has hired nannies to work at home for a long time, but the relationship between the big customers of the housekeeping company must be maintained.

Zhang Yang thought for a moment and said, "Put it on." If there are guests coming after Christmas, it would be nice to have a Christmas tree, and ...... It's beautiful. ”

I don't know if the last word was for the Christmas tree or for Angelica, Angelica laughed and dimpleed, but she didn't say anything, and continued with the work at hand.

The two became acquainted.

If Zhang Yang couldn't control his lower body at the beginning, he might probably do something, but after getting acquainted with Angelica, he had no other ideas, and when a woman in a relationship became a nanny, life would become messy, and he had no intention of changing the nanny because of this, and there might be other problems with a stranger.

The two know each other, and occasionally talk a little ambiguously, but they will restrain each other.

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The next day, he woke up late, and it was rare to have time to sleep in, even for Christmas, he didn't want to get up early.

In the afternoon, the training continued.

The Christmas spirit in the club did not affect the training of the first team.

Zhang Yang is very strict with the training requirements, every player must complete the training task, and the main focus of the coaching staff is also on training.

Millwall will be in a tight schedule for a long time to come, and it is the most important task for each player to try to maintain their form and reduce the overall injury rate.

At this time, there was a news from Spain that surprised the entire European football world - next season, Zhang Yang will enter Real Madrid as a ...... Assistant coaches?