In the 28th round of the Championship, Millwall's opponent was Rotherham.

This is a home game.

Compared to the previous games, this one was much easier.

Rotherham are not a strong team, just the opposite, they are at the bottom of the league, not to be sarcastic about their ranking, or to be careless or anything like that, even the outside media and opposing fans believe that it is difficult for Rotherham to get points from Neil Stadium.

It has to do with the situation at Rotherham.

Rotherham are now very sympathetic, they are in the biggest trouble of a professional club – bankruptcy!

Rotherham's financial situation is much worse than Millwall's.

In October, the media broke the news that the club had £1.5 million in debt due and there was little liquidity on the club's books.

Millwall still has a few stars who are worth money, and Rotherham doesn't even have stars to sell, and the media's financial analysis of the club has concluded that Rotherham is already in negative equity.

This almost means bankruptcy.

There were local fan groups that raised funds for the club's support, but that was only a drop in the bucket, and Rotherham began to pay players and staff salaries, and it is said that some players have been owed up to three months' salaries until now.

Due to operational problems, Rotherham will almost be 'bankrupt', and then relegated to a lower league according to regulations, and the specific situation will be subject to approval and adjudication, but now Rotherham's operation has been officially taken over by the government and banks.

So you can imagine Rotherham's play.

Their players have no intention of fighting, and they have been dragging their feet since the first minute of the game, and they are not playing at all.

Amid the cheers of the home fans, Millwall was quite active.

In the 11th minute, Millwall relied on Kevin Keele's shot to score the first goal.

In the 31st minute, Jody Morris scored from outside the area with a long-range shot to rewrite the score to 2:0.

In the second half, Rotherham's play still did not improve, Millwall around the opponent's goal and continued to attack, in the 67th minute, Millwall scored another goal, still Kevin Geel, still a volley from inside the box.

After this goal, the game was basically out of suspense.

After observing for a few minutes, Zhang Yang simply began to make substitutions: defender Tony Clegg, forward Curtis Weston and David Livermore were given playing time one after another, and after three substitutions of training substitutes, Millwall still maintained the advantage on the field.

In the 82nd minute, taking advantage of a set-piece opportunity, full-back Joey Healy volleyed the ball into the back of the net.

In the end, Millwall won 4-0.

The opponents were only Rotherham who were bottom of the league, but a big win would be exciting, with every player smiling after the game.

When he returned to the club, Zhang Yang announced the holiday arrangement: all the players were given three days off.

"Hula!!"

The players cheered excitedly.

Zhang Yang can understand their feelings, the whole December until now, the league is too intensive, and the combined holidays are only two days.

Everyone is looking forward to the holidays.

Zhang Yang is also a little looking forward to it, the days from Christmas are too busy, but as a manager, unlike the players, he still has some work to do, and one thing is also important.

He stopped David Livermore.

"David, remember what I said?" Zhang Yang asked with a smile at Livermore.

"What?"

David Livermore was a little confused.

"Yesterday in the office, I asked you, 'What would happen if you were a big star', remember?" Seeing Livermore nodding, Zhang Yang continued, "I'm not lying to you, I think you have a lot of potential and will definitely succeed in the future." ”

"Don't comfort me."

Livermore's frustrated reaction, in the expectation of Zhang Yang, he had to regain his fighting spirit, "David, I'm not kidding. I think you have a lot of potential, you haven't developed much before, just because you're going in the wrong direction. ”

Livermore's expression was a little puzzled.

"Think about it, who in the whole team is stronger than you, who is stronger than you?" Zhang Yang asked.

Livermore hesitated and said, "No, it won't be." ”

"Of course not, you're the best physically!"

"But this is ...... with football"

Before Livermore could finish speaking, Zhang Yang interrupted, "It's related! Every successful footballer has to have a good body, and you stand out in this regard. It's just that you've made a mistake before, you've been exercising technique, or exercising coordination, you've been doing systematic training, but those trainings aren't for you, you should have your own unique training, you should have an ability to bring out your strengths. ”

Livermore touched the back of his head, he was clearly a little confused.

Zhang Yang found that it was useless to talk to this guy about this, so he said directly, "Do you know how David Beckham succeeded?" This is a story that the whole of England should know. ”

"Beckham? He heard that he used car tires as goals to practice free kicks. ”

"That's right, you should do the same, as long as you have the perseverance to do it, you will definitely have excellent long-range shooting ability in the future."

"Really?"

Livermore was a little unconfident.

"Of course. Think about it, how strong are you? No one else can beat you, you just have to shoot the ball on target, practice a lot, it's easy. When it takes time, perseverance, hard training, as long as you are willing to work hard and give more than others, you will have the day when you will succeed. ”

"But...... Can I do it? ”

Livermore was still not confident.

Zhang Yang was a little about to give up, and he said impatiently in a commanding tone, "I don't care if you can do it or not!" Your three-day vacation has been canceled, and from tomorrow onwards, you will come here to train and shoot more than 500 shots a day! After speaking, he felt that the tone was a little bad, and added, "As long as you can persevere, maybe by this time next year, you will have the money to take your sister on vacation everywhere!" ”

Livermore's eyes lit up and he nodded firmly, "Okay, boss, I'll definitely complete the training mission!" ”

The scrappy look was surprising.

Zhang Yang feels that he is talking too much nonsense, and it is better to talk about money directly than anything else, looking at this guy's energetic appearance, where is there a little bit of unconfidence?

"Shameful sister!"

After complaining countless times along the way, Zhang Yang walked to the chairman's office, he knocked on the door a few times, and Gligory's voice came from inside, "Please come in!" ”

Grigory was looking at the computer screen.

Zhang Yang walked over and took a look, it was the video of the match between Millwall and Rotherham United today, Grigory paused the video and explained, "I didn't go to the game, but I know the result, 4-0, a rare big win!" It's been a long time since I've seen a team win by four goals. ”

Zhang Yang smiled, "Maybe there will be many opportunities in the future." ”

"I hope so, I'm looking forward to it." Gregory looked at Zhang Yang, "Zhang, don't mind if I say something from my heart. ”

Zhang Yang listened.

'At Christmas, I was very worried, you don't have coaching experience, I was worried that something would go wrong with the team or that the results would plummet. But I've now found that worrying is unnecessary, and after Christmas, we've done really well so far, we've only drawn one, and that's your work! ”

In the face of the affirmation of the club president, Zhang Yang was still a little happy, and he said modestly, "It's just a job." ”

Grigory laughed, "I heard that the Chinese are very modest, I didn't expect it to be true, but when you get praise, you should be sure of your achievements." But I called you, not for today's game, but for tomorrow's reception. ”

"Cocktail party?"

"It's a cocktail party for a professional club in England, and a lot of people will be there when the time comes." Gregory explained, "You probably haven't heard of it before, have you? This is an in-house reception, there will be no media interviews, and no other unrelated people will be invited. Anyway, if you have time to spare, come with me. ”

Zhang Yang hesitated, it was a pity to miss a day of vacation, but the party in the English football circle, it is better to participate as much as possible, and it is also good to expand the social circle.

So he nodded and said, "Okay, I'll come to the club tomorrow morning, and we'll go together when the time comes." ”

"Then it's decided."