Millwall's Champions League semi-final with AC Milan is close to the table, but Millwall still have a league game to play before the two sides play evenly.

On April 23, the 35th round of the Premier League began, and Millwall challenged Aston Villa away.

At the end of the league, some games will not be intense, because some teams that are less than the top, more than the bottom, or whose results have been fixed, will lose the fighting spirit to continue to fight.

The match between Millwall and Aston Villa is still in focus, and the player in the Millwall team who has attracted much attention is not Branifer, who has performed well, nor Darren Bent, who has been the league's top scorer, but Jody Morris, who has been a little lackluster in recent times.

In the past two months, Morris's limelight has been completely suppressed by his teammates, he has not scored in many consecutive games, and in some major tournaments he has not even entered the starting line.

The analysis of this by many media is that "Morris is a Chelsea outcast, his level of strength has been fixed, even if there are occasional outstanding performances, it cannot hide the fact of mediocrity." ”

This statement has received a lot of recognition.

There is actually a good reason for the media to pay attention to Morris's performance, Morris was the absolute core of Millwall before, even Darren Bent couldn't steal the limelight, veterans such as Pire and Smitchell are not as important as Morris when they enter the team, he is the player who has played the most and performed the most consistently.

Recently, with the outbreak of players such as Braniff, Simpson, and Livermore, Morris seems to have returned to mediocrity, and there is no highlight to talk about in his performance, and his mediocre performance has even affected the national team journey, and Morris's name has not appeared in the recent squad of the England team.

In the second leg of the Champions League with PSV Eindhoven, Wise only gave Morris ten minutes of playing time, and his performance was also lackluster, and he couldn't say anything to contribute.

For Millwall and Aston Villa, the media has nothing to say, the two teams are no longer at the same level, Aston Villa ranks twelfth in the league, less than the top, more than the bottom, can not qualify for European competitions, and do not worry about relegation at all, the Aston Villa players who are not in a state of not being able to go up and down, have their minds on the holidays.

Therefore, the focus of this game will be on what kind of form Millwall and AC Milan will show before the big game.

In this game, Morris played a little better.

Although Morris did not score or assist until the end of the game, Millwall's three goals were more or less related to Morris, and he also drove the rhythm of the whole game.

As one of the core of the 'double core', Morris led Millwall to a smash away at Aston Villa.

In the end, Millwall won 1-3 away.

After the game, Morris remained the focus of the game, with the media commenting, "The performance has improved, but it still hasn't lived up to expectations!" "That is, Morris should have been a player who shined on the court, but his performance could only be considered qualified.

At the post-match press conference, Zhang Yang was also asked about Morris, and he said with a faint smile, "Any player will have ups and downs, I believe Morris can persevere, his career has not yet reached the peak!" ”

Many media scoffed at the flamboyant statement.

In recent months, Morris's performance has not improved, but has decreased, and even Millwall's line-up has become a secondary option, how can they believe that Morris is 'not at the top yet'?

Morris is not a young player, he is already twenty-nine years old. This age has already reached its peak, and in the next two years, his form will begin to decline.

Perhaps Morris's form has slipped earlier, and his performances have been lackluster lately.

However, Zhang Yang has expectations for Morris's performance, because he knows the reason for Morris's mediocre performance.

Very simple.

This guy seems to have no ambitions!

When Morris's performance was flat, Zhang Yang talked to Morris carefully, and after careful study and analysis, he found that Morris's problem was not his physical state, but his mentality towards his career.

Morris had a bumpy experience.

As a young man, Morris was a famous talent in the Chelsea Academy and then played for Chelsea's first team, and everyone thought he would rise quickly, but he has been a substitute for Chelsea for several seasons, especially since Frank Lampard's arrival, he has almost only been a substitute for Frank Lampard.

When Chelsea no longer needed him, Morris had no choice but to leave.

From the Premier League to the Championship, few people know how much Morris's mentality has changed, when he was around twenty-five years old, and in the best of his career, everyone else was on the rise and he was on the decline.

With Millwall standing out, Morris has also become quite impressive.

By the time he reached the Premier League, Morris had his dream of leading his side to beat Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.

At Stamford Bridge, under the watchful eye of all the Blues fans!

He proved himself!

At the end of the season, Morris's mentality went through a period of calm, and at the beginning of this season, Morris performed reasonably well, but when he entered the England national team, Morris suddenly found that he had nothing to pursue.

He became a mainstay at Millwall, a core member of the truly top clubs.

He got a contract with a high salary that he couldn't have imagined.

He made up for Chelsea's regrets.

He entered the England national team, which can be regarded as having played for his country, and can be regarded as the fulfillment of his childhood dream.

Anything else?

It is precisely because of the mentality of 'no desire and no desire' that Morris has always played very consistently, and stability often means mediocrity, he is definitely useful on the field, and he will certainly not drag the team back, but compared with Braniff, Simpson, Livermore and other players who are active and have outstanding abilities, they do not have any advantages.

That's why Morris is 'mediocre'.

Zhang Yang talked a lot to Morris before discovering the problem, and he and Morris then reminisced about more than two years and talked about Millwall's success.

Morris was also thrilled.

Zhang Yang then said, "When Millwall enters the Premier League, I believe that everyone, even the critical media and fans, will be very satisfied." ”

'Everyone was complimenting us at the time, even though they thought we could only be in the Premier League for one season. Am I right? ”

Morris nodded.

"But we didn't aim for relegation, everyone in the team worked very hard, and throughout the season, I believe everyone's nerves were tense, and in the end we won the league title!"

"At the end of last season, it was still the same phrase that everybody would give Millwall a thumbs up! At this point, it's time to be satisfied, right? But, no! ”

"The Premier League title has just begun, and this season, our goal has become the Champions League trophy, and we also want to defend the league title! The team has always been pursuing until now, even if we win the Champions League trophy, we can still chase the ball to continue the honor, and pursue the team to squeeze into the ranks of giants...... Wait a minute. ”

Zhang Yang looked at Morris seriously, "So compared to the whole team, why did you personally not pursue it?" ”

"What personal honors have you received?"

"England Footballer of the Year? European Footballer of the Year? World Footballer of the Year? Or some other worthy individual awards? As far as I know, not yet, right? ”

"Not to mention individual honors, the highest collective honors, you haven't won them, the Champions League in front of you, there are some players who will even jump ship to other teams for the Champions League trophy, you know, Ballack, the German captain did this, a top player does not have the Champions League, the career is flawed, Ballack will pursue, even if it is against a lot of infamy, what about you? Are you more famous than Barak? You haven't taken anything, why are you so easily satisfied? Or are you just a person who doesn't pursue it? ”

"You're only twenty-nine years old, and you haven't retired yet!"

"If you continue to maintain the current situation, I believe that in a few years, it will be you who will regret it, because when the time comes, you will have no ability to pursue it anymore, and you can only live in regret for the rest of your life......"

Zhang Yang believes in his words, it has an effect on Morris, just looking at the hard work in training and games, you know that Morris probably knows what to do.

So Zhang Yang has confidence in Morris.

Morris is a player with strong all-round strength, and may be far behind the top players in terms of technique, but he is still the most consistent player in Millwall's midfield, who can make the most contribution and dominate the overall situation.

Morris, it's so important!

In the current Champions League match with AC Milan, Morris must also rely on Morris to lead the whole team to strengthen the control of the midfield.

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Morris was indeed touched.

Just like Zhang Yang thought, after getting everything he wanted, he found himself at a loss for the future, although he still followed the team to play game after game, he didn't know what he should pursue.

Golden Globes?

World Footballer of the Year?

Champions League winners?

These are too far away, so far away that Morris can't even think of it, and when he has a thought, he immediately shakes his head and denies himself, but after Zhang Yang finished speaking, he realizes that it is not completely impossible to achieve.

Millwall are heading into the semi-finals of the Champions League and the whole team is working hard to beat AC Milan to reach the final, and then the trophy is just around the corner for them.

As the core and main player of the championship team, as long as the performance is good enough, the goal award and the World Footballer of the Year are not completely unattainable, right? At least there is a chance, and being nominated is a certainty.

Morris hadn't thought about it before, he just felt that if he played for a few more seasons, although he wasn't the best, he didn't have any regrets in his career, and now he found that this is not the case, and if he continues like this, he will definitely regret not fighting for it in a few years.

It's just a few years of my career, and I don't have much time left.

Now I still have the ability to work hard, to fight, to fight, what about the future? When you reach your thirties, maybe your state will decline rapidly, and you won't have a chance to fight for it.

That will leave a regret!

The current struggle may not be successful, but at least I have worked hard, and I will not regret it in the future.

Morris figured it out.

When he returned to the training ground and made the final preparations with the team, Morris became very hard-working, not to mention the hardest work on the court, and to take the tactical arrangement extremely seriously, almost to the point of remembering every word of the coaching staff.

He should have done so.

Against AC Milan, he is still reused, will start as the heart of the midfield, and his performance will also affect the whole team, and even affect the outcome of the game.

Morris couldn't wait.