The 'rush installment' in the plan is about to begin.

When the match with Stoke City was about to be played, the media began to 'predict' the game again, and their prediction analysis was very unfavorable to Millwall, some said 'Millwall will definitely lose', some said 'Millwall's results will drop sharply', most of the reports were all kinds of unfavorable, but Zhang Yang simply ignored it, he knew that in the face of criticism, the best response was to win.

On the day of the game, Zhang Yang prepared for the game very seriously, and also asked the team to reduce the amount of training to maintain enough energy and be well prepared.

In addition, he reminded the team not to be careless.

The last game against Gillingham is still fresh in my memory, everyone thought Millwall would win, but they only got a draw, which is because the team has no fighting spirit, and the team is too careless, even if the opponent is not strong, it must be taken very seriously.

Millwall are seventh in the league, but in terms of overall strength, they are actually only in the middle of the league and are not better than other teams.

In the admonition of Zhang Yang, everyone is also very serious.

Zhang Yang also talked about the plan to 'grab the installment', "We must win this game in order to grasp the opportunity to upgrade!" ”

"Stoke City are not tough opponents, and if they can't win this one, can you still imagine a team promotion?"

It's putting pressure on yourself and it's putting pressure on the players.

The goal of 'must win' allows all the players to do their best and not feel that the abnormal game is not important in the middle of the game, and when everyone is focused and tries their best to play, there will be no carelessness.

Finally the game came.

Zhang Yang went to the press conference.

At Neil Stadium, the press conference is their home turf, and the reporters of the British Football Newspaper and the London Sports News are off-limits, and the journalists who are constantly reporting negative news will also think carefully when asking questions, and they don't want to be kicked out in the middle of it.

So the atmosphere at the venue was pretty good.

Zhang Yang still showed a gentlemanly demeanor and answered every reporter's question seriously, but in fact, he didn't have much time to deal with reporters, after all, most of the reporters who reported on Millwall were 'hostile', and those who were not hostile were mostly big media, so they rarely reported on the Championship team.

That's the contradiction.

The only way to change this contradiction is to be promoted to the Premier League.

As long as you can enter the Premier League, you will also enter the public eye, and when the time comes, the major media will rush to cover Millwall.

These small and medium-sized regional media outlets that always report negative news?

Who cares what they say!

Zhang Yang coped for more than ten minutes, and when he saw Stoke City head coach Tony Parris arrive, he smiled and waved his hand, and was about to leave early, just as he got up, he saw a Chinese reporter raising his hand.

Zhang Yang took a closer look and was very sure that he was a Chinese reporter.

Although I don't know whether the other party has Chinese nationality, the Chinese must be right, many Europeans can't tell the difference between Chinese, Koreans, Japanese, or people from other East Asian countries, but there is still a little difference in genetics, such as some people, you can see at a glance whether they are southerners or northerners.

Traditional Koreans, Japanese and Chinese are even more different.

Zhang Yang has seen many Japanese and Koreans, and he can roughly distinguish them, and the other party's appearance is the kind of standard Chinese face, which is too easy to see.

"Chinese?"

Zhang Yang still asked uncertainly, he was in Chinese, most of the people in the venue couldn't understand it, the other party understood, and immediately nodded, "I want to ask a question!" ”

"It's time, it's time for me to leave and prepare for the game." Zhang Yang explained, "However, if you have time, you can go to Millwall Club after the game. ”

"Good! I will definitely go! ”

This Chinese journalist is none other than Li Jiandong.

When Millwall was going to play, he was able to enter the stadium to interview, but because he was a 'foreign' reporter, he was arranged in a bad position, and it was difficult to find an opportunity to ask questions.

That's great!

Li Jiandong hopes that the game will end soon, compared to giving Zhang Yang a special interview, a league game is completely unimportant.

Zhang Yang left.

The press conference turned into the home of Tony Pallis.

Tony Parris is a Welsh coach who is almost 47 years old, and the only thing worth mentioning in his young professional career is that he once played for Hong Kong Discovery Garden, and became a famous star in Hong Kong's Discovery Garden, which of course does not matter compared to world football.

In the coaching industry, Tony Parris is also a 'veteran'.

It's not about age, it's about his coaching licence – at the age of 19, he was one of the youngest professional footballers to obtain this professional qualification, having obtained an FA coaching photograph and then a UEFA First Division coaching licence at the age of 21, so there is no doubt that Paris has dreamed of becoming a professional football coach since he was a child.

Palis began his coaching career at Bournemouth, first as a player-coach and then as an assistant head coach to Harry Lenner, who was given the opportunity to take charge of the team following his departure.

He then travelled to Portsmouth and came to Stoke City.

Pallis has been in charge of Stoke City for three seasons now, and Stoke City's results have been very stable, and they are a bit like Millwall before: there is no relegation pressure, and there is no promotion hope, so many media have criticized Pallis for 'too conservative tactics'.

This is actually quite normal.

Millwall has been changing coaches, and the results have been in the middle of the stream, and the media cannot criticize the coach, so it can only be said that Millwall's strength has not increased, and there is no hope of promotion.

Pallis was in charge of Stoke City for three seasons and it was a different story.

Professional football is a trend of 'going against the current', if you don't improve, there will be a decline, it is difficult for any team to stay in one league for a long time, and Stoke City's stable results are not something to boast about because they are only in the Championship.

If you are in the most competitive Premier League, it is already quite good to be able to guarantee no relegation.

Although most of the media thought that Pallis was 'too conservative in his tactics', if you compare Pallis with Zhang Yang, the media will be more inclined to Pallis.

First, Parris is a real manager.

Second, Parris is not young, he is 47 years old, has been a European coach for 26 years, he has a lot of coaching experience, and he has professional experience, and he has enough capital to succeed.

Thirdly, Paris is a Welshman, a native of England.

There are plenty of reasons in the media to support Parris and he expressed confidence in winning, "It's going to be tough away and Millwall are not easy opponents to play against, but I'm sure we'll win in the end!" ”

Expressing confidence in winning, Pallis explained: "Millwall have had good results lately, but no team can keep up good results all the time. I don't think Millwall have any reason to continue to do well and I believe we have a better chance. ”

There was a lot of support for these two statements.

The media's confidence in Stoke's victory became abundant, and what they didn't expect was that then Parris said something more targeted, which was completely a 'fire' tone, "Millwall's manager is too young!" ”

'Young people have momentum, that's a good thing, but being young also brings instability, I don't know why Millwall decided to be a young coach, but this game, Stoke City will teach them a lesson with their performances!'

Is this a war against Zhang Yang?

Immediately, many media outlets were excited.

In fact, they don't understand why Paris said this at all, the atmosphere should still be very peaceful when the team and the team meet, and there is no grudge between the two sides, but Paris said this, which is equivalent to tearing his face and not even leaving a little affection.

While some reporters were excited to get the hot news, they couldn't help but wonder: Where did that young man offend this guy?

Also, do they know each other?

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Paris won't tell them the reason, he and Zhang Yang don't know each other, but he looks down on Zhang Yang and subconsciously feels that the other party is not worthy of being the head coach.

It's because of the difference in experience.

At the age of 21, Paris was photographed as a European professional coach, and his professional career was not too successful, and he could barely be called a star, starting at the age of 33, as an assistant coach, and then as a head coach, coaching various teams.

In order to realize his dream of becoming a famous marshal, he has been working hard since he was young until now, and it has been nearly thirty years.

Thirty years!

A person uses the most precious 30 years of his life to pursue a childhood dream, maybe he will have ups and downs, regrets, and successes, but how much effort has been put in during the period, outsiders can imagine.

So far, Paris has achieved some successes: he is recognised for his coaching skills, he has made a name for himself in the football coaching industry, and he has been the manager of a Championship team.

That's all, he is not reconciled.

In the world, there are many people who are younger than him, who give less than him, but who are more successful than him, such as Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho, who is not even a professional player, who used to be just a translator, but became the head coach of Chelsea in the Premier League.

Parris was also unwilling, and he wanted to try to climb up.

But the reality is always ruthless, and it would be good to get a job as a Championship coach, and he may not be able to find the same job when he leaves Stoke City.

Now that Stoke City has run into Millwall, Parris has been hit even harder.

The opposing head coach is only 22 years old!

22 years old!

A Chinese of this age, who does not even have a coaching license, let alone professional player experience, stands on the same stage with him and becomes an equal opponent!

The reality is so cruel!

Parris is extremely unbalanced!

Although he showed a gentlemanly demeanor on the surface, when it came to playing against Millwall, he felt angry at the thought that the opposing head coach was only 22 years old and could become an opponent with him.

That seemed to prove his failure!