Calderon can fool others, but he can't fool Mijatovic, who is closest to him.

Mijatovic played for Real Madrid during his career and performed so well that he returned to Madrid after retiring as a campaign assistant to Calderón.

After Calderón's successful campaign, Mijatovic took over the transfer of Real Madrid as manager of the sports department.

This position is a top priority.

As soon as the press conference ended, Mijatovic immediately grabbed Calderón, "What's going on?" "If there was any plan for the 'coaching team', he would have heard first-hand, but he had never heard of the so-called plan, and he was more confused than the reporters and fans.

"What's going on?"

"It's Zhang Yang, what you just said, you and Zhang Yang have been in private contact? He said he would like to come to Real Madrid? But it's going to be very demanding, are we really going to spend the salary of a head coach to hire an assistant coach? Mijatovic muttered to himself, he had never thought that Calderón was running a train with his mouth full.

Calderón was not going to lie to Mijatovic, he told the truth, "No, I don't know Zhang Yang at all. ”

"Then why ......" Mijatovic was stunned.

Calderon said helplessly, "Just now...... What else can I say about that situation? If I don't increase the support of my members, there will be more people on the board who will be dissatisfied with me......"

"But what if it doesn't materialize?" Mijatovic smiled wryly, "At that time, everyone will think that you will only pay lip service and that none of your campaign promises have been fulfilled." ”

Calderón thought for a moment and said, "I think Real Madrid is much more attractive than Millwall, and few people will refuse Real Madrid. Seeing that Mijatovic was about to speak, he waved his hand and interrupted and continued, "I know what you have to say, of course the well-known head coach is not willing to come as an assistant coach, but have you ever thought that the Chinese coach is very young, maybe the success of the coach so far, a large part of the success depends on luck, in addition, the least we can use the temptation of high salary, as long as we can achieve the goal, it is worth paying more salary." ”

The last sentence convinced Mijatovic.

Real Madrid is one of the most successful clubs in the world, and the attraction to the outside world is still a little, to persuade a coach like Zhang Yang to come to Real Madrid to coach, it must be easy, and even said that Zhang Yang's achievements have not yet reached the criteria for Real Madrid to choose a coach, and he can come to Real Madrid to coach is definitely 'Gaopan'.

But assistant coaches are different.

The attraction of an assistant coach is so small that it is even more difficult to convince a well-known manager to come to Real Madrid as an assistant coach than to bring in a famous manager.

But with the lure of a high salary, the situation is different.

Coaching is also a job, no different from other professions, you have to live on salary, even the world's top coaches, will be attracted by high salaries, and paying more salary expenses is nothing to Real Madrid.

A young man in his twenties must not refuse a wealthy family and a high salary, right?

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And so it was settled.

The Spanish media also reported it, and then the whole of Europe knew about it.

On Christmas afternoon, Zhang Yang only learned the news, he knew it a little late, and he couldn't understand it, just like many British media analyzed, he couldn't understand what the Spanish media were thinking.

What a great manager at Millwall!

Why go to Real Madrid as an assistant coach? Real Madrid is a giant club, and it is the top giant, but Millwall is enough to go head-to-head with Real Madrid in the Champions League, and the strength performance is not bad at all.

People go to high places, and water flows to low places!

If Real Madrid intends to poach himself as a head coach in the past, Zhang Yang can still understand it, and there will be a little bit of excitement in his heart, but he will definitely refuse in the end, because he has no reason to leave Millwall, even if there is the temptation of a giant, he does not have to choose a giant.

Assistant coaches?

Real Madrid president Calderón is probably a brain show!

Zhang Yang didn't take it seriously at all, leading his side to West Ham United the next day, and the last time the two teams met was in mid-October, when Millwall won 4-0 at home.

That game has been talked about for a long time, as it led to the sacking of West Ham boss Alan Pardew.

Following the sacking of former head coach Alan Pardew, West Ham United were quick to find a new leader and the club confirmed the appointment of another 'Alain', Alan Kubishli, who had been Charlton Athletic's manager for a long time, as their new manager.

West Ham have worked hard to salvage their results, with Kubishli taking over in November but offering a three-year contract.

West Ham are hoping that Jurry Kubishli can lead the Hammers out of the slump, while also promising a large transfer fund for the new manager to strengthen his squad in the winter.

Kubishli is interested in taking on the role of West Ham manager, which he considers a "huge honour": "Of course I'm very interested in the job, they approached me five years ago to replace the elder Redknapp and it's an honour to work with them now. ”

Kubishli also said that his experience with West Ham United as a player has remained to this day: "When you grow up in a background like West Ham, your passion for this club never fades. For him, this comeback is a double return, both to the Premier League and to West Ham United, where he started as a player.

Kubishley's appointment is also highly anticipated, having managed Charlton Athletic for 15 years, the Premier League's famous 'long-lived manager', longer than Arsene Wenger's tenure at Arsenal, and having been at home since leaving Charlton Athletic last season, and a return to the 'mountains' is also believed to improve West Ham's results.

West Ham's results have really improved since Kubishli took charge in November.

Kubishli reused Tevez, who had been refrigerated, and West Ham's firepower suddenly increased considerably, with Tevez scoring seven goals for West Ham United since November and helping them win three games.

However, West Ham's league situation is still full of dangers, they are still in the queue for relegation, and they must ensure that they get as many points as possible for the next half of the season, so they must do their best against Millwall.

Kubishli and Zhang Yang are old rivals.

The two played each other a lot last season, and this is the first time they have met this season, but considering the last time they played against Millwall, former West Ham United boss Alan Pardue was sacked, many people also want to see how Kubishley's West Ham United are different.

And then...... They saw an offensive and defensive engagement.

Alan Pardew's West Ham United, dare to play against Millwall, and can also play well on the field, although they lost the game by a big score in the end, there are many teams that lost to Millwall by a big score, and there are not many West Ham United, and there are many West Ham United.

"Maybe Pardew was sacked because of that game, which gave him a special derby significance."

There are some media analyses that have been an afterthought.

The match between West Ham United and Millwall can also be regarded as a 'small derby', but this West Ham United is at home, and there is not much publicity for the game, because Millwall has continued to have a good record for half a season, and few fans will think that West Ham United will pose a threat to Millwall.

In addition, this round is the Christmas game, the focus of the battle is the match between Manchester United and Arsenal, with England's 'North and South War' in front of the jewel, who cares about West Ham United and Millwall?

Now Kubishley's West Ham United, at home to Millwall, needless to say, they have used the same way that other small clubs play against Millwall.

Dense defense!

West Ham United has a good lineup, the dense defense is still quite powerful, the game went on for 30 minutes, Millwall also failed to break through the West Ham United door, but this is not something to show off, because the venue is at Upton Park, even if the opponent is the top of the league, West Ham United played so passively at their home stadium, which also made West Ham United fans extremely disappointed, the sound of cheering on the scene was less, and the fans booed dissatisfied, which was obviously for the home team West Ham United.

Kubishli is an experienced coach and sits in the dugout oblivious to the voices of the fans.

The work of the head coach is very complicated and difficult, especially when leading a small team to play, there is always a trade-off between success and good-looking, and it is impossible for the small club to play good-looking every game, and if you keep pursuing good-looking results, the fans will be even more dissatisfied.

On the other hand, as long as you can get good results, the fans' temporary dissatisfaction is not a big deal at all.

Professional football is a game of winning and losing.

For example, in this game, West Ham United can draw against Millwall, which is equivalent to success, and then the whole British media will praise West Ham United, and West Ham United fans will not be satisfied with the game process, and the result will definitely be very satisfied.

Also, what if you win?

Kubishli has a lot of trust in Tevez, who is on the top of the wall and may be able to help the team score, but if West Ham can beat Millwall, it doesn't matter if the game looks good or not, because they became the first team to beat Millwall this season.

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Zhang Yang didn't know what Kubishli was thinking, and Millwall didn't prepare much for the game.

This may be the difference between the two teams.

West Ham also have a busy schedule, but with the Carabao Cup knocked out early, the Champions League and the FA Cup not started, they only have the league to play, many games are prepared early, the coaching staff is also free, and they have time to study their opponents.

Millwall is also the subject of West Ham United research, and when the game is about to start, the West Ham coaching staff comes up with a corresponding strategy -

Dense defense and fast counterattack!

Millwall is different.

Millwall has a lot of games to participate in, and the study of opponents is only on a few direct opponents, such as Manchester United, such as Chelsea, such as Arsenal, even if it is worse, it must have Everton level, which is worth the effort of the Millwall coaching staff, West Ham United is not up to the grade, so for Millwall, West Ham United is unfamiliar.

But it doesn't matter!

The same set of tactics applies to the dense defence of all teams, and West Ham will not be an exception, with the only one being Tevez to focus on.

Seeing Tevez's two breakthrough performances, Zhang Yang also frowned slightly, he hadn't seen the goal in the 'preview', but he must also prevent it in advance, so he walked to the sidelines and took advantage of a vacancy to call Zambrotta, "Attention, keep an eye on him, let Ward follow all the time." ”

After Livermore's 'front', there is a vacancy in the midfield position, and the opponent launches a quick counterattack, and many times it is still more dangerous to be able to face the defender directly.

West Ham only threaten Tevez, and letting a single defender keep an eye on Tevez is the best way to do it.

The effectiveness of this approach is difficult to say.

The offense is the active side, let Tevez get the ball and start successfully, Darren Ward is difficult to defend alone, even if a Zambrotta is added, if Tevez performs very well, it may also pose a threat to the goal, but there is no other way at present, West Ham United is indeed a special team, not because of the strength of their overall squad, but because the striker Tevez is very good, not worse than the strikers of the giants.

The flamboyant foretaste was fulfilled.

In the 42nd minute of the game, West Ham United won the ball at the back and launched a quick counterattack, and after passing the two feet, the football reached the feet of Tevez, who squeezed Darren Ward and rushed towards the penalty area.

The two centre-backs didn't stop Tevez, but they still followed closely, but Tevez took advantage of the gap between the two and shot straight to the goal.

This kick is dangerous!

The ball passed between Zambrotta and Darren Ward and headed straight for the bottom left corner of the goal.

Goalkeeper Graham was blocked by Zambrotta's view and failed to react immediately, but fortunately, Zhang Yang reacted faster than others, and when Tevez shot, he used 'follow the words', and the word 'mistake' was mapped to Tevez's body, he completed the shot in a semi-falling position, and the football was still very tricky, but in the end it deviated from the goal by more than a meter and flew out of the bottom line.

"Dangerous ——!"

"Whew...... It's just a little bit ...... Millwall escaped! ”

The commentator's shouts explained the shot, and the cheers of the West Ham fans could be heard, but in the end the ball flew off the goal.

Millwall rejoiced in fear.

Zhang Yang was not happy at all, he didn't interfere just now, and Tevez really completed the goal.