Chapter 181: The Holidays Are Coming
When Sunderland drew with Nottingham Forest and Millwall beat Burnley, the atmosphere at the Stadium of Light was a bit awkward.
Rewind the clock by twenty minutes.
The Sunderland fans were still cheering and celebrating the championship, shouting the words 'Sunderland' and 'champion', but when Bengt Alli kicked the ball into the Sunderland goal, the stadium suddenly became noisy, and then the fans put away various celebratory props in anger.
Then everyone began to wait for the result of Millwall's game.
Nottingham Forest is a special crowd on the pitch, and manager Hart left silently with his players, knowing that whether they win or lose, they have nothing to do with them, and they can only prepare for next season's League One competition.
However, Nottingham Forest coach Hart still smiled and waited to shake hands with Sunderland coach Mick McCarthy.
Mick McCarthy didn't have a mind at all, he was still angry at the team's conceded goal, and Hart said inexplicably, "I think it's not surprising that Millwall won the championship, and the future of English football may be the world of young people!" ”
Mick McCarthy shrugged his shoulders, he thought Hart was mocking Sunderland for not winning, and he was sorry for Sunderland losing the title, who knew that Hart was completely self-deprecating.
When Hart commanded the game, Nottingham Forest had little to fight back; The conductor was replaced by Zhang Yang, and with a few text messages 'pointing', Nottingham Forest tied the score.
How did the other party do it?
Hart naturally looked at those few text messages, and couldn't figure it out, because of this, he felt that he was outdated and couldn't keep up with the times at all, and maybe he could consider retiring early.
Finally Millwall's game was over.
The fans of the Stadium of Light, no matter how dissatisfied with the result was, could only leave the stadium silently.
Second in the league, there's nothing to celebrate.
Although Sunderland also secured a promotion spot, they have long accepted the result, and they are chasing the title when they go to the next game, and second place in the league is tantamount to failure.
At this time, the most embarrassing became the FA officials.
The FA's representative for the award was David Wilwood, a former Tottenham Hotspur vice-president who ran for the FA's vice-president in 2003 and oversaw all aspects of the Championship.
David Wilwood, arguably the 'boss of the Championship'.
Now the 'Championship boss' is quite embarrassed, he, like other fans, is also waiting for the end of the Millwall game, when he learned that Millwall scored the third goal, Wilwood can only sigh, and said to the accompanying commissioner Hobby Dunn, "We should go back to London too!" ”
It was the most embarrassing departure.
David Wilwood came to the Stadium of Light from London to present the award to Sunderland, only to leave and return to London to present the award to Millwall.
David Wilwood left, taking the trophy that had been placed on the podium, and many reporters who came to interview him filmed the scene, and they felt it was worth hype.
"The FA officials were excited to bring the trophy to the Stadium of Light, only to have to face the embarrassment of having to go back to London to present the trophy to Millwall."
Listen up!
How interesting!
David Wilwood was also scolding his mother in his heart, he knew that Millwall would win, so he was unwilling to run to the Stadium of Light, not to mention delaying work, it was too far away.
Now if you don't hurry back, it will be too embarrassing for Millwall to win without a trophy.
Luckily, the FA always has an alternative strategy.
Although the FA did not expect that Millwall would eventually win the championship, there was a replica of the trophy at the headquarters, which was used for emergency response, and Welwood could not go back, so he could only award the imitation to Millwall, and then hand over the real trophy.
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Neil Field.
Fans cheered from every corner.
In the excited atmosphere of the scene, the Millwall team cleaned up, lined up neatly, went to the scene to thank the fans, and after the celebration, it was time to look forward to the award ceremony.
Millwall lined up and waited to take the podium.
David Wilwood didn't catch up in the end, and FA officials had to resort to an alternate scheme to award a replica of the trophy to Millwall, but that can't be said either, there have been a number of league titles in the past, and the first thing they got was a copy.
Under normal circumstances, if a team wins the championship in advance, the award will be imitated.
When the league is all over, the real trophy will be handed over to the club.
This is the rule.
So the imitation of Millwall to get the trophy is actually not a big deal.
However, Zhang Yang still refused to attend the award ceremony, he said before the game, "Because of the FA's approach, if Millwall wins the championship, I will refuse to attend the award ceremony." ”
Now, do what you say!
Dennis Wise led the team to receive the trophy and medals, after which captain Jody Morris took the centre of the podium to receive the trophy from the FA official.
He kissed the trophy.
Then Jody Morris lifted the trophy high into the air with all the eyes of everyone.
Neal Stadium is boiling in an instant!
Everyone in the audience was shouting the slogan 'Millwall, Champion', and everyone else, including the award presenters, was applauding and sending blessings to Millwall.
Jody Morris was thrilled.
At the moment when he held the trophy high, he screamed as hard as he could, his eyes were a little red, and his past bumpy career experience made him feel that the trophy was far away, and now he finally got his first trophy.
Although he is only the Championship champion, he is the captain of the team and the best player in the team.
The weight of this championship is heavy!
After handing the trophy to his teammates, Jody Morris began to look forward to next season as everyone continued to scramble for the trophy.
The Premier League!
That's the stage to look forward to!
When cheering frantically at Neil Stadium, Zhang Yang sat alone in the home team's locker room, smiling at the madness of the fans through the window of the locker room.
It was a blood-pumping atmosphere.
Zhang Yang didn't get involved, not just because of the pre-game remark, but also because the season ended perfectly: Millwall got a promotion place and won the league title.
As the head coach of the team, what difference does it make if you participate in the award ceremony or not?
He has more important things to do.
At the moment of the end of the game, Zhang Yang received a prompt tone from the system, "You have obtained the glory ability of the head coach career module: the glory of the champion." ”
"Your Head Coach Career Module Advancement Ability: Verbal Charm has been improved, and the number of designated followers has increased to -2."
When celebrating the championship, Zhang Yang didn't have time to study new abilities, and now he couldn't help but start researching them, and the 'Glory of Champions' ability explained as, "Your team, all the team members get physical strengthening. (Ability to advance, current effect: 1 percent.) )”
From the ability to explain, you almost understand the effect.
This is a passive effect, and as long as the 'Glory of Champions' ability is present, then the effect will always be reflected.
The ability of all team members is increased by one percent, which can only be said to be better than nothing.
But if you think about it carefully, you will know that this is also a very effective ability, comprehensively increasing the physical fitness of the players, which is equivalent to strengthening the strength of the team in an all-round way.
Now I only won one Championship title, and the effect of 'glory of champions' is only one percent, and I will win more championships in the future, and slowly improve it, so the strengthening of the coaching team is not a little bit.
"The future effect is impressive!"
This is Zhang Yang's comment on the new ability.
The increase in the number of followers of 'Verbal Confusion' is also a big gain, David Livermore is an example, he was originally a defensive player at best, but after having a strong long-range shooting ability, he has become an important player who can attack and defend, from the player's marginal substitute, directly into the main player.
One more number of followers breeds one more Livermore...... Bah!
Not motivated!
Millwall are heading into the Premier League next season, and the designated followers may be stronger and more effective, but if they are used against a key player like Jody Morris, it will be a real threat to the opposition goal.
This is the ability to develop superstars!
After researching the new ability, Zhang Yang thought of calling Hart and thanking Nottingham Forest for 'helping' in the draw with Sunderland, otherwise Millwall would not have won the league title.
Hart received the call with emotion, "I didn't expect a draw, or it was your judgment of the game." ”
"No, I should thank you, otherwise I went to tell others, and they would definitely ignore it!" This is where Zhang Yang thanked Hart.
If you dictate the game of another team, the other coaches will definitely ignore him and treat him as a psychopath, but Hart is different, he follows the advice and directs the game.
However, Hart did not feel any credit, he sighed that he didn't know how to win, praised the judgment of the game, and then the two agreed to have time to discuss coaching together in the future.
"I have a lot of questions for you!"
Zhang Yang replied politely and hung up the phone, he had some sympathy for Hart, who was a good coach and easy-going, but his coaching career had not been smooth.
Now that Nottingham Forest have been relegated to the First Division, maybe Hart will consider retiring early?
That's a sad story.
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A simple celebration was held inside the club that day, and by nine o'clock the next morning, the prepared celebration officially began.
First of all, buses make a bus around Millwall, allowing fans on both sides of the road to get up close and personal with players and trophies, and lucky fans can also get some star-related gifts.
Afterwards, the club held a grand fan meeting at the nearby George Reed Square.
The senior staff of the club, giving a season-ending speech, Gligory was the first to go up, he 'traced the 100-year history of the club', Ebenezze went up, he 'looked forward to the next season', and there was a fat director named 'Kurd Matt', who went up and shouted a lot of slogans, as a director of the club, he was like an ordinary fan.
"He's a regular fan." Frederick dismissively explained, "He owns more than twenty shares in the club, but that's his father's legacy. Now he lives only on his inheritance. ”
There was a bit of envy, jealousy and hatred in his voice.
Zhang Yang is not so serious in hating the rich, "At least he didn't sell the shares in his hands." ”
"But there was no investment."
"If you're a director of a club, you have to invest money in the team, and no one wants to be a shareholder."
After the 'rich second generation' stepped down, it was Zhang Yang's turn to appear.
When Zhang Yang walked on the stage, he immediately received the most enthusiastic applause, and the envy and jealousy became Grigori, Ebenezer and Kurd Matt, and when the three of them came to the stage to speak, they were almost 'booed' by the fans.
"We won the championship!"
Zhang Yang smiled and spoke, his voice sonorous and powerful, "This championship is not easy, but I think the more important thing is to complete the upgrade." We have a Premier League next season. I'm looking forward to it, and I'm sure so are you. ”
"The Premier League!"
'Millwall is the first time in the Premier League and I, of course, am in charge of a team for the first time in the Premier League......
Quite a few fans laughed.
Zhang Yang is so young, it is the first time to even coach a team, let alone coach a team to enter the Premier League.
Zhang Yang continued disapprenosingly, "It's the first time for us, but I don't think there's anything wrong with the first time. We don't know anything, that's why we're more motivated, and I'm sure the team can make a difference in the Premier League! ”
After Zhang Yang finished speaking, the fans immediately applauded vigorously.
Applause filled the square!
Ebenezer couldn't help but be jealous, "I don't think it's worth applauding for what he said." ”
"Because he's the manager."
Grigory.
Kurd Matt applauded along with the others, and when he heard Ebenezer's words, he immediately explained, "Because Zhang Neng led the team to victory, everything he said was right!" I'm rooting for him! Sheet! Come on! You are the best! ”
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After the speeches, there was a signing exercise.
Lucky fans can hug and take photos with their favorite players, as well as receive autographs and gifts, after which the whole team will take the bus back to the club.
After all the players gathered, Zhang Yang walked over with a smile and said what everyone wanted to hear, "Today is the end of the holiday!" ”
"Holidays! That's nice! ”
"For two months, you can do whatever you want."
After Zhang Yang finished speaking, he did not forget to remind the players to pay attention to their bodies, "No matter what you do during the holidays, you must ensure a moderate amount of exercise, and don't be tired to death on a woman's belly, you know, it hurts the body." ”
Many people burst out laughing.
"In short, you must ensure that you are in good health, okay, that's all, see you in two months! Right now...... Officially disbanded! ”
"Hula......"
One by one, the players left.
Zhang Yang did not leave, he still has a lot of work to do.
The first is my new contract......