Chapter 593: Undefeated Record
Regarding the efficiency of Millwall's forward stars, Zhang Yang is definitely the most powerful, but he will not tell others, and it is better to know some news by himself.
There are two reasons for Darren Bent's high efficiency, one is his excellent individual ability, and the second is the team's overall tactics and strong ability to support the front line.
Both are "conventional" reasons, so there's nothing special to say.
Vardy is a bit special.
Normally, it will take at least one or two seasons for Vardy to replace Darren Bent, after all, he is too young, ability and experience are problems, and it takes time to grow.
Therefore, Zhang Yang used the "Verbal Confusion" ability, giving Vardy the unique ability of Darren Bent, who can shoot from any position and from any angle.
This ability is quite rare and prominent.
There is a gap between Vardy's overall strength and experience and Darren Bent, and it will definitely take time to improve, but after having the ability given by "Words and Spirits", he immediately caught up with or even surpassed Darren Bent.
It's the strength aspect.
Vardy also has the advantage of working well with his team-mates, and the most prominent one is Branifer, who is a perfect pairing of the two and is easy to play a brilliant combination.
That's one of the reasons why Jamie Vardy scored so many goals.
Braniff's contribution cannot be overlooked.
Again, it's tactics.
Millwall has been growing, the tactical system has become complex and changeable, and the whole team's adaptability to tactics has also become much stronger, for example, the best dual-core parallel position play, last season was just familiar with the tactics, this season can play very fluently, but also let the strength of the whole team rise.
As the strength of the whole team increases, the offense will become more efficient, and the number of goals scored by a single player will definitely increase.
Let's take the data as an example.
In the past league games, Millwall have scored a total of 24 goals, with 11 in strikers, 11 in midfield and two in defence.
This is a normal statistic.
There are fewer forward positions, but they are the core of the goal, which will occupy about half of the goals, and the midfield is the position to create chances, but often there are a lot of goals in the midfield, such as Lampard and Gerrard, and some excellent full-backs, such as C-Ronaldo and Robben, can also score a lot of goals, and the goals in the midfield can compete with the striker.
Needless to say, every goal is precious.
Seven of Millwall's eleven goals were scored by Vardy, who was the team's leading scorer and had the most chances in the team, while Luca Toney as a high striker scored two goals and the other two belonged to Luarez and Weston.
Judging by Millwall's overall goals, Jamie Vardy's goals don't account for much, and it's in a very normal book review.
In this sense, Vardy is only "Millwall's leading goalscorer".
That's all.
Of course, it is not easy to do this, Millwall's results are there, the core scorer in the team must be one of the top scorers in the world, otherwise it is impossible to be called the "core", Suarez and Weston are also good, but they are only used as a supplementary striker.
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After a big win over Olympiacos, Millwall's focus returned to the league.
The league is also very important.
As the first in the league, you have to face a lot of pressure at any time, as long as you are in the first position, you will worry about the ranking falling after one round, any team will want to stay at the top of the league for a long time, it is best to sit at the top of the league with a huge advantage, so that there will be no pressure to play.
Millwall are not able to do so for the time being, as they are only one point more than Arsenal.
In the tenth round of the Premier League, Millwall was an away game against Fulham, who were very close.
Fulham have been described by the media as "a team that has finally changed".
Fulham's owner, Fayyad, has been criticised for being "stingy", and since 2001, when Fulham were promoted to the Premier League, Fayyad has basically not invested much in the team, and feels as if he is satisfied with staying in the Premier League.
So Fulham's results have always been "relegation".
Fulham's relegation last season was very thrilling, and perhaps made owner Fayyad realise that if he didn't invest more, the team would sooner or later fall back into the second division, so in the summer, many people were surprised to see that Fulham became the biggest figure in the transfer market, spending more than £20 million in the summer to buy eight players in one go.
Last season, Fulham conceded 42 goals, the most in the league, and the back line was the number one target, with four of the eight players coming from the backline.
Southampton's right-back Baird is a veteran of coach Alexis Sanchez, who was named the second best player of the "Saints" last season, and this time he moved for 3 million; Another powerful centre-back is Aaron Hughes, who arrived from Aston Villa for $1 million. In addition to the investment in the middle, there are also newcomers at full-back, the arrival of the 2 million purchase of Konchesky has made Craven Manor a surprise, the left-back has fallen out of favor at West Ham and has been away from the national team for several years, but he is still young, and finally comes the best newcomer in the Australian A League, Adrian Reyer, he is the only player whose transfer price has not been disclosed, and there is a lot of suspense about his ability.
After the overhaul of the back line, the midfield forward line has also been supplemented to a certain extent, the most dazzling is the arrival of Healy, Healy is the golden boot of the European Cup qualifiers, and a former Manchester United star, but he has not played in the Super League for a long time, whether he can perform well, there is also suspense, the only certainty is that Healy is the absolute main force of the Northern Ireland national team, and his performance in the national team is very good.
Perhaps Branifer has a say in this, with half of Healy's international goals coming from Braeniff assisted, and the pair are considered a Northern Ireland duo.
Of course, compared with the recruitment of giant teams, Fulham's investment is not worth mentioning, and some big sums are only four million or five million, which is difficult to buy heavyweight stars at this price, and Fulham's attractiveness is also a problem, and powerful free agents will not choose a team that is relegated every year.
Millwall is not a giant team, but its strength is even more terrifying than that of a giant.
Fulham are at home and don't even dare to say "a draw".
Head coach Alexis Sanchez was very low-key before the game, saying nothing more than saying, "It's going to be a tough test, for the whole team, for me personally, but we have to face it. ”
When asked by the media about the "style of play", Sanchez immediately said, "The game will know." ”
Actually, there's not much to say.
Everyone knows what Sanchez will do, Fulham don't dare to play against Millwall at home, they are not so strong, and if they want to get points, they can only focus on defense.
Fulham did the same.
From the first minute of the game, Millwall controlled the midfield and took the initiative for the vast majority of the time.
Fulham defended passively, using crowd tactics to seal off the box.
It works.
Even if it is a "somewhat outdated" style of play, it is not difficult for the home team to defend the goal, and Millwall is constantly training to break through the dense defense, and it is still a headache when facing it.
Fortunately, Zhang Yang has the ability to change.
In the fifteenth minute of the game, Zhang Yang saw the opportunity and immediately used "follow the word", Livermore cut in the middle and helped Millwall score a goal with a powerful shot from the outside.
With the first goal, the game was much better.
Zhang Yang feels that the next step will definitely be the team's performance time, and Fulham will definitely change their strategy if they want to get points.
He underestimated Sanchez's endurance.
Even if he is behind the score, even if he is extremely passive, Sanchez does not have any idea of adjustment, he has always let the team defend, and the goal only relies on McBride in front, and he can fight back once, and if he can't counterattack, he will simply defend.
Fulham has been fighting and beating in such a posture.
Zhang Yang waited for the opponent's adjustment, and only waited for the whistle to come to the end of the game.
In the end, Millwall defeated Fulham by one goal away and won the tenth round of the Premier League, the result of the game was a bit regrettable, many players have been "used" to winning by a big score, and the whole game was blocked helplessly.
Fortunately, there was an early goal, and the game was quite easy.
Victory is good.
The bad news is that Arsenal won the game again, beating Bolton Wanderers 2-0 at home.
Zhang Yang felt a little unbelievable when he got the news, he thought that his direct rival in the season would be Manchester United, because in the memory of his previous life, Manchester United won the league championship, but he didn't expect Arsenal's results to be so good.
Millwall's win only continued to hold on to the advantage.
That's all.
After the game, the media talked about not the league standings, but Millwall's amazing results, including this one, Millwall achieved a record of 48 unbeaten league games.
In the history of the Premier League, the unbeaten team is Arsenal.
The 2003/04 season was a season for Arsenal to be proud of, as they won the thirteenth league trophy in the club's history, and at the same time, they went on to go on a stumbling run of unbeaten Premier League appearance, with Arsenal leading second-placed Chelsea by 90 points by 11 points and breaking the record held by the former Nottingham Forest to create a new myth of 49 consecutive league games unbeaten in the English top flight.
At the time, some media asserted that "Arsenal's record is unlikely to be broken by any team in the next two decades." ”
Now, just over three years, the unbeaten record is in jeopardy, with Millwall on a 48-game unbeaten run and just one round away from 49.
Can Millwall equalle Arsenal's record?
The vast majority of the media is optimistic, because Millwall's results are too dazzling, but the suspense still exists, and the next round Millwall's opponent is Everton, who is known as the "giant killer" and "champion spoiler", because they often beat the team ranked first in the league, and there will also be mistakes and losses to small clubs.