The two remaining people in the office broke out in a cold sweat when they listened!

Zhang Yang set his goals higher and higher!

First of all, the middle of the Premier League is barely acceptable, and the upper reaches of the Premier League are a bit too extravagant.

A place in Europe?

Wouldn't that be in the top six!

Champions League places?

Top 4!

"If I win the championship, I will definitely not be satisfied with the second place!" By the time Zhang Yang finished talking about the goal, Grigory and Ebenezer were both in a daze.

Champion?

It turned out to be a joke!

In the history of the Premier League, there is no precedent for a promoted horse to win the championship!

Those teams that can achieve good results by promotion generally have their own peculiarities: for example, they have a rich history, or they are a strong team in their own right, or they have a large amount of money to invest.

Millwall is nothing.

Grigory shook his head silently, he looked at Zhang Yang with a wry smile on his face, "Ahem...... I think it's more important to stabilize and upgrade first. ”

"That's right! Upgrades are the most important thing! Upgrades are the most important thing! Ebenezer hurriedly followed.

Zhang Yang smiled, "Of course the promotion is important, but what should be prepared is still to prepare, promotion is my job, but if you want to get good results next season, the team needs to strengthen its strength, I hope to have a certain financial authority to support me to get the players I want." ”

Grigory affirmed, "Of course, the transfer fee, we will try our best. But only if we can upgrade. ”

"I said, that's my job."

After Zhang Yang left, Gregory took a long breath and looked at Ebenezer, "I was looking forward to the promotion of the team, but just now...... Zhang seemed to be putting a lot of pressure on me. ”

Ebenezer shrugged, "That's a legitimate request, it's a pressure, it's because ...... We don't have any money! ”

"yes!"

Gregory was speechless for a while, and could only admit it calmly.

Millwall's finances are better than many English clubs, but they are barely losing money, and the big directors are some 'poor ghosts' who hold shares, and the same is true of Gregory himself, who holds 21% of the shares and is one of the majority shareholders of the club, but his other property is only a medium-sized supermarket, and it is impossible to invest large sums of money in the club.

The 300,000 pounds in front of him, and the 100,000 pounds that Grigory paid out of his pocket.

It's a purely personal commitment.

It's good news to be in the Premier League next season, Millwall's income will definitely increase a lot, but that's the future income, and Millwall don't have much liquidity at the moment.

"Looks like we're going to get a loan from the bank again!" Ebenezer lamented.

Grigory reluctantly acquiesced.

'If you can get the upgrade, you can use the TV rights for next season as collateral and you should be able to borrow some money, but I don't want to see the club in huge debt.' Ebenezer analyzed, "So we will not have much transfer funds to prepare, and Zhang's requirements can only be lower." ”

Then the two began to discuss the finances.

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The atmosphere in the Millwall club seems to have been upgraded, but in fact, there are still four rounds of the league to go, and anything can happen in four rounds, Millwall is only one point more than Wigan Athletic, and a small mistake will be overtaken by competitors.

The reason for this is because of Millwall's performance.

If you are like Wigan Athletic, who have been in the top three since the beginning of the season, have been in the league since the end of the season, and are still being bitten by other teams, the ranking becomes very dangerous, and it is not certain that they will be promoted.

Millwall is different.

Halfway through the season, Millwall finished 17th in the league and they won the second half of the season.

Now that Millwall have just risen to second place in the league, considering that they have won so many games before and there are only four games left, it is natural for the club to think that promotion is possible.

However, in the eyes of the outside world, Millwall's league position can be unstable.

The competition for the top three in the league is too fierce, with Sunderland in first place, just two points above Millwall, who are second, just one more than Wigan Athletic.

It only takes one league game for the top three to change.

The 43rd round of the Championship is seen as a 'possible change in the rankings', Wigan Athletic away to Leicester City, but there is nothing to say, and if nothing else, Wigan Athletic will win.

Premier League top Sunderland face a tough rival against Ipswich Town, who have risen to fourth place.

Millwall's opponent is the 'Hammers' - West Ham United.

Since the 70s to the early 90s of the last century, West Ham United has been floating between the then top league League One and the second division, known as the 'lift' by fans, in 1993 West Ham United was promoted to the Premier League, in the Premier League for ten seasons, but in 2003 although the league scored 42 points, still only ranked eighteenth, to land in the Championship for the game, West Ham United has also become since 1995 Premier League teams reduced to 20 teams, the Premier League relegated team in the previous Premier League scored the highest team.

West Ham have spent the last three decades at the top of England, and even if they are relegated, they will be promoted very quickly.

They are also the favourites for promotion this season.

Although West Ham are currently sixth in the league and are still struggling to qualify for the promotion play-offs, their quality cannot be judged by the league position, and in the last 40 or so league games, they have beaten most of the so-called 'top teams': Sunderland, Wigan Athletic, Ipswich Town, Wolves and many more, all of which have lost to West Ham United.

However, West Ham were inconsistent as they lost 2-0 to Coventry City and 4-2 to Gillingham.

That's why West Ham are only sixth in the league.

Zhang Yang carefully studied West Ham United and found that this team is indeed the same as the media analysis, when it performs well, it can sweep the Championship, and when it performs poorly, even a weak team can get points on them.

So what kind of West Ham will Millwall come up against?

Zhang Yang was reluctant to leave the outcome to luck, and in the dressing room before the game, he highlighted the current format of the league and talked about the media's perception of the game to motivate the players to work hard.

"I don't want to put pressure on you, but you should know the current league format and we have to win!"

"Nobody wants to see a team fall to third in the league just after they were promoted to second in the league. Then our efforts will be in vain! ”

"The outside world is not optimistic about us, so we have to work harder to let them see who the real winner will be!"

“……”

Inspired by the flamboyant words, the Millwall players stepped onto the field with high morale.

The game was somewhat unexpected.

The outside media are more optimistic about West Ham United, because when playing against teams with high rankings in the Championship, West Ham United has a very high win rate. Millwall are also considered a 'highly-ranked' team, so West Ham are likely to be doing well.

When it came to the game, West Ham United did a really good job.

In the opening period, they once suppressed Millwall in the half, and they couldn't even attack at all!

The cheers of the home fans echoed through Upton Park!

The media also enthusiastically discussed the game, and they felt that Millwall would definitely lose the game, and that would become very interesting: one was that Millwall ended a ten-game winning streak; The second is that Millwall only stayed in the second round of the league for one time before slipping back to third in the league.

The media's support for West Ham actually makes sense.

West Ham United is a strong team, they just 'accidentally' fell to the Championship, it is certain that West Ham United return to the Premier League, it is only a matter of time, in addition, West Ham United is also a London regional team, and the London regional media, which was already hostile to Millwall, will naturally support West Ham United, which is also a London regional team.

Millwall lacks a staunch supporter.

However, the media reporters were soon disappointed, because it was still Millwall who scored first, and the goal came in the 26th minute.

It was a counter-attack opportunity.

After receiving a pass in midfield, Braniff broke forward quickly, and then when he was about to reach the penalty area, he was caught between two opposing players left and right, and could only choose to pass the ball back with his back heel, followed by David Livermore, who did not hesitate to shoot the ball directly into the West Ham goal.

The moment the football flew into the goal, the fans at the scene and the reporters in the media gallery were dumbfounded.

Didn't you say that West Ham would win?

How did the goal score be Millwall?

This time it was the Millwall fans who celebrated, and their cheers of excitement made the West Ham supporters even more depressed.

"David Livermore! David Livermore! ”

The "Sky Sports" commentator shouted excitedly, "Livermore, a player, usually performs less, but if one is not careful, he may be on the periphery of the penalty area and directly pose a threat to the goal!" ”

'West Ham should learn their lesson!'

"Maybe it was the opening game that went so well that they didn't care about Livermore's threat at all......"

When Livermore completed the goal, Zhang Yang also continued to applaud, and others to celebrate, for others, Livermore's goal was unexpected, no one expected that Millwall, who had been suppressed, could take the lead in scoring, Zhang Yang did not see it that way, Millwall was suppressed on the field, that was only because the away team was not suitable in the early stage, West Ham United's style of play is also very aggressive, and it is natural to strengthen the defense for the sake of conservatism, in this regard, the players know how to play on the field, but it is very gratifying.

Millwall is not without threat.

West Ham dominated the game and only had possession for a long time, but they didn't pay much attention defensively, so it was no surprise that Millwall got their chances and relied on counter-attacks to score goals.

With this one goal, Zhang Yang felt a lot more relieved.

A few days ago, he studied West Ham United, and he found a pattern: as long as West Ham United scored first, they were easy to beat their opponents, and the defensive-minded Ipswich Town did not escape, nor did Sunderland, who are top of the league.

Contrarily.

West Ham have lost 80 per cent of the games in which they were scored first, with only four games not being lost, only one of which was a win, and statistically speaking, Millwall won 80 per cent of the goals scored by scoring this goal.