Chapter 73: Teachable
"Beep......
The long whistle sounded.
In the anticipation of the fans in the audience, the two teams set up their positions, and with the referee's whistle, the second half of the game officially began.
Zhang Yang stood on the sidelines.
He wore a semi-casual suit, a pair of strappy leather shoes, and held his chest straight and his hands behind his back.
It was dressed as a professional manager.
Judging from the camera lens, the slightly handsome face and the corners of the mouth revealing a smile really have a kind of charm of being light and instructive.
Paul Scott, the commentator of "Sky Sports", couldn't help but praise, "Compared to other football coaches, Zhang's image is really outstanding." If the world head coach draft is to be held, Zhang will definitely win the first place without any suspense. β
"It's a pity, this is not a draft, it's professional football, Zhang's age is not an advantage, it's a disadvantage, he has almost no experience, it's hard to be those experienced veteran opponents."
'We'll see how Ipswich will try to equalise.'
From the brief evaluation, it can be heard that for this game, Paul Scott is optimistic about Ipswich, even if Ipswich is one goal behind, he is still optimistic about Ipswich.
It's a trust in Joe Royle, but it's also a distrust of flamboyance.
There are many people who think like Paul Scott.
Zhang Yang's age and experience are really difficult to associate with professional football, and it is difficult to make people have a sense of trust, and combined with the dangerous situation in the first half of Millwall, many people are still optimistic about Ipswich.
Ipswich Town coach Joe Royle doesn't think it's all that good.
He was frowning.
At the start of the second half, Millwall significantly tightened their defence and were not so aggressive in attack, playing much more conservatively.
This also poses a problem for Ipswich.
Joe Royle did not change his tactical play, still let the team defend solidly, relying on fast breaks and counterattacks to find opportunities, Ipswich is also good at playing like this, using solid defense to slow down the pace of the game, and when attacking, it is necessary to accelerate, between a slow and a fast transition, the opponent will not adapt, and the team's offensive efficiency will be greatly increased.
But Millwall didn't take the initiative either!
If the two sides were to play against each other in a slow pace at the beginning of the game, Joe Royle was not worried at all, the slow pace was originally adapted to Ipswich Town, and their performance could only be better.
Now the situation is different.
It's true that the team adapts to the slow tempo, but when the tempo of both sides slows down, one drawback becomes apparent β time passes quickly before you know it.
Ipswich is one goal behind!
If the match ends this way, Ipswich will lose the match.
Ipswich are now in a 'can't afford to spend' situation, continue to play at a slow pace, as long as Millwall defend solidly, it will not be easy for them to score, but if the pace is accelerated, the team's performance is not guaranteed.
Joe Royle is in a tangle.
He turned his head to look at the Millwall coach's box, and his mood suddenly became a little complicated: the young man standing on the sidelines is not so easy to deal with!
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Zhang Yang has no intention of tactical confrontation.
He knows himself.
For football tactics, he is almost a black eye, and he can only talk about it roughly, and there is no way to go deeper, so that he and those experienced coaches can do tactical confrontation in the game, which is completely 'using his own shortcomings and attacking his strengths', as the saying goes, the rhythm of looking for death.
He just saw that Ipswich was good at counter-attacking and asked the team to strengthen the defense as well.
Anyway, the team is ahead!
You're not in a hurry, we're not in a hurry, see who can consume whom, it's that simple!
This trick is surprisingly effective!
In the few minutes of 'Foresight', the game becomes very boring, and the football keeps rolling back and forth, but it can't reach the penalty areas of both sides.
Millwall didn't have a chance, and neither did Ipswich.
That's the good news!
So far in the game, Millwall has won half of the game, whether they can win the game or not depends on the next situation.
He has the ability to 'predict' and is full of confidence.
Want to score goals?
As long as you dare to score, I dare to make adjustments in advance, so that your goals are finished before they even start.
That's what he's good at!
In the 64th minute, danger still happened, and 'Foreknowledge' showed that Ipswich took advantage of a set-piece opportunity and right-back Jert fired the ball straight into the back of the net.
It was a brilliant free-kick!
Zhang Yang reacted instantly, he glanced at the court, and shouted twice in one direction, "Marven! Marvin! β
Marvin Elliott, who was running back, turned his head suspiciously and saw the new young head coach waving at him.
"This way! Come here! β
Marvin Elliott ran over in a few steps.
Zhang Yang hurriedly advised, "Marven, you must remember, don't foul in front of the penalty area, don't give the opponent a chance to set pieces!" β
Marvin Elliott nodded suspiciously.
He didn't quite understand what Zhang Yang meant, but let him be careful not to foul, and then pay attention not to foul!
Soon that scene appeared.
A forward pass from the Ipswich midfielder stabbed the ball to the area within ten meters of the penalty area, Marvin Elliott fought for the ball with the opponent, but the opponent reacted faster, Elliott was squeezed away, a little angry in his heart, and wanted to hit the opponent hard.
At this time, Elliott remembered the flamboyant advice, "Don't foul in front of the penalty area!" Don't give a free kick chance! β
So Elliot gave up.
The Ipswich player received a pass from his team-mate with ease, and he glanced at Elliott with some smugness, but in the face of Millwall's front and back defence, he could only pass the ball back to his team-mate.
What he didn't know was that Ipswich had conceded a goal.
Seeing that the scene that should have happened was changed, Zhang Yang took a long breath and felt a lot more relaxed.
For the next ten minutes, the game was uneventful.
Joe Royle finally couldn't sit still.
If you watch the game play out and continue to struggle, Ipswich will have no hope of equalising.
He had to do something.
Joe Royle opted for a substitution, replacing a midfielder with a defender.
The signal couldn't be clearer!
Ipswich is going to step up the offensive!
Ipswich's substitution has long been expected by Zhang Yang, and the opponent will definitely make adjustments, while Millwall has already stabilized the defense, all he needs to do is to see the threat and make judgments and adjustments in advance.
The game continues.
Ipswich's substitutions worked surprisingly well.
Just four minutes later, Zhang Yang 'foresaw' the danger and Ipswich played a flurry of links to finally send the ball into the Millwall goal.
Zhang Yang doesn't do it as a goal.
This time he didn't make any adjustments, just used the ability to 'walk the talk' once Ipswich's offensive began.
"Mistake!"
A voice that seemed to penetrate time and space came out of his open mouth, and the Millwall player who passed the ball on the field suddenly made a mistake, and the ball he should have passed to his teammate turned out to be a little off the hook, and the ball rolled to Marvin Elliott next to him.
Elliott received the 'pass' in a bit of a daze, and then reacted and immediately kicked forward.
Zhang Yang breathed a sigh of relief.
What few people know is that Millwall escaped once again!
After going through two dangers, Zhang Yang felt that he was a 'tinker' again, or a volunteer worker, and no one knew about the work, and that kind of depressed mood probably couldn't be understood by others.
"It's not a way to always passively see the moves!"
Zhang Yang thought.
So he turned his head to look at the bench.
There was a row of players on the bench and everyone wanted to show up, so Zhang Yang thought about it and gave the opportunity to Curtis Weston.
"Curtis, it's your turn!"
Weston walked over excitedly and asked Zhang Yang, "Coach Zhang, do you have anything to explain?" β
"Coach Zhang? What is this called! β
Zhang Yang was a little dissatisfied.
Weston asked, a little dazed, "But Frederick said you like to be called head coach." β
"That's just for him!"
Knowing that someone was saying bad things about himself behind his back, he gritted his teeth angrily.
"And what do I call you? Publicity? Sheet? Mr. Head Coach? BOSSοΌ Top dog? Weston uttered several names in one breath.
Zhang Yang showed a 'teachable' look, and coughed lightly after thinking about it, "It's still the last one, the last one is more suitable." β
"Boss?"
"Hmm."
"Boss!"
"Hmm."
Zhang Yang nodded with satisfaction, and then got down to business, "You stand at the front when you play, create pressure on the other party, and if you have a chance, use your speed to dribble the ball to find a chance!" β
Weston nodded.
Zhang Yang replaced Wellington, he just wanted to take the initiative to play his cards, and he couldn't let the team always defend passively, Wellington's speed, coupled with Neil Harris's composure, could always cause trouble for Ipswich!
That's what he thought.
Others don't quite understand it.
Some reporters in the media gallery frowned when they looked at this substitution adjustmentβ
"Now Millwall should think about defending, right?"
"As long as you hold on, it's a victory, how can you change to a striker? They should be replaced by guards! β
"Who can expect that young Chinese to command the competition?"
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In the discussion of a group of media reporters, Zhang Yang watched the game with a surprised face, and his mouth couldn't help but open wide.
In the 'Foresight' screen, he saw Wellington score.
Wellington goals?
He didn't do anything this time!
When he saw that wave of goal-scoring counterattacks appeared, Zhang Yang grinned with the corners of his mouth and commanded with one hand, his expression and tone were full of excitement, "Attack!" Go up! All up! Now is your chance! β
The camera camera immediately points over.
Sky Sports commentator Paul Scott was surprised and said, "Look at Zhang Yang shouting to direct the game!" He seemed to be excited, which obviously meant to let the team attack? That's how it should be! But now Millwall should probably think more about defense, and football is not just about attacking......
"Perhaps, he is the first time to be a head coach, and he is so excited that he loses his reason, poor Millwall, he actually chose such a head coach!"
Reporters in the media gallery burst into laughter.
They were all talking about flamboyant command, and they couldn't understand why Millwall was so solid in defending that the game had reached this point, so why they had to emphasize attack.
The Millwall players are a different idea.
When they were in the heat of the game, they were not in the mood to think about complicated issues, and Joey Healy, who was still hesitating whether to go up to participate in the attack, immediately ran up without hesitation after hearing Zhang Yang's shout.
The head coach has said that he wants to attack, so what is there to hesitate about?
Joey Healy made up his mind, strode forward and was able to rush forward, then received a pass from the corner of the box, and he met the ball with a pick-and-roll pass.
The ball flew into the air and then crashed into the penalty area.
Jody Morris rushed into the box, squeezed the position to fight for the opposition, the ball smashed on his shoulder and flew out, and Josh Simpson, who followed on the wing, poked the ball in front of goal again.
Two Ipswich players watch the football rush in front of them!
At the back point, a figure appeared!
It was a young Weston, who reached out his right foot to meet the ball and lightly slotted it into the net!