Chapter 410: Champions League round of 16 draw
At seven o'clock in the morning, Zhang Yang walked out of the office building, went to the club restaurant for dinner, and asked the management by the way, "Did anyone else come last night?" ”
This manager, Stephen, is in charge of the maintenance of the office building and the first-team grounds, and is also on duty on the first floor at night.
Stephen certainly saw Catherine, he saw her more than Wise, and greeted her a few times.
However, Stephen thought that Zhang Yang didn't want the news of his relationship with Catherine to get out by asking this, so he immediately shook his head and said, "I haven't seen anyone, a woman, and I haven't seen any!" ”
As Zhang Yang ate breakfast, he was wondering what Stephen meant, "Why does he emphasize that he hasn't seen a woman?" ”
Zhang Yang didn't figure it out.
When I got back to the office, I was still thinking about it.
At 7:40, Aldous came to the club, he went directly to the manager's office, knocked on the door a few times, but he didn't expect to hear the shout of 'please come in' directly from inside.
Aldous cautiously pushed open the door and walked in, looking left and right to see that only Zhang Yang was inside.
"Gone?"
"What?" Zhang Yang was stunned.
"I said, she's gone?"
"She?"
"Don't pretend!" Odles smirked and said, "Dennis told me, one of your girlfriends, Catherine. I saw her yesterday, she should be spending the night here, right? Zhang, I didn't expect you to have two girlfriends......"
“……”
Zhang Yang's face darkened when he listened, "What did Dennis say?" ”
Alderston covered his mouth as he realized that he seemed to have said something he shouldn't have said.
Looking at Aldous's appearance, he can almost know it, Zhang Yang immediately gritted his teeth and remembered Wise's name, wondering if the next time they go to a party together, when a female star is close to Wise, should I take a photo and send it to Wise's wife?
Maybe make up a Wise affair?
Wise...... This guy's private life is really quite checky, and it's hard to catch any tricks!
Zhang Yang was a little distressed.
But he was much more in a better mood, knowing that Catherine had come yesterday, and the mystery in his heart had been solved.
It was Catherine who brought herself to bed!
Without waking him up, it was difficult for others to carry him to the bed, Catherine, a violent woman, definitely has a special one, and her strength is still greater than herself!
No wonder!
After Zhang Yang figured it out, he suddenly felt a lot more relaxed.
Aldous's mood was not calm, he broke his promise to Wise, and quickly betrayed Wise, he was slightly apologetic to Wise, and more annoyed with his mouth.
How can it be so easy to say it!
If Zhang Yang wasn't there, he couldn't help but give himself a few slaps!
Aldous took a deep breath, worried that Zhang Yang would think more, and hurriedly changed the topic to work, he picked up a stack of record paper in front of his desk, and was surprised to find that there were more than 100 pages of handwritten record materials on it, he looked through it carefully, and found that it was full of words, and each page also drew a variety of tactical diagrams, marking a variety of tactical details.
Oders can read most of the content, but the main point is to repeatedly record things like 'how many stars, how many stars' and so on, and every page is an evaluation mark, and some of the paper is full of records such as 'a few stars, a few stars', like a dense complex mathematical calculation.
"What is this?" Aldous asked.
Zhang Yang stood up and glanced at it, took the record paper and said, "It's just some simple records that I can understand." He took out a few pages from the side, "These will be the changes we need to adapt to in the coming month." ”
Aldous took it, couldn't help but glance at the stack of records again, and swallowed unconsciously.
He finally knows the reason for Zhang Yang's success!
Why are the team's tactics so advanced? Why is it so good for the team? Or is it because Zhang Yang is working very hard to plan and think, and he has been bored in the office for more than two days, and he has written so many drafts of 'planning and tactics' alone, who can compare with other coaches?
Aldous felt that was the biggest discovery.
After a cursory look at the tactics, he immediately told the others about it, and soon the whole club knew that Zhang Yang had been bored in the office for more than two days, and he had played more than 100 tactics just in the draft of the tactics.
The prestige of the flamboyant has also been improved to a certain extent.
Everyone knows that their young coach works harder than anyone else, and the tactics used by the team are worked out with hard work and sweat.
This made the players more serious in training, which was an unexpected bonus.
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After the afternoon training, Zhang Yang summoned the members of the tactical team, carefully explained the changes in the playing style of the 'dual-core' tactic, and formulated a step-by-step training plan.
Most of the players are already familiar with the 'dual core' tactics, and the changes in tactics are mainly the double core and the midfielder in the middle, and the changes in other positions are relatively small, and the players in the middle position need to adapt to the changed style of play.
This adaptation process takes about half a month.
It's not that the tactics are complicated, but in the middle of the season, there is less time for tactical training, and on average, two hours per training day is pretty good.
Zhang Yang plans to get the team familiar with it before Christmas, and the next intensive schedule is the process of adaptation.
It may sound like a long time, but in fact, for a tactical adjustment, the time is very short, Zhang Yang is afraid that the team will not be able to adapt quickly, so he changes and changes, and strives to achieve the best results with the smallest changes.
After that, Millwall will face not the league, but the final round of the Champions League group stage.
Millwall travelled away to take on Shakhtar Donetsk.
In this chicken rib game, Zhang Yang simply left several players who played more for two days to rest, and the substitutes all got a chance, but in Ukraine, Millwall lost away to Shakhtar Donetsk.
The match ended 0-1.
Shakhtar Donetsk scored just one goal, but it was enough to beat Millwall.
Of course, the game doesn't matter.
Zhang Yang doesn't care.
Shakhtar Donetsk didn't care, the only thing they were happy about was that they could win their last Champions League game.
It was their only win.
At the same time, the other Group D group stage was very intense and interesting.
Valencia host Roma.
It was a tight battle, with Roma scoring in the 11th minute before a solid defence helped Roma extend their lead until the end of the first half.
Valencia is not willing to be defeated by Roma, which means that they will have the same points and the same win-loss relationship as Roma, Roma beat Shakhtar Donetsk with two big scores, and the goal difference is more than Valencia, and at the end of this score, Valencia will be eliminated from the group.
Valencia launched a massive attack in the second half, and their continued attack exhausted the Roma defence, and the final goal came a little late, when David Villa surprisingly broke the door with a lob shot in the 83rd minute.
1 to 1.
The final score lasted until the end, with Valencia drawing 1-1 at home to Roma and finishing second in the group by three points, while Roma were eliminated from the group in third place.
The Spanish commentator said happily, "Roma were eager to beat Valencia and advance to the last 16 of the Champions League, but a hanging shot by Silva shattered their hopes and could only go to the League Cup!" ”
When the game ended, the Roma players couldn't believe it, they saw hope at the beginning, and the final outcome was a little sad, and the Italian media was also sad for Rome, they compared Millwall before the game, Valencia lost easily to Millwall in two games, and Roma fought two games with Millwall, which brought enough trouble to Millwall.
In this comparison, Rome wins!
The result?
Valencia drew with Roma and finished second in the group by three points, with Roma having to finish third in the UEFA Cup.
The Italian media can only sigh, "Professional football, comparison is meaningless!" ”
The Valencia players were ecstatic, running and cheering on their pitches, and on the TV screens, Roma's sadness was even more in the background.
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The eight groups of the Champions League are almost scheduled, and the final round is No. 7 and No. 8.
When the game on the eighth is over, the group stage will be over.
Next up is the Champions League last-16 draw, which is scheduled for the 15th, with Millwall still having a league game to play.
In the seventeenth round of the Premier League, Millwall hosted Everton.
The game was not a small concern, not because of how famous Everton were, but because Millwall drew two games in a row, and the media wanted to see how Millwall were in form, and if Millwall drew or lost, their top spot in the league would be lost.
Many would love to see Millwall lose.
There are far more people in English football who support Manchester United than any other player, let alone Millwall, who are likely to regain the top spot if they draw or lose.
It's a big event in a few seasons!
A lot of media outlets are gearing up to report on the 'resurgence of Manchester United'.
These media outlets were disappointed.
Millwall beat Everton 3-1 at home.
Everton, like Liverpool and Aston Villa, have chosen to hold on defensively, but Millwall are not without the ability to break down dense defence, and they have more means than most teams.
In the game, Millwall used the combination to score the first goal quickly.
Simpson's free-kick then set Millwall to the second goal, the last of which belonged to Branifer, who was lucky enough to find Livermore's shot on the Everton player, who couldn't find the back of the net before Darren Bent grabbed the spot and missed again.
Braniff, who was finally following him, simply kicked an empty goal.
It was a goal that was picked up, and it also made Braniff smile, and he held his head up and said to Simpson and Darren Bent, "You didn't score, it's up to me!" ”
The faces of the other teammates twitched as they listened.
Simpson and Darren Bent could only smile wryly.
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With the match against Everton, it's time for the draw for the Champions League round of 16.
Millwall's 'trio' – Zhang Yang, Wise and Wilkinson – boarded a flight to Nyon, Switzerland.