Chapter 175: Halfway Myth
Many media outlets came to Bramall Lane Stadium for the purpose of interviewing Millwall; Many fans came to see Millwall's upgrade.
Before the game could be played, Sheffield United were completely reduced to a supporting role.
The pre-match atmosphere was very bad for Sheffield United, who were described in the media as if they were certain to lose, and in the opinion of the fans, Millwall would also win to secure a place in the Premier League.
Sheffield United were not reconciled.
The venue was at the Bramall Lane Stadium, home of Sheffield United, who were supposed to be the protagonists. Sheffield United boss Neil Warnock is also not willing to see his team become a stepping stone for Millwall.
That would be a shame!
For more than a decade or more, whenever someone talks about Millwall's promotion, they will say, 'Millwall defeated Neil Warnock's Sheffield United away and successfully locked up a promotion place', which is simply intolerable.
Neil Warnock also didn't think Sheffield United would have lost because Millwall didn't have much of an advantage, and despite their frantic second-half results, Sheffield United beat Millwall 1-2 at Neil Stadium at the start of December.
At the pre-match press conference, Neil Warnock said with some exasperation, "I know this game is important for Millwall, but this is Bramall Lane Stadium and we will do our best to win!" We'll let Millwall know that Sheffield United are not easy opponents to deal with! ”
Neil Warnock didn't make a declaration of victory, but his words were full of gunpowder.
But the reporters weren't cold.
Neil Warnock has a fighting spirit, and they also believe that Sheffield United has a fighting spirit, but what other teams have not done, Sheffield United will not be the special one.
Neil Warnock was angry with the attitude of the media reporters, and when he got back to the dressing room, he said to the players, "Do you know what the media think? They think we're going to lose and Millwall can celebrate the promotion early! But are you willing to lose like that? ”
"I already know the answer!"
'Now we need to show with action that Sheffield United are not easy to deal with! This is our home stadium and they want to celebrate the promotion, let them go back to London to celebrate, go ahead and show them with the victory who is in charge of this stadium! ”
Neil Warnock's words were sonorous and powerful, and they were cheered up by the Sheffield United players.
They are determined to work hard in the game!
Confidence is of course good, but confidence may not necessarily be able to play well, let alone defeat the opponent, because the opponent also comes with the confidence to win.
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In the stands of Bramall Lane Stadium, there were many voices cheering for Millwall, and every Millwall fan was doing their best to cheer for the team, and under their leadership, many neutral fans also shouted, and their momentum even overshadowed the home team's superior number of fans.
It was Millwall's best away treatment.
When the Millwall team walked onto the pitch, they were amazed by the atmosphere and their confidence was even stronger.
In such a favorable away atmosphere, it is really sorry for the support of the fans to not be able to beat the opponent and lock in the promotion places.
Sheffield United's players felt the opposite, with the sound of support for Millwall coming across as if they were playing away rather than at home.
Actually, this is not surprising.
Sheffield United's home stands have not been full in league games this season, and it was good to have two-thirds of the seats for most of the time, including visiting fans.
In the final stages of the league, there is no difference between Sheffield United and Sheffield United, because they have no hope of locking up a promotion spot, and there are only two games until the end of the league, and the ranking will basically not change, and there will be even fewer home fans who come to watch the game.
More than half of the fans in this game are coming for Millwall, they want Millwall to win, and naturally the shouts of support are louder.
The atmosphere at home has flipped a bit.
It's not good for Sheffield United, and it's also very uncomfortable for the Sheffield United players, who have a strong confidence, but if they play at home, they want to show the home fans, but now the home stadium is different from the previous home stadiums, and the atmosphere in the stadium has affected their form.
The game went on for a long time and most of the Sheffield United players were not involved.
This may also be influenced by the mentality of the game.
The win or defeat of the game does not mean much to Sheffield United, when it comes to the final stage of the league, it is difficult to arouse the morale of the players without a goal, most people are already thinking about what to do at the end of the season, rather than to fight for the last two wins, Neil Warnock said to boost morale, but also can only improve the morale for a while, when they find that the atmosphere at home is not what they imagined, and then meet the strong Milvoghe, their fighting spirit is immediately hit.
When a team is not motivated, you can imagine what it will be.
Millwall is the opposite.
It was a big game for Millwall, with all the players coming on with the confidence to win, and with so much fan support from the visitors, the players were excited and even more desperate to play.
Every player felt really good and the whole team was naturally very good.
Just after half-time, Millwall scored two goals.
Two goals can't decide the winner, but with Sheffield United's form, the game is almost over.
In the second half, Millwall continued to attack.
Sheffield United boss Neil Warnock didn't give up, he made some tactical changes, and while he defended solidly, he hoped to rely on the counter-attack to break down Millwall's goal, but the third goal came very quickly, and it came from a set-piece, Marvin Elliott rushed forward to head the ball into the Sheffield United goal.
"The score became 0-3! Millwall, who visited Bramall Lane Stadium, led the home team Sheffield United by three goals! ”
"There's no suspense in the game!"
'After this game, Millwall will be sure to get a promotion place and they will be in the Premier League next season!'
"Congratulations Millwall!"
Sky Sports commentator Paul Scott has already announced the end of the game in advance and congratulated Millwall on securing the promotion spot, and the Millwall fans in the field couldn't help but celebrate the promotion.
By the 70th minute, Sheffield United boss Neil Warnock had started a succession of substitutions.
This practice shows that Neil Warnock has given up.
In fact, Neil Warnock is very unwilling, he hopes that Sheffield United can work hard to win, but the players on the field obviously have no intention of fighting again, no matter how hard he works alone, he can't do anything alone, after all, he is only the head coach of the team, not the players, and the outcome is always determined by the performance of the players on the field.
The rest of the game just turned into garbage time.
The Millwall fans in the stadium began to watch the time, they couldn't wait for the game to be over, and they came here with the team to witness that moment.
It will be a great moment to remember!
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As the minutes wore on, the media and fans were all focused on the game.
Quite a few people are starting to look back on the whole season.
Millwall are only second in the league, but they have done a miracle. At the beginning of the season and even in the middle of the season, Millwall was not in the ranks of 'possible promotion teams', and many people would never think of Millwall when they talked about teams that could be promoted in the Championship, because Millwall was only ranked seventeenth in the league at that time, and it was only fourteenth at the peak.
Then Zhang Yang came to Millwall.
It was half a month before Christmas, no one was in their twentie Chinese s, and in the eyes of many more people, it was just a small thing for the club, like the club hired a new fitness coach to help the team with fitness.
Who cares?
Unexpectedly, as soon as Zhang Yang entered the Millwall club, the team began to win continuously.
First of all, three consecutive wins before Christmas, and then Wise's injury, which caused Millwall to have a crisis, and many people thought that Millwall would sink, and even relegation to League One was not impossible, and then Millwall's results were a big surprise.
Since then, Millwall have drawn just two games and won the rest of the matches, with Millwall also relying on consecutive wins to jump up to second place in the league table.
Second in the league!
Many media and fans began to think that Millwall might be promoted after they were promoted to second place in the league.
Before, they were not optimistic at all!
Now at Bramall Lane Stadium, Millwall is finally completing the upgrade, which will be a historic moment that will be recorded forever.
In the minds of Millwall fans, time began to be measured in seconds.
120 seconds.
60 seconds.
30 seconds.
10 seconds.
5 seconds.
Finally, that moment came, and with a long whistle, the referee announced the end of the game.
"Hula!!"
Bramall Lane Stadium was immediately overrun by the cheers of Millwall fans.
"It's over!"
"In the 45th round of the Championship, Millwall defeated the home team Sheffield United 3-0 away, and they once again won all three points!"
'It's a very important three points, and Millwall will be promoted one round earlier and they will be in the Premier League next season!'
"Millwall's upgrade is a miracle!"
"Their head coach Zhang Yang, a young Chinese in his early twenties, led Millwall to create the 'half-way myth', and they only had half a season to rise from 17th in the league to second in the league, and completed promotion one round early!"
"Congratulations Millwall, congratulations to Zhang Yang! Congratulations to all Millwall fans, you can see Millwall in the Premier League! ”