Zhang Yang also didn't have the slightest interest in the wonderful process, he was almost asleep when he sat in his seat, when things were related to Millwall, he would be refreshed, and other times he was a little unmotivated.

The pace of the draw was satisfactory.

Graham won the 'Goalkeeper of the Year' award, followed by Chelsea centre-back John Terry, who was awarded AC Milan's Kaka for the 'Best Midfielder'.

This is regrettable.

Zhang Yang felt that it was a little unfair, because Morris deserved the best, and Morris was the core of Millwall last season, playing almost all the Champions League games, and his performance was also quite outstanding, and Morris was also a little disappointed.

Zhang Yang thought about it for a while, and comforted, "Don't worry. ”

Morris didn't know why.

Next up is the 'best striker', of course, it is the goalscorer Darren Bent, and it is a bit of a pity that Darren Bent is no longer a Millwall player, he came by himself, and Tottenham Hotspur did not qualify for the Champions League.

When Darren Bent received the award, almost all the cameras were focused on Zhang Yang, and the media wanted to see Zhang Yang's expression.

They were all disappointed.

Zhang Yang was very enthusiastic, he kept clapping his hands, and when Bent looked at it, he gave him a thumbs up.

"You're great!"

That's what the media interpreted.

Darren Bent also smiled back, and he even waved at Zhang Yang, and the two did not seem to have a discordant relationship because of Bent's departure, but as if Bent was still at Millwall.

The media is a little confused.

The average star player who leaves will have a bad relationship with the original manager, the most typical is David Beckham, and perhaps it is precisely because of the conflict with Ferguson that he will choose to leave Manchester United and join Real Madrid.

Darren Bent has left Millwall, how can he still have such a good relationship with Zhang Yang?

In fact, Zhang Yang has regrets about Bent's departure, but more of a long breath.

Vardy is outstanding!

As the saying goes, 'one mountain can't tolerate two tigers', Bent and Vardy must have to make a choice, and it is too difficult to let Zhang Yang choose, and Bent's decision to leave is good news.

This season, Millwall's forward line cannot be said to be definitely stronger than last season, but the configuration is more scientific, the addition of Luca Toney has given the team a high school forward, and Suarez and Weston are also very good substitutes.

If Bent hadn't left, the team would certainly not have invited Luca Toney, and Suarez would not have been able to play at all.

That's the situation with the front line.

Zhang Yang is more relaxed than sorry for Bent's departure, and naturally there will be no contradictions with Bent.

Now seeing Bent receiving the 'Best Striker' award, he is also pleased to applaud, after all, Bent won the award at Millwall, which is also equivalent to Millwall's glory.

In the middle of the above awards, Millwall's grouping also came out.

The team was drawn in Group C.

The first team in the same group is Real Madrid, and the third team is Lazio.

This grouping made Zhang Yang breathe a sigh of relief, to talk about the five seeded teams that may be encountered, Real Madrid is also one of the best to play, and it is more tragic to meet AC Milan, Bayern Munich, and Barcelona, and the two-legged game will definitely be difficult to play, which will bring more pressure to the team.

Then came the 'Player of the Year' award, which would almost certainly go to the winning team, and without any surprise, Morris became the 'Player of the Best'.

'Best Player' is definitely better than 'Best Midfielder', and it's the highest level of the draw ceremony.

Zhang Yang was relieved for Morris.

Watching Morris go on stage to receive the trophy, while Zhang Yang was happy, he also thought with some regret, "Maybe it's his peak." ”

Morris, at best.

Morris is about to be thirty years old, his form is still on the one hand, the important thing is that his ability will hardly increase, he is also a top midfielder, but if he wants to win more advanced awards, the degree of "top" is not enough, he must become a "super player".

Morris certainly not at the level of "super".

Now to win the Champions League "best player", it is already quite remarkable, the next football will be the world of young people, the same is true in the Millwall team, the younger Braniff and Sneijder, have the opportunity to break out, and their performance will be more dazzling than Morris.

In Millwall, performances have become bleak, and in Europe as a whole, the attention has naturally decreased considerably.

There is no way around it.

In Zhang Yang's regret for Morris, the "Best Coach" award also came out.

The host shouted out the name, "It was ...... who won the best coach"

"The manager of Millwall! Publicity! ”

All the cameras in the audience pointed over, stood up with a smile, waved to everyone, and then strolled to the podium.

A guest of a football celebrity presented Zhang Yang with a small trophy, after which the host asked, "You are only 24 years old, how do you feel about standing on this stage and getting the honor of representing European coaches?" Ideas? I think most people are interested in what you have to say. ”

Zhang Yang said calmly, "I think most people are interested in my age, because I am very young, and it is incredible to win the coach's award, but I think it is nothing. ”

"Many people think that the work of a football coach is too complicated, maybe interpersonal communication, club management, this part does require a lot of experience, but the coach's job is more to develop tactical play, formulate preparation strategies, and lead the whole team and opponents to play."

"It's a lot of experience, but talent is also important, like a lot of great professional footballers, there is no prospect of being a coach, but some people who have not been a professional footballer can become a great coach because of talent, hard work, thinking, and so on."

"If we look at the work of coaching as a kind of scientific research work, it is much simpler, leading the team is very complicated, football tactics are also very complicated, but no matter how complex it is, can it surpass scientific research? Those complex formulas, complex mathematical, physical, astronomical problems, ordinary people will look at it with a big head. ”

Zhang Yang said and made a headache expression, which made many people at the scene laugh, and then continued, "In the field of scientific research, the amount of knowledge required is very huge, but many scientists are not very old to produce results, thirty years old? Forty years old? I remember seeing a statistic that it is easy to produce research results in your thirties, but it is difficult to research amazing things when you are older and have a fixed mindset. I don't know much about this, and maybe I'm not right. ”

"If you deduce from this, football, which is much simpler than science, can win awards in your twenties, and it will be nothing."

"So don't be surprised that I can win the coaching award, but the football world has always been more demanding on the age of the coaching industry."

Zhang Yang glanced at the audience and continued to smile and said, "For example, a twenty-year-old young man, even if he gets the FIFA coaching A-level certificate, it is difficult to find a formal job at the youth team level. ”

"Some older people, even if they only have a basic certificate, are easy to gain trust, because people subconsciously feel that they will be more experienced when they are older."

"So I think the football coaching industry should give young people more preferential treatment and give them more opportunities."

"That's it."

In the thinking of everyone in the audience, Zhang Yang smiled and walked down.

Quite a few people gave a thumbs up.

Then there was a lot of applause from the fans, from the personnel of various clubs, and many guests from the venue, all of whom affirmed what Zhang Yang said.

To a certain extent, what Zhang Yang said was not accurate, but he talked about something new, and few people would say it this way, think like this, and Zhang Yang's statement led many people to think from another angle.

That's the key.

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With the guest draw arranging Fenerbahce and Dynamo Kyiv in Group G and Group F respectively, the results of the group draw were all released.

In the end, the four teams in Group C were Real Madrid, Millwall, Lazio and Olympiacos.

Zhang Yang felt that the results of this group were quite acceptable, at least not in more difficult groups, such as Chelsea's group, which included Valencia, Schalke 04 and Rosenborg.

Chelsea and Valencia are the first and second tier teams, needless to say, the re-emergence of Schalke 04 in the Bundesliga is definitely not easy to deal with, compared to Lazio, it is more of a headache, and Norway's Rosenborg is equivalent to adding a head.

In addition, among the third-tier teams, there are also teams that are difficult to deal with such as CSKA Moscow, Sporting Lisbon, and Stuttgart, and Lazio is a good opponent in comparison.

Seeing the results of the draw, Pierce also exhaled lightly and said, "Real Madrid, Lazio, we have less pressure to qualify." ”

Others, including Wilkinson and several players, looked at Pierce.

Pierce was a little baffled.

Wilkinson laughed, "Stewart, you're too unconfident in the team. In fact, no matter what group we are in, I believe the team can qualify! ”

"Yes, it's no problem to qualify!" Morris followed.

Everyone else looked at Zhang Yang, including Pierce, and Zhang Yang smiled, "This is not a suitable place to shout slogans, but it shouldn't be difficult to qualify." ”

As soon as the words fell, a cold snort came from the side, and he said in skimming English, "Young man, don't be too angry. ”

Zhang Yang turned his head and saw that it was Calderón, the president of Real Madrid.

Alternatively, it should be honored as "Mr. Calderón".

Zhang Yang didn't have any respect, he turned his head to look at Wilkinson, with a blank look on his face, and pointed at Calderon and said, "Who is he?" Your friend? Sorry to say that, but he doesn't seem to speak English very well. ”

Calderon's face suddenly darkened, and he was followed by a group of Real Madrid, among which the attention was the new head coach Schuster, Calderon felt embarrassed, and snorted coldly as if he was very personable and walked indiscriminately, and Schuster took the initiative to come over and shake hands, "Hello, Zhang Yang, it's nice to meet you." You have led Millwall to a record that has caught the world's attention. If I have the opportunity, I really hope to exchange my experience and experience with you. ”

Zhang Yang replied with a smile, "I also wish I had time to communicate with you, I have heard your name when I was a child." ”

The conversation between the two seemed enthusiastic.

However, Schuster immediately interrupted this enthusiasm with a sentence, "You are successful, but you are still young." I think it is fair to remind you that you should have more respect for Mr. Calderón, who is a gentleman worthy of respect. ”

Zhang Yang opened his mouth for a long time, a little unsure of what to say.

Schuster said hello and left, Zhang Yang stood there looking at his back, and suddenly thought that he should say in return, "You look younger than me." ”

Do you have such a talk!

This guy really doesn't know how to communicate with people, and the atmosphere was originally very good, but he was directly stuck in a word.

Zhang Yang understands a little bit of the reason why Schuster's coaching always fails.

Zhang Yang doesn't know much about Schuster, but it is generally clear that this guy was famous when he was a player, he was the best player in West Germany at that time, and when he played for Barcelona, his salary was second only to his teammate Maradona, and he was also a direct competitor of Maradona.

Before Maradona's arrival, Schuster was the most important player in Barcelona, when he came to Barcelona, the season had already started for two months, Barcelona was nearly 10 points behind Real Madrid, and Schuster's arrival set off the banner of Barcelona's revival, although he did not win the championship in the end, but finally surpassed Real Madrid in points.

Schuster was in full swing in Barcelona and soon found himself in a position that had changed because Maradona had arrived. Maradona joined Barcelona with the title of the world's No. 1 value, and with the arrival of Menotti later, Schuster's role was a bit marginal.

However, the Argentine gang miscalculated.

Maradona's arrival did not bring the title, and Menotti said "we will win by 10 points", which became the laughing stock of Spain.

In the 1982-83 season, Barcelona only won the Copa del Rey, and in the final, Schuster was better than Maradona in both performance and role, but Schuster was not good, who let Maradona be in the team.

As long as the Argentine is not injured, Schuster will have to be a substitute from time to time.

In the 1983-84 season, Barcelona was empty-handed and got nothing, and Maradona went to Napoli immediately after.

After Maradona's departure, Barcelona finally established Schuster at the heart of the team and appointed him captain.

Next, Barcelona won the league a month ahead of schedule, and the important thing is that Barcelona beat Real Madrid 3-0 and 3-2.

Schuster has been hailed as another "true Barcelona host" after Kubala, Suarez and Cruyff.

Schuster's national team career also has a very interesting story, at the age of 23, Schuster followed the advice of his wife Gabi and quit the national team on the grounds of "taking care of his family", in order to fight against the former West German coach De Waal, who was dissatisfied with his transfer to Barcelona and temporarily removed him.

Before the 1986 World Cup, De Waal's successor, Beckenbauer, had begged Schwarter to return to the national team, but his wife, Gabi, who was Schuster's agent, took the opportunity to ask the Football Association for an appearance fee of up to 1 million Deutsche marks.

Faced with such jaw-dropping conditions, the former president of the West German Football Association at the time, Neuberg, actually gave in.

The stories of the above clubs and national teams are enough to prove the success of Schuster's footballing career.

After retiring, Schuster served as a football coach, and as a professional player, he can almost be described as a 'failure', perhaps with a little success in Getafe, with the opportunity of Real Madrid "not finding a replacement for Capello", relying on the qualifications of Barcelona and Real Madrid in the past, he directly became the head coach of Real Madrid.

Schuster's past coaching career can be described as a failure.

It's deterministic.

Schuster's coaching career does not match his star career at all, he is the kind of top star who the national team pays for to get in, and after retiring as head coach, he can only coach some small clubs, and he is repeatedly considered a failure and repeatedly swept away.

Why is that?

According to the general logic, the world's top stars retire as head coaches and deign to coach small clubs, how can the results not be too bad, right?

Now Zhang Yang understands a little.

This guy has a strange personality and speaks, and he doesn't communicate with people at all, so he probably annoys the club higher-ups? Or communicating with regular players, it's a serious problem.

The work of a head coach is different from that of a professional player, it is not about being strong, you have to let the players listen to you, they have to do what you say, otherwise you have no ability and experience, and no one will listen to you at all, and it is completely meaningless.

"That's probably it, right?" Zhang Yang thought, "Such a Real Madrid...... It's kind of interesting! ”