The so-called 'easy game' is to let the whole team concentrate on defense, forward and counterattack, all of which are handed over to the strikers to deal with, it is naturally best to be able to score, and it doesn't matter if you can't score, and the goal of the game with Manchester United is to strive to keep the goal.

This greatly reduces the pressure on the team.

Aiming for a draw is often a high probability of failure, but at Old Trafford, it is also very difficult to pursue a victory, even if you put in all your efforts, you are likely to lose to Manchester United, or even a big defeat to Manchester United, which is not only meaningless, but also a blow to the team's confidence, but 'just try to defend' will make the game easier, even if you lose the game, the players can also understand that 'we don't pay attention to the game', which is equivalent to minimizing the impact.

This is also a helpless move.

Manchester United, especially at the end of the season, is too difficult to play.

Manchester United are now the strongest of the 20 teams in the Premier League, and they tend to be extremely outstanding at the end of the season, perhaps because other teams have been dragged down by long games, and their performance has been affected a lot, but in any case, with the strength of Millwall's squad, it is very lucky to beat Manchester United away.

Millwall have seven points more than Chelsea and can afford to lose a game, and staggering the game against Manchester United gives them plenty of time to prepare, and a game against Chelsea is much more important than a game against Manchester United.

The two matches are only ten days apart.

Millwall are unlikely to play two top teams away in a row, and if they give their all against Manchester United, they will have to give up on Chelsea.

Millwall and Chelsea are direct rivals and a head-to-head head with Chelsea is much more important than a head play against Manchester United.

So Zhang Yang made a decision.

The day before the game, Zhang Yang spoke out about his decision, which was unanimously approved by the coaching staff, and even Frederick supported, "I've been worried about the next fixtures, first away against Manchester United, then Stamford Bridge against Chelsea, the tournament is too intensive, we can't prepare at all. It's also good to give up this one. ”

"No, we're not giving up." "We just focus on defending and don't put too much pressure on the team, but it's impossible for Manchester United to win easily, and we still need to deal with pressure. ”

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While the coaching staff leads the team through the preparation for the game, Brand Wilkinson is preparing for the 'inauguration ceremony'.

The official website of Millwall FC has not yet announced the news of the 'new owner', and the outside media are also speculating, and there is no confirmed news at all, some reporters have taken photos of Wilkinson entering and leaving the club, because it is not Prince Abdullah himself, and no one knows what Wilkinson's specific role is.

Wilkinson represents Prince Abdullah, but after all, he is only a 'vice chairman', not a decisive big man, and the 'inauguration ceremony' is an official announcement, and then a press conference will be held to officially talk to the media and fans about Prince Abdullah, and talk about the role he will play in the club's management in the future.

In addition, there will be exciting news, such as how much money will be invested in the transfer market next summer, and how much money will be invested in the club's youth training and the construction of the stadium.

Wilkinson also hopes to let everyone know that he will become the decision-maker of Millwall Club through the press conference, and establish a positive image, so that more media and fans can support him, so he found Zhang Yang in advance, hoping that Zhang Yang can verbally express his support for his role as vice president, in addition, the time chosen for public information is also set after the game between Millwall and Manchester United.

When Millwall beat Manchester United away and the fans rejoice, they will be more likely to be recognized by the fans, right?

Wilkinson thought so.

As for whether Millwall can beat Manchester United, Wilkinson believes Millwall can win. Millwall's results are very good, they won at home to Manchester United last time they were top of the league table this time, and the odds of beating Manchester United are also high, right?

Wilkinson has experience running a Saudi club, he's not a pure businessman, he's aware of the uncertainty of the game, and he's prepared for Millwall's loss, he's got a plan--

If Millwall loses the game, he can stand up for Zhang Yang at the same time as the club announces the news, and use the support of the fans to get more support for himself.

Although the plan is a little worse than the win against Manchester United, you always have to be prepared for both.

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On March 30, the Old Trafford stadium in Manchester City was packed.

Millwall and Manchester United are both Premier League clubs, but the difference between the two sides is huge, and Millwall's home stadium, Neil Stadium, can only accommodate a maximum of 25,000 fans.

The 76,000 spectator stands at Old Trafford and the open space in the back rows can accommodate up to 80,000 fans, more than three times the capacity of Neil Stadium.

The fact that so many fans came to watch the game also proves the importance of the game.

Manchester United take the game very seriously.

Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson expressed his confidence before the game, believing that under normal circumstances, Manchester United would have won.

Manchester United has made a lot of preparations, and they even spent five days preparing for the game, and Millwall is quite honored to be treated like this, because the top teams in Europe are treated equally by Manchester United, and even Arsenal, Chelsea and other teams are difficult for Manchester United to spend five days dedicated to targeted preparations, so it can be seen how much coach Alex Ferguson attaches importance to the game.

Ferguson's demands on the game are: he must win.

The last time the two teams met, they were not very friendly before and after the game, Ferguson gritted his teeth when he talked about Zhang Yang, he felt that it was a shame, especially Zhang Yang's repeated mention of the word 'age', and also said that he was 'outdated', both of which spoke to the tip of Ferguson's heart, and the old Scottish man made up his mind that he must prove something with a victory.

There can only be one result in the game - Manchester United wins!

Manchester United's coaching staff repeatedly studied Millwall's game, repeatedly studied Millwall's style of play and players in various positions, and finally made targeted tactical deployments, coupled with the team's targeted preparations, Ferguson believes that there can be no surprises in the game, because Manchester United has an absolute squad advantage.

That's what Ferguson and Manchester United are ready for.

Alex Ferguson was confident and so was the whole team, but when the game actually started, they still felt a little uncomfortable because Millwall didn't play according to the 'normal routine'.

United were the first to serve, attacking around Millwall's half.

For the first two minutes, Millwall was on the defensive.

Millwall then controlled the ball, but they made almost symbolic small advances and the formation continued to drop back to defend the back of the net.

This went on for ten minutes.

Manchester United was worried about Millwall's counterattack, and the formation never really unfolded, but they couldn't wait at all, so they could only keep falling in the midfield, and occasionally pass the ball forward.

Time passes slowly.

At the beginning, Manchester United still felt that the opponent was not familiar with the Old Trafford stadium, so it was natural to play more conservative in the tentative stage. Twenty minutes into the game, the situation was still the same as at the beginning, Millwall was slow, not at all in a hurry to attack, and the defense was doing a good job, and they felt that something was wrong.

"It's not that Millwall doesn't want to attack, does it?"

"Maybe they just want to keep the goal! For so long, they have been on the defensive! ”

"Be careful, the coach has said that the young coach of the other side is not easy to deal with!"

"Yes! Be cautious! ”

"Don't remember the last one? We've been attacked! ”

"...... right"

During the game, the United players also discussed their countermeasures, and they came to the conclusion that Millwall were 'luring' them into attacking, and when they opened up their formation, they would take advantage of the opportunity to attack.

"Can't give them a chance!"

Manchester United were scared of Millwall's sneak attack, and with the mentality of preventing accidents from happening, they decided to continue to consume with Millwall.

So the scene of the game can be imagined.

Millwall did not specify the offensive strategy at all, the coaching staff has been asking for defense before the game, and the instructions for each position are very strict, although there is no clear strategy to 'keep a point', but all players are aware of it, and they are a little unwilling at the same time, but also relieved.

The pressure is on them to beat Manchester United away and it's much easier to just try to keep the goal.

Millwall have been defending since the start, it wasn't some kind of 'conspiracy', it was prepared before the game.

Manchester United were a little worried about being counter-attacked, and they didn't press for a long time.

The two sides continued to fight in midfield.

Zhang Yang was surprised by the situation of the game, he expected Manchester United to press hard, Millwall to defend hard, it is best to keep it, and if it can't keep the points, it will not be.

But what's going on now? Manchester United don't seem to want to attack?

Ferguson was also a little surprised, he glanced at the Millwall dugout, and found that Zhang Yang was sitting there leisurely like the last game, and he had the same idea as the Manchester United players: the other party must want Manchester United to open up the lineup, so as to find an opportunity to launch a fast attack!

Ferguson felt that the players on the field were doing the right thing, and since the opponent had set up a full set, he continued to drag it to the game, just not to see what the opponent could do.

The game dragged on.

Many fans in the audience felt drowsy, and the various game commentators began to euphemistically express their dissatisfaction.

"Neither side seems to have any intention of opening up the formation, this game has been like that from the beginning, maybe both sides are thinking about defending and don't want to give each other a chance, or maybe both teams can accept a draw?"

'We can see that the game was really boring, the two teams were not fierce and so far there were only three shots on goal from both sides combined, two of which belonged to Manchester United and one to Millwall, but neither of them ...... threatening the ball'

"More than half of the first half passed and it looked like the game had just begun......"

"We don't know why this is the focus of this round of the Premier League, but if it continues like this, all the fans will be dissatisfied!"

"Let's take a look...... In the spectator stands at Old Trafford, many fans' attention is not on the pitch! ”

"This is probably the most boring game!"

“……”

When one commentator after another began to express their dissatisfaction, Manchester United finally signaled that something was wrong.

The other party really has no intention of attacking!

Of course, it is impossible for one side of the football game not to attack, but every time Millwall advances, there are no more than four players who cross the halfway line, except for one striker, there are only two wing-backs and one central midfielder, and occasionally enter the front, and the other players hardly cross the halfway line.

Something must be wrong!

Maybe Millwall just wants to find a chance to fight back, but time certainly can't continue to be consumed, Millwall can hold on, because they are playing away, Manchester United can't hold on, under the gaze of nearly 70,000 Manchester United fans, such a game continues until the end, they have no shame to face the fans.

Manchester United went on the offensive step by step.

Even now, their attacks are tentative, with one more in one wave and one more in the next to test Millwall's reaction.

After 40 minutes of the game, Manchester United finally decided that Millwall had no intention of attacking, so they decisively let go of the formation and pressed it hard.

Time was running out in the first half.

The Reds used the final few minutes to play a decent attack, but there was not enough time for them to find the back of the net.

In the end, the score was still 0-0 at the end of the first half. The Reds were unable to capitalise on the late burst to rewrite the scoreline, and the time was delayed by half-time, which was a surprise.

Zhang Yang exhaled a long breath, and at the end of the half, there was a smile on his face, he looked at Ferguson, and the meaning in his eyes seemed to be, "I didn't expect it!" You didn't score! ”‘

Ferguson was also looking over, and the old Scottish man snorted coldly, as if to express disdain, and also seemed to vent his dissatisfaction.

The match surprised the two.

Zhang Yang gave up half of the game, aiming to keep the goal to reduce the pressure on the team, and Simpson, Smitchell and Braniff all had a rest and were able to maintain the form for the rest of the game.

However, Manchester United did not seem to be in a hurry to score, or they were a little afraid of Millwall, and it was naturally good to delay half-time, and it was much easier to defend only half than to defend the whole game.

Ferguson was completely dissatisfied.

Manchester United prepared for the game and as a result, most of their time was wasted by not playing their cards according to common sense.

What is the reason?

Ferguson walked down the aisle of the pitch, investigating the reason why he didn't attack seriously in the first half, and he felt a little depressed in his heart, because the reason is easy to think: he, the coaching staff and the whole Manchester United took Millwall as an opponent too seriously, and he was clever and fell into the trap by cleverness.

Right!

Ferguson believes that this is the trap set by the damned Chinese!