The World Cup has entered the knockout stage, with the round of 16 first, followed by the quarterfinals, and 12 teams have been eliminated in nine days of competition.

There are a total of sixteen teams, and the quick elimination of twelve is also cruel enough.

This kind of rule has been known for a long time, and fans will accept it, and it is not a big deal for such and such a team to be eliminated in the quarterfinals, even if it is a top team such as Brazil, France, Italy, etc.

England were eliminated, but there was always a lot of news.

Perhaps because England are in the world's spotlight, they are one of the most expensive teams in Germany at the World Cup, to be precise, in third place, behind Italy and Brazil.

Such a high player value, coupled with being called 'the strongest England team in the last 30 years', will naturally become the focus of fans' attention.

Unfortunately, the 'focus' has been defeated by the 'traditional weakness'.

Penalty kick.

The penalty shoot-out in the World Cup is very cruel, but it is even more cruel for the England team, they have been repeatedly defeated by penalties in the competition, whether it is the 'heartthrob' Beckham, or the considered 'calm' Gerrard, Lampard, have the experience of missing penalties.

It's embarrassing.

In many media reports, coupled with Zhang Yang's early speculation that 'England will lose on penalties', it is even more embarrassing.

In fact, the situation is much more interesting than the description.

Zhang Yang said 'England will lose on penalties' and then boarded the plane back to London, and the England team in Germany became buzzing, Eriksen rebuked this statement and said, "We'll finish the game in 90 minutes!" ”

Frank Lampard, Joe Cole and John Terry also stood up and said, "The winner is definitely England!" ”

Even David Beckham said, "Everybody is confident that it's not like he said it was and we're going to try to win the game. ”

Then, England lost on penalties.

After the game, many media and fans also attributed the reason to Zhang Yang, believing that it was his statement that put pressure on the England team, which caused the England team's penalty kick to be 'so stinky'.

"My reason?"

In an interview, Zhang Yang was surprised, "My words can affect the state of the England team? What an honor. Maybe in the future, if there is a big tournament, the participating teams should ask my opinion, and if I criticize the opponent, the opponent's performance will be affected. Could this be a good way to work? ”

This is, of course, ironic.

Then Zhang Yang said 'heart', "I like the England team, I like the players like Frank Lampard, Gerrard, David Beckham, in fact, when I was younger, I used to be a fan of them and loved watching them play. “

This sentence made the reporter very sad, because Zhang Yang was much younger than him, and the other party actually said 'when he was young', how old was that?

Ten years old?

Fifteen years old?

"I just don't like the Swede, he likes to bring personal feelings to work, my team is top in the league and none of them are in the national team. It's unthinkable. ”

"I remember talking about this in May, but no one agreed with me, they thought that England without Bent, without Simpson and Morris, would still be a world powerhouse. Yes, I admit it's true, but with such a manager, it's strange that England can play well, and the players will be affected and lose their self-confidence. ”

'That's probably why they failed to take penalties. It wasn't caused by me, of course, everybody will know about it, they should look at themselves, the players who missed the penalty, the whole team, what went wrong? Why did it fall on the penalty shootout every time? If this happened to a club, I am sure that the coach would be sacked if he couldn't solve it, otherwise all opponents would know their weaknesses, but England haven't solved it for more than ten years, what is the reason for this? ”

'Those players are doing so well at club level, they can't even play in the national team, sorry, I'm saying that, only one penalty in four games, I can't imagine that even a non-professional team can do better!'

Zhang Yang criticized and satirized the England team, but the reporter was very happy, of course he supported the England team, but more importantly, he had a lot to report.

After that, Zhang Yang was asked about Millwall, and this time period is of course about transfers.

"There should be news on the news, we have finalized three players, Arbearo, Zambrotta and Quaresma. But what is certain is that our squad is not complete yet, and there will be new additions in the future. ”

This sentence is very important.

When the content of Zhang Yang's interview was reported, not to mention how uncomfortable the disbanded England team was, the media began to dig deeper into Millwall's transfer description, and they quickly found new information-

Millwall have signed a young Chinese goalkeeper, Li Wei.

Li?

It's a very unfamiliar name.

"Tele Sports" made a special report on this, mentioning in the report, "Li Wei was introduced by Zhang Yang, and the transfer fee is only a symbolic 10,000 yuan, and his arrival seems to be related to Millwall's China propaganda plan, but no matter what, he will probably become Millwall's third goalkeeper?" ”

Millwall first goalkeeper: Hislop.

Second goalkeeper: Graham Stark.

The previous third goalkeeper Mastersson is confirmed to be loaned out, and Li Wei will be Mastersen's replacement.

Of course, a third goalkeeper will have a hard time attracting attention.

Just three days later, The Times reported that Millwall were in contact with Liverpool FC and could be linked to Academy talent Barragan.

This is 'grapevine' news.

The 'grapevine' in the British media has always been accurate, and two days later Millwall FC announced the £2.5 million introduction of Liverpool defender Antonio Barragán.

'It's a complementary transfer.

Media Commentary.

Antonio Barragán is a Spanish player, born in 1987, he is only 19 years old, born in the Sevilla Academy, joined Liverpool last year and only made three appearances for Liverpool, but for his age, he can also be considered a defensive talent, and it is worth mentioning that he has also been selected for Spain's Under-17, Under-19 and Under-20 national youth teams.

Barragán's experience proved to be worth developing, but Liverpool found out that Barragán had not been able to play regularly for the team for a short period of time, so they decided to put him up for sale.

Millwall was in need of a roster and opted to bring in Barragan.

A young player like Barragán is still a little lacking, but it is enough to add depth to the bench, and Zhang Yang stepped up to welcome Barragán, "I'm very happy to complete this deal, Barragan already has experience at Liverpool and can do a good job of strengthening our squad. ”

The next transfer was confirmed by Zambrotta, Millwall and Juventus agreed on a transfer offer, Zambrotta's transfer fee is 16 million euros, and the difference is only that the three parties have officially signed.

Zambrotta's transfer is confirmed, all the media are unanimously praised, no one will question Zambrotta's ability, he has proven himself good and excellent on the world stage.

Some Millwall supported the media, saying, "Millwall's defense will be more solid!" ”

"Looking forward to Zambrotta's performance!"

Soon another heavyweight news was revealed, former Arsenal winger Pire, chose to join Millwall on a free transfer.

That's big news!

Pire, who has been a player in the spotlight, was at loggerheads with Arsenal over a new contract at the end of last season, with Pires wanting a two-year extension after the summer expires, but Arsenal insisted that players over the age of 30 could only renew their contracts year by year, and the matter remained unresolved until May.

On May 17, 2006, the Champions League final at the Stade de France in Paris, France, was Pire's last game for Arsenal.

After that, Piret was free.

Due to a dispute with French coach Domenech, Pire did not appear in the World Cup, and he received a lot less attention, and many media speculated that Pire would choose to return to France or join other league teams.

That's pretty remarkable!

In fact, Pire's was a surprise for Yang Yang, who was not on his transfer list, but when he said he needed a winger, the club began to approach some fantastic players, including Pire, whose signing was brokered by Wilkinson.

Zhang Yang couldn't help but give Wilkinson a thumbs up, "You can actually say that Pire can be moved!" ”

"He wants to stay in England if his salary requirements are met. I thought about it for a moment and said yes. ”

Wilkinson explained.

"How much?" Zhang Yang asked with interest.

"Three million a year." Wilkinson's answer, the suffix unit is, of course, the pound sterling.

"It's worth it."

Zhang Yang nodded affirmatively.

If you take a closer look at the process of Pire not renewing his contract with Arsenal, but choosing to sign with Millwall, in fact, it is still thanks to the 'brain-sick' Arsene Wenger and the Arsenal club.

Arsene Wenger is a good coach but in some ways he is a bit too stubborn.

Arsenal FC has a player contract policy: players over the age of 30 need to sign a contract every year, the club's consideration is to motivate players to maintain their form, but at the same time, it will also make players over 30 years old, a sense of instability.

This is the case with Pire.

Pires is almost 33 years old, but he has always been consistent, and when his contract expired and only wanted to renew it for two years, the Arsenal club directly chose to refuse, and the continuous contact between the two sides made the conflict more and more exciting, so that Pire's choice but to leave.

Arsenal FC is also helpless.

Pire is just a player, and players who perform well deserve to be taken care of, but Pire is not alone in making an exception, and other similar players will definitely ask for an increase in the number of years of their contracts, and then the problem will become bigger.