The night before the game, Zhang Yang conducted a 'word and spirit divination' on the lineup to predict the 'future' of the next day's game.

'Divination' can judge two attributes: one is the future judgment of the lineup, that is, the rough judgment of the strength of the lineup, and the other is the luck judgment, that is, the core role of 'Divination', which determines the luck value of the game.

The luck value of the game is quite average, and several sets of lineups are good and bad, and they are basically in an ordinary state.

The outcome of the lineup forward decision is a bit worse.

All the future judgments of the lineup are only 'seven-star' evaluations at most, and some are 'six-star' evaluations.

Zhang Yang had long expected that the team's performance would be affected, but he didn't expect the impact to be so big.

This bad away game has too much impact on the state of the players, most of the players on the field are a little bad, and the observation of the past half of the game, Zhang Yang also found which players are stable and which players are quite poor.

Among them, the ones who have been consistent are those who are strong and experienced --

Pire, Zambrotta.

Whether it is Pire, or Zambrotta, they belong to the kind of players with rich experience in European competition and strong strength, they have experienced a lot of major competitions, and the battle of Rome cannot scare them at all, they can calmly maintain a stable performance in the boos of the Roma fans, but football is a team sport, and when teammates generally perform poorly, their performance has also been affected to a certain extent.

Goalkeeper Hislop didn't have much to say.

Zhang Yang was afraid that Graham Stark was inexperienced and affected by the away atmosphere, so that Heathrop returned to the starting line-up, Heathrop is more experienced, and so far there have been no major mistakes.

In addition to the above three, the other players were somewhat affected.

Among them, the player with little influence is David Livermore, this guy's reaction is a little slow, his brain is a little tendoned, the Roma fans 'boo' for a long time, he should do what or do, he has not been affected much, and his performance is much better than Morris.

In addition, Quaresma has not been greatly affected, he has also played in the Champions League in Porto, and he still has some experience, but in the face of Roma's solid defense, Quaresma still did not play his own characteristics, and did not provide much support to the middle and the front.

The most affected players on the field are Josh Simpson and Darren Bent.

Josh Simpson and Darren Bent are the kind of players who usually perform well, but really don't have much experience, both of them are playing in the Champions League for the first time, and it is definitely the first time they have encountered such an away game.

Simpson's runs are a bit stiff and Darren Bent hasn't had a good chance so far, and he's very uncomfortable with the away atmosphere.

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In the fortieth minute of the game, when he saw Roma attacking Millwall's goal again and again, Millwall's advance and counterattack, always unable to play the due threat, Zhang Yang began to hesitate.

In the 'foresight' view, there were no goals for the next few minutes, but it was not visible until stoppage time, and no one knew if Roma would score again, especially when the team played so passively.

In the end, Zhang Yang gritted his teeth and decided to replace him in advance.

Millwall waved to the fourth official for a substitution, and Zhang Yang opted for the experienced Smitchell to replace Josh Simpson.

This substitution is very important.

The reason why Millwall's performance has been greatly affected is that the performance of the two cores in the middle - Simpson and Morris has been affected, Morris has been less affected, and Simpson's performance is a mess.

Both cores are not performing well, what are you talking about 'dual cores'?

When they saw Millwall about to make a substitution, the media and commentators were surprised.

"Millwall is going to make a substitution! Did something happen? It's the 40th minute, there are still a few minutes left, and the first half is about to end. ”

"It seems that Zhang Yang can't stand Simpson's bad performance!"

"Maybe Simpson was affected by the atmosphere and his performance was a mess, but the timing of this substitution is not quite right......

"Let's see, it's Czech star Smitchell who is on the pitch. Last season, Smitchell was still Millwall's steady main force, but he is old after all, and this season he has begun to take the place by Simpson, Davis and others. In such an important game, Zhang Yang still chose to believe in experienced veterans! ”

“……”

When Mitchell replaced Simpson, Millwall's performance improved significantly, with the midfield starting to flow smoothly and the front and back of the field becoming tighter.

Although they were still suppressed by Roma on the field, the team was able to play some decent attacks.

Zhang Yang let Simpson, who was off the field, sit next to him and said to him seriously, "You sit here and feel the away atmosphere." See how other people are playing in this atmosphere. We're in the Champions League, it's going to happen a lot in the future, you have to adapt. Do you understand? ”

Simpson lowered his head, he knew he wasn't doing well.

From the beginning of the game, he felt the hostility around him, and the seemingly endless boos in the audience, his mentality was affected, and every time he took the ball, he always paid attention to the sound of the scene, and it also reminded him that there were a huge number of fans watching him.

This mentality made him nervous, and the nervousness affected the performance.

Simpson listened to Zhang Yang's words, gritted his teeth unwillingly and looked around, he knew that he still needed more experience and needed to quickly adapt to the atmosphere of the away game, otherwise he would not be able to play in the Champions League away in the future?

This is definitely not going to work!

Simpson wasn't the only one who didn't play well, Darren Bent didn't play well either, and Morris was a little more consistent, but not much consistent.

In the next game, Millwall's performance improved, but not much.

Roma's defense is very solid, and the attack is still sharp, and Millwall, who was under pressure in the back time, was a little out of breath, and Millwall could only limit Roma's offensive space by shrinking the formation, so that the game dragged on until the end of the first half.

As the referee's whistle blew, the Millwall players let out a long breath.

This depressing half is finally over.

Zhang Yang also took a long breath, although he was behind by one goal at halftime, it was over after all, and with a break of more than ten minutes, it could also allow the players to adjust their state.

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In the dressing room of the visiting team at the Olympic Stadium in Rome, there was a roar of rage --

"Don't care what the fans do! You're players! You're in the competition! Even if there is a war going on around you, bullets will not fall on you! ”

"I don't know what you're all thinking! Could it be that if the opposing fans are louder, you won't be able to participate in the game? ”

"Nervous? Are you all newcomers? ”

"This is the Champions League! We are playing against Rome! Why are their fans booing? Because they are afraid of us, not that we are afraid of them! ”

"If Roma could win the game easily, they wouldn't do that at all! Because there is no need! ”

"The louder they shout, the more they prove their fear of us!"

"We've won three games before, what about Roma? Only one win! Their fans just want to influence, we don't need to be nervous, it's them! ”

“……”

One roar after another shook the ears of every player in the room, and many players forgot about their nervousness, forgot about the bad situation of the first half of the game, and just stared blankly at the Zhang Yang in the field.

Zhang Yang was roaring.

This is a rare occurrence!

Whether it is a new player or an old player, he has always felt that Zhang Yang's temper is very good, he will hardly say anything to the players angrily, even if there are players who are lazy in training, he just speaks very seriously, but the tone is still very flat.

It's different now.

Zhang Yang let out a roar in hysteria, shouting frantically with all his strength.

This scared a lot of players.

For the first time, they found out that the coach was so 'terrible' when he was stern!

In fact, Zhang Yang's mood is still very calm, and he has not lost his mind because of the team's poor performance.

There is always an inert type of man.

Professional players are also ordinary people, and they may attribute their poor form to objective factors such as 'away', 'opposing fans' and 'luck', rather than trying to adjust their form.

Therefore, Zhang Yang needs to use shouting to let the players know that they are angry and extremely dissatisfied with their performance, then they will worry about whether they will be replaced, whether the coach will be dissatisfied with them, and the number of appearances in the future will be affected.

Under this pressure, they can work hard to achieve good performance.

Zhang Yang is putting pressure on the whole team.

By the time the shouting ended, ten minutes had passed, and then Zhang Yang only said two points--

First, the tactics remain the same.

The style of play against Roma was tested in the last game, and as long as the whole team plays consistently, Millwall cannot be said to win for sure, but they are definitely in the ascendancy.

The second point is substitution.

Morris and Darren Bent were told to be substituted early.

This is also a kind of deterrent to the whole team.

Morris and Darren Bent are the absolute mainstays of the team, Morris is the captain of the team and has always been the most stable central player, and is considered the pillar of Millwall.

Darren Bent is the team's leading goalscorer and is also considered one of England's best strikers.

When the performance is not good, Morris and Darren Bent will be substituted, but what about the others? Maybe if there are more substitutions, everyone else will be replaced, right?

Many of the players are related.

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Morris and Darren Bent were replaced, which was also a 'deterrence' strategy that Zhang Yang had come up with.

In addition, the two should also be replaced.

Simpson, Morris and Darren Bent are not the worst performers in the team, but they are not good either, especially Morris, who is a little out of form due to the away atmosphere.

As a central midfielder, poor performance has too much impact on the whole team.

Zhang Yang will not continue to give Morris a chance.

This is a 'deterrent' for the whole team, and it also lets everyone know that the fairness of the game, when the absolute core performs poorly, they will be forced to be substituted, instead of continuing to stay on the field to find their form, which will make everyone feel that the opportunity to play is very fair, and then the other players will work very hard.

At the beginning of the second half, Zhang Yang immediately made substitutions.

It's an all-or-nothing adjustment.

There are only three substitutions for each team, and Simpson was substituted in the first half, and one spot has already been used, plus Morris and Darren Bent, all three spots have been used up, and Millwall is unlikely to continue to make adjustments.

Zhang Yang didn't care.

One is that Millwall can accept defeat, winning the first three games of the group stage and losing one.

Second, the shock of the whole team is much more important than a game.

The flamboyant substitution options were also interesting, with Braniff coming in for Morris and Jamie Vardy coming in for Darren Bent.

The 'Brain Hole Duo' appears.

Braniff and Vardy are the kind of guys who are 'out of the ordinary', and when faced with the hostility of 80,000 away fans, the players with 'normal brains' will be a little nervous, but the guys with 'brains out of the ordinary' are not necessarily, just like Livermore, a player with a tendon, who is almost unaffected.

If Vardy and Braniff play normally, they will not perform worse than the combination of Morris and Darren Bent.