As a promoted horse, Millwall's home defeat of the Premier League powerhouse Blackburn Rovers can barely be regarded as a small upset, but it will not be cared about by the media and fans, after all, Blackburn is not a giant, and they have to work hard for relegation every season, and it is normal to lose to the promoted horse in a round of the league.

However, winning by a big score is different!

That's 5-0!

Just by watching the game, you can imagine how badly Blackburn was abused, and after the game, the various media in the stadium gathered at the press conference, and they couldn't wait to do the interview.

The first journalists to wait for was Blackburn head coach Mark Hughes.

As the side of the big loss, Mark Hughes didn't have a good face, and after walking on the stage, he just said, "It's a very painful defeat, Millwall is not easy to deal with, but we were careless." Everyone in the squad was careless, and even I didn't think Millwall was much of a threat. But in fact I was wrong. ”

'I think it's important to remind teams who are going to play against Millwall to be careful, they're not just going to be promoted.

Many reporters in the audience dismissed it.

They felt that Mark Hughes was exaggerating Millwall's strength to cover up the fact that Blackburn were underperforming.

5 to 0, it's too painful.

Mark Hughes certainly doesn't want to admit that the failures are all Blackburn's fault, and all he can say is that Millwall are good.

This is a normal reaction.

After Mark Hughes left, they began to wait for publicity, and the interview with the winner was the most important thing.

Zhang Yang came a little late.

He went back to the dressing room, encouraged all the players and praised their performance before coming to the press conference.

When Zhang Yang walked to the door, he took a closer look inside and found that there were at least fifty reporters, the number of reporters was a bit surprising, and the press conference before the game was only about thirty reporters.

It seems that Millwall's big win surprised them all?

Zhang Yang walked into the venue with a smile, he also walked to the stage to do a good job, and then began to make a statement about the game, "The result was unexpected. ”

"I was expecting to use the first round against Blackburn Rovers to learn from the team, but I didn't expect us to win by a big margin."

'We were just a little bit lucky, Blackburn seemed a little out of shape. Anyway, the win was a joy and it was Millwall's first Premier League game in their history, so we couldn't say we were perfect, but I'm happy with every player. ”

After Zhang Yang finished his low-key narrative, he heard a reporter ask, "Millwall won by a big score, it is impossible to rely on luck alone, Mr. Zhang Yang, can you analyze the reasons for the victory?" ”

It was a Times reporter.

Zhang Yang pulled the corners of his mouth, didn't expect that there would be reporters to 'help' speak? Then he propped his hand under his chin and thought carefully before saying, "If you want to talk about the reason, I think there are three ......."

"First of all, we are well prepared. In the summer, the team spent most of the time training behind closed doors, with every player working hard and the coaching staff doing research on Blackburn Rovers as they prepared for the first round of the league. I believe we are better prepared than our opponents. ”

"Also, we had a lot of luck. This is the second to take you. It was a bit of a surprise to score two goals in 10 minutes, maybe it was the start of the game that the opponent hadn't been able to get into the game, and those two goals helped a lot. ”

"Then there's home advantage. A lot of Millwall fans came to the scene to give the team the closest support, and I believe this is a big reason for the team's performance! ”

Zhang Yang analyzed three reasons in a very low-key manner.

The reporters in the audience felt very weird, he said that he didn't mention himself for a long time, luck and home are all external.

Some reporters who know Zhang Yang are thinking: When did this guy become so low-key? It was so before the game, and it's still the same now.

That's not right!

Reporters also want to dig deeper, they always feel that Millwall's big win is not only for external reasons, there must be some things they don't know, such as why Millwall's offense can play so smoothly?

Why did Millwall's players play so well?

Wait a minute.

These are the things that can be easily seen in the game, maybe that's why Millwall's tactics are the reason?

The reporters wanted Zhang Yang to talk about Millwall's preparations, and it would be better to prepare for tactics, but Zhang Yang just talked about it, didn't mention tactics-related things at all, and hardly commented on the performance of the players, it seems that Millwall won the game by relying on luck.

A reporter asked a key question that must be mentioned about the players, "Which player do you think performs the best?" ”

Zhang Yang had to talk about the players.

Reporters wanted to hear the name of Braniff, who scored two goals and performed well throughout the game, but Zhang Yang talked about the most uninteresting name, "Our goalkeeper, Hislop!" ”

"Why?"

Zhang Yang shrugged his shoulders, "We scored five goals and didn't concede a single goal, so the biggest contributor to winning the game was the goalkeeper." ”

Many reporters have grown up and don't know what to say.

Isn't that right? But it seems to make sense!

That's right?

But in the game, Heathrop didn't perform at all, and most of the time he stayed at the back leisurely, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he was a fan who came to watch the game.

Many reporters felt that their IQ was insulted, and they were determined to shovel something out of the mouth of the Chinese in front of them, and one reporter immediately asked, "Millwall won the game by a big score in the first round, so Mr. Zhang Yang, can you tell me what Millwall's goal is this season?" ”

"Relegation!"

Zhang Yang quickly had an answer.

"But Millwall played so well in the first round...... the reporter asked unwillingly.

Zhang Yang asked strangely, "If I'm not mistaken, there are a total of 38 rounds in the Premier League, and a good performance in one round doesn't mean anything, we are just a promoted horse, and the Championship champion is still a promoted horse, so of course our goal is to be relegated!" Moreover, even relegation is very difficult, after all, our strength is at the bottom of the Premier League, maybe we want to complete relegation, it is more difficult than other teams to compete for the Premier League title! ”

“……”

Many reporters were unwilling to remain silent.

They finally discovered the strange place: what the Chinese in front of them said should have been said by them, like a lot of reports before the game, constantly saying that 'Millwall is at the bottom of the power rankings, and it is basically impossible to avoid relegation'.

Is this revenge?

This young Chinese, dissatisfied with the pre-match report, took the news content he saw to deal with it!

Definitely!

The reporters were furious, they were completely fooled, and nothing was interesting to hear: the reason for the victory, luck and home advantage? The top performer is Hislop? Millwall aiming for relegation?

What is there to report on this!

Zhang Yang can ignore the feelings of media reporters.

He did it on purpose!

During the summer preparations, the media did not say a lot of bad things about Millwall, denying their strength, and adding all kinds of sarcasm, as if Millwall was about to be relegated, and now that Millwall has won, it seems that he is about to make a statement to prove something?

NO！

He has no reason to prove it to the media, so he will fall into the trap of the media!

There is still one reason for Zhang Yang to do this, that is, to make the next opponent unclear about Millwall's strength.

If you tell reporters everything, and you keep shouting 'we're aiming for the league title', it's going to be hard to beat up an opponent because they think Millwall are a team that fights for the title.

Millwall are in the top flight, but they don't have the strength to dominate yet.

It should be low-key, or it should be low-key!

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There was nothing to report in the media that day.

For Millwall's 5-0 win over Blackburn, they could only analyze the reasons such as 'Blackburn's carelessness', 'adequate preparation', and 'good luck' according to Zhang Yang's statement, and they couldn't find any other reasons.

Many football analysts, who also watched the video of the game carefully, can come to the same conclusion: Millwall's tactics are simple, they don't seem to care much about winning, they really just perform well.

A lot of people don't know Millwall.

They also had a general impression of the game: Millwall were doing well and Blackburn was careless.

This is what Zhang Yang is happy to see.

After returning to the club, Zhang Yang praised everyone's performance, then disbanded the team and announced, "Two days off!" ”

"But be sure not to mess around!"

Amid the roar of a crowd of players, everyone left the club.

Zhang Yang did not leave.

The big win over Blackburn Rovers was a joy to have, but there were some problems that came to light in the game.

Others don't care, but Zhang Yang attaches great importance to it.

That's fitness.

The team had a two-week training session in July, and the players recovered well, but it was basically at the level of last season.

This was nothing, and Zhang Yang didn't care.

But in the middle of the game, the problem arose: by the end of the day, some players couldn't keep up with their fitness.

Zhang Yang thought about it for a while, and it became clear why: the requirements of the new tactics are to speed up the pace, and the fast-paced game will also make the players' physical energy consumption faster.

For example, David Livermore, a player with excellent physical fitness, of course, will not have any problems, but most players are not so physical, and they are almost exhausted after holding on to the whole game.

This is the first round of the league!

It's not a big problem if it's just a few league rounds, but as the season goes on, the problems get bigger and bigger when it comes to the dense schedule.

First of all, the rapid depletion of a player's physical energy will definitely affect the state of the game.

In addition, it is easy to cause injury.

If you think about it from a distance, you know that the problem will be too serious if it continues, so Zhang Yang found Ebenezer and the first thing he said was, "Sign a professional physical trainer as soon as possible!" ”

"It has to be, as soon as possible! Look for someone who has the ability! ”

Ebenezer clutched his head, his expression helpless.