"In the seventeenth round of the English Premier League, Millwall is about to face Newcastle United!"

"The duel between the two sides is worth watching! Newcastle United are no longer the team they were in August, their forward line has improved, and Michael Owen has been doing well since he joined! ”

"Newcastle United boss Souness said, 'The whole team is full of confidence and ready to win this round'!"

"Michael Owen believes that the most noteworthy thing for Millwall is their midfielder Smitchell: 'I'm team-mates with Vladimir, I know him and he's going to be the most dangerous opponent'!"

"Millwall's young Irish striker Braniff: 'We're not afraid of any opponent'!"

Millwall boss Zhang Yang said that the last game of Christmas is very important, and winning Newcastle United will help the team to avoid relegation. Millwall relegation? It's a joke for sure! ”

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Amid the mixed opinions, the seventeenth round of the Premier League is coming.

Millwall hosted Newcastle United, the last time the two teams met, Millwall won 1-2 away, and the field was changed to Neil Stadium, and many media are still optimistic about Millwall.

According to the analysis of media reports, there is a sentence that is very correct, Newcastle United is not the team in August, and the addition of Michael Owen has greatly increased the strength of Newcastle United's forward line, perhaps not only the ability of the striker, but more importantly, the confidence of the whole team.

Newcastle United's sixth-point finish is evident in the sixteen rounds of the league, and pre-season media analysis believes that Newcastle United's goal can only be the top 10 in the league, but they have played a surprising result.

Sixth place in the league is not so easy to obtain, just look at the teams at the front: Chelsea, Millwall, Manchester United, Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur, but Newcastle United's good results are nothing compared to Millwall's results.

"It's not easy for Newcastle to win, Millwall are still unbeaten in the league so far!"

Newcastle's local media see it this way, but the outcome of a football match cannot be judged directly, and there will always be accidents in the game.

Millwall, however, suffered a big blow in the game.

Just four minutes into the game, Braniff, who started the game, was injured when he accidentally fell to the ground while fighting for the ball with opposition midfielder Jenas, and then limped off the field.

Braniff was able to come out on his own, which means that the injury is not serious, and Zhang Yang is not too worried.

Then came the second blow: Marvin Elliott slipped while dribbling the ball, which was not a big problem, but was carried off the court.

This scene made Zhang Yang stand up in shock.

The team doctor did a temporary examination and diagnosed Elliott as a muscle strain, and he would need to recuperate for at least a month.

A month!

The intensive schedule of Christmas has just begun, and the loss of a big player is too big a blow to the team!

From this moment on, Millwall became passive.

Actually, there is no way.

In the last game Millwall and Everton, in order to win away, Zhang Yang sent all the main lineup, for the sake of rotation, there are only a few positions in this game are the main players, Darren Bent, Smitchell and other players including Darren Ward, have not been able to start, their physical condition is very dangerous, and there is a high possibility of injury again, Zhang Yang can only send some substitutes to play.

When Braniff and Elliott were injured one after another, the lineup on the field was even worse.

Newcastle United took the opportunity to score a goal.

Zhang Yang was powerless to stop it at all, and the use of 'words and words' had no direct effect, and the football still flew into the goal.

This is caused by the disparity in strength between the two sides.

If the difference in strength between the two sides is not large, and the players in each position can not fall behind in the confrontation, 'talk and follow' will be a very effective means, and vice versa, even if the opponent makes a small mistake, their own players still fail to grab the ball, the game follows the established trajectory, and the process of scoring goals has changed slightly, but the result has not changed.

With this goal, Newcastle United beat Millwall away.

After the game, Zhang Yang only had one feeling: helpless, the gap between the team's bench players and the main players was too big, and after replacing a few positions, it simply became another team, and when two main players were injured, the situation became even worse.

In the second half the team struggled.

But the situation is suppressed, and it is very difficult to rely on the individual ability of the frontcourt players to score goals.

Darren Bent is very good individually, but not to the point of dominating the Premier League, he is only an excellent striker, and there is a gap between him and Michael Owen in terms of ability and experience.

That's just the way it is.

Even if the team's tactics allow Darren Bent to play better, he still can't bring goals.

After the game, Zhang Yang said, "I'm glad that the team finally lost. It's a lot of pressure to be unbeaten and then we can play better. ”

This is a consolation statement.

Perhaps it makes sense in some people's analysis, provided that Millwall has not been reduced and there is no other external pressure, but on the premise that two big players are injured, this is just to relieve the pressure on the team.

Zhang Yang felt a lot of pressure.

In fact, the team will encounter this situation, and it is also expected, injuries are the biggest enemy of professional players, and they are also the biggest opponents of professional clubs.

No team is immune to injury, and the real tragedy is that there are two players in the team, not a lot in terms of numbers, like some unlucky teams, when they encounter influenza, they will directly lose half of the players in the team, that is the real tragedy.

When Zhang Yang thought so, the next day he found out that Josh Simpson had taken a leave of absence.

Simpson called and said, "I have a cold! ”

Zhang Yang was silent for a few seconds, took a deep breath and advised, "Rest at home!" I haven't been training lately! ”

It's a concern, but it's also a worry.

Josh Simpson just had a simple cold, but who knows if it's influenza? If the other players catch a cold, it couldn't have been worse.

It's Christmas War!

After Christmas, there will be four games in a row, and if a few players have a cold and can't play, it will be too big a blow to the team, not to mention that if you want to play well, it will be good to be able to maintain the team.

It's not easy for a team to play well, but it's very easy for results to slip.

In the afternoon of the next day, taking advantage of the time when Credrick came to the club, Zhang Yang gathered all the members of the coaching staff and held a small meeting to study the training and game arrangement.

Training is easy to say.

The data reference given by Chouderick can clearly know which players are prone to injury, so the training intensity will be slightly reduced.

Training plus competition is not easy.

The game must consider the greatest possible win, we must try to arrange the strength of the players to play, the main lineup is definitely the best, but no player is iron, the coldest time in winter, long-term appearance will definitely affect the physical condition.

There is a balance between the two.

This requires several coaches to be together and carefully study and discuss.

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Zhang Yang spent an ordinary Christmas.

Denise's company is very busy, there are holidays during Christmas, but the main personnel have almost no vacation, Denise, Andy and Catherine are all core personnel, even Catherine is not just a salary, she must strive to integrate into the inner circle if she wants to fight for her career as an actress.

So John had a wonderful Christmas.

Old John and his girlfriend, after spending Christmas Eve together, also called to say that they were going to get married, which surprised Zhang Yang.

"Married? Are you sure? So fast? Zhang Yang asked a series of questions in one breath, and the result was that Old John had thought it through.

"This old fellow!"

Looking at the hard days in the club, and then thinking of John Sr. spending good time with his girlfriend and discussing the major matters of marriage, Zhang Yang surged with all kinds of envy, jealousy and hatred.

The day before Christmas Day is Christmas Eve.

There is a person who accompanies Zhang Yang at night, it is the housekeeper Angelica, Angelica is a Ukrainian, with big eyes and a slender figure in Ukrainian style.

It wasn't easy, because she was already a mother.

Many Ukrainian women, after getting married and having children, have become the waist of a bucket, Angelica did not, perhaps because of the difficult life impact, she is almost thirty years old and still maintains a good figure.

She is a single mother.

Zhang Yang talked to Angelica a few words and knew that this woman was not easy.

Five years ago, Angelica came to London with her husband, and there are many immigrants in the UK, all of whom want to get a higher salary, which means that young people in China like to work in first-tier cities, and they all want to work hard for a better life in the future.

But most of them didn't end well.

Immigrants who have not undergone elite education can only find a low-level job in the UK, such as Angelica, who can only work as a nanny, and his husband has been idle and is still a rude drunkard, who suddenly left two years ago and disappeared.

Angelica guessed that she probably felt sorry for her wife and children, so she went out to be a homeless man, or simply went back to Ukraine alone.

There are many such people.

There are many homeless people in the UK, half of whom are foreigners.

Locals can enjoy government benefits, even if they are lazy and live, the welfare benefits in the UK are still very good, such as having a few more children, and the family can rely on the government's welfare funds to live well.

After her husband left, Angelica tragically found out that she was pregnant, and she decided to give birth to the child.

Ordinary people can enjoy holiday life, but she has several part-time jobs and takes care of children, and there is no holiday at all, just like on Christmas Eve, in order to triple her salary, she still came to do cleaning.

Zhang Yang was somewhat sympathetic to Angelica.

When Angelica was working, Zhang Yang was sitting on the sofa, eating dessert and drinking coffee, playing with the tablet, scrolling through Weibo messages, and then he turned his head to see Angelica at work, he felt like an evil capitalist, enjoying a rich material life with peace of mind, and a maid to take care of the hygiene problems at home.

Maid...... All right!

Zhang Yang felt that his soul was a little evil, but the slender figure in front of him, the convex and backward body shape were really a little attractive, and the energy that had not been released for a while was faintly showing some signs of floating.

Angelica turned her head to notice the flamboyant eyes, but she smiled heartily, "Where's your girlfriend?" I met her once, and she was beautiful. ”

"Thank you." Zhang Yang said helplessly, "She's working overtime." ”

"Still working overtime today?"

"I don't understand it either. But I can't stop her, and she seems to prefer work to her boyfriend for Christmas Eve. Zhang Yang felt very depressed when he said this, and he didn't know when Catherine also became a workaholic.

"What about you? I remember the last time you said that your husband had been gone for three years and had never thought of finding another one? It's better to have someone to take care of than no one. Zhang Yang asked.

Angelica was a little sad when she heard this.

"I'm sorry."

"Nothing to apologize for." Angelica said, "I just want Steele to grow up quickly." ”

"Of course, children are important."

The two didn't continue when they said this, Zhang Yang felt that if he continued to talk, his thinking might go astray, and he should have a certain amount of self-control.

What Angelica thinks, he doesn't know.

More than half an hour later, Angelica finished her work, packed up her things and prepared to leave, when she walked out of the door, she took a closer look at Zhang Yang, suddenly walked over and stretched out her hand to cross the important area, and said with a smile, "I'm going home to take care of Steele, goodbye." ”

Watching Angelica walk out of the room, Zhang Yang couldn't help but pull the corners of his mouth, "I'm being teased again!" Then he looked in the mirror and said to himself, "Have you been handsome again lately?" ”

Zhang Yang smiled bitterly and shook his head.

It seems that the Chinese are not suitable for Christmas, this is really an egg-hurting holiday.