"The next game is going to be difficult."

That was Everton manager David Moyes' verdict.

When Everton's attack is blocked, Millwall plays more efficiently up front and dominates the scoreline, the game will not be more difficult than it was just now.

Darren Bent's goal brought not only a score advantage, but also a morale advantage.

Everton are a team that is 'good at opening the head' and a team that is good at playing tailwinds.

When Everton are dominant, or when the scoreline is not rewritten, they tend to perform well, and conversely, when the score is rewritten and Everton are behind, they are much worse.

This has been confirmed by many competitions.

Liverpool has two famous teams, one is Liverpool with the 'Red Army spirit', and the other is Liverpool's sworn enemy Everton, Everton's history is longer than Liverpool', Liverpool can also be said to be Everton's 'split team', and because of this, the historical struggle between the two teams continues, accumulating a hundred years of contradictions, so that the fans of both sides in the same city are on the same footing.

Everton have not developed much for almost fifty years.

Most of the time, Everton was suppressed by Liverpool in the same city, and perhaps it was the historical reason that allowed Liverpool to find a 'spiritual pillar', the spirit of never giving up, and let fans around the world know this tenacious team.

Everton are a lot worse.

The ups and downs of the past have made Everton lose all the so-called spirit, they are just a Premier League powerhouse, and no one can think of any spirit at Everton.

Everton also has a lot of advantages, for example, their financial situation is not worse than Liverpool, a complete youth training system, and will also produce some excellent players, such as Wayne Rooney, who plays for Manchester United, is Everton's youth training, Rooney's transfer to Manchester United has also brought huge financial benefits to Everton, allowing them to get rid of financial problems in one fell swoop, and there are plenty of funds to supplement the team's squad.

But that's all.

When Everton completes the squad, they are still just a strong team, and the lineup cannot catch up with the first-line giants, and the performance can only be said to be a patchwork team.

This may be one of the reasons why Everton's results have fluctuated so much.

The next game showed this, when the game was difficult, many Everton players did not think about trying to overcome the difficulties, but 'we probably can't win', 'Millwall are still unbeaten this season, Manchester United, Arsenal can't beat them, and we will not be an exception'.

The Everton fans at Goodison Park were silent.

When they saw Millwall score first, they became very disappointed, the team had a high possession rate and attacked more times than their opponents, but it was the opponent who scored first, and the fans were disappointed, but also hoped that the team could pick themselves up and try to equalize.

Everton fans gradually shouted slogans and they tried to support the team with shouts.

But they were disappointed.

For a long time afterward, Everton was still unable to make a breakthrough in attack, Millwall's defense was very tight, and the counterattack was quite sharp, and every time Millwall attacked, Everton fans worried about their own goals.

As the clock ticked by, the shouts of the Everton fans became much quieter.

Neither team scored again in the first half.

At half-time, David Moyes immediately corrected his mistake and pointed out that his team had to hurry up and go for an equaliser.

This gave the Everton player a long breath.

In the first half, they held their breath, and under the established tactical framework, the backfield players did not go up to support, and could only watch the frontcourt attack lackluster, and the attack failed again and again, so that their morale fell to the bottom.

Now it's finally time to let go!

In the second half, Everton stepped up their attack, they pressed straight through the half, almost around the Millwall half, and Millwall's defense became much more dangerous, and the team had to focus more on defence.

Everton gave it a go, just to get the equaliser quickly.

Zhang Yang stood on the sidelines again.

When the game situation falls into passivity, Zhang Yang can't always watch it, the last game is because of the influence of 'good luck', the team's luck, coupled with the 'foresight' to make a judgment, naturally not worried about being attacked by the opponent.

Now the situation is different.

Even if there is a 'foreknowledge' to judge in advance, if he just watches and makes a judgment, it is difficult to prevent the opponent from scoring, and he must make adjustments at the first time to have a chance to really stop the opponent.

This is a lesson learned after many goals!

Zhang Yang admired Moyes's decisiveness.

Everton attacked thoroughly and had a good chance of scoring a goal, on the contrary, if they continued to be conservative, it would be difficult to have a chance to win.

As long as Everton can equalise, it's really hard to say who will win and who will lose.

Zhang Yang became serious.

In the 67th minute of the game, 'Foreknowledge' judged the opponent's goal, Zhang Yang made a judgment four minutes in advance, found Smitchell as soon as possible, and told him not to step forward easily, and pay more attention to the opponent's possible counterattack.

When he saw that the opponent suddenly broke the ball, Zhang Yang made a double insurance and used 'words and methods'.

Everton midfielder Phil Neville received a pass when he suddenly felt a little slippery on the grass, and then his body lost his center of gravity, and he almost fell to the ground, and the football was also stabbed out by Josh Simpson.

Darren Bent received a pass and went close to finding the Everton goal with his individual ability to break into the opposition box.

This quick offensive and defensive transition revealed Darren Bent's decisiveness, and also made Everton break out in a cold sweat, but what no one knew was that it was Everton's scoring opportunity after the steal, but it was Zhang Yang who rewrote the original trajectory and turned it into Millwall's opportunity, and almost broke through the Everton door.

When others regretted that Darren Bent missed the opportunity, Zhang Yang took a long breath and used the two supernatural skills of 'Foreknowledge' and 'Words and Words' to change the occurrence of a goal, which can be regarded as a proper use.

When Everton miss a great opportunity, it's not easy to find a good one.

Millwall's defence was tighter then.

The team focused almost all of their efforts on defending, and everyone knew that if they dragged the game until the end of the game, they could beat Everton and get the three points.

But the strikers certainly don't think so.

Like Darren Bent.

Another example, Josh Simpson.

Simpson is starting for the first time as a striker and he wants to play well in his new position, and for a striker, a good performance means scoring goals, and he has been trying to find opportunities.

While Millwall was passively defensive, Simpson stood up front and kept running.

He waited.

When the game reached the 83rd minute, Millwall suddenly broke the ball, and Darren Ward made a big foot in the backfield, which reminded everyone of Simpson again.

The Simpsons run forward fast!

Five metres before the penalty line, Simpson chased the ball and dribbled quickly into the box.

"It's a single knife! Look at this ball! ”

As the commentator shouted, Simpson faced goalkeeper Martin and swung his right foot to volley hard, the ball hit Martin's leg and bounced out, many regretted at the same time, Darren Bent rushed forward and sent the ball into the empty net with a lob shot.

"0 to 2!"

"Millwall have a two-goal lead away from home!"

The Everton fans fell silent.

Millwall fans who followed the team to Goodison Park were partying, not just for the scoreline but also for Darren Bent's performance, as the match commentator said, "This is Darren Bent's eighth league goal for Millwall!" ”

Eight balls!

Prior to the game against Manchester United, Darren Bent had scored just four goals in seven league starts for Millwall, and then scored twice individually against Manchester United, and now he has scored two goals individually.

This efficiency is amazing!

Many fans have also noticed that Darren Bent is getting better and better.

When it comes to Millwall's forward line before, many people know one Branifer, and now there is another Darren Bent, both of whom are quite good, in terms of goals, Darren Bent is one less than Braniff, and Darren Bent is a key game goal, and his performance is by no means worse than Braniff.

When a team has two great strikers, it's enough to be the envy of everyone.

The same goes for David Moyers.

In an effort to turn the club around, Everton opted to sell Wayne Rooney, and David Moyes has been hoping to add a talent up front, a young talent in his early twenties, which is always appealing.

Millwall turned out to have two talented strikers!

These two talented strikers are not as famous as Rooney, but it is undeniable that they have scored more goals than Rooney, who is the second striker at Manchester United, but has played almost all the games, and has only scored five goals in the league so far, and the frontcourt efficiency of both sides is much worse.

"Is this also because of Millwall's tactics?" Moyes thought.

When it comes to individual ability, Darren Bent is slightly better, the advantages are obvious, and Braniff is a bit ordinary, but both of them have so many goals, probably thanks to Millwall's tactics specially formulated for the lineup, right?

Regardless, the goal stats are important.

As long as these two players can maintain their goalscoring efficiency, it is normal for their value to skyrocket tenfold by the end of the season, and when other teams want to get them, they will basically prepare more than 10 million pounds, or even 20 million pounds or 30 million pounds.

In the envy of David Moyes, the game went on and on, and the score became 0-2, and the result was no longer in suspense.

In the end, the two teams ended the game 0:2.

After the game, Zhang Yang and Moyes shook hands politely, both of them had smiles on their faces, Moyes did not seem to be affected by the loss, but suggested to Zhang Yang, "If there is a chance in the future, I think you should go to coach a big club." ”

"Oh?"

"I've heard that your tactical philosophy is based on making players perform better in every position, I don't know how you do that, but if you manage a big club, maybe your team can dominate Europe?"

Moyes said it in a joking tone, but the content was very heartwarming.

It is impossible to be unmoved.

Any football manager wants to coach a big team, it represents an honor, it also represents a career progress, coaching a small ball will achieve good results, of course it is very attractive, but it is very difficult for a small club to play well.

For example, Millwall now.

Millwall's league results are good, but whether they can continue to perform well in the second half of the season, Zhang Yang is not too sure, after all, the team's bench depth is too poor.

There is an old saying in China and Europe that 'it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice', and Millwall is in a similar situation, where it is difficult for the main players in all positions to catch up with the substitutes of the big teams.

And that's just playing in the league.

In the second half of the fixture, Millwall will join the FA Cup race, and Zhang Yang has not yet considered whether to give up.

If there are 'impossible to give up' European competitions, how to continue the schedule becomes a big problem, when there are too many injured players, even if there are more means, the results will plummet.

But for the time being, Zhang Yang hasn't thought about it.

Coaching a giant?

Maybe there will be opportunities in the future, but if Millwall can't play well, there will be no chance to coach the giants at all.

Leading the team to achieve good results is the only thing to do!