After winning the Premier League, Millwall are left with only the Champions League and FA Cup.

The FA Cup final is played in mid-May, just five days before the Champions League final, and with Cardiff City facing only Cardiff City, there is no need to prepare in advance.

So Millwall are fully committed to the Champions League.

As for the remaining rounds of the league, I don't care at all, the next league can only be used as a training place, Millwall didn't say so to the outside world, but it can still be seen in the game.

In the next round of the league against West Ham United, Millwall sent a full bench lineup, and the 'make up' youth army, which is usually difficult to play, all started the game.

The goal of the young players, who are barely playing, is simple: to make up enough appearances for the league champion medal at the end of the season.

The league championship award ceremony is over, but in reality, the prize has not yet been handed out, the trophy of the award ceremony is a symbolic replica, and the real trophy will not be officially handed over to Millwall FC by the FA until the end of the season.

Players' medals are not like this.

The medals won at the award ceremony are real, but only the players who are 'qualified' and 'present' can get the medals, the players who are not present and do not have a squad will generally not participate in the award ceremony to receive medals, and other players who are 'qualified' to receive medals can only get their medals after the end of the season.

A player is eligible to receive a medal by making five or more appearances for the team in a season.

In order to meet the FA's requirements for England's youth players to enter the first team, Millwall also have three young players who have been promoted from the first team, who hardly participate in the game and train with the development team on weekdays.

Now their chance to compete.

Zhang Yang plans to let three players play all the next leagues, make up enough appearances, and get medals in the FA.

Otherwise, it's a waste.

Zhang Yang has no habit of wasting, he can fight for the welfare of players, but he still needs to fight for it, like this kind of player who has almost no future, can only mix with players in the lower leagues, and get a medal in the Premier League, which is enough to become an honor to miss for a lifetime.

Millwall drew 1-1 with West Ham United in this round, and the only goal was achieved by 'following the word', and the strength of the full bench squad was indeed much worse.

The whole team didn't care.

The next step is to prepare for the Champions League semi-finals with Barcelona, the first leg is a match at Neil Stadium, the second round is not very good away from home, the first round is still very important for Millwall, no matter what, you have to play some advantages, otherwise in the second round, the whole team goes to the Camp Nou, and the game will become very difficult to play.

In order to prepare for the game with Barcelona, the team worked hard, Zhang Yang took everyone on the coaching staff, watched Barcelona games one after another, everyone carefully studied the characteristics of Barcelona's positions, and summarized the views and content together, and arranged targeted play or secondary, but to let the players know more about the opponent.

Barcelona was indeed a stranger to Millwall.

Zhang Yang has always known Barcelona and their tactical style of play, but 'knowing' is only the general content, the characteristics of the players, etc., and he has not studied them carefully at all.

As a head coach, you don't decide on tactics with a pat on the head.

That needs to be carefully analyzed and discussed, and other people's opinions are also very important, the three stinkers can top the last Zhuge Liang, and even Bruno Boehly's opinion is very valuable.

As Millwall prepares for the game, the outside media begins to warm up for the Champions League semi-final.

The other is the clash between Liverpool and Manchester United, England's civil war is not much to watch at all, and the match between Millwall and Barcelona is the most attention-grabbing.

Many media outlets see the game as a 'collision between English and Spanish football', perhaps too high for Millwall, who have played Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal in the past few seasons, but none of them have been elevated to the level of a national football rivalry.

This may also be due to the fact that Millwall's results give people a lot of confidence.

Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal played Barcelona with little confidence in the British media and fans, who felt that the chances of winning were unlikely, at least not more than 50 per cent.

Millwall is different.

Many British media are happy to report Zhang Yang's negative news, because they are not Millwall's support media, and they definitely hope that Zhang Yang will lead Millwall to lose, but I have to admit that Millwall, led by Zhang Yang, is more trustworthy than Manchester United and Chelsea.

The British media took the initiative to elevate the game to the level of national football confrontation, also so that after Millwall's victory, they would be able to say that "English football defeated Spanish football", not just "Millwall beat Barcelona".

But the Catalan media is equally confident.

When Zhang Yang talked about the game before, his words were low-key, as if he knew that Millwall was not Barcelona's opponent, and the Catalan media commented on this, thinking that Barcelona's promotion to the final was not a big problem, and some extreme Catalan media even said, "The suspense of the semi-finals is only Barcelona can score a few goals." ”

When it was discovered that the British media had escalated the game to the point of national football fighting, the Catalan media also said happily, "Barcelona will definitely beat Millwall on behalf of Spanish football." ”

The media in other parts of Spain and the Catalan media have a different opinion, they don't think Barcelona can represent Spanish football, because Barcelona has a strong opponent in Spain called Real Madrid, and the media in the capital will certainly not recognize Barcelona.

The Catalan media is singing a one-man show, standing alone and fighting the British media.

The Catalan media reports said that it was as if Barcelona had won Millwall, no matter what the British media said, they were very confident, and one by one the Barcelona players stood up and expressed their confidence in the game.

The British media is a bit depressed.

The day before the first leg between the two teams, a large group of media came to Millwall FC to cover the game, hoping to unearth some 'morale-boosting' news about the game.

Millwall is much more low-key than Barcelona.

Millwall players are as low-key as Zhang Yang, they generally don't take the initiative to give interviews before the game, so the only people who entertain reporters are press officers, plus managers, chairmen and other officials, the media is very unhappy about this, and when the time comes to the afternoon, they still get a satisfactory result, because they interviewed Zhang Yang.

Zhang Yang knows what the outside world is talking about, he has been keeping a low profile, but it does not mean that he wants to see public opinion overwhelmingly optimistic about Barcelona, even if the whole team is low-key to deal with the game, the momentum cannot be suppressed.

Zhang Yang was interviewed.

The interview process made the reporters a little disappointed, because Zhang Yang still praised Barcelona again, "It is a very good team, and it is not ......an exaggeration to say that they are the best team in history"

'We did a lot of preparation for the game, we studied Barcelona carefully, studied their tactical play, to understand their situation, the form of each player and so on.

"We have to do it. Any opponent of Barcelona would do the same. ”

"Still, we weren't very sure, after all, Barcelona is a strong team that is completely unfamiliar to us......"

Zhang Yang continued to praise Barcelona, and when the reporters were disappointed, he continued to add, "They have reached the Champions League final in the first two seasons, they are strong contenders for the Champions League every season, and they have also locked up the La Liga title early this season, they are stronger opponents than us, so we have to deal with it seriously." ”

Zhang Yang left after speaking.

There were blank reporters in the room, but they quickly came back to their senses and started discussing excitedly.

Zhang Yang touted Barcelona from beginning to end, as if it were a team that Millwall could only look up to, but the last sentence woke up the reporters to the point.

Barcelona have not had a good league record, and are now nine points behind Real Madrid, with little hope of winning the La Liga title.

What is Zhang Yang talking about?

"They also locked up the La Liga title early?" This is gibberish, and I don't know anything about La Liga.

When the time for the British media to play freely was up, some media immediately said, "Zhang Yang didn't care about Barcelona at all, and he didn't even know Barcelona's league results, and the praise he said was just out of habit." ”

"But the Spaniards still seem to think that Zhang Yang is an admirer of Barcelona? Or Millwall is not confident when it meets Barcelona. It's a funny thing! ”

There are also media who say, "Zhang Yang constantly touted his opponent in order to confuse his opponent, in fact, he didn't care whether the opponent was Barcelona or Real Madrid." For Millwall, there was no difference at all! ”

"Barcelona is an opponent who has to be dealt with with all their hearts, but Zhang Yang doesn't even know Barcelona's league results......"

Many British media have seized on Barcelona's league results to make a fuss, "They can't compete with Real Madrid in the league, and Real Madrid lost to Millwall by a big score, and even Millwall's substitute lineup can't play." ”

"The gap between the two sides is too obvious, like the Spaniard said, there is no suspense in the game at all......"

The overwhelming coverage of the British media made the Catalan media angry!

The practice of Zhang Yang being interviewed is the biggest humiliation for Barcelona and their IQ, as if a person keeps praising a person, praising him from head to toe, and finally saying, "By the way, who am I talking about?" ”

Does this not make people angry?

praised for a long time from beginning to end, but a sentence was exposed, and what was said was an official way to praise the speech, the key is that they took it seriously, and the fans took it seriously.

The Catalan media is too angry, but they can't do anything, the only thing they can do is to keep cheering Barcelona up, hoping that Barcelona can be on the field and teach Millwall a profound lesson.

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The day before the game.

Barcelona arrived in London by plane, and when they all stepped off the plane, the atmosphere of the big war became intense.

All kinds of media rushed to do interviews.

In the Barcelona team, the most popular in the media is their genius Messi, Messi is recognized as the pillar of the future of Barcelona, is Ronaldinho's successor, his performance is also commendable, gradually maturing, very aggressive style, so that many opponents know the Argentine youngster.

When Millwall and Barcelona meet, in addition to the war of words in the media, the media's analysis of the game will also compare the players of the two sides.

In the Millwall team, the player opposite Messi is undoubtedly Braniff.

Braniff and Messi's styles are similar.

Both of them belong to the kind of players who have very strong individual ability and like to break through with the ball, and at the same time, their technical abilities are also very outstanding, and they are easy to perform well in the game.

Braniff is four years older than Messi, but older doesn't mean he has a lot of experience, but when it comes to top-flight experience, the two are about the same.

Braniff played in the top flight last season, and he played in the Championship before that.

Compared with the two, Messi has an age advantage.

Braniff also has an advantage, he is more physical, more comprehensive, and he can even play well defensively.

Messi is a little worse in comparison.

According to the analysis of the media, Messi is still more optimistic, one Messi's skills are more flexible, and his experience in participating in the competition is higher than that of Branifer, compared with the geniuses produced by Barcelona's academy, Branifer, who was born at the grassroots, is indeed much weaker.

The contrast between the two players has become an important topic of conversation this season.

When Barcelona arrived in London, the smoke of the war officially began, and the two clubs also fully contacted the media, and Zhang Yang also appeared frequently in front of reporters.

Journalists are sure to ask about the hottest topic of comparison, which is the comparison between Braniff and Messi.

"Messi is outstanding."

Zhang Yang praised Messi first, but low-key is not to belittle his own players, especially a guy like Braniff, whose self-esteem is so strong that it explodes, must be praised fiercely, he continued, "But, there is no doubt that Kevin is much better!" He's the most talented player in the world, not one of them. ”

"Messi is a genius, but he is a predictable player, all the level and strength are in front of him, but Kevin is the kind of player who is difficult to predict when it comes to the game, if someone tells me that Messi can beat Millwall alone, I don't believe it."

"But, Kevin, I believe."

"He's the kind of player who can beat a team by playing well!"

Zhang Yang's unsparing praise of Braniff shocked many media reporters.

The British media is better.

The Catalan media scoffed, in their opinion, Messi is the best footballer in world football in the future, and he doesn't even need to be 'one of them'.

Kevin Braniff?

An English player with rough skills can also be compared with a once-in-a-century Barcelona talent?

Dream on!

Publicity is not a wanton compliment, if Braniff and Messi are compared fairly in the game, the two will almost be tied.

Messi is still growing rapidly, and he will definitely be stronger than Braniff in the future.

But, that's the future!

Now Braniff can fight with Messi, and Zhang Yang is also ready to use his newly acquired ability "Fervent Faith" on Braniff in the game.

This allows Braniff to play to his extraordinary strength.

Messi, naturally, is not an opponent!

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