At the end of the game, the Millwall players hugged and clapped hands on the pitch to celebrate their victory.

After that, they walked out of the stadium with smiles on their faces.

Derby County's players looked deenergetic, some of them had a look of loss, and Derby County did not expect that the final result of the home game against Millwall would be 0-3, they not only lost points, but also lost face.

Zhang Yang waved to the players who walked off the field, and then remembered to shake hands with the opposing head coach.

Grigori and he didn't like each other, and the two shook hands, and without even touching their hands, they turned around and walked away, as if they didn't even have the heart to look at each other.

After entering the passage of the court, Zhang Yang met Ebenezer who came over.

Ebenezer greeted him, waved his hand and smiled, "Zero to three, well done!" We've won five in a row. ”

"On the way here, I said you don't have to worry too much."

Zhang Yang replied with a smile.

"I'm not as confident as you are." Ebenidze shrugged, "Seeing the results of these two fights, I think Grigory will be happy too, I can't forget when the last time I won five in a row. ”

"You don't need to be so happy." Zhang Yang said, "Because there will be more victories in the future, you should like your good mood a little bit and release it slowly, otherwise your stomach will burst!" ”

"I wish it was as you said."

Zhang Yang said a few words to Ebenezer, then turned the corner and went to the press conference.

Ebenezer looked at his back, the expression on his face full of complexity.

In fact, from the beginning, he and Grigory were not optimistic about Zhang Yang as the head coach, but because of the 'unexpected voting results', they were a little unable to get off the stage, so they decided to let Zhang Yang take over the team.

In the consideration of the two, if the team's performance declines, they have a reason to let Frederick be the head coach, and Zhang Yang leads the team to poor results, so they can only assist Frederick.

It's not that they have discrimination or anything like that, the main Zhang Yang is too young, and he doesn't think he can be a head coach if he thinks about it.

The youngster, as expected, was not fully able to take over the managerial role.

There are many aspects he doesn't understand.

For example, he is almost not involved in the team's training, and the part of tactical training has not been carried out until now, and in addition, he and Aldous have always managed the specific affairs of leading the team's games.

But......

The team can win!

No matter how much this young man doesn't understand, and no matter how many things he can't handle well, as long as the team can win, everything else seems to be a trivial matter.

Ebenezer is complicated.

He suddenly felt that it would be good to go on like this, even if most of the young man's work had to be shared by others, but if the team's results became very good, everything would be worth it.

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The scene of the press conference.

Many reporters were waiting for Zhang Yang's arrival, Derby County coach Grigory had been here before, but as the losing side, he didn't want to talk about it at all, said a few words that were not nutritious, didn't even answer a question, and walked away.

Journalists are waiting for the 'winner'.

Compared with Grigory, there are too many topics on Zhang Yang's body, not clichés to talk about 'age', 'nationality', 'experience', after serving as the head coach of Millwall, he led the team to two consecutive victories, and Millwall won five consecutive games, which is also a major topic in the Championship.

The media reporters waited for more than ten minutes, and just when some reporters impatiently protested to the press officer, Zhang Yang's figure appeared in front of the venue, and the venue suddenly became much quieter.

Zhang Yang walked into the venue with a smile, and a young female reporter asked a question in the middle of the way, he just smiled sweeter, and said to the female reporter, "Sorry, miss, the question time has not started yet." ”

The female reporter bowed her head shyly.

There was laughter from the side.

Zhang Yang coughed lightly, continued to walk to the stage and sat down, suddenly had some doubts in his heart, and glanced at the female reporter again, only to find that he was still an acquaintance!

It turned out to be Frida!

When he first worked under Brand in the BBC's sports department, Frida and he were colleagues, and the two spoke a few words, and then worked in the same building, and they could talk when they met.

After coming to Millwall to work, I haven't seen each other, and I didn't expect the other party to come to interview me.

It's interesting.

Zhang Yang glanced at Frida several times in a row, making the other reporters next to him puzzled.

They are suspicious of their relationship.

Zhang Yangcai said routinely, "In this game, our players performed very well. I'm happy with the team's performance, 3-0 and the results speak for themselves. ”

"That's all I'm going to say, let's start asking questions, but preferably quickly. As you should know, we are playing away from home, and it will take two hours to go back, so we are a bit rushed. ”

After Zhang Yang finished speaking, he immediately pointed to Frida, meaning to give her a chance to ask questions, the reporters at the press conference are all competing with each other, and when you see acquaintances who have a good relationship, you must take care of them.

Frida looked around and asked with some excitement, "Mr. Zhang, as far as I know, before you came to work at Millwall, you worked as an Italian translator in the BBC Sport Foreign Media Department, and also participated in the BBC Radio's 'Voice of the Premier League' program. Your job is about football, but it's only about the media. How did you come up with the idea to work at a professional football club? ”

Acquaintances' questions are different!

A problem goes to the root of the problem.

Zhang Yang thought about it carefully before saying, "I remember that it was at the beginning of December and Mr Gligory appreciated my comments on the 'Voice of the Premier League' programme, and he thought I was capable of guiding Millwall's game. This is a challenge in a whole new field for me. ”

'I thought about it for a long time and found that the 9-to-5 job wasn't for me and I needed some challenging work, so I chose to go to Millwall.'

It was the first time Zhang Yang had talked about this, and the media reporters in the audience hurriedly recorded it.

The press officer didn't call any other reporters, and Frida continued to ask, "According to some sources, when you first came to Millwall, your role was 'match coach', but you quickly became head coach. I believe the job of a manager is challenging, but now that you're a head coach, how do you personally feel about the job? ”

"It's busy."

Zhang Yang replied directly, "It's not an easy job, since I became the head coach, my leisure time has been shortened by 90 percent. Yes, I work most of the time, but I still feel a little too busy. ”

"But I think it's a good fit for me, and when you lead the team to victory, I believe I'm bringing joy to the fans, and that's the most important thing."

'It's like today, we won, and I'm sure every Millwall fan will be happy with the game.'

"That's what motivates me to work."

Zhang Yang described the purpose of the head coach's work from the perspective of satisfying the fans, which made some media reporters at the scene applaud.

Of course, nothing can be pleasing to everyone.

The Derby County support media was very dissatisfied, because Zhang Yang was taking today's game as an example, so when the next question was left to the reporter of the Great Derbyshire Town, the other party's question was immediately targeted, "So you think you have done a good job as a head coach?" ”

Zhang Yang spread his hands, looking like this, "At least so far, we have two wins, and it is five consecutive league wins. ”

The reporter asked, "Don't you think this one was just luck?" Millwall don't have any advantage, you're just luckier. ”

Zhang Yang laughed and asked rhetorically, "Do you remember what I said before the game?" ”

"As I said, Mr Gligory's poor image could spell bad luck for Derbyshire. So you should blame Mr. Grigori, Derby County is unlucky, do you want to put the blame on me? ”

“……”

The journalist was silent.

The scene erupted in laughter.

Media reporters suddenly found that no matter how many times this joke was said, it still sounded funny!

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A lot of media reported on the game that night, and the center of the report was 'Millwall's five wins in a row', and when it came to this game against Derby, there was a bit too much to talk about.

For example, the image of Derby County coach Gregory Grigory 'maybe' bring bad luck to Derby.

Another example is Zhang Yang's personal experience.

Also, Millwall's good results, Zhang Yang took office for less than a week, leading the team to win two home and away games, and the results are quite satisfactory to the fans.

Against the backdrop of Millwall's five-game winning streak, there have been quite a few positive reviews in the media.

There are quite a few negative reviews.

The topic of negative evaluation mainly revolves around the flamboyant youth, saying that he is 'very rampant when he wins two games', and then there is 'disrespect for his predecessors', and even 'sitting back and watching Millwall win without a conductor in the whole game' has become the focus of media criticism.

If you read the reports in the media, you can know that if the media makes a negative report, it can always find various reasons, and some reasons are incredible.

Zhang Yang is a little used to it.

In the previous fight, he was still in the mood to look up reports, but now he just laughs.

The next day the team had a rare day off.

There is a four-day break until the next game against Watford, and four days will be a relief in the intensive post-Christmas schedule.

The players are on vacation, and the coach is relaxed.

Frederick and Aldous are all on vacation, and they can easily spend time with their families to make up for most of their work around Christmas.

Zhang Yang also had a day off.

But Zhang Yang didn't have time to stay at home lazily, so at eight o'clock in the morning, he dressed up and walked out of the door.

He's about to start taking part in the London Football Association's regional coaching training.