For the remainder of the first half, Millwall were preoccupied with defence, and Chelsea slowed down the tempo of the attack, but did not achieve the desired tactical effect, and Millwall were not fooled at all, just holding on to the penalty area and not giving Chelsea any chance.

Mourinho was slightly disappointed. He originally thought that Zhang Yang was very young, and young people would fight for a momentary victory, so he might 'hit the plan' to strengthen the offensive, and then he would have the opportunity to expand his lead.

It's a pity that the other party didn't.

From this moment on, Mourinho regarded Zhang Yang as a true equal opponent.

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On the way back to the locker room, Zhang Yang recalled the first half of the game and became very annoyed.

He made a mistake.

The plan for the game against Chelsea is to have more shots on goal and score directly, otherwise you can also use your supernatural abilities to 'help' the goal.

This is the established plan.

Two days before the game, Zhang Yang decided to come down.

Having a 'plan' affected the decision of the game, and when he found out that Chelsea had scored, he had the opportunity to stop it directly: for example, using 'walk the talk' to influence Frank Lampard's penalty.

That will definitely have an effect!

But he still used 'lucky blessing', because the 'established plan' is to use 'words and words' to let his side score, using 'words and words', the established plan is equivalent to failure, no one wants to bear failure, Zhang Yang is no exception, he hopes that his plan can succeed, but 'lucky blessing' did not bring effect, which led to Chelsea taking the lead.

That's where the failure lies.

Maybe the process in the middle of the process is excusable, but Zhang Yang feels very annoyed no matter how he thinks about it, he finds that he has made a serious mistake: the football game does not come according to the plan, there is no regularity in the process, anything can happen in the middle, and the temporary decision of a manager is very important.

"Then it's time for the second half to make adjustments!"

Zhang Yang made a decision.

It wasn't an easy decision, it almost knocked over all the set-ups, and it's hard to say whether it would help, but the game went on and the team had little chance of winning.

He has to fight for a chance for the team!

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In the first half of the game, Millwall was almost on the defensive, and it was difficult to see any hope of winning in such a passive game.

Many media have also made a conclusion, "There is no suspense in this contest." Millwall and Chelsea have too many different squads. Zhang Yang is a good manager, but he can't lead a promoted team to challenge Chelsea at the top of the Premier League! ”

'From last season to now, when Chelsea have scored first, the result has been a win for Chelsea!'

'If Chelsea can win, they can open up a nine-point gap, Millwall are still second in the league, but they can't catch up on the points......

"But Millwall should be satisfied with the results, after all, they are only a promoted team, and they can beat Manchester United and Arsenal in the middle of the season, and sit in second place in the league, which is enough to shock people......

"Sky Sports" commentator Mike Bullard's analysis has penetrated into the hearts of many fans, most of whom agree with Bullard's opinion, Chelsea's strength is too strong, when Chelsea takes the lead, almost no team can reverse, the gap between the two sides is on the surface, there are forty-five minutes left, but Millwall is almost equal to losing the game early.

Chelsea support the media, neutral media, even a handful of Millwall support media.

Fans on both sides also felt that Millwall didn't have many chances.

Millwall fans will of course support Millwall, but more fans will face the fact that half-time was enough to prove the gap between the two sides, and with Chelsea scoring first, Millwall could be too small to recover.

"As long as you don't get scored, it's good!"

A lot of fans thought.

Of course, there are people who disagree, and there are quite a few of them, that is, 'Zhang Yang support fans' and a large number of Chinese fans.

'Zhang Yang's support fans' is also Zhang Yang's fans, some of them are Millwall fans, most of them are not, they don't support Millwall, but support Zhang Yang himself, there are a lot of 'Zhang Yang's support fans', and the support for Zhang Yang is quite fanatical, they don't care about the theory of 'Chelsea scores first, Millwall has no chance', but thinks' Zhang Yang is a person who is good at creating miracles', they think Millwall still has a chance, just a goal, Zhang Yang can lead Millwall, play such a good result, it is a miracle, in comparison, what is the second half equalizer?

It's the same with Chinese fans.

Most Chinese fans don't know much about the Premier League, they know Chelsea, they know Jose Mourinho, but they don't know it completely.

All they knew was that the score was 1-0.

Chelsea are only one goal ahead, so why didn't Millwall have a chance? Millwall is a team that must be supported, because Zhang Yang is the head coach of Millwall, just like seeing the Chinese team trailing the opponent by one goal, he feels that he can't equalize? Naturally impossible!

"Millwall still has a chance!"

"Although the game was passive, it was not difficult to score a goal!"

"The second half will definitely be more exciting!"

"Zhang Yang led the team to play such a good result, and he definitely won't lose to Chelsea so easily!"

“……”

Zhang Yang didn't know that there were so many fans supporting him, and he didn't have time to think about these things, taking advantage of the halftime break, he had already told the whole team about the way he played in the second half, and it was summed up in one sentence, "We have to take the initiative to attack!" ”

"Turn reactive into proactive!"

This is the decision made by Zhang Yang!

Chelsea's squad is very strong, and it is not 'completely impossible to beat', otherwise it would be good to award them all kinds of trophies directly, at the end of May last year, Liverpool also created a miracle of a three-goal reversal of AC Milan in Istanbul, compared to a goal behind Chelsea, what can it be counted?

According to the original tactics, Millwall's chances of winning were too slim.

Millwall will have to turn from passive to proactive and take the initiative to attack in search of opportunities to find a silver lining.

At the beginning of the second half, Zhang Yang made a move.

The fourth official raised his substitution card, and Millwall signaled for a substitution adjustment: Jamie Vardy, Braniff up, Konchesky, Smitchell down, two substitutions in one go, immediately attracted all attention.

There was more than one discussion in the media gallery --

"Vardy? Braniff? ”

"Millwall actually put on two strikers in one go! They seem to be going to take the initiative! ”

"Isn't that tantamount to admitting defeat?"

"Smitchell has been replaced!"

“……”

The fans in the crowd were also discussing how amazing the substitutions Millwall had made.

Two strikers?

Millwall is in a 4231 formation on the field, and it is enough to strengthen the attack and only change to one striker, why did you go directly to two?

Vardy?

How can this eighth-tier league kid also play in the game against Chelsea, is Zhang Yang going to give up the game to train newcomers?

A lot of people were surprised.

Watching Braniff and Vardy appear on the stage, Zhang Yang's expressions also became serious.

This is not a random substitution.

In football tactics, formation is still very important, Braniff replaced Koncheski, playing as a left wing-back, and Vardy replaced Smitchell, which is the real striker.

After the two substitutions, the team's formation changed from 4231 to 442.

Zhang Yang also considered reducing a defender, but the team had not adapted to the three-guard formation before, which would definitely greatly reduce the strength he could play, and in the end he gave up and chose 442.

This is already an extreme attacking formation!

The two wings are Josh Simpson and Braniff, the midfield is Jody Morris and David Livermore, and the forward is Darren Bent and Jamie Vardy.

Whether it's on the wing, in the middle or up front, they are all very good attacking players.

Zhang Yang just wants the team to play an offensive, suppress Chelsea in one breath, turn passivity into initiative, if you can successfully 'grab' a goal, of course, it is the best, no goal in a short period of time, at most it is the consequence of losing.

It's a bet-bet.

If you win, you can tie it; If you lose, you lose three points.

But in reality, Millwall didn't give anything, because it was almost impossible to equalize the score if it went on normally.

When the game resumed, Zhang Yang was also full of anticipation.