Erikson's words stirred up the spark.

Everyone else around them looked at it, and they all showed interested eyes, and many people remember the last time they talked about the England team and expressed not very optimistic remarks.

Eriksen did not attend at the time.

Unexpectedly, Erikson knew about it, and now, a year later, he still remembers it and pointed it out to his face.

How much grudge is this?

Many are interested in what the young man will do in the face of Eriksen.

Apologize?

It's very interesting!

Zhang Yang had a feeling of disaster falling from the sky, he didn't know Eriksen, but he didn't expect to be targeted because of his words last year, but in the face of the crowd who looked over, especially Eriksen's not very friendly eyes, he raised his head and smiled, "I am very optimistic about the England team." ”

"Oh?"

Everyone was a little surprised, could it be that this young man confessed?

Erikson looked up triumphantly.

Zhang Yang continued, "I do see it that way. England are strong at the moment, they are the best in the world on all fronts, and every player is very good. This England team, even if there is no manager and no command, can reach the top eight in the world just by relying on a strong squad and relying on the individual performance of the players! ”

Zhang Yang's praise for the England team made Jove Thompson, Beckham and others smile, which is also where they are proud, the England team is too strong, and the value of the team is easily ranked in the top three in the world, and even ranked first in the world, and it is officially so, they will set their goal to win the championship.

Eriksen didn't laugh, he felt that Zhang Yang had a follow-up that he didn't say.

Zhang Yang looked at Eriksen with a smile and continued, "So this England team, no matter who leads it, can easily play well. If you have a good manager, you will definitely be qualified to win the championship. ”

"It's a pity......"

After Zhang Yang finished speaking, he sighed regretfully, and then stopped saying anything, but his meaning was already clear.

Many people around couldn't help but laugh.

Arsene Wenger laughed the hardest, and the other coaches didn't shy away from laughing.

Jove Thompson couldn't laugh anymore.

Erikson couldn't laugh even more, his face full of anger.

The meaning of Zhang Yang could not be more obvious: the strong England team can reach the semi-finals with a coach, but because it is Eriksen who leads the team, he is not optimistic about the England team.

Erikson suddenly said angrily, "You should maintain the necessary respect for your seniors!" ”

Zhang Yang glanced around, his expression looked very helpless, and the meaning of the expression was to say, 'I actually respect the other party very much, but the other party provoked it first', before continuing, "In private, I respect anyone who is older than me, but the manager's job has nothing to do with age, if the England team wins the championship this year, no, just the final, then I will publicly want you to apologize, otherwise I think that a manager who leads the world's most luxurious team and only gets average results, his coaching ability should only be questioned." ”

As soon as Zhang Yang's sonorous and powerful voice fell, he was mentally prepared to be criticized and boycotted.

Eriksen is the coach of the England team, much more influential than him, and he must be a figure supported by the FA, he looked up, Jove Thompson's face was not very good, probably did not expect that he would openly exchange with Eriksen.

The next moment there was some applause around, including Arsene Wenger, Moyes, McLaren, all of them were guys who were afraid that the world would not be chaotic, or they lacked a good impression of Eriksen, and even Ferguson in the distance cast appreciative glances.

This is...... Honorable!

Zhang Yang pursed the corners of his mouth, and in the face of Erikson's extremely angry eyes, he immediately glared at him like a counterattack.

"Alright, let's get rid of the fire! Today is the New Year's reception, you are all influential people in English football, get together, chat, and take a step back......" Jove Thompson hurriedly rounded the field, if the New Year's reception, the two managers fight, it will really become the laughing stock of English football.

"Humph!"

Eriksen snorted coldly, as if to express his disdain for Zhang Yang, but he still walked away directly, in fact, he was even more angry that after being scolded by a young man, the other people standing around, except for Beckham, Rooney and other players, looked slightly dissatisfied, and the other peers were all facing each other.

Zhang Yang was a little surprised, he has been in English football for a long time, and he will definitely learn some secret news, such as 'Eriksen's popularity is not good', looking at the surroundings, Eriksen is not just popular, it is simply 'extremely bad'.

What a surprise!

The top coaches in the whole of English football are here, and none of them have opened their mouths for Eriksen, or the president of the FA.

In fact, this happened not surprising at all, one is that Zhang Yang said it is very reasonable, the whole world knows that the England team has a gorgeous lineup, but the process of Eriksen leading the team to participate in the World Cup qualifiers is extremely difficult, and the results of leading the team have not been recognized.

This is the root cause.

Second, it is very important that the English coaching circle generally looks down on Eriksen, because Eriksen was 'parachuted' to become the coach of the England team, and there is nothing surprising about his previous coaching results.

Eriksen rose to fame in Gothenburg, winning the Swedish Cup in his first season in charge and in 1982 with a treble of honours in the league, the Swedish Cup and the UEFA Cup.

Eriksen then moved to Portuguese club Benfica, where he won the Portuguese league title and reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup in his first season. After winning his second league title, Eriksen moved to Italy as head coach of Roma, but he did not do well.

Eriksen then went on to manage Valencia, Benfica, Sampdoria and eventually some success at Lazio, where he won two Coppa Italia and European Cup Winners' Cups, and led Lazio to Serie A title in 2000.

That was the top honour that Eriksen had led the team to win.

Throughout Eriksen's coaching career, it seems to be very brilliant, but in fact, even coaching Lazio was not successful, Lazio at that time, the competition was only AC Milan, in Serie A can be described as 'dominant', leading this kind of team to win the league championship, it doesn't prove anything at all.

The fundamental reason why Eriksen became the coach of the England team is that the English Football Association urgently needed to change the 'conservative face of English football' at that time, so Eriksen, who had just stepped down as Lazio coach, became 'the first foreign coach in the history of English football'.

At that time, many people expressed dissatisfaction.

The arrogant Englishman does not think that a Swede is qualified to lead the England team, and even if he hires a foreign coach, he should find a 'top manager'.

The criteria for judging top managers in European football are direct: if you have the experience of leading a team to win the Champions League, you will automatically be considered a top manager.

Eriksen did not lead the team to win the Champions League, so he was naturally not recognized as a 'top coach', but he got the opportunity to coach the England team and received the highest salary in the coaching world at that time.

This is really a bit of 'envy' of peers, and it has also caused many people to be dissatisfied.

It would be fine if Eriksen led the team to play well, but from the outside world, Eriksen's biggest contribution was to balance the England team's dressing room, and since he took charge, there has been no infighting in the England team.

This makes others look down on it even more.

What is Erikson's approach?

Almost all of England's starters are star players, and Eriksen will not 'offend' star players, such as midfielders Steven Gerrard and Lampard, the two of them play together, and poor performance is a worldwide problem, but Eriksen did not solve the problem, but let the two play together again and again.

Other locations are similar.

Whoever is more famous, who will be able to play more, is Eriksen's means of balancing the dressing room, and he has the support of a large number of English players.

It's a strange thing that such a method can be seen by his peers, whether it is Ferguson, Mourinho, Wenger and other Premier League managers, Eriksen is very dismissive when it comes to Eriksen.

In addition, Eriksen's private life is also a mess, two years ago he also had a relationship with a female FA employee, who is also the lover of the boss FA CEO, such a chaotic relationship was exposed, which also led to the resignation of the FA CEO, Eriksen relied on the support of the players, and put forward a sentence 'If I want to get out of class, it should be the reason in the football field', and continue to stay in the position of England manager.

How many peers can look up to such a coach?

The next cocktail party seems to have become a time for various managers to express their dissatisfaction with Eriksen, and the small circle headed by Wenger is like this, and Zhang Yang has become the core of the circle, and peers come over to give a thumbs up.

"You said what I always wanted to say!"

"What a great statement! That Swede is probably about to blow up, right? ”

"I'm not optimistic about the England team either, it's strange that the team he coaches can get good results!"

"Zhang, you're doing so well!"

"I've been seeing that guy for a long time......"

“……”

Zhang Yang just smiled and didn't continue to say anything.

How about Erikson, it has nothing to do with him, if it weren't for Erikson's 'nothing to do', and the small-bellied chicken intestine also talked about last year's drinking party, obviously with a hostile attitude, he wouldn't have turned back.

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The party lasted for a day, and by 3 p.m. it was over.

The purpose of the organizer to put forward a theme is just to allow everyone to discuss at will, and the biggest purpose of holding a cocktail party is to provide a platform for coaches and clubs at all levels to communicate.

But in reality, it doesn't really mean much.

The head coaches of each team will also contact each other in private if they have a good relationship, and it is difficult to say a few words when they meet if the relationship is not good.

The only advantage of the reception is that there is no media, and the general news will not be spread out to let reporters know, Zhang Yang and Erikson are only circulating in the industry, and the people who are involved talk about it in private, maybe there will be a chance to appear in some people's 'memoir anecdotes' in the future, but it will also be long in the future, and it will not have any impact.

Of course, the only effect is that Zhang Yang's relationship with Eriksen is extremely bad.

But it doesn't matter.

Zhang Yang is not in the mood to have a good relationship with the Swedes, even if he mixes in English football, the Swedes can't affect him, and besides, after the end of this year's World Cup, the Swedes are going to leave the England coach, and he seems to have been unsuccessful in the next step in his memory, and finally went to China?

All right.

After attending the reception, Zhang Yang didn't think about it.

The next day, Millwall returned to training.

When he gathered in the morning, Zhang Yang came to the training ground, and after the intensive Christmas match, the schedule can be a little more relaxed, and the team can also carry out targeted tactical training in the early January period.

The coaching staff had already planned the training: to get the team used to the new formation.

433。

This is a formation that Zhang Yang proposed early on and hoped the team would adapt to.

For Millwall's squad strength, the 433 formation, compared with 442 and 4231, actually has no benefit in the sense of strength, the only benefit is that it can reduce the pressure on the midfielders.

The 433 formation can discharge three forwards, and there are only three in the midfield, of course, the defensive ability in the front court is poor, and the pressure in the midfield will be very high, but in any case, in some games, it can still be used.

The next training was very straightforward, the players warmed up, did a routine physical examination, and then began formation training.

It will take at least a week for the team to adapt to a new formation, and it will be played in various positions without much adjustment.

Millwall didn't have a week.

On January 9, Millwall ushered in a new competition - the English FA Cup.

The English FA Cup is the oldest football competition in the world.

The FA Cup format is a one-on-one knockout round between football clubs at all levels in England, due to the participation of a large number of non-professional league teams, in order to relieve the pressure on professional teams, professional teams at all levels will join the event step by step, and the Premier League and Championship teams will be directly promoted to the round of 64 and will only join the competition after the year.

If it is an ordinary cup competition, Zhang Yang will not consider it, and the team will give up.

Millwall's most important goal is to finish in the top four of the league, or even compete for the league title, and being distracted by the cup competition and affecting the competition for the league is completely worth the loss.

The FA Cup is different, though.

The influence of the FA Cup is so vast that many traditional English fans believe that the FA Cup is more important than the league.

From this it is conceivable.

If Millwall put on a 'drop in the FA Cup', it would certainly cause a lot of criticism and even a backlash from the fans.

It doesn't matter at the media level, but the fans' thoughts still have to be taken into account, so the FA Cup still needs to be 'a little more serious', and it certainly can't be like the League Cup, obviously 'as a training place'.

The idea of flamboyance is: follow fate.

If you don't prepare for the game, you can play normally when you meet any opponent, and it doesn't matter if you win or lose the game.