At the pre-match press conference, Zhang Yang met with Chelsea's interim manager Grant.

Grant is a good old man, and he took the initiative to greet Zhang Yang, Zhang Yang also smiled politely, and then shook hands with Grant.

Journalists who filmed this scene had different opinions on it.

The media supporting Millwall and the neutral media are all thinking that 'after Mourinho leaves, Chelsea and Millwall have become much more harmonious, and there is no longer that kind of situation where the manager meets like enemies'.

The Chelsea media were quite unhappy.

They think that Chelsea and Millwall are mortal enemies, and the managers of the two sides should not be so harmonious, and Grant represents Chelsea, and taking the initiative to shake hands with Zhang Yang is not equivalent to thinking that he is a head shorter?

The two who were shaking hands didn't think much about it.

Grant is a very kind performer, he knows that he is a newcomer to English football, even if he is over 50 years old, and he has never left Israel for most of his coaching career.

The flamboyant in front of him is very young, but he is already recognized as a top manager.

Last season, Millwall won the 'treru' of the League, League Cup and Champions League, and the result shocked the world and was unbelievable to anyone, including Grant himself.

In fact, a manager winning the Champions League does not necessarily win the world's recognition.

Some managers can also lead the team to win the Champions League, and many people will attribute the reason to luck, such as the temporary firefighting coach of some giant teams, even if they get good results, the media, fans and clubs will attribute the reason to the previous manager, or the strength is already strong, and leading the team to win the Champions League does not prove anything.

Millwall is different.

Even if Millwall does not win the Champions League, Zhang Yang will definitely be considered a top coach, because looking back more than two seasons ago, Millwall was only a Championship team, a newly promoted horse, and it is definitely thanks to Zhang Yang that they can achieve such magnificent results in two seasons.

Grant is very aware of the gap between himself and Zhang Yang, he is a temporary 'firefighting' coach, he doesn't know how long he can stay in the coaching position, he hopes to coach for a long time, Chelsea's coach position is a good stage, if you want to coach for a longer time, you must lead the team to achieve good results, there is no preparation for the game in front of him, but he still hopes to win.

Zhang Yang and Grant had a brief conversation, and then walked into the press conference together.

The atmosphere between the two is very harmonious, but the media will not let the harmony continue, their questions are all aimed at each other, but the rare harmonious scene, Zhang Yang does not want to spoil it, and the speech about the game is very low-key, "Chelsea is a difficult opponent!" ”

"We need to do everything we can to win!"

"The Community Shield is a must, and the first title of the new season is very meaningful to me personally, and the whole team is looking forward to winning it!"

Zhang Yang and Grant's meeting was not bad, but for the game, there was no idea of mercy.

Community Shield, also a champion.

The championship is wonderful, and winning the championship will boost morale, and it is equivalent to giving the team a good start, which is still very meaningful.

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This time the clash between Millwall and Chelsea attracted the attention of many fans, and the London media defined the game as a 'London derby'.

Millwall and Chelsea are two of London's best teams.

The geographical location of the two teams also has the meaning of a derby, Chelsea is in North London, Millwall is an East London team, although one is north, the other is east, but Chelsea is actually located in the rich area of the city, Millwall is located on the Dog Clan Road on the Thames, from Chelsea to Millwall, there is not much distance at all, if you take other cities, the two teams are definitely proper rivals.

There is a difference in mentality between the two teams.

It can be seen from the mentality of supporting the media that Chelsea supporters regard Millwall as a mortal enemy, because Millwall has 'snatched' many Chelsea titles in a row, including the League Cup, the league and the Champions League, Chelsea lost to Millwall, and Millwall's 'treble' is equivalent to stepping on Chelsea's corpse.

The media that supported Millwall was a different kind of thought entirely.

In the 100-year history of football, Millwall and Chelsea are just teams in the same city, and they have not played a few games, so they are naturally not mortal enemies, and in the past two seasons, Millwall has not lost to Chelsea, and they can't find a reason to be hostile to Chelsea.

So the 'mortal enemy' is only one-sided.

Millwall fans do not regard Chelsea as a mortal enemy, and it has not affected the enthusiasm of fans to watch the game, they still want to see the situation of Millwall, the first game of the new season, it is still very worth watching.

With more than 20,000 Millwall fans in attendance, as well as nearly 30,000 Chelsea fans, plus a large number of neutral fans, the newly refurbished Wembley Stadium was packed.

The shouts of the fans filled the stadium, making the atmosphere of the game very hot.

As the two teams walked out of the aisle, the fan cheers reached a small climax.

Live broadcast Jon Brown chatted about the upcoming game, "We saw that the players from both teams started to come in. At the head of the Chelsea team was captain John Terry, who was followed by Frank Lampard, Bridges and other team-mates, Millwall's team, led by Morris, who walked a little brisker, and the managers of both teams, Zhang Yang and Chelsea's interim manager Grant, had already entered the stadium and they went to the dugout......

'Grant's name is probably unfamiliar to everyone, he moved from Portsmouth to Chelsea as head of football more than two months ago, and now he is Chelsea's manager, he should be an interim manager, Chelsea still have time to find a new manager......

Chelsea FC has yet to make a announcement, and it is believed that Grant is only an interim head coach and will not really be in charge for long, similar to an assistant coach who will work as a manager on an interim basis.

With Jon Brown's introduction, the two teams completed a group photo and coin guessing session, and then stood on either side of the court.

At the referee's whistle, the game began.

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Both teams have relatively conservative starting lineups.

Chelsea are still the same team as last season, and Malouda, a new addition, failed to get a chance to start; For Millwall, there was only one new player to start, Sneijder, who played with Braniff in the middle, with captain Morris playing as a right midfielder.

Millwall still uses the 451 dual-core style of play.

After a period of preparation, the new formation 352 has been able to play and use, but it is only 'usable', and most of the players are still not very adaptable, and they don't know how they will perform when they experience a big game.

Zhang Yang didn't like the 'uncertain' result, so he still discharged the 451 formation.

It's the formation from last season and the players are already familiar with it.

Even if a new player wants to adapt to 352, he must also adapt to the playing style of 451, because 451 is the foundation, and 352 is also a 'double core', the two cores are the front and back positions, the tactics become more complex, and the requirements for coordination are also higher.

The 352 formation is one grade higher than the 451.

In terms of arrangement, Zhang Yang let Sneijder play, but also to increase his adaptation time, Sneijder's tactical awareness is quite good, and the preparation training is also very hard, he is a midfielder in the middle, is to play the core position, this position is the most difficult to adapt, but he is the new player, except for the substitute goalkeeper Mike Taylor, the fastest to adapt to tactics.

The starting lineup and formation of the players of the two teams have basically not changed compared with last season, and the media has made an opening analysis, and they all believe that the two sides are playing very conservatively and will be tested for a period of time, but in fact, Millwall played a gorgeous offensive at the beginning.

This is just the first race of the new season.

Millwall were not conservative at all, taking the ball and launching a fierce attack towards the Chelsea half.

Millwall's performance surprised many people.

It's Chelsea on the other side!

Even if manager Jose Mourinho leaves, even if the squad is still the same as last season's, Chelsea are definitely not bad, and they are fully capable of competing for the top three in the league.

The reporters in the media gallery exclaimed, "Millwall is really strong...... Come up and attack! Don't they know that Chelsea are the best at counter-attacking? ”

"Zhang Yang was carried away by the 'Triple Crown'!"

"Maybe Millwall took advantage of the opening and wanted to sneak a ball! Can there be a chance? ”

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Seeing Millwall play so aggressively, the media and fans who support Millwall are also looking forward to it.

Millwall's pre-season preparations are a bit mysterious, in late July and early August, only two training sessions were held publicly, one of which was still physical training, and the tactical training was a little incomprehensible.

In addition, Millwall barely played warm-up games.

The only warm-up game, or the game between China and Barcelona, some fans found the game, watched the video of the game, Millwall played a 352 formation, is a new formation, the game process is very good, the first half played a lot of advantages, but that warm-up is a temporary selection of 352, or to adapt to the new formation, whether the new season will use a new formation, etc., many things are full of uncertainty.

Now Millwall also uses the 451 formation, which is still the dual-core style of play last season, and what the specific performance is, we have to take a closer look.

In fact, the media and fans are also full of apprehension about Millwall's performance.

This is for historical reasons.

In the 100-year history of football, many teams have not been able to sustain their dominance for long, perhaps because winning the championship will make the team lose motivation, and without the motivation to continue to move forward, they can only fall quickly, or because after the glory, the stars will leave, the latter has already appeared at Millwall, and the leading goalscorer Darren Bent has chosen to leave.

Although the team has also added stars such as Sneijder and Maxey in the summer transfer, many fans still miss Darren Bent because he is the team's leading goalscorer, and they don't think these new players can replace Darren Bent.

Whether Millwall's strength has increased or declined is still unknown.

In the current Community Shield game, the media and fans are watching Millwall's performance, and they are very nervous, expecting Millwall's performance to be excellent, but they are also very afraid to see the loss scene.

The start of the game was a bit disappointing.

Millwall launched a tough attack, for more than two minutes in a row, the football was at the feet of Millwall, they used a strong midfield, played a continuous gorgeous combination, but in the end still did not find a chance to shoot, Vardy did not receive the ball twice in a row in front, he was defended too dead, lost two chances, Millwall's offensive is equal to no gain.

Chelsea's defence has been quite tough.

Chelsea and Millwall play, also very experienced, they built a solid defense at the edge of the penalty area, one is to limit Millwall's cooperation, the other is to prevent Millwall from suddenly shooting, whether it is Livermore, Morris, or Pire and other players, can come on the perimeter to a threatening long shot, last season the two teams met, Chelsea suffered a big loss in this regard, they simply strengthened the defense at the edge of the penalty area, did not give Millwall the opportunity to shoot on the periphery.

This time it was Frank Lampard who blocked Vardy's pass.

Frank Lampard's clean break won a lot of praise from the media, with pitch announcer Jon Brown saying, 'What a beautiful break! Just stuck on the route! Frank Lampard has calculated that Vardy is going to pass! But it's also normal, Vardy's quality is good, he is a rare talent among young people, but his experience is still too immature compared to Lampard! ”

'Frank Lampard is the biggest name in Chelsea's midfield, so it may be a bit demeaning to say that of other players, but he is the most important thing, even if there is Ballack, Essien, Mikel and others, he is still the most prominent!

Zhang Yang looked at Lampard's break, and felt that there was no way, just like the commentator's analysis, Vardy was still too immature.

Vardy's quality is very good, but quality does not mean experience, compared to Frank Lampard's old midfielder, Vardy is still a young child, and his passing routes have been seen through.

Fortunately, Vardy is not a midfielder who plays together, he is a striker who needs to score goals, and on the field, Vardy passes very few times, and occasionally there will be passes, which are generally of a critical nature, or a direct pass in front of the goal, and it doesn't matter if he is seen through.

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Chelsea have played Millwall for the past two seasons.

The Chelsea match against Millwall is not a sensational novelty, but Chelsea have never beaten Millwall.

Actually, this is not a 'new thing'.

Including Manchester United, Arsenal, Liverpool, none of them have beaten Millwall, last season Millwall won the league title with an 'unbeaten record', and also won the Champions League, the domestic league Cup, the Community Shield, but the FA Cup was eliminated early, in other words, they lost an FA Cup, and there are many other teams that have not beaten Millwall.

From Chelsea's point of view, this is a shame that will be hard to erase, as they feel much more bitterly than any other team, even Manchester United, who have not won a title in a few seasons.

Chelsea are opponents in the League Cup final at Millwall, rivals in the Champions League final and rivals in the Community Shield.

It was a tragedy.

It's the Community Shield for the new season, and even when manager Jose Mourinho leaves Chelsea, the Chelsea players will remember it well.

In the process of playing against Millwall, the Chelsea players have also learned a lesson, they know more about Millwall than the outside world thinks, and some players use their personal time to watch Millwall games, hoping to beat Millwall for a real time.

Millwall have become a demon among Chelsea players.

The current Chelsea players are very familiar with Millwall's 451 double-core style of play, they know this style of play, the key point is in the front of the penalty area, the two central midfielder positions, both in front of the penalty area, Millwall does not have too strong wings, the side dribbles and impacts, and eventually chooses to pass to the middle.

That's why the middle lane is the most important thing.

In addition, Millwall did not have a high striker, not last season, and this season Luka Toney was brought in, and did not appear on the field, in other words, they did not have a high air advantage, and most of the attack could only be on the perimeter, or use passing to play into the box.

As long as they can hold on to the penalty area, Millwall's attack is nothing spectacular.

That's the summary for Chelsea.

Chelsea also played according to judgment, they were so tight in front of the penalty area that Braniff wanted to cooperate with Sneijder, but he didn't drop back a little, and the transition between the left and right sides of the front field became less fluid.

Chelsea's defence worked from the start, using them to limit Millwall's attack while also finding opportunities to launch back-to-back attacks.

So on the field, Chelsea's defense is very tight, the counter-attack threat is very high, Millwall seems to be unable to find any opportunities, playing very active but the situation is a little passive.

The game situation on the field has also made many media judge that Millwall's tactics have been thoroughly studied by Chelsea, and Chelsea has been able to gain an advantage by playing in a targeted manner.

Some media outlets gloated, saying, 'Maybe Jose Mourinho shouldn't have left so early because he couldn't see Chelsea beating Millwall.' ”

'It's a temporary manager who leads Chelsea but the players know how to play, they don't have to command, every Chelsea player knows how to beat Millwall!'

The media has also begun to find reasons for Millwall's strength in the first two seasons.

'Millwall are doing well because they have an advantage in their tactical play, they keep playing new tactics and the other teams don't know how to deal with them.

'It's different now, Millwall's tactics are really well studied, every team knows how to play and from the game now we can see that the new season is going to be very difficult for Millwall......

With just a dozen minutes to play, many media outlets were already convinced that Chelsea would emerge victorious.

On the fan side.

Chelsea fans are naturally excited, they don't bother to analyse so much of the truth, they just see that the team seems to be playing to the advantage.

Millwall fans are very flat because Millwall is not too passive.

Last season's game against Chelsea was sometimes a lot tougher than it is now, but in the end it was Millwall who won.

It's just pretty much evenly split now, is there anything to worry about?

While many people are bullish on Chelsea, they don't realise that the reality is often harsh. They thought Chelsea had studied Millwall's tactics thoroughly, but they didn't know that Millwall were also improving.

Truly.

According to the media's thinking, Chelsea have thoroughly studied Millwall's tactics and know how to play in a targeted manner, which is very troublesome for Millwall.

But Millwall has been improving.

In the process of preparing for the summer season, it is not a waste of time, even if the game is still played 451 dual-core tactics, Millwall has also improved accordingly, they are in the process of adapting to 352, and they have a more thorough understanding of 451 tactics.

This is backed up by data.

Last season, the same starters, the lineup strength score of the 'Yan Ling Calculation' was only about one or two points more than eight stars, and the current starting lineup, the lineup strength score of the 'Yan Ling Calculation' easily exceeded the eight stars and five points.

That's lifting.

The player's control of the tactics is purely and it will increase the overall level of performance.

In addition, in the process of getting familiar with the new formation 352, another obvious improvement of the team is that the forward pass is more targeted.

The outstanding feature of the 352 formation is that it is fast, and in the process of continuously adapting to the formation, many of them are forward passes, and when you get used to the 352 formation, you can use other formations, and the forward pass will become sharper.

That's not entirely a good thing.

Because some formations do not support fast forward passing, such as the 442 formation, the consequence of continuous forward passing is continuous mistakes, and continuous loss of goals.

451 double-core play, it doesn't matter much.

Although there is only one striker, passing the ball to the front of the penalty area can already create a threat, even if it is a 352 formation, it will not pass directly into the penalty area, to the front of the penalty area, there will be no chance to pause.

That's enough.

By adapting to the 352 formation, Millwall has a better grasp of the two-core tactics and can bring more threats by passing forwards.

That's lifting.

If Chelsea had looked at Millwall in the same way they had seen last season, they would have suffered a big loss.

This is also Zhang Yang's confidence to continue to use the 451 formation.