Millwall beat Wigan Athletic 2-0 to secure a fourth-round win in the Premier League.

2-0, just a small score, but the score does not represent the process, the whole game, Wigan Athletic can be described as 'desperate', in the face of Millwall's powerful offensive, Wigan Athletic has no power to fight back.

A comparison of the stats shows the game: Millvolvo had 16 shots on goal and scored two goals; Wigan Athletic have had just two shots on goal and zero goals.

Millwall were affected by the international break, and after rotating most of the squad, the efficient players in front of goal did not play, but Wigan Athletic retreated into the box and were almost completely unable to attack, and the defense in the box was tight, and considering this factor, two goals from 17 shots on goal is not too bad a statistic.

Zhang Yang is quite satisfied with the team's performance.

So far, the gap between Millwall's main force and substitutes is still relatively large, not because of the difference in the strength of the players, but because of the difference in tactical application.

Millwall's tactics are based on position, and what individual tactics the players play have to adapt to, and individual tactics are set according to the ability of the 'main players'.

For example, on the left side, the left midfielder style of play is based on Pire's personal ability, and other players will definitely have adaptation problems with the 'Pire's tailor-made' style of play, so the rotation of fixed positions has a great impact on the overall performance of the players, and the rotation of a large number of players, the tactics will not even have an effect.

This is also the reason why Zhang Yang decided to use the 442 formation, because of the large number of rotations, the 'dual core' tactics will lose their meaning, and there may even be a 'chaos' situation.

Therefore, Millwall's tactical training work focuses on matching as many formations as possible, putting players with good strength into the formation one by one, and formulating individual training plans according to their characteristics.

It's a lot of work.

In the eleven man lineup, each additional person has to use the 'speech calculation' to deduce the tactics, so far the team's tactics cover only 14 players, including Simpson, Braniff, Smitchell who are in duplicate positions, and even Vardy has not been able to 'line up'.

Zhang Yang can only study tactics as much as possible.

It's going to be a long-term job for a season, or even multiple seasons.

After the game, Zhang Yang shook hands with Jewell, and Jewell exclaimed with a wry smile, "I have a feeling that you guys are more difficult to play than last season." ”

"Thank you, but we still lack a lot."

"Oh?"

"For example, the players are not familiar with the team, especially those who have just arrived in the team."

Zhang Yang explained casually.

Jewell didn't dig deeper, but said, "It's all the talk that you're going to finish in the top six, and preferably just in the top four, but after this match, I'm sure you're going to be a strong contender for the title." ”

"Thank you."

Zhang Yang thanked him again.

The relationship between the two is not bad, as was the case last season, and in the process of walking to the press conference together, Jewell also complained to Zhang Yang about Wigan Athletic -

"The club invested so little that I couldn't buy the players I wanted."

"It's going to be very difficult for the team to develop in the short term."

"I really hope that one day, I can coach a big club. But I admire you even more, Millwall is a small club, but last season they won the title, it was a miracle......"

Zhang Yang didn't care about Jewell's compliment, but noticed the opponent's dissatisfaction with Wigan Athletic.

Don't want to keep going?

Possibly!

When a capable manager finds that there is no possibility of leading the team forward, he will really lose the motivation to continue.

This is also a problem that most managers have to face!

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Millwall's win over Wigan Athletic does not mean that the impact of the 'international break' has been resolved.

The impact is still there.

Before the match with Charlton, Zhang Yang found the problem through the 'word and spirit divination', no matter how the lineup is changed, the best luck value evaluation is also 'fierce', and there is also a 'big murderer' lineup, and he passed it without thinking about it.

Millwall will only have to deal with Charlton Athletic's fifth-round Premier League tie with a squad that is assessed as 'fierce'.

2 to 2.

That's the final score.

Charlton this season, strength and performance are very average, there is no dark horse state last season, and only won one game in the first few games, but the home game against Millwall is quite good, Millwall's performance is a little sluggish, especially when attacking and failing to take care of defense, Charlton got a lot of opportunities.

The 2 to 2 result also proves the process.

Millwall played some advantage, but it wasn't decisive, and the team's four-game winning streak came to an end.

Zhang Yang didn't care.

The day before the game, he knew that it would be difficult for his team to win and that it was acceptable not to lose.

The media did not let Millwall go, and at the post-match press conference, some media began to flare up, asking sharp questions such as 'does Millwall's draw with Charlton mean that results are starting to slip'.

Zhang Yang only felt funny, and he asked rhetorically, "Is it normal for us to win all?" ”

'I don't think it's a big deal to draw a game, if you want to be critical, maybe you should criticize Manchester United, they lost to Arsenal and we just drew so we're still top of the league.

The media has nothing to say.

The media, which has no good impression of Millwall, has been waiting for Millwall's performance to slip for a long time, but it is a pity that Millwall has been winning.

This draw with Charlton Athletic is the best chance.

But what about ......

In this round of key battles, Manchester United faced Arsenal at home, and the final result was 0-1, Manchester United lost to Arsenal at home.

Manchester United and Millwall, both teams who have won all four games, have lost at home, and they are one point less than Millwall after this round.

How else can this criticize Millwall?

Criticizing the team that ranks first in the league for a bad result is simply the biggest joke, and readers will not buy it no matter how stupid they are!

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With the fifth round of the Premier League at the end of their first Champions League fixture, Millwall will face Valencia, the strongest and seeded team in Group D.

This is Millwall FC's first Champions League match in its 100-year history, and it will also be the first Champions League game led by Zhang Yang.

In Zhang Yang's mind, only the Champions League is a big competition.

Perhaps influenced by the influence of ordinary fans in his previous life, when media reported on foreign players, he only reported on those core stars, and when he reported on the team, he only reported on the top clubs, and the reporting system would naturally only broadcast the most influential.

Therefore, in Zhang Yang's eyes, ordinary players cannot be called stars, and only those above the level of Zambrotta and Pire can barely reach the threshold of stars; The average team can not be called a strong team, and only those who can compete for the league championship and the Champions League championship can be regarded as the top team; Ordinary cup competitions are meaningless, and only the Champions League and World Cup are games worth paying attention to.

Now Millwall have to face the best of the competition.

Zhang Yang was a little excited.

Many Millwall players have also become very serious in training, and you can see that they are also looking forward to the Champions League.

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When the Champions League group stage is about to start, Valencia coach Flores is in a good mood.

After the Champions League group draw, Zhang Yang claimed that Millwall was lucky to be in Group D, but in Flores's opinion, Valencia really drew a 'good draw'.

Rome?

Relying on the Italian Football Federation to punish Juventus, Roma rose up the rankings and was able to participate in the Champions League, which has struggled to play well in the history of the Champions League, and there will be no difference this year.

Millwall?

What good results can a new rising club in the Premier League, a small club led by a young man in his early twenties, get in the Champions League? It's just ridiculous. Even if they were Premier League champions last season, there was not much pressure at all, the Premier League was the Premier League, the Champions League was the Champions League, and the two had nothing to do with each other.

Shakhtar Donetsk?

Needless to say, the Ukrainian team is unlikely to threaten Valencia.

Valencia was the 'good sign', and the other three teams in the group were basically no threat.

In Flores' view, the first place in Group D must belong to Valencia, and the second place is the battle between Roma and Millwall, and Shakhtar Donetsk basically has no chance.

Valencia's scouts have also collected some information about their opponents.

Just like the Spanish media analysis, the team that needs the most attention in Group D is Millwall, because they were the Premier League champions last season, although 'the Premier League is the Premier League, the Champions League is the Champions League', but if you can win the Premier League, you must have a certain strength, and you are likely to become the spoiler of Group D, and what performance will be full of uncertainty.

When Valencia's scouts brought back news about Millwall's 'new style of play', Flores' mentality stabilized.

Millwall went so far as to play technical soccer and employ the so-called 'twin-core' tactics.

"Smooth coordination, excellent technique, strong attacking ...... wings?"

Looking at the scout's analysis of Millwall's strength, Flores pursed the corners of his mouth, these analytical words are almost the same for the Spanish team, and it is probably certain that Millwall's offensive ability is good, and the style of play is full of technicality.

But Millwall is a Premier League team!

The brutal style of the Premier League teams is impossible to play Spanish technical football, and the pursuit of technical football will not be worth the loss, they should rely on a tough style to play.

"Maybe it's because other teams in the Premier League don't fit into Millwall's style, that's why they suddenly rose and won the league title?"

Flores had a judgment.

Valencia has nothing to worry about, La Liga can find a team at random, you can use 'outstanding technology', 'smooth coordination' to describe, Valencia is good at defensive counterattacks, but to say that offense can also be described by these two words, the opponents they often encounter are also 'outstanding skills', 'smooth coordination', and they have too much experience in dealing with this kind of team.