The clash between Manchester United and Millwall has attracted a lot of media attention.

Not only the British media, but also Germany, France, Italy, Spain, and even the whole of Europe, radiating to China, Japan and other countries, are very concerned about the game, because this game is not only the top two league matches, but also the first game that Millwall will face after winning the Club World Cup.

Millwall have attracted more media attention than Manchester United.

Manchester United is an English football giant, with a glorious history of 100 years, countless titles, and a wide fan support base around the world, but their results in recent years have not been good, not to mention the Premier League title, and the performance in the Champions League is also very average.

On the other hand, the rest of the Premier League --

Chelsea won a league title, reached the last four of the Champions League for the second year in a row and reached the final once.

Arsenal won the UEFA Champions League.

Liverpool created the 'Istanbul Miracle' and also won a European title.

Millwall have been even more brilliant, informing the Premier League for the second year in a row and winning their second treble after Manchester United last season.

Millwall have continued to be strong this season, winning the Community Shield, the UEFA Super Cup and the recent Club World Cup, qualifying for the Champions League ahead of schedule and dominating the Premier League table.

After winning the Club World Cup, Millwall received widespread attention from foreign media.

In the past, the Chinese media who paid the most attention to Millwall in East Asia must have been, but after the World Club Cup, even the Japanese media came to join in the fun, and Millwall successfully conquered the hearts of many Japanese fans with two games.

Now that Millwall are going to play Manchester United, it is natural that the whole world will pay attention to it, because this game also has a special meaning - many people believe that Millwall's unbeaten run will be ended in this game.

The media is not very optimistic about Manchester United.

In the past two seasons, Millwall has frequently won against Manchester United, and in front of the powerful Millwall, Manchester United does not dare to say 'win' at home, and the media will no longer say, "Manchester United will beat Millwall" and the like.

The media just 'don't like' Millwall, because Millwall has just returned to London, and the journey across the halfway world will definitely have a huge impact on the team, and the form of most of the players is not guaranteed, and some media even predict, "Millwall may give up the game appropriately." ”

This is United's best chance to beat Millwall.

Manchester United's advantage is too great.

Their players are well rested, while their opponents are tired and exhausted; They sit at Old Trafford and wait for their opponents to come to the door.

Speaking to the media before the game, United manager Alex Ferguson said 'it's only a matter of time before Millwall fall and drop points', saying: "Millwall are playing really well at the moment, but don't forget, it's been a long season and they know that. They're going to slip and they're going to drop points. There is no doubt about it. ”

'Millwall have quality and results, they're a very good team, but they also play more.

Ferguson seems to be starting to think about Millwall, "England have a lot of games because they have two cups to play in, and if Millwall win three titles, you can know how many games they have played. I think the FA should take into account the difficulties that the champions will have when they arrange their fixtures, such as Millwall, who have to play Manchester United immediately after participating in the Club World Cup, which should have been clear from the very beginning of the schedule. ”

Ferguson's criticism of the FA's fixtures appears to be for Millwall, but he did not do so with good intentions, pointing out that the purpose of this is to tell everyone that "Millwall is in trouble".

Manchester United have no difficulty, so naturally they are very advantageous.

Zhang Yang was in no mood to pay attention to Ferguson, the old Scottish man was right, the schedule is indeed unfavorable to the champion team, and it is a little unimaginable that they will face a big battle with the league's direct rivals after the World Club Cup.

The team has been very affected.

It is precisely because of the greater impact that Zhang Yang ignored Ferguson in a low-key manner, because there was no point in fighting a war of words, so he still kept a low profile to prepare for the game, but Zhang Yang did not do nothing.

Alex Ferguson criticised the FA.

Zhang Yang is criticizing FIFA.

The time is about to reach the end of the year, FIFA is going to select the World Footballer of the Year, and the three shortlisted players are C-Ronaldo, Messi and Kaka, which immediately made Zhang Yang complain, because Millwall has no players selected, and he has to complain about the players in the team.

"The Footballer of the Year is selected by the coaches and captains of various national teams, which seems to be very fair, but the final result is not fair." "I think the rules should be changed, and the team that didn't win the championship shouldn't have players eligible for nominations. ”

Zhang Yang is talking about C-Ronaldo, Messi and Kaka.

C-Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Kaka are all top players in the world, and they are doing well in their respective clubs, but what's the big deal?

In this year's Copa America, Argentina is not the champion!

Even if Argentina is the champion, Messi's performance in the national team is very average, and it can't be described as excellent anyway.

C-Ronaldo is just a Manchester United player, Manchester United has not won any titles, what qualifies him to be nominated for the World Footballer of the Year?

Kaka?

The Serie A title belongs to Inter Milan, and the Champions League title belongs to Millwall!

Last season, Millwall's standout performer was Darren Bent, but perhaps because of his lack of performance at Tottenham, Darren Bent did not get as many votes as he made it to the final three spots.

And then, there was no more.

Zhang Yang also knows the reason why Millwall is 'no one', last season the team did not have a player who performed very well, goals, assists and other performances, only Darren Bent stood out, and other players such as Braniff, Morris, Simpson, Livermore, scattered the 'excellent', it can only be said that the team as a whole is very good, but when it is dispersed to a single player, it is difficult to compete, but even so, the 'Triple Crown' is not shortlisted for the World Footballer of the Year list, which still makes Zhang Yang feel very dissatisfied and feels a little unbearable.

The flamboyant statement has been supported by a lot of media, because the fact is that Millwall is the 'treble', and as a result, no one in the team is nominated for the World Footballer of the Year, but those players who did not win the championship team have entered the final three-person list, which is a bit unreasonable.

This doesn't affect FIFA because that's what the rules are.

The coaches and captains of various national teams voted for the nominees of the World Footballer of the Year, and Millwall did not have a player in the top three, and there was no way.

That's why Zhang Yang will talk about 'qualifications', he said that C-Ronaldo, Messi and Kaka are not eligible to enter the nomination, not that the performance of the three is not good.

Zhang Yang talked about the World Footballer of the Year, and did not say a word about the match with Manchester United, which made the media feel that he had little confidence.

As a result, the outside world is more optimistic about Manchester United.

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Before the game, Millwall was very low-key, and Manchester United was full of momentum, as if the game with Millwall had already had a positive result.

Manchester United fans think so, too.

Today at Old Trafford, the stands are full of fans and fans in red jerseys everywhere, letting people know that this is Manchester United territory.

Manchester United fans are talking about the upcoming game --

"This game is definitely going to be won!"

"Didn't read the report? Millwall can't even get together their main team, and their players need to rest! ”

'Hopefully we can win, we haven't won against Millwall in a long time! If you can win one game, maybe there is hope for the championship. ”

Manchester United fans are a little lacking in confidence.

In the past two seasons, they have also experienced the feeling that the outside world said that Manchester United can win, but in the end it was Millwall who won, and in recent seasons, Manchester United has not won the league title, even if the outside world is optimistic about Manchester United, fans will have uncertain questions in their hearts.

In addition, some fans also lamented, "When did Manchester United fall to the point where they could win by relying on their opponents' poor performances?" ”

But that's just the way it is.

When the players from both teams showed up on the pitch, United fans saw even more hope because, as the media said, Millwall's starting line-up looked a bit bleak.

Forward: Suarez.

Midfielders: O'Neal, Braniff, Ljungberg, Livermore, Maxey.

Defenders: Arbeloa, Wes Morgan, Barragán, Koncheski.

Goalkeeper: Mike Taylor.

Millwall even changed the goalkeeper to the bench, Vardy and Luka Toney did not play in the attack, and the limited number of starters, only Braniff, Livermore and Konchesky, the others were substitutes or semi-substitutes.

Manchester United definitely won!

Manchester United fans have confidence, the media have confidence, and more media hope that Millwall will lose, because Millwall is too strong, the league is still unbeaten so far, and it almost monopolizes the Premier League.

The Manchester United players on the pitch are also full of confidence.

Just because United haven't won the title for a few seasons doesn't mean they're underdogs, they finish in the top three every season, and they're both title contenders.

If they are at Old Trafford, they are still very confident against Millwall on the bench.

Sidelines.

Ferguson saw Millwall's lineup, and his confidence was even more sufficient, and he analyzed that Millwall probably wanted to play the 451 style of play that he was good at.

One midfielder, two central midfielders.

This dual-core parallel position play is still very powerful, but Ljungberg's strength is a little worse, perhaps it is a loophole in Millwall's lineup, and the team can take advantage of this.

"Let's take a look!"

Ferguson thought to himself.

When the game actually started, Ferguson immediately abandoned his previous judgment, because Millwall's extremely conservative style of play showed that they were not playing a two-core strategy at all, but intended to use crowd tactics to defend.

It's like......

It's like the little clubs that come to Old Trafford!

Ferguson slashed a national curse with an F in his heart...... He didn't expect Millwall to fight like that, and he couldn't help but turn his head to look to the other side.

Zhang Yangzheng smiled.

Zhang Yang doesn't care what Manchester United thinks, what the media thinks, or even what the fans think, when Arsenal and Millwall play, they can defend 'shamelessly', why can't Millwall?

Strong?

Now Millwall is in trouble, unable to discharge most of the main force, he treats the team as a small club, recalling a few seasons ago, coaching Millwall in the Champions League, Millwall at that time had no strength at all, even if they met Wigan Athletic, they were completely suppressed.

The result?

He still led the team to victory, relying on crowd tactics.

The gap between Millwall's substitute lineup and Manchester United will definitely not be able to catch up with the gap with Wigan Athletic at that time, so let the team concentrate on defense, and having a Suarez in front is enough!