Chapter 283: Victory over Chelsea!
Neil Stadium is in shambles.
Every Millwall fan was shouting as hard as they could, and many of them were a little hoarse, but they were still shouting and venting their excitement and joy.
Zhang Yang was also very excited.
At the moment of the goal, Zhang Yang hugged Wise, and then hugged everyone next to him, shouting, "Three to one!" We are two goals ahead! ”
Quite a few players also shouted Vardy's name, "He's awesome! ”
"Jamie was able to score two goals!"
"It's so beautiful!"
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The reporters in the media table were also expressing incredible emotions, but they quickly calmed down and began to praise Vardy and Zhang Yang constantly.
Vardy definitely has to be praised!
A nineteen-year-old young player, who came off the bench for more than ten minutes in the second half, helped Millwall score two goals, and his performance was quite perfect, especially the goal just now, which was scored after breaking through Terry with the ball, and showed amazing speed, explosiveness and stable mentality.
Publicity, but also praise!
Millwall scored three goals in a row, and the biggest contributors were by no means Branifer and Vardy, but Zhang Yang as the manager, both of whom came off the bench, and Zhang Yang replaced them in one go, and they contributed three goals to the team.
Millwall's substitution adjustments, almost no one is optimistic, now everyone has nothing to say, two players who were substituted on the field, working together to help Millwall score three goals, can there be such a classic substitution in football?
Ostentatious substitution is the foundation of turning defeat into victory!
Reporters and commentators from various media have long forgotten their previous doubts, and immediately began to praise Zhang Yang's decisive substitution.
Chelsea have been hit.
The Chelsea players on the pitch were a little too happy to accept the situation, and they even forgot to urge the referee to hurry up and start the game as they watched Millwall's wild celebrations. Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho's face was a little cold, looking at the situation on the field, thinking about Millwall's three goals in a row, how to find it difficult to accept.
Millwall scored three goals in a row!
Was Millwall too good or was Chelsea too poor on the pitch?
Maybe both!
Millwall are in good form, playing very well in attack and defence, but Chelsea also have problems with their performances, and perhaps the biggest problem is that they underestimate their opponents? Just like the goal just now, Terry probably couldn't have imagined that the young striker would choose to break through, right?
So Terry was easily broken through.
Terry was careless.
The rest of the Chelsea players weren't much better, probably after a 0-0 lead, and they subconsciously thought they didn't have a chance?
Mourinho couldn't help but feel angry in his heart!
Was that anger at the players on the pitch and dissatisfaction with the scoreline, with Millwall two goals ahead of Chelsea? If the game had ended there, Chelsea would have lost.
That's unacceptable!
A promotion horse who doesn't know how to play well, an inexplicable young Chinese coach, can challenge Chelsea and challenge him, the game is not only about losing three points, the whole team and even himself, will definitely lose face, whenever he thinks of this, Mourinho feels very annoyed.
But what can be done now?
"Attack! Counterattack! ”
Mourinho waved his hand and made substitutions, he could no longer stand Essien's 'stupidity', and immediately replaced the Ghanaian, and then he simply stood on the sidelines and personally 'supervised' the team's game, as long as he stayed here, I believe the team would perform much better.
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Millwall went on the defensive.
Zhang Yang used up his third substitution, Josh Simpson was substituted, and Rudy Clarke came in his place.
Rudy Clarke is an experienced and well-rounded veteran who was a defensive midfielder at a young age, playing as a defensive midfielder in the middle and a defensive midfielder when playing wide, and his appearance signalled Millwall's transition from attack to defence.
This is the last substitution, which is equivalent to running out of last resort.
At this point in the game, Zhang Yang can also rest.
If the two goal advantages are not guaranteed, and the final victory is not guaranteed, there is nothing he can do.
The next thing is to see how the whole team plays.
After the game restarted, Millwall immediately put on a stubborn posture, and the whole team knew what to do, and the previous madness was only because the advantage was not big.
Of course, Zhang Yang was not dazzled by the goal, so he decided to continue the attack, he let the whole team continue to attack, one was that the team was in very good shape at that time, and the other was that the hole cards of 'following the word' were useless.
Also, a single goal doesn't guarantee a victory.
There was still a short time left in the second half, and it was normal for Chelsea to score a goal to equalize the attack, and if they chose to retreat at that time, it could end up being a draw or a loss.
It's different now.
Millwall scored the third goal, two ahead of Chelsea, and it would be too dangerous to continue to play against each other, and he had no other means to drop back to defence.
Chelsea's attacking prowess is good, but it's not easy to score two goals in twenty minutes, let alone three.
Millwall are invincible, and the final result will depend on the performance of both sides.
When Millwall retreated in a big way, there was no tactic or no tactic, everyone in the team went back to the back to participate in the defence, and the counter-attack was not considered for the time being, the only consideration was to prevent Chelsea from scoring.
This is the legendary crowd tactic!
The team chooses this defensive style of play, in fact, it is also a helpless move, several players in the front court, the defensive ability is very poor, if the defense of the normal formation, it is difficult for them to make much contribution, but the 'crowd tactics' are different, when Darren Bent runs back into the penalty area, standing there and not moving, he can block part of the goal with his body. Crowds are the best way to defend, with a group of players running around the box and it is difficult for Chelsea to shoot from distance because the ball will hit the players.
Chelsea have nothing to do.
Under the dense defense of the sea of people, they are proud of their technology, cooperation, it is equivalent to losing the meaning, the backfield they cooperate at will, the front court is densely populated, and the cooperation can not be played at all, a person wants to find opportunities only in the theory, most of the time, they can only keep falling on the periphery, but the intensive defense in front of them, let them know the opportunity, and only exist in the theory.
"This is what Mourinho called the bus tactic!" The game went on for a while, and suddenly a commentator said with a wry smile.
But no one laughed at Millwall!
At this point in the game, everyone knows that Millwall are good enough, but not every team can find the Chelsea goal three times, and now the defense is the best option to be forced to do so.
Chelsea are gritting their teeth!
Chelsea fans couldn't help but let out a 'boo', and Chelsea's support media scolded Millwall for being 'conservative' and 'utilitarian', but few people responded to them, utilitarianism and Chelsea are almost the same, Millwall is good enough, like an old reporter's complaint, "Do you have to let Millwall and Chelsea play against each other?" What's the difference between that and just letting Chelsea win? ”
'I didn't see a Chelsea game either, it was all in attack!'
With the exception of a few Chelsea media outlets, the rest of the media were supportive of Millwall's approach, as they were on the verge of winning.
They wanted Chelsea to lose so much!
This season's Chelsea is simply 'too domineering', and the successive wins have made the Premier League title competition, without much suspense, Manchester United behind him can't even see the shadow, and few people expect Millwall to compete for the title.
Now that Millwall are going to beat Chelsea and Chelsea are going to drop three points, the media are desperate for it, and they will have heavy news reports when the time comes.
That's the big news!
If Chelsea win the game, the most they can do is continue to praise Chelsea, and if Chelsea lose, there is too much to say.
For example, Jose Mourinho.
Jose Mourinho has always been arrogant, he showed 'disdain' for Millwall before the game, and when Chelsea lose it becomes funny, what else can the Portuguese say?
"That's interesting!"
In the expectation of the media, Millwall's 'bus defence' was quite solid, and whenever they had the opportunity, they kicked the ball far away, clearing the ball once and delaying a lot of time.
In the face of crowded penalty areas, Chelsea can really not do much, they have tried all kinds of methods, such as passing the ball to the penalty area, allowing players to fight for points, and deliberately creating corner kicks, free kick opportunities, etc., are good ways to break the dense defense, but it is not easy to achieve results in a short period of time.
Chelsea didn't find a good chance for a long time, but there was a mistake that Millwall seized when the ball was passed to the feet of Dalen Bent, who squeezed Carvalho with his own dribbling and almost broke the Chelsea goal.
The counter-attack showed Chelsea that Millwall were not without the power to fight back.
The situation on the pitch surprised many, and it seemed that Chelsea had nothing to do with Millwall, but the two managers were exceptional, and they knew very well that the root cause of all this was that the Chelsea players were in turmoil.
Chelsea are used to winning.
The only defeat in the past was at Old Trafford, against Manchester United, who were just 1-0 and just one goal ahead.
Now it's three to one, and the opponent is just a promoted horse!
The gap between the two teams is obvious, and the Chelsea players can feel it, and their hearts are even more unbalanced.
Chelsea have not experienced a situation of falling behind by two goals this season, and the long-term smooth sailing has affected their mentality a lot when they are behind, and their performance will naturally be much worse.
Millwall is the opposite.
Millwall are 'passively accustomed', they have long been prepared for the strong Chelsea, and the leading situation also makes them eager to win, every player can put their mentality at ease, and the performance is very calm, and under the influence of the other, it feels that Chelsea are powerless against the Millwall defence.
Time slowly dragged on.
Ten minutes.
Three minutes.
One minute.
The referee blew the full-time whistle after a header from Morris as Millwall beat visiting Chelsea 3-1 at Neil Stadium.
The whole audience exploded at that moment!
Zhang Yang looked at the Chelsea dugout and looked at Mourinho who turned his head, his face full of sunny smiles, while Mourinho's face was gloomy.
The expressions on their faces illustrate the outcome of the encounter, but both sides know that this is not the end of the game, with the league still halfway to go, Millwall and Chelsea still meeting and the venue turning into Stamford Bridge.
It would definitely be a big fight.
But that was three months later, and now Millwall could celebrate the victory as much as they wanted!