Lusaldi's analogy is really a bit sad.

Zhang Yang is not an 'old professor'.

He is still very young and has a long way to go; He also doesn't have the knowledge of the old professor, but fortunately he also has the 'ability' that other old professors don't understand, and he can barely be regarded as the upper layer of the professional football pyramid that he has mixed into.

Lusaldi continued, "Here's the thing, you don't have to spend time on the basic course at all. However, the FA is stricter about coaching qualifications, you still have to take exams, but most of them are textbook things, in addition, practical exams are also very important, such as our courses, you need to arrange a training session for some teenagers, the whole process is very simple, you can ask your assistant coach what to do. ”

"As long as you take the exam normally, as long as the results are not too bad, considering that you are the head coach of a professional club, the Football Association department will give you a 'PASS'."

"If you want to get a certificate of level 2 or above, that is, a level B or A professional coaching certificate issued by UEFA, it is more difficult, it requires a lot of expensive courses, it also requires a lot of practice, and even if you can be the head coach of the professional league, it will take two years, three years, or even longer."

"According to the rules set by the FA, you need to have at least a B-level professional coaching certificate to be eligible to be the head coach of a professional league team, and the Premier League is more demanding and requires a PRO certificate issued by UEFA."

"But it's very interesting." Lusaldi's voice was a little sarcastic, "Very few people can get the top certificate, and even if they get the certificate, most of them can only barely find a job as a football coach, and most of those real head coaches are unlicensed." ”

After Lusaldi's explanation, Zhang Yang almost understood.

The FA's coach training and UEFA's coach training are really good, and the coaching certificate is also very valuable, but the course is only a course after all, even if you get the certificate, it is difficult to find a professional coaching job, the more you get to the top, the more so, and it is difficult for people who get the top coaching qualification certificate to find the corresponding head coach job, because professional clubs will only consider hiring experienced and capable people, rather than 'certified' people, to take on important coaching work.

"So you've come to the end of all your courses – you've found a professional team manager." "I think you should focus on leading the team, as long as you can lead the team to do well, even if you don't have a certificate, you can easily find the next manager's job." ”

"Thank you for the reminder, that helped me a lot."

Lusaldi's explanation of the coaching certificate gave Zhang Yang a deep understanding of the career development of regular football coaches in Europe.

That's about the same as a student.

From elementary school, junior high school, high school, and then to college, after graduating from college, you can choose to continue your studies or choose to develop your career, but no matter how you choose, the ultimate goal is to have a better job, or have a better career.

And he already has a good job and a good career.

The important thing for him now is to do this job well and develop his own career, rather than going to basic 'primary school'.

Even if he hasn't read the basics, there is no need to start from scratch, he can choose to learn some useful things, such as relying on the 'reissued' Level 2 Coaching Certificate, and directly studying the B level certificate course offered by UEFA, after all, there is no need to start from the bottom.

However, after thinking about it, Zhang Yang still plans to read the basic course of coach training, even if he doesn't go to class, he must find the textbook and understand the content inside.

This may help with the work.

The course of the first-level coach certificate has been registered to participate in the study, and it is natural to complete it in the normal process, anyway, it only takes a few days, and it is still okay to take a few days out of the busy work.

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Over the next two days, Millwall resumed their normal training.

Zhang Yang is not involved in training.

In regular training with the first team, he was mostly just a spectator on the pitch, watching Frederick and Aldous with a learning eye, and setting up the training for the players.

He is not ashamed of it.

If there is something he doesn't understand, he will take the initiative to ask.

Frederick kept complaining, "He doesn't understand anything, I don't know how the club would make him a manager." ”

Each time Aldous just smiled.

Zhang Yang didn't care at all, the whole club knew that he didn't know how to train, and there was nothing to hide, he was the head coach because he was supported and able to lead the team to win, and 'leading the team to achieve good results' was the focus of his work.

The flamboyant approach has been recognized by many players.

They found Zhang Yang to be very relatable, not as condescending as other managers. They can talk to Zhang Yang like friends.

Everybody is young.

On many points of view, Zhang Yang can also understand them.

In the dull training life, time flies quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it is game day.

January 1.

On the first day of 2005, which was also China's New Year's Day, Millwall travelled to West Watford to take on the home team Watford.

Watford are a relegation team.

Watford are currently 19th in the league and are mired in relegation, and there are always bad rumours about the team.

For example, several of their main team members are rumored to leave immediately.

This kind of news is very demoralizing.

Millwall are in slightly better shape, and although there are rumours of key players leaving, the team has just won five in a row and there is always more good news than bad news.

In this game, Millwall's starting lineup was rated as 'four-star' in 'Divination', and 'fierce' in luck.

This is still the best lineup that Zhang Yang deduced in more than three hours.

It's the first time Zhang Yang has encountered this situation, no matter how he changes the lineup, the luck of 'Yan Ling Divination' is that it does not increase, and even a 'Ji' has not appeared.

"Maybe it's Watford's luck!"

The two teams played each other, and the outside world was of course optimistic about Millwall, but Zhang Yang was slightly worried.

When it came time to race, his fears were fulfilled.

With only eight minutes played, Zhang Yang used 'foreknowledge' to judge that Watford would score, and he specifically told Joey Healy to pay attention to the back wing of the defense and not let the opponent pass the ball easily on the baseline.

Joey Healy did that, but the goal still happened.

In the 'Foresight' picture, Watford used a pass from the wing to the bottom corner, followed up in the middle and scored with a header.

After Joey Healy dropped back, Watford used a constant pass from the wing to the middle to find the ball past Millwall through a powerful shot from outside the box by a midfielder.

The moment the ball flew into the goal, the Pastor Road Stadium erupted in frantic cheers from the home team's fans.

Millwall was silent.

Zhang Yang pondered amid cheers.

'Foresight' is definitely effective, if you don't make adjustments, the game will go according to the picture, but if you make temporary adjustments, it doesn't necessarily mean that it will work, and the changes he makes cause a butterfly effect, but the results are not necessarily good.

He had similar considerations before.

It's the first time I've encountered this kind of problem, and I'm a little worried, but I'm in a much better mood.

Compared to other team managers, he has a 'pre-judgment' big killer, and with this big killer, even if it is not guaranteed to win 100%, it is enough for Millwall to achieve good results.

This is not good as a head coach, he simply resigned with peace of mind and did not do it.