After the draw ceremony, looking at the final results of the matchup, many media sighed, "Manchester United's luck is really good!" ”

Sporting Lisbon is widely considered the weakest team, they still have a few main players who will not be able to play, and whichever team draws Sporting Lisbon is almost equivalent to one foot in the Champions League semi-finals.

All three teams in England were also very lucky, as they managed to avoid their rivals from the same country, playing against Sporting Lisbon, PSV Eindhoven and Valencia respectively, and the opponents they also met avoided the two traditional giants.

If you want to say bad luck, it is Bayern Munich and AC Milan, the two teams meet together, it is sure to be a strong dialogue between Mars and the earth, and it will also become the focus of the quarterfinals.

The British press was ecstatic.

It couldn't have been a better result, with Manchester United's win over Sporting Lisbon, PSV Eindhoven no match for Millwall's performance, and Jose Mourinho's Chelsea, despite some slump this season, are still no problem beating Valencia.

In the three encounters, there is not much suspense.

English football is about to usher in a bumper harvest, there will be three English teams in the Champions League semi-finals, and the British media is extremely proud, and they will soon bring pride to English fans with their reports.

Of course, this has nothing to do with Zhang Yang.

As Millwall's manager, he has no interest in the glory of English football and only cares about Millwall's opponents.

PSV Eindhoven is indeed a good opponent, how can it be much better than Real Madrid.

PSV Eindhoven were promoted by beating Arsenal, but they were only about to win, Arsenal were a little unlucky, they encountered a stubborn defense away from home, and PSV Eindhoven's goal also came from a free-kick combination, this opponent is still very good.

Zhang Yang can say with certainty that Millwall has one foot in the semi-finals.

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After the draw for the quarter-finals of the Champions League, the media will interview the teams.

Millwall are a team to watch.

A lot of media came to do the interviews, and Millwall FC held a special press conference.

Zhang Yang commented on the draw results, and euphemistically envied Manchester United's draw to Sporting Lisbon, "It's really-luck!" ”

Manchester United's luck was tied with Millwall's.

Manchester United played Barcelona in the round of 16, and Millwall played against Real Madrid, the two teams were 'brothers and sisters', but in the quarterfinals, Manchester United drew an 'opponent who was almost certain to lose', and luckily completely threw off Millwall.

PSV Eindhoven is not bad, it's just good, Zhang Yang prefers to meet Sporting Lisbon or Valencia, of course, other opponents are not easy to deal with, each of the quarter-finals opponents is not easy to deal with, but people always have to be jealous of their luck.

It's innate.

After that, Zhang Yang talked about Eindhoven and said some impressions of this team, but in fact, Zhang Yang and Millwall don't know much about Eindhoven, and vice versa, the two sides have no record of playing each other in history.

However, the excitement of the Chinese media was surprising, and Zhang Yang quickly found the reason.

Chinese players!

Sun Xiang, to be exact.

Sun Xiang joined PSV Eindhoven on loan in January to begin his Dutch football career.

Sun Xiang is a well-known player in China, and was invited by the Premier League club Wigan Athletic last year to participate in the trial of Wigan Athletic, but was not hired.

In December last year, PSV Eindhoven was interested in Sun Xiang, who had been tried out before, and asked to loan Sun Xiang to PSV Eindhoven.

In the end, the two clubs agreed, the Shanghai team was willing to loan Sun Xiang, Eindhoven to give a loan fee, the loan period is half a year, Sun Xiang joined PSV Eindhoven after wearing the No. 28 shirt, about two months in the new club, Sun Xiang for the club in the reserve Cup quarter of the game is selected, and then two weeks after playing a few more preparatory league games at home against Sparta Rotterdam for the first time, as a substitute player, but did not get the opportunity to play.

Since February, Sun Xiang came off the bench in the Eredivisie and gradually got a new rookie for manager Koeman, and in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals, PSV Eindhoven hosted Arsenal, Sun Xiang came off the bench in the second half, becoming the first Chinese player to land in the highest level of European competition.

In the second leg, Sun Xiang started the game and won a set-piece in front of the game before the end of the game, Mendes took the penalty and Alex set up the goal for the club, and finally PSV Eindhoven beat Arsenal 2-1 on aggregate.

With the set-piece opportunities created, Sun Xiang can be said to be the hero of PSV Eindhoven's victory over Arsenal.

It is no wonder that the Chinese media will be excited to perform like this in the Champions League, and they interviewed Zhang Yang in the hope that Zhang Yang could comment on Sun Xiang's performance.

Zhang Yang was helpless.

In fact, Zhang Yang didn't care about PSV Eindhoven at all, nor did he watch PSV Eindhoven and Arsenal's games.

The draw for the quarterfinals of the Champions League has just ended, the quarterfinals will start in early April, the team has to prepare for the quarterfinals, and it is still too early, in addition, he has been busy dealing with the competition recently, and he does not know that Eindhoven has Chinese players, and he also played in the two-legged Champions League against Arsenal.

When he heard the news, Zhang Yang suddenly remembered that in his previous life, it seemed that there was a Chinese player who had participated in the Champions League in a team in the Netherlands.

But that's about it.

There is no special news next, as an ordinary fan in his previous life, he only cared about the topics he was interested in, and a Chinese player who flashed through the Champions League like a meteor is not worth paying special attention to.

The player's name is Sun Xiang.

Now that Zhang Yang knows, he just knows, he is at a loss about what Sun Xiang looks like, what kind of performance he has, and even what his technical strength is.

Of course, you can't say that to Chinese journalists.

Zhang Yang coughed lightly several times, organized the language, and said seriously, "I noticed Sun Xiang, he is a very good player. In the competition, it can be seen that his skills and experience have reached a certain level, and maybe the future is very promising. ”

That's the cliché.

The clichés are all of a general nature, because the words are 'good' and 'a certain level', there is no definite concept, and even the future is 'maybe' promising.

But reporters don't see it that way!

Zhang Yang rarely comments on a player, especially on players from other teams, and he hardly does anything about it, but now he says this about a Chinese player.

Could it be that Zhang Yang values this player?

Maybe next season, the Chinese player will really join Millwall?

The reporters were suddenly boiling.

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Few people can know what Zhang Yang thinks, but it does not prevent media reporters from hyping up the topic.

On the same day, in the British media, there was a news that 'Zhang Yang is optimistic about a Chinese player', and Wilkinson also came to inquire about this, "I checked the player's information, whether to contact the Shanghai team in advance, otherwise Eindhoven may keep him." ”

Zhang Yang was stunned.

Wilkinson has always wanted to bring in a Chinese player, and Millwall has a Chinese coach and a Chinese player, which can help the team better open up the Chinese market.

Li Wei's joining before was a publicity gimmick, but Li Wei is still a young player, and his strength and labor certification problems make him unable to represent the first team at all.

There is not much difference between such 'Chinese players' and those who do not.

Millwall FC is planning to loan Li Wei to the lower leagues to really experience the last season, if he can show it, he will continue to stay in the team if he has prospects in the future, otherwise he can only consider selling it to other league teams.

So Millwall still need a Chinese player who can play for the first team.

Zhang Yang did not report his hope for this.

Chinese players playing for Millwall's first team?

The circle of Chinese professional players is too small, and there are only a few players who are famous and powerful, and it is impossible to invite Millwall to cultivate a young man like Li Wei, which is more realistic than transferring to buy.

Of course, this can't stop the club's desire to open up the market, all European teams will want to open up the Chinese market, Millwall has a flamboyance, there is an innate advantage, many Chinese sponsors have come to Millwall to talk about cooperation.

If there is a Chinese player in the first team, there will definitely be more sponsors.

Zhang Yang probably knew Wilkinson's calculations, but he really didn't have much interest in Sun Xiang, or rather, he didn't know Sun Xiang at all, how could he let Sun Xiang join Millwall.

The club's commercial considerations are not in the scope of publicity.

Zhang Yang could only say calmly, "This player, I still have to look at it in the game, if it is really good, I will consider letting him join the team." ”

The Chinese media coverage is even hotter.

Zhang Yang's words were carefully analyzed, and one report after another pointed out that Zhang Yang was very optimistic about Sun Xiang's strength and hoped to invite Sun Xiang to join the Millwall team.

I don't know how they analyze it.

But with so many media reports, there will definitely be many fans who believe that Sun Xiang's fame has also increased dramatically, and some domestic media even said, "Sun Xiang is infinitely close to Millwall!" ”

Soon Sun Xiang himself was interviewed.

In response to the reporter's question, "If Millwall invites you to join, will you agree?", Sun Xiang said excitedly, "Zhang Yang is a very good coach, he is the most successful football coach in China, if I can receive Millwall's invitation, it will be my honor." ”

Then Sun Xiang seemed to realize that it seemed inappropriate to show favor to the opposing team and the head coach before the Eindhoven and Millwall games, and immediately continued, "But I am playing for PSV Eindhoven now, and I will work hard in the game to help the team beat Millwall!" ”