Grant was starting to get worried.

Judging from Millwall's offensive just now, the opponent has gradually entered the state, the cooperation is getting smoother and smoother, and the offensive rhythm is very good.

This is a bad sign.

Chelsea's style of play is to use toughness to limit the opponent's play, but the opponent does not seem to be affected much, the opening was better, in the face of Chelsea's toughness, the opponent has been affected a lot, the players are obviously a little uncomfortable, but as the game deepens, the opponent gradually finds the state.

If Millwall are allowed to play form, what hope of victory are there for Chelsea?

Grant was at a loss.

Millwall is so strong that various media, football analysts, and clubs will analyze Millwall's lineup, and the conclusions are somewhat different, but Millwall's strength is undoubted.

Grant has also analysed Millwall, and he's watched a lot of Millwall games.

In terms of player quality, Grant knows that Chelsea have the upper hand in terms of physical confrontation, but the star ability is in absolute inferiority.

It's not that the Chelsea players are lacking, it's that there is a gap in creativity.

Chelsea have the kind of players in the team, such as Didier Drogba, Frank Lampard, Ballack, these are all top stars, let them play according to the established tactics, they will definitely play well, but if you fight for creativity, there is nothing to say, they don't have the top creativity.

For example, when Chelsea played against Millwall, the creativity of the players was important.

Often in the game, if you want to rely on a fixed routine, established style of play and tactics, the chance to break through the opponent's defense is not large, you have to rely on the technical play of the players, there is no doubt that Millwall has an absolute advantage in this regard, they have a young Vardy, Maurice in the midfield, Braniff, plus a turret-style Livermore, every player has a performance, can directly threaten the Chelsea goal.

Who is there at Chelsea?

Whether it's Ballack or Frank Lampard, they are not the kind of players who can threaten the opposition defence alone, they are all tactical players, with strong individual comprehensive ability, but they also focus on physical confrontation rather than pure individual play.

For example, on passing.

Millwall's midfielders often pass threatening balls, and it is difficult for Chelsea's midfielders to send similar players, and even say that their overall technical skills are not as good as Tottenham, Arsenal and other teams.

It's a gap in technology, creativity.

The style of the Premier League is more physical, but the top-level team games are no longer limited to the league style, and are purely technical confrontations.

This is also the reason why Chelsea is not considered the top, but Barcelona and AC Milan are considered to be the top, not that the team is not strong, the squad is not good, it is purely that there are no core midfield players, and the whole team is too physical, and the technology is much worse.

In the current game, Millwall is gradually playing form, and Chelsea's defence is very dangerous.

Grant's concern was quickly reflected in the game.

Chelsea's only strength is the toughness of the game, and the fitness of every player in midfield is fantastic, they are constantly running, constantly fighting, but they are engaged in attack, but there is little they can do about Millwall's defence.

Millwall is the opposite.

They fell behind in the confrontation but always had a way to break down the Chelsea defence.

Braniff's breakthrough alone is a threat.

Morris was more sophisticated, having fewer touches but making a direct threat to the ball.

Livermore only needs to touch the ball up front to make the Chelsea defence thrill.

The two wings Maxey and Simpson, assisted with the offensive play very well, the speed of the two is also very fast, as long as they bring the ball, it is not easy to grab, they also frequently plug in, and even run into the penalty area to find opportunities.

Millwall's wide plug is still quite threatening.

In such a situation, Chelsea had to pay more attention to defense, and the front-court personnel naturally had to be withdrawn, and gradually fell into a passive situation.

But they tightened up defensively and couldn't stop the goal either.

In the 37th minute, Braniff was brought to the ground with the ball in front of the court, and Simpson found the net with a trademark right-footed curling free-kick.

The score became 1-2.

Amid the excited shouts of the Millwall fans, the home Chelsea fans were somewhat silent, and they saw the score behind and the passivity on the pitch, and they also expected the final result of the game.

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Millwall emerged victorious.

There was no suspense from the start of the game with Simpson's goal, and Chelsea continued to work hard until the second half, but until the end of the game, they did not have anything to gain, and Millwall opened up the score with Suarez's volley goal.

1 to 3.

This is also the final score.

Millwall had nothing to celebrate after the game, for them the game against Chelsea was just a league game and an away win was just three points, so the league was no longer a big problem for them.

Soon they gathered their minds and returned to the club.

The next day, train normally.

Although the next game is against Manchester United, the team does not have any time to adjust, and Zhang Yang does not arrange any training for Manchester United, just waiting for the game against Manchester United.

On the day of the game, Neil Stadium was full.

The match between Millwall and Manchester United is regarded as the 'England North and South War', which used to represent the south of England was Arsenal, and after the rise of Millwall, it gradually became Millwall to represent the south.

The gap between the two teams in the league is a bit big.

So far, the difference between Manchester United and Millwall has reached 14 points, and this gap means that it is too difficult for Manchester United to catch up.

If you lose this one more game, the difference will be stretched to 17 points.

That's a number that's impossible to catch up.

17 points, more than 5 games, Millwall will lose the next six league games, Manchester United still need to win all of them to have a chance to tie, considering that there are only eight rounds left in the league, the possibility of Manchester United catching up with points is too small and too small.

In addition, after Christmas, Arsenal's results also began to slip, and now they are only one point more points than Manchester United, and the gap between them and Millwall is also relatively large.

The British media judged that Millwall had already locked up the league title, and then winning Manchester United, it could almost be said that there would be no surprises.

However, Zhang Yang does not attach importance to the game, because the state of the players should also be considered.

Against Chelsea, the team fielded all the main players and this round had to be rotated.

When United were in high spirits and planning a big game against Millwall, it was discovered that Millwall were a semi-substitute, Jamie Vardy did not start, Braniff was not on the pitch and even Simpson was rested for a round.

The midfield was replaced, and the substitutes such as Suarez, Ljungberg, and Mario were all played.

Manchester United are a bit depressed.

Some players felt that it was a good opportunity to beat Millwall, after all, Millwall was all in the squad and they were not confident in wanting to win.

That's the reality.

Even if they are a dignified Manchester United, but now the Premier League is the 'Millwall era', and Manchester United has lost again and again in the past, which has taught them enough lessons.

In front of Millwall, Manchester United can hardly have the pride of a giant.

Although Millwall is a substitute lineup, but the home advantage, coupled with the flamboyant 'foresight', 'follow the word' and other abilities, Manchester United still failed to take advantage of anything, they relied on C-Ronaldo's goal, the score took the lead, but in the last time, Ljungberg's half-high pass, gave Suarez a chance, and the Ukrainian teenager used a volley to help Millwall equalize the score.

1 to 1.

The focus battle ended in a draw.

The result of the draw was fully acceptable, with Zhang Yang smiling to the media after the game and saying, "Manchester United are a strong opponent and our players have done their best......"

It's the truth.

But considering Millwall's semi-bench lineup, there was a bit of irony in the voice, anyway, the old man Ferguson was not in a good mood, he refused to shake hands with Zhang Yang, attended the press conference and only answered briefly, and then left a little rudely.

After the game against Manchester United, Millwall can take a proper rest.

However, when they regrouped for training, they faced two more league games in a row, the first being against Middlesbrough, where Millwall won by two goals.

The second game was a home game against Fulham, which was a bit tough, Fulham defended wholeheartedly, giving Millwall's attack a headache, but in the end, relying on 'walking the talk', Braniff broke out temporarily and helped Millwall score the winning goal.

After the game, Zhang Yang also sighed, "The team that is dedicated to defense is really the most difficult to play." ”

'Walk the talk' doesn't necessarily mean to score, provided you have a chance, Fulham defends very tightly, there is only one striker in front of the whole game, and the other players all retreat to defend, Millwall can be said to have played a very bad game, constantly attacking, constantly trying to break through the dense defense of the crowd, but the effect is not very good.

Fortunately, Braniff performed well, breaking through in the penalty area, and the opponent was afraid of fouling and it was difficult to get off the foot, so he helped the team find an opportunity.

After these two league rounds, Millwall played another FA Cup.

This is the semi-final.

Theoretically, the FA Cup semi-finals will meet Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal and other opponents, but this year's FA Cup is a little different, there are four teams in the semi-finals: Millwall, Cardiff City, West Bromwich Albion and Barnes, Manchester United and Chelsea were eliminated from the quarterfinals, Liverpool and Arsenal, simply out early.

Millwall's opponent in the semi-finals was West Bromwich Albion.

Zhang Yang very much wants to pay attention to his opponent, because the FA Cup is also a competition to be fought for, but West Bromwich Albion? It's hard to get much attention from a team struggling in the second division, but in order to prevent accidents, he still sent in Livermore, Braniff, Vardy and other key players.

The final score was 7-0.

West Bromwich Albion were a bit miserable, knocking out Chelsea in the semi-finals, but they didn't expect to be so difficult to play against Millwall in the semi-finals.

The two teams are not on the same level at all, and it is simply a battle between adults and children.

Speaking after the game, the West Bromwich Albion Fall boss said: 'You always hear that Millwall are strong and now I know how strong they are. I don't recognise it at all, it's Millwall in the Championship a few years ago. They completely switched teams. ”

'The weird thing is here, Morris, Braniff, they're all familiar players, we've met in the Championship but now they're all top stars.

"A lot of people can see that the flamboyance has made Millwall great, but he has also produced a lot of great players......

Niefar's statement was picked up by many media outlets.

Millwall's results are too gorgeous, and the media's attention was focused on Millwall's results before, but now Ni Farr reminded them that many of Millwall's main players were promoted with the team in the second division, and some young players were not taken seriously when they were introduced.

This is also a testament to the ability to develop players.

England players alone include Jamie Vardy, Morris, Livermore, Darren Ward, plus the newly naturalized Simpson.

Five people.

In the process of coaching Millwall, Zhang Yang led the team to create brilliance, and almost cultivated half of the England team, some media sighed, "We can say that Zhang Yang has made a great contribution to English football!" ”

No one can deny this.

What manager can contribute so many stars to England's squad? There may only be Ferguson who can be mentioned, but Ferguson relies on a long coaching time, and another coach with a long coaching time, Wenger, he has also cultivated a lot of stars, but most of them are foreign players, including Arsenal star Cesc Fabregas, who is also a Spanish player, Arsenal has a lot of English talents in the academy, and there are also a small number of English talents in the team, but very few are trained by Arsenal clubs who are really qualified to enter the England team.

The British media immediately praised Zhang Yang.