The championship award ceremony is the real award ceremony.

In the eyes of ordinary fans, the runner-up is equivalent to the loser, and maybe their fans will remember the glory of the runner-up, but in the world of professional football, the championship is the eternal topic.

When looking back at the history of the Champions League, many people talk about 'how many times a team has won the title', not 'how many times a team has been runners-up' or 'how many finals a team has reached'.

That doesn't make sense.

If a team enters the final and does not win the championship, it is equivalent to failure, even if it is the award ceremony of the champion and runner-up, everyone sees the award of the champion, and the runner-up can leave early after receiving the award, and it is difficult for them to even get the applause of a few fans.

Now the championship ceremony is about to begin.

Millwall players line up in turn, and the queue is also particular, the players will stand freely, but the more important players will often stand in the front, there will also be heavyweight guests to present awards, and some players on the edge will be in the middle or back of the team.

Of course, some players don't care.

For example, Smitchell and Pire, they don't care about the position, they just smile and follow the team behind, for them, the honor of the championship can be remembered for life, they are already very satisfied, they are almost at the age of leaving, retiring, and they don't care who will award themselves, or their status in the team.

There are players who don't care, but they are elected by the whole team to the first place.

That's Livermore.

Livermore and Braniff were suspended, and they watched the entire game from the stands under the podium, and when it came to the awards ceremony, they also appeared on the court to participate with their teammates.

Although Livermore did not participate, everyone unanimously recognized his performance in the 'San Siro brawl', when Livermore's madness not only won the admiration of all the British media and fans, but also won the hearts of all his teammates.

Livermore was pushed by everyone to take the lead, and even the always competitive Braniff silently followed.

The whole Millwall team took the stage.

As the team's manager, Zhang Yang can also win a medal, and he, like Mourinho, is at the end of the team.

This is not an 'unimportant' position, but it is quite important, because UEFA president Michel Platini is responsible for the 'finishing' of awards, and often he only gives awards to important people.

The most important person at Millwall is undoubtedly the head coach Zhang Yang.

Platini is a very successful footballer, quite successful as a player, who played for Nancy, Saint-Etienne and Serie A giants Juventus in Ligue 1, has always been the pillar star of the French team, helped France win the European Championship in 1984, and was elected European Footballer of the Year three times in his career.

The star of such achievement is definitely the best in the world.

At the end of his career, Platini sought to become a football coach, but his coaching experience was not successful, and during his tenure as head coach of the French national team, due to the low overall level of the French team at that time, the bad atmosphere in the domestic league, and the average strength of the national team, whether it was in the European Championships, or in the World Qualifiers, or in the Seoul Olympic Qualifiers, he had to resign and leave the coach.

Platini then began to manage football affairs, with his own image as a master, he served as the president of the French World Cup organizing committee in 1998, and then successively held other positions in the French Football Federation, UEFA, and this year's UEFA election year, Platini defeated Johansson in the election to become the president of UEFA.

Platini met Zhang Yang for the first time, but as long as he works in European football, he will definitely not know about Zhang Yang.

Millwall's results have been too dazzling.

As last season's Premier League champions and first-time Champions League winners, Millwall made it all the way to the final of the Champions League by beating Real Madrid, PSV Eindhoven and AC Milan, and now they stand on the winner's podium.

When the game was going on, Platini and the others were also talking about the publicity--

"I knew his age, but I didn't expect it to be younger than I thought."

"At this age, he led the team to win the Champions League!"

"It's really interesting, it's hard to imagine. A lot of people would say that, but I think the most incredible thing is that he only led Millwall. If it had been a few years ago, I would have never heard of this team. Millwall certainly didn't get to where they are by luck. In fact, he had little luck to rely on. ”

The last sentence was said by Platini.

Platini's words have been recognized by many people, Millwall may rely on luck to win a game, but coaching Millwall to play well is completely dependent on ability.

Prior to last season, Millwall were only promoted from the Premier League.

In terms of squads, quality, players and clubs, they are simply not comparable to the top clubs, and it is unthinkable to lead this kind of team to win the Premier League title and now stand on the podium of the Champions League.

This is even more shocking than Porto won a few years ago.

Porto is a Portuguese team, although it is a Portuguese giant, it is nothing in Europe, but compared to Millwall, they are at least a 'Portuguese giant', a team that often participates in the Champions League, Millwall is nothing, and it has made history to get a ticket to the Champions League.

Platini admires Zhang Yang very much, and what makes him even more appreciative is that Millwall, coached by Zhang Yang, is not like most English teams, who will play very conservatively in the game, but in most games, they play very positively.

Of course, in today's Champions League final, Millwall was conservative enough.

Anyone can understand it.

This is the Champions League final, so it's normal to be stable.

If you let go and attack, it is almost the same as giving up the trophy to the opponent.

No one would be stupid enough to do that.

Platini looked at Zhang Yang with a smile, and while hanging the medal around his neck, he said, "I already knew your age, but I was still very surprised, you are much younger than I imagined, I don't know much about Oriental looks, but if someone tells me that you are not yet twenty years old, I will definitely believe it." ”

"Thank you." Zhang Yang responded with a smile.

Platini continued, "You've been coaching for three years, right? ”

"Two and a half years to be exact."

Platini shook his head and smiled, "Two and a half years." It's too short, it's shorter than imagined, many coaches have been coaching for a few years, more than ten years, and they won't have any achievements, and it doesn't seem to apply to you, you have spent two years to get most coaches, and you can only look up to the honor for a lifetime. Seriously, when I was a coach, I couldn't compare to you at all. ”

"You're humble, just lucky."

"Haha." Platini laughed, "I believe that Arsene Wenger, who led Arsenal, won the championship by luck, and I believe that Benitez, who led Liverpool, won the championship by luck, but with Millwall, I even think that it is luck for you to qualify, but it is definitely not luck to reach the final and win the championship." Young people, don't be too modest, football doesn't need to be modest, I'm sure you'll be more successful in the future. ”

Platini was quite emotional, as if he was pointing out the juniors.

Zhang Yang just smiled.

Platini didn't waste time, chatted with Zhang Yang a little bit, and when he saw that all the medals had been distributed, he walked to the trophy table and presented the St. Bride Cup, which represented the Champions League champion, to the captain Morris, who received the award on behalf of the team.

Morris grabbed the 'two ears' of the trophy with both hands, looked at the trophy with a serious face, and then, in all the gaze, raised the trophy above his head with both hands!

"Hula-"

The moment the trophy was raised, the stadium boiled.

"Millwall!"

"Champion!"

"Millwall are Champions League winners!"

The atmosphere reached a climax instantly, every fan was shouting, everyone was celebrating excitedly, the Millwall players on the podium, one by one, shouted loudly, they surrounded Morris in the middle, raised their hands to touch the trophy, and when Morris put it down, the trophy was passed between the players in turn, everyone would feel it with their cheeks, and some couldn't help but kiss the side.

One after another, the final trophy went to Zhang Yang's hands.

Zhang Yang didn't feel the trophy, but held the trophy high, and then closed his eyes to feel the madness of the scene, "Champion!" Champion! ”

"Millwall! Millwall! ”

"Publicity! Publicity! ”

Zhang Yang opened his eyes, looked at the others around him, and said loudly, "This is how a champion feels!" ”

"Now we are European champions!"

"We are the kings of Europe!"

"I've already experienced the joy of being the first in Europe! It's really intoxicating! We'll be here again next season! ”

Everyone else around laughed.

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"Millwall are the new champions in the history of the Champions League! Zhang Yang also became the youngest coach in the history of the Champions League to win the championship! ”

"Millwall have set a record of 'winning the Champions League for the first time'!"

"The Champions League goalscorer belongs to Millwall striker Darren Bent!"

'The best team in the Champions League is Millwall, they have an absolute advantage in goal numbers!'

"Darren Bent is the top scorer in the Champions League and is in the Champions League Player of the Year list, and he is already sure to be the best striker!"

"Zhang Yang will win the best coach in the Champions League!"

"Zhang Yang led Millwall to win the 'treble' of the Premier League, English League Cup and Champions League, and he will be nominated for this year's FIFA Best Coach Selection, and the chance of winning is very good!"

"Millwall's high-profile players, along with Braniff, Vardy and Livermore, are going to be hot, and Millwall will have to be careful in the transfer market as well as winning the title!"

“……”

On the night of the Champions League final, until the next morning, the whole of Europe was filled with the topic of Millwall, the history of Millwall's championship was discussed, Millwall's coaches and players were discussed, and some media began to spread 'gossip'.

For some well-known stars, the news of possible transfers is the most basic.

Like Darren Bent.

As early as April, there have been various reports of Darren Bent's transfer in the media, such as Manchester United, AC Milan, Liverpool and other teams, all of which are interested in Darren Bent.

It's real.

There are also a lot of untruths, some media have said conclusively that Jamie Vardy will choose to join Chelsea on the grounds that 'Vardy's performance in the final impressed Mourinho', similar news is a bit funny, Mourinho can't keep his position, what's the point of being optimistic about a certain player?

The above news about the players is quite normal, and the news about the coach is even more unreliable.

The British Football Newspaper published an article praising Millwall for winning the title, and the article concluded with a conclusive statement: "Zhang Yang will join Chelsea, Abramovich admires Zhang Yang, and the Russian believes that Zhang Yang is the best manager in the world." ”

"Abramovich is ready to give Zhang Yang a salary twice as high as Mourinho, which is not an easy refusal."

"Zhang Yang has agreed."

"Now all that remains is the formal signing of the contract!"

The report of "British Football Newspaper" may be true, such as Abramovich is optimistic about Zhang Yang, but the specific progress is very mysterious, Zhang Yang only listened to his assistant Ruan Hailong said that Chelsea Club asked him about his intention to leave, and he directly asked Ruan Hailong to refuse.

What else is there to say about this?

The report about Zhang Yang is quite in the past, after all, chasing the wind and shadows is also windy.

As soon as Zhang Yang returned to Millwall and was about to inquire about the club's celebration arrangements, he noticed an additional message in the media: "Leicester City Club in the English Championship has invited Millwall assistant coach and former Chelsea star Dennis Wise to be the team's head coach for the new season." ”

The news was sudden.

When Zhang Yang watched the news, he couldn't help laughing all of a sudden, and he quipped to Wise at the door, "Here it says you're going to Leicester?" ”

"Ah...... I'm sorry...... Zhang, I was invited a while ago, but I haven't decided whether to leave yet. ”

Zhang Yang suddenly put away his smile, "Is this true?" ”

"I ...... I'm not sure yet. Wise was a little embarrassed because he didn't let Zhang Yang know in advance.

Zhang Yang just felt a little surprised, he did not object to the coaching staff to pursue the position of head coach.

That's an improvement?

Zhang Yang had thought about it before, which assistant coach was leaving, and he would give them blessings, but it still felt strange to hear that Wise had left, after all, he had worked with Wise for more than two years, but now it's almost time to leave, right?

Wise was not willing to be just an assistant coach.

Zhang Yang had always known this, and he nodded at Wise and said, "You probably already have the answer." Yes, being a head coach is a good choice. Leicester City, good team. Then bless you! But ......"

Wise was a little embarrassed, and when he heard the turn in Zhang Yang's words, he asked a little puzzled, "What?" ”

"If one day you feel like you can't be a manager, my coaching staff still welcomes you." Zhang Yang said very seriously.

Wise was stunned for a long time, and then smiled bitterly, "I don't even know whether to be angry or to thank you." ”

"That's what you should say as a friend."

Zhang Yang said.

After working with Wise for two years, Zhang Yang knows this guy quite well, Wise is actually quite capable and more than enough to be an assistant coach, but he is not suitable for being a head coach at all.

Probably Wise himself didn't know, he wasn't completely dead yet.

Zhang Yang feels that he should leave a place for Wise on the coaching staff, after all, the relationship between friends is here, what if this guy is faster than he imagined and will come back in two months?

That's possible!

Zhang Yang blessed Wise very 'friendly', and wished him success in Leicester City, but he didn't care too much, Wise's departure was just like a friend leaving, he should wish his friends success, and the coaching staff could also take over his work.

It's almost summer transfer time, and it's easy to find a qualified assistant coach.

Millwall's assistant coach work is not heavy, because tactics and games do not need to be considered by the assistant coach, Zhang Yang is in charge of it, and the assistant coach is only responsible for daily and training work, at most he assists in formulating game and training strategies.

For the past two seasons, Wise has been the 'first assistant coach', and his work is more leisurely than Frederick's, and most of his work is to follow the team to play and lead the team to warm up.

That's right, Wise has been 'leading the team on the front line' for a long time.

But in reality? Whether it is the formulation of the game style of play, the on-the-spot command and adjustment of the game, it is all decided by Zhang Yang, Millwall's good results, perhaps with the credit of Wise, but the credit ratio is very small, and even so small that it does not affect the team's results at all.

So what does Leicester City look for in Wise?

Ahem......

Of course, other people don't know about the above, including Leicester City, who probably think that Millwall played well and that Wise has a lot of credit?

"Amen!"

Zhang Yang paid a moment of silence to God for Leicester City, praying that they would not be relegated quickly.