Chelsea dressing room.

Grant pushed the door and walked in, and many players looked over.

Now Grant can't be said to be the head coach, can only be said to be the temporary leader, but some players know that the club is considering Grant to try coaching, because it is difficult to find a suitable head coach, and the famous top coaches are in the post, and it is better to let Grant try to find an ordinary coach.

If their results aren't too bad, Grant could lead the team for a season.

Most Chelsea players are unfamiliar with Grant, because Grant has only just started working at Chelsea, he was the head of the football department in June, when he was on leave, and he was involved in the pre-season preparation, but most of the work was done by other assistant coaches, even the new players had nothing to do with Grant, they were also operated by Chelsea's transfer department.

Grant wasn't well-known either.

Grant spent a season at Portsmouth and was a successful partner with veteran coach Redknapp, but when everyone mentions Portsmouth, they only talk about the manager, and even the media disdain to report on Redknapp's 'partner', or 'assistant'.

That doesn't make sense.

Therefore, most of the players at Chelsea have heard Grant's name for the first time, and they don't know what he did before, and how he suddenly became the manager of Chelsea.

This complete strangeness is not bad news, because strangeness brings zero senses and no hostility, but one thing is for sure, in the minds of most players, Grant is not as good as former manager Jose Mourinho, and no one is optimistic about how far he can lead Chelsea.

The Chelsea players looked at Grant with a probing look in their eyes, wondering what the interim Israeli boss would do if he played the first game passively.

Grant was very calm, facing the star's gaze, he just showed a faint smile, as if he didn't take the backward situation to heart.

After walking into the locker room, Grant walked to the center, faced all the players, and waved with a smile, "Don't care!" We're just one goal behind! ”

All eyes looked over again.

'I know what we've done against Millwall over the last two seasons. It's bad, yes, everyone has to admit it, but the past is the past, the present is the present, and every time we meet, in terms of probability, our win rate is the same. ”

"It's like tossing a coin."

Grant didn't know when a penny appeared in his hand, he threw it up, then caught it with his palm, glanced at it, and said, "This time it's frontal." ”

"Maybe it's possible that I can throw three heads, four heads, or even 10 heads in a row, but no one can say that I have a good chance of throwing the next head."

Grant paused for a moment, as if to let everyone digest it, before continuing, "So, don't think about the previous games, it doesn't make any sense. Calm down, we definitely have a chance. ”

Then Grant said of the game, "Now we are one goal behind, but it's just one goal, no team doesn't fall behind, the opponent's goal is just a chance play, that kind of wonderful pass...... You're all stars, you know how difficult it is, no one can always pass that kind of ball, I can't say it's luck, but the chances are slim. ”

"If God is behind Millwall, there's no way we can lose."

Grant's remarks drew laughter from several players, and the solemn atmosphere in the dressing room suddenly improved.

Many Chelsea players found the Israeli to be very easy to get along with, at least he had a good sense of humor, and if it were Mourinho, they would definitely get a bad beating.

All right.

Then Grant began to remind the players how to play.

Grant is not a set-up tactic.

In fact, until now, Grant has not been so knowledgeable about Chelsea's style of play and the abilities of the individual players, and he cannot formulate tactics, but can only remind the players what to do according to his own views.

Grant also has his own analysis.

Although he has spent most of his career in Israel and even coached a basketball team, Grant has always been associated with football, and he still has a unique perspective on football, otherwise he would not have impressed Abramovich.

Millwall's performance last season was too dazzling, and Grant, who was in Portsmouth, also studied Millwall's style of play in detail.

Millwall's 'dual-core' style of play is indeed subtle, but no matter how subtle the tactics are, if you want to complete the shot, you must rely on the players to play.

From some data, it can be analysed that when Millwall is attacking normally, there are only three main goals: one is a left wing-back, one is a right midfielder, and one is a midfielder.

When Millwall plays positional battles, a single striker will be very dead defended, and it is very difficult to score goals, of course, the striker must be defended, otherwise he will immediately become a player who can score.

The two central midfielders need to be constantly running and cooperating with their team-mates, and they are the assisters, not the players who shoot directly on goal.

In Millwall's positional battle, the best chance is the wing-back, or winger, inserted on the left and right, and in many Millwall games, it is the winger who inserts it and gives the final fatal blow.

If the midfielder can score goals, it's all about his ability.

Livermore's point behind makes any team helpless, but Chelsea also have Lampard, Lampard's long-range threat is not as good as Livermore, but the situation is about the same, Livermore is also very good to block, his running awareness is very poor, as long as there are players to keep up, it is basically difficult to find opportunities.

Aside from positional warfare, it is difficult to say what the situation will be with a counterattack.

When Millwall counter-attacked, there were plenty of opportunities for the strikers, and last season, a large portion of Darren Bent's goals came from quick counter-attacks.

In addition, when counterattacking, the left and right wings and the middle can score.

Millwall's tactics are so complex that they will certainly not be clear in a short period of time.

Grant only made a simple analysis and asked the team to pay attention to the two flanks, so as not to let the opposing left and right wing-backs easily find opportunities, and he believes that such a defense will definitely have a targeted effect.

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Millwall locker room.

It is much easier for him than Grant, he doesn't need to motivate the team, because every player believes that they can win in the end, but too much self-confidence is not always good, and maybe the players will make careless mistakes when they get on the field.

Grant is trying to motivate the fighting spirit.

Zhang Yang is reminding the players that they must face up to their opponents and play seriously.

The two have diametrically opposed statements.

'It's not a guaranteed win in any game, we've won a lot of times, but that doesn't mean we can win this one. Of course, I want to win, and everyone in the team, including you, the fans, and the club, want to win the first title of the new season, but only if we get serious! ”

"I don't want to see anyone in the game who thinks they're going to win and don't perform well."

'We had a goal ahead but that didn't guarantee the win. Efforts must be made to expand the lead. I've always been against passive defending, unless at the end of the day, I don't support that. ”

"We have to be more aggressive, especially in the midfield, and don't give the other side a chance to suppress us! If they get it right, they might be able to tie the score......"

“……”

Zhang Yang rarely had a serious expression and said words that made the players work hard.

This is a necessary reminder.

Just like the outside media said, the championship team is easy to lose fighting spirit, so far, he has not found that the team has a tendency to lose fighting spirit, but you must be vigilant in advance.

The first game is a good start, and it must be played well and won by it!

The Community Shield doesn't matter.

But if the first game is lost because of carelessness, the future games will become very difficult, and the team may make the same mistakes in the league, if it is not played well at the beginning of the game, it will affect the whole season.

That's all Zhang Yang has to say, and as for the second half, he believes that every player knows what to do.

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In anticipation from the media and fans, the second half of the game began quickly.

The game still started with the two teams fighting, as if it was a replica of the first half, both teams quickly got into the groove, and the pace of the game also quickly accelerated.

The midfield scramble was particularly intense.

Millwall and Chelsea are both battling it out in midfield and everyone knows that taking control of the midfield means more attacks, more shots and a higher chance of scoring.

The midfield ability of the two teams is almost a five-to-five situation.

Chelsea's back three Mikel, Essien and Frank Lampard are very strong in fighting, and the retreat of players such as Shepchenko and Drogba in the front will also bring a lot of support to the midfield scramble.

Millwall's advantage is that the formation is more focused on the midfield, Sneijder, Braniff and Livermore, all three are midfielders, plus the two wings, and the flexibility of the midfield, can also compete with Chelsea.

From the perspective of the spectators, you can see that the football is constantly passing around the halfway line, the ball is constantly changing, and the fierce game makes everyone's hearts tighten.

At the same time, the confrontation and the strengthening of the rhythm are also a test of the physical fitness of the players on both sides.

Millwall was the first to make adjustments.

This pace of the game is a huge test for the veteran, Pire's form is good, but after all, he is old and his fitness is declining rapidly, and it is difficult to support such a fast-paced game.

Zhang Yang brought the new signing Maxi Rodriguez on.

Maxi's confrontation ability is not as good as Pire's, and his experience can't be compared with Pire's, and he has a tacit understanding with his teammates...... Of course, he can't match Sneijder, but Maxey's strength lies in his speed and fitness, and he can dribble the ball down the flanks and attack Chelsea's wide defence.

That's enough.

In terms of the current situation, being able to impact the opponent's defense may bring opportunities, and Pire can't run anymore, no matter how strong his ability and experience are, he can't play at all.

Maxi is still highly anticipated.

Last season, Maxi did not play a few games for Atletico Madrid due to injury, but he performed well in the games he played, and he was also the main left winger of Atletico Madrid before, and his performance in the Premier League is still attracting attention.

After Maxi Rodriguez appeared, Zhang Yang did not pay attention to the game directly, but chatted with He Ronghua, who was sitting next to him, He Ronghua transferred from the SH team to Millwall, which was added to Alan Hutton's loan, he had only played in the youth team before, and had just entered the first team, ready to try to play in the domestic professional league, and was 'exchanged' to Millwall by Zhang Yang.

He Ronghua's strength and experience are very problematic, and it is impossible for him to play in the Premier League because he has not obtained a labor certificate and cannot play in the Premier League, but Zhang Yang still let him train with the first team because he has very good potential.

'Potential identification' ability, you can't go wrong with seeing things.

He Ronghua has three potentials, and it is a pity that he does not have the potential of 'nine stars', but the potential of 'long-distance fixed-point passing' of 'eight-star' still makes Zhang Yang's heart move, if He Ronghua can quickly transform his potential into strength, coupled with his past experience, he can barely appear in the top arena, and with the rare ability of 'long-distance fixed-point passing', he may be able to represent the team in the future.

Only in the future, of course.

Seeing Maxi playing, Zhang Yang talked to He Ronghua, "You have to pay attention to Maxi, he is the same type of player as you, and there are many things that you need to learn." You have to see how he plays, learn some skills in the game, and you also have to quickly familiarize yourself with the team's tactics, and it's important to run on the pitch, no matter how strong your ability is in the future, you can't play well if you can't run. ”

He Ronghua is still a young man who is just starting out, and he is already very excited to sit on the bench and watch the game.

With such a top-notch game, he used to have to pay attention to the money in his pocket when he wanted to watch it in the audience, but now he can sit on the bench and feel a little dreamy as a member of a team.

From the time he came to London to the present, He Ronghua has felt a little like a dream.

Previously, He Ronghua was only a player promoted by the youth army of the SH team, but he had entered the national youth team, but he was not top-notch in the national youth team, and now he suddenly entered Millwall and became a young player reported by the domestic media.

It's like a dream......

He Ronghua knows his own situation, he doesn't know how to play for Millwall, and he only trains with Millwall, but he still has to stay in the youth team most of the time.

The future is very uncertain.

He Ronghua also knows that his predecessor, Li Wei, has always been loaned out, and after training for a period of time, he will definitely be loaned out by the club, but whether he stays in Millwall or is loaned out, it is much better than staying in China, because foreign football competition is fierce, and it can improve the strength, he is still very young, and he needs to increase his strength in order to have a broader future.

Now there are not many opportunities to sit on the bench and receive hands-on instruction from Zhang Yang.

Other players of the same age are probably also jealous and crazy, right?

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Maxey's appearance didn't make much of a difference, as he replaced Pire, allowing Millwall to play a little more on the wing, with little involvement in the midfield scramble.

The mainstream of the game is still scramble.

Millwall and Chelsea played inextricably together, with the two teams competing to win each other, which made the game even more exciting.

Little by little, time passed.

In the blink of an eye, twenty minutes into the second half, Grant finally couldn't sit still.

With the current stalemate, both teams seem to have chances, but let's not forget that Chelsea are one goal down and they and Millwall can't afford to spend and will have to try for an equaliser.

Grant hesitated and finally replaced the two men - Shepchenko and Essien - in one go.

Shepchenko has not performed much, almost occupying the position for nothing.

Essien's defense is good, but it has no effect on the attack, in addition, Essien seems to have met the 'sworn enemy' - Braniff, he was played by Braniff, he was a little unable to suppress his emotions, it seems that he is ready to amplify the move, and if he can't control his emotions, he must be replaced, otherwise he will have no chance to eat a red card.

Grant was replaced by two newcomers.

One is Pizarro, who was reluctantly signed; One is Malouda, who joined from Lyon.

Pizarro is a veteran Bundesliga striker who has been performing well at Bayern Munich and joined Chelsea on a free transfer when his contract expires, and Chelsea also hope that the excellent striker can increase the efficiency of the attack.

Malouda is a heavyweight joining, with a transfer fee of more than 20 million euros, he is also the summer, Chelsea's biggest name recruitment, as the former main midfielder of Lyon, Malouda's strength is guaranteed, he is a relatively balanced player in attack and defense, and his performance after arriving at Chelsea is also good, in the friendly match in the pre-season preparation, Malouda scored a goal to help the team win.

Grant hopes Malouda can use his good fortune to help Chelsea equalise.

Malouda and Pizarro are nothing, Essien is not a big problem when he is replaced, Shepchenko is a bit of a headache when he is replaced, and the media cameras have paid attention to the past, because Shepchenko was not reused by Mourinho last season, and in the first game of this season, Grant was 'bold' to replace Abramovich's 'favorite' Sheva?

Shepchenko's face was clearly bad.

Grant took the initiative to greet him, handed Shepchenko a water bottle, and asked with concern, "Andrey, how is your leg injury?" I'm a little worried that it will get worse. ”

One sentence made Shepchenko feel a lot better.

Grant expressed that he was 'concerned about a leg injury' to let Shepchenko go, Shepchenko thought about it and said the past, after all, he just recovered from his leg injury half a month ago, such a fierce game, if a careless injury on injury, it would be a bit of a tragedy.

Thinking about it from this angle, the end is still correct, after all, it is only a community shield, and victory or defeat is not as important as the precious right leg.