With Koncheski setting up Millwall's third goal, Sunderland boss Kevin McCarthy immediately realised the danger.

If you want to say that losing to Millwall in the game, it is actually not a big deal, McCarthy wants to lead the team to the first victory, but the defeat to Millwall has a lot to say, for example, Millwall won against Arsenal.

Millwall won both against Arsenal and then Sunderland, what's so strange about it?

Fans will understand!

As for the pre-match saying 'we will definitely try to win first', it is not a big deal at all, so far this season he has said a lot of similar things, Sunderland ushered in defeat after defeat, it seems that it is nothing to break his word again, at least he showed the determination to win, it is better to have a decision and a fighting spirit than nothing, and to lose the game is because of a lack of strength.

The situation now is not a question of whether to lose or not, it is a question of whether Sunderland can save face.

Face is a big deal!

Sunderland FC can accept relegation in one season, everyone knows that Sunderland is not strong enough, and the club's finances do not allow them to buy players to supplement their strength, mix the Premier League for a season, relegation to the Championship and work hard, if you lose face, it will be different, it will be a huge disappointment for Sunderland fans.

The emotions of the fans can affect the club.

In order to appease the anger of the fans, the club will definitely have to find a scapegoat, and that scapegoat will undoubtedly be the team's head coach.

Now it's time for life and death!

In the thirty-four minutes of the game, Millwall scored three goals, and while Sunderland had no way to fight back, even the defense seemed to be bad, if the opponent was a giant team, it was acceptable, but the opponent was just Millwall - the same promotion horse as Sunderland.

How can this kind of disparity be accepted?

What will the club think when the game is over? What will the fans think? His managerial position is really coming to an end!

McCarthy is aware of not only the dangers of the game, but also the threat of whether his job can be saved, and he does not want to leave Sunderland for the time being, especially if he is tragically ousted, which will become a stain on his coaching career.

His face darkened.

Sunderland fans haven't thought about it so much for the time being, the only thing they realize is that Sunderland has no chance, Millwall scored the third goal, and in the league for several seasons, it is rare to be able to recover from three goals behind.

That's almost as mythical.

Sunderland is definitely going to lose, and the fans no longer want to win, they can only watch the game with disappointment, some unacceptable fans have begun to leave, and more fans hope that the team can work harder, at least score a goal to save face, such as a 1-3 gap, it is still acceptable.

The reporters in the media table have a much more complicated mood.

Most reporters are optimistic that Millwall can win, but winning also has to score results, they think Millwall can only win by one or two goals, and they didn't expect Millwall to score three goals before the first half ended.

How did the game come to this?

Could it be that Millwall is really so strong that Sunderland will not be able to fight back at all?

Many media carefully compared the lineups of the two teams and found that Sunderland had no disadvantage, Millwall did not have any big stars in the team, and Simpson was also substituted for the excellent performance, and there was no difference between the lineups of the two teams, it was just tactics and on-the-spot performance.

There's not much to talk about on the spot.

Millwall's tactics have been in the spotlight, with a number of Premier League managers praising them as 'building for the team', which may be why Millwall were able to keep Sunderland at bay and score three goals in a short period of time.

But...... It's unacceptable!

Did they really want to tout the young Chinese after the game?

The reporters were a little unhappy.

The Millwall players don't think too much, they can score three goals in a short period of time, everyone is relaxed, thinking of the serious look on the coach's face before the game, they know that three goals are definitely not enough, if you want to 'crush' Sunderland, you have to score more goals, and you can hear the fans cheering around, which is the biggest proof of this.

So they have to keep trying.

When the game resumed, Millwall did not slow down the attack, but the tempo became faster and the attack became more violent.

Sunderland has become in a bad mood, and they have long forgotten about 'fighting spirit' and 'teaching opponents lessons' and so on.

At the beginning of the game, they were still fighting for the first win, and now that they find it impossible to win, they have become less motivated, and if the opponent is replaced by a big team, they will definitely have to fight for it.

Can Millwall?

In the minds of the vast majority of Sunderland players, Millwall is just a team similar to them, and there was no big recruitment in the summer, and the two teams are at the same level of strength, but now there is such a big difference...... What is the reason?

While many players are engaged in the game, they can't help but think of the depression of the last round of last season, when the championship was missing, Millwall won the championship, and the opponent only took half a season, the reason is naturally the opponent's young manager.

The opponent's young coach led Millwall to create the myth of winning the championship in the halfway, and now he has led Millwall, who is average in strength, to play a gorgeous record of five wins and one draw in the opening six rounds, the strength of the two teams is about the same, what about Sunderland? On the contrary, it is one draw and five losses.

The gap is too big.

Then the reason is on the bright side: the difference in coaching ability between the two head coaches!

If Sunderland's manager is replaced by the young Chinese, the one who beats Arsenal will become Sunderland, and the one who plays five wins and one draw will also become Sunderland, and the two teams will play each other directly, and the one who scores three goals in thirty minutes will also become Sunderland.

Some Sunderland fans are starting to complain about McCarthy's ability to coach.

There was no hope for the game, and they all wanted to end it quickly. Losing has already been lost, what is there to continue? In the polarized mentality, the game can be imagined.

Some Sunderland fans still hold the team's desire to strive for a goal, but after a long time, Sunderland still can't even attack in the half, and is suppressed more passive than before, even the opportunity to take the initiative to advance, can not control the ball for a long time, and the goal threat to Millwall is not to talk about at all, and the most idle person in the field is Millwall goalkeeper Hislop.

The game turned into an offensive and defensive drill for both sides.

Millwall have been attacking, Sunderland has been defending, and the ball has changed hands a lot of times, but Sunderland basically can't play half time.

In the coming period, Millwall seemed to be running out of luck, failing to break through with three shots in quick succession, and a kick at the post.

That changed in the 45th minute of the game.

Smitchell broke out!

Compared to Arsenal's squad, Smitchell is just an ordinary player, but in Millwall and Sunderland, he is one of the most skilled players, in front of the penalty area Smitchell was intercepted by the opponent, he used a small change of direction to shake off an opponent, then changed direction again to shake off a person, then he swung his right foot, and did something smoothly, and the ball went straight to the far corner.

The next moment Sunderland fans lost again!

0 to 4!

Millwall are four goals ahead!

Seeing the football fly into the Sunderland goal, the fans in the stands were numb, more fans began to take a stand, and more fans were a little dazed, their hearts suffered a huge blow, and their dissatisfaction with the team also increased.

The Millwall players were a little numb.

Four goals were scored in the first half, they didn't even have the heart to celebrate, this game felt like a game against a 'non-resisting opponent', or a 'team with a huge difference in quality', the two sides are not at the same level at all, and it is the first time that the league has started so easily.

Smitchell was happy.

It was Smitchell's first goal of the new season and when you join a new team, the first goal is always meaningful.

Smitchell hugged a few of his teammates.

The celebration was not of a high nature, but after all, it was a goal, and many teammates came to congratulate Smitchell.

The Sunderland players were in a bad mood.

After the game restarted, the time had already reached stoppage time, and many Sunderland players frequently looked at the referee, hoping that the opponent would blow the whistle quickly and end the nightmare early.

Finally, the referee blew the whistle.

"Beep......

Some of the harsh voices heard in the ears of the Sunderland players, as if they were the most beautiful notes, and each of them exhaled a long breath, and some of them couldn't help but sit directly on the grass.

This half was terrible.

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The end of the first half is not a relief.

If it were possible, the Sunderland players wanted to surrender outright, even the manager McCarthy thought so, but he couldn't do that, and at half-time, McCarthy had to do a lot of mental work, and he spoke for almost ten minutes in a row to make the Sunderland players feel better.

Sunderland's mental outlook also recovered a bit in the second half.

Can...... Was this helpful?

Zhang Yang stood on the sidelines, the corners of his mouth showed an arc, Sunderland and Millwall have no deep hatred, if there is, it should be Sunderland's hatred of Millwall, because Millwall snatched Sunderland's Championship title.

McCarthy's saliva before the game, Zhang Yang didn't pay attention to it at all, the reason why he was arrogant for a rare time was to let the team find enough confidence in the game after beating Arsenal, so that they could really understand: the strength of the team is not what it used to be!

This is important!

When a team has the quality but still has the mentality of being an 'underdog', it can affect performance.

Contrarily.

When a team does not have the strength but has a 'strong team' mentality, it will also directly affect the performance.

What strength a team has, it should have the corresponding mentality.

Millwall are still a bit behind, they have won a lot of games, but most of the players still feel that the team is just a promotion horse, and the good results cannot be maintained forever, if they continue to have this mentality, when Millwall loses, the players feel that it is not a big deal, because it is the same as they expected.

That's not going to work!

So Sunderland only ran into Millwall in the unlucky time period.

Zhang Yang not only made sufficient preparations for Sunderland, but also spared no effort to let the team score more goals, the team has to show 100% strength, he also has to give 100% energy, even in the second half.

That's not what Millwall fans think.

Even if they have confidence in the team, they will feel that the second half is garbage time, they have already scored four goals in the first half, winning the game is for sure, and the second half is definitely meaningless.

Derby County can enjoy the game and Sunderland can also concede early.

Sunderland fans think similarly.

The first half has already decided the outcome of the game, and the second half has become meaningless, they are very unwilling to accept the defeat of the team, but there are so many defeats in the front, they don't care about this one, they are more dissatisfied with the head coach McCarthy.

Why do teams keep losing? Or lost to Millwall, who was also a promoted horse?

This is definitely McCarthy's reason!

McCarthy 'understood' the fans' thoughts, he knew he couldn't afford to lose by a big score, otherwise his position would be in jeopardy, and he reminded all the players, "Don't worry about being a few goals behind, the second half doesn't mean anything to them, we have to play ourselves!" I hope you can take your chances and try to get two goals back so that you can save face, otherwise we won't be able to face the media and the fans when the game is over. ”

Some Sunderland players have questioned McCarthy's coaching ability, and have to admit that this statement has made sense, and it would be a bit too embarrassing to lose by a big score.

So when it came to the competition, everyone worked hard.

But......

Sunderland soon found out that the game was not like McCarthy's saying that 'the other side didn't care about the second half', it was a complete error of judgment, and there was no change in the Millwall in front of them, they were still the same team in the first half, everyone on the other side was still working hard, and their attack showed no signs of slowing down.

Sunderland only played two attacks and the game went back to the first half: they were kept pressed and couldn't even play half-time.

The two teams continued to drill their offense and defense.

Seeing such a game scene, you can imagine how dissatisfied Sunderland fans are, and many fans broke out into 'boo', which was not for the away team Millwall, but for the home team Sunderland.

McCarthy was 'booed' in a hurry.

McCarthy hopes that the team can save face, but why is the opponent's offense still so fierce? But there was nothing he could do but pray that Millwall would not score and that Sunderland would be 'lucky' to score two.

In the 61st minute of the game, a fatal blow to McCarthy came: when Sunderland finally made a 'rare' attack, Millwall broke the ball at the back and played a wave of extremely fast counterattacks!

Defending and counter-attacking is Millwall's forte!

In the 'new tactics', defensive counterattacks are a key part of the attack, but this game has not been shown, because Sunderland is too 'weak', so Millwall's suppressive attack plays well, and naturally there is no counterattack at all.

This time, the counterattack is only fast!

Koncheski dribbled the ball down the flank into the Sunderland half and then stabbed the ball past Smitchell, who in turn passed to Branifer.

Braniff won the ball, took the ball past the opposition defenders and faced goalkeeper Davies.

Shoot hard!

The soccer ball rushed into the net!

From Koncheski's dribbling to Braniff's goal, Millwall only took about ten seconds in total, and in such a short period of time, Sunderland could not organize an effective defense at all, and could only watch Braniff score.

Such a clean counterattack caused Sky Sports commentator Belu Elson to shout excitedly, "Goal! Braniff has the back of the net! ”

"Millwall's quick counter-attack, from Konchesky to Smitchell to Braniff, passed non-stop halfway, and Braniff also took advantage of the situation to pass the opposing central defender Stubbs!"

"Millwall showed a textbook classic counterattack!"

"Braniff scored twice! He has scored five goals in seven league games, including this one, and Braniff has only made five appearances, and in Millwall, there is also Darren Bent, who is not inferior to Braniff's goalscorer, and Braniff has five appearances to complete five goals! The efficiency of one goal per game on average is enough to amaze everyone! ”

'It was Millwall's fifth goal of the game! It's hard to imagine that Millwall seems to have gone mad......"

Millwall didn't celebrate too much.

After Braniff's goal, only teammates passed by and clapped each other, and then the game resumed, and the Sunderland players were a little resentful: why didn't they celebrate the goal for a little more? It's a tough time to compete right now!

But the Sunderland players were no longer willing, the game had to start again, Millwall did not show any mercy at all, the attack became more and more fierce, such an offensive made Sunderland feel very depressed, they had to run around to defend, completely forgetting what McCarthy said at halftime.

Offensive?

No kidding!

Millwall in front of him is bent on scoring more goals, and when the defensive pressure is so high, what kind of offense and not offense can be talked about?

It's good that they keep the goal!

Sunderland won't be easy to keep the back of the net and Millwall's players all seem to have found their groove.

This time it's midfielder Marvin Elliott.

Taking advantage of a corner, Elliott rushed up for the top and headed the ball into the Sunderland goal!

The football flew into the goal, and cheers followed.

"0 to 6 ......"

Belu Elson didn't want to talk about the score, it was really a cruel thing for Sunderland, and there must be a lot of Sunderland fans in front of the TV, they must be in a very bad mood at the moment, but as a commentator's professionalism, Elson still has to comment on the score, "This game is too cruel to Sunderland!" They didn't play well in the previous game, but the biggest difference was just three goals, with Millwall more than double the score......

Fifteen minutes left before the game ended.

The Sunderland players didn't know what to do, they were very touched and they were very traumatized.

In normal times, if a team dares to be so 'faceless', they must greet each other with their bodies, but when the game is bad to a certain extent, they are also very angry in their hearts, but their minds are not on the game.

Why did you kick so badly!

The Sunderland players have a very positive answer: it is the head coach McCarthy, whose coaching level is too different from the young managers of the opposing side.

"Nothing has lived a lot of years!"

"What level is this, you know that let's work hard, just work hard is a fart!"

"The other side has a similar lineup, but we have no power to fight back, and McCarthy doesn't know what he did!"

"Last season, we should have had a hunch, and the opponent used half a point to surpass us!"

“FUXK！ What else do you say to try to beat each other and get the first victory! It should be a fight to lose the game with dignity! ”

“……”

In the indignant state of mind of the Sunderland players, Millwall took the opportunity to score the last goal.

Taking advantage of the Sunderland defender's mispass, Braniff rebounded, immediately turned and completed the volley, and the ball flew directly into the door guarded by Davis.

"0 to 7!"

'It was almost over, but Braniff managed to score. It was Millwall's seventh goal! It was also Braniff's third goal, and he scored his first hat-trick in the Premier League! ”

"Congratulations Braniff! Congratulations Millwall! ”

In the call of the game commentator, there was applause from fans in the stands, which was not from a small number of Millwall fans, but the applause of the home team Sunderland fans, and the applause of tens of thousands of people seemed to be a recognition of Braniff, in fact, to express dissatisfaction with Sunderland.

This is sarcastic applause!

When a team fan applauds an opponent's goal, it's clear to anyone what it means.

That's the biggest displeasure!

This scene made McCarthy's face darken, and he knew that he would not be in the Sunderland position for long.

Zhang Yang was smiling, he turned to Wise and said, "Conquer the opposing fans? I just said it casually, but I didn't expect it to be done! ”

“……”

Wise smiled wryly and felt some sympathy for Sunderland.