The uproar from the outside world did not affect Millwall.

Back in London, the team got into the league rhythm.

Zhang Yang invited all the players to seriously get into the state of preparation, because they are going to enter the intense 'pre-Christmas schedule' and 'Christmas schedule'.

For most teams, the 'pre-Christmas season' is actually a relaxation period, because the intensity of the games will become less, and only the 'Christmas schedule', the games will become intensive and frequent, because of the winter, players are also more likely to be injured, which will affect the games after the New Year.

Millwall is different.

Millwall play on multiple fronts, with two more Champions League games and a Carabao Cup quarter-final game before Christmas, and Millwall will face Chelsea and Manchester United, two of their most important opponents.

These two games will definitely have to be prepared and will not even leave time for the other games to prepare.

The current game is the first game against West Ham United.

This is the home field.

Before the game, Millwall did not make any specific preparations.

For a manager, if you want to lead the team to achieve good results, it is impossible to prepare for every game, West Ham United is not too difficult opponent, even the so-called 'East London Derby', it doesn't matter at all, in the eyes of others, Millwall and West Ham United are mortal enemies, but in fact, the two sides have not played many times in history, and the current status and strength are not comparable at all, plus the factor of home play, Millwall has no reason not to win the game.

One thing, Zhang Yang did anyway, he told all the players the goal, "Right now, we are at the top of the league, six points more than Manchester United and Arsenal. Arsenal's home draw against Manchester United in the last round saw Millwall take advantage of the game and extend their points lead to six.

'We have a big advantage, but six points is not consistent, it's just two games apart, maybe one mistake and we will be caught up.

"So, our goal is to try to get as many points as possible before Christmas."

'We're going to have a tough schedule ahead, but we're out of the Champions League, we're just going to be ready for the league, we're much less stressed than Manchester United, we're better than Chelsea, and I hope that at Christmas, when we hear on the news that 'the Premier League title race this season has lost its suspense', of course, the main picture of the news is us!'

The flamboyant statement lifted everyone's spirits.

Lock in the championship in advance in half a season!

Which team in history has done that? I'm afraid that even the former hegemon Manchester United would not dare to say such a thing, but Millwall has to do it.

The Millwall players have a lot of trust in Zhang Yang, and they feel that Zhang Yang can do what he says.

The league championship is just around the corner!

Of course, they also have to face their first opponents, West Ham United.

After returning to the Premier League, West Ham performed 'magic' for two consecutive years, and last season as a promoted horse, they quickly jumped to 10th, and once hit the League Cup qualification in the middle of the season.

Last season, West Ham United introduced Tevez and Mascherano two World Cup internationals, which were once very optimistic about the media, but unfortunately the results experienced a big decline, Tevez was not reused, and Mascherano simply became a marginal person.

In the second half of the schedule, the magic is staged again.

West Ham United narrowly avoided relegation with seven wins and two defeats in the last nine league games, especially away victories over Arsenal and Manchester United, and forced themselves back from hell.

After a big upheaval, West Ham's moves in the transfer market have been much more stable.

Dier, Forbe, Parker, Bellamy, West Ham United have all brought in solid and excellent fronts.

Sadly, relegation hero Carlos Tevez has joined Manchester United, along with the likes of Haywood, Ljung Berna, Cork and Mills.

It is widely believed that West Ham have lost more than they gained in the summer transfers, with a number of star players on the list of departures, and it is difficult to predict whether new signings will be able to fill the void.

However, the season has been played for 12 rounds, and West Ham United, under the leadership of Kubishli, has achieved much better, and is currently ranked 11th in the league.

Ahead of the match, West Ham boss Jubil Kubishli said: "It's all the talk that we could beat Millwall in a derby. I hope to do it because so far, no team has been able to do it. ”

The 'treacherous and cunning' Kubishli has two meanings when he speaks.

One, if they beat Millwall, West Ham would have done 'what no team can do'.

Second, if we lose the game, of course, it's normal that we can't do what the team does.

Zhang Yang, who continued to keep a low profile, spoke about West Ham's good results, before saying, "The game was a big test for us. ”

Journalists have the urge to vomit blood.

Millwall are unbeaten in 50 rounds, and with a six-point advantage, they are firmly at the top of the Premier League, and their home game against West Ham United has become a 'major test'?

If they knew what Zhang Yang said within the team, it is estimated that they would vomit blood even more.

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Finally, the race came.

West Ham have an interesting player, his name is Zamora, the team's long-term 'number two' goalscorer, he couldn't catch up with Tevez last season, and this season he was suppressed by new arrival Bellamy.

Zamora thinks highly of himself and believes he can't be the number one scorer only because of the circumstances: there aren't too many assisters in the team and he's not the type of player who can score goals alone.

"What if it's Millwall?"

Zamora has thought about this and he thinks that when he arrives at Millwall, he will definitely be able to play with Darren Bent and Vardy.

Zamora is an educated analysis.

Darren Bent is an example, Bent was the Golden Boot of the Champions League and the Premier League at Millwall, but after transferring to Tottenham, he was only the leading scorer in the team, and the performance gap was very large.

It's him.

Now at West Ham United, they were able to score 11 goals last season, but with Millwall, with a good coach's style of play, and a good team of players to do the ball, maybe 22, 32.

In short, he felt that it was just that the team he was on was not good.

Zamora's grievances seemed to be of little use, and when the game between Millwall and West Ham began, he quickly spotted Jamie Vardy, who was in the same position, quickly becoming the star of the game as he set up Millwall to score with nine minutes played.

It was a through ball from outside the box.

Jamie Vardy squeezed Earpson and was turned to complete a volley that sent the ball straight into the back of the net.

“Gooooal！！！”

"The ball is in!"

'With just nine minutes played, Millwall took the lead and it was Jamie Vardy who scored! It was his ninth Premier League goal of the season! ”

"Pretty exciting......

Seeing Vardy score quickly, Zamora didn't mention how much he complained, he was very unwilling, thinking that he would perform better if he switched positions, but everyone's cheers were given to Vardy.

West Ham are too bad!

Zamora sighed constantly, but perhaps more complicated was his team-mate Bellamy, who is a vagabond who has changed four clubs in the last four seasons – Celtic, Blackburn, Liverpool and now West Ham.

No one denies Bellamy's genius, but he also has a terrible temper and is a well-known bad boy in England.

Bellamy has done a lot of things.

For example, he played for Newcastle United in the Champions League and kicked Materazzi against Inter Milan.

In the same year, he also performed the unbearable scene of throwing a stool at the coach.

During his time at Liverpool last season, he attacked team-mate Reese with a golf club on the training ground.

Or last season, in his 300th game, he followed the away game against Newcastle United, and suddenly turned against each other and shot the ball into his own goal, some people said that it was to make the 300th game meaningful, but more people thought that Bellamy was expressing his dissatisfaction with the team, but in any case, it was extremely bad to send the ball into his own goal, so he was traded to West Ham United.

As for a homeless man, he actually wants to find a home, watching Millwall celebrate Vardy frantically, and the cheerful laughter of the team members, Bellamy can't help but be envious, and turn to disgust with the current environment.

West Ham United is a temporary home, not a home.

Zamora doesn't know Bellamy's mentality, his mood is not very good, what he hopes most is to suppress his opponent with an excellent performance, and let Millwall's Chinese coach see his strength.

If you are valued, you can join Millwall?

But West Ham United are too passive!

Zamora stayed up front, couldn't find a chance for a long time, he was a little bit of a desire to go back to the defense, and more of a desire to wait for his moment.

Millwall then continued to attack West Ham United, and all West Ham could do was to counter-attack once in a while.

Zamora also performed.

On a counter-attack, he dribbled quickly and used his team-mates to bring the ball to the edge of the box.

That's all.

Zamora was then dropped to the ground by Livermore.

Zamora was annoyed and missed a good opportunity, but he knew that was the way it was in the top flight, and no matter how good his skills were, the opponent would take advantage of the moment and a foul attack was suspended.

Millwall are not afraid of fouls at all as West Ham don't have good set-pieces.

Millwall used a tough attack to constantly suppress West Ham United, and they were constantly looking for opportunities to directly create goals.

In the 31st minute, Maxey took a kick and Gary O'Neill flanked it at the back post and scored with a header.

In the 79th minute, it was again Jamie Vardy, who found an opportunity to break through the defence, use a feint to move out of the gap, and complete the opening from the edge of the box.

This goal surprised many.

Many people have the impression that Vardy is less agile at his feet, that he is a goalscorer, not a master of football control.

Only Zhang Yang knew that Vardy could do it, but because of the effect of "walking the talk", when the time was about to end, there was no need to keep the skills at all.

Zhang Yang found an opportunity to use it for Vardy, he just experimented with 'the effect of using words when not shooting', but he didn't expect Vardy to give an unexpected surprise.

"Three to zero!"

"No more suspense! Millwall's victory can be declared in advance! ”

'Jamie Vardy's goal was spectacular, it was a great sight to see how good he was at his feet, and he was able to fool defenders in tight spaces in the box......

"Jamie Vardy scored twice, scored his 10th league goal in a single season!"

"It just so happens that he has made 10 league appearances, averaging one goal per appearance, and this is so efficient that the top scorers in the rankings are desperate."

Vardy is once again the protagonist.

On the contrary, Zamora can only play a supporting role, no, he is not even a green leaf, because no one notices him at all, and Zamora barely showed anything during the whole game, and he, like most of his teammates, can only be reduced to the trick of the game.

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After the thirteenth round of the league, it is time for the international break, and the players of the national team go to participate.

This time, Zhang Yang only gave the other players one day off.

One day, the time is short.

It's enough to just take a break, but it's not enough if you want to complete other activities.

Zhang Yang also only has one day off.

Taking advantage of the break between the international breaks, he gathered the remaining players for tactical and physical conditioning training.

The former is to allow the players to adapt to the tactics, but also to prepare for the games against Chelsea and Manchester United.

The latter is to prepare for the coming winter season, allowing players to adjust their physical condition and reduce possible injuries.

At the same time, the coaching staff began to patiently study the next opponent --

Chelsea!

Grant's Chelsea is definitely not easy to deal with!

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