In the eleventh round of the Premier League, Millwall's harvest was not only unbeaten in 49 rounds, but they also relied on the big battle of their competitors to secure the top position.

At the beginning of the season, Arsenal was a direct competitor of Millwall, although it was defeated once in direct confrontation, but Arsenal's points have been behind Millwall, and many people expect Arsenal to catch up with Millwall.

Arsenal met Liverpool in this round.

Anfield's game is by no means easy to play, Liverpool is no less than Arsenal's team, in terms of evaluation, Arsenal's performance is quite good, they played one of the best games of the season, especially in the second half, the more they played, the more they entered their own atmosphere, everyone believed that if the game played a few more minutes, it would not necessarily be a draw.

But in the end, Liverpool held on to the goal.

After the game, Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger did not care about a defeat, even if it led to a widening gap with Millwall, and he felt his side had passed the first major test of the season.

Arsene Wenger was very pleased with the game: "We have changed from last season, the young people have grown up, they are young, they are confident and they have a lot of desire. We did a fantastic job in the big clubs last season and now Arsenal are more mature. ”

The same is true of the post-match media comments, even "Liverpool News" said, "Arsenal is completely relying on their own strength, in the turf battle with Liverpool, a little bit of the opponent's self-confidence." ”

At the same time, "Liverpool News" also criticized, "Liverpool combined with all the threat attacks, I am afraid that there are not as many as Fabregas alone, and Arsenal, which emphasizes the overall and ground coordination, has gradually played the taste of the Chiefs on the turf of Anfield, so that Liverpool, which has an extreme formation, will be difficult to parry." ”

After the game, the media basically praised Arsenal, they performed very well, only to meet an extremely defensive Liverpool team.

But no matter how much praise is given, Arsenal still drawn.

After 11 rounds, Millwall finally barely sat at the top of the table, they have three points more than Arsenal and three more than Manchester United, three points can be caught up in a game, but considering Millwall's goal difference, both Manchester United and Arsenal may sit at the top of the table in one game.

It made Millwall a lot easier.

Before, they were thinking about being undefeated and thinking about the league standings, and they always felt that if they made a mistake, they would lose the top position, but now they finally have a little gap, even if there is a mistake, they will not be overtaken by the opponent.

The league is not the only one.

Eleven rounds later, Millwall ushered in the Champions League group stage.

This is the third leg of Group C.

Millwall are at home to their last opponents, Lazio.

Lazio is a team with a glorious history, once known as the "Serie A Seven" along with AC Milan, Inter Milan, Juventus, Roma, Parma and Fiorentina.

In 2002, Cragnotti and his multinational company, Cirio Food Group, were caught in a financial scandal that forced them to leave Lazio, leaving the club in the custody of the financial manager and the bank.

The financial crisis has led to the buying of a large number of good players at the club, including captain Alessandro Nesta.

In 2004, entrepreneur Claudio Lotito bought a majority stake in the club, and two years later, the team qualified for the 2006-07 UEFA Cup under coach Derio Rossi.

However, the club was shut out of the European competition on suspicion of illegal match-fixing.

Last season, Lazio received a reduced sentence and were able to reduce the penalty points, eventually finishing third in Serie A and being allowed to play in the Champions League.

Lazio defeated Dinamo Bucharest in the qualifying round to advance to the group stage.

As the third tier of Group C, Lazio is not favored, because there are Real Madrid and Millwall in the same group, Lazio seems to be much weaker, and even said that in the eyes of most people, they are not as good as Olympiacos - the latter is the hegemon of the Greek league and has a wealth of European experience, Lazio has not achieved good results in recent years, many big names in the team have left, and there are new people joining the team, but many players have no European experience.

So far this season, Lazio's league results have not been ideal.

In the first two rounds of Group C of the Champions League, they had a bad run of results – drawing with Olympiacos and Real Madrid respectively.

Two draws, only two points.

Considering that Millwall won two games and occupied the top spot in the group with six points, Lazio had a decent record and two points were enough to rank second, while Real Madrid and Olympiacos only drew one and tied for the bottom two with one point.

It's not that Lazio are doing well, it's Millwall doing well.

Millwall still attaches great importance to Lazio, even if the outside world says that Lazio cannot pose a threat, but the team that has achieved good results in Serie A is definitely not easy to deal with.

Before the game, Zhang Yang told the team to play seriously and not to be careless, "Lazio, a very unfamiliar team, we met Roma last season, and everyone who has experienced it should have experienced, Roma is difficult to play." ”

'We have to focus on the game and Lazio are by no means an underdog.

On the day of the game, Zhang Yang once again reminded the players to be careful and to play seriously, because the results of "word and spirit divination" were not very good, and luck was "little murderer".

Fierce, don't worry.

The little murderer needs special attention.

Zhang Yang continuously changed the lineup, and the result of divination was still a "small murderer", and sometimes there would be a "big murderer", so there was no good way to do it, luck was not a thing that could be greatly reversed by two people.

In terms of arranging tactics, Zhang Yang is also based on stability, it doesn't matter if the offense is weak, try not to lose the ball inexplicably.

Under the bad luck of the "little murderer", conceding a goal is very likely.

Although he attaches great importance to the game, Zhang Yang still feels very worried after the game starts, one is that Lazio is performing well, they are playing very positively as a whole, and the other is that the team is unlucky, in the first 20 minutes, there were two great chances, which were inexplicably missed.

One was Luca Toney's one-on-one goal.

It is normal for a general one-knife ball not to be scored, after all, the opponent's goalkeeper is not a decoration, but this time with a single knife, Balotta's position is not good, Luca Toney can completely push one side, but the ball grabs the post and flies out of the bottom line.

"Hoo ......"

Neal Stadium resounded with a sigh of regret.

The second time was Livermore's shot, and Lazio were probably unprepared for Livermore, who cut in and got an easy chance to hit the right side of the goal, only for the ball to hit the post and bounce off.

"Whew......" sighed again.

Lazio were scared, but Millwall failed to score.

Luca Toney and Livermore, both felt that it was their own fault, and they both felt a little annoyed, but Zhang Yang directly attributed the reason to luck.

"Luck...... Too bad! ”

Zhang Yang shook his head.

On the whole, Millwall can still suppress Lazio, the performance of the players can not be said to be very good, but it is not too bad, the advantage of comprehensive strength, so that the team can play a good rhythm, have more possession, and control the midfield, but also better than the opponent.

But more offense didn't bring goals.

In the 39th minute of the game, Lazio defender Stendaldo handball in the penalty area, and the referee did not award a penalty.

Zhang Yang immediately protested to the fourth official to test the pressure.

But it didn't work.

In the following time, Lazio played better and better, and their good form even continued into the second half.

Millwall can't be said to be passive, but they are a bit messy in front and back.

Zhang Yang stood on the sidelines, constantly shouting to remind the players what to do, but no form is no form, when a team has two or three players who are not in good shape, the overall performance will be greatly affected.

Millwall began to make substitutions.

Jamie Vardy comes on.

Morris plays.

Even the back line put the youngster Barragan on the field.

Three substitutions in a row didn't make much difference, with Millwall and Lazio in a see-saw situation, with both sides having chances, but neither could find the back of the net due to the conservative tactics.

In the 79th minute of the game, Zhang Yang gave up the "spirit of fair play" and used "words and words" to help the team score.

As a result, it failed.

Even if he was as nimble as Jamie Vardy, he couldn't help it, he found a good position and played a good ball, but the ball hit the crossbar.

"I'm X!"

saw a crossbar ball again, and flamboyed a standard national curse.

The final score was 0-0.

Millwall drew with Lazio at home.

Lazio were okay with the result, and in his post-match press conference, De Leo Rossi said, "We played a very dangerous game, but the result was satisfying. If you don't concede a goal, you're the luckiest thing. ”

Lazio drew their first two games and drew with Millwall, which is not a good situation, and the winner of Real Madrid and Olympiacos will surpass them on points, but considering the scores of Real Madrid, Olympiacos and Millwall, Derio Rossi thinks that a draw away from home is a pretty good result.

Zhang Yang just smiled bitterly.

Fortunately, he was prepared, and the "Divination of Words and Spirits" gave a hint of luck, and it was already good not to lose, and for Millwall, a draw was still firmly at the top of the group, which was completely acceptable.

Zhang Yang praised Lazio's tenacity, "Our luck was not good, and the opponent's performance was good. ”

'Everybody says Lazio can't beat Millwall, but I saw a tough opponent in the game, they had to work hard and it was tricky for us.

'There are no good opponents in the Champions League, you have to deal with every game and it will be a challenge for us to qualify for the group stage.

'Although we are top of the group, there are still three games to go, anything can happen and we have to take it with the utmost seriousness or we could be eliminated......

A group of reporters were dumbfounded by the statement.

Millwall eliminated?

Are you kidding!

In three games, Millwall won two by a wide margin, but they were unlucky and drew with Lazio, which became a "possible elimination"?

Is this low-key or deception?

Take us for fools!