Before this round of the game, Blackburn did a lot of preparation.

Mark Hughes, along with three assistant coaches, has taken a closer look at Millwall's recent games, including the big game against Manchester United, the comfortable 4-1 win over West Bromwich Albion and, of course, the last round against Birmingham.

After careful study, coupled with Blackburn's experience of the 'five-goal defeat', Mark Hughes thinks he knows Millwall very well.

Millwall's goals relied on the ability of the attack, and forwards Darren Bent and Braniff played well, and the two combined to score nearly 40 per cent of the goals.

These two players are something to be aware of.

Whether Braniff or Darren Bent is on the pitch, they have to be carefully targeted, and they are players who can change the game with their individual ability.

The opponent's midfield configuration in the middle is also good, and Smitchell has been excellent recently, playing very well in several games.

Of the two wings, Josh Simpson on the right is a threat, but the player is also poor defensively and is a place to target; There's not much to say on the left, Joey Healy, Koncheski, both offensive and defensive, but the balance of ability also means that they are not brilliant, and they are not players who can threaten the Blackburn defence.

After that, it's defense.

Millwall's defence was tight, and that was evident in the game against Manchester United, with Blackburn having to beat Millwall, one is to be careful of the opponent's threatening players and to be open in attack, otherwise it will be difficult to break the opponent's goal.

Mark Hughes explained the specific situation of Millwall and every player in the team, and Blackburn also used two days to carry out targeted preparation training, such as allowing the backcourt players to practice two-on-one defensive coordination, and then paying attention to blocking the pass from the wing to the middle, and so on.

Mark Hughes is serious about the game, and Blackburn is serious about the game too.

When the game was about to start and he saw Millwall's starting line-up, Mark Hughes felt a little angry: the opposition only sent a semi-bench lineup!

Forward Braniff is on the field, but it is matched with an unknown youngster.

Vardy?

Haven't heard of it!

Josh Simpson on the right didn't even make the squad.

The core player in the middle of the midfield is Jody Morris, who has recovered from injury, and Mark Hughes can't figure out why the opponent didn't let the excellent Smitchell play.

Jody Morris?

This player has also performed well before, but has been affected by injuries in the past month, and has not helped Millwall play at all, and the Blackburn coaching staff has watched Millwall's game videos in a row and has not prepared Morris at all.

Of course, they also knew that Morris was back from injury.

But a player who has just recovered from an injury should not be replaced halfway to adapt, why should he start directly?

The other party looks down on Blackburn!

Mark Hughes came to a conclusion, but his mentality became calmer, he hoped that Millwall underestimated Blackburn, if Millwall was on the full main lineup, it would be very difficult for Blackburn to win by relying on home advantage, and it was expected that the probability of winning was only less than three percent, and it was different to change to Millwall's substitute lineup, and Blackburn's chances of winning were at least increased to more than seventy percent.

Victory, already in sight!

Mark Hughes watched the game with anticipation, and silently muttered in his heart, "You must work hard, you must win!" ”

The Blackburn players on the pitch also worked hard.

From the first minute of the game, Blackburn Rovers worked hard to put themselves into the game, and when everyone was working hard, the enthusiasm and strength that burst out will be qualitatively improved.

So they suppressed Millwall.

After only ten minutes of the game, Blackburn had a big advantage, possession of more than 60% was enough to say something, and the combination of two into the penalty area directly threatened the Millwall goal.

Quite a few people have pinched a cold sweat for the Millwall goal.

Sky Sports commentator Belu Elson, analysing the past ten minutes, couldn't help but stand on Blackburn's side, "We can see that Blackburn have done well, this is the second time they have played the ball into the Millwall penalty area, although the ball was destroyed by Ward, but Blackburn striker Tikov, right next to Ward, he almost found a chance. If Tilkov is allowed to find the right chance, the Millwall goal will be in danger! It's only been ten minutes since the game! ”

Amid the shouts of Sky Sports commentators, reporters in the media gallery were also discussing the game.

Before the start of the game, most media reporters were still optimistic about Millwall, Blackburn is a good team, they are playing at home, but Millwall's results are too good, just beat Manchester United and Birmingham, the league is still unbeaten so far, and it is also the only unbeaten team in the Premier League 20 teams.

While many media outlets have reported a rapid decline in results in the second half of the fixtures for the minor clubs, there is no downward trend in Millwall so far.

So there is not much suspense in this game.

Blake's instinctive draw at home to Millwall would have been a good result.

But when the game officially started, some reporters changed their opinions, one is that Millwall has rotated several positions, such as Vardy, Tim Cranch and other young players, it is really difficult to be favored.

The second is the last ten minutes of the game.

Blair Rovers played a big advantage, finding two points into the Millwall penalty area, and as the game continued like this, it was really a matter of time before Blackburn Rovers scored.

"Millwall could lose this game!"

"Millwall was careless! Even if we beat Blackburn Rovers by a big score last time, this is Blackburn's home stadium! ”

"Millwall didn't send all the main players, probably because they thought the squad was good enough to deal with, but Blair wasn't a soft persimmon and they also won Manchester United at Old Trafford!"

Journalists are also talking about Blackburn's most glorious record.

Blackburn only won five league games, but one of them was away to Manchester United, and in the end Blackburn defeated Manchester United 1-2 away, successfully snatching three points from Manchester United, Blake's instinctive away victory over Manchester United, naturally it will not be a soft persimmon, they sit at home to play, but Millwall does not send all the main force, it is too difficult to win.

Seeing Millwall's passive situation, many people are also speculating about Zhang Yang's thoughts: Does the young manager regret it?

It's too late to make adjustments!

The camera of "Sky Sports" also turned to the Millwall coach's seat, and Zhang Yang was seen sitting there, with Erlang's legs crossed in a leisurely manner.

"He didn't care about the game at all!"

Many people have the same judgment - this young Chinese coach didn't care about the game at all, as if he came to the scene for entertainment, and the biggest proof of this is ...... He wasn't looking at the arena at all, but was struggling with his tablet on his lap and stylus in one hand.

"He's typing!"

"Tablets? Presumably chatting? Or tweet? ”

“……”

Zhang Yang has a 'criminal record' of posting Weibo in the game, many reporters immediately made relevant guesses, they immediately took out all kinds of equipment, opened Weibo to follow instant messages, only a minute later, the reporters confirmed the guess, and the "personality of Zhangyang" Weibo updated a message-

"#布莱克本VS米尔沃尔#

This is the first race of the Christmas schedule, and it is the middle of December, so the time flies really fast.

It's a tough schedule for us and it's not easy to play against Blackburn. But I believe it will be a victory, because God always favors the pious ranks! ”

In fact, Zhang Yang also quickly updated a similar message on Weibo in China-

"#布莱克本VS米尔沃尔#

The Premier League's packed schedule begins. The Premier League is different from the domestic league in that the more Christmas it gets, the more intense the fixtures become, and this game is important for us and a good start represents the first step towards success.

I'm sure Millwall will emerge victorious!

This is a declaration of victory, which represents my faith! It also represents the confidence of all Millwall players! ”

The back piece of domestic Weibo news was invisible to European media reporters, and the front one made them almost vomit blood.

Tough schedule?

Everyone knows this, but what are you doing in such a difficult schedule?

You're tweeting!

And also...... Will God favor the pious procession? It's hard to say whether the Millwall players believe in God or not, but you guy, there is no doubt that you are an atheist, and God will not take care of the infidels no matter how leisurely he is!

Media reporters began to complain in various ways.

They used their respective media microblogging platforms and personal microblogging accounts to make a series of retweets, accompanied by personal comments and insights.

"God does not favor infidels!"

"You post on Weibo so leisurely, where can you tell that you are very nervous?"

'What else can I comment on when the whole Millwall team is playing hard and being the Millwall manager is so laid-back?'

"God won't be able to see it!"

"If Millwall don't lose today, Mark Hughes should really resign voluntarily!"

“……”

A large number of media reporters forwarded, so that the flamboyant Weibo news quickly became popular, and the Internet also became a mess, many fans who watched the game participated, and those who did not watch the game watched the game between Blackburn and Millwall because of the Weibo news.

This game is not much attention.

Because it is not the focus of this round of hand battles, it is only broadcast live on the third sports channel of "Sky Sports", and the local viewership in the UK is only about 700,000 people, but when the Weibo news is hot, in just ten minutes, the ratings have increased to nearly 1.2 million people, and the ratings are still increasing.

Some Sky Sports staff, after seeing the rapid growth of data, have a rough prediction, "Probably in the second half, the number of viewers will double again!" ”

"This young coach of Millwall is really a focal point, and he can attract so many media reports and attract so many fans to watch the game by posting on Weibo."

"Which channel has low ratings in the future, he should be invited to make a comment......"