Chapter 574: The gap is too big

Outside the lottery venue.

Many media reporters walked towards the newly released Real Madrid group, and there were also AC Milan, Inter Milan, Barcelona and other teams that attracted attention, and some top stars, such as Darren Bent, who just won the best striker, and Kaka, who won the best midfielder, were also surrounded by many reporters.

Ferguson's Manchester United group walked out, and many reporters immediately surrounded them.

Millwall and his party walked out of Manchester United closely, they didn't care who was in front of them, they just walked out of the door normally, but they didn't expect to anger Manchester United, because after Zhang Yang came out, the reporters who pounced on Manchester United immediately changed direction and rushed towards Millwall.

Manchester United's group was immediately embarrassed.

Ferguson snorted coldly, fortunately, the surrounding British media did not make the old jazz lose too much face, but everyone could see that the media was more interested in Millwall.

And so it is.

Millwall's results are better than Manchester United's, and two consecutive seasons of league titles are enough to overwhelm Manchester United.

Millwall's views are also more.

As last season's 'treble', on the stage of the Champions League, it is natural to be the defending champion, coach Zhang Yang is still very young, and he is also full of topics, after the start of the new season, Millwall continued to play well, three league games, a community shield, and a European Super Cup all victories.

On the European stage, most of the media is also more optimistic about Millwall.

This is not just the treatment of the defending champions, but the performance of Millwall, which is indeed very promising, and the influential football media in Europe, "French football", "Kicker" and "Marca" have analyzed the Champions League, even if the group group has not yet been decided, you can judge in advance which team is more likely to win the championship.

The first group is AC Milan and Barcelona.

The second group is Real Madrid, Millwall and Inter Milan.

Manchester United, Chelsea and Liverpool in the Premier League can only enter the third group, the reason why Manchester United is not optimistic is that the results have not been good in recent seasons, Chelsea is because of the change of coach, the new coach Grant is not trusted, Liverpool is because of the relationship between strength, in other words, Millwall is "favored" into the top five teams.

"Marca" analysis believes, "In the past two seasons, Millwall has played amazing results, their lineup is relatively stable, the biggest change in the summer transfer comes from the striker, the departure of the leading scorer is worrying, but in the past few games, Vardy, Luka Toney, and including the midfielders, almost all the lines have exploded, allowing the world to see Millwall's world-class offensive firepower, and there is no need to worry about their goals." Millwall's other positions have been complemented, and the overall quality has increased compared to last season. ”

'Under the leadership of a young manager who is good at creating miracles, Millwall will definitely be aiming to defend the title, and their probability of success is quite high.

In this group draw, Millwall was also the biggest winner.

"Best Goalkeeper", "Best Player", "Best Coach", plus one of Bente's "Best Strikers", Millwall has achieved a lot and his performance has been unanimously recognized.

So Millwall is the protagonist.

Manchester United are only a supporting character.

The first question from the media was about the Champions League group draw, "Mr. Zhang Yang, may I ask, what do you think of the group results?" ”

Zhang Yang thought for a moment and said, "It's not bad." ”

Real Madrid, Lazio, plus Olympiacos, are not as good as last season, but considering Millwall's promotion to the second tier, the signing is not bad.

In addition, Zhang Yang will also consider the geographical location, and it is best if there is no opponent in Northern Europe.

For example, when you meet CSKA Moscow, it's not that CSKA is strong, but it's very difficult to play away, and if you want to go to Russia to play, the ice and snow definitely don't feel good, and the team is also easy to get injured in the face of Nordic big men.

"Just good? Anything else? The reporter subconsciously asked, "Last season, your expression was 'good signing', now what?" I mean, I hope you can have a definite expression. ”

It's a bit rude to say that.

Zhang Yang knew that the reporter was digging a pit, but he didn't care too much, just smiled, "If you really make an evaluation, it should be good." We're old rivals with Real Madrid, Lazio...... Probably about the same as Rome? It's a bit difficult for the Greek team to play against because we don't know much about it, so we should focus on these two games. ”

The reporters around were suddenly excited.

This is a provocation!

There are three opponents, Real Madrid, Lazio and Olympiacos, who specifically say that they have to deal with Olympiacos seriously, isn't it tantamount to saying, "Real Madrid, we understand, don't pay too much attention to it, Lazio, probably similar to Roma, can cause us a little trouble." So we have to take the game against Olympiacos seriously. ”

The reporters immediately knew what to report.

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On the same day, many media reported on the speech, which became the main theme of the praise report, and after the ceremony, the talk of "seriously dealing with Olympiacos" was also quickly hyped.

Many media criticized Zhang Yang as a bit arrogant.

Most of these media are from Spain, or rather, from the Madrid region, Spanish football is not united, for example, the Catalan regional media, who gave a thumbs up to the fanfare and said, "Real Madrid really don't have to deal with it seriously." ”

But there was no news from Italy.

Lazio are just showing signs of a resurgence, and even a far-right team is reluctant to come out and fight a "somewhat strong" Millwall.

In fact, Lazio are also the most under pressure in Group C.

In the eyes of most people, Group C is Real Madrid, Millwall, plus Lazio, three teams compete for qualification, similarly, in the eyes of most people, Real Madrid and Millwall have a good chance, and Lazio wants to qualify completely depends on luck.

Sadly, Lazio thinks so.

Although they have entered the Champions League, Lazio is also a strong Serie A team, but their own family knows their own affairs, and the root of their rise is Juventus, Fiorentina and a large number of competitors, who fell by the aftermath of the "phonegate" incident, Roma and Lazio can have a chance to enter the top four of the league and enter the real Champions League, otherwise they will not even have a chance.

Therefore, the resurgence of Lazio is not strong enough to beat other league opponents, but the opponent suddenly fell, and their strength has not improved much.

The Italian media complained about Lazio, but in fact, Italian football is not united, and domestic politics seriously affect the division of football.

That's all.

English football is quite united, at least externally, they have praised Zhang Yang greatly, thinking that he shows the pride of English football, and the British media is actually very dissatisfied with most of the European media reports.

Throughout the past few seasons, England teams have won the Champions League in a row, and last season, the Champions League final belonged to England.

In this case, why do you think Barcelona and AC Milan have a better chance of winning the championship?

The only favourites for England to win the championship are Millwall, Manchester United and Chelsea are going to be behind, which also makes the British media very dissatisfied, in their opinion, the most promising to win the championship, the second most promising to win the championship and the third to hope to win the championship should be the English team.

The media suddenly quarreled about the grouping and which team had more hope of winning the championship.

Millwall, meanwhile, ushered in the fourth round of the league as they travelled to White Hart Lane to take on home side Tottenham Hotspur.

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Tottenham Hotspur have been the focus of the transfer market in the summer, perhaps with a sixth and seventh finish in the previous two seasons, which has given confidence to the club's management, who have decided to invest heavily to give the team the strength to "race for the top four".

In the Premier League, it is so important to "compete for the top four", as long as you can enter the top four, you can participate in the European Champions Cup, and the club has a chance to challenge for the top of Europe.

The directors of the club held a meeting and made up their minds to get into the big deal.

The addition of Darren Bent has proven Tottenham's determination, and Tottenham management and fans believe that the combination of Darren Bent and Berbatov will become a nightmare for any club.

At the same time, Tottenham did not forget to strengthen the defense: the purchase of Kapole from Auxerre, the introduction of K-Boateng from Hertha Berlin, the introduction of Bayer from Southampton, the addition of three defenders, spent nearly 29 million pounds, and it was definitely a big deal.

The addition of the top scorer in the Premier League and the Champions League will definitely strengthen the ability to score goals.

The addition of three star guards can also greatly improve the defensive ability.

The British media still rated Tottenham's transfer very highly, and also believed that they had the ability to hit the top four in the league, but it was also the transfer that created problems, because the transfer was fully responsible for the club director Mian Comori, Martin Joel as the head coach was not involved, and none of the players such as Martin Petrov he hoped to buy came.

Martin Joel was very unhappy with the transfer, and he also expressed his displeasure publicly.

Then the Premier League began, and Tottenham suffered an embarrassing two-game losing streak to Sunderland and Everton, and also put Martin Joel's position in jeopardy, and most crucially, Darren Bent barely got a chance in both games, and he only played ten minutes in the second half of the game against Everton.

With this, the pressure that Martin Joel will face can be imagined.

Tottenham are looking for a change of manager.

The Spurs hierarchy have contacted Sevilla coach Juan de Ramos in advance, hoping that the Spanish coach can lead Tottenham towards the goal, Ramos publicly said that Tottenham made a "dizzying bid" to invite him to coach, but Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy immediately denied it, but it is certain that Martin Joel, who has led the team well in the past two seasons, is no longer trusted.

In the third round of the league, Tottenham Hotspur challenged Manchester United away, and after 90 minutes of hard work, they finally lost the game by one goal.

In this game, Darren Bent started, and Tottenham's overall performance was good, but Manchester United was too strong, and it was a home game, Tottenham could say that there was no chance at all, Darren Bent was in front, and he couldn't even find a chance to touch the ball, even if he got the ball, without the support of his teammates, he couldn't find a chance at all.

This kind of competition is sad.

For Tottenham, it is acceptable to lose away to Manchester United, but three consecutive defeats in the league are unacceptable, the new season has just begun, they have accumulated zero points in three games, ranking first from the bottom of the league, thinking back to the big investment in summer transfers, and then looking at the current bad situation, Tottenham is very dissatisfied.

Tottenham's hierarchy will certainly not attribute the reason to "self-reliance", they brought the Premier League and Champions League double golden boots, brought a few star defenders, and it is Martin Joel's responsibility to lead the team to consecutive defeats.

Martin Joel was not removed from his position, and only because of the negotiations with Juan de Ramos, which were not fully finalized.

Now the outside media almost knows about it, and the incident has been analyzed and reported in detail, and the Tottenham players also know that Martin Joel refuses to admit the managerial crisis, but it is to no avail, and before he is forcibly dismissed, he is still the head coach of Tottenham and needs to lead the team to participate in the game.

Millwall ran into such a Tottenham Hotspur.

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The game at White Hart Lane has officially begun.

Tottenham were in an all-out formation at home, with Dimitar Berbatov starting alongside Darren Bent, Robbie Keane on the right, Jenas and Jokola leading the midfield, Malbranke, who has been a consistent performer, and a back four of Beyer, Ledley King, Dawson and Zim Bonda, with England international Robinson continuing to be the first goalkeeper.

This lineup is still quite gorgeous.

The top of the Premier League forward, the midfield is slightly worse but not weak, and the back line is very gorgeous, which is the general comment of the media, but the level of play is a little disappointing.

Millwall sent out a 352 formation and launched an offensive attack from the start.

Tottenham are attacking teams with a similar style to Arsenal, with two north London teams that have always attracted fans with their attacking football, even in the most passive games.

This is the style.

The style cannot be changed, especially for a team like Tottenham, if it is extremely passive, even if it wins the game, it will cause dissatisfaction among the fans.

Zhang Yang likes this kind of team.

The new 352 formation is very suitable for playing against opponents, Tottenham Hotspur has not been stable, even if they are playing at home, they have not played well, so that they were suppressed by Millwall at the beginning.

The goal came very early.

In the fourth minute, Morris gave Maxey a chance by pushing across the left side, and Maxey followed up with a long-range shot that hit the post and Jamie Vardy fired a through kick into the net.

0 to 1.

Millwall, who were visiting White Hart Lane, scored first.

The Tottenham fans at the scene felt very sad when they saw the fans, they had lost the first three league games, and they had to face Millwall at home.

O Millwall!

No team could beat them last season, and Tottenham's chances of winning at home were slim, and with their current form, even fans were not optimistic that Tottenham could win, but in this case, it was too unacceptable to be scored in four minutes.

Millwall's show continues.

Seventeen minutes into the game, Jamie Vardy picked up the ball and Livermore followed up with a powerful shot that hung into the top left corner of the net.

0 to 2!

Tottenham boss Martin Joel covered his cheeks as the ball flew into the goal, and many Tottenham fans booed in dissatisfaction.

It is clear to anyone that the fan boos are for Tottenham, and they are expressing their displeasure with Tottenham.

After taking a two-goal lead, Millwall played a lot easier, and wonderful combinations appeared frequently, but fortunately, Tottenham's defense seemed to be more stable, and Millwall did not give Millwall too many good chances.

In a versus battle, the defense can't be too solid.

In the 31st minute of the game, Tottenham's wave of attacks ended, and before they could retreat, Millwall launched a quick attack, Morris kicked a rather wonderful pass, Vardy successfully countered offside, and formed a single chance for the goal.

Against the onrushing Robinson, Vardy fired a powerful shot into Millwall's third goal.

After this goal was completed, Millwall didn't seem to have the heart to celebrate, because the game went so smoothly and the goal didn't seem to be a big deal, Tottenham felt the opposite, they all felt very dazed, they didn't know how to play the game, and before the first half was over, the opponent scored three goals, giving people the feeling that the gap was too big.