Leicester City boss Mitch Adams is still a young man in English football, just 43 years old this year, he was a professional footballer, reaching his peak at Coventry City, and also had good performances at Southampton, both teams were still in the top flight at the time, and then at the declining Fulham (fourth division), Adams chose to retire.

After retiring from football in 1997, Adams returned as assistant coach before taking on the role of manager in 2002 when Leicester City boss stepped down.

Adams is only a rookie manager based on his CV, but he has been trusted by the club to manage Leicester City, and despite not leading the team to great results, his position as manager remains solid.

This may be due to Adams' unyielding character.

As a coaching player, Adams was one of those players who was very resilient, always working until the last minute as long as he played, even if there was no hope of winning many games, he still did so, and under Adams' leadership, Leicester City also became a very persevering team.

Although their results are mediocre, anyone who has to admit after the game against Leicester City is that they are not easy opponents to deal with.

At this point in the schedule, it is almost the final period.

Leicester City had no hope of progression, and there was no relegation pressure, and Adams wanted a good finish for the team, so he told the team to play every game.

There is no historical feud between Leicester City and Millwall, and in the past 100 years, the two teams have rarely met each other, and because they are not in the same league for many years, they have met more times in history.

Adams didn't know Zhang Yang either.

But when the game came, there was one thing that made Adams angry, and that was the media coverage.

Before the game, the media were analysing the match between Sunderland and Wigan Athletic, and there was not much mention of Leicester City, perhaps also thanks to Millwall, who ranked third in the league and received more attention than Leicester City.

Although there is not much talk in the media, as long as you read a few reports, you can know that the vast majority of the media are optimistic about Millwall, especially they also believe that there will be basically no suspense in the game, and Millwall will definitely win eight consecutive victories.

It was confidence in Millwall, but also contempt for Leicester City, a disregard for him as a manager.

Adams was angry.

The day before the game, Adams told all the players to play hard and "let those Londoners know that Leicester is not so easy to beat!" ”

This is Adams's argument.

At the press conference, Adams was also full of anger and publicly expressed his confidence in winning, hoping to bring more confidence to the players.

As for the rhetoric against the flamboyant?

As an orthodox England coach, Adams is not optimistic about a rookie academy coach in his twenties, and besides, this young man may not even be considered an academy coach, right?

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Zhang Yang is disgusted with guys like Adams.

Most professional football managers are quite kind, like the last time he went to the FA cocktail party, he could talk to a lot of people, but there are always arrogant guys who like to divide groups.

Adams falls into this category.

Zhang Yang doesn't even need to listen to what he says, just look at his expression.

The other party looked down on him.

It may seem to be described as 'the pride of the English', or it can be described as a 'sense of superiority brought by a resume', but whatever the reason, is there anything that needs to be explained when being looked down upon by opponents?

The flamboyant approach is to despise going back, and use Chiguoguo's results to illustrate - you look down on me? I still look down on you!

Millwall are third in the league!

Leicester City?

I can't find the list!

In professional football, the only measure of a manager's quality is his performance.

No matter how good a coach's resume is, even if he is a professional player, he is a world-class football king, and his fame has reached the level of well-known, but when he is a head coach, he will not be able to keep his job if he leads the team with poor results.

That's the reality.

After using the league ranking to disdain Adams back, Zhang Yang continued to answer reporters' questions with grace, and when he returned to the locker room, his first words were, "In this game, I have only one request - we must beat them hard!" ”

"To score a goal, to think about a second! Scored the second goal, think about the third! Do you get it? ”

The players were dumbfounded, and then Joey Healy laughed, "I love that, boss!" ”

The others also reacted and immediately followed, "yes, score a few more goals!" ”

"Let them know the gap!"

"Show them awesome!"

Zhang Yang not only has the confidence in his mouth, but also makes the team do enough preparation, he studied Leicester City early, there are still certain results, Leicester City is good at small area of passing and receiving the ball, they use this as the main means of attack, and they are quite calm when advancing.

Although they are only 14th in the league, Leicester City can finish in the top three when it comes to the technical content of the competition.

Leicester's poor results also have to do with their style of football, with a style of play that can match the mid-table teams in the Premier League, and a few seasons ago they were indeed a Premier League team.

But not anymore!

After Leicester City's relegation, most of the famous stars in the team left, followed by young players, free transfer players and veterans who are about to retire, let these people continue to play 'high-tech' football, the ability is a little unable to catch up, when a team's overall technical level, can not catch up with the team's style, to the field will naturally not perform well.

To use an analogy, Barcelona's football is one of the most technical in world football, and their combination will put other big teams to shame.

Barcelona's style of play has long been thoroughly analyzed by various experts, and any team can imitate it, but almost no team will be stupid enough to do that, for a simple reason: the players in the team are seriously lacking in technical strength.

That's the problem that Leicester City faces.

They were originally a strong team, but after relegation, they still maintained their original style of play, which may have something to do with the fact that Adams was once an assistant coach at Leicester City, but whatever the reason, their player ability has become a burden to their tactical style.

Millwall happens to be Leicester City's nemesis.

Over the past few seasons, Millwall have been changing managers, creating a chaotic style of play.

The current Millwall does not have a specific style of play, and Zhang Yang has not brought about a major change in tactical style after coaching, they just can attack when they can attack, and defend when they can defend, which can basically be described in two words: simple and rough.

Flaunting allows the team to play 'style'.

The summary of the game's playing style is: the whole court is pressing, fighting hard, grabbing, and attacking quickly when you find an opportunity!

As long as they can put enough pressure on their opponents, Leicester's so-called technical style will only lead to frequent mistakes in the game, which will also be a key factor in their defeat.

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Volkers Field.

Leicester City's match against Millwall begins.

From the first minute, Leicester City made a steady push and looked for chances in a small-scale combination.

This kind of football is fascinating.

A lot of fans love Leicester City, and it's because Leicester City can play a good game, and when they can win games and win very well, they are very eye-catching.

In the eyes of Leicester City fans in the stands, this game with Millwall is a 'winnable game', although Millwall ranks third in the league, but in front of the 'traditional powerhouse' Leicester City, there is still a little bit of inadequacy, and the head coach Adams also said before the game that Leicester City will definitely win.

It's their confidence in Adams and their confidence in Leicester City.

In the face of Leicester City's gorgeous offensive, Millwall, who has no characteristics and can almost only fight hard, has nothing to see at all, if it is in the movie, Millwall is undoubtedly the villain, and there can be a few shots completely to reflect the strength of Leicester City.

Some Leicester fans are starting to imagine the scoreline.

Two to zero?

Or three to zero?

Or let the other party 'rely on luck' to score one?

Just as they were thinking so, the Leicester midfielder suddenly conceded a goal, and then Millwall unleashed a wave of fast attacks, and less than ten seconds later, when the ball was handed down the middle, Jody Morris got up in front of the box to shoot the goal.

"Bang!"

Goalkeeper Ian Walker reacted quickly to save the ball but kept the Leicester fans nervous.

"It's good I didn't get in! Millwall's counter-attack was too fast, and Morris was decisive with his feet! The Volks Stadium commentator said with some trepidation, "It's only been six minutes into the game, and Morris has the first shot on goal!" It seems that Millwall can still pose some threat! Leicester City should also pay more attention to the defense while launching the attack, and the sudden pass error is too serious......"

Most people thought Millwall's counterattack was an accident.

Jody Morris is a good player, counter-attacking can find a shot and get up decisively, in fact, there is nothing, the key is Leicester City's mistakes, the game has just begun, probably the players did not adapt to the game, it is normal to have a small mistake, Millwall can not always take advantage of mistakes.

Adams thinks so, too.

Football is always like that, it's normal to have a sudden mistake, as long as the team doesn't concede a goal.

So he was still sitting in his seat.

After the game restarted, Leicester City also occupied them, their attack was almost around Millwall, Adams also gave birth to a sense of superiority, in the face of Leicester City's gorgeous attack, the opponent can only strengthen the defense to deal with, right?

Thinking like this, Adams turned his head to look at the Millwall dugout, and suddenly felt depressed to death.

That Chinese is much more laid-back!

Zhang Yang also sat in the position, but there was a difference between sitting and sitting, he folded one leg on the other, chewed gum in his mouth, and held a deck of playing cards in his hand, and was talking to Aldous, "Do you want to draw one?" Who's lucky? ”

Aldous's face darkened, "Zhang, this is a game." ”

"I know it's a competition, it doesn't have to be that formal! We're doing well now. Zhang Yang shook his head, "It's really boring." ”

Zhang Yang despised Aldous for a moment, and then looked at the playing cards carefully, this is a specially bought pair of high-quality poker, and the price of 31 pounds is definitely extravagant.

Zhang Yang didn't mean to play poker to prove his leisure, because he felt that when using the 'Foreknowledge' ability, he should use better props.

In previous games, he had either looked at the black tea foam, counted the number of trousers on the line, and watched the grass on a few occasions.

That's just a decay!

So Zhang Yang bought a pair of high-quality poker and decided to use poker as a prop to make a 'prediction' judgment in the future.

When the game is intense and tense, as the head coach of one side, it is very creative to draw playing cards on the coach's bench for entertainment, and the corners of Aldous's mouth are really twitching, he has been in contact with Zhang Yang for so long, and he can't understand why he seems to be coaching, Millwall's results have become so good.

Adams couldn't see it anymore.

His arrogant pride was strongly impacted, and he felt that the opponent's completely non-serious approach to the game was deliberately 'insulting' Leicester City.

"Be sure to score as soon as possible! Let that damn Chinese know that if you want to win, you are dreaming! ”

Adams thought hatefully.

Although the game has only just begun, Leicester City have the upper hand, and when the game is over and Millwall loses, it will be up to you to see if you can do anything else...... Playing poker?

Adams was quite resentful, but the game was not driven by his will, Leicester City did have the advantage of the situation, but also because they were good at co-ordinating and possessing the ball better than Millwall.

Millwall's football is simpler, more straightforward and easier to create a goal-by-goal threat.

In the 17th minute, Marvin Elliott broke the ball at the back, and he calmly kicked the ball to Morris, who then passed to Josh Simpson.

The Simpsons Fast Front!

Millwall turned on the counter-attack mode, Morris, Neil Harris, David Livermore were all rushing forward quickly, they were all trying to run forward, and Millwall's overall formation moved forward with surprising speed.

When the football reached the feet of the Millwall players, the Leicester City players also ran back for the first time, but what they didn't expect was that Millwall's offensive and defensive transitions were so fast that when some players were still slowly pushing back, the football had already reached the Leicester City half.

Leicester City players hurry up and pick up the pace!

But by the time most of the players reacted, it was too late to go back, and Millwall formed a four-on-three situation in the frontcourt.

"This is an opportunity! Millwall's counteroffensive was very fast! ”

"Watch this attack!"

"Danger!"

"This is a good opportunity!"

Leicester City manager Adams also recognized the threat, and he could no longer sit still, but stood up sharply and stared at the field with a serious expression.