In the 36th round of the Premier League, Millwall hosted Liverpool, and the next day will begin.

There was a sense of excitement up and down Millwall.

Everyone in the team was talking and the atmosphere was lively.

Zhang Yang led the coaching staff, forcibly suppressed the atmosphere in the team, the training requirements were extremely strict, and the preparation for the game was also quite busy, each player not only had to participate in the preparation training, but also listened to an hour of tactical lessons.

This is rare to prepare for the league.

Zhang Yang did this deliberately, just to suppress the excitement, expectation and other emotions in the team, and he knew very well that the more he reached the end, the easier it was to relax.

Millwall have seven points more than Manchester United and have three games left in the league to claim the league title.

In such a good situation, the team may be slack.

If the team really relaxes, it's not going to be so good. Obviously, he could win the league championship in the next round, but he lost the game because of laxity, and dragged the championship to the next round, and then he was lax in the next round, and it was dragged to the last round.

In the final round, it is not an easy victory, but a hard work.

Even if Wenger and Zhang Yang have a good relationship, it is impossible to let Millwall win the title, not to mention, whether it is Liverpool or Arsenal, they must work hard to fight for the top four, their league situation is much more dangerous than Millwall, and they will definitely give their all in the game.

Zhang Yang didn't want to see that.

"There can only be one outcome in this game, and that is to win! Gotta win! ”

Before the start of the game, Zhang Yang was very serious and threatened the players, "If I see someone who is not performing well, then I'm sorry, the next Champions League, the game against AC Milan, or we reach the final, go to Greece to compete for the title, you don't want to play!" ”

The threat is still very effective.

The league with Liverpool is nothing, most of the attention is only paid to the British media, the Premier League title is almost over, and when the championship is not much suspense, foreign eyes will pay much less attention to the league.

The Champions League is different!

With a Champions League semi-final and a 3-1 win over AC Milan in the first leg, Millwall are already in the middle of the stage, and they will get the attention of more than 100 million fans around the world as long as they can play, and that is the best platform to show themselves.

Jamie Vardy is proof of that.

Vardy has also performed well in the league before, and his goal numbers can also rank in the top 10 scorers, but he has only scored two goals in the Champions League, and compared with Millwall's team, Darren Bent and Livermore, who shine in the Champions League, Vardy is much worse.

So around the world, Vardy isn't much of a celebrity and the media doesn't report much about him.

It wasn't the same after the last game.

Vardy scored two goals in the game, the world was crazy to report Vardy, he jumped from not very well-known to super famous, the British media, including other national media, praised Vardy, as if he had become the top scorer, about to win a series of awards such as the Ballon d'Or, World Footballer of the Year, he was also considered by many media to be the 'future of the England team', and he was labeled as 'England's pillar', 'future top striker', 'future superstar' and so on.

That's where the Champions League takes centre stage.

In the game with Liverpool, it doesn't matter if you play or not, anyway, you can win the league championship with the team, but if you don't play well, it will affect the chances of playing in the Champions League semi-finals or even the final, it will be a big loss.

The players who played in the game suddenly felt the pressure.

Zhang Yang continued to maintain a serious expression, which was also to make the players more serious.

The game must be won!

It's not just about whether Millwall can win the title at home, it's also about preparing for the next tournament, if they can't win the title quickly, they will have to focus on the league, and if they can't win it quickly, they will have to focus on the second leg against AC Milan, which will also be very helpful for the Champions League game.

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Liverpool are not willing to be a stepping stone to Millwall's title.

Even if they don't think about the embarrassment of 'being in the background', they will do their best in the game because they have to try to secure fourth place in the league, and it will be very difficult to play against Millwall, especially away from home, but Liverpool are very scrappy and they are motivated to play in the Champions League next season.

Liverpool are regulars in the Champions League and have been one of the best performers in the Champions League in recent years.

Last season, Liverpool were not so lucky.

Because Arsenal won the Champions League, they were only fifth in the league, and according to UEFA's new rules, Liverpool's fourth place in the league was replaced.

It was embarrassing and a bit tragic.

Liverpool can't say anything yet, and they are also the team with the least reason to speak. UEFA introduced new regulations, and it is precisely because two years ago, after Liverpool won the Champions League, because they did not have the qualification to participate in the Champions League next year, they immediately appealed to UEFA, and even went to the court, on the grounds that 'the defending champion should participate in the Champions League', they finally qualified to participate in the Champions League qualifiers, and also let the Premier League have five teams participating in the Champions League in the same season.

Liverpool, as Champions League winners, participated in the next year's Champions League, and also became the first victim of this rule.

This may be the 'cycle of heavenly principles, retribution is unpleasant'......

Ahem......

But in any case, Liverpool left the Champions League for a season, the impact is still relatively large, if it cannot enter the Champions League for a long time, the team will definitely be more affected, the hearts of the team will be scattered, and Liverpool urgently needs to re-enter the Champions League.

In the face of Millwall, who swept the Premier League, no team dares to say that they have confidence, but Liverpool's mentality is much better, the two teams met in the first half of the schedule, and the score was 0-0 at Anfield, and Liverpool still has confidence in the defense.

In order to boost the morale of the team, Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez rarely expressed his determination, "Millwall want to win the title in this round? They can defend their title, but not in this round! ”

'A lot of people say it's over for the league title, but it's just as important for us.

Benitez, who has always cherished words like gold, rarely opened his mouth to say a few words, and Zhang Yang just pouted after hearing it.

Everyone knows Liverpool want to win.

Liverpool will certainly do their best to keep a top-four finish, but Millwall are just as scrappy and the title is on the horizon and no one wants to drag it out until the next round.

Will Liverpool give it their all?

It's the same with Millwall!

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Neil Field.

Millwall's home game against Liverpool begins.

Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez didn't just say it at a press conference, he was also well prepared for the game, just look at Liverpool's tenacious defensive performance on the pitch.

As soon as the game started, Liverpool were very tough.

Liverpool still knows a lot about Millwall, perhaps most teams in the Premier League already have an understanding of Millwall, Millwall's main style of play is to control the home field, with the smooth cooperation of the midfield as a means to suppress the opponent toughly, coupled with fast attack and quite good goal-front efficiency, Millwall will play such a good result.

The last time Liverpool and Millwall met, they used a dense defensive strategy, using crowd tactics to seal the goal and not let Millwall have any chances in front.

This one is still the same.

Liverpool started on the defensive, starting with a tough midfield and continuing to organise at the back, compressing Millwall's attacking space with tight movements.

As for the offense, I won't talk much about it.

Benitez didn't even talk about attack, and strengthening the defence would have to sacrifice the attack, and he could only hope that the players could perform well on the field and spontaneously play counter-attacks to break Millwall's goal.

In fact, Benitez is aiming for just a draw.

It is very impractical to beat Millwall at Neil Stadium, the other 18 teams in the Premier League have not done it, Liverpool is not the special one, and it is only a matter of luck to win.

Benitez didn't want to do that either.

Any capable manager in the world wants to be able to control the game, rather than pinning the victory on illusory luck, but Benitez does not admit that Millwall is too strong, the league has not been defeated so far, and the Champions League can also play quite well.

Liverpool's players are confident.

The Liverpool players don't think about tactics or anything like that, and they were impressed with the last time they played Millwall, in the 15th round of the league, and they relied on their defence to keep Millwall at bay.

Millwall were also strong at the time, but they couldn't find the Liverpool goal and couldn't even find a decent chance.

Now against Millwall, it is only necessary to follow the experience of the last meeting and limit Millwall with a tough defense.

The offense is handed over to capable teammates!

Like, Gerald!

Steven Gerrard is the soul of Liverpool, he can always help Liverpool turn the tide at key moments, the coach does not have much attacking arrangement, but with Gerrard on the field, they are confident to beat Millwall.

Liverpool's fighting spirit is there, but what they don't know is that even manager Benitez only attributed the victory to luck.

And their luck is very average, even a little bad!

Only Zhang Yang knows this.

The night before the match, Zhang Yang used 'Word Divination' to check the prospect of the match, and Millwall's luck was 'Xiao Ji'.

'Xiao Ji' is not as good as 'Da Ji', and it is not bad.

On the contrary, Liverpool's luck is almost a 'little murderer', and if you want to rely on the luck of the 'little murderer' to beat Millwall, you can only dream of it, and Millwall has been invincible at the beginning of the game.

Then Millwall proved with his performance that Liverpool's so-called experience is also something that 'expired half a year ago'.

In half a year, Millwall has changed a lot.

Half a year ago, Millwall would have felt a lot of headaches in the face of Liverpool's tight defense, but now it is different, the whole team is experienced in facing dense defence.

In addition, the ability of the players has also improved a lot.

Players such as Jamie Vardy, Livermore and Simpson have all become much more sophisticated, especially Vardy, who scored twice against AC Milan in the Champions League, which gave him confidence in himself.

The biggest improvement is still Braniff.

With the help of the effect of 'Verbal Spirit', Braniff's foot skills have improved rapidly, and his dribbling ability has reached the top level, not to mention the strongest in the world.

In the face of AC Milan's solid defence, Braniff is still a little difficult to play, and Liverpool's defense is completely different.

Braniff is all on the show!

From the first minute of the game, the stadium seemed to be a stage for Braniff's performance, Gerrard, Kaladze, Hyypia, Liverpool's big men, the core defenders, could not stop Braniff's footsteps, he was always able to make consecutive breakthroughs, and then either find opportunities for himself or give them to his teammates.

Braniff is like a meat grinder, smashing Liverpool's defence to pieces!

In the face of Braniff, who can embroider with skills at his feet, Liverpool has some rough defense, and there is no way at all, they did not expect that Braniff would be so strong, nor did they expect that he would face an opponent with world-class foot skills.

Liverpool's goal was cleared in the 27th minute.

Just before the goal was completed, the Sky Sports commentator was still analyzing, "Liverpool's defense is dangerous. Branifer was so good, he continued to dribble the ball, Liverpool didn't seem to have much to do, and if it continued like this, it was only a matter of time before Millwall scored. ”

Then Millwall scored.

After Braniff dribbled the ball and crossed to Simpson, Simpson pressed the penalty line and met the ball with a cold shot.

This time, Reyna couldn't react well and couldn't make the first save.

The football flies straight into the goal.

"Simpson! Simpson! Mike Johnson shouted excitedly on the stadium broadcast, "Simpson broke the Liverpool door with a powerful shot!" ”

"1 to 0!"

"Millwall are ahead of Liverpool!"

"Very beautiful! Simpson! Maybe it's been a long time since we've seen Simpson score, but now he's once again showing his superb footwork and scoring the ball accurately from outside the box! ”

"In the crucial game, Simpson helped the team again!"

After analyzing the goal, the "Sky Sports" commentator paid more attention to Braniff, "Maybe next, Liverpool should think about how to limit Braniff's points, otherwise they are about to become defenseless......"