Away team dressing room at the stadium.

One by one Manchester United players were doing their own things in the room, some were sitting on the benches drinking water, some were relaxing listening to music, some were standing at the window looking out the window, and a few players were talking about something, but they also deliberately kept their voices down, not wanting to break the silence in the room.

The dreary atmosphere was suffocating.

When the door was pushed open, manager Alex Ferguson walked into the room, not even whispering, and everyone else looked over, but no one dared to look into Ferguson's eyes, all of them half-bowed their heads, like children who had done something wrong.

That's the attitude that most United players have towards Ferguson, not just the youngsters, but even big players like Paul Scholes and Ruud van Nistelrooy.

In front of Ferguson, they were just children.

Some may not think so, but they are all gone, there will be no one to challenge Ferguson's majesty in the United squad, and those 'rebellious' children, such as the 'disobedient' David Beckham, will have to leave in the end.

That's where United manager Alex Ferguson stands.

Every Manchester United player is worried, they are not worried about the game, even if Manchester United are the top club in England, there are times when they fall behind, they are worried about Ferguson's roar.

Ferguson was certainly not happy with the game!

It's rare for Ferguson to say 'you have to win' before a game because Manchester United are going to win, they're the top club in England and the goal is to win every season and win every game is a must.

It had happened before this game, and that meant that Ferguson was angry.

The war of words between the opposing young coach and Alex Ferguson is something that is clear to anyone, and the media is never stingy with reporting, as long as you follow the media of the game, you can find the news from their pages.

Manchester United players deeply admire the young manager of the other side, let alone now, even if they retire and leave Manchester United one day to really coach a team, when they meet Manchester United, they do not dare to engage in a 'war of words' with Ferguson, and those who have not experienced the strength of the old Jazz will probably never understand that feeling.

Right now, for example, Ferguson is just standing there, not a single Manchester United player dares to say anything, not even whispering to each other, they are like prisoners who have accepted their fate, waiting for the final judgment.

"Don't roar!"

"Don't roar!"

A lot of players are thinking about it, they don't want to hear a big roar in their ears.

But I don't know how long it took for the roar that shook the eardrums to come, "I don't know what you all did!" Is this still Manchester United! ”

This bland voice was mixed with angry words, but it made many players breathe a sigh of relief.

A lot of players know Ferguson, and when Ferguson yells in a 'no dirty words' tone, it doesn't continue to erupt, it's just a tone to vent their frustration and show that the situation is not too bad.

Most of the players were unnoticed, and they exhaled lightly.

"Escaped!" Even big players such as Cristiano Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney, and Ruan van Nistelrooy think so.

But there is one person who thinks otherwise, that is, the starting left wing-back Fletcher, in the first half of the game, Manchester United's attack was ineffective, and it had a lot to do with the blockage of the attack on the left side, and he was mostly responsible, in addition, Millwall's goal was obtained after he was cut off.

If the worst performers are selected, it is estimated that even Manchester United fans will vote for themselves.

Fletcher still kept his head down, and for more than ten seconds, the corner of his eye noticed the gaze of the staring eyes, and suddenly his cheeks seemed to be blown by the wind, and he felt a little unable to stand up straight.

He was scared.

It was nothing to lose face in front of his teammates, and what he feared most was Ferguson's disappointed eyes.

And also...... Discourse!

But in the end, Ferguson didn't say anything, and began to analyze the first half of the game, reminding some Millwall of defensive targeting and defensive coordination problems.

In the second half, United needed to attack with a sense of purpose.

As long as each player knows where the holes in the opponent's defense are, so that the attack can be more targeted, even if God is behind Millwall, the opponent will not be able to hold the goal.

————

Ferguson was certainly not happy with Fletcher's performance, but will keep him on the pitch.

Ferguson is bullish on Fletcher.

Fletcher was promoted to the first team last season and began to gradually become a green leaf to assist Roy Keane, and in the process he also learned a lot of useful skills from Roy Keane, and he has grown a lot.

This season is an important period for Manchester United's transition, and Ferguson hopes that Fletcher can reach his potential and grow thoroughly, even if there are some twists and turns in the middle, such as Fletcher's poor performance, he will give Fletcher more chances.

It was Ferguson's decision.

There has been a lot of pressure on Fletcher from the outside world, such as his occasional mistakes, and even the Manchester media have constantly criticized his performances.

The 11th round of the league was a pivotal one, as Manchester United and Middlesbrough played an uneventful game, but in the end United lost 3-1, and after the game, Roy Keane, who captained the team, named and criticized some of the young players in the team after the game, mainly criticizing Darren Fletcher.

The incident also became the trigger for Roy Keane to leave Manchester United.

Manchester United are very depressed, if they and Millwall before the big game, pull back the opponent five points, indicating that there is no possibility of recovery after winning, fortunately, Millwall drew with Tottenham, the difference between the two teams was narrowed to three.

Eventually, before the game against Millwall, Roy Keane left.

During the whole process, the pressure that Fletcher has to face can be imagined, Fletcher is under pressure in this game, Ferguson hopes that Fletcher can maintain a stable performance, but the requirements for him are not high, as long as he plays normally.

There is actually a reason why Ferguson is so supportive of Fletcher.

The internal reason is that Ferguson is really optimistic about Fletcher's potential, and the external reasons are also very important, Fletcher is a representative player in Manchester United's academy, and Manchester United has not produced any talent in the youth academy in recent years, Manchester United's young talent: Wayne Rooney is from Everton; C-Ronaldo is a Lisbon talent; Even Saha, Smith and others were brought in from the transfer market at a high cost by Manchester United, so Fletcher is a representative player, and his success is very significant to Manchester United's academy.

In addition, the doubts of the outside world are also a big driving force, Ferguson has always been a 'stubborn' old man, when he decides about something, it is difficult for the outside world to say anything to shake his mind, on the contrary, he wants to prove his vision even more.

Everyone says that Arsene Wenger is the best at cultivating young talents, but two thousand years ago, the only thing that can be mentioned is Ferguson, who single-handedly cultivated the 'Manchester United 92 Golden Generation', the so-called Arsenal talents, compared to the 'Manchester United 92 Golden Generation', they can't even touch the tail.

In the new century, when everyone talks about young players, they can think of their old rival Arsene Wenger.

Ferguson was unhappy about this.

Of course, this last point is just Ferguson's inner thoughts, and he himself will never admit it.

————

Home team dressing room.

Zhang Yang is also emphasizing the details to be paid attention to in the game.

At the same time, he also reminded the players again that the gap between the individual abilities of the two sides was highlighted, emphasizing some details that need to be paid attention to, such as "one-on-one do not make easy moves", "prevent C-Ronaldo from cutting inside", "central defenders should make up for defense in time", "defense must be tight in the penalty area" and other details that need attention.

These were all occasional problems in the first half, and each one posed a certain amount of danger.

For Millwall, most of the energy in the second half was still on defense, because there is a huge gap in strength between Millwall and Manchester United.

Zhang Yang also likes to attack, but only if the team can win.

If you don't score a goal, it doesn't make sense, you have to defend constantly if you want to win, and the game is dull to defend all the time, but you have to give something to win.

Soon the second half will begin.

The players of the two teams stood in the tunnel again, without any conversation with each other, in fact, the players on both sides were strangers, Millwall did not have any big stars, and the only one who could be called a star was Smitchell, who was still a Czech player, and had no personal friendship with Manchester United's stars.

Zhang Yang pulled at the back of the line.

The same goes for Ferguson.

The two met again, and the reporters in the back row immediately kept taking pictures, and the cameras raised their equipment, ready to shoot the 'hot' scene.

Unfortunately, no.

Zhang Yang and Ferguson both had cold faces, neither of them looked at the other, and completely regarded the other as air.

Such a tacit approach disappointed the reporters.

Finally the second half of the game began.

Zhang Yang sat in the dugout, staring at the game carefully, and it was obvious that Manchester United had increased the cooperation on the left side.

It's a targeted play.

Manchester United's left midfielder is still Fletcher, Ferguson did not choose to replace him, but Scholes began to run left and right, Scholes, Fletcher, plus Alan Smith, the combination of the three midfielders is enough to form a huge attacking threat.

Millwall, however, could not divert the focus of the defense, and Zhang Yang emphasized this point, "No matter what the opponent does, we stick to the original defensive strategy. ”

This seems to be to prevent accidents.

Zhang Yang knows even more how terrifying an unrestricted C-Ronaldo is. Fletcher, Alan Smith, plus half of Scholes?

No, not at all!

One C-Ronaldo is enough to complete the goal!

Even if Manchester United continue to attack from the left, if Millwall shifts the defensive center, they can easily look for opportunities on the right side, and if Cristiano Ronaldo is allowed to easily combine with Ruud van Nistelrooy and Rooney in front, the goal will be the same as without a goalkeeper.

The outside world can also see the threat of Manchester United's attack, "Sky Sports" commentator Kevin Bullard analyzed, "Manchester United has made some tactical adjustments to Millwall's defense, and their adjustments are very targeted, and we can predict that Millwall will not ......be easy to play in the second half."

Millwall fans are worried, too.

The vast majority of fans are unprofessional, they don't know what tactical targeting, and what they can clearly see is that Manchester United's attacking efficiency is higher.

In the first five minutes of the second half, United made two dangerous shots on goal.

In the first half, Millwall also played very passively, defending most of the time, but at that time, United's attack did not create such a frequent threat, and the attack only hit the edge of the box, and it was difficult to break forward.

Now they are always worried that the football will fly into the goal.

This is true on the field.

Manchester United played a smooth game, so that Millwall was not easy to respond effectively for a while, as a result, Manchester United played more and more fluently, easily got one opportunity after another, and then the Manchester United players played better, and Millwall's goal looked dangerous.

Zhang Yang had already frowned.

Despite anticipating a difficult second half, he didn't expect United to perform so well.

At halftime, Zhang Yang reminded some defensive details, but in the face of the huge strength of the two sides, those reminders seemed meaningless.

Manchester United's cooperation will not be too smooth, they are not very technical players, and there are still some gaps between the Serie A giants AC Milan, La Liga giants Barcelona and other teams, and the smooth cooperation is also prone to mistakes, but under Manchester United's overwhelming technical advantage, mistakes don't matter at all, they can quickly get back after conceding the goal.

Zhang Yang is worried that the football will appear in the goal in the next moment.

This moment still appeared!

In the 61st minute of the game, Zhang Yang hurriedly reminded Joey Healy not to let C-Ronaldo easily get up on the side, Joey Healy nodded in response, but it didn't work at all, C-Ronaldo showed amazing explosiveness, he shook off Joey Healy in an instant, and then found Van Nilly in the penalty area with a mid-distance pass, Van Nilly squeezed Darren Ward and kicked the ball into the goal.

"The ball is in!"

“Goal！ Goal！ Fanny! ”

The Sky Sports commentator was Kevin Bullard who chanted, "Ruud van Nistelrooy helped Manchester United equalise!" The two teams are back on the same page! ”

————

Seeing Van Nistelrooy finish the goal, Zhang Yang's face was full of wry smiles.

With 'foresight' in hand, he judged the goal in advance, but in a different way: in the 'foresight' judgment, Joey Healy was not broken by Cristiano Ronaldo, but he did not step forward to stop the opponent's pass, and then Ruud van Nistelrooy scored with a header.

Zhang Yang reminded Joey Healy that he changed the 'future' slightly, C-Ronaldo broke through Joey Healy, kicked a more accurate pass, and directly found Ruud van Nistelrooy, who was changed in the game, so that Zhang Yang didn't have time to use 'follow his words', he could only watch Van Nirney hit the ball into the goal.

What can be done?

In fact, this is the strength gap between the two sides!

Millwall's lineup is so poor, no matter which position the two sides have, there is no comparison, and Fletcher, who is the worst performer in Manchester United's team, has more technical ability than Josh Simpson, not to mention C-Ronaldo, Van Nistelrooy, etc., the world's top players.

Is it to blame Joey Healy for not defending Cristiano Ronaldo?

If Joey Healy could have done it, he wouldn't have been paid just £13,000 a week.

The same applies to Darren Ward.

This is the helplessness of the difference in strength, although the defensive tactics formulated by the team are not bad, but when Manchester United made a targeted arrangement and the whole team played its strength, Millwall was still breached.

In front of big stars such as Cristiano Ronaldo and Ruud van Nistelrooy, Millwall's players are a little too immature.

Manchester United are already celebrating the goal.

Ruud van Nistelrooy raised his arms and hugged his team-mates excitedly, and the United fans who came to Neil Stadium also began to shout and celebrate the goal, and it was clear that the goal made United breathe a long sigh of relief, and now they are equalised.

It was a very important goal.

Millwall defended well, taking the lead in the first half, and the Reds were attacking from the start of the second half, and if they didn't find the back of the net in a short period of time, they would be in a very dangerous phase.

Thankfully, Ruud van Nistelrooy opened the scoring and the situation was opened.

The next game will be much easier against Manchester United, who will play easily without the pressure of the score, while Millwall will lose the goal advantage and the situation will become more passive.

Many people feel that Manchester United are already in sight of victory.

When United have one goal, the second will be soon.

Journalists in the media gallery, including football commentators watching the game, said that Millwall was already quite good to be able to lead Manchester United for a while, but it was too difficult to beat Manchester United.

The next time will certainly belong to Manchester United.

Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson also thought so, and the reason why he did not roar at half-time was also because he had confidence in Manchester United.

The difference in strength between the two teams is too obvious.

With such a gap, as long as Manchester United plays normally, Millwall has little chance to speak of.

The next game, as most imagined. Manchester United continued to attack Millwall, wave after wave of attacks, which made people feel suffocated, and Manchester United continued to create threats, and Millwall's goal seemed to be breached at any time.

Such a passive game made Millwall fans start to worry.

In the gap between the games, the TV cameras also frequently pointed to the Millwall coach's box, and many people wanted to see what kind of expression and attitude the young Chinese coach who 'has always been relaxed' would have when the scene fell into complete passivity.

Then they saw that Millwall was ready for a substitution!

Jody Morris and Braniff went to warm up at the same time, and "Sky Sports" commentator Kevin Bullard said a little strangely, "Zhang Yang is planning to replace the two in one go?" ”

Millwall chose to replace the two, and the adjustment was a bit bigger.

'In Millwall's format, they should have opted to bring on a defender to strengthen the defence, and Jody Morris and Braniff were a bit of a fit.

Many people have analyzed.

Two minutes later, Millwall signalled for a substitution: Kevin Braniff up, Josh Simpson down.

"What does that mean?" A lot of people don't understand it.