This is the first league game of the new season.

Millwall's Community Shield win over Chelsea disappointed many media outlets who hoped Millwall's 'results slipped', and many wanted to see Millwall's form in the league.

Portsmouth are one of three promoted teams, but they should not be treated as exactly promotion, as Portsmouth are regulars in the Premier League and have finished seventh in the league, but it was only a season mistake that led to a drop to the second division, and they immediately re-entered the top flight as first place.

After a successful return to the Premier League, Portsmouth have kept a low profile, with their manager being an old acquaintance of flamboyant football, the veteran of English football, Redknapp.

Zhang Yang has a good relationship with Redknapp, and they often contact each other in private.

Millwall and Portsmouth are not at all hateful in history, or the two teams are actually strangers, and it is not a big deal to really meet in the Premier League.

However, many media outlets are expecting Portsmouth.

Millwall's results are so good that they have reached the point of 'the enemy of the world', as long as Millwall does not support the media, they hope that Millwall will lose and play badly, and Portsmouth will naturally be expected to beat Millwall.

According to the logic of some media, Manchester United, the 'most promising champions', has drawn, and Millwall will definitely lose!

Portsmouth is not an easy team to deal with, absolutely not from the perspective of promotion horses, last season they were in the Championship, can be described as a sweep, Sunderland, who has always been the 'Championship hegemon', can only be relegated to second place in the league, Portsmouth's results are also quite good, they locked in the qualification six rounds in advance.

Despite being re-promoted to the Premier League, veteran coach Redknapp has always been a consistent style of leading the team, and Portsmouth has not made any big moves in the transfer market, but chairman Lauren's prediction that Portsmouth will finish in the top four of the league sounds very exaggerated.

The media's analysis of Portsmouth's strength is positive, and they believe that Portsmouth will struggle to finish in the top four, but it is not an exaggeration to aim for a top-six finish, and Portsmouth have this level of quality.

The first game was the best test.

In the past two seasons, Millwall have been the hegemon of the Premier League, and have been sweeping the Premier League, and won the 'treble' title last season.

The media isn't just hopeful, they give advice to Portsmouth.

In the Community Shield, Millwall's two goals were scored by full-backs, and many media thought they knew Millwall's style of play in detail, and they kept reminding Portsmouth, "You must defend the wings!" ”

"The side lane must be limited!"

"Whether it's Pire, Maxey, Simpson, all Millwall wide players, as long as they are plugged in, they must be restricted!"

“……”

The voice of the media can almost sum it up, "Portsmouth must come on!" It's going to make Millwall lose! ”

Hope is hope, reality is reality.

In terms of the outcome of the game, most of the media are still optimistic about Millwall, in the old Chinese saying, Millwall occupies 'the right time, the right place, and the right people', and all three aspects of it.

Millwall is stronger.

Millwall have just beaten Chelsea to win the Community Shield and will surely be very motivated.

Millwall are also playing at home.

In addition, Millwall has a full lineup, unlike Manchester United, who are full of injuries at the start of the game.

"Manchester Sport" also said in its opening report, "Millwall should not have much suspense in the first leg against Portsmouth. Portsmouth are highly anticipated, but after all, they were not in the Premier League last season and are completely unfamiliar with Millwall's style of play. In addition, Millwall are also playing at home, and there is no reason why they would lose to the promoted horses! ”

The outside media reports made Zhang Yang feel very sad, and he was a little nostalgic for the time two years ago, when Millwall met a game, and the outside world was optimistic about the opponent.

Millwall were able to win in a very low-key manner.

Now it's different, the situation is completely reversed, leading the team to win the game seems to be taken for granted, and a draw or loss is considered an upset.

Zhang Yang thinks it's better to be 'not famous', it becomes normal to win with fame, but it becomes abnormal to lose.

He kind of understands the feelings of coaching a big club.

Although Millwall can't be called a giant, no matter how good the team is, it has become a matter of course, and it is no wonder that the requirements of the system task will be to break the unbeaten record, in this case, it seems that winning the top four in the league, the top three, and even the championship seems to have become a 'natural' thing, breaking the unbeaten record is different, before no other team breaks the record again, it will be recorded forever, whenever the fans mention it, they must talk about Millwall.

That's glory!

The outside world's optimism will also make the opponent full of fighting spirit, Zhang Yang understands Redknapp, he knows that Redknapp will lead the team, and will definitely not lack fighting spirit, when the outside world thinks that Millwall will win, Portsmouth players will not be willing to fail, and become a stepping stone for Millwall to get off to a good start in the league.

Zhang Yang is also worried that the team will underestimate the enemy, and the ideological work must be done well.

"If I were the Portsmouth manager, I would have made a big fuss out of those reports and let everyone in the team know!"

"That's right! No one outside is looking at us! No! Not a single one! Zhang Yang said and waved his arms vigorously, "What will happen then?" As you can imagine, yes, they must have wanted to win. They will do their best and cannot lose no matter what! ”

"That's what I'm going to tell you. In football, it is never a matter of strength that you will win. Got to see Manchester United play? They can hold on for 90 minutes, and as long as they can sneak a goal, they have a chance to win, and even if they can't sneak a sneak attack, they can draw. Then they won! For them, a point is a victory. ”

"So I'm going to tell you that you have to be serious, we're going to have to defend hard, we're going to have a lot of tough builds, it's very difficult to score, so we have to take every opportunity! If you can score, you can score more! We're going to break them down with goals. ”

Looking at the determined eyes of the players, Zhang Yang felt that what he said was almost done, and also emphasized the last point, "This is our new tactic, the first time to use it in an official game, I don't know what will happen, no one knows, but I hope the tactics will have an effect." ”

"With the new tactics, our offensive ability has improved. It's not just the first round of the league, it's a test for us as well. ”

"I don't want to see anyone slack off in the game, so you don't have to play in the next game!"

'You should all know that there are no absolute players and substitutes in the team, and there is a lot of competition for every position. If you don't want to give others a chance, you have to work hard to perform! ”

Zhang Yang's expression was very stern in the end, he hoped to use words to fierce players, use intra-team competition to stimulate the fighting spirit of players, no player wants to lose his position, especially Millwall has a good prospect, a championship team to play the main and substitute, the difference is still very big.

Zhang Yang believes that this is a very effective means.

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Portsmouth dressing room.

The old coach Redknapp was doing what he was talking about, but he didn't take advantage of the newspaper, because he already had a lot of prestige, and he pointed out the window, "Look at the fans outside, do you hear these shouts?" It's all for Millwall! ”

"Millwall are number one in the league, they are the 'treble', the fans support them, the media praise them. Everybody says Millwall will win! ”

"It's the first race of the new season and we're just a promoted team! So, it's a pity...... We were ignored! Ignored by the media, ignored by the fans! Even our own fans don't think there's any hope for the game! There are not a few fans who came to London with us! ”

"Nobody takes us seriously!"

Redknapp's voice was sonorous, "I admit that Millwall are very good, they won the League Cup and the Champions League last season undefeated, but football is not about strength! Even if it's an amateur league team, it's normal to win a big club! And we are still a Premier League team, if we concede defeat away from home, is it too lacking in self-confidence? You tell me, who wants to throw in the towel? Who doesn't want to win? ”

Of course not.

"That's right, you all want to win! We're going to go and prove that it's not that easy to beat us! We are not tools to get people off to a good start, we are not weak lambs! We, Portsmouth, are also a strong team! ”

"We're here to prove it! Now, go on the field and let everyone see! It's not like everyone else says we're going to be defeated by Milvo! ”

When the Portsmouth players heard this, they immediately walked out of the dressing room with high morale, ready for a big battle with Millwall.

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Zhang Yang and Redknapp's ideological work is considered to have been done well, and when they arrived on the court, the two seemed to be affected, and there were some sparks in their eyes when they looked at each other.

After sitting in their respective positions, the two sides waited for the game to start without any communication.

Portsmouth has a good fighting spirit.

At the beginning of the game, they put on the appearance of a big battle, the fight on the field was fierce, and the attack was also very resolute.

Portsmouth's almost sweeping attitude in the Championship last season seemed to give the players the illusion of a 'strong team', and when they played against Millwall, they had a strong fighting spirit and enthusiasm.

The fighting spirit and enthusiasm gave them the motivation to play the game, hoping that the first round could give the champion team a head-on blow, and when it came to the game, they were fighting and running aggressively, constantly looking for opportunities, and seemed to want the game to follow their rhythm immediately.

But the game wasn't what it looked like.

A lot of games are not hard work to have an advantage, they have been working hard, but the game is not in their hands at all, the initiative is still Millwall, compared to Portsmouth, Millwall single player is stronger, with a lot of subtlety to play, and good at rhythm control, driven by the new formation of play, the pace of the game has become very fast.

Portsmouth didn't think it at first, thinking that the team's active scrambling had accelerated the tempo, but after several waves of fast attacks in a row, Millwall played out, they found out that something was wrong.

At this time, the situation gap is manifested.

Millwall's attack was very fast, it was not a counterattack, it was a normal attack, but wave after wave, which made Portsmouth feel breathless, and at the same time, the fans watching the game were enthusiastic.

"Millwall's offense is too fast!"

"Millwall launched a continuous offensive, and their attack was like a raging storm! Once, once, in just three minutes, he completed four attacks! And two more shots! ”

"Portsmouth's goal, it seems like it could be breached at any moment!"

“……”

The media finally had time to talk about Millwall's style of play, and "Sky Sports" commentator Paul Scott analyzed, "We can see that Millwall has a three-back formation in this game, from a defensive point of view, they are three backs, two backs, plus three midfielders, two forwards, this is the style of play of 352, Millwall has always been a back four last season, but there were changes in the first game of this season......

"If you have fans who watched the match played by BJ in China at the beginning of August, it was a match between Millwall and Barcelona, when Millwall used the 352 formation, and now they use this formation again, Zhang Yang probably wants the team to adapt to the new formation."

"Last season, Millwall's 'dual-core' parallel position play was quite surprising, and they almost swept the Premier League and even the Champions League with their 'dual-core' style of play.

The narrator is looking forward to it.

Other media and fans also have a lot of expectations, Millwall must think that the new formation can play better, the 'double core' play is good enough, how good?

They can't imagine it.

Ten minutes into the game, many people could already see something, the most obvious being Millwall's attacking pace.

Fast!

It's fast!

Every time I advance normally, I play like a counterattack, and such a fast attacking tempo, even when Arsenal plays fluently, it is difficult to compare.

Sky Sports commentator Paul Scott exclaimed, "Millwall went on a pretty fast attack!" Each time it was like launching a quick counterattack. But we can see that every single one is a normal attack. It is worth noting that they have increased the forward pass, and the ball seems to pass from the back to the front of the penalty area with a few passes. ”

"With such a quick attack, Portsmouth's goal is a bit dangerous......