Sunderland's home game against Millwall was spent in stoppage time amid 'boos' as the home fans couldn't bear the scoreline, not just losing the game, they lost face completely.

At the end of the game, Zhang Yang greeted the players with a smile on his face and gave everyone a compliment.

This is a flamboyant habit.

After a 90-minute battle, every player will feel tired, and whether they win the game or not, they deserve recognition as long as they have worked hard.

After that, Zhang Yang shook hands with McCarthy.

The two are not familiar.

Last season's two meetings between Sunderland and Millwall, both in the first half of the season before Christmas, were the first time the two teams met each other, and they didn't meet at the press conference, but now they are really facing each other.

McCarthy looked bitter.

The two represented Millwall and Sunderland respectively, but there was no grudge in private, and they were both more sincere when shaking hands, McCarthy said the truth with a wry smile, "This is our first match, and it will be the last of the season." ”

Zhang Yang was a little embarrassed.

He understood what McCarthy was talking about, but he didn't know how to answer, so he said "I'm sorry"?

You don't need to apologize for winning the game.

The two only said this sentence and walked into the players' tunnel, McCarthy went directly to the press conference, and Zhang Yang tacitly went to the locker room so as not to meet at the venue.

That would only cheapen the media.

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McCarthy's Sunderland coaching career is over.

There was a lot of chaos at Sunderland that day, both internally and externally, starting with thousands of Sunderland fans gathering in front of the club to express their displeasure with the team's poor results.

There have also been high-level meetings within Sunderland.

It is unclear what the meeting will be, but at 9 o'clock that night, Sunderland FC held a press conference and announced that "due to the team's poor results, the head coach McCarthy, who has been in charge of the team for three consecutive seasons, has been sacked, and the rest of the Premier League games will be completed by the team's appointed acting coach." ”

At this point, McCarthy's Sunderland coaching career came to an end.

After the next day's Premier League round, half of the media was about Sunderland, Sunderland is just a small club, and among the 20 teams in the Premier League, it is only the bottom of the promotion team, which generally does not receive much attention, but the seven-goal loss at home, plus the dismissal of the manager, is enough to attract everyone's attention.

Many media analyzed the reason for McCarthy's dismissal, and they all regarded Millwall's big win as the 'fuse'.

"If it weren't for this game, McCarthy would have lasted until after Christmas."

McCarthy was solid in the summer.

Although Sunderland's results in the past few rounds of games are not good, McCarthy is the hero who led the team to promotion after all, Sunderland is not able to complete the promotion by returning to the Championship, and the competition in the Championship is also very fierce, and it is quite a good result to lead the team to complete the promotion.

Many Sunderland fans also see McCarthy as a hero.

With such a result, as long as McCarthy does not make a big mistake in coaching, it is no big problem to continue to stay in Sunderland, but unfortunately Sunderland's results are too poor, they are no longer as simple as the bottom of the rankings, and it is unacceptable for anyone to get only one point in seven league games.

What the Sunderland players said in an interview after the game also confirmed the statement that 'the match between Millwall and Sunderland was the fuse for McCarthy's dismissal', or to put it another way, "Zhang Yang is the direct promoter of McCarthy's dismissal!" ”

Many Sunderland players were interviewed and openly expressed their dissatisfaction with McCarthy, "I always felt that the strength of the team was similar to Millwall, but we lost seven goals at home, and we didn't know how the game was played, so it felt like the other side was scoring all the time, and we didn't seem to be competing with promoted horses in the same class, but against a world giant that was impossible to resist!" ”

"I can't believe it's just Millwall."

'We also played Millwall twice last season and we won both games, home and away!'

'The only thing I can think of is that Millwall have changed managers and we haven't.

“……”

None of the above statements are named, but the goalkeeper Davies, who has been pierced seven times and has been hit seven times, can't care so much, he just said, "I think the reason for the big loss is that Millwall have better tactics and we don't. They played better, we played chaotic and a lot of people were out of shape. ”

'I don't think it's a personal problem for the players, when a team doesn't have the fighting spirit, the reason can only be attributed to the manager!'

"McCarthy is a good coach, but if Zhang Yang were to coach Sunderland, it would be a different landscape!"

"That's all I have to say!"

When Sunderland's players were interviewed and vaguely expressed their dissatisfaction with manager McCarthy, the media naturally said, "Zhang Yang drove McCarthy away." ”

It's interesting.

Zhang Yang is the head coach of Millwall, and McCarthy is the head coach of Sunderland, and the two can only be said to be peers, but Zhang Yang has affected McCarthy's position.

However, Zhang Yang is still very low-key.

In an interview the next day, Mr. Zhang expressed regret over McCarthy's departure, "I don't want to see this outcome." Yesterday's game we had a good player but it's just a league game, any team has good times and bad times and Millwall was the same because yesterday it was just a good time. ”

'Our goal is to stay relegated and get three more points, so for us it's the same to win by one goal as it is to win by seven.

"For McCarthy, I can only bless him."

“……”

Zhang Yang's words made the reporters very helpless.

The reporters who came to interview have been accustomed to Zhang Yang's low-key, every time he asked Millwall, Zhang Yang would emphasize that 'Millwall's goal is relegation', but Millwall played a very good result, which is not what a relegation team should have.

Reporters all feel that "Millwall's goal is to be in the top six" is normal, and no matter how bad it is, it can be ranked in the middle of the league.

Zhang Yang said 'seven to 0 and one to zero', and the reporters scoffed: How did Millwall not know that his men were merciful during yesterday's game? One goal, another goal, until the end of the game, Millwall was still trying to score.

But the media didn't care.

Millwall's big win gave them something to report: big news for Sunderland and a hat-trick for Braniff.

Much of the media reported on Braniff, who made five appearances, scored six goals, rose to the top of the scorers' charts and was immediately considered a 'rising striker talent'.

After this round, there was a lot of hype everywhere.

Braniff has become the focus of media reports, and many experts and celebrities have come forward to comment on Braniff's performance, and various coaches have come forward to express their appreciation for Braniff.

Many media also regretted that Braniff is a Northern Irish player, and even if he shines and becomes the world's top striker, he will not be able to make the England team.

The full name of the United Kingdom is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, which is composed of four parts, they are: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, the four regions can be called countries, and they also have their own governments and laws, but they are managed by the British government, and the four regions also have their own football associations.

Braniff is a Northern Ireland player, a player under the Northern Ireland Football Association, and no matter how good he is, he can only play for Northern Ireland.

In fact, even if the policy allows, players from other regions will not join the England team.

Britain is not monolithic.

Each of the four regions has its own historical contradictions, and even hatred for each other, and each region has 'separatist parties', which represent the mood of the people.

For example, in the eyes of the Scotlands, there is no difference between England and France, and even France is more friendly, so their players will not join the England team, which is no different from treason.

The same goes for Northern Ireland.

Although Northern Ireland are the weakest teams in the four regions, Northern Ireland's players will only join their own country's team.

In the media praise of Braniff, Millwall did not have much time to reminisce about the big win, with the Carabao Cup just around the corner and the Premier League schedule getting a little more intense.

Just four days later, Millwall were in the eighth round of the league.

Millwall's opponent in this round is Manchester City, which is still an away game, and when it comes to Manchester, many people can think of Manchester United.

Manchester City are Manchester United's sworn enemies.

Manchester City, also a Manchester team, have a much worse record than Manchester United.

Over the past few seasons, they have been plagued by financial problems, finishing in the middle of the league every season, and sometimes even fighting for relegation.

In the last round, Millwall beat Sunderland by seven goals, and many people in this round also felt that Millwall's win over Manchester City was not a problem.

But professional football isn't that simple.

Chelsea could have won the league title without playing in the league just by competing for quality and results: their squad is the most luxurious, a little more luxurious than Manchester United, and they have the best results in the past, with seven consecutive wins.

Zhang Yang prepared for the game, but the result of "word and spirit divination" was not good, and there was only a "fierce" evaluation, which represented the team's bad luck, and the lineup took into account the physical fitness of the whole team, and only sent some of the main players to play, Simpson, Smitchell, and other players including Wes Morgan were all rotated, and it is conceivable how much strength a set of semi-substitute lineups can have.

There is no way around it.

Millwall's bench depth is so poor that the main players are not iron-clad and cannot always play, and the substitutes also have to be rotated.

But the result was barely acceptable.

At the end of the 90-minute contest, Millwall and Manchester City played to a 1-1 draw, an away game, with a semi-substitute lineup, and only six stars and four points, it is acceptable to play a draw.

Although it was only a draw, this one rested many of the main players. When the players are rested, their fitness is much better and their performance is much more consistent.

That's all good.

After the game, Zhang Yang smiled and shook hands with the opposing manager, and said at the press conference, "Football is like this, there are wins and losses, and I am happy with the draw." It's a relief to end the winning streak and I'm sure the team will get better and better in the future." ”

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