Super Prophecy Master

Chapter 462 Chinese players and wishful thinking

After the draw ceremony, looking at the final results of the matchup table, many media sighed, "Manchester United's luck is really good!"

Sporting Lisbon is recognized as the weakest team. They still have a few main players who cannot play. Whichever team draws Sporting Lisbon is almost equivalent to entering the semi-finals of the Champions League with one foot.

The three teams in England were also very lucky. They all managed to avoid opponents from the same country. They played against Sporting Lisbon, PSV Eindhoven and Valencia respectively, and the opponents they encountered also avoided two. A traditional wealthy family.

If it is bad luck, it is Bayern Munich and AC Milan. When the two teams meet together, it will definitely be a strong dialogue between sparks and the earth, and it will also become the focus of the quarter-finals.

The British media were immediately ecstatic.

This is simply the best result. There is no problem for Manchester United to beat Sporting Lisbon. In terms of Millwall's performance, Eindhoven will not be an opponent. Chelsea led by Mourinho, even if there is some decline this season , but it is still no problem to beat Valencia.

There is not much suspense in the three confrontations.

English football is about to usher in a bumper harvest. There will be three English teams in the top four of the Champions League. The British media is extremely proud. Soon they will also use reports to bring pride to English fans.

Of course, this has nothing to do with Zhang Yang.

As the head coach of Millwall, he has no sense of the honor of English football and only cares about Millwall's opponents.

Eindhoven is indeed a good opponent, how can it be much better than Real Madrid.

Eindhoven beat Arsenal to be promoted, but they just won. Arsenal was a bit unlucky. They encountered a tenacious defense in the away game. Eindhoven's goal also came from a free kick. This opponent still Very good.

Zhang Yang can say with certainty that Millwall has reached the threshold of the semi-finals with one foot.

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After the UEFA Champions League quarter-final draw, the media will conduct interviews with each team.

Millwall is the team to watch.

Many media came to conduct interviews, and the Millwall Club held a special press conference.

Zhang Yang commented on the result of the lottery, euphemistically envious of Manchester United being drawn to Sporting Lisbon, "What a piece of shit luck!"

Manchester United's luck was tied with Millwall before.

Manchester United played against Barcelona in the top [-], and Millwall played against Real Madrid. The two teams were "difficult brothers and sisters". As a result, in the quarterfinals, Manchester United drew an "opponent who is basically sure to lose". millwall.

Eindhoven is not bad, but it is just not bad. Zhang Yang prefers to meet Sporting Lisbon or Valencia. Better luck.

It's innate.

Afterwards Zhang Yang talked about PSV and shared some impressions of the team, but in fact Zhang Yang and Millwall didn’t know much about PSV, and vice versa. There is no record of any match between the two sides. .

However, the excitement of the Chinese media was surprising, and Zhang Yang quickly found out the reason——
Chinese players!

To be exact, it was Sun Xiang.

In January this year, Sun Xiang joined Eindhoven on loan and started his Dutch football career.

Sun Xiang is a well-known player in China. Last year, he was invited by the Premier League club Wigan Athletic to participate in Wigan Athletic's trial training, but he was not accepted.

In December last year, PSV were interested in Sun Xiang, who had tried out before, and asked to loan Sun Xiang to PSV. The parent team Shanghai was not willing to just loan, but wanted PSV to acquire Sun Xiang.

In the end, the two clubs reached an agreement. The Shanghai team was willing to loan Sun Xiang, and PSV would give him a loan fee. The loan period was half a year. After joining PSV Eindhoven, Sun Xiang wore the No. Around June, Sun Xiang was selected for the club in the quarter-finals of the reserve team cup. In the following two weeks, he played a few reserve league matches and was promoted to the first team for the first time at home against Sparta Rotterdam as a substitute player. , but did not get a chance to play.

Since February, Sun Xiang came off the bench in the Eredivisie League and gradually got coach Koeman's newcomer. In the first round of the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals, PSV Eindhoven played against Arsenal at home. Sun Xiang came off the bench in the second half and became The first Chinese player to land in the highest level of competition in Europe.

In the second round that just passed, Sun Xiang started the game and won a set kick for the team in the frontcourt before the end of the game. Mendes made a free throw and Alex assisted the club to complete the goal. In the end, Egypt Indhoven beat Arsenal [-]-[-] on aggregate.

With the set-piece opportunities created, Sun Xiang can be said to be the main contributor to PSV's defeat of Arsenal.

Chinese players can perform so well in the Champions League. No wonder the Chinese media are excited. They interviewed in the hope that Zhang Yang could comment on Sun Xiang's performance.

Zhang Yang was helpless.

In fact, Zhang Yang didn't care about PSV at all, nor did he watch the match between PSV and Arsenal.

The draw for the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League has just ended, and the quarter-finals will start in early April. The team has to prepare for the quarter-finals, and the time is still too early. In addition, he has been busy with the competition recently, and he does not know that Eindhoo Wen has Chinese players and also played in the two legs of the Champions League against Arsenal.

When he heard the news, Zhang Yang suddenly remembered that there seemed to be a Chinese player who had participated in the UEFA Champions League in a team in the Netherlands.

But that's all.

Then there is no special news. As an ordinary fan in his previous life, he only cared about the topics he was interested in. A Chinese player who flashed through the UEFA Champions League like a meteor is not worth paying special attention to.

The player's name is Sun Xiang.

Now that Zhang Yang knows, and only knows, he is completely at a loss as to what Sun Xiang looks like, what kind of performance he has, and even what his technical strength is.

Of course, you can't say that to Chinese journalists.

Zhang Yang coughed a few times, organized his words, and said seriously, "I noticed Sun Xiang, he is a very good player. It can be seen from the game that his skills and experience have reached a certain level , maybe the future is still very promising.”

This is cliché.

The clichés are all general in nature, because the words are "good" and "certain level", there is no concept of certainty, and even the future is "maybe" promising.

But reporters don't think so!
Zhang Yang rarely commented on a player, especially the players from other teams. He hardly ever commented, but now he commented on a Chinese player like this.

Could it be that Zhang Yang valued this player?

Maybe next season, this Chinese player will really join Millwall?
The reporters suddenly boiled over.

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Few people know what Zhang Yang thinks, but it does not prevent media reporters from hyping up the topic.

On the same day, there was news in the British media that 'Zhang Yang is optimistic about a Chinese player', and Wilkinson asked specifically for this, "I checked the information of this player, do you want to contact the Shanghai team in advance, otherwise Eindhoo Win might keep him."

Zhang Yang was stunned.

Wilkinson has always hoped to introduce a Chinese player. Millwall has a Chinese coach and another Chinese player, which can help the team better open up the Chinese market.

The joining of Li Wei before was a publicity gimmick, but Li Wei is still a young player, with strength and labor certification issues, he cannot represent the first team at all.

There is not much difference between such 'Chinese players'.

The Millwall club is planning to loan Li Wei to a low-level league to really experience the last season. If he can show it, he will continue to stay with the team if he has a prospect in the future. Otherwise, he can only consider selling to other league teams.

So Millwall still needs a Chinese player who can represent the first team.

Zhang Yang has no hope for this.

Chinese players represent the Millwall first team?

The circle of Chinese professional players is too small, and there are only a few famous and capable players. It is impossible to invite Millwall to train a young man like Li Wei, which is more realistic than transferring and buying.

Of course, this cannot stop the club’s eagerness to open up the market. All European teams will hope to open up the Chinese market. Millwall has an innate advantage because of its publicity. Many Chinese sponsors have come to Millwall to discuss cooperation.

If the first team can have a Chinese player, there will definitely be more sponsors.

Zhang Yang probably understood Wilkinson's calculations, but he really had no interest in Sun Xiang. In other words, he didn't know Sun Xiang at all, so how could he let Sun Xiang join Millwall.

From a commercial point of view, the club is not within the scope of Zhang Yang's consideration.

Zhang Yang can only say frankly, "I still have to watch this player in the game. If he is really good, I will consider letting him join the team."

Chinese media reports are even hotter.

Zhang Yang's words were carefully dissected, and every report pointed out that Zhang Yang was very optimistic about Sun Xiang's strength and hoped to invite Sun Xiang to join the Millwall team.

I don't know how they analyzed it.

But with so many media reports, many fans will definitely believe that Sun Xiang's reputation has also increased significantly. Some domestic media even said, "Sun Xiang is infinitely close to Millwall!"

Soon Sun Xiang himself was interviewed.

Faced with the reporter's question "If Millwall invites you to join, will you agree?", Sun Xiang said excitedly, "Zhang Yang is a very good coach. He is the most successful football coach in China. If Millwall can receive It would be an honor for me to invite you."

Next, Sun Xiang seemed to realize that before the match between Eindhoven and Millwall, it seemed inappropriate to show favor to the opposing team and the head coach, and immediately continued, "But I am playing for Eindhoven now, and I will Work hard in the game and hope to help the team beat Millwall!"

(End of this chapter)