Super Prophecy Master

Chapter 469 Double Forwards to Single Core

The change in the focus of the British media also represents the direction of public opinion in English football.

In the first round of the quarter-finals of the Champions League, English football can be said to have won a "big victory"-Millwall played 0 to 5 away, leaving PSV with no hope of even the second round.

Manchester United's '1 to 7' is more eye-catching, and Sporting Lisbon's goal is almost becoming a funnel, and there is no need to consider the possibility of a reversal in the second leg.

Chelsea's results are also good. In the first round, they played against Valencia at home and finally defeated their opponents 2-1. This score left suspense for the second round, but based on the media's understanding of Mourinho, Valencia won the second round. It is too difficult for West Asia to score goals.

Therefore, the three English teams that have entered the quarter-finals of the Champions League basically have no problem qualifying.

In this case, apart from touting the English clubs' conquest of the Champions League, there is nothing to say. The focus of the British media and fans has also returned to the competition for the Premier League.

Millwall's home game against Manchester United is very likely to determine the next championship: Millwall can beat Manchester United, which means that Manchester United will hardly have a chance. On the contrary, if Manchester United wins, it will retain the title. Suspense, they are still very hopeful.

This match is considered the 'League Final'.

In addition, what attracts fans is the clichéd "north-south confrontation". English football has a very clear division between north and south. Northern football is represented by Manchester United and Liverpool. Southern football basically refers to the London region, Chelsea, Arsenal, Millwall is an emerging force in southern football. It won the league championship last season and has been occupying the top position this season.

Millwall's match against Manchester United is also regarded as an important battle of "North-South Confrontation".

This game is undoubtedly the focus of attention.

After the return of the Millwall team, they didn't even have half a day's rest, so they were intensively preparing for the league game against Manchester United.

Millwall also made preparations before, but they only learned about Manchester United’s current situation, and there was very little preparation for the game. The main reason was to prepare for the Champions League. Champions League promotion is definitely more important than a league game, not to mention, Millwall’ Can afford to lose the game, even if they lost to Manchester United, they still have a point advantage.

It's different now.

There is no pressure for Millwall to qualify for the Champions League, and they need to prepare for the game against Manchester United.

The coaching staff must formulate styles of play and tactics, and arrange training for preparations.

Players also have their own ideas in the face of the competition.

For example, Vardy.

This season, Vardy's performance is quite good, the league's appearance efficiency is very high, not much worse than Darren Bent, what is rare is that he also performed well in the Champions League, and scored two goals in four appearances. The 'number two' option for the team's forward line.

But Vardy was not satisfied.

It's not that he is eager to surpass Darren Bent, or that he has any jealousy towards his teammates. The key is that the team's 4141'dual core' tactics only need one forward. In many cases, he can only serve as a striker. Rotation, coming off the bench, and a lot of playing time, it is difficult to play every big game.

Just like the match between the Champions League and Eindhoven, the quarter-finals of the Champions League can attract the attention of fans all over the world. In the competition, the team's first-choice striker is Darren Bent. He can only stay on the bench for 10 minutes On the stage, watching the performance of each teammate to their heart's content, I can only be the one who applauds.

That's depressing.

The last match was against Eindhoven, this match against Manchester United, how could it be my turn?

Vardy isn't sure.

He found that Darren Bent's condition is not bad, and he doesn't need to take a rest in rotation.

So Vardy thought of Zhang Yang.

All the players in the team, including Morris, Darren Ward, and even Traore and Barragan who just joined the team, are a little afraid of Zhang Yang. Zhang Yang is younger than the average player, but the team is very majestic. It’s also like Pires, Harman, Smicer, Hislop and other veterans who are about to retire. They are not too afraid of publicity. There is nothing to be afraid of. No head coach in the world will make them worry. Even if they offend the coach, it is nothing more than leaving or retiring early.

That is nothing to them.

There is a mentality of 'no need, no desire', so naturally there is nothing to worry about.

Other players are different.

Including Zambrotta, Darren Ward, Morris and other star players, they still have a few years of career to go, so they will naturally be a little afraid of making public.

Zhang Yang is very kind on weekdays, smiling at everyone, and others occasionally joke around, but no one wants to be alone with Zhang Yang.

That's definitely not wonderful.

If it was at the first-team training ground, or somewhere outside, the situation would be more acceptable. The most feared thing would be staying with Zhang Yang, and the location would be the head coach's office.

That was simply torture.

Vardy is going through a 'temper'. He is standing in the head coach's office, watching Zhang Yang write and draw on the tactical board. It has been 5 minutes, and Zhang Yang still hasn't stopped, even if he said a word of greeting. talk.

Vardy regretted it a little, he hesitated to interrupt.

"Interrupt, isn't it good?"

"If I interrupt, the coach will hate me... I won't have the chance to play in the future?"

"Or because of one sentence, the coach's thoughts are all gone, and the loss is my responsibility?"

"Teammates will blame me, fans will blame me..."

"No! Continue to wait!"

Vardy thought about 'exploiting his brain', but in the end he didn't say a word.

I don't know how long it took, Zhang Yang finally stopped what he was doing, turned his head to look at Vardy solemnly, and asked, "Jamie, what's the matter?"

Vardy took a long breath, he was almost suffocated, and finally he was able to speak.

"Old... boss!"

"how?"

As soon as Vardy opened his mouth, he was a little nervous, but he still asked according to his plan, "I want to ask, can I play in the next game?" After the most important sentence, the rest will be easy, he continued to explain Said, "Boss, I haven't played a few times. Since the last game against Real Madrid, I have always been a substitute. I really want to play for the team, especially in important games. I believe it is no worse than others..."

Vardy said a lot in a row.

Zhang Yang couldn't listen anymore, and interrupted with a headache, "Okay! Okay, Jamie, stop, I'll think about it."

After hearing this, Vardy lost his courage immediately, and immediately said, "Okay, boss, then...then I will go first, you continue..."

After speaking, he turned and ran out of the office.

Zhang Yang smiled slightly.

He admired Vardy's courage a little bit. Not everyone in the team can find himself and say he wants to play. He even said that only a very few people have this courage.

Vardy was able to come to him, and he probably had a lot of struggles in his heart, right?

But let Vardy play... If it is a normal league, he will directly decide which player to play, without having to think about it at all, but the game against Manchester United is very important, not only for the team, but also for players like Vardy. very important.

As the head coach of the team, you can't just consider the game, you must also balance the feelings of the players, so that the players can feel, at least most of the fairness.

This is related to the authority as the head coach, and it will also be related to the trust of the players in him.

Just like the management of a company, when facing two employees with the same excellent ability, they always favor one of them. They give this one constant salary increases and promise promotions, but the other completely ignores them, without even basic verbal care. It will definitely make employees unconvinced, and other employees will definitely have other ideas when they know the news.

These things can easily cause many internal problems, and internal problems are very fatal to a team.

Millwall did not need to consider this issue before, because the team has just started and just entered the Premier League, so naturally everything is based on results.

Now that the team's performance has come up, we also need to pay attention internally.

Many big clubs will have locker room problems, and internal conflicts will be exposed, while some small clubs will be united internally, the reason is actually very simple, the results of small clubs are everything, and some players in the team are dissatisfied It's also a trivial matter. If you are dissatisfied, you will leave directly. The team is about to be relegated. How can you care about a player's thoughts.

The current Millwall cannot be said to be a wealthy team, but the results have come up, and the external factors have stabilized, so internal factors must be considered.

So let Vardy play?
This is a straightforward solution to the problem.

Darren Bent should have no objection. He has played in consecutive major games and does not lack occasional opportunities, but there is one factor to consider: Darren Bent has more experience and plays better than Vardy. Stability, from the opponent's point of view, I definitely hope that Darren Bent will not play. In comparison, Vardy is much easier to deal with.

Vardy is still too young after all!

Perhaps, let the two play at the same time?Play defensive counterattack?no!
Zhang Yang frowned and thought about it carefully. The way of playing against Manchester United is not sure. The most stable choice is actually the 4141'dual-core' style of play. The team has adapted to the 'dual-core' style of play and has been using it in recent games. There is no formation adaptation problem.

If you change tactics, defensive counterattack is also the worst decision.

Just like the match between Millwall and Eindhoven, no matter how much Eindhoven strengthens their defense, it is impossible to keep the goal. The same is true for Millwall against Manchester United. The defensive counterattack may become "wantlessly let the opponent attack '.

If the double forwards do not play defensive counterattacks, they need a very important offensive core.

Braniff?

Zhang Yang's eyes lit up.

Then he continued to write and draw on the tactical board. It was almost noon before he walked out of the head coach's office and went to the training ground to talk to Wise and Frederick.

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"Aren't you kidding me?"

"Are you going to let Bent and Jamie play together? Isn't it a defensive counterattack?" After hearing Zhang Yang's tactical considerations, Wise and Frederick were suddenly puzzled.

So far this season, the team has often used only two styles of play, one is 4141'dual-core' play, and the other is 442 defensive counterattack.

The former needless to say.

The latter is more defensive. Both the midfielder and the winger require players who are good at defense to play. When using defensive counterattacks, they still mainly rely on the winger and striker, while the midfielder must pay great attention to defense.

Generally speaking, Morris, who is all-round offensive and defensive, will become the core of the 442 defensive counterattack style.

Zhang Yang took the two of them to the office, and carefully explained the tactics against the tactical board, "We are not going to play defensive counterattacks, but to play frontally, with Kevin as the core, with Simpson on the side, Vardy and Bent in front ..."

After some explanation, Wise and Frederick were silent.

They probably understand the core points of tactics.

The tactics explained by Zhang Yang are very simple, which is the most basic 442 style of play, with two forwards, a diamond midfield position, and four backs.

A lot of teams do that.

This style of play has no special features at all. What kind of power it can have depends entirely on the performance of the players on the field and the cooperation that the entire team can play.

In a word, it depends on the state of presence.

In Zhang Yang's formation strategy, Braniff is the central midfielder. That is to say, Braniff will be the core and the most important player in the formation. His performance will directly affect the performance of the whole team. .

"It's dangerous to play against Manchester United..." Wise said hesitantly after thinking, "And Braniff...is it okay to play against Manchester United?"

Frederick said, "I think it's better to play 'dual-core'. Can you be sure to win with this formation you have thought up?"

Zhang Yang shrugged his shoulders, "Of course I'm not sure. There's no way to win a football game for sure. But I'm sure that the team will play well in this way, and it will be very unexpected. Manchester United must not have thought that we would play like this. More importantly, I believe Kevin, he can do it!"

All three looked towards the middle of the tactical board.

I just explained the tactics for a long time. The names of the players in other positions have changed. The only one that has not changed is Kevin Braniff in the middle. No matter how the names next to him are combined, Braniff is the core of stability. main force.

Wise and Frederick could understand Zhang Yang's approach.

Although Braniff has a personality problem, doesn't get along well with his teammates, and his brains are surprisingly offending, in short, there are many things that make people criticize... But recently, Braniff has performed extremely well, and After two games against Real Madrid, two games against Chelsea and PSV Eindhoven, a total of five games, Braniff played extremely well in each game. It cannot be said that he is the best player in the team, but the overall performance is also One of the best.

Braniff has become the best player in the middle of the midfield, but it is the first time that he shoulders a major responsibility. Before that, he played as one of the "dual cores", and his teammates would share half of the pressure.

Now Braniff needs to face the test.

When the 442 formation is adopted and only Braniff is the core, his performance directly affects the performance of the whole team.

Can he bear this responsibility?

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Zhang Yang decided to adopt a 442 formation, with Braniff as the core and Manchester United playing head-on.

This style of play is also very beneficial.

One is to adjust the appearance of Vardy, allowing Vardy and Bent to play together to form the team's sharpest striker, and the other is to win by surprise. Manchester United did not expect Millwall to play like this, and there may be some mistakes in response .

After Zhang Yang explained carefully, Wise and Frederick had no objections.

Although the two are assistant coaches, the team's tactics have always been decided by Zhang Yang, and there is no room for others to intervene.

Zhang Yang made a decision, and they just followed suit.

Next, Millwall intensively trained for the battle.

They have very little preparation time, only one day left. The 442 formation is the most common tactic, and there is no need to adapt to it. Even a young player will know how to play in each position. The only thing is to cooperate with his teammates. question.

This depends on the tacit understanding between the players.

(End of this chapter)