Super Prophecy Master

Chapter 626 Millwall's Crowd Tactics

The match between Manchester United and Millwall has attracted countless media attention.

But not only the British media, but also Germany, France, Italy, Spain, and even the whole of Europe, radiating to China, Japan and other countries, are very concerned about the game, because this game is not only a match between the top two in the league, but also Millwall will face the first game after winning the Club World Cup.

Millwall has attracted more media attention than Manchester United.

Manchester United is a giant in English football. It has a century-old glorious history. It has won countless championships and has a wide fan support group around the world. However, their performance in recent years has not been good. The performance is also very general.

In contrast to other teams in the Premier League——
Chelsea won a league title, reached the semi-finals of the Champions League for two consecutive years, and reached the final once.

Arsenal won the UEFA Champions League.

Liverpool created the 'Miracle of Istanbul' and won a European title.

Millwall is even more brilliant, notifying the Premier League for two consecutive years, and won the second "Triple Crown" after Manchester United last season.

This season Millwall continues to be strong, winning the Community Shield, the European Super Cup and the World Club Cup just past, the UEFA Champions League has qualified ahead of schedule, and has always occupied the top of the Premier League.

After winning the World Club Cup, Millwall has been widely concerned by foreign media.

It must have been the Chinese media that paid the most attention to Millwall in East Asia before, but after the Club World Cup, even the Japanese media came to join in the fun. Millwall successfully conquered the hearts of many Japanese fans with two games.

Now that Millwall is going to play against Manchester United, it will naturally attract the attention of the whole world, because this game has a special meaning-many people think that Millwall's unbeaten will end in this game superior.

The media is not very optimistic about Manchester United.

In the past two seasons, Millwall has frequently defeated Manchester United. In front of the powerful Millwall, Manchester United dare not say "win" at home, and the media will no longer say, "Manchester United will definitely beat Millwall". if.

The media is just 'not optimistic' about Millwall, because Millwall has just returned to London, and the journey across half the world will definitely have a huge impact on the team. The status of most players cannot be guaranteed, and some media even predict, "Mirwall Will may give up the game appropriately."

This is Manchester United's best chance of beating Millwall.

Manchester United's advantage is too great.

Their players are well rested, while their opponents are tired and exhausted; they sit at Old Trafford and wait for their opponents to come and challenge them.

Before the game, Manchester United coach Ferguson told the media that 'it will be a matter of time for Millwall to fall and lose points', "Millwall is indeed playing very well now, but don't forget, this is a long season, and they also know it. ...they're going to slip up, they're going to drop points. There's no question about that."

"Millwall have quality, results, they're a really good team, but they've also played more games."

Ferguson seems to have started to think about Millwall, "The English team has many games, because there are two cups to participate in. In addition, Millwall won three championships, so we can know how many more games they participated in. I think the FA should take into account the difficulties that the champions will encounter when arranging the schedule. For example, Millwall, after participating in the Club World Cup, they had to face Manchester United immediately. It should have been clear early on."

Ferguson criticized the schedule set by the FA, which seemed to be for Millwall, but he did not do so with good intentions. The purpose of pointing out these was to tell everyone that "Millwall has encountered difficulties."

Manchester United has no difficulties and is naturally very advantageous.

Zhang Yang was not in the mood to pay attention to Ferguson. The old Scottish man was right. The schedule was indeed unfavorable to the championship team. After the World Club Cup, he would face a battle with direct competitors from the league. It was unimaginable.

The team has been greatly affected.

It is also because of the relatively large influence that Zhang Yang ignored Ferguson in a low-key manner, because the war of words was meaningless at all, so he should keep a low profile to prepare for the game, but Zhang Yang did not do nothing.

Ferguson criticized the FA.

Zhang Yang is criticizing FIFA.

The time is coming to the end of the year, and FIFA is going to select the World Player of the Year. The three shortlisted players are C-Ronaldo, Messi and Kaka. Zhang Yang suddenly complained, because Millwall has no players selected, he wants Complain about the players on the team.

"Mr. Football is selected by the coaches and captains of various national teams. It seems fair, but the final result is not fair." Zhang Yang said, "I think the rules should be changed. Teams that have not won the championship should not have players nominated qualifications."

Zhang Yang is talking about C-Ronaldo, Messi and Kaka.

C-Ronaldo, Messi and Kaka are all top players in the world, they performed well in their respective clubs, but what's the big deal?
This year's America's Cup, Argentina is not the champion!
Even if Argentina is the champion, Messi's performance in the national team is very average, anyway, it cannot be described as excellent.

C-Ronaldo is just a Manchester United player. Manchester United has not won any championships. What qualifications does he have to be shortlisted for the World Footballer?
Kaka?

The Serie A champion belongs to Inter Milan, and the Champions League champion belongs to Millwall!
Last season, Millwall's best performance was Darren Bent, but perhaps because of his poor performance at Tottenham, Darren Bent did not get too many votes and was not shortlisted for the final three places.

Then, no more.

Zhang Yang also knows the reason why Millwall is 'nobody'. Last season, the team had no players who performed outstandingly. In terms of goals, assists and other performances, only Darren Bent stood out. Other players such as Braniff, Morris, Simpson, and Livermore have dispersed the 'excellence'. It can only be said that the team as a whole is excellent, but it is difficult to compete for individual players. But even so, the 'Triple Crown' has no chance. Zhang Yang was still very dissatisfied with being shortlisted in the World Footballer of the Year list, and felt that he was a bit embarrassed.

Zhang Yang's statement has been supported by a lot of media, because it is the fact that Millwall is the 'Triple Crown'. As a result, no one in the team was shortlisted for the World Footballer. On the contrary, those players who did not win the championship team entered the final three The list is a bit unreasonable.

It doesn't affect FIFA because that's the way the rules are.

The coaches and captains of the various national teams vote on the nominees for the World Footballer of the Year. There is no way for Millwall to have no players in the top three.

That's why Zhang Yang talked about 'qualification'. He said that C-Ronaldo, Messi and Kaka are not qualified to enter the nomination, not because of the poor performance of the three.

Zhang Yang talked about the World Player of Football, but didn't mention a word about the match against Manchester United, which made the media feel that he had no confidence.

So the outside world is more optimistic about Manchester United.

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Before the game, Millwall was very low-key, but Manchester United was full of momentum, as if the game against Millwall had already had a positive result.

Manchester United fans think so too.

Today at Old Trafford, the stands around are filled with fans, and fans wearing red jerseys everywhere let people know that this is the territory of Manchester United.

Manchester United fans are talking about the upcoming game -
"This match must be won!"

"Didn't you read the report? Millwall can't even make up the main force, and their players need to rest!"

"Hopefully we can win, we haven't won against Millwall for a long time! If we can win one game, maybe there is hope for the championship."

Manchester United fans are somewhat lacking in confidence.

In the past two seasons, they have also experienced the feeling that the outside world said that Manchester United can win, but in the end it was Millwall who won. In recent seasons, Manchester United has not won the league championship. Even if the outside world is optimistic about Manchester United, the fans Uncertain questions also arise in the mind.

In addition, some fans also feel sad, "When will Manchester United fall to the point where they can only win by relying on their opponents' poor performance?"

But that's the truth.

When players from the two teams appeared on the field, Manchester United fans saw greater hope, because as the media said, Millwall's starting lineup looked really bleak.

Striker: Suarez.

Midfielders: O'Neill, Braniff, Ljungberg, Livermore, Maxi.

Defenders: Arbeloa, Wes Morgan, Barragan, Konchesky.

Goalkeeper: Mike Taylor.

Millwall even replaced the goalkeeper as a substitute. Vardy and Luca Toni did not play on the front line. The limited starting players are only Braniff, Livermore and Koncheski. A substitute player, or a semi-substitute player.

Manchester United definitely won!

Manchester United fans have gained confidence, and the media has also gained confidence. More media hope that Millwall will lose, because Millwall is too strong, and the league remains unbeaten so far, almost monopolizing the Premier League.

The Manchester United players on the field are also full of confidence.

For several seasons, Manchester United has not won the championship, but it does not mean that they are a weak team. Every season, they can enter the top three. In addition, they are also strong contenders for the championship.

If they face Millwall on the bench at Old Trafford, they are still very confident.

sidelines.

Seeing Millwall's lineup, Ferguson became more confident. He analyzed that Millwall probably wants to play the 451 style of play he is good at.

One defensive midfielder and two central midfielders.

This set of dual-core parallel position play is still very powerful, but Ljungberg's strength is weaker, which may be a loophole in Millwall's lineup, and the team can take advantage of this.

"Observe first!"

Ferguson thought to himself.

When the game really started, Ferguson immediately abandoned his previous judgment, because Millwall's extremely conservative style of play showed that they did not play any dual-core tactics at all, but planned to use crowd tactics for defense.

Just like...

Just like those small clubs that come to Old Trafford!
There was a national curse starting with F in Ferguson's mind... He didn't expect Millwall to beat him like this, so he couldn't help turning his head to look to the other side.

Zhang Yang was smiling.

Zhang Yang doesn't care what Manchester United thinks, what the media thinks, or even what the fans think. When Arsenal and Millwall play, they can defend 'shamelessly'. Why can't Millwall?
strong?
Now that Millwall has encountered difficulties and cannot discharge most of the main players, he treats the team as a small club. Recalling that a few seasons ago, Millwall coached Millwall to compete in the Champions League. When it came to Wigan Athletic, they were completely suppressed.

The results of it?
He still led the team to victory, relying on crowd tactics.

The gap between Millwall's substitute lineup and Manchester United will certainly not be able to catch up with the gap between Wigan Athletic at that time, so let the team focus on defense, and Suarez in front is enough!
(End of this chapter)