Super Prophecy Master

Chapter 647 Messi and Braniff

After winning the Premier League, Millwall is left with only the Champions League and the FA Cup.

The FA Cup final will be held in mid-May, only five days earlier than the Champions League final, and the opponent is only Cardiff City, so there is no need to prepare anything in advance.

So Millwall is fully committed to the Champions League.

As for the remaining rounds of the league, I don't care about it at all. The next league can only be used as a training ground. Millwall didn't say so, but it can still be seen in the game.

In the next round of the league against West Ham United, Millwall sent a full bench lineup, and the "make up" youth who were difficult to play on weekdays all started to participate in the game.

Zhang Yang's purpose of sending young players who can hardly play to participate in the game is simple: let them make up enough appearances so that they can win the medal representing the league championship after the season is over.

The league championship awards ceremony is over, but in fact, the awards have not yet been handed out. The trophy at the award ceremony is a symbolic replica. The real trophy will not be officially handed over to the Millwall club by the FA until the end of the season.

Not so with the players' medals.

The medals received at the awards ceremony are real, but only players who are 'qualified' and 'present' can get medals. Players who are not present and have not made a big list generally will not participate in the awards ceremony to receive medals. Others' Players who are eligible to receive medals can only get their own medals after the end of the season.

The eligibility of a player to receive a medal is to play five or more games on behalf of the team during the season.

In order to meet the requirements stipulated by the FA for English young players to enter the first team, there are also three young players promoted from the first team in the Millwall team. They hardly participate in the game and train with the reserve team on weekdays.

Now is their chance to compete.

Zhang Yang intends to let the three players play all the next league games, make enough appearances, and win medals in the FA.

Otherwise, it will be wasted.

Zhang Yang doesn't have the habit of wasting money. He still needs to fight for benefits for players. Like this kind of player, he has almost no future. He can only hang out with low-level league players. Winning a Premier League medal is enough to become an honor to miss for a lifetime.

In this round of Millwall's 1-1 draw with West Ham United, the only goal was achieved by "words and tricks". The strength of the full bench lineup is indeed too poor.

The whole Millwall team didn't care.

The next step is to prepare for the UEFA Champions League semi-final against Barcelona. The first round is at the Neil Stadium. The second round away game schedule is not very good. The first round is still very important to Millwall. No matter what, we must play some advantages, otherwise in the second round, the whole team will go to the Nou Camp Stadium, and the game will become very difficult to play.

In order to prepare for the match against Barcelona, ​​the whole team worked hard. Zhang Yang led the coaching staff to watch the Barcelona match after match. Everyone carefully studied the characteristics of each position in Barcelona, ​​and also It is necessary to summarize the views and content, and arrange targeted play is second, but it is necessary for the players to understand their opponents better.

For Millwall, Barcelona is indeed very strange.

Zhang Yang has always known Barcelona and their tactics, but "knowing" is only the general content, and the characteristics of the players have not been carefully studied at all.

As the head coach, it is not a decision to make a tactical decision with a slap on the head.

That requires careful analysis and discussion, and other people's opinions are also very important. Three cobblers can be as good as Zhuge Liang, and even Bruno Burley's opinions are of great reference value.

While Millwall was preparing for the game, the outside media began to preheat the Champions League semi-finals.

The other is the match between Liverpool and Manchester United. England's civil war is not much to watch at all. The match between Millwall and Barcelona is what attracts the most attention.

Many media regard the game as a "collision of English football and Spanish football", and perhaps it is too high for Millwall. In the past few seasons, Barcelona and Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal have played against each other. But none has been raised to the level of a national football rivalry.

This may also be because Millwall's results make people very confident.

When Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal played against Barcelona, ​​the British media and fans lacked confidence. They believed that the chances of winning were not great, at least no more than 50.00%.

Millwall was different.

Many British media are happy to report negative news about Zhang Yang, because they are not the support media of Millwall. They definitely hope that Zhang Yang will lead Millwall to lose. Manchester United and Chelsea are more trustworthy.

The British media took the initiative to elevate the game to the level of national football confrontation, also in order to be able to say, "England football defeated Spanish football" after Millwall won, not just "Millwall defeated Barcelona". .

But the Catalan media is equally confident.

Before Zhang Yang talked about his views on the game, his words were low-key, as if he knew that Millwall was not Barcelona's opponent. The Catalan media commented on this point, thinking that Barcelona's promotion to the final is not a big problem, which is a bit extreme for Catalonia. The Ronian media even said, "The only suspense in the semi-finals is how many goals Barcelona can score."

When it was discovered that the British media raised the game to the level of national football, the Catalan media also said happily, "Barcelona will definitely defeat Millwall on behalf of Spanish football."

The media in other parts of Spain have different views from the Catalan media. They don’t think Barcelona can represent Spanish football, because Barcelona is in Spain and has a strong opponent called Real Madrid. The media in the capital Certainly not Barcelona.

The Catalan media is singing a one-man show, standing alone and fighting against the British media.

The reports in the Catalan media were plausible, as if Barcelona had won Millwall. No matter what the British media said, they were very confident. Barcelona players stood up and expressed their dissatisfaction. Confidence in the game.

The British media was a bit depressed.

The day before the first round between the two teams, a large group of media came to the Millwall club for interviews, hoping to dig out some 'morale-boosting' news about the game.

Millwall is much more low-key than Barcelona.

Millwall players are as low-key as Zhang Yang. They generally don’t take the initiative to accept interviews before the big game, so the only ones who entertain the reporters are the press officer, plus the manager, the chairman and other officials. The media are very dissatisfied with this. Wait for the time In the afternoon, they still got satisfactory results, because they interviewed Zhang Yang.

Zhang Yang knows what the outside world is talking about. He has kept a low profile, but it does not mean that he wants to see the public opinion overwhelmingly optimistic about Barcelona.

Zhang Yang accepted the interview.

The interview process disappointed the reporters, because Zhang Yang still praised Barcelona again, "That is a very good team, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they are the best team in history..."

"We prepared a lot for the game, studied Barcelona carefully, studied their tactics, to understand their situation, the state of each player and so on."

"We have to do it. Any Barcelona opponent will do it."

"Even so, we don't have much confidence, after all, for us, Barcelona is a completely unfamiliar and powerful team..."

Zhang Yang continued to praise Barcelona. When the reporters were disappointed, he finally added, "They have reached the final of the Champions League in the previous two seasons, and they are strong contenders for the Champions League every season. Locking up the La Liga title early, they are stronger opponents than us, so we have to deal with it seriously."

After Zhang Yang finished speaking, he left.

There were dazed reporters left in the venue, but they quickly came back to their senses and started discussing excitedly.

Zhang Yang praised Barcelona from beginning to end, as if it was a team that Millwall could only look up to, but the last sentence woke up the reporters on the spot.

Barcelona's league results are not good, and now they are even nine points behind Real Madrid, and there is little hope of winning the La Liga championship.

What did Zhang Yang say?
"They also locked in the La Liga championship early?" This is nonsense, and they don't understand the current situation of La Liga at all.

The time for the British media to play freely has come, and some media immediately said, "Zhang Yang doesn't care about Barcelona at all, and he doesn't even know Barcelona's league results. The praise he said is just out of habit."

"But the Spaniards still seem to think that Zhang Yang is an admirer of Barcelona? Or Millwall has no confidence in meeting Barcelona. This is really funny!"

Some media also said, "Zhang Yang keeps touting his opponents just to confuse them. In fact, he doesn't care whether his opponent is Barcelona or Real Madrid. For Millwall, there is no difference at all!"

"Barcelona is an opponent that must be dealt with wholeheartedly, but Zhang Yang doesn't even know Barcelona's league results..."

Many British media made a fuss about Barcelona's league results, "They couldn't even compete with Real Madrid in the league, and Real Madrid lost to Millwall by a big margin, and even Millwall's substitute lineup couldn't play."

"The gap between the two sides is too obvious, just like the Spaniard said, the game has no suspense at all..."

The overwhelming coverage of the British media made the Catalan media angry!

Zhang Yang's way of being interviewed is the biggest humiliation to Barcelona and their IQ. It's like a person keeps praising another person, praises from head to toe, and finally says, "By the way, I Who did you just say?"

Can this not make people angry?

After praising for a long time from the beginning to the end, it turned out that one sentence was exposed, and what they said was all official flattery. The key point is that they all took it seriously, and the fans also took it seriously.

The Catalan media is too angry, but they can't do anything. The only thing they can do is to keep cheering Barcelona, ​​hoping that Barcelona can teach Millwall a profound lesson on the field.

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The day before the game.

Barcelona came to London by plane, and when they all got off the plane, the atmosphere of the battle became intense.

All kinds of media rushed to do interviews.

Among the Barcelona team, the most popular among the media is their genius Messi. Messi is recognized as the pillar of Barcelona in the future and is the successor of Ronaldinho. His performance is also commendable and he gradually matures , Very aggressive style, let many opponents know this Argentine teenager.

When Millwall and Barcelona met, in addition to the war of words in the media, the media's analysis of the game would also compare the players of the two sides.

In the Millwall team, the player facing Messi is undoubtedly Braniff.

Braniff's style is very similar to Messi's.

Both of them belong to the kind of players with very strong personal abilities who like to break through with the ball. At the same time, their various technical abilities are also very outstanding, and they are easy to perform well in the game.

Braniff is four years older than Messi. Older age does not mean rich experience, but in terms of experience in the top league, both of them are similar.

It was also last season that Braniff played in the top league. Before that, he played in the British Championship.

Compared with the two, Messi has an age advantage.

Braniff also has advantages. His physical confrontation ability is stronger, his comprehensive ability is more comprehensive, and he can even perform well in defense.

Messi is worse than that.

According to the analysis of the media, Messi is still more optimistic. Messi's skills are more flexible, and his experience in participating in competitions is also higher than that of Braniff. Neve is indeed much weaker.

The comparison between the two players has become an important topic of the season.

When Barcelona came to London, the smoke of the battle officially started. The two clubs also fully contacted the media, and Zhang Yang also frequently appeared in front of reporters.

Reporters will definitely ask about the hottest topic, which is the comparison between Braniff and Messi.

"Messi is outstanding."

Zhang Yang first praised Messi, but low-key is not to belittle his own players, especially a guy like Braniff whose self-esteem is so strong that he must praise him fiercely. He continued, "But, there is no doubt , Kevin is much better! He is the most talented player in the world, bar none."

"Messi is a very talented player, but he is a predictable player. All the levels and strengths are in front of us, but Kevin is the kind of player who is hard to predict in the game. If someone tells me, Messi can be one People beat Millwall, I don't believe it."

"But, Kevin, I do."

"He belongs to the kind of player who can beat a team by himself!"

Many media reporters were shocked by Zhang Yang's generous praise of Braniff.

The British media is better.

The Catalan media scoffed. In their view, Messi is the best football player in the world in the future, and he doesn't even need to be appended with "one".

Kevin Braniff?

Can an English player with rough skills be compared with the once-in-a-century Barcelona genius?

Dream it!
Zhang Yang is not wanton praise. If Braniff and Messi were to compare fairly in the game, the two would almost be a tie.

Now Messi is still growing rapidly, and will definitely be stronger than Braniff in the future.

But, that's the future!

Now that Braniff can compete with Messi, Zhang Yang is also planning to use the newly acquired ability "Fever Faith" on Braniff in the game.

This allows Braniff to play an extraordinary strength.

Messi, of course, is not an opponent!
(End of this chapter)