Chapter 118 Personal special meeting
Millwall played well overall.
In terms of strength, Millwall is much better than Gillingham. Even in the away game, Millwall suppressed his opponent from the first minute and looked for opportunities in the frontcourt again and again.
However, whether a goal is determined by many factors.
Millwall has always had an advantage, and the team's overall performance is also good, at least it seems like this, but there has never been a goal. Not to mention scoring, there are few threatening shots, and every attack seems to be a bit terrible.
Zhang Yang frowned when he saw it, and he found that he couldn't understand the game anymore.
If you don’t understand, ask!
Zhang Yang has always adhered to this principle because he positioned himself as a rookie who had just entered the coaching industry. So he asked Alders, "What do you think about the game? Why is it difficult to find opportunities every time with our offense? It has been several times in a row!"
Alders frowned and thought, "Maybe it's just bad luck! We can't always score goals, we can always win. I think the team plays well!"
Zhang Yang was stunned for a long time.
He found it was a mistake to ask Alders.
This guy is good at training the team, but he may not be as good as himself in analyzing the game, so he can only continue to look patiently.
Five minutes.
Ten minutes.
Twenty minutes.
There was little change in the game on the court.
Like the judgment before the game, Gillingham is a team that is "difficult to life". They don't seem to be in a hurry to score goals and don't care whether they can win. Perhaps most of the players in the team have accepted the future of "relegation".
Millwall has an absolute advantage.
But there is only an advantage.
To threaten the shot? No! To have a wonderful cooperation? No! To have a goal? Not to mention.
A half passed, and the two teams still had no goals.
During the halftime break, Zhang Yang praised everyone's performance and kept cheering the team up, hoping to improve in the second half.
But the second half continued.
Millwall has always controlled the advantage of the situation, but has never threatened to shoot. To be honest, the two teams seem to be spending time against each other.
Zhang Yang was a little anxious, and he began to try to use various abilities-
Say the truth and follow it!
Lucky blessing!
Plus the prediction of the ‘predictive’ effect!
Under normal circumstances, the continuous use of abilities can lead to a goal, but things did not develop like this. Even if he used his abilities and affected the progress of the game, the goal still failed to come.
Zhang Yang frowned.
Since the first minute of the second half, he has been having a headache about scoring goals. Until now, he has used his ability. In the "predictive" picture, he still has not scored goals. The team's performance on the court cannot be said to be poor. He can still find an opportunity in the frontcourt and has no way to start any adjustments.
“What exactly is the reason?”
Halfway through the second half, Zhang Yang simply started thinking, and he was still thinking until the end of the game.
Millwall drew 0-0 with Gillingham away.
This result is very surprising.
Millwall was surprised, fans were surprised, and even the media were surprised.
The media that were looking forward to Millwall's loss did not have much hope for the game. Gillingham's recent results are too poor. It is too difficult for them to get points from Millwall. Unexpectedly, Millwall tied.
Although it is a pity that it is not a loss, the draw is enough to give the media something to say.
The competition just ended, and some media analysts said, "Milwall's results will decline in the future"--
"This is a clear proof!"
"Faced with Gillingham, the second-last in the league, Millwall didn't even score a goal!"
"0 to 0! It's surprising, but it's reasonable!"
"Milwall performed well before, which was caused by many reasons, but now they have returned to their original appearance!"
“…”
Many of these remarks did not affect Zhang Yang. He just dealt with the post-match press conference, and he always thought about the game.
Why tied?
Why didn't the team score in the game?
After returning to the club, Zhang Yang kept watching the game video in the head coach's office and kept thinking.
He found the reason.
After watching the video twice, recalling the indifferent expressions on many players' faces at the end of the game. Considering the training situation of the whole team a few days before the game, the reason is already very obvious: the team seems to have no fighting spirit.
When the game ends, most players are not disappointed and are still talking and laughing, and treating the game is like dealing with work.
That's because you don't care about the outcome!
It can also be seen in the game video that Millwall has the advantage in strength and suppresses Gillingham in the situation. However, the offensive and defensive ends are not doing very well. The offensive ends are not too proactive in looking for opportunities, and the defensive ends are just like dealing with work and not fighting too fiercely.
For them, participating in the competition has really become a job.
This problem is really serious!
No matter what sports it is, the teams involved in it are very important to fight the spirit. Often, only teams with fighting spirit can perform better. Teams with only strength and without fighting spirit will find it difficult to do anything.
But why is this?
Zhang Yang thought about it carefully and understood.
The team lost its goal.
As the saying goes, "There is motivation when there is pressure."
Every player trains actively around Christmas because the team is under pressure to relegate and no one wants the team to be relegated, which means they either leave or go to Class A with the team.
Now the team is no longer under pressure to relegate. With no worries about relegation, what is the point of playing hard?
Zhang Yang knows what to do!
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In the 32nd and 33rd rounds of the Championship, there is a week between the start of the game, and each team can fully prepare for the game. Many teams have taken vacations, allowing players to take a breath during the intensive schedule.
Millwall is an exception.
Zhang Yang particularly emphasized that there was no holiday and that training was carried out normally the next day, and most of the players on the team sighed.
Many players muttered, "It's probably because they didn't beat Gillingham!"
"It must be so!"
"He's angry!"
"He didn't say a word on his way back yesterday! Although he was very young, he was still a little scary when he was angry!"
"Are you afraid of Zhang? Haha!"
"Of course, you are not afraid, but because of his decision, you still have to train now and can't spend vacations with your girlfriend!"
“…”
The players of the team think so.
Alders, Frederick and other staff in charge of first-team training think so.
If Zhang Yang knew about it, he would definitely find it interesting and then give a positive answer, "That's right, that's it!"
Isn't this nonsense?
I didn't win the game that should have won, and I lost two points inexplicably. I still want to have a holiday?
dream!
Zhang Yang was full of dissatisfaction.
The next day he arrived at the training ground early and waited for everyone to arrive. Alders walked over with a strange look and asked, "So early?"
Zhang Yang nodded and instructed, "Wait until nine o'clock, put everyone together here. I'm talking about everyone, including all the players, Bronno, and Baines, and I have informed Ebenezer and Mr. Gligory."
Alders was stunned, "What are you going to do?"
"You'll know."
Alders was full of questions. Seeing that Zhang Yang had no intention of explaining, he simply did as he did.
When it was nine o'clock, everyone came.
The players stood in a row, with Frederick, Ebenezer and Gligory standing behind and watching, while the rest of the staff were next to them.
Zhang Yang was surrounded in the middle.
It's like holding a personal conference.
The atmosphere is not quiet.
Many players are still chatting, they are still complaining that there is no holiday, and they are also very strange about Zhang Yang's approach. Usually, they have to go to the lane to warm up when they get together at nine o'clock, but it seems that's not the case.
Is there something to say?
"What do he want to say? Could it be that he was yesterday's game?"
"There is no game that always wins, and it's normal to draw once a game occasionally. I think the team's performance is already good!"
"I think so too."
Chapter completed!