Millwall can ignore tactics without shame.

Zhang Yang does not understand too complex tactical theories. He only knows one central idea: all tactics are for the purpose of winning, and as long as the tactics can win are good tactics. On the other hand, no matter how beautiful the tactics are, no one cares if they cannot win.

For example, one of the most famous head coaches in the future, Portugal champion coach Jose Mourinho.

Everyone knows that Mourinho is a top head coach, but in recent years, Mourinho's '1-to-0' football has been criticized by many people.

So what?

Mourinho is still considered one of the top head coaches because his tactics can help the game. As he wins more championship trophysics, utilitarianism becomes pragmatism, and changing a word becomes two meanings.

In short, victory is the most important.

Millwall players adhere to the idea of ​​victory and interpret the meaning of patience with their performance on the court.

Millwall just has patience!

Wigan Athletics players followed Jewell's instructions and kept passing and receiving the ball near the center line. In this way, they hoped to pull Millwall's defense line, but Millwall's players came forward at all.

The captain Jody Morris on the field also shouted, "Don't pay attention to them, Zhang let us defend in the backcourt, no matter what they do!"

"Yes, that's what the boss said!"

"Let them pass the ball! I'm here anyway! The boss said it many times and didn't let me go!"

“…”

A group of Millwall players were almost fans on the football field, and they watched Wigan Athletics pass performance carefully, the difference was that fans also had to buy tickets to enter the field, while they were paid a high salary.

Jewell was about to get angry!

He never thought that Millwall would be so shameless, and just watched Wigan Athletic pass the ball, and the adjustment would fail if the opponent was unmoved.

Javier complained to the fourth official, "Look! They should be sentenced to foul, they were not in the game at all!"

The fourth official shrugged innocently, and he was already used to complaining.

Of course that's not a foul.

It can only be said that Millwall is defending the goal to the goal and not actively fight, but from Millwall's perspective, it can also be said that Wigan Athletics does not take the initiative to attack.

Take a look!

Wigan Athletics is just turning his feet in the middle line and not passing the ball forward at all.

No matter from any perspective, neither side violates the game regulations, but the fans are probably not satisfied. They are watching the exciting game, not watching the time-consuming matches between the two teams.

The media reporters were also very dissatisfied. Most of the media supported Wigan Athletics, so they began a new round of criticism against Millwall-

"What kind of dog is Millwall - the way of playing the ball!"

"They don't want to win at all, they just want to hold the goal! The Chinese man said he wanted to win, but he actually wanted to get a point!"

"They have succeeded until now, and this is the real utilitarian football!"

"This is a football backlash!"

"This is simply a stain on the English League! A team of English Championship doesn't want to play, they only know how to hold the goal together!"

"This will drag down the development of British football!"

“…”

If Zhang Yang knew his tactics, it would definitely be honored to have the media rise to the point where he would "drag the development of British football".

This hat is too big!

Zhang Yang felt guilty, but if the media said that, let them say hello. It’s not illegal anyway, he is just a little person.

Just like Zhang Yang thought about it, the one who couldn't help it was Wigan Athletics.

This is J Stadium.

On the J Chain Stadium, 20,000 fans watched, Wigan Athletics was the first in the league, and they couldn't help but fight with Mirwall, so they still forced an offensive.

Although there was no time or opportunity, the ball was still passed forward.

Doing this means returning in vain from the beginning, and the football was kicked away by Darren Ward.

Jody Morris dribbled the ball from the wing to launch a counterattack!

Wigan Athletics retreated quickly, but their reaction was slower, so Morris passed the ball to the middle, and David Livermore had no hesitation to meet the ball, just shot with a long distance.

"Bang!"

The football is strong enough, but it is higher than the crossbar.

After David Livermore shot, he didn't even see the result. He ran back to defend immediately, and did not give Wigan Athletic any chance.

The failure to score this time the shot still posed a threat to Wigan Athletics.

The football is only half a meter above the beam.

The distance of half a meter sounds not short, but compared to the powerful shots twenty-five meters away, it is already quite accurate. As long as it is half a meter above the bottom, the football can fly directly into the goal, and it is difficult for the goalkeeper to save the ball.

The commentators of "Sky Sports" praised the shooting, "David Livermore, this strong midfielder, kicked a very threatening long-range shot. Wigan Athletics should also be careful. Although Millwall did not attack many times, the threat created was no less than Wigan Athletics..."

This is also the depressing part of Wigan Athletics.

As time passes a little bit, the closer the half-time break, Wigan Athletics will become more anxious. Just like Zhang Yang's judgment, Millwall has a better mentality, while Wigan Athletics will all hope to win. When the game is approaching the end of the first half, all players are a little anxious. They hope to score goals before the half so that they will have an advantage in the second half. If it ends 0-0, the second half will become much more difficult.

Wigan Athletics players consciously strengthened their offensive, but this strengthening was spontaneous and did not have any orderliness.

Under Millwall's solid defense, Wigan Athletic's mistakes increased.

This time, Wigan Athletics took the goal, but Joey Healy grabbed the ball, and he passed it to Marvin Elliott with a straight pass.

Elliott passed by and transferred his big foot to Jody Morris.

Morris ran forward with the ball. After crossing the center line, he immediately looked for Braniff's position and sent the ball over. Braniff took the ball and led it forward. He was very fast. The opponent's defense was a little panicked. He threw one player away. Then he forced another defensive player to rush into the penalty area.

After crossing the penalty area line, Braniff immediately raised his foot and shot.

At that moment, the Wigan Athletics fans were panicked. Fortunately, their defenders tackled in advance to understand the ball, and Braniff failed to play football.

Many Millwall players feel sorry.

Braniff also felt very sorry. He held his cheeks with both hands and looked at Millwall coaching seat through his fingers, as if he was worried that Zhang Yang would be disappointed with his performance.

Wigan Athletics did not take Millwall's counterattack to heart. Football was kept under their feet for most of the time. Millwall occasionally had counterattacks, and just took a long shot with a chance, or like this time, Braniff ran wildly to dribble, which seemed to most people just an accident, and they just paid a little attention to the defense.

The first half is about to end.

What is more important now is to be able to break Millwall's goal. As long as you can score a goal and the opponent continues to play like this, the winner will be Wigan Athletics.

Next, Wigan Athletics continued to launch its offensive.

Their advantage is indeed very big. Between the 43rd and 45th minutes, Wigan Athletic had two direct threats to the penalty area, and also got two corner kicks.

Although no goal was created, Millwall's goal was also very dangerous.

The fourth official raised a sign and announced two minutes of stoppage time.

At this time, the first half was basically over, but Wigan Athletics still seized the time to launch the offensive, and they had to use the last time. Whenever the game was about to end, goals were more likely to appear, because many players were waiting for the end and their bodies and minds were not fully devoted to the game.

That's what many Wigan Athletics players think.

They didn't think about Millwall, and Millwall thought the same way. At only half a minute before the end of the first half, Wigan Athletic made a mistake in the frontcourt pass, and the football was cut off by David Livermore, and he drove the ball to the right side of the frontcourt with a big foot.

No one cared about it.

Livermore was just a big foot in the clearing style, so what threat could it be? But when they looked along the football flight route, they suddenly became panicked.

Branif!

Millwall's forward appeared at the landing point and he didn't rush forward quickly because he was already standing there and there was no defensive player around him.

"Danger!"

Many people realize it.

Braniff was excitedly waiting for the ball to fly over, and he couldn't help but think of the scene where Zhang Yang called him over two minutes ago--

"I found that compared to the left, there are more opportunities in the right area! You should run more in the front point area on the right, pay attention to the opponent's defender position at any time, and don't be offside!"

Braniff was stunned when he heard this, and he couldn't understand at all, "There are more opportunities on the right side than on the left side." How did he analyze it?

Maybe it's because Morris is on the right?

Yes, that should be true!

Braniff didn't understand very much, but he still did what he did. The last time he "offended" Zhang Yang was because he did not obey the command, so he strictly followed the orders and stayed on the right.

Then, the opportunity comes!

Before the football flew over, Braniff saw the opponent's central defender and took a few steps back. He also took the opportunity to run forward a few steps. It was the difference between these steps that allowed him to easily turn his head and watch the football fly over.

Braniff had enough time to prepare, and no one could compete. He stopped the ball steadily, and then saw the opponent's defender coming and immediately stepped forward.

No one can stop it!

There are only two defensive players in the backcourt of Wigan Athletic, one is the full-back standing far away, and the other is the central defender running over on the side. When Braniff drove the ball, the central defender could only turn around and tried to intercept in front of the penalty area. However, Braniff was faster. He reached the penalty area line in just a few steps, and the only thing he had to face was the goalkeeper.

Then he glanced at the goalkeeper and Braniff chose to shoot!

At this moment, Zhang Yang spit out two words - "Goal", which was like shouting in Chinese that hoped the player would score a goal.

These two words bring magical effects.

Braniff felt like he was in a state of great shape, as if he had played the most perfect shot in his career.

The football is not only powerful, but also has a spin!

At the moment of shooting, Braniff glanced at the goal and could tell the rotational trajectory of the football and where he would drill into the goal.

That feeling is amazing!
Chapter completed!