Chapter 181 The holiday is coming(1/2)
When Sunderland drew with Nottingham Forest and Millwall defeated Burnley, the atmosphere at the Light Stadium was a bit awkward.
Time goes back twenty minutes.
Sunderland fans were still celebrating the championship with cheers, shouting words such as "Sunderland" and "Champion". But when Bent Ali kicked the ball into the Sunderland goal, the stadium suddenly became noisy, and then the fans put away various celebration props in anger.
Next everyone started to wait for the result of Millwall's game.
Nottingham Forest is a special group on the court. Head coach Hart quietly left with the players. They knew that no matter whether they win or lose, it had nothing to do with them. They could only prepare for the League One next season.
However, Nottingham Forest coach Hart still waited to shake hands with Sunderland coach Mick McCarthy with a smile.
Mick McCarthy had no mind at all. He was still angry at the team's concealment. Hart said inexplicably, "I think there is nothing strange about Millwall winning the championship. In the future, English football may be the world of young people!"
Mick McCarthy shrugged. He thought Hart was mocking Sunderland for not winning and was throwing the championship away from the slightest attack on Sunderland. But he knew that Hart was completely mocking himself.
When Hart directed the game, Nottingham Forest had almost no power to fight back; the commander was replaced by Zhang Yang, and a few text messages were "instructed" and Nottingham Forest tied the score.
How did the other party do it?
Hart naturally looked at the text messages and couldn't understand them. Because of this, he felt that he was out of date and could not keep up with the times at all. Perhaps he could consider retirement early.
Finally, Millwall's game ended.
The fans of the Guangming Stadium were dissatisfied with the result, and could only leave the stadium silently.
The second in the league, but nothing to celebrate.
Although Sunderland also received an upgrade place, they had already accepted the result. They were pursuing the championship in the competition, and second in the league would be equivalent to failure.
At this time, the most embarrassing person became a FA official.
The FA's representative to present the award was David Willwood, former vice chairman of Tottenham Hotspur club. He ran as vice chairman of the FA in 2003 and was in charge of various matters in the Championship.
David Willwood can be said to be the 'Boss of the Championship'.
Now the 'EU Championship boss' is quite embarrassed. He, like other fans, is waiting for Millwall's game to end. When he learned that Millwall scored the third goal, Willwood could only sigh and said to the accompanying committee member Hobby Dunn, "It's time for us to go back to London too!"
This is the most embarrassing departure.
David Willwood came to the Stadium of Light from London to present the award to Sunderland, but he had to leave and return to London to present the award to Millwall.
David Willwood left and took away the trophy that had been placed on the rostrum. Many reporters who came to interview took photos of this scene, and they thought it was worth hype.
"The FA officials were enthusiastically bringing the trophy to the Stadium of Light, but they had to face the embarrassment of returning to London to present the award to Millwall."
Listen!
How interesting!
David Willwood was also cursing in his heart. If he had known Millwall would win, he would not have been willing to go to the Light Stadium. Not only would he delay his work, it would have been too far.
If you don't hurry back now, Millwall won without a trophy, which would be too embarrassing.
Fortunately, the FA has alternative strategies.
Although the FA did not expect that Millwall would eventually win the championship, there were imitations of trophys at the headquarters, which were for emergency response. Willwood could not go back, so he had to award the imitations to Millwall and then hand over the real trophy.
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Neil Stadium.
Every corner was filled with cheers from fans.
In the exciting atmosphere on the scene, Millwall team packed up and lined up neatly to come to the scene to thank the fans. After the celebration was over, we were looking forward to the award ceremony that was still there.
Millwall lined up and waited to get on the rostrum.
David Willwood finally failed to catch up. FA officials had to launch alternative programs to award imitations of the trophy to Millwall, but this cannot be said. There have been many league champions in the past, and the first-hand imitations were obtained.
Generally speaking, if a team wins the championship ahead of schedule, the award will be copied.
Only when the league is over will the real trophy be handed over to the club.
This is a regulation.
So it is actually no big deal for Millwall to win the trophy.
However, Zhang Yang refused to attend the award ceremony. He said before the game, "Because of the FA's approach, if Mirwall wins the championship, I will refuse to attend the award ceremony."
Now, do what you say!
Dennis Wise led the team forward to receive the trophy and medals, and then captain Jody Morris walked to the center of the rostrum and took over the trophy representing the championship from the FA officials.
He kissed the trophy.
Then, under everyone's gaze, Jody Morris lifted the trophy high into the air.
Neil Stadium was instantly boiling!
Everyone at the scene was shouting the slogan of "Milwall, champion", and others, including the award presenters, were constantly applauding and sending blessings to Miilwall.
Jody Morris was very excited.
When he held the trophy high, he roared with his eyes a little red. His bumpy career experience in the past made him feel that the trophy was far away, and now he finally won the first trophy.
Although he is only the champion of the English Championship, he is the captain of the team and the best player in the team.
This champion is very important!
After handing over the trophy to other teammates, watching everyone continue to compete wildly, Jody Morris began to look forward to next season.
Premier League!
That is the stage worth looking forward to!
While Neal Stadium was cheering wildly, Zhang Yang sat alone in the home team's locker room, looking at the crazy fans through the locker room window with a smile.
It was a blood-accelerating atmosphere.
Zhang Yang did not participate in it, not only a sentence before the game, but also a perfect ending for the season: Millwall won the upgraded place and the league championship again.
As the team's head coach, what's the difference between participating in or not participating in the award ceremony?
He has more important things to do.
At the moment of the game, Zhang Yang received a system prompt, "You have obtained the glory ability of the head coach's professional module: the glory of the championship."
"Your head coach's professional module advanced ability: The Word Spirit Bewitching has been improved, and the number of designated followers has increased to -2."
When celebrating the championship, Zhang Yang had no time to study new abilities, so he couldn't help but start researching now. The ability of 'Champion' is explained as, "All players in your team have gained physical fitness enhancement. (The ability to advance, the current effect is: one percent.)"
From the explanation of ability, you can almost understand the effect.
This is a passive effect ability. As long as there is the ability of "Champion's Glory", the effect will always be reflected.
All team members have one percent enhanced ability, and they can only say that they are better than nothing.
However, if you think about it carefully, you will know that this is also a very effective ability. Comprehensively increasing the physical fitness of the players is equivalent to comprehensively strengthening the team's strength. One percent is not much, and key abilities can be promoted.
Now I have only won one English Champions League championship, and the effect of the 'Champion' is only one percent. If you win more championships in the future, you will gradually improve. That will not be a little bit of strengthening the coaching team.
“The future results are very impressive!”
This is Zhang Yang’s comment on new abilities.
The increase in the number of followers of "Shi Ling Bewitching" is also a big gain. David Livermore is an example. He could only be a defensive player at most, but after having strong long-range shooting ability, he became an important player who can attack and defend, and directly became a substitute on the side of the player to the main player.
With one more follower, one more Livermore can be cultivated... Bah!
Not motivated!
Millwall will enter the Premier League next season. The designated followers may be stronger and the effect will be better. If you use your abilities to key players like Jody Morris, it will really pose a huge threat to your opponent's goal.
This is used to cultivate superstar abilities!
After studying new abilities, Zhang Yang thought of calling Hart and thanking Nottingham Forest for "helping" to draw Sunderland, otherwise Millwall would not have won the league championship.
Hart was quite moved when he received the call, "I didn't expect that the draw was due to your judgment on the game."
"No, I should thank you, otherwise I will tell others that they will definitely ignore you!" This is what Zhang Yang thanked Hart.
If he makes mistakes with other teams, other coaches will definitely ignore him and treat him as a lunatic. Hart is different. He followed the advice to direct the game.
However, Hart didn't think it was any credit. He sighed that he didn't know how he won, and praised Zhang Yang's judgment on the game. Then the two agreed to discuss coaching together if they had time in the future.
"I have many questions to ask for!"
Zhang Yang hung up the phone after a polite reply. He felt a little sympathetic to Hart. Hart is a good coach and is easy-going, but his coaching career has not been smooth.
Now that Nottingham Forest has been demoted to Class A, maybe Hart will consider retiring early?
That was a sad story.
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A simple celebration was held inside the club that day, and at nine o'clock the next morning, the celebration officially began.
First, the bus detours the Mirwall area, allowing fans on both sides of the road to get close contact with players and trophies, and lucky fans can also get some gifts related to the stars.
Afterwards, the club held a grand fan meeting event at the nearby George Reed Square.
The club's senior staff delivered a summary speech for a season. Gligori was the first to go up. He "traceeded the club's century-old history". Ebenezer went up. He "looked for next season". There was also a fat director named "Kurd Matt" who went up and shouted a lot of slogans. As a club director, he was like an ordinary fan.
"He was an ordinary fan," Frederick explained disdainfully. "He owned more than 20 shares in the club, but that was inheriting his father's legacy. Now he lives on his legacy only."
To be continued...