As Concheski helped Millwall score his third goal, Sunderland coach McCarthy immediately realized the danger.

It's actually no big deal to lose to Millwall in the game. McCarthy hopes to lead the team to win the first victory, but losing to Millwall has a lot to say, for example, Millwall beat Arsenal.

Millwall defeated Arsenal, what's strange about defeating Sunderland?

Fans will understand!

As for what he said before the game, "We will definitely work hard to win the first place," it is nothing extraordinary. So far this season, he has said many similar things. Sunderland has suffered one defeat after another, and it seems nothing is wrong to break his promise. At least he has shown his determination to win, and he has a decision and fighting spirit is better than not. Losing the game is because of lack of strength.

The current situation is not a question of whether Sunderland can save face.

Face is a big deal!

Sunderland Club can accept relegation in one season. Everyone knows that Sunderland is not strong enough, and the club's finances do not allow them to buy players to replenish their strength. They can spend a season in the Premier League and work hard to relegate to the Championship. If they lose face, it will be different, which will make Sunderland fans extremely disappointed.

Fans' emotions can affect the club.

In order to calm the anger of the fans, the club must find a scapegoat, which will undoubtedly be the team's head coach.

Now the moment of life and death has come!

After 34 minutes of the game, Millwall scored three goals. While Sunderland had no power to fight back, even the defense seemed to be unable to do well. If the opponent was a giant team, it would be acceptable, but the opponent was just Millwall - the same promoted team as Sunderland.

How can this gap be accepted?

What will the club think after the game is over? What will the fans think? His head coach position is really coming to an end!

What McCarthy realized was not only the dangers of the game, but also the threat of whether the job could be saved. He did not want to leave Sunderland for the time being, especially if he was driven away by a tragedy, which would become a stain on his coaching career.

His face turned dark.

Sunderland fans have not thought so much yet. The only thing they realize is that Sunderland has no chance. Millwall scored the third goal. In the league seasons, there are very few games that can be recovered by three goals.

That's almost the same as myth.

Sunderland must be losing, and the fans no longer want to win. They can only watch the game disappointed. Some unacceptable fans have begun to leave the game. More fans hope that the team can work harder and at least score a goal to save their face. For example, the gap of 1 to 3 is acceptable.

The reporters in the media seats are much more complicated.

Most reporters are optimistic that Millwall can win, but they have to score the result. They think Millwall can only win one and two goals. Unexpectedly, Millwall scored three goals before the first half ended.

How did the game become like this?

Could it be that Millwall is so strong that Sunderland won't be able to fight back at all?

Many media carefully compared the lineups of the two teams and found that Sunderland had no disadvantages. Millwall had no big stars. Simpson, who performed well, was also replaced. There was no gap in the lineup between the two teams, which was just tactics and on-the-spot performance.

There is nothing to talk about on-the-spot performance.

Millwall's tactics have always been the focus of attention. Many Premier League coaches have come forward to praise Millwall's tactics. Their description of tactics is "building for the team". This may be the reason why Millwall can suppress Sunderland and score three goals in a short period of time.

But... it's unacceptable!

Are they really going to praise that young Chinese after the game?

The media reporters were a little unhappy.

Millwall players won’t think too much. Everyone is relaxed when they can score three goals in a short time. Thinking of the serious expressions of the coach before the game, they know that three goals are definitely not enough. If they want to ‘defeat’ Sunderland, they must score more goals. The cheering of fans around them is the biggest proof.

So they have to keep working hard.

When the game started again, Millwall had no intention of slowing down the offensive, but instead the pace became faster and the offense became more violent.

Sunderland became in a bad mood, and they had long forgotten about it.

At the beginning of the game, they were still full of fighting spirit and wanted to win the first victory. Now, after they found it impossible to win, they became motivated. If the opponent was replaced by a wealthy team, they would definitely have to fight.

May Millwall?

In the minds of most Sunderland players, Millwall is just a team similar to theirs, and has not made large-scale signings in the summer. The strength level of the two teams is similar, but now there is such a big gap... What is the reason?

While many players were involved in the game, they couldn't help but think that in the last round of last season, the championship disappeared. Millwall won the championship, and the opponent only took half a season, because of the other party's young coach.

The opponent's young coach led Millwall to create the myth of winning the championship in half, and now he led Millwall with average strength, and achieved a gorgeous record of five wins and one draw in six rounds of the game. The strength of the two teams is similar. What about Sunderland? On the contrary, it is one draw and five losses.

The gap is too big.

Then the reason is obvious: the difference in coaching ability between the head coaches of both sides!

If Sunderland's head coach is replaced by that young Chinese, those who defeat Arsenal will become Sunderland, those who score five wins and one draw will become Sunderland, and those who score three goals in more than 30 minutes will become Sunderland.

Some Sunderland fans began to be dissatisfied with McCarthy's coaching ability.

There is no hope for the game, they all want to end soon. They have lost, so what else can continue? Under the comparison of polarized mentality, the situation of the game can be imagined.

Some Sunderland fans are still thinking of the team trying to score a goal, but after a long time, Sunderland still couldn't even score in the half, and was suppressed more passive than before. Even the opportunity to actively advance could not control the ball for a long time. There is no need to talk about the threat to Millwall's goalkeeper Heathlop.

The game became an offensive and defensive drill for both sides.

Millwall has been attacking, Sunderland has been defending, and the ball has changed hands a lot, but Sunderland basically can't beat the half.

For the next period of time, Millwall seemed to lack a little luck. He failed to break the goal three consecutive shots, and even kicked the post.

This situation changed as the game went to the 45th minute.

Smitchell broke out!

Compared with Arsenal's lineup, Smitchell is just an ordinary player, but in the match between Millwall and Sunderland, he is one of the most skilled players. In front of the penalty area, Smitchell was intercepted by the opponent. He shook an opponent away with a small change of direction, and then changed direction and shook another person away. Then he waved his right foot and completed something smoothly. The football went straight to the far corner.

The next moment, Sunderland fans are lost again!

0 to 4!

Millwall led by four goals!

Seeing the football flew into the Sunderland goal, the fans in the stands were numb. More fans began to stand, and more fans were a little confused. They suffered a huge blow in their hearts and their dissatisfaction with the team became even worse.

Millwall players are a little numb.

Four goals were scored in the first half, and they didn't even have the intention to celebrate. In this game, they felt like they were playing against a "no resistance opponent" or a "team with huge strength gap". Both sides were not at the same level at all. This was the first time that the league began so easily.

Smitchell was very happy.

This is Smitchell's first goal in the new season, and when joining a new team, the first goal always makes sense.

Smitchell made a hug with several teammates.

Everyone's celebration is not very good, but after all, it was a goal, and many teammates also came to congratulate Smitchell.

Sunderland players are in a bad mood.

After the game restarted, the time was already in stoppage time. Many Sunderland players frequently looked at the referee, hoping that the opponent would blow the whistle quickly and end the nightmare early.

Finally the referee blew the whistle.

“Beep…”

Some harsh sounds were heard in the ears of Sunderland players, as if they had become the most wonderful notes. Each of them breathed a long sigh, and some players couldn't help but sit directly on the grass.

This half was too bad.

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The end of the first half does not mean relief.

If possible, Sunderland players want to surrender directly. Even head coach McCarthy thinks this way, but he can't do that. While the halftime break, McCarthy had to do a lot of ideological work. He said it for almost ten minutes in a row to make Sunderland players feel better.

Sunderland's mental outlook also recovered a little in the second half.

But...is this useful?

Zhang Yang stood on the sidelines with an arc on his lips. Sunderland and Millwall had no deep hatred. If there were any, Sunderland should have hated Millwall, because Millwall snatched Sunderland's English Championship.

Zhang Yang didn't take McCarthy's saliva before the game at all. The reason why he was arrogant was that he wanted to find sufficient confidence in the game after defeating Arsenal, so that they could truly understand that the team's strength is no longer the same as before!

This is very important!

When a team has strength but still has the mentality of a "weak team", it may affect its performance.

on the contrary.

When a team has no strength but has the mentality of a "strong team", it will directly affect its performance.

Whatever a team has, it should have a corresponding mentality.

Millwall is still a little short of them. They won many games, but most players still think that the team is just a promotional team and good results cannot be maintained. If they continue to hold this mentality and wait for Millwall to lose the game, the players will feel that it is no big deal, because it is the same as they expected.

This doesn't work!

So Sunderland just ran into Millwall during the unlucky period.

Zhang Yang not only made sufficient preparations for Sunderland, but also spared no effort to get the team to score more goals. The team had to show 100% strength and he had to put in 100% energy, even in the second half.

Millwall fans don't think so.

Even if they have confidence in the team, they will feel that the second half is garbage time. They have already scored four goals in the first half, and it is certain that they will win the game, and the second half will definitely be meaningless.

Derbyshire can enjoy the game, and Sunderland can give in in advance.

Sunderland fans have similar ideas.

The first half has decided the winner, but the second half has become meaningless. They are very unwilling to accept the team's failure, but after so many games before, they don't care about this game. They are more dissatisfied with head coach McCarthy.

Why do the team always lose? They still lose to Millwall, who is also a newly promoted team?
To be continued...