Chapter 280 Valdy! Valdy!(1/2)
Neal Stadium away team coach's seat.
Chelsea coach Mourinho stared at Valdy and Braniff who were playing, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. He looked a little kind on the surface, but those who were familiar with Mourinho would know that the meaning of that was "disdain".
Mourinho doesn't care about Millwall's substitution.
When he saw Millwall replace two forward players in one breath, Mourinho felt that Chelsea's chance had come.
In many games, after Chelsea scored, the opponent would strengthen the offensive in the second half. Some were more conservative, but only slightly strengthened the offensive, while others were more extreme, and directly replaced the defender with the forward.
Millwall just made the choice of "center", because Koncheski and Smitchell who were replaced can also be considered frontcourt players.
What's the use of this?
Millwall must want to fight with offense. If Manchester United and Arsenal do this, Mourinho will be more alert. After all, the strength of the two teams is definitely not much worse than Chelsea. Some positions are even better than Chelsea. For example, the two teams' forwards, Van Ni and Henry are both the world's top scorers, and Drogba is still a little worse than that of them.
Millwall?
The team's lineup is too poor. Even if they send two forward players, their offensive ability will not improve much, because their players' strength is already very poor.
Branif?
Valdi?
The former is boasted by the media as a forward genius, while the latter seems to be unknown. Even if both of them are forward geniuses, it doesn't matter at all. In Chelsea's lineup, every player can be said to be a genius when he was young, and he is a more famous genius. They have all grown up, and the opponent's genius is still very young and has just emerged in the top league. Perhaps in a few years, they can grow into top stars, and they are still too immature now.
Millwall made a gambling substitution, but it was just a desperate struggle, and it didn't make much sense at all.
The reporters in the media table also held similar views. As long as they had some understanding of Chelsea, they knew that many of their opponents would make the same choice.
But which opponent succeeded?
Even Arsenal and Chelsea strengthened their offensive in the second half, but in the end they easily lost to Chelsea because they could not break through Chelsea's goal.
"Milwall...lost!"
"The suspense next may become when Chelsea can find opportunities to expand its lead!"
"This is a gambling substitution adjustment, but facing Chelsea's iron-clad defense is really not very meaningful!"
"Faced with such a powerful opponent, Zhang Yang has no good idea!"
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After the game started again, Zhang Yang stood on the sidelines. Unlike other people's ideas, he had expectations for the game.
From some perspectives, Mourinho and media reporters have good ideas, but the only thing they make inaccurate judgment is Mirwall's offensive ability in the frontcourt.
Now on the field is Millwall's "extreme offensive formation".
There must be a reason for the reason for the "extreme" to be described. The forwards Darren Bent, Jamie Vardy, and Branif Gajosh Simpson on both sides, all four players are very young, among which Simpson and Vardy are not twenty years old, and they all have the same thing in common: they are almost not good at defense.
Among them, there are only Branif, who have average abilities and some defensive abilities. However, Branif used to be a forward and had good defensive abilities and limited abilities.
In many cases, not being good at defense is just a disadvantage. It can be judged based on the overall strength of the players, which also shows that they have strong offensive ability. It is precisely because they are not good at defense that Zhang Yang believes that it is an "extreme offensive formation".
In general games, Zhang Yang will not let all of them appear.
In this way, the team's defensive pressure will be concentrated on other players, and they will not be able to stop the opponent in the frontcourt and cause some trouble.
The situation is different now.
Millwall must complete the goal as soon as possible, otherwise the situation will be firmly controlled by Chelsea.
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At the beginning of the second half, Millwall played two consecutive attacks--
The first wave was initiated by Jody Morris. After the ball was passed to the left, Braniff dribbled the ball to the bottom line and was cleared by Galas when the cross was made.
The second wave was when the steal was completed in the backcourt. After Livermore grabbed the opponent's ball, he handed it directly to Simpson on the right side. Simpson quickly dribbled the ball across the center line, and then a big foot passed the ball at the front of the penalty area. Darren Bent rushed forward and completed the shot. The shot was a bit too hasty. The football rolled over the bottom line and failed to pose a threat to the goal.
After Chelsea made a tough attack after sending the goal.
The midfielder and the wingers cooperated twice and hit the ball to the left of the penalty area. Then Joe Cole's cross created an opportunity for Dutch star Robben, and he almost broke the goal with a powerful shot.
Seeing Heathlop pounce on his body, Mirwall let out a long sigh.
Chelsea secretly complained that it was a pity.
This was a very good opportunity. Robben's shot was also quite powerful, but Heathlop performed better. He actually made an accurate judgment and threw the ball firmly in his arms.
Many people look up to Heathlop.
Heathlop has played in England throughout his career, and his strength has been recognized by many people.
Heathlop is not very famous worldwide.
This may be because Heathlop is not a "top national team star". He joined the English youth team twice, but finally put on the match shirt between Trinidad and Tobago, and has missed the world's top national competitions since then.
In addition, Heathlop has not joined the rich club and has never won top championships in his career. His teams have been playing for: Reading, Newcastle United, West Ham United and Portsmouth. His personal transfer was only officially transferred in 1995. At that time, he transferred from Reading to Newcastle United, with the transfer fee of 1.57 million pounds. The remaining few conversions were signed freely when the contract expired.
As can be seen from the above information, Heathlop is very low-key.
During his entire career, Heathlop received several invitations from giants, including Manchester United, Arsenal, and other giants in leagues, such as Bayern Munich, Inter Milan, etc., but he did not choose to join the giants in the end.
The reason for this is very simple: he can only play the main force.
Just like when he left Newcastle United, when England goalkeeper James performed better, there was no place for Heathlop in the team. If he wanted to stay, he could only play as the second goalkeeper, which was something he could not accept.
In the end, Heathlop chose to leave.
The same is true for joining Millwall now. Zhang Yang guaranteed his main position, so Heathlop is here.
Unlike many professional players, perhaps because of the influence of family and elite education before becoming professional players, Heathlop doesn't care much about external things such as salary, fame, etc. His private life hardly hypes himself. When he can relax and relax, he chooses to stay by his family.
When considering transfers, Heathlop will also consider the club position to make a choice, which is one of the reasons why he has played in the English League all his life.
Such a player deserves respect from anyone.
Heathlop is now thirty-seven years old, but his performance is still very steady, no worse than other world-class goalkeepers.
After Hislop completed the save, there were also many commentators who helped fans get to know Hislop, and many fans suddenly realized, "It turns out that there is such an evergreen tree in Mirwall's team!"
However, no matter how good Heathlop performed, he was just a goalkeeper.
Millwall must score a goal if she wants to tie. Seeing that Millwall failed to threaten both waves of offenses, Chelsea almost scored the ball in one wave of offense. More people are not optimistic about Millwall--
“Milwall has too little chance of winning!”
"Chelsea has demonstrated strong offensive ability, their efficiency is also very high. Millwall's defense is too fragile now..."
"So far, Millwall has not posed a direct threat to Chelsea goal!"
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Soon Millwall's next attack came again, Jody Morris controlled the ball from the middle, and Frank Lampard rushed over to defend.
The two are going to have a head-on confrontation.
Jody Morris is the core player of Millwall, and Frank Lampard is the core player of Chelsea. Compared with the match between Millwall and Chelsea, the confrontation between the two core players is very meaningful. What few people know is that for Morris himself, the game is very meaningful, and the direct confrontation with Lampard is also of great significance.
Jody Morris is a player who has been branded with Chelsea.
Many people talk about Morris's origin and know that he came from the Chelsea youth training camp, but few people remember that he stayed in the Chelsea first team for a long time.
To be precise, it's... seven seasons!
Seven seasons!
How long does a player's career last? Morris joined the Chelsea first team at the age of sixteen. At that time, he was a famous genius, not worse than Wayne Rooney two years ago. He was recruited by many giants, but in the end he decided to stay at Chelsea and play for his favorite club.
Morris's Chelsea career is tragic.
Except for helping Chelsea make 30 appearances in the 1999-2000 season, he can only serve as a substitute in other seasons. When Flake Lampard transfers to Chelsea from West Ham United, he has become a marginalist.
If Jody Morris was asked to give a comment on Chelsea's career, he felt that the reason for his failure should be attributed to the cruelty of the professional arena. Players with poor performance will definitely be eliminated, while players with excellent performance will stay.
This is the objective reason.
But no one will be willing to do the same thing.
Since leaving Chelsea, Morris has always hoped that he would have the opportunity to fight Chelsea head-on. Now he has finally realized his dream, Millwall has been promoted to the Premier League and has also had a head-on collision with Chelsea.
This is the best opportunity!
Millwall was suppressed throughout the game, and some players on the team were discouraged, but Morris was always full of fighting spirit, seriously devoted himself to the game, and seriously dealt with every challenge. When facing Lampard's defense, Morris was even more excited: he hoped that he could defeat Lampard head-on to prove that the club was wrong to give up his choice.
Watching Lampard run over, Morris forced himself to calm down, and he made the move to prepare for a breakthrough.
Lampard suddenly became very cautious.
At this time, Morris took two steps forward, and his eyes leaped over Lampard and looked behind him. Lampard immediately tilted his body to stop Morris from passing the ball, but Morris pushed the ball to the left and rushed over immediately.
Lampard is not easy to deal with. After finding out that he was deceived, Lampard immediately stuck his position with his body.
Morris ran through it with a slight margin.
Lampard turned around and chased him reluctantly, and the two were only one position apart. Lampard rushed to explode at a speed, but his start was a little slow, and it was impossible to catch up with him in a few steps.
Essin on the other side hurried over to make up for defense.
Morris glanced at Essin and immediately prepared to pass the ball: he didn't want to be shot left and right.
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To be continued...