Millwall successfully reached the FA Cup final, which deserves the club's cheers. Millwall fans began to look forward to the FA Cup final, and they realized that they had the opportunity to win two championships.

Millwall's team didn't have much thought. The two consecutive days of games made the whole team very tired. After returning to London that day, Zhang Yang immediately announced the disbandment of the players, but told him to train the next day.

There is nothing we can do about it.

Zhang Yang wants to give the players a holiday, but the next round of the league is just a few days later. They must be prepared. Although the pressure on the league is very small, it can win games that are easy to win and also allow the team to win the championship ahead of schedule.

The next day, Millwall trained normally.

The morning was mainly resuming training. The players warmed up and relaxed, and time slowly passed. In the afternoon, the coaching staff did not arrange outdoor training. Zhang Yang gave the players time to relax. He arranged free tactical classes in the coach's office. Each player could ask questions about tactics to the coach, and the players were also divided into several groups to discuss with each other.

This is somewhat similar to the Chinese student classroom.

Zhang Yang draws on the teaching method of "Chinese Student Classroom".

After a season, there are still many players who don’t understand their tactical positioning, especially those who play some times. After they play, they have problems with their cooperation with other teammates and their personal performance. The reason is that they still don’t understand tactical positioning.

Among the main players, some players have similar problems.

For example, a few defenders have fewer insertions, so they don’t quite understand how to run after going up. Midfielder Livermore is a rare "IQ catching chicken". His personal performance has been very successful, but often there are still major problems in cooperating with his teammates, which has also affected the performance of midfield strength.

This season is about to end, but next season, Zhang Yang will also use the form of a "classroom" to let players understand new tactics and let them know how to "learn and adapt" instead of being ignorant. In the summer, preparations are like a rookie.

The ‘class’ model is a good learning method. The coaching team members go up to give lectures one by one. The players not only need to listen, but also make appropriate notes, and recite some key points.

Zhang Yang’s request is that “the tactical focus on one’s position must be memorized.”

This request made Wise, Frederick and others twitch the corners of their mouths, and they all felt a little sympathetic to the players who were instilled with education.

"This is China's educational method, which is very effective. They don't need to develop any creativity. Just know what to do in the competition."

Zhang Yang explained very seriously.

The "Chinese" indoctrination teaching methods have been constantly criticized by foreign scholars, believing that they are stifling students' creativity. However, no matter whether they are creativity or not, professional players do not need creativity. They are tactical parts one by one, just play a role in accordance with tactical rules.

Millwall's team's suffering began.

These professional players can easily complete the game by asking them to run ten laps on the court. If they want to recite some tactical things, their IQ will be a little insufficient.

Some players are fine, such as Smitchell and Morris. They have their own understanding of tactics and can understand the content of tactics well. They know how to do it whether they recite or not.

Livermore, Joey Healy, Braniff, and even Josh Simpson were not good. Their IQ was obviously not enough. Zhang Yang did not require them to understand some of the key points of tactics. As long as he recited it and got on the field, he would definitely understand it after adapting it a few more times.

This is the pattern of forced indoctrination.

One afternoon, nearly an hour of study, the minds of the players of the team were almost bursting. They sighed in the "classroom", but they didn't know how long it would take to last.

It was four o'clock before Zhang Yang spoke, "Today's tactical class is over!"

"God!"

"Long live!"

"Very good!"

A group of shouts that seemed to win the championship made Zhang Yang, Wise and others laugh, but the team did not want to disband, but continued to stay in the 'class' and watch the second game of the upcoming FA Cup semi-finals - the game between Chelsea and Liverpool. Everyone should watch the game and understand the opponents they are about to face better.

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Chelsea plays against Liverpool, who wins and loses is a question.

In terms of league points, Chelsea crushed Liverpool, and Liverpool ranked fourth in the league. It is actually very good. There are only Millwall, Chelsea and Manchester United ahead, but their points are 16 fewer than Chelsea, which shows a huge gap. However, it is difficult for Chelsea to win when they meet Liverpool. In domestic cups and Champions League events, Liverpool and Chelsea have the advantage in their results.

For example, last season's Champions League.

When Liverpool met Chelsea in the semi-finals, almost everyone was optimistic about Chelsea at that time, but Liverpool successfully eliminated Chelsea. As a result, Liverpool coach Benitez is considered to be the head coach who is "best at playing the Cup". Leading Liverpool to defeat Chelsea and reverse AC Milan to win the Champions League championship is enough to prove Benitez's ability to deal with the Cup.

In a game that determines the outcome, the weaker side may not necessarily fail.

Both sides attach great importance to the game.

At the end of the league, the league rankings were basically solid, Liverpool could not enter the top three, and Chelsea had no hope of winning first, both teams were eliminated in the Champions League again, the FA Cup became the only event to compete, and any team wanted to enter the finals.

Professional football is cruel, and there will only be one winner.

When the ninety minutes of the game ended, Liverpool became the final winner.

2 to 1!

Liverpool beat Chelsea to advance to the finals!

After the game, the media generally believed that Mourinho lost to Benitez because of his "military use of troops", and that "improper use of troops" was the main reason for Chelsea's defeat.

"Chelsea's defeat was mainly because Mourinho made too many changes." The commentator of the British BBC TV station analyzed the game in this way. "Liverpool is more stable than Chelsea in terms of game status. The FA Cup is a game that determines the outcome. Which team has more stable defense and fewer mistakes will directly determine the outcome of the game."

"In recent games, Chelsea have changed both aspects. One is that they use Galas as the central defender on the defensive line, which may have a certain relationship with Carvalho's consideration of transfer. After all, he has had conflicts with Mourinho this season, and Mourinho does not allow players to challenge his authority. At the same time, Galas once said that he wanted to play as the central defender, otherwise he might leave the club, which led to a change in Mourinho's position in the central defender."

"And the facts prove that with Galas' personal ability, he is more suitable for playing fullbacks in the Premier League. He is fully competent on both sides, and it can even be said to be more than enough, but the central defender is relatively poor. His body is not particularly outstanding and he has no height advantage..."

"The other change is the offensive change. Chelsea used Drogba and Crespo to play double strikers in three consecutive games. This time, when they met a master, the 4-4-2 tactic was unsuccessful in front of Liverpool. The two forwards, Drogba and Crespo, still did not find a sense of cooperation. Although after Crespo, Drogba's pressure on the forward line has been much less, making such adjustments on the front line is also an unstable factor."

"The most important point is that in terms of placing troops, Mourinho may want to consider controlling Liverpool's left offense. He used Paul Ferreira to play the right forward, while Gremi appeared at the right back."

"In fact, Paul Ferreira did not play at all, which was equivalent to abolishing the attacks from both sides. Chelsea's 4-4-2 formation became a wingless midfielder, lacking assists from the two wings, reducing the threat to the opponent's back line. At the same time, the two forwards were exposed to the two strongest centre-backs in the opponent's defense line..."

"When Mourinho was behind two goals, he realized it and used Robben, Joe Cole and other good players on the sidelines to play. Although he scored one goal, it was too late at this time."

“…”

Media analysis basically illustrates the competition situation.

After the game, the media concluded that Mourinho's biggest mistake was the player Paul Ferreira.

Mourinho's substitution adjustment changed the game situation and allowed Chelsea to launch a tough offensive. He replaced Orno with Robben, but the one who was corrected was Ferreira's position. In the second half, Ferreira returned to the defense line and pushed up Orno's left back position. After becoming a three-back in the next thirty minutes, his performance as a left central defender was also qualified.

A question arises: "Why is Ferreira not in the position she is best at the opening?"

This is a fog.

After the game, Mourinho refused to admit his mistake in using Ferreira, "I don't think it's a mistake. The biggest mistake was the free kick the referee awarded them in the first half. The referee was seventy meters away from the scene, but he made such an important decision. As for Ferreira, he is one of the best players in this team."

But no matter how stubborn Mourinho is, Ferreira's transfer is a failed attempt.

Chelsea bet on the FA Cup for this.

Chelsea lost the FA Cup, and the remaining two teams are Millwall and Liverpool. The two teams will play a decisive battle at Wembley Stadium on May 15.

Zhang Yang was still surprised.

Millwall and Chelsea are old opponents. He is ready to fight another game. Unexpectedly, Chelsea lost the game and the final opponent became Liverpool.

This is good news.

Zhang Yang does not think that Liverpool is easier to deal with than Chelsea, but Liverpool will not put too much pressure on Millwall in terms of hard strength, that is the most important thing.

When Millwall doesn't have to fight against the huge gap in strength, his performance will also improve a lot.

Then in the next time, it is time to consider how to break through Liverpool's defense line.

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Millwall entered normal preparation training and prepared for the next round of the game against West Bromwich, but one thing still affected the mood of individual players and coaching staff.

The FA announced the final list of England's World Cup in Germany, with Josh Simpson, Livermore and Darren Bent all missing.

Although none of the three of them have been on the roster, their outstanding performance this season has also made them one of the hottest English players. The outside media believe that one and two Millwall players appeared on the final list.

But in the end, there wasn't one.

Josh Simpson and Livermore are better, and their performances are also very good, but it is still a bit lucky to be around England.

Darren Bent was a little unreasonable if he wasn't on the list.

On the current Premier League scorer list, Darren Bent ranked second in the scorer list with 22 goals, second only to Henry, who scored 27 goals, and Manchester City's Dutch scorer Van Nie, who scored one less goal than Darren Bent.

Compared with England players alone, Wayne Rooney and Lampard scored the most goals, both of them scored six more goals. For both strikers, Darren Bentt scored six more goals than Rooney, and his playing time was less than Rooney.

Darren Bent is the English player with the most goals, but he failed to enter the national team, which is a bit unreasonable? What is most unreasonable is that Erikson's national team roster also has Arsenal young player Walcott.

Walcott has only played twice for Arsenal and was on the national team roster.

In Zhang Yang's memory of his past life, Walcott did enter the national team, but his arrival has changed a lot. For example, Josh Simpson is also very young and performs much better than Walcott. Darren Bent burst out in advance. He feels that the future has definitely changed and the England team should also be affected.

In the end, no.

Darren Bent was in a clear mood that day, and his training was a little out of shape, and the whole team knew why.

Zhang Yang was also very angry.

At noon, Zhang Yang was interviewed by a reporter and said, "I discovered the funniest thing. England's number one scorer was unable to enter the national team at all. Is it interesting? I don't know when it started, England had to rely on relationships to get in, which also made me know why England's performance was not good."

This passage is reported by the media without a single letter.

But the media is not just gossiping, they also expressed various support for Zhang Yang, "Rooney, Irving, Crouch, Walcott?"

"If the first two can be understood, why did Walcott join the national team?"

Crouch was ignored.

Everyone knows that Erikson prefers Crouch, and his explanation is that ‘Crouch is a tactical player’, which also makes the media unable to do anything, and tactical players cannot be explained by data.

Some media also questioned Irving's entry, "Irving was indeed world-class a few years ago, but it is not certain now. His performance this year is not good and it is difficult for him to explode in the World Cup."

"Compared with Darren Bent, even Rooney is a bit worse! Darren Bent is the kind of player who can score goals by relying on his personal abilities. His joining will greatly increase the efficiency of England's frontcourt."

"Did Walcott Erikson want to train new players for Arsenal?"

"This list is a joke!"
Chapter completed!