The championship award ceremony is the real award ceremony.

In the eyes of ordinary fans, the runner-up is equivalent to a loser. Perhaps their fans will remember the glory of the runner-up, but in the world of professional football, championship is the eternal topic.

When tracing the history of the Champions League, many people talk about ‘how many times a team has won’t be the first to win’ rather than ‘how many runner-ups a team has won’ or ‘how many finals a team has reached’.

That makes no sense.

If a team enters the final and fails to win the championship, it is equivalent to failure. Even for the championship and runner-up award ceremony, everyone will watch the championship award ceremony. After the runner-up receives the award, they can leave early, and they can even find it difficult to get the applause of several fans.

Now the championship award ceremony is about to begin.

Millwall players line up in sequence, and there are some considerations in line. Players will stand freely, but more important players will often stand in front and there will also be heavyweight guests to award awards. Players on the edge are in the middle or behind the team.

Of course, some players don't care.

For example, Smitchell and Piret, they don’t care about their position, but just follow the team with a smile. For them, they are already very satisfied with the honor of the championship that can be remembered for life. They are about to leave and retire, and they will not care about who will present awards to themselves or their status in the team.

Some players didn't care, but were recommended to the top by the whole team.

That's Livermore.

Livermore and Braniff were suspended. They watched the whole game in the stands below the rostrum. At the award ceremony, they also appeared on the court and participated with their teammates.

Although Livermore did not participate in the competition, everyone unanimously recognized his performance in the "San Siro Brawl". At that time, Livermore's madness not only won the praise of all British media and fans, but also won the hearts of all teammates. After careful consideration, they all knew that Livermore did not stand up. I am afraid that the team would be suspended, and it was not just two people. Perhaps they would not have the chance to win the championship.

Livermore was pushed to the first place by everyone, and even Braniff, who had always been competitive, followed silently.

Millwall's entire team came on stage.

As the team's head coach, Zhang Yang can also win a medal. Like Mourinho, he is at the end of the entire team.

This is not an "unimportant" position, but rather a very important position, because UEFA President Platini is responsible for the "final" awards, and often he will only present awards to important people.

The most important person in Millwall is undoubtedly the head coach Zhang Yang.

Platini is a very successful footballer. He was quite successful as a player. Nancy, Saint-Etienne, and Serie A giant Juventus, who played for Ligue 1, have always been the pillar stars of the French team. He helped the French team win the European Cup in 1984 and was elected as a European footballer three times in his career. French fans believe that he is a "Napoleon"-like legend.

The stars who have achieved such success are definitely the top in the world.

After his career, Platini sought to be a football coach, but his coaching experience was not successful. During his tenure as the head coach of the French national team, due to the low overall level of the French team, the domestic league atmosphere was not upright, and the national team was average. He did not achieve ideal results in the European Championship, World Qualifiers, or Seoul Olympic qualifiers, so he had to resign and leave the coaching position.

Next, Platini began to manage football affairs. With his image as a master, he served as chairman of the French World Cup Organizing Committee in 1998, and then successively served as the French Football Association and other jobs in UEFA. In this year's UEFA election year, Platini defeated Johnson in the election and served as the president of UEFA.

This is the first time Platini has met Zhang Yang, but as long as it is related to European football, he will definitely not be unaware of Zhang Yang.

Millwall's results are so dazzling.

As the Premier League champion last season and the team that participated in the Champions League for the first time, Mirwall passed the opportunity and defeated Real Madrid, Eindhoven and A Milan, successfully approaching the Champions League final. Now they are standing on the podium of the championship.

When the game was going on, Platini and others were also discussing Zhang Yang-

"I know his age, but I didn't expect it to be younger than I thought."

"He led the team to win the Champions League at this age!"

"It's really interesting, unimaginable. Many people probably say that, but I think the most incredible thing is that he is the only one who leads the team. If it were a few years ago, I wouldn't have heard of this team. It's definitely not up to the luck that Millwall can get to this day. In fact, he has no luck to rely on."

The last sentence was said by Platini.

Platini's words have been recognized by many people. Mirwall may rely on luck to win a game, but coaching Mirwall to achieve good results is entirely based on ability.

Before last season, Millwall was just a Premier League team.

Whether it is the lineup, strength, players or clubs, they are simply incomparable to top clubs. Leading such a team to win the Premier League championship is now standing on the Champions League podium, which is simply unthinkable.

This is more shocking than Porto's championship a few years ago.

Porto is a Portuguese team. Although it is a Portuguese giant, it is nothing in Europe. Compared with Mirwall, they are at least "Portuguese giants" and are teams that often participate in the Champions League. Mirwall is nothing, and being able to get a ticket to the Champions League has made history.

Platini admires Zhang Yang very much, and what he appreciates even more is that Millwall, whom Zhang Yang coaches, is not like most English teams, who play very conservatively in the game, but in most games, they play very positively.

Of course, Millwall is conservative enough in today's Champions League final.

Anyone can understand.

This is the Champions League final, so it is normal to be more stable.

If you let go of the attack, it is almost equivalent to handing over the trophy to your opponent.

No one would be so stupid that he did that.

Platini looked at Zhang Yang with a smile, and while hanging the medal around his neck, he said, "I have known your age for a long time, but I am still very surprised. You are much younger than you imagined. I don't know much about the appearance of an Oriental, but if someone told me that you are less than twenty years old, I will definitely believe it."

"Thank you." Zhang Yang responded with a smile.

Platini continued, “You have been coaching for three years, have you?"

“To be precise, two and a half years.”

Platini shook his head and smiled, "Two and a half years. It's too short, even shorter than I imagined. Many coaches will not achieve anything for a few years or more. It doesn't seem to work for you. It took you two years to get most of the coaches, and you can only look up to the honors of your whole life. To be honest, when I was a coach, I was completely inferior to you."

"You are humble, but you're lucky."

"Haha." Platini laughed, "I believe that Wenger, who leads Arsenal, wins the championship, and Benitez, who leads Liverpool, wins the championship, but leads Millwall, I even think that you are lucky to qualify, but when you reach the final and win the championship, it is definitely not luck. Young people, don't be too modest, football does not need to be modest, I believe you will be more successful in the future."

Platini was quite moved and seemed to be guiding his younger generation.

Zhang Yang just smiled.

Platini did not waste time and chatted with Zhang Yang for a few minutes. Seeing that all the medals were given, he walked to the trophy table and presented the St. Berede Cup, which represented the Champions League champion, to the captain Morris, who received the award on behalf of the team.

Morris grabbed the trophy's "two ears" with both hands, looked at the trophy with a serious face, and then raised the trophy with both hands over his head in all his eyes!

"Hula"

The moment the trophy was lifted, the court boiled.

"Milwall!"

"champion!"

"Milwall is the Champions League champion!"

The atmosphere at the scene reached a climax instantly. Every fan was shouting, everyone was celebrating excitedly. Millwall players on the podium shouted loudly. They surrounded Morris in the middle and raised their hands to touch the trophy. After Morris was put down, the trophy was passed on from player to player. Everyone would feel it on their cheeks, and some couldn't help but kiss the side.

One after another, the trophy finally came to Zhang Yang's hands.

Zhang Yang did not feel the trophy, but lifted the trophy high, then closed his eyes and felt the madness of the scene, "Champion! Champion!"

"Milwall!Milwall!"

"Zhang Yang! Zhang Yang!"

The shouts made people feel intoxicated. Zhang Yang opened his eyes, looked at the others around him, and said loudly, "This is what the champion feels!"

"Now we are European champions!"

"We are the king of Europe!"

"I have already experienced the joy of being the number one in Europe! It's really fascinating! We will continue to be here next season!"

Everyone around laughed.

"Milwall has become the new champion in Champions League history! Zhang Yang has also become the youngest head coach to win the championship in Champions League history!"

"Milwall set a record of 'a first time participating in the Champions League, you can win the championship'!"

"The Champions League scorer king belongs to Millwall striker Darren Bent!"

"The best team in the Champions League is Mirwall, and they have an absolute advantage in the goal numbers!"

"Darren Bent is the best scorer in the Champions League, and he is definitely the best striker!"

"Zhang Yang will win the best coach in the Champions League!"

"Zhang Yang led the team Millwall and won the 'triple crown' of the Premier League, the English League Cup and the Champions League. He will be nominated for the FIFA Best Coach Selection this year, and he has a great chance of winning the award!"

"Milwall's highly-watched players, including Braniff, Vardy and Livermore, will become very popular. Millwall has to be careful in the transfer market in addition to winning the championship!"

“…”

On the night of the Champions League final, until the next morning, the whole of Europe was filled with the topic of Millwall. The history of Millwall's victory was discussed, Millwall's coach and players were discussed, and some media began to spread the "gossip".

The news that some famous stars may transfer is the most basic.

For example, Darren Bent.

As early as April, various reports of Darren Bent's transfers appeared in the media, such as Manchester United, Milan, Liverpool and other teams, who were very interested in Darren Bent.

this is true.

There are also many untrue ones. Some media said with confidence that Vardy would choose to join Chelsea because "Vardy's performance in the final touched Mourinho." Similar news is a bit funny. Mourinho can't even keep his position. What's the point of optimistic about a certain player?

The above news about the players is quite normal, and the coaching news is even more unreliable.

The British Football News published an article praising Mirwall for winning the championship. The article finally said with a firm statement, "Zhang Yang will join Chelsea. Abramovich admires Zhang Yang very much. Russians believe that Zhang Yang is the best head coach in the world."

"Abramovich is preparing to give Zhang Yang a salary of twice as high as Mourinho, which is not easy to refuse."

"Zhang Yang has agreed."

"Now the two parties are left to officially sign the contract!"

Some of the reports from the British Football News may be real, such as Abramovich is optimistic about Zhang Yang, but the specific progress is very fantastic. Zhang Yang only heard his assistant Ruan Hailong say that Chelsea club asked him about his intention to leave, and he directly asked Ruan Hailong to refuse.
To be continued...