574 The gap is too big(1/2)
Outside the lottery venue.
Many media reporters have moved towards Real Madrid, and the group that has just come out, including Milan, Inter Milan, Barcelona and other teams. Some top stars, such as Darren Bent, who just won the best striker, Kaka, who won the best midfielder, and there are many reporters around them.
Ferguson's Manchester United and his group came out, and many reporters immediately surrounded him.
Millwall and his group followed Manchester United and they didn't care who was ahead. They just walked out of the goal normally. Unexpectedly, they angered Manchester United. After Zhang Yang walked out, the reporter who rushed towards Manchester United suddenly changed direction and ran towards Millwall.
Manchester United and his group were immediately embarrassed.
Ferguson snorted coldly, fortunately, the British media around him did not let the old Jazz lose too much, but anyone could see that the media was more interested in Millwall.
The same is true.
Millwall's results are better than Manchester United. The league championship for two consecutive seasons is enough to suppress Manchester United.
Millwall also has more views.
As the "triple crown" of last season, he will naturally be the defending champion on the stage of the UEFA Champions League. The head coach Zhang Yang is still very young and full of topics. After the start of the new season, Mirwall continued to play good results, winning all three league games, one community shield, and one European Super Cup.
In the European arena, most media are more optimistic about Mirwall.
This is not just the treatment of the defending champion, but Mirwall's performance, which is indeed very optimistic. The influential European football media, "French Football", "Kickers" and "Marca" all analyzed the Champions League. Even if the group group has not yet been obtained, you can judge in advance which team has more hope of winning the championship.
The first group is AC Milan and Barcelona.
The second group is Real Madrid, Mirwall and Inter Milan.
Manchester United, Chelsea and Liverpool in the Premier League can only enter the third group. The reason why Manchester United is not optimistic is that their performance has not been good in recent seasons, while Chelsea is because of their coach change, and the new coach Grant is not trusted. Liverpool is because of their strength. In other words, Millwall is "optimistic" to enter the top five teams.
"Marca" analyzed that, "Milwall has achieved amazing results in the past two seasons, and their lineup is relatively stable. The biggest change in summer transfer comes from the front line. The departure of the shooter is worrying, but in the past few games, Vardy, Luca Tony, and midfielders, have exploded almost all over the board, allowing the whole world to see Millwall's world's top offensive firepower, and there is no need to worry about their goals. Millwall's other positions are supplemented, and their overall strength has increased even more than last season."
"Led by Zhang Yang, a young coach who is good at creating miracles, Millwall's goal is to defend the title, and their probability of success is quite high."
Millwall is also the biggest winner in this group draw.
"Best goalkeeper", "Best player", "Best coach", and Bent's "Best forward", Millwall's gains and his performance was unanimously recognized.
So Millwall is the protagonist.
Manchester United is just a supporting role.
The first question of the media is to draw lots for the Champions League group draws, "Mr. Zhang Yang, what do you think about the results of the group?"
Zhang Yang thought for a while and said, "It's not bad."
Real Madrid, Lazio, and Olympiacos are not as good as last season, but considering Mirvoor's promotion to the second level, the signing is not bad.
In addition, Zhang Yang will also consider his geographical location. It would be best if he had no Nordic opponents.
For example, when you meet the CSKA Moscow, it is not that the CSKA is strong, but that it is very difficult to play away. If you have to go to Russia to play, the ice and snow will definitely give people a bad feeling. The team is also easily injured when facing the Nordic man.
"Just good? Is there anything else?" the reporter asked subconsciously, "Last season, your expression was 'good sign', what about now? I mean, I hope you can have a certain expression."
It would be a bit rude to say this.
Zhang Yang knew that the reporter was digging a hole, but he didn't care too much, and just smiled, "If you really make an evaluation, it should be fine. We are old opponents with Real Madrid, Lazio... probably the same as Roma? However, the Greek team is a bit difficult to deal with because we have little understanding, so we should focus on these two games."
The reporters were suddenly excited in the circle of around him.
This is a provocation!
Having three opponents, Real Madrid, Lazio and Olympiacos, specifically saying that they should deal with Olympiacos seriously. Isn’t it equivalent to saying, “Real Madrid, we know, don’t pay much attention to it. Lazio, probably similar to Roma, can cause us some trouble. So we must deal with the game against Olympiacos seriously.”
Media reporters immediately knew how to report.
Many media reported that day, and Zhang Yang's speech when receiving the award became the main theme of praise. After the ceremony, the statement about "responding to Olympiacos seriously" was quickly hyped up.
Many media criticized Zhang Yang, believing that he was a little arrogant.
Most of these media come from Spain, or in other words, from Madrid. Spanish football is not united. For example, the media in Catalonia gave Zhang Yang high and said, "Real Madrid really doesn't have to deal with it seriously."
However, there was no news in Italy.
Lazio has just had a sign of re-emerging. Even a far-right team is not willing to stand out and compete with the "somewhat powerful" Millwall.
In fact, Lazio is under the pressure in the group.
In the eyes of most people, the group is Real Madrid, Mirwall, and Lazio, three teams competing for qualifying. Similarly, in the eyes of most people, Real Madrid and Mirwall have great opportunities, and Lazio wants to qualify completely depends on luck.
Sadly, Lazio thinks so.
Although Lazio is also a powerful Serie A team after entering the Champions League, his family knows his own affairs and the root of their rise is that a large number of competitors such as Juventus and Fiorentina fell after the "phone gate" incident. Only Roma and Lazio have the opportunity to enter the semi-finals of the league and enter the real Champions League arena, otherwise they will not even have a chance.
So Lazio's re-emergence is not so strong that he defeats other league opponents, but his opponent suddenly falls down. Their strength has not improved much. With such strength, and not participating in the Champions League for several seasons, what do they compete with European strong teams?
The Italian media made a frustration for Lazio, but in fact, Italian football is not united, and domestic politics seriously affects the division of football. When Milan's media heard Zhang Yang ignore Lazio and followed a few sarcastic words, there were only a small number of Roman regional media to make some critical reports.
That's all.
English football is much more united, at least to the outside world. They praised Zhang Yang, believing that he showed the pride of English football. The British media was actually very dissatisfied with most European media reports.
Looking at the past few seasons, England teams have won the Champions League titles in a row, and last season, the Champions League finals belonged to England.
In this case, why do you think Barcelona and AC Milan have a better chance of winning the championship?
The only ones in England who are optimistic about winning the championship are Millwall, Manchester United and Chelsea who are both ranked behind, which also makes the British media very dissatisfied. In their opinion, the most promising to win the championship, the second and the third and the hope of winning the championship should be the English team.
The media suddenly became arguing about grouping and which team has more hope of winning the championship.
At the same time, Millwall ushered in the fourth round of the league. They rushed to the White Hart Lane Stadium and challenged the home team Tottenham Hotspur away.
In the summer, Tottenham Hotspur was the focus of the transfer market. Perhaps the sixth and seventh consecutive record in the first two seasons gave the club management confidence. They decided to make a big investment to give the team the strength to "fight for the top four".
In the Premier League, "fighting for the top four" is too important. As long as you can enter the top four, you can participate in the European Champions League, and the club has the opportunity to reach the top in Europe.
The club directors held a meeting and made up their minds to make a big investment.
The joining of "King of the King" Darren Bent has proved Tottenham's determination. Tottenham's management and fans believe that the combination of Darren Bent and Berbatov will become a nightmare for any club.
At the same time, Tottenham did not forget to strengthen their defense: he bought Carpol from Aussel, introduced K-Boateng from Hertha Berlin, and Baier from Southampton. The three defenders joined the team, which cost nearly 29 million pounds, was definitely a big deal.
The joining of the Premier League and the number one scorer in the Champions League will definitely strengthen the goal-scoring ability.
The joining of three star guards can also greatly improve defensive ability.
The British media still have a high opinion of Tottenham's transfer, and they also believe that they have the ability to compete in the top four in the league, but the transfer also created problems, because the transfer is fully responsible for the transfer, and Martin Joel, as the head coach, did not participate. None of the players such as Martin Petrov who he hopes to buy will come.
Martin Joel was very dissatisfied with the transfer and he also publicly expressed his dissatisfaction.
Then the Premier League began, and Tottenham suffered two embarrassing defeats. They lost to Sunderland and Everton respectively, which also put Martin Joel's coaching position in danger. The most important thing is that in the two games, Darren Bent had almost no chance. He only got ten minutes of appearances in the second half of the game against Everton.
It is conceivable that the pressure Martin Joel faces is facing.
Tottenham is planning to change their handsome guys.
Spurs' senior executives have contacted Sevilla coach Juander Ramos in advance, hoping that the Spanish coach can lead Tottenham toward the goal. Ramos publicly stated that Tottenham made a "dirty bid" to invite him to coach, but Tottenham chairman Daniel Levi immediately denied it, but it is certain that Martin Joel, who has good results in leading the team in the past two seasons, has been no longer trusted.
In the third round of the league, Tottenham Hotspur challenged Manchester United away. After working hard for 90 minutes, he finally lost the game with one goal.
In this game, Darren Bent, Tottenham performed well overall, but Manchester United is too strong and is playing at home. Tottenham can be said to have no chance at all. Darren Bent was in front and could not even find the chance to touch the ball. Even if he got the ball and did not have the support of his teammates, he could not find the opportunity at all.
This kind of competition is sad.
For Tottenham, it is acceptable to lose to Manchester United away, but it is unacceptable to lose three consecutive league games. The new season has just begun. They have zero points in three games and rank last in the league. Looking back on the big investment in summer transfers and looking at the current bad situation, Tottenham is very dissatisfied.
Tottenham executives will definitely not attribute the reason to "self-righteous". They brought the Premier League and Champions League double golden boots, and brought several star defenders. It is Martin Joel's responsibility to lead the team to lose continuously.
Martin Joel was not removed from his post, but it was just because the negotiations with Juander Ramos were not completely finalized.
Now almost all the outside media know about this and have conducted detailed analysis of the incident. Tottenham players also know that Martin Joel refused to admit the crisis of the coach position, but it was useless. Before he was forced to remove his position, he was still the head coach of Tottenham and needed to lead the team to participate in the game.
What Millwall encountered was this kind of Tottenham.
The match at White Hart Lane Stadium has officially begun.
Tottenham played a full-scale formation at home, Berbatov partnered with Darren Bent, and Robbie Keane was placed on the right side, with Genes and Jokola leading the midfield in the middle, and the other player was Malbrlank, who had always performed stably, four defenders Bayer, Ridley King, Dawson and Zimbonda, and England's national goalkeeper Robinson continued to serve as the first goalkeeper.
This lineup is still quite gorgeous.
The front line is the top in the Premier League, the midfield is slightly worse but not weak, and the back line is very gorgeous, which is roughly commented by the media, but the level of the play is a bit disappointing.
Millwall sent a 352 formation and launched a can-offensive attack at the beginning.
Tottenham is a team that is good at offense. Their style is similar to that of Arsenal. The two North London teams have always attracted fans with offensive football. Even in extremely passive games, Tottenham has always faced offensively.
This is the style.
Style cannot be changed, especially if a team like Tottenham is in an extremely passive manner, even if it wins the game, it will cause dissatisfaction among fans.
Zhang Yang likes such a team.
The new 352 formation is very suitable for playing against opponents. Tottenham's performance is not stable. Even if they are fighting at home, they do not play well, so they are suppressed by Mirwall at the beginning.
The goal occurred very early.
In the fourth minute of the game, Morris pushed the left side and gave Maxi a chance. Maxi followed up and shot the goal post, and Vardy kicked it straight and shot it into the net.
0 to 1.
Millwall, who was a visit to White Hart Lane, scored the first goal.
When Tottenham fans saw the fans, they felt very sad. They lost all the first three league games and had to face Millwall again at home.
Millwall!
To be continued...