Super Prophecy Master

Chapter 556 Sheva's Precious Right Leg

Chelsea dressing room.

Grant pushed the door and walked in, and many players looked over.

Now Grant can't be called the head coach, he can only be called the temporary team leader, but some players know that the club is considering Grant to try to coach, because it is difficult to find a suitable head coach. An ordinary coach might as well let Grant try.

If their record isn't too bad, Grant might lead the team for another season.

Most Chelsea players are very unfamiliar with Grant, because Grant has only just started working at Chelsea. He was the head of the football department in June. What the other assistant coaches did, even the new players had nothing to do with Grant, they were also joined by Chelsea's transfer department.

Grant wasn't famous either.

Grant worked in Portsmouth for one season, and his partner with the old coach Redknapp was very successful, but when everyone mentioned Portsmouth, they only talked about the head coach, and even the media didn't bother to talk about Redknapp. Knapp's 'partner', or 'assistant', reported.

That doesn't make sense.

Therefore, most of Chelsea's players heard Grant's name for the first time. They didn't know what job he had done before and why he suddenly became the team leader of Chelsea.

This kind of complete strangeness is not bad news, because the strangeness brings zero senses, and there will be no hostility, but what is certain is that in the hearts of most players, Grant is not as good as the former head coach Mourinho, No one is very optimistic about how far he can lead Chelsea.

The Chelsea players also looked at Grant with searching eyes. They wanted to know what the temporary Israeli team leader would do after being passive in the first game.

Grant, on the other hand, was very calm. Facing the gazes of the stars, he just showed a faint smile, as if he didn't care about the backward situation.

After entering the locker room, Grant walked to the center, faced all the players, waved with a smile, "Don't worry! We're just one goal behind!"

All eyes looked over again.

"I know the results we've had against Millwall in the last two seasons. It's poor, yes, everyone has to admit it, but the past is the past, the present is the present, every time we play against each other, in terms of probability, our winning percentage All the same."

"It's like flipping a coin."

Grant didn't know when a penny appeared in his hand. He threw it up, then caught it with his palm, glanced at it and said, "This time it's heads."

"Maybe it is possible for me to throw three heads, four heads, or even ten heads in a row, but no one dares to say that the chances of my next throw being heads are high."

Grant paused for a while, as if to let everyone digest, before continuing, "So, don't think about the previous games, it doesn't make any sense. Calm down, we definitely have a chance."

Then Grant talked about the game, "Now we are one goal behind, but it is only one goal. No team will not be behind. Knowing how difficult it is, no one can always make that kind of pass, I can't say it's luck, but the chances are very small."

"If God is behind Millwall, there is no way we lose."

Grant's statement made several players laugh, and the dignified atmosphere in the locker room suddenly improved a lot.

Many Chelsea players found that this Israeli is easy to get along with, at least he is very humorous. If it were Mourinho, they would definitely be scolded.

Ok.

Then Grant began to remind the players how to play.

Grant is not laying out tactics.

In fact, until now, Grant did not have a deep understanding of Chelsea's style of play and the abilities of each player. He could not formulate tactics, but could only remind the players what to do according to his own views.

Grant also has his own analysis.

Although he spent most of his career in Israel and even coached a basketball team, Grant has always been related to football. He still has some unique insights into football, otherwise he would not impress Abramovich.

Millwall's performance was too dazzling last season. Grant, who was in Portsmouth, also conducted a detailed study of Millwall's style of play.

Millwall's 'dual-core' style of play is indeed very subtle, but no matter how sophisticated the tactics are, if you want to complete the shot, you must rely on the players to perform.

It can be analyzed from some data that when Millwall attacks normally, there are only three main goals: one is the left midfielder, the other is the right midfielder, and the other is the midfielder.

When Millwall is playing positional warfare, a single striker will be defended to death, and it is very difficult to score goals. Of course, strikers must defend, otherwise they will immediately turn into players who can score goals.

The two midfield cores need to run constantly and cooperate with their teammates. They are assisters, not players who shoot directly.

In Millwall positional battles, the wingers with the most chances are the left and right wingers, or the wingers. In many of Millwall's games, the wingers are the ones who come in and give the final fatal blow.

Being able to score goals from a defensive midfielder is entirely a matter of personal ability.

Livermore's post-insertion point makes any team very helpless, but Chelsea also has Lampard. Lampard's long-range shot threat is not as good as Livermore's, but the situation is similar. Livermore is also very good at blocking. His running awareness is very poor, as long as there are players keeping up, it is basically difficult to find opportunities.

In addition to positional warfare, it is difficult to say the situation of counterattack.

When Millwall counterattacks, strikers have a lot of opportunities. Last season, a large part of Darren Bent's goals came from quick counterattacks.

In addition, when counterattacking, the left and right sides and the center can all score goals.

Millwall's tactics are so complicated, it must be unclear in a short time.

Grant just made a simple analysis, asking the team to pay attention to defending the two sides, so as not to let the opponent's left and right midfielders easily find opportunities. He believes that such a defense will definitely have a targeted effect.

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Millwall dressing room.

Zhang Yang is much more relaxed than Grant. He doesn't need to motivate the team's fighting spirit, because every player believes that they can win the final victory, but too much self-confidence is not all good. Maybe players will make careless mistakes when they are on the court.

Grant is inspiring the fighting spirit upwards.

Zhang Yang is reminding the players that they must face up to their opponents and play seriously.

The two statements are diametrically opposed.

"Any game is not guaranteed to win. We have won many times, but it does not mean that we will win this time. Of course, I hope to win. Everyone in the team, including you, including fans, and including the club, hope To win the first championship of the new season, the premise is that we must play seriously!"

"I don't want to see that in the game, someone probably thinks that they will definitely win, so they don't perform well."

"We're one goal ahead, but that doesn't guarantee victory. You have to try to extend the lead. I've always been against passive defense, unless it's the last moment, and I don't support that."

"We need to be more active in the fight, especially in the midfield. Don't give the opponent a chance to suppress us! If we let them play smoothly, we may be able to tie the score..."

"..."

It is rare for Zhang Yang to have a serious expression, and he said something to make the players work hard.

This is a necessary reminder.

Just like what the outside media said, championship teams can easily lose their fighting spirit. Up to now, he has not found that the team has a tendency to lose fighting spirit, but he must be vigilant in advance.

The first game is a good start, but it must be played well, and it must be won!

The Community Shield doesn't matter.

But if the first game is lost due to carelessness, the future games will become very difficult. In the league, teams may make the same mistakes. If they do not play well in the opening stage, it will affect the entire season. The season that can be cleared easily and seriously, Zhang Yang is not interested in switching to a high-difficulty mode, the ideological work of the players is very important.

This is what Zhang Yang wants to say. As for the second half of the game, he believes that every player knows what to do.

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In the anticipation of the media and fans, the second half of the game began soon.

The game still started with the fight between the two teams, as if it was a replica of the first half. Both teams quickly entered the state, and the pace of the game also accelerated rapidly.

The fight in the midfield is particularly intense.

Both Millwall and Chelsea are competing for the midfield. Every player knows that if they take control of the midfield, they will have more attacks, more shots, and a higher chance of scoring goals.

The midfield ability of the two teams is almost a [-]-[-] situation.

Chelsea's three defensive midfielders Mikel, Essien and Lampard are all very strong in fighting ability. The retreat of Shevchenko, Drogba and other players in the frontcourt will also bring a lot of support to the midfield fighting.

Millwall's advantage is that the formation focuses on the midfielder. Sneijder, Braniff and Livermore are all midfielders in the middle, plus the support of the two sides and the flexibility of the midfielder. Stronger and can compete with Chelsea.

From the perspective of the auditorium, you can see that the football is constantly passing around the center line, and the possession of the ball is constantly changing. The fierce competition makes everyone's heart tense.

At the same time, the strengthening of confrontation and rhythm is also a test for the physical fitness of the players on both sides.

Millwall was the first to make adjustments.

This kind of rhythm game is a huge test for veterans. Pires is in good condition, but after all, he is old and his physical fitness is declining rapidly, so it is difficult to support such a fast-paced game.

Zhang Yang let the newly joined Maxi Rodriguez play.

Maxi's confrontation ability is not as good as Pires', his experience is also incomparable to Pires', and his tacit cooperation with his teammates...Of course, he is not as good as Sneijder, but Maxi's advantage lies in his speed and abundant physical fitness. He can dribble the ball wide and hit Chelsea's defenses wide.

This is enough.

As far as the current situation is concerned, being able to attack the opponent's defense line may bring opportunities. Pires can't run anymore.

Maxi is still highly anticipated.

Last season, Maxi did not play a few games for Atletico Madrid due to injuries, but he performed well in the games he played. He was also the main left midfielder of Atletico Madrid before, and his performance in the Premier League has attracted much attention.

After Maxi Rodriguez played, Zhang Yang did not pay attention to the game directly, but chatted with He Ronghua who was sitting next to him. He Ronghua transferred from SH team to join Millwall on loan from Alan Hutton Add to that, he had only played for the youth team before, and had just entered the first team, and was about to try to play in the domestic professional league, when he was 'exchanged' to Millwall by Zhang Yang.

He Ronghua's strength and experience are very problematic. It is impossible to play in the Premier League because he has not obtained a labor permit, and it is impossible to play in the Premier League. However, Zhang Yang still let him train with the first team because he has very good potential.

'Potential recognition' ability, what you see can't be wrong.

He Ronghua has three potentials. It is a pity that he does not have the potential of "Nine Stars", but the potential of "Eight Stars" for "long-distance fixed-point passing" still makes Zhang Yang excited. If He Ronghua can quickly convert his potential into strength, plus With his decent experience in the past, he can barely make his debut in the top arenas. Coupled with the rare ability of "long-distance fixed-point passing", he may be able to represent the team in the future.

Of course, only the future.

Seeing Maxi playing, Zhang Yang talked to He Ronghua, "You have to pay attention to Maxi, he is the same type of player as you, and there are many things you need to learn from him. You have to watch how he plays and learn some things in the game. In addition, you have to quickly familiarize yourself with the team's tactics, how to move on the field is very important, no matter how strong your ability is in the future, it is impossible to perform well if you don't know how to move."

He Ronghua is still a fledgling young man, he is already very excited to be able to sit on the bench and watch the game.

For such a top game, before wanting to watch it in the auditorium, he had to pay attention to the money in his pocket, but now he can sit on the bench, as a member of a team, he feels a little dreamy.

From coming to London till now, He Ronghua feels like he is dreaming.

Before that, He Ronghua was just a player promoted by the youth team of the SH team. He was in the Guozihao youth team, but the Guozihao youth team was not top-notch. Now he suddenly entered Millwall and became a young player that the domestic media rushed to report.

It's like a dream...

He Ronghua is aware of his own situation, he does not know to represent Millwall, and only trains with Millwall, but most of the time he still has to stay in the youth team.

The future is very uncertain.

He Ronghua also knows that his senior, Li Wei, has always been loaned out. After training for a period of time, he will definitely be loaned out by the club. It is much better to stay in China, because foreign football competition is fierce, which can improve his strength. He is still very young, and he needs to work hard to increase his strength in order to have a broader future.

Now that he can sit on the bench, there are not many opportunities to receive Zhang Yang's hands-on guidance.

The other players of the same age must also be jealous and crazy, right?

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Maxi's appearance did not have much impact on the situation of the game. He just replaced Pires, allowing Millwall to play more active on the wing, and did not participate much in the midfield.

The mainstream of the game is still scrambling.

Millwall and Chelsea played inextricably, and the two teams won and won, which made the game even more exciting.

Time passed little by little.

In a blink of an eye, after 10 minutes in the second half, Grant finally couldn't sit still.

In the current stalemate situation, both teams seem to have a chance, but don't forget that Chelsea is one goal behind, they and Millwall can't afford it, and they must work hard to equalize the score.

Grant hesitated, and finally replaced two people in one breath-Shevchenko and Essien.

Shevchenko has not performed much, almost occupying the position for nothing.

Essien's defense is good, but it has no effect on offense. In addition, Essien seems to have encountered a 'mortal enemy' - Braniff. He was played around by Braniff, and he couldn't restrain his emotions. It seemed that he was preparing to make a big move. If you can't control your emotions, you must be replaced, otherwise Chelsea will really have no chance if you get a red card.

Grant replaced two newcomers.

One is Pizarro, who was reluctantly signed; the other is Malouda, who joined from Lyon.

Pizarro is a veteran striker in the Bundesliga. He has always performed well in Bayern Munich. When the contract expires, he joined Chelsea for free. Chelsea also hopes that this excellent striker can increase the efficiency of the striker.

Malouda is a heavyweight joining. The transfer fee exceeds 2000 million euros. He is also Chelsea's biggest signing in the summer. As Lyon's former main midfielder, Malouda's strength is guaranteed. He has a relatively balanced offense and defense. Players, they performed well after arriving at Chelsea. In the pre-season friendly match, Malouda scored a goal and helped the team win.

Grant hopes that Malouda can use his good luck to help Chelsea equalize.

Malouda and Pizarro didn't have much trouble playing, and Essien's replacement was not a big problem, but Shevchenko's replacement was a bit of a headache. The media cameras all paid attention to the past, because Shevchenko was replaced last season. Not being reused by Mourinho, in the first game of this season, Grant "has the guts" to replace Abramovich's "loved" Sheva?

Shevchenko's face was obviously not good.

Grant took the initiative to greet her, handed Shevchenko a water bottle, and asked with concern, "Andrei, how is your leg injury? I'm a little worried that it will get worse."

One sentence made Shevchenko feel better.

Grant expressed that she was "concerned about the leg injury" and let Shevchenko go off the field. Shevchenko thought about it and said it. After all, his leg injury just recovered half a month ago. In such a fierce game, if one is not careful It's a bit tragic to add injury to injury.

Thinking about it from this angle, the outcome is correct. After all, it is just a community shield, and the outcome is not as important as the precious right leg.

(End of this chapter)