Wigan Athletics is located in Wigan Town, Manchester. The home stadium is the J-chain Sports Field on the edge of Wigan Town. (Note: The original name is the three-letter sports field, and the two letters behind describe the characteristics of men. If you really can't type it, you can only say the "scientific name".)

The J Sports Chain is a new stadium that was unveiled in August 1999, with a cost of £30 million, and is jointly used by Wigan Athletic Football Club and Wigan Warriors Rugby Club.

At 2:00 p.m. on March 12, fans gathered in the small square in front of the J Sports Field. Most of them were local fans in Wigan, and there were also a small number of Millwall fans. These fans were from London and came to support Millwall on the spot.

The fans formed small groups and were ready to enter the stadium.

On the main road in front of the small square, a bus with the Millwall logo drove over. Some Millwall fans on the side of the road made welcome shouts, and more were booing from local Wigan fans.

When we almost arrived at the gate of the J-chain Sports Field, the window in the middle of the car opened and a young smiling face appeared inside.

That's Changyang.

Zhang Yang was waving to a group of Millwall fans on the roadside because there were some familiar faces in them, and they were fans who went to the club to support the team every time they were open training.

The fans also waved and shouted, "Come on! We must win! Today we are here in the north to support the team!"

"Milwall will definitely win!"

"Zhang Yang, you will bring us victory!"

“…”

Amid the fans' shouts, the bus entered the fan's prohibited area and then drove into the side door of the J-chain Stadium.

Some Wigan fans who saw it also followed the bus and looked over, and some people were talking loudly, "Is that their head coach just now?"

"I've read it on the news, it should be right! They have a young head coach!"

"He's younger than the players!"

"He seems to be very popular, and those Londoners are calling his name! But when we meet us in this game, Millwall wants to win the game as if he dreams!"

“…”

Amid the fans' discussions, it was almost time to enter, and soon the fans were huddled in the door to queue up to enter the court.

Inside the venue.

The two teams began to warm up.

When the warm-up was just beginning, the fans had just entered the court. When the warm-up was about to end, the audience was already full.

This is the home court of Wigan Athletics.

In the stands of the J Sports Chain, there were more than 20,000 local Wigan fans, thousands of other fans, some Millwall fans, and some neutral fans.

Millwall's support was bleak.

Millwall is already used to it.

Millwall is one of the fewest fans in the Premier League and Championship leagues.

This is a regional problem.

The Millwall area in London is small in size and has a small population. All the populations together cannot keep up with the number of members of the big club, not to mention that a large majority of them support Chelsea, Fulham or other regional teams.

This is also the historical reason for the Millwall Club. Millwall has never entered the Premier League and has a century-old record of no glory, so it is naturally difficult to attract many fans to support.

In the past two or three decades, Millwall has also been famous for her football violence. She is the team that produces the most "football hooligans". It gives people the feeling that all the football hooligans in London have come to support Millwall.

If the club is described as a "person" and Millwall and Wigan Athletics are compared together, Wigan Athletics is a rich man who inherits regional finances. He is handsome, handsome, handsome, young and rich, and his career is in an upward period; Millwall is a poor loser in the metropolis, a pure moonlight clan, and has a criminal record of being imprisoned, so there is nothing to talk about in career.

The contrast between the two is very vivid.

Most British media are optimistic about Wigan Athletics, but there are certain external reasons. No matter how you think about it, Wigan Athletics will not lose to Millwall at home, but Zhang Yang will not follow the opinions of media reporters. At the pre-match press conference, he said with great spirit, "I like Wigan Town very much. The environment here is very good and people are very friendly, but unfortunately, I want to disappoint them today. We came with full confidence. We have made a lot of preparations for the game, so we will definitely take away the victory!"

This is Changyang’s declaration of victory!

The media reporters in the audience were funny. They could find Wigan Athletics' home match against Millwall on many sports reports two days before the game, but no matter which report analysis, they could not find a reason to support Millwall's victory.

This young Chinese said Mirwall was going to take away the victory at J Stadium Chain!

Is he crazy?

Zhang Yang ignored the idea of ​​media reporters at all, because he knew that almost no media reporters would support Millwall.

Pre-match reports proved everything.

Among all the media, Zhang Yang only found one supporter - Telecom Sports. So after publishing the declaration of victory, he glanced back and forth with his eyes. Finally, among dozens and hundreds of reporters, he found the microphone of the "Telecom Sports" logo. He ignored the look of the press officer, but only clicked on the reporter, "You come and ask a question!"

"I?"

The reporter of "Telecom Sports" pointed at himself and was caught off guard. When everyone looked over, he still reacted and immediately stood up and asked excitedly, but he seemed a little nervous, "Hello, Mr. Zhang, I am from... from "Telecom Sports". When you were interviewed, you said that Millwall's goal is to upgrade. So can you talk about the importance of this match against the league first, Wigan Athletics, in Millwall's goal in achieving the upgrade goal?"

The other media reporters were in an uproar. They could not have imagined that in the atmosphere of group dislike Millwall, there was such a special reporter mixed with the words, and the meaning in their words was obviously optimistic about Millwall.

Is this guy's brain rusted?

"Telecom Sports"?

Many media reporters suddenly realized that "Telecom Sports" is a new media in the UK. They use network traffic and online charging as the main means of income, so it is very important to be the leader in the news selling point.

If they follow the public and follow the trend, how many fans will pay for orders?

Many reporters understand.

Zhang Yang, no matter why Telecom Sports supports Millwall, they are the only supporters, and the questions raised are also comfortable. So he coughed lightly and said patiently, "For us, this game is very critical. The team has won four consecutive victories before, but if we want to catch up with our competitors, the best chance is to defeat us head-on. We are seven points away from Wigan Athletics. As long as we win this game, the gap will become four, and it will be much easier for us to catch up next."

"In addition, Wigan Athletics is the first in the league. As long as you can defeat them, it will also make the players of the team more confident. I believe that as long as you win this game, you will be only one step away from the upgrade goal!"

Zhang Yang said confidently.

Media reporters won’t understand why defeating Wigan Athletics is only a "step away" from upgrading, because in their opinion, the premise is no longer valid.

Millwall cannot win!

Let this young Chinese talk big and see what he would say if he lost the game after the game, or would run away with his tail between his legs?

Many reporters are starting to look forward to it.

There are also some media reporters who want to refute Zhang Yang's remarks in person, but they don't have any chance. Zhang Yang only gave the reporters of "Telecom Sports" a chance to ask questions, others?

Feel sorry!

"I'm very busy! The game is about to begin!"

Zhang Yang left a sentence and left the venue directly, so he would not make him angry!

———

In the visiting team locker room.

Zhang Yang mobilized before the game. He stood in the middle, greeted everyone to look over, and said, "We have been preparing for the game for more than a week, and we have worked hard for more than a week. Before that, we have never prepared for any game for so long. This week, everyone has been training very seriously and everyone has worked hard, but everything is for this game."

"If we lose the game, all efforts will become useless, but I have confidence in the game. Do you have confidence?"

"have!"

Many players shouted.

Although there is no grand effect of the army calling out, it is already good for professional teams. Zhang Yang nodded with satisfaction, "Yes, that's it. We have made efforts and it's time to gain something! But now I still have to say a few words. You should have read the news reports in the past two days, which are about this game. Yes, there is almost no news that is optimistic about us. They all analyze the strength of Wigan Athletics and analyze the reasons why we must lose!"

"Ninety-one is optimistic about us, and many analysis is not good for us, but I think they don't understand us in fact. We have used a week to adapt to the new formation and we will catch them off guard, which is also my source of confidence. At the press conference just now, I told all the reporters that we will take away the victory and take away three points in the J Sports Field!"

"I dare say that, I believe you can do it!"

"Do you believe in yourself?"

The players in the locker room were shocked. They could not have imagined that Zhang Yang would dare to publicly express his desire to "take away victory" in front of those reporters. If he couldn't do it, it would be too much pressure. He bet on his reputation.

Zhang Yang has such sufficient confidence, can they still not have confidence in themselves?

"I have confidence! We will definitely win!"

"Yes, we will win!"

"What is Wigan Athletics counting! We are defeating them hard in front of all the fans!"

“…”

The players were shouting.

The shouting this time was not neat and seemed a little noisy, but Zhang Yang was definitely much more useful than the perfunctory answer just now.

Only then is the team full of fighting spirit!

———

The competition has begun.

Zhang Yang and Alders walked towards the coaching seat together.

There is a row of positions in the coaching seat, but Zhang Yang chose the one on the far left because he knew he would definitely get up to command the game.

Before the game, the team made a lot of preparations.

If other head coaches had made a week of preparation, they could only stay here to watch the game. Zhang Yang was different from other coaches, and directing the game was what he was best at.

There is no need to adjust at the beginning of the game.

The first five minutes are normal.

Zhang Yang used "prediction" to judge the progress of the competition, and then he was at ease to prepare for his position and was ready to start to appreciate the performance of Wigan Athletics.
To be continued...