Zhang Yang will not worry about internal issues for Chelsea. As the head coach of the Premier League team, Mourinho is one of his competitors. The more problems his opponent encounters, the greater the chance of winning on behalf of Mirwall.

Before the game, Millwall made careful preparations, targeting every position of Chelsea and overall play against Chelsea.

Millwall has many advantages in this regard.

Mourinho's Chelsea has not changed its tactics since two seasons ago. They are good at using the 433 formation and occasionally use the 442 double striker lineup.

How will Chelsea play?

This is not a problem. Chelsea occasionally adopts a 442 formation, basically when playing against very weak opponents, such as meeting low-level teams in the League Cup, or meeting teams that "basically win" in the Premier League arena.

etc.

Millwall is not in the ranks.

Mourinho will definitely let the team play 433 formation, which is their good style of play. From Chelsea's transfer, it can also be seen that they have no plans to change their tactics.

For example, Damien Duff left on the wing and Chelsea dug up Kalu to replace him; Goodjord on the front line left and Shepchenko joined in. At the same time, they also signed German captain Barack, who is a standard midfielder. In addition, Lampard, Essin, Marklele, Chelsea has four strong midfielders. The three midfielder playing style in the 433 formation is the most suitable for Chelsea. They must do this, otherwise some main players will be unsatisfied with the number of appearances.

Mourinho will definitely feel uncomfortable under these many restrictions.

"Suffer yourself!"

Zhang Yang's little gloating was a little gloating.

In every Chelsea game, there is no need to guess the lineup in depth. You can basically know the same thing. Chelsea said there are many stars, but in key games, it is foreseeable which players to play, but one thing that must be admitted is that Chelsea's lineup is still very gorgeous, much more gorgeous than Millwall, and it is almost impossible to completely limit Chelsea's lineup.

Then you can only choose the target point appropriately.

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Cardiff Millennium Stadium.

The audience was already full of fans, and the calls for the two teams to make friends have become the mainstream of the background, and the two teams have been warming up on the field.

The competition is about to begin.

Zhang Yang got the opponent's starting list and found that there was Shepchenko on the list, and a chuckled suddenly appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Shepchenko!

AC Milan's Shepchenko is a very smart frontline killer, and Chelsea's Shepchenko can become the 'opponent'.

This is not because of how great the threat Shepchenko is, but because he is easily targeted. In addition, he is also the core player of Chelsea's offense. When the "important" Shepchenko is restricted, Chelsea's offense is equivalent to missing an important part, and the threat will be greatly reduced.

Shepchenko is not that easy to target. After all, he is Ukrainian's "nuclear warhead". He has performed the best in recent years and the only forward to win the Golden Globe Award in recent years. With so many honors, his strength is definitely the world's top.

Millwall is different.

It is still very difficult to limit players such as Drogba, Lampard, etc., but Shepchenko is not a player with strong ability to compete, especially since he has just joined Chelsea, and there is no tacit understanding in cooperation with Chelsea teammates. As long as he is completely focused on him, it is enough.

As long as Chelschenko's point is blocked, Chelsea's offensive threat will greatly reduce, and on the contrary, Mirwall's chances will increase.

Zhang Yang began to look forward to it.

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When both teams appeared, Chelsea president Abramovich and Mirwall president Prince Mossad also sat on the rostrum.

There are three FA officials on the rostrum, one of which was specially invited by the FA. He was responsible for presenting awards to today's winners. If other club presidents may take the initiative to establish a good relationship with these officials, that would probably be beneficial to the club.

Abramovich and Prince Mossad are certainly not among the ranks.

The situation is completely opposite.

The FA officials took the initiative to talk to the two, both of them looked like they were ignoring. When a FA official was nagging in his ears, Prince Mossad simply refused to continue talking to him as 'bad English'. However, when he turned his head and talked to Abramovich, his English became very fluent, and his voice was in a little London accent.

The FA official could only shake his head and smile bitterly. They are really not from the same world.

Prince Mossad and Abramovich have some topics to talk about.

One of the two is Saudi, the other is Russian, the other is a natural aristocrat, and the other is a top rich man who works hard on his own. His life trajectory seems to be completely different, but there are still many things to talk about when acquiring clubs and managing.

Abramovich talked about Chelsea, talked about value Jose Mourinho, talked about the luxurious lineup he built; the Mossad prince was even more direct, and he talked about his acquisition of Mirwall. "At that time, I thought Mirwall might win the championship because Mirwall had an unimaginable genius coach."

The Mossad Prince praised Zhang Yang's ability to lead the team.

Abramovich followed and affirmed, "I have seen that young man and talked to him. He is very outstanding and very outstanding. I believe he is no worse than Jose's head coach, especially so young, and there is a lot of room for the future."

In Zhang Yang, the two found a common topic and then talked about club management issues. Abramovich allowed the club to develop and only interfered in transfers. He hoped to buy the players he wanted.

Prince Mossad completely let Wilkinson go to business. He just regarded it as an investment in the football field. Millwall became his industry, but there was no hope of profits. He could lose as long as there was no more funds involved.

There seems to be a little difference when the two chatted, but in fact the difference is not big. ‘Buy the player you want’ is just Abramovich’s hobby for football. He likes to join the players he likes based on his own wishes.

The Mossad prince does not have a hobby in this regard, but it is also related to being a Saudi. Saudi Arabia has no top football players, otherwise he would consider allowing Saudi Arabia's outstanding stars to join his team.

That would be very beneficial to improving domestic reputation.

During the chat, both of them intentionally staggered the topics of the competition they paid the most. No one talked about the competition, as if they were watching the competition with an appreciation attitude.

But in fact, this is not the case.

Both sides love face and will definitely support their team when talking about the game, but if the team loses, it will be equivalent to losing face.

Abramovich believes that Chelsea will definitely win, but he dare not say "100%". After all, Mirwall defeated Chelsea twice last season.

The Mossad Prince is confident in Mirwall and hopes that the team can win the first trophy, but it is not 100%. He believes that it is impolite to talk about the outcome of the game in front of the opponent's chairman.

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The England Community Shield has officially begun.

The difference between Chelsea's starting lineup in this game and last season is only on the front line. The three players with the 433 formation topped the front have undergone great changes. The newly arrived Shepchenko and Kalu each occupy one position, and Drogba is still a stable center.

This is a ‘compromise’ made by Mourinho.

The Portuguese are not willing to let Shepchenko occupy a starting position on the front line. It is not that Shepchenko is not strong enough, maybe he doesn't like Shepchenko or something, but that Shepchenko has just joined the team and is not familiar with others. It is a big problem to cooperate closely with teammates, and has not fully adapted to the team's tactics.

It's like Barack.

The strength of the German captain is recognized by the whole world, but after joining Chelsea, Barack stayed on the bench. Why can Shepchenko start?

Chelsea and AC Milan are also different.

AC Milan has two world-leading midfielders - Pirlo and Kaka. In other positions, players such as Rui Costa, Siddorf, etc., and their technical strength is also very strong. It can be said that AC Milan's midfielder has stronger technical capabilities than Chelsea and can provide continuous support for the frontcourt.

If Shepchenko wants to perform well, the premise is to adapt to Chelsea's "midfielder with less support". He needs to make more use of direct cooperation and personal technical abilities to help the team win goals.

This is also the reason why most technical forwards and opportunity strikers are "hard to get along" in the Premier League.

Shepchenko is a world's top striker, and his personal abilities are definitely fine, as long as he needs to get rid of the game habits developed in AC Milan and work hard to adapt to the Premier League, or Chelsea's playing style.

Shepchenko is definitely not able to do it now.

Under the influence of Abramovich, Mourinho must put Shepchenko in the starting lineup, but there must be problems in the cooperation between the Ukrainian and Drogba. In order to increase some opportunities, he also considered arranging Drogba's national teammate Kalu, to play on the left side of the frontcourt, hoping to help activate Drogba's point.

Mourinho's "compromising" arrangement of the starting lineup is something that others don't understand.

When the game between the two teams officially began, the commentary media kept praising Chelsea's lineup, saying, 'After Schepchenko joining, Chelsea's forward line is dominant' - Shepchenko, Drogba, and with a Kalu, how can it be gorgeous? The combined value of the three easily exceeds 100 million euros!

The audience's eyes were all on Shepchenko.

Since Shepchenko joined Chelsea, from training to warm-up to formal competitions, whether it performs well or badly, it has become a topic of discussion among the media and fans.

Zhang Yang is also paying attention to the competition seriously.

After being arranged in two rounds of the league, Millwall encountered an "opponent of the same level" for the first time. He was very concerned about the team's performance.

Zhang Yang wants to see what kind of performance can he perform when playing against an opponent of Chelsea of ​​level.

Chelsea is not the strongest.

If there is no mistake in the memory of the previous life, Chelsea will not win the league championship this season. Then Mourinho will leave and after a year of rest, he will coach Inter Milan and start another glory again.

Zhang Yang didn't care whether history would repeat itself. What he knew was that Chelsea was still the biggest competitor and also represented the top strength of the Premier League.

If the "dual core" tactics can be verified in the game against Chelsea, it is enough to prove the success of the "dual core" tactics.

This is what matters.

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After the game began, Chelsea relied on its strength to launch a fierce attack on Mirwall in the first half.

This is their habitual approach.

Although Millwall defeated them twice and won the league championship, they have always been in control of the situation in the direct fight between the two sides.

Chelsea players do not think that Millwall's overall strength can be compared with them. Even after a summer, the teams of both sides have made great changes, but the gap in strength is still very large, and they can launch an offense without any scruples.

Millwall can only avoid the limelight for the time being.

This made Chelsea even more excited. They believed that Mirwall was still the same as last season, the team that played defensive counterattacks. As long as you pay attention to the defense, you will attack the opponent's half-court. Perhaps Mourinho doesn't need to explain it. Chelsea players understand, "The way to defeat Mirwall is to use strength to suppress them, prevent them from making beautiful counterattacks, and then try to score as many goals as possible."

So the opening ten minutes belonged to Chelsea.

Chelsea's offense is indeed excellent. The connection and cooperation from the middle to the frontcourt and the personal performance of the forward players have caused quite a lot of trouble to Millwall.

Many people have noticed that Millwall's defense has also been adjusted.

In the previous two games, Millwall was a back midfielder and four defenders. In this game, he became a three-back and two-back midfielder. In addition to David Livermore, Zambrota also played the back midfielder.

Have you changed your double back halfway?
To be continued...