That night, the media reported on the England Community Shield match and also reported on what Zhang Yang said in an interview.

Many media criticized Zhang Ying's tradition of "not paying attention to" English football. The Community Shield is also considered the Super Cup in England. The game has no benefits and is all for charity purposes. However, it is a bit too much to say that the event is meaningless and that it is also "regret to prepare for the game".

When some media reported this, some footballers also stood up and said, "Milwall has already obtained the community shield, so of course he can say that. No matter how he evaluates it, the results of the game will not change, but Mourinho certainly doesn't want to hear this."

One sentence wakes up the dreamer!

Millwall got the community shield. Zhang Yang, as the head coach, thought the event was meaningless or regretted preparing for the game, but it was just a verbal statement. No fans would be dissatisfied because Millwall played a wonderful game and won the final victory.

Chelsea was the opposite. They were also prepared for the game and came to Millennium Stadium to work hard for a game, but ended up getting nothing.

Mourinho certainly doesn't want to hear words like "Community Shield is meaningless". In addition, last year's Community Shield winner was Chelsea, and the Prize Shield was in the Chelsea Club's trophy showroom. This year, the FA took the Prize Shield and handed the Prize Shield to Mirwall, who won the championship. It almost means that Chelsea has lost a trophy and Milwall has an extra trophy.

From this perspective, Chelsea will definitely feel uncomfortable.

Of course, this is just a small topic, and not many media participated in it. Zhang Yang believes that Community Shield is meaningless, and he is not alone. Wenger and Mourinho have said similar things. Any team participating in Community Shield should have similar feelings.

The main content of the media reports is also about substantive topics.

For example, Millwall's season goals.

Millwall is one of the teams that have attracted attention from the Premier League because they were the league champions last season. As the defending champion this season, it will definitely attract a lot of attention.

What are Millwall's season goals?

In terms of the league, most media believe that Manchester United and Chelsea have more hope of winning the championship. Some football analysts also said that "the league championship this season will be decided between Manchester United and Chelsea." The view of Millwall is, "They should set their goals in the top six, at most the top four, and it is a huge success to continue to maintain a high ranking."

This argument has many supporters.

When the media reported the "top six" goals mentioned by Zhang Yang, many people also supported Zhang Yang's statement, believing that although Zhang Yang was young, he did not have the "delusion" of young people and set the goal very realistically.

But there are still some media and reports that have expressed doubts, "The top six in the league?"

"I remember last season, Zhang Yang kept claiming to the public that Millwall's goal is to relegate? What's the result? Millwall won the league championship! Now speaking to the top six, who can still be sure whether he is saying what he is in his heart or a kind of sarcasm that disdains the outside world?"

In response to what Zhang Yang said, the media criticized almost unanimously-

"Milwall wants to learn from the Champions League? It's ironic! Millwall is the league champion. It represents the Premier League to participate in the top club events in Europe, but it ends up just to accumulate experience?"

"The Premier League will become a laughing stock in Europe! The Premier League champions don't even have confidence in qualifying in the group!"

"Accumulate experience? That's what the minor league team said! Millwall is so strong in the Premier League, he should have confidence in the Champions League!"

"Maybe Mirwall Club should consider letting the coach with Champions League experience lead the team, rather than continuing to trust Zhang Yang..."

“…”

The time was very tight that night, and the reports were thought out temporarily, and many of the views of the report were funny. By the next morning, the reports were much more rigorous. The media's words were divided into two factions. One faction believed that Zhang Yang's remarks had always been very low-key, and he just stated the minimum requirements.

The other faction is completely opposite. They believe that Zhang Yang may choose to give up the Champions League "in order to stabilize the coach position".

For Millwall, stable league rankings are definitely the most important thing, because when they arrive at the Champions League, their results will be full of uncertainty. If they cannot get the league results, it will affect the long-term development of the club.

Millwall has just risen after all!

If most of the newly rising clubs are dedicated to fighting for this and that, they will often not be worth the loss and end up getting nothing.

Millwall will be in the top six in the league and may have to pay something.

No club will voluntarily give up the Champions League because the Champions League represents huge interests. Millwall Club may have differences with Zhang Yang in this regard. However, considering the club's long-term and stable development, may they even express support for Zhang Yang?

on the contrary.

If Millwall cannot maintain the rankings of the top six, they will only be like Blackburn, and will quickly fall into the bottom of the Premier League, and will not be able to achieve ideal results for a long time. Not to mention the Champions League, it is very difficult to qualify for European competitions.

When this happens, Zhang Yang's position as a coach will also be affected.

Millwall Club will definitely consider letting Zhang Yang leave and hire other head coaches to try it out.

This is reality.

———

After the Community Shield ended, Millwall had half a day off and the whole group gathered to continue training in the afternoon.

Zhang Yang summoned all the players to stand together and asked with a smile, "How is it like winning the championship?" The players suddenly became in a mess-

“It’s very cool!”

"marvelous!"

"I really hope to win the championship every day!"

“…”

Zhang Yang looked at the players with a smile, and after the voice became weaker, he said seriously, "If you want to win more championships, you must work harder. Yesterday's game against Chelsea, we played well and suppressed our opponents. But now I want to remind you is - beware!"

"You must be vigilant!"

"A suppression is nothing, and a victory cannot mean anything. We can play so well, and I know better than you. So I am sure that the next time I meet Chelsea, it will not be so easy to win!"

"Perhaps some people think that I am worried about your pride and the team's carelessness, but that's not the case. What I'm talking about is the fact. You may have noticed the voices from the outside world, and many reports are praising our playing style, but any playing style is not perfect. There will be opponents soon, knowing how to play with us. What we have to do is to continue to adapt to the tactics and continue to improve cooperation..."

Zhang Yang said some tactical things, and the overall meaning is to remind everyone to train hard and not be arrogant because of a game against Chelsea, thinking that the team is invincible in the league.

Finally, Zhang Yang said, "As long as we persist in working hard, we will definitely win more games and achieve better results. I think the championship is something that everyone likes..."

Afterwards, Zhang Yang announced his disbandment, and the players started restorative training under the leadership of their assistant coach.

During the training process, many players discussed it.

Many players were interested in the last sentence of 'Champions is what everyone likes'. For example, Pire asked Scholes, "I read the report at noon, Zhang Yang... No, boss, didn't the boss say that our league goal is only the top six? The Champions League is just accumulating experience. Why did he say that he emphasized 'champions'?"

Pirey didn't understand Zhang Yang's idea a little.

Scholes laughed 'puff', and pointed at Pirey with a funny look on his face, "You actually believe those reports!"

"how?"

Other players also looked over, especially new players such as Baragan, Traore, Quaresma, who were very interested in this topic. Scholes smiled and explained, "I remember last season, the situation was the same as now. The boss never clearly stated the goal in the team, but he repeatedly emphasized that the goal is to relegation."

"As the league continues to go on, everyone has found that Millwall has maintained good results. Finally, when the team is very sure to relegate, the boss said to the public that 'the goal is to strive for a better ranking'..."

“…?”

Pire didn't understand, so did other new players.

Braniff suddenly shouted, "The boss is just fooling those reporters!"

Vardy followed closely and said, "Yes, the boss is just fooling them. He often does this and keeps doing this. The outside world says that our goal should be on relegation, and the boss will say relegation to the outside world. That is definitely not the truth, because the boss always aims to compete for the championship. When we are the second in the league, he still lets the whole team continue to work hard."

Vardy's explanation made the new players realize it.

So that's how it is!

"So what are our season goals?" Baragan couldn't help but continue to ask curiously.

"You are so stupid!"

Braniff's sentence began, making Baragan's face turn black, and then he continued, "Jamie has already said it! The boss is fooling reporters. We are ranked second in the league. The boss is not satisfied. Do you understand?"

Branif's look of "caring for mental retardation" almost made Balagan feel furious. If it weren't for the other people's knowledge of Branif's strange character, Balagan would definitely not be able to help.

In the end, Balagan held back.

He decided not to say a word to Braniff in the future, otherwise he would not know if he would be angry.

However, others care more about Branif's words. Branif clearly pointed out that Millwall's goal is to win, and whether it is a league championship or a Champions League championship, they will be excited.

They had speculations from Zhang Yang's words before, but one person was not sure. After having teammates helped to make sure, many people began to look forward to it.

———

Two days later, Zhang Yang, Wise and Wilkinson's three-person group came to the Grimaldi Conference and Culture Center in Monaco.
Chapter completed!