That night, the British media reported on the Community Shield, and players such as Braniff, Pirey, Simpson, etc. who performed well in the game were praised one by one.

In the report, some media talked about Millwall's style of playing. Two goals were analyzed in a key way, and "wind shot" became a hot topic. Many media thought that they had "see through Millwall's style of playing".

They are proud of it.

Many media followed the trend and reported, because in an interview after the game, Grant also emphasized, "We should guard the wings, they are very good at wingers."

Chelsea has been criticized.

Among the players Chelsea players, such as Shepchenko, Pizarro, Kalu and others, there was almost no performance. When the Times scored the players, Shepchenko scored the lowest five points, Kalu was 5:5 points, and Pizarro, who came on the bench, scored six points, barely passing the level. However, the Times commented and analyzed the reason, "Pissarro has just joined Chelsea and has appeared on the bench again. The participation time is short, and there is no outstanding performance or mistakes."

Chelsea's defense scored high.

Terry, Carvalho and Mickel all scored seven points, and they are also the players with the highest score in Chelsea. Other players basically hovered around 6:5 and 6:00.

Chelsea's defense is recognized, which means Millwall's offense is recognized, because Millwall scored two goals. The Times believes that Chelsea is not the fault of scoring the goal, but Millwall's performance is too good.

"Both goals rely on exquisite cooperation. Millwall's wing forward's style of play penetrated Chelsea's goal twice, but don't ignore the performance before the shot. Whether it is Braniff, Sneider, and forward Valdy, they all performed very well."

It is precisely because both goals were scored by the full-backs, that Chelsea's two full-backs Ashley Cole and Bridge were criticized, and the media believed that they did not do their job well.

In fact, the goal is really no wonder for the full-back.

Before the first goal, Chelsea's offense needed Bridge to intervene. He had no time to retreat to defend and followed Piret and couldn't catch up.

In the second goal, Millwall kept changing from left to right. When Braniff passed Mikel, Ashley Kohl was assisting in defending Konchesky. He could not defend two players. Simpson rushed forward and he couldn't keep up.

This is also a problem with Chelsea's defensive system.

Half of Chelsea's defense is 'area defense', and when the opponent's players run to other positions, the players will not follow them.

For example, when Simpson entered the penalty area, he had to defend Carvalho and Terry, or other midfielders who were retracing. If Ashley Cole followed him, Chelsea's left side would be empty.

That certainly won't work.

Zhang Yang's speech in interviews after the game also appeared in the media pages. BBC used special topics to make reports, and other media followed the trend of reports, and some even placed them on the front page.

Zhangyang's "humility and low-key" has made the report more positive comments.

However, some media analysts reminded, "This is what Zhang Yang said in the past two seasons. I remember two years ago, Zhang Yang said that he was 'working to relegate', and Millwall won the league championship."

"Other teams cannot be careless just because of Zhang Yang's words. Chinese people are modest. They have the ability to say 100, but only say 80. That is a very strange etiquette. So Zhang Yang said that his goal is to enter the semi-finals. Perhaps Mirwall's goal is to win the league championship!"

Some media also believe that, "To some extent, what Zhang Yang said makes sense. After all, Mirwall won two championships and three consecutive championships are too difficult. Bent's departure in the summer is a major blow to Mirwall, but I believe they still have the strength to compete for the semi-finals."

While the British media discussed, Millwall received the championship trophy and after a brief celebration at the New Wembley Stadium, the team took a bus to return to the club.

While on the road, Zhang Yang stood on the bus and said to the players, which was completely different from the interview. "We won the game and won the first championship, which is very happy. But everyone knows that the new season has just begun."

"Last season, last season, we were all league champions, so we also have to win the championship in the new season! I am not putting pressure on you, but now we can only be stronger than last season. So the championship is the only goal, and the competition for championships begins in the first round of the league!"

"Now, everyone must be serious and take positive action!"

“…”

Zhang Yang made a declaration of competing for the championship.

This is rare.

Last season, last season, Zhang Yang never told the players specific goals at the beginning of the season, and at that time it was to avoid putting pressure on the players.

It's different now.

After successfully winning the triple-winning champion, what Millwall needs to worry about is "losing the motivation to move forward". If you continue to keep a low profile, the players may feel that the team's goal is only the semi-finals.

Final Four?

That's really too easy!

When the team easily squeezes into the top four of the league, players may lose the motivation to continue moving forward.

So before the start of the league, we must tell them loudly that the team's goal is the league championship, not the top four, top six, etc., so that they can start working hard from the first game. Only by doing this can we ensure that the team is working together and move forward without most players being defiant and dragging their feet.

Zhang Yang is very serious about this and he also shows a positive attitude.

On the night of winning the championship, the players celebrated briefly and went back to rest. After all, it was just a game in London, which was actually similar to a league game. The only thing was to have a small championship title.

Zhang Yang slept in the head coach's office.

The club staff, other assistant coaches and players who know them all admire Zhang Yang's work spirit and think that he needs to stay up late to plan tactics, training and other tasks.

Actually, there is a little deviation.

Zhang Yang was looking at the schedule carefully, even pasting the form on the wall, marking the game in various colors one by one. He looked carefully and then, and also looked up the recent situation of those "hard to deal with" opponents.

This is indeed a serious attitude towards work.

Zhang Yang is not for the championship. Champion is a matter of a season. It is impossible to succeed in one night. He received a task released by the system.

"You became a respectable head coach."

It is indeed harder to create an unbeaten record than to win the championship.

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On August 13, the first round of the Premier League began, with Manchester United at home playing against Reading in the opening game.

This game is quite anticipated.

Many people want to see the current state of Manchester United, because this team is considered the most promising to win the championship and is also considered the "strongest Manchester United in the new century".

In the end, Manchester United disappointed everyone and they failed to get a good start to the season.

Head coach Ferguson may regret not having Tevez on the bench lineup, because Manchester United had more than 20 shots against opponent 901's formation, which was an absolute overwhelming advantage, but did not score a single goal.

It comes down to Rooney being injured during the game.

After Rooney was injured, Ferguson even asked O'Shea to play the center, and the scene was once very embarrassing.

After the game, media analysis said, "In the absence of a fixed center, Manchester United has few ways to break dense defense. One of them is that the forward line lacks aerial strike ability and blindly penetrates through the ground. Even if it sometimes passes to the penalty area, it is still mainly through ground penetration to find a way to shoot."

"Since Rooney joined Manchester United, it can be seen that Rooney is not a striker who is used to heading the ball. In the case of Sach and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer being injured, Manchester United lacks the ability to strike in the air when facing teams that retreat to defend. Many teams will set up a pair of iron barrel formations when visiting Old Trafford, hoping to keep the draw. Even if Tevez integrates into Manchester United, he is also a player who is used to going down three roads, so breaking intensive defense will become a topic of Ferguson's research."

On the other hand, Reading played very successfully in the defense.

After the game, the media praised head coach Kopel, believing that the team's outstanding defensive performance was inseparable from his arrangements. While staring at people, he arranged the original captain Muti as the left back position and constructed his own defensive system. It was indeed not easy to make such bold changes in his own defensive system.

The Reading team scored one point and the goal was achieved.

Manchester United failed to get a good start to the season, which is not the worst news. After further examination after the game, Rooney's injury was confirmed to be a fractured bone in his left foot, so Rooney will bid farewell to the arena for two months.

At the post-match press conference, Ferguson looked helpless, "We will be missing Rooney for two months, and this is conservative. We need to give Rooney at least two months off, but in fact I still hope he can come back soon."

Originally, Ferguson also hoped to outline the partnership between Tevez and Rooney, join hands to charge for Manchester United and create the most gorgeous front line in the Premier League. Rooney's accidental injury must have disrupted the plan.

Before Millwall's first game, he heard the good news that Manchester United drew with his opponent and the main striker was injured. Zhang Yang almost clapped his hands to celebrate. Of course, he would not be so despicable, but just kept his inherent faint smile. When facing the media's question, he said, "It's a pity that Mr. Jazz's luck seems not very good."

Zhang Yang seems to show sympathy, but Manchester United's supportive media can all read from the expression on his face-

That's gloating!
Chapter completed!