Everton is a team with great performance fluctuations, and has been ups and downs in the past six seasons.

In the 2001-2002 season, Everton ranked fifteenth in the league, facing the severe relegation situation; in the 2002-2003 season, Everton ranked seventh in the league, quickly entering the stage of competing for European competitions.

Next season, Everton ranked seventeenth, and the situation is even more dangerous than two years ago. He is only a little short of the time and is facing the danger of relegation.

In the next season, Everton ranked fourth in the league and quickly entered the stage of competing for the Champions League. Unfortunately, he was eliminated in the qualifying stage of the Champions League and failed to perform in the Champions League.

Last season, Everton ranked 12th and re-ranked seventh last season.

Based on the analysis of Everton's past achievements, Dawei Moyes's team is about to face severe tests, but it is undeniable that Everton's strength has always been in an upward stage.

Moyes continued his transfer strategy of "not being too scarce" last summer, spending only 9 million pounds to bring three new players. Compared with Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham United teams of the same level, Everton is very low-key.

The number of new players is small, but it is considered practical.

5 million pounds to buy left-back Bynes from Wigan Athletics, making up for the vacancy after Naismith left the team. The 22-year-old Bynes is the absolute main force of the England U21 team. He is full of energy, has strong offensive awareness and ability. He has knocked on Manchester United's goal twice, and one of them is a wonderful free kick.

From the 2004 Wigan Athletics Rookie to the 2007 Player and Captain, Bynes showed leadership potential, and former Wigan Athletics Javier praised him for "having a great football brain."

In addition, Everton's purchase of Jagirka from Sheffield United is also considered a good deal. Jagirka scored four goals in thirty games last season, covering all positions in the middle and backcourts and even goalkeepers. After the season ended, he was also selected for the England B team.

Jagilka, 24, is as young as Bynes, with a good foundation and strong plasticity.

Another newcomer, Pinal, plays as an attacking avant-garde. He became famous at a young age in Ajax. The Guardian commented, "Moyes trained a midfielder like Cahill and Arteta, and maybe Pinal is the new Cahill."

Everton did not do badly in leaving the team. Forward Beatty, who scored only thirteen goals in two years, was cleaned up, Pistone and Richard Wright left for free, and Naismith also went to Sheffield United. Those who left were basically "should leave". Three people were introduced and four people left, Moyes only made partial changes and supplements to the team. Compared with last season, his strength was still unanimously optimistic.

Unfortunately, Everton seems to have continued the team's inherent performance trend. After ten rounds of the league, Everton's performance cannot be said to be too bad: he won four games, but he is definitely not good: he only won four games and lost five games.

With 13 points in ten rounds, they can only rank in the lower reaches of the league.

Before meeting Millwall, Everton had already suffered two consecutive losses, losing to Newcastle United and Liverpool respectively, especially losing the Liverpool derby at home. It was a big blow to Everton. The team must face an extremely severe situation.

Now they still have to face Millwall.

There is no doubt that Everton is experiencing a difficult schedule, first from Newcastle United, then from Liverpool's derby, and then from a collision with the defending champion.

This game is a challenge for Millwall to "unbeaten forty-nine rounds of the league", and for Everton, he also hopes to achieve good results to reverse the decline of continuous losses.

Most of the outside media hope that Everton will win, but it is undeniable that many people are also discussing the issue of Millwall's "record breaking". Those media that do not want to see Millwall's good grades cannot avoid talking about "recordbreaking" because fans like to watch these things.

Millwall's grades are too gorgeous. Even if you don't want to see good grades, you must at least maintain a neutral attitude to talk about them.

The record-breaking issue is indeed worth discussing.

If Millwall can tie Arsenal's unbeaten record, it is best to be able to surpass it. It can be described as "great", and it can also link the unbeaten record with the league results, which will make the results look "more" great.

That would be a journey worth remembering for decades.

The media that support Millwall all want Millwall to break the record. Their analysis pointed out that the chance of breaking the record is very high. Millwall only needs two games: one is about to come, and the home game is against Everton; the other is a away game against Aston Villa.

Everton and Aston Villa are not too difficult opponents.

Many media also discuss "possibility", that is, "how likely Millwall has to tie and overtake the record." Although most media do not want to see Millwall "rule the Premier League", the general view is still relatively optimistic, because from a neutral perspective, Millwall is infinitely close to the new record.

What Millwall needs to do is not win two games in a row, but only "unbeaten". The meaning of being unbeaten is obvious. As long as you don't lose, you can face Everton at home. If you tie the draw, it will definitely be very relaxed.

Judging from the results and situation, Millwall has a good chance.

Amid the disagreements, the Millwall Club also stood up to express their expectations—

"I'm looking forward to the game. As long as we don't lose, we can tie the Premier League's unbeaten record. That's a great result!"—

Jody Morris.

"We can do it! This is not to inspire fighting spirit, it is just to express my feelings."—

Zambrota.

"If I had known that I could create greater in Millwall, I might have created it."—

Robert Piret.

"Unbeat record? What's that? As long as the coach lets me play, we can create a record of forty-nine rounds of winning streak!"—

Kevin Braniff.

Zhang Yang looked at the media reports, especially the last Braniff's speech, and felt a little blushing, and he comforted himself for a moment, "This guy is not a Millwall player! This guy is not a Millwall player!"

Forty-nine rounds of winning streak?

Why don’t you fly to the moon and stand shoulder to shoulder with the sun!

Zhang Yang was also looking forward to it, and it was good to be able to create an unbeaten record, but when he arrived in front of media reporters, he became much more low-key. When asked, he showed confusion, "Break the record? We are already unbeaten forty-eight rounds?"

The reporter was a little confused.

Zhang Yang seemed to understand and nodded immediately, "Yes, I realized that it seems yes, last season, we won the championship unbeaten and never lost this season."

"But it's nothing. It's just unbeaten. It lasts for a long time and does not lose. It doesn't make much sense. I will remind the team to pay attention that when we treat every game, the goal is to strive for victory, rather than "strive for unbeaten". If we lose the necessary victory on the field in order to maintain the so-called record, I would rather see the record thrown away."

Zhang Yang's interview was quickly listed on major media pages and became a topic of discussion among football people.

Is it important to be invincible?

Is it important to win?

If you talk about records, it is definitely important to be invincible, but put aside the factor of unbeaten records, victory is what you should pursue.

A lot of topics of praise and publicity suddenly appeared in the media.

But in fact, Zhang Yang didn't think so. If it were other times, of course, winning was more important. After all, winning was three points, and only one point was tied. One victory was scored in two games, and winning was more than two consecutive draws. But he had a task and had to work hard to break the record in order to complete the task and gain new abilities.

Therefore, invincible is more important!

When facing Everton, Zhang Yang also asked the team to adopt a conservative style of play, without a 352 radical formation, but only played the most familiar double-core parallel position 451. Before the game, he kept reminding the defense, "David, be sure to pay attention to the position, keep a close eye on the opponent's forward, and don't give them any chance!"

"Others, the defender should not be inserted too frequently. We should try to control the importance, stabilize the rhythm, and fight slowly!"

David Moyes's team is sure it's hard to deal with.

Zhang Yang had an understanding in the previous two seasons. Everton started this season but it was still difficult for Everton to play. Even if Millwall was at home, it would not be easy to break the goal.

That's not to say Everton has been defending.

In fact, the two teams play normally, and Everton adopts a 4231 formation, both offense and defense are very strong.

Everton's lineup is second-class. The key is that they play very steadily, advance steadily, and play steadily. In comparison, Millwall plays more proactively, but Everton is not too fast or slow, but there are no loopholes. There is also a certain threat to the offense. Over time, it is discovered that Millwall has a higher ball possession rate, but he has not gained much advantage.

Zhang Yang couldn't help but be quite surprised.

Everton's lineup is also interesting. The core Cahill was in his peak period and performed very strongly. Former Crystal Palace "God forward" Andy Johnson is also a very powerful player. He won the Premier League "Silver Boot" award in the 2004-2005 season, and the number of goals scored in the season was second only to Henry, who played for Arsenal at the time.

The two midfielders Neville and Casley are both strong and strong players. On the back line, Lescott and Bynes are both young and powerful players.

The characteristic of this lineup is that the ability to compete in each position is strong, that is, they can play very hard. In addition, the overall tactics are stable, and the firmness of the stubbornness will make any opponent's scalp numb.

Millwall encountered this kind of trouble.

If we talk about Everton's overall lineup, strength and technical strength of a single position are different from Millwall, but when the two teams compete, Millwall can only gain the advantage of "high ball possession rate".

Others, nothing more.

A high ball possession rate does not mean that goals are easier, because Everton has a tight blockade on key positions, so it is not easy to pass the ball to the front.

The game lasted twenty minutes, and Zhang Yang almost saw through it.

Everton's performance is mainly based on the word "stable", but if you want to perform well, such as scoring more goals, you will rely heavily on the performance of striker Andy Johnson.

This is the problem for single strikers.

Often, the single striker lineup relies heavily on the personal performance of the forward players.

Millwall is also a single forward, but Millwall's midfield support ability is quite strong, which is definitely not comparable to Everton. It can be said that "the top ball will not be listed."

Everton's overall technical strength is not that strong, and he has not yet passed the stage of "relying on a single striker to play".

There are two most threatening players in Everton, one is Andy Johnson and the other is Cahill behind him. Andy Johnson is the main offensive point. Cahill often intervenes in and occasionally takes a long shot, which is also very dangerous. It can be said that whether Everton's performance is entirely due to the performance of Andy Johnson and Cahill.

In addition, the rest is just stability.

When Zhang Yang understood Everton's situation, he felt much more relieved. He felt that the team should play more flexible. It was almost meaningless to have a confrontational stalemate with Everton for a long time.

Passing time?

Looking forward to getting to the record?

That is of course very important.
Chapter completed!