Super Prophecy Master

Chapter 159 Boutique Poker
In the coaching industry of English football, Leicester City coach Mitch Adams is still young. He is only 43 years old this year. He used to be a professional player. He reached his peak in Coventry and played well in Southampton Both teams were still in the top league at the time, and then in the declining Fulham (fourth league), Adams chose to retire.

After retiring in 1997, there was a period of rest, and Adams came back as an assistant coach. In 2002, the coach of Leicester City dismissed get out of class, and Adams provoked the burden of the head coach.

Judging from Adams' resume, he has just passed the rookie period of the head coach, but he is still trusted by the club when he coaches Leicester City. Very solid.

This may rely on Adams' unyielding character.

When he was coaching a player, Adams belonged to the kind of player with very strong perseverance. As long as he played a game, he always worked hard until the last minute. Even if there was no hope of winning in many games, he would still be like this. In Adams Under the leadership of Leicester City, Leicester City has also become a very persevering team.

Although their results are only mediocre, after the game against Leicester City, anyone must admit that this is not an easy opponent to deal with.

The schedule has progressed to the present, and it is almost the final period.

Leicester City has no hope of promotion, and there is no pressure to relegation. Adams hopes that the team will have a good ending, so he told the team to play every game well.

There is no historical enmity between Leicester City and Millwall. In a hundred years, the two teams have rarely even met each other. Since they are not in the same league all the year round, the number of confrontations in history can be counted.

Adams didn't know Zhang Yang either.

But when the game came, one thing made Adams very angry, and that was the reports from the media.

Before the game, the media were analyzing the match between Sunderland and Wigan Athletic. For Leicester City, there was not much mention of it. Perhaps it was also mentioned with the help of Millwall, who ranked third in the league. , received more attention than Leicester City.

Although there are not many comments in the media, as long as you read a few reports, you will know that most of the media are optimistic about Millwall, especially they also believe that there will be basically no suspense in the game, and Millwall will definitely win eight consecutive victories .

That is confidence in Millwall, contempt for Leicester City, and disregard for him as the head coach.

Adams was angry.

The day before the game, Adams told all the players that they must play hard, "Let those Cockneys know that Leicester City is not so easy to beat!"

This is Adams' argument.

At the press conference, Adams was also full of anger and publicly expressed his confidence in winning, hoping to bring more confidence to the players.

As for the remarks against Zhang Yang?
As an orthodox England coach, Adams is not optimistic about an academic rookie coach in his 20s. In addition, this young man may not even count as an academic coach?
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Zhang Yang dislikes guys like Adams.

Most professional football coaches are fairly friendly, just like the last time he went to the FA reception, he could talk to many people, but there were always arrogant guys who liked to divide groups.

Adams falls into this category.

Zhang Yang didn't even need to listen to what he said, he could tell just by looking at his expression.

The other party looked down on him.

That seems to be described as 'the arrogance of the English', or it can be said to be a 'sense of superiority brought by experience', but no matter what the reason is, do you need to explain anything when you are looked down upon by your opponent?

Zhang Yang's approach is to despise him and go back, using Chi Guoguo's results to explain-you look down on me?I still look down on you!
Millwall is ranked third in the league!

Leicester City?
Can't find the list!
In professional football, the only criterion for measuring the level of a head coach is the performance of leading the team.

No matter how good a coach's resume is, even if it is as good as a professional player, he is a world-class football champion, and his reputation has reached a level that everyone knows, but he can't keep his job if he is not good at leading the team when he is the head coach.

this is the truth.

After using the league rankings to despise Adams, Zhang Yang continued to answer questions from reporters in a graceful manner. When he returned to the locker room, his first sentence was, "I have only one request for this game--be sure to beat the them!"

"Score one goal, think about scoring the second! After scoring the second goal, think about scoring the third! Do you understand?"

The players were dumbfounded, and then Joey Healy laughed, "I like that, boss!"

The others also reacted, and immediately followed suit, "Yes, score more goals!"

"Let them know the gap!"

"Show them great!"

Zhang Yang not only has the confidence in his mouth, but also made the team make enough preparations. He studied Leicester City early, and there are still some results. Leicester City is good at passing and receiving balls in a small area. Using this as the main means of attack, it is quite calm when advancing.

Although it only ranks No.14 in the league, Leicester City can rank in the top three in terms of technical content in the game.

Leicester City's poor performance is also related to their football style. Their style of play can catch up with the mid-range teams in the Premier League. A few seasons ago, they were indeed a Premier League team.

But not anymore!

After Leicester City's relegation, most of the famous stars in the team left, followed by youth players, free transfer players and veterans who are about to retire, let these people continue to play 'high-tech' football, The ability can't catch up. When a team's overall technical level cannot catch up with the team's style, it will naturally perform poorly on the field.

To use a metaphor, Barcelona's football is one of the most technical in the world. Their cooperation will make other giants feel ashamed.

Barcelona's style of play has long been thoroughly analyzed by various experts, and any team can imitate it, but almost no team is stupid enough to do that. The reason is simple: the players in the team are skilled. The strength is seriously insufficient.

This is the problem Leicester City is facing.

They were originally a strong team, but after being relegated, they still maintained their original style of play. This may have something to do with Adams being the assistant coach of Leicester City, but no matter what the reason is, their player ability has become a cumbersome tactical style. .

Millwall happens to be Leicester City's nemesis.

In the past few seasons, Millwall has continuously changed the head coach, causing the team's style to be chaotic.

The current Millwall doesn’t have any specific style of play, and Zhang Yang has not brought about major changes in tactical style after coaching. They just attack when they can attack, and defend when they can defend. Basically, they can be described in two words: simple, rough.

Publicity allows the team to play 'style'.

The summary of the game's style of play is: the whole court presses, fights hard, fights to the death, and breaks fast when you find an opportunity!

As long as it can bring enough pressure to the opponent, the so-called technical style of Leicester City will only bring frequent mistakes in the game, and it will also become a key factor for them to lose the game.

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Volkers Field.

The match between Leicester City and Millwall begins.

From the first minute, Leicester City made a steady advance, and they used small-scale cooperation to seek opportunities.

This kind of football is very attractive.

Many fans like Leicester City, and it is precisely because Leicester City can play beautiful games. When they can win the game and win it wonderfully, it will attract the attention of fans.

In the eyes of the Leicester City fans in the stands, this match against Millwall is a "winnable game". In front of Chester City, there is still something not enough to look at. Before the game, head coach Adams also said that Leicester City will definitely win.

This is their confidence in Adams and their confidence in Leicester City.

In the face of Leicester City's magnificent offensive, Millwall, who has no special features and almost only fights hard, has nothing to say. In movies and novels, Millwall is undoubtedly the villain. , There are a few shots entirely to reflect the strength of Leicester City.

Some local Leicester fans began to imagine the score.

Two to zero?
Or three to zero?
Or let the opponent 'luck' score one?
Just when they were thinking this way, the Leicester City midfielder suddenly conceded the ball, and then Millwall launched a wave of fast breaks. In less than ten seconds, when the football was handed over to the middle, Jody Moore Reese kicked the goal in front of the penalty area.

"Oh!"

Goalkeeper Ian Walker reacted quickly to save the ball, but it still made the Leicester fans nervous.

"It's a good thing we didn't score! Millwall's counterattack was too fast, and Morris kicked the goal very decisively!" The commentator at the Volkers Stadium said with some fear, "The game only started 6 minutes ago, and Morris completed the first goal. Foot shot! It seems that Millwall can still pose some threats! Leicester City must pay more attention to defense while launching an offensive. A sudden pass error is too serious..."

Most people think that Millwall's counterattack was just an accident.

Jody Morris is a good player. He can find a chance to shoot on the counter and kick decisively. In fact, it’s nothing. The key is Leicester City’s mistakes. It's normal that Millwall can't always seize the chance of mistakes.

Adams thought so too.

Football games are always like this, there is a sudden mistake, it is a very normal thing, as long as the team does not concede a goal, it is good.

So he still sat firmly in his position.

After the game restarted, Leicester City also occupied them all. Their offense was almost playing around Millwall, and Adams also developed a sense of superiority from this. Leicester City's gorgeous offensive In front of him, the opponent can only deal with it by strengthening the defense, right?
When thinking about this, Adams turned his head to look at the Millwall coach's bench, and at the first glance, he was so depressed that he died——
That Chinese is much more relaxed!

Zhang Yang is also sitting in the seat, but there is a difference between sitting and sitting. He folded one leg on the other, chewing gum in his mouth, and holding a deck of playing cards in his hand. He was talking to Aldous, " Do you want to draw one? See whose luck is better?"

Aldous' face turned black, "Zhang, this is a competition."

"I know it's a competition, it doesn't need to be so formal! We are doing very well now." Zhang Yang shook his head, "He is really a boring guy."

Zhang Yang despised Aldous for a moment, then carefully looked at the playing cards. This is a specially bought pair of fine-made poker, and the price of 31 pounds is definitely considered a luxury.

Zhang Yang didn't intend to play poker to prove his leisure, because he felt that when using the 'precognition' ability, he should use better props.

In the previous competitions, he either looked at the black tea foam, or counted the number of threads on his pants, and several times he watched the grass.

That's just too bad!

So Zhang Yang bought a pair of high-quality poker, and decided to use poker as a prop in the future to make "foreseeing" judgments.

When the game is fierce and tense, as the head coach of one side, playing poker on the bench for entertainment can be regarded as very creative. I don't understand why he seems to be coaching, and Millwall's results have become so good.

Adams couldn't see it anymore.

That haughty self-esteem was strongly impacted, and he felt that the opponent's way of not taking the game seriously was deliberately 'insulting' Leicester City.

"Be sure to score as soon as possible! Let that damned Chinese know that winning is just a dream!"

Adams thought bitterly.

Although the game has just started, Leicester City has the advantage. When the game is over and Millwall loses the game, let's see if you can still play poker as if nothing happened...?

Adams was quite resentful in his heart, but the game did not depend on his will. Leicester City did have an advantage in the situation, but it was also because they were good at cooperating and their ability to control the ball was better than Millwall.

Millwall's football was simpler, more direct and more likely to create a goal threat.

In the 17th minute, Marvin Elliott stole the ball in the backcourt. He calmly kicked the ball to Morris, who then passed to Josh Simpson.

Simpson Fast Front Belt!
Millwall started the counterattack mode. Morris, Neil Harris, and David Livermore were all rushing forward. They were all trying to run forward.

When the football reached the feet of the Millwall players, the Leicester City players also ran back immediately, but what they didn't expect was that Millwall's offensive and defensive transitions were so fast, when some players were still slowly retreating. Push, the football has already reached the half-time of Leicester City.

Leicester City players hurry up!
But when most players reacted, it was too late to go back, and Millwall formed a four-on-three situation in the frontcourt.

"This is an opportunity! Millwall's counter attack is very fast!"

"Watch out for this attack!"

"Danger!"

"This is a good opportunity!"

Leicester City coach Adams also realized the threat. He could no longer sit still, but stood up abruptly, staring at the field with a serious expression.

(End of this chapter)