Chapter 650 I want to see Bilic's face

"Before the last European Cup group stage, England fell into great despair. In the past fourteen years, their hopes were not in their own hands. However, after the new head coach Xiao Ming took office, they had not even played a formal game and had entered an extremely wonderful situation - in the last European Championship qualifier that was previously considered a dying struggle, they did not even need to win a home game, they just need to draw Croatia, which has already advanced to the top, so they can enter next year

The European Championship finals held by Switzerland and Austria... This is simply unimaginable after they lost to Russia away. Their new head coach Xiao Ming has always been a legendary figure in European football, and he has always had legendary luck. This time it seems no exception. Croatia and Russia both surprised both lost away, which made England's hope of entering the European Championship finals not only began to take control of their own hands, but also had a great chance to achieve the first place in the group - that is, they won three goals in Croatia at home..."

"Magic Xiao! Miracle Xiao! Good luck Xiao! As the FA Chairman Thompson said when he announced that Xiao Ming was the head coach of the England national team, the only person who could save England is here! But no one thought that he would use this method to save England... I even think this is a guy with magical oriental magic. If he hadn't grown up in China since he was born... From this perspective, choosing Xiao Ming as this firefighter is really the wisest move of the FA in the past decade."

"Now all the favorable factors have reached England. You can qualify if you draw. The opponent has already qualified in advance. At home games... We can now look forward to Xiao Ming's performance in the European Championship! Maybe he will lead England to the top and win the European Cup championship that he has never been involved in before, filling a gap in the history of the English national team..."

"This is my luck and England's luck." Xiao Ming said in an interview after the game: "It's just that this has nothing to do with me. I'm not a mascot that can bring good luck to people... If you want to thank you, thank Macedonia and Israel, especially Israel. They have shown their lofty professional qualities and their defense of football when they have missed the European Cup. They have used their outstanding performance to prove that they have the ability to achieve a higher position in European football. Now their performance further proves that in addition to their outstanding abilities, they also have great professional qualities that match their abilities. All England should thank them. At the same time, we will strive for the best result in the last game to repay their efforts on the court."

These words made Xiao Ming gain a lot of favor, at least he did not say arrogantly, "Because of me, this result." Israel also felt that his efforts were recognized, and many people even began to think that Xiao Ming was a real gentleman. When Xiao Ming heard this statement, he almost laughed out loud.

Gentleman? Xiao Ming doesn't think he is a gentleman, but his personality is not that arrogant. He also prefers to keep a low profile and gain character. His grades are achieved through performance on the field, not by his mouth.

At the same time, he often takes the initiative to provoke a war of words with the opponent like Mourinho to give the players a relatively peaceful environment. At the same time, as he is, he is more unscrupulous in some things. After all, no one will warn him to shut up after he says something in the name of the club. Mourinho has been angry with this.

He has such authority in the club and still has it in the national team. Now the FA is begging him, not him begging the FA.

However, in private, Xiao Ming kept warning England players: "Don't think it's easy to draw Croatia at home. Think about how we lost 2-0 in Croatia before. If we don't want to be the target of everyone's ridicule after the game, cheer me up!"

Xiao Ming's authority is still enough. Although he is just a newcomer to the national team, the four players of Leiden Oriental will definitely listen to him. The other players are also from the Premier League. The teams they are in are basically suppressed by Leiden Oriental. The world of football is a world where strength is the most important. With Xiao Ming's strength, they can only shut up.

Why did several Chelsea internationals say nothing without being selected for the national team this time? You should know that although Lampard and Terry were injured, Joe Cole and Bridge were both veteran internationals, and they still didn't say anything. It was because Xiao Ming had enough prestige and could suppress these people. Even if they were dissatisfied, they could only wait for Xiao Ming to make a mistake before expressing it.

But it is obvious that Xiao Ming would not give them such a chance.

This game is Xiao Ming's debut in the national team, and it is also the best opportunity for Xiao Ming to establish prestige in the national team. He can still be resurrected in such a situation of dying. Xiao Ming will establish the impression of omnipotence and "With Xiao, there is victory" in the minds of English fans, just like the fans of Leiden East are so superstitious about Xiao Ming.

After the good news of two opponents' successive defeats, God did not continue to favor England - the successive good news made people crazy, but only one bad news could make England fans worry again.

Irving, who scored three goals in the first three qualifiers, was injured in training, and Gary Levin's test results were not optimistic. Although the former Fengfeng boy only needs to rest for a week, he is destined to miss the game against Croatia.

However, Xiao Ming seemed to be unwilling to be concerned in an interview: "Michael is one of our most important players, but he is injured, but we have to keep moving forward. The only thing that is thankful is that we brought seven forwards this time, right? Fortunately, God opened his eyes and our defenders were not injured in training..."

Perhaps God wants Xiao Ming to hear bad news continuously after encountering good news. Before Xiao Ming finished speaking, the team doctor heard bad news again - Liverpool captain Carragher was also injured in training and was also out of the game for a week...

After hearing this news, Xiao Ming looked at Gary. Levine helplessly for a long time, until he felt a little embarrassed when the team leader of the England national team was a little scared. He smiled bitterly and said, "Gary... Before the game against Croatia begins, I really don't want to see you in the office anymore..."

Levin could only smile bitterly. When he came to the head coach's office, there would only be one thing, that is, report on the injury situation. Xiao Ming's half-joking and half-serious words made him smile bitterly, but he still reminded Xiao Ming: "Boss, our training volume has been a bit large recently, and the players' physical fitness problems are some problems. If this continues, someone may be injured."

Xiao Ming nodded and was not furious: "I know this, but there is no way. Only by winning this game can we have the opportunity to continue... And if the players are familiar with my tactics as soon as possible, increasing the training volume is the only way... There are still three days left before the game, and I will let the players have a good rest the day before the game."

Levin nodded, and knew with some relief that Xiao Ming did not push the mistake unreasonably on his head.

After Levine went out, Xiao Ming sighed. He also knew that the league had been going on for three months, and the players' physical fitness had been consumed a lot. Coupled with a lot of training, it was normal for the number of injuries to increase. However, if the players cannot adapt to their tactics, then they will be at a disadvantage without playing in this game. What Xiao Ming wants is not to bet on luck, but to grasp it more.

In fact, he was not very worried about the injury of Irving and Carragher. Although Irving's absence will weaken England's attack power, he did not intend to let Irving and Rooney play at the same time - using two low-high forwards when it is necessary to attack is a disaster, not to mention that he wants to reuse Beckham, so he has to have a high point in the frontcourt. As for Carragher, his absence will certainly make Xiao Ming reshuffle the defensive formation that has been practiced for several days, but Ridley King has cooperated with Ferdinand in the national team, and the strength of the Tottenham captain cannot be underestimated.

On the contrary, during training, the sluggish state shown by the main goalkeeper Robinson made Xiao Ming even more difficult. Perhaps the damn takeoff in the game against Russia seriously hit Robinson's self-confidence. During this period of training, his condition has been not very good, but the old goalkeeper James and the young Green should perform better.

However, although James' habitual low-level mistakes have decreased in recent years, they are still a time bomb. Especially his technical shortcomings in receiving high balls have made Xiao Ming feel uneasy. Green is a goalkeeper with excellent goal line skills, but Xiao Ming will not forget that this guy is also a famous butterflyer, and at the same time, he is always unsatisfied in grasping the timing of attack.

At the same time, the goalkeepers who play for this weak team all have one problem - that is, they often perform very well when they are besieged, but are always knocked down by their opponents' arrows. Xiao Ming's tone in this game is offense. Not making mistakes when facing counterattacks are more important than making continuous wonderful saves.

England's goalkeeper has always been a difficult problem, at least before Joe Hart grew up, Xiao Ming had no choice.

"Even if you give me a Yasquelanin. Why is Yusey not a British person..."

Xiao Ming started to think about it. When he wanted Yass Kleinen, he thought that Hart still had no chance to play since the beginning of this season. Maybe he should loan him to a Premier League team in the second half of the season to allow him to undergo higher-level training? During this period, he has made rapid progress in the training in the team. He will not be able to grow faster after training. Maybe he will loan him to Birmingham like in history? This may be a good idea. Yang Jiacheng just became Birmingham's largest shareholder in the summer. He has been getting close to him when he participated in the Premier League boss meetings for the first two times. Birmingham has no outstanding goalkeeper now. It is good for both sides to loan a young and potential goalkeeper, and their head coach Bruce, has a good relationship with him...

After thinking about it for a while, Xiao Ming began to focus more on preparing for the next game.

"Welcome to Wembley Stadium! In this newly established stadium, the England national team will usher in the last and most important game of the year, the last game of the European Championship qualifiers, against the first in the group Croatia! In this game, the English national team must get at least one draw before they can qualify in the group! If they can beat their opponent three goals, they will become the first in the group, and defeating their opponents by 2-0 will also become the first in the group... Croatia's previous net victory

There are twenty balls, while England has eighteen, only two less than the opponent... However, Croatia's condition in this qualifier is surprisingly good. So far, they only lost to Macedonia in the last game, but that does not affect their qualifying from this death group one round in advance... England has received good news after the change of coaches. Fans generally believe that Xiao Ming's appointment brought good luck to England, haha, in fact, I think so too!"

bbc5's famous guru Motson laughed and said that Alan Shearer, a former national team legendary shooter who was invited to serve as a guest with him, also laughed.

"Alan, Xiao Ming said in an interview that the national team now lacks a center striker like you. What do you think about this?" Seeing that there was still a long time before the game began, Xiao Ming had not announced the starting lineup of this game for a long time. Motson, who had no topic, pointed his finger at Hiller.

"What can I say? Thank you very much for Xiao Ming's recommendation to me? But I have to say that I am also very happy to hear such words." Hiller laughed: "After all, it is a pleasant thing to be praised by such an excellent head coach... But now the England national team has excellent strikers, and Irving Ruini Crouch is all such excellent strikers, and Xiao Ming has also selected young rookies like Abanglaho and Walcott. I have a feeling that Xiao Ming's actions seem to be a reserve for the future."

"What do you mean is that Xiao Ming didn't plan to just bring such a game?" Motson immediately asked back. This question is one of the most concerned topics among English fans recently. Now there is no better one among young coaches in England than Xiao Ming. If he could lead England to resurrection this time, this view would be more common, but Xiao Ming's special identity will hinder the middle.

"I'm not sure about it." Hiller waved his hand quickly: "But if he only wants to lead this game, it's normal to select more experienced veterans. After all, even if a young forward like Abanglaho is selected, he cannot help the team immediately. On the contrary, it will be of great benefit to the future... Even in the stands, the atmosphere of the national team will allow young players to have more fighting spirit."

"It makes sense." Mortson nodded, and just as he wanted to continue discussing, the backstage handed him a piece of paper.

"Oh, the list of the England national team has been reported... It's just two hours before the start of the game, Xiao Ming really plans to carry out the mystery to the end."

Mortson made a joke first, then looked at England's roster.

Although there are twenty-four players on the roster, the eleven main players and seven substitutes are still reported, and the other six players will sit in the stands.

Then Motson burst into laughter.

"This Xiao Ming is really good at playing tricks... It's real and real, no one can be confused."

While wiping the tears from laughing at the corner of his eyes, Motson handed the paper to the extremely curious Hiller.

The main players are: goalkeeper Robert Green, four defenders, Daniel on the right, Ashley Cole on the left, Ferdinand and Ridley King on the middle, four midfielders, Joey Barton behind, Beckham on the right, Gareth Barry on the left, Steven Gerrard on the front, two forwards, Rooney dragged behind, Crouch at the front.

This lineup has nothing to do with 433, but 442 - but Xiao Ming chose Beckham and Gareth Barry on both sides. Beckham was not good at breaking through. Gareth Barry is even more like the core of the midfield. There is no traditional wings flying together. Xiao Ming sent a set of 442 combinations of midfielders that greatly strengthen the midfield running and interception ability - or 4312!

The seven players on the bench were substitute goalkeeper David James, and the previous main goalkeeper Robinson sat in the stands. There was only one substitute defender, that is, among the six defenders, the only remaining Lescott, except for the injured and the starter, the substitute midfielders were Hargreaves, Lenon and Downing, and the substitute forwards were Beatty and Abanglaho, who was selected for the national team for the first time.

Whether it is the main force or the substitute, this is a subversive list, especially Abang Lajo, who is considered to be able to go to the stands, and instead put Defoe and Walcott, who are more experienced in the national team, in the stands, which makes people feel a little confused.

"There is not a fast winger. Can our players adapt to this tactic?" Hiller asked in confusion after reading the starting lineup.

You should know that even if the national team of his era was a player with an unfast speed on the right, he would always be a player with excellent speed on the left. From Anderton at the earliest to McManaman who later changed to this side, Scholes even played in this position. Later, Erikson and McLaren reused Joe Cole, who had better skills, to play on this side, and everyone has seen the effect.
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