Chapter 679: Fair competition

"I lost so much."

When he shook hands with Xiao Ming after the game, Donadoni suddenly said this.

Xiao Ming looked at him in surprise, but Donadoni quickly continued: "Of course, I am convinced by you... But in this game, my players were defeated by you before they even had time to play. I think not only I would think this way, but Van Basten might think this way too."

"There is no absolutely fair competition on the football field. In addition to the players' abilities, the coach's dispatch and overall planning before the game are also part of the game... I can hide Lampard throughout the group stage, can you?" Xiao Ming smiled: "A downright contest? Give up this idea. This is not a league, but a cup game that can be played with one less game."

Donadoni shook his hand vigorously and then let go: "I hope there will be a chance to compete with you in the future."

Xiao Ming smiled and said nothing. Will he be in the future? Maybe there is no chance anymore...

Xiao Ming didn't know how long he was going to be a coach. Maybe if he couldn't win the European Cup and the World Cup, he would continue to lead him unwillingly. However, according to the historical trajectory, Donadoni would be fired by the Italian Football Association after this European Cup, and then Lippi took office immediately - there are probably not many opportunities to fight him...

But think about it, maybe Van Basten, Domeneck and Donadoni did lose very much because Xiao Ming did not give them the so-called fair competition opportunity. They also have shortcomings that Xiao Ming can use, but the next opponent may also compete with the other party under the so-called fair situation...

"I hope the Netherlands can kill Spain... But Van Basten is not a fool, and I will probably not be fooled when I meet again." Xiao Ming thought to himself.

At this time, the players who had celebrated had already rushed down from the court. Seeing them like this, Xiao Ming knew that most of these guys wanted to capture him and throw him into the sky. After a sudden inspiration, he suddenly let out a silence: "Slow down!"

The players stopped in confusion, and Xiao Ming laughed: "I know what you are thinking... Can you do this when you win the championship?"

“…”

In the second day's game, Spain also defended the honor of first place in the group. In a wonderful offensive game, Spain defeated the Netherlands 3-1 through overtime. Although Villa, who scored the most goals in Spain, was injured before the end of the first half, Iniesta scored the first record for Spain in the second half, and Van Nicht equalized the score for the Netherlands before the end of the game. However, Torres's goal in overtime gave Spain another lead. Then in the second half of overtime, the top scorer of La Liga last season, Guísa, who appeared in the last season, expanded the score, and three-to-one, Spain advanced to the semi-finals.

"It's true that Spain is still Spain." Xiao Ming thought to himself that Spain played happily in this game, continued to excel, and its defense was much more stable. Senna's presence made Spain's backstabbing hard. This former Brazilian player played a role in the Spanish national team midfielder than that of Marklele, especially when he was surrounded by artists...

It is not as easy to deal with Spain as it is to deal with the previous opponents. After all, the head coaches of the previous opponents have obvious shortcomings that can be used by Xiao Ming. Now Xiao Ming faces many more experience than him. At the same time, the "iron-blooded coach" Aragones, who also has enough prestige in the national team...

However, England fans are optimistic about this. In their opinion, Spain, which is weak when it comes to the competition, is not as easy as the Netherlands, who has learned a lesson.

Although Spain's performance so far in this European Championship is perfect, fans' impression of a team is always deeply rooted, and they think it is simpler.

Fortunately, Xiao Ming would not think so simply.

Before, Spain might have been the king of the qualifiers in the World Championships, and the official finals of the franchise. However, Xiao Ming, who traveled through time in 2010, had the biggest impression of Spain that they won consecutive European Cup and World Cup championships - Aragones and Bosque. The two old guys pushed the Spanish national team to the top one after another. During this period, if it weren't for the United States unexpectedly losing to the United States, they would be the well-deserved no.1 during this period. In fact, the defeat in the Federation Cup was only a slight flaw in Spain's glory.

Do Xiao Ming dare not take such a team seriously?

"cheers!"

Three cups collided, and Sawyah filled the beer in the cup in one breath and shouted red: "Guys, we will go to Vienna tomorrow and see us continue to do three Spanish balls!"

"Oh--" John and Michael and others shouted in unison. In the past few days, this small bar has almost become the stronghold for their group of people. They have changed several strongholds this European Cup, from Bern to Zurich, and then to Basel. This semi-final is finally leaving Switzerland...

"But Spain played well this time. Now their goals are the same as ours, and they are all ten." Michael is a little more steady after all.

"But they lost one goal in every game, and our defense is much better." John is a typical radical.

"We have to believe Xiao." Sawyer laughed: "When he meets a strong team, he can beat someone up with a three-to-zero, and Spain is no exception!"

"That's right!" Others shouted, waving their fists. These people were the most hardcore Leiden Oriental fans, and the group with the most confidence in Xiao Ming. They almost had a superstitious attitude towards Xiao Ming, and Xiao Ming would hardly disappoint them.

"Okay, everyone is going to pack up. Let's go to Vienna together, and then stay until the end of the European Championship before returning to London!" Sawyer shouted loudly, waving his arms.

The semi-finals and finals are both in Vienna. Sawyer's meaning is very clear - that is, to see England win the European Cup with his own eyes!

All England fans have no doubts about this. They firmly believe that Xiao Ming can lead the team to do this and have won three-to-zero victory in the three strong teams of the Netherlands, France and Italy in a row, which has laid the impression unbreakable.

"Yes, win the finals early and return to London early!" John smiled and said, "I miss London a little after staying outside for so long."

"Do you want London or the London Sun?" Michael teased.

Others burst into laughter. John had no other hobbies. He loved watching the Sun's third-page girl besides watching football - they all knew this...

"I haven't watched the third version of the girl!" John protested loudly, and then said in a low voice: "Just look at the wife team of Leiden East and the England national team..."

Although he spoke very quietly, everyone still heard it. Then the unlucky John was beaten with a bruised and swollen face by his friends...

"Vienna! Danube! The music capital! Dear, it's a pity that you didn't come with me. This city is beautiful. Really, I see I have to take you here to visit in the future. By the way, there are also Brussels. We should come to these two places more."

Xiao Ming was heartless at the other end of the phone, who was almost broken by his two children, boasted about the beauty of the city of Vienna, and almost made Jessica cry. It was not until he heard the last sentence that Jessica turned from worry to joy.

"That's what you said. You must take me to the concert at that time. I want the best ticket to the location." Jessica said on the other end of the phone.

"Can you go alone?" Xiao Ming said.

“…”

After chatting with Jessica for a few more words, Xiao Ming hung up the phone. Now, calling Jessica every day has become a way for him to relax. At the same time, he has also tried to make himself more relaxed just now, so as not to worry that Jessica is too tired.

However, if the game is so good, it is obviously not enough to not work hard.

Although Xiao Ming's previous three big wins were successful in using tactics and the good smoke bombs, Xiao Ming basically used almost all the things he saved for this European Championship. Several of his previous opponents were more or less deceived by him. Now he has no preparation to surprise people, not to mention that his opponent is the experienced Aragones. Even if there is something that can be preserved, it is probably impossible to hide the opponent's old eyes.

However, Xiao Ming never expected that the tricks could be used for the rest of his life. These tricks had achieved good results before, so that England would not consume too much effort until now, that would be enough.

I have never heard of any team that can still hide some strength when they reach the semi-finals of the major competition. After all, for a European Cup, it is already a great achievement to reach the semi-finals. If a team can still hide its strength at this time, then the overall strength of this team may be much greater than that of other teams, and there is no need to do this - Besides, England has encountered strong teams all the way, and being able to hide the truth to this point can almost be said to have reached its limit.

"Then let's play the game with dignity. We won't be afraid of anyone anyway." Xiao Ming murmured to himself.

Xiao Ming did not start his research on Spain now. At least when preparing for the European Cup, Xiao Ming knew that if he wanted to win the championship, he would probably have to pass the Spanish level - even if he was not in the same group as Spain.

Xiao Ming of Spain is very familiar with this team. After all, the first two years of his rebirth were the most glorious moments of Spanish football. The European Cup champion and World Cup champion won the championships in these two cups in a row, and their achievements were not inferior to France before. If they hadn't capsized in the gutter of the Federation Cup, they would probably have been able to repeat the glorious situation in which France swept the world and was invincible from 1998 to 2000.

The current Spain team is different from the Spanish team led by Bosque two years later, which is dominated by Barcelona players.

The players of Real Madrid and Barcelona are still the backbone of the Spanish national team. Casillas, Ramos, Xavi, Iniesta, Puyol and others firmly occupy the main position, but they only have five people in total. Most of the other six main positions Valencia, Marchena, Capdevilla, David Silva and David Villa are all from Valencia, and the remaining two main players are Senna from the Yellow Submarine and Liverpool from

Torres, even Arsenal's Fabregas and Liverpool's Alonso were on the bench. Aragones used to using single striker tactics before, but Villa's outstanding performance and Torres' return from injury have brought Spain back to the 442 formation. The cooperation between the two strikers also complemented each other. The two teamed up to score six of Spain's ten goals so far, which is the most powerful double arrow in this European Championship.

In terms of lineup, the Spanish national team is impeccable. Although there is no defensive line composed of Pique, Marchena and others on the defense line, it is quite practical. The midfielder Senna's running has made Spain's backstabbing hard, and at the same time, it has left the technical players in the frontcourt without any worries.

In Xiao Ming's view, Spain is even stronger than Spain, which won the World Cup championship two years later. In Spain two years later, Torres and Silva are not in good shape this year. The only thing that is better than now is that they join Pique's defense line. However, Senna's departure has reduced Spain's midfield hardness a lot. Although it is said to play the most gorgeous offensive football, it is hard to say that it has won the championship with four 1-0 scores since the start of the knockout round. Their style of playing backwards and ball control rate in the backcourt after leading has also made many people criticize them for actually playing ugly.

Spain's current style of play is truly gorgeous. Although England, like them, scored ten goals, at least half of England's ten goals were scored through fast counterattacks, while Spain kept tearing open the opponent's defense through offense in the frontcourt and forced the opponent to collapse. In terms of offense, Spain is the best team in the offensive since the beginning of this European Cup.

If we look at it from a simple perspective, defensive counterattack may be the best way to deal with this Spain team, but Xiao Ming does not think so. Spain's short pass in the frontcourt penetrates and tear the opponent's defense line is quite excellent, especially their Villa. This is a guy who will basically not lose his chance. No matter how outstanding the defense is, it cannot guarantee that he will not get a chance in the whole game. Even if he counterattacks quickly, Spain's back defense in the backcourt is not slow, with height and speed, and Senna is also helping to sweep the ball in front.

It is absolutely impossible to defend against such a team. Their skills, short pass cooperation and ball control ability are above England, and it is also not enough to push forwards to attack. Villa and Torres are both skilled and flexible strikers. Leaving enough space in the backcourt for the opponent to sprint back and forth is only a matter of seeking death.

In Xiao Ming's view, it is most appropriate to deal with such a team with Mourinho's previous life's method of dealing with Barcelona - starting to press in the midfield, disrupting the opponent's offensive rhythm, not leaving too much space or space for the opponent in the backcourt, using overall defense to deal with their offense, and at the same time, dealing with them through small-scale counterattacks between several people, constantly accumulating advantages, and finally killing them with one blow.

Of course, any theoretically good tactic will definitely have a considerable difference in actual execution. The players' execution ability, previous tactical drills and sudden time on the court may break the deployment. However, Xiao Ming's frontcourt mad dog-style pressing offense that he used since the last game is also suitable for dealing with Spain in this game.

In order to save some physical fitness in the last game, England adopted the tactic of recovering defense and quick counterattack in the second half, and in this game, it was time to try its best.

If you win, you will reach the finals. There is no need to save any physical fitness. Everyone's physical fitness will not be very good in the last game, even if the opponent is a German.

You know, the Turks are not soft persimmons, not to mention their previous magical habitual reversal. As long as the Germans do not gain enough advantages in regular time, they will not dare to relax until the game is over - this is also a great consumption.

So Xiao Ming didn't need to have any concerns at all. The semi-finals and the finals are the same. They all need to play with all their strength. There are no three or four finals in the European Championships and cannot win the semi-finals. Then this is the last game.

The last game is here, is there any possibility of not fighting to the death?

Xiao Ming smiled slightly. He had to work hard in every game before, otherwise, if he didn't work hard now, he would have no chance even if he wanted to work hard.

However, Villa was injured in the middle of the last game. I wonder what his injury was like?

Villa's injury should be good news, but Aragones is indeed experienced and has not released any news. Instead, it can play the role of a smoke bomb.

Villa can play, but Villa can't play, and Spain has too many tactical changes...

If Villa can play, there is nothing to say. It is estimated that Spain's tactics are still the same, but if he can't play, letting Torres play a single striker is a tactic. If Guysa and Torres partner, that is another tactic. Seeing Aragonese avoiding Villa's injury in the past two days, it seems that this old man is planning to put the suspense last, just like what Xiao Ming did before...

"It's so troublesome. I don't like dealing with such an old fox the most. If you make a flaw, you will die..." Xiao Ming muttered. Anyway, he was thinking alone at the computer, and he was not afraid that someone would hear his own words.
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