Chapter 224 Either trust me or just pretend that I am not there!

Tiger was actually a little reluctant to fly from Valencia to London to participate in the national team training camp. As a mixed Chinese, Tiger had no sense of identity with the British Empire, otherwise it would not have been impossible that when the Chinese Football Association was in a state of mind, he had the idea of ​​joining the Chinese national team. If he had not joined the Chinese national team, he would have given up his British nationality and gave him a big obstacle to playing football in Europe, he might have agreed in anger.

This time he went reluctantly. In addition to the last time Keegan replaced him in the middle and made him feel very unhappy, there is another thing that he felt the same as Cooper. He believed that Valencia's current tactics were fine, but the team needed to slowly adapt to it. If you want to attack, Tiger, a forward in front and one or two midfielders who were forward, he could not play too much cooperation. There were few people attacking, and there were only a few pass routes and cooperation methods, so it was easy to be stared at by the opponent. The counterattack was not just a quick counterattack. Valencia, who was used to only playing fast counterattacks, also needs to slowly adapt to the rhythm of large-scale pressure on the offense. At that time, Valencia's defense may be weakened, but there may be a leap in the offense!

No matter how outstanding the defense is and how fierce the counterattack is, after all, it is just a poor person. There are only a few methods of quick counterattack. When the opponent becomes familiar with it, the threat will be much smaller. Enhancing the offensive ability in positional warfare is also very important for Valencia.

If he stayed in Valencia, Tiger would have more time to let his teammates get to know him and cooperate with him in the game. However, this time he went to the national team, it would probably be postponed - the most important thing is that he didn't know whether he would be the main player in the national team...

If he ran to the national team and sat on the bench for 180 minutes, Tiger really felt that it would be better to stay in Valencia.

But no matter how arrogant he is, he dare not openly announce that he will not participate in the national team game. In addition to those veterans whose energy has declined to ensure the interests of the club, they often announce their withdrawal from the national team to concentrate on playing club games. At its peak, there are few players who announce their withdrawal from the national team. Even if the national team does not want to do it themselves, they must perform hard to strive to enter the national team. Gascoin is still hoping to enter the national team, let alone Tiger.

After coming to the national team, he and another British player who played in La Liga, McMannarman became the focus of his teammates. In the past decade, British players had few successful football abroad, and generally performed just in moderation. This time, McMannarman became the main force of the midfield as soon as he went to Real Madrid, and Tiger also became the main force of Valencia. Both of them scored goals in La Liga. No wonder the British media began to feel proud.

"La Liga? The pace is not as fast as the Premier League, and the defense is looser, but it is indeed very good in terms of technology." Facing the inquiries of several Manchester United teammates such as Beckham, Tiger thought for a while and replied that although he had a little unhappy relationship with Ferguson when he left Manchester United, Tiger still maintained a friendship with Manchester United teammates.

Beckham and the others also vaguely felt why Tiger chose to leave. The differences between him and Ferguson were not other aspects, but the impact of two different concepts. Ferguson has been making progress and has been absorbing the essence of mainland football. However, in his bones, he is a British coach, who is stubborn and old-fashioned to maintain the traditional way of playing English football. In some aspects, Ferguson is also a very tangled person, and Tiger is also. Two tangled people are either a turtle match against mung beans, or it is incompatible. Unfortunately, there is the latter between Tiger and Ferguson...

Manchester United started well this season. Although they lost to Arsenal for two consecutive years in the Charity Shield Cup, their performance in the league was extremely outstanding. In addition to being tied by Everton in the first round, they won the next five consecutive league rounds, including relying on Keane's two-to-one away goal in the fourth round, and the two forwards York and Cole were in excellent form. They scored five goals in the six league rounds. In the last round of the game against Newcastle, Kerr scored four of them alone. It seems that he was suppressed by Tiger last season...

"As soon as you go to Spain, we're all happy for you." Beckham said to Tiger with a smile. Tiger laughed. In fact, if he didn't have to win a championship every season, he really didn't care about this Super Cup.

He talked with several Manchester United players for a long time. When he was at Manchester United, because of the competition, Tiger had a fair relationship with Scholes and Cole, especially Kerr, who basically ignored Tiger. However, after Tiger left, Kohl became much more enthusiastic. He was among the Manchester United players who sent Tiger to Spain together.

"The situation for the national team is not good next. We will win both games, otherwise we will not even be able to go to the European Cup."

Bart suddenly said, which made everyone quiet. The situation of the English national team is really bad now. The gap with Poland has widened to three-pointers. Both sides have two games left to play, including a face-to-face game. If England cannot defeat Poland away, it is very likely to be defeated by Poland and Sweden. Now Sweden has basically won the first place in the group, and no one knows whether they will preserve their strength in the last round.

So the next two qualifiers will determine the fate of the England national team - if you win both games, you will basically be qualified for the playoffs. As long as you can't win one game, you will even lose the qualification for the playoffs.

England's next two games are to challenge Poland at home on September 4 and away on September 8, while Poland's remaining two rounds of games are to challenge England at home on September 8 and away on October - England was bye on that day. England won Luxembourg's game and could tie Poland with Poland, and then win Poland and then win Poland. After three-pointer ahead of Poland, even if Poland beats Sweden, they will not be able to qualify for the second- and play-offs in the group due to their mutual victory or defeat. However, if England is tied by Poland, Poland only needs to tie Sweden away in the last round to win the second-best victory or defeat in the group to beat England. Therefore, England's goal next is very simple, winning two games in a row to establish the qualification to participate in the play-offs.

"There is no problem playing at home Luxembourg, the key is playing away from home Poland."

Beckham said, and then everyone looked at handsome Beckham with contempt—this was simply nonsense…

Beckham smiled awkwardly and stopped talking.

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During the training camp the next day, Keegan performed very normally. Although Tiger was on the bench in the last game, he still talked and laughed with Tiger during training, which also made Tiger feel that maybe Keegan still intends to reuse himself. After all, Scholes' position can be further backwards, connecting the forward and the midfield, who else can do it besides himself?

On September 4, when setting out for Wembley Stadium, Keegan announced the name of the starting lineup of the game, Tiger, which was listed.

Irving has been recuperating all summer. He has only recovered from injury recently. Keegan did not dare to use him too easily. So Tiger, who played abroad, became the main player on the front line. He partnered with Hiller on the forward line of the England national team. Behind them is the midfielder composed of McManaman, Scholes, Beckham and Barty. Keegan's choice on the defense line is a bit surprising. Newcastle's young player Dale serves as the left back - he was originally in the midfield, while the other three players are veterans, Adams, Keeon and 37-year-old veteran Pierce formed the defense line.

"Kill them!" Hiller tightened his captain's armband and shouted in the player channel. Recently, the captain of the national team has also received a lot of criticism, believing that his condition has declined a lot, but he still occupies the main position of a national team. He should give up his position to allow more young players to play, such as Irving, Fowler, Cole, and Tiger...

Compared with Valencia's teammates, Tiger is more familiar with these teammates of the national team. Although he has not played many games in the national team, Scholes Beckham has been partnering with his partner for a season, and McManaman and Shearer often meet in the league. Tiger is quite familiar with them.

"The opponent is relatively weak, so you can also test the organization in this position." Tiger thought to himself.

Luxembourg is a bottom team, a standard bottom team. They have lost five consecutive games in this group so far, conceding thirteen goals - the only two goals were scored in the last game, and they did not lose a single goal in other games. In such a qualifier, all they have to do is to try to defend well so that the opponent can score more goals. In fact, they performed well in this game, and at most they lost three goals in one game, which is not embarrassing.

They had only lost to England at home by zero to two, but in this game, they suffered a tragic massacre.

Tiger kept retreating to the midfield to get the ball and then organized the game, making England's frontcourt smooth. His passing and technical skills are indeed second to none among English players. England itself has few players with excellent skills, and this has been even more so in recent years. Everyone has solid running and basic skills, but lacks that kind of spirituality.

In the 12th minute, after taking the ball, Tiger threw away the opponent's defender for the third time and broke into the penalty area. Luxembourg's defender was forced to foul. Shearer took the penalty and hit a penalty, one to zero.

In the 28th minute, Scholes received a pass from Tiger and passed the ball in the middle. Hiller pulled his feet and shot twice at the front of the penalty area, 2-0.

Just two minutes later, Dell, who played for the national team for the first time, made an assist and passed the ball to Hiller. Hiller's breakthrough disrupted Luxembourg's defense. Tiger's chaos immediately shot, three to zero.

In the 34th minute, Dale, who had assisted again, passed the ball to Hiller, and Hiller easily scored a hat-trick, four to zero.

In the first half, Tiger broke through and passed the back point, and McManaman scored a header in front of the goal, five to zero.

This refreshing first half made England fans almost crazy, and then they began to shout "We want No. 10". Keegan met the fans' request. He replaced Beckham with Irving. England's offense slowed down in the second half, while Irving scored a beautiful long shot in stoppage time, which helped him again.

Six to zero, a wonderful victory. Although the protagonists of this game are Shearer, who scored a hat-trick and Irving, who scored after returning from injury, Tiger's scored with one shot and two passes were enough to be dazzling. After the game, Tiger was also very happy. He didn't play much in the national team, but he had scored two goals and had several assists, and his performance was good.

Just when he thought he would continue to be the main force, after setting out for Poland, Keegan's starting lineup announced by him once again lost his name.

Irving and Shearer form a forward partner, with McManaman, Scholes, Beckham and Barty in the midfield, without his shadow.

Obviously, in Keegan's mind, Irving and Hiller are the main strikers, while he prefers to use Scholes, Tiger Irving when he is injured or Scholes cannot play, he is just a good alternative...

Tiger did not lose his temper this time. Even when Keegan replaced him in the middle, he quickly played. However, the final result of this game disappointed all the Englishmen.

The game was extremely fierce. A total of five players on both sides received yellow cards. In the face of desperate situations, both sides fought fiercely on the court, but England's offense seemed extremely chaotic under pressure, and Poland's defense was quite solid.

Tiger was replaced in the 70th minute of the second half, and it was Shearer who replaced - he didn't know why he was going on the field. Before he got on the field, Barty was sent off with a total of red cards, Keegan replaced Irving with Bart. This time Tiger replaced Hiller, and there were no strikers on England.

Tiger kept breaking through, but there was no one around him who could help him. He could only be submerged in the tall and powerful Polish defenders group again and again. No matter how outstanding he was, he would not be able to make up for the situation.

Zero to zero. The result of this draw made England's hope of entering the European Cup finals. They can only count on Sweden to defeat Poland in a month before they can catch the last bus of the playoffs. They have fallen to the point where they have to rely on other teams, which is enough to discredit English football.

"What is Keegan thinking?"

The English media, who had been supporting Keegan, started firing at the head coach, and what they said made sense: "When the offensive combination performed well in the last game, he chose to change the team. Yes, Irving needs to play, but Tiger's performance is something everyone can see! Why can't he appear in the midfield? Even Scholes is also very good, but he and Tiger have not worked with Manchester United last season... Irving and Hiller are both centers, and Tiger can support them well. In such a game that requires offense, he still holds the four defenders, even if there are three central defenders? We are fully capable of arranging more offensive players in the midfield..."

After returning to London, countless reporters surrounded the players in England, hoping to interview them. Most of the players of the England national team refused the interview because they were in a bad mood, but Tiger accepted the interview.

"I don't know why I am a substitute. I am in good condition and in good condition. I have never been so good. I have a good cooperation with my teammates of the national team, even more so than with Valencia, because I have only been a few months since I joined Valencia, but I have known most of the teammates of the England national team for a year or two. I know how to support them on the court and how to organize the offense on the court. However, when I was on the court, we had one less person, no striker on the court, and had run for seventy minutes in the midfield... I am not a god, I can't break through the opponent's goal by dribbling the ball alone, not to mention that Poland is not bad."

The reporters quickly remembered what Tiger said, and they all looked furious. Obviously, Tiger had reason to get angry, and his gory was a great thing for the reporters...

"Then do you have anything to say to Mr. Keegan?" a reporter asked such a question.

Tiger glanced at him, and didn't want to say it, but he still said it.

"Either trust me or don't let me play!"

After saying this, Tiger accelerated his pace and left the airport exit, then walked into the waiting hall, waiting for the plane to Valencia.

He was really annoyed by Keegan. He knew that ignoring Keegan made Keegan lose face that time, but what is Keegan's way now? What he said just now was what he wanted to say to Keegan, either believe me and use me well, or just pretend that I don't have me, and I will give up the opportunity to run-in in Valencia to come to the national team, not just to deal with the weak!

Tiger was not afraid of how Keegan could do him if he said such words. He is playing football abroad now. Besides, if the game draws, England will miss the European Cup. By then, Keegan will still be the head coach of the national team. That's all a matter of two things...

If you don’t express your opinions well, Keegan really treats me as a submissive guy. Anyway, I didn’t say anything too much. Isn’t it illegal to ask the coach to give me a little trust?
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