Chapter 119: World Revenge

After Des Walker left, Wood closed the door. The first thing he said to Donn was: "I hope you can get me on the court tomorrow with the German team."

When Tang En heard him say this, he was not surprised at all, as if he had expected such an incident.

"This is impossible, George." Tang En replied expressionlessly. "Your injury has not healed yet."

"No, my injury has completely healed." In order to prove that what he said is true, Wood also did a set of running high and high legs in front of Tang En.

"You don't have the final say, George."

"Why doesn't my body mean that I don't have the final say?" Wood asked back.

"I only believe in the doctor." Tang En walked on the chair with his legs crossed his head, his tone a little indifferent.

Wood was not as calm as Tang En. He took a step forward and walked to Tang En: "You asked me to wait for three games, but if we can't even qualify for the group stage, what's the point of waiting for three games? I can't wait, and I don't want to wait anymore."

Done signaled Wood to sit down and talk, he was not used to tilting his head to talk to others.

"Are you just not trusting your teammates?" Tang En looked at Wood, who was a little impatient.

This sentence put Wood's army on his back. He certainly could not say "Yes, I don't believe them", he could only shake his head and say "No, I believe them". In this way, he would have no position to ask for the field.

Wood fell into silence. He understood what Tang En meant, so he was unwilling to give an answer.

Don En decided to strike while the iron was hot and persuaded Wood to withdraw his intention to play in the game against the German team.

"George, your foot injury has not fully recovered, and I know very well that the medical team and I are following and observing your injury changes every day. So I will never let you play against Germany. It must be a very fierce game. If you get injured again, I can't guarantee what will happen after that. Consider your career. I won't let you play."

"Even if the group can't qualify?" Wood asked.

Tang En said calmly: "Yes, even if the group cannot qualify, I will not let you go up and take risks."

Wood's face was covered with clouds, and his expression was like the summer weather. After several changes back and forth, he finally stood up and left.

Tang En sat alone in his room in a daze.

He now feels that he really knows how to pretend to be a saint... The last sentence is definitely not his true words, or when he says this, he is not firm in his heart. Which is more important, score or the future of the player? Such multiple-choice questions will never appear in Tang En's mind. In his prosperous period, he would say: I want both.

Perhaps the situation was not so bad... Tang En thought to himself.

Even without George Wood, England would not have the ability to play against the German team.

Walker pushed the door open and saw Donn sitting on the sofa in a daze.

"Tony?"

"Is it time for dinner so soon?" Tang En came back to his senses and asked.

"No. I'm just here to see you and ask how I've been talking to George by the way." Walker sat down next to Donn.

"He wanted to play in the game against Germany, but I refused." Tang En said lightly.

"You didn't have any ideological struggles or anything?" Walker asked with a smile.

"No." Tang En told a small lie.

Walker hesitated and asked, "Tony, how sure do you have to win in the game against Germany?"

Tang En glanced at his assistant: "This is not something that is certain, Des. This is something we must win or we will die."

Three days are too short. And it also takes into account the half-day journey from Barcelona to Valencia. In fact, there is only two days left for Donn to prepare for the German team.

When most people have not yet reacted, the battle between England and Germany is imminent.

George Wood and Bentley were out of the game due to injury, and the prospect of qualifying to Wales is worrying... These are actually just the main points in this game. Even if both teams win in both games, they qualify early. This game is destined to attract the attention of the world. Tony Donn may not care about the outcome of the game, but English fans must not ignore it.

The grudge between England and German football is one of the most famous feuds in the world. Their two teams have been in a confrontation for more than a hundred years. England had an overwhelming advantage in the first fifty years, and the German team became an eternal nightmare for England fans in the next fifty years.

The two teams first met on April 20, 1908. The arrogant "original football" at that time taught the football rookie German team a 5-1 score. Although they won the game, the Englishman was still obedient and pretended to behave and said that they were scored by the German team. A year later, the two sides fought again, and the English team massacred Germany with a score of 9:0, setting the largest score difference record in the history of the English-German confrontation.

At that time, the German team was not the "king of Europe" who is now majestic, winning the European Cup three times and winning the World Cup three times.  In the first twelve games of the two teams, England achieved an unbeaten record of ten wins and two draws.  It can be said that this was the chaos period of German football.   It was nothing surprising to lose to England's "strong world team".

But what really turned the confrontation between the two sides into a "war" was the 1966 World Cup final. At Wembley Stadium, the English defeated Germany 4:2 with a controversial goal, which won the World Cup for the first time and the only time in history. Geoff_hurst, who scored the controversial goal in the final and also completed a hat-trick, became the "national hero" of the United Kingdom, and the legendary striker Uwe_seeler of the German team was almost exhausted when he left the court, and walked down the court with his head hanging down. As a result, this scene was photographed by the photographer. Did the English media say it? Ironically, "The Germans suffered another defeat."

This game hurt the Germans very much. Until more than 50 years later, the Germans would complain that if it weren't for the referee's misjudgment, there would have been four Venus on the German team's team logo.

Until this year, the Englishman still had a huge psychological advantage when facing the German team. The Germans never defeated the English team in the official game.

But two years later, the situation changed 180 degrees. In Hannover, Germany, "Caesar" Beckenbauer's low shot broke the German team's fate of not winning against England. It was as if it had pierced the window paper. From then on, for more than 40 years, England never beat Germany in major competitions... No matter whether the process was tragic or tragic, the loser must be England in the end.

In the quarterfinals of the 1970 World Cup, England led 2:0, and Germany scored three goals in a row under the leadership of Beckenbauer. Finally, England was eliminated.

In 1972, the Wembley Stadium, England's soccer holy land, was also declared lost under the German cannon. Beckenbauer led his teammates to defeat England 3-1 and won a victory in the European Cup qualifiers. Later, the British gave the title of "Football Emperor" to the German.

In the quarterfinals of the 1990 World Cup, Germany eliminated England in a penalty shootout. Nottingham Forest legend Stuart Pierce scored a key goal. Now England's assistant coach Des Walker also played in that game.

The European Championship held in front of England's home in 1996 made the English think that they could win the Delaunay Cup that they had never touched before with the benefits of the host. Unfortunately, they met Germany once. The Germans stubbornly dragged the proud host into the penalty kick, and the Englishmen's mentality collapsed completely. They were eventually eliminated.

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The situation of losing to the German team in succession is unacceptable to the proud British, so even in a friendly match, the meeting between England and Germany will definitely bring dazzling sparks.

John Terry, England's main central defender, once said that there has never been a "friendly match" between England and Germany.

In England, classic quotes about football are also related to Germany. For example, at the 1966 World Cup, the commentary of the famous British commentator Kennett Walstenholm became a classic for describing the German football style: "They thought everything was over, but the Germans stood up again!"

After England was eliminated by Germany's penalty kick in the 1990 World Cup, Leinker also said helplessly: "Football is a 22-person game. But in the end, it is always the Germans' winning sport."

Even if England wins, it may not be a wonderful memory. For example, in 1938, England beat Germany 6-3 in a friendly match in Berlin, but before the game, the English players were forced to perform "Nazi rituals", which made the British people think that they were greatly insulted and the victory of this game was called a "shamed victory."

After entering the new century, Britain and Germany fought each other and even had classic battles such as 5-1 defeats the German team. But in general, the English always seemed to lack confidence when facing the Germans. In the last game before the demolition of Wembley Stadium, Germany's Harmann's heavy artillery put the English team in shame in this memorable game.

If Tang Enlai was to talk about the difference between the two teams, he would say that England is like a beautiful porcelain bottle, dazzling under the light, dazzling and unsatisfactory. The German team is a dark and plain rock. Whether it is using a porcelain bottle to smash the rocks or using a rock to hit the porcelain bottle, the one who is unlucky in the end must be the porcelain bottles.

But now Tang En must complete this impossible task - use the porcelain bottle to fight the rocks for a life-and-death battle. In the end, the porcelain bottle must be safe and sound.

"You can lose to anyone. You can't lose to the Germans!" There was a sentence on the banner carried by the English fans at the entrance, which was also the voice of the whole English. This game attracted the attention of the island countries. Even the Queen of England was asking: "Can we defeat Germany?"

This sentence has also become the title of many media, and the Times replied below: "Yes, we can!"

The Sun is more sensational. They tell readers that more than 60 years ago, the Queen was still a child at that time and had led the British people to a great victory, and her opponent was fascist Germany. Now, it is time for the national war of resistance. "We will definitely win this war!"

Unlike England's shared hatred, Germany's reaction was a little bit plain. The same was true. The English have always been more persistent and entangled in the feud between England and Germany. The Germans will use more implicit means to express their emotions. For example, before the game, German TV One again brought up Hirst's controversial goal that year to talk about it. After high-tech restoration and analysis, it was finally proved that the goal did not cross the line as a whole, so it cannot be counted. German TV

Among the exciting World Cup historical scenes broadcast by TV2, there are Brazilians holding the Golden Cup for the third time, and there are also Beckenbauer's shoulders and struggling with bandages, but Hurst's controversial goal was missing. In addition, they ranked Maradona's five consecutive goals past England, which one is the first? Of course, it was Maradona's hand of God in the same game! That scene was repeatedly played five times, so that some viewers thought there was something wrong with their TV...

Four hours before the game, fans from both sides had gathered outside the New Mestalia Stadium in Valencia, waiting to enter the court. Fans from both sides had a bad reputation among police officers around the world, so this game almost took away all the police forces in Valencia City. At the same time, for this special group match, the Valencia Municipal Government also issued a temporary "prohibition" - within a radius of fifteen kilometers near the New Mestalia Stadium, from four hours before the game to four hours after the game. All alcohol-containing beverages are prohibited.

English and German fans will head to the New Mestalia Stadium from different highways and enter the field from completely opposite entrances. In the stands, the stands between the fans of the two teams will be vacant and stationed by fully armed riot police, all of which is to prevent the fans of the two teams from meeting and causing conflict before entering the field.

"This is the security at the World Cup final level." The British media sighed when they saw this scene.

Despite this, fans of both sides still sparked sparks anywhere they could see each other.

The German made a gesture of "German team defeating England 3:0" against the British BBC camera, and the English hit back with a 5:1 gesture. In September 2001, England defeated Germany 5:1 in the qualifiers of Japan and South Korea, and was at the home court of the German team. Michael Irving, who completed a hat-trick in that game, also became the European footballer of that year.

German fans raised their middle fingers to the English fans in the distance and shouted in unison: "You don't have George Wood, you are the second-rate European!! Even Wales can kill you!"

English fans sang cheering songs that ridiculed the Germans: "Mr. Samur, who are you kidding? Matthias (Matias Samur, head coach of Germany) only has a 'pig'... We will kick you back to Berlin, Tony Donn and his children will say: 'Thank you, Germany!' The future Sir St. George, the European Cup is in your hands..."

Look at how they look at the tit-for-tat. It’s like this European Cup that there are no strong teams such as Spain, Italy, and France, but just a one-on-one match between England and Germany.

When the buses from both sides appeared in the fans' vision, the atmosphere on the scene that had been silent for a while became frenzy again. Fans from England and Germany were shouting the names of their teams and stars to cheer them up. Even the high temperature at thirty-six degrees could not make them quiet for a while.

"England! England! God bless the queen, the queen bless England!" England fans raised the "St. George" flag on a white background and waved at the red bus.

"Go ahead, St. George! Go ahead, England!!"

"Fight to the end and never surrender. We are the invincible English fleet!"

"Defeat the Germans! Fuck their ass!"

"Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

The fans roared wildly.    The closed car window was penetrated and even the dirty words could be heard clearly.

The English players were not surprised by this. In fact, they themselves were almost crazy like the fans outside... You should know that this is a game between England and Germany, and it is a decisive battle that does not require mobilization. Every English player should understand the meaning of this game and this opponent.

Tang En whistled to the sexy female fan who was blowing kisses at him outside: "We are under unprecedented pressure now. But it doesn't matter, this is the game I dream of. A century of grudges, love and revenge, a life-and-death qualifying situation, a bloody road to step on the enemy's corpse... makes me excited! I believe the Germans must think so, ha!"
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