Chapter 139 Change

"If you hate me before, then please hate me now. If you hate me now, then please hate me in the future..."

The middle-aged man who was having breakfast with this newspaper couldn't help laughing. As Tony Donn's next opponent, he was not as hostile to Donn as Puel, nor did he want to underestimate Donn as Ragbeck, because he knew some of the head coaches who were so popular in Europe. Speaking of which, they had a relationship of working together.

In the summer of 2004, Nottingham Forest had just returned to the Premier League. They needed many experienced veterans to lead the team's young boys. In this way, he joined the Premier League promoted team from Qatar. Although he only played for the Forest team for one season and did not receive any honors, he still remembered that experience. There is no way, who made the people who work with him so unique?

"What are you laughing at, Fernando?" His assistant Lewis Mira came up and glanced at the newspaper. He happened to see the photo of Tony Donn in the newspaper. He understood. "He... I'm not surprised that England can beat France, but I was able to win so easily and win four goals...."

Fernando Jero put the newspaper aside: "I thought of this possibility... But Tony Donne now and the Tony Donne twelve years ago are basically two people, and my experience is useless. But..." Jero stared at the newspaper and said, "That sentence is very styled, ha!"

After evaluating Donn, Jero turned his head and asked his assistant Mira, "Have you watched the game between England and France?"

"Of course, I watched the live TV broadcast once, and watched the video after the game twice."

"Have you found anything?"

"I think the French team lost because they underestimated the enemy. If they were serious about preparing for the battle, it is hard to say whether England can win. England's tactics are nothing new. Don't have any strengths in on-site command and sudden changes..." Mira spoke out and told Jero everything he thought of. "...and more importantly, before, whether with France, Sweden, or Germany, Don't always used to playing conspiracies before the game, hiding the opponent to know his true strength and all his trump cards. But after this game against the French team, his full strength was exposed to us. George Wood's ace was also played. I think for us, Tony Don and his England team have no secrets at all. The competition with us is a pure strength competition. I personally think that in terms of strength, we are better than England..."

Hearing Milan's high argument, Jero nodded thoughtfully.

"We all must understand a fact now." Tang En raised his index finger and was in front of him all members of the coaching staff.

After just finishing breakfast, Don En called all the coaching staff members to his room for a meeting. The coaches knew. The team began to enter the "Spanish Guide". Three days later they will challenge the host Spain at the New Mestalia Stadium.

"Whether we were playing against Portugal, Germany, Sweden, France, or even Wales, we had some mysterious things, which were unknown. For example, whether George could play... We won the game against Germany and Sweden with this. But since the game against France, we had nothing to hide. It is of course good to beat France 4:0. But it also completely exposed our strength to our opponents." Don En explained the seriousness of the problem very seriously.

"Spain has studied us thoroughly, and it is useless to play tricks. So this time I won't do all the mess before the game. Put the focus of my work on training and preparation..."

His words made everyone amused. It turns out that Tang En was not doing his job properly before? Don’t say it, think about it carefully. It really has that kind of meaning.

"Spain is a technical team, and no matter what kind of coach they change, it cannot be changed. The core of the Spanish team is Iniesta and Fabregas. In the game, our people must implement close defense against these two people at any time and anywhere. We must not let them control the ball easily. As long as they hold the ball without interference for more than 30 seconds, they will fail. But we cannot just focus on the middle. Spain has a traditional wing attack, and their wing attacks have always been sharp. This must be paid attention to."

Tang En said earlier that the coaches were taking notes on their notebooks, and the parts mentioned by the head coaches will be taken seriously in training and will be targeted for training.

"George still started in this game, but I want to make some adjustments to the roster..." At this point, Donn paused for a moment, seemed to be thinking, and then he turned his head and asked assistant coach Des Walker. "How is my injury?"

Walker opened his notebook and checked it. He replied: "Bentley has recovered. He can enter the game. But Walcott is not good yet... Derek expects he can only make it to the finals, if we can reach the finals."

Donne pinched his chin and thought for a while.    It was really a headache for Walcott to not play.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              

"I want to change the formation." Tang En said.

Someone in the coaching staff was surprised, but Des Walker was not surprised. Done didn't tell him in advance, but out of his understanding, Walker knew that Done would often change his mind temporarily.

In fact, in such international competitions, few head coaches change their formation tactical positions during the competition because they are too risky. Most teams play in a lineup to the end, either being eliminated or becoming successful.

And Tony Donn's starting lineup has been changing since the first group stage, which is naturally related to George Wood's injury not healed, but Donn did it on purpose. The lineup in the first game was severely challenged in the second game, and Donn sentenced Glenn Johnson, the main right-back, to death. After that, he kept sitting on the bench, with Micha Richards on the way. Then Downing was also represented by Chris Cohen, and Bentley was replaced by Walcott due to injury. It seemed that Donn was still looking for the most suitable combination.

But no matter how it changes, he has never changed the tradition of 442. Today, he heard his tone and it seems that he even needs to change this?

"We abandoned 442 and instead fought 352." Tang En announced the answer. "I bet the Spanish would never have thought we would do this!" He was a little excited.

But the coaches muttered in their hearts: Not to mention the Spanish, even the English can't guess...

"If there is nothing unexpected happening to the three central defenders, it should be Terry, Taylor and Richards. They are mainly responsible for defense and will never go forward and will not even cross the center. Then two midfielders... Michael Johnson and George Wood, Gerrard headed to the front, front midfielder." Donn wrote down the names of the players in the relative position of the tactical board. "The attacking left forward is Rooney. The right is Abonraho. As for the forward, Mitcher headed to the front, and James Vaughan was a little behind him."

After writing everyone's names, Done threw down his pen and clapped his hands. Strictly speaking, this 352 should be called 32311. Rooney, Gerald and Abanglaho lined up behind Vaughn, like three front midfielders, but Rooney and Abanglaho were a little more on the sidelines.

"Mitcher has skills, Vaughan has impact. They can attract most of the defensive attention in front. But our main attack point is not the two of them. But these three people." Done circled the names of Rooney, Gerald and Abanglaho.

"At the same time, Rooney and Abanglaho must take on the task of returning to defense. But I believe this is not a problem." Donn knew Abanglaho very well because he brought it out. Rooney also played on the wing at Manchester United and was very active in returning to defense, thanks to Ferguson.

"The most important thing is that they are more impactful and threaten the goal on the wing. They can effectively prevent Spain's wing attack. Leaving the goal task to them three will catch Espanyol off guard. Spanish landmaster coach Jero must have never imagined this.

"Wood and Johnson are mainly responsible for defense. But Wood is also the midfielder. We need his long-distance pass, so Johnson's task is heavier when defending. I don't need him to attack in the game. His task is the same as that of three central defenders."

After arranging everyone's tactics, Tang En added: "In training, we need to do more physical confrontation, and use more tackles and collisions in the game. I encourage small moves and tricks. As long as we can win, I don't care what methods are used."

Finally, he looked at his colleagues: "Overall, these are the requirements. This is our way to deal with Spain. They have a day off less than us and have been playing with a lineup. The physical fitness is not as good as ours. The host's identity and home court advantage are both their advantages and their disadvantages. The Spanish team Mi has high hopes for the team to win the European Cup in the local area, which is a huge pressure. I don't think that the Spanish team is the kind of team that can withstand high pressure. In terms of psychological quality, they are far inferior to us." Don En smiled proudly. Since he took office, he has been focusing on psychological construction by example and deeds and has finally achieved results. Today, England is just like the Nottingham Forest in the past, and is psychologically invincible.

"Gentlemen, do you have any ideas?"

Des Walker thought about it for a while and put forward his own opinions: "Will this playing style be too risky? We have not practiced 352 before... Three days of training time may not be enough."

"Time is a little tight, but it is necessary to try it out. Because if we follow the previous tactics, we have no secrets for Spain, and Spain has studied us thoroughly. From the beginning of our match against Portugal, their coach sat in the stands, following us and observing us until now, they know everything about us. We may not have the upper hand from the beginning. We must take this risk."

Other coaches had to admit that Done was right. The match against France made England a strong contender for the championship instantly. After winning praise from all over the world, he naturally became the target of the opponent's focus on research. And in that game, Done played all his trump cards and had to make some changes.

"I have no objection, I think I can give it a try." Coach Tony Carl, the oldest in the coaching staff, nodded first and agreed to Don't agree to Don't's arrangement.

The old man agreed, and the other coaches also agreed, and the tactics against Spain were determined like this. The next thing was how the coaching staff conveyed Don't's tactical intentions to the players during training, and in just three days and four training sessions, they could master the players and adapt to the new formation, new position and new tactics. This is not something that can be done with just talking about it.

Tang En knew his strengths and weaknesses well. Without the help of the coaching staff, he would be Zhao Kuo-sei, a talker on paper. But he is his intelligence. He never shows off his weaknesses. He will not interfere too much in the coaching staff's work on the training ground just because he wants to show that he is an excellent and omnipotent head coach who knows everything and does not affect the normal training of the team. Human beings are not machines or supercomputers. It is impossible to know everything and do everything best. There are always some things that require the help of others. Only a self-knowledgeable guy can succeed.

The coaching staff told the players about Tang En's new tactics on the training ground, and most of them were surprised. However, they did not raise objections or dissatisfaction. They led the team to defeat strong enemies in succession. Everyone habitually believed that what the boss said was always right. It was easy for them to cooperate with such a head coach, because they only needed to know what they should do, and the boss would always arrange everything else.

When the players were warming up on the court, the self-aware head coach was assisting the security guards to drive away the media who were unwilling to leave, telling them that the fifteen-minute free shooting time had come, and he also gave them more than ten seconds, which was very interesting...

While England was practicing twice a day to challenge the host, Spain was also preparing for the battle under the leadership of the coaches.

The media from Spain and England have reported and exaggerated the game a lot, and they must not make the game a final. No matter the tone there, it sounds like the Delaune Cup can be won by defeating the opponent.

At the New Mestalia Stadium in Valencia, heavy battle clouds are sweeping from all directions and gathering here.

The French have already returned home dejectedly, and a "movement" against Puel is being launched in France. The French like "movement" so much. Some media have put the content of the previous interview with Ribery back to prove how foresighted they are, but Claude Puel turned a deaf ear and looked down on our warnings, which eventually led to such a tragedy. He must be fully responsible for it!

The voices of condemning Puel in France were rising and falling, and radical French fans even demonstrated at the door of the French Football Association, asking them to fire the head coach who brought shameful defeat to the French team.

The French media reported on the failure of the French team, and Puel's words and deeds at the post-match press conference were exposed and criticized severely.

Under such circumstances, Puel, who was a day ago in a press conference, said he would never resign, was dismissed by the French Football Association.

The English media talked about this with relish. Tony Donn, as the "coach killer", finally defeated a head coach in the national team, and Claude Puel became a new medal on Tony Donnn's chest.
Chapter completed!