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Chapter 401

The battle for Lin Yi is an outright secret battle. Except for England, no one has publicly expressed their views. Most of the time, those head coaches still maintain a positive attitude towards Lin Yi, but no one When people really start to act, everyone must be careful.

The coach of the national team is like this. There are always many things to consider, and every decision is on eggshells.

One reason is that there are still many excellent players in their own country who want to board the World Cup train. Everyone is breaking their heads for entering the national team. Ability to bear, but also to have an account of the domestic clubs.

Especially those traditional strong teams, in their leagues, many excellent players emerge every year, not to mention their players are already very strong, there is indeed a lot of such competition.

Even the head coaches themselves don't know who to use in the end, anyway, they don't miss the time, otherwise, if there is a problem, those forgotten players will definitely be pointed out.

Reporters have long been accustomed to using this routine to torture those poor coaches. Anyway, you have to bring all the good players, but if you omit one, you may be committing a crime.

But everyone knows that each team has limited personnel. Even the Chinese national team sometimes omits some players who cannot participate in the competition, let alone a strong team like Italy or Germany.

Originally, those domestic clubs are big players in the national team, especially in Spain. Most of the players are from Real Madrid and Barcelona. You must consider the interests of these two clubs. Otherwise, as the coach of the national team, It is likely to face the backlash from such a wealthy club.

This is not sensational news. It is no news that the national team is subject to those wealthy clubs. Before every international match day, the national team has to compete with the club for the right to use it.

People like Lampard often face the dilemma of participating in the national team or club competitions.

I can't blame these people, it's just because everyone is facing their own pressure. These people who are the head coaches of the national team are much more stressed than those club coaches. What they have to bear is the expectations of the fans of a country. Every decision they make, they have to think twice before making up their minds.

Even Mourinho said in private that the position of head coach of the national team is the least he can hope for. Compared with the club, the national team has a lot less room for free choice. You have to weigh many unnecessary things. Things are often not what is needed in the game, it is simply too much trouble.

Not only is it necessary to balance the interests of domestic clubs, but also the attitude of the top management of the Football Association. It can be said that the coach of a wealthy club is not a human job, and the head coach of a national team is even more difficult for ordinary people to withstand the pressure. Those who persevere on this are a group of non-human beings.

Mourinho himself said, "I would rather find the most difficult challenge in the giants team than take up the position of head coach of the national team. Now I have already worried a lot about the team." I have a lot of gray hair, if I go to the national team, I may have to enter aging early."

Even Jacquet, who led the French team to win the World Cup at home, immediately chose to resign after winning the World Cup and never touch anything with the national team again. He would rather just be a TV commentator than To consider going out again to save the French team in distress.

Even though the French Football Association had discussed with him about leaving the mountain, Jacquet responded very simply, that is, he would never take up the coach of the national team again, because he knew very well that no matter how brilliant he was, as long as he was a If you make a mistake, you may be cast aside by all the French fans. It is better to retreat wisely at the most glorious time than to end up with an unfavorable end of eternal infamy. This time Pereira coaching the Brazilian team is actually quite an adventure. move.

It is estimated that there are not a few people who hold the same idea as Jacquet. This is the fate of the head coach of the national team. If they can win the big trophy, they will be omnipotent gods. If they are not careful, their end will be doomed. It's not as simple as dismissing get out of class casually in the club.

Many fans of the national team, what they need is the sense of honor of the country. As long as the game is not won, they may stand in the stands and curse the street. To make up for the previous deficit, once it loses, it will be a tragedy.

This time no one dared to deal with Lin Yi's problem lightly, and it was also because this time the World Cup qualifiers in the European region had turned into a multi-country melee, except for the fact that the Netherlands and Croatia can now guarantee that they will qualify as the top of the group. The rest of the teams are already struggling.

What kind of traditional strong team, what kind of championship winner, in the European zone, no matter what team has been fighting hard recently, even an inconspicuous third-rate team here may cause you trouble. This is the European zone qualifier, Anything can happen here, including capsizing in the gutter.

Especially those traditional strong teams have been obviously weak recently, and their state is not particularly good.

The Greek team, which had just staged a dark horse legend in the European Cup in 2004, has completely faded this time. They can only rank No.4 in the group after Denmark, Ukraine and Turkey, although they are only four away from the top Ukraine. points gap, but the situation is already in jeopardy.

Even the always tough old German coach Rehhagel said helplessly to reporters, "The players may still be indulging in the joy of winning the European Cup and have not woken up. We have one draw and two losses in the first three games. This is terrible. That start leaves us now as hapless chasers."

"If we finally want to enter the World Cup, maybe we can only expect a miracle to happen. In the remaining five games, we will try our best to get about [-] points, so that there may be a chance for us to participate in the play-offs." , Rehhagel is now preparing for the worst.

It cannot be said that winning the European Cup made the Greek team dizzy, but when everyone started to pay attention to it, relying on their simple tactical arrangements, it was indeed difficult to take advantage of the game. Everyone knew that the Greek team The high-altitude bombing is dangerous, so everyone will pay attention to the cross.

Originally, the Greek team did not have any excellent midfield organizers. They could still have some advantages based on physical confrontation, but once many people began to pay attention to them, this advantage became a disadvantage. This is a congenital defect. Even Rehage Nor could it save the crude personal skill of the Greeks.

But look at Ukraine, which has recently started to frantically start under the leadership of Shevchenko. No matter who is in this group, there is no absolute strength beyond the opponent. Only Ukraine has the advantage.

Maybe Rehhagel is also thinking about those unreasonable curses now. For example, the team that won the European Cup will not have any good results in the next World Cup, but his team's performance in this qualifier is also good. It was surprisingly bad, he might not even be able to pass the qualifiers.

If the Greek team is in an embarrassing situation, then the life of the Italians is also difficult. The team led by the old and spicy Li Pi did not shake off the chasers in the group stage. They even only lead the No.2 Norwegian team by one. points, and they still have a game in Norway.

The descendants of the Vikings have already said that it doesn't matter who they are, as long as they dare to come to the Norwegian territory, they will let the other party pick up their skins. This really can't be sloppy. No stingy gangster character, Italy's road trip this time is definitely in trouble.

Norway's rough game style will definitely make Italians understand what barbarism is.

Italy is still good, it’s just that there are troubles, at least they can still keep the away game, maybe the situation will be ugly, anyway, Lippi’s team has never paid attention to those problems, as long as they can keep the lead On it, Italian football is hard to watch.

Compared with Italy, who are still ahead in the group, the Spaniard, who has always been known as the king of the qualifiers, is ashamed this time. At the beginning of the qualifiers, they had a very embarrassing record of three wins and three draws. This performance directly affected the They may compete with Serbia and Montenegro for the top spot in the group.

Perhaps it is the Champions League games and the chasing confrontation in the league that have completely exhausted the physical fitness of the Barcelona and Real Madrid players. Anyway, the defense led by Puyol and Casillas is facing Belgium and Real Madrid. When Bosnia and Herzegovina hit, it became full of loopholes and mistakes.

Even Aragones, the old coach known as a wise man, couldn't help aiming at the damn schedule, "Players need to play more and more games every season, which has seriously damaged their physical fitness. When I come to the national team, I am often in a state of exhaustion. I really have no way to ask them to do more, but in this state, there is really no way to do better when facing opponents. I understand them , the reality is like this, you can't take care of too much."

Although he said he understood, everyone could hear his dissatisfaction from the speech of the Spanish coach. Even if the Spanish players are extremely talented, if they want to fight the opponent in a tired state, I am afraid that even They all know how difficult this is.

But this is modern football, more and more games are inevitable, especially those big teams, they have to play a dozen or more games every season than before, and the bodies of the players have also begun to change. It has to be gradually mechanized, otherwise it will be really difficult to support a season of battle.

If a team like Chelsea, which is fighting on three fronts, makes it all the way to the Champions League final, then they may not have a chance to rest until the end of May, and the national team's games often continue during this period. The players in the season have to continue to work hard.

To expect a good performance under such circumstances, it can only be that the players maintain their own state as much as possible, or have a heart to work hard for the country, otherwise those unlucky head coaches will have to watch Leading a group of extremely exhausted players, running feebly on the field.

Italy and Spain are all due to the player's state and bad luck. Compared with them, the French fans are now targeting Domenech, who is getting worse and worse. It is still behind Switzerland and can only be ranked second in the group!

This is probably a fact that no French fan can bear. Is the French team, the European champion and World Cup champion, going to participate in the play-offs?Moreover, they are still under the pressure of Switzerland. No one can bear it anymore. Many people are clamoring to replace Domenech.

"That guy is an idiot, he put all the meritorious players of Zidane on one side, he insisted on making a new lineup, if his lineup can win, we will not say anything, but look at how bad he is now Come on, he's going to take the great French team to hell!"

It can be said that without Makelele and others running desperately in the midfield, the French team might suffer defeats when facing Israel and Ireland, but the embarrassing draw and ugly scenes made Domenech's lineup reform Controversial, many people are rejecting him.

Domenech may have become accustomed to such criticisms, because French newspapers are full of such news every day, but in the face of the pressure of performance, this person who has always been known as a diehard has also begun to know how to adapt. He is trying to Zidane was recalled on behalf of the national team.

It is estimated that this guy also knows that if it is in the name of an individual, Zidane may not even talk to him. Only in the name of the country and the fans can he impress the soul of the French national team. It is just such a choice. He slapped himself a big mouth firmly.

Calling back old players and denying his own tactical adjustments, although he will not admit defeat, everyone has already seen that this unlucky guy has completely lost the courage to reform, and now he can only rely on those old guys, for the French team Can overtake the Swiss team to make a final effort.

And England's situation is not much worse than that of France. In the first six games, they were inseparable from the Polish team. Now Eriksson is waiting for Lin Yi's life-saving straw, otherwise, he will not I can guarantee that the team I lead will also go to the play-offs.

Originally, the Portuguese team was still going all the way, but when Scolari was hesitant to recruit Lin Yi, they hit a wall in the games against Slovakia and Estonia. In order to break into the World Cup, the Slovaks Already desperate, they successfully drew with Portugal at home.

Portugal was originally the second-ranked opponent in this group. Scolari did not have too many regrets about the away draw, but in the next away game, facing the third-rate Estonia in Europe, Portugal scored seventeen. All the shots missed the target and not a single goal was exchanged.

Pauletta even missed two consecutive good chances to face more than half of the empty goals in front of the goal. No wonder after the game, many Estonian media said that we were able to win a draw because there were still defenders. The existence of Leta as the No. [-] defender is really too difficult for this guy.

"Comrade, you've been undercover for so many years, it's been hard work." The Estonian player who asked Pauletta to change his jersey after the game definitely had the same expression on his face at that time, which made Pauletta really quite happy. Embarrassing, he was already depressed enough, but this time he was completely speechless.

Estonia used their tenacious defense to snatch a point from the Portuguese team at home. Although this did not help them appear or not, it did not prevent the Estonian players from cheering like they were celebrating the championship after the game. This made the Portuguese team The players are very embarrassed.

Scolari also refused any interview request after the game, even if he had to bear a fine, this tough Brazilian old man also admitted that he did not participate in the press conference, but took the players to the bus with a black face, God knows Will this old man explode suddenly on the return journey?

But many Portuguese media have begun to worry about the upcoming games. Now Russia and Slovakia are only three points away from Portugal. With four rounds left in the schedule, will the originally stable qualifying situation be due to this? Two draws, and restart qualifying variables.

At this time, many people have begun to encourage Scolari to consider Lin Yi's problem again in newspapers and TV. After all, in these two games, the already weak striker is really not strong enough. The state has always been the same, with ups and downs, and is not good at fighting tough battles.

Once the opponent forms a staunch defense, it is almost unrealistic to use Pauletta to open the opponent's door. Only rely on Figo, Deco and others to find a way in the midfield. If Lin Yi's guerrilla is added at this time, It may make Portugal's midfielder more penetrating and guarantee more goals.

Scolari still maintains his tough attitude. He has only one response to those reporters and critics, "My team is full of personnel now, and there will be no such situation in the qualifiers a month later. As for Lin Yi, he is in my consideration, but I haven't decided yet."

However, at this juncture, Lin Yi, who was the party involved, disappeared from the public's sight, including Chelsea's training ground, and only Mendes and Mourinho knew Lin Yi's whereabouts.

In such a turbulent environment, there is no need to continue to let that kid stand in front of the public to attract firepower. Let those guys fight. Mourinho's tailor-made recovery training for Lin Yi has just started. When those people When all eyes were on London, Lin Yi had already returned to Portugal.

When those reporters were still looking for Lin Yi's whereabouts, he was already standing on a private training ground.

This is the place that Mourinho specially prepared for him. Mendes didn't hesitate to spend tens of thousands of euros to rent it out. In the following month, this was the place where Lin Yi struggled.

But now in front of Lin Yi, besides Faria, there were two other people. When Lin Yi saw each other, the kid couldn't help but let a smile come from the corner of his mouth. . .

(End of this chapter)