Father Green

Chapter 118: Huo Taiweng - Hodgson
On February [-]th, Southampton went to the Hawthorn Stadium. This is the fifth round of the FA Cup. Charlotte and his team will face the Premier League team West Bromwich Albion.

The FA Cup is an interesting competition, apart from the fact that it is the oldest direct competition in the world.It also has a more special meaning in England, so almost all fans in England attach great importance to this event.

According to the "hidden rules" of the FA Cup, generally low-level teams will go to the opponent's away game when encountering a high-level league team, because generally teams like the Premier League have more stadiums than low-level league teams. The team is big, and the attractiveness and attendance rate are also high.Therefore, the FA generally puts the game on such a stadium, because according to the rules, the ticket revenue of the FA Cup is divided equally between the two teams.

High attendance also means high income from tickets, and more shares for low-level teams.This can be regarded as a kind of support from the FA for low-level league teams.

After the fifth round of the FA Cup, it is inevitable that most of them will be Premier League teams.Therefore, there are many contests between some strong Premier League teams, and the broadcast giants such as the BBC and Sky Sports pay more attention to the strong dialogue.

The strong dialogue in this round of the FA Cup is undoubtedly the encounter between Tottenham and Liverpool, followed by the match between Newcastle and Manchester United. These two games have attracted the attention of the whole of England and even foreign media.However, a Championship team like Southampton has no focus in this game against West Bromwich Albion in the Premier League. Who told them that neither of them is a well-known team.

According to Charlotte's personality, he chose to give up the FA Cup match.But after all, England fans value this event very much, so he can't give up too obviously like the League Cup.

Football games are like rape. When you can't resist, you can only choose to invest in it and enjoy it.But in this game, Charlotte doesn't want to be seen as the kind of coquettish "bitch" who just takes off her skirt when she encounters a robbing gangster.

After all, the robber from West Bromwich Albion doesn't look bad, does he? !If you meet rich and handsome Charlotte like Manchester United, Liverpool or even Chelsea or Manchester City, you will just lie on the bed and let the opponent ravage you
So in this game, Charlotte also arranged for some main players to go in. The goalkeeper is still Ter Stegen. The German kid is no problem either.

The central defender partner is captain Jose Fonte with Mustafi. Originally, Charlotte wanted Bruma to partner with Mustafi, but considering that both of them are young players with little experience, it is estimated that the opening two It's meaningless if the opponent ends the game in less than 10 minutes.

Danny Rose at left-back was given a chance to rest, with academy graduate Luke Shaw in the starting line-up.The right back was Richardson's main force in the first half of the season. With the arrival of Carvajal, Richardson's main position was gradually replaced.

The midfield partner is Pogba and Jack Cork, this is a very young midfield combination.

The left winger is Sterling, the right winger is the wing core Al Ganassi, the Italian teenager Florenzi sits in the midfielder, and the Argentine striker Icardi is the center forward at the top.

There are a total of three main core players Charlotte, Al Ganassi, Jose Fonte and Ter Stegen.So if you observe West Bromwich Albion carefully, you will know that the opponent basically gave up the game, not to mention that the players sitting on the bench are mainly young players.

In addition to the necessary backup goalkeeper Calvin Davies, the remaining four are Harry Kane, Wanyama, and youth team teenagers Chambers and Jack Sinclair.

Since Fox moved to the Fox City Leicester City team on the last day of the winter transfer, and at the same time veteran Gary Monk could only choose to retire due to serious injuries, the youth team has been dismissed by Jia according to Charlotte's training plan. Karim Chambers, trained by Sen Dodd, who can play both right back and central defender, was temporarily transferred to the first team, serving as the third substitute for right back and the fourth substitute for central defender.

Before the game, Charlotte shook hands with Roy Hodgson, the head coach of West Bromwich Albion. Charlotte subconsciously said: "I hope that the England team you coach can achieve a good result in the European Cup this year. achievements."

Hodgson was stunned when he heard the words. Some time ago, England coach Fabio Capello and the FA completely broke up, which also led to the current vacancy of the Three Lions coach.Although he really wants to take up the coach of the Three Lions, he has not received an invitation letter from the FA. He is considering whether to take the initiative to submit a letter of recommendation to the FA.

But at present, only I know about it, and I haven't even told my family. How did this young man know?
"How do you know that I am interested in the position of the Three Lions?" Hodgson asked this doubt.

Now it was Charlotte's turn to be stunned. He thought about it carefully, and then remembered that Hodgson submitted his recommendation letter to the FA in April, and that he would be officially appointed as the head coach of the Three Lions in May. It's only February now.
Fortunately, Charlotte reacted quickly: "Almost all the head coaches want to sit in that position, don't they? Hahahaha"

Charlotte slapped a haha, otherwise what could he say?It is impossible to tell this old man that he has traveled from the future. He knows that you are going to be the head coach of the England national team. At the same time, he also knows that your Three Lions will be the first in the group in this year's European Cup. In the quarter-finals, they met the Italian team. In the end, like England’s fateful reincarnation, they fell at the twelve yards point and were eliminated by Italy in a penalty shootout. Knocked out, and finally knocked out by the weaker Iceland in the quarter-finals of the next European Cup, right?
There are only two possibilities for what Charlotte said.Either the other party thinks he is crazy, or he will be dissected by a British scientific laboratory for experiments
Fortunately, Hodgson believed Charlotte's words: "That's right!" He nodded.

"Everyone knows that West Bromwich Albion is not a place where you should stay for a long time. After the baptism of Finland, Sweden and the Red Army Liverpool, your position should be in a higher place. For example. Now the vacant England manager, you know Your international competition experience is very rich, and it is also the most important reason. You are an Englishman!" Charlotte continued to flicker.

Hodgson smiled friendly: "Then I will borrow your good words, but we will still go all out for this game. You must know that I am still the head coach of West Bromwich Albion."

"It's okay, just let the horse come here!" Charlotte didn't say the following sentence, "I didn't take this game to heart anyway."

The reporters on the sidelines found that the greetings between Charlotte and Hodgson were a bit too long. Generally, the handshake before the game took only a few seconds. It will not exceed 1 minute. After all, the game has not yet started, and the two teams are still competitors. Talk slowly.

And when Charlotte and Hodgson didn't know each other, they actually chatted for 2 minutes, and they seemed to have a very happy conversation.

What the hell is going on?Have an inside story? ?

No one would think that the two are friends who have known each other for a long time. After all, one is the head coach of the British Championship team who has just made his debut, and the other is a famous coach who has already gained a lot of fame in the world. There is no intersection point to be found in the life history of the two.

So the reporters clicked the shutter quickly, and wanted to ask them if they had any passion at the post-match press conference. Uh, wrong, it was friendship!

West Bromwich Albion led by Hodgson is currently ranked No.11 in the Premier League, which is not bad for such a small team.In a position where there is no hope of competing for the European arena and no worries about relegation.

Therefore, West Bromwich Albion, who have little pressure and pursuit in the league, naturally set their goals on the FA Cup, and they were eliminated by Manchester City in the League Cup.So this is the only championship they can currently strive for. After all, the FA Cup has also become a hotbed of unpopularity. It is not impossible for a team like West Bromwich Albion to win the championship.

Despite facing Southampton in the sub-level league, West Bromwich Albion is almost the main force.

Just 3 minutes into the game, West Bromwich Albion's wandering center Irish striker Sean Long almost opened the scoring for West Bromwich Albion. Fortunately, the experienced Jose Fonte poked the football before the opponent took a shot, otherwise There's a good chance the ball will go in.

Charlotte on the sidelines secretly wiped off a cold sweat, thankful that she did not choose the central defender combination of Mustafi and Bruma, otherwise, not to mention persisting for 10 minutes, maybe 5 minutes would be a problem.

West Bromwich Albion may be a "novel" when facing the Premier League semi-finals, but when the opponent is a British Championship team like Southampton, their explosive combat effectiveness is beyond the charts.

Therefore, Southampton is very passive in the situation, and can almost only rely on defense and counterattack.

Charlotte didn't dare to be careless, and pulled Jack Kirk over when the ball was dead: "Give me the No. [-] who keeps an eye on the opponent. This is your task. You don't need to participate in the offense, but you must definitely mark the opponent to death." , Try not to give the other party a chance!"

Jack Cork nodded to show that he understood, and then returned to the court.

Sean Long, the Irish striker Charlotte, is naturally very familiar. In the future, he will be the striker that Pochettino insists on introducing, and he will also be a main striker in Saints Southampton.

It is said that Liverpool intends to introduce the Irishman, but Southampton did not release him in the end.

Therefore, Charlotte still has some understanding of the basic characteristics of Sean Lang.He is a speedy striker with excellent dribbling and shooting skills.The key is that his position is often floating, it is difficult for the opponent to defend him, and as long as he is given a chance, he can score goals.

Such a player, Charlotte, naturally needs to be taken care of.