champion godfather

Chapter 941 Grouping of the Seven Hearts of the Lion King Final Circle

Gareth Bale played all the qualifiers with the belief that he must go to Spain. Wales withstood the pressure of chasing troops in the last two rounds and won the direct promotion to the European Cup finals as the second place in the group. qualifications.

This result set off a huge repercussions in Wales, and they finally broke into the European Cup finals again after 1976.Their result in the European Cup was the quarter-finals. The Welsh media hoped that this time under the leadership of Bell and Ramsey, the team could at least tie the best record in history.

On the night of qualifying, Bell called Twain. The phone was very noisy, but Twain could still hear Bell's hoarse roar: "Boss! We're going to Spain! We're going to Spain!"

There seemed to be someone shouting: "Spain! Spain!!"

Tang En knew that they were celebrating this rare victory, so he didn't bother them too much. Moreover, with Bell's current situation, he might not be able to listen to what he said.Simply congratulate and hang up the phone.

Although Wales can enter the European Cup finals this time, it is also due to the large expansion of the European Cup, from sixteen teams to 24.Still, the Welsh had reason to revel.

Completely different from the national carnival in Wales, England seems relatively calm about being able to qualify.After all, they are frequent visitors to the European Cup. If they can't go to Spain, they should be on the front page of the media.Twain was able to lead the team to qualify two rounds ahead of schedule, which was only the completion of the first task.

The next European Cup finals will be the real test.

At the end of November, the six teams with the best results No. 3 had a two-round home and away play-off match to determine the last three teams to advance.

Then in Nyon, Switzerland, the head coaches of 24 teams gathered together to participate in the draw group ceremony organized by UEFA.

Twain participated in many lottery ceremonies. Even the national team's lottery ceremony was no different. At most, he got to know a few more coaches who coached in the national team.And he himself is still the focus of media attention.

Two days before the draw, a European Cup group list that was said to be leaked from within UEFA appeared on the Internet.Regardless of the authenticity of this list, it quickly attracted the attention of the media, so the news on the Internet immediately became the voice of the mainstream media.

The reporters who came to interview also asked Dunn this question, because England's grouping situation in this list is not very good - they were assigned to a group with a lot of strong players.

In the grouping of the European Cup final stage, the seed teams shall be determined first, and all participating teams shall be divided into ABCD four according to their total points of the previous World Cup qualifiers, the previous and the current European Cup qualifiers by the number of games played. grade.The host and defending champions can directly qualify for the seeding team, and the remaining seeding teams will be generated from the first-tier teams.

In this group list, which is rumored to be an "internal leaked version", England was assigned to Group D as a seeded team, with Sweden, Germany and Denmark in the same group.

Germany's status as a second-tier team is not surprising, because they did not perform well in the last European Cup qualifiers jointly hosted by Poland and Ukraine, and only qualified for the finals through play-offs at the last minute.However, as there are few traditional European teams in the second tier, it is really England's "luck" that they were able to meet England.

The reporters wanted to hear what Tang En thought of the leaked version of the group list. They had interviewed Germany's head coach Sammer before. Sammer believed that the list was fabricated by the reporters and would not comment.Then they went to interview the head coach of the Swedish team, Roland Anderson, and Anderson's answer was exactly the same as Sammer's.

But this is also common sense.

The group draw is a very important thing, and now a "leaked version" has been circulated before the draw ceremony, which head coach dares to comment at will?They don't even know whether it's true or not, so how can they judge this list?
But the reporters knew who Tony Twain was. His big mouth had been silent for more than a year, and it was time for him to shine.

Tang En did not disappoint them either.

He didn't seem to doubt the authenticity of this list, and then commented on his "team opponents" in a serious way.

"Germany is a strong team, I know the old feud between England and Germany...England and Sweden have nothing to boast about in history, we need to be careful...Denmark is a very tough team, I played with them in the qualifiers They have played against each other, but I didn’t expect to meet again this time. They are a difficult team to deal with. Just look at our results against them in the qualifiers. One win and one tie, be careful..."

A reporter finally couldn't hold back any longer. He asked bluntly, "Mr. Tang En, aren't you going to express your opinion on this list itself?"

Tang En pretended to be surprised: "Is there any problem with this list?"

"It is said that this is a leaked version..."

Tang En's laughter interrupted the reporter's words: "Whether it's the European Champions Cup or the European Cup, which time did there not come out this 'leaked version' before the game? And we will always find out after the draw is over." Those leaked versions are always somewhat similar to the final official version..."

"Mr. Tang En, do you mean that the result of the draw has already been determined by UEFA?"

The reporters shouted excitedly, they finally heard the voice they most wanted to hear.

Tang En's face was immediately pulled down, and he glared at the reporter who asked the question: "I never said that. If you think I said it in the report, I reserve the right to sue you for slandering me, Mr. Reporter."

The atmosphere immediately cooled down.

Tang En took this opportunity to get out of the encirclement of the reporters and walked into the conference site.

There he met his immediate boss, FA chief executive Sean Barclay.

"So many reporters are surrounding you, what are you asking?" He glanced warily at the excited reporters at the door.He was worried that Tang En was talking nonsense again.

"The result of the leaked version of the lottery, what else could it be?" Tang En asked nonchalantly.

"You didn't say anything, did you? Mr. Dunn." Mr. Barclay obviously became nervous.

Tang En grinned: "What are you worried about, Mr. Barclay?"

It was hard for Barclay to speak out. He frowned and patted Tang En on the shoulder: "Let's go, Mr. Tang En. The lottery ceremony is about to begin."

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Unlike the leaked version, England were not assigned to Group D, but were assigned to Group C.This made many people even more convinced that the leaked version of the group draw results was fabricated, because there were more or less similar rumors before each competition, and everyone was used to it.

After all the seeding teams are arranged, the second-tier teams will be drawn.

When it was the turn of Group C, the guest of draw, Raul Gonzalez, the former Madrid flag from Spain, raised the table tennis ball in his hand. He pulled out the note in the ball and read the name on it. , At the same time, the note in his hand also appeared on the big screen behind him.

"Germany."

There was a burst of boos at the scene.

The camera scanned the positions of the head coaches and accurately found Tony Twain, only to find that he put his finger in his mouth and booed high.

If it weren't for everyone's familiarity with the image of Tony Twain, I'm afraid they would now think of him as a passerby who joins in the fun, rather than one of the parties...

"Mr. Dunn!" Barclay, who was sitting next to him, waited for Dunn with a displeased face.

Tang En glanced at him, then hissed hard a few times.His sharp boos could be heard clearly in the TV broadcast.

After finishing all this, he took his hand out of his mouth, and wiped it on his suit in a very imageless manner. "What is it, Mr. Barclay?"

"Pay attention to your image..." Barclay said weakly.

Tang En smiled: "Okay, Mr. Barclay."

The uproar over the draw lasted a while before it died down, and when anyone looked back to see what the England manager had to say about the result, he was booed.Who knows whether he booed excitedly or dissatisfied... But it doesn't matter, the media will arrange lines for him.

I believe those senior UEFA officials sitting on the rostrum must have seen this scene.No way, who told Tony Twain to be the focus of the venue at that moment?

The German Sammer was a little dissatisfied with this result, he frowned with a serious expression on his face.Perhaps, he was also a little displeased with Tang En's attitude - this Englishman is too frivolous!
The caressing Englishman was sitting in his seat at this time, looking at the famous German football star Beckenbauer who walked up to draw lots with a smile on his face.

What he will draw is the third team in Group C.

The result he drew disappointed the excited media somewhat, because it was not Sweden as expected, but Portugal.

Tang En laughed from below, Portugal's strength is stronger than Sweden's.If it weren't for their poor performance in the qualifiers and their failure to enter the World Cup in Brazil, how could they have been assigned to the third tier...

The team that appeared in the fourth tier made Tang En show a little surprised expression for the first time.

"Wales." The host said this somewhat boring name.

Tang En's eyebrows twitched.

He didn't expect that he and the little monkey would meet again so soon.

Due to the expansion of the European Cup, the group stage has been increased from four to six, so that the possibility of "strong dialogue" in the group stage in the past is much lower.So England became a veritable "group of death" in this group.

It is almost the same as the previous "leaked version".At the very least, England and Germany were indeed grouped together.

As soon as the lottery ceremony ended, the media surrounded Tang En again.

Seeing that he was about to be squeezed out by the swarming reporters, Barclay quickly reminded Tang En, "Don't talk nonsense, Mr. Tang En!"

"I'm not a child..." Dunn muttered dissatisfiedly and faced the media.

Twain knew that England and Germany had always disliked each other in football, and modesty would not win favor at this time.

"...We are not afraid of Germany, the 'group of death'? I am not worried. This is the European Cup, and the teams that can come are strong. I don't think there is anything to be drawn with teams like Germany, Portugal, Wales. Not good... Our goal is to win the championship, there has never been a champion who can touch the belly all the way..."

His words are very shocking, especially when he publicly stated that his team's goal is to "win the championship."There was a burst of discussion among the reporter crowd.

Tomorrow's headline to catch people's attention already exists - "England Swordsman Champion, Tony Twain admits it himself".

However, regarding the result of this lottery, the reporters still have something to ask: "Mr. Tang En, the leaked version before the lottery contains information about the result of this lottery. England also happened to be in a group with Germany. Excuse me..."

Tang En knew what the reporter was going to ask, so he immediately said with a straight face: "Isn't this normal? With only six groups, the probability that the German team will be assigned to Group C as the second-tier team One in six, I think it's normal. There's nothing wrong here."

The reporters were persistent and wanted to hear some exciting content from his mouth.Tang En didn't want to be a gunman for others, so he would always reply with Tai Chi Pushing Hands to such questions. As far as Gu Youyou was concerned, he just didn't answer directly.

The reporters blocked Tang En for a while. Seeing that they couldn't get the answer they wanted this time anyway, they had no choice but to give up and let him go.

But the phrase "Our goal is to win the championship" alone is enough to attract attention.It is true that England has always been considered a strong European team, but there are probably many people who underestimate them. Many people think that the "strong team" needs to be "double quotes", and the pseudo-strong team is almost the same.What's more, the results of the group draw have only come out, and there is still half a year before the start of the European Cup. Tang En just yelled the slogan "Our goal is to win the championship" without thinking about possible changes in this half year. What if the player is out of shape?What if the main players are unable to participate due to injuries?He's doing this to make enemies for himself...

But that's all Tang En's own troubles, those of us in the media just need to attract attention.

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The next day, the major sports media really began to hype Tang En's big mouth. The large photo of Tang En with the sentence "Our goal is to be the champion" is really shocking.

"Other people may just take it as a joke when they say this, but when he says it... others won't be able to laugh."

Those who are familiar with Tony Twain will definitely have such thoughts when they see this title.

The fans in England are also very happy that they can have such a confident head coach. Maybe the English capital will win the Delaunay Cup in the European Cup next year. It will no longer be a dream.

Tang En stole the show, but Sean Barclay had a headache.

Just as Twain's declaration of winning the championship appeared in major newspapers, he also received a call from UEFA President Michel Platini.

The content of the phone call was very simple. As a personal friend, Platini reminded Barclay to keep Tony Twain's mouth under control.If he was interviewed by reporters yesterday before the draw ceremony, UEFA is not deaf, everyone knows it.He does not want to hear from this man questioning UEFA's impartiality in the future.

The new FA CEO is different from the previous ones. He is trying to repair the relationship between the English FA and UEFA, because UEFA has always targeted England, and has made messy policies in recent years. .

He naturally didn't want Tang En's big mouth to affect his "friendship" with Platini, and also damage the relationship between the FA and UEFA.

A few months ago, he was proudly expressing how successful he was in controlling Twain in Denmark. Now he realized how troublesome it is to have such a rebellious head coach.

If someone could make Tony Twain to be honest, obedient, and docile like a sheep, then this person must be God...

(End of this chapter)