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Chapter 460 Battle of Life and Death in England!

Since the game between England and Croatia was England's last game in the 2008 European Cup qualifiers, the game was played on November 11. Before that, England had a warm-up match against Austria. However, the whole The attention of the English media and even the English players is not on the warm-up match against Austria, but on the match between Israel and Russia.

Because once Russia loses, then England's prospects will have the feeling of "a new village with dark flowers and bright flowers", that is, as long as Israel, which has no hope of qualifying, can win Russia, then, in this match between England and Croatia, England Only a draw with Croatia, who qualified early, is enough to enter the 2008 European Cup.

As long as Russia can win against Israel at home, Hiddink's team will be able to advance to Euro 2008 one round earlier, and the match between England and Croatia will be meaningless.

However, considering that Israel has been out of the game ahead of time and is hopeless, Israel's fighting spirit is very doubtful.

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"The Sun" headlines revealed that Ubanov, a member of the Israeli coaching staff, said he wanted Russia to qualify. "I would like to see Russia qualify, which means they have to beat Israel."

Israel has no chance of qualifying. If the team subconsciously favors the Russians, then England's only remaining hope is not far from being shattered.

"I told my opponents that it is not easy to beat Israel, they have to be well prepared. I have been working in the Israeli team for 16 years, we have never had any amazing results, but we will give our best in every game." Ubanov's words were obviously diplomatic. Of course he couldn't speak publicly, but it's no secret that he is biased toward Russia.

The "Independent" even investigated the background of eight generations of this person's ancestors, and finally found evidence that Israel lost the "water release" to Russia——

It turns out that Ubanov was once the goalkeeper of the former Soviet Union national team!And it was born in Russia!After retiring, he began to work for Israel, and then became an Israeli citizen. Now he is the goalkeeper coach of the Israeli national team.

"I hope Russia will qualify," Ubanov said frankly, "but they have to prove with their actions that they should be the winners. Destiny is determined on the field, nowhere else. For Russia, the game against Israel will be It's their life and death battle."

In addition, what worries the Englishman is that Ubanov also revealed that Benayoun, Israel's number one star, will be sidelined due to injury. "I get a lot of calls from Russians asking about Benayoun. They are very afraid of Benayoun, so I think the Russians should be very happy now because Benayoun will not play in this game. He was still there. When he played for Santander in La Liga, there were many Russian teams who wanted to buy him. But Benayoun's absence will give other players a chance."

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The next news hit the English again. Ubanov revealed that the coach KS Tan intends to send some inexperienced young people. "The team will call in some new players. There may be some young people playing at that time, and they will definitely try their best, because this is a good opportunity to prove themselves,"

Israeli players don't care if England live or die.Defender Ziff said: "We play for our honor, to make the country and the fans happy, but not for England. I don't care if they qualify, I play for Israel, not England."

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Regarding the statement of the Israelis, Ferdinand said, "I will definitely stand in front of the TV on Saturday and cheer for Israel."

Even England manager McClaren admitted, though, that he doesn't know if the Israelis will give it their all.

At this time, the English media no longer cared about the 'incompetent' McLaren, and they launched actions to cheer for the Israelis throughout the British peninsula.

Almost all of England was mobilizing so that the Israelis could hold off Russia in cold Moscow.

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A British businessman offered a reward for a Mercedes-Benz car before the game to reward the player who scored the winning goal for the Israeli team!

The Football Association of England is vigorously promoting how much football needs the "Fairplay" spirit, and strongly praising how great Israeli football is. Even some media in England, which has always been racist, are also loudly praising Jews as the most beautiful people on the planet. One of the respectable nations.

In addition, the Football Association of England has also officially reported to UEFA that UEFA must pay special attention to the "possible unsportsmanlike things" in the away game between Israel and Russia!
The highest point of this matter is that, according to the "Times" report, British Prime Minister Brown specifically mentioned the match between Israel and Russia in a "routine call" with the Israeli Prime Minister. During the period when the Jews and the British resisted the aggression together, the "comrade spirit" came into being, which blocked the pace of Russia.

It is possible for a head of state to speak to another head of state about the football team in person, and to ask brothers to help each other at critical moments and not to be lax. This is only possible in a football-crazed country like England.

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In the warm-up match against Austria, England beat Austria 1-0. England's only goal was scored by Li Rui, who came off the bench, and assisted Rooney. This was Li Rui's first assist in the England team.

However, it did not attract much attention from the media and fans, because everyone's eyes were on tomorrow's match between Israel and Russia in Moscow.

Li Rui also watched the game in front of the TV. Li Rui was a little surprised by the fighting spirit shown by the Israelis in the game.

In the end, in this game that the English people paid close attention to, Israel defeated Russia 2:1 in an away game. In distant Moscow, when the 90-minute game whistle sounded, it was not the Israelis who cheered the most, but the The British peninsula thousands of miles away from Moscow.

On the second day, almost all the media in England were praising Israel's feat of tenaciously blocking Russia! !
The whole of England cheered because of the 'feat' of an Israeli player, he is the 25-year-old Israeli player Golan! ! !
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The 25-year-old Israeli player Golan suddenly became the savior of the England team. His goal in the stoppage time of the European Championship qualifier between Israel and Russia yesterday saved the England team and made England in distress. The team came back to life and regained the initiative to strive to qualify.

According to the "Sun" tracking report, the British businessman who offered a reward for a Mercedes-Benz car before the game to reward the player who scored the winning goal for the Israeli team has called the Israeli Football Association, saying that he will give the Mercedes-Benz car to the Israeli football team. Golan, but the Israeli Football Association immediately emphasized that Golan was not allowed to obtain the car, saying "this violates sportsmanship."
The Israeli Football Association issued a statement yesterday saying: "Only the Israeli Football Association can reward national team players, and national team players cannot receive rewards from third parties, and this time the reward comes from a party that is directly related to the result of the game."

According to the Israeli Football Association, Golan said: "I don't care if I can get this Mercedes-Benz car, I only care about whether I can contribute to the national team."

However, a national team teammate of Golan, who did not want to be named, said that Golan is actually looking forward to getting this Mercedes-Benz to replace his second-hand Volvo S40, but the Israeli Football Association has warned Golan not to accept it. This gift, otherwise he would not be able to enter the national team in the future, that's why Golan said that.

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This is Golan's first goal in an official match for the national team. With this goal, the Israeli team beat Russia 2-1 at home. The Pinkia team will be shortlisted for next year's European Championship.

For the England team, the good news is not only Israel's tenacious blocking of Russia's feat, in addition, Croatia, which has advanced to the 2008 European Cup finals, also made the English happy.

Croatian coach Bilic said that the Croatian team is happy to draw away with England in the final round of preliminaries.

Since the Croatian team has secured the right to qualify, the outcome of the game against England is irrelevant to them."No team can get cheap at England's home ground and we would love to get a point," Bilic said.

Now, the whole of England is cheering. Before the game against Croatia started, it seemed that England had definitely advanced to the 2008 European Cup finals——

In fact, Croatia could have harmoniously shook hands with England and both participated in the European Cup, but at this time, a "small incident" happened...

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On November 11, Zorislav Srebric, secretary-general of the Croatian Football Association, not long after he arrived at Gatwick Airport in England, was accused of stuffing paper and pens into himself at the WH Smith store at the airport. bag and was arrested by the police.

According to the "Sun", witnesses said that when Zorislav Srebric was taken away by the police, he screamed and yelled, and the Croatian players on the side were stunned and at a loss.

The police said: "We received a call from the WH Smith store saying that there was an old fat man stealing paper and pens in their store. We rushed there and arrested the man. At that time, he called Get up. Although he is Croatian, he speaks English very well. There were many sportsmen walking around. Someone recognized them and said they were players from the Croatian national team."

The police said that when Srebridge told us his name and that he was the boss of the Croatian Football Association, we were stunned.He was such a respectable guy to get arrested for something like a teenage kid doing shoplifting.

A police spokesman confirmed: "It is true that a fat and ugly 67-year-old man has been arrested at the WH Smith store at Gatwick Airport on suspicion of shoplifting."

Of course, Srebridge, the boss of the Croatian Football Association, was acquitted in the end.

"We didn't take any further steps. We just hoped that he would observe carefully before stealing something. You know, the UK is a society ruled by law..." the police spokesman said with a smile on his face.

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Tabloids throughout England are talking about this matter. In the lounge of the hotel where England stayed, there are "Times" and "Guardian". Li Rui found that these two newspapers also used a lot of space to describe this matter. A 67-year-old Croatian man named Srebridge encountered a duty-free shop at the airport.

The newspaper narrated this matter in a tone of ridicule and sarcasm, and Li Rui and Jessica also talked about it when they were talking on the phone.

At this time, Jessica suddenly said, the British media ridiculed and humiliated the head of the Croatian Football Association so much, isn't it afraid that Croatia will go all out in the match between England and Croatia?

Hearing what Jessica said, Li Rui was taken aback for a moment. He really didn't think about it so much. Now that he thinks about it, it's really possible. A very classic sentence -

Uncle Li was very angry, and the consequences were serious! ! ! '

Obviously, this Srebridge is the Uncle Li of the Croatian football world. The 67-year-old man was humiliated and ridiculed by the British police and the media. It is no wonder that he is not angry. Now, the whole of England thinks that Croatia will fight with England Hello brothers, it was a tacit draw, but 'Uncle Li' got angry, so it's okay? ! !
Li Rui even thought in his mind that this 67-year-old man said to the Croatian players with a serious face, "In this game, whoever doesn't give my life to me will get out!!"

Then, the Croatian players lined up and shouted: Avenge the boss! ! !Get rid of the Brits! ! ! ! ! !
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Li Rui shook his head, his imagination is really rich, he took what he thought just now, and told Jessica as a joke, and when he heard Jessica's giggle on the other end of the phone, Li Rui said with a smile on the other end of the phone , I want to hear my son's voice.

Jessica said that when the little BABY fell asleep, there would be no sound unless it woke up crying.

"Then listen to the crying." Li Rui blurted out.

On the other end of the phone, Jessica had a black line on her face.

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PS: Does Li Rui want to be England's savior in this game?

(End of this chapter)