long live football

After the Andorinian game, Prince William asked Karl if he wanted to walk around.

Karl readily agreed, and left the box with the other party.

Andorinia has been led back to the stable by the horse trainer, and when Karl and Prince William walked over, it was munching on the concentrated feed made of eggs, alfalfa and oats in the trough.

Prince William reached out and stroked Andorinia very happily, and praised it for having a champion appearance and bringing good luck to people.

Judging from the information disclosed in Prince William's words, Karl is sure that the other party's luck in buying lottery tickets in the past is indeed extremely bad, otherwise he would not be so excited after winning a prize.

Karl confesses to him the prank he played in the box.

"It turned out to be you." Prince William was stunned for a moment: "Let me just say, that guy Fletcher is very weird. He used to play tricks on me many times when he was at Eton College, often though I could guess it was him. Mischief, but I have never caught him before. Just now I was still wondering whether he was caught by me because he was too fat and his movements became slow.” After a pause, the prince said proudly: “ That guy Fletcher is not innocent at all, I don't blame you, to be honest, I hope you frame him as many times as possible, just to let Fletcher, the king of pranksters, taste the taste of being punished."

Carl observed a three-second silence for Fletcher.

After stroking Andorinia, Prince William took out a handkerchief and wiped his hands, and asked seemingly unintentionally: "Carl, can I call you Carl? You can call me Wills, that's what my friends call me. I don't know What do you think of English football, Karl?"

Wills is the nickname given to Prince William by his friends, which means "Wales". In fact, the prince has many other nicknames, such as "koala bear", which was given to him when Prince Charles and his wife visited Australia when he was a child. Yes, Prince William was often called "koala" before "koala" before he was an adult, but now only the Queen of England and Crown Prince Charles call him that.

Carl was taken aback by this question, and then he understood a little bit. Several thoughts circled in his head, and he asked, "Are you referring to English football or the national team?"

Prince William felt that talking about the national team immediately would reveal his purpose too quickly, and his purpose cannot be solved immediately by talking about it now, so the prince said euphemistically: "You know I am the honorary chairman of the FA. Right? I like football very much, and I am very happy that the Premier League is now the No. [-] league in the world, but compared with the status of the league, our country’s football... the results of the recent major competitions are not good, and this year’s European Cup is even worse. It’s really worrying not to qualify.”

"There are many problems in English football." Carl echoed: "But if you want to ask the reasons for the poor results, there are many. Would Wills want to hear it?"

"of course."

"Football can transcend politics and become purer, but it is often inseparable from politics. The most simple analogy is that if football is to develop well, it needs an enlightened and relaxed environment from the authority. Do you agree with this?"

Prince William nodded.

"So the reason for the unsmooth development of English football in recent years is very simple." Carl raised his fingers one by one to calculate with the opponent: "Starting from the 70s, Lord James Callaghan is a man who is not interested in football. Sir John Major, a cricket fan; Tony Blair, a Scot; the current Prime Minister Gordon Brown, another Scot.” Shrugged: “Prime Ministers are either anti-football or Scots, so it’s no wonder English football isn’t a tragedy.”

Prince William: "..." Seriously?Cal serious?Although I intuitively think that he is talking nonsense, why does it sound reasonable?

After 1 minute of silence.

Carl looked at the other person's face, touched his nose embarrassingly: "You don't really believe it, do you? Actually, I was joking just now."

Prince William: "..." I almost believed it!

"Let's talk about something serious."

Prince William: "..." Are you sure you are not joking this time?

Carl continued to break his fingers: "About the issue of English football, in fact, I have also thought about it. Whether it is the compatibility of the double virtues, how to use Rooney well or the choice of goalkeeper, it is not the root cause of the defeat in the competition. The England team walked in the competition. Not far, because there are too many fundamentally serious problems."

"From the most superficial point of view, the first point is that the head coach is not good. Every coach selected by the FA cannot completely subdue the locker room and make those big-name players obediently obey them. Orders and instructions cannot be uploaded and issued. The team It will become like loose sand. In addition, the traditional English football tactics, those long balls and punches are outdated by the times. Now technical football is popular, which is the style of ground pass control. The England team wants to maintain Tradition is fine, but it cannot remain unchanged. The most advanced tactics must be incorporated into the traditional style of play, so as not to be eliminated by the world—but it is extremely demanding for the head coach to transform the England team from the beginning to the end. High, so it’s still the same point, the question of the coach.”

Prince William has also heard about the dressing room problem. He remembers that a few years ago there were newspapers that made a joke about the former England coach Eriksson, saying that Rooney did not listen to Eriksson because the other party "only understands the Scottish dialect." English."

"Second point, the media. There are not only one or two newspapers in London that often expose their family scandals for the sake of sales, and keep reporting short stories to undermine the morale of the national team before the competition."

"The third point, I think it is precisely because the Premier League has developed so well that it restricts the strength of English football."

Prince William was taken aback, this statement was quite new: "Why do you say that?"

"One of the consequences of the overly successful commercial development of English football is that there are too many foreign players. Not only in the Premier League, but even in the lower leagues and club echelons such as the English Championship, League One and League Two are full of scouts from South America, Africa, Talents poached from Asia and other small European countries. England’s local players have to compete with those poached foreign talented young players from the youth training since they were young, from the echelon to the youth team to the first team. It is true that there is competition that can promote the growth of players, but too harsh competition has caused English players to not get enough training from childhood to adulthood, and their living space is squeezed, so don’t even think about how well they perform after playing.”

"Even if there are local talents who really play, such as Rooney, Gerrard, Lampard, these English players are used to being in the top level of the team, with the best team-mates around them, and the best players. The teams fought, but when they returned to the national team, there were no Drogba, Alonso, Ronaldo and Makelele by their side, only unfamiliar and slightly inferior national team teammates. The role that can be played is also greatly reduced-when the giants of various countries are developing best, half of the players in the German team can be in the Bayern lineup, Italy can get together 11 Juventus players to start, and Spain is nothing more than Real Madrid and Barcelona. The lineup of these players is very tacit in the club, and the power of the national team will not be much worse when they cooperate. On the other hand, during the World Cup in England and Germany, the players in the national team's 23-man roster came from 13 different teams! This is the same as What's the difference between improvising a group of strangers and forcing them to unite? Oh yeah, sometimes you can't force it, because the players don't always follow the orders of the manager."

"Of course, there is a very crucial fourth point, youth training. Germany can vigorously develop youth training from scratch after the World Cup in France. England has empty facilities and no skills. We pay too much attention to physical confrontation when training young players. Coach They are always teaching players to run long shots and long passes and split sides, ignoring the training of dribbling. Of course, the direct attack of long passes and lobs is England's youth training tradition. We have trained young players like this for more than 100 years. , It’s just that such a method can neither cultivate a master tactician, nor can it cultivate a few commanders on the court.”

Carl spoke so happily that he almost forgot that the young man standing in front of him was not only a member of the royal family, but also the honorary chairman of the FA.Thankfully he realized this before making more sarcastic remarks and stopped the car just in time.

However, Prince William has listened to everything he needs to hear. He suddenly feels pessimistically that maybe he will not see the England team in the World Cup final until the day when his grandmother abdicates and his father ascends the throne, and then he will be crowned king. unveiled...

Just when Prince William was in a fantasy and couldn't extricate himself, Karl's cell phone vibrated. He checked his inbox and suddenly remembered something: "Wills, what is your cell phone number?"

Prince William reported a string of numbers.

After Carl exchanged numbers and email addresses with the other party, he said goodbye: "I have to leave early. If you need me for something, send me an email or call, and I will reply quickly." After he finished speaking, he nodded and turned away immediately up.

After saying goodbye to Carl's back for a few seconds, Prince William suddenly remembered something: he had a purpose to ask Karl out for a walk and chat, but now that the other party has left, his purpose seems to have only been half achieved. arrive?

The next time I can talk face to face like this, I don't know when I will have to wait.

……

For Karl, he watched the horse race and talked about it, so the England affairs can come to an end first.

But for the English media, their climax has only just begun.

First, photos of Fletcher and Carl molesting Prince William were exposed.

That's right, although their behavior was very secretive on the day of the horse racing festival, both from Prince William and everyone in the box, they did not escape the sharp spears and short cannons of the media reporters in the distance...

After Fletcher pinched the prince's ear, Karl pulled it again, and was misunderstood by Prince William that the culprit was the former. Photos of the former went viral. The English media criticized Fletcher for being "outrageous!" "How dare you moles Prince William!"

But when discussing the coach of the Lions, he spoke strangely:

"How on earth did Auston develop a secret friendship with Prince William without the world finding out?"

"Auston who can play pranks is different from what I imagined."

"How dare you blame the prince's old classmate. Auston has already successfully entered the upper class."

"Prince William and Auston were chatting and laughing throughout the entire obstacle course. Have they progressed so fast?"

"Is Kate going to have one more rival in love..."

Fletcher sent an email to Carl: You finally exposed hahahaha!

Carl didn't expect the media to have these photos. He couldn't help thinking: If he had known that there were reporters secretly taking pictures from a distance, he would have pinched his butt instead of ears, so no one would be able to take pictures.

However, when reporters flocked to interview Prince William, the prince saw those sneaky photos, but he did not show the expression of "finally learned the truth - we must kill the naughty Auston!" as the media thought. , but said after smiling: "Actually, I knew about it on the day of the horse racing festival. Carl took the initiative to confess to me. Time? Just after the second obstacle course, I invited him out for a walk, We had a great chat."

No matter what the media had in mind before, from this moment on, there was only one thought in their minds: "Prince William just said Carl! He called Auston's name directly!"

But when the reporters asked, what they cared about was: "What did you talk about? What did you and Oston talk about, Your Highness?"

Prince William's reply was short and startling: "Some questions about English football."

Then no matter how much the reporter asked, the prince refused to say more, and with the help of his attendants, he boarded the car and left calmly, avoiding a large number of media.

The media, however, had a lot of associations because of this simple sentence.

A problem that is generally recognized in English society now: McLaren has been so stumbling on his way to bring England to the European Cup finals. Under the leadership, it is doomed not to go too far in this European Cup in Austria and Switzerland.

Do you want to replace McLaren?When to change?Before the European Cup or after the European Cup?

This has become a hot topic in British society since the Chinese New Year.

Even McLaren himself, when the whole people were discussing when he would lose his job, his attitude changed from being shocked and angry at the beginning to going crazy when he was asked, and gradually changed to the current calmness: "I haven't received the English yet. The FA wanted to sack me, so no matter what you think, I am still the manager of the England team."

Knowing that McLaren is not good enough, but let him continue to serve as the head coach of the national team. Is this the inaction of the FA?

Actually not, the FA itself has unspeakable difficulties-even if the whole of the UK is shouting "McLaren step down!", the FA dare not dismiss him easily, because once McLaren is fired, they will I can't find a qualified successor...

The FA even gave Ferguson a very gracious wink, wanting him to take over the coach of the national team, but Ferguson rejected the contract on the grounds that Scotland and England were in conflict.

However, when the news leaked and the FA executives asked reporters and fans, they said: "We have never considered Ferguson as the England coach, because he is a Scot! The FA wants to obey the national team. It is a sacrosanct law that the players are from the same country!"

All lying is to save face.

Ferguson was getting older and he was thinking about Manchester United, and he didn't expose the lies of the FA, so the fans believed this statement, and happily chose the head coach for the England national team.

Carl is naturally the favorite of the favorites.

Who let him have an English household registration book?

...Although Karl also has a German household registration book, England will never back down in the competition for scarce resources!

On Sunday, the "Sun" joined in the fun and selected the top ten famous coaches in England, and Karl led the list.

Such a festive selection event finally gave all England fans a chill.

Because the nine famous coaches besides Carl are: Redknapp who led Portsmouth to the FA Cup final, Koppel who created the British Championship points record, Pierce, the head coach of England U21, who succeeded Kubeshley, who led West Ham United to relegation (…), King Keegan of Newcastle, and the current England coach McClaren who led Middlesbrough to the Europa League final, the greatest achievement is to lead the Swedish AIK to play Barclayt, who entered the Champions League group stage, Allardyce, who has no championship honor but won the best coach of the month, and Hodgson, whose goal this season is to help Fulham relegation...

England's nine famous marshals rely on the honor of the above list, no matter how you look at it, you can't bear to look directly at it.

It seems that everything is a bit out of hand.

It seems that a random Lippi or Capello from Italy can instantly kill them all.

... No, Auston can kill them all in one go!

Good thing we have Auston!

British journalists rushed to London and caught Karl in an open-air cafe.

When they asked in a very excited tone when the coach of the Lions team would leave Munich and join the FA, Karl, who was interrupted from the appointment, asked very coldly: "Who said I was going to leave Munich 1860? Not this time." thing."

McLaren kept his job for now.

But the glass hearts of England fans shattered.

"The Sun" reporter Gary Jeb couldn't believe it: Could it be that Prince William's conversation about English football is really just a pure football discussion?What about a good job? ! ! !