The Young Lion

After the game between England and Croatia, although England lost the game, it will not have much impact on the morale of the team as a whole. Even the fans, including the fans, will automatically ignore the game. Most of the players will fall asleep. Just leave it behind and look forward.

Maybe only Rooney has some lumps in his heart.

When he came off the bench to score in the first game against France, he broke a record: the youngest European Cup scorer.

But this record did not last long.

In the match between France and Switzerland, the only goal of the Swiss team came from a player named Feng Lantang. The Swiss team returned after a disastrous defeat, but the outside world focused on this Feng Lantang and praised him as a new generation of genius. He scored 18 In his early years, he broke the record that Rooney had just created, and put his name in the honor book of European Cup records.

During the interview, Aldridge was made things difficult by the reporter, who pressed him with the lack of fighting spirit of the England team.

England, which you say has no fighting spirit, advanced to the quarter-finals as the first in the group. We scored 8 goals in three games and conceded 2 goals. 16 teams, 8 teams will go home, England, this team with no fighting spirit will go on to the knockout rounds, that's the reality.

With a tough tone, Aldridge walked away after speaking, and he came to the locker room.

After losing the game, everything seemed very quiet.

Aldridge stood in front of the whole team and solemnly said: We will play the quarter-finals in four days, we may advance to the semi-finals, we may die suddenly, the semi-finals will be on July 2. The final It was on July 5th. That is to say. The European Cup. We can stay here for less than two weeks at most, the fastest, and return home in four days. I will not say that we will definitely win, on the contrary, We need to be calm and calm. Spain has left, the defending champion France has also left, and there will definitely be favorites to leave in the future. And what about us? I think we want to go further. From now on, you must first do it One thing, forget the past victories, forget that we won the World Cup, treat us as an unpopular team, and return to a special state, that state is: in our eyes, every opponent is stronger than us! Why should we Defeat the opponent? Why? Relying on the fact that we pay more and more than the opponent! You must be conscious. Be able to face the opponent in the future with a low-key but tough attitude, and tell yourself in your heart: Maybe you are better than me. But, I am better than me. You work harder, you are tougher, you give everything to win! Only in this state can we finish the European Championship with a clear conscience, whether it is before the closing ceremony or after that.”

After Aldridge finished speaking, he looked around the 22 players in the locker room, nodded and left with a serious expression.

All the team members looked dignified,

Beckham turned around and closed and locked the locker room door to make sure no one could come in.

He called the second meeting of the national team dressing room as captain.

The last time, it was after the victory over France.

Of course, he wasn't plotting a military remonstrance or forcing the palace. Aldridge's actions had both advantages and disadvantages for the England national team, and everyone knew that.

There is no doubt about the coach.

Since England won the World Cup, the internal problems that have arisen belong to the rich man's troubles.

That is, this team has received too much attention, Fleet Street has credit, and winning the World Cup is the catalyst.

The national team has become the perfect stage to make a name for yourself.

Here, it is difficult to say that everyone is dedicated to the public and has no self-interested thoughts.

Just like Rooney asked for the main position, should he be the main player? Will he be better than Gerrard and make the England team stronger.

First of all, he himself has no qualifications and position to make judgments.

As for football groups, there are strict levels of planning.

The coach should have the authority to say what he says, instead of going to the national discussion and brainstorming to build the team, build the team, or even control the team.

At this time, the England team needs to be calm, restrain selfish desires, the mainstay must be responsible, the flowers must be gorgeous, and the green leaves must also have the awareness of dedication and sacrifice.

It’s not that Aldridge got angry at Beckham and made him change. How he was in the game against France was a competitive factor, and he couldn’t be blamed. The batch will not change this situation, but after Xiaobei lost the energy to run all over the field, this made Fleet Street's accusations and attacks on him a matter of course, and Xiaobei still couldn't refute it, and his technical ability was not good. Physical fitness will not suddenly decline, and he will rest longer than some other players on the team.

Beckham naturally has great ambitions. No matter whether he sets his goal in the purely competitive field or not, since he wears the armband of the national team captain, he must do a good job in this job. If he does it well, it will be beneficial to his star career cons.

The meeting held in the England team is generally to implement Aldridge's requirements. To put it bluntly, it means unity of thought. Internal players need to communicate with each other to make everyone more united from the standpoint of equal players.

On the bright side, there are three games left in the European Cup.

If it's not good, it's a game.

Win three games and live forever. If they lose in the middle, they are no different from France who left early. They are both stepping stones for the winners. For the World Cup champion, any achievement other than the championship in the European Cup It was a failure!

When he returned to the hotel later, Aldridge learned that Beckham held a team meeting. He didn't know what was discussed, but he could feel it from the subtle changes in the atmosphere of the whole team. In the state of the epee without a front, this made Aldrich slightly relieved, and at the same time praised Beckham.

Perhaps it is because of the ups and downs in life that Beckham has experienced the ups and downs of life. Beckham’s handling of the crisis is commendable. After World War I in France, he led his teammates to visit Southgate, presenting a united England to the outside world. Now , On the eve of the knockout rounds, being able to lead by example and make teammates work together is easier said than done, but if it is done, it is a great ability and sense of responsibility.

The next day, all the media in Europe except Fleet Street focused on the final results of Group B of the European Cup.

The England team was pushed to the cusp.

France's regretful exit naturally has their own problems, but the England team retained their strength in the last battle, allowing Croatia to stage the final lore and eliminate France. Of course, some people will accuse the England team of being too utilitarian!

It seems that, from the perspective of the outside world, if England, the main force, even if they play with all their strength, as long as they play 7 points, Croatia will not be able to take away the victory.

As for some media that believe that the England team is deliberately killing France to avoid encountering the French team that is getting better and better in the final battle!

According to the schedule, if the two teams that qualify together in the same group meet again in the knockout round, it will definitely be the final!

The French team entered the state slowly, but in the third game against the Swiss team, they clearly showed some of the demeanor that the defending champion should have. The outside world believes that the French team is in a period of rising state. It is not a big problem to enter the finals.

England, on the other hand, is obliterating a strong opponent in the knockout round ahead of time.

This kind of view, conspiracy theory, and subjective consciousness are too strong. The actual situation is that Aldridge is not absolutely sure to lead the England team to the final. After all, in front of them, there is a former champion of this tournament in history, the dark horse Greece!

It is still hard to say whether they can pass Greece. The final date is not far away, but on the green field, it is really far away.

Since most of the main players did not play the game, the training after the game against Croatia was carried out as scheduled. The substitutes in the last game were arranged for relatively relaxed recovery training, and the whole team did not arrange even half a day off.

On this day, what attracted more attention was the match in Group C.

Denmark, Sweden, Italy, Bulgaria.

Before the game, the Danish team and the Swedish team also declared that there would be no tacit understanding in the game.

For Italy's unilateral warning, the two teams from Northern Europe retorted, thinking that the Italian Mafia is notorious, and Italian football is unclean!

Two games are played simultaneously.

The progress of the game was beyond everyone's expectations.

Italy, which had to win the game, was led by Bulgaria first, and it was a penalty that made the Italians feel at a loss.

When they fell behind 0:1, the Swedish team also fell behind 0:1 to the Danish team.

However, at the beginning of the second half, the Swedish team equalized the score, and the veteran Larsson scored a shot.

Another minute later, Italy leveled the score.

Both games were tied at 50 minutes.

In the 66th minute, the Danish team scored the second goal. Thomasson, who scored twice, put the Danish team in a very good situation, while the Italian and Swedish teams came to the edge of the cliff.

The group's most dramatic finish came in the final three minutes of the game.

Italy beat Bulgaria 2-1 with Cassano's goal in stoppage time.

But their joy disappeared completely in less than 30 seconds.

The Swedish team also scored at the buzzer in 90 minutes!

2:2

The Swedish team and the Danish team became a standard score that everyone knew before the game.

According to this score, even if Italy wins Bulgaria, there are 3 teams in the group with 5 points, but in the ranking of the new rules of this competition, the Italian team ranks at the bottom due to the low number of goals scored by the three teams, that is, the 1st place. Three, eliminated!

Cassano's tears represented the disappointment for all of Italy.

The Italian team bid farewell to the European Cup with 3 unbeaten records and 5 points!

On the first day, Spain left.

The next day, France was gone.

On the third day, Italy also packed up its luggage and was about to leave.

As for the post-match remarks of the Italians denouncing the two Nordic brothers who claim to be fair play, the Danish team praised Thomason, and the Swedish team praised Larsson as a role model for young players, they are not worth mentioning. (to be continued..) ()