When George first appeared on the training ground as Three Lions managers, the British team, led by David Beckham and John Terry, were unusually honest - they didn't want to touch George's bad head at this critical moment and cause themselves to miss the upcoming World Cup in Germany!

These internationals are well aware that regardless of how the England national team performs at the World Cup, the partnership between George and the FA is destined to end after the World Cup. Therefore, as long as George does not go too far, they will not fight against George who is in charge of the national team for the benefit of "outsiders" such as Campbell and Irving.

As for whether there will be a situation where the players will disobey the sun and work out of the game, George said that this is not a problem at all - as long as these players are not stupid, they will never make such a blatant turn on George, who has a very close relationship with many Premier League managers such as Ferguson and Mourinho, as well as club owners such as Abramovich!

Although the players' control and voice over their own transfers have become stronger and stronger after the implementation of the Bosman Act, on the one hand, the players in this period generally have the legacy of the eighties and nineties of the last century, and there are only a handful of players who dare to coerce the team to make a choice with their own threats; Big names such as Ronaldo, after having irreconcilable conflicts with coach Cooper, Moratti, who has always been known for his doting stars, chose to sell the aliens who had just returned from the king in the Korea-Japan World Cup to Real Madrid, not to mention these big British feet who could not be compared with Ronaldo in terms of ability and name except for Xiaobei!

What's more, George's decision to exclude Campbell and Owen from the squad is also famous: Campbell's competitive form has declined this season for all to see, and his main place at Arsenal has been replaced by young Senderos and Chloe Toure, with Ledley King, The Three Lions, the three first-class central defenders of John Terry and Ferdinand, naturally do not need such a veteran who is not very useful to occupy a valuable place in the World Cup squad;

After all, once Owen is suddenly reimbursed for a serious injury at the World Cup in Germany, then the fighting power and morale of the England national team will undoubtedly suffer a worse blow than George turned him away. At that time, it will undoubtedly be the entire Three Lions that will suffer!

So, while it was true that there was initial uproar over the fact that both Campbell and Owen were not selected for the squad, as time went on, the fans' attitude towards the matter turned calm - George's outstanding coaching ability among local managers (the first Premier League manager to win the Champions League since the new century, and the first English manager to lift the Big Ears Cup since Joe Fagan) has caused many to recover from the initial anger and choose to wait and see before making a decision.

As for the FA, the Chiefs' Gate incident that broke out two months ago was not only the end of Eriksen's coaching career in the England national team, but also made the British, who are already the "originator of modern football", find a perfect excuse to exclude foreign coaches from becoming the managers of the Three Lions. This means that unless the FA can find a qualified replacement from a homegrown coach before the World Cup begins, George will need to worry about his place in the England national team!

Since the national team training camp was only three days long, considering the impact of intensive club matches on the physical condition of the players and the players' ability to accept new tactics, George did not instill too many tactical details into these international players, but focused on recovery training and building a tactical system, so that the players could initially familiarize themselves with their football ideas and meet this friendly match with the Uruguayan team in a better competitive state.

Don't look at Uruguayan football after the retirement of the "Prince" Enzo Francescoli, it has completely fallen into a trough, and this time it missed the World Cup finals in Germany. It seems unlikely that England, who qualified as group winners in the European qualifiers, will win this game. But in reality, the "Sky Blues" only lost to Australia in the penalty shoot-out of the World Cup play-offs, coached by the amazing coach Guus Hiddink, who was in the golden period of football history at this time. Moreover, the Uruguayan team still has well-known stars such as Diego Forlan, Montero, Lugano, Salayeta, and Recoba, and its overall strength should not be underestimated. Not to mention, in the past three months, the England team has suffered the Emirates Gate incident and the change of coach, and there is almost no run-in time, and the overall strength can be said to be greatly reduced!

As a result, the world's major sports media, including England, unanimously expressed their optimism about the Three Lions' prospects of winning this game before the game.

The most important thing is that although the number one star Recoba was absent due to injury in this game and could not play with the team, after the World Cup qualifiers were eliminated, the Uruguayan Football Federation invited back the old coach Oscar Tavares as the national team coach for the second time!

Maybe others don't think that Tavares's second entry into the palace can bring much change to Uruguayan football at a low point, but George, as a traverser, knows this very well: if a good manager can determine the temperament and ceiling of a team, then for Uruguayan football, Tavares is undoubtedly such a special existence!

Castro "One-Armed General", Schiafino "Pepper", Enzo Francescoli "Prince", Ruben Sousa "Civet", Recoba "Chinese Boy" ...... Uruguay has never lacked good players, but they have always lacked someone who can pinch them together. The players are playing in silos and the team's tactics are vacillating, which is the main reason for the Uruguay national team's sluggish record in international competitions. And Tavares, the veteran coach who emphasizes tactical discipline and team football, and has a high prestige in Uruguayan football, can be said to be the most suitable person to take Uruguayan football out of the trough!

It is precisely because no one knows better than Giorgio the significance of this change of coach to Uruguayan football that George will be extremely careful about this friendly match - if Uruguay is still coached by Fossati, then George does not have to be so cautious at all, relying on the overall strength that is better than the opponent to crush the victory directly.

In this way, in an environment of public opinion that is pessimistic about the prospects of England's game, George finally ushered in his long-awaited coaching debut for the England national team on March 2!

(Po Sing Shek Academy)