"1/8 finals..."Sweden coach Lagerbeck grabbed his hair, looked at the Group F list in his hand, and wondered if he should laugh at this situation.

Since the 2010 World Cup in South Africa has been held, the group stage has finally come to an end on this day, and some of the group qualifiers have been determined early. For example, the Netherlands and Sweden are in Group E, both teams have advanced with a record of 2 wins and 1 draw, with the Netherlands occupying the first place with a goal difference. And the second place in this group, in Lagerbeck's opinion, is a bit of an advantage.

The list of Group F qualifiers was also determined early, I don't know if it was an upset, the Italian team was eliminated from the group with 2 draws and 1 loss, maybe many people can't believe that this is the World Cup champion four years ago, but for insiders who follow the Italian national team, it doesn't seem to be unexpected.

While Inter Milan seem to be the biggest winners in Europe this season, the accolade is not equated to Serie A or even Italy. Not to mention that Mourinho was ostracized by almost all the Italian media in Italy, and not a single player in the Italian squad for this World Cup is from Inter Milan. It can't be said that coach Lippi doesn't want to see Inter Milan, Materazzi was a member of the last World Cup winning team, but now 37 years old, he is an iron substitute at Inter, so naturally he is not favored by Lippi. At the same time, despite Balotelli's quality and talent for the national team, Lippi was understandably reluctant to take the risk of bringing in a rookie with a perverse personality that could be a source of instability and inexperience.

This embarrassing "fault" phenomenon not only reflects the reality that Inter, an international column, lacks Italian local players and talents, but also directly reflects that in a high-level top team like Inter in Serie A, there are very few local players who can take the lead and have hope to emerge.

The Italian youth system used to be the envy of Lagerbeck, who spent a lot of time and energy researching it, hoping to absorb the best of it and translate it into the Swedish youth academy. But now that the youth training has entered a bottleneck, where is it limited to the Italian team?

"The Italian problem is so obvious, in the final analysis, it is the previous generation of stars who have appeared too much, they have matured together, and of course the form has declined together. Fran played with the pen in his hand, and the notebook in front of him was covered with scribbles, and Lagerbeck didn't even understand what it meant. Seeing that his vice-captain was rarely serious, the other two people who had a small meeting, Lagerbeck and Ibrahimovic, looked at each other, and it was rare that no one interrupted him.

"It's not just the national team's problem, why are most of the teams in the upper reaches of Serie A recruited, but Sampdoria, the middle and lower teams, have international players like Pazzini and Palombo? Ignoring the fact that local players and rookies are cultivated, it is precisely because of the lack of players in good clubs that local players lack the opportunity to train and improve in competitions like the Champions League, resulting in these giants being unable to send excellent local talents to the Italian national team, which is also a reason for Italy's exit. "Under 'Italy,' Fran wrote 'Spain,' 'Netherlands,' and 'Germany,' line by line, and finally added 'Brazil' and 'Belgium'.

Lagerbeck looked at the names of several countries written by Fran and sighed silently in his heart, "But that's exactly the problem, the current situation is that young people have to play in the middle and lower teams, and then transfer to the top teams with honors." What is Golden Dollar Football, what is the top team? The more championships, the more attention, that is the top team. But what team administrator would believe that a kid in his early twenties can carry a top club, and what top club fans can tolerate young people squandering low-hanging fruit opportunities over and over again? Can you imagine a 20-year-old Ronaldo having the same ball possession as he does now at Real Madrid, but how can he feed a Ronaldo without so much possession?"

Seeing that Ibrahimovic wanted to refute, Fran smacked his lips and said, "Messi is a special case. "Ibu's words were blocked, but his eyes were clearly unconvinced, as if he was asking, 'What about you?'

Forlan pointed at himself exaggeratedly, staring at Ibrahimovic and then turning to Lagerbeck, who was also looking at him, "Please, you always feel like I've just made my debut as if I've stood firm in Real Madrid, you know how many years I've been wandering in La Liga, and I've been pressed on the bench by a manager for most of the season... To be reasonable, I should have been with Xavi and Igor. ”

"He should have been a player with Xavi and Casillas", Forlan himself may have said as a simple fact, but it sounded a little sad to Lagerbeck's ears. He was not as lucky as Casillas to catch up with the last glory of Real Madrid, and as soon as he entered La Liga, he met the giant-like Barcelona, and has been suppressed for many years. He has played for Real Madrid for many years, and the reports occasionally mention that he is not a low salary, and he is the default first defender by everyone, but so what, where can the La Liga title on his head compare to Casillas's Champions League in five years?

Seeing that the manager was in distress for Forlan, Ibrahimovic shrugged his shoulders and showed extreme disapproval, who hasn't tossed and turned to get to this point? He pulled out the notebook in Lagerbeck's hand and looked at the world-famous youth training powers.

'Youth training power', Ibrahimovic has seen the Netherlands, Lagerbeck has paid attention to Italy, and Forlan himself has been milled out by the Spanish academy. Now, they're all sighing.

Youth training, the Dutch said that he is the second in the world, turned his head to see that the Germans are still sitting modestly and honestly, the Spaniards just wanted to stand up, suddenly remembered that Cruyff who created youth training for Spain is Dutch, the Italians were stunned and still calculating the cultivation of a player A, how many clubs on him have pressed the youth training fee, the Belgians have fought in the Walloon and Flemish at the table, the Japanese looked at the Brazilian table and did not move, the steps that just wanted to take were also put down, the Americans squinted their eyes and wanted to spend how much money to buy the entire Dutch youth training system, the Chinese had already placed orders on Taobao: Dutch football training materials.

And now?

"Germany's youth academy has always been the most consistent, and it may be difficult for them to produce a Messi, but they can produce a group of Aguero in their respective positions. The Germans are like that, and there is nothing wrong with being strict and standardized. Belgium are in a state of accumulation and there will be a stage for them to perform in the future. Forlan stretched, thought about it and dragged the notebook over, tore off the piece of paper with the name of the country written on it and made it into a ball, the Swedish team's youth training has a scale at most, how to evaluate the problems of other people's families?" ”

The three of them unanimously chose to be silent, and after a while, Ibrahimovic grabbed his hair, "I remember that we are going to discuss the next 1/8 opponent Paraguay?" Lagerbeck slapped his palm on his face and rubbed it, "Yes, yes, we should be talking about Paraguay seriously." ”

Group F is Paraguay with 1 win and 2 draws, and Slovakia, who are second in the group with 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss. He took out the tactical board that had been scribbled many times and put it in front of the captain and vice-captain, Paraguay coach Martino did not have many options, Bilal was a Paraguayan one, Benitez, Santa Cruz and Barrios formed a stable forward line in Paraguay, and Alcaraz and Da Silva joined forces in the back.

"I've had a lot of patience," Forlan pushed the tactical board to Ibrahimovic, leaning back in his swivel chair and tilting his head to watch the two men, "but I don't like penalty shootouts." Seeing that Ibrahimovic dragged the tactical board directly over as a matter of course, full of goals**, the comfort next to him seemed to be able to fall asleep in the blink of an eye. Lagerbeck is also accustomed to the very different personalities of the two trump cards in his hand, and two years ago he dreamed that the two could neutralize their personalities, and now he has long since lost any extravagant hopes. Ragbeck didn't blame Forlan for his carelessness, and the words were more of a preference for Ibrahimovic, "If you really drag it into a penalty shootout, I'll let you be the first to kick you believe it or not?"

"Leave me alone!" Fran jokingly stretched out his arms and lay down on the table, and Ragbeck shrugged his shoulders and stood up on the table, indicating that he was going to call the assistant coach and the rest of the team to come over and let the two of them talk briefly. Seeing the head coach leave, Ibrahimovic looked at the clear offensive lines on the tactical board, and patted Forlan on the back with his right hand to signal him to sit down and look good, "You're not just on the defensive this time. Fran rested his right arm on the table and lazily propped his cheek, but obediently kept his eyes open and listened to Ievee's words that he knew most of the time, and nodded in agreement.

Ibrahimoic grew more and more talkative, and just as Frandu began to slowly make sea lion clapping movements, Ragbeck finally went back with the large army.

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"Paraguay's starting line-up was not unexpected, with Lagerbeck's Sweden side continuing to be steady. ”

Paraguay's opening attack was swift, and in less than a minute of the opening period, Paraguay had already completed a shot on goal. Then Santa Cruz crossed from the right, and Benitez received a header, but it was still far from the goal and rushed off the line.

The Swedish national team is always pressed in the first ten minutes of a game, and Forlan is not fazed by the fact that he is used to the occasion, especially as Paraguay is increasingly anxious about the frequent waste of opportunities. The rhythm of the game, which was initially in the hands of the Paraguayan team, was dragged away little by little, and it entered a stalemate, with a scrappy Ibrahimovic rushing to the front line, but the rhythm was still, as Forlan put it, "enough patience". ”

When the two aces of the Swedish team gradually climbed to the top, the Swedish team's fixed routine was also more and more perfect. The first impression of this national team on the opponent is not very strong, although it is not as underestimated as a dish, but it will not be as important as the first-tier national team. However, it generally turns out that when it is an opponent, it immediately lets people know that it is far from being as easy to deal with as imagined.

Many people feel that Forlan and Lagerbeck are not in conflict with each other's defense, but Ibrahimovic is a little out of touch with his own style. But this 'disconnect' does not exist, or at least for the time being.

This national team is like a shell that is used to lowering the vigilance of the enemy like the defender Forlan, but in the bones it is the determination of Ibrahimovic to grind his teeth and suck blood.

Sharp spears and strong shields.

"In the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, Sweden successfully advanced to the quarterfinals, and their next opponent will be the 08 Euro 08 champion Spain. ”

The author has something to say: The first half of this chapter has words about youth training, and it is all my blood and tears

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