Volume 6 Chapter 56 Past Glory
"The Times": The Anglo-Spanish war is repeating again, last night, the top 8 of the European Cup have all been decided, Czech Republic vs Portugal, Spain vs England, these four teams are divided into the top half; Germany vs Greece, France vs Italy, these four teams are divided into the bottom half of the zone, among which the Anglo-Spanish and Franco-Italian battles are in the spotlight!
"Daily Mirror": The MR combination was powerful, Ukraine hated the home team, but it was subjected to an epic reversal by the French team, and the final five minutes of the situation changed abruptly, and the Anglo-Spanish battle was staged ahead of schedule.
Sky Sports: After last night's game, the FA reached an agreement with Dynamo Kiev overnight that England will rent their training ground for the remainder of this European Championship, and if it goes well, the venue for the quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals will be placed in Ukraine, which will help them avoid the fatigue of the round-trip journey.
The Telegraph: The MR duo combined to score six goals in the group stage to ensure England qualified, and if they can beat Spain again, they have a chance to equal England's best record in European Championship history.
442: Mark is confident about meeting Spain again, saying that after the World Cup final, England have found a way to deal with Spain, and they have a strong confidence that they will not let Spain succeed in revenge.
Early the next morning, all over England, including major newspapers in Europe, looked forward to the quarterfinals of the European Championship that will start tomorrow, and the early meeting of Britain, Spain, France and Italy was naturally the focus.
After last night's game, England did not return to Poland, but temporarily settled in Kiev for the night, waiting for the results of the FA's negotiations, fortunately it was done overnight, and they only needed to arrange for the staff to move Poland's luggage today.
Kiev is of course more prosperous than Krakow, after all, it is the capital of Ukraine, although the hotel is indeed much more expensive than there, but England has reached this stage, and the FA naturally does not care about this money.
Prince William is still waiting in Ukraine to welcome another queen, and the queen boss will naturally have to play in the final round of the finals, and then share the prosperity.
It is said that there was a small episode after the game last night, the daughter of the Ukrainian coach, Blokhina, was sad and even cried when she saw Ukraine being eliminated after the game.
"As much as I love England and they have a special charm to their game, especially the way Mark plays, it's sad to see them knock out my country," she choked up.
'We are brave, England are really strong and I think my dad and his players did their best and he must be under a lot of pressure at the moment and I want to help him take that off'
If Mackin could understand Ukrainian, he would definitely speak girl, you did it, the Ukrainian team is about to become your background, and you are much more attractive in the hearts of the Ukrainian people than football.
However, this also caused some trouble for Mack, and the "Sun" reported the next day that Brokhina was interested in Mackqin and might take advantage of Isabella's absence from the team!
"Mark conquers the national goddess of Ukraine!" 》
This naked headline is indeed eye-catching, and most people in England love to watch it, and our star hooking up with a foreign girl is so powerful and face-saving!
As a result, Mackin and Isabella had a good explanation on the phone, and these two people didn't even speak, and they had an extra junior for no reason.
It's embarrassing!
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The summer is scorching and unusually hot, not only in the weather, but also in the increasingly fierce European Cup.
The whole England team settled down at the training base in Dynamo Kyiv, and it had no impact on anything other than the toss of the English media and fans.
But for the sake of England's results, most of the fans are understandable, at most ten days, three games, endure this terrible hotel rental, and it will pass.
On the day of the start of the Czech Republic vs Portugal match, the whole England team resumed training and qualified from the group, and Capello still generously gave the players a day off.
Taking advantage of the holiday, Makqin and a few of the same single dogs dressed up in disguise and went crazy about Kiev, Kinmen, the Opera House, and the famous Hagia Sophia.
The 1/4 final between Spain and England is scheduled for the third match, with the Czech Republic and Portugal playing first, followed by Germany vs. Greece and finally France vs. Italy.
At the beginning of training on this day, Capello did nothing else, but took out the video of the final of the World Cup in South Africa two years ago and asked all the players to watch it again.
Although I was impressed, when I saw my performance on the field on the video, Makqin still had a feeling, is this really me?
"Mark, he's running fast, Gerrard, two-by-one, Mark, pretty ......", the frantic cry came from the tape, "He picked Alonso, his front was a flat ......, Mark, Run......"
Even though he has seen it countless times, every time he sees this goal, his blood still boils, it may not be the most beautiful goal he has ever scored, but it is definitely the most important one!
"Mark, stab ......, Goaaaaal......, GoalGoalGoal......", even through the videotape, he could still feel the madness and shock at that time, as if the whole stadium was shaking, as if the whole world was burning, he, kill Spain!
"Mark, Mark ......", he slapped the picture of laughter on the grass, and the whole stadium was chased by the English people frantically, all with red-faced, crazy faces.
In the past, blood was like a song.
He wrote a piece of history, he inaugurated an era where wherever he was, he was just Mackchen.
The breathing in the dark conference room gradually became heavier, and it was obvious that the players of England were also excited by this former picture, and their fighting spirit was high!
After all, this is the glory they once had, and the feeling of being on top of the world, intoxicating and wonderful!
"Slap", the video ended, Capello turned off the projection, but he didn't turn on the lights in the room, only the dim desk lamp in front of the projector flashed, illuminating the conference room in a warm and hazy color.
"You know what?" Capello's voice sounded in the darkness, "This game is the proudest game of my life, even better than my glory at AC Milan"
For the first time, he spoke like a friend in front of a player, rather than a majestic manager, "I never imagined that at the end of my coaching career, after my first national team, I could achieve such success, which is unbelievable"
"I will never forget the more than 20 days of the World Cup in South Africa, and I want to thank each and every one of you, Mark, Rooney, Gerrard, Terry, ......, and Carragher, Crouch, who didn't come this time."
"It was your fantastic performance in South Africa that made us the most surprising team we were and I think very few people could have predicted that we would win the World Cup"
"Now you have made a name for yourself and brought the crown, but Spain is here again, and two years later they are again in front of us, maybe they are now trying to take off our crown"
"Because it doesn't belong to you," he said, in the tone of the Spaniards, "maybe they'll think that we stole the victory from them, that we stole the Hercules Cup."
It is said that in a dark environment, people's hearing will become more sensitive, so the late-night stories can also penetrate people's hearts more, and the players of England are obviously emotionally mobilized when they listen to this, that kind of thing is called defense!
"In the last twenty or thirty years, the only team that has been able to win the World Cup and then the European Championship is France, and this summer, I hope we will be a different team, because that's what is called an era"
"Do you want to be an era?" , he raised his voice slightly.
Yes, who doesn't want to write an era, Rio Ferdinand, John Terry, Frank Lampard, Steven Gerrard, Ashley Cole, too many people are approaching the end of their careers, and this desire is extremely strong.
"England ......", I don't know who took the lead and shouted, and then instantly ignited the conference room, and the shouts of "England" came and went.
Ma Qin exhaled slightly, calmed down the emotions that had been burned just now, and in the dark, he smiled slightly, his eyes dark and shining.
What a time, not a bad one!
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"Goaaaaaal......, Cristiano Ronaldo, ......, GoalGoal......", the TV commentator shouted frantically, as he smashed the Czech goal with a header, and Cech sighed at the goal.
"Of course he doesn't want Mark to press him, he's trying to catch up", the commentator said, "Ronaldo has scored 3 goals, at least one more than Mark, and this goal is likely to make Portugal historic European Cup semi-finals, if England can get past Spain, Ronaldo and Mark in the national team battle, will be staged!" ”
Last season, Real Madrid was pressed by Atletico Madrid everywhere in the league, and Ronaldo was naturally very unhappy, and he didn't want to repeat this drama in the national team.
But Mackin is very strange, he can score goals in the group stage of major competitions, but in the group stage of the Champions League, he has not shown himself many times, which is really confusing.
In this European Cup, in 3 games, he brushed 4 goals and 2 assists, which is simply speechless.
In the end, Portugal defeated the Czech Republic 1-0 and successfully advanced to the last four of the European Championship, and after the England team held a team meeting, Capello once again conducted closed training to eliminate external interference for them, after all, the media in England is too developed and unscrupulous.
They are doing tactical training quietly at the training base of Dynamo in Kyiv in this calm and expectant atmosphere, Spain is Spain after all, and their tactics must be targeted.
The time quickly came to the next day, and the Germans won 4-2 against the Greek team in the evening, which did not surprise everyone, and the Greece just showed their tenacity.
I have to say that England had little fate with Germany in the last World Cup and this European Championship, the two old rivals were divided into different halves twice, and only if they both reached the final in this European Cup, the two teams could meet.
This is also the reason why Germany has not been convinced that England is the world champion, they feel that they have to play against Germany, even if Mark is the modern Beckenbauer, it will be difficult for England to beat the current Germany.
Because they are now full of top stars of the new generation in various positions, it is like a newborn sun, and sooner or later it will be like the sky.
However, Mack Qin and his team did not have time to pay attention to this now, he called his teammates from several clubs in the Spanish team, such as Mata and Martinez, and after taking the lead in intimidation, he got on the bus to Donetsk with the team.
The benefits of living in Ukraine were immediately apparent, they only needed to take a bus for less than 3 hours to get to the stadium, and they could still train at the base in the morning, which is better than taking a bus to the airport, then getting on the plane, getting off the plane, taking the bus to the hotel, and then taking the bus to the stadium I don't know how much work is saved.
And along the way, many England fans rented cars locally, played the flag of England and followed them all the way, that kind of atmosphere, there was no atmosphere on the plane.
"Go, Go, Go, England ......", shouting all the way.