Volume 4 Chapter 24 A Night of Fish and Dragon Dance
In the end, England claimed their first World Cup win in South Africa at the Green Point Stadium in Cape Town, where they secured a valuable three points with a 4-1 win over Desert Fox Algeria.
With this victory, they are also top of the group and have three goal differences, so the pressure on them in their final game is much less, and a win, even a narrow one-goal victory, will make their hopes of topping the group almost assured.
Because it is not so easy for the United States team to win against Algeria by more than 3 goal difference and overtake England, unless England loses the game in an upset, otherwise this group should be they and the United States to qualify together.
The fate of Slovenia is no longer in their own hands, and in addition to defeating England, they must also expect Algeria to defeat or draw with the United States.
When the referee blew the final whistle, the entire England nation breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, there is no danger!
"Okay, audience friends, the game is over, England won as desired, reversing their passive qualifying form", Duan Xuan said, "Three days later, that is, on June 22 local time, England will go to the Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth to face the Slovenian ......"
"Congratulations to Mr. Maqin, Happy Birthday Mr. Ma! Congratulations to Fabio Capello, on his 64th birthday, the entire England squad sent him a congratulatory gift, I believe he will like it"
Mack walked out into the stadium with applause, hugged his teammates in celebration of the victory, and then bowed hand in hand to the fans who had come to support them in the stands, led by Steven Gerrard.
The whole Green Point Stadium has become a sea of joy for England fans, who just a few days ago were scolding, but now they are cheering, and the results speak for themselves.
"Mark, go back to the locker room and wash up as soon as possible", Capello grabbed Mark Qin when he left the field, "Come with me to the press conference later"
He was the best player of the game and with his performance in this game, he was naturally the focus of the game.
After he replied to Capello, he went straight back to the dressing room, unexpectedly that Britain's Prince William and Harry had already chatted with Beckham in the dressing room.
Willian seemed quite happy, talking and laughing with David Beckham, and they stopped talking as they watched the players come in.
'Prince William was very happy with the way we played today, so as soon as the game was over, he came to congratulate us,' said Beckham with a smile to the players who came in.
When all the players came in, Prince William smiled and said: "Congratulations, lads, you played a great performance today, I'm proud of you and the whole of England is proud of you"
"But the World Cup has just begun, and I hope you will continue to work hard to have more outstanding performances in the future competitions and strive for more honours for England."
In addition to applause, let's still applaud, the leader's inspection seems to be a program that the political class around the world likes to see, Ma Qin thought to himself.
Willian praised Mackin and Rooney, the two best players, respectively, and left the dressing room without staying any longer, even if he is a prince, he can't stay here longer, which is the respect that the whole team should have.
Mark Qin hurriedly took a shower, changed into a dry shirt, and went to the press conference, where Capello was waiting for him outside the door chatting with people.
When Capello and Mackin entered, Saadan had already begun to answer reporters' questions, and when he saw them enter, he nodded gracefully, and the flashing lights behind him also flashed randomly.
Saadan babbled a lot, just sat down and didn't understand a word, and when he finished speaking, the translator next to him said: "Although we have lost hope of appearing, we will fight for our national honor next......
'England's performance today was a bit of a surprise to be honest, their first two goals stabbed us deeply, and if we hadn't conceded so early, we wouldn't have been mentally unbalanced and given them so many counter-attacking opportunities'
"Please comment on Mark's performance," a reporter said.
"I don't think there's any need to comment on this", after listening to the translation, he said directly, "we didn't limit him, but let him control the midfield, he kept making our defense take care of each other, I think his performance is now comparable to Zidane"
"Oh", there was a shock at the press conference, but it was more of a commotion, because the main owner was sitting in front of them.
"Mark, what do you say?" , reporters shifted their targets one after another and asked Mackin one after another.
"I have to say thank you to Coach Saadan for the compliment", he turned his head to the side and gestured to the side, and said with a smile: "What I have achieved now is still far from Zidane, he is a midfield superstar that I respect and we have a good relationship, but I am still young, I will not give myself a benchmark, I will only be Mark Harder"
It means that I will not become the second Zidane, I will only be the first Mackin first, as the successor of these superstars, it will only be good for the time of debut, and it will become a shackle after a long time, and the media does not know how many Maradona successors have been buried.
Therefore, as soon as Ma Qin hears similar questions, he will try his best to deny it, and now his own results can fully support his coffee position, and there is no need for cheap media to make these gimmicks.
Capello picked up the conversation at this point, and he didn't want the media to focus on Mackin, which could turn into pervasive pressure as the game progressed.
Anyone in England can be out of order, but Mack Can't, and as soon as he has a problem, England's midfield will immediately be lowered by a notch, or more than one.
After so many years in football, how could he not know the importance of "we played very well today", he said, "We managed to get out of the quagmire of the first game, we are on the right path......
"James finally reappeared as a butter hand, will England change the goalkeeper in the next game?" , the journalist is clearly not interested in those clichés.
"It was just a small mistake, we'll go back and summarize it and see if there's anything we can improve on," Capello continued, but he had already sentenced James to death.
"Mark, was your free-kick combination with Rooney rehearsed or improvised?" Seeing that Capello couldn't put anything out of his mouth, the reporter turned his firepower to Mackin again.
"It's improvisation," he says directly, "It's a bit far away, so I discussed it with Vane, and thankfully, it turned out well."
He didn't have to fight for free throws in Tirooney, and there was no need to make a big deal out of it on a winning day.
After the press conference, England did not stay any longer and returned to the training site overnight, and the time was so tight that they could only stay for three days before rushing to the next stadium.
The final round was the start of the two matches in the group at the same time, and Slovenia must not be taken lightly when they did not completely lose hope.
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The Times: England has redeemed itself, the MR combination is amazingly powerful, England won as they wished, and they were promoted to the top of the group!
The Guardian: The MR combination is powerful, Mark plays god-level data, and England has a bright future!
Roma Sport: Mark saves England and he can dominate the game alone.
"Kicker": Capello changes formation, the true core returns, and he has found the real key to England.
Marca: Europe's major bookmakers have raised England's odds to win the tournament overnight.
Team Newspaper: There are also discord scandals within the team, but compared to England's strong recovery, France's prospects are worrying, can Domenech cut through the mess as quickly as Capello?
This was the case in the media, and after a big win, England quickly became the favourites to win the title, as if all the negative news that preceded the game was gone.
The atmosphere in the team was also much more relaxed, and during the training the next morning, photos of various players talking and laughing spread all over the front pages of major media along with the news.
Joe Hart unsurprisingly secured the starting goalkeeper position in training, which is estimated to be the case for a team like England that has changed three goalkeepers in three games in the group stage.
They accidentally set another embarrassing record.
Terry returned to the starting line-up in training and kept a low profile, and after the big win, it is estimated that no one in this team will be able to challenge Capello's authority, and Terry has also extinguished the idea of captaincy.
He was partnered by Carragher, who was very solid in the last game and won Capello's trust.
With only Rooney's position, Capello can't make up his mind, and the best candidate to replace Rooney is, of course, Gerrard.
But Gerrard goes to the left, and whoever plays on the right and can take care of the defense in the back area, he has a headache.
Do you use a striker or a wing-back? No matter who you use, you can't do it like Gerrard, who can play both offense and defense and do it well.
Meanwhile, in a hotel in Johannesburg, not far from England's training base, Jonathan entertained Zinedine Zidane in his suite's office.
After Mackqin's two consecutive highlight performances, Lafayette obviously couldn't sit still, and wanted to finalize Mackqin's transfer agreement as soon as possible.
The main thing is the price, Lafayette is also a little timid, Mack Qin continues to perform in such a row, God knows how much it will cost in the end.
It's the World Cup!
Here can be a previously penniless player overnight to shout a star price of 30 million.
Real Madrid did prepare a lot of money to operate, but Galeries Lafayette now has no bottom in his heart.
Ronaldo didn't score a goal, Messi didn't score a goal, these two benchmarks are here, how can Mark Qin count 2 goals and 3 assists in two games?
What if you make it to the top 8, the top 4, the final, and the championship?
In the eyes of the businessman, nothing is impossible, only different prices, but this price now makes him a little bottomless.
"Zidan, sit," Jonathan said with a smile, gesturing to the sofa opposite.
"I understand what you mean", Jonathan poured a glass of wine with a red face and handed it to Zidane.
He has now been thoroughly promoted to one of several top agents, and Mack's status is his status.
Otherwise, he would not have been able to hand over the hundreds of players under his command to his partners and the company, and follow Makqin everywhere by himself.
"But let's be honest", Jonathan sat down and crossed his legs, "no one can influence Mark's thoughts, including me"
"So it's impossible to finalize the details now, we can only talk about the general intention, and whatever the results of the World Cup are achieved by Mark, he will definitely make a decision after the end, I'm sure of that"
Zidane looked down and thought about it, he had guessed this result before he came, so he asked: "Is Mark inclined now, and have any other competitors approached you?"
"Hehe", Jonathan said with a smile, "Zidan, you don't understand what I mean, the rest is not important, what matters is Mark's decision, even if he wants to go to a promoted horse after the World Cup, I can't influence his decision"
"Of course, this probability is very small, so, don't worry, with my relationship with Real Madrid, I will definitely try to convince him"
I guess you and others said the same thing, Zidane returned in vain, said goodbye and left, Jonathan picked up the ice cubes on the plate and added them to the wine glass in front of him.
Smiling, sit firmly on the Diaoyutai ......