Volume 4 Chapter 8 Intensive training warm-up, troops sent to South Africa
Mexico are also part of the World Cup, but they are in Group A, while England are in Group C, and they will play in the opening match against South Africa.
The new Wembley Stadium, although it was only a warm-up game, England fans have shown their enthusiasm for the World Cup.
It is reported that by the moment the World Cup really opens, hundreds of thousands of England will go to South Africa, and every game in England may be able to see tens of thousands of their fans in the stands.
England are the pseudo-favourites before every international tournament in football, and thanks to the popularity of the Premier League since its establishment, English football has become familiar to fans all over the world.
After the rise of Gascoigne, the wind-chasing teenager Owen, and the heartthrob Beckham in the 90s, they attracted countless fans for the England national team.
But they dropped the chain as soon as they arrived at the tournament, and I don't know where they learned this problem, and today's performance showed the fans their familiar England again.
"Shit, is this England?" If the new Wembley was still in a crazy World Cup enthusiasm in the first half, the 0:1 score at halftime was like pouring cold water on their heads.
At the start of the second half, the stands were full of whispers, and the furious qualifying journey had whetted the appetite of the fans, this England was the best in more than a decade, the three lines of superstars matured, the new generation has been revealed, and their goal is the sea of stars!
Isn't that what the media says, top coaches, most of the positions have superstars, not to mention MR combinations, there is no reason why they are not popular.
"There are a few main players who are not playing, the team may be adjusting their form, don't worry", a little patient fans can only put the reason down to the absence of Rio Ferdinand, Barry and Mackqin.
The Mexican team, most of the players are from China, there are only a few members of the five major leagues, and perhaps the most famous are the defender Marquez, who used to play for Barcelona, Blanco, who became famous in 98, and the little Zhengtai Bella, who was raised by Wend.
Judging from the fame of the players, the English players threw them ten streets, but this was not the case on the field, they did not have the advantage, but were at a disadvantage.
The fluid attacking coordination in the qualifiers was gone, and the top scorer with the most goals, Wayne Rooney, was also out of form, and when he finally silenced the stands when he fired another long-range shot from outside the box, he himself was unhappy.
'Wayne Rooney seems to be in trouble and he has been unable to find his form in the last two months,' Lineker said, 'for a striker he needs to break the goal drought as soon as possible to regain his confidence, England cannot do without him'
The camera has been focused on Mackin sitting in the stands behind the bench more than once, and Capello has made it clear before the game that Mackin will not play.
Wilson said: "When Mark is not on the field, the double German problem is quite obvious in this game, but Capello should be helping the players find form, and the warm-up in one or two games doesn't say much"
Mackin also saw that the team was not playing well, but Capello was still sitting in the coach's seat, and they were also mentally prepared.
"I'm sitting in the stands at the new Wembley, it's our first warm-up game for the World Cup, Mexico are North American powerhouses and will help us prepare for our first opponent in the group stage, the USA, and now we're training hard and adjusting to the World Cup."
"I'm using my iPhone to send you a message right now, I didn't play in this game, because the team doctor said that my muscles are a little tired, it's not an injury, don't guess, the fans don't guess, this is the coaching staff's protection for me, thank you to many fans for their support and care for me, I'm fine"
"Children's Day is coming, greetings to the young fans who are about to celebrate the holiday, I wish you a happy childhood"
After editing it, Mackin sent it out, which is his official account on Instagram, and attached an instant selfie, and his logistics team immediately translated this passage into several languages and synchronized it to other platforms.
As soon as the message was sent, it instantly received tens of thousands of replies and hundreds of thousands of likes, the World Cup as a global country to participate in the event, the mobilization of fans is not comparable to a certain league, just through social media, Makqin felt the atmosphere rushing to his face.
"Don't worry, Wayne, be patient", the first time Capello got up from the dugout was when Rooney was replaced, when England was already down 0:2, and in the second half, Capello simply changed seven players together, and the game was even more chaotic.
Rooney looked unhappy, he didn't know why he was in such a bad state, the team doctor said that he was in good health, that is, the mentality, no one can do this kind of thing.
Mack Qin stepped forward and reached out to pat him, comforting him, "Wayne, don't worry, the feeling of scoring will come back", Rooney felt that he was about to cry.
Sometimes this is true, it's okay to stay quietly alone, the more comforted others are, the more uncomfortable they feel, in fact, it all comes from fear, when the club doesn't score, you can also fantasize about finding form in the national team, but once the national team doesn't play well, the last straw falls.
In the end, Capello took the new national team, and in the first warm-up game of the World Cup, under the noses of more than 80,000 fans at the new Wembley, he lost a 0:2 cleanly, and there was nothing to make people imagine that they could win the World Cup.
'The fans have to be patient, we've only just started training, the players have just come out of a busy season, it takes time to adjust, we don't have any problems,' said Capello in his post-match interview.
As soon as the game was over, England took a chartered flight back to Ildenin, and even those who were in London were not given a few hours off to go home to see their wives and children, and morale on the plane was a little low.
Immediately after returning to Ildenin, it was another training session, and Mackin felt that he had slowly adapted to the plateau climate, and his breathing was not so bad, but the fatigue of his body had worsened, and the coaching staff and team doctor said that this was a normal phenomenon, and he would get better when the World Cup began.
It's still a team of 30 men, but the enthusiasm for training has been noticeably higher in the past few days, because Capello will need to announce the final 23-man squad after the game against Egypt.
Barry's injury has healed and he is available against Egypt, Rio Ferdinand is still training and watching alone, and he is also working hard to catch up with the World Cup.
The mountains continued to be sunless and moonless, and a few days later, charter planes packed up all the England players again and delivered them to London's new Wembley Stadium.
The Times: The game against Egypt was a good morale boost for England, and Capello will announce his final World Cup squad after the game.
The Telegraph: England are likely to play with their strongest squad today, with Barry and Mark both returning in midfield.
Then in the expectation of the full-court fans, England continued to stumble to win 2-1, and Mackin played 30 minutes in the second half without accomplishment.
The goal relied on Terry's header and an own goal from the opponent, and then the glass heart of the England fans couldn't sit still, and after the game, together with the media, they were asking what happened to England now?
Mackin didn't run much, not because he didn't want to run, but because his legs were like lead, heavy, and his performance was naturally not much better, and Rooney still didn't find a feeling.
The FA was involved in the whole preparation plan, so the media questioning could not shake Capello's position, and the FA immediately stood up for Capello.
"I have a bad feeling that the group stage may not go as smoothly as expected", the Internet was immediately flooded with a lot of fan posts, "Even Mark has played, England is still playing a piece of"
The grouping of the World Cup in South Africa is basically very even, there is no group of death in the absolute sense, except for Group G Brazil, Ivory Coast, Portugal, which is barely one, England fans are very confident in the team's first group qualification, and after watching two warm-up games, I am a little skeptical.
"Guys, we have to keep the faith and ignore the rumours out there, I believe we are on the right path", said David Beckham, who was reassuring Capello in the dressing room after the game, and he has that credential as a veteran captain.
By the time they returned to Ildenin, the long-awaited final list was finally released, and everyone knew that some of the marginalized figures had been defeated, but Husky and Walcott were not selected, which was a bit of a surprise.
England's final 23-man squad is as follows:
Goalkeepers: James, Green, Hart
Defenders: Glen Johnson, Joe Cole, Terry, Volnock, Upson, Carragher, Ledley King, Brown.
Midfielders: Lennon, Lampard, Joe Cole, Barry, Milner, Wright, Mack, Carrick
Forwards: Krach, Rooney, Defoe, Darren Bent
Rio Ferdinand worked hard until the last minute before the doctor said no, his knee injury looked so serious that it was impossible for England to waste a place in the group stage.
There was a lot of disturbance for a while, especially Walcott, who was frustrated, Lennon and his performance in the qualifiers were half a pound, but Lennon was not as good as him, and Mackin didn't understand why Capello chose Lennon.
"Don't be discouraged, you're still young," his teammates hugged and said goodbye to the players who would leave directly, and Mackin said to Walcott.
"Good luck", Walcott was demoralized and not being able to play in the World Cup would be a huge blow to any player.
In addition to getting Capello's reassuring phone call afterwards, they can easily go on vacation this summer, unless they catch up with an injury and make a temporary substitution.
After entering June, the whole England team has been in Ildenin for more than ten days, and a few days ago they finally ended the anaerobic training of large amounts of exercise and began to run in tactics, the team's style of play has been formed in the qualifiers, and Capello will not change easily.
This kind of closed life with no family and no entertainment, after more than two weeks, even Mackin felt a little boring, let alone others, but fortunately, it was finally over.
Five days before the World Cup, they flew directly to Tokyo, Japan, where they will play their final warm-up match against the Japanese national team before flying straight to South Africa.
David Beckham has heard of his popularity in Japan, but he was a bit surprised by the popularity that Mackin received at airports and stadiums, and after going to the UK, he has returned to Asia very few times, and has not really experienced his popularity in Asia.
Mackin still only played 30 minutes in this game, Capello can be said to spare no effort to protect him, the state of the England team recovered a little in this game, but Rooney and Mackqin were unable to score, the final score was 0:0, they ended the World Cup warm-up journey with one win, one draw and one loss.
After the game, they flew straight to Johannesburg, South Africa, and the World Cup was about to start......