Volume VI Chapter 39 The Great War between England and France
A pair of twins (mascots) dressed in red and yellow jerseys pop up from the TV from time to time, with the event logo with the word "EURO2012", which is the hottest existence of this summer.
Two games a day, the game is in full swing, and fans all over the world have stayed up for three nights or early in the morning, and for domestic fans, maybe today, their European Championship will officially begin.
Because tonight, at 12 o'clock in the morning to be exact, Mackin will make his debut!
The hottest superstar on the planet, the youngest winner of Mr. Golden Ball, the king of the World Cup in South Africa, will take LinkedIn Gran to officially attack the European Cup.
Can he completely rewrite an era?
The Khutnik training ground in Krakow, surrounded by many media, is full of this question, maybe not a question, but an expectation!
The centennial anticipation, just like the expectation of Gascoigne at the 1996 European Championship in England, they are looking forward to the emergence of heroes to turn the tide and write a new legend!
The first game of the group stage was crucial, with a stake in the qualification and against France, so Capello offered his old method: training behind closed doors.
Don't go out at night!
After the World Cup, the French team changed their coach, and even changed a large number of national team players, to suppress the scandal of infighting in the World Cup in South Africa, and now their coach is the national legend Blanco.
That's right, it's the central defender who was in the same era as Zidane and loved to kiss goalkeeper Butts's bald head.
This game can be said to be a rehearsed battle for the top spot in the group in advance, because in terms of strength, Ukraine and Sweden are far from these two teams.
Speaking of the Great War between Britain and France, the history can be described as long.
It can even be said that the history of football across the entire European continent has to start with the third FIFA president, Remet.
That's right, the same Frenchman who founded the World Cup and ended up naming the World Cup trophy after him.
Jules Remet!
In the early days, England, as the originator of modern football, could basically be said to have beaten all over Europe as an invincible opponent and sought defeat alone.
In order to develop the level of football in his country, Remet, who was the president of FIFA at the time, advocated the annual English and French football invitational tournaments, which were basically held every year in the middle and early of the last century.
Just like the China-Korea Invitational Tournament in the past, the banner must be to learn from each other and make progress together.
But at that time, the level of the French team was not even an English opponent, and it could only be said that it was an apprentice who was abused every year.
It was not until the eighties and nineties of the last century that the successive rise of Platini and Zidane really allowed French football to catch up with England, and even in recent years, there has been a trend of catching up.
Since then, the two teams have won and lost each other, and both have become an important force in European football, which can be regarded as fulfilling Remet's original expectations.
Therefore, compared with the long-cherished wish of Britain and Germany, which involves the nation and history, Britain and France are the oldest showdown on the European continent, and it is a pure competition for a hundred years, without grudges.
If before South Africa, the English media still felt that it was a little unbearable to be surpassed by France's apprentice, then after the World Cup in South Africa, they were completely relieved.
It's a bit of a subtlety that your master is still your master.
This is also the reason why many foreign media claimed that Mackin was England's Zidane during his time in South Africa, but the English media never mentioned this stubble.
What are you kidding, wouldn't that admit that France has a higher football status than England? Beckenbauer is even more unlikely, he can only be the successor of Charlton in England, the unique St. Mark!
If he helped England win the European Championships, he would be the first of its kind.
The Emperor of Football in England!
That's right, your own Emperor of Germany, our Emperor of England and our own, have nothing to do with you.
The Times: The Anglo-French war is about to take place again, and it's time to tell France that the England you used to know and fear has returned!
Since England did not participate in Euro 08 and France exited early in South Africa, the last time the two teams met was back in the Zidane era before the 06 World Cup.
At that time, Zidane and Pire, they were excited to suppress England, and the French were probably as happy as the national football team finally caught up with South Korea.
To say that England was not angry at that time, because in the last three duels, they all lost, and they couldn't raise their heads under Zidan's internal pressure, and they couldn't be hard if they wanted to.
Now, at last, the time has come when they can raise their eyebrows!
France Football: We need to prove that France is still among the strongest teams in European football, especially against England, and the glory that Zidane's era fought for cannot be lost in this generation!
Zidane and other celebrities have also come out to express their opinions, although he has a good relationship with Mackqin, but when it comes to his motherland, any affection has to stand aside.
"We used to make England fear us, Blanco knows that, the lads need to get out of the South African nightmare, it's about our glory and our dignity!" , he said in an interview about his thoughts on the game.
"Limit Mark's play, get the best out of us, stick together and give up selfishness, so that we can overcome England, which is so strong today......"
At around 12 noon, England, which departed from Krakow, Poland in the morning, arrived in Donetsk, Ukraine, on time, and the bus prepared in advance for the European Cup took them from the airport to the hotel where they stayed.
"Oh..., Mark...", "England...", "Kill the French team......"
When they arrived at the hotel and got off the bus, the fans who had been waiting at the door immediately gave a warm cheer, holding the England flag and cheering.
The weather is beautiful, the sun is shining brightly, and the summer in Ukraine is no different from the summer around us.
Dressed in a cool white T-shirt and pulling on a duffel bag, he smiled and waved at the ubiquitous fans, then stopped inside the cordon to sign autographs and give a brief interview.
"I'm not a stranger to this place," he says with a smile, "I've been here when I played Ukraine in the World Cup qualifiers and when I was absent from work at the club against Donetsk"
"Have you decided on your starting tactics and can you predict the outcome of this game against France?" , the reporter asked.
"You have to ask Capello about the starter, the French team is a strong team, but we will go all out to win", after saying that, he followed the big team directly into the hotel door.
In fact, last night, Capello announced the starting lineup at the team meeting, he fully learned the lessons of the World Cup in South Africa, and did not dare to play any more studs two hours before the game.
Goalkeeper: Joe Hart
Defenders: Ashley Cole, John Terry, Rio Ferdinand, Glen Johnson
Midfielders: Barry, Lampard, Mackqin, Wayne Rooney, Gerrard
Center: Carroll
Except for Ferdinand and Carroll, the others are the absolute main force of the World Cup in South Africa, and in the face of France, Capello chose to seek stability, because these people are most familiar with Mackin.
But it's not without its worries, six of the starters are over 31, Frank Lampard and Rio Ferdinand are 34, and their athleticism and fitness have dropped significantly.
So Capello once talked to Macqin about this problem during the training camp, which meant that he should not bring the rhythm too fast, otherwise the veterans of this gang will fall apart.
The years are not forgiving, for this, Ma Qin is also conscious, he has slowly moved towards the peak, but these people are old, and only experience and mental stability can be relied on them.
That's why Capello will bring Carroll at 22, Welbeck at 21 and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain at 19, and he is looking for talent for England's next generation of attacking lines that can partner with Mackloin.
While these people are not yet completely old!
Two hours before the game, many media outlets finally got England's starting list.
"Oh, let Carroll, a young rookie who is playing in the World Series for the first time, play as a center forward, or start against France, I have to say that Capello is very aggressive"
This time, the live broadcast team sent by England is unprecedentedly strong, Lineker, Wilson, Alan Shearer, McManaman, if it weren't for Peterson and Sky Sports having an anchor contract, it is estimated that they would have to come over.
There are also two other sub-groups responsible for broadcasting other games, and there are countless media reporters.
Obviously, the English government has started the idea of football to stimulate the economy again, and the benefits brought to them by the World Cup are still unfinished.
Wilson replied to Lineker: "Capello brought Carroll to replace Crouch, and our style of play needs a center forward to free Rooney and give Mark as a fulcrum."
'Carroll has been very good at Newcastle this season and has been hailed as Shearer's successor, and he has really shown more talent than Crouch'
Alan Shearer nodded when he heard this, and said: "This young man has the physicality required of a first-class centre-forward, and he is not slow, and I have been keeping an eye on him"
"It's a great learning opportunity for him and if he can play a good role in Rooney and Marc, I think it's a huge success for him."
At this time, Carol was full of great surprise and expectation, and stared blankly at the Bath Arena not far away.
It is also the home of the Donetsk absenteeism team.
They've arrived!
"Hey, Andy, it's time to get off," Mark said with a smile as he patted him on the shoulder as he passed by his seat.
Looking at his stupid appearance, he must be looking forward to his first start in the European Cup, this big man, I hope not to fail like in Liverpool in his previous life, Mark Qin thought to himself.
"Huh? Oh! Hey", Carol scratched her head, turning her gaze back from the beautiful stadium and the noisy crowd outside the car, "It's so beautiful, I just looked stunned"
With its beautiful musical fountains, blue technologically dreamy façade, and infrared heating system, the home stadium built by the Donetsk absentee boss for 320 million is certainly beautiful.
Especially now that the sun is setting, the sky is getting dark, and the lights are all on, it is even more amazing.
But Macqin knows that what he is more amazing is actually his opportunity this time, he just played the absolute main force in the club, and he played the main force of the national team smoothly!
You must know that this is a World Cup champion team, no matter how you look at it, it is a rhythm of a winner in life.
"Relax, let's go," Mark Qin laughed.
Like a veteran, he exuded a kind of pampered calmness, and when the car door opened, the noisy "boom" outside pierced the eardrum.
He put on his headset again, chewed gum in his mouth, and followed his teammates into the long tunnel of players.
"Let's get to the locker room and change our gear, we have to warm up, the lawn here is relatively short, we all use short spikes," said Gary Neville, who got into work as he walked with the information sheet.
Capello has brought him to the assistant coach's team at this European Championship, just as South Africa did with David Beckham.
With the arrival of another bus, the first round of Group D, the battle between Britain and France, is about to start......