Chapter 653: Opponent Turkey
The group stage is over, and the matter of the aunt's towel has finally come to an end, and everyone has focused on the next knockout round, otherwise Rooney may continue to go out without face.
In Group A, Portugal and Turkey ranked first and second in the group and successfully qualified;
In Group B, England and Germany also had no suspense to break out;
In this way, the matchup in the first half of the zone has also come out, with Portugal, the first in Group A, against Germany, the second in Group B; England, on the other hand, will face Turkey, with the winners of the two groups advancing to the semi-finals and battling it out for a place in the final.
In Group C of the Group of Death, the Netherlands qualified with a bang, Italy defeated France in the final round of the group stage and qualified with difficulty, while France was embarrassed with one draw and two losses, and the performance was not as good as Sweden;
Spain in Group D also had a strong performance, finishing first in the group, while Croatia secured another qualifying spot.
Then there is the head-to-head battle between the two teams that have qualified from the CD.
Compared with the group stage, after the European Championship entered the knockout stage, the excitement suddenly appeared, and the world paid attention.
Speaking of which, England are lucky, as Turkey are almost the weakest opponents in the quarter-finals and will hardly pose a real threat to England.
The strong dialogue between Germany and Portugal, and the summit duel between Spain and Italy, this is already equivalent to the final level of the European Championship.
If you follow the trend of other teams in previous lives, England's route is already in front of you.
After eliminating Turkey, there will be a bloody battle against Germany, and finally a championship match with Spain.
The European Cup, and even more exciting than the World Cup, in a sense, is precisely because of these rare peak matchups.
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Fortunately, England did not need to change the field, and the contest with Turkey was still in Vienna, so there was no need to travel tiredly, and only needed to welcome Turkey with leisure.
On the England training ground, the players in training had relaxed expressions, talking and laughing, and obviously did not take Turkey seriously.
At least in the eyes of the vast majority of fans, Turkey is not a traditional giant and a strong team, at most it is second-rate in Europe, and it is definitely good news for England to be able to meet Turkey.
However, Vardy did not have any good feelings about Turkey, as he had since been in his previous life.
The Turks traced back to ancient times, that is, the Turkic iron horsemen, who had the impression of burning, killing and looting all kinds of evil, and were no different from the barbarians, and were probably equated with the African cannibal natives.
In football, what impresses Turkey the most is probably their devilish home atmosphere, which is really no different from hell.
Speaking from facts, it's not nonsense that Jamie Vardy went to Turkey to play away in the Champions League when he was at Manchester United and almost didn't die scared to death there.
From the moment the plane landed in Turkey, it was harassed and attacked by Turkish football hooligans, where is this still like a civilized society?
At that time, Vardy and Turkey were married, and although it was just a personal act of one club, it should not be forgotten that the style of their whole country is probably like this, a raccoon dog.
In this game, Turkish fans will never be so honest.
This is not for Vardy's unfounded reasons, as Turkish fans have already clashed with English fans in Vienna a few times, even on a large scale, when the Turkish team felt Vienna.
The name of the English football hooligan is well known, but the Turkish football hooligan is not bad, and in a sense, the football hooligans of the two countries, and even the most troublesome fans in world football, can go hand in hand.
England has good results and great hopes of winning the championship, and England fans are naturally overjoyed, while Turkish fans can't see it, and they are unconvinced and provoked to England fans, and this is how the conflict started.
England fans were not at all frightened by the provocation, on the contrary, they were already overjoyed.
How dare anyone mess with our football hooligans in England?
As a result, the conflict intensified, and even fans of the two teams fighting together could be seen everywhere on the streets of Vienna.
The Vienna police dispatched countless riot police, but they were unable to bring the situation under control, and facing the football hooligans of both teams may be a problem in world football.
There are many fans in England, so they usually don't suffer, so the official statement of England is not salty or light, only saying that it will restrain fans, but the actual effect is not visible at all.
Turkey is the type that becomes more and more courageous, although it is beaten enough with less fights and more beatings, but it is still not convinced, and always wants to retaliate again.
Therefore, the conflict cannot be stopped at all.
UEFA can't see this situation, and strictly ordered the FA and the Turkish Football Federation to restrain their fans, otherwise they will impose the harshest penalties on both teams.
To be honest, no one takes the FA's words seriously, at most it is a penalty, who cares!
Could UEFA still ban England and Turkey?
There is absolutely no precedent for this!
And UEFA didn't dare to do that.
Of course, Turkey's side still took action, at least don't provoke English football hooligans casually, because it's not like being beaten up all the time.
Although the conflict subsided, the hatred between the fans of the two teams could not be resolved.
The football hooligans on both sides are quite reasonable, just the fans saw the conflict, and did not let the opposing team go, otherwise it would not be just a conflict, and it might even turn into a world war.
You can imagine what kind of atmosphere it will be in the stadium.
It would be interesting if the fans of the two teams were to fight in the stands.
Jamie Valdy didn't mind adding a fuel to the fan clash as he had been watching Turkey and Turkish fans unhappy for a long time.
"Many people say that there are a lot of hooligans in English football, but I have never seen it, I only see law-abiding fans abroad, they love football and love life, but if someone really deliberately provokes, then no one will be indifferent!"
When asked by reporters during the interview, Vardy did not shy away from answering.
Since there is no problem with English football, there is a problem with someone, and obviously, the problem is the Turkish fans.
As soon as this statement came out, Vardy was immediately regarded as a thorn in the side of Turkish fans, who hated to kill him quickly.
But does Vardy care?
Apparently don't care!
He still remembers the inhumane treatment he suffered when he played away from home in Turkey, and it was not so simple to want Vardy to forget his hatred.
He's still thinking about cleaning up Turkey!
In fact, Vardy is not the only one who thinks this way, several of Manchester United's players are extremely unhappy with Turkey, and although it is the Turkish fans who do it, it is the team that will definitely take the blame in the end.
And the other players are also not very good at dealing with Turkey, and every team goes to Turkey to play away without being attacked by Turkish fans?
Therefore, Turkey can be said to be a rat crossing the street in world football, and everyone shouts and beats.
During training, although the atmosphere in the team was relaxed, the players were full of energy in their hearts and were ready to vent on Turkey.
Speaking of Turkey's strength, it can only be regarded as second-rate, Vardy is very suspicious of how they reached the semi-finals of the European Cup in their previous life, this result is simply a second-class strength for them, but they played at a super level and were admitted to Tsinghua University!
If you talk about names, then Vardy may have heard of a few such as Turan, Altentop, Nihat, etc., but if they meet, Vardy may not recognize any of them.
In other words, Turkey, like Poland, the last opponent in the group stage, is a mysterious division.
Perhaps the only thing that can be done is the ugly reputation of Turkish fans.
There was a four-day gap between the group stage and the knockout rounds, and Heynckes was humane enough to give the players a day off.
So the players and their wives converged, and the streets of Vienna were filled with the shadows of their show of affection and love for dog food.
In addition to the star couple of Beckham and Victoria, the most concerned of them are Vardy and Yelena, if you purely talk about popularity, Vardy is not inferior.
And Victoria, the background of Vardy's hidden super-rich, is known, so Sister-in-law Bei, who is good at sociability, is very happy to contact Valdido, so when she hangs out, it is four people together.
Elena and Victoria exchange beauty and makeup tips, which are essential for women of all levels, and soon get closer.
And Vardy and Beckham looked at the two people who were already sisters, and couldn't help but shake their heads and smile, they really don't understand girls.
"David, what are your plans for next season?" Vardy couldn't help but ask Beckham.
Beckham has been playing in the major leagues for a season, and there, closer to Hollywood, is a good place for Beckham to retire if he wants to develop into the entertainment industry in the future.
But England today is very different from England in the past.
Vardy, the first person in world football, is an Englishman, with the presence of Vardy, England has the strength to win the tournament, plus the addition of Heynckes can be regarded as making up for England's tactical shortcomings, England has suddenly become a hot championship favorite, whether it is the European Cup or the World Cup.
In this way, if Beckham continues to play in the second-rate major leagues, it will be very detrimental to the maintenance of competitive state, so that it is difficult to say whether Beckham can play in the World Cup two years later, you know, at that time, Beckham was 35 years old and an out-and-out veteran.
Vardy's question left Beckham stunned for a moment, then fell into a brief silence.
"It's hard to say now, if I still don't have a major championship when I retire, I'm afraid I'm unwilling, let's watch this European Championship first, if we do win the championship, then I choose to come back and join a team in a major league to maintain my form, and I am also eager to participate in the World Cup in two years!"