Chapter 538: Embarking on a Journey
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In recent days, he has been doing well on the training pitch, but in the dressing room, he has rarely communicated with his team-mates, more because the team's brunette has returned, which makes him feel depressed.
As a star, Carragher is anything but stupid, and he understands his situation.
In the last Champions League final, he was kicked into the hospital by Wang Li, until this time this scene is still deeply imprinted in his mind, and due to injury for half a year, he almost failed to be selected for the England team, if it is not for the outstanding performance after Christmas, Liverpool's results are also very good, I am afraid he will not be selected by McClaren for the national team.
Now that he's in the England squad, he has the chance to play with them at the World Cup.
That's good news, at least for Carragher.
However, the first problem facing Carragher now is how to get along with the team's brunette boy, and he doesn't know what to do yet.
This English strong man must be depressed in his heart, his strength is good, but his position in the England team can never be compared with Wang Li, he understands his position very well, if he really clashes with that black-haired boy, then it will definitely be himself who leaves, the media and fans will not give him a little retention, and will even angrily scold him as the pest of the England team.
Such a situation is really helpless, but this is the case in football, there is strength to have status.
Therefore, Carragher has been hesitant lately, although his performance in training is quite normal, but when he gets along with his teammates outside of training, he is not as active and cheerful as a few days ago.
Actually, he knows what he should do, and the best option for him is to shake hands with the team's brunette boy, at least during this World Cup. In this way, the conflict between the two will at least not affect the results of the England team, nor will it affect his status in the England team, which is the best for him.
And in his heart, he also knew that in the last Champions League final, everything was indeed provoked by him, although he was still a little indignant about his cultivation for half a year, but after half a year, these resentments have also faded a little.
In other words, Carragher wanted to shake hands with Wang Li, but he didn't have a step down, the man's face problem, so that he would not take the initiative to compromise with Wang Li, which would make him 'looked down on' by his teammates, after all, no matter how the conflict between the two happened, but Carragher was the most unlucky victim.
'A victim initiates a handshake with the perpetrator? Even if he was expelled from the England team, Carragher would not do that because it would make him lose face
The teammates are full of worries about the relationship between these two people, and the most important thing is that this matter involves Wang Li.
As the most important member of the England team now, any thing about Wang Li is a big deal, and this kind of contradiction in the dressing room is a very serious matter.
Because it's not just about the team's unity, it's also about how the team plays in the game.
But in fact, Wang Li didn't take it seriously at all.
For him, he didn't suffer in last year's European Cup. In that final, Chelsea not only won the trophy, but he himself was given a six-month 'leave', while Carragher was admitted to the hospital, where he stayed for six months.
This year's 'vacation', while allowing Wang Li to enjoy life, has too little impact on his own reputation, and Real Madrid won the treble this season, what else does he have to complain about and be dissatisfied with?
However, he also knew about it, but he didn't take the initiative to adjust.
In any case, the last incident was always provoked by the Liverpool player, he just passively counterattacked, well, it should be said that at least he himself thinks so, from the beginning to the end, he did not do anything wrong.
So why did he take the initiative to reconcile with Carragher?
As for the impact of this incident on Carragher, this is not something Wang Li needs to consider. In the team, he is not the coach or the captain of the team, and even without Carragher, Wang Li does not feel that the strength of the England team in his own team will drop much, he has this confidence in himself, so he does not pay attention to these at all.
As a result, the atmosphere in training for England remained the same.
On this day, some reporters from major newspapers, magazines and websites entered the interior of Wembley Stadium to film the England team's preparation for the training match.
Since May 23, when the England team gathered for training, McClaren has been conducting closed training, and such training is not allowed to be interviewed by reporters. Now, when Wang Li and David Beckham return to the team, it has become difficult to turn down interviews.
Because the influence of the two of them is too great.
If it was still closed training, then the media in England would have been noisy. As head coach, McLaren is sure to be under a lot of verbal attack.
He didn't want to see such a scene, so today he ordered the staff to open the court.
The training on this day was the same as usual, in the England team, the training that the players did was some tactical training and the tacit cooperation of the players. This is mainly because the players in the team are all from different teams, and the tacit cooperation between them is the most important thing.
As for technical improvements? If you don't have the ability, you can't join the team.
After some light training in the morning, McClaren arranged an internal training match in the afternoon, and only a real game can strengthen the cooperation between the players.
Wang Li is, of course, the main party.
In the main team, the other players are Thomas, David Beckham, Gary. Players such as Neville, Owen and, most importantly, Carragher were also placed in the main team.
Seeing such a situation, Beckham's heart was a little nervous, and he felt that under the eyes of many media, the contradictions between Wang Li and Carragher were likely to be exposed.
His hunch came true.
There is certainly no problem with the technical strength of the players of the main team, the offense and defense are generally training and cooperating, and the same is true for Wang Li, who reduces the time he spends with the ball and chooses more to cooperate with other players.
In one of the main team's attacks, Jamie. Carragher cut in for a dribble looking for an opportunity, while Wang Li used his speed to create a gap in the right corner of the penalty area.
The gap was obvious, but Carragher still passed the ball to David Beckham, who was following him.
One time doesn't mean anything, but in the following time, the media who noticed this found that Carragher would hardly pass the ball to Wang Li, and as a striker, Wang Li rarely had the opportunity to pass the ball to the backcourt.
Soon, almost everyone was aware of the problem, and even if Wang Li had a very good position, Carragher would not pass the ball.
This may not say too much, but the next scene on the court made everyone affirm this situation: in the backfield, Wang Li asked Thomas for the ball, and Thomas kicked Carragher and wanted the latter to pass over, but Carragher ignored Wang Li and drove the ball directly to the front court with a big foot!
This scene confirmed everyone's guess that there must be a contradiction between Carragher and Wang Li.
"Contradictions within the England team have emerged!!"
"The grudge between Carragher and Allen, the England team has a lot of contradictions before the war!!"
"Bad news before the World Cup!!"
On the second day, the topic immediately became the focus of the English media coverage, and compared to the hype at other times, this time it was a real concern for the whole English media, just because this is the England national team, and now it is about to face the World Cup.
In the week before the World Cup, there was such a problem within the team, how can the media and fans not worry?
They want to see a friendly England team that has the potential to win good results, and the tension in the dressing room is no small matter, and it is a matter of urgency for a team that is going to play a major tournament.
The Sun, a die-hard supporter of Wang, bore the brunt of the article, suggesting that McClaren should consider sacking Carragher: "There is a conflict within the England team, and this contradiction is also in the team's number one player, Allen. In Wang's case, this situation is worrying, for the sake of England's results, perhaps the team's head coach Mr. McClaren should consider firing Carragher, which is a bit unfair, but for the sake of England's results, a small sacrifice is necessary. ā
The London Morning Post's report made the 'expulsion of Carragher' a priority, and they felt that it was not even a 'small sacrifice': "We saw Carragher's rudeness in the Champions League a year ago, this ungentlemanly player is a completely reckless man, England may be stronger without him, and Allen is an indispensable member." Firing Carragher in exchange for a stronger team and internal harmony is the right thing to do. ā
These two media really support Wang Li and support the England team's expulsion of Carragher, while other media have more or less pointed the finger at Carragher when analyzing this matter, which can be seen from this point that in football, strength is the most important thing.
Not to mention how the conflict between them happened in the last Champions League final.
In the current situation, the two should be equal, but these media are still unanimously biased towards Wang Li, which explains the problem
In the midst of such a vigorous report, McLaren was also in a state of indecision. He didn't know what to do.
'Expelling Carragher? ā
The media thought it was simple, but it was difficult to make a decision on this matter as the head coach of the England team, because the contradiction between the two was not on the surface, and there was no reason for him to fire Carragher.
Even if the conflict between the two erupts, as a manager, he must be fair to each player, at least on the surface, otherwise it will definitely chill the other players.
Either way, the team is a whole and he can't make decisions so hastily.
So, he called the captain of the team, David Beckham, to inquire about the situation.
"Sir, leave this matter to me."
In the face of McLaren's inquiry, Beckham said affirmatively. In fact, he is ready to adjust to this, and if nothing else, this is Beckham's last World Cup trip, and he does not want such a strong England team to have poor results due to internal conflicts.
Just yesterday, he has already begun to think about it, in fact, it is not Wang Li who makes Beckham hesitate, the relationship between the two is very good, as long as he and Wang Li talk about this matter, he also believes that Wang Li will know what to do.
What is important is the Carragher side.
Beckham and Carragher are also not familiar with each other, and even the two are still a little contradictory, in a year ago, when England participated in the World Cup qualifiers, Beckham was in an away match with Poland?