Chapter 252: A Bright Future for England's Young People
Before the official announcement of England's squad for the match against Germany on August 22, Lee Tong-fan and the old madman Vinables watched the England Charity Shield final at Wembley Stadium on August 5, when the Blues Chelsea took on the Red Devils Manchester United!
The match was broadcast live to more than 60 countries around the world via satellite, and at Wembley Stadium, there were 87,754 fans to watch the scene, Li Tongfan and Venables were undoubtedly the two most eye-catching, and before the game started, the on-site commentator noticed Lao Li's presence:
“…… Hey, it's Crazy Lee, this game attracted the new national team manager to watch the game, Manchester United and Chelsea have a number of Three Lions internationals, including Wayne Rooney, Carrick, Ferdinand, Ashley Cole, Lampard, Terry, etc.......
Less than 19 seconds into the game, there was a convulsive exclamation from the stands, with Chelsea's forward partner Shepchenko and Didier Drogba combining to create a killer that Drogba's solo effort was saved by Reds goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar...... In the next game, the two sides attacked and defended each other, Wembley Stadium was full of sabre-rattling atmosphere, the players were desperate on the field, while the fans were watching him fight, and the on-site commentators used the arrival of Li Tongfan from time to time to say things - "...... Carrick's pass, whoa, misses, and the arrival of Crazy Lee made Carrick nervous? ”
“…… Ashley Cole's success in cutting off Ryan Giggs' feet and the Chelsea defender yelling at the fans were he expressing his fighting spirit to the madman Lee? ”
“…… Rooney took the ball, broke through, and was intercepted by Terry, in order to perform in front of the new coach of the national team, Chubby performed very hard today, but it was too sticky, and it backfired......"
Every time the commentator mentions the madman Lee, the broadcast camera will give Li Tongfan in the stands a close-up close-up, Li Tongfan in the camera is holding a notebook and constantly writing and drawing, and from time to time he discusses something with the assistant coach Venables around him, in the broadcast studios around the world, the commentators from all over the world who saw this scene said in unison: "It seems that the madman Li has fully integrated into the role he plays......
In the 28th minute of the first half, Wayne Rooney, who had been relying on his individual ability, finally changed his playing strategy, and after attracting a number of Chelsea defenders with the ball, he suddenly made a clever through ball, allowing the Argentine beast Carlos Teviz, who had just switched from West Ham United to Manchester United this season, to break the deadlock with a powerful shot into the top right corner of the goal...... The Red Devils took a one-goal lead and Wembley Stadium was in a state of hustle and bustle, with a hurricane of ice drifting across London, a messy chorus of boos from Chelsea fans and cheers from Manchester United fans...... And only 6 minutes later, it was Rooney who assisted Scholes to score a long-range goal, and this time even the on-site commentator exclaimed, but this old man still did not forget to talk about Li Tongfan at this time"...... goooooooooooal…… Wayne Rooney, a genius assist, Paul Scholes, a genius shot!! It was a genius show from start to finish!! Such a player is destined to be the soul of the national team, and the madman Li must have been moved by their genius performance......" The commentator's words were not finished, and the broadcast camera quickly focused on Li Tongfan in the stands, Lao Li was standing up and applauding Rooney's wonderful performance with a ** face, while Venables on the side was sitting on the chair smoking a cigar by himself, as if everything that happened on the field was a floating cloud...... At the end of the first half, Tunisia's commentator Niñis whimsically made an interesting sortie of the first half footage and exclaimed: "It's an interesting phenomenon, Crazy Lee got 15 close-up close-ups, while Ferguson and Mourinho combined only 10, it seems that the English are really paying attention to their most expensive manager ever......
Fight again!
Although the Reds took a 2-0 lead in the first half, the second half of the Charity Shield was a nightmare for them, as Ivory Coast's monster Didier Drogba single-handedly crushed the Red Devils' dream of winning the trophy - a long-range shot from 46 minutes and a penalty grabber in the box on 87 minutes leveled the aggregate score at 2-2!
And that's not even the weirdest thing, because in the penalty shoot-out that followed (and there was no extra-time on the Charity Shield), only one man converted the penalty into the opposition goal after seven rounds of penalty shoot-outs – and the Blues captain was the only one of the 14 to take his chance, helping Chelsea win the Charity Shield 3-2 on aggregate against Manchester United!
Ferguson's roar was clearly audible inside Wembley Stadium, what caused 13 top players to miss penalties?
It's weird!
After the game, it didn't matter if the score was won or lost, the Charity Shield was just a small exhibition match, and the eyes were always on the penalty shoot-out, which was an outrageous and surprising matchup...... Why do penalty shooters like Frank Lampard, Ashley Cole, Wayne Rooney, Paul Scholes and Michael Carrick miss the shot? In the end, the media and fans came to the unanimous opinion that because of the presence of Crazy Lee at Wembley Stadium, these players who were expected to be selected for the England national team trembled with purpose...... In the end, everyone came to an agreement that everywhere the madman Lee went, for better or worse, something strange would happen!
Less than 1 hour after the game, Li Tongfan announced his first national team list since joining the Three Lions, and it was also the list of players who played against the German national team on August 22:
Three goalkeepers - Joe Hart (20, Manchester City, loan at Rochdal in the Championship); Paul Robinson (27, Tottenham Hotspur); David James (37, Portsmouth); Seven defenders - Michel Manchioni (19, Chelsea, on loan at Queens Park Rangers), Philip Neville (30, Everton), Lescott (24, Everton); John Terry (27, Chelsea); Anton Ferdinand (21, West Ham United); Rio Ferdinand (29, Manchester United), Ashley Cole (27, Chelsea); 11 midfielders - David Beckham (32, Real Madrid), Gareth Barry (25, Aston Villa); Michelle Carrick (25, Manchester United), Knight Phillips (25, Chelsea), Joe Cole (25, Chelsea), Steven Gerrard (26, Liverpool), Theo Walcott (17, Arsenal), Ashley Young (22, Aston Villa), Alan Smith (27, Newcastle), Downing (22, Middlesbrough), Frank Lampard (28, Chelsea); The forward five - Pete Crouch (25, Liverpool), Wayne Rooney (21, Manchester United), Daniel Styrich (17, Manchester City Under-18s), Darren Bent (22, Tottenham Hotspur), Abonlaho (20, Aston Villa...... After the much-anticipated 26-man list came out, it was quickly reprinted by major European media, and the controversy began!
The 17-year-old Walcoat is understandably selected because of his talent, participation in the '06 World Cup, and guaranteed to play at the giants Arsenal, but there are the biggest doubts about the selection of Manchester City's Under-18 member Daniel Staulich and 20-year-old striker Abonlahau, Championship goalkeeper Joe Hart and Michel Manzioni, who is also on loan from Chelsea in the Championship!
20-year-old goalkeeper Joe Hart and 19-year-old centre-back Manzioni haven't even made one Premier League appearance before, while 17-year-old Daniel Styrich hasn't even made a name for himself in City's youth team, and few fans in England know about Storridge except for Manchester City's most die-hard fans...... Finally, the 20-year-old has made Premier League appearances, but the Aston Villa striker, who has scored just nine goals in 39 league games, has little advantage other than speed, and even the most loyal Villa fans admit that Agbonlaho's shooting skills have remained at the level of the English second division...... And in addition to that, people were surprised by the spiral of Red Devils captain Gary Neville, Hargreaves, Wes Brown, Glenn Johnson, Jemenny Jenas, Defoe and Manchester City rookie Richards, who were excluded from the Lee national team from the McClaren era!
The brick family called the beasts unanimously believed that this was the madman Li in order to establish his authority in the national team and cultivate his lineage...... This is essentially the same as the shocking purge that Italian Fabio Capello is doing at Real Madrid!
"Lee's England is hot, young players are valued"
"Crazy Lee makes 17-year-old Skoririch an overnight fame"
Joe Hart: I Must Be Dreaming! 》
Martin O'Neill: Abang Lajo is the right choice! 》
"The Red Devils will lose the race, Ferguson: Mad Lee is biased against Manchester United"
Eriksen: As Manchester City manager, I'm not as good as the madman Lee about Stolich! 》
In the mixed reputation of public opinion, some people soon jumped out to fight against the crazy Lee -- former national team coach McLaren sneered in an interview with a reporter from The Sun: "Judging from the list of 26 people he announced, the crazy Li did not do a good job, and he actually wanted to use such a young 26 people to deal with the German team?" Ha ......"
The last word "ha" shows Uncle McLaren's disdain and contempt!
Although McClaren is very brain-dead in the national team position, but the uncle's remarks are still supported by a small number of English fans, you must know that the Wembley Stadium England-Germany battle on August 22 is not a simple friendly match, for every English and every German, this game is about the honor of the whole country!
World football uses only one word to describe the Anglo-German war - a hundred years!
Yes, the 100-year Anglo-German War!
There has been a history of nearly 100 years of fighting between these old enemies!
It is worth mentioning that the first football PK between the British and German wars in the first century was very dramatic - in the German Western Front during the First Time War, after the Christmas truce, a British soldier made an improvised football, and then the British and German soldiers played a daring football game in the no-man's land between the trenches, and finally the British soldiers won 3:2 against the German soldiers! This unique match even gave rise to a world-famous proverb - football takes war away!
And for nearly 100 years after that, due to political factors, the Anglo-German war was given a higher significance than a football match!
England and Germany, the rivals of European football, began to do their best to fight for the glory of their country in every encounter, starting from April 20, 1908, England swept Germany 5:1 away, and the 100-year Anglo-German war kicked off!
Over the past 100 years, the passionate collision of the two old rivals has given birth to countless classic matches on the pitch - the 3Lions slaughtered the Germans 9-0 at home in 1909, the goal-line unsolved case in England in 1966, the 1990 World Cup semi-finals against Paul Gascoigne moved the world's tears, and Owen's hat-trick humiliating Lion Kahn in 2001...... All of this is telling people the historical origin and special meaning of the Anglo-German War, which is far beyond the world-famous derbies such as the Spanish National Derby, the Milan Derby, and the North London Derby...... Therefore, for any manager of the England or German national team, the best and most direct way to please the fans is to trample the opponent's corpse under his feet with never too many goals in the Anglo-German battle, and ravage it over and over again!
And on the hot August 22, 2007, the 23-year-old madman Lee has obviously become the best executor to complete this "historical mission" in the minds of English fans, and the young Chinese's mythical record at Real Madrid last season gave Three Lions fans reason to believe that a victory awaited them, and they can't wait to see the national team slaughter their old rivals at Wembley on August 22!
Fans are so superstitious and superstitious maniac Lee that they don't care even if their opponents, Germany, are a full seven places above England in the latest FIFA World Rankings! The decline in the European Championship qualifiers has the entire British Isles hoping for a face-saving victory!
In such an environment, Lee Tongfan only needs to get a big victory in the 22nd game to easily capture the support of fans and create a dream start for his national team journey!
At the same time, in the face of the "belligerent" atmosphere in England, the German national team coach Loew issued a formatted diplomatic statement in an interview with the reporter of "Kicker": "England is a strong team, and Germany also has a lot of good players, we will give the fans a good game......"
This is Loew, a well-mannered, suave German handsome man who doesn't inspire confidence and morale with passionate words like Jurgen Klinsmann, nor does he like to mess up opponents with mental tactics like Heathfield...... However, this handsome German young marshal had his own terrible features - Loew was a genius master tactician!
In addition to Klinsmann's passion for the German national team's third-place finish in the 2006 World Cup, the assistant coach at the time was so impressed by his talent that his "old boss" Jurgen Klinsmann strongly recommended Loew to the German Football Association as his replacement after leaving...... And the results of the national team in the following year also proved that Loew did a good job after becoming the national team manager...... The atmosphere in front of the station is getting more and more tense...... However, before the official start of the Anglo-German war, the Premier League kicked off first!
In the hot August, Chelsea, Everton, West Ham and Tottenham Hotspur all have 6 points after the first 2 rounds, and even the goal difference is the same as 4, while Everton is at the top of the table with the advantage of total goals!
In addition, it is worth mentioning that before the start of the Premier League, the billionaire Mick Ashley finally completed the acquisition of the Magpies Newcastle, he bought 80% of the Magpies from Freddie Sheffield for 100 million pounds, and appeared at St James's Stadium as the savior of Newcastle!
But the billionaire soon let the fans down - instead of pouring more money into the club, as he claimed, Ashley sent Martins to Serie A for £24 million! In contrast, Newcastle's entire list of acquisitions came from defender Kacapa, who arrived on a free transfer from Lyon, and Australian striker Viduka, who also didn't spend a penny...... Coupled with the injury and absence of the team's number one star Michael Owen and Ireland's fast madhav, Newcastle ranked second from the bottom of the standings after two rounds of the Premier League with a painful record of scoring one goal and conceding four goals in two games.
And the good news for Lee Tongfan is that Tolosi Tang has finally completed the acquisition of a minority shareholder in Newcastle, and after spending £20 million, Lao Li holds an 18.3% stake in the Magpies! Of course, everything is hidden, and even the person who actually came forward to contact is not Tolosi Don, everyone knows that Newcastle has a mysterious small shareholder, but they don't know who this guy is!
It's not a big deal, because even the Magpies fans themselves don't seem to be hoping that this mysterious guy will save the team! The newly appointed rich boss Ashley has begun to pretend to be poor, what can a small shareholder do?
###8月20曰, nice weather!
The clouds that had been hanging over London all this time dissipated, and the bright sunlight rarely shone directly on St. Paul's Cathedral, the symbol of the foggy city of London!
With the end of the second round of the Premier League, the attention of the entire British Isles has completely shifted from the league to the national team, and the first game of the national team of Crazy Lee is about to kick off, and the players who are fortunate enough to be selected for the 26-man squad will gather at the world-famous Brown Hotel in London to prepare for the Anglo-German battle on August 22!
This is also the first time that Lee Tongfan has met with England stars, and it is also interesting!
Daniel Staurić, Joe Hart and Manzioni, the three youngest and most controversial young players, were the first to come to the hotel to report, and the three national team junior brothers obviously didn't wait for dawn to come in a hurry!
Skorich and Manzioni are obviously two rookies, and although Joe Hart is a little older due to his position, he is no different from the first two rookies after standing in front of Li Tongfan, and his nervous calves and stomachs are spinning, for fear that he will not do well and annoy the high-flying miracle coach and be expelled from the national team...... Li Tongfan patted the shoulders of the three of them one by one, with the purest smile on his face: "Some people say that you are not qualified to be selected for the national team, I think that's bullshit, look at it, what a great young man......" Lao Li said, and made a color to the old madman Venables next to him: "What is lacking is just experience......
The old madman immediately understood, and a smile more pure than Li Tongfan's appeared on his face, like a demon with pointed ears, a pointed tail, and a pointed three-strand fork in his hand, and his tone was full of temptation: "If the madman Li thinks that you are qualified to play for Great Britain, then it is useless for God to stand up against it...... Behave well, lads, maybe you'll play and be a national hero, think of Wembley Stadium cheering for you......"
Cheers and screams at Wembley Stadium?
Poor Joe Hart and the three of them tried to sketch the coveted picture in their brains, and in an instant they were "flickered and lame" by the double reeds of two crazy people, an old man and a young maniac, dragging their luggage back to their room, and then preparing for the first national team training in the afternoon!
"Hey, Daniel, I found the crazy Lee to be handsome......" Manzienni, a 19-year-old black guy, was speechless: "He said we were all great guys!" ”
Also black, but only 17 years old, Stanrich pouted disdainfully: "That's cool, the cool of a successful man!" Only a little white face can be called a handsome ......" Speaking of this, Stanrich raised his hands and made a pious appearance of raising his eyes and sighing, and snored loudly: "God, the madman Lee is my idol!!! ”
The two of them were trembling with excitement in their tones when they spoke, obviously immersed in the "demeanor" of a certain sullen man and couldn't extricate themselves!
And Joe Hart, who was a few years older than the two, walked in the front, and couldn't help but turn around and interject: "Actually, you two don't have to be nervous, in my opinion, you shouldn't have a chance to play in the game the day after tomorrow...... As for me, the greatest god of the Three Lions in the future...... Hope is great!! Just cheer me on when the time comes......"
Storridge and Manzioni: "......"
In the corridor of the Brown Hotel, three teenagers full of hope are fantasizing about their better tomorrow in gratitude!
And in the lobby of the hotel, the old madman Venables looked at the backs of the three teenagers, and his expression finally became serious: "Hey, little guy, although you promised me to make the national team younger, but these three rookies are too young, right?" For me, I promise this thing, just talk about it, after all, the record is more important, you know that the opponent is the German team......"
"Old fellow, didn't you say that youth is wealth? As long as there is enough opportunity, they will soar into the sky......" Li Tongfan reclined on the sofa in the lobby, his eyes glanced back and forth at the blonde and tall Brown Hotel waitresses, and casually perfunctory the old madman: "Moreover, this is just the beginning, I will let the world see a different Three Lions......"
At this moment, Li Tongfan's confidence is slow, after the original system is upgraded to FM2008, the English league will actually qualify for so many high-potential demons, the great era, I am here......
(To be continued)