Chapter 143: Post-Match Anecdotes
England became the first team to qualify for the knockout stages of the European Championship finals with a 4-0 win over Switzerland, but on their way back to the dressing room, the likes of Wang Li, Wayne Rooney and Frank Lampard were surrounded by reporters who were also interviewed live.
The biggest contributor to this game is undoubtedly Rooney, in the face of interviews with reporters, Beckham, Gary. Big stars such as Neville and Owen also happily praised the young striker, "I'm very happy to be able to score two goals in this game, this is the first time, thank you to my teammates for their support, without them I would not have scored." He said truthfully.
Of course, Wang Li was also among the interviews, and in any case, he also added the icing on the cake for the team in the last moments, which made him tied with Wayne Rooney, Larsson, Zidane for the top scorer, among them, Wang Li only played 23 minutes, this efficiency amazed the media, but also reminded them of Manchester United's first substitute --- Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
"Congratulations on scoring again in the game, do you think Mr Eriksen will consider starting you in Owen's place next game?" A cunning Portuguese reporter looked at Wang Li with interest.
Hearing his question, the reporter next to him immediately stopped talking, and the experienced Beckham immediately waved his hand behind Wang Li, signaling him not to talk nonsense.
'That's what a manager should think about, I'm going to be under the direction of Mr Eriksen whether I'm playing or not, and Michael is my idol, he's been playing really well, isn't he?' Of course, Wang Li heard this kind of questioning that was quite discordant, if England qualified first in the group, the first opponent to face was likely to be the Portuguese team, and these local Portuguese reporters wished that there would be some contradictions within the England team, so he would not be fooled.
"Based on the observation of these two games, you and Wayne Rooney did not work well together on the pitch, and the so-called England 'duo' did not play as well as they should, what do you think about this?" In fact, it is true, the reason why Eriksen let Owen partner with Rooney, the biggest problem is also this, although Wang Li on the field has good personal ability, but he still has a big problem with his teammates, if he partners with Rooney, the positions of the two people overlap a little, and they are not as dangerous as using his long-range shooting and dribbling ability to play wingers.
Wang Li thought for a while, suddenly smiled, and said: "This is my lack of ability, so Mr. Eriksen only asked me to play as a substitute now, isn't it?" ”
Listening to his answer, the people around laughed, these reporters also have a little good impression of Wang Li, it is very rare for Europeans to be modest, and they don't understand the meaning of modesty, Wang Li's statement, let these people think that he knows his level very well, and will continue to work hard in the future to fight for the position.
Yes, it's just because Wang Li is just 17 years old, if he is a few years older, maybe these reporters will think that he is not motivated...
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England won two consecutive group stage games, and the England fans at the Coimbra City Stadium ran into the stadium to celebrate wildly, until the stadium security came to stop them, and they were reluctant to leave. And throughout the island of Great Britain, I don't know how many fans indulged themselves on this night, causing beer sales in various pubs to soar.
For English people, football is an indispensable part of life, they will be excited and disappointed by the success and failure of the team, this is England, this is European football.
At the press conference after the game, Eriksen brought Rooney, Gerrard, and Wang Li to participate, this time it was different from the press conference of the last game, Eriksen, who had no pressure from the group stage, was in a very good mood, as the winner, as the first coach to lead the team to qualify for the knockout round, he fully demonstrated his confidence in the team and respect for the opponent. Without waiting for the reporter to ask questions, he took the lead in praising the Swiss team, "The Swiss team is very strong, and the reason why we can win is that the game is too smooth. Mr. Kuhn is a respected senior, and I want to learn from him. ”
Giacob. Kuhn has been coaching in the lower leagues since he entered the coaching profession, and it has only been in the Swiss Super League for nearly two years, and he has become the first homegrown coach of the Swiss national team, but this achievement is far from Eriksen, who has become the head coach of the England national team and is a full 18 years younger than him.
'England trained for more than a week before the Euros, played two warm-up games, we prepared well and are in good shape and luckily the substitutes are doing very well and we are confident of getting better results. After finishing speaking, Erickson picked up the mineral water and took a sip, waiting for the reporter to continue to ask questions.
"Mr. Eriksen, can you comment on the performance of the two young strikers? It is said that the English media have called Wayne Rooney and Allen the twin stars of England, what do you think about this? In the next game, Allen. Will Wang still start? You know, he scored two goals in 20 minutes. ”
This question said to Eriksen's heart, in his opinion, last year's bold choice of 17-year-old Rooney, this year's bold choice of 17-year-old Wang Li, is his wisest decision in the England national team, he smiled slightly, replied: "I am very satisfied with their performance, the excellent performance of the two of them, greatly enhanced the attacking ability of the England team, for whether they can start the game, it depends on their performance in the usual training, my team will not have a good performance but can not play, for example, Last year, Wayne was already in the starting lineup. ”
These reporters asked for a long time, although the old and cunning Eriksen said a lot, but in fact, there was no point at all, and summed up in one sentence: I am very satisfied with the victory of the game, I am also satisfied with the good performance, and I am not sure whether he can start the game, he is simply prevaricating reporters.
Seeing this situation, the reporters also lost confidence in putting the news out of his mouth, and they immediately shifted their targets to Rooney, Wang Li and Gerrard, who scored today, but compared to the other two, Gerrard was given a cold shoulder, because as the old man of the England team, he has no exciting news to dig up. However, Gerrard doesn't care about this, he has already passed the stage of Wang Li and Rooney, and for him now, the team's victory and glory are the most important things.
On the contrary, Wang Li ran into trouble, because these reporters seemed to have lost interest in the problems of the game, and began to care about his personal problems, and their topic has been staying on the relationship between the little princess Angela and him, and even a tabloid reporter did not know where to hear the news, and actually asked his economist Rita's question, which made Wang Li a little overwhelmed.
However, he didn't lose his temper, although he was flustered in his heart, but his face showed that he didn't care, and his answer was also in order, if his ambiguous relationship with Rita was published in the newspaper, he couldn't imagine what would happen to Angela after she got the news, he didn't have this experience.
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After two rounds of the group stage, the form of Group B is gradually clear, and the England team has been ironclad to appear as the first in the group, because in the just-concluded Lingyi game, the tragic defending champion France drew 2:2 with Croatia, only one point, with the advantage of the number of goals, ahead of the Swiss team in the third place in the group, they can win the next game, whether they can appear depends on the face of the England team, which makes the England team more happy.
As far as Wang Li himself is concerned, he has become a hot figure in football recently, scoring two goals in 23 minutes, ranking first in the scorer list, and the first goal was the goal that decided the game, which made him famous and made many local Benfica fans know his name. This makes Rita's work even busier, and now she has no time to go around for sightseeing and recreation with the members of her wife's group, and all kinds of companies have come to the door, even Nike, Adidas, and other leading sports brands are constantly 'harassing' her every day, wanting to sign a contract with Wang Li.
The competition between these two companies is very fierce, they both want to be the first to sign Wang Li's potential stock, but the cunning Rita always shirks, she knows Wang Li's potential very well, if he can continue to play well, after this European Cup, she will definitely be able to take advantage of Wang Li's soaring value to get a big contract that was unimaginable before.
However, Wang Li is indifferent to this, although the more money is of course, the better, but he believes that Rita will arrange everything, this woman who is very sensitive in business will also do a good job for her own interests.
And the thing that makes him happiest recently is that Eriksen announced the squad for the next game against Croatia. Neville's usual substitutes are on the list, while players such as Owen and David Beckham have been left out of the squad.
It seems that the Swede is planning to use this inconsequential match to train his troops, which means that Wang Li will get the chance to start the next game
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