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The World Cup in Germany is about to begin!

After the Champions League final, the praise for Real Madrid immediately came to an end, and then all the media immediately turned their attention to Germany, where the highest level of world football will be held - the World Cup. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The World Cup, known as the World Football Championship, is the world's highest-level football competition, and it is known as the world's top three competitions along with the Olympic Games and F1.

Historically, the World Cup was a special prize for the winner of FIFA in 1928. It was cast by the famous Parisian jeweller Freel, and its model is Nikai, the goddess of victory in Greek mythology, who wears a tunic in the style of ancient Rome, with her arms long and outstretched, and holds a large bowl in her hand. The statue is made of solid gold, weighs 1.8 kilograms, is 30 centimeters high, and is standing on a marble base.

At that time, FIFA stipulated that the first World Cup was a mobile prize, and whoever won the championship could keep the Gold Cup for four years and return it to FIFA before the next cup to be awarded to the new world champion. There is also an additional stipulation that which team wins the World Championship three times will win the cup forever.

Such a regulation will definitely give the World Cup a home.

In 1970, at the time of the ninth World Cup, Uruguay, Italy and Brazil had already won the championship twice. Therefore, there is a chance to occupy the cup forever, and the result is that the Brazilian team won the cup first.

For this, FIFA had to prepare a new trophy to be awarded to the next champion.

In May 1971, FIFA held a new cup review meeting, and after a review of 53 options, it was decided to adopt the design of the Italian Gazzania: the design of two wrestlers with their hands on the earth, and this image symbolizes the power and scale of sports.

The new World Cup was named the "Hercules Cup". The trophy was 36 centimeters high, weighed 5 kilograms, and was worth $20,000 at the time. In the 10th World Cup in 1974, West Germany won the new cup for the first time as champions.

As a result, FIFA immediately changed the system and stipulated that the new cup is a mobile prize, no matter which team wins how many championships, it cannot occupy the cup, but at the base of the Hercules Cup, the name of the champion can be engraved, according to this process, it is expected that the new cup will continue to be used until at least 2038.

In this way, a trophy can be used for decades, and FIFA saves a lot of money.

Of course, none of this matters. The World Cup is the top season in football, and its significance and value are much more important than a Gold Cup.

Looking back at the history of the World Cup, the team that has won the World Cup the most times is Brazil, who have won the title five times, followed by Italy and Germany tied for three, Argentina and Uruguay twice, and England and France once each.

However, in recent years, due to the decline of English football, the team's ability to compete in the world has become weaker, and they no longer seem to be able to win trophies.

This has made many England fans feel heartache.

In the last few World Cups, the England team has always fallen in the round of 16 and the quarterfinals, in addition to the fourth place in the 14th World Cup, they even sometimes fall on the World Cup qualifiers, which makes England fans, as the birthplace of football, feel deeply helpless and annoyed.

And this time, the England team is regrouping.

The addition of Wang Li has boosted the momentum of the team, and now England's most gorgeous squad in the world has greatly increased the confidence of English fans.

They desperately hope that England can do well in the World Cup and comfort their fragile hearts.

Therefore, when the England team was still training at Wembley Stadium, there were already many fans outside the stadium cheering for the team that played in Germany, hoping that the England team could regain its football glory and reach the top again!

England can't just train in the week leading up to the World Cup, there's a lot of work to do, at least for McClaren and the Football Team.

On June 2, the foreign press officer of the England team announced the song composed for England by the British rock band "Hug" in this World Cup event - "The World is at My Feet", which has been reviewed by many officials of the FA and the opinions of fans, and has become the team song of England in this tournament.

After the press conference, Danny, the main singer of the British rock band 'Hug', was very excited, he obviously did not expect that the song composed by the band when he was just enthusiastic could become the team song of England in the World Cup, in front of a group of media reporters, he smiled: "This is the first time in my life that I feel that England will win the championship, I hope this song can bring them good luck." ”

From then on, the singing of England fans outside Wembley Stadium became a beautiful sight, on the first day, the singing was still messy, and on the second day, the fans began to spontaneously organize rhythmic and neat singing, they wanted to use this singing to cheer for the English players, hoping that they can train hard and stay in the best condition for the World Cup.

At this time, the FA also announced the team's jersey number, Wang Li got his No. 21 shirt, and among other commemorative jerseys, No. 7 is still captain David Beckham, and No. 10 is the golden boy Michael. Owen got it, and the number 9 became Rooney's shirt.

With the exception of Wang's unique No. 21, these numbers are all meaningful and are the heart of the team, but unfortunately, as the Sun media commented, 'the chances of the No. 9 jersey and the No. 10 jersey playing together are very small', in other words, if Wang Li is not injured, this situation is almost impossible.

And for Wang Li, it was almost impossible to get injured.

It is worth mentioning that Harrierson, who joined the England team for the first time, got the number 23 shirt, which has no special meaning, obviously in McClaren's heart, he belongs to the incidental player, after all, England's forward line is too gorgeous, even if he is very strong, but the chance of playing is still a little slim.

All in all, what shirt number Harilson gets is simply not important in the eyes of the fans, and it doesn't matter to him personally, because he is accurate in positioning himself, and he is really just a rookie in the forward line of superstars

The media around the world is paying close attention to these messages, and among the 32 teams participating in the World Cup in Germany, the media has paid the most attention to the England team.

This is mainly due to the fact that the overall value of the England team is too high.

Of the 32 teams participating in the World Cup in Germany, four teams have a combined player value of more than 300 million euros: England, Italy, Spain in Europe and Brazil in South America. At the same time, the total value of the four teams accounted for 48% of all participating teams.

Italy, who are in second place, are relatively close to Brazil in terms of total value, but they have a difference of nearly 250 million euros from England, mainly because of Wang Li.

According to the assessment of football professionals, Wang Li alone can be worth at least 300 million euros, that is, he is worth more than all the players of each team except these four teams combined.

If Wang Li is not counted, the England team can only be ranked third, and the overall value is worse than Brazil. However, even so, don't underestimate the England team.

In the England squad, there are four players from Premier League champions Chelsea. Cole's value is 13 million euros, John Terry is 28 million euros, Lampard is 35 million euros, and goalkeeper Thomas is worth 38 million euros.

The situation is similar in Spain, where the combined value of the three players from Barcelona, who won both the league and the Champions League, (Puyol, Xavi and Iniesta) has reached a high value of 67 million. In addition to the league championship, England's Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool, Spain's Real Madrid, Villarreal and other teams are all hotbeds for high-value international players.

However, despite the high price, the world media is not the most optimistic about England winning the World Cup, which is mainly because the England team's performance in the tournament is really poor.

According to the odds offered by the bookmaker, the team with the lowest odds to win the championship is the Italian team, with odds of 1 to 5, not only because of their high value and gorgeous lineup, but also because the Italian team has always had good results in the world arena, and this time it is normal to have a good performance at home.

England and Brazil are tied for second place, with odds of 1 to 7, and such odds are mainly due to Wang Li. In the evaluation of the mass media, England's forward strength ranks first in the world.

Whether it is the combination of Rooney and Wang Li, or the combination of Owen and Wang Li, it is almost very powerful, and even if it is only Wang Li himself, the media does not think that any team's forward line can be more threatening than this brunette boy.

The media's assessment of the rest of England's front is not surprising, with the exception of goalkeeper, who finished second behind Gianluigi Buffon's Italy, and almost all of the other positions have fallen to outside the fifth.

It seems that neither the 'duo of Gerrard and Frank Lampard' nor the strength of the team's captain David Beckham can win the trust of the media, after all, such a combination has not been able to play much role in the previous England team.

For the England team in this World Cup, "France Football Newspaper" commented - "Looking back on history, as the originator of modern football, the England team has a very special position in international football. At the beginning of major tournaments such as the World Cup and the European Champions Cup, English teams did not bother to participate because they believed that the center of world football was in Great Britain. In 1950, England suffered a crushing defeat in their first World Cup, and the proud Britons bowed their heads. ”

"For England, winning the World Cup by beating the former West Germany 4-2 in the 1966 World Cup final is a memory to cherish forever, the only weighty title in English football to date; England's best result at the European Championships was only two semi-finals, a feat for a country with a lot of superstars. ”

"It's a tradition of English football to play long balls and play physically, but this year's England national team has gathered Frank Lampard, Gerrard, David Beckham, Owen and other superstars with great skill and fitness, plus superstar Allen Aylon. Wang and the sedate goalkeeper Thomas, how well this combination can play a role in McLaren's 4-4-2 cross system will need to be tested at this year's World Cup. ”

In the vigorous report, the England team's training camp did not seem to be affected in any way, and this morning, head coach McClaren still came to the stadium early to watch the team practice.

He thinks he's really lucky, at least better than his previous Eriksen because he has really good players and he's just in charge of the World Cup.

Compared to Eriksen's England team, McClaren's England team is more youthful.

In addition to Wang Li, who returned to the England team, the team's goalkeeper was also replaced by teenager Thomas. Clark, with his brilliant performances at Chelsea, Thomas has undoubtedly squeezed out Paul. Robinson's main position became England's No. 1 goalkeeper.

On the forward line, there is Harilson to enrich the bench, and with the addition of Wang Li, Crouch, Rooney and Owen, it can be said that the two strongest positions in England are strikers and goalkeepers, and it is these two positions that make McClaren feel at ease.

But McClaren doesn't have much confidence in defense, because in the midfield, the lineup he can take is the same as Eriksen's, although these Premier League giants have a high value and good strength, but their traditional English style football always makes the team look not strong, and the game is often in crisis because of this.

"Thankfully, though, there's Alan." McLaren looked at the confrontation on the training ground and said with a little relief.

For Wang Li, he has great trust.

"Maybe there's a chance"

McLaren thought so, of course, he was also hungry for championships and victories, and this World Cup, the FA gave him the task of at least reaching the last four.

Final Four!!

Or maybe the task doesn't seem daunting, but you should know that England has fallen in the round of 16 several times in the World Cup, and the World Cup is a tournament that is only held once every four years, which means that England has not reached the last four for many years, and such results look really messy.

On the other hand, this also illustrates the weakness of the England team at the World Cup.

And this time, the main reason why the FA is so confident is the addition of Wang Li, Wang Li's performance in Chelsea and Real Madrid is too good, he is now averaging a hat trick per game, making many people feel that the strength of the England team, at least in the forward line, will definitely increase.

And another youngster, Thomas. The addition of Clark also reassures the FA, the youngster has won the Premier League's best goalkeeper for four consecutive months and has been selected in the Premier League's best team, which is definitely the best in the world.

With these two players joining the England team, the FA's confidence is not unreasonable, they did not want to win the Hercules Cup directly, but only gave McClaren a task in the final four, which can also be seen from here that the FA is still very wise.

The most important thing is that Wang Li is only 20 years old, and Thomas is only 22 years old, the two can play for the England team for at least 10 years, if they can get the World Cup semi-finals this time, then next time, next time, how can they not have a chance to win the supreme trophy?

This is an opportunity and a test.

For McLaren, the pressure and motivation are also high, so he takes his training demands on his players very seriously.

Listening to the singing of the fans in the distance and watching the serious training of the players in the stadium, McClaren felt that the England team had at least a good start, and it seemed like a perfect start, and he was looking forward to this World Cup journey even more.

But in fact, what he didn't know was that the England team was not very harmonious internally, which mainly stemmed from the internal contradictions of the players, but this time the protagonist became Wang Li.

Yes, Wang Li.

Whether it is in Wolfhampton, England in 2004, Chelsea or now Real Madrid, Wang Li's interpersonal relationship has always been very good, after all, his strength is there, and with a friendly face, his teammates will unconsciously have a good impression of him.

However, there was a conflict in the dressing room this time, and the other object was Jamie from Liverpool. Carragher.

Even if everyone has forgotten about it, Carragher will not forget the fact that the brunette kicked himself into the hospital in the Champions League final a year ago.

The opponent is banned for half a year, while Carragher is recovering from an injury for half a year, and if he had to choose, he would rather choose the former, because that would be almost the same as a half-year vacation.

With such a criminal record, how could he get along with Wang Li?

Not to mention that it is not bad, the two people do not talk at all in the locker room, and even when they are on the training ground, they do not pass the ball to each other, and their contradictions are really not easy to solve.

The atmosphere between the two of them certainly made the dressing room a little strange, and the teammates quickly found out the reason and began to worry.

In the England team, Wang Li is definitely an indispensable member, and this World Cup depends on him to win for the team, and he is the most important person in the England team. And the same, Jamie. Carragher is also important, at least he is the main defender for England.

Maybe it's missing Jamie. Carragher, the strength of the England team will not be affected too much, but it is impossible to fire Carragher for no reason, at least even if the head coach McClaren knows about it, for the sake of his own prestige, he will never do it.

As the captain of the team, David . Beckham felt that this kind of matter had to be resolved privately, and it would be great if he could reconcile the two men, and if he couldn't, he would have to go to the manager to force the dismissal of one of them.

Needless to say, compared with Wang Li's important surname, Carragher is nothing at all, and he must be the one who will be expelled.

This may be the last World Cup Beckham will play in, and he will never allow England's strength to decline because of the contradictions within the team, and seeing this situation, he feels that it must be resolved.

Only by working together in the team can we better prepare for the World Cup.

(To be continued)