Chapter 138: Changing the Heaven and the Earth

There are four strikers in Eriksen's squad, namely Wayne Rooney for Manchester United, Michael Owen for Newcastle United, Crouch for Liverpool and Theo Walcott for Arsenal's youngster.

Wayne Rooney and Michael Owen are in the squad for the World Cup, as they are both England's central strikers.

Crouch has a bit of luck, although he is liked by manager Benitez in Liverpool, but the actual performance is not as good as the outside world says, just scoring goals is a big problem, but considering that England rarely has a good high school striker, coupled with the tactical significance of Crouch's appearance, it is understandable that he can be in the squad.

And Walcott, a 17-year-old young player from Arsenal...... Definitely the biggest lucky one.

Wan Sheng is talking about Walcott.

Walcoat was an unknown kid in November last year, having just made his way into Southampton's first-team squad as their main striker.

In January 2006, Arsenal Football Club paid £5 million to buy Theo Walcott from Southampton. Depending on the number of appearances, this fee could rise to 12 million.

By February 2006, Theo Walcott had been named in Arsenal's Champions League squad and was on the bench against Real Madrid, which was a great honour for a 17-year-old.

What has happened in just a few months has been incredible for the 17-year-old rising star.

From being a substitute for a Championship team to being a member of Premier League giants Arsenal, the span of experience is too great.

Darren Bent spent three years as the leading goalscorer at Ipswich Town before breaking into the Premier League and being brought to Manchester City by Wan Sheng, while Theo Walcott went from being a substitute in the Championship to Arsenal. It only took three months.

Now something even more surprising is coming.

Theo Walcott is in Eriksen's squad and is hopeful of appearing at the 2006 World Cup, which is unthinkable for Walcott, who just celebrates his 17th birthday in March.

Ersene Wenger was absolutely instrumental in Theo Walcott's entry into the England squad, and it was his strong recommendation that made Eriksen finally decide.

Despite at Arsenal. Theo Walcoat has yet to play a Premier League game, but Arsene Wenger believes the youngster will be England's secret weapon at the World Cup in Germany.

Arsene Wenger was the first to speak after Christian Eriksen announced his squad and believes Theo Walcoat could be a super-substitute at the World Cup, with his pace giving him an advantage in the second half.

'Obviously, he'll be on the bench as a substitute and if England can't open the game, they'll be slow to score. You can send him up. Of course, on the one hand, you would expect him not to make too many appearances, because that is the only way to mean that England are going well. ”

'But he's an interesting weapon because he can play as a winger and as a centre-forward. He is extremely fast if his teammates pass the ball to him. And he's in front of a defender, and you can imagine no one being able to catch up with him. ”

After Walcott entered the national team. A lot of media compared him to Wayne Rooney.

Arsene Wenger has also spoken about this aspect of the matter, arguing that Walquette is not ready to be called the "new Rooney" right now.

Wayne Rooney made his mark for Everton in 2002 at the age of 16 and ended Arsenal's 30-game unbeaten run with a long-range strike, while Theo Walcott has yet to play a Premier League game.

Commenting on the difference between Walcott and Wayne Rooney, Arsene Wenger said: "Rooney's boldness is natural. When he comes out, you feel like, 'I'm here to beat you.'" He has the natural instinct of a shooter and he is confident in it. Theo [Theo Walcott] plays with more speed, but when he does with it, he doesn't get as involved as Wayne Rooney. But. If his speed rises, it will be very deadly. ”

Wenger went on to say that after the test of this World Cup, Walcott's personality will be stronger and his psychology will be more mature.

'I don't think the level of players at the World Cup is any different from the players he gets with every day at Arsenal. He will take more responsibility though, because the media demand more, the fans demand more, and they all want to see England win. So, the pressure will be very high for him as well. ”

Walcott's selection, of course, made Wenger happy, because Walket is an Arsenal player, and Eriksen's recruitment of Walcott is tantamount to helping Arsenal develop young people.

On the contrary, others are not satisfied.

After the squad was announced, Wan Sheng complained about Darren Bent, "I don't know where he is better than Bent, Bent has a lot of 12 goals in the Premier League, and he is also very young, fast, quite technical, I believe, he is already a top scorer. ”

'I also use Bent a lot as a wing-back because he's very fast and he can help the team a lot when he breaks down the wings.

'I don't know what he thinks, a young player who won't be on the pitch at Arsenal will be able to catch up with our second goalscorer? We're at the top of the league now! ”

This last sentence is still very powerful!

A team's second-highest scorer is nothing, but the top of the Premier League is different, such as Chelsea, the most goals scored by Frank Lampard, the second scorer is Drogba, they are only second in the league, and Manchester City, as the first in the league, of course, has more say, so Wan Sheng's words are very powerful.

What's more, Darren Bent's performance is really good, and his goals are only two less than Wayne Rooney's, and considering Darren Bent's playing time, he is almost twice as short as Rooney, and the gold content of this goal data is quite high, so what confidence does Eriksen have to recruit a young player who has not played in the Premier League, but gave up Darren Bent, who has performed extremely well in the league?

Wan Sheng was unhappy with this, and others were equally unhappy.

If Walcoat hadn't been in the squad, there might have been less dissatisfaction, and many people have something to say now, such as Ian Wright, the adoptive father of Chelsea youngster Wright Phillips and a top scorer who scored 185 goals for Arsenal. Because Wright Phillips Jr. is not on the squad.

Ian Wright accused Eriksen of ruining England's World Cup dreams and said Eriksen was doing so by mistake.

"After the World Cup, he's leaving, and he's like a reckless madman who gambles in Las Vegas."

'Eriksen didn't let my son play at the World Cup because he didn't think my son had played enough for Chelsea this season, but he brought in Theo Walcott, who was only 17 years old. The big boy has never played a single Premier League game yet. I was so surprised, and so was my son. One can imagine what a blow this is for a young man. ”

Another striker who had a big chance but didn't make the cut was Defoe who played for Tottenham Hotspur, and he was a stalwart of Tottenham, and it stands to reason that he was selected for England with a higher 'pick' than Crouchini, behind Michael Owen and Wayne Rooney.

As a result, Defoe became a 'backup' player, that's Eriksen's exact words. "If something goes wrong, I'll consider putting Defoe in the squad.

Defoe became a reserve player, and Bent was not even a backup, all because the Swedes brought in Arsenal youngster Theo Walcott, recommended by Arsene Wenger.

For such an outcome, many football legends are worried.

Former England coach Robson thinks it's a bit risky to bring in injured Rooney and Owen, and it's even more risky to bring in a 17-year-old.

"I think. Defoe has experience in the national team and has played well. He should be better suited to be the first substitute than the youngster. ”

Tottenham Hotspur boss Joel said that although Defoe has been on the bench for a long time this season, his defeat was still a surprise, "I can't imagine Defoe competing for a young man who hasn't played at Arsenal. ”

In short, Walcott's selection attracted almost all the attention of England. For a time, it became the center of media coverage.

In Manchester City, many people in Manchester City are congratulating Morris and David James on their selection, while also comforting those who have not been selected, such as Darren Bent, Ivan Crewe, Lescott and Joey Barton, but the most regrettable of them is Darren Bent. Wanshengdu's grievances for him can be seen.

Darren Bent was very moved, he chose to join Manchester City at that time was actually a little impulsive, on the one hand, he didn't want to stay in Ipswich Town, because they haven't been able to reach the Premier League for several years, on the other hand, Wansheng has a very good reputation for cultivating young people, some people compare him with Wenger, and Manchester City is also a Premier League powerhouse, so he chose to join Manchester City directly.

After almost a season, Darren Bent has gotten used to it, adapted to the team's environment and gets along well with most of his team-mates.

Darren Bent is still very sorry that he was not selected for the England team, but in fact, Darren Bent is a cheerful person, and he is not sad for long, because he has only been hanging in front of the England team before, and he has not entered the team at all to participate in any international matches, so it is not unacceptable that he has not been selected now.

Now his teammates and coaches are complaining about himself, and he feels even more warm and moved, so he smiled cheerfully, "It's okay, I'm still young, and I will have a chance next time." "But it's a pity that I haven't been able to participate in the World Cup at the age of 22.

At the same time that Wan Sheng regretted that his disciple was not selected for the World Cup squad, the team also ushered in good news, that is, Sinclair has recovered from injury, and David Silva's form has also recovered, Sun Jihai has also returned to the team after being injured to start training, and the entire team is ready.

After the lineup is complete, Manchester City has revealed a sense of confidence from top to bottom, and the performance in the game is quite tough.

The media has been buzzing with the England squad and Manchester City's quest to win the title is moving forward.

On April 26, Manchester City visited Villa Park and won the game 0:1.

Three days later, on the 29th, Manchester City hosted Fulham, and the old 'farmer' conceded five goals in the second half in a row, and the painful Manchester Stadium was broken.

After the game, the Fulham players left tired, conceding five goals in a row, and the game would be a helpless pain for them.

Three consecutive league wins at the end of the season was an encouraging achievement, but the only regret was that their rivals Chelsea also won three games, which means that the gap between the two teams remained at four points, and Manchester City were unable to win the title two rounds ahead of schedule, and they have to face their next opponents, Arsenal.

It was an important game on City's road to the title.

A win over Arsenal would have given City an early title at home to the title, a loss or a draw, and they would have to wait until the final round away to Blackburn.

But one thing is for sure, the league title is getting closer and closer to Manchester City!

With only two league games remaining, City still have a four-point advantage and although they play Arsenal in the next round, the media who say Chelsea have a chance of catching up are all silent, because Manchester City only need to win one of the two games to seal the league title, and even if Chelsea win two, they will need to see how Manchester City look.

As The Sun analysed, "Chelsea's title hopes are slim......"

It's slim......

Everybody understands that Manchester City has already started to prepare for the celebrations, and they are very skilled at doing it, because Manchester United often win the league title, but Manchester City ...... It's the first time in history!

Fortunately, the city government is 'experienced' and they only need to change the Manchester United flag to Manchester City's, and the Manchester United flag hanging around the Municipal Square is also replaced by the Manchester City flag.

It was just one small change, but it was enough to delight Manchester City fans, who would normally have to watch their arch-rivals Manchester United celebrate at the end of the season, but now it's their turn.

The city of Manchester is about to change the world!

Manchester City FC is also preparing to celebrate.

Considering that the club is located in the heart of the city, which is close to the business district, the capacity is really limited, and there must be a large influx of fans by then, Manchester City decided to celebrate at the Manchester Stadium.

So the time was to go to the Town Hall Square and shake hands with the city officials, and then you could go to the Manchester Stadium for a championship celebration.

The only thing is ...... Can Manchester City win the title at Manchester Stadium?

Manchester City can win the title at Manchester Stadium, which is definitely the perfect result, when tens of thousands of fans are in Manchester Stadium, they can directly claim the trophy, and then they can celebrate the championship as much as they want.

If you can't, it's a bit of a pity.

As a result, almost everyone in Manchester City, clubs, personnel, fans, and media paid serious attention to the match between Manchester City and Arsenal. (To be continued.) )