Chapter 152: The fate of the national team

When Mike Donald was explaining, it was actually just a manifestation of patriotism, just a casual remark, but he didn't expect that the protagonist he named today, McLaren, was really so coincidental and came to the Emirates Stadium.

No, although it was a scene to watch, not TV, I don't know about Mike Donald's support, but McLaren still studied things about Li Yi with his assistant after Li Yi's brace-

Speaking of which, why McClaren took the time to watch this Arsenal vs Crystal Palace match, here, I have to mention the current environment of the England national team.

In the 06 World Cup, due to a penalty loss to Portugal, the top 8 stopped, and former England national team coach Eriksen was very unfortunate to be fired. And McLaren, who replaced him, took over the England team for less than 1 year.

And even more unfortunately, after taking over the England national team, because I felt that the 02 World Cup was only defeated by Xiao Luo's strange kick, the nearby 06 World Cup was only a little lacking luck and lost in the penalty shootout! And personnel, nothing to do with it! McClaren boldly followed the choice of his predecessor Eriksen, but in fact, after coming to him, these same players did not show the form they should have for various reasons.

What's more, in the previous Euro 08 qualifiers, England's performance was very bad!

Before the game, the British fans were very happy to be in a group with Andorra, Macedonia, Croatia, Israel, Russia and Estonia!

After all, there are 2 qualifying places in a group, no matter what, England, which has Owen, Beckham, Rooney, Gerrard, Lampard, Terry, Ferdinand and other big names, not to mention the ironclad first place in the group, but getting a qualifying place is almost a sure thing.

Anyway, a total of 12 rounds of qualifiers have been played so far, and in the past 9 rounds, England has only shamefully ranked behind Russia and Croatia, ranking third in the group, a full 5 points less than Croatia, the first in the group!

Now, not to mention winning the first place in the group, whether or not you can qualify is really a big problem!

I'm not afraid of 10,000, I'm afraid of whatever, if this really can't enter the European Championship finals, without the FA's action, McLaren himself can also foresee that those angry British fans will definitely drown him with a mouthful of spit!

Therefore, in the environment of not thinking of any surprisingly good tactics, McLaren had to make calculations in terms of personnel and nervously began to re-select people!

And Li Yi, who has sprung up this season, is his key object! Of course, in addition to Li Yi, McLaren is also very interested in Bell.

Speaking of Bell, there's one more coincidental thing here. In view of the appearance of Li Yi's little butterfly, Bell's growth trajectory has changed somewhat compared with reality.

In reality, after he went to Tottenham, his performance in the first two seasons was not very good, and it was not until nearly 2010 that Bale broke out strongly in the game against Inter Milan and came to the attention of fans all over the world. At that time, Bale, who was older and more famous, not to mention going to the Welsh national team, would dare someone to show him a look, even if there were, with Bale's mentality a few years later, it was unlikely that he would do the current kind of provoking and leaving.

Now it's different! Due to being slapped by Li Yi's little butterfly, Bale's outbreak period was advanced, and the troublesome entry into the national team was also advanced, and after entering, because of his youth and vigor, there was a big rift with the Welsh national team!

As we all know, whether it is England or Wales, they are actually members of the Commonwealth, so it is not that McClaren has no hope of recruiting Bell, who has not played for Wales! ――

Clapping lightly, expressing satisfaction with Li Yi, who scored two goals on the court, McLaren's assistant asked aloud, "Steve, that Lee, what do you think?" ”

"Not bad!" With a slight jaw, McLaren made a comment on what he saw: "There is height, a ball protection stick, and the awareness of grabbing points in front of the goal is okay!" More importantly, be smart enough. For example, in the case of a two-person package, instead of using his body to collide with the opponent, he used his imagination to defeat the opponent, this kind of player is very rare! Whenever it appears, as long as you don't suffer too many injuries halfway, you can generally reach the top of the world! ”

"Oh?" Hearing McLaren's evaluation of Li Yi so high, the assistant naturally had to ask, "Then you decided to urgently recruit him into the team?" ”

However, in the assistant's mind, McLaren finally gave a different answer: "It's not the best time!" You know, a lot of players who play really well at the club and go to the national team, but they don't necessarily play to their full strength.

This player, it's good, but he's too young! I'm just 18 years old this year! If I take the risk of recruiting him into the national team, there are too many uncontrollable factors! You know, there are only 3 rounds of qualifiers now! We are 1 point less than Russia, and at this time, the slightest mistake can bury England and the future of both of us, so I can't take any chances! ”

I was not convinced, but after thinking about it deeply, I felt that McLaren's words were correct, and the assistant pursed his lips slightly, and then said, "Then you must have the same opinion about that Gareth?" ”

"Haha!" Reaching out and patting the shoulder of the assistant next to him, McLaren said, "That Gareth is in a similar situation!" More importantly, have you forgotten Ashley (Cole)? At left-back, we're not short of people!

However, these two are the future hopes of England, and at the end of the game, I want you to contact them both in my name! Even if I can't use them now, I'm going to make sure that when I want to use them in the future, nothing will happen to them, I mean, you know? ”

"Understood!" ――

At this time, after helping the team equalize, Li Yi, who was celebrating with his teammates, didn't know that his first trip to the national team was so regrettable that he missed him!

However, loss is not necessarily a bad thing, right?

Thinking about McLaren, with a double king in his hand, he can't do a loose hand of Croatia and Russia, and his personal ability is not good.

When Arsenal drove the ball out of the middle line, Webber didn't give the two teams any more chances, and ended the first half of the game in a hurry.

Seeing the players of the 2nd team walking towards the players' tunnel with different expressions, Li Yi was also unhurried and walked towards the locker room with Bale.

In other words, the reason why there is such a big difference in the facial expressions of the players of the two teams is that the current score on the field!

Although the score of 2-2 and the opening 0-0 did not seem to be much different, please don't forget that Arsenal was equalized by Crystal Palace with two goals scored first and completely dominated the field.

If Arsenal can still be affected at all, it is estimated that their patience is enough for them to become Buddhas on the spot!

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High-speed debut of the latest chapter of the green heavyweight, this chapter is the 152nd chapter of the national team's destiny address, if you think this chapter is not bad, please don't forget to recommend it to your friends in the QQ group and Weibo!