At half past one in the afternoon, all the players gathered in the head coach's office, and Wan Sheng had to give a tactical lesson. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

When everyone arrived, they saw Wan Sheng writing and drawing on the tactical board, and the players waited for more than ten minutes before Wan Sheng stopped and turned his head, and Gary Neville reminded, "Wan Sheng, everyone has arrived." ”

Wan Sheng nodded, looked at everyone, then stretched his waist, pointed to the tactical board and went straight to the point, "Next is the training session, I want to explain the playing style of the key training in the next few days, each of you must listen carefully, you can't miss a word, this is very important, it is directly related to your performance in training and games." ”

"What I'm going to talk about is very simple, so I'm just going to say it once, and you can choose to listen carefully or not at all." Wan Sheng said solemnly, "However, in my team, there are no big stars, there is no absolute main force, I don't care who you are, as long as you don't perform well in the next training, don't want to play in the game, understand!" ”

Everyone made it clear.

Some players don't think so, others have other ideas, especially those who think they are 'substitutes' and want to play more.

Now is the opportunity.

If other head coaches coach, no matter how well they train, it is difficult to have much time to play, but the Chinese in front of him are different, he often does not play according to the routine, and is very authoritative, does not care about any so-called 'big star', just came to the team even Rooney, Ashley Young directly reprimanded, not let them play is not strange.

As long as you work hard in training and let the coach have a good evaluation of yourself, maybe you can really have a lot of playing time, and it is not impossible to become the main starter directly.

There are only benefits to doing this, not harm.

Even if he does not play much time in the England team, the Chinese in front of him is the manager of the Champions League champion Atletico Madrid, let him see his efforts and strength, maybe in the summer, there will be a chance to join Atletico Madrid.

There are quite a few people on the team who think like this.

So when Wansheng began to explain the tactics, most of the people were listening carefully, and those players who didn't care about it also became much more serious when they saw the serious attitude of others.

That's a facilitating effect.

The tactics explained by Wan Sheng are not complicated, generally speaking, it is to arrange the position and running of the defensive formation, and the emphasis is on the frontcourt, rapid retreat and defense, where to start intercepting, and so on.

For a lot of players, that's the basics of tactics.

After that, Wan Sheng talked about the point, that is, attack.

There was no problem with this England team defensively, mainly due to their lack of attacking ability, which made it difficult for them to break down the opponent's goal.

In terms of attack, Wansheng emphasized the cooperation between the wing and the middle.

Wan Sheng has watched the video of the England team before, and many times they have attacked the ball to the bottom line on the wing, but they cannot accurately pass the ball to the penalty area or the middle, and they are completely unable to pose a threat to the opponent.

That's the big problem.

Whenever a wide player takes the ball to a position, he also needs to look up at the position of his team-mate.

It's just too 'primitive'.

Wan Sheng did not hesitate to 'satirize' the original style of play of the England team, which made many players feel unconvinced, but they must admit in their hearts that the Chinese in front of them are indeed qualified to criticize the team's original style of play, not to mention that compared with Atletico Madrid, even compared with some clubs of the England team, the gap is too big.

In fact, many players think that the tactics of the England team are 'primitive', mainly because the national team's training time is too short to be familiar with complex tactics, but Wansheng thinks that it is the habit of the players, otherwise why is the Spanish team's cooperation so smooth, and it will not work when it comes to the England team? The overall training time of the Spanish team is not much more than that of the England team.

Many of the players in the team grew up in the England youth training environment, and they pay more attention to individual physical confrontation rather than 'fancy' foot skills, so there is a rigid thinking in coordination, some players have good technical ability, but some players are very famous, but their technical ability is very simple, and they are completely unable to adapt to diversified tactics.

That's why it's said 'England's skills are rough'.

Wan Sheng has no intention of changing the overall style, it is like turning the Chinese team into a world powerhouse, which is a huge project on a year-by-year basis, all he needs to do is to add some basic running and passing routines, at least to make the offensive coordination smoother.

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England are officially in full swing.

The week-long preparation period is not too long, and it is even very short.

Wansheng has stricter requirements for preparation training, and all training is closed, refusing any form of interview.

Not a single journalist or fan was allowed to enter Wembley Stadium.

Wan Sheng also asked no one to be interviewed, and at the same time kept the training content confidential, he needs to let the team appear in the European Championship in a mysterious gesture.

After the FA reported that Wan Sheng was in charge of the England team, the outside media will definitely speculate whether the England team will change their style, or change their tactics appropriately.

The media conducts a series of analyses.

If the England team is open to training, it is almost to tell the opponent the content of the team's preparation, which will not be beneficial to the England team, but the opponent does not know anything about the England team, so there is no way to prepare for it, which is the most beneficial to the team.

In the intensive preparation training, the week passed quickly.

Under the personal supervision of Wansheng, none of the players dared to be lazy, and they all completed their own training.

Wansheng is quite satisfied with the training results.

In the evening of the same day, the FA held a press conference, and Wan Sheng and the players reappeared in the public eye, this press conference was like a pledge before the trip, the whole team shouted slogans, expressed confidence and so on.

As the head coach of the England team, Wan Sheng has been interviewed by many reporters, but he is silent about training and preparation, and when reporters ask questions, he just says, "I know what you have to ask, in general, what the team has been training for a week, what I have brought to the team, etc., I will not say these things, because I said it here, and our opponents also know." This is something that needs to be kept secret. ”

'All I can say about the Euros is that the whole team is confident and you can start looking forward to the performance.

Many players were also interviewed by reporters, but Wan Sheng told him not to say the content of the training, not even a word, so the media reporters could not interview anything useful at all, but many reporters saw the confidence of the players.

Every player had a relaxed smile on their faces, which filled the whole team with confidence.

That night, the media did not report any useful confidence, and the British media reported that they generally saw some blessings and the like, because there was no definite news, and they did not even have the confidence to say blessings.

Regardless of the discomfort of the British media, what should happen before the European Championship or what should be, everything must be based on the best possible guarantee of victory.

On 7 June, England flew to Warsaw, Poland.

Warsaw, the capital of Poland, hosted the opening ceremony of the European Championship.

After arriving in Warsaw and checking into the hotel, in the evening of the next day, the whole team took a bus to the National Stadium, where the opening ceremony was held.

According to the itinerary, after the entire England team participated in the opening ceremony, they would watch half of the game in the audience, and then everyone would fly to Donbass, Ukraine.

England's first match will be played at the Donbas Stadium in Donbass, Ukraine.

After the England team arrived in Warsaw, the capital of Poland, the number of casual reporters also increased, and they would follow the England team all the way and always cover the team.

Most of them are British media, but there are also some Chinese media and other national and regional media.

The British media must be very concerned about England's European Cup journey, the Chinese media is secondary, the England team has a lot of fans in China, and the Chinese media are more concerned about Wan Sheng, Wan Sheng coaches the England team, so the Chinese media will also look at the England team differently.

The influence of the European Cup in China is still relatively large, and many Chinese fans do not even care about the Asian Cup, but will also watch the live broadcast of important matches of the European Cup, because the European Cup is a very top-level event, not even much worse than the World Cup, and it is also very enjoyable.

After Wan Sheng coached the England team, the England team also had many Chinese supporters.

After the England team checked into the hotel, many national media came to cover the news.

They are all concerned about the preparation of the England team.

The England team was originally a strong team, after Wan Sheng took over the team, even the attention has increased a lot, and it is very interesting that after the FA announced Wan Sheng's coaching, even the bookmakers have adjusted the odds of the England team to win the championship.

For example, William Hill, an influential company in Europe, has fixed odds for each national team.

Among them, the lowest odds to win the championship are the Spanish team, which has risen strongly in recent years, won the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, and is naturally the most favored team in the European Championship two years later.

Spain are just 3.75 to win the tournament.

In second place is Germany, who are known for their rigorous football and have always been the top team in the world, with odds of 4.00, and third, the Netherlands, who are runners-up at the World Cup in South Africa, are only 7.50 to win the tournament.

England and France are fourth and both odds of 11.00 to win the title.

Here are the odds for early May.

When the FA held a press conference and announced that Wan Sheng would lead the team to participate in the European Championship, England's odds to win the championship immediately decreased, and in just a few days, the odds were lowered to 7.60, leaving France far behind, and the odds of the Dutch team winning the championship were very close.

On the evening before the opening of the European Cup, the England team held a press conference, and Wan Sheng confidently announced in front of hundreds of reporters, "The goal of the England team is only to win the championship!" ”

Many media reporters disagreed, because the head coach of a strong team would say so before the tournament.

However, Wan Sheng's words directly affected the odds of England winning the championship, and within an hour, the value was lowered to 6.90, which has surpassed the Netherlands and only ranked behind Spain and Germany.

The big European media, including "World Sports", "Kicker", and "French Football", all sighed, "This is the influence of Wansheng!" ”

They don't know how much they have improved in half a month of training, and they don't know what the current situation of the team is, because the England team has not arranged even one warm-up game so far, and there is no way to estimate without comparison, but they still have confidence in the strength of the team, because they can feel some improvement in the individual and the team.

In the eyes of many so-called 'football professionals', the England team is still not the favorite to win the championship, they think that the odds of the bookmaker are hyped out, an important reason is that the odds data is determined according to the 'gamblers' betting situation, the bookmaker in order to control the loss, will adjust the odds according to the betting situation, "because Wan Sheng is very influential, when he led England, many 'gamblers' bet on the England team......"

This is the explanation of the 'football professionals'.

Some major media outlets have also expressed pessimism about the prospects of England, who won the World Cup in 1966 but have never reached the top of the tournament in Europe.

Since 1990, the England team has changed many 'big coaches', but even Capello has not made any real improvement in the England team.

Is Wansheng okay?

No way!

In the eyes of 'football professionals', the biggest favourites for the European Championship are still Spain, Germany and the Netherlands, with England being the 'second favourite' rather than the favourites in the first line.

There are many people who even think, "Not to mention winning the championship, England is a problem in the group." ”

It has to do with England's grouping.

Of the 16 teams in the European Championship, England is in Group D, the other three teams are the host Ukraine, the old powerhouse France and Sweden, known as England's nemesis.

"Now a lot of people are saying that the head coach of the England team is Wan Sheng, and in recent years, the name Wan Sheng has always been associated with the championship, so everyone is talking about whether the England team can win the championship."

Former England boss Christian Eriksen said: "I would also like England to win the title, but the first goal for England should be to qualify from the group, not to talk about the title. ”

Capello, who resigned three months ago, also voiced his views.

"It's very difficult for this England team to win the title, Wan Sheng is a capable manager, but he has led the team for too short a time, less than ten days, such a short time, it is hard to imagine what he can do. England should not aim to win the title, the priority is to try to qualify from the group......"

In the face of the doubts raised by these many 'seniors', Wan Sheng just sneered and said, "Some people are always self-righteous and consider others according to their own ideas. Of course, they have a right to say, but now I'm the England manager. ”

Probably because Wansheng's tone was not very friendly, what followed was an overwhelming criticism.