Chapter 168: The Red Devils of Europe Gather

After the squad was confirmed, Antienes reported to the Belgian Football Association as soon as possible, and there were only two weeks left before the opening match of the European Championship.

After reporting to UEFA, the Belgian Football Federation held a press conference to announce the 23-man squad for the European Championship.

The only players who have participated in the 2006 Shijie Cup are goalkeeper Plotto, defenders Hojkens, Kompany, Van Bitten, midfielders Goole, Simmons, Boufer, and striker Dugan.

Although people are also very optimistic about the potential of some of the players in this list, but if you really want to say that you have confidence in them, it is not necessarily, there is also a saying in China that "no hair on the mouth, no work is firm", these young people can withstand the test of a major competition like the European Cup, and everything seems to be unknown now.

And such a large number of replacement players, especially some meritorious players who have qualified for the Belgian national team and made great contributions, have been excluded from the national team squad, which is a bit unkind.

In this regard, Antienes gave an explanation: "If Belgian football wants to develop, it must be changed, the players who participated in the 2006 German Shijie Cup, they are really good, but most of them are really old, I don't doubt their competitive state, it's just that Belgian football is indeed about time to change, we need to train more excellent young players like Digan and Kompany for the national team!" ”

Antienes's words are basically a final sentence for those meritorious players, Belgian football thanks them for their past achievements, but from now on, Belgian football continues to move forward and is no longer needed.

These words may seem heartless, but they are all truths.

When the list was announced, the old players who were not selected were naturally disheartened, and some people couldn't help but complain when they were interviewed, and those players who were selected for the squad were more likely to be unbelievable than excited.

Especially Zuihou a confirmed Na England, after the end of the original season, he has returned to Belgium, with his family to go to his hometown in Indonesia for a vacation, although he has also been selected for the national team, and also has played in the national team, but whether it is the European Cup, or the Olympics, it is too far for him.

But what he never expected was that as soon as he arrived in Bali, he received a call-up order from the Belgian Football Association, and he was selected for the Belgian Olympic team to participate in the Olympic Games in China in August, which made England very excited.

Then, something even more unexpected happened, he had just returned to Belgium, arrived at the training ground of the national Olympic team, and received another call-up order, he was called up to the Belgian national team, and he needed to go to Geneva, Switzerland immediately to participate in the team's preparations.

"This ~~~~~~~~~~~~"

Naeng England was completely stunned by this fact, he never thought that such a good thing would actually fall on his head, you must know that this time the national team squad, even the meritorious player of Belgian football Van der Haeg was not selected, and there would be his name.

"Coach, I can't believe it's true!" Na England felt that he was very lucky to be selected for the training squad of the national Olympic team, and he didn't even dare to think about the national team.

The head coach of the Belgian Olympic team, De Sart, is also a bit bizarre, this training squad, he has avoided many members who may be selected for the national team, such as Fellaini, Dembele, Martens, Vertonghen, Vermaelen and others, but now even England has been selected.

"Radgar! It's a good thing, we're all happy for you, you have the strength to do a good job in Switzerland! ”

De Sartre said this kind of unnutritious words, in fact, he didn't even believe it, because he summoned Na England this time, just because most of the main players in the national Olympic team were selected for the national team, and there was a lack of manpower, and the training camp could not be carried out, so Na England came over to make up the number.

Moreover, Na England has been selected for the national team before, and De Sart also wants to see what kind of strength the player who can be favored by the national team is.

Speaking of which, Naeng England has average physical fitness, although the passing is good and the defensive awareness is remarkable, but just like that, Belgium has too many players like this to be expected.

The most important thing is that Na England plays in Serie B and is not even a main player, so does such a player really have the quality of the national team?

Desatre is skeptical!

But in any case, the call-up order for the national team was not fake, and after packing up, England immediately took a plane to Geneva, Switzerland.

Because of the twists and turns, Naeng England arrived at Zuihou, and when he arrived, the rest of the team had already started training, among these players, the only one who was familiar with Naeng was Vertonghen, and the two had tried out together at Ajax, but in the end Vertonghen got a contract offered by the Eredivisie giants, and Na England could only move to the Italian league to look for opportunities.

The first thing England did was naturally to report to the head coach Antienes and explain the reason for his late arrival, but Antienes didn't say anything, just asked him to change his equipment immediately and start training with the team.

The Belgian national team is now much younger than the team that participated in the 2006 Shijie Cup in Germany, and most of the players in the team are in their early twenties, and it is not easy for them to be estranged from each other.

And the strength of Na England, and the current results, compared with teammates, is simply a world of difference, the current number one star in the Belgian national team is undoubtedly Digan, in addition to the treble winner Fiorentina's main central defender Kompany, playing for Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga, Van Bitten, and even his old friend Vertonghen are now the presence he needs to look up to.

In the first group training, Naeng was placed on the side of the bench, and he was partnered by the Belgian Olympic team's captain Martens, but against the attacking line of Dugan and Dembele, his performance was nothing short of a disaster.

When he first joined the team, Na England did not start well, and after training, he also looked very disappointed.

Antienes waited until the players had left, then called Deegan to the sidelines: "Rod! Radgar seems to have a hard time fitting in! ”

Deegan also saw it and smiled, "Do you mean you want me to help him?" ”

Antienes said: "Of course, you are the captain of the team, it is your job!" ”

Degan shook his head and said, "No! I'm not going, I'm the captain of the team, but I'm not the team's babysitter, at least until the end of the group stage, they have to solve any problems themselves, I can't help them! Therefore, Na England's affairs can only be solved by himself! ”

For the role of the team's nanny, Degan has actually been tired of it for a long time, not only the national team, but also the club, so when the whole team of Fiorentina was disbanded, Prandelli hoped that he could participate in the team's transfer work next season, Degan refused this time, not that he didn't want to cultivate more new liliang for Florence, but he didn't know where there were dusty pearls, maybe there were, but those talented teenagers had long been treasured by the tall team like treasures, and wanted to get it, It costs a lot of money, and it's obviously impossible to pick up the leaks as before.

Antienes was obviously a little surprised by Digan's attitude, in the past, Degan wanted to participate in everything, and it turned out that every opinion of Degan was correct, could it be that Degan was disappointed in Na England.

But think about it, when the group confrontation just now, Naeng's performance was really not good, and it can even be said to be bad, and it is inevitable that Degan has some opinions about the performance of the person he fully recommends.

It's just that if Degan, the captain, doesn't come forward to help Naeng integrate into the team, who else can?

Antienes suddenly had an idea, looked at the back of Degan leaving, and suddenly smiled.

Digan can't do it, isn't there still a vice-captain Gul?

Although Deegan is the captain of the team, the core, the star of the house, and the spiritual leader, when it comes to the locker room, the most authoritative is the old captain of Gul.

Moreover, Gul and Naeng are in the same position, and if Gul is asked to help Naeng, he should be the most suitable person.

Gul didn't expect Antienes to give him such a task, in the past, Degan was responsible for these things, but he didn't shirk: "Don't worry! Coach, I can do well. ”

In the training on the second day, during the group confrontation, Gul was also placed on the substitute side by Antienes, and then there was such a scene on the court.

Gul kept yelling at Naeng, reprimanding him, and encouraging him, and in Simmons' words, Goul almost wanted to stuff Naeng into the stroller.

After the training session, Antietis also called Naeng and Gul in front of him.

"Radgar! From today onwards, you learn from Gul and learn everything you think you need from him! ”

Na England naturally has no opinion on Antienes' arrangement, and in the team, with Gul's cover, his life can be much better.

"Yes! Instructor! I'll learn from the captain! "Na England has a restrained personality that is unique to Asians.

"Excellent! Gul! The rest is up to you! Antienes smiled and patted Gul on the shoulder, and turned to leave.

Gul's first lesson for England was to practice, and when the rest of his teammates had gone to rest, Gul's roar was still resounding on the training ground.

"That kid has taken it now!" Kompany gloated.

Deegan glanced at the training ground and said, "If that kid wants to do something for us, of course he's going to have to work a little harder in the next few days!" ”

For the two days of training, in general, Degan is still very satisfied, especially Fellaini, Dembele, showing a very high competitive form, if nothing else, they will definitely get a place in the main lineup.

There is also Vermaelen, who can be trusted as Kompany's new partner, so it's no wonder Arsene Wenger is so optimistic about him, and before the end of last season, he began to approach Ajax in the hope of bringing him in to the Gunners.

In addition, Mirallas showed a good level, in the group stage, Belgium is likely to play a single striker tactic, behind the single striker is Dembele, Mirallas's tactical execution ability is very strong, and he is good at making balls for teammates, with such a fulcrum in front, the Belgian team's offense can also become more fluid.

After a few discussions with Antienes, the main squad for the group stage has gradually emerged, and the team will play two friendlies against Sweden and Macedonia in the next ten days, followed by the group stage.

If it is good, then hello, I am good, everyone is good, Degan continues to stay on the altar and enjoy the incense offerings of the Belgian fans, but once it is messed up in the European Championship, it will not only be Antienes unlucky, these new players in the Belgian national team will not be happy, but I am afraid that Degan will also face blame.

Some unsuccessful players have revealed to the media that in the Belgian national team, the real one who has the final say is Digan, who can absolutely train in the squad, and can even influence the arrangement of Antienes.

Although Antienes denied the incident in front of reporters, it is clear that Deegan has now been portrayed as a ball bully.

But the ball is the ball master, and Degan doesn't care anyway, but once the Belgian team returns home in the European Cup, he is likely to become what people call a Belgian football cancer.

This is something that Degan does not want to undertake, so compared to Antienes, Degan has higher expectations for these players.

Soon it was time to test the team's quality, the Viking Sweden, this warm-up match was supposed to be canceled, because once both teams successfully broke through from the group, they were likely to meet in the quarterfinals, but Sweden's star Ibrahimovic insisted, this game can only be held as scheduled, as for what Ibrahimovic is thinking, Digan can guess with his toes.