Since arriving in Germany, there is no closed training at all, in their spare time, the players can also go back to the hotel to live with their girlfriends, Zhang Tiehan also went to see Lola, and the two also spent a romantic night in the hotel, which made Zhang Tiehan feel that the England team is really good, and the players of other teams will definitely not have this kind of treatment.

Outside of training, England's stars are also interviewed by journalists.

When Zhang Tiehan was interviewed, many reporters asked him about the selection of the German team and the England team, which was quite sensitive, but he also knew that this was a problem that had to be faced, because everyone cared, and if he didn't answer for a while, then the reporters' questions would come one after another.

That's the power of journalists......

After all, they are a group of people, and Zhang Tiehan is just one person, so he first sighed to reporters that Munich feels good, and then said, "Now I am a member of the England team, I will play for England and participate in the World Cup." ”

"I don't have any particular opinion about the German team, they are a strong team and it has always been the case that if we have the opportunity to meet the German team, I think my team-mates and I will be very serious about playing and trying to beat them."

German reporters are very happy to listen to Zhang Tiehan's praise of the German team, no matter what the connection between Zhang Tiehan and the German team, he is also the most valuable star in the world now, with his ability and appearance, a 'strong team' praise, how can it be regarded as praise.

Zhang Tiehan did not 'disappoint' the German reporter, and then praised the German team a lot.

He even named a number of German stars and praised their cousins, "...... Ballack is good, I've watched him play a lot, he's the heart of the German team, he's tough in the game, it's scary...... Klose is a good goalscorer. Personally, I think he's one of the best goalscorers in the world......"

In the end, Zhang Tiehan summed up, "The German team was very good last time, but unfortunately the German Football Association did not have a good vision, and they hired a coach with such a peculiar idea as Klinsmann, I think, despite the superstar in Germany in this World Cup." The German team will not have any good results. ”

With that, he lamented and turned to leave, leaving behind a group of reporters who looked at each other.

Looking at Zhang Tiehan's back, this group of reporters can only be very helpless, including reporters from England and Italy, they know Zhang Tiehan very well, and they are not surprised at all by this result, but if Zhang Tiehan doesn't say so, they feel strange.

In any case, in their impressions. Zhang Tiehan is not the kind of person who will praise others.

"It turns out that he praised the German team a lot before, just to belittle Klinsmann...... "Many reporters suddenly realized, and those German reporters who didn't know Zhang Tiehan felt very strange, they interviewed Zhang Tiehan in the hope of knowing some reasons why Zhang Tiehan chose the England team and gave up the German team.

Now they know.

Is Zhang Tiehan dissatisfied with Klinsmann? This is not a very secret answer, Klinsmann did not recruit Zhang Tiehan into the German team at that time, and Zhang Tiehan will naturally be dissatisfied with him. But if you are dissatisfied, you can't say it in such a public place, right? In particular, he said, 'Klinsmann's German team must not have done well'. You must know that this time the German team is going to the championship!

So the reporters have begun to write the news in private, and the content is about the personal feud between Zhang Tiehan and Klinsmann.

Any news about big-name stars spreads quickly, let alone stars like Zhang Tiehan, whatever he says to reporters will be reported by reporters as it is and become big news. Soon the German coach Jurgen Klinsmann also knew the news.

He felt angry.

Anyone who hears others say bad things about themselves in public will probably feel very angry, especially Zhang Tiehan said this after praising the German team, which is almost equivalent to pointing at Klinsmann's nose and scolding, so he quickly responded. "My team doesn't need the most expensive player in the world, and the German team can function without anyone."

Regarding the reporter's question, why Zhang Tiehan was not recruited into the national team at that time, Klinsmann said, "He is still too young, it is impossible for me to let him enter the team because he is famous, there are only 23 players on the team list, if you can enter the German team with a little fame, then my team will have 230 people......"

He said so.

After the afternoon training, a reporter told Zhang Tiehan the news, Zhang Tiehan was stunned when he heard Klinsmann's words in the reporter's mouth, and said with a smile, "Can anyone run without the German team?" So why didn't he find a bunch of lower league players? ”

It's just a joke.

In fact, now Zhang Tiehan doesn't care about the German team or anything, he has German nationality, but he feels more Chinese in terms of his motherland, in his opinion, Germany and England are no different, naturally enter which team has a better relationship.

He wanted to join the German team but was turned away.

He is proud.

Since you don't want me, naturally I will join the England team, and the England team also welcomes him very much, and the FA and manager Eriksen are very sincere in his invitation, so Zhang Tiehan can't think of a reason why he has to wait for the German team to be called up.

Now he's a member of the England team, and it doesn't make sense to think about Germany or anything.

He never regretted the decision he made.

However, various media have a lot of reports and analysis on the saliva of the two, in fact, the two only had two conversations with each other, and they didn't pay attention to it at all, but the media will not report so simply, they analyzed in detail not a word in the conversation between the two, and finally came to the conclusion - Zhang Tiehan and Klinsmann must have a personal vendetta!

This is the only way to explain why Klinsmann refused Zhang Tiehan to join the German team, why Zhang Tiehan had a good impression of the German team, chose the England team without entering the team, and publicly criticized Klinsmann.

So the reason for the personal vendetta was speculated.

"When Zhang was in Italy, it was revealed that he had an intimate relationship with Marini Valeria, and Valeria and Klinsmann knew each other...... "Klinsmann's age and Zhang Tiehan's age, these two people are jealous, and it is really rare for these media to guess it."

"Jurgen Klinsmann is unhappy with English football, and no one in the German team plays in the Premier League...... is well-founded.

"Klinsmann is racist. He's a nationalist...... "It makes sense."

"Klinsmann recruited Zhang for the first time, and Zhang took leave to return to China and did not go to training, which was the beginning of tension between the two...... "This reason is okay."

In short, there are all kinds of speculations about the personal feud between Zhang Tiehan and Klinsmann.

In this overwhelming coverage, the feelings of the German fans are mixed, on the one hand they support the German team. Support Klinsmann, after all, Klinsmann is still very influential in Germany, and many German fans grew up listening to Klinsmann's name.

On the other hand, they want Zhang Tiehan to be in the team.

Regarding this point, I am afraid that fans all over the world will hope that Zhang Tiehan is the most valuable player in the world, and such a player in the team will definitely increase the strength of the team a lot.

Other German and English players were also interviewed in various reports. The following views on the matter were expressed.

The England team seemed to have discussed it in private, and the tone was almost unanimous, "Thank you Klinsmann, so Zhang became our teammate ......" After repeating the sentence many times, I think Klinsmann must not have a good impression of the English players.

The German players were less inclined to express their views on this.

The England team is different, Zhang Tiehan is a teammate of the England players, and many of them are his friends, so naturally it doesn't matter what they say. And Klinsmann, one of the protagonists of this matter, is the head coach of the German team, and the German players dare not say the head coach. In case of...... If what the media says is true, Klinsmann is a cautious eye, and they say a word, maybe there will be no chance to play in this World Cup.

Everyone has this concern.

However, in an interview, Barak did not keep his mouth shut, he did say something. 'Zhang is a very good player and I'm looking forward to playing with him.'

What the?

When Ballack's words came out, a group of reporters were stunned, they didn't react for a while what Ballack was referring to, Zhang Tiehan must be a member of the England team. And Ballack is a member of the German team...... Wrong!

Soon they realized what Barak was talking about!

Chelsea!

In mid-May, when Liverpool was preparing for the Champions League final, before returning to the German team for training, Ballack had already finalized his contract with Chelsea, and Zhang Tiehan's transfer had already been finalized, and the two would become teammates next season and play for Chelsea Football Club together.

It was the final round of the Bundesliga.

As Ballack's contract with Bayern Munich expired, he did not renew his contract with Bayern Munich, so the game became Ballack's farewell performance, and the next afternoon, Chelsea Football Club announced that Chelsea Football Club had agreed with Ballack himself on a free transfer, and Ballack will appear on the pitch at Stamford Bridge next season wearing the Blues' cannon.

It's a free transfer.

As the core of Bayern Munich's midfield, Ballack is twenty-nine years old, he is still the core of the German team, such a heavyweight star is what every club wants, and more importantly, he is still a free transfer, that is, Chelsea FC does not have to pay a penny of transfer fees, only needs to pay salaries.

For this reason, Chelsea generously signed a contract with Ballack, in the press conference, the press officer of the Chelsea club did not reveal the details of the contract, but soon the British media fully learned of Balaguer's contract, this time Chelsea signed Ballack for a period of four years, with a total annual salary of 25 million pounds, which is equivalent to about 43 million US dollars.

At the same time, this annual salary makes Ballack's income more than Real Madrid's six superstars, and also surpasses Vieri's salary of 7 million (US dollars) when he joined AC Milan.

If such a sky-high annual salary would have been unthinkable for Chelsea a few years ago, this has changed with the arrival of Mr. Abu.

Chelsea club president Roman Abramovich was delighted to learn of Ballack's successful signing, even speaking to reporters and saying, 'Ballack is a great player and I am confident that his arrival will make Chelsea even better. ”

But Chelsea's worries this summer are not about getting good players.

After a few seasons, the club has been very successful, and many famous players will now consider Chelsea, such as Shepchenko, who plays for AC Milan, and now that the Italian phone gate incident is in full swing, the Ukrainian nuclear warhead also wants to leave Italy. His next stop is likely to be Chelsea.

In addition to Shepchenko, Chelsea have confirmed the signings of Zhang Tiehan and Ballack, which is enough to make them the club's most successful club in the summer.

Chelsea's problem is the coach, and at this stage, with all the big names in place, it's very difficult for them to find the right manager. According to Chelsea's internal staff, if a qualified coach cannot be found in the summer, then club director Afran Grant is likely to step in as head coach.

A group of big-name stars paired with an obscure manager is more of a concern for Chelsea in the media.

However, when it comes to Ballack, we have to talk about his salary contract, a four-year annual salary, a total of 25 million pounds of contract, which means that Ballack's salary has reached an average of 6.25 million pounds a year, which translates into euros is nearly 9.5 million euros.

With such a huge contract, I am afraid that it can only be obtained if Ballack is free transfer.

However, the English media speculated. Zhang Tiehan's contract salary for Chelsea's transfer is likely to exceed Ballack's, and Abramovich will never mind paying more for Zhang Tiehan's salary in order to keep Zhang Tiehan's heart, after all, Chelsea has prepared more than 100 million euros for Zhang Tiehan's transfer.

At present, the transfer has been finalized, but it has not yet been completed, mainly because the transfer funds are too large, so Zhang Tiehan's contract with Chelsea has not been finalized in time.

The media estimates that after the end of the World Cup. Zhang Tiehan's transfer talent has settled.

In the midst of the media uproar, the World Cup is approaching. In the past few days, the outside media has been reporting on the stars, gossip, news and all kinds of preparations for the World Cup, while the national teams are training intensively.

There is an old Chinese saying that 'if you are not happy before the battle, you will be light', and this is the case with the tables of the various national teams, even though they have arrived in Germany, and the World Cup is about to start. Their training is getting busier.

Every team is preparing for the group stage.

The 32 teams are divided into eight groups, and the rules of the World Cup group are similar to those of the Champions League group stage, and the 32 teams are divided into four groups, such as England, Brazil, Italy, etc., all of which belong to the first seeded teams. This ensures that they are not placed in the same group, which is also to be fair and reasonable, to avoid the strong teams playing each other too early, and to try to avoid the emergence of the group of death.

At the same time, it will also be divided according to geography to avoid strong teams on the same continent from meeting each other, except for the first team, the other three grades are divided into teams and have nothing to do with the strength of the team and the region.

The specific groups are:

Group A: Germany, Costa Rica, Poland, Ecuador????

Group B: England, Paraguay, Trinidad and Tobago, Sweden????

Group C: Argentina, Côte d'Ivoire, Serbia and Montenegro, Netherlands????

Group D: Mexico, Iran, Angola, Portugal????

Group E: Italy, Ghana, United States, Czech Republic

Group F: Brazil, Australia, Croatia, Japan????

Group G: France, Switzerland, Republic of Korea, Togo????

Group H: Spain, Ukraine, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia

Among the newcomers of this European Championship, the most concerned is the Ukrainian team, which led by the Ukrainian nuclear warhead Shepchenko, directly entered the World Cup finals, which is the first time in the history of the Ukrainian team????

However, the media is not optimistic about the Ukrainian team with the world's top striker Shepchenko, because if they want to reach the round of 16 of the World Cup, they must eliminate Tunisia and Saudi Arabia, which is not an easy task, after all, Ukraine can really be called Sheva's one-man team.

It's a real one-man team.

In the Ukrainian team, Shepchenko is really much more important than Zhang Tiehan in the England team.

England are seeded in Group B, a strong side that joins Paraguay, Trinidad and Tobago and Sweden.

The Group B format is not so harsh for England.

Although Paraguay and Sweden are not good matches, as long as one of them wins and the other draws, England can come out on the safe side, a goal that is not too difficult for England.

However, there is still a lot of news about Group B, especially between England and Sweden.

Believe all England fans hear Sweden. When I think of the Swedish team, I will sigh in my heart, after all, for the "Crusaders", "Viking" seems to have become a corner that they can never set foot in.

Needless to say, 38 years of feuds, even though England have the most luxurious squad since 1966, want to solve the 40-year title itch. must first overcome the psychological difficulty of not winning against Sweden in 38 years.

If the 60s of the last century were the glorious years of the English, no one would deny it, after all, they lifted the coveted Remet Cup in those 10 years.

Of course, one of the more things England fans will never forget in those 10 years was England's 3-1 home win over Sweden in a friendly match in 1968, which fans who have experienced that victory will surely remember as "shameful pride", because it has never been repeated to this day.

After 1968, England have played the Swedes a total of 11 times, with only seven draws and four defeats. Of course, this included five friendlies, but even in the official tournament, the English did not have a much better record, with four draws and two defeats, which was an embarrassing answer from England to the fans of the British Isles.

Looking back at the history of the previous six meetings, a strange pattern has come to fruition, "2 draws, 2 losses, 2 draws" since 1968, England played Sweden for the first time in an official match in the late 80s of the last century. In the two World Cup qualifiers at home and away, England drew 0:0 with their opponents; In the subsequent Euro 1992 and Euro 2000 qualifiers, England lost the same 1:2 to the Nordics; Including the 1:1 match in the 2002 World Cup. England then drew with the Swedes on two more occasions.

According to the law, now is the time to fail again?

Sweden has almost become England's arch-rivals, even against Italy, Germany, Brazil and other world's strongest teams, England do not have such an embarrassing history of fighting, despite England's poor results in recent years, Sweden is indeed a thorn in the heart of England.

And now the two teams are in a group at the World Cup in Germany.

There's more to talk about......

Head coach Eriksen is a Swede himself.

At the time of the draw for the World Cup group. Eriksen stood with Sweden coach Rughbake and shook his head when he heard that "Sweden" had been placed in Group B, then looked down and smiled. Some helpless, some joyful, and even some embarrassed, and finally a sigh of fate.

At the time, the Swedish coach Lagerbach said, "It's just an old love story." ”

Erikson and Lagerbach's 'relationship' is tested. In Japan in June 2002, the two successfully broke through from the group of death. Four years later, they were placed in the same group again.

This time, perhaps it should be called the "Survival Group".

Neither England nor Sweden are under pressure to qualify, but when it comes to topping the group, Eriksen clearly cares more than Lagerbach.

Only those who finish first in Group B will have the best chance of avoiding hosts Germany in the quarter-finals.

"We were saying don't run into each other, but it came together," Eriksen said, "but I'm pretty happy with the result." No Holland, no Australia, it's already ideal. And then you have Sweden, as if it were meant to be. ”

Lagerback said: "England have had a big impact on Swedish football over the years. We also have a lot of players playing in England. That's probably why we always get good results for them. Not long ago, Rughback also claimed that he thinks Ibra and Larsson are a stronger forward partnership than Zhang Tiehan and Owen.

Eriksen did not say anything about that.

Before the start of the group stage, the two managers did not talk about the problems of the England team and the Sweden team, and the England team at this time did not have the heart to think about Sweden, because the German World Cup is coming soon, and the England team is going to play on the first day of the game, in addition to the opening game of the host German team, the game between the England team and Paraguay is scheduled for the second game, which is also the opening game for the England team, after all, the other teams have not played, and the England team is going to play, which will be a little pressure.

In the lead-up to the opening ceremony, Christian Eriksen was trying to help his players relieve the pressure.

In the face of the World Cup, not to mention those rookie newcomers, even the old men of the team like Gerrard and Beckham will have a lot of pressure, and the best state of the team is Zhang Tiehan, before the opening ceremony, Zhang Tiehan has been smiling on his face.

He was already looking forward to playing in the World Cup.

World Cup!

It's the dream of many players, where every game is watched by countless fans and every game is like a Champions League final.

This is the arena that should belong to him! (To be continued......)