Chapter 328: Choice
The Germans finally realized what they had done!
They didn't care about it before, in their opinion, Zhang Tiehan was born in Munich and was originally a German player, how could a German player join other countries' teams? Even if Zhang Tiehan was of Chinese descent and had nothing to do with Germany in his career, they didn't care.
So they supported Klinsmann and felt that it would be good for Zhang Tiehan to go to the U-21 youth team.
What Zhang Tiehan thought, they didn't think about it.
When Eriksen announced that Zhang Tiehan would be a member of the England team, they realized that Zhang Tiehan must be dissatisfied with not being able to enter the national team and not being able to participate in next year's World Cup in Germany, and he was very dissatisfied...... Think about it, the World Cup is held once every four years, and Zhang Tiehan will be twenty-five years old if he misses this time and wants to participate again, and his dissatisfaction is understandable.
But it seems a little late to think about it now.
They...... No, it was Jurgen Klinsmann who gave Germany's talented star to England, which is simply intolerable!
When they heard the news, the German media were in an uproar, and many of them immediately began to lash out at Klinsmann and his German team.
"Klinsmann must have a personal vendetta with Zhang, otherwise how could Zhang not be able to enter the German team?"
"What the hell is Klinsmann doing?"
"Didn't he know that Zhang was one of the few geniuses in Germany?"
"Can Jurgen Klinsmann really lead Germany to glory? Zhang, the top scorer in Serie A and the Champions League, is a twenty-one-year-old Mr. 30 million pounds. None of such a talented star can make it to the German team? ā
"He personally gave Zhang to England......"
"That's our genius, he should come back!"
"Klinsmann should do something, maybe he should change the twenty-four squad immediately, immediately, now!"
The German media has finally woken up.
At the same time, some officials of the German Football Association also found Klinsmann and asked about it, Zhang Tiehan is a German player, which is well known, the German Football Association has always regarded Zhang Tiehan as the hope of German football in the future, but now I heard that Zhang Tiehan joined the England team, is there such a funny thing?
Many people in the German Football Association wanted to talk to Klinsmann.
Klinsmann just got a lot of pressure, actually. He didn't take Zhang Tiehan seriously at all before. He is the head coach of the German team, Zhang Tiehan, a German player who is just a good player, he is not even his own player. I don't have the right to say anything to myself.
After Zhang Tiehan expressed his dissatisfaction with him. Klinsmann also felt that he had made the right choice.
Now he's paying the price for that choice.
Due to the voices of the media and inquiries from the German Football Association. The pressure on Klinsmann became so great that he refused to give some interviews, but eventually had to hold a press conference to tell the media about it. A lot of people thought Klinsmann would admit his mistakes, but they were all wrong.
As the coach of the German team and a former legend, Klinsmann is not a person who will admit mistakes lightly, and besides, he does not feel that he has done anything wrong.
"I'm sorry for Zhang's choice."
'I admire him, he'll be the future of German football and it's only a matter of time before he gets into the German team. But he chose England instead. ā
"I didn't put him in the squad before, firstly, considering his youth, there are very few young people in Germany who enter the national team at the age of 21; Second, considering the stability of the team, he may not be able to adapt to the team when he joins in. I was surprised when I heard he had chosen England, but it also let me know that I made the right choice. ā
'Germany is never short of anyone, and there are no players that the team needs.
"Without Zhang, my team is also a world powerhouse, a team that can compete for the Hercules Cup. That's all I have to say, thank you. ā
After Klinsmann finished speaking, he left the press conference, leaving only a group of discussion media, many people were surprised by Klinsmann's speech, they felt that Klinsmann was really a bit stubborn, no matter what, there are not too many players like Zhang, no national team.
There are also those who admire Klinsmann.
He was able to stand his ground, and it was not easy to do that under so much pressure.
No matter what others think, Klinsmann's mind will not change, the final result is that Klinsmann cannot change the squad and let Zhang Tiehan rejoin, so that he will lose his authority as a coach, that is not what he wants to do, in short, when Klinsmann said these words, the Germans realized that Zhang Tiehan will definitely not be a member of the German team, because the German Football Association cannot temporarily change the coach before the World Cup for Zhang Tiehan, as long as Klinsmann is the head coach of the German team, No one can dictate his work.
They don't know that Zhang Tiehan can't be persuaded.
When Zhang Tiehan decided to do one thing, especially his own choice, he would not change his decision no matter what, he promised Eriksen and chose to join the England team, he would continue, even if Klinsmann added him to the squad, he would not choose the German team again.
That's his choice.
While Germany is lamenting the affairs of Klinsmann and Zhang Tiehan, England fans are quite happy.
England have a star-studded squad that looks even more flashy than Germany's, but in reality, England don't have a lot of options up front, with Eriksen having four strikers in his squad ā Wayne Rooney, Michael Owen, Crouch and Theo Walcott.
Rooney and Owen naturally need not say much.
Crouch almost came to Liverpool in the summer, he is a striker of a similar type to Zhang Tiehan, but the overall table is much worse than Zhang Tiehan, he is worth about 7 million pounds, and he can only be regarded as a notable striker.
Walcoat was the biggest surprise in Eriksen's squad.
At just 17 years old, Theo Walcott went from a Championship substitute to a Premier League giants Arsenal in the summer, then made one Premier League appearance and is now in the England squad.
No one denies that Theo Walquette is a genius, but it's a surprise to see him in the England squad right now.
"It's Erikson's gamble." Many media commented on Walcott's selection, but it doesn't matter if he is the fourth striker, after all, the fourth striker has very few opportunities to play, and it is regarded as using the World Cup to cultivate newcomers.
But when Zhang Tiehan entered the squad, the English media felt that Walcott would really be 'a tour of the England team', there were only four strikers, Zhang Tiehan was selected, then one person would be defeated, and among the four forwards, it was obvious that Walcott was the most likely to lose, not to mention Zhang Tiehan, even compared to other strikers in England, he was much worse.
After Zhang Tiehan joined the England team, England's forward line was really gorgeous.
Irving can play off the bench......
The combination of Rooney + Zhang Tiehan has been awaited by the English media for a long time, and this 'mention yƬ' was first proposed by Manchester United supporters, when Zhang Tiehan was far away in Rome, Italy, Manchester United supporters were already imagining how gorgeous Zhang Tiehan and Rooney, two 20-year-old superstar partners, were in attack.
Now that goal is almost achieved, but it will be England instead of Manchester United.
To have such a striker, the English media is naturally very excited, and some media chanted, "Our forward line can be compared to Real Madrid!" This call made many people feel happy, of course, maybe Owen will not be happy, because he played as a substitute in Real Madrid, Zhang Tiehan entered the England team, and he is likely to be reduced to a substitute.
Even though Owen is the old man of the England team, football is like that, whoever is in good shape and has the quality can become the main force, and every professional team is the same.
While England were cheering their attacking pairing, the Premier League was already in its twelfth round, with Liverpool heading to Birmingham to take on Aston Villa.
Aston Villa are a Premier League powerhouse.
Twenty teams in the Premier League, many teams can be called powerhouses, but the word "powerhouse" is most suitable for Aston Villa, in recent years, Aston Villa's results have not fluctuated much, the league fifth to fifteenth ranking, is their results, which are more in the upper reaches, last season's results were more mediocre, they are only 10th in the league, which is also a description of the current strength of Aston Villa - this is a team that is worry-free about relegation but difficult to do more.
In the summer transfer market, Aston Villa did not have any eye-catching gains, Kevin Phillips and Borg came, Vassell and Hitzelsperg left, and the overall strength did not change much.
The arrival of veterans is perhaps their biggest gain, and they have a lot of young players in their squad.
This is Aston Villa.
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At Birmingham's Villa Park Stadium, the match between the two teams has begun.
Before the game, many media predicted that Liverpool would win easily, because Aston Villa really had no reason to win, Liverpool has been in good form recently, with Zhang Tiehan in the front field with excellent scoring ability, and the midfield is also dominant compared with Aston Villa, although the defense at the back is poor, it is not easy for Aston Villa to score goals, as long as Benitez does not make big mistakes, Liverpool has no reason to lose.
The match between the two teams was astonishing.
Aston Villa showed an impressive fighting spirit at home, their defence was very tenacious, and the counter-attack was quite quick and sharp, the combination of Angel and Phillips up front forced Liverpool to pay more attention to the defense after the opening fifteen minutes, and Liverpool did not seem to be lucky, Zhang Tiehan and Gerrard each kicked a goalpost.
Liverpool couldn't find the back of the net until 80 minutes into the second half, and Aston Villa didn't score, but a draw would have been a defeat for Liverpool, who are aiming for the league title this season, not just Champions League qualification.
So Liverpool have to win.
Counting on Chelsea to lose...... It would be better to count on the final ten minutes to score. (To be continued......)