Chapter 318: Bonuses and the Weak

"Sky Sports UK! This is the National Stadium in Warsaw, where England beat Germany 6-4 on aggregate in the second semi-final in regulation time and extra time, and then on penalties in a shootout, with an aggregate score of 6-4 to get closer to the European Championship final! ā€

"China Central TV, here is the latest caution in international football, just five minutes ago, the England team, led by Chinese coach Wan Sheng, defeated the mighty German team and reached the European Cup final in a historic way!"

"Japan's national comprehensive channel, the European Cup staged the strongest showdown, and the England team eliminated Germany by surprise!"

"It was a great win for England! A magical revenge for the semi-finals of Euro 1996! ā€

"The Germans tasted the bitter consequences of defeat, they were not prepared for the game and fell again in the semi-finals......

"England are already thinking about the title! Maybe a month ago, a lot of people were laughing at Wansheng's goal, but now, they have to face Wansheng, face up to England, they really want to be involved in the title race! ā€

"Our goal is the championship! A passionate word that tugged at the hearts of all England fans, and this night belonged to them......"

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A lot of media commentators and football commentators were surprised by the result.

The England team is a strong team, everyone recognizes it, but to say that it is world-class, it is always Germany, Spain, Italy and other teams, and the England team has not performed well in the international arena, let alone entering the finals, even if it is not easy to enter the quarterfinals.

But in the end, England eliminated Germany, and what was particularly surprising was that England eliminated Germany on penalties.

This is quite surprising!

Germany have an unshakable strong position in penalty shoot-outs, and each of their opponents will strive for 90 minutes to win, otherwise when it comes to penalty shoot-outs, the hope of winning is too small.

As a result, England goalkeeper Joe Hart became the most sought after player.

Over the past few decades, Germany have scored just two goals in their last seven major shoot-outs.

That's a number of decades combined.

In the penalty shoot-out of this game, the German team saved two penalties, equalling their decades combined, and it is conceivable that Joe Hart, who performed well, was more sought after.

"Before the game started, I knew Joe was going to do well."

"Before training for penalties, Joe's reaction was very fast, even incredible, and I was thinking that we wouldn't be afraid of penalties against Italy or Germany."

'I think we did well as well, we scored four out of five goals and it was the best penalty shoot-out.

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The England player said excitedly in an interview.

It was certainly a sleepless night for England fans, but for England they were excited and there was no time to celebrate, as the final was only two days apart and they didn't have a single night to celebrate.

After the game, Wan Sheng and the rest of the players went back to the hotel to pack their things and then flew to Dynamo Kyiv to prepare for the final.

The next morning, the whole team practiced on the arranged court.

Now that we have reached the last step, and if we finish this step, we will be the champion, and Wan Sheng and the whole team want to move on.

They also get a lot of attention.

When England and Spain competed in the final, almost most of the national media supported the England team, one was that the England team looked 'weaker', and the other was that the Spanish team had reached the stage of 'being boycotted', they took away Euro 2008, they took away the 2010 World Cup, and then let Spain take away this European Cup, they are equivalent to dominating world football.

This is not something that any football powerhouse wants to see.

As a result, many other countries, such as Italy, Portugal and Germany, which had just been beaten by England, began to give advice to the England team, hoping that England could 'continue to work miracles' to beat Spain to win the title.

Public opinion in Europe is favorable to the England team, but the game still has to rely on itself, and Wan Sheng told everyone to prepare for the game with the most serious attitude.

"Now the most critical moment has come! We worked hard for a month for this game! We can't relax in the slightest, there are only two days, and we have to adjust our condition and recuperate in these two days, and meet the decisive battle in the best condition! ā€

Wansheng is actually a little worried about the mentality of the players.

Many people are, the more critical the moment, the easier it is to drop the chain, just like the English players, many of them, even have no plans after the group stage, many people feel that the team can enter the quarterfinals, it has already completed the task, as for the championship or something, it is not practical at all.

The team has come this far and it is easy for some players to relax mentally.

They may think that reaching the final is already good, and even if they finish second, they will make English football history, and some of the players of the smaller clubs will think so, as will the big names of England.

There are also some players who get nervous, and the more you play in the back, the more nervous you get.

But whether it is relaxed or nervous, it is a bad state of mind, and it is likely to have an impact on the game.

Wan Sheng has to adjust the mentality of the players.

This work alone is definitely not enough, he has found assistant coach Gary Neville, as well as Morris, Gerrard and other players with a good mentality, so that they can adjust the hearts of everyone on the team.

Wan Sheng has not forgotten the FA.

The FA is very interested in England's participation in the European Championships, and they are desperate for England to perform well, which is not only an honour, but also a boost in the FA's support among England fans and a testament to the success of their work.

Wansheng's purpose in finding the FA is to let the FA use 'money' to motivate the team, and a large amount of money is definitely indispensable.

FA vice-president Yorke also announced to everyone, "As long as the team can win the championship, the English Football Team will pay each member of the team a bonus of 200,000 pounds on top of the established bonus!" ā€

That's a big bonus.

£200,000 each, all adds up to £5 million, which is definitely a huge amount of money, and some of the young players in the squad, such as Danny Welbeck, only get £40,000 a week at the club, and £200,000 is equivalent to five weeks' salary.

When York finished speaking, everyone applauded enthusiastically, and the prize money was very tempting for everyone.

Between two days, time is precious.

Wan Sheng let the team have a morning of recovery training, and in the afternoon began to do some small routine training.

On the second day, the game seemed to be approaching, and if you wanted to do any systematic training, there was no time at all, so Wansheng simply let the whole team conduct defensive training, mainly two points - defensive running and offside.

Defensive running is a very systematic training, England has done a lot before, the day before the game is just familiar, the most important thing is to let the defenders know when to make offside.

It was crucial against Spain.

The Spanish team is completely 'half Barcelona', their style is the same as Barcelona's, forward through and over the top is the main attacking means, if you want to defend this kind of ball, you must be good at using 'offside'.

It's not a lot of time in a day, but it has a 'synergistic effect' and it's enough to let everyone know when to 'make offside'.

At the end of the final training, Wansheng gathered all the players and said seriously, "This is our last day of training, tomorrow is the final, whether we win or not, it will be the last time I and you will cooperate!" ā€

"My contract with the team is temporary, I will definitely not continue to coach, the whole coaching process is only one month, this month, I feel very good, I have a high opinion of you, I think each of you is very good......"

This is the first time Wansheng has publicly praised a player.

Many players are very happy, but thinking that Wansheng is leaving, they are still a little reluctant, even Rooney, Ashley Cole and others who are not very good at Wansheng at the beginning, anyway, the coaching ability of the Chinese in front of him is certain, he can lead the team to victory, unlike some other coaches, to coach said very well, but in the end they still lost again and again, that feeling of failure, very heart-wrenching.

'It's not a parting speech, I don't need to say anything because I'm still in Europe, maybe you'll meet me again, at club, at national team, maybe. Now I'm your coach and I can be friends in the future, but importantly, we're not at the end yet! Tomorrow is the end, and I think it's much more important for you than me to win the championship! ā€

"I dare say I've won enough of a European Cup? I don't care, yes, I don't care, I'm going to coach for 10 years, 20 years, or even longer, I can win any championship, and you're different, how long is your career? How many chances do you have to play in the final of the European Championship? I'm sure only this once, missed it and wanted to wait for the next ......"

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Wan Sheng did not hide the ridicule on his face, but no one was dissatisfied with this, in the past few decades, all English players have not played in the European Championship final, they are already on the road to making history, and as Wan Sheng said, many players may retire next time, even if they are young players, if they want to lead the team to the European Championship final, the road is too difficult, change the coach, they are not sure that they can play well.

"So, this is the only chance!"

"But you should all know what the outside world thinks, many people want us to win, but I think that this shows that our strength is not good, and we are not favored by the outside world, because most people will still subconsciously support the weak, and we are the weak!"

"Do you want to be weak?"

"If we lose, we are runners-up, it is true that we have made history as a team, but we are still weak, it is still difficult to look up in front of those Spaniards!"

Looking at everyone's expressions, Wan Sheng knew that his words had a role, "I believe that none of you want to be weak, so we have no choice, this decisive battle can only be won, not defeated, understand!" ā€