Chapter 60: Intensive Training

Christmas is just around the corner, and football across Europe is ready to take a break and relieve the stress and fatigue of the fierce league. But unlike other leagues, the Premier League is not over, on the contrary, it is still being played, especially the Premier League players, or more prepared, some big players, Christmas is not the time for them to rest, on the contrary, the most terrifying Christmas devil schedule in the Premier League is coming.

George and Owen, as Liverpool players, naturally have to face the most terrifying devilish schedule on the whole earth, not only that, because the 2002 South Korea-Japan World Cup is about to kick off, national teams around the world have begun to train, and England is naturally no different. So for George and others, not only have to deal with the Christmas devil schedule of the Premier League, but also have to report to the national team and participate in the national team's games, so that George has no rest time.

But in general, it's good, this time the England national team's training ground is in Liverpool City, and the training ground is the Liverpool team's Wilwood training ground.

Today is the first day of the national team training camp, George and others did not dare to be late at all, they had already come to the Wilwood training ground early, and when they found that the members of the national team had not yet arrived, George was really bored, and began a simple game training to pass the time.

This time, there are several players in the Liverpool team who have entered the national team: George, Owen, Gerrard, and Heskey. At the same time, because of Murphy's outstanding performance during this time, he was also seen by head coach Keegan and recruited into the squad, it can be said that this time there are five players in the Liverpool team alone, which can be regarded as the largest production team of the England national team.

I don't know how long it took, the first person to arrive was England's goalkeeper Seaman, at this time Seaman is already 38 years old, although the goalkeeper position, generally is a late bloomer, 30 years old can be regarded as a real golden age, but the age of 38 years old, so that Seaman in the goalkeeper position, can be regarded as about to say goodbye to football.

However, I have to say that to be able to become the goalkeeper of England, Seaman's own strength is undoubted, although Seaman is now 38 years old, but with his excellent competitive state, he has won the trust of Keegan and was recruited into the national team. If there is no accident, I am afraid that the position of the main goalkeeper of the England national team this time is none other than He-Man.

"Hey~David!" Seeing He-Man coming, Owen and Gerald, Murphy, and Husky greeted He-Man very happily, He-Man is a full elder for several people, and can even be said to be a father-level figure, for He-Man, the old door god, Owen and others only have respect.

"Haha, I thought I was the first to arrive, I didn't expect you all to arrive, but think about it, this is your territory, you are naturally sure that you are earlier than me." Hugging Owen and the others one by one, Seaman said happily.

"Hey ~ Hello David." Because he didn't have much friendship with He-Man, George didn't know how to greet He-Man, so he could only say politely.

"Haha, George, I'm your fan!" When Seaman saw George, his face suddenly bloomed with joy, and he hugged George and gave him a bear hug.

George was depressed, what the hell is going on with this He-Man, is he very familiar with himself, but I clearly remember that today was the first time I met He-Man.

Although he couldn't figure it out, George didn't say anything, on the contrary, he chatted with Seaman very happily, after all, Seaman is also an absolute veteran qualification in the England national team, and there is no harm in having a good relationship.

In fact, George didn't know that for He-Man, no matter who his teammates were, He-Man would only welcome and would not refuse. After all, He-Man is currently 38 years old, and He-Man himself knows that he may be the last to participate in the national team this time, at most, after the 2002 South Korea-Japan World Cup, he will never be able to enter the national team again. In addition, his body and age also make him have to be prepared to choose to retire at any time.

So for He-Man, a man like George's son, He-Man is only happy and will not feel rejected. So when Seaman saw George, he was very enthusiastic, unlike some other players, who would be cold and disobedient to the other party because the other party was competing for the main position with him.

Due to Seaman's arrival, George and the others also gave up the boring game and began to sit on the sidelines and chat, quietly waiting for the arrival of the members of the other national teams.

With the loss of time, all 23 members of the England national team's training camp have arrived at the Wilwood training ground, and Keegan has also arrived with members of the coaching staff.

Since many players rushed here from the club this time, there were big problems in terms of fitness, and Keegan did not ask the players to start training now, but just let everyone take a picture and get to know each other, and then let the players start simple training.

After all, for the members of the national team this time, which England is not an elite among the players who can enter the national team, there is naturally no need to doubt the strength of the players. What Keegan needs to do now is to make the team integrate as much as possible and create a tacit understanding between the players.

In this England national team training camp, George got to know a lot of stars who could only be seen on TV in his previous life, and the happiest thing with George, in addition to a group of Liverpool teammates, belonged to captain David Beckham and Newcastle United's striker Shearer.

For the Shearer in front of him, George has great admiration, after all, Shearer can be said to be the undisputed number one killer of England in the 90s of the 20th century, and his terrifying goal rate and competitive form have always been the dream of any striker.

The reason why Shearer was able to be so intimate with George was, in the final analysis, because of Keegan's problems. Keegan has always been a player and coach that Shearer has greatly respected and it was Keegan who brought him to Newcastle United and the national team in the first place.

At the same time, Shearer also knew that Keegan had personally guided George for a period of time, and he could really be said to be George's master. Perhaps it was because both of them were disciples of Keegan that Shearer and George felt very close to each other as soon as they met, chatting non-stop, and soon became good friends.

After a few short days of training, Keegan arranged an intra-squad game, and as a rookie, George was of course the substitute, and during the game, Shearer used his performance to show George what England's number one killer is. An overhead kick and a hat-trick humiliated substitute goalkeeper James. Although it is said that it is because it is a game within the team, everyone is not very serious, but which one of the people who can enter the national team is not an elite, even if he is not playing very seriously, but Shearer can play a hat trick, and you can also see how strong Shearer's attack power is.

(The madman finally thought about it for a long time, but decided not to be too YY, according to reality, the Premier League does not have a winter break.) )