Because of the need to return to school, Jose only participated in the friendly match with Germany on the 27th.

Before heading to Germany, Jose was regrouped with other British players at Wembley Stadium.

Including Jose, a number of well-known stars in the Premier League, including Kane, John Stones, Cahill, Smalling, and Vardy, have been called up.

Wayne Rooney, Phil Jones, and Raheem Sterling were not included in the squad due to injury, and with the strength they can secure a place in the main line, Hodgson has no reason to refuse.

To be honest, for this kind of national team, Jose has no sense of belonging at all, but for that Hercules Cup, it can only be so.

"I'm just a pure mercenary." José laughed at himself.

Thankfully, there are also better known Cahill and John Stones in the team, otherwise Jose might feel lonely.

Fans often jokingly refer to the England national football team as the European Chinese team, but this statement is wrong.

Although the strength of the England team is not very good, one thing is certain, that is, there is no emotion at all.

It can be said that even Jose, if his form is not good, he will also lose the opportunity to play.

At 3:45 local time on March 27, Allianz Arena, a friendly match between England and Germany was played here.

Starting lists for both sides.

For England, Hodgson put on the iconic formation of 433 as a strong team, and the specific list is as follows.

Goalkeeper: Jose.

Defenders: Danny Rose, Klein, Dier, Cahill.

Midfielders: Lallana, Chris Smalling, Jordan Henderson.

Forwards: Harry Kane, Welbeck, Alli.

England's midfield has begun to wither since the departure of the two Germans from the national team, and Hodgson has struggled to find a midfielder he can trust.

In this game, Hodgson put Chris Smalling in the midfield position in order to test Smalling's long passing ability.

Players such as Jamie Vardy, John Stones and Kyle Walker were on the bench.

Germany, as World Cup winners, can be described as star-studded, and there is no shortage of top players in any position, Loew also put on a 433 formation, the specific list is as follows.

Goalkeeper: Manuel Neuer.

Defenders: Hummels, Hector, Khedira, Rudiger.

Midfielders: Emre Can, 272, Toni Kroos.

Forwards: Thomas Muller, Reuss, Mario Gomez.

In addition, they were on the bench with Schurrle, Podolski, Gotze, Bellabi, Flender and others.

Jose is no stranger to these German players, after all, he once worked hard in the Bundesliga for a season.

Before the start of the game, Jose had a brief meeting with Bellarabi and Flender to talk about the current situation of the Bayer Leverkusen team.

So far, the Bundesliga has played 27 rounds, and Bayer Leverkusen ranks 6th with 12 wins, 6 draws, 9 losses, 42 points, and the situation of qualifying for the Champions League is very grim.

With some players questioning Schmidt's tactics, the pressure on him began to grow like never before.

Regarding the current situation of the Bayer Leverkusen team, Jose couldn't say anything, but just sighed a few words.

With the referee's whistle, the game began.

Germany kicked off first.

Under the influence of Gua's Bayern, the German team completely lost its previous style, and they actually played pass-and-control football.

On the contrary, the players of the England team really did not have the capital to play pass control, so close pressing and long passing became the only tactic.

As a result, England had more shots on goal.

Jose never imagined that he would not need to make any saves in the first 40 minutes against the world champions Germany.

In the first 40 minutes, the Germans did not have a single shot on target!

Although it was only a friendly game, England didn't defend seriously.

Could it be that the German team won the World Cup and began to fall at the speed of light?

José couldn't help but think of Brazil and Italy.

In the 43rd minute, the ball was taken outside the 272 arc island.

Before Smalling got closer, the through ball was passed to the right side of the box.

Kroos successfully countered offside and took the lead on the right side of the penalty area to get the ball.

Single-handedly facing Jose, Kroos fired a left-footed shot into the far corner.

The ball flies straight to the top left of the goal area.

It was Germany's first shot from inside the goal, and it was quite threatening.

Unfortunately, it was Jose who they met.

José lunged forward and easily confiscated Kroos' volley in mid-air.

Jose blocked Germany's only shot on target in the first half.

As for England, Neuer was just as good as they had more shots.

At the end of the first half, the two sides played 0-0.

In the second half, Loew made the first substitution.

Hummels was substituted and his replacement was Jonatan Tower.

Loew, it seems, has got the information he wants.

In the 57th minute, Germany got a corner kick opportunity on the right side.

272 takes a corner.

At the near point, Khedira headed to the first point and headed directly to the left side of the penalty area.

Gomez grabbed the second spot.

From five yards out, Gomez headed home.

The ball flew straight above the near corner.

Jose watched Gomez's header and estimated that if he went all out, he should be 50% sure of blocking it, but in that case, he could be injured accidentally.

Thinking it was just a warm-up game, Jose gave up on the idea of making an all-out save.

In this way, Germany scored first.

It was also Germany's second shot on target of the game.

Jose can be sure that the German team has been hohoked.

Four minutes later, England also had a corner on the left.

Corner kick taken.

The first drop was topped out by a German player.

However, the ball didn't fly off the box and Kane picked up the second spot.

On the left side of the box, from 12 yards, Kane has a second shot.

The goal went in, 1 to 1.

Germany then brought on Schurrle, while England brought on Jamie Vardy and Ross Barkley.

Loew for Schurrle, apparently trying to take advantage of Schurrle's long-range shot.

As for Hodgson replacing Vardy, he naturally wanted to use the fighting spirit of the brick knife, and Barkley came on the field, purely because Lallana could not perform.

In the 72nd minute, Klein assisted Vardy for a goal.

England reversed the score.

Jamie Vardy looked excited, but Hodgson sat down on the bench with a calm expression.

It's just a warm-up game.

In stoppage time, England were awarded a free-kick in front.

Kane kicked straight at the goal.

Neuer struck with both fists to keep Kane's shot out.

The second drop point was taken by Dell.

On the edge of the box, Dale volleys in.

The ball flew into the goal from the bottom left corner of the goal.

At full-time, England reversed Germany 3-1.

Probably because it was a warm-up game, the Germans didn't play aggressively, with 63 per cent of the possession but just nine shots on goal and just two shots in the net.

José wasn't tested too much.

On the other hand, England had much lower possession than their opponents, but their style of play was more direct, contributing a total of 19 shots in the game and hitting the inside of the goal six times.

If that doesn't mean anything, the number of passes on both sides says something.

Germany made 644 passes in the game, with a pass completion rate of 88 per cent.

England, on the other hand, made just 365 passes and had a pass completion rate of just 79 per cent.

The pass-and-control style of play is good, but not for all teams.

After returning from Germany, José left the team.

As for England's match with the Netherlands three days later, Jose did not pay attention, only knowing that England lost 2-1 to the Netherlands at Wembley Stadium.

Defending England was Fraser Forster, a goalkeeper who would not necessarily start at Southampton.

Joe Hart is often butter-handed, but there is really no one in the England team who can take his place.

So Prince William did not hesitate to surrender his identity and personally invited Jose to join.

Jamie Vardy opened the scoring in the first half and England took the lead.

Shortly after the start of the second half, Danny Rose sent a penalty in the box and Janssen equalised from the penalty spot.

In the 80th minute, Janssen assisted Narsin to score.

Janssen became the brightest man on the field.

The two friendlies exposed two major problems for the England team.

The first is that there is no creativity in the midfield, and apart from Milner's decent performance, he has never been able to find a trustworthy midfielder.

The second is that the goalkeeper position is extremely thin, and in addition to Jose, there is also no qualified substitute goalkeeper.

And a championship-level team must have two top goalkeepers.

For example, the German team, in addition to Neuer, there are Barcelona's main goalkeeper Ter Stadt, the main goalkeeper of Grand Paris Trapp, and even the main goalkeeper of the Bayer Leverkusen team, Leno, all of whom are champion-level goalkeepers.

This situation of the England team should make Hodgson feel that it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice.

José didn't care about the situation of the England team, in his own words, he was just a mercenary.

With the arrival of April, the second semester of Oxford University has also reached the final stage.

Slightly different from teaching in China, the University of Oxford is more professional and specific.

Many of the courses that are required in China (such as English, ethics and the rule of law, etc.) are elective courses here at Oxford.

Speaking of electives, in order to ensure that he got enough credits, José still took a few linguistics, after all, he is the one who has mastered the six Chinese language packs.

Studying things aside.

As the international break passes, the Premier League and Champions League knockout stages will be back in action.

For any team in the Premier League, every next game is likely to be related to tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of revenues.

For Chelsea, it's even more so.

The first is that the Premier League has played 31 rounds, and there is only a four-point gap between unbeaten Chelsea and Leicester City, and considering that there is still a direct dialogue between the two sides, the four-point gap can even be erased in an instant.

The second is the Champions League, the 1/4 finals meet Manchester City, it is definitely a difficult opponent, although Pellegrini failed to bring Manchester City to the desired height, but Manchester City under the leadership of Pei Gong, against Chelsea definitely has its own experience.

It will not be easy for Chelsea to get past Manchester City.

(End of chapter)