Chapter 315 Before the Death Group

After learning some facts, Tiger began to meet with the national team with fighting spirit - he did not regret the decision he made. He believed that he was not a person with a sufficient spiritual world. Even such an advanced main god star would commit suicide by not being able to withstand a long and boring life. He dared not guarantee that he would be like that. At the same time, what to say... a long life is actually quite boring. Even if you spend a long enough time on the earth, then the most important people and things in his life will be gone. What's the point of living that long?

The disappearance of the main god space certainly made Tiger feel very sorry, but when I thought about it, it seemed nothing more than a lack of training location. He was already twenty-seven years old and was just maintaining his state. This can be achieved by working hard. More importantly, in the past few years, Tiger has gained enough self-confidence. Even without the help of the main god space, he can get everything!

The last task - after winning the World Cup championship, Tiger will be able to gain a new life without any ties!

To be honest, although Tiger was fantastic in the past few years, he had won things that most players could not get - money, honors, status... However, in a vague sense, Tiger always felt uncertain or unsteady, mainly because all this came too dreamy. Sometimes he even thought it was just a dream, and after waking up, he would return to his original situation...

Now, after Lin Danda explained everything to him, although Tiger was a little disappointed, he had completely let go of his heart. He was no longer tied to something inexplicable, and no longer worried about what would happen tomorrow. What he held in his hand was a real future.

When he went to the faraway Asia with the whole team, Tiger was full of confidence and fighting spirit. At this time of his best condition, the national team had completed the replacement and had enough tacit understanding. In the first World Cup he participated in, he won the top honor in the world football world!

Tiger believes that England is very strong now. The appearance of rookie Gerrard makes up for their shortcomings in the midfield position. This young man with abundant physical fitness and a long shot also cooperates well with Tiger in the national team. When Tiger retreats to the organization, he can forward and use long shots to complete the attack. When Tiger is forward, he can protect behind him. In addition, Beckham's support on the right, England's midfield should be the strongest link - although there is no suitable candidate on the left, Scholes can play in this position. It's really not possible. Joe Cole, who performed quite well in West Ham United this season, can also perform well on this side.

On the defense line, Campbell and Ferdinand are one of the best central defenders in the world. On the left, because of the existence of Arsenal's young young player Ashley Cole, he has become much better off on both offense and defense. Only Gary Neville's injury has caused certain hidden dangers in the right back position. On the front line, although Hiller has withdrawn from the national team, a healthy Irving is a priceless treasure. Although Husky's scoring ability is average, he can play a huge role in tactics. At the same time, he is Irving's teammate at Liverpool. The two cooperate with each other. Under his cover, both Irving and Tiger will have more opportunities.

Even if he is in the Death Group, Tiger is confident that he can lead England to fight all the way. As long as it is not too unlucky, there will be no problem in winning the championship!

Of course, even if the team is a strong team, it still needs some luck to win the World Cup championship. This is not something Tiger considered. As long as he plays his best form, the final result does not need to be too worried - even to complete the task.

Tiger didn't ask Lin Dan what to do if he couldn't complete the task. Anyway, there was no time limit for this task. After retiring, he tried to be a head coach and led the national team to win the World Cup championship, which was considered to be a task - at worst, I'll work harder in the future...

On the flight to ***, the members of the English national team seemed very relaxed. Although they were very tired in the past season, being able to participate in the World Cup made them feel good. The British media is full of hope for the national team's trip. Although European teams have no record of winning the championship outside of the European continent, England has only won the World Cup championship at home, but it does not affect their confidence in the national team.

"We have the best midfielder, the best forward, and the best defender in the world! In Asian games, all the strong teams are on the same parallel line, and we have a chance to win the Hercules Cup for the second time!"

Before leaving, even the Times, which has always been known for its seriousness, cheered for the national team on the sports page. British Prime Minister Blair also promised that if the team enters the knockout stage, he will definitely watch the game on the spot, and the royal family will come to join in the fun. If the English national team wins the championship, Her Majesty the Queen will meet all the national team members at Buckingham Palace and have dinner with them...

In short, England is full of confidence in this expedition, and it also brings great pressure to head coach Erikson...

I have to say that over the past year, Erikson's performance in the national team has been quite obvious. At least in the national team, he has already gained enough popularity. He has established a good relationship with Beckham, Tiger, or Irving and others. He constantly praised them every time he was interviewed. When Tiger punched Vieira on the court, he also supported Tiger. Regardless of whether his words were sincere or not, at least it made the English players feel very happy, felt that they were respected and had enough support in the locker room, Erikson's work naturally went smoothly, which is also one of the essential factors for an excellent head coach.

As an academic coach and a famous head coach in Serie A who pays the most attention to tactical play, Eriksen naturally did not just make the national team harmonious - in terms of tactical formation, he did not make big changes, but was still the main style of play in the past, but made some fine adjustments. On the first day of taking office, he announced that the team's midfield would be controlled by Tiger and Beckham, but he could clearly distinguish which one was more important. Tiger and Beckham could play the core, but Tiger could play the best in the core, and Beckham could do auxiliary work. Whether it was defense, running or long pass, Beckham was actually the top.

Level, so in this midfield, Tiger will take on more role in organizing offense. His skills and scheduling abilities can complete such tasks, and his existence also has advantages and disadvantages. Without two players who are good at defense behind him, Tiger's attacking midfield will inevitably weaken the defense in the midfield. When at Manchester United, Ferguson used to push Tiger to the front line. When at Valencia, he always had two midfielders behind him to help defend. In this case, it is inevitable that Beckham will make a certain sacrifice. After all, his defense and running ability are not bad, and his position may be lower than the back.

This is where Eriksson needs to be regulated. Fortunately, the relationship between Tiger and Beckham is quite good. As the new World Footballer, Tiger will not have any objection to becoming the core of the offensive - this is also a compensation from Eriksson to Tiger - the captain gave Beckham the armband, but the core of the offensive is Tiger.

Eriksen has not considered putting two players with excellent defense behind Tiger. In fact, he does not lack such players. In addition to Gerrard, there are defensive players like Bart and Hargreaves. Bart had cooperated with Tiger when he was at Manchester United. Hargreaves has also played well at Bayern in the past two seasons. However, in this way, there will be more changes in the entire midfield and frontcourt. It is okay to use it occasionally, but it is not feasible to use this tactic regularly.

This tactical drill did not make England players feel uncomfortable, because they were basically the 442 they were used to, but the center of the offense shifted from the wing to the middle. Tiger took more balls, but Tiger was not a player who could only rush forward after taking the ball. He could also be assigned to the wing in time. Beckham on the right, and Scholes on the left was a little uncomfortable even if he was a little on the wing, left defender Ashley Cole also had excellent assists. England's traditional tactic of flying two wings would not be affected too much.

It is precisely because of all this and seeing the players' morale and condition that Erikson's confidence has also become sufficient.

However, the opponents in this group are not easy to deal with.

The F group where England is located is definitely a group of death. Needless to say, the Argentina national team is the archenemy of the England national team. Needless to say, Maradona's hand of god. Beckham's red card was sent off in the last World Cup and that classic game is enough to be recorded in history. Although the English national team's performance in the European qualifiers was excellent, it is not as good as Argentina's performance in the South American qualifiers. Argentina, who has won consecutive victories, qualifying ahead of schedule, in stark contrast with the stumbled old rival Brazil. Whether in public opinion or in fact, Argentina can be regarded as England's biggest opponent in this group.

However, the so-called death group will definitely not be called the death group because of two strong teams and giants. After all, the top two in the group are often in the current competition group. If the other two teams in this group are two weak teams, then they cannot become the death group. However, the other two teams in Group F, Nigeria, known as the African Eagles, has shocked the world in the past few years. If the winning of the Olympics in 1996 was unexpected and inherited the history of African teams in the age-limited matches, then the whirlwind they blew in the group stage in the 1998 World Cup was extremely surprising. Although they were defeated by experienced Denmark after entering the knockout round, no matter what team they encountered, no one dared to underestimate the strength of this African team. They have quite a few top players in the team, and they have the ability to fight.

As for Sweden, which seems to be the weakest on the surface... other teams may not care too much about Sweden, but England cannot ignore it - England has never defeated the Swedish national team in the official game! The last time they defeated the Swedish national team was in a friendly match in 1969. This record was not over, especially under the strong excavation power of the English media, this record was discovered before the first game against Sweden...

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"These reporters are really going to cause trouble!"

Erikson threw the newspaper on the table in anger. He didn't even know about this, so it would be even more impossible for the English players to know. The first group match was against Sweden. If they played well, the next game would be more at ease. However, I don't know which British reporter who was full and had to find out from the old paper that England had never beat Sweden in the official game. Then, this news was flying all over the sky...

"Sven, why are you so angry?"

Venables, who walked into the door, smiled and then he glanced at the newspaper on the table, and then laughed: "Are you angry about this?"

"Yes." Eriksen calmed down. He knew that although the assistant coach of the national team was a decoration most of the time, he was a very outstanding guy, but his character was a little bad. The previous Black Gold incident made everyone know how greedy Venables was, and his reputation was ruined. He just relied on the familiarity of the human face to make a living in the national team. However, he also knew his position and never interfered in Eriksen's work, but he just helped to contact the relationship between Eriksen and the players.

"No one knows this kind of thing if you don't mention it. Now it will definitely have an impact on the players' psychology... There are not many old players in the team now, and there are more new generation players. If this is affected and cannot be won in the first game, it will be very troublesome... Do these reporters don't even understand this principle?" Eriksen complained.

"It's not that they don't understand, but because they need sales." Venables smiled and said, "These reporters have always been like this, but it doesn't matter. I just walked around the players and basically didn't get much influence because they basically didn't know about this before... The first reaction was: Ah, is it true? The second reaction was: Then let's solve this record..."

Hearing this, Eriksen couldn't help laughing - after all, England's national team had only met Sweden in the European Cup qualifiers in the past decade and it was normal for the players to have such a reaction. And no matter what, England is also a strong team, and Sweden is just an ordinary team. When they knew that they had never beat Sweden before, the first reaction of England players was surprised, and the next reaction was to disapprove - this reaction was normal. Although this reaction may seem to be underestimating the opponent, it is much better than worrying about the continued record and affecting the performance.

"Let's discuss new tactics. Sweden has good defensive ability, and several defenders are very good at height. On the offense, Lyonberg and Larson are in good condition..."

Eriksen and Venables discussed the next game. As the head coach of Sweden, Eriksen certainly has a better understanding of Sweden.

However, the players in England do not know much about Sweden. Apart from several players who play in the Premier League, such as Lungberg, Anders Svensen, Mild and others, Hargreaves is more familiar with former Bayern teammate Patrick Anders. However, among the Swedish players who play in the Premier League, except for Lungberg who is more famous and occupying Arsenal's main lineup, other players play in the middle and lower-level teams. In view of the members of the English national team, the members of the English national team

Get up, it is not too difficult to defeat this team that does not have many outstanding players. In their eyes, the biggest opponent in this group is Argentina, followed by Nigeria, and Sweden can only rank third at most. Although they were squeezed into the second place by Sweden in the group stage two years ago, England was in a very chaotic situation at that time, and Hodel lost control of the team, and Keegan, who later took office, also performed in a mediocre manner - the crime of non-war.

"Don't say, we haven't beat Sweden in so many years. This is really interesting... The three Nordic teams are indeed not bad at all, but we can't beat Sweden at once. It's a bit incredible to think about it." Beckham said to Tiger with a smile while looking at the newspaper.

"This is normal. How many times have I met them?" Tiger sorted out his sneakers: "The past was useless. At least I didn't win these games, and I was not on the court. I won this game, and everything was easy to say. I can save some effort in the next two games and play the knockout rounds well."

"Are you scolding me? I'm on the court in those two games of one draw and one loss." Beckham smiled and threw a paper ball at Tiger, but Tiger quickly avoided it: "By the way, you are starting to want to knockout games now? The group stage is a bit difficult to play."

"There are two teams in the group qualifying. Although they are in the death group, as long as you try not to lose, even if you have a draw, there is a great hope that you can qualify in the group. After all, with our strength, it is not difficult to do this. On the contrary, the knockout round will be a little more difficult... I really want to win the World Cup." Tiger replied.

Beckham was stunned for a moment, then laughed: "No one doesn't want to... Then work hard together and let our names be engraved in the history of English football."

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