Xu Zhu's Successor's Football Journey

Chapter 124 Strength Wins Respect (2)

On the second day, all the big-name players recruited this time came to Wembley Stadium one after another.

In the morning of this day, Paul Robinson, Jamie Carragher, Joe Cole and others came. When they entered the stadium, Wang Li was practicing free kicks. Looking at these strange faces, He wanted to go up to say hello, but he didn't know what to say.

The other players gathered together in twos and threes, laughing and chatting with each other, but he was the only one practicing alone on the court. As a newcomer to the top league and the England team, he did share a commonality with these teammates. Invisible chasm.

Wang Li very much hoped that he could meet someone he knew well now, so that he could get rid of this embarrassment. Human beings live in groups, and no one likes to be excluded from the crowd by himself.In the England team, Wang Li only knew Beckham. It was ridiculous that they had only met once, but Beckham became the person he was most familiar with.

At this time, another player in training uniform walked slowly towards the field from the sidelines. Wang Li turned his head and looked. Two deep wrinkles, this is England's golden boy, England's top scorer, and Liverpool's leading star --- Michael Owen!

Owen is definitely Wang Li's biggest competitor in the England team. No matter how well Wang Li plays, it will be difficult to shake Owen's position in the England team. This is the honor and strength of a superstar. Kesen will not let him stay on the bench, and will even sacrifice a lot to get him back to his form!
Seeing Owen walking towards the court, Wang Li stared at his figure, his eyes full of fighting spirit. At this stage, from Wang Li's point of view, Owen is his predecessor, his goal, and even more so. rivals, although perhaps Owen himself does not see it that way.

It would definitely be a wonderful thing if he could beat such a world-class superstar on the court. In Wang Li's mind, Owen was the only person he valued the most in the entire England team, just because Owen was a striker. They are players in the same position.

Either it was a feeling, or Wang Li's eyes were too straightforward. After greeting his teammates next to him, Owen turned his head to look at Wang Li.Unexpectedly, Owen didn't pay any attention to Wang Li like Rooney did, but walked straight towards him.

"Alan Wang? David mentioned you to me a few days ago. I heard that you have filmed commercials together?" Owen didn't pay attention to Wang Li's eyes, but said to him with a smile.

For a star like Owen, in the national team, there is no competitive pressure at all, and having players with better skills join the team will only make the team stronger. Good results, even if you sacrifice a little, what does it matter? The England team has been weak in the national competition, and the results are not high. For these big-name players, there is nothing more exciting than winning a European Cup or even the Big Ears Cup. Excited!
Seeing Owen's friendly expression, Wang Li smiled embarrassedly and nodded, "Well, just a few days ago, it was a foreign communication company."

"Communication company?" Owen frowned, and said in surprise, "It's really rare!"

In fact, it’s no wonder Owen feels this way. As far as England is concerned, the communication industry is a low-end industry. Most of them are small companies with dozens of employees, relying on the development of various supporting technologies or structures to maintain the operation of the company.

In European countries, the per capita communication consumption is very low. Even for international calls, it only costs about 1 cents (about 2 RMB) per minute. This makes those communication giants only go to mobile phone manufacturing for the development of the company. This makes pure communication companies less and less rare. Even if the development of the company is maintained, it is impossible to hire football stars like Wang Li to shoot commercials.If you let them know that there is an ancient country in the far east, and it costs even two pounds to make an international long-distance call for one minute, I don’t know what kind of expression they will show.

"Are you practicing here by yourself? When did you come?"

"I came here yesterday." Wang Li forced a slight smile, "You also saw that I am not familiar with the others."

"When the training starts tomorrow, you have to show your strength. I have watched your playing video. Your skills are very good. Only strength can convince those young people. It is like this on the football field." Owen looked at Wang Li. Expression, said like teaching.

"Thank you." Wang Li nodded, thanked Owen for his words, then frowned slightly and asked, "Michael, do you know the content of the coach's training this time? Why are there no fans or reporters on the sidelines? blocked outside?"

Owen propped his chin with two fingers, "I don't know very well, maybe it's a closed training?" He thought about it again, and continued: "Anyway, you have to trust that Swede, although Eriksson's temper Not great, but his level of coaching is trustworthy, I can guarantee that."

"Maybe, at least better than Dave Jones." Thinking of his current situation in Wolverhampton, Wang Li had a feeling of "a dead dog". Now the team has no worries about relegation, and he Didn't even get a chance to play.

"Have you had a bad time in Wolverhampton?" Owen pursed his lips after hearing this and smiled, "Why don't you come to Liverpool next season, the fans will definitely welcome you."

"Really? Maybe I will consider it." Wang Li also laughed when he saw Irving 'poaching' in person. He found that these big-name players are just like ordinary people, and they are easy to communicate with, except for Rooney, of course, but now Rooney It's not even a big-name player.

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In fact, head coach Eriksson attached great importance to this pre-war training. In order not to let various media disturb this pre-war run-in training, he decided to adopt closed training.

In these days, he needs to understand the technical characteristics and status of each player, and then formulate corresponding tactical plans. In short, Eriksson's tasks are very heavy, so he has no time to deal with those annoying reporters.

For this European Cup, although the bottom line given to him by the FA is only the top eight, it is not easy for Eriksson to achieve this goal.

In recent years, the England team has been performing poorly in the international arena. Although there are various reasons, objectively speaking, the traditional style of play is too backward. This is not only obvious to outsiders, but of course the English also know it.

Most of the players in the Premier League are physically strong and skilled players, such as Wayne Rooney, Gerrard, etc. This brings about a problem. It is very difficult for the England team to change their style of play. of.Although some players have delicate skills at their feet, like Pennant of Leeds United, in the end, Eriksson gave up.

With the support of David Beckham in the midfield, England's offensive power has definitely risen by more than one level. Without changing tactics, it is difficult for these technical offensive players to integrate into the team. Even if they join England, and play, will most likely be a tragedy.

Therefore, in this European Cup training list, Eriksson only chose Wang Li, who has performed extremely well in the recent Premier League, as a supplement to the team's offense.

"Or, can he become a surprise player for the England team, or won't get any playing time at all?" At this time, Eriksson, who was sitting in the office, was also having a headache for Wang Li's use. He wanted to give up. But I feel a little bit reluctant.

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The time finally came to the evening of May No. 15. Among the 23-man roster called up this time, except for Saul Campbell who was absent because of something, everyone else was present.

On the second day, under the guidance of Eriksson, the first training content that the players did on the court was group confrontation. He needed to have a real confrontational game to gain an in-depth understanding of the game of the new team members. Ability, and the current state of the players.

(End of this chapter)