Xu Zhu's Successor's Football Journey

Chapter 127 European Cup, Here I Come! (1)

Eriksson's training plan is very boring, and it has always been a tactical drill. This kind of training is different from that in the club. The task of the head coach of the national team is to make these star players from various clubs cooperate with each other and show their strength. There is no need to care about their skills, their lack of strength or their inability to adapt to the team's style of play.

For the head coach of a national team, there is no headache at all for not having players. If you can't adapt, you can change players. It's as simple as that.

During this process, Wang Li also got to know each other well with his teammates. Apart from Beckham and others, he also got along very well with Rooney, Brigi and other young people.

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The boring training life is finally over. These big-name players can't bear to live in the player's dormitory and eat nutritious meals every day. After Eriksson announced that the training is over, they immediately dispersed.

In order to celebrate the end of this "hard" life, Wang Li followed Rooney, Joe Cole and Bridget to the tavern next to London Park.

"No, I really can't drink!" Under the enthusiastic greetings of several teammates, Wang Li couldn't stand it anymore, and took a bottle of drink from the side, trying to get away with it.

In fact, he did this on purpose. The teammates next to him didn't know Wang Li's drinking capacity at all, and kept calling him to drink. Seeing this situation, Wang Li seemed to have seen their end. He had some headaches when he had to take care of three big men, so he kept refusing.

But the others didn't understand what he was thinking. The wine table was another battlefield for men. Seeing Wang Li's behavior, Rooney and the others felt that Wang Li was very "bullying", so they tried their best to greet him.

In the previous week of training, Wang Li's performance can really be described as stunning and brilliant. At least in terms of technology, they knew that they couldn't compare with him at all, so they wanted to pour him down and take revenge. Perhaps most people will have thoughts.

"Today, you must drink. The training is over. Everyone should celebrate happily. Come to Alan and have a drink together!" Seeing that the persuasion of several people did not work, Brigitte raised his glass and looked up. He drank a glass to the bottom, and then said smugly, "Look, this is a man!"

Wang Li looked at him with sympathetic eyes, and said in his heart that I was doing it for your own good. Now that I have said so much, it would be too embarrassing if I didn't drink any more.

Brigitte felt that Wang Li's eyes were a little strange, but when he saw Wang Li drank the wine in his glass, he immediately forgot about it excitedly.

"Alan, you just entered the England team for the first time to catch up with the European Cup. You are so lucky. Maybe you can still score this time. That is really a record! The youngest scorer in the European Cup, how much Wonderful title, let's cheers!"

"I wish the England team good results, do it!"

"Alan, come to Chelsea next season, I welcome you on behalf of the team, do it!"

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After Wang Li started drinking, several people began to find reasons to pour him down, but after a few drinks, they felt that something was wrong, and when they were all dizzy, Wang Li was still smiling Sitting there upright, as if the wine wasn't his drink at all.

However, it was already too late. After a while, all three of them lost their consciousness. Except for Joe Cole who could barely speak, Rooney and Bridget had already passed out.

Seeing this situation, Wang Li frowned and thought for a while, then took out Rooney's cell phone from his trouser pocket, found the number of his girlfriend Colleen, and called it directly.

"Hi, I'm Rooney's teammate. Something happened to him. Come to Hoddle's Bar, the one on Marey Street!"

"Is it Mr. Hodson? Bridget has an accident, and he's at Hoddle's bar. Hurry up, he might be going to the hospital!"

After making two phone calls, Wang Li asked the waiter for two bottles of drinks, while chatting with Joe Cole, helping him sober up.

"Alan, I really can't see it, you are too bad."

"I didn't want to drink at first."

"I mean, you call their families and say 'something went wrong', it's too scary!" Joe Cole said with lingering fear, he couldn't imagine that if he fell down now, waiting for his wife After knowing, what will happen, you know, his status in the family is not high.

"Don't you think this will be useful? I'm still going on a date with Angela, but I don't have time to take care of them." Wang Li spread his hands and said helplessly.

"You really value sex over friends!"

"Thank you for the compliment!"

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Sure enough, after a while, Colleen rushed over and took away the drunk Rooney, and then Bridget's father, Huo Sen, took away Bridget who was already lying under the table, and also treated Wang Li and Joe . Cole expressed his thanks.

"Look, they still want to thank me." Sitting at the table, Wang Li pointed at Huo Sen's back and said to Joe Cole.

"..." At this moment, Joe Cole decided that he would never drink with Wang Li again.

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On May 24th, the draw ceremony for the group stage of the final stage of the European Cup was held in Lisbon, Portugal. England coach Eriksson and the CEO of the FA, Hovan De Lierza, participated in the draw on behalf of the England team .

This afternoon, UEFA announced the grouping results of the European Cup:

Group A: Portugal, Spain, Russia, Greece

Group B: France, England, Switzerland, Croatia

Group C: Denmark, Italy, Sweden, Bulgaria

Group D: Germany, Netherlands, Czech Republic, Latvia

According to the usual rules, the four teams will fight against each other. In the three games, the two teams with the most points will advance to the knockout round, which is the quarter-finals.

In Group B, the media is of course optimistic about the defending champion France. The team composed of Desailly, Pires, Vieira, Zidane, Henry, Trezeguet and other stars is frightening to think about. The French team has many new stars. Most of the French team are members of the brilliant generation in 98 (the French team won the World Cup in 98). Neither can the media.

"We hope that Portugal can reproduce the performance of the 2000 European Championships, not as bad as the 2002 World Cup finals, and the players are also very confident, I believe in them!" As the defending champion of the European Championships, France The team's head coach, Jacques Santini, bears an unspoken burden, but when interviewed by the media, he looked very optimistic.

Of course, the England team followed closely behind. The England team led by Beckham and Owen will never lose to the French team in terms of lineup, and even the sum of their worth is higher than that of the French team. However, it is not a big problem to qualify for the group stage. After all, Switzerland and Croatia are far behind the two seeded players.

But some foreign media are also optimistic about Croatia. This team has always been known for its tenacity. The team composed of Butina Simic, Robert Kovac, Tudor, Simunić and many other stars should not be underestimated. Although they are not as good as France and England in terms of lineup, their fighting spirit is worthy of recognition. There is no guarantee that any team can win the World Cup third place in 98!
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