Xu Zhu's Successor's Football Journey

Chapter 207 Moved to Wroclaw

In the 86th minute of the game, Wang Li made an unexpected pick and rushed to the top, making all expectations of Hans Krankel come to naught, and the Austrian team's pursuit of victory was directly scored by this goal Into the abyss, there is no possibility of recovery.

Even with stoppage time, there were only a few minutes left in the game. For Austria, there was only a glimmer of hope for an equalizer. So when England celebrated the goal, Austrian coach Hans Krankel Immediately respond to the fourth official, so that the England team will not deliberately waste game time.

In fact, this is exactly the case. The stars of the England team are deliberately wasting time. One minute less in the game means that the victory is closer, so at this time, they are brazenly stacking Arhats, hugging each other, and shouting Yelling, as if the game is over, with no intention of returning to the game at all.

However, in the face of the bitter complaint from the Austrian coach, the head coach could not ignore it. He immediately ran to the place where the players were celebrating and signaled that the game would restart.In this way, the England players had no reason to continue, so they slowly walked back to their positions, ready to kick off again.

When the game restarted, it was already the 88th minute of the game. After the kick-off, the Austrian team pressed the whole line and attacked aggressively, wanting to use a wave of rapid offensive to fight.At this time, the England team retreated almost across the board, and everyone in the audience understood that victory or defeat depended on this wave of offense.

After retreating, Lampard, Gerrard, Owen and Wang Li formed a one-line line on the penalty area line. This defensive front is very powerful.The Austrian team's offense was difficult to penetrate directly. Several short passes in a row almost lost the ball. In the end, it was a pass back to stabilize the formation that made Krankel on the sidelines feel a little relieved.

But at this time, time is running out, and the Austrian team can only choose to push forward forcefully to try to find a chance to score.

At this time, the fourth official on the sidelines raised a sign to indicate a 3-minute stoppage time. It seems that the referee wanted to make up for both sides' celebration time, but on the football field, there may only be a wave of steady attacks in 3 minutes. time.

As a last resort, the Austrian team winger Rene Offhauser kicked the ball high and hoisted the football into the penalty area. Terry stood out in the penalty area and pushed the ball viciously out of the penalty area line, but the crisis did not The football bounced to the feet of forward Rodland Coleman, who came off the bench in the second half and scored a goal. At this time, Wang Li was beside him. However, after Coleman got the ball, he still chose to disguise himself, turn around, and volley. In his opinion, this black-haired kid is a strong shooter, but his defensive ability is worse.

However, Rodland Coleman's thinking is absolutely wrong, which shows that he doesn't understand Wang Li at all, and just before he took a step forward, before he came and disguised himself, he saw Wang Li. The right leg of the black-haired kid next to him suddenly appeared next to the ball, and he hooked the ball away with one kick. Coleman, who was about to continue his journey, stepped on the air and fell directly on the grass.

At this time, Coleman is no longer important. After Wang Li got the ball, he drove to the frontcourt without even thinking about it.Now there is not much time left in the game. After the kick-off, the referee will probably blow the whistle to end the game.

But this is not the case, the England team still has people in the frontcourt, and Rooney is near the halfway line!

Seeing Wang Li's long pass, the little fat man felt that the opportunity he had been waiting for for 90 minutes had finally come. Due to Austria's aggressive attack, there was no defense around him.In the frontcourt, Rooney ran directly to the ball and chased after the ball. After catching up with the goalkeeper who was attacking into the penalty area, he directly shot a long-range lob of more than 30 meters, adding to the icing on the cake for the England team!

"Beep..." A whistle sounded, announcing that the goal was valid!
"Beep..." "Beep..." "Beep..." Three whistles sounded, announcing the end of the whole game! !
The players of the victorious England team looked very happy. They stood in a row under the stands of England fans with great interest, bowed neatly to the fans, and then cheered unscrupulously. After a while , just talked and smiled and walked towards the player tunnel, and was about to return to the locker room.

Of course, Wang Li is also very happy. He is almost smooth sailing in the national team. So far, he has participated in 5 important games. up.

'The next game, probably the Swede will let me start it. Wang Li secretly thought that whether it is personal reputation, state performance, or the media and fans, in all aspects, there is no reason for Eriksson to sit on the bench in the next game.

Thinking of this, Wang Li was a little happy. Anyway, he was "surviving" in the national team, and he no longer had to spend a period of meaningless time on the bench.

Thinking of the World Cup in Germany two years later, Wang Li's blood boiled with excitement. Only the World Cup, the world's highest-level football competition, is the highest dream pursued by a professional player.If you can lead the England team to win the world championship and hold the Hercules Cup in front of hundreds of millions of spectators around the world, that will be the pinnacle of professional football. Thinking about that moment, Wang Li is a little excited, but Although I am only participating in the World Cup qualifiers now, this is also an effort to be able to embark on that journey!
However, those are just fantasies in the mind. At present, the most important thing is to play every game well. If you can't even pass the group stage, those fantasies are meaningless.

In this kind of thinking activity, Wang Li unconsciously walked to the door of the locker room, while the teammates in the room were already celebrating with champagne.The best player of the game was finally won by Frank Lampard. This is also Wang Li's evaluation in his heart. Whether in offense or defense, this Chelsea teammate has performed well. It can be said that, Without Frank Lampard, there would be no victory.

After the game, Eriksson took Wang Li and Lampard to the press conference. In the face of many domestic and foreign media, the Swede talked eloquently about the process of the game: "The team's performance in the first half Very good, goals from Frank and Steven gave us the lead, I am very satisfied with that. However, after the start of the second half, maybe the two-goal lead made the players a little slack, and their performance made me It was uncomfortable, but at the end of the game, they got back to their form and I hope they can play this well all the time, instead of playing intermittently, which is really scary."

Eriksson took a sip of the mineral water on the table and continued: "After the score was tied, I realized that I had to make a change, so I replaced Alan, and it turned out that I succeeded, Alan He lived up to my trust, he put the team ahead again, he was fantastic."

At this time, the reporter of The Sun asked with some doubts: "Then, Mr. Eriksson, since Allen is so good in your heart, why don't you let him start?"

Eriksson smiled, "It's normal. Anyway, Allen is only 17 and a half years old. This kind of young player's performance is not stable, but as long as he performs well in the team, I will give him a lot of money." The opportunity to play, in fact, almost every game, I will play him."

Although the Swede's words sound reasonable, Wang Li, who was sitting on the side, frowned. Obviously, the head coach's statement did not determine his future main position, but he was not allowed to think about it. A "Guardian" reporter has already begun to ask him questions: "Allen, congratulations on your outstanding performance in this game. Excuse me, what is your position in the England team? What do you think of yourself? When can we get the main position of the team?"

Wang Li lowered his head and thought for a while, then said confidently: "First of all, I think my form has always been very good. Whether it is in the club or the national team, I have scored goals in almost every game. This has already explained everything. .As for the England team, I think my strength is enough to be the main player. As long as I have the opportunity, I will try my best to play every game."

At this time, an Austrian female reporter heard such a confident answer and asked with great interest: "So, what gave you this confidence? You must know that the England team is full of stars, and almost everyone He is the absolute main force in every top league team.”

"Goal! Of course it is a goal! My advantage lies in the efficiency of scoring. As a forward player, I think scoring can explain everything."

"Alan, as we all know, when you were at Wolverhampton, you used to play right winger and forward. In Chelsea, the Portuguese made you play right winger in the first few rounds. In the national team , Captain David Beckham is the absolute main force of the England team, and his position is the right winger, so, what position do you think you are best at?"

Wang Li thought for a while, "It should be a shadow striker. I think I felt good when I played this position in Wolverhampton before. You know that I am not suitable for the center forward position." Looking at Lampard, he seemed to be signaling that his body is not suitable for too much confrontation, "Now in the Chelsea team, the right midfielder is also in a good position, but it doesn't feel as good as the winger who is deeper."

"So, that is to say, if you enter the starting lineup, the most ideal position is the shadow striker, oh my god, that is the position of the golden boy Michael Owen!" The Austrian female reporter said, and deliberately murmured , seems to have heard some scary remarks.

"Many people know that Michael and I have a very good relationship in private. Even if there is competition, it is only on the court. I believe that there will be no conflicts between us. Besides, I think I can play very well in every position. Well, my teammate Thomas at Chelsea even suggested that I be a goalkeeper." Wang Li curled his lips and chuckled: "But I don't want to take the position of my friend, you know, he is still a substitute now. It's not good for him to squeeze into the reserve team."

Wang Li's answer made the reporters in the audience laugh out loud. They all felt that this young black-haired boy had a sense of humor besides being a bit "arrogant", which made most people talk about it. Talking about Wang Li, aroused some good feelings.

After Wang Li and Lampard answered a few more irrelevant questions, the press conference was over. Although Wang Li was in a good mood at this press conference, Eriksson’s words before still made him feel uncomfortable. There was some grudge in his heart.

In any case, whether in the national team or in the Premier League, Wang Li's performance is very good, and it can even be said to be perfect. With this performance, he should be the main player for granted.

When Wang Li first entered the England team, the head coach Eriksson said personally: "There is no absolute main force in the team. Whoever performs well can play and participate in the game. I hope that under this kind of competition, everyone I can work harder and make the team's results better, to repay the fans who support the England team."

But now, Wang Li has performed very well, but his starting position is still uncertain, which makes him feel a little annoyed. After the breakthrough, Wang Li seldom controlled his external performance, so the expression on his face almost explained his mentality.

If you want to be happy, you must put aside hypocrisy, and this is only the first step.

Fortunately, Wang Li has a good relationship with the England team. Seeing his performance, many people came up to ask what happened. This kind of concern made Wang Li feel better again——
'Now is not the time to think so much, or, in the heart of the Swede, I am already the absolute main force? '

Perhaps, this kind of thinking is also correct. Who can know Eriksson's thinking?

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After the game, the England players went back to the hotel directly, and then the head coach Eriksson announced that the team was free to disband, and gave these players a day to go around. When they came to the beautiful city of Vienna, they didn’t want to go around. , is indeed a pity.

The next day, Wang Li, Bridget, and Joe Cole got together again. They hired a local tour guide and visited St. Stefan's Cathedral, Vienna Concert Hall, Chocolate Museum, and Spanish Royal Equestrian College and many other world-famous attractions, Joe Cole said with a smile: "With this 'one-day tour', even if you don't participate in the competition, it is not in vain."

Obviously, there are not a few players who have the same "Ah Q" spirit as Joe Cole. You must know that Eriksson has 31 names on his roster, except for Bart who did not participate due to a foot injury. , everyone else came to Vienna, but in fact there were only 13 people present.

Perhaps most of the media will complain about Eriksson's 'extravagance and waste' again.

On September 9th, the England team flew directly to Wroclaw, Poland's fourth largest city, to prepare for the next game against Poland.

(End of this chapter)