champion godfather

Chapter 946 The Heart of the Seven Lions Must Go to Spain
George Wood is injured! ! !
This is the headline of the sports section of The Times, which is very eye-catching, and the three exclamation points have a sense of horror.

But no one expressed objection or confusion to such a title. All England fans should know the fact that George Wood has never missed a game due to injury in the 12 years since he joined the professional league.The only "injury" he suffered before was after a collision with Makelele in the Champions League final of the 07-08 season, his forehead bleeds.

If it wasn't for Tony Twain's intentional rotation, George Wood could even set a Guinness World Record - the record of never missing a game since his career.The Premier League may be the league with the most games in a single season in European leagues, because they have two domestic cups alone, and only one in other countries.Moreover, there is no winter break in the Premier League, and the schedule is dense and long. Few players can play all the games of the entire season.

When Lampard was born at Chelsea and was called Iron Man, it was because he played all of Chelsea's more than 50 games that season, and he played nine and 10 minutes in each game.

To be able to achieve such a result, one must have good physical strength, which is the entire premise, followed by a stable state, and finally the most critical thing - not to be easily injured.

Lampard did it in two seasons at his peak.And George Wood has done it almost every day for ten years.

No one has ever seen his legs cramped and exhausted on the field, and no one has seen him leave the field in tears due to injury. The biggest reason why he cannot play is the red card suspension.

During his 12-year career, he kicked and broke the legs of several people, causing many people to leave the field sadly on stretchers.He stood still like an alien creature.

Nottingham Forest does not believe that Wood will be injured. He is like the ancient Greek hero Achilles soaked in the Styx, invulnerable and will not be injured at all.England fans believe that the patron saint of England is the embodiment of invincibility, the victory of immortality.As a dragon slaying hero, "St. George" was sprayed with dragon blood, so he naturally possessed the ability not to be harmed or die.

These legends are so consistent with Wood's personal image that everyone forgets that Wood is actually a living human being with flesh and blood...

The photo of George Wood being carried off the field on a stretcher was on the most eye-catching position of the major media. Even the reporters and fans who are familiar with Wood, they must have seen this photo for the first time.

Under this photo are the original words of the forest team doctor Fleming in an interview:

"... in a bad situation, he has a fractured right big toe... at the moment I don't know how long it will take to recover... he is emotionally stable..."

Of course, it is impossible for Fleming to not know how long Wood's recovery will take, because officially he told Walker the three-month period.

However, he lied to the media because Tang En called him and asked him not to tell the time.At least before I have an interview with Wood, I can't let the media know the desperate time of "three months".

At this time, Tang En was sitting in the ward with Wood, while Sophia was peeling apples for his son.

"You are the most famous person in England now, George." Tang En said with a smile to Wood who was sitting on the hospital bed.

"Is it because I was injured for the first time?" It seems that Wood has recovered from yesterday's injury blow, at least his eyes are no longer dull.

"I read some media's comments before I came here. Some people said that the news of your injury can be compared to the Queen's pregnancy. Haha!" Tang En laughed out loud.

Wood didn't smile, but just looked at Tang En. Tang En also felt a little bored, so he put away his smile and asked, "How do you feel?"

"Where is the injury? It hurts..."

"No, I'm asking how you feel about this now?"

Wood was silent for a while and asked a question that Twain didn't know how to answer: "Do I still have hope to participate in the European Cup?"

He must not know that his injury will take at least three months to heal.

In fact, this question was also the reason Dunn came to Wood.George Wood is the most important pawn in his plan. England can do without anyone, but it cannot be without Wood.Over the past two years, Twain has continued to transform England, allowing the team to get used to Wood as the core. Whether it is offense or defense, they cannot do without his scheduling.George Wood is not the kind of midfielder who passes the last pass to threaten the ball, but he is the metronome of the team, and the overall performance of the team is directly related to him.Just like Albertini back then, Sacchi said that "When Albertini sneezes, Italy catches a cold." Wood now has the same effect on Italy as Albertini did back then.

George Wood was injured, and England's prospects in the European Cup were undoubtedly cast a shadow.

From Tang En's hesitation, Wood read the answer to his question.Then he felt very dissatisfied.I have won all the honors in the club, but I have never gained anything in the national team.Now he is thirty... According to the standards of ordinary professional players, his career has already started to decline after the age of 30. He does not know how many years he can play, but the World Series is held every four years. A few four years can go to waste.

When he was young, he ran into McLaren and Eriksson who didn't like him. In the 2006 World Cup, he didn't get any chance to play on the bench. In the 2008 European Cup, England didn't qualify at all. In the 2010 World Cup, he was already 24 years old when he became a blockbuster in world football. Unfortunately, England finally stopped in the semi-finals. He participated in both the 2012 London Olympics and the Poland-Ukraine European Cup. His amazing physical ability allowed him to cope with two important events in a row without any problem, but the team's results were not satisfactory, winning a bronze medal in the Olympics and the semi-finals of the European Cup.It seems that the best he can achieve in national team competition is No.3. In the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, England did not even make it to the quarter-finals this time, because he was out of form and played abnormally, and the team was finally blocked from the quarter-finals.He also became the target of verbal criticism from the English media after the game. Fortunately, his psychological quality is excellent and he did not sink.

After Twain became England's head coach, George Wood also ushered in his most glorious period in the national team, even though he was already 28 years old by then.He became the captain of England and became the core of the England team.He planned to show his strengths at the peak age of a professional player at the age of 30. When he won his first honor in the national team under the leadership of the boss, he was injured two months before the start of the European Cup.

Really good fortune to make people...

All his ambitions became a joke at the moment of injury.

Not being able to win honors in the national team has always been Wood's heart disease. He is really unwilling to leave like this, which may be the best opportunity of his career.

When Dunn was still thinking about how to answer Wood's question so as not to irritate him, Wood had already spoken.

"I made a decision."

"Ok?"

"I want to participate in the European Cup." Wood said in a calm tone.

Sophia, who was concentrating on peeling apples for two people, raised her head slightly and looked at her son.

"Huh?" Tang En didn't realize it, "Four years from now you will be 34 years old... Well, with your physical condition, I believe you will be fine until you are 44 years old..."

"It's not the European Cup four years later, it's the European Cup in June this year." Wood said.

"Your injury..." Tang En pointed to his right foot.

"I think two months should be fine."

"You have no experience of being injured, I have to listen to the doctor." Tang En shook his head. "I'll talk to the doctor in a minute."

"Then close it." Wood made another suggestion.

"Sealing isn't a cure, it's just to reduce your pain, which will make it worse..." Tang En continued to shake his head and rejected this suggestion.

"I don't care, I must go to Spain!" Wood was a little arrogant and unreasonable.

"George, how do you talk to Mr. Tang En?" Tang En just opened his mouth, and Sophia who was on the side first taught him a lesson.

"It's okay, ma'am..." Tang En smiled at Sophia.It pained him to see this beautiful woman growing old.How amazing it was when I saw her in the slums, as if the whole world lost its color because of her... Uh, it's far away.

Tang En turned his attention back to Wood. "I understand your feelings, George. But you have to think about the long-term. Your career is still very long. I don't want to ruin it for a European Cup."

"I'm already 30 years old, isn't it time to start going downhill?"

"Based on your physical condition and living habits, I guarantee you can play until you are at least 40 years old, George."

Wood leaned back his straight body slightly and leaned on the bed: "I won't think about the future."

Seize the day?
Tang En thought to himself, this boy Wood was just as stubborn as himself, and he might not be able to pull all ten horses back.I'm afraid it won't work to directly refuse now.

"Okay, George. I'll have to talk to the attending physician first, find out what's going on with your injury, and then decide...I promise you, as long as I have any hope of recovering within two months, I'll take you To Spain. What do you think of this?"

Said that Cao Cao Cao Cao arrived, just as he was talking, Professor Wallace, the attending physician, knocked on the door and came in.

He greeted the people in the room with a smile on his face, greeted Wood again, and began to check him.

Tang En gave up the space in front of the bed and watched the other party finish the examination.Then he gave Professor Wallace a "Let's talk" wink, and the professor also understood and followed Tang En out.

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"How is George's injury?" Seeing the smile of this well-known professor in the academic world from the time he entered the door to the time he left the door, Tang En's heart skipped a beat.This person is the former chairman of the British Sports Medicine Research Association. His expression is calm. Maybe Wood is fine, but it is just Fleming's miscalculation?

"I don't think it's good for you, Mr. Dunn." Professor Wallace shook his head with a smile.

"I see that you are always smiling..." Tang En was puzzled.

"Generally speaking, Mr. Dunn... If you see my slumped face, it means that some unlucky ghost is going to have a limb amputated." Wallace still had a smile on his face, but Dunn felt a chill down his back.

"Well, this is really good news..." Tang En muttered. "How long will it take to recover?"

"At least three months." Wallace showed three fingers.

Just like Fleming's prediction, Dunn frowned.He hesitated, intending to ask a question.But the other party blocked his mouth first.

"I know what you want to ask, Mr. Tang En. Although I am an England fan and a Nottingham Forest fan, I want to tell you that it is absolutely impossible." He swung his arms to strengthen his tone, "George Wood absolutely It is impossible to recover before the Euros, there is no way he will play in this Euros."

Tang En glanced at the door of the ward, worried that Wood would hear what the doctor said.Then he gestured to Wallace to keep going: "Can we go further?"

Wallace nodded in agreement.

After the two of them reached the end of the corridor, Dunn made sure that George Wood could no longer hear what they were talking about, and then asked Wallace, "Two months, is it possible?" He raised two fingers.

"I've told you just now, Mr. Tang En. It's absolutely impossible."

"Is there really no possibility?" Tang En stared at the other party.

Wallace did not avoid this aggressive gaze: "The toe is a very complicated part, and he is not a sprain, but a fracture. Generally speaking, such an injury will take three to six months to fully recover, even if it is faster. Weeks, he won’t be able to perform recovery training at all in these two months, his muscles will naturally atrophy. If you want him to return to the court, you need to arrange more time for him to perform recovery training. After he can play football, The European Cup is also over...there needs to touch the ball frequently, and it is impossible to do it badly, because a second injury may occur, and the situation will be more troublesome. So I don’t suggest you force him to come back early.”

These words were like a basin of cold water, extinguishing the last ray of hope in Tang En's heart. "But George wants to participate in this European Cup. He is 30 years old..." He murmured, not so much trying to persuade Wallace, but talking to himself.

Seeing Tang En's slumped look, Wallace, who had always been adhering to his professional ethics, suddenly softened his heart, and said, "Maybe...well, two months is not impossible, George's body has always been very strong, This may help his recovery. But whether it will work or not, you need to pray for a miracle, Mr. Dunn."

Tang En raised his head abruptly, but he didn't see the smile and sparkling eyes on the other side's face.Wallace shrugged at him: "I don't guarantee that you will get the news you want after two months, Mr. Dunn. I can only do my best. In addition, I have to pray that everything goes well for him in the recovery process."

"Of course!" Tang En nodded excitedly. This was already the best news he had heard today.

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After seeing off Professor Wallace and returning to the ward, Wood didn't ask Tang En what he had talked with the doctor or if there was any result.Tang En didn't tell him that either, he just chatted casually with the two of them, ate the apple that Sophia handed him, and got up to leave.

The reporters who had been blocked outside by the security guards saw Tang En coming out wearing sunglasses, and surrounded him one after another.Want to hear what he has to say.

"How is George, Mr. Tang En?"

"Will his injury affect his participation in the European Championships in the summer?"

"Do you have anything to say about Wood's injury, Mr. Dunn?"

"George Wood is already the core of England. Do you have a second plan, Mr. Tang En?"

"Tony! Hey Tony..."

"Mr. Tang En, Mr. Tang En, please answer my question!"

Amidst the noise, Dunn couldn't even hear what questions the reporters were asking.Under the protection of the security guards, he squeezed hard to his car, and after opening the door, he turned to the reporters and said: "I can only tell you that George and I have not given up hope for him to play in the European Cup. "

Then he got into the car and drove away.

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Wood's injury attracted the attention of the whole of England overnight. Various media were tirelessly reporting the news of his injury. The major media tried their best to bribe the doctors, nurses, and even the cleaners of the University of Nottingham Royal College of Physician Hospital, just hoping to know something. George Wood's recent situation.

Although the Spanish defender Enrique who shoveled Wood repeatedly claimed that he did not mean it, he also called Wood to apologize after the game, but the angry Englishman did not want to just let him go.Even the fans of Newcastle went to the training base to protest his rough foul, and the media were even more concerned about this issue, and they wanted to portray Enrique as a "public enemy".

Some media raised this foul to the height of "conspiracy".It is believed that Enrique must have been instructed by some people in Spain.Even Spain's own domestic media admitted that Enrique shoveled Wood, which would be very beneficial to Spain in the European Cup, because the loss of Wood's England team greatly reduced the threat of Spain's championship.

Tony Twain slammed Newcastle's head coach Kinnear in his column, criticizing him for having no professional ethics, conniving at his players to intentionally hurt the opponent's players during the game, and doing whatever it takes to win.At this time, Carl Spike couldn't risk the dissatisfaction of the world to come out and ridicule Twain for not remembering what he did before... because at this time, if he speaks for the Irish head coach of Newcastle, it is tantamount to setting himself up The antithesis of the whole of England, when the time comes he is waiting to be attacked by rotten eggs and tomatoes on his doorstep.

Poor Kinnear defended himself weakly, claiming that he did not arrange players to deliberately target George Wood. It was just an accident on the football field. Such accidents happen often. It cannot be because the core of the England team was injured this time. Just criticize yourself like this.

But who cares so much about him?Many people who originally had hopes and longings for England's European Cup prospects seemed to be poured with cold water from beginning to end.Wood was seriously injured, what should England do?Our hopes of winning the championship are gone, who is responsible?
It's that Kinnear!And Enrique!
This incident even brought the Spanish media into it. Their own players were insulted in England, and the Spanish media were also very upset.The media on both sides officially went to war.

William Hill made some adjustments to the original odds. The odds of England winning the championship changed from 1 to 7 to 1.They don't do that often, which only shows how important George Wood is to England these days...

When the outside world was becoming chaotic, the guy that countless people cared about was lying on the hospital bed and fell asleep peacefully.

He had made his own decision and there was nothing to worry about after that.

(End of this chapter)