champion godfather

Chapter 971: The Heart of the Seven Lion King, the Powerful French Team
"Let's look back at all the games the French team has experienced from the first game of the group stage to the present."

Tang En's room was a standard room, and it was crowded at the moment.All the members of the coaching staff were here with him, looking at the screen of the laptop and listening to Tang En's explanation.

The highlights of the French team's matches edited by Tang En were played on the laptop.

"The French team won the first match against Croatia 3:1. They won very easily. Their conceded goal was even considered an 'accident' by the French media after the match." Dunn leaned on a chair and told his colleagues .Having said that, a sneer of disdain came out of his nose.

"They thought it was a surprise to get a goal from Croatia, who not only made it out of the group but also made it to the quarter-finals."

Dunn clicked the mouse to scroll to the next paragraph.

"In the second game, their opponent was Poland, 2:0. It was also a very easy game. Although only two goals were scored, the French team had the advantage in the whole game. The third game, against Russia. France The team has won two games and qualified from the group in advance. So they arranged a substitute lineup for this game, but they still defeated Russia 1-0. This game made the French very satisfied after the game."

"Three wins and three wins in the group stage, they only conceded one goal. They really have reason to be happy..." Des Walker continued.

"They also played beautifully. The media said that today's French team is playing football full of artistic atmosphere, which makes people happy." Tony Karl, the oldest among the coaches, also expressed his opinion.

Tang En smiled and said nothing, and continued to show everyone.

"Their opponent in the quarter-finals is the Netherlands. The Netherlands did not perform well in the group stage and only won the second place in the group. But I am not surprised, because the overall level of Dutch football has declined in the past two years. Their It's normal to lose to France. It's okay..." Tang En turned off the video and turned to look at everyone.

"Now the French have their tails up in the sky," he said with a laugh. "This is a good sign. I hope they raise their eyebrows higher. Isn't there a regular press conference this afternoon?"

Everyone knew what he was going to do, and there was a burst of laughter in the room.

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After the meeting with the coaches, Dunn knocked on the door of Wood's room.When he went in, he found two people in the room.George Wood was chatting with Aaron Mitchell.

Seeing Tang En walking in, Mitchell immediately understood who the boss was looking for, and quickly stood up: "I'll go out for a walk." Then he greeted Tang En again: "Boss."

Dunn nodded.

Mitchell went out and closed the door, leaving only Dunn and Wood in the room.

"What? Don't you invite me to sit?" Tang En joked about the dull Wood.

Wood got up and made a gesture: "Please sit down."

Dunn could understand Wood's indifferent attitude, because he didn't tell him the news that he decided to let Wood start the next game.

Tang En sat down and looked at Wood. Just as he was about to open his mouth, Wood had already learned to answer quickly.

"The foot injury is fine, I feel recovered."

Tang En laughed.In the past two days, many people who care about Wood must have asked him the same question.He must not know how many times he has said this answer.

Seeing Wood like this, Tang En wanted to tease him. "Is it really all right?" He asked, frowning in disbelief.

"Want me to kick you now?" Wood stood up.

Tang En laughed loudly: "No need, I'm afraid you'll break something here, and we'll have to pay for it. Let's put it this way, George, I came to see you for something... What do you think of the recent performance of the French team? ?”

Wood froze for a moment. He felt that Tang En's thinking was too jumpy. What did the recent performance of the French team have to do with him?Why do you have to ask yourself?

"Didn't you pay attention to the performance of the French team?" Dunn asked.

Wood shook his head: "I heard they haven't lost a game so far. I don't know anything else."

"It's not just that they haven't lost. They have won all games. Now the only teams that won all games are them and the host Spain." Tang En said. "Their first four games have been perfect, you can't fault it at all. Eight goals scored, only one conceded, Benzema is currently the top scorer in the cup and Lloris is probably the most successful in the competition. The best goalkeeper, Gourcuff's voice for being the best player is also very high. The French believe that their national team will definitely win the championship this year, because they are the 'genius generation'." Tang En slowly introduced the team to Wood Characteristics of the French team.

"For example, they are like a beautiful flower, popular."

Wood did not respond to Tang En's evaluation.

If you are someone who is not familiar with Wood, you will definitely find it painful to communicate with Wood.Because he always doesn't talk much, and won't give you a very enthusiastic response.If you want to keep the communication going, you have to desperately find new topics, which is tiring and boring.

Tang En was familiar with Wood, so he was not dissatisfied. He leaned forward and winked at Wood: "It's just a flower in the greenhouse."

Wood sensitively sensed that there was something in Tang En's words.Because whenever the boss plays tricks, he will find something for him to do.

"For the competition three days later, I hope you will turn into a strong wind and blow down the greenhouse that protects them." Dunn looked at Wood seriously.

Wood froze for a moment and realized: "The game against the French team... I will start?"

Dunn nodded.

Wood didn't cheer loudly or get up from his seat, he just clenched his fists.

This action has already exposed his mood at this moment.

Tang En stood up, ready to leave. "Study the videos of the French team's games carefully, and I will ask Des to send them to you. Your task is very heavy."

Wood is not afraid, he is only worried if he is not given a task.

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When Mitchell returned to the room after wandering around outside, he found that Wood was reading something on his laptop, and he was fascinated by it, so he quietly went up.It turned out to be the game video of the French team.

"What are you doing with this, George?" He felt a little strange.

"Know your opponents, and you can defeat them better." Wood replied without looking back.

A light suddenly lit up in Mitchell's mind: "Could it be...are you going to start the game against the French team?"

"Yeah." Wood nodded.

"YES!" Mitchell was more excited than Wood himself. He jumped onto the bed and almost knocked his head. "Haha! I'm relieved now! To be honest, George, I've been annoyed by the French team for a long time. Look at what they are being blown up to outside? It's as if the European champions are already theirs. What 'genius generation' ', what 'the most beautiful football', what 'the most eye-catching team in this cup'... I feel like vomiting!"

As an Englishman, it is normal to look down on or even feel disgusted by the French.Wood was not surprised by Mitchell's performance.

"It's good that you can play, and teach those arrogant Frenchmen a lesson!" Mitchell tensed up after rolling on the bed, waving his fists next to Wood and yelling.

After being happy for Wood, Mitchell was also a little depressed.As the team's main striker, he started every game, but only scored two goals.Known as England's best center for the next ten years, his performance was not satisfactory.

"It turns out that the boss is here to assign tasks to you...then what is my task?"

Wood continued: "You are a forward, isn't the task of a forward to score goals?"

"I think my strength is too weak, George... Is there any way you can increase your strength?" Mitchell felt that the main factor that caused him to score fewer goals than Rooney was his own lack of strength. Those strong centre-backs contend and a lot of times he has to pull out to get the ball.But can a striker who is far from the penalty area still score?

Wood finally looked away from the computer screen, and he glanced back at Mitchell sitting on the bed behind him. "Get fatter." He said simply, and turned back.

Mitchell rolled his eyes, and lay back with a strange cry.

"If I eat fat, I will lose my figure!"

If someone with a sharp tongue comes in, he will definitely respond: "You look like you are addicted to drugs now, how do you get your figure?"

However, George Wood ignored Mitchell's complaints and concentrated on studying the video of the French team's game.He quickly found out his goal from it, and several midfielders of the French team have high personal abilities.He was thinking that the boss should not let others mark people, that would be too wasteful.If nothing else, it should still be zone defense.

Wood closed his eyes and imagined the game in his mind. He hadn't played a full game for a long time, and the game against the French team must be very hard.In addition, he has to pray that his right big toe does not suffer any damage during the game.In fact, he lied to his boss just now, and his right big toe still hurts slightly, and it can't be regarded as a complete recovery.But in order for the boss to let himself play with confidence in the future, this small injury must be concealed.

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Tang En didn't know what was going on in Wood's mind. During the afternoon training, George Wood behaved normally, no matter whether it was running or touching the ball, he didn't feel any discomfort.This makes the team full of confidence in the game against the French team.

Although the reporters present only filmed for 15 minutes, they all saw a lively and healthy George Wood.

At the regular press conference after the training, Dunn did not let George Wood attend with him, but chose Gerrard instead.

At the press conference, Tang En did not give an affirmative answer to the question "whether George Wood will be able to participate in the match against the French team" posed by many reporters. He continued to play Tai Chi: "This kind of thing cannot be determined. We are all working hard in this direction. We all hope to see the best results." Talking for a long time is nonsense, and it is tantamount to saying nothing.

The French reporters didn't seem to care much about whether George Wood would play or not. They only wanted Twain to talk about his views on the French team's performance in the last few games.Dunn knew what their plans were, these vain Frenchmen!

But it was exactly what he wanted.

"The French team played very beautifully. It is a matter of course to be able to enter the quarter-finals. Their football really shines in front of my eyes... At the same time, they also have many talented players, which really makes me envious..." Tang En's reaction surprised many The English reporter was very surprised. He treated the journalists of his country like gold, and even had a bad attitude. He did not expect to speak eloquently when answering the questions of the French journalists.And look at the words he said, all praising the French team, doesn't he feel nauseous?What does he mean by "envious of the many talents in the French team", does he mean that the players in the England team are not good enough?Is he British or French?
"...I think the media before the game were quite right to say that France were the favourites. I have to take France seriously, they are very strong...if we are not careful we could lose. I am not flattering, I say To be honest, the football played by the French team is very modern and advanced. They can win both championships and spectators. To be honest, this has always been my goal..."

Tang En said these words that made the French secretly happy and the British unhappy.Even Gerald was surprised.Although he has never cooperated with Twain in the club, but through the contact with the national team in the past two years, he has always felt that his boss is a person who is not afraid of anything, no matter how strong the opponent is, he dares to fight against him.For example, in the previous German team, he did not show any fear. It is precisely in this way that the team can finally defeat the world enemy Germany.Because the players have seen the courage to defeat a strong enemy from the head coach.

But what happened to the boss today?
Isn't this the boss' style?What is he thinking?Gerald made up his mind to ask the boss after the press conference. He couldn't wait to know what the boss was thinking.

Tang En's words even made the French reporters want to applaud—it's so good!awesome!

The French couldn't hide the joy on his face, and the British reporter didn't want to hide his displeasure either.The following press conference immediately became the world of French reporters. They kept raising their hands and asking questions, just wanting to hear more good things about France from Tang En.The British reporters were collectively silent, using an attitude of not asking questions as a protest against Tang En's behavior of "eating inside and out".

Tang En also knew that he would accept it as soon as he saw it, and the other party would not take it seriously if he said too much, so he became reserved again.

After the press conference, the French reporters left England's training camp with satisfied smiles, while the British reporters cursed Tony Twain and the Frenchman through gnashing of teeth.

Gerald frowned thoughtfully.He decided to ask for clarification.

"Head."

Tang En looked back at Gerrard who was following behind, he was not surprised: "Huh?"

"I don't quite understand what you said in the press conference... I don't think the French team is as strong as you say."

Tang En frowned: "Don't underestimate the enemy, Stephen."

At first, Gerald thought the boss was joking, but seeing Tang En's serious expression, he felt that he was wrong.

"This is the quarter-finals, and whoever wins can enter the semi-finals, and we are only one step away from the final. We cannot underestimate the enemy. Any opponent must be taken seriously. I don't want the Welsh game to repeat itself again." Tang Ern moved out of "Wales" once, and Gerald had nothing to say.

Losing to Wales seemed to be England's nightmare. As long as the team might feel proud and underestimate the enemy, Tang En would bring up that game again.Not only that, he also made a video clip of that game and showed it to the players.Remind them not to underestimate the enemy.

But the problem is that the French team is not Wales, and English players can't be guilty of underestimating the French team anyway...

"And the French team is indeed very strong. I'm not lying, Stephen." Dunn continued, his earnest expression made Gerrard no longer have any doubts. "Their midfield is very strong and they don't rely entirely on one person. This kind of opponent is our biggest headache. We can't stop the opponent's offensive just by freezing a certain person. And...George's injury... ..."

Tang En hesitated to speak.

Gerald felt more and more that the boss was not laying smoke bombs.Facing a strong enemy, it is really worrying whether Wood can play or not.After these few games, he also knew that the 36-year-old himself could not maintain sufficient physical fitness until the final.

But although what the boss said made sense, Gerald was still secretly dissatisfied.We defeated the mighty Germany and also ended our 48-year invincible fate against Sweden. Isn't it possible to compete with the French team?To let the boss underestimate him so much!
Although he was also considered in the team, no matter how he thought about it, he felt uncomfortable.I admit that the French team has been in the limelight recently, and even the odds of winning the championship are tied with Spain for the first place, but are we coming to Spain just to praise the opponent's strength?

Gerald didn't ask any more questions, and followed Dun En silently, but clenched his fists.

Tang En, who was walking in front, did not look back, but the corners of his mouth curled up.

(End of this chapter)