champion godfather

Chapter 972

England's players soon found out what their manager had to say in his press conference, even though the fastest news media hadn't picked it up yet.

Because Gerrard told Rooney, who was in the same room with him, what the boss said.Although one of the two is a Liverpool player and the other is a Manchester United player, and Rooney was once a player of Liverpool's rival Everton, but this will not affect the friendship between the players.

Rooney was taken aback by the boss's attitude, and when he couldn't figure it out, he also told another teammate, John Terry from Chelsea.

Soon this matter was spread, and the Nottingham Forest players naturally knew about it.But no one could figure out why the boss said that.There are two ways to deal with the incomprehensible.The Nottingham Forest players were more familiar with Twain. They felt that there must be a reason for such an obvious abnormality, but they didn't know what the reason was.

The non-Nottingham Forest players are aggrieved that they have been looked down upon by the boss-how can we say that we also fought all the way to the quarter-finals, why do we value the French team so much and have no confidence in us?

These people felt the head coach's contempt. Of course, they couldn't get angry at Twain directly, but they had their own ways to prove the boss was wrong.That is to defeat France in the game and let the boss see who is the team that is more likely to win the championship!
The English players, who were full of anger, were working hard in training. Tang En saw it in his eyes and snickered in his heart.

Assistant coach Chris Rack might be the only one who knew Tang En's plan. He was a little worried: "Aren't you afraid of losing your prestige in the locker room? Or will it make them lose their fighting spirit instead?"

"This group of people are proud. Such a small blow won't make them lose their fighting spirit. As for authority? After they beat the French team, my status in the locker room will only be higher." Dunn said confidently. "It's aggressive. Plus, I say that, and it can paralyze the French team. Frenchies are arrogant, and I like arrogant Frenchmen."

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Tang En is right, the French are indeed very arrogant.Tang En's compliments soon appeared in the major French media, and they spared no effort to reprint Tang En's words. The most rebellious Tony Twain!It seems that our football has indeed conquered the other side of the strait!

However, Tang En's biggest concern is not what the French fans think, but what the French players think.

Benzema's reaction did not disappoint him.The somewhat arrogant striker welcomed Tang En's words: "...I am very grateful for Tony Twain's praise. I also think we are worthy of such praise... What is better than the opponent's praise?"

Ben Alpha and Benzema don't quite deal with each other, but he also agrees with Benzema.Being able to be praised by his opponent makes him feel very happy.

There are other French players and they all have the same idea.They don't think about whether the opposing coach has any deep meaning in doing this, because their recent performance is really good, and they won't be surprised even if they get any kind of praise.

Tang En's words at the press conference made the Frenchman full of confidence in the team's prospects, and optimism rippling in everyone's heart.There are even media headlines like this: Although thank you Tony, but we must be the ones who will go to the Bernabeu in the end!

Only Ribery felt something was wrong.The Tony Twain he knew would never praise his opponents for no reason, even those teams that really deserved the praise.Once he opens his mouth to say good things about someone, it means that the other party will be in bad luck...

So he continued to do things in the newspaper to "destroy his own prestige and boost others' aspirations".Remind the French team to be careful of England and Tony Twain.But no one listened to him.

The head coach of the French team, Claude_Puel, was also worried about whether this was a conspiracy by Tony Twain, but he paid attention to the English media in the past two days.It was found that the top was scolding Tang En almost one-sidedly.Almost directly rose to the point of greeting Tang En's eight generations of ancestors.

Puel felt that it was impossible for Tang En to deliberately make people scold him, and he must be sincere in praising the French team.It's just that that rebellious person doesn't care about the media scolding him, and confronting the English media is one of Tang En's hobbies.

What's more, according to some well-informed English media, there are quite a few players in the England team who are dissatisfied with Twain's eyes.Thinking that they were underestimated by the head coach, Tony Twain's status in the locker room was being challenged.

If Tang En did this on purpose, then the price is too high, right?In case of self-defeating and losing the trust of the players, no matter what tricks he has, he will not be able to use it.No one with a normal IQ would take the risk of irritating their own players.

Through this analysis, he came to the conclusion that there was no conspiracy in England.It seems that the new tactics I brought to the French team have indeed been recognized by the world.Now this French team can accept any compliment without shame.

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"Claude Puel is a very thoughtful head coach, but his experience in coaching the national team is similar to mine. In terms of record, his coaching career at the club is not considered successful. Before he went to Lyon , Lyon has always been the overlord of Ligue 2009. When he became the head coach of Lyon in [-], Lyon has nothing to do with the Ligue [-] champions. Although the teams he coached played pretty well, he was able to get a lot of media attention Praise, but what's the use of playing well?"

During the coaching staff meeting, Tang En was analyzing the head coach of the French team for everyone.

"He debuted at Monaco in 1999 and became a manager. A year and a half later he became a scout. A year later he went to Lille and became a manager. He was there for seven years and officially became a coach in the summer of 2009. As the head coach of Lyon. After the 2014 World Cup, he replaced Didier Deschamps as the head coach of the French national team. The French team performed very well in the qualifiers. However, since Mr. Puel coached Lyon, he has never won Been to any championship."

Tang En's tone was full of disdain, and it was no longer the tone of admiration for Puel at the press conference.

"I think Mr. Puel lacks the heart of a champion for too long, so that he has forgotten how to win the championship. And the French team has gone so smoothly from the qualifiers to the present, like a greenhouse. A team like that, who would be overwhelmed by the slightest bit of trouble. Puel also lacks the experience of dealing with such troubles at international competitions. That's something we have to take advantage of."

"The morale of the team is very good now, and the fighting spirit is also very strong. This will surprise the French. Once they fall into chaos, that is our chance to win the game." Dunn clenched his fist and waved it.

"In the game, we must be more aggressive! But I'm not worried about this..." Tang En wanted to laugh when he thought of the angry eyes the players looked at him during training. "Don't be afraid of fouls. Against teams like France, the rougher our moves, the worse their performance will be. Against artistic football? I have a lot of experience." Tang En laughed.

The coaches who had been familiar with him for a long time also laughed.When coaching Nottingham Forest, his team was always placed on the opposite side of artistic football, whether it was Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid, or Arsenal, he won more than once.It was a godsend to meet France in the quarter-finals.

If it was the Italian team, Dunn might seriously consider their chances of advancing to the semi-finals.

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The day before the game, Tang En once praised the football played by the French team as "advanced football and good-looking football" when he was interviewed by reporters.At the same time, he also praised the head coach Claude Puel who brought this kind of change to the French team, saying that he brought a breath of fresh air to the world football, and he himself became a fan of Puel.His words, of course, once again made the British journalists very unhappy, and the French were ecstatic.

During the tactical meeting with the players at night, Tang En could still feel the players' unfriendly eyes.In the hearts of those people, I must be equated with a "traitor", right?
But he still has to add fuel to the fire.

"Tomorrow we will face a very strong opponent." After he said this, he deliberately paused.There was no sound in the conference room.But Tang En knew that these people must be booing him in their hearts.

"They came to us with a record of unbeaten victories. The football they played not only made the fans like it, but also brought victory. Although this is a game related to whether we can enter the semi-finals, I don't want to give you Too much pressure."

Tang En spoke very seriously, making it difficult for people to guess whether he was joking.

"I wish everyone good luck, against a team like France we do need some luck..."

Tang En no longer continued to say things that made the players very uncomfortable.He knew that too much was too much, and blindly talking about how strong the French team might be could really kill the team's morale.

No longer entangled in the topic of how strong the French team is.Tang En began to explain to the players the tactics that will be used in tomorrow's game.In fact, England's tactics are very simple, no different from before.Tang En just emphasized that he should be bolder and more open-minded when defending.

The players' minds were not on this, and now he had an evil fire in his heart, wishing he could go to the game right away, kick the proud Frenchman's butt on the court, kneel down and beg for mercy!

After the tactics meeting ended, the players left the meeting room one after another.Only George Wood was left behind by Tang En.

"You don't seem to be aggrieved because I looked down on you, George." Dunn sat casually on the conference table, looking at Wood opposite.

"I know what you're going to do," Wood said.

"Ha!" Tang En laughed. "I kept you here just to tell you, don't tell them about it. Now it seems that I am worried for nothing."

Wood stood up, since it was just this matter, there was no need to waste time, he was going back to the house to rest.Before leaving, he asked Tang En at the door: "Tomorrow's game, can we win?"

Tang En shrugged: "Of course. We will win!"

Wood didn't ask any more questions, opened the door and walked out.

Tang En stayed alone in the empty conference room for a while.Then he got up and left.

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Almost at the same time.At the tactical meeting of the French team.Puel is asking his players to follow the previous team's tactics in tomorrow's game.

The tactics of the French team are very simple, and the tension of the coming war can not be seen from the faces of the players. Everyone is smiling, and some people are even chatting secretly below, doing things that have nothing to do with the tactics meeting.

Of course Puel saw this in his eyes, but he didn't think it was a bad thing.He was proud of the composure of his players ahead of the quarter-final against England.He is more and more confident about tomorrow's game.

"As long as we maintain the state and performance of the previous games, winning England is not a big problem." After talking about tactics, Puel added. "Know that our goal is the championship!"

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this night.England's players went to sleep with the anticipation of tomorrow night's game and the anger at the Frenchman, and the boss.The French players went to sleep with a relaxed mood to welcome the next day's game.

Twain, who praised and complimented the French team, stayed up until 03:30 in the morning.In his room, he watched all the matches of the French team again, compared them with the notes he had made, checked for any omissions, and looked for new weaknesses of the French team.

In fact, with his current body, he couldn't stay up all night like this, but since Shania wasn't around, no one could control him anymore.He also fought for the European championship.

Tang En didn't know if he could work for another four years until the next European Cup came.But he didn't let go of the opportunity in front of him to think about what he would do in four years.

Football is a sport full of luck, and no one can say that his luck will be better next time.It would be foolish to pin our hopes on the next four years.He firmly believed that George Wood would be able to play at his highest level in the final, so he must work hard to provide such a stage for Wood.

In addition, as a club head coach, he has won all the club honors he can get.There is nothing in the national team.He does not pursue the worthless Olympic gold medal. As the head coach of the national team, there are only the European Cup and the World Cup.

Since England is now the best and strongest England team, there is no need to set the goal as the runner-up.

This time, if you don't break Loulan, you won't return it!
(End of this chapter)