champion godfather

Chapter 984 The Heart of the Seven Lion King is Mitchell

Mitchell's goal delighted the previously restless England supporters, who embraced and cheered loudly in the stands.In faraway England, all those watching the game were shouting Mitchell's name and applauding him.

On the coaching bench and the bench of the England team, people also jumped up, rushed to the sidelines and waved their fists to express their emotions.

For the English, this is a happy moment. They lead Spain 3:1 when the game is about to enter injury time, and they are almost sure to advance to the final.If you have wine on hand, drink it, and if there is someone around you, hug it.

But in this raucous and joyous atmosphere, Mitchell was alone on his knees and did not participate.

The joy of reaching the final has nothing to do with him. When the semi-finals are over, his European Cup will come to an end.

At this time, he really couldn't laugh, even though he himself was a relatively optimistic person.

Rooney ran up and put his arms around his shoulders from behind, kneeling on the ground with him. "Nice job, Aaron!"

Mitchell did not echo the senior's praise.

At this time, he even hopes that the semi-finals will be longer, and he doesn't want to leave so early.

"Aaron Mitchell. Although he missed the final, he sent the team to the final with such a wonderful goal... It is a pity not to see him in the final at the Bernabeu... "John Mortenson said emotionally.

"England lost a sharp tooth. I don't know how this loss will affect them in the final..." After seeing Mitchell's goal, commentators from other countries expressed that they could not bring With Mitchell going to the finals, Tang En might have a headache for a while.

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Asenjo spread his hands and shook his head helplessly.Faced with such a conceded goal, he really has nothing to say.England's counterattack was expected, but he didn't expect Mitchell to choose such a shooting method, which made him powerless.

Piqué stood in front of him, looking down at the turf, no expression could be seen, no one knew what he was thinking.

Cesc Fabregas put his head in his hands and pursed his lips.He can already foresee the team's failure.But when the mighty Spain faced England, it had almost no ability to fight back. What went wrong?

Perhaps Hierro knew.From the very beginning of the game, England's change of formation was completely beyond his expectations, and he was too slow to adjust to such a change. He did almost nothing throughout the first half and watched England take advantage .

Sitting on the coach's bench, Hierro had to painfully admit that he was still a bit inexperienced as a head coach... He did make adjustments during the intermission, but they were all in Dunn's calculations. Run around by the nose led by him.

It's not so much that Tang En won the victory tactically, it's better to say that experience gained the upper hand.

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With 4 minutes of stoppage time, although the Spanish team knew that their chances of advancing were very slim, they were unwilling to let England go like this.In these 4 minutes, it was completely bombarded around England's restricted area.The England team all shrunk their defense and stuck to the penalty area.

When the referee blew the whistle to end the game, Spain's players collapsed on the turf, while England's substitute players rushed onto the pitch, hugged their teammates, and celebrated the historic moment.

"The game is over! 3:1! England defeated Spain! After 50 years, we have reached the final of the World Series again! Champion, here we come!" John Mortensen shouted loudly, but his voice It has been submerged in the louder cheers at the scene.

Tang En ran onto the field, instead of hugging others, he ran straight to Mitchell.He stretched out his hands to him, and gave him a firm hug.

"You did a great job, Aaron."

He stroked Mitchell's hair, comforting him who was lost in the joyful crowd.

Mitchell finally didn't hold back his tears, and wiped them all on Tang En's suit and shirt. "I want to play in the final, boss..."

Faced with his crying, Tang En couldn't say anything and could only hug him tighter.

George Wood originally planned to comfort Mitchell, but he took a step too late and was held back by his enthusiastic teammates.When he saw Tang En hugging Mitchell and saying something, he stopped in his tracks and just watched quietly from a distance.

On such a night, even if a million people were happy, it would not be able to make the young man in front of him happy.

Wood felt someone touch his arm, and he looked back to see Fabregas.He pointed to the jersey on Wood: "Exchange?"

Without saying a word, Wood took off his jersey and handed it over.

Fabregas also handed Wood his jersey.

"You played well. About Mitchell, I'm sorry, that's not my decision..." Fabregas tried to comfort Wood, who was not in a good mood.

Wood shook his head: "If it were me, I would do the same."

"Would it be you instead? Do you mean to foul or induce the other party to foul?"

"All." Wood hung Fabregas' jersey on his shoulders.

Fabregas knew that this was not Wood being polite, he would really do that.So he smiled, and felt that he was really stupid to say that to Wood, how could he forget what kind of person the other party was?To achieve the goal by any means, this is what their "boss" Tony Twain has always taught them.When did a winner need sympathy from a loser?
"I wish you good luck, the final will not be easy. But I will go to cheer you on." Fabregas patted Wood on the shoulder. This pair of opponents who have been enemies in the Premier League for more than ten years, after the game It looks like a friend I've known for a long time. "Eliminate our team, I hope it is the champion. If it is the runner-up, we can't afford to lose that person."

He waved goodbye to Victor Wood.

In the post-match press conference, Tang En specifically talked about Mitchell.After praising his performance, he also admitted that losing such an excellent center in the final was a big blow to himself.

When the reporter mentioned that Largo was obviously going for Wood, between Wood and Mitchell, if he had to choose to give up one, which one would he choose, he replied: "I will not give up one."

In the England team, the joy of advancing to the final has also been slightly diluted because Mitchell is bound to miss the final.Everyone in the locker room was comforting Mitchell, but none of them comforted as much as Wood's hug.

Wood knew in his heart that it was Mitchell who sent him to the finals.So this hug is extra powerful.

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In fact, Mitchell is an optimistic person in essence. The next day the team had breakfast at the hotel and was about to leave for Madrid.He seemed to have returned to normal, the frustrated expression was gone, and people were no longer silent and sullen when talking to him.

This made assistant coach Des. Walker relieved.If Mitchell is always frowning, it will definitely affect the morale and psychology of the team, which will not be conducive to their performance in the final.Looking at it now, he was worried for nothing.

The promotion to the final did not give the players a chance to relax. On the night of arriving in Madrid, Twain arranged a night training session.During the training, Mitchell was more active than usual. It stands to reason that his European Cup is over, and there is no need to participate in the training, but he still takes the training very seriously.Seeing him working so hard on the training ground, those players who secretly shouted that they were tired had no reason to be lazy.

In fact, he was not targeting his teammates, he just wanted to vent his excess energy and depressed emotions on the training ground-it was impossible for him to vent on the field.

The players also noticed Mitchell's actions, and they were secretly planning an operation about Mitchell.

"We've got to do something for him," whispers between practice sessions, away from Mitchell.It's a few strikers. "In such an important final, he became a spectator. I believe he must feel uncomfortable. Regardless of what he showed, it was all an illusion." As Mitchell's club teammate, Abanglahor felt the same way.

"But we have comforted him several times, and it doesn't seem to work..." James Vaughn was at a loss for what to do.He and Mitchell are not teammates of the club, and the contact is limited to the national team level. He can't say some things that are too intimate, and the words of comfort can only be a mere formality.

"Now is not the time to comfort him." Rooney expressed his opinion. "It's very simple. It's happened. No matter how we comfort him, it's useless. He just can't participate in the final. I think what we should do at this time is Make him feel like we're all in this together..." Rooney thought for a moment, then looked up to the other two and said, "I don't know which of us will start the final."

As an old player in England, he is definitely not being humble or hypocritical when he says this.Rooney is not that kind of person.The fact is, since the first group match against Portugal, Twain has been constantly adjusting the team. The starting lineup is almost different every game. Anyone may be placed on the bench, and anyone may start. .It would be foolish to say now that he will definitely start.

"I don't know who among us can score. If you can, give him a hug after the goal or write something on the T-shirt."

"That's a good idea!" Abang Lahuo's eyes lit up, "I'll tell the others..." He patted his butt and was about to leave, but was stopped by Rooney.

"Don't let him know, give him a surprise!"

Abang Raho made an "OK" gesture.

In fact, the appearance of Abang Raho and others whispering together is really conspicuous, but at this time, Mitchell's mind is full of venting, and he doesn't care about other people's abnormal behavior at all.

He seldom shoots hard when he shoots, but in training, the balls he shoots are powerful and heavy, as if the goalkeeper Joe Hart standing in front of the goal is his father-killing enemy.

Just because Mitchell didn't notice, doesn't mean the others didn't either.

"What are they doing?" Seeing a group of players get together and look around from time to time, they looked mysterious.Assistant coach Des Walker frowned.

"Ghost knows." Tang En didn't care too much, he shrugged.Everyone has their little secrets, and the players are no exception, they like to get together and talk about topics that only interest them.There is no need for coaches to interfere. "As long as they don't do it in training."

Twain's mind is now full of their final opponents, and he doesn't care about the performance of the players.

The final opponents have come out.

It was the Italian team that caused Twain the most headache.

The Italian coach is almost born to be a tactical master, and the final must be a tactical duel.Coupled with Italy's defensive tradition, they will definitely not give England room to display their speed. England's most proud fast offense will not get any cheap in the game against them.Twain can predict that this final will be very, very difficult.

With such things bothering him, how could he think about such trivial matters as the players get together to discuss?
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Twain was worrying about their opponents in the final, and the one who was also worrying about their opponent in the final was Italian coach Lippi.

The 68-year-old Lippi has decided to lead the team to complete the European Cup and retire completely, and will never come out to coach the Italian team again.Why do you say that, because this is Lippi's second comeback to save Italy.After leading the team to win the 2006 World Cup in Germany, he once bid farewell to the national team, but his successor Donadale's Italian team showed unbearable bets in the 2008 European Championship, and finally the Italian Football Association left them at home Lippi invited back.This time Lippi worked until the 2012 European Championships. Due to poor results, he took the blame and resigned.It's just that his successor's performance was even worse than him, dignified Italy, who was eliminated in the World Cup in Brazil without even qualifying for the group stage.This time in Italy, there was a lot of calls for Lippi to come out again. Many enthusiastic fans even went to sit in front of Lippi's house to petition. Lippi was greatly moved, so he decided to come out to coach the Italian team again, but he He only agreed to coach this European Cup. After the European Cup is over, no matter what the results are, he will retire completely. He also hopes that enthusiastic fans will stop disturbing his private life.

But I'm afraid even Lippi himself didn't expect that his last coaching would lead the team to the final in one breath.Now the media in Italy are saying that Lippi intends to use a European Cup championship to mark a successful end to his coaching career.Because when Lippi coached Juventus, he led the team to win five league championships, one FA Cup championship, one Toyota Cup championship, and one European Champions Cup championship. By 2006, he reached the peak of his personal coaching career—— Leading the Italian team, which was not optimistic before the game, to the World Cup in Germany.If there is any regret for such a successful head coach, it is that he never became the king of Europe in the national team.

It was an unintentional move, but he did not expect it to fulfill his biggest dream.Now he has the hope to achieve this step and make his coaching career without complaints or regrets.Leaving his favorite post with honors, leaving a legend for world football.

But before he can become a legend, he needs to defeat a difficult opponent - he is not inferior to him in terms of winning the championship trophy, as if appearing in the sky like a comet, Tony Twain, the most dominant head coach in Europe in the past ten years .

This is a godfather-level showdown.The collision between the old godfather and the new godfather is also the alternation of the old and new eras in European football.

Only this kind of final is worthy of those eliminated teams - the team that beat us is the best, not just a cat or a dog, and losing to such an opponent is not a shame...

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