Football: Guards with knives, shovel Ronaldo at the beginning

The England team flew back to London the day after the game.

Three days later, they face old rivals Ukraine at Wembley Stadium in their second and final World Cup qualifier of the month.

整个欧洲区的世界杯预选赛周期很长，从第一场比赛从2012年9月8日对阵摩尔多瓦开始，到最后一场2013年10月16日对阵h组的最后一名对手波兰。

The entire cycle lasts for one year, and 53 teams compete in a double cycle in 9 groups.

Subsequently, the No.9 of the 1 groups will directly enter the World Cup finals. Among the remaining 9 groups, the 8 groups with the best results will play a play-off to determine the remaining 4 places.

Yes, you read that right, there are 32 teams in the World Cup finals, and there are 13 places in the European zone.

This is why there are no top 20 matches, top 10 matches, and play-offs with Australia that we are familiar with. These desperate fights for one and a half places are not so obvious in Europe.

After all, the advantages of the major seeded teams in each group are still very obvious.

Belgium's biggest opponent in Group A is Croatia, and De Bruyne scored twice with assists in the match against Wales just now. The group's first place looks very solid.

Italy in Group B faced the challenges of Denmark and the Czech Republic. Although they were tied by Bulgaria 2-2 in the first game, Prandelli, who replaced Lippi the Silver Fox, was still very confident.

Speaking of Prandelli, the best Serie A coach who once saved Fiorentina is now one of the hottest head coaches in Italy.

After the "Phonegate" incident, he led the weak Fiorentina from the relegation zone all the way to the Europa League and became the hero of the city.

Under his leadership, the Italians are full of confidence in the national team.

The Germanic chariots in group c are only one Sweden can barely pay attention to.

The Netherlands in Group D also took the lead.

Switzerland in Group E faced Norway without Harland without any pressure.

Group F is more interesting. Polar bears compete with Portugal. Before that, Portugal has only reached the World Cup finals 5 times in history.

After the retirement of the golden generation, there is only one big-name star in the team, Ronaldo, and even bookmakers are not optimistic about Portugal's World Cup trip.

Coentero, Moutinho, Meireles, Quaresma, Pepe and Ronaldo are almost the biggest stars in the team. Many other players do not even play in the five major leagues.

The 34-year-old Carvalho could not last until the 2014 World Cup finals, when he was 36 years old.

Facing the polar bears led by the Tsar, no one is optimistic about Portugal.

There is only Group G, which can be called a battle for hegemony. Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Slovakia, and Lithuania, it is not easy to fight a bloody road.

And Group H is the England group where Lindy is located. There is no suspense, and it can even be said that there is no pressure.

I don't know if it was intentional, but France and Spain were assigned to Group I together.

If this is not the case, I am afraid that fans of the 13 lists that have qualified for the World Cup can directly report them.

So, why later generations of veteran football fans lamented and wondered why Italy failed to qualify for the group stage.

And many sunspots who hardly watch football are so indifferent to Portugal's qualifying.

Hilton Hotel in St George's Park, London

In the evening, Lindy met Flores, who came to see Lindy specially, and the two sat down and chatted in the small bar of the hotel.

Lindy, who has always been very self-disciplined, has now learned how to get along with others. If he hadn't been anxious to practice the reverse foot pass last time, he would not have done that kind of extraordinary training at all.

It’s okay to put pressure on your teammates occasionally, for the sake of winning the game.

And if you put pressure on your teammates for a long time, it will be a bit out of gregarious.

Take a sip, this is Lindy's respect for his friends, whiskey less than 50ml is his greatest sincerity.

"Boss, why do you have the time to come to me all of a sudden?" Lindy raised his glass and lightly bumped Flores.

Flores shook the wine in the glass lightly, did not rush to speak, and asked the waiter to have another glass after he drank it down: "I watched England's last game, and I had an idea, but I'm not sure, I think Talk to you."

"You said." Lindy was still a little curious. Is there anything he can do to help Flores in team management?

Flores' eyes wandered, and it seemed a little difficult to speak.

Lindy suddenly realized something, and asked, "Who are you going to dig?"

! !

"how do you know?"

Flores' eyes widened, and he didn't know where to put his hands, but soon, he had already cultivated his face like a city wall, restrained his embarrassment, and said to Lindy solemnly: "What do you think of Sterling?" ?”

!! ?

Now it was Lindy's turn to be surprised. He thought it was Henderson or someone else.

For Flores, he will communicate with Lindy about family and life, even if it has nothing to do with Lindy but is more private to him.

The relationship between the two has long surpassed the general "teacher-student relationship", and belongs to the relationship between a teacher and a friend.

"Sterling..." Lindy hesitated for the first time, what should the child say.

Talent indeed, otherwise England's fifth-youngest chance would not have been his turn.

Even for a long time in the future, the England national team will always have a place for him.

Even if he is called a "happy boy", his shooting skills are hard to describe, but he still has a 23% shot conversion rate, which ranks among the top in the Premier League.

There are so many head coaches, choose him or use him, that's the reason.

But, just in case, in case you really have Sterling, you can't watch the whole game without a strong heart.

Considering Flores' heart, he hesitated.

Seeing Lindy's expression, Flores was a little curious. Although Sterling was selected for the England national team with the team, as far as he knew, the child was just a player who couldn't even play as a main player in Liverpool.

It's impossible for Lindy to be very familiar with him and be optimistic about him, right?

"Is he the future of Liverpool?" Flores asked tentatively.

Lindy immediately shook his head like a rattle, and then he remembered something.

This baby is used as a winger in the club, and used as a midfielder or wide player in the national team.

If you don't consider shooting?

Speed, explosiveness, flexibility, dribbling, foot skills, off-ball running, and vision all have great potential to be tapped, and they are much better than their peers.

It seems that it is not impossible?

No, it's none of my fucking business? ?

Uh, it seems that the matter of Flores has something to do with him.

Lindy glanced at the expectant eyes of the other party, and also swallowed the wine in the glass in one gulp, but he didn't ask for another glass.

"Under the age of 18?"

Flores nodded.

"Newcastle's winger?"

Flores nodded again.

"As a winger, he is indeed very strong and has great potential. However, his shooting skills are not very good...needs to be improved." Lindy gave such an evaluation.

"Do you think he would like to come to Newcastle?" Flores said brightly.

"How do I know? I don't know him well, but he really can't play the main force in Liverpool, but Newcastle now has Gundogan, Ben Arfa, Demba Ba... Wait, did Chelsea buy it? he?"

For this future Shanghai Shenhua star, Lin Di still has some understanding.

The once sky-high price of 1400 million euros still shocked many European clubs. They are still very willing to cooperate with this behavior of pushing their noses... giving money.

Flores was a little shy, as if Lindy had seen through it: "The winter window, it's the winter window...."

Lindy was completely speechless now. Sterling partnered with Vardy. Flores didn't use Sterling as a midfielder at all, but took a fancy to his winger's strength and wanted to transform him into a forward.

Since you are not over 18 years old, even registration is not a problem!

"Old and cunning..."

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