Chapter 5 Special guest commentary

Half a week after Tang En arrived in Germany, the highly anticipated German World Cup finally opened.

Except for living in two rooms next to the same hotel, Tang En and Tang did not act together most of the time, whether it was eating or traveling, they were separated. Tang En followed the people from BBC TV station, and Tang was alone.

Their work focus is also different.

Due to contractual relationship, Don En had to go to various cities with BBC5 people, mainly serving as a commentator for the England national team competition. In addition to the old acquaintance John Motson commentator, he also had the former England captain, the best striker of the Premier League in ten years, Alan Hiller.

Of course, Don Eun has long known this legend in English football, but what he saw at that time was the style of this person on the court. Sitting in the broadcast room like this and commenting on the game together gave Don Eun a special feeling.

Tang acted alone and did not follow the TV broadcast plan. He mainly went to games that were not paid attention to in England, especially those weak teams.

He hopes to dig out the pearls and rough stones that Don En needs. Now he doesn't know what the Forest's transfer budget is for the new season, so he can only start with the most affordable candidates.

Tang En completely believes in Tang's vision and ability to look at people.

After all, only George Wood was truly cultivated by his own level, while Michael Daose and Andy Reed were trained by Tang himself.

Tang En believes that the stage where he can play his best is not a scout or assistant coach or youth team coach. It is not a discovery and excavation to train newcomers, but lead a team to compete for the championship throne.

Tang can form a good complement to him. His almost nitpicking of details will make him an excellent assistant. At that time, he will be responsible for specific affairs in the team's daily training, while Tang En is only responsible for formulating the general direction and route.

The two of them can divide their work and cooperate. They can perform at their best in their most familiar fields.

bbc5 invited Tang En to serve as a special commentator during this World Cup, and what he may value more is his current popularity.

Because of the continuous hype by the news media, Tony Don, as the head football coach this season, is so popular. And this star-like situation has reached its peak after the European Champions League final.

After the game, he publicly criticized the law enforcement process for his stupidity and lack of mind in this game. He also embarrassed UEFA in public at the award ceremony, making it impossible for a group of people in charge of European football.

Since BBC5 announced that it would invite Don En as a special guest during the World Cup, it has immediately attracted the attention of other major media. Before Tang En started working, he has attracted enough attention for his temporary boss.

People are looking forward to the English local coach who will spark some sparks with John Mortson, who is famous for his passionate commentary during the first electric shock TV review.

"I really didn't expect that we would cooperate in this way." At the German World Cup, Motson took the initiative to extend his hand after seeing Don En.

Tang En knew the commentator in front of him, and also knew that he was the one who supported him. Although he was as mean when criticizing him sometimes, he was also a mean person, so they felt like they were interested.

"I think Erikson is going to be unlucky." Tang En smiled and held back.

Motson smiled: "I want to be afraid that you will be nervous. I will teach you how to deal with reporters, and just comment on the competition... It seems that there is no need."

Tang En followed him and laughed.

Alan Shearer, a serious person, looks a bit like an alien next to him.

This is a behind-the-scenes episode before the live broadcast of the game. Tang En is still looking forward to his first TV commentary work. He has also done his homework seriously.

He went to specifically understand the current situation of England's opponent Paraguay in this game, just like he was studying the opponent as the head coach of England.

The combination of bbc5 is also very reasonable and classic. John Motson is a veteran sports commentator in England. His sharp words and passionate commentary style make others who like it very much, and those who hate him are extremely annoying.

He will serve as a linkage and coordination in the game commentary, similar to the host of the entertainment program. Alan Shearer is an active Newcastle player.

And the former England main striker and captain, he will comment on the game from the perspective of the players in the game. As the head coach, Tony Donn naturally analyzes the game based on the tactical adjustments of the head coaches of both sides.

This way the audience can learn about the game from all aspects.

England's group stage against Paraguay is the third game of this World Cup.

Tang En no longer wants to think about the result of a match that happened at the same time in another space.

Because that is meaningless for this game. Is it helpful to know the score of this game in another space for England's performance in this game? Can it be ensured that England will not repeat their old problems?

Donn is not optimistic about England's prospects in the World Cup at all. This has nothing to do with his knowledge that England's performance in this World Cup.

The problem with English football is a chronic disease, passed down from generation to generation. Even the self who had not traveled through time before, he had never been optimistic about England's prospects in international competitions.

This is a team that has become self-deceptive after being overpromoted by its developed domestic media.

Apart from winning a World Cup at his doorstep in 1966, as the founder of modern football, does England have any achievements that can be praised? Nothing is available.

The prosperity of the Premier League makes people feel that the strength of the England national team should be very strong. Although Donn agrees that the league is the basis of a country's football level, he does not agree with the brainless practice of directly equating the league level with the national team level.

What's more, the prosperity of the Premier League is still full of water blown out by the media...

Why are the stars in England always more expensive than stars of the same level in other countries on the European continent? Why are there many young geniuses in England but not many in the end?

All thanks to their developed media.

A large hype and a series of mature publicity systems.

It makes it easier for England players to be portrayed as extraordinary "stars" in the public's minds. This is related to England's national character and has a connection with their once glorious imperial history.

Your own place is always the best...

This is what Don En thought in his heart. He believed that the decline in English football level - in the minds of English people, this is a temporary low - has nothing to do with the coach's level or the real strength of the players.

It has nothing to do with the food cooked, and has nothing to do with the nature of alcoholism... This is purely a national issue and has no solution at all. Maybe they may have performed well in a certain competition. Plus they are lucky.

You can win the championship, but the improvement of their overall level is still zero.

Of course. This sounds a bit similar to Chinese football, but no matter how low the people are, it is better than the real "zero egg" of Chinese football.

However, Don Eun will not express his thoughts in the game commentary. The English will not allow others to easily say bad things about them, especially pointing their fingers at sensitive topics such as nationality. Don Eun does not want to be a public enemy of the whole nation.

Motson hoped that he would comment on the game more from the head coach's perspective, so during the live broadcast of the game, Donn kept pointing his finger at Eriksen.

His main focus of criticizing Erikson is on the use of "Double Germany".

Lampard and Gerrard are both centers of midfielders in their respective teams. They performed very well in their respective clubs. It is logical that there is no problem in playing the main players in the national team at the same time. But something went wrong.

Lampard and Gerrard, who performed well at Chelsea and Liverpool, once they arrived at the England national team, one person would have a sluggish performance, or both of them would have a sluggish performance as long as they played at the same time.

All fools can see that the two players' positions and styles are completely overlapping. At the same time, playing is not just a waste, but also a bit similar to the meaning of "repulsiveness of the same extreme", which interferes with each other, but no one can perform well.

Why did Erikson still insist on letting two people start at the same time? Can't he see the problem? Of course, Don't criticize Erikson for being stupid. He criticized that this Swede was too indulging in his big-name star.

This is a direct conflict between the two coaching concepts. Tang En belongs to the type where collective is above everything else.

In his team, he is the head coach, an authority and a star, it is enough. Players must listen to him. He will never sacrifice his tactics just because he wants to accommodate a certain star player.

Eriksen is more indulgent to stars and relies on big-name players to decide on games. He is a bit fond of the "star effect".

This allows him to get along with the players and have a great position in the minds of the players. When he repeatedly fell into distrust cases with the FA, the players were on his side. In a sense, this can be regarded as a kind of "love".

But the price of his hot relationship with the players was to sacrifice England's competitiveness in the World Cup.

In the match against Paraguay, Eriksen's team played in a drowsy and no highlights under the scorching afternoon sun in Frankfurt.

“…I can’t see at all the hope of England winning this game, and I don’t even know if Erikson wants to win…of course he wants to win.

But if he doesn't prove it, I think he doesn't want to win... Irving returned from injury and was completely in a state. Why did he start with Rooney? Crouch is the most suitable game in such a game. I coached the high guy too much, and I understand his ability... Look, I'm right, Erikson has substituted, Crouch is on.

Replacing Irving... simple and crude. No technical content... I'm so sorry, I want to sleep for a while. I scored a goal and called me..."

This is the excerpt from Done's commentary in the game.

The game was groggy, Paraguay had no threatening attack, and England did not. Both sides seemed to want to take a more active approach to score goals, and they were just consuming under the scorching sun. The audience was drowsy and boring.

So, when Beckham used a signature free kick to pass the ball through the overhead of Paraguay's Zhanggamala and sent it into the goal, Don finally "awakened" by Motson's roar.

"Yo, the ball is in? Or an own goal! Awesome! Eriksen can breathe a sigh of relief."

England won the game with his opponent's own goal.

After the game, Don Eun spent a lot of time in his post-match commentary articles to Nottingham Evening Post and China Sports Weekly to describe an interesting thing he found in the game - England goalkeeper David Robinson kicked the ball directly onto the big TV screen hanging above the middle of the stadium when he kicked off the ball, and almost couldn't get off...

This incident made Tang En laugh in the comments for a long time, and was repeatedly talking to his two partners during the intermission.

When he was commenting, he joked that it was a pity that the football fell down in the end. He really hoped that the football would not fall down, so that the game would not be so dull and boring.

George Wood, who was selected for England for the first time in this game and participated in the World Cup, has been shuttled back and forth between the bench and warm-up areas, and has not obtained even a minute of playing time.

This is normal. After all, England has accumulated too many stars in the midfield now. Gerald and Lampard must be on the court at the same time. In addition, captains Beckham, Joe Cole, Hargreaves... there is no room for recruit Wood to play.

The problem in this game is not the midfield defense, but the organization of offense. Wood cannot help the team when he goes up. Donn did not criticize Erikson for this decision. It shows that he is not a person who throws dirty water at all costs.

After the live broadcast of this game was over, BBC5 received a lot of feedback calls from the audience, most of which criticized Tang En's comment on the game style.

They think that Don Eun is not suitable to be a commentator at all because his words are too aggressive and have obvious personal feelings. Some even suspect that Don Eun is taking advantage of this job opportunity to vent his personal resentment.

Tang En's response to this was to shrugge, and he didn't want to explain too much.

He is a commentator, and he doesn't need to be objective and neutral at all times. Isn't he just asking him to come to express his personal opinion? Others may be afraid of offending others, but Tony Don't.

Of course, he did have some intention of taking this opportunity to vent his personal anger... because he has never liked coach Erikson very much. He felt that he was weak, and this was a conflict of personality and could not be changed easily.

BBC also supported him. They knew that even if there were many people who hated Tang En's comment style, the ratings would definitely increase in the next game.

Because those people still want to see what new words Tang En has to throw out this time so that they can continue to find fault and call to complain.

Those who like him will continue to support him, watch him laugh and scold him in front of the TV. Those who hate him will also pay attention to him, collect his "evidence of guilt" and prepare to defeat him.

In short, this is a character that you cannot ignore whether you like or hate.
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