Chapter 109: A big list that cannot be changed

Goalkeepers: Scott Carlson, Chris Corkland, Joe Hart.

Defenders: Glen Johnson, Micha Richards, Yoleon Lescott, Stephen Taylor, John Terry, Michael Dawson, Leiden Barnes, Joe Mattock.

Midfielders: George Wood, Stephen Gerrard, Gareth Barry, David Bentley, Theo Walcott, Stowy Downing, Adriano Mock, Chris Cohen.

Forwards: Aaron Mitcher, James Vaughan, Gabriel Abonrajo, Wayne Rooney.

Donn showed Des Walker the roster he confirmed, and Walker saw the name "George Wood" at a glance.

"My reporters saw you go to Wood's house yesterday. Did his injuries recover smoothly?" Walker asked.

"No, the recovery is as slow as before."

"Then you still..." Walker was puzzled.

"This big list needs to be reported to UEFA. Once it is confirmed, there is no way to replace it, Des." Tang En smiled bitterly. Can he not know what the disadvantages of doing this are?

"Do you still have hope for Wood's injury?"

"I hope I have hope."

"But..." Walker hesitated for a moment, "What if Wood can't finally recover to a substitute who can play on the game?"

"What should I do?" Tang En had a long time ago thought about this, "Just think we brought four goalkeepers."

In the past, when the national team participated in international competitions, there were twenty-two players on the roster, one main player and one substitute. Later, FIFA revised the rules and allowed each team to lead three goalkeepers in case of an accident, so the roster changed from twenty-two players to twenty-three players. Although there was one more goalkeeper, the third goalkeeper rarely had a chance to play.

What Tang En said about bringing four goalkeepers is obviously wasting a place.

Walker was silent for a while and asked, "What would Barclays think about your list?"

"If George's name was not on it, Barclays would settle the score with me." Done said indifferently. "If George Wood was missing on this published list, do you know what those fans and the media would think?"

Walker was not a fool, he thought of it. He had no choice but to nod: "I hope Wood can recover soon..."

As Done said, the FA did not have any objection to George Wood appearing on the roster. Even if they didn't know whether Wood could return from injury before the start of the European Cup, but if Wood's name was not on this, domestic fans and media would definitely eat them.

However, Wood's name also made the media and fans think a lot - did it mean that George's injury recovered very smoothly? Otherwise, Don Eun would not have written his name on it.

As a result, everyone suddenly felt that England's future in the European Cup was bright...

"Wood recovered from injury and is expected to play against England and Portugal on June 12!"

"Experts say that it will be completely cured by June 17 at the latest, and it will be no problem for the group to qualify!"

"The core returns at the latest in early June, Tony Don't be ambitious!"

"The invincible midfielder will definitely return gloriously!"

Various titles reveal the ecstasy of the English.

Whenever Don En sees news reports like this, he will wonder what expressions these media would have if Wood's injury did not recover well?

Barclays brought good news to Donn. Considering the special circumstances of England and the important role George Wood has played for England. UEFA referred to the precedents that World Football Federation had done before and decided to delay the final registration time of the English roster to twenty-four hours before the start of the European Cup. In this way, even if it is confirmed on the last day before the opening of the European Cup, Wood really cannot participate in the game, England will have a substitution quota.

But Donn didn't care about such a place. For him, if George Wood really couldn't participate, then it would be useless if anyone came. As he told Walker, just take four goalkeepers to Spain.

The league has ended, and there is no matter what the English team is in the Champions League, except George Wood. All the England internationals selected on this roster bid farewell to the club's teammates and their families and came to the Kearney training base in London to report.

A few days ago, they were still enemies and opponents who fought to the death for the league championship, European qualifications or survival opportunities. Now they have to spend nearly two months together, unite for the same goal.

This scene is very interesting when I think about it.

As soon as we joined the national team, we would talk a few words, and the topic is naturally inseparable from the just-concluded league. Manchester United people complained half-jokingly that Chelsea people stole their league championship, and Chelsea players were resentful of Liverpool's victory in the FA Cup final. Arsenal players are getting close to Aaron Mitcher. Hope to convince him to join Arsenal next season.

The public relations are all here to the national team.

But this topic ended soon. As a member of the national team, the ending season has become a thing of the past, and there is no need to remember it anymore. The upcoming European Cup is the most important thing.

Seeing everyone coming, only one person was missing, the Nottingham Forest players felt a little uncomfortable.

They had no idea whether the captain could come before the European Cup. Other teammates of the national team were asking them out, and they knew just a little more than the media.

I'm afraid only the leader knows whether the captain can participate in the European Cup. Maybe it's very hopeful? Because he just said that the goal of this European Cup team is to win the championship? Without George, it should be a very difficult thing to win the championship, right?

With Donn's intentional arrangement, George Wood has now become the tactical and spiritual core of the England team. He is present, everyone will feel a sense of security. If he is not there, he will naturally be restless. Gerald can do this when he is in Liverpool, but his influence in the national team is not enough.

Wood doesn't say much in the locker room. He never says meaningless nonsense. He can always use practical actions to show that he is a trustworthy captain. Whether it is defense or offense, he will stand up when there is a problem. If his player is maliciously violated by the opponent, he will definitely find an opportunity to plot back, even if he eats cards, it doesn't matter.

If Wood really can't come to participate in the European Cup, many people in the England team will be the first to cast a shadow. They will feel that this trip to Spain is more likely to be good.  Before the battle, it is timid, so Don't want to make the real situation of Wood's recovery from injury public.

That would have been a heavy blow to the team's morale.

Don and Wallace have been hiding the true situation of Wood's injury from Outerman. They don't want Wood to be disturbed too much, nor do they want the team's morale to be hit.

But not everyone has such high awareness, or there are some people in this world who are afraid that the world will not be in chaos...

The media always go against Don Eun.    There are so many rumors about Wood’s recovery. The reporters collect information from various channels to find the truth, but Don Eun and Wallace are always vague, which makes the media even more suspicious.

The natural attribute of English journalists seems to be "spy", and they always have a way to dig out the inside story of the news. Among them, the Sun is the best. The most capable of digging out the inside story.

I don’t know what the Sun used, but at the end of May, they published a shocking news:

"George Wood may not be in the European Cup!"

Recently, as the opening time of the European Cup approaches, there are occasionally such pessimistic articles in the media. Most people only watch rumors and jokes because those speculations are really unreliable. But this article by the Sun is different.

It lists various evidence in detail to prove that George Wood's injury did not recover as smoothly as people thought.

Previously, Nottingham Evening Post published photos of Wood exercising in the gym to prove that Wood was recovering well. But the evidence obtained by the Sun shows that Wood can't even run now, and the photos in the gym only show that he is exercising his upper limb muscles.

"What the hell is going on?" Donn cursed at the newspaper Walker. The Sun has a great influence. This article has spread now. He was still called by Pierce Bruce to ask about it, and then he learned about it.

After scolding, Tang En calmed down and called Professor Wallace first to confirm that the news did not leak out of his mouth. The England team had a regular press conference in the afternoon, and it is conceivable how those presses would bomb him at that time.

Professor Wallace's voice was exhausted, and he had just been bombarded by the media.

"I just finished a press conference held by a hospital. Mr. Tang En...I know what you are asking. That thing was not what I said, it was the people around me..."

Tang En was sure when he heard his voice. Professor Wallace had not had the hobby of causing trouble for himself.

"What did you say at the press conference, professor?" Tang En felt that it was necessary to communicate with each other in the other direction so as not to let it go.

"Of course I denied the Sun's report."

"Ah, that's fine, Professor. In fact, I'm just planning to do so." Tang En had decided to refuse to admit it at the afternoon press conference.

"But, Mr. Tang. Are you really sure to let Wood return to the football field before the 12th?" Even Professor Wallace himself was not sure.

"I'm not sure. Professor."

"and you……"

"Some things have to be done for people to see. Now it's better to hide the truth than tell the truth."

Professor Wallace just felt like he was on a pirate ship. He couldn't get off even if he wanted to get off, so he could only accompany Tang En to the end. Hope he could finally get out of the sky...

At the afternoon press conference, the media were particularly excited and looking forward to it. Aaron Mitcher, who followed Donne, became a complete decoration. No reporter wanted to ask him questions at all, and everyone's fingers were directed at Donne.

Tang En looked calm, his soldiers came to block the enemy, and the water came to cover the earth.

"Mr. Done, the Sun said George Wood could hardly catch up with the European Cup. Is this true?"

"It's total nonsense."

"How has George Wood recovered from his injury? Can you tell me?"

"The progress is going smoothly, he has started strength training." Tang En said this countless times, and this time he took it out to ask questions perfunctorily.

The reporters were obviously dissatisfied with Tang En's perfunctory attitude.

"But we have no other evidence besides this photo that George Wood's right foot is recovering..."

"George doesn't want his private life to be disturbed. This photo was taken after repeated communication. What are you dissatisfied with? Mr. Reporter?" Tang En was not showing any weakness.

Making lies is not a difficult task for Tang En. He can do it as soon as he opens his mouth, and his face is not blushing or breathing, making people unable to see any flaws.

"So can George Wood really catch up with the European Cup?"

Tang En knew that he wanted to make these reporters really believe that he was not lying, and some things were too full and too much. Because when you were about to lie, every word you said must be a positive tone, just like memorizing lines. If you want people to believe you, then you'd better deliberately add some flaws when you say it. True and false things are the easiest to confuse people.

"I can't guarantee that he can, but Professor Wallace and George themselves are working hard to move towards this goal. None of us will give up easily until the last day."

This is sincere and many people believe Tang En's words. If Tang En insists that Wood will definitely recover before June 12, I'm afraid these people will suspect that Tang En is lying.

The media besieged Tang En for a long time, but did not pry open his mouth. Instead, Tang En convinced, which was really beyond the expectations of the Sun.

A reporter from the Sun had to take action himself: "We have conclusive evidence that Wood could not catch up with the European Cup, so what backup do you have, Mr. Tang En..."

Tang En directly interrupted the other party's question: "What solid evidence? The attending physician thinks he can catch up. Where does your evidence come from, sir?"

Just as the other party was about to answer, Tang En interrupted him again: "The person around the doctor? The cleaner or the nurse? How do you judge that what they are saying is the truth, and what I tell you is the lie? Who is the closest person to George Wood?"

"Well……"

The reporter was speechless by Tang En's series of remarkable questions, not knowing what to say.

"I don't want to talk nonsense to you here, Mr. Journalist. I don't want to bet with you either."

When someone heard the word "bet", someone laughed.   This has become an allusion: Don't bet with Tony Done unless you feel that life is too dull.

"I can only tell you that we all hope George can catch up with the European Cup, and we are all working hard for it. If you are really doing nothing, I suggest you care about the refugee wave in Africa, rather than pointing fingers at other people's work under the banner of news and truth." Tang En bluntly labeled the Sun reporter, then got up and walked away.

A group of reporters looked at each other.

They all thought Tang En was angry, but in fact, when they walked out of the press conference, a smile appeared on Tang En's face.

The Sun intended to deal with him, but he just used his skills and sent them away.

However, this incident also sounded a wake-up call for him - not everyone believed in their own words.

If Wood's injury has not recovered to a substitute who can play on that day, what should he do?

There is not much time left for him...
Chapter completed!