Chapter 140: Failure is shameful

"Tonight, there are short showers, temperatures..."

On the TV screen, the beautiful and sexy weather forecaster is introducing the local weather conditions in Valencia during the game. After five days of heat, the temperature finally dropped, which is a good thing for fans who go to watch the game on site.

But this news made Spanish coach Jero frown slightly.

The weather is cool, which naturally helps the players perform. But if it rains, it will affect the cooperation of Spain's ground...

Contrary to Yero, if possible, Don Eun really wants to pretend to be a god and dance to the god to ask for rain.   For his England, rain will not have much impact. If possible, he hopes to rain heavily.   In the rain battle, English players have a natural advantage.

Unfortunately, the sky in Valencia was bright and there was no sign of rain until dusk. It was not until the sun fell below the western horizon that a cloud came from the east to cover half of the sky, and the edges of the clouds were covered with a layer of gold edge by the afterglow of the sunset.

The English team's bus departed from the hotel at this time. The English fans who did not buy tickets gathered outside the hotel to see off their team. This game is crucial to them. Although they have to play two games in the semi-finals, no one wants to play in the third or fourth finals, right? It is only one step away from success, and it is too tragic to fall before the finish line.

Seeing the English bus slowly driving out, the English fans waiting on both sides of the road were excited. The flash reflected the figures of players waving to the fans on the windows. The fans screamed in victory and waved the St. George Cross flag representing England.

"Champion! Champion! Champion!"

English fans shouted in unison.

In response, the players in the car stood up and waved to the fans. Tang En did not do this. He was leaning on the back of the chair and closing his eyes to rest. In order to maintain a clear brain during the game, he needed to have enough rest.

Tang En is talented in sleeping, but no matter how noisy it is outside or how much noise it is, as long as he sleeps, he will not hear anything. If it weren't for this, he would have been nervous for a long time by the coaching job.

Tang En, who closed his eyes, found that the first thought in his mind was still Spain, which made him feel a little amused. Has the conditioned reflex formed?

If you try not to think about Spain, you can only think of something else. This time, Don En remembered his wife. Because he was busy with work, the two never met again after dating Shania in Barcelona. Although he knew that every England game, Shania would definitely watch the game in the stands.

His biggest wish now is to lead England to win the European Cup, and take a month off for a holiday with Shania, find a remote place with beautiful scenery but no one to enjoy the world of two.

With the longing for Shania, Don N actually fell asleep. When he was pushed by Walker, he could already see the New Mestalia Stadium in the twilight in the window on the right side of the bus.

"I know you don't want the players to see a head coach who fell asleep before the battle." Walker said to him.

"Uh...thank you. Des." Tang En rubbed his eyes and then wiped his face with his hands, making him feel a little more energetic.

It took another twenty minutes from seeing the new Mestali Stadium to actually coming to the parking lot of Mestali Stadium. The fans were so enthusiastic, although there were a large number of police officers on the scene to maintain order. The bus still had to pass slowly and carefully.

As they approached the stadium, the fans were cheering enthusiastically and could not attract the attention of the players. Now their minds were all on the upcoming game, and the expressions on their faces were a little serious.

When getting off the bus, there were only a few veterans who could calmly wave their fans with their welcome. Most of them hurriedly walked by with their bags. For this England team, this is the first time that many people have reached the semi-finals of the World Championships. Today is definitely a day full of fresh experiences.

Since winning the Golden Cup in Remitt in 1966, England's best result in the World Championships is the semi-finals. In 1996, England was eliminated from the German team, who later won the championship, and missed the final. In the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, England led by Capello eliminated Spain and reached the semi-finals, but lost to Italy. In the third and fourth finals, he lost to Brazil again. He did not complete a historic breakthrough.

Today, as long as they can defeat Spain, they can do what countless predecessors have not done - the first time in 50 years to enter the World Championship finals! It is also the second time that England has entered the World Championship finals since its founding.

Speaking of this, England, known as the originator of modern football, has a pitiful record...

Tang En was the last to get off the car. He was different from the nervous players. He was still interested in accepting a brief interview with BBC5 at the entrance. The reporter asked him with a blushing face if he was confident of leading the team to the finals. Tang En gave the answer that the Englishman wanted to hear the most: "There is no doubt that we will be the ones entering the finals."

In fact, earlier, when the Spanish team arrived at the court, Jero also said the same thing to the TV camera lens. It was all about this. It was useless to be humble.

George Wood tried a long shot. The football shot high and flew straight to the stands. The football was like a small stone thrown into the lake. It caused a ripples and could never be found again.

"We have limited football, George." Walker next to him said to him.

"Feel sorry……"

"I'm kidding, ha!" Walker laughed. "How do you feel?"

"Very good, I feel..." Wood clenched his fists, "...I am full of strength."

Walker nodded in satisfaction, no longer disturbing Wood's warm-up.

"Hey, look at them!" As soon as the assistant coach left, Joe Matok came up and signaled Wood to see the Spanish team warming up opposite the stadium.

The Spanish seemed to be very relaxed. The forward Bo Yang was even playing fancy balls. Several other midfielders formed a circle and made quick passes. It has to be said that from a technical point of view, Spanish players are much better than the English...

"I think they are deliberately showing off to us!" Joe Matok said angrily. "Why don't they just learn from Maradona to get the mineral water bottle?"

"What do you care about them doing so much?" Wood glanced at him and withdrew his gaze. Although he only saw him, he also noticed that Fabregas was also observing him.

"Be careful when playing George Wood." Fabregas withdrew his gaze and said to Iniesta beside him. At the same time, he knocked the football from Silva to Lago behind him with his heel.

"I think we have to be careful about their entire team..." Iniesta laughed. "Mr. Done has already put this team into a whole. We can't take it lightly."

"It's hard to deal with whether it's England or George Wood," said Fabregas.

"agree. "

In fact, Yero has warned the players to pay attention to several major players in England, including Gerald, Wood, Rooney and Mitcher.

However, Spain will not change its tactical style based on its opponents. Their tradition is technical flow and offensive football. They never consider abandoning their tradition. Besides, they can't adjust the time of a game. The players who I hope will take the initiative in the game in their own hands, starting from the first minute of the game and until the last minute, using the team's advantage in possession of the ball, leading England's nose. The Englishman's advantage cannot be played out. The game against England against France, Jero is re-editing

Then I showed it to the players twice. On the one hand, I asked the players to be careful of England, and on the other hand, I wanted their players to learn about England's performance in the match against France - from beginning to end, the stars shining and the French team, which is considered a favorite to win the championship, had no chance at all. In the words of Jeroth. It is "From the first second of the game, the French team was doomed to have a defeat." He hoped that his team could do this in today's game, so that England would have no power to fight back and lose the game without any suspense.

"Technology is our advantage. We must make good use of it. Try to control the ball at the feet. I don't want to see blind big-footed long passes and clearances. If the opponent has an advantage in the number of defenders on a small scale, use fast passes and cooperation to tear off their defense. When the action is fast, it must be fast, and when the ball is controlled, it must be stable..."

These are what Jero repeatedly emphasized to them at the tactical meeting last night. Every Spanish player must keep it in mind. This is the action outline during the game, and the specific actions must be based on this outline.

Since Spain came earlier than England, their warm-up also ended earlier. While England was still warming up, Spanish players were already walking down the field one after another.

Before leaving, Fabregas looked up at the sky, and the night had completely fallen.  The sunset in the western sky could no longer be seen in the stadium.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          

In fact, if everything is done according to the Spanish schedule, most European Cup games will be held until midnight to kick off. But for the sake of TV broadcasts, all games will be held until afternoon and evening prime time.

The sky in the night could not see if there would be rain, and Fabregas quickly withdrew his gaze. He followed his teammates into the player corridor.

"Do you think it will really rain like the weather forecast tonight?" After the Spaniard left the court, it was the English turn to start caring about the weather.

"Who knows?" The two players stood in the center of the field and looked up at the sky, as if there were alien flying saucers on it.

Until a football gathered their backs. The two came to their senses.

"What are you looking at? Warm up!" Although Gerald is no longer the captain of the team, he still has the authority of the captain, after all, he is a veteran and respected.

“See if it will rain…”

"What do you care about that? We don't say it or not. Now you don't actively warm up, be careful of getting hurt." Gerald said to them.

The two men shrugged: "Anyway, we are substitutes..."

"The substitutes also have a chance to play. Go warm up." Under Gerald's gaze, the two players turned around and ran to the area they should be. After Gerald persuaded, he turned around and saw Wood looking at him. He smiled at Wood.

In fact, it is not only the players who care about the weather, but the coaching staff of both sides are also caring about the weather. In order to better prepare for this game, the Spanish meteorological observatory specially provides the Spanish team with real-time reporting of the weather conditions to help them defeat strong rival England.

England is not treated so well. They are not fighting locally, and they don’t have any advantages that the host has. The coaches in England can only guess whether it will rain from the weather conditions. In addition, they have to endure the booing of the fans of the audience - in fact, there is no deep hatred between England and Spain. The naval battle five hundred years ago obviously did not affect the relationship between the fans of the two countries. Now Spanish fans treat England like this just because England is their enemy tonight.

Until the warm-up was over, there was no sign of rain in the sky, and England also retreated into the locker room.

Don Eun, who had been staying in the locker room, approached Walker and asked in a low voice if it was raining outside. After receiving a negative answer, he clapped his hands and raised his voice: "Okay, guys, don't think about the weather on the go. Whether it rains has no effect on us, Spain should be worried about it. Now take your heart back, I ask you... are you all ready to face the next game?"

He looked at all the players. In the eyes of these people, he saw firmness, hesitation, excitement, fanaticism and excitement, and anxiety, nervousness and panic...

It's normal, this is the performance that an ordinary person who is facing a critical battle should have. Tang En is relieved. The players did not experience consistent paranoia, such as a boiling blood or a nervousness.

"Of course, boss!" the people with firm eyes answered loudly first.

However, Tang En did not encourage them, but waved his hand: "Are you really ready? I can only understand your performance on the field. Are there any problems with tactics? The last chance."

No one asked a question.

"It seems that you all know what you should do. Well, don't mess with me when you are on the court. Now, guys, what you have to face is not one game, but two games. These may be the two most important games in your career - I'm not talking about the semi-finals and the third and fourth finals."

His words made many people amused.

"These are two most important games in your player's career. If you keep winning, we can trample the whole of Europe. But if you lose... then all the efforts we have made before will be in vain. People will not remember that you once kicked the Germans back to their hometown, nor will you remember that you ended your 48-year defeat against Sweden, nor will you think that you humiliated France with four goals. They will only remember that you are losers! Just like the French team that just left, will still mention that they were called the "favorites in the championship" before? No! They will only laugh at this loser unscrupulously!"

Donn raised the volume.
Chapter completed!