Chapter 283 I Am the Head Coach of the England Team!
At 1:30 p.m., all the players gathered in the head coach's office, and Wansheng was going to have a tactical lesson.
When everyone arrived, they saw Wan Sheng writing and drawing on the tactical board. The players waited for more than ten minutes before Wan Sheng stopped and turned around. Gary Neville reminded, "Wan Sheng, Everyone's here."
Wan Sheng nodded, looked at everyone, then stretched out, pointed at the tactical board and went straight to the topic, "Next is the training session, I'm going to explain the play style of the key training in the next few days, each of you must Listen carefully, don't miss a word, it's very important, it's directly related to your performance in training and in games."
"What I want to say is very simple, so I will only say it once. You can choose to listen carefully or not at all." Wan Sheng said solemnly, "However, in my team, there are no big-name players, no absolutes. The main force, I don't care who you are, as long as you don't perform well in the next training, don't even think about playing in the game, understand!"
Everyone made it clear.
Some players disapprove of it, and some players have other thoughts, especially those players who think they are 'substitutes', and they want to play more games.
Now is the opportunity.
If other head coaches are in charge, no matter how well they train, it will be difficult to have much time to play, but the Chinese in front of them are different. He often does not play cards according to the routine, and he is very authoritative, and he does not care about any so-called so-called. 'Big-name stars', even Rooney and Ashley Young have been directly reprimanded by the newly arrived team, and it is not surprising that they are not allowed to play.
As long as you work hard in training and let the coach have a good evaluation of yourself, you may really have a lot of playing time, and it is not impossible to directly become the main starter.
There are only advantages and no disadvantages to doing so.
Even if he doesn't play much time in England, the Chinese in front of him is the head coach of the Champions League champions Atletico Madrid. Let him see his hard work and strength. Maybe in the summer, he will have the opportunity to join Atletico Madrid.
There are many people in the team with similar ideas.
Therefore, when Wansheng started to explain the tactics, most of them listened carefully. Those players who didn't care about it at first, saw the serious attitude of others, and became a lot more serious.
This is a facilitation.
The tactics explained by Wan Sheng are not complicated. Generally speaking, it is to arrange the positions and movements of the defensive formation. The emphasis is on the frontcourt, quickly retreating to defend, where to start intercepting, and so on.
These are the basics of tactics for many players.
After that, Wansheng talked about the key point, that is, the attack.
There is nothing wrong with the defense of this England team, the main reason is the lack of offensive ability, which makes it difficult for them to break the opponent's goal.
In terms of offense, Wansheng emphasizes the cooperation between the wing and the middle.
Wansheng has watched England's game video before. Many times their flanks have attacked the ball to the bottom line, but they can't accurately pass the ball to the penalty area or the middle, and they can't pose a threat to the opponent at all.
That's the big problem.
Whenever a wide player is brought into position to pass the ball, he also needs to look up at the position of his teammates.
This fit is too 'primitive'.
Wansheng is not stingy with the 'sarcasm' of England's original style of play, which makes many players feel dissatisfied, but they must admit in their hearts that the Chinese are indeed qualified to criticize the team's original style of play, let alone compared to Madrid. Athletics, even compared to some clubs in England, is a bit far behind.
In fact, many players think that England's tactics are 'original', mainly because the national team's training time is too short to be familiar with complex tactics, but Wansheng thinks it is a problem of the players' habit, otherwise why is the Spanish team's cooperation so smooth? Can't the team? The overall training time of the Spanish team is not much more than that of the England team.
Many players in the team grew up in England's youth training environment. They pay more attention to personal physical confrontation rather than 'fancy' foot skills, so they have rigid thinking on cooperation. Some players have good technical ability, but some players are famous. It is very large, but its technical capabilities are very single, and it is completely unable to adapt to diverse tactics.
That's why the outside world says 'England is technically rough'.
Wansheng has no intention of changing the overall style. It is like turning the Chinese team into a world-leading team. It is a huge project in units of years. All he needs to do is add some basic movement and passing routines, at least let the offense cooperate. Become smoother.
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The England team has officially entered the close preparations.
The week-long preparations were not too long, even very short.
Wansheng has stricter requirements for preparation training. All training is closed and refuses any form of interview.
Neither a reporter nor a fan could enter Wembley Stadium.
Wansheng also asked everyone not to be interviewed. At the same time, he kept the training content confidential. He needed to make the team appear in the European Cup in a mysterious manner.
After the FA rumors that Wan Sheng will coach the England team, the outside media will definitely speculate whether the England team will change its style, or appropriately change its tactics.
The media will conduct a series of analyses.
If the England team opens training to the outside world, it is almost to tell the opponents the content of the team's preparations. It will not be of any benefit to the England team. On the contrary, the opponents know nothing about the England team, so they will not be able to prepare accordingly. advantageous.
In the intensive preparation training, a week passed quickly.
Under the personal supervision of Wansheng, no player dared to be lazy, and they all completed their own training.
Wan Sheng is quite satisfied with the training effect.
That night, the FA held a press conference. Wansheng and the players reappeared in the public eye. This press conference was like an oath before the expedition. The whole team shouted slogans and expressed confidence.
As the head coach of the England team, Wan Sheng was interviewed by many reporters, but he didn't talk about training and preparations. When the reporter asked questions, he just said, "I know what you want to ask, in general, the team has been training for a week. What content, what did I bring to the team, etc. I won't say these things because I said it here and our opponents know it. It needs to be kept secret."
"For the European Cup, I can only say that the whole team is very confident and you can start looking forward to the team's performance."
Many players have also been interviewed by reporters, but Wan Sheng told them not to mention the training content, not even a word, so the media reporters could not interview anything useful at all, but many reporters saw the players. confidence.
Every player had a light smile on his face, giving the entire team a sense of confidence.
That night, the media did not report any useful confidence. In the reports of the British media, they generally saw some blessings and the like. Because there was no definite news, they did not even have the confidence to say blessings.
Wansheng, regardless of the discomfort of the British media, what should be done before the European Cup, everything must be based on the greatest possible guarantee of victory.
On June 7, the whole of England took a plane to Warsaw, Poland.
Warsaw, the capital of Poland, hosted the opening ceremony of the European Cup.
After arriving at the hotel in Warsaw, in the evening of the second day, all the team members took the bus to the National Stadium, where the opening ceremony will be held.
According to the itinerary, after the entire England team participates in the opening ceremony, they will watch the half-time game in the auditorium, and then everyone will take a plane to the Donbass, Ukraine.
England's first game will be played at the Donbass Stadium in Donbasque, Ukraine.
After the England team arrived in Warsaw, the capital of Poland, the number of casual journalists also increased. They will follow the England team all the way and have been interviewing with the team.
Most of them are British media, and some Chinese media and other national and regional media.
The British media must be very concerned about the England team's European Cup trip, the Chinese media is the second, there are already many fans of the England team in China, and the Chinese media are more concerned about Wansheng, who coaches the England team, so the Chinese media will also England looked differently.
The influence of the European Cup in China is still relatively large. Many Chinese fans do not even care about the Asian Cup, and they will also watch the live broadcast of the important European Cup games, because the European Cup is a very top-level event, not even much worse than the World Cup, and it is also very interesting to watch. sex.
After Wan Sheng coached the England team, the England team also gained many Chinese supporters.
After all the England team checked into the hotel, many national media came to interview.
They are all concerned about England's preparations.
England has always been a strong team. After Wansheng took over the team, even the attention has increased a lot. It is very interesting that after the FA announced that Wansheng will be coaching, even the bookmakers have adjusted. England's title odds.
For example, the influential William Hill company in Europe, they have issued fixed odds for each national team.
Among them, the Spanish team has the lowest winning odds. In recent years, the Spanish team has risen strongly and won the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. They are naturally the most promising team in the European Cup two years later.
Spain's title odds are only 3.75.
The second place goes to Germany, which is known for its rigorous football and has always been the top team in the world. Their odds are 4.00; the third place is the Netherlands. As the runner-up of the World Cup in South Africa, the odds of winning the championship are only 7.50. .
England and France are fourth at 11.00 to win the title.
Here are the odds in early May.
When the FA held a press conference announcing that Wansheng would lead the team to participate in the European Cup, the odds of winning the English team immediately dropped. In just a few days, the odds were lowered to 7.60, leaving the French team far behind. And the Dutch team to win the odds are very close.
On the night before the opening of the European Cup, the England team held a press conference. In front of hundreds of reporters, Wansheng announced with confidence, "England's goal is only the championship!"
Many media reporters disagreed, because the head coach of a strong team would say this before the game.
But Wansheng's words directly affected England's championship odds. Within an hour, the value was lowered to 6.90, which has surpassed the Netherlands and is only behind Spain and Germany.
Major European media including "World Sports News", "Kicker" and "France Football" all sighed invariably, "This is the influence of Wansheng!"
They don't know how much the training has improved in half a month, and they don't know the specific situation of the current team, because the England team has not arranged even one warm-up match so far, and there is no way to estimate without comparison, but they are still right. The strength of the team is confident because they can feel some improvement both individually and as a team.
In the eyes of many so-called 'football professionals', the England team is still not the favorite to win the championship. They believe that the odds of the bookmakers are hyped. An important reason is that the data of the odds are based on the betting situation of 'gamblers'. It was decided that in order to control the loss, the bookmaker would reduce the odds according to the betting situation. "Because Wansheng is very influential, when he led England, many 'gamblers' bet on the England team..."
This is the explanation of the 'football professional'.
Some big media reviewed England's international results and expressed pessimism about England's prospects. England won the World Cup in 1966, but never reached the top in the European Cup.
Since 1990 to the present, the England team has changed many 'big-name coaches', but even Capello failed to make the England team have any real improvement.
Can Wansheng do it?
impossible!
In the eyes of 'football professionals', the biggest favourites for the European Cup are still Spain, Germany and the Netherlands, and England is only a 'secondary favourite', not a top contender for the title.
A lot of people even thought, "Let alone winning the title, England's group is the problem."
This has to do with England's grouping.
Of the 16 teams in the European Cup, England is in Group D. The other three teams are host Ukraine, the veteran team France, and Sweden, which is known as England's nemesis.
"Many people are now saying that the manager of the England team is Wansheng. In recent years, the name Wansheng has always been linked to the championship, so everyone is talking about whether England can win the championship."
Former England coach Eriksson said, "I also hope that England can win the championship, but the first goal of the England team should be to get out of the group, not to talk about the championship."
Capello, who resigned three months ago, also made comments.
"It is very difficult for this England team to win the championship. Wan Sheng is a capable manager, but he has led the team for too short a time, less than ten days. In such a short period of time, it is hard to imagine what he can do. England should not With winning the championship as the goal, the top priority is to get out of the group..."
Facing the doubts from so many 'seniors', Wan Sheng just sneered and said, "Some people always think about others according to their own ideas. Of course, they have the right to express their opinions, but now, I am the England manager."
Probably because Wan Sheng's tone was not very friendly, there was another overwhelming criticism.