Chapter 318 Bonuses and the Weak

"Sky Sports UK! This is the National Stadium in Warsaw. In the second semi-final just now, the England team scored 2-2 in regular time and extra time, and then eliminated the German team with a total score of 6-4 in the penalty shootout. Historic close to the European Cup final!"

"China Central TV, the following is the latest international football care. Just five minutes ago, the England team led by Chinese coach Wan Sheng defeated the mighty German team and entered the European Cup final in a historic manner!"

"Japan National Comprehensive Channel, the strongest showdown in the European Cup, England unexpectedly eliminated Germany!"

"A great victory for England! A miraculous revenge for the Euro 1996 semi-finals!"

"The Germans suffered from defeat, they were not prepared for the game and fell again in the semi-finals..."

"The England team is already thinking about the championship! Maybe a month ago, many people were laughing at Wansheng's goal, but now, they must face Wansheng and the England team, they really want to participate in the championship!"

"Our goal is to be champions! A passionate word, holding the hearts of all England fans, this night belongs to them..."

"..."

When the England-Germany game ended, sports media all over the world reported on the results within a short period of time.

Many media commentators and football commentators were surprised by the results.

England is a strong team, everyone recognizes it, but to say that the world is first-class, it is still Germany, Spain, Italy and other teams. England has always performed poorly in the international arena, not to mention entering the finals, even entering the quarter-finals is not easy. .

In the end, England eliminated Germany. What is especially surprising is that England eliminated Germany in a penalty shootout.

This is surprising!

The German team has an unshakable strong position in the penalty shootout. Each of their opponents will strive to win in 90 minutes. Otherwise, when it comes to the penalty shootout, the hope of winning is too small.

So England goalkeeper Joe Hart became the most sought after player.

In the past few decades, the German team has only had two goals in penalty shootouts in the past seven major competitions.

That's a number of decades added together.

In the penalty shootout of this game, the German team saved two penalty kicks, tying the sum of their decades. It can be imagined that Joe Hart, who performed well, is much sought after.

"Before the game, I knew Joe was going to do well."

"Joe's reaction was very fast, even unbelievable. I was thinking, whether we are playing against Italy or Germany, we will not be afraid of penalties."

"I think we did well too, we scored four out of five goals and it was the best penalty shootout."

"..."

England players said excitedly in an interview.

For England fans, it must be a sleepless night, but for the England team, they are excited, but there is no time to celebrate, because the finals are only two days apart, and they do not have a night to celebrate.

After the game, Wan Sheng and the players returned to the hotel to pack their things, and then took a plane to Dynamo Kyiv to prepare for the final. The FA officials had already booked a hotel for the team, and the team went directly to the hotel upon arrival. rest.

The next morning, the entire team practiced on the assigned pitch.

Now that the final step has been reached, and after this step is completed, the championship will be achieved. Wansheng and the entire team want to continue to move forward.

They also get a lot of attention.

When England and Spain competed in the final, almost most of the national media supported England, England looked 'weaker', Spain had reached the stage of 'boycott', they took away the 2008 The European Cup, took away the 2010 World Cup, and then let Spain take the European Cup, they will dominate the world football.

This is not what any football powerhouse wants to see.

As a result, many other countries, such as Italy, Portugal and Germany, which had just been defeated by England, all began to make suggestions for the England team, hoping that England could "continue to create miracles" and beat Spain to win the championship.

European public opinion is favorable to England, but the game still depends on itself. Wansheng urged everyone to prepare for the game with the most serious attitude.

"Now has come to the most critical moment! We have worked hard for a month for this game! We can't relax in the slightest, only two days, we have to adjust our state and raise our spirits in these two days, so as to achieve the best possible results. The state is ready for the decisive battle!"

Wansheng is actually a little worried about the mentality of the players.

A lot of people are. The more critical moments are, the easier it is to lose the chain. Just like England players, many of them have no plans after the group stage. Many people think that the team can enter the quarterfinals. After completing the task, as for competing for the championship, it is not practical at all.

The team can come this far, and some players are prone to mental relaxation.

They may think that they have achieved good results in the finals. Even if they win the runner-up, they have created the history of English football. Some players of small clubs will think so, as will the big players in England.

There are also some players who get nervous, and get more nervous the more they hit the back.

But whether it is a relaxed state of mind or nervousness, it is a poor state of mind, which is likely to affect the performance of the game.

Wansheng must adjust the mentality of the players.

This work alone is definitely not enough. He found assistant coach Gary Neville, as well as players with good mentality such as Morris and Gerrard, and asked them to adjust the hearts of everyone in the team.

Wansheng did not forget the FA.

The FA is very concerned about England's European Championship. They are eager for England to play a good result. This is not only an honor, but it will also increase the FA's support rate among English fans and prove their work. success.

The purpose of Wansheng finding the FA is to let the FA use 'money' to motivate the team, and a large bonus is definitely indispensable.

The vice-chairman of the English Football Association, York, also announced to everyone, "As long as the team can win the championship, the British Football Association will give everyone in the team a bonus of 200,000 pounds on the basis of the established bonus!"

This is a big bonus.

200,000 pounds per person, all add up to 5 million pounds, which is definitely a very huge hand. Some young players in the team, such as Welbeck, he only gets a weekly salary of 40,000 pounds at the club, and 200,000 pounds is equivalent to 5 weeks salary.

When York finished speaking, everyone applauded enthusiastically, and the bonus was very tempting to everyone.

Two days between the games, time is very precious.

Wansheng let the team carry out a morning recovery training, and began to perform some small routine training in the afternoon.

On the second day, the game seemed to be approaching, and there was no time to do any systematic training. Wansheng simply asked the entire team to conduct defensive training, mainly for two points-defensive running and offside.

Defensive running is a very systematic training. England has done it a lot before. The day before the game, I just got to know it. The most important thing is to let the back line players know when to go offside.

It's crucial in the game against Spain.

The Spanish team is completely a 'half Barcelona'. Their style is the same as that of Barcelona. Forward through balls and over-the-top are the most important means of attack. If you want to defend this kind of ball well, you must be good at using 'construction'. Offside'.

There is not much training time in a day, but it has a "cooperative effect", and it is enough to let everyone know when to "make offside".

At the end of the final training, Wansheng gathered all the players and said seriously, "This is our last day of training. Tomorrow will be the final. Whether we win or not, it will be the last time for me and you to cooperate!"

"My contract with the team is temporary, and I will definitely not continue coaching. The whole coaching process is only one month. During this month, I feel very good and speak highly of you. I think each of you is very good. …”

This is the first time Wansheng has publicly praised a player.

Many players are very happy, but they are still a little reluctant to think that Wansheng is about to leave. Even Rooney, Ashley Cole and others who didn't feel good about Wansheng at the beginning were the same, no matter what. , the coaching ability of the Chinese in front of us is certain, he can lead the team to victory, unlike some other coaches who come to coach and say it is good, but in the end they still lose again and again, the feeling of failure, It's heart-wrenching.

"This is not a speech before leaving, I don't need to say those things, because I am still in Europe, maybe you will meet me again, in the club, in the national team, maybe. Now I am your coach, and I can be in the future. Friends, but the important thing is that we are not at the end! Tomorrow is the end, I think whether the team can win the championship is more important to you than me!"

"I dare say, I have enough championships, a European Cup? I don't care, yes, I don't care, I have another ten years, twenty years, or more, any championship can be won, and you don't Same, how long have you been in your career? How many times have you had the chance to play in the European Cup final? I'm sure, only this time, missed it, want to wait for the next time..."

"Ha ha……"

Wansheng made no secret of the ridicule on his face, but no one was dissatisfied with it. In the past few decades, all English players have not played in the European Cup final. They are already on the road to making history, and as Wansheng said , the next time many players may retire, even young players want to lead the team to the European Cup finals, the road is too difficult, change the coach, they may not be able to play good results.

"So, this is the only chance!"

"But you should all know how the outside world sees it. Many people want us to win, but I think this shows that our strength is not good and is not favored by the outside world, because most people will still subconsciously support the weak, and we are Weak!"

"Do you want to be weak?"

"If we lose the game, we are the runners-up. Indeed, we have made the history of the team, but we are still weak. In front of those Spaniards, it is still difficult to raise our heads!"

Looking at everyone's expressions, Wan Sheng knew that his words had an effect, "I believe that none of you want to be weak, so we have no choice. This decisive battle can only be won, not defeated, understand!"