Chapter 138 Change the World

There are four strikers in Eriksen's squad this time, namely Wayne Rooney for Manchester United, Michael Owen for Newcastle United, high center Crouch for Liverpool and Arsenal's Young Man. Teenager Theo Walcott.

It is normal for Rooney and Owen to enter the squad for the World Cup. They are the core strikers of England.

Crouch had some luck. Although he was liked by the head coach Benitez in Liverpool, his actual performance was not as good as the outside world said. Goal scoring alone is a big problem, but considering England's rarely outstanding high school. Center, coupled with the tactical significance of Crouch's appearance, it is understandable that he can make the roster.

And from Arsenal, the 17-year-old youngster Walcott... is definitely the biggest lucky one.

Wan Sheng is also talking about Walcott.

In November last year, Walcott was still an unknown child, he was just entering the Southampton first team, becoming their main striker.

In January 2006, Arsenal Football Club spent £5 million to buy Walcott from Southampton. Depending on the number of appearances, that fee could rise to $12 million.

By February 2006, Walcott had been included in Arsenal's Champions League squad and sat on the bench in the match against Real Madrid. It is already a great honor.

What happened in just a few months is incredible for the 17-year-old star.

From a substitute for a Championship team to becoming a member of the Premier League giants Arsenal, the span of experience during this period is too great.

Darren Bent was the leading scorer at Ipswich for three years before he entered the Premier League and was brought to Manchester City by Wansheng, while Walcott went from the bench of the Championship team to Arsenal, only in Just three months.

Now comes the even more surprising thing.

Walcott is on Eriksen's squad. There is a good chance of appearing in the 2006 World Cup, which is unimaginable for Walcott, who just turned 17 in March.

Walcott was able to enter the England team, Wenger definitely contributed, and it was his strong recommendation that Eriksen finally made up his mind.

Although at Arsenal. Walcott has yet to play a Premier League game. But Wenger believes the teenager will be England's secret weapon at the World Cup in Germany.

After Eriksen announced the squad, Wenger was interviewed for the first time. He believed that Walcott could play the role of a super substitute in the World Cup, and his speed would allow him to take full advantage of the second half. Advantage.

"Obviously he's going to be on the bench as a substitute, if England don't get off the ground. No goals. You can put him in. Of course, on the one hand, you'd expect him to play a lot. Not too much, because that's the only way to make things easier for England."

"He's an interesting weapon, though, because he can play as a winger as well as a centre-forward. He's very fast, if the ball is passed to him. And he's in front of a defender, you It is conceivable that no one can catch up to him."

After Walcott entered the national team. Many media have compared him to Rooney.

Wenger was not immune to this, too, arguing that Walcott wasn't ready to be called the "new Rooney" right now.

Rooney played for Everton in 2002 at the age of 16 and used a long-range shot to end Arsenal's then 30-match unbeaten run, while Walcott has yet to play a Premier League game.

When talking about the difference between Walcott and Rooney, Wenger said, "Rooney's boldness is innate, when he comes on you feel like 'I'm here to beat you'. He's also very confident himself. Theo [Walcott] uses the speed more when he plays, but when he uses the speed, he's not as involved as Rooney. But if his speed goes up, It would be very deadly."

Wenger then said that after the test of this World Cup, Walcott's personality will be stronger and psychologically more mature.

"I don't think the level of players at the World Cup is any different from the players he gets with every day at Arsenal. However, he will take on more responsibility because the media is demanding more, the fans are demanding more and they all want to watch To England to win. So the pressure will be very high on him as well."

The selection of Walcott, of course, makes Wenger happy, because Walcott is an Arsenal player, and Eriksen's recruitment of Walcott is equivalent to helping Arsenal train young people.

Conversely, others are dissatisfied.

After the announcement of the squad, Wansheng complained about Darren Bent, "I don't know where he is better than Bent. Bent has a lot of 12 goals in the Premier League, and he is also very young and very fast. Quick, the technique is quite good, I believe, he is already a top scorer."

"I also often use Bent as a winger, because he is very fast, and his breakthrough on the wing can help the team a lot."

"I don't know what he thought, a young teenager who Arsenal won't even play, can catch up with our second scorer? We are top of the league now!"

The last sentence is very powerful!

A player who scores second on a team is nothing, but the top scorer in the Premier League is different. For example, Chelsea, who scored the most goals is Lampard, and the second scorer is Drogba. They are only second in the league. , and Manchester City, who are the first in the league, of course have more right to speak, so Wansheng's words are very powerful.

What's more, Darren Bent's performance is really good. His goals are only two less than Wayne Rooney. Considering Darren Bent's playing time, he is almost twice as short as Rooney. The gold content of the ball data is quite high, so what confidence does Eriksen have to call up a young teenager who has not played in the Premier League, but instead gave up Darren Bent, who performed extremely well in the league?

Wansheng expressed dissatisfaction with this, and others were equally dissatisfied.

If Walcott was not included in the squad, the voice of dissatisfaction may be less. Now many people have something to say, such as the adoptive father of Chelsea teenager Wright Phillips and the super striker Ian who once scored 185 goals for Arsenal. - Wright is very dissatisfied, because Wright-Phillips Jr. did not appear on the roster.

Ian Wright has accused Eriksen of ruining England's World Cup dreams. And said that Erickson did so by mistake.

"After the World Cup, he's going to go, and he's like a reckless lunatic in Las Vegas gambling."

"Eriksen didn't let my son go to the World Cup because he didn't think my son was playing enough for Chelsea this season, but he called in Walcott, who was 17 years old. The big boys have never played a Premier League game. I was so surprised. My son was just as surprised and sad. Imagine what a blow it was for a young man."

Another striker who had a great chance but was not selected is Tottenham's Defoe. Crouchini is even higher, only behind Michael Owen and Wayne Rooney.

As a result, Defoe became a 'reserve' player. This is Erickson's original words. "If anything goes wrong, I will consider Defoe in the squad.

Defoe has become a reserve player, and Bent is not even a reserve player. These are entirely because the Swedes have called in the Arsenal teenager Walcott recommended by Wenger.

For such a result, many football legends are worried.

Former England coach Robson believes that bringing the injured Rooney and Owen is a bit of a risk, and bringing a 17-year-old teenager is a bigger risk.

"I think. Defoe has experience in the national team and plays well. He should be a better substitute than that young man."

Tottenham Hotspur coach Joel said that although Defoe has been on the bench for a long time this season, his loss is still surprising, "I can't imagine that Defoe competes but an Arsenal has not played. young people."

In short, Walcott's selection attracted almost all the attention in England and became the center of media coverage for a while.

At Manchester City, many people congratulated Morris and David James, while comforting those who were not selected, such as Darren Bent, Ivan Crewe, Lescott and Joey - Barton and others, but the most unfortunate among them is Darren Bent. It can be seen that Wansheng has criticized him externally.

Darren Bent was very moved. He was actually a little impulsive when he chose to join Manchester City. On the one hand, he did not want to stay in Ipswich because they failed to reach the Premier League for a few years. On the other hand, Wansheng The reputation of cultivating young people is very loud. Some people compare him to Wenger. At the same time, Manchester City is also a powerhouse in the Premier League, so he directly chose to join Manchester City.

After nearly a season, Darren Bent has gotten used to it, adapted to the team's environment, and got along well with most of his teammates.

Darren Bent is still very regretful that he was not selected for the England team, but in fact, Darren Bent is a cheerful person, and he did not feel sad for long, because he only lingered in front of the England team before, and there was no such thing as Entering the team has participated in any international competition, so it is not unacceptable that he is not selected now.

Now his teammates and coaches are complaining about him, and he feels warm and moved, so he smiled cheerfully, "It doesn't matter, I'm still young, I'll have a chance next time." But he hasn't been able to participate in the World Cup at the age of 22. , which is rather unfortunate.

Just when Wansheng felt that his disciple was not selected for the World Cup squad, the team also ushered in good news, that is, Sinclair has recovered from injury, and David Silva's state has also recovered, and Sun Jihai has also been injured. Back to the team to start training, the entire team lineup is ready.

After the lineup is complete, Manchester City has revealed a confidence from top to bottom, and the performance in the game is quite tough.

The media reported the England squad with vigour and vitality, and Manchester City's road to winning the title was also moving forward.

On April 26, Manchester City visited Villa Park and won the game 0:1.

Three days later, on the 29th, Manchester City faced Fulham at home. The old "farmer" lost five consecutive goals in the first and second half of the broken wing Manchester Stadium.

After the game, the Fulham players left with exhausted faces and conceded five goals in a row. The game will be a helpless injury for them.

The three-game winning streak at the end of the season is a very encouraging result. The only regret is that their rivals Chelsea also won three games. That is to say, the points gap between the two teams remains at 4 points. To win the championship two rounds in advance, they also have to face the next opponent - Arsenal.

This is an important game on the road to Manchester City's championship.

If they can beat Arsenal, Manchester City can win the title early at home, lose or draw, and they can only wait until the final round of away games against Blackburn.

But what is certain is that the league title is getting closer and closer to Manchester City!

With only two rounds left in the league, Manchester City still have a four-point advantage. Although they will play Arsenal in the next round, those who say Chelsea have a chance to overtake the media have all shut up, because Manchester City only needs Win one of the two games to seal the league title, and even if Chelsea wins two games, it still needs to see the face of Manchester City.

As The Sun analyzed, "Chelsea's chances of winning the title are slim..."

very slim...

Everyone understands this, the Manchester city government has already started to prepare for the celebration when the time comes. They are very skilled in doing this because Manchester United often win the league championship, but Manchester City... This is the first time in history!

Fortunately, the city government is "experienced", they only need to replace the Manchester United flag with Manchester City's, and the Manchester United flag hanging around the municipal square with the Manchester City flag.

Just this small change is enough to make Manchester City fans ecstatic. Usually when the season ends, they can only watch their arch-rivals Manchester United celebrate, and now it is finally their turn.

The city of Manchester will also change the world!

Manchester City is also preparing to celebrate.

Considering that the club is located in the city center, it is close to the commercial area, and the capacity is very limited. There must be a large influx of fans at that time, so the Manchester City Club decided to celebrate at the Manchester Stadium.

So the arrangement at that time is to go to the municipal square and shake hands with the city officials, and then you can go to the Manchester stadium for the championship celebration.

The only thing is... can Manchester City win the title at the Manchester Stadium?

Manchester City can win the championship at Manchester Stadium, which is definitely the most perfect result. When tens of thousands of fans are in Manchester Stadium, they will be able to directly receive the championship trophy, and then they can celebrate the championship freely.

If not, it would be a bit of a pity.

So up and down Manchester City, the club, the staff, the fans and the media, almost everyone paid attention to the match between Manchester City and Arsenal. (To be continued ~^~)