Chapter 152 The Right to Forecast

Many people heard the voices of England fans, and everyone felt inexplicable.

James didn't know why he suddenly became so popular, and neither did anyone else, so when fans shouted James' name, everyone in the stadium didn't know why.

Barack, who was broadcasting live, said strangely, "What are the England fans doing? They seem to be calling David James' name. David James is England's backup goalkeeper, currently playing for Manchester City and Manchester City's No. 1 goalkeeper, but Compared to Robinson..."

At this time, a staff member told Barack the reason. It was Wan Sheng, a guest of Sky TV, who said that James should be played. Barack found out the reason, so he immediately changed his tone and said, "James is a Manchester City player. Having improved a lot this year and conceded the fewest goals in the Premier League, Eriksen should replace him now for a possible penalty shootout."

Like Barack, there are many people who change their tone when they hear Wansheng's name. This is Wansheng's influence.

If it is plain and simple to say that James has a good shot at saving penalties, he would not believe it at all, but this is different when Wansheng says it. Many people believe his comments because he always said it very accurately. A little subjective, James is his player, but expecting Paul Robinson to perform miracles is a bit unrealistic, so why not let James try?

The on-court media reporters also quickly got the source. They began to analyze the ability of James and Robinson, and analyzed which of them was better at penalty kicks. They rummaged through the data of the two for several years to explain some problems.

The players on the field do not know all this, and neither do the coaches of the two teams.

The England players all heard the shouts of the fans. They didn't understand when James had such an influence and were called by many fans to play at the last moment.

It's kind of weird!

To say that James is popular with fans. The fans called out his name at this critical moment... No one believed it at all!

So they were surprised, but in the fierce competition, they didn't need to think too much about the problem, and they should think about Eriksson. He is the one who has the right to decide whether or not James will play.

Quite a few cameras were pointed at Erickson. I saw that the Swedes didn't move, as if they didn't hear the fans shouting.

In fact, Eriksson was also surprised. He didn't know why the fans shouted so much, but he had already thought about the candidate for the last place, and this place should be reserved for Jamie Carragher.

Jamie Carragher is Liverpool's main backcourt player. His appearance can increase the team's defensive intensity. At the same time, Carragher also has a good ability to kick penalties.

So near the end of overtime. Eriksen chose to replace Carragher. At this point, the England team has run out of substitutions.

Seeing this substitution, Wan Sheng sighed, "England really depends on God if you want to win!"

"That's not necessarily true? Even if it takes a penalty kick, England has an advantage?" George Woodgate asked incomprehensibly.

Wan Sheng shook his head and began to popularize common sense to the audience in front of the TV, "You need to know, who is the most important in the penalty shootout?"

George Woodgate thought about it. said, "Goalkeeper?"

"That's right. It's the goalkeeper, a good goalkeeper, enough to dominate the penalty shootout. You see Portugal's goalkeeper is Ricciardo. I dare to say that there is no such good goalkeeper in England. The last European Cup was It was Ricciardo's outstanding performance that allowed England to break out of the knockout stage."

"It's Portugal and England again, and it's a penalty shootout. First of all, England are mentally passive because they lost last time."

"Facing Ricardo again, those who kicked the penalty kick will have a shadow in their hearts, which will affect the performance of the players."

"We have to admit that Ricciardo has quality, he is one of the best goalkeepers in world football."

"England and Portugal took penalties, and more than half of the victory was on Portugal's side."

Wan Sheng said unceremoniously.

With Wansheng's explanation, time slowly passed, and soon the 120-minute game was over, and the two teams were about to have a penalty shootout.

Next, as Wan Sheng said, England once again staged a tragic scene.

In the first round, Lampard's right-footed shot from the lower right corner was blocked by Ricardo!

In the second round, Hargreaves' right foot Tui helped England score a point.

In the third round, Gerrard hit the right side of the gate with a half-high ball with his right foot, but was shot by Ricardo with one hand.

In the 4th round, Carragher scored with his right foot on the right side of the gate, but the referee Elizondo did not blow his whistle and shot again.

Ricciardo saves three England goals!

He became a hero of Portugal!

In the end, all the Portuguese cheered and celebrated their victory in the knockout round, while the English walked away in tears.

Their World Cup journey ends here.

After the game, Wan Sheng also made his final speech: "I don't understand why Eriksen stubbornly let Morris and James stay on the bench, but if they are activated, I think the ending will be different."

Before the game, when Wan Sheng said this, many people dismissed it. They thought that Wan Sheng was protecting his players. Although Morris was excellent, Lampard and Gerrard were stronger. In addition, David - James' state of instability, it is difficult to match Paul - Robinson.

But it was different now because everything was as expected by Wan Sheng, England failed to beat Portugal in 90 minutes and then lost on penalties 120 minutes later.

The game has proved that Wansheng's statement is extremely correct, so many people trust Wansheng's judgment.

Immediately after the game, there was a saying, "The reason why England lost was Eriksen, he did not send Morris with better playmaking ability, and David James, who conceded the fewest goals in the league."

Eriksen has no time to refute Wansheng's statement, because after the game, he automatically terminated the contract with the FA, and has since ceased to be the head coach of the England team.

At the same time, his troubles are not only from Wansheng alone, the whole of England almost blames him for losing the World Cup.

"The Sun" commented, "Eriksen has ruined the most powerful generation in English football!"

This England team is absolutely world-class. Every player in the team is quite important. Players such as Downing and Morris can only stay on the bench. Only Rooney, Gary Neville, David Only defender Beckham has a chance to play, and the young man Eriksen so-called to cultivate, Arsenal's Walcott, could not even get a minute of playing time, as for Crouch in the frontcourt A complete mess.

It can be said that Eriksen's England team is quite a failure.

Eriksen had most of the blame on his shoulders after the defeat, he admitted all the infamy, and he became the scapegoat for England's World Cup defeat.

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Wansheng has no sympathy for what happened to Eriksen. In his opinion, this stubborn and conservative Swede is really not very good at leading the team, otherwise the England team would not have played like this.

With any head coach, it would be impossible to put Morris on the bench, but Eriksen did.

Perhaps the Swedes are oppressed by the many stars in the team. After all, players such as Lampard and Gerrard are more famous, but in any case, he is the head coach of the team, and he failed to lead the team further in the World Cup. Any reason is pale.

After the game, many media reported Wansheng's commentary on Sky TV, because Wansheng said it was very accurate, and there was basically no deviation in the prediction of the game.

So a new round of discussions on Wansheng's "God Prediction" began.

Some media immediately dug up the records of Wansheng's previous interviews, and then found some sporadic words, one of which was crucial, "There are many strong teams in this World Cup, I am optimistic about France and Italy..."

For an instant, nothing seemed to happen, but a lot happened.

The bookmaker's championship betting has been greatly affected, and most importantly, the number of people buying French and Italian to win the championship has increased!

Italy, Brazil and Germany are the three teams with the lowest odds. For example, the old France, there are not many people who are optimistic. Now the situation has changed. The defending champion Brazil and the host Germany can only be ranked third. , Fourth, the most promising team has become Italy, and the second has become France.

Faced with this situation, the management of the British bookmaker and the European bookmaker could only smile bitterly. They suddenly thought that if there are similar competitions in the future, should they spend a lot of money to buy the 'prediction rights' of the young Chinese ?

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Wansheng was also quite happy the next day, because he received good news. After a series of negotiations, Manchester City finally won Ozil for a transfer fee of 3 million euros.

At the same time, Middlesbrough also eased on the transfer issue of Downing.

For Middlesbrough, there is no such thing as a club for sale, especially after the manager McLaren has decided to leave, and there is no constraint on buying and selling players. As long as other clubs are willing to pay high prices, they don't mind selling the team at all. main player.

Middlesbrough originally expected Downing to be gilded in the World Cup, so they could sell Downing for a high price, but England were eliminated, Downing hardly showed any performance in the World Cup, so Middlesbrough faced Manchester City's money again. The offensive finally relented.

8 million pounds, this is the final price negotiated by the two teams.

Compared to Tangning's worth, this price is still a bit high, but Wansheng knows that Tangning is a late bloomer. Although he is 22 years old and has played a major role in Middlesbrough, he has not yet reached the stage of his career. At the peak, he still has a lot of room for growth. In addition, compared with Manchester City's shortage of flanks, it is completely acceptable to use 8 million pounds to add a winger.

After negotiating between the two clubs, the rest is for Manchester City and Downing to negotiate a personal contract.

This has nothing to do with Wansheng.

The personal contract is an issue between Tangning's agent and Manchester City. Basically, Tangning's transfer has been finalized, so he can rest assured. (To be continued ~^~)