The Young Lion

Thanks to Lance King 111 for the reward!

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England have started to behave in a mess again!

Sir Hall is silently protesting England's centuries-old tradition!

How can such a performance reassure England fans!

Three Lions! You are the champions of the World Cup! Show the posture of champions!

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On the second day after the final of the UEFA Champions League, the journey of the national team was in front of Aldrich's eyes.

He didn't rest, but gave Ashley Cole, Southgate and other England internationals who fought until the last moment of the season a holiday.

From the end of the Champions League final to the opening of the European Cup, there are only two weeks in between.

During this period, the England national team assembled, and England also announced the squad for the European Cup.

Goalkeepers: Robinson, James, Walker.

Defenders: Gary Neville, Phil Neville, Ashley Cole, Bridge, Campbell, Terry, Southgate, Carragher.

Midfield: Hargreaves, Butt, Lampard, Gerrard, Carrick, Scholes, Beckham, Joe Cole, Dyer.

Forwards: Owen, Rooney, Alan Smith.

Aldridge announced the England squad for the European Cup, which is not much different from the squad for the World Cup in 2002. Gary Neville and Gerrard, who lost the selection due to injuries two years ago, went with the team as expected, and the goalkeeper position was updated. , should be the most unstable link in England.

Compared with two years ago, England's paper strength should be stronger now!

People, or those people.

But ability. experience. The whole team has a tacit understanding. With the maturity of the technical and tactical system, England has made great progress in all aspects.

If England went to the World Cup two years ago and relied on utilitarianism and tactics to win, then now England has steadily entered the ranks of the world's top teams.

In addition to the goalkeeper,

Players in every position have experienced many battles and have the ability to fight hard. After going through many tests, although Rooney may still be a little immature, Aldridge only intends to use Rooney as a surprise soldier. He has a new idea about who will appear behind Owen.

The goalkeeper position may be said to be flawed, which is unavoidable, but in the defender link, Ferdinand's suspension is self-inflicted. If Ferdinand was not suspended, Carragher would still lose the election. Because Carragher missed many games in the past season except for injuries, and he still has not returned to the central defender position that best reflects his ability. It seems that only when Benitez transforms Liverpool can he shine in the right position.

Kneading the team for nearly four years, England is now famous and strong, and it is a top team that matches.

However, in the qualifiers before the European Cup, they played in a mess, extremely badly.

No way, Aldridge wants to give the players more rest time, other teams are warming up, England is racing against time to recharge their batteries!

It is impossible for Aldrich to change England's tradition. Half a century ago, there was no winter break. During Christmas, the whole people had a holiday, and fans entered the stadium to watch the game as entertainment and celebration. This is a tradition, a deep-rooted tradition, and it will not be because of You are the coach who won the World Cup and you can change things by pointing fingers.

Aldridge didn't make fun of himself, so he sacrificed his warm-up match record.

He didn't even participate in Millwall's official championship parade celebration and rushed to the national team without stopping.

As the European Cup approached, Aldridge and Millwall were caught in a whirlpool of public opinion.

Chelsea's sweeping goods offensive is still in progress. In early June, the madman came to London to take office. Chelsea seems to be welcoming Mourinho, constantly asking for purchases and asking prices in the transfer market. Rumors are spreading wantonly like will-o'-the-wisps. Especially for Millwall, except for veterans over 32 years old, almost every player is on Chelsea's acquisition list.

At the same time, Dutch coach Advocaat criticized Aldridge, thinking that Aldridge did not trust Robben enough last season. Robben spent two disappointing seasons at the Lion King Stadium and wasted time!

During the same period, Robben's father was entertained in private by official Chelsea representatives.

It's hard to say that Chelsea is seducing Robben. Robben's father may have a higher probability of recommending himself, because Chelsea directly disclosed the weekly salary that will be offered to Robben through the outside world during the purchase.

£50,000!

This is still a preliminary quotation. After we talk about it, it is definitely possible to rise.

How big is Chelsea?

Duff can get 70,000 pounds. After the season, in order to stabilize the morale of the army, Abramovich gave Terry a contract extension and his salary directly increased to 100,000 pounds!

Everyone knows that Terry is the banner figure of Stamford Bridge. At least, when Chelsea built the international column, only Terry was a player produced by the Blues' youth training system. His blood, in the eyes of everyone, should be blue. colored.

However, few people know that Terry is actually a diehard Manchester United fan!

When he went to watch games at Old Trafford as a child, Terry sat in front of Beckham and Neville in their teenage years.

Therefore, after Chelsea renewed the contract for one season last summer, they gave Terry a salary increase and renewed the contract.

Kaka returned to Brazil, and Chelsea's representatives also went to South America to meet privately with Kaka's father.

Ronaldo went to the national team to report, and the Chelsea representative also went to Portugal naturally on the grounds of inspecting the players participating in the European Cup.

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Aldridge is busy with business and the European Cup is about to start. He cannot be distracted by other things. The club's contract renewal work is all handed over to Adam. He will only go back at the end of the European Cup to review the results.

He didn't care about the news in the transfer market, so Aldridge didn't find another unusual sign of Chelsea in the transfer market. If he pays attention to observation and thinking, he will definitely find the key.

The top 16 European Cup participating teams have gathered in Portugal one after another.

When the Three Lions arrived in Lisbon, Portugal, tens of thousands of England fans who arrived early were waiting.

The sun was like fire, and the scantily clad England female fans also used their graceful breasts as the capital of cheering and cheering, which made England's arrival more eye-catching.

When they walked out of the airport, the representatives of the Three Lions in suits and leather shoes followed Aldridge and the coaching staff. Aldridge was expressionless and looked a little cold.

The European Cup is shorter than the World Cup, but it is very likely that the time to go home will be faster!

For Aldridge, England today will be more difficult than two years ago, even though England is stronger than two years ago!

However, the World Cup champion is the target of public criticism and the favorite to win the championship. England's skills and tactics have been analyzed and studied, and the probability of being targeted and restricted has greatly increased. They cannot wait for their opponents to make moves like they did two years ago, and then relax Even though the whole team has gotten along to a certain extent, because the opponents in the qualifiers are generally weak and lack gold content, Aldridge has no idea how he will perform when he encounters a stronger opponent in the European Cup.

There is no end to no end.

The posture shown to the outside world must be tough, so Aldridge appeared extremely cold, as if he had the aura of a champion.

Media from all over the world gathered in Portugal to track and report the progress of the European Cup.

The momentum of England's arrival in Lisbon is the most magnificent. In addition to the number of fans who picked up the plane, there are also the media present.

The World Cup champion is coming to Portugal, aiming at the European Cup!

The uncrowned king Netherlands arrived first, Advocaat has a tulip army combining old and new, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Robben, Overmars, Van der Vaart, Sneijder, Davis, Seedorf, De Boer, Stam, Edwin van der Sar, Van Bommel... a new generation of Dutch talents quietly stepped onto the world's top stage.

The former World Cup champion France, which was eliminated in the humiliating group of the World Cup two years ago, arrived later. Santini led a Gallic rooster that was slightly stronger than England on paper. In terms of winning index, the French team was neck and neck with England. They will directly confront each other in the first round of the group stage, kicking off the prelude to their respective campaigns.

The German team, which has had a talent gap for ten years, is hard to come back, and the problem of lack of success has been further exposed. The old, the young, and the Mesozoic leaders are hard to support, and they are also divided into the death group. In the same group, there are the Czech Republic and the Netherlands. powerful enemy.

**The last strongest Czech team arrived in Portugal with unparalleled ambition. The Czech team headed by God of War Nedved was not afraid of any challenge. Even though they were in the same group as the Netherlands in the qualifiers, they won 7 and 1. With an unbeaten record of averaging 3 goals per game, they advanced to the finals with their heads held high!

Spain, the king of the qualifiers, is not favored this time. In the qualifiers, they were taken away by Greece for the top spot in the group, and they were also divided into the death group, with Greece and the host Portugal in the same group!

Trapattoni led the Italian team that died in the World Cup to compete in the European Cup. The Italian team is undergoing changes. The era of Pirlo as the core midfielder of the national team has officially come!

Lei Hagel forged the sword for two years, and finally achieved great success!

Greece has been reborn since last year. They lost two games in a row in the first two rounds of the qualifiers. That was in the autumn of the previous year. They lost to Spain at home and then to Ukraine in an away game. However, they won an astonishing 6 consecutive victories in the six qualifiers after that. Scored 8 goals without conceding a goal, including 1:0 in four affordable games, which not only squeezed Ukraine out of the European Cup, but also took away Spain's top spot in the group.

Greece, a second-rate team in Europe, was divided into the death group, but it is an iron army that should not be underestimated!

Denmark, the master of fairy tales, Sweden, the Nordic cavalry, Russia, Latvia, Switzerland, Croatia, Bulgaria, the powerhouses of Eastern Europe, 15 European teams rushed to Portugal from all over the world, and Portugal, the golden generation of the host, was led by Scolari to welcome them!

Sixteen representative European teams competed for the highest honor in Europe in the summer of 2004, and were ambitious to sit on the throne of European hegemony! (to be continued..) ()