I started with Torres, to revive German football

Chapter 166 The championship declaration two months in advance!

Like their teammates, Zhao Jinge and Gundogan also boarded the flight to Frankfurt that night.

The German national team's friendly opponents are England and Italy, two traditional European teams.

In Zhao Jinge's memory, England's performance in the European Cup this time was not as brilliant as in the next three competitions.

After rushing out of the group stage, they fell directly into the hands of the Icelanders. On the contrary, their little brother Wales played a dark horse record, rushed all the way to the semi-finals, and finally fell into the hands of Portugal.

This England team in the post-Double Germany era is not bad in terms of hard power.

Rooney, who can't run, has already handed over his offensive rights to Harry Kane, who has begun to enter his peak period, and he has more to bear.

Rooney's skills are very comprehensive. He can do a good job of shooting, passing and advancing with the ball. His presence will be a strong supplement to the England midfielder.

With Lu Xiaopang at home, blessed and healthy, Rooney retreats and holds the ball enough to support England's relatively weak midfielder together with Ali, Milner and others.

At a time when Harry Kane's back-up and drop-back organization had not yet grown to its peak, and at a time when other young talents in England had not yet matured, although England had recovered to a certain extent this summer, it was far from enough. It's still a long way off.

Unlike the battle between Britain and Germany, where the German team always gained the upper hand, the German team chose Italy as another friendly match opponent this time. For the German team, it is a truly difficult opponent.

In the history of football, the Italians have always been the sufferers of the German team.

Far away, Germany lost to Italy in the semi-finals of the 1970 World Cup and lost to Italy in the 1982 World Cup final.

Recently, there is also the tragic experience of being eliminated by the Italians in the semi-finals of the World Cup in [-] and the semi-finals of the European Cup in [-]!

In Zhao Jinge's memory, the German team and the Italian team met again in this year's quarter-finals. This time the German had the last laugh with a penalty shootout, and barely advanced after trying their best.

Consecutive battles with two of their old opponents in Europe, all the staff of the German national team attach great importance to these two friendly matches.

Of these two teams, no matter which one is likely to become a tough opponent to face in this summer.

Even in the Anglo-German war where the Germans have always had the upper hand, the German chariots want to break through the lions guarding the British Isles, and every time they take off a layer of skin!

And that is, in the next European Cup, the English will have their revenge after 25 years.

The German chariot, which was completely in a trough, fell to the hands of the Three Lions with a score of [-]-[-] this time, and was eliminated just after the group stage.

In the end, I watched my old rival England fall to another old rival Italian in the final, which is also a kind of fate.

(The Germans are limited experience babies for us in Italy. I will kill anyone who dares to grab me, even the English are no exception!)

Zhao Jinge returned to the team with the mentality of fighting tough.

Zhao Jinge and Gundogan are two players who returned to the team relatively late, after returning to the German national team training center in Frankfurt.

Loew immediately arranged for the two of them to carry out recovery training and necessary physical recuperation and relaxation massage.

Before the German team doctor issues a medical report that can play, Loew will definitely not let the two of them play in a friendly match, or even a low-intensity team training match, and the German coach will not risk using them.

You know, after the two guys played the Manchester United game, they played like crazy all day, that is, they got a good sleep when they flew here last night.

At other times, I was either playing or making trouble, and there was no systematic post-match recovery training at all.

Under normal circumstances, on the second day after the game, players who participated in the game a few days ago must undergo physical therapy and relaxation due to the intensive schedule to restore their physical condition and fitness as much as possible reserve.

However, after winning the championship, the Manchester City players who celebrated wildly were of course not among them.

Originally, the club had asked for leave for them, but if they rushed back to the competition like this, if they had not undergone a detailed examination by the team doctor of the national team, the possibility of injury caused by fatigue during the national team game would be greatly increased.

Long-distance travel, unfamiliar environment, and unfamiliar technical and tactical training, if there is not enough rest time, it is simply not to take the injury seriously.

The name of the fifa virus is not something to brag about. Every year, I don't know how many top players fall into his hands.

Of course, Zhao Jinge and Jing Duoan did not refuse the head coach's kindness, and under the arrangement of the team doctor, they carried out detailed recuperation and examination.

However, the results of the two people's inspections are very different. Jing Duoan needs to rest for three to four days before participating in preparations. As for Zhao Jinge's inspection results, it is quite perfect and can be seamlessly connected to the upcoming national team competition.

Loew was also greatly relieved after seeing the report. The German coach is hurrying up and wants to use the final game to further improve the integrity of the lineup.

The match against the two strong opponents is the best two simulations before the main match. Whether Zhao Jinge can play or not will have a greater impact on his tactical planning.

But fortunately, Zhao Jinge, who has a rough skin and a strong body, did not disappoint Loew.

After all the players arrived that night, in his speech before the dinner, Loew took the lead in expressing his best wishes to the Manchester City duo for winning the Premier League championship, and extended this topic to this year's European Cup. .

"Before the dinner tonight, I would like to make a statement to gentlemen."

Loew calmly walked to the center of the party hall before dinner, watched the assembled German national team, and made his own declaration:

"Summer is here and in what we do in football, summer is always a time of harvest.

Many of you have already tasted the joy of harvest.

Zhao and Ilkay have already won two championships, including a rare Premier League championship. We can send blessings to them both! "

"Besides them, those of you who play at Bayern, at Juventus, at other big clubs, can also enjoy the joy of the championship.

The above are the achievements you can achieve in the club. Among you, the players who have won the championship can be proud of themselves. In European football, it is not easy to win any championship.

Those players who have not won the championship should not be discouraged, because you still have the chance to win the championship again this summer. You can bring glory to the whole of Germany on the stage of the European Cup! "

"The Euros, the European Championships, are quite a distant memory for us.

After 1996, we have not won the European Cup for a long time.

A full 20 years have passed, and we have never been able to hold this trophy that symbolizes the king of Europe. We have gone out again and again, and failed again and again.

The summer of [-] was the closest we got to her, but we failed again and fell in the finals at that time.

Some of you here also experienced that game live, it was a painful memory, it was the beginning of the Spanish dynasty!
The Spaniard has since ruled world football for four full years!

But you should also remember that that is also the starting point of our German football's resurgence! "

"In [-], after recruiting a group of fresh blood, we stood on the highest stage in Europe again. Although we were losers in the results, the facts proved that our reform was successful."

"In [-] years, [-] years, after two more failures, we finally harvested the sweetest fruit in the summer two years ago.

That is the result of our painstaking efforts for more than ten years. For this reason, we spent one or two generations of talents to obtain that crucial trophy. "

"Now another summer that can harvest fruits is coming, and we have added a batch of fresh blood again.

Most of the players who tasted the sweet fruit last time are also at their peak. After two years, we have ushered in a strong national team again! "

"This time, can we still taste the fruits of victory?!

German players here, do you still have the courage to dedicate yourself to the championship? !

The French, the Portuguese, the British, the Italians, the Spanish, all the strong European teams are staring at the European Holy Grail!

And what I ask of you is to defeat them!Bring the victory and the trophy back to Frankfurt! "

This is the first time Loew shouted the slogan of competing for the championship this summer in front of all the players.

Before today, he said every time that he wanted to achieve a good result this summer, but he had never said the word champion in an open and honest manner.

It is two completely different feelings for German players to express with a shallow meaning and to say it openly.

In the World Cup in [-], Loew clearly put forward the slogan of winning the championship in the locker room after the quarter-finals to boost the morale of the German team.

Like today, it is extremely rare for those who are familiar with him to show his determination at such an early stage.

The German players sitting below were boiling, and the German players who had a sense of arrogance in their bones were instantly smeared with chicken blood.

As the new world champions, they certainly want to become the new kings of Europe and regain the crown that has been lost for 20 years.

In the restaurant tonight, in this peaceful night with more than two months before the start of the European Cup, all the players of the German team under the leadership of head coach Joachim Loew established their own goals.

Only the champion is successful!

All results below this target are disqualified for the German team.

The players are full of excitement. After all, everyone wants to stay in a team that is capable of competing for the championship and has the heart to compete for the championship. The German national team perfectly meets these two conditions.

Even those players who have won the World Cup still want to make up for the regrets of the summer of [-] and compete for a trophy that they have never won.

Loew looked at the well-organized and high-spirited German team in the restaurant, and continued his speech:
"Healthy! Now that you are all sitting here, I hope that each and every one of you can be in front of me again fully and completely before the Euros kicks off in a little over two months.

Each of your injuries is a huge loss to the German team and a loss to the club you play for!
Do, do, do, don't get hurt when you're about to win a championship.

I believe this, Marco must have a deep understanding, the body is the capital of everything, and some opportunities are missed! "

When Loew said this, he involuntarily turned his attention to Royce. This world-class left winger is one of the three offensive players he relies on most in the German team.

The gap on the left side of the German team with Reus in charge and without Reus in charge is simply too big.

The teammates also turned their attention to the little rocket who dominated the Bundesliga.

This is not the first time that Loew reminded Royce to pay attention to his physical condition. He fought too hard. For Dortmund, Marco Royce gave almost everything.

In the game at the end of March, Royce played with an injury before his injury was fully healed.

The various old injuries on his body made him a severe glass man who would never get sick if he made a mistake.

In the case that it has been determined that they can only get second in the Bundesliga, Dortmund still does not refuse Royce's request to play with injuries in order to gain something in the Europa League.

"There's nothing wrong with Marco's body."

They said so, but as the team's top executives, how could they not know that Royce's body is full of hidden dangers that have not fully recovered.

Some sports injuries cannot be cured, and players can only rest more to maintain their state in key battles.

And Dortmund is now using Royce as an iron man, as long as he can play, he will play, even if he is enduring pain, even if he is taking painkillers.

"Marco, I know your professional ethics and your persistence, but I don't want you to miss it!

You are overdrawing your career and your health after retirement. I hope you will reduce your playing time when you are injured.

You will not play in these two friendlies. I will always arrange for the team doctor to recuperate you. You need rest too much, my boy! "

Loew made his own request to Reuss. He hoped that the German left wing engine, who won the German Footballer of the Year in [-] years, the best player in the Bundesliga in [-] years, [-] years and [-] years, would stop working and return to the factory for repair.

Looking at the eyes of his teammates and Loew's solemn request, Royce nodded slightly, then lowered his head without saying a word.

He did not make a formal answer, nor did he make a clear statement. No one knows what choice the German winger will make.

(End of this chapter)