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Chapter 575 Beckham is back! (7th update!)

"Please, stop talking, where are we going to cry?"

"It's over, it's over, the French team is over, Ribery has provoked you."

"Why did Scolari go so early? Why didn't he call Pele? For the sake of his compatriots, tell Pele to shut up!"

"Italy is still kicking a fart! You can wash up and sleep."

The above-mentioned remarks were excerpted from the forum of the European Cup. The remarks appeared not long ago after Pele publicly claimed that France, Portugal, Italy, and the Netherlands would be the favorites to win the European Cup.It can be said that in these forums, there is a sound of mourning.

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Although this is only the voice of some fans, I believe it can also represent the aspirations of the vast majority of the supporters of the above-mentioned four teams. It is not even an exaggeration to say that because Pele is famous for his crow mouth, which team he predicted before the previous competitions? Whichever team wins the championship will die miserably. Therefore, whether it is France, Portugal, Italy or the Netherlands, fans from these countries may have the urge to bang their heads against the south wall.

In all fairness, Mr. Pele is not to blame for all this, who made the French team claim to have the most rigorous defense in Europe, and Domenech claimed that the French team has completed the transition from old to new very well, and was also the runner-up in the 2006 World Cup. The team's performance in the qualifiers is infinite, and whoever sees who will destroy who.Let Italy be the champion of the 2006 World Cup, who made Portugal have a champion coach Scolari who thinks that a head coach tops the top half of the team?
Since the strength of the team is so strong, even if Pele doesn't open his mouth, these four teams must be the favorites in the eyes of the world.

It's just that, when the same prediction came out of Bailey's mouth, the taste changed immediately.In many cases, what others can say, it is really inconvenient for old Comrade Bailey to declare it with great fanfare, because he is too bad, so bad that people feel that the three World Cup championships in the player era may be based on character, and at that time Wasted all of his character.

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However, what makes everyone feel strange is that in the list of the semi-finals of this European Cup mentioned by Bailey, there are no European giants England, and the bullfighter Spain, which is a big favorite every time, and the so-called Iron Will German war vehicle.

This also made the fans in England, Spain and Germany extremely happy, and they almost shouted long live to Pele.

However, on the second day after Pele arrived in Basel, his old man suddenly changed his mind and dropped the French team slightly from his prediction of the semi-finals, "Actually, I think that if England play well If so, they will go farther than the French team. I am optimistic about Li Rui. I think he will shine in the European Cup. However, the only variable is that the England team is not Manchester United, and whether Li Rui can have a good team. play!"

As soon as Bailey said this, the whole of England couldn't hide his grief and indignation. Moreover, there was a gossip that when Bailey said these words, he had a brief meeting with UEFA President Michel Platini , the English have every reason to doubt whether Platini asked Pele to help 'black' England?
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However, at this time, for the English media and England fans, there is one thing that is the most hyped right now, that is, who will be the captain and deputy captain of the Three Lions in this European Cup.

Now, the captain of the England team is Terry. However, in some warm-up matches, Beckham also wore the captain's armband. Don't forget that after the 2006 World Cup, it was McLaren who took the captain from Beckham's arm. The armband was taken off and handed over to Terry.

In addition, the Liverpool media also have their views, and Gerrard may also be the owner of England's captain's armband.In the McLaren era, Terry was the captain and Gerrard was the vice-captain.

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It stands to reason that before a big game like the European Cup, the England team should maintain the status quo, with Terry as the captain, and one of Gerrard or Beckham as the team's vice-captain.

However, at such a time, when Mourinho was interviewed by the local Austrian newspaper "Echo", he proposed that the candidates for the team's captain and deputy captain will make appropriate adjustments.

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The local media in London are cheering for Terry.The Liverpool people supported Gerrard.

However, many England fans prefer Beckham, they think that Beckham will definitely do much better than those guys.

Mourinho is also more cautious about this issue. In fact, in Mourinho's mind, there is a candidate who can be the captain, but it is not now, maybe a few years later.

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Naturally, Li Rui didn't know that Mourinho would be so optimistic about himself. You must know that his influence in the England team is not great.

On June 6, the entire England team took a bus to the Tivoli Stadium in Innsbruck and conducted training for adapting to the venue.

This stadium is also the venue for the group stage matches between England and Spain. This stadium is also the home of the Austrian football overlord Vaktyrol.

England played an intra-team match.

In the match, Li Rui, who appeared in the main lineup, performed well. In the 30-minute match, he scored 4 goals, making everyone feel that his state is so good.

Seeing Li Rui's current state, Mourinho also seemed very happy.In his mind, Li Rui is a well-deserved first shooter, and even whether the England team can go further in the European Cup depends on Li Rui's performance.

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On June 6, the England team played a warm-up match at the stadium of a local second-tier team in Innsbruck.

This very ordinary warm-up match has attracted countless media and fans to wait, because in this game, who will wear the captain's armband of the England team is almost certain, during the next European Cup Will be the first captain of the team.

Before the start of this simple warm-up match, Mourinho found Terry, Gerrard and Beckham respectively, and wanted to hear the players' own views on the captain's armband.

As expected, both Terry and Gerrard expressed their desire to continue to be the captain of the team to Mourinho during the conversation.They consider it a great honor to be able to wear the captain's armband of the national team.I also think that I have the ability to be the captain!

And Beckham also made a similar statement.

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Before the start of the game, everyone was surprised to see the captain's armband on Beckham's arm, which means that the dust has settled around the ownership of England's captain's armband in this European Cup. Beckham, just don't know, which one will be the second captain.

This game is a one-sided massacre, which is also Mourinho's tactical intention. He just wants the team to find the feeling of scoring goals from such a weak team, so that the shooters can adjust their state in advance it is good.

In the 3rd minute, Li Rui headed the ball in the frontcourt. Rooney followed up with a volley and the football went into the net.

Seeing this scene, the England fans who came to the scene to watch this ordinary warm-up match also applauded loudly.England fans have always envied and yearned for the tacit understanding between Li Rui and Rooney in the Manchester United team, but they don't know whether they can form the tacit understanding in the club in the England team.

The goal just now reflects the tacit understanding between the two.

In the final game, Manchester United defeated the Austrian local second division club with a big score of 7:0.

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In the media reports after the game, the score of the 7:0 warm-up match did not attract the attention of media reporters and fans. All eyes were on the captain's armband on Beckham's arm.

In response, the headline in The Times read:
David is back!
It's just that when Li Rui saw this title, his first reaction was that wonderful line, 'I, Hu Hansan, are back again'! !

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On June 6th, the England team did not conduct any confrontational training. After the physical training, the whole team watched the opening game of this European Cup, Switzerland VS Czech Republic, in front of the TV in the hotel where they stayed.

The Swiss team is a young team, but in recent years, under the guidance of head coach Kuhn, it has proved its strength in major competitions.In the 2006 World Cup in Germany, the Swiss team did not concede a goal, only losing to Ukraine on penalties in the round of 16.Since they automatically qualify for the 2008 European Cup finals as hosts, the World Cup in Germany is the last official competition they participated in.

The Swiss team participated in the European feast for the third time after 1996 and 2004. The previous two first matches were tied with their opponents, and the remaining two group matches were all lost.However, previous World Cups and European Cups tell us that the hosts usually perform at a super level.In the last two warm-up matches, Switzerland beat Czech "brother" Slovakia 2-2 and Lithuania 0-3.These two games are of great significance, because they lost 0-0 to Germany in a warm-up match earlier, and the winning streak will allow them to regain confidence.

However, the Czech Republic overwhelmed the German team in the qualifiers to qualify for the top spot in the group, so that the Czech teenager Fei Ning joked that the Czech Republic would wash Switzerland 7-0 (Czech Republic 3-0 Germany, Germany 4-0 Switzerland, this conversion means out).

This is the Czech Republic's fourth consecutive appearance in the finals.In 1976, the Czech Republic (Slovakia) won the Delaunay Cup for the first time in history.In the past ten years, their European Cup record is also good. They lost to Germany in the 1996 final and reached the semi-final in 2004.However, with the fading out of the golden generation players such as Popovski and Nedved, coupled with the absence of captain Rosicky, the outside world has doubts about the golden quality of this Czech national team.

The start of the opening game also marks the start of the European Cup! !
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PS: The third update!
Too sleepy, squatting on the table for a while.

At 8 o'clock in the morning, the 9th and [-]th updates will definitely be delivered on time, everyone can rest assured.

(End of this chapter)