Football Modifier

The 2008 European Cup is still going on!

After the first round of matches, the odds of the major European bookmakers have changed again-

Spain and England, who each swept their opponents 4:1 in the first round, tied for first place.

The Netherlands, which defeated the Azzurri Italy 3:0, ranked second with a slight disadvantage.

Germany ranked third with their strong competitiveness in the tournament.

Although the wingers, led by Cristiano Ronaldo, the most popular star on earth in 2008, performed very well in the first round, it seems that public opinion does not have high expectations for them, and they only ranked fourth.

In addition, the host Switzerland, Austria and Turkey became the shameful bottom teams.

The odds on the scorer list remain the same.

In the first round, Spanish striker David Villa's hat trick made him sit more firmly on the first throne. Michael Owen and Cristiano Ronaldo, who scored twice, tied for second place. The third place was Germany's Klose, Podolski and Spain's Fernando Torres.

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June 13.

The second round of the 2008 European Cup group stage resumed.

Geneva City, Geneva Stadium.

Portugal defeated the Czech team 3:1.

C-Ronaldo and Deco exchanged glances in the first and second half and assisted each other once. In the injury time of the whole game, C-Ronaldo successfully countered the offside and faced Czech Cech. He unselfishly passed the ball to his junior brother Quaresma and shot into the empty goal.

What was not captured on the scene was that in a seat in the south stand of the Geneva Stadium, there was a middle-aged British man wearing a peaked cap.

He fixed his eyes on the Portuguese midfielder Moutinho throughout the game, and wrote and drew on the thin notebook he carried with him from time to time.

This man is called Frank Andri, a full-time scout.

In the FM2008 system, Frank Andre was evaluated as [Ability to judge player potential] 20, [Ability to judge player current ability] 20, such terrifying values ​​have reached the peak of ability that any full-time scout on the earth can achieve.

However, three months ago, Andre was just an ordinary member of Tottenham Hotspur's scouts.

Very, very ordinary!

By chance, when Li Tongfan found him in the FM2008 system, and compared the scouts of Newcastle who did not have a double-item data of more than 14, he did not hesitate to launch a "shameless" poaching action.

It is absolutely necessary to get such a scout.

Because, when the sullen man has the virtual list of little demons provided by the FM2008 system, and there is a "sharp-eyed" super-class scout in reality, the combined power of the two can definitely bring unimaginable profit space to [Shining Red Star] and Newcastle.

Two swords combined, invincible in the world!

So, Andre, the poor middle-aged man who used to earn 800 pounds a week at White Hart Lane, ranked at the bottom of all Tottenham players, and whose scout reports were ruthlessly ignored by his immediate superior every month, was soon overwhelmed by the "delicious pie in the sky".

On that dreamy day three months ago, the famous madman Li appeared in front of him like an angel shining with white light, and expressed his desire to sign him, and Andre agreed without hesitation.

Less than 10 pounds of contract breach of contract!

4,000 pounds and a weekly salary of 5% increase every year!

This is the price that Li Tongfan paid for the top football player Frank Andre with full double data.

At this time, Andre was like a piece of unpolished jade and a group of swift horses that had not yet met their master. Li Tongfan's "favor of knowing and meeting" filled Andre, who was in the most difficult situation at the time, with gratitude, so the middle-aged man accepted all of Li Tongfan's arrangements without hesitation.

So, after signing the contract to become a member of [Shining Red Star] and having his own exclusive agent, Andri's status was like a small carp that jumped over the dragon gate, and he rose to prominence - from an unknown bottom of the football world at White Hart Lane to the chief scout of St. James' Park.

Frank Andri has been holding back a lot of energy to repay Crazy Lee for his kindness.

And this time the opportunity finally came, because the world-renowned European Cup has kicked off.

Big competitions bring out monsters!

Big competitions bring out geniuses!

This is the eternal law of the football world.

Every time there is a top-level football event such as the World Cup and the European Cup, there will always be a lot of super newcomers who are eye-catching and emerge like mushrooms after rain. As long as Andri can discover some tomorrow's stars for Newcastle from these newcomers, it will be the best reward for Crazy Lee's kindness!

What makes Andri even more excited is that Li Tongfan finally gave him his first inspection task since joining Newcastle yesterday -

Observe the Portuguese midfielder Moutinho and defensive midfielder Veloso.

Moutinho is only 22 years old this year. He is the youngest captain in the history of Portuguese giants Sporting Lisbon. He is regarded as Portugal's most promising all-round midfielder after Ruicost and Deco in his country. However, he is not well-known in European football at this time.

In FM2008, the evaluation of German player Michael Ballack is: he is the god in this position, and the evaluation of Moutinho is: he can become the top star on par with Ballack.

As for Veloso, he also plays for Sporting Lisbon, and like Moutinho, he is the absolute main force of this Portuguese giant. In the defensive midfielder position, Veloso has strong running ability, fierce steals, abundant physical strength, and a good long-range shot from behind. He is a terrifying and violent defensive midfielder ranked in the top ten in FM2008.

There is a reason why Li Tongfan pays attention to these two people.

Before the start of the European Cup, Li Tongfan introduced Ronaldo and others, allowing Newcastle to reserve strength on the front line that is no less than that of giants such as Manchester United and Chelsea, but the strength in the midfield is a bit difficult to talk about.

To put it bluntly, it is as bad as scum!

After letting go of absolute main players such as Joey Barton and James Milner, the Magpies' midfield has been at the bottom of the Premier League teams. Riquelme and Van der Vaart, who were previously interested in Li Tongfan, now seem to be difficult to introduce.

Time is tight, Lao Li must not be a fool who hangs himself on a tree, so he quickly changes his target.

Moutinho and Veloso appeared in Li Tongfan's sight a day ago.

Yesterday, after Lao Li finished reading the data about himself and the progress of the system task [Glorious European Summit] in FM, he entered some search conditions and spent 2 [Character Points] to use the FM Scouting Tool to search the database again, and found these two Portuguese geniuses.

Of course, the search yielded more than just Moutinho and Veloso.

However, there happened to be a match for Portugal today, so I asked the "super scout" Andri to come and take a look. There are plenty of opportunities for others as the European Cup matches proceed.

What made Frank Andri a little regretful was that Portugal did not send Veloso in today's match.

However, Moutinho, who got the chance to play, really impressed Andri. His excellent passing and control skills and overall view, active running, wide coverage, and long-range shooting ability are also good. Although he lacks confrontation ability and experience, he is definitely a young player with great potential.

How did Crazy Li discover this player?

After watching the game, Andri's admiration for Crazy Li rose to another level.

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In addition to the match between Portugal and the Czech Republic, another match in Group A also started later.

The host Switzerland scored a goal in the 32nd minute by the 19-year-old Del Diyoko, but the magical Turks scored two goals in the second half, especially the Turkish midfielder Arda Turan's lore in the 92nd minute made the entire St. Jacob Stadium fall into silence.

The host Switzerland was eliminated tragically!

This is the first team to be eliminated in this European finals, and it is certain that as the second round of the game continues, more teams will go home.

The game has become increasingly cruel.

…

The Three Lions took a day off after defeating the Greek team.

The next day, we started normal training.

The training venue was still the Ers-Siezenheim Stadium, but because we shared the venue with the Greek team, we could only get half a day of training every day, and the remaining half of the day was spent back at the Duke of Semonsis Manor to explain tactics and analyze the opponent.

On the morning of June 14, it was the time for the England team to use the Ers-Siezenheim Stadium.

At 9:00, when the players and coaching staff of the Three Lions arrived at the stadium, which was still slightly foggy, at the prescribed time, they were surprised to find that there were not only the boss Li Tongfan and assistant coach Venables waiting for them on the field, but also four or five Chinese.

Clap clap clap!

Li Tongfan clapped his hands: "Hey, guys, let me introduce you to some special guests..."

Old Li turned around and pointed at Li Bing and others behind him, and smiled and introduced: "These gentlemen are fans and journalists from China. They will visit your training this morning!"

"Okay, now get moving and start warming up!"

These Chinese people are Li Bing and his party.

When the banquet was about to end last night, Li Bing hesitated for a long time and finally made his request. Unexpectedly, Crazy Li agreed immediately. Zuo Xiaoqing and other CCTV reporters also wanted to take the opportunity to interview the England team, and Li Tongfan did not refuse.

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During the whole morning of training, Zuo Xiaoqing and other reporters were busy filming the training process of the England stars, and more often the camera was aimed at Li Tongfan standing on the sidelines.

To be honest, for Chinese fans now, Lao Li's influence has far surpassed superstars such as David Beckham and Owen, reaching the level of raising his arms and making the Chinese people crazy, so the reporters' filming is also very skillful.

And Li Bing has been following Li Tongfan closely.

The young coach of the Chinese Super League carries a pen and paper with him, just like a serious and responsible secretary, carefully recording everything he observes.

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He is almost out of the bottleneck, and Xiaodao will explode when the game starts!

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