"Team Jie, why doesn't everyone seem to be in a good mood?"

Lindy asked Gerrard next to him while pressing his legs on the training ground.

"Didn't you read the report?" Gerrard asked.

Lindy shook his head: "Irene has been suffering from morning sickness these days. I don't have time to watch the news. I video chat with her whenever I have free time."

Gerrard patted him on the shoulder: "To put it simply, England has never won the European Cup knockout stage in regular time!"

"Do you know what this concept is?"

Gerald glanced at his teammates who were training next to him, and whispered to Lindy:

"In other words, we have never won within 90 minutes in a game after qualifying from the group stage!"

"The two times we reached the semi-finals, one was 0-0 Spain in regular time, and then we won 2-1 to advance, but that was already 1968."

"The other time was in the 1996 European Cup in England. We met Spain again in the quarter-finals. It was still 0-0 in the 90th minute, and we won 4-2 in the end."

After saying this, Lindy was a little confused.

Isn't this a hellish level of difficulty?

"Never won in regular time?" Lindy still wanted to confirm again.

Gerald shook his head, his expression very helpless.

Lindy was about to speak when a system voice suddenly sounded in his mind:

"Ding! Trigger the national team's epic mission: [The Curse of 1952], and lead the England team to break the embarrassing situation of not winning in the regular time of the 1952 European Cup knockout rounds."

"Extended task activation: Ask the host to lead the England team to achieve good results in the European Cup. Considering that England is not the host's home team, the completion reward will be halved." ωωw.

At this time, two tasks suddenly appeared, and the first task was very interesting.

Win within 90 minutes, that is, if there is a tie, the mission will be considered failed.

The Azzurri's defense is world-famous.

Difficult and challenging!

"Team Jay, actually this game is not that difficult." Lindy raised an eyebrow at Gerrard.

The latter suddenly became interested: "Haha, you want to say that you will overthrow Pirlo as soon as the game starts?"

Lindy, who was exposed, blushed a little, "Well...it doesn't necessarily have to be to shovel people down."

"Ah ha ha ha." Johnson next to him had been eavesdropping on the two chatting and finally couldn't help laughing.

With this smile, the surrounding team members also looked over.

After learning about Lindy’s unreliable “winning plan”, everyone smiled and nodded:

"Lin, go up and shovel him down. Without Pirlo, we will definitely win!"

"That is, I will sacrifice just one person to make millions of families happy!"

"Do you want to shovel thighs or calves or..."

"Be careful, I heard the mafia in Sicily is very powerful!"

The atmosphere at the training ground suddenly became relaxed.

Lindy looked at the training ground full of laughter and thought to himself:

"Comrade Lao Mei has not won the league or the Champions League. I should still have hope. When the child is born, let him/her hold the Ballon d'Or. This should feel good, right?"

In the office, Hodgson and others are still studying Italy's lineup and defensive style.

"I think it's time to create a double-virtue combination. With Lindy at the back, their attack power will be maximized!" Rojo seemed to have been waiting for this day for a long time.

As a pure Englishman, everyone expects Shuangde to be able to perform stably for a long, long time.

Before this, no coach could perfectly handle the problem of coexistence between Germany and Germany.

Whether it is dual-core tactics or other tactics, almost all have failed.

But now there is an antidote in front of them.

That's Lindy!

"But in that case, we will only have one forward!" Brother Beard of the coaching team objected.

"Maybe we can try a three-centre-back system, with Terry, Maguire, and Lescott forming a central-back system, and Ashley Young and Walcott forming the two wings."

Hodgson touched his chin and said slowly.

Following his words, everyone's eyes suddenly shone with light.

352!

Or 3142.

Let the tall Maguire stay behind, and his low defensive ability is quite outstanding.

Terry and Lescott gave a brief mention and the defense was very solid.

"I think it's okay!"

"I agree too!"

...

a few days later

Fruity Ya defeated the Czech Republic 1-0 and became the first team to advance to this European Cup.

the next day

The Germans gave Greece no chance to create a myth and sent the opponent home cleanly with a score of 4-2.

The third day

Ukraine, which plays on home soil, faces the powerful World Cup champion Spain.

The whole game looked like a teaching game.

Shevchenko carried a nuclear warhead and seemed to have forgotten the code to detonate in front of Spain's frontless formation. Unfortunately, 0-2 was the final score.

And the final game of the top four battle has arrived as scheduled.

As the first place in Group D.

England got the most rest and, for some, the most alcohol.

Long before the game started, a group of big guys descended on the Kyiv Olympic Stadium.

Lindy received numerous calls the day before.

Lao Ma also wanted to call Lindy out for a drink: "What's the point? Back then I... wasn't, forget it, I'll go find you after the game is over, kun came with me, hahaha."

Zanetti simply sent a text message: "Pirlo said that if you give in, he will quit the national team and become your personal coach after winning the championship."

Lindy exposed this lie on the spot: "Ah, have you asked other teams if they agree? Are you trying to trick me?"

Zanetti replied: "Ronaldo and I came to watch the game together and let's get together after it's over."

On the other side, at the Kiev airport, several planes landed here.

Ferguson and Dalglish hadn't spoken a word since boarding the plane.

Grosso, Maldini and others also came to Kyiv.

When Loew walked into the Olympic Stadium, he and his assistant wore a hat and were not recognized.

The only thing that caused a sensation at the scene was the arrival of football king Pele.

Unlike Lao Ma, who was wearing fancy casual clothes in the corner, Bailey was wearing a suit that looked very valuable at first glance, which was particularly conspicuous when standing in the VIP stands.

Although Lao Huang does not have the same terrifying memory as Lao James, he still knows all these celebrities: "Today's game gave me a feeling like the European Cup finals. The two major football champions, the coaches of Liverpool and Manchester United, and

There are the meritorious elders of Italy.”

"If I remember correctly, this is the treatment for the World Cup finals, right?"

Lao Zhang nodded: "For so many years, it has not been easy just for Maradona and Pele to watch football in the same stadium, let alone so many people."

Amid the exclamations of the crowd, Lindy looked at Pirlo, who was staring intently in the tunnel, and unconsciously thought of Zanetti's words.

As if noticing Lindy's eyes, Pirlo glanced at him, and suddenly an idea came to his mind.

He looked into Lindy's eyes and asked: "If you win the Champions League next season, do you want to consider coming to Juventus?"

Although his voice was very soft, it was as if Gerald's soul was eavesdropping.

He immediately turned his head and put his left hand directly around Lindy's neck.

Staring at Pirlo fiercely: "What? Are you going to use psychological tactics so soon?"
Chapter completed!