The FIFA match day is not over yet. England just drew with Finland and immediately returned to their home turf, setting up bed at Wembley to await the visit of the German tanks.
In Fleet Street, England fans criticized the national team and criticized Kevin Keegan, but before the life-and-death game, everyone was still able to whitewash the situation and create a momentum of unity.
An indispensable procedure at Wembley is for the fans to stand up and sing songs that insult Manchester United. Millwall is also quite hated. After all, it is the target of public criticism, but Millwall does not have many international players in the England national team.
, even if the fans want to curse, they can't seem to find the target, and it turns into a personal attack, which is putting the cart before the horse.
Aldridge and Andrew stood side by side in the Wembley box stands.
Aldridge, who was wearing a suit and leather tie, crossed his hands under his lower abdomen and asked calmly: "Who do you think will win?"
Andrew's stance and the movements of his hands folded on his lower abdomen were the same, and he said calmly: "At least you won't lose."
Aldrich grinned silently.
In his previous life, he had always had a question in his heart.
That is the fan group around him. It seems that when everyone discusses England, they have a very clear premise: England is very strong.
If Germany is included in the discussion, many people still think that England and Germany are evenly matched.
This is what Aldrich was confused about in his previous life.
In a football match, you cannot use style, tactics, or enjoyment to compare the strengths and weaknesses of the two teams. Even the Dutch team, known as the "Uncrowned King," caused a greater sensation after winning the runner-up than the championship. This is football
It is rare in the forum, but it cannot cite the facts to prove that the Netherlands is the strongest.
In competitive sports, performance is the hard standard for strength. Everything else is just a cloud.
Germany far surpasses England in terms of team honors and comprehensive ratings of previous competition results!
What confidence does England have to compare with Germany?
Now it can at best be placed on the same level as Spain.
So Aldrich didn't understand in his last life. Britain and Germany are not on the same level. Is it necessary to argue?
Now he understands.
It is a victory in the English league and a victory of star influence.
Although Germany is also actively exploring overseas markets, due to the competitiveness of local leagues, the difference in the number of stars, etc., when the Premier League expands its territory around the world, the market potential of the Bundesliga is very limited. When people watch football games, of course they have to watch
There are famous teams and famous stars. At this point, the Bundesliga is already far behind the Premier League, Serie A, and La Liga.
But the Premier League's overseas influence is actually a victory for foreign players. The number of local stars that can produce is declining year by year.
A considerable number of fans have transplanted their strong sensory impressions of the Premier League onto the England national team, including their love and support.
England faced Germany at Wembley today. Aldridge unexpectedly appeared here, and the live broadcast cameras frequently turned to him, seemingly with a strong hint.
Aldridge held secret talks with the FA chairman and reached some agreements.
The FA bowed to pressure and put the issue of sacking Keegan on the table.
There are internal calls to hire Lazio coach Eriksen.
The FA chairman dares not break tradition easily.
Firing Keegan might satisfy people and put the blame entirely on Keegan.
But if it hires a foreign coach right away, the FA will immediately be at the center of the storm again.
The chairman of the Football Association is not willing to do such a burning thing, especially when there are backup candidates for local coaches and those supported by local fans have not yet been put on the job for testing.
The England national team is a mess, and now other local coaches who are not prestigious enough are afraid to take over. The qualifying rounds have already started, and they started badly. It is not a good time to take over now.
The Football Association is worried that if the England national team fails to enter the World Cup, it will be a disaster!
So they need a better scapegoat.
A candidate who can at least arouse public anger when the worst situation arises.
Aldrich, the perfect choice.
Everyone wants him to do this job, so let him do it.
If Aldridge fails, the FA will at least have countless excuses to hire a foreign coach with very little resistance.
Our best local coach cannot lead the England national team to glory, well, then we have to invite monks from outside to chant sutras.
Aldridge wants to take over the national team because he is ambitious.
But he will not be blinded by ambition.
He also gave the FA a deadline.
Before the end of the year.
Don't wait until Keegan has brought the national team to a point where it is certain that it will not qualify before handing the team over to him.
In that case, the FA can indeed give him a longer period of time, and the target is the 2004 European Cup.
Sorry, the cycle is too long, so I'm not interested.
As a result, Aldridge and Thompson reached an agreement. Before the end of the year, as long as there is any accident with Keegan's team, Aldridge will immediately take over the England national team.
As for the treatment, that comes second.
What counts as an accident?
After England lost two points in the first game, as long as England loses another point, it will be an accident and the qualifying situation will become even worse.
So in today's game between England and Germany, England must win!
A draw at home is unacceptable!
The media and fans are still relatively optimistic.
This Germany is not strong, not strong, not strong!
We just beat them three months ago, and that was on a neutral ground!
The shameful record of 34 years of invincibility has been ended!
Today, England has the home advantage. Let's do a good job and win Germany. It will still be smooth sailing into the World Cup!
After 90 minutes, Wembley was silent. Then, conflicts broke out on the sidelines, with aggressive fans insulting Beckham on the sidelines.
During this period, Beckham's relationship with England fans was very bad.
In addition to the aftermath of the 1998 World Cup, it was also exposed that Beckham gave the fans the middle finger during the European Championships in the summer. And he escaped punishment. Many fans in England are very resentful towards Beckham. In addition to
His Manchester United background is partly related to his playing style.
The older generation of England fans rarely admire skilled players. In their eyes, they belong to European players. English players should be iron-blooded, tough, and fearless like matadors on the court. On the contrary, those who show off their footwork are always
dress up brightly and become
Players who make entertainment headlines make them look awkward. Therefore, when the "European" England internationals in their eyes perform poorly, they are often drowned in saliva. On the contrary, iron-blooded captains like Robson and Adams even lose.
The ball will also win applause.
The score on the scoreboard is 0:1.
International practice is that the home team goes first.
Wembley fell, and the Germans left with pride, just like they did when they won the European Cup here four years ago.
The two teams have played against each other twice in three months. Counting on your fingers, England seems to be at a disadvantage.
In the European Championship group stage, they defeated Germany 1:0, but England failed to advance out of the group.
Now in the World Cup qualifiers, after England lost this game, let alone the second place in the group to play in the play-offs, the possibility of not entering the World Cup has suddenly increased!
Aldridge and Andrew silently left Wembley to loud boos.
After the game, Kevin Keegan resigned on his own initiative without waiting for the FA to issue a layoff notice.
In an interview, Keegan admitted that his abilities are limited and not enough to control and lead the national team to glory.
Putting aside the negative emotions caused by his poor record, English football and Fleet Street are suddenly very sympathetic to Kevin Keegan.
Time suddenly goes back to 1996.
Back then, Kevin Keegan was in great glory, leading Newcastle United to a 12-point lead over Manchester United in the league. People expected Newcastle United's Keegan to defeat Manchester United and make Hollywood on the Tyne shine throughout England. As a result, Keegan
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Ferguson's psychological warfare collapsed. Even if there was a factor in Millwall's attack on Newcastle United in the end, people looked back four years later and suddenly discovered that Keegan's coaching career may have had the greatest impact on the person who was the Red Devils.
Sir Alex Ferguson.
If Keegan could defeat Ferguson's psychological warfare at that time, maybe he could create another glorious career at Newcastle United.
However, there is no if in the world.
This kind of hatred is still going on. In the future, when Keegan takes over Manchester City, wouldn't he want to hit Manchester United and Ferguson as much as possible? As for the difference in strength between Manchester City and Manchester United, that is secondary. After all, the opposition of hatred is more special.
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The FIFA match day is over, the major international players have returned to their teams, and the club's league and European competitions will once again become the focus of discussion.
England is a special case because there is no national team coach, so this cannot be ignored.
One day later, at three o'clock in the afternoon.
The press room of the FA office building was crowded with people.
The Football Association notified Fleet Street in advance and held a press conference at 3 p.m. with only one theme: announcing the new England national team coach!
Not only the major newspapers in Fleet Street, but also reporters from many European countries stationed in England came to hear the news.
This time the coaching change for the England national team came relatively suddenly.
After the defeat in the European Cup in the summer, the Football Association firmly expressed its support for Kevin Keegan.
As a result, in just ten days, after drawing with Finland and losing to Germany, the Football Association immediately started the coaching change process.
This caught the media off guard. Although the media expected the Football Association to change coaches after losing to Germany, they were only guessing. It was not until Kevin Keegan resigned that the outside world, especially the media, focused on
on this project.
Who could it be?
The FA's head of press, Gibson, presided over the press conference. More than 50 media were present. Gibson sat calmly on the stage and made a simple opening statement, thanking everyone for being present, expressing his gratitude to Keegan on behalf of the FA and accepting his resignation.
, wish him good luck.
Then, the main event came.
Gibson announced in a calm voice: "We are honored to invite coach Aldridge Hall to be the head coach of the England national team. He has just signed a 20-month contract with us. The FA firmly believes that the national team will be in the best position in Hall."
Under the leadership of Mr. Er, we will definitely be able to get out of the current predicament, successfully enter the 2002 World Cup, and achieve satisfactory results in the World Cup."
The scene was in an uproar and there was some commotion.
The reporters whispered to each other and started talking one after another.
Aldridge takes over as national team coach?
What about Millwall?
Will this be a chain reaction of sensational news!?
At this moment, Aldrich, wearing a suit and leather tie, walked into the scene with a smile and his head held high, shook hands with Gibson on the stage, and then turned to face all the media reporters.
Uh-huh...
The scene seemed to be attacked by countless flash bombs. Aldrich, who was accustomed to the spotlight, squinted his eyes slightly to avoid the flash.
When the photoshoot was over, the scene suddenly burst into applause.
All reporters and FA staff applauded Aldridge.
This kind of applause is special.
Because this is a historic moment.
The youngest national team coach in history was born in England at this minute and this second!
Aldridge's expression remained unchanged, he sat down with a smile and said softly: "Thank you to the FA for the invitation. This makes me feel honored and honored. I will try my best to do this job well. Now, do you have any questions?"
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All the reporters in the audience raised their hands immediately, and the crowd was excited! (To be continued...)
