Chapter 36 I'm back
The league played smoothly and consecutive victories made Fiorentina successfully climb to the sixth position in the league and enter the European circle.
After the match with Udinese, the world football world will usher in another national team match day. Fiorentina is also a major international player. Among them, Marco, Montolivo and Ledesma were selected for the Italian national team, Uyfarusi was the Czech national team, and Hamsik was also selected as the latest Slovak national team. Home team, Mutu is going to the Romanian national team to report that Jogensen is a Danish international, and Degan and Compani are going to Brussels to participate in the training of the Belgian national team.
During the period when Digan recovers from his injury, the record of the Belgian national team, with the 2006 World Cup in Germany as the team can only be described as miserable. It lacks the absolute fulcrum on the front line and the absolute core on the field. In the ongoing European Cup qualifiers, the Belgian national team only won two wins and one in five games. The result of the draw was the fifth in the group.
Antienes is also under a lot of pressure now. Fortunately, Degan is back. Next, Belgium will face the two weakest teams in the group, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan. If they want to qualify, these two games will be the best time for Belgium to score points.
When Degan rushed to the training ground, he saw some familiar faces. The blowout period of Belgian football talents will take a few more years, and those Mavericks are still growing. If he wants to lead a super strong team to the international competition, Degan can only wait patiently.
The current record is average, and the atmosphere of the Belgian national team is also a little dignified. Now Belgium has 7 points in the group, ranking fifth. Finland, which ranks first in the group, is 11 points, followed by Serbia and Poland. Portugal, which has the strongest comprehensive strength, has 7 points with Belgium, ranking first. Four.
Seeing Degan coming, Antienes also had a long-lost smile on his face. He is really under a lot of pressure now. Germany's World Cup and Belgian football have stunned people, but what about without Degan?
Belgium can only be regarded as a European second-rate team at most!
"Rod! Welcome back!"
Degan smiled and shook hands with Antiennis: "I've been waiting for a long time, and now I feel very good! How about it? Coach, do you need me to talk to everyone?
Digan is very clear that the most important problem for the Belgian national team needs to solve now is morale. According to Belgium's normal strength, it is normal to play so far, but in the German World Cup, Belgian football has surprised fans too much. Now a European Cup group match is so embarrassing, which makes In addition to disappointment, people also have a few harsh words to the players, the most common of which is: without Rod! Can't you play football?
Along the way, Digan also heard a lot of what Compani said. Digan could feel that the players in the Belgian team now have a kind of dependence on him, which makes Digan not know whether to be happy or helpless.
Of course, the feeling of being dependent is good, but if you rely too much, it will inevitably make people inert.
Andiernis knew Degan's prestige in the team and nodded: "I also think it's time to wake them up!"
Digan smiled and turned around to walk to the training ground.
"Rod!" Antienis suddenly stopped him again, looked at Degan, hesitated for a moment and said, "Rod! Belgium can't live without the European Cup!"
Digan smiled: "Of course, I think so too!"
Other Belgian players have long seen Digan arrive, and they can't help but feel excited. They are really looking forward to the feeling of winning the game.
"Bang! Bang! Pa!"
Degan clapped his hands and walked to his teammates. His eyes paused on everyone's faces. Suddenly, the training ground calmed down. When everyone couldn't help but feel at a loss, Degan smiled.
"Guys! I'm back!"
In a word, everyone clearly felt the strong self-confidence in Degan.
"Our current situation doesn't seem to be very good. Will you feel this way when you see me back, hey! Degan has arrived! All problems will be solved!? How about it? Isn't this a good feeling?
Degan paused and his eyes became sharp: "People with this idea are all shit. I'm not a savior or a firefighter. I'm just one of you. I can't decide whether to go to the European Cup or not. I'm back. I just want to fight side by side with you, and I need to I need your strength."
Degan's words gradually brightened the eyes of Belgian players. For a long time, they felt that they were living in the shadow of Degan. The public opinion of the media and the attitude of fans made them feel that as long as there is Degan, they can solve all problems. They just need to follow Degan to mix in honor, but forget Remember, they are also members of this team, and the football match is a matter of eleven people.
"I'm back! I hope everything can be back on the right track. Before officially starting our new journey, we still have to set a goal. I don't think the main competition of the European Cup is victory, and the knockout round is not good. The top four is still not good. Our goal is only one, that is, the championship!"
Champion!
The goal of Degan's participation in each event is to win the championship. Only the champion can make people satisfied, and only the champion can make people excited.
"The World Cup has passed. I'm sorry. I want to apologize to all of you here. I didn't accompany you to the end. You performed very well in that final. I'm proud to have your teammates, but this time, I won't fall again. I will go to the best with you. After that, I will go with you to hold the Drone Cup!"
In the World Cup final, when Digan left the field, the Belgian team still performed very tenaciously. If it hadn't been for Inzaghi's last-minute kill, they might have dragged the game into a penalty shootout, but they finally failed. Failure is not anyone's responsibility, but failure is a failure. They want to erase it. That history is impossible. What they can do is to prove themselves with more brilliant achievements.
"Champion! What we want is the champion, which requires each of us to contribute 100% of our strength. From now on, our legend will begin. I hope everyone is best prepared, guys! We will become the history of Belgian football and a hero of Belgium!"
Become history, become a legend, and become a hero!
Who doesn't want to?
Money is very important, but money also has a shelf life. Only honor is eternal!
The Belgian players, who were originally depressed because of their poor record, public pressure and morale, were completely ignited by Degan's words. They are also members of this team, and there is no reason to rely on Degan for everything.
In the next training, Antienes can obviously feel the changes of the players. They become positive and active. The tense nerves should sink into a relaxed mood. Fighting, fighting, Digan's words left everyone's mind. They have to fight!
"Run! Run! Don't stop. In the formal game, you won't take the ball so easily, and the opponent won't give you such a chance. Don't expect the football to come to your feet, rush up, rush up and run in the direction of the football!"
"Gur! You bastard, well done, that's all. Treat that damn Simmons as your enemy and kill him!"
Simmons! What? Don't you have any strength? Run, don't let me follow you and kick your ass!"
"Konpani! Damn it! What the hell are you thinking to stop me from shooting! And you, Proto, are you going to take care of the patients? Don't pity me, I'm stronger than you think!"
Degan kept roaring loudly, and every Belgian player felt that there was a mad dog behind him, and they could only keep running under the urging of Degan, who had entered a state of madness.
What was staged on the training ground was a real knife and a real gun fight. People kept falling down, people turned over, and every goal was a crazy celebration, but then the opponent counterattacked crazily.
François couldn't help worrying secretly: "Is this really okay? What if someone is injured?
Antiennis is not worried at all. He knows that Degan is measured: "It's okay! Those guys need someone to wake them up. The success of the World Cup makes them too proud. People can't eat their old money. Degan is awakening their desire to fight!"
Looking at the players who are desperate on the court, Antienis suddenly became confident in the next game. Kazakhstan, which once humiliated Belgian football on the road, is afraid there will be no good life.
The training continued until night. When everything stopped, every Belgian player's first reaction was to go to the ground, constantly cursing Digan for dying.
Degan was also tired, but he could still persist. Looking at his teammates who seemed to be defeated, Degan was proud, but some of the physiotherapists in the team tonight were busy.
At the press conference the next day, Degan and Antiennis attended together, and Degan made a comeback, which was big news. Almost all the professional media in Belgium rushed to the scene, and some journalists from other countries also came to join in the fun.
"Can Degan play tomorrow's game!?"
People are naturally most concerned about this problem.
Antienis sat aside, and at today's press conference, he has decided to leave it completely to Degan.
Digan looked up and said, "Of course! Of course I will play. I have been resting for half a year. Now every game is very important to me, and I don't want to miss it!"
"The situation of the national team is not very good now, Rod! What do you think of the future of Belgium!?
Digan smiled and was full of confidence: "Of course, it is to crush all opponents. There is no doubt that we will participate in the 2008 European Cup as scheduled. We will go. No one can stop us. Kazakhstan and Moldova, and even Finland, Poland and Serbia behind. Portugal, Armenia, they can't stop us from moving forward! There is only one place in the group, and we have booked it in advance!"
Damn it!
Do you dare to be shameless? Really think that everyone else is dead!?
"I know what you are thinking. We are only the fifth in the group now, but how about this? The group stage is not over yet, and we still have nine games left. I think this is enough for us to qualify smoothly!"
"Don't think that I'm the only one in the Belgian national team. I've heard some comments before that Belgium without me can only be regarded as a second-rate in Europe at most. This is nonsense. Each of us is equally important. We are fighting for this country, but the performance of some fans before made me I'm disappointed. And you, the Belgian domestic media, have misled public opinion. When my teammates were fighting for the honor of this country, you actually dismantled the stage behind, kept complaining, and even attacked the national team. Some people turned over the old debts of the Flemish and Walloons. If you I have done it before, and I hope you can correct it. If you are still obsessed, I can only say that you don't deserve to be Belgians at all!"
"The battle at the national level is not a matter of one person, not even the national team, but requires the strength of everyone, including fans and the media. Everyone is very important. We need to unite and let the whole Europe know Belgium, the World Cup runner-up, perhaps in your eyes, It was a great success, but for me, the runner-up means failure, that's right! It's a failure! We couldn't hold the Hercules Cup before, but now we are going to hold the Drone Cup! We need to fight together, defeat every enemy in front of us, and then celebrate victory together!"
Degan's words soon spread all over Belgium. The Belgian fans who had been complaining about the national team's record before had nothing left in their hearts.
As Degan said, others are fighting for the honor of the country, but they are dismantling the stage behind.
Support Rod! Support the national team!
People took action one after another. This time, whether they were Flay blind or Walloons, they all automatically stood together and wanted to fight with the national team.
There is also a post on the Internet: to make Kazakhstan feel like a hellish home court!
Degan looked at these with a continuous smile, and then went on to continue to train his teammates. In his words, no one had a reason to rest before winning the European Cup.