Chapter 111 World Preliminary

After the game with the Donnek Miners, Tottenham rushed back to London, and then they were going to challenge Aston Villa in the league.

After the match with Aston Villa, Degan will go to the national team to report that the group stage of the European qualifier of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil is about to begin.

This time, Belgium was divided into the first group as the defending champion, including Croatia, Serbia, Wales, Macedonia, and England, a strong contender in the group.

Belgium's first game is to go away from home to challenge the strong enemy England, which can also make Degan less of the journey. He just needs to stay in London and wait for the large army to come.

In the Tottenham team, Dembélé, Poccolinho and Vertongen were also selected for the Belgian national team. In addition, Lukaku, Hazard and others also played for the Premier League team.

There was no suspense in the match with Aston Villa. Tottenham, which has gradually played in shape in the new season, announced the early end of the game in the first half. Degan scored twice, and goals scored by Bell and Modric helped Tottenham to gain a four-goal lead in the first half.

In the 70th minute of the second half, Degan was replaced. Antienes did not hide his selfishness at all, but in the next more important preliminaries, although he was not in his position and did not seek his politics, it was also his job to help his old friend Francois.

In the end, VP scored in the 80th minute and completely sealed the victory, 5:0. With the victory of this game, Tottenham's ranking also rose to third in the standings.

In the words of the media, they are getting closer to the league championship!

The Aston Villa game was over, followed by a two-week national team match day, which was also the first time the Belgian national team gathered after the end of the European Cup.

In the face of England's opponent, although various media wrote articles before the game, rendering the atmosphere of the game very tense and fierce, saying that the game will be related to the final ownership of the group's top.

But the Belgian team is calm. The English are willing to toss around, so let them to tosss around!

Although the fiasco of the 2012 European Cup has caused a lot of shocks in English football, it is not easy for the English to fully understand the reality.

The wounds of Euro 2012 have not been healed, and the Englishmen began to brag about their players. This time, according to the English media, they have found a genius No. 10.

Speaking of the No. 10 jersey, people will immediately think of the core of teams such as Maradona, Platini, Zico and Baggio. Indeed, on the green field, the front-back player seems to have a special preference for the No. 10 jersey. He should be the team's offensive organization, or even the soul of the whole tactical system.

However, England's No. 10 jersey is slightly different, from Reinkel to Sheringham, and from Michael. From Owen to Rooney, No. 10 player was given more responsibility to attack the city.

However, this time with the gathering of the England team, people were surprised to find that England's No. 10 jersey was worn on young player Cleverley and experienced Joe. Cole, Gerrard, Ashley. After the attempt of Yang and others, the player who can play both the middle of the midfield and the front waist has injected a lot of fresh elements into England.

As an outstanding representative of the new generation of England's players, Manchester United's new star Cleverley has undoubtedly become a new hope for the whole of England. At the beginning of last season, the fledgling Clevey took advantage of his young performance to announce the rising of another future star, but followed The injury made the "smart" suddenly fall from heaven to hell. Even after recovering from the injury, the Manchester United young player failed to regain the once fascinating state.

However, now, Cleverley of Phoenix Nirvana has returned to people's vision, and whether in Manchester United or England, Cleverley is regarded as the focus of training.

Ferguson even said bluntly: "If we don't introduce a new midfielder, we will create more opportunities for Cleverley."

As a result, Sneijder, Pastore and others have joined the Red Devils one after another, but look at the thrilling backs of Cleverley and Carrick. Manchester United's midfield interception ability is undoubtedly the weakest of the Premier League, but even so, the Lord is willing to pay this expensive study for Cleverley's growth. Fee.

Cleverley grew up in an extremely superior environment in England. Hodgson placed bigwigs like Lampard and Gerrard behind Cleveley to escort him. With two experienced veterans, England's new No. 10 only needs to consider how to sort out the team's attack, which is exactly It's what Cleverley is best at.

Lampard, a famous football star, once gave a very high evaluation to Manchester United: "It is a pleasure to have Cleverly around. In the next few years, he will become a very important part of the England team."

England's coach Hodgson also praised Cleverley: "Cleverley is excellent. He is now an indispensable member of Manchester United. When you watch him play on the court, you will understand why Ferguson likes him so much."

Hodgson even believes that Manchester United's new midfielder Cleverley can become the "own Fabregas" of the Three Lions and play a role like Little France played for Spain.

In the Spanish national team, Fabregas often served as "Fake No. 9" and became an important member of the Matador's attack line. Hodgson believes that Cleverley also plays in this way and exerts his excellent potential.

I think you can say that Cleverley is an attacking midfielder, but he is a type of attacking midfielder with Fabregas. He plays in this position at Manchester United. When needed, he has the ability to run back and play the role of a central forward to win the ball back. Moreover, he can take on more The role, close to the front line, allows Gerard and Lampard to take the ball more freely in a deeper position.

In addition to Cleverley, another one praised by Hodgson is Arsenal winger, young player Chamberlain. In Hodgson's eyes, Chamberlain is also the future of English football.

Hodgson has long said that the new generation of young players are important to the England team, and they are taking over the class of the old players: "The experience of the old players is very important, but I think it's a good thing that fans prefer to see some new faces come in and challenge their positions."

England captain Gerrard also believes that the new generation of players is worth looking forward to. He also said that as veteran players, he will try his best to lead young people forward together: "We still feel like young men, which is why we have played such a level. The most important thing is to find the right balance between experience and youth. In a game like the World Cup qualifier, if eleven young people are sent in a game, the old players can greatly help young people. If the right balance is found, they can win the game.

Liverpool captain also expressed great appreciation for Hodgson's optimistic Cleverley: "Cleverley will become an excellent player. He is still a young man. Such a game will be a good experience for him. He plays for one of the largest clubs in Europe. He joined the England team, so he has a bright future. If Cleverley continues to study and work hard to improve, he will become an extraordinary player.

Although there are excellent young players like Cleverley, England was still troubled by many problems before this strong dialogue with Belgium, first of all injuries.

The current national team's main left-back Ashley. Cole has determined that he will not be able to play against Belgium. Since his injury last season, he knows that he has not recovered from his ankle injury. Chelsea captain Terry is also injured, and he will be treated for his ankle injury.

In addition, on the front line, Rooney has just returned from injury. Although he performed well in the match with Tottenham Hotspur, it is still unknown. After communicating with Ferguson, Hodgson finally gave up recruiting Rooney to the national team.

Another center candidate, Carroll is in poor condition and does not enter Hodgson's eyes. In this way, the England team, which is not rich as a striker, becomes more and more consular.

In the face of the powerful Belgian team, if there is no center that can stand, it may not be so easy to play. In fact, the England team really does not have this person now.

If you look at England's local players, whether they are blown or their own strength is good, there are countless good players, but the position of the center is not optimistic.

Except Rooney, DP, Carol and Darren. In addition to Bent, Crouch has also always had good efficiency. When Rooney, Carol and Bent were in poor condition, Crouch should have been given a chance, but this time, the English boss did not even enter the list, which made him very puzzled and bombarded Hodgson's approach.

In an interview, Crouch used his predecessor Sheringham to prove that he was not old: "My inspiration came from Sheringham. When he was 36 years old, he could still play his role in the 2002 World Cup, so why can't I play the World Cup in Brazil at 33? I'm only 31 years old, so I can't accept such a thing. I'm lucky that my career is rarely delayed by injuries, so I can't lose opportunities.

In response to Crouch's bombardment, Hodgson also talked about this issue in an interview before the game. He said that the reason why Crouch was abandoned was to accept punishment: "I planned to sign him when I was in Fulham, and I chose to take him to the European Cup, but he didn't want to participate. He made it clear that except If you don't guarantee his main position, he won't consider playing for England, so I don't think my team needs him anymore, so I don't plan to bring him here. As for when to recruit him again, it depends on when I feel like I need him again.

Without Crouch's high point, England still needs to "win by surprise" if they want to defeat Belgium, and their strange soldier is likely to be Liverpool genius Sterling.

As more and more young people join, Gerard, Lampard and other veterans will often recall the years from young people.

In Lampard's view, today's young people are fearless: "Of course, I realize that young players have gained more opportunities. I think today's young people are not as fearful as we used to play football, which can help young people grow and progress. I like to be with young players, and there is a fresh and refreshing feeling around these young boys. Whether it is meal time or in the hotel, I like to hang out with them, which makes me feel that I am younger. Good relationships make us have a good atmosphere at meals and on the court. Let us become better."

Although facing injury problems and being bombarded, the English media are generally optimistic that the team will win the world preliminaries with Belgium.

However, Hodgson did not dare to be careless. In an interview, he warned his players to play 12 points: "Belgium is a strong opponent. They have a large number of talented players, many of whom play in the top European leagues. They also have this strong body and a high level of competition. So we are fully aware that this game is a difficult test for us.

The English are very noisy, as if they were going to go to the battlefield. Belgium, as an opponent, has been very relaxed since the concentration.

François, the head coach of the team, faced the first game after taking office. Although his opponent was a strong enemy like England, he could not find a little nervousness in him.

"The first game against England is indeed a test, but I believe that my players are the best. Although they are young, this team has experienced many international competitions. Of course, we have Rod, which is our guarantee of victory!"

Degan also said in a subsequent interview: "We won't have any pressure. England is a good opponent, but I think as long as we can exert all our strength in the game, the victory should not be far away!"

If others look down on English football so much, they will definitely call for criticism from all the English media, but Degan is different. Recently, he has been in a better and better state, especially a series of hat-tricks in the game, so that the English media will not dare to launch what they are best before the start of the game. Psychological warfare, for fear of annoying Degan and making this animal go crazy during the game. If it really stimulates Degan's Saiyan bloodline, it will be a lot of fun!