Chapter 268 The Three Lions' Legion of Sail
After the end of the match in Russia, England rose by one place in Group E of the European Cup qualifiers, ranking second!
The first place is the Croatian national team!
They beat the Republic of Andorra 3-1 away in the game on September 12, with 21 points!
The second phase of Li's Three Lions was disbanded in place on the night of the end of the game with Russia, and the players returned to their respective clubs to report!
Because from September 15, the 7th round of the Premier League will start!
For Li Tongfan, this period of time is no different from the holiday. The next game of the England team will last until mid-October, first against Estonia at home, and then four days later, he will go to the icy and snowy Russia to meet Hiddink and his disciples again!
Later, on November 16, the Football Federation arranged a friendly match against Austria!
Five days later, on November 21, England will welcome their last opponent in the Euro 2008 qualifiers at Wembley Stadium - Croatia, the first in the group!
Therefore, for more than a month after September 12, Li Tongfan had a lot of time to carry out his [Kora Plan]. By the way, he took his parents to travel and sweep goods in major European cities and had a lot of fun!
Crazy Li plays in Paris!!
"Madman Lee Appears in Rome!"
"The commander of the Three Lions Army, a one-day tour to the Vatican!"
... Every day, there will be a lace news about the madman Li who appeared in a certain place and did something, which is published in newspapers and small on the British Isles!
In addition to playing, Li Tongfan shot a lot of advertisements according to the sponsorship contract signed by [Flashing Red Star]!
In the land of China and London, England, and even Madrid, Spain... Basically, in the city that can be pulled up with the madman Li, the streets are full of posters of scratching men in front of the camera... For a while, Li Tongfan's exposure rate unexpectedly surpassed that of the most popular superstar in Europe!
Advertisers find Lao Li, sponsors find Lao Li and player agents to recommend their own players. Best-selling writers volunteered to write autobiography for Lao Li... Even American Hollywood directors and producers with a developed commercial sense of smell like sharks smell of blood. They contacted [Flash Red Star] one after another to ask if Li Tongfan was Interested in joining a movie blockbuster... England fans have always maintained enough tolerance for the incompetent performance of madman Li!
As long as this man can bring victory to the Three Lions, no one will blame him for his private life, and people will even make fun of this young guy in a very kind way!
It's incredible to have such a situation in China. If a coach in China dared to do this, no matter what his record is, he would have been angrily scolded as a "national scum" by the fans and "leaders" and couldn't turn over!
It is worth mentioning that The Sun did an interesting survey on the British Isles!
Sixty-seven percent of English people think that Crazy Lee is the most surnamed man of the year. This data is five times that of the last "most surnamed man" David Beckham, and more than three times the total ratio data of other superstar players such as Wayne Rooney, Steven Gerrard and Michael Owen... What's even crazier is that 80% of English girls are willing to have a one-night stand with crazy Lee!
The beauties did not shyly say that the invincible battle of the madman Li on the court must continue to **... So Lao Li became the best fantasy object of the British Three Islands!
For a while, in the UK, madman Lee's influence exceeded that of any head coach! Ferguson, Wenger and Mourinho all have to stand aside!
Li's whirlwind, gradually warming up!
###September 20, 2007!
Outside the field of football, a far-reaching thing has happened in England!
The early secondary housing credit crisis quietly sprouted in Europe!
North Rock Bank, a mainstream British bank, had a crazy run on cash because it could not borrow extra funds to repay the debts due in mid-September 2007!
Due to the lack of continuous cash injection, a week later, North Rock Bank was finally taken over by the British political axe because of its highly leveraged housing credit business!
This is a dangerous signal!
Such a thing does not only happen in the United Kingdom. After that, investors have run on mature bonds in the United States and France. An invisible crisis has gradually covered the continent of Europe!
This is just the beginning!
What no one expected was that in the next more than a year, the resulting financial crisis would sweep the world overnight, and countless high-ranking multinational companies would go bankrupt... And the Jinyuan Premier League, which had always appeared in the world with the most developed commercialized image, was also invisibly affected!
The news about the recruitment of giants and the introduction of superstars during the winter break, which was frequently seen in the newspapers, has gradually subsided... Ferguson: "... Manchester United's lineup has become perfect, so we will not plan for the winter break!"
Abramovic: "My ideal is that one day Chelsea can realize its own profit and loss, so in terms of buying players, we will be more reasonable..."
Nenitez: "I think the team's defense needs to be improved, but it looks difficult now... Mex? Yes, we examined him some time ago, but now we have lost interest. Maybe there is a cheaper and better choice than Mex..."
Several giants are like this, and other middle and downstream teams can be seen!
The Premier League market seems to be shrinking silently!
... On the first day, when running FM2008, Li Tongfan was surprised to find that there were amazing changes in Newcastle President Mick Ashley's [Chairman Status] column - Ashley changed from [Love Club] two months ago to [Ready to Leave]!
What's going on?
Mick Ashley, who has only acquired Newcastle for less than half a year, wants to sell the magpie?
Lao Li's heart is pounding... Here comes the opportunity!
Although I only knew through the [system query function] that Newcastle's status and trend in the coming season were very bad, and there was even the possibility of relegation... I didn't expect that things were so bad!
What is the reason why Mick Ashley can't wait to change hands before he heats up the chairmanship under his buttocks?
Is there something wrong with his economy?
In Lao Li's original plan, it was to wait until Newcastle was about to downgrade and the stock price plummeted just to buy it at the lowest cost, but now it seems that the situation has changed a little!
Li Tongfan revised the plan, and Tolosi Tang put into more complicated work in the following time!
### In the month from September 12 to October 13, the Premier League reached the 9th round!
After 9 rounds, Mourinho's Blues Chelsea ranked first with 7 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss and 22 points in 9 games, and the second to fourth place were West Ham United, Liverpool and Wigan Athletic!
Among them, Liverpool has two fewer games due to the schedule!
Amoping other members of BOG4, Arsenal also played two games less, ranking fifth with 5 wins, 0 draws, 2 losses and 15 points in 7 games!
And the performance of the Red Devils Manchester United is a big surprise - after 9 games, they only won 4 of them, losing 3 games and 2 games, ranking 7th in the Premier League table!
Last season's winter break, Spanish player Juan Mata, who joined the Red Devils with a hopeful star worth 10 million pounds, only got one chance to play as a substitute in the first 9 games, and passed the ball 10 times and made 4 mistakes in the 30-minute game... The young player who called the wind and rain on the right side of the Bernabeu completely sank. In the fierce confrontation of the Premier League!
In fact, as early as the first day of the opening of the summer transfer market in the 07-08 season, Ferguson pushed Juan Mata to the transfer market!
The listing price of the Red Devils for Mata is only 5 million euros. Obviously, it has made full preparations to lose money, but I didn't expect that no team has expressed interest in the European red star half a season ago in the whole two months!
By the end of August, in the last few days before the closure of the European transfer market, Mata's value even dropped to 3 million euros. The Red Devils had no choice but to privately send fax documents selling Juan Mata to clubs large and small in Europe, but there was no response.
Described in the language of the FM system, that is, "Juan Mata is cold in front of the goal. At this time, no team is willing to take in this sideline player!"
Ferguson is strangled, and this 10 million pounds is rotten in the pot!
Return to the book!
What made Li Tongfan a little disappointed was that his eye-eyed Newcastle's performance improved after 9 rounds of the Premier League!
Magpie won two consecutive home games with big scores!
Although Michael Owen's [Superman Status] has been an hour since he returned to the club, Li Tongfan arranged Ito Yun to play a certain role in acupuncture and Qigong for him. After recovering from his injury, Owen showed his former killer demeanor and scored 2 goals in three games a month... Although he was far inferior to the national team. The performance has made Newcastle's coach Allardyce ecstatic!
You know, before that, Owen's situation in Newcastle was very embarrassing!
The ultra-high value and salary have been exchanged for a sick man for two consecutive seasons, which has made Magpie fans and players dissatisfied for a long time. Now everything is finally back to normal!
For Newcastle, everything at St. James's Park seems to be moving in a good direction. No one has found that the new boss, Mick Ashley, has been "in Cao Ying's heart"!
###On October 10, the England national team gathered again!
After the announcement of the third issue of Lee's England team list, some people are happy and some are worried!
Joklan, the last lucky-chosen Wigan goalkeeper, waved goodbye to his national team career, and Joe Hart, who recovered from injury, took his place!
Ben Foster, a young player of Manchester United's reserve team, said goodbye due to injury. Paul Robinson, a good man with a good attitude, finally returned to the Three Lions, and David James, a Portsmouth nerve knife who spoke ill of his last time because he lost the election, was completely defeated!
No one complained about the 37-year-old goalkeeper, because the crazy man Li "covered the sky" on the British Isles at this time!
Philips-Navier's re-election exceeded the expectations of the bricklayers. It was thought that the West Ham United defender would never win the favor of the madman Lee after the second fall, but West Ham United's crazy performance in the Premier League gave the all-round defender a chance to perform!
Other than that, there is no change in the defender line!
In the midfield, Owen Hargreaves, who recovered from injury, returned, which directly led to the failure of Manchester United teammate Michael Carrick, who was defeated! Carrick didn't get a one-minute chance to play in the three games before Crazy Li. It seems that Crazy Li doesn't like him!
Tottenham Hotspur's talented winger Aaron Lennon gathered under the command of the madman Lee as he wished!
Newcastle junior James Milner doesn't have many opportunities to perform in the league, but he is still recognized by the madman Lee!
After Liverpool high school striker Pete Crouch was suspended for his comeback, the madman Lee still insisted on recruiting Newcastle's "highman" Ameibi, which was a big surprise!
There is no change in the forward line!
19:00 on October 13th! Overcast!! shaded!!
England faces the brisket team Estonia at Wembley!
After 90 minutes, the score is fixed at 4:0!
Captain David Beckham used his stunt in the 4th minute to kill him with a full moon machete!
Michael Owen went to the meeting with a single knife before the end of the first half, and scored another goal!
England, who replaced young players in the second half, became more and more relaxed. Wayne Rooney and Little Tiger Walcourt scored one goal in the 65th and 79th minutes of the game!
The 4:0 victory also allowed England to avenge the reversal of Estonia in the last round!
... The day after the game, the Three Lions went on an expedition to Moscow and challenged the Russian national team away!
This game is seen as the revenge battle of the Russian national team!
The 1:4 defeat at Wembley Stadium on September 13th was the biggest defeat since the Dutchman Hiddink coached the Russian team. The whole Siberian wilderness hopes that the strong Russian men who drink vodka as milk can rise up and win back a city!
And the pre-match form is also very beneficial to the Russian national team!
England has a temperate oceanic climate. The weather in October is not cold, but after arriving in Moscow, the superstars of the third legion immediately showed discomfort, because the climate here is almost below zero!
Paul Robinson, Gary Neville and other veterans caught a cold after the first training, while the youngman Manzini sprained his ankle in training because of his lack of warm-up and was too active... In addition to the weather, there is also unfavorable news for the England team - the team's core David Beckham and Frank Lampard's accumulated yellow card was suspended!
In the battle on October 17, the Russian national team will face an English team whose strength is greatly reduced due to the lack of major generals!
This is why Russians are full of confidence! ——
Today is more than 10,000 yuan, which is a compensation for yesterday's words! I hope the character of Xiaodao has not dropped in price! ——
Attached is the third phase of the list of Li's Three Lions players (this section is free of charge):
3 goalkeepers - Carson (22 years old, Liverpool, loaned from Aston Villa); Paul Robinson (28 years old, Tottenham Hotspur); Joe Hart (20 years old, Manchester City); 7 defenders - Michelle Mancini (19 years old, Chelsea, loaned to Queens Park Rangers) , Michelle Dawson (23 years old, Tottenham Hotspur), Lescott (24 years old, Everton); John Terry (27 years old, Chelsea); Gary Neville (32 years old, Manchester United); Leo Ferdinand (29 years old, Manchester United), Ashley Cole (27 years old, Chelsea) Philips Ney Will (30 years old, Everton); 11 midfielders - David Beckham (32 years old, Real Madrid), Owen Hargreaves (26 years old, Manchester United); Aaron Lennon (19 years old, Tottenham Hotspur), James Milner (21 years old, Newcastle United), Joe Cole (25 Years old, Chelsea), Gerrard (26 years old, Liverpool), Walcot (17 years old, Arsenal), Ashley Young (22 years old, Aston Villa), Alan Smith (27 years old, Newcastle), Downing (22 years old, Middlesbrough), Frank Lampard (28 years old, Chelsea); former Five strikers - Ameibi (26 years old, Newcastle United), Wayne Rooney (21 years old, Manchester United), Michael Owen (28 years old, Newcastle United), Luke Moore (21 years old, Aston Villa), Abon Laho (20 years old, Aston Villa)
(to be continued)