At 1:30 pm, all the players gathered in the head coach's office, and Wan Sheng was going to have a tactical class.

When everyone arrived, they saw Wan Sheng writing and drawing on the tactical board. The players waited for more than ten minutes before Wan Sheng stopped and turned around. Gary Neville reminded, "Wan Sheng, everyone has arrived."

Wan Sheng nodded, looked at everyone, then stretched, pointed to the tactical board and went straight to the topic, "The next is the training class. I want to explain the key training styles for the next few days. Each of you must listen carefully and not miss any sentence. This is very important and it is directly related to your performance in training and in the competition."

"What I want to say is very simple, so I will just say it once. You can choose to listen carefully or not." Wan Sheng said seriously, "But, in my team, there are no big-name stars, no absolute main players. I don't care who you are. As long as you perform poorly in the next training, don't think about playing in the game. Do you understand!"

Everyone made it clear.

Some players disagree, while others have other thoughts, especially those who think they are ‘substitutes’, who hope to play more games.

Now is the opportunity.

If other head coaches coach, no matter how well they train, it will be difficult for them to have much time to play. But the Chinese people in front of them are different. They often do not play according to routines and are very authoritative. They don’t care about any so-called ‘big-name star’ at all. When they first came to the team, even Rooney, Ashley Yang directly scolded them, and it was no wonder that they would not let them play.

As long as you work hard in training and let the coach have a good evaluation of yourself, you may have a lot of playing time, and it is not impossible to become the main force directly.

This only has the benefits, no harm.

Even though he doesn't play much in England, the Chinese in front of him is the head coach of the Champions League champion Atletico Madrid, which shows him his efforts and strength. Maybe he will have the opportunity to join Atletico Madrid in the summer.

There are many people in the team who have similar ideas.

So when Wan Sheng started to explain the tactical strategy, most people listened carefully. Those players who didn't care about it became much more serious when they saw the serious attitude of others.

This is a promotion effect.

Wan Sheng explained the tactics not complicated. It is basically about arranging the position and running of the defensive formation. The focus is on the frontcourt, quickly retreating to defend, where to start interception, etc.

For many players, these are the basic things of tactics.

After that, Wansheng talked about the key point, that is, offense.

The defense of this England team is not a problem at all. The main reason is that they lack offensive ability. The lack of offensive ability makes it difficult for them to break through their opponent's goal.

In terms of offense, Wan Sheng emphasized the key point of cooperation between the wing and the middle lane.

Wan Sheng has watched the game video of England before. Many times they hit the ball to the bottom line on the wing, but they cannot accurately pass the ball to the penalty area or the middle, and they cannot pose a threat to their opponents at all.

This is the big problem.

Whenever a wing player is brought to the position to pass, he also needs to look up at his teammate's position.

This kind of coordination is too 'primitive'.

Wan Sheng is completely unswerving in his "sarcastic" of England's original style of play, which makes many players feel dissatisfied, but they must admit in their hearts that the Chinese in front of them are indeed qualified to criticize the team's original style of play. Not to mention that compared to Atletico Madrid, even some clubs in England are far behind.

In fact, many players believe that the "primitive" tactics of the English team are mainly because the national team's training time is too short and they cannot be familiar with complex tactics. However, Wan Sheng believes that it is a problem of players' habits. Otherwise, why is the Spanish team's cooperation so smooth? It will not work for the English team? The Spanish team's overall training time is not much more than that of the English team.

Many players on the team grew up in the English youth training environment. They pay more attention to personal physical confrontation rather than ‘glamorous’ foot skills, so they have rigid thinking in coordination. Some players have good technical abilities, but some players are very famous and have a single technical ability and are completely unable to adapt to diverse tactics.

This is why the outside world says that "England's skills are rough".

Wan Sheng had no intention of changing the overall style, which was like turning the Chinese team into a world-class team. It was a huge project based on years. All he needed to do was add some basic running and passing routines to at least make the offensive cooperation smoother.

England has officially entered close preparations.

The week-long preparation time was not too long, and it was even very short.

Wansheng has stricter requirements for preparation training, and all training is closed and no interviews are allowed.

Neither a reporter nor a fan could enter the Wembley Stadium.

Wan Sheng also asked everyone not to accept interviews, and at the same time, the training content was kept confidential, and he needed to let the team appear in the European Cup in a mysterious manner.

After the FA reported that Wan Sheng coached England, the outside media would definitely speculate whether England would change its style or change its tactics appropriately.

The media will conduct a series of analysis.

If England opens up training to the outside world and tells the team's preparations to the opponent, it will not benefit the England team at all. On the contrary, the opponent knows nothing about England and has no way to prepare targetedly, which is the most beneficial to the team.

During the close preparation training, a week passed quickly.

Under Wan Sheng's personal supervision, no player dared to be lazy, and they all completed their own training.

Wansheng is quite satisfied with the training effect.

That night, the FA held a press conference, and Wan Sheng and the players reappeared in the public eye. This press conference was like a oath before the battle, with the whole team shouting slogans to express their confidence.

As the head coach of England, Wan Sheng was interviewed by many reporters, but he kept silent about training preparations. When the reporter asked, he just said, "I know what you want to ask, basically, what the team has trained in a week, what I have brought to the team, etc. I won't say these things, because I've said it here, and our opponents know it. This needs to be kept confidential."

"For the European Cup, I can only say that the whole team is very confident and you can start looking forward to the team's performance."

Many players have also accepted interviews from reporters, but Wan Sheng had previously advised not to say the training content, or even not to mention a word, so media reporters cannot interview anything useful, but many reporters have seen the confidence of the players.

Every player had a relaxed smile on his face, which made the entire team full of confidence.

The media did not report any useful confidence that night. In the reports of the British media, they generally saw some blessings, because there was no confirmation, and they even said blessings.

No matter how uncomfortable the British media is, it will be like what will happen before the European Cup. Everything must be based on the maximum possibility of ensuring victory.

On June 7, all England took a plane to Warsaw, Poland.

The Polish capital Warsaw hosted the opening ceremony of the European Cup.

After arriving in Warsaw, on the evening of the next day, all the team members took a bus to the National Stadium, and the opening ceremony was held at the National Stadium.

According to the itinerary, after all the English teams attend the opening ceremony, they will watch the half-match in the audience, and then everyone will fly to Donbass, Ukraine.

The first game of England will be held at the Donbass Stadium in Donbasque, Ukraine.

After the England team arrived in Warsaw, the capital of Poland, the number of casual journalists increased. They would follow the England team all the way and conduct interviews with the team.

Most of them are British media, as well as some Chinese media and other national and regional media.

The British media must be very concerned about the English team's European Cup journey, and the Chinese media is second. There are many fans of the English team in China, while the Chinese media is more concerned about Wan Sheng. Wan Sheng coaches the England team, so the Chinese media will also look at the England team differently.

The European Cup has a relatively large influence in China. Many Chinese fans do not even care about the Asian Cup and will also watch live broadcasts of important European Cup games, because the European Cup is a very top event, not even much worse than the World Cup, and it is also very entertaining.

After Wan Sheng coached England, England also had many Chinese supporters.

After the entire England team checked in the hotel, many national media came to interview.

They all care about the preparations for England.

England was originally a strong team. After Wan Sheng took over the team, its attention increased a lot. What is very interesting is that after the FA announced Wan Sheng to coach, even the bookmaker adjusted the odds of England's championship.

For example, the influential William Hill Company in Europe, they have issued fixed odds for various national teams.

Among them, the Spanish team has the lowest odds to win the championship. In recent years, the Spanish team has risen strongly and won the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. After two years, they are naturally the most favored teams.

The Spanish team's odds are only 3.75.

The second place is the German team. The German team is known for its rigorous football and has always been the world's top team. Their odds are 4.00; the third place is the Netherlands. As the runner-up of the South African World Cup, the odds are only 7.50.

England and France ranked fourth, with both odds of winning the championship of 11.00.

This is the odds in early May.

When the FA held a press conference and announced that Wan Sheng led the team to participate in the European Cup, the odds of England's championship were immediately lowered. In just a few days, the odds were lowered to 7.60, leaving France far behind, and was already very close to the odds of the Dutch team's championship.

On the night before the opening of the European Cup, England held a press conference. Wan Sheng announced confidently in front of hundreds of reporters, "The only goal of England's team is the champion!"

Many media reporters disagree because the head coach of a strong team will say so before the competition.

But the odds of winning directly affected the English team's championship odds. Within an hour, the value was lowered to 6.90, surpassing the Netherlands and only behind Spain and Germany.

European media including World Sports, Kickers, and French Football all sighed, "This is Wansheng's influence!"

They don’t know how much the training has improved in half a month, nor do they know what the current team is like, because the England team has not arranged even a warm-up match so far, and there is no way to estimate it without comparison. However, they are still confident in the team’s strength because they can feel some improvements in individuals and teams.

In the eyes of many so-called 'football professionals', England is still not a favorite to win the championship. They believe that the odds of the bookmakers are hyped. One important reason is that the odds data are determined based on the betting situation of the 'gamblers'. In order to control losses, the bookmakers will lower the odds according to the betting situation. "Because Wan Sheng is very influential, when he led England, many 'gamblers' bets on the England team..."

This is the explanation of the 'football professional'.

Some major media reviewed the results of England's international competitions and expressed their views on the prospects of England. England once won the World Cup in 1966, but never reached the top in the European Cup.

Since 1990, England has changed many "big-name coaches", but even Capello has not made the England team really improve.

Is it okay to win?

impossible!

In the eyes of "football professionals", the biggest favorites in the European Cup are still Spain, Germany and the Netherlands, and England are only "sub-popular" rather than the popular championship teams on the front line.

Many people even think, "Not to mention winning the championship, the England team is a problem."

This is related to the grouping of England.

There are sixteen teams in the European Cup, and the England team is in Group D. The other three teams are host Ukraine, old-fashioned strong team France and Sweden, known as the English nemesis.

"Now many people are saying that the head coach of England is Wan Sheng. In recent years, the name Wan Sheng has always been linked to the championship, so everyone is talking about whether England can win the championship."

Former England coach Erikson said, "I also hope England can win the championship, but England's primary goal should be to qualify in the group, not talk about the championship."

Capello, who resigned three months ago, also expressed his opinion.

"It's difficult for this English team to win the championship. Wan Sheng is a capable head coach, but he has led the team for too short, only less than ten days. It's hard to imagine what he can do in such a short time. England should not set the goal of winning the championship. The top priority is to strive to qualify in the group..."

Faced with the doubts from many of the "seniors", Wan Sheng just sneered and said, "Some people always think of others as they think. Of course, they have the right to express their opinions, but now, I am the head coach of England."

Perhaps because Wan Sheng’s tone was not very friendly, there was another overwhelming criticism. (To be continued...)
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