National Stadium in Warsaw.

England has just finished warming up and all the players are preparing for the appearance.

Wan Sheng returned to the locker room from the press conference and stood in the middle of the room and watched all the players. It was a different feeling than coaching Atletico Madrid.

When coaching Atletico Madrid, most players respect him more than 100. If you say a few words, you can bring fighting spirit and morale to the whole team. The English team is different. Those who respect him more than 100 are all players from the past, and even now, most players are unfamiliar.

Perhaps because of previous games, they trusted their coaching abilities, but if there was any problem, they would still be skeptical about themselves.

Because of this, he had to do more work.

How much confidence can the whole team have to win when facing the German team? Some players show fighting spirit, which is their desire for victory, not real confidence, because England has always had a 'loss tradition' facing other European teams. The team's history brings questions to victory. Perhaps some players are thinking, "It's good to enter the semi-finals, right?"

Wansheng must give the team more confidence, "I have emphasized that there is nothing scary about the German team. I know them. Yes, Ozil, Klose, and Boateng, they are all my players, and I know them very well."

"Now we have to face the game. Do you remember what I said? Everything, which has something to do with each of you, and you have to follow it, and we have a chance to win! Not 100%... I admit this. When a reporter interviewed, I would say, we will win 100%, but how can there be 100% victory in football?"

When facing a number of puzzled eyes, Wan Sheng continued, "But the opportunity is always in our hands, 20, 50, or 100%. It depends on the performance of all of you. As long as everyone works hard and everyone does it seriously, I believe that the chance of victory will become 100%!"

"The competition is about to begin now. I hope to see everyone fighting for '100%', so after the game is over, we can have a carnival. Entering the finals, I think you are like me, can't wait!"

Wan Sheng's words are very inciting.

On the one hand, Wan Sheng is very good at using language skills to inspire the fighting spirit of all players and clearly tell them that ‘opportunities are in their hands’. On the other hand, the talented skill ‘hypocrisy’ also plays a role. His words are very affinity, and his personal charm can also increase the persuasiveness of the words.

Many people were excited to hear it.

They couldn't help but make a comeback and compete with the German team.

Just as Wan Sheng said, "It's so tempting to enter the finals!" The English team has not achieved good results in major competitions for more than ten years. Not to mention the finals of the European Cup, they have never even reached the semi-finals, and have been in the quarterfinals. If the team can enter the finals, no matter whether they can win the championship or not, each of them will become the hero in the hearts of fans.

In the locker room, there is someone who doesn't understand it a little.

That's assistant coach Gary Neville.

Through so many days of cooperation, Gary Neville is very convinced of Wan Sheng's coaching ability, but the tactics designated by Wan Sheng are full of doubts about this game.

When Wan Sheng talked about the tactics against the German team, Gary Neville had absolute objections. He did not think that tactics could defeat Germany, but would give the German team a chance. But Wan Sheng was never a coach who was "good at listening to others". He was very persistent in himself and the tactics he thought could not be changed.

Gary Neville can question, distrust, and not be optimistic, but the team must follow the tactics, because Wan Sheng is the head coach, and Gary Neville is just an assistant coach, nominally the head coach's assistant, and his objections have no effect.

Fortunately, Gary Neville still knows how to do it. After questioning, he still helped the whole team carry out targeted preparation training and guide the players step by step according to Wan Sheng's requirements.

But in my heart, Neville was not optimistic about the game.

The tactics that Gary Neville questioned naturally would not be ordinary playing styles.

Wan Sheng emphasized the 'attack'.

England and Germany play against each other? Doesn’t that mean putting your weaknesses in front of the opponent’s blade?

That's what Gary Neville thought.

When tactical training begins, many players think so too.

But Wansheng's team is not allowed to question. He will not explain the reasons carefully like the players, but just ask them to do as required. Wansheng only said one sentence, "You can't think of it, and your opponent won't think of it!"

In fact, Wan Sheng is also a helpless move.

England's technical strength is limited. When playing against Italy, they must work hard to defend and even prepare for the penalty kick, because Wan Sheng is not sure that the team can break the Italian goal, and they are also worried about whether they can defend the goal.

When facing a strong German team, it is even more fantastic to rely on defense to defend the goal.

There is no team in the world. When facing the German team, I feel that I can definitely defend the goal, because the German team's offensive is too strong. Not only can I win by relying solely on defense, but I cannot win in the end, I may even lose the game by a large score, because the German team is very good at playing games with a downwind, so that this young German team can play smoothly. Everything is really possible.

In Wansheng's opinion, Spain is not as good as Germany.

Spain has weaknesses, such as their ability to confront each other. Players from La Liga origins are slightly weaker in their ability to confront each other. They must be tough in the game against the Spanish team. This is the advantage of the English team, but it is difficult to reflect this advantage on the German team. The German team has excellent skills, strong confrontational ability, and excellent in all aspects. There are almost no obvious weaknesses in playing against such a team. First of all, they cannot be allowed to play in form.

Especially several core players!

Everyone says that the German team attaches importance to the overall situation, and even the stars have to rely on the entire team, but the German team's stars are also very important, such as Ozil... If you want Ozil, Wan Sheng will have a headache, and your players understand it themselves. In terms of ability, Ozil is not weaker than Morris, and his desire to attack is stronger.

If Ozil had excellent performance, can England defend this line of defense?

Therefore, if you want to defeat the German team more likely, you must use unexpected play. Almost everyone in the outside world believes that the English team will continue to use the defensive counterattack strategy, but Wan Sheng plans to play against the German team.

Speaking of efficiency in front of the goal, Wansheng believes that the team is not inferior to Germany.

If it were the former England team... of course, there was no way to start with the scoring efficiency, but after Wan Sheng coached, the two coaching skills of "shooting" and "long-range shooting ability increase" and other skills, as well as the bonus of the player's attribute abilities, greatly improving the team's goal-front efficiency. The current England team's offense is not inferior to the opponent.

The only question is, can the players adapt?

This depends on confidence and fighting spirit, or directly, it is the temporary performance of the players on the field.

Wansheng hopes the team can perform well.

This is really a game where you have little confidence but you have to win!

National Stadium in Warsaw.

The audience had long been filled with deafening noises, and the number of fans of both teams was large. More than 13,000 German fans came to the scene, and the number of English-Alan fans was even greater, reaching more than 15,000. The fans of both sides combined have occupied two-thirds of the stands.

The fans of both teams were shouting wildly against each other.

The fans' confrontation began 20 minutes before the game started, and it felt like, which team would have the advantage to win the game.

Finally, the two teams came on the stage.

When the first player walked out of the player's passage, the hustle and bustle in the audience reached a new height.

This is not the result of the fans of both sides trying to create an atmosphere, but the result of dislike and dissatisfaction with each other and wanting to suppress each other with shouts. However, the number of fans on both sides is similar, so it is not realistic to decide the winner.

At this time, the game commentator began to introduce the lineup of the two teams.

The German team's lineup has not changed much, Ozil is still the core, as the right forward, the young Thomas Mueller is still the strong contender for the European Cup scorer - Gomez.

England's lineup has changed significantly.

England did not adopt the traditional 442 formation, which can be seen from the roster. There are three players in the middle of the midfield - Gerald, Morris and Scott Parker, and the forward only plays one Wayne Rooney.

"The English team has changed their lineup. They seem to have become the same 4231 style of play as the German team. This formation focuses more on offense. The combination of two back midfielders can also make the defense stable..."

Although the game commentator said this, not many people think that England will really attack. In the eyes of many people, that is not realized at all, almost equivalent to giving up the game.

England is never good at attacking.

Just like England's representative giant clubs - Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool, and recently rising Manchester City, they have always been very conservative in the European arena, and it is very common to defend the whole game.

This kind of conservatism has also been brought to the England team, because most of the players come from Premier League giants, and even a few "foreign players", such as Morris, cannot change the overall game style.

It is not realistic for a player to change the entire team.

Wansheng stood on the sidelines.

He watched the ceremony before the opening of the international competition, watched the players stand in place, and started the game.

Wansheng is looking forward to the game, it is a difficult challenge.

Since returning to Europe to coach Atletico Madrid two years ago, he has not encountered any challenges for a long time. With the original strength of Atletico Madrid Club and the joining of stars such as Ozil and Morris, the club has the top strength in Europe. No matter how difficult it is to win against any team.

It's different now.

The English team generally does not have such excellent skills. Compared with the young and outstanding German team in front of them, the England team is much worse.

The game cannot be said to be a weak battle, but there is a great uncertainty in the outcome.

So this is a challenge!

Looking at the game to be held, Wan Sheng couldn't help but recall his experience of leading Derby County to the Premier League, and found the feeling of facing challenges one by one.
Chapter completed!