There are four forward players in Eriksen's roster, namely Wayne Rooney who plays for Manchester United club, Michael Irving of Newcastle United, high center Crouch who plays for Liverpool and young Arsenal player Theo Walcott.

It is normal for Rooney and Irving to be on the World Cup roster, both of them are the core strikers of England.

Crouch has some luck. Although he is loved by head coach Benitez in Liverpool, his actual performance is not as outstanding as the outside world says. Scoring goals alone is a big problem. However, considering that England rarely has outstanding high centers, coupled with the tactical significance of Crouch's appearance, it is understandable that he can enter the roster.

And the young player Walcott, who is only 17 years old, is definitely the biggest lucky one.

Wan Sheng is also talking about Walcott.

In November last year, Walcott was an unknown child, who had just entered Southampton's first team and became their main striker.

In January 2006, Arsenal Football Club spent £5 million to buy Walcott from Southampton. The fee could rise to 12 million depending on the number of appearances.

By February 2006, Walcott had been included in Arsenal's Champions League roster and was on the bench with Real Madrid. Although he was unable to play, this was a great honor for a 17-year-old player.

What happened in just a few months was incredible for the 17-year-old star.

From being a substitute for a Championship team to becoming a member of the Premier League giant Arsenal, the span of this period was too great.

Darren Bent was the leading scorer in Ipswich for three years before entering the Premier League and was brought to Manchester City by Wansheng. It took Walcott only three months from the bench to the Arsenal team.

Now something more surprising is coming.

Walcott was on Erikson's roster. It was hopeful that he would appear in the 2006 World Cup, which was unimaginable for Walcott, who had just celebrated his 17th birthday in March.

Wenger is definitely a great contribution to Walcott's entry into England. It was his strong recommendation that Erikson finally made up his mind.

Although he has not played a Premier League match at Arsenal Walcott, Wenger believes that the young man will become England's secret weapon in the German World Cup.

After Erikson announced the roster, Wenger was interviewed immediately. He believed that Walcott could play the role of a super substitute in the World Cup, and his speed would give him the advantage when he appeared in the second half.

"Obviously, he will sit on the bench as a substitute. If England can't start the game and can't score goals for a long time, he can be sent. Of course, on the one hand, you'll expect him to play too many times, because only this means England will be more smooth."

"However, he is indeed an interesting weapon, because he can play both a winger and a center. He is extremely fast, and if his teammates pass the ball to him, and he is in front of a defender, you can imagine that no one can catch up with him."

After Walcott joined the national team, many media compared him with Rooney.

Wenger couldn't help but talk about this, and he believed that Walcott was not ready to be called "New Rooney".

Rooney made a 16-year-old appearance for Everton in 2002 and ended the 30-game unbeaten record held by Arsenal at the time, while Walcott has not played a Premier League game yet.

Speaking of Walcott and Rooney, Wenger said, "Roone's courage is born. When he appears, he gives you the feeling that 'I'm here to defeat you'. He has the natural instinct of a shooter, and he is also very confident about it. Theo (Walcott) uses more speed when playing football, but he will not be more involved like Rooney when using speed. However, if his speed is high, it will be very fatal."

Wenger next stated that after the test of this World Cup, Walcott will have a stronger personality and a more mature mind.

"I don't think the level of players in the World Cup is different from the players he gets with at Arsenal every day. However, he will take more responsibilities because the media asks for more, the fans ask for more, and they all want to see England win. So, the pressure will be very large for him."

Walcott's selection of course made Wenger happy, because Walcott is an Arsenal player, and Erikson's recruitment of Walcott is equivalent to helping Arsenal train young people.

On the contrary, others are not satisfied.

After the roster was announced, Wan Sheng made a frustration for Darren Bent. "I don't know where he is better than Bent. Bent has many 12 goals in the Premier League, and he is also very young, fast and has excellent skills. I believe he is already a top scorer."

"I also often use Bente as a full-range forward because he is very fast and breaking through on the wing can help the team a lot."

"I don't know what he thinks. A young player who even Arsenal will not send out will catch up with our second scorer? We are now at the top of the league!"

The last sentence is still very powerful!

A team with the second-most goals scored is nothing, but the top spot in the Premier League is different. For example, Chelsea, Lampard scored the most goals, and Drogba, the second scorer, is only the second in the league. Manchester City, as the number one in the league, certainly has more say, so Wan Sheng's words are very powerful.

What's more, Darren Bent's performance is indeed very good, and his goals are only two less than Wayne Rooney. Considering Darren Bent's playing time, it is almost twice as low as Rooney. The value of this goal data is quite high. So what is the confidence of Eriksson to recruit a young player who has not played in the Premier League and instead give up Darren Bent who has performed very well in the league?

Wansheng expressed dissatisfaction with this, and others were also dissatisfied.

If Walcott had not been on the roster, perhaps the dissatisfaction was still a little less. Many people now have something to say, such as Chelsea young player Wright Phillips' adoptive father, super scorer Ian Wright, who once scored 185 goals for Arsenal, would be very dissatisfied because Wright Phillips Jr. did not appear on the roster.

Ian Wright accused Eriksen of destroying England's World Cup dream. He said that Eriksen did this to mislead his children.

"He's leaving after the World Cup, and he's now like a lunatic who's gambling in Las Vegas, a casino."

"Erikson didn't let my son go to the World Cup just because he thought my son was unable to compete in enough games for Chelsea this season, but he called out Walcott, who was only 17 years old. The big boy has never played in a Premier League game. I was so surprised. My son was equally surprised and sad. You can imagine how big a blow it would be for a young man."

Another striker who had a great chance but was not selected was Defoe, who played for Tottenham Hotspur, who was a strong player of Tottenham. Logically speaking, his "coup" for England was higher than Crouchney, only under Michael Irving and Wayne Rooney.

As a result, Defoe became a ‘reserve’ player. This is Eriksen’s original words. “If something happens, I will consider putting Defoe on the roster.

Defoe became a reserve player, and Bent was not even reserve player. This was entirely because the Swedes summoned Arsenal young player Walcott, recommended by Wenger.

Many football celebrities are worried about such a result.

Former England coach Robson believes that bringing wounded soldiers Rooney and Irving is a bit risky, and bringing a 17-year-old young player is a bigger risk.

"I think Defoe has experience in playing national teams and plays well. He should be more suitable to be the first substitute than that young man."

Tottenham Hotspur coach Joel said that although Defoe has been a substitute for a long time this season, his downsight is still surprising. "I can't imagine Defoe can't compete with a young man who has not played in Arsenal."

In short, Walcott's selection attracted almost all the attention of England and became the center of media coverage for a while.

At Manchester City club, many people congratulate Morris and David James on their selection, and comfort the players who were not selected, such as Darren Bent, Ivan Crew, Lescott, Joey Patton and others, but the most regrettable one is Darren Bent, which shows that Wan Sheng has spoken out for him.

Darren Bent was very moved. He actually had some impulsiveness when he chose to join Manchester City. On the one hand, he didn't want to continue to stay in Ipswich because they had not been able to enter the Premier League for several years. On the other hand, Wansheng's reputation for cultivating young people is very famous. Some people compare him with Wenger. At the same time, Manchester City is also a powerful Premier League team, so he directly chose to join Manchester City.

After nearly a season, Darren Bent has become accustomed to here, adapted to the team's environment, and get along well with most teammates.

Darren Bent was very regretful to not be selected for England, but in fact, Darren Bent is a cheerful person and he has not been sad for long because he had only been wandering in front of England's goal before and had never entered the team to participate in any international competition. Therefore, it is not unacceptable to not be selected now.

Now the teammates and coaches are speaking out for themselves, and he feels warm and touched, so he smiles cheerfully and says, "It's okay, I'm still young, I still have a chance next time." But it's a pity that I haven't been able to participate in the World Cup at the age of 22.

Just as Wan Sheng was sorry that his disciples were not selected into the World Cup roster, the team also received good news, that is, Sinclair has recovered from injury, and David Silva's form has also recovered. After Sun Jihai was injured, he returned to the team to start training. The entire team lineup is already complete.

With the full lineup, Manchester City revealed confidence from both sides and the performance in the game was quite tough.

The media has vigorously reported on the English roster, and Manchester City's road to winning the championship is also moving forward.

On April 26, Manchester City visited Villa Park Stadium and won the game steadily with 0:1.

Then three days later, on the 29th, Manchester City played against Fulham at home. The old "farmer" conceded five goals in the first and second half and suffered a painful wing of Manchester Stadium.

After the game, the Fulham players left with a tired look on their faces and lost five goals in a row in one game. The game would be a helpless pain for them.

The three consecutive league wins at the end of the season were very exciting results. The only regret is that their competitor Chelsea also won three games, which means that the points gap between the two teams remains at 4 points. Manchester City did not win the championship two rounds ahead of schedule. They also have to face their next opponent, Arsenal.

This is an important game on Manchester City's road to winning the championship.

If they can defeat Arsenal, Manchester City will be able to win the championship early at home, lose or draw, and they can only wait until the last round of away matches with Blackburn.

But what is certain is that the league champion is getting closer and closer to Manchester City!

With only two rounds left in the league, Manchester City still has 4 points advantage. Although they will play against Arsenal in the next round, the media that said Chelsea has the hope of catching up all shut up because Manchester City only needs to win one of two games to secure the league championship. Even if Chelsea wins two games, it still needs to look at Manchester City's face.

As the Sun analyzed, "Chelsea's hope for winning the championship is slim..."

Very slim...

Everyone understands this way. The Manchester City Government has begun to prepare for the celebration at that time. They are very skilled in doing this because Manchester United often wins the league championship, but Manchester City... is really the first time!

Fortunately, the city government is ‘experienced’, so they only need to replace the Manchester United flag with Manchester City’s, and the Manchester United flag flying around the Municipal Plaza is also replaced with the Manchester City team flag.

Just this small change is enough to make Manchester City fans ecstatic. Usually, whenever the season ends, they can only watch their arch rival Manchester United celebrate, and now it is their turn.

The city of Manchester is going to change the world!

Manchester City Club is also preparing to celebrate.

Because considering that the club is in the city center and is close to the commercial area, the capacity is really limited, and a large number of fans will definitely pour in, so Manchester City club decided to celebrate at Manchester Stadium.

So the arrangement at that time is to go to the Municipal Plaza to shake hands with the municipal officials, and then you can go to Manchester Stadium to celebrate the championship.

The only thing is... Can Manchester City win the championship at Manchester Stadium?

If Manchester City can win the championship at Manchester Stadium, it is definitely the most perfect result. At that time, tens of thousands of fans will be at Manchester Stadium, and they will be able to directly receive the championship trophy and then celebrate the championship freely.

If you can't, you'll feel a little regretful.

So Manchester City, clubs, fans, media, and almost everyone paid close attention to the match between Manchester City and Arsenal. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!