Godfather Of Champions

Lagerback thought Dunn replaced George Wood for defense, and it didn't take long before he realized that he was wrong.

After breaking Ibrahimovic's ball, George Wood did not simply pass the football, but rushed forward with the ball himself. Ibrahimovic grabbed the ball from behind and pushed Wood, but instead of pushing Wood down, he helped Wood get rid of his entanglement.

Wood suddenly dribbled the ball and disrupted the Swedish team's defensive plan. They didn't expect Wood to come up not defensively, but offensively.

Wood finally passed the football to Chris Cohen when facing the defense of two Swedish players, and he completed a shot.

In the next game, the Swedish team found that they could not go all out to score goals, because after George Wood came on the field, England's midfield was more aggressive and disturbed the Swedes.

Just like the game against the German team, Wood's performance does not show that he is a "wounded soldier" with an unhealed foot injury.

Efforts to run, strong defense, stable mental state. Organizing the midfield in an orderly manner makes the English fans feel at ease. This is the change that George Wood brought to people after he played.

At this time, no one thought about the silly things like "We haven't beaten Sweden in forty-eight years."

The England team told them with actual performance that such worries are unnecessary.

In the scene, England has an overall advantage, even if the Swedish team changed to frequent high **** and used long passes to attack the English defense line, the central defender composed of John Terry and Stephen Taylor seemed very calm, plus Joe Hart, with a height of 1.96 meters, expanded his control and made many passes to get him early. The Swedish striker Goytang, who is also 1.96 meters tall, did not get any good chances in front of the goal.

Time flies quickly, no matter how Lagerbeck adjusts, the Swedish team has nothing to do with England's dense defense. As the game progressed, it was not the English players that became more and more impatient, but the Swedish players. After all, they are now two goals behind.

Something like "We haven't lost to England in forty-eight years!" There is no way to comfort their irritated hearts. Seeing that the game time is running out, they are still two goals behind. Let's look at the solid defense of the England team. At this time, I am afraid that even if God, his old man, comes to the Swedish team as the twelfth person, it will not work.

The more the Swedish team plays, the more impatient they are, and the quality of their offense is getting lower and lower. Ragbeck could not sit still, shouting desperately from the sidelines to keep the players calm. But the more he roared, the more panic the players became, which became a vicious circle.

This England was completely unaffected by fate, which surprised Ragbeck. Their psychological quality is so excellent that it greatly exceeded Ragbeck's expectations. You must know that the mental quality of the previous England team could be the lowest in the whole of Europe...

It was the nasty man who changed all this.

Lagerback looked to the next door. The head coach of England is sitting on the coach's bench at this moment, with his legs up.

It's really gritted his teeth to look at him in such a well-groomed look.

"The game enters injury time. Three minutes of injury time! It seems that the Swedish team is hopeless!" John Mortensen said excitedly, "It is only three minutes before we broke this damned fate!"

Facing the last madness of the Swedish team, the England team shrank in the penalty area and defended these three minutes. When the Swedish team got a corner kick in the second minute of stoppage time, their goalkeeper Isaacson rushed forward. But what use is this? Even if they scored one goal, they were still one goal behind, and they couldn't change the result at all.

England fans have already sang and cheered in the stands, and they can finally get rid of the nightmare that has been pressing on their hearts for 48 years.

The Swedish team's corner kick did not pose any threat to England's goal. The unbalanced Swedes directly kicked the corner kick out of the baseline. Joe Hart placed the football slowly, and when he kicked the goal kick with his big foot, he heard the final whistle!

"The game is over! The game is over! We have defeated Sweden! We have defeated Sweden for the first time in 48 years!" Mortensen shouted excitedly. In his opinion, it is even more exciting for him to break into the quarterfinals without ending his fate. "Tony Dunn's team defeated fate! This **** fate is finally over!"

The Swedish commentator looked a little frustrated: "Our team England's forty-eight years of psychological advantage has just vanished..."

As soon as the three-win whistle was over, England's substitute players rushed onto the court to celebrate their victory.

Tony Dunn didn't do this. This time he didn't forget to shake hands with the opposing coach.

Lagerback looked a little frustrated. He gently shook his head and completed the handshake procedure. Without stopping, he went straight to the tunnel entrance. Dunn was surrounded by reporters. As a winner, he deserved more attention.

"I have nothing to say, I am very happy to be able to advance to the quarterfinals. I said that our goal is to be champions. Now we are on the right path. We have not beaten Sweden for forty-eight years?" Dunn laughed, "That's because For the first forty-eight years, I did not coach England."

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While Dunn was still being interviewed by the media, the team doctor, Mr. Derek White rushed to the court and went straight to George Wood, and asked with concern: "How does your right big toe feel?"

Wood pushed **** his toes and said to White, "There is no problem."

Mr. White breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good." According to his observations off the court, Wood can handle the 30 minutes more easily than the German team's 15 minutes. It seems that his foot injury has almost recovered.

In this way, he should be able to meet Dunn's requirements in the next game and start the game.

Thinking of this, White only felt that he was finally going to be free...

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England defeated Sweden, ended the 48-year fate of overcoming Sweden, and advanced to the quarterfinals. This made the English fans extremely excited. After the game, the English fans were partying all night and drinking all night. The beer in the entire Seville bar is "looted". Of course, if someone is drunk, there will be conflict. This night, the police in Seville had a headache.

These things have nothing to do with Dunn. He and White met in the hotel in the evening and confirmed that Wood's injury was recovering well. The starting game of the next game should not be a problem. This made him very happy.

Although there is no George Wood, Dunn led the team to lead Germany and Sweden. But if you need to win a championship, then George Wood is essential. Paying attention to Wood does not mean that Dunn is incapable. Any coach must have a player he prefers. There is no way to lead the team to victory with the head coach alone. He needs to be able to support him on the court. Players. Jacques, who led the French team to the first world championship, has Zidane. Look at the two games where Zidane was suspended. How painful it was for the French team to win, then look at the team that suppressed the Brazilian team in the final. There is no chance for France, this is the difference between Zidane without Zidane and Zidane. Zidane became a hero of France, but no one said that Jacques was incapable.

Meritorious coaches and meritorious players are always a natural pair, and they become legends together. If Dunn wants to write his legend in this European Cup, he cannot do without George Wood's help.

The next night England's quarter-final opponent was released-the French team. They eliminated the Dutch team 2-0 in the eighth-finals.

Starting from the “death group”, England’s opponents were always strong teams. The only weakest player was Wales, and England lost the game. It's strange to say that the results against the strong team England are very good. Now even if it is facing France, Dunn doesn't have much to worry about.

The English media is a little worried. Dunn has said in public that his goal is the championship more than once. This is a good thing, but let’s look at the opponents on the way to England: "Europe’s Brazil" Portugal, England’s only loser Wales, Germany, and Sweden, which have not won in 48 years, are now the French team representing the European Latin faction... What other strong teams are waiting for them in the future?

If England can beat France to enter the semifinals, they will most likely face host Spain. What about England's opponents? The most comfortable team in the second half is Italy. They have hardly encountered any strong players. Welsh, who entered the top sixteen, has a high morale, but eventually fell under the feet of Italy. Teams like Greece and Croatia can basically not pose any threat to Italy. As long as the Italians are careful to deal with it, reaching the finals should not be a problem.

Of course, the English people now hope that Greece and Croatia will be upset, and Italy will be eliminated, so that the biggest threat to England's victory will no longer exist. Unfortunately, this may be too low. Italy has always been stable. It is the kind of team that can't lose when encountering a weak team, but it will stumble when encountering a strong team...

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There is a five-day break between the eighth-finals and the quarter-finals. Dunn gave the team a day off on the second day of the game against Sweden. It seems that he doesn't seem to worry about the French team, and he has the leisure to let the players go shopping.

In fact, he had already flown to Barcelona with his assistant Des Walker and watched the match between the French team and the Dutch team in the stands at the Camp Nou.

The top scorer of the French team, Benzema, was the best player of the game. He arranged all the French team's goals in the game, scored twice, and beat the Dutch team to a temper.

The French midfielder Gurcuff also performed well in this game, once directly assisting Benzema to score, and also instigated a second goal.

There is also the new generation of France’s goalkeeper Lorice. The Dutch team is not without a chance in this game, but in the end Lorice’s wonderful save was resolved.

Today's French team is full of geniuses and strength, which should not be underestimated. This group of French players are basically the best in Europe in previous years: Benzema, Ngego, Nasri, Gourcuff, Ben Alpha, Clichy, Lars Die Yarra, Sarnia...

Seeing their wonderful performance in the match against the Dutch team, Dunn frowned.

"This French team is very strong, no wonder they were considered the favorites before the start of the game." Walker arranged his camera equipment while expressing his views on the game.

"We are also favorites to win." Dunn said calmly.

Walker looked at him with joy.

"Let's go, Desi." Dunn ignored him, stood up, walked down with his hands in his pockets. The two were mixed in the crowd, left the stadium, and returned to Seville overnight.

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When Walker got up in the morning and knocked on Dunn's door and told him to go down for breakfast, he found Dunn was sitting in front of the TV, staring at the screen without blinking. He leaned over and found that it was the video of the game he had recorded yesterday.

"Are you watching all night?" He was taken aback.

"How is it possible?" Dunn turned his head and glanced at him. "It didn't take long for me to get up." After speaking, he turned his head back and watched the game on the TV screen.

"The French team played really well..." Des Walker murmured, who was also watching. "The offensive routines are very rich, the methods are also very diverse, and there are players with excellent personal skills. In terms of genius, there are too many more than us... Such a team is not easy to deal with."

Dunn shrugged: "It's just a bunch of flowers in the greenhouse."

Hearing him say this, Walker suddenly smiled: "Have you found a way to deal with them?"

Dunn shook his head: "Not yet."

He stood up. "Let's go and have breakfast. I'm hungry."

Walker made a face at him behind his back and walked out.

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"Our team is full of talent! Winning England is no problem!"

The French media generally share this view. Just defeated the strong team Holland, so that the French are full of confidence.

Even Benzema said in an interview that he believes that the French team will defeat England. This is not a problem.

As the top scorer in this competition so far, his words have been recognized by many people.

For a while, optimism in France prevailed. Everyone felt that the French team had already reached the finals ahead of schedule, and then continued to "blame" with Italy, to avenge the 2006 World Cup finals. As for England and the opponents in the semifinals, they are all ignored.

But at this time someone came out to splash their cold water.

Benzema's former teammate in Real Madrid and the retired former Nottingham Forest star Ribery appeared in the media. He was worried about the optimism of the French team.

"...I think it is not a wise thing to consider the final now. If the French team despise the England team, it will definitely suffer. I don't doubt it at all. The reason is simple. Their head coach is Tony Dunn. He just led the team to defeat the world feud Germany, ending the 48-year record of invincibility against Sweden. This shows that the England team is now a terrible team... I have played for Nottingham Forest for many years, and I know how Tony Dunn is. Such a coach. Anyone who underestimates him or despises him will end up very unlucky..."

It's a pity that his voice was quickly drowned in the optimistic speech of the people. For a retired star, who cares what he said? (To be continued, if you want to know what's going on, please visit www.qidian.com, there are more chapters, authors are supported, and genuine reading is supported!)

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