Chapter 55: Patch together

The journey of the "Youth Guards" this season has come to an end, but for Wang Tiezhu and Jonny Hausen, the two kids, are about to start another journey...European Cup!

In the two friendly matches between England and the Netherlands and Spain, Wang Tiezhu's performance can only be described as "stunning". His existence is crucial to the English team's tactics. His selection in the 23-man roster is a bit natural. It is enough for him to play the role of lubricant to let Lampard and Gerrard play out their strength.

As for Jonny Hausen, this kid is thankful for Wang Tiezhu. He didn't perform well against the Netherlands, but he played an amazing role when he was against Spain. The vitality brought to England's frontcourt by Captain Leeds was attracted by Hodgson.

Amid the praise from the English media, the "Three Lions" began its first voyage after Hodgson took charge!

This time, England's 23-man roster was not surprising. The three goalkeepers were Joe Hart, Robert Green, Scott Carson, and the defenders were Ashley Cole, Terry, Ferdinand, Glen Johnson, Phil Jones, Gary Cahill, Richards, and Leiden Bynes. The midfielder was Wang Tiezhu, Gerald, Lampard, Jonny Hausen, Downing, Ashley Young, Hargreaves, Clevily, and Gareth Barry. The forwards were only three, namely Rooney, Walcott, and Darren Bent.

The English team's lineup is still quite luxurious, and this time Hodgson gave up stars such as Lunon, Jagilka, James Minnel, Carroll, etc. His team-building philosophy is different from Capello. His perspective is not just this European Cup, but the World Cup two years later. At present, Wang Tiezhu, Jonny Hausen, Phil Jones and others in the English team are all the targets he focuses on training. They will not be the protagonists in this European Cup, but Hodgson believes that two years later, there should be people who take the lead among these young people.

When England was training at the St. George's Park training base again, Wang Tiezhu and Jonny Hausen were congratulated by everyone. Previously, the only two of them were from the English team, and now everyone belonged to the Super Team.

"Hi, Shaq, Jonny, congratulations, you're going to start playing in the Super League next season!"

"Haha, Shaq, Jonny, should you two treat you?"

"Shake, Jonny, Leeds United are also qualified to play in the UEFA Cup next season, but you have to perform well!"

"Shake, Jonny, come to Manchester City next season to play football. With the strength of you two, your salary will definitely be several times more than what you earn now!"

"Stop talking! Shaq, Jonny, don't listen to them yelling. Manchester City is just a nouveau riche. If you want to say that your strength should be able to enter the giant team. Our English giant team, Manchester United is definitely the first choice!"

"Stop talking. Manchester United has not won the league championship this season. We Manchester City have the last laugh!"

"Ha, have you forgotten our Blues? Shaq, Jonny, come to our Blues!"

Previously, these people were just greeting the two kids, but then Ferdinand, Johart, Terry and others simply stood up and half-joking and half-seriously poached. On the contrary, Walcott, Bynes, Gerald, Downing and others didn't say anything. They knew their own affairs and simply didn't have the nerve to open their mouths.

"Gunners" Arsenal and "Red Army" Liverpool are also considered giant teams, especially the "Red Army" has a glorious past. But now, although these two teams still have the attractiveness, they are much smaller than Manchester United, Manchester City and Chelsea, because... they have no money!

The Super League champions in recent years are basically Manchester United, Chelsea and Manchester City. It has been eight years since the Gunners won the championship. Among them is Manchester United. Chelsea took turns to be the champion. Only this year's "Blue Moon" used its strong financial resources to smash Manchester United in the last game with its strong financial resources. However, the overall strength shown by Manchester City throughout the season is still worthy of this championship title.

Wang Tiezhu and Jonny Hausen did not take the invitations from these big guys seriously. They just smiled and finished it. Wang Tiezhu was not satisfied with his current strength and had no idea of ​​changing jobs to a wealthy family yet. However, Jonny Hausen is an absolute loyal Leeds United team. His dream is to become a legend in the history of the "Youth Guards". One day, if there is a stand in the Elland Road Stadium named after him, it would be better.

Before the England team officially went to Ukraine, they played two more friendly matches, namely home and Brazil, and away games with Italy. The Brazilian was invited by the FA. The English FA invited the England team to warm up. The new "Three Lions" can draw the Netherlands 1:1 and defeat the Spanish team 5:1. Even if the Spanish team did not play that game seriously, it still shows that the new "Three Lions" has certain strength, so they are also valued by Plandelli.

On May 27, England fought with the visiting Brazil team at its home court. During the 90 minutes of the game, both sides exchanged white papers. After taking the coach from Dunga, Brazilian coach Mano Meneses has been committed to reforming the Brazil team and began to take a pragmatic route. In this game, Brazil's defense was indeed solid. Wang Tiezhu, Rooney, Gerrard, Lampard, Walcott and others joined forces to complete 19 shots, but failed to score a single goal.

When the game was in the fourth minute of stoppage time, the draw after a fierce confrontation was about to appear. The situation on the field suddenly changed. The Brazilian seized the last corner kick off the offensive opportunity of the whole game. The striker of Brazil International team Leandro Damio jumped to the top and broke through Johart's goal... 1:0, this goal made the Brazilian team who played away finally win.

After the game, Wang Tiezhu was a little depressed. Seeing that the two skill points he got turned into one, he felt uncomfortable no matter how he felt, but his teammates' bonus skill points have accumulated to 6 o'clock now, which still has a considerable effect no matter how you say it.

Hodgson didn't say anything about the loss of this game. The old man felt that after the team won the Spanish team 5:1, these kids were praised by the media. It would be a good thing to suffer such a mute loss.

Three days later, on May 30, there was no accident in the game between England and Italy. Both teams played some things they wanted to practice and scored one goal in the first and second half. Lampard scored the first record with a straggling shot in the 23rd minute of the first half, while "Ba Shen" used his barb in the 71st minute to help the Italian team equalize the score.

After this game, England will go to Ukraine. On June 11, after twelve days of rest, they will play the opening match of the 14th European Cup with the host Ukraine team.

Although he was divided into Group A with the host Ukraine, the "Three Lions" really didn't have much pressure. In addition to Ukraine, the opponents in the same group also had Belgium and Portugal. As long as there was no ugly drama that was staged in the 2006 World Cup, it was almost foreseeable that England and Portugal teams joined hands to qualify in the group.

When Wang Tiezhu and Jonny Hausen followed England to start some more relaxed training in Ukraine, they also had time to pay attention to the trends of the "Young Guards" in the transfer market. As a result, the two of them looked at each other.

After winning the FA Cup and the English Champions League championship, Ken Bates did not break his promise. The stingy chairman made a big move this time and gave Simon Grayson a pound at a time to sign 30 million pounds to strengthen the team's strength. Simon Grayson actually has a goal a long time ago, but Leeds United will be the new Premier League this year, and the entire team needs to be rebuilt. Although there are a lot of moves in the transfer market, there are no major signings. During this period, they are also paying close attention to the team. It can be said that it is the most active team in the transfer market recently. Players join almost every day.

Simon Grayson first used £1.8 million to poach the 22-year-old young defender Dawson from West Ham United, then used £1.6 million to poach Ireland international midfielder Glenn Willan from Stoke City, and then immediately bought David Bentley from Birmingham for £1.2 million. After using £4.6 million, he turned around and signed free-standing Bosnia and Herzegovina left-back Sassa.

Including the Red, Whitehead, Ameobi and Leeds United bought in winter, they also bought seven players. The overall appearance of the team is very different from when Wang Tiezhu first joined the first team.

But even so, the English media still expressed concern for Leeds United, believing that Leeds United is a new team in the Super League after all. If you want to succeed in relegation with these people who have been pieced together with the team's original "Three Leeds Musketeers" you want to succeed in relegation.

Simon Grayson still agrees with the media's evaluation. He knows the situation of his team best. He can indeed walk sideways in the English Champions League, but in the Premier League, they are really struggling. It is not easy to successfully relegate in the extremely competitive English Premier League.

Moreover, Simon Grayson himself admitted that Leeds United's signings are not strong enough at the moment, but who has caused him to encounter difficulties now?

Green Snouting, the assistant coach of the "Youth Guards", was poached, but Simon Grayson could not stop it, because it was not a club that poached Green Snouting, but Northern Ireland invited him. No matter how much Simon Grayson wanted to keep people, he could only shut up for his future as a good partner.
Chapter completed!