Chapter 115

Chapter 115

The next day, when he went to the training base on time for training, Endritt bought a newspaper on the way. Not surprisingly, the front-page headline was Lampard's bold words yesterday.

Because of this newspaper, Endrit paid special attention to public opinion after training and found that fans and the English media all praised Lampard: How could anyone not like Endrit? If you don't like it, why don't you reflect on yourself?

After praising the team, the reporters also criticized UEFA, saying that the England team should not be in the fourth pot. They have Endrit in England, so shouldn't he be in the seeded team? Among the four countries in tier one, which team's goalkeeper is as good as ours?

Endrit: ...

As the favored one, Endrit finally understands what it means to be one fan against ten haters. If the English media and fans do this, then outside of England, won't there be a large number of fans and reporters who will develop a rebellious mentality and dislike him?

But it’s not a big problem. He will make money in England. Let Mendes take another advertisement another day. This time, the price must be raised sharply!

The English media is just trying to attract attention and is willing to make a fuss. UEFA is completely innocent. Except for the host Austria, the other three national teams that were put in the same category are all countries that performed well in this European Cup. The remaining three tiers of countries are divided according to their rankings. England barely advanced to the European Cup by defeating Croatia in the last game. How could UEFA put England in the first tier?

The four tiers of teams were divided into four groups in turn based on the principle of mutual avoidance. England was ranked last in Group D, and Portugal was in Group C. Endrit's idea of ​​competing with Ronaldinho again was shattered.

"No, I'm not disappointed at all!" Ronaldinho was so angry on the other end of the phone, "I've never won a game against you! I don't want to meet you in the European Cup at all!"

"You mean you won't play in the finals?"

Ronaldinho was silent for a moment, and spoke a little stutteringly, "You, you, if you say so, we must have a clash on the court."

On June 10, England and Spain played their first group match in Innsbruck, Austria. It started to drizzle before the game began, and when the game started, the rain poured down like crazy.

Before the game started, Crouch wiped his face with his hands and spoke to Endritt in a helpless tone, "It seems that God wants to make up for the rain that I didn't get wet in!"

Endritt reached out and patted Crouch on the shoulder, feeling equally helpless, "Play well, this game will probably be difficult."

Endrit's words came true. The England national team's coordination was not very good to begin with, and now on a rainy day the gap between them and Spain was widened. After the first half of the game, Endrit changed his jersey directly, and the original one looked like it had been fished out of mud.

Coach Capello didn't even dare to look Endrit in the eye in the locker room. He just told him not to compete with the Spanish team in the second half, to guard the goal and not let the opponent score, and then left the locker room.

In the second half, with the defense of his teammates, Endrit was under much less pressure. He successfully guarded the goal until the end of the game and tied with the Spanish team away from home.

After the game, Spanish national team coach Luis angrily told the media that Capello was really lucky. If it weren't for Endrit, the Spanish team would never have been tied at home!

Capello was not modest at all and even said, "I can't help it. I'm just lucky. It's strange. How can Spain produce such a goalkeeper?"

Luis almost threw the microphone directly at Capello's head. The latter returned to the locker room with a smile on his face. As soon as he opened the door and met Endrit's gaze, he pursed his lips guiltily.

How should I put it? The England national team can now play relatively satisfactory cooperation during training matches, which mainly depends on Endrit's call for players. But it was raining heavily during today's game, and as soon as Endrit opened his mouth, the rain poured into his mouth.

It took a lot of effort to shout out, but by the time the sound reached the players' ears, all the flowers had withered.

"Ahem," Capello coughed hard to cover up his embarrassment, "The next few games won't be so difficult. You have to believe in yourself and your teammates."

Endrit continued to stare expressionlessly...

"I'll treat you to a meal?"

"Hamburger and Coke?"

"That won't work!"

Endrit snorted, puffed up his cheeks and tilted his head to one side: This is too much of a loss, he is joining the national team to survive!

On June 15th, in Salzburg, Austria, England played their second group match away to Greece. The weather was very good. Although it was a bit hot, it was a blessing that it didn't rain.

The opponent's strength was comparable to that of the England team without Endrit. Now with Endrit, the England team played well and took the lead by one goal in the first half. In the end, they successfully won the first victory of the group stage by scoring two goals away from home.

"Look," Capello smiled and put his arm around Endrit's shoulders, "We won, didn't we?"

On June 19, England played against Sweden at home. It was drizzling. Even though Endrit almost drank all the rain water, England defeated Sweden 1:0. Since they tied with Spain away from home, they ranked ahead of Spain with the same record and successfully advanced to the next round as the first in Group D.

While England fans were waving flags and cheering, they couldn't help but wonder in their hearts: Why does it seem like Ritt is so tired playing for the national team?

After the group stage, UEFA quickly drew the semi-final rosters, with England facing the Netherlands and Portugal facing Germany.

Ronaldinho's match was on the 20th, and Endrit's match was two days later. The latter did not go to the scene, so he was not able to comfort Ronaldinho in the first time when they lost 2:3 to the German team.

By the time Endrit called, Ronaldinho had already flown back to England overnight.

"No need to comfort me, I'm not a child. Let's go on vacation together after your game is over."

After the call was connected, Xiao Xiao Luo spoke first, and there was no trace of frustration or sadness in his voice. This surprised Endrit, "Are you really okay?"

"What can possibly happen to me?" Xiao Xiao Luo chuckled, "I'm fine, I won't say any more, hang up the phone and have a rest, you have a game the day after tomorrow."

After hanging up the phone, Endrit turned over several times in bed, and finally reached out to pull the system that turned into a white cloud to him and said, "Do you have a function that can check what a person is doing remotely?"

The entire cloud of System 33 was instantly dyed red. "Host, this, this function is not allowed! This is illegal! This is an invasion of privacy..."

"You still have the nerve to say that others are invading your privacy?" Endritt said with a sigh, "If you don't have it, then you're blushing like a bubble teapot."

"Of course not!" The system immediately denied that it had this function. After a moment of silence, it stammered, "Of course, host, if you really want to see it, I can fly over and take a video for you. But you just give me ten points..."

"Shut up, you pervert." Endrit pushed the system aside and said, "I was just saying it casually. Turn off the lights. I'm going to sleep."

The system, which failed to earn points, responded with a wronged sound, flew to the light switch and slammed into it. The room instantly darkened, Endrit closed his eyes, and fell asleep soon.

On the 22nd, in Basel, Switzerland, the England team and the Netherlands team officially started the match. As a seeded team in the first tier, the Netherlands team showed indomitable fighting spirit after the start of the game, and won four corner kicks in less than 30 minutes, but none of them scored.

After the start of the second half, the Netherlands team once again launched a fierce attack on the England team's goal. Endrit's current four defenders were as busy as Endrit in the second half, constantly filling in to block the Netherlands team's shots.

Ninety minutes later, the score was still 0:0. Since a winner had to be chosen in the semi-finals, both teams entered the overtime stage.

Thirty minutes later, the two sides still couldn't decide the winner.

"Penalty shootout!" The commentator's voice suddenly became excited. "This is the first time that Endrit has participated in a penalty shootout since becoming a Chelsea first-team player, and it's on the stage of the European Cup!"

"Can Endrit continue to guard the goal and lead England to victory!"

Under the gaze of everyone present, the penalty shootout officially began. Endrit stood in front of the goal, holding his breath, his heart pounding violently.

"The first ball! The Dutch international... blocked it!"

"England's first goal, Lampard... oops, it didn't go in."

"The Netherlands team's second goal! Ritt took the initiative! The ball was directly taken away by Ritt!"

"England! Gerrard! The angle of this ball is very tricky, can this ball go in? Ah! Just a little bit!!"

"The Netherlands' third goal, a volley? It was a falling leaf shot! Endrit saved the ball!"

"The chance is given to England again. Can they seize it? Crouch...the ball goes in!!! England is temporarily leading the Netherlands 1:0!"

"The pressure is on the Dutch team. Can they get the ball into the goal defended by Ritt? If the Dutch team fails to score, England will win directly!"

The English fans in the stands shouted Endrit's name at the same time. Capello, who was standing on the sidelines, couldn't help but clench his fists and stare at Endrit.

The fourth goal didn’t go in! !

"Yes!" Capello waved his fist excitedly, with the corners of his mouth rising wildly.

"Can England score another goal... No! But England is still leading for now."

"The pressure is on the Dutch team. Can they withstand it? Oh, unfortunately, the ball didn't go in again."

"Let us congratulate England for defeating the Netherlands 1-0 and advancing to the semi-finals!"

"Who will they play against? Germany? Turkey? Spain?"

The commentators began to speculate about the next game, and the England fans at the scene roared the names of Endrit and Crouch, and shouted slogans that England must win.

After the excitement, the English media at the scene could not help but write down tomorrow's front-page headline on paper: The value of the new century goalkeeper Endrit continues to rise - the king of penalty shootouts!

The title was from Quandrit, and the main content of the report by the English media inevitably dragged down other national team players except Crouch. But after the media in other countries reprinted the article that criticized the player, he immediately angrily cursed back: Don't be sour because you can't get Endrit. We can win just by relying on penalty shootouts. What do you losers think of as small spinach?

While the media were busy arguing with foreign media, the fans were silently praying that the national team would be drawn to Türkiye next time. Although the penalty shootout did look exciting, they couldn't stand it if it was too exciting!

But unfortunately, UEFA did not fulfill the wishes of the English media, and England's opponent in the semi-finals is Spain! The two sides will decide the winner on June 27th!

"We won't give England a chance to play a penalty shootout," Spain coach Luis proudly announced before the game, "We will send the ball into the England national team's goal in the first half!"

"The heavy rain completely weakened our strength. The real Spanish team will scare the English team so much that they will go home to their mothers!"

After the game started and the first half was over, the commentator looked at the scoreboard and saw 0:0. He couldn't help but ask, "Why didn't the Spanish team score? Didn't they say they were going to score?"

"Before the game started, I thought Spain would have the upper hand, but in fact the coordination of the English team was not weaker than that of Spain."

"The heavy rain not only weakened the Spanish team, but the English team obviously couldn't play to their strength in the heavy rain. But fortunately, the weather was good today, which is a good thing for them."

In the locker room, Capello helplessly announced to the players that they should try to maintain their physical strength in the second half of the game, assist in defense throughout the game, and no longer take the initiative to attack.

Capello himself didn't want to do that, but what he wanted was results. Given the gap in strength between the England national team and the Spanish team, it would be very difficult for them to win directly on the front battlefield, and they could only drag it to a penalty shootout like in the last game.

Unfortunately, Coach Luis didn't want to drag the game to a penalty shootout, he wanted his players to deal with England in the second half.

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