Chapter 246 Friendly Match
After the match between Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid, Real Madrid has now firmly secured third place in the La Liga ranking. The La Liga match has entered its final stages, but who will be the next opponent depends on the remaining two teams, Barcelona and Sevilla.
However, Real Madrid's coaching staff have made predictions, and they feel that the next opponent will definitely be their old rival, Barcelona. Now there is no point in their speculation, as it will all happen next week.
However, they cannot rest during this period and have to be busy as La Liga is coming to an end and the top four of the Champions League are almost determined.
After the last match against Bayern, Real Madrid quickly entered the battle for the top 6 of the Champions League, and their next opponent is Napoli in Serie A.
Napoli is a big club. After Juventus, Inter Milan and AC Milan, it has the largest number of fans in Italy. Napoli certainly has its own strength to achieve this.
His forward Mertens, midfielder Hamsik, and defender Koulibaly were all included in the best team of Serie A last year. So it is impossible to say that such a team has no skills or that Real Madrid is taking it lightly.
However, Eggsy has been training in the indoor stadium recently, and all his teammates are a little weird. If Eggsy was taken to the indoor training ground by Zidane to confuse Atletico, but now their game with Atletico is over... What's going on? Is the kid addicted to hiding?
But everyone knows that Zidane will never do anything useless, but if it is not a tactical issue... then is Eggsy being given special treatment by Zidane?
Marcelo is the most curious guy in the Real Madrid team. He couldn't hold back these little secrets, so he wanted to ask Modric during dinner. As for why he didn't ask Eggsy, it was because Eggsy's training time was different from theirs, and it seemed that, probably, maybe, they wouldn't run into each other.
But Marcelo was soon disappointed. After Marcelo showed his kindness and gave Modric a big box of strawberries, Modric reluctantly opened his mouth.
"I don't know either."
"What?" Marcelo raised his eyebrows in surprise. At this moment, his afro seemed to be even more explosive, stretched out by great doubts.
"I said," Modric picked up a piece of strawberry and stuffed it into his mouth, then continued, "I said I don't know."
This time it wasn't just Marcelo, Ramos and Kroos were also stunned, they came over to look at Modric, and asked in surprise: "You are Eggsy's master, and you don't know?"
Modric stuffed another strawberry into his mouth nonchalantly, then blinked at his worried teammates and said, "I'm just one of his teachers. It doesn't mean that Eggsy won't go back to learn other things. Of course, I don't know what Zidane taught him."
At this point, Modric spread his hands and looked at all his curious teammates: "That's why I said I don't know."
The teammates retracted their curious gazes one by one, and suddenly felt a little bored. They looked at the food on their plates and said with a bit of complaint: "I'm almost turning into a rabbit if I eat this every day."
"Hmm," Modric took a look and said in a strange tone, "Hey? Didn't you eat it all the time before?"
As soon as the words came out of his mouth, Modric suddenly realized. These guys were not angry because they had eaten a physical meal, but they were just a stupid father who was making trouble because his son had passed away.
Modric raised his eyebrows. Although he missed Eggsy a little, after all, he hadn't practiced with Eggsy for a long time, and he really missed him a little.
And is Eggsy really in Real Madrid now?
Of course not, he was on the plane. On the plane from Real Madrid to London, the England national team was about to play a friendly match with the French team, which was also a test of the waters in advance.
Eggsy may not have realized the truth at first, but Sir Alex Ferguson called him in the end. In fact, Sir Alex Ferguson really had a lot of troubles. The Three Cats Army had caused three head coaches to be fired before, and the situation was already shaky when it was handed over to him.
Now, that bunch of pedantic bureaucrats actually want him to lead the team and play against the French team to create a good impression on the people, so that they will forget that they had changed three coaches before, all of whom were involved in corruption.
But this really made it difficult for Sir Alex Ferguson. He even wanted to catch those bureaucrats and pry open their heads to see if they were all fake hair baboons?! Didn’t these baboons think that if they lost, their situation would be even more difficult! ?
Of course Sir Alex Ferguson had tried to persuade them, but these fake-hair baboons insisted on having this match, which made Sir Alex Ferguson so angry that he almost took out his umbrella to beat them up!
But for the sake of his own health, Sir Ferguson could only hold his breath. However, these bureaucrats were really not quiet people. They even set a condition for this friendly match: a draw is allowed, but a loss is absolutely not allowed.
Ferguson was so angry at the time that he said he would never coach the national team again, and even if God came down to coach him, it would be useless!
But now it is obviously not possible to give up, Sir Alex Ferguson swallowed a mouthful of blood and had to play. But the situation does not allow him to become the fourth head coach to give up, so he might as well use the energy to think about how to draw with France.
So Sir Alex Ferguson... He and his coaching staff have worked through many nights and held many meetings to come up with a tactical plan. And the core of this tactic is Eggsy.
Okay, the pressure is now on Eggsy.
Eggsy is under a lot of pressure, he is only 17! He has only played in the Premier League for one year, although the Leicester City legend has indeed made him famous in the Premier League, and he also entered Real Madrid because of his outstanding performance. But...
Are there any Premier League players who still buy into his ideas?
Apart from Vardy, there aren't many people that Eggsy is familiar with in the country. It's impossible for him to pass the ball to only Vardy in this team, and don't forget that Ferguson once said: Let Eggsy be the core of the England team.
This is the second thing that makes Eggsy feel quite pressured. Vardy has often explained to Eggsy the various forces within the team, such as the immigrant team, the bureaucratic team, and the chaebol team. None of them can be relied upon by him and Vardy, so the two of them have formed a team.
Well, it’s probably the cute friends team~
Eggsy thought about it for a long time and finally gave up. He planned to just rely on Ferguson. He would do whatever the Jazz said and didn't want to get involved in any trouble. But now he had no choice.
As soon as Eggsy's plane arrived at the airport, Vardy drove over to borrow his car. But Eggsy didn't expect that there was another person in the car. Of course, this person was not a stranger, but Rashford.
He sat in the passenger seat and saw Eggsy and actually waved and said hello. Although Eggsy knew Rashford, he didn't communicate with him much. But now, why does it feel like... Vardy is quite familiar with him?
Rashford also smiled at this time, probably seeing Eggsy's doubts, and then said directly: "Vardy's car is too small. Lingard, Ashley and Jones also wanted to come, but there was really no room."
Rashford's words were not in vain. Eggsy sensed something keenly. He thought about these names that he had heard of but was not very familiar with. Soon he discovered one thing: these people were all from Manchester United!
Speaking of Manchester United, Eggsy's mind immediately turned. Sir Alex Ferguson is Manchester United's living signboard and the pillar that supports the sky. Even though Manchester United is no longer under his control, Manchester United's players are still willing to listen to the words of the old Manchester United coach.
In such a difficult situation, having an ally is a great help. Eggsy welcomed them with a smile. At least they can still have hope for the friendly match in Paris tomorrow.
The French team... they are the Gallic roosters. Although they surrendered quickly, they are still a strong football team. There was a saying in the football circle that England, the three-cat army, has never been able to beat their historical rival Germany.
The German team has always been strong in team battles, and their core strength is very high, so when they gather together as a group, their strength is definitely not as simple as 1+1.
But despite being so strong, 4-star Germany also has its own strong enemy, that is the French team.
The French team's tactics have always been a technical show, and they often have good midfielders, including Zidane.
Among them, the 4-star Germany has always been a strong team, but facing the seemingly unruly French team, it has always been a little uncomfortable. Facing the rigid style of play of the German team, the French team always had a way to break it, making the German team look a little emo.
France is now their friendly opponent, and the British team is very excited because they know that the World Cup is related to their personal honors and their salary in their respective clubs.
Every player who can make a name for himself in the World Cup has proven his worth in the World Cup. No matter how weak your national team is, whether you can win a ticket for your country is a reflection of your ability.
Although England has been weak for a long time, it is only compared with those strong teams. Compared with some other countries, England still has some skills. Otherwise, they would not have been able to bring back so many reporters and media in the friendly match with the French team in Paris.
Moreover, as soon as they arrived in Paris, Ferguson held a tactical meeting with them in the hotel. When Eggsy saw the tactical meeting, it really made him feel like he was back in England.
How should I put it…
The English team's playing style has always been different from that of La Liga, essentially, there is no La Liga, they are meticulous and technical in Serie A. The English team plays more straightforwardly, often passing and rushing to get the big ball directly, which is their main tactic.
But you have to admit that England's brutal style of play is sometimes effective. It just depends on how the French team handles it.
So the game started on the second night in Paris. I don’t know if it was because of Eggsy, but the French team did not hide their cards this time.
Forwards: Griezmann, Dembele, Mbappe.
Midfield: Pogba, Matuidi, Kante, Tolisso.
Defenders: Varane, Umtiti, Sidibe, Hernandez.
Goalkeeper, Lori.
Moreover, France's tactics this time are still 4-2-3-1, which is a French team with 4 forwards in the starting lineup and focuses on attacking, showing that they are serious about it.
Of course, this choice is not to defeat England, but the French team is also testing. Because the overall lineup of England is built around Eggsy, as Sir Alex Ferguson said, the French team is naturally afraid that Ferguson has really built a powerful one.
If they fail in the friendly match, the pressure will be transferred to the French team, which is clearly a gamble.
Since they were going to gamble, they might as well do it straightforwardly and efficiently, so they tacitly released their main lineups, and it seemed that none of them were willing to take on this huge pressure.
When Eggsy saw that his number was still 13, he smiled and said, "I'm familiar with this one~"
After saying that, Eggsy put on his jersey and went on the court with his new teammates.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the friendly match between France and England in this year's World Cup has begun!" The host of this game had a really heavy accent, and the euphemisms of the French language really confused many fans who came with Eggsy.
But none of this matters, because what matters is: the game has begun!
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