Chapter 287 Group Stage: England VS Belgium (I)
Eggsy's interview suddenly became a sensation, and many people even asked Eggsy to share his recipes through the Internet. Of course, Eggsy didn't care about it at all, as he went to the club to participate in the La Liga. In the end, the task of writing the recipe was given to Migliaccio.
Migliaccio: You are a person who is not good at cooking. You actually let someone who can't even cook write the recipe? It's a headache~
In addition to Miliaccio, Real Madrid has also had a headache recently. Because most of the first-line players were withdrawn from the World Cup, the second-line players have been replaced, but some main players are still needed. For example, three top midfielders have left at once, and Kroos has also returned to training for the German team's group match.
Moreover, England's opponent in the group stage this time is Tunisia, and Sir Alex Ferguson intends to let Eggsy play his cards right, so he specially trained a second lineup to play. This will also let those British media who talk nonsense see that they can still win without Eggsy.
However, the next opponent is Belgium, which has always been a strong team and is not easy to deal with. Eggsy must come back. Then, strangely, Zidane called Eggsy over before the game and stuffed the captain's armband in his hand!
Eggsy: ???……!!!
Zidane looked at the way Eggsy looked at him with wide eyes and immediately clicked his tongue.
"Now look, apart from the goalkeeper, how many people are there in the starting lineup on the field?"
After hearing what was said, Eggsy looked back and said nothing. Then he silently put on the captain's armband and began to act as the temporary captain.
Anyway, the exclusive interview with Eggsy just exposed him, and now he is on the field with the captain's armband, and immediately a Spanish reporter wrote: Genius! Real Madrid's youngest captain - Eggsy!
Although a lot of the content was not what was written in the report, but when the picture accompanying the news report really showed Eggsy wearing the captain's armband and pointing at something and talking to other teammates, many people still felt that Eggsy had the dignity of a captain.
It's no wonder that Eggsy's popularity is so high, but his reputation is naturally rising. However, Eggsy doesn't have time to deal with this matter now. As soon as the La Liga game ended, he returned to London without stopping.
Of course it is not to make up for anything, but England did well this time and won the game against Tunisia. Now there are only England, Belgium and Croatia left in Group G.
To be honest, Eggsy didn't want to play against Momo just because they qualified. He got a headache just thinking about playing against Momo on the court. So considering the above factors, Eggsy decided to take ruthless action against Belgium.
It is easy for Western Europe to produce stars. Just the midfielder Kevin De Bruyne, the goalkeeper Courtois, and the left winger Hazard are enough to make Eggsy feel his whole body tense.
This kind of offensive and defensive system is really difficult to play. Even if he just wants to compete with De Bruyne for the midfield ball, it will probably make Eggsy very worried.
Not to mention that Belgium's defense and forwards are not vegetarians. With Romelu Lukaku as the power forward and Thomas Meunier as the right back, it's really like having wolves in front and tigers behind. Eggsy can only worry about it in the middle.
But Eggsy's headache was relatively mild, compared to Sir Alex Ferguson, who probably doubted his life. He even told Eggsy before he got on the plane that the first thing Eggsy should do when he arrived in the UK was to come to his house.
"Come with me and study the lineup and tactics."
That's what Sir Alex Ferguson said at the time. Eggsy was stunned when he heard it, thinking, isn't he a player? Why does he have to do the work of the coaching staff?
But since Sir Alex Ferguson said so, Eggsy would not reject Sir Alex in person, not to mention Sir Alex also said that he could live in his house when he was in the UK. Eggsy thought at the time that he could learn a lot of lineups and tactics from Sir Alex.
Sir Alex Ferguson uses him as a tactical consultant, and he uses Sir Alex Ferguson as a tactical teacher. They each get what they need.
However, just one day after staying at Sir Alex Ferguson's house, Eggsy and Sir Alex Ferguson went to the training ground together. In just two days, they would play against Belgium. And their venue was magically in the Kaliningrad Stadium in Russia.
When all the England players got on the plane, the coaching staff even went out of their way to say hello.
"Please bring enough clothes and your ID. Don't drink or eat outside. Everyone should prepare eye masks before boarding the plane. I hope you can have a good rest on the plane." The manager of the coaching staff was walking in the aisle of the plane and reminding all the players.
Eggsy sat next to Vardy. He was already a frequent flyer on the plane, so Eggsy took out his book and eye mask very skillfully and performed a show: falling asleep in seconds.
"Young people are really good." Harry Kane and Rashford looked back at Eggsy who fell asleep, and couldn't help but sigh at his good sleep quality. But Vardy, who just took out the poker to play cards, was stunned in an instant~
It is necessary to ensure that you get enough sleep, which is one of the compulsory courses for Real Madrid players. After all, they often fight on three or even four fronts. Sometimes players have to fly back in the afternoon after playing a game in the morning to participate in other games the next day. If they don’t get enough rest, their performance in the game will plummet.
Therefore, falling asleep and getting off the plane without fail has gradually become a compulsory course for all of them. Compared with the local players in the Premier League, although the games are quite lively, the longest distance they can play is to take a cruise ship, and most of them take a bus, and no one has said that they want to fly back and forth.
It is normal that they are not used to falling asleep immediately after getting on the plane.
But the flight from the UK to Russia is not a short-distance flight. When we first boarded the plane, we were probably a little excited about the journey and the upcoming competition in Russia. But after just one hour of flying, everyone started to get bored, and some even chose to sleep.
But anyone who has taken such a long-distance flight knows that the boredom and sadness of having to sit for a long time are impossible for others to understand. After two hours, Eggsy woke up, got up and tried to exercise his long legs, and then took out his book and started reading under the bored eyes of his teammates.
After all this trouble, to be honest, by the time they arrived in Russia, more than half of the players had lost their energy. Sir Alex Ferguson only needed to look back to know that if they went to the game now, England would definitely set a new record for the lowest result in the three major tournaments.
So they rushed to the hotel almost non-stop. It was already afternoon when everyone was assigned rooms. Sir Alex Ferguson did not start any tactical meeting right away, but let everyone eat and rest. After all, the match with Belgium was tomorrow afternoon, so there was still time for a tactical meeting in the morning.
The most important thing is to reverse the players' jet lag.
Eggsy's sleep was also intermittent during the long flight. Now he just wanted to eat and go to sleep, nothing else.
The next morning, when Eggsy had completely recovered, he began to train to recover his physical strength. He started to recover his physical strength on the treadmill in the gym downstairs of the hotel early in the morning. Of course, he still turned randomly while running to train his running ability.
Sir Alex Ferguson had said before the match against Belgium that they were playing against a strong opponent because apart from Eggsy, Belgium was stronger than them in terms of individual ability and quick reaction.
In terms of physical strength, several important players of Belgium also have experience in major competitions and can manage their physical strength well, so there is no hope if they want to play a time-consuming game.
"We need to prevent Belgium's quick attacks to a large extent," Sir Alex Ferguson said to all the players holding the tactical board at the time. "Once our attack fails, Courtois will not get the ball. That is the best time for Belgium to launch a quick counterattack."
"Eggsy, you must pay attention to this point. Don't let them quickly attack the midfield. You must detain them."
Eggsy recalled what Sir Alex Ferguson had said to him at the time. He knew that if Belgium's quick counterattack successfully broke through the midfield possession area, then the weak British defense would definitely be finished. But Eggsy couldn't let them finish, and had to find a way to keep them alive.
So after thinking about it, Eggsy's position must be moved back this time. In the tactical arrangement meeting later today, Sir Alex Ferguson might let him and Ali exchange positions, right?
In fact, it was true. When Ai Gexi and his teammates really stood on the court, Eggsy glanced at Ali and Dale. After the three of them exchanged glances, they knew how to play immediately.
Belgium was lucky this time and got the starting lineup. Eggsy and defender Walker both moved forward, but the overall formation was still 3-4-3. It is not difficult to see that Sir Alex Ferguson still focused on the midfield and strengthened the midfield defense.
On the Belgian side in the midfield, the ball went straight to the left line after being passed by Chadli and Lukaku. Eggsy immediately moved his position to the left line, but did not dare to go too far to the left, for fear that they would maintain a fast break and find the midfielder controlling the ball and immediately cut the ball and pass it to the middle.
Belgium had just passed the half court with the ball and almost every player had a defender. It was obvious that they were being closely guarded by England. What made the Belgian coaching staff a little nervous was that Eggsy was actually a free man throughout the game. His current position was not visible to the Belgian side, but it always felt like he was still a free man at this time...
As long as Eggsy is still a free man and no one is defending or marking him, he is the ranger of this court, or it is not an exaggeration to say that he is a wolf, because he is a real threat to any lineup!
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