Godfather Of Champions

In fact, it is not only Gerrard who knows little about Macedonia, but Tony Dunn is not even familiar with the opponent they are about to face.

Don't talk about Dunn, most British people may not be able to find out where the country of Macedonia is located on the earth in a moment with a map. If it were not for their participation in the European Cup qualifiers, the people of the British Empire would have thought that this little-known country was somewhere in Antarctica.

Dunn had always thought Macedonia was in Western Europe a long time ago, but later found out that he was wrong. Macedonia is part of what was once Yugoslavia, and their football prowess is nothing to brag about. Vardar, the most successful football club in China, has participated in the three major European Cups eight times, but the best result is only two times in the second round...

Today’s Macedonia, Dunn’s most familiar person is the Goren Pandev who is still playing for Lazio. The 31-year-old Pandev is also the number one star and captain of the Macedonian team. He is also the only player who may pose a threat to England's defense.

In fact, the focus of the England coaching staff's research is on how to stop Pandev, and the other players are basically ignored. After all, the strength of Macedonia and England is too far apart. The only players in this group that may pose a threat to England's qualifying are Denmark and Serbia. For these two rivals, England's intelligence collection work has already begun.

Macedonians can appreciate this contempt of England. Because as the team’s head coach, Tony Dunn never mentioned Macedonia in front of the media, but he kept talking about Wales, because after playing Macedonia, Dunn’s England will fight against his neighbor Wales.

As the main player of the team, Mitchell was asked "Do you know where Macedonia is?" when interviewed by reporters. His answer made the Macedonians very angry-"Maybe in the north? I don't know..."

In this regard, Pandev declared in an interview that they wanted to show England a little bit more. "...Although we are away, I am glad that we have the opportunity to tell them where Macedonia is on the earth. I hope they can remember it firmly after this game."

Macedonia looks aggressive, but Tony Dunn is still not worried. He talks about his friendly relationship with Bell in the media and puts psychological pressure on Wales...Although the game between England and Wales will not kick off until October.

"The motivated Macedonia will start the game and their morale must be high now. I can imagine how the opposing coach inspired them—" Dunn imitated the Macedonian coach, Slovenian Srečko Katanic. (Srecko_Katanec), waving his fists and roaring: "They have deceived you! They have deceived you! Give them a lesson and let them know what the price of watching you is!!"

The coaches beside each other burst into laughter.

Dunn also looked at this group of coworkers who were laughing awkwardly, and when they were unhappy, he continued talking.

"If Katanic is a smart man, he will use our contempt to inspire the team's fighting spirit. It was difficult to make the players interested in an away challenge to a strong opponent. Now that's good, we gave them an excellent They will definitely seize the excuse and opportunity. So they will take the initiative to attack at the beginning, and we will attack them. They have many loopholes in the back line. We can seize the point of making a fuss. Strive for goals early, and as time goes by , Katanic will understand that he has been fooled, so he will start to shrink the defense. If we have not scored at that time, he will feel that keeping the tie and taking away a point is a great victory. If that happens... "Tang En kept analyzing the progress of the game to his coaches.

"We will press it up, I will give Pandev to George, so the others don’t need to deliberately take care of it. Next, pay attention to the psychological condition of our players. If the score is always a tie, it will become more and more unfavorable for us. This situation must be Avoid, so I hope that the team can score as soon as possible. If Macedonia regains the defense, we will have a lot of set-piece opportunities, seize this and try to open their goal."

"That's okay, we have been practicing set kicks these days." Walker next to him interjected.

"Let's talk about it first... No complete plan can compare to the changes in the actual game." Dunn clapped his hands and ended the preparation meeting between coaches.

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This was the first time George Wood wore this England captain's armband to play in the game. Before the game, Dunn pulled him aside and told him to pay attention to Pandev. Pandev used to be a striker, but now he is getting closer to the midfield as he grows older. Now he is the core of Macedonia's offensive, and he must rely on him to organize and end the offense. As long as you watch him die, Macedonia can't make any waves.

Wood nodded while listening to Dunn's tactics. The expression is very focused.

In the end, Dunn patted Wood's left arm. "Before this game, there were many voices that questioned and opposed you as the captain. What do you think of this, George?"

"I will prove that I am worthy of the captain's armband."

Wood's answer made Dunn very satisfied. He laughed loudly: "Yes! That's it! If they laugh and question you, then you will slap them with actual performance! Didn't we do what we did when we were in the forest team? In fact, we are the captain of the national team and It doesn't make any difference to be the captain of the Forest team. If you play well, there will be no problems."

Dunn likes Wood the most. He doesn't twitch and say, "The captain's armband makes me flattered", "I'm surprised I can be the captain, but Terry and Gerrard are more suitable than me" and overly modest words. He will only confidently express that he has this strength, and he deserves such treatment. Such an attitude would feel him arrogant in most eyes, but like Tony Dunn, he has the qualifications to be arrogant.

Now that Gerrard is getting older, 28-year-old George Wood has indeed become the number one midfielder in England. Dun En gave him the captain's armband, and it was not considered nepotism, it should be said that "the talents do not avoid relatives".

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Leading England to play the first official international A-level match (previously, the game against the Forest team cannot be counted as an international A-level match because the opponent is the club team), which is also a test for Dunn. He knows that the game against the Forest is just a warm-up, and he has officially embarked on his path to conquer the world from now on.

Standing in front of the coaching bench, listening to the British national anthem "God_save_the_king" (God_save_the_king) played on the live broadcast, everyone next to him was singing loudly to the music. Only Dunn closed his lips tightly and didn't make the gesture of putting his hand on his left chest like a player.

In his bones, he is still a Chinese... Leading the England team to the European Cup qualifiers is work and money. Sing the national anthem and be faithful. Besides, he doesn't know how to sing. He doesn't even know the lyrics of the British national anthem.

He cast his gaze on the court, and Wood was standing next to the referee wearing the captain’s armband, singing the national anthem, and it felt a bit like that-he was not in this position for the first time, he was a battle-tested veteran. He is a trusted captain.

Think about the scene when I met him at my door 11 years ago. The ignorant child has grown into such a tall man...

Although Macedonia is not a strong team, and the anger of Macedonians is almost ignored, the new Wembley Stadium where this game is held is still full. The enthusiasm of English fans for football can be seen, of course, there must be a repertoire.

Before the players entered the stadium, the fans in the stands sang: "If you hate Manchester United, please stand up!"

Wow, almost four-fifths of the fans stood up.

Unfortunately, no one sang: "If you hate Nottingham Forest, please stand up!" Otherwise, Dunn can proudly claim that his Forest team is already the strongest team in England.

Now in the stands, fans from Nottingham hung up slogans, banners and avatar cartoons supporting Wood as captain, while Liverpool fans booed discordantly when Wood played.

It seems that although the national team has long since died down, the free fans do not buy it. They will vent their emotions straightforwardly.

Wood said that he would use his actual actions to prove that the captain deserves his name.

What he did after the game started.

Just thirteen seconds after Macedonia kicked off, football returned to England.

Pandev received a pass from the back in the frontcourt, and George Wood stabbed the football from diagonally behind before it was stable.

The Forest fans in the stands shouted Wood's name hard and cheered for their captain. The Liverpool fans who were waiting for the stab were unable to boo in the face of Wood's wonderful steal.

Pandev is the main force of Lazio, but Lazio is now hovering in the middle of Serie A, and their main force is still a bit worse when facing the main force of the Triple Crown.

England used this steal to launch an offense, and soon broke into the Macedonian penalty area. Aaron Mitchell used a low shot to start England's offensive frenzy.

As Dunn expected, Macedonia really wanted to rely on aggressive offense and momentum to hit England by surprise.

But England's tough attitude caught them by surprise.

In the opening ten minutes, Macedonia had two shots, while England had four feet, two of which were quite threatening.

Due to the overall forward pressure of the Macedonian front, there was a lot of open space behind them. Dunn gave full play to Rooney's technical characteristics, and the breakthroughs made the Macedonian rear turbulent. And when Aaron Mitchell, a big guy who is more than two meters tall, cruising in front of the Macedonian gate, he can also make all the Macedonian defenders nervous-if he really jumps, can he stop him?

Eleven minutes later, their nervous premonition became reality.

After Rooney reached the wing, he broke through and crossed. Mitchell outflanked the goal, leaping high and heading the goal. The Macedonian defenders had no choice but to watch Mitchell dominate the air in front of them. Then a powerful shake of the head hit the goal, and the new Wembley Stadium rang out with huge cheers.

"Aaron Mitchell!! A clean header! Macedonian defenders can only act as spectators! 1:0! England took the lead!"

Dunn jumped up from his seat. The first ball is a good game. And it was Mitchell who scored the goal, and a player from the Forest team scored, which undoubtedly relieved his pressure. Those media still want to say that he is "nepotism"? This is a resounding slap!

"Aaron Mitchell from Nottingham Forest led England. The voices about Dunn's nepotism before the game were very loud. Now Mitchell's goal must be Dunn's most hoped to see... Look at him on the sidelines. Excited! Ha! As the coach of the national team, he still flaunts like in the forest team..."

After Mitchell scored, Macedonia wanted to struggle to death, and their offensive was even more rapid. But in the case of George Wood's eyes on Pandev, their offense could not bring any substantial threat to England.

However, England has become more and more brave in the singing of the home fans. It doesn't take much effort to play against opponents like Macedonia. On the contrary, everyone hopes to impress the man on the sidelines with his excellent performance in this game, in order to occupy the main position in the future England.

So don't think that this England team won't be interested in facing a big team. They have to paddle and wait until they have determined their position in England. Now that the new head coach is changed, it is the time when he needs to work hard to express himself. Think about John Terry and Stephen Gerrard who were stripped of the captain's armband, they felt cold in their backs.

This new coach’s method is extremely powerful. It is so simple to get the captain change event that has been heated up by the outside world. If he did not show his best in the first few games and please him, he may only be away from the main team of the national team. further and further.

Driven by this kind of thinking, the England team continued to attack the hinterland of Macedonia.

In the 29th minute, England relied on Rooney to take a long shot and took a 2-0 lead. Basically established the victory of this game.

"As we said before, the result of this game is not suspense at all... Tony Dunn's first test was too simple." The commentator found it boring to win so easily. But the performance of the new captain was impressive.

Macedonia’s only threatening core, Pandev, was guarded by George Wood, and now he can barely catch the ball. After seeing him like that, the Macedonian players will no longer send the ball to the dead, which will only transfer the ball to England more quickly.

Then Pandev almost disappeared from the court, and the TV broadcast did not give him a shot for fifteen minutes.

"Wood's defense is still so good..." the commentator and the guests exclaimed.

The most proud person in the stands is the fans of Nottingham Forest. Mitchell scored the first goal. The man who made Macedon’s offense unthreatening is the captain of the Forest team. What reason do they have to be unhappy?

The first half ended with a score of 2:0. During the intermission, Dunn told Wood that he would not need to guard Pandev in the second half, because the opposing coach will definitely make adjustments to the situation in the first half during the intermission. They are likely to let the rest of the team share the burden. Pandev's pressure, or push Pandev to the front line, play a relatively simple offensive tactics, directly to Pandev. But these are not issues that Wood needs to consider.

Dunn gave Wood a new task to be more involved in the offense in the second half. If he had the opportunity to try some long shots, he might have unexpected surprises.

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The second half.

"GOOOOOAL——!!!" the commentator yelled, "Fantastic long shot! New captain George Wood from England——!!!"

"Football has produced two consecutive refractions, and the speed and strength are still undiminished. Goalkeeper Masufsky can't react completely. The football flies to the goal from his side! 3:0!"

After the goal, Wood slammed his fist hard and was hugged by Gerrard. The hug also shattered rumors about Gerrard's discord with Wood.

For Dunn, there was no regret in this game.

Through the detection of this game, Dunn can officially support Wood to the core position in the next game. England's tactics should also be developed around Wood.

Towards the end of the game, Bentley, who replaced Walcott, scored another goal to help England lock the score at 4:0.

Tony Dunn led the team to a home victory. The offensive aura displayed by the team, as well as the solid defense, made England fans and the media feel at ease.

After this game, no one discussed whether the captain's armband should be given to Wood or Gerrard or Terry.

In the face of victory, such discussions are trivial.

The Times used this headline the next day:

The New England sails!

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