Godfather Of Champions

On June 9, the much-anticipated European Cup kicked off in Madrid, the Spanish capital.

After the opening ceremony full of Latin style, the host Spain and Belgium had an opener.

La Liga is famous for advocating offense, and the Spanish national team's style is exactly the same as their league. The European Cup held in Spain seems to be a feast of offensive football.

In the past, the opener of the World Series always gave a dull and uninteresting impression. Both sides played cautiously for fear of making mistakes. But this time, at Madrid's Bernabéu Stadium, Spain and Belgium staged a wonderful matchup.

In the end, Spain beat Belgium 3:1 and won the group's first victory. The Spanish striker Boyan scored the first goal of the tournament, while Axel_Witsel (Axel_Witsel) of Belgium got the first yellow card of the tournament.

The Bernabéu Stadium, which can accommodate 80,000 people, is full of seats. Fans have witnessed the launch of Spain's new invincible fleet. They hope that this invincible fleet can once again dominate Europe on their homeland.

On the second day, June 10, the current European Cup competitions were in full swing. The strong teams didn't encounter any opponents in the first round, and they won easily.

Due to the expansion of the European Cup, the rules for qualifying teams have also been adjusted. Twenty-four teams were divided into six groups, each with four teams. The top two teams in each group went straight ahead, and the four best-performing groups advanced to the third place, so that sixteen teams were gathered to play the eighth-finals.

With this modification, the competition in the group stage is not as fierce as before, because as long as your team can get the best group third, it can still advance to the knockout stage. In addition to those strong teams aiming for the first in the group, the goals of most mid-range teams are more pragmatic.

It's just that teams that should compete fiercely will compete fiercely, such as the death group.

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"Portugal's weakness is behind." Dunn is standing in the conference room giving the team a tactical lesson. This is the last tactical lesson before the game. What tactics the team will use tomorrow is to let the players know today.

In fact, every player has a tactical brochure, which is formulated by the coaching staff specifically for each person's characteristics and different tasks, and has been sent to the players. If they can’t remember, look at the brochure. But Dunn still has to talk about it personally, from the overall layout.

"Their central defender is too old and moves slowly. Pepe is the core of their defense. He is also 33 years old. Injuries and age make his physical fitness much worse than before. Ze Castro's. Turning speed is not fast. The two full-backs, Binniello on the right and Antunes on the left are both assist-type full-backs. They will move forward if they have a chance. This is also a Portuguese offensive characteristic. This has caused them. It’s always empty behind."

Dunn circled behind the Portuguese defender.

"We defensive counterattack to lure them to press, and then use speed to attack these gaps." He drew a few arrows in the half of England, straight behind the Portuguese defense line.

"Portugal's wing attack is very sharp, because they have Ronaldo, Nani, Quaresma. So I ask our wing players not to back down in the game, to hedge against them." Dunn clenched his fist and smashed into it. a bit. "If you retreat, it will only allow them to gain an inch. Our offense should also make more use of the wing, and the full back should also actively assist... We are a defensive counterattack, not just defending but not counterattack. The road must be pressed for me. I don’t want to see our ball pass to the frontcourt. Our people have not had a midfield situation."

Counterattack is the core part of Dunn's insistence on defense. If he doesn't counterattack, no amount of solid defense will work. Defensive counterattack Defensive counterattack is indispensable, and both play a role to ensure they win.

"When you counterattack, you must be fast, and you must be fast. Try to minimize the number of passes in the midfield..."

Having said that, Dunn turned on the projector on the side, and the warm-up game between England and Argentina appeared on the white screen. George Wood was dribbling the ball. After running two runs, he passed the ball to Tangning on the left. Tangning made a simple cut inside and forced Fazio to pass the pass. Wood then inserted a strong volley and scored.

This is the whole process of England's first goal into Argentina.

"In this goal, we saw the benefits of the midfielder's simple handling of the ball..." Dunn reversed the scoring process and explained to the players in detail.

"When we counterattack, the Argentine players are quickly returning to defense. What if George Wood took control of the ball at this time and turned around and looked up to observe?"

He clicked on the remote control and the picture began to move, and it freezes again where Wood's pass had just passed through Mascherano's defense. "Then this pass is highly likely to fail."

The picture continues, and freezes again when Tangning breaks Fazio forcibly.

"Even if it passes, Tangning will not be able to break through Fazio so easily, because behind Fazio there will be an Argentinian defender to protect, perhaps a full-back defending in place, or a center back who has made up for it. But in any case, the probability of a successful attack has been greatly reduced."

"You must remember that the counterattack is to grab time with the defender. Whoever grabs the initiative will win half. Don't stop in midfield at this time. Even if you can't take the football out for a while, you must Pass it to those around you as soon as possible, and then create a pass route by running."

"Of course, if the opponent's defense system is maintained better, and the defense is fast. There is no good pass point, then there is no need to pursue speed. We can reduce the speed, then pass back, and then They pulled it out." Dunn made a gesture, explaining his words vividly.

"Let them out and then decisively pass the ball forward! Pass the football to the most dangerous place!"

"Mitchell, you are at the forefront, attracting all their defensive attention. Rooney and Gerrard will ambush behind you, waiting for opportunities. You are not a scorer in this game, you are a bridgehead, you know? "Dunn turned to his disciple in the forest team.

Aaron Mitchell nodded. As long as it is the boss's arrangement, even if he is allowed to play as a central defender, he will have no objection. Because the boss must have reason for his arrangement.

"Attract Portuguese defensive firepower and create opportunities for teammates. If you have a good chance, you can score yourself. When we counterattack, you must be the first to go up, push the Portuguese defense line back, and give Rooney and Rooney and Geraldella came out of space."

"No problem, boss." Mitchell responded.

"When attacking the position, if the Portuguese focus on guarding our wing, they should coordinate more on the ribs. If the Portuguese shrinks the center to defend, they will pass directly from the wing." Anyway, there is Mitchell who has an excellent header. The air tyrant is here, even if Portugal feels something is wrong and wants to shrink and fight a battle with England, Dunn is not afraid.

He didn't play the double-quick combination of Abang Raho and Rooney, just defending this move.

"In this game, we don’t conduct man-to-man defense. Remember how we trapped Argentina’s offensive lineup? We still played like that, with regional defense. After the defender intercepted the ball, we passed forward and made as few cross passes as possible. Or pass back. If there is no good chance to play the ball, Johnson (Michael_Johnson) has to retrace and receive passes. You are the hub of the midfield."

Michael Johnson, a 27-year-old midfielder from Tottenham Hotspur, nodded. He was the person Dunn had hired to be Wood's substitute temporarily. But he is not the only candidate. In fact, although Gerrard's position is closer to the opponent's penalty area, he can also do Johnson's work when necessary. George Wood's perverted running ability, defensive ability and offensive ability need to be shared by multiple people. This is Dunn's "nuclear-free tactics." In the past, England's opponents just had to find ways to keep an eye on Wood, but now they think so.

Dunn continued to explain the tactics above, and George Wood sat in the corner to listen in. In fact, he doesn't use it at all, because he can't play, and the tactics are the same. However, as the captain, he still sat here, listening to Dunn's tactical arrangements.

For nothing else, just want to experience the atmosphere of the competition. In this way, when he can play, he can adjust his state to the best in the shortest time.

Now listening to the tactical arrangements and watching the scoring video, Wood only feels that his body misses the feeling of health more and more.

He is eager to play.

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In the morning, there was a tactical meeting. In the afternoon, Dunn went to the Nou Camp Stadium to participate in the pre-match press conference. He and Portugal's head coach Queiroz attended at the same time, and the media were full of expectations.

Because it is said that Queiroz was very dissatisfied with Dunn when he was at Manchester United. It is precisely because Ferguson prefers Dunn that Queiroz did not finally take the position of his successor. He chose to coach in the Portuguese national team for this reason.

Now he finally has such an opportunity to prove to the world that he is also an excellent coach who does not lose to Dunn.

Because of this relationship, Dunn felt that the atmosphere was not right when he and Queiroz shook hands.

There was no smile on Queiroz's face, and Dunn put away his smile.

The two head coaches finished a group photo in front of the reporters.

At the beginning of the press conference, Dunn burst into shocking remarks: "Mr. Queiroz and I have known each other very well. We should be very familiar with each other when we were in the Premier League. Many Portuguese players play in the Premier League, and I treat them too. Very familiar, such as Manchester United’s Nani and Adrian, Manchester City’s Danny and Moutinho, Middlesbrough’s Postiga, and AC Milan’s Pepe...I’m familiar with them. This Portugal has no secrets to me. I can beat them with great confidence."

As soon as this statement was made, the scene was in an uproar.

It is said that Tony Dunn is a madman, and he really deserves his reputation at first sight today...

How can anyone publish such remarks before the game? Is it obvious that you don't put your opponent in the eye, and you are not afraid to arouse the opponent's desire to fight instead?

Sure enough, Queiroz's face suddenly became gloomy.

He launched a counterattack: "Mr. Dunn and I are indeed old acquaintances. We played against him in the Premier League. I respect his achievements." The implication is that I don't like him very much. "Actually I have been in the Premier League for a long time and I know the England team very well. To be honest, I think Mr. Dunn is joking when he said that they have a good chance of defeating us."

He laughed first after speaking. Then there was a burst of laughter.

Dunn laughed, it was a clumsy joke.

He did not continue to embarrass Queiroz in his mouth. Queiroz's sentence "I think Mr. Dunn said that they have a good chance of defeating us, it is a joke" is already considered weak.

Now it's boring to beat the dog in the water.

But he was sure that he had successfully stirred up the opponent's anger. Defensive counterattack Defensive counterattack, how can you counterattack without irritating the opponent and letting them out?

The reporters are more concerned about what the England team will do if Wood is away. Dunn didn't answer these questions, but whenever it came to tactics and lineup, he would always find excuses to get rid of it. If you are in a hurry, just don't say anything.

In the ten-minute press conference, he didn't have much to mention, except for the blast of his first speech.

Queiroz talked eloquently and completely compared Dunn.

"We will work hard to attack. Portuguese football is an attacking football."

Dunn was snickering next to him, which was best.

"No one is troubled by injuries, we can send the strongest lineup to play."

Dunn nodded, so it was consistent with my prediction of your lineup this morning.

"Death team? Our goal is not to qualify for the team, and qualifying is not a problem."

Dunn took the word in his heart: The third group with the best results can also qualify.

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In this way until the end of the press conference, Dunn got up and shook hands with Queiroz again.

"See you in the game, Mr. Queiroz."

Queiroz was surprised by Dunn's sudden words, and before he could react, Dunn had released his hand and turned and walked away.

Queiroz looked at the somewhat arrogant figure, his lips pressed tightly.

Are you proud of winning a few club championship trophies? Mr. Dunn. After winning a few weak teams in the qualifiers, do you think you can do whatever you want? Mr. Dunn.

In the field of the national team, you are just a rookie, I see how long you can be rampant!

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Dunn didn't know how Queiroz was cursing him. When he returned to the hotel where he was staying, he took a bath and washed away his stinky sweat. She changed her clothes and lay on the bed talking on the phone with Shania.

He is very relaxed now, and there is no tension at all because he wants to take the national team to participate in the international competition for the first time.

What happened to the European Cup? Laozi's champions are all softened. What big storms have not been seen?

After finishing the conversation with Shania, he turned over on the bed and fell asleep.

He didn't dream of leading the team to win the championship trophy. Instead, he dreamed that he had a child, a cute girl who looked as beautiful and likable as her mother. When she grows up, she must be the focus of all men's attention.

She would be tired of being beside Dun En all day long, yelling "dad" and "dad", but Dunn would never tire of listening.

I don't want her to grow up, but I hope she will come out well. In this way, with ambivalence, she watched her grow up and become an adult.

When Dunn was woken up by Walker for dinner, there was still a clear smile on his face.

"You are in a good mood, Tony?" Walker asked in the elevator.

"Oh, why do you see it?" Dun En asked.

"I have heard people say that to judge a person's mood is to look at his expression after getting up. Are you clearly smiling..."

Dunn laughed again: "I am in a good mood, because I had a sweet dream."

"Did you dream of winning the championship?" For Walker, he couldn't think of anything else that would make Dunn laugh out of his dreams.

Dunn shook his head: "No, it's a dream that makes me happier than winning the championship."

"What is that?" The surprised Des Walker asked reflexively.

Dunn did not answer. Judging by the smile on the corner of his mouth, I'm afraid he is immersed in that dream again, right?

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