George. Wood started England's match against Andorra and put in an impressive performance. When he was substituted in the 80th minute, England had a two-goal lead and winning the game was no longer a problem. That's why Capello is relieved to replace him - with him on the pitch, England's backline is indeed much more solid. It's not just the defence that has benefited, England's attack is also more dangerous because of him, after all, the attack is launched from midfield. Capello put Wood alone in defense and everyone else attacking in this game. As for the issue of the "three virtues", Capello did not use the 442 formation that England is most accustomed to in this game, but switched to 433. George. Wood was left alone in the back, with Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard up front, halfway between midfield and shadow striker. This maximizes their offensive ability without distracting them from defending.

However, the problem of attacking the core has not been solved. Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard are some of the most attacking players in their respective clubs, but who will be at the heart of the attack in England?

Although in the computer field, the dual-core CPU is more powerful than the single-core one, but it cannot be understood so simply on the football field. After all, people are not computers, and having one more core may lead to mutual interference, and in the end, no one can play well. Just like Brazil today, Dunga is struggling with how Kaka and Ronaldinho can coexist on the pitch.

If Gerrard is allowed to be the core, then Lampard's play will be limited; With Frank Lampard at the core, Gerrard can't play at his best.

England's 2-0 win over Andorra had nothing to do with the brilliant performances of Steven Gerrard or Frank Lampard, with both goals coming from set-pieces. George. Wood's appearance only made England's defence more solid, and his direct contribution to the attack was not much.

After this game, the England players will remain in the national team for the qualifiers on September 11. Capello still has time to make adjustments to his team's lineup tactics.

There are no games in the first team, and Donn has been in the reserve squad all this time, supervising the training and games of the players who are not playing for the national team - the reserve league.

Aron. Mitchel is training hard to adapt to his new position as a centre-forward. Progress was very slow at first, after all, he played as a centre-back for seven years and some habits are not easy to change. The difference between a centre-back and a striker is also very large, and changing positions is not as easy as changing names, there is a lot to learn here. Mitchel can only slowly explore and experience it by himself.

Don is also very pleased with Shahin's progress, and with the help of his psychologists and coaches, he is trying not to hide from the physical confrontation on the court. It was a little intimidating at first, but it was finally done. Done has already decided to let Shaheen play for Forest in the Carabao Cup next month. If Shaheen can manage to return to his pre-injury level, the Turkish Football Federation should really send a pennant to Donn and Nottingham Forest.

After training, Don would sometimes invite Chris Lack and Don to Burns' bar for a drink — Don only drank non-alcoholic beverages, of course. Chat with Fat John and Skinny Bill's gang, and then go home with Don.

It's a very simple life.

However, when he is not busy or drinking, and when he is not with his friends, Don still feels a little lonely. The house is not small, most of the time it is empty. Every night before going to bed, he went to the toilet to drain his water through Shania's room, and sometimes he would suddenly stop and look inside.

※※※ "Hey, Tony. Do you want to go for a drink together in the evening? After training, Chris Rac greeted Donn warmly. Don looked at him too.

Unexpectedly, this time Tang En shook his head and refused. "I have something to do, so I'm not going. Go yourselves. ”

Chrislak looked at Don and just wanted to open his mouth, but Don said first: "Since that's the case, I'll go home directly." "He's not interested in bars, and he's only gone because Don is going and we can have a chat. Since Don didn't want to go today, there was no need for him to go to that kind of place he didn't really like.

Chris Rac sighed helplessly: "Okay. If you don't go, what am I going to do there alone? ”

Tang En smiled: "You better go home with your wife honestly, David!" If you have children, don't run to bars all day long. ”

Chris Rak shrugged and walked away, and Don looked at Don, "You can go back too." ”

Don nodded. He didn't ask Don what he was going to do, he turned and walked away.

What is Don going to do? Actually, it's still drinking, but it's a different environment. He didn't want to go to Burns's bar today, where there were so many acquaintances that someone always came up to him with a glass of wine to talk to, and he didn't have a moment to spare.

Why did he suddenly decide to drink at a different bar? Because he suddenly remembered that tomorrow was his birth, it was Tony. Don's life.

It's been almost five years since he came to the UK, and he has never had a single birth. The first year was because he didn't remember when the owner of this body was born, and the phenomenon of memory disconnection that year was a bit serious, and there were many things she couldn't remember, and now he remembered some of them, and some of them still didn't remember, but those were very long memories, and it was nothing if he couldn't remember. After three years he knew Tony. Tang En was born on the ninth day of September, but he has never been idle. On the one hand, it was someone else's life, and on the other hand, he was always busy, and when he remembered it, time had often passed. Over time, I don't bother to think about such boring things.

Not everyone takes life very seriously, and Don remembers that he wasn't a person who cared much about this before. At home, there are still parents Zhang Luo, when he was studying and working alone, he never gave himself a birth - he has few friends, it is too stupid to buy a cake and blow out candles, just remember which year and month he was born, there is no need to do so many tricks.

It is estimated that Don is the kind of person who doesn't care about life like himself, because since Tang came to Nottingham, Tang En has never seen him once. By the way, Tang's birth is said to be on August 8, which has passed. coincided with the opening of the Olympic Games, and Tang En once joked that the party in his life was directed by Zhang Yimou, but Tang did not react to this, making Tang En feel that he had told a bad joke again.

But this year, Tang En, who didn't care so much about his birth, remembered the matter of birth.

Because he suddenly thought that after tomorrow, his body will be forty years old...... ※※※ forty years old!

It's a scary age.

Don pondered the question as he sat in a bar he had never been to before, in downtown Nottingham, and poured himself a drink.

He has never cared about age before, and it can even be said that he has always felt that after he crossed over, his age should be counted from the age of twenty-six, so this year is only thirty-one years old, and there are still many young people of this age in China who have not married at all.

The reality is very cruel, he can feel that his body is slowly aging, this is a natural law, it cannot be stopped, and it cannot be ignored. Although in football, the media and others still call him "young marshal" and say that he is "young and promising", but football is a special world, where 30-year-old players are called "veterans".

Forty years old, indeed old.

As the Chinese saying goes: Thirty and stand, forty is not confused.

At the age of thirty, he should have started a family, and now he is forty years old and alone—from now on he must see himself as a person who has really lived forty years.

He felt that he should seriously consider the "home" thing.

The messy bachelor's room needs to be cleaned up, you can't always go to Burns' bar for a quick snack after work, and you can't be with you for the rest of your life with handjobs and phone calls...... The most important thing is that he is not a celibate, nor is he in love with the same surname, his surname is cold, he has not been hurt by a woman when he was a child, he is not psychologically perverted, he is not a hardcore member of the "Go to Die Group", and he does not hate society, women and families. Then this heart is always hanging alone and has no landing, and it will feel uncomfortable in the dead of night.

Recently, we drank together, and Chris Rac always looked at his watch as soon as the time came, and then chattered that he would be pestered by his wife when he went back late. While saying, "It's trouble to have a woman at home, and you can't drink alcohol", he obediently said goodbye to Don and rushed home to accompany his wife.

Don asked Don. Does Chrislak want to stay for a few more drinks, or does he really want to go back to his wife?

Don thought for a moment and shook his head and said he didn't know.

Without a family, it is estimated that it will not be able to experience the taste.

Don felt even more annoyed by the thought of family, and he gulped down the golden alcohol in his mouth.

Because he found that his circle of life was pitifully small. Except that football is football, I used to think that there was nothing wrong with it, this is the life he wanted. Now when he wants to find a woman from his life circle who is in love and can live together, he can't find it - 99.9% of them are men.

In fact, Tang is the same as him, but Tang is still young, just twenty-seven years old. He has a long future ahead of him, and he has plenty of time to plan his life and meet the people he likes. For the first time, Donn felt he was pressed for time. Ten years will pass in a flash, and then I will be fifty years old, more than half a hundred years old...... I had no idea about this age before, but now I feel a chill down my spine when I think about it.

How can a forty-year-old middle-aged man with a perverse surname and an unpleasant temper have a woman he likes?

It's a very lively bar, not because of the loud chatting of the people, but because of the loud music and the crazy fun of young men and women. It's not a traditional bar, it's a bit younger and trendier, similar to a domestic discotheque.

Donn had come here casually, and he didn't like the loud music, which didn't sound as good as the singing in the stands of the city stadium. But now he can turn a complete deaf ear to the music and the noise. He just sat alone in the corner, drinking glass after glass. But when something bothered him, and when it bothered him, he would drink until he got drunk, and the trouble would naturally disappear.

The way he looked, he attracted someone from the other corner.

"Can I sit here?" A female voice rang in Donn's ears.

Don looked up at the other man, and a fair-skinned woman with brown hair and a wine glass was sitting in front of him with a smile on her face, her face not very clear, because his eyes were hazy with drunkenness.

He is no stranger to such an opening statement, and on some occasions he often encounters that the other party must be a woman dressed very charmingly and wearing a sense of surname. They sit down with a smile, you treat them to a drink, and then you do whatever you want...... Don wasn't in the mood for that now, he didn't come to this strange bar to solve his physical needs. But when he saw the other party's brown hair, he hesitated and changed his mind.

"Aren't you already sitting here, miss?"

The woman smiled.

"You're pretty, miss." This is a fake compliment, but also an instinctive reflex. Seeing a woman who takes the initiative to talk to her, Don will say the same. Now he couldn't see the other party's appearance clearly at all, on the one hand, he drank too much, and on the other hand, the lights were dim. What caught his eye was a white flower—the other party was wearing very few clothes.

"Is there anything going on, beautiful lady?"

"Curious about you, can't you?" The woman laughed.

"It's a reason." Donn nodded, then narrowed his eyes and asked, "But do you know who I am?" ”

The women looked around, and the men and women were still partying under the loud music.

"Who you are on a night like this, what does it have to do with the two of us?"

The two looked at each other and smiled, this is a tacit understanding...... ※※※ The sound of the car engine turning off came from the street outside the house, and after a while, the sound of unlocking sounded in the dark house. The door was opened, and the light of the street lamps outside shone in, and two elongated figures appeared in the doorway.

"This is my home, it's a bit of a mess...... But don't mind, ha. Donn knotted his tongue and pointed inside the door to one of the women he was holding. You know, a single middle-aged man is like this......"

Don shook off his leather shoes and began to turn on the lights in the dark.

Just as he turned on the light, another familiar voice suddenly sounded behind him.

"Your nightlife is so varied, Uncle Tony."

Don looked back in surprise to find his little fairy standing on the stairs, looking down coldly on him, and the woman he had met in the bar in his arms...... This scene is very weird. Don thought he had drunk too much and had auditory and visual hallucinations. He looked at Shania, then turned to look at the bar girl next to her, who was puzzled by what had suddenly happened.

He felt that his brain, which had been anesthetized by alcohol, was a little insufficient.

"It's ...... What's going on...... Yes? After a long time, such a sentence burst out of his mouth.

"It seems that you are doing well alone, so I am relieved. Goodbye, Uncle Tony. In addition, just past midnight, life is happy. Shania took a backpack from the room, stepped down, waved her hand at the two men with a cold face, and walked straight out the door. Soon the sound of a car starting, and a white Mercedes jeep drove past Donn's door.

"She, she's ......" the woman pointed to Shania who had walked away, a little surprised and confused.

The cold wind whistled in from outside the door, and a layer of sweat broke out on Donne's forehead—his wine had woken up.

Shania has returned from abroad. It's just that...... Why is this happening?

The woman looked at Tang En with more surprised and puzzled eyes this time, and Tang En found that he was still holding the other party until now, and quickly let go of his hand. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry...... I don't know what's going on either. Not tonight, though......" he said, pulling out a few bills from his wallet and handing them to the other party.

The woman's face turned cold when she saw Donn's action. She looked at Don and said in a completely different tone than when she was chatting at the bar, "I think you're mistaken, I'm not a girl." Tony. Mr. Donn. ”

With that, the woman also turned around and left Donn's house. Like Shania, drove away.

At this time, Don, who heard the movement next door, ran over, and when he entered the house, he found that Tang En was the only one standing at the door in the empty home, stunned as if it were a pillar.

"What happened? What about Shania? ”

Don turned his head to look at him, "You know? Have you seen her? ”

"As soon as I came back, I saw that the lights were on in your place, so I came over to take a look out of curiosity, but I didn't expect Shania to come back. I was going to call you and ask you to come back. But she said she wanted to surprise you, so she didn't let me call ...... She came back to celebrate your birthday, and she said that she would give you a birthday gift...... By the way, what about her? As he spoke, Don looked around for Shania's shadow.

"Don't look for it, let's go." Don sat on the sofa with his head down, his hands covering his face, rubbing hard, he wanted to make himself more sober.

"What happened?" Tang also felt that the atmosphere was wrong at this time.

"I don't know." Donn spread his hands, "To put it simply, I ran out for a drink and brought back a woman. Then I saw Shania. Then Shania left, and then the woman left when I was about to give her money. ”

Don looked at Don with the eyes of a Martian, "How much did you drink, Tony?" ”

"I don't know, I don't count."

Don sighed and sat down next to Don and muttered, "That's why I hate drinking......"

The two men sat silently on the couch. The door was open, and the wind outside blew in, making it feel a little cold.

(To be continued)