"If you hated me before, please hate me now. If you hate me now, then please hate me in the future......"

The middle-aged man who was eating breakfast with the newspaper couldn't help but laugh. As Tony. Donn's next opponent is not as hostile to Done as Puel, and he doesn't want to despise Done as much as Lagerbeck, because he knows some of the most sought-after managers in Europe, and the two of them still have a working relationship together.

In the summer of 2004, Nottingham Forest had just returned to the Premier League and they needed a lot of experienced veterans to lead the team with that group of hairy boys, so he joined the Premier League promotion team from Qatar. Although he only played for Forest for one season and did not win any honours, the experience is still fresh in his memory. No way, who makes the people he works with so individual?

"What are you laughing at, Fernando?" His assistant Lewis. Mira leaned in and glanced at the newspaper, which he happened to see Tony. Donn's photo, he understood. "He...... I wasn't surprised England were able to beat France, but I was surprised to win so easily, by four goals......

Put away your smile, Fernando. Hierro put the newspaper aside: "I thought of it...... But now Tony. Don and that Tony from twelve years ago. Don is basically two people, and my experience is useless. But......" Hierro said, staring at the newspaper, "that sentence is very much his style, ha! ”

After commenting on Donne, Hierro turned his head and asked his assistant Mira, "Did you watch the match between England and France?" ”

"Of course, I watched it live on TV once and watched the video twice after the game. ”

"Did you find anything?"

"I think the French lost too lightly if they were serious about preparing for the game. It is not easy to say whether England will win or not. England's tactics were nothing new, and Towne excelled in on-the-spot command and sudden changes...... "Mila spoke eloquently, telling Hierro what he had come up with. “…… And more importantly, in the past, whether it was with France, Sweden, or Germany, Donn was always used to playing intrigue before the game, hiding from his opponent his true strength and all his hole cards. But after this match against France, his full strength was exposed to us. George. Wood's trump card was also played, and I think for us, Tony. Done and his England team have no secrets at all, and playing against us is a competition of pure strength. Personally, I think in terms of strength, we are better than England......"

Hearing Milan's remarks, Hierro nodded thoughtfully.

"We must all understand one fact by now. Donn raised his index finger and was in front of him as the entire coaching staff.

Just after breakfast, Donn summoned the entire coaching staff to his room for a meeting. The coaches know. The team is starting to enter the "Spanish Raiders". Three days later, they will take on hosts Spain at the Estadio Nova Mestalla.

'Whether it's before the game against Portugal or against Germany, Sweden, France or even Wales, there is something mysterious about us that we don't know. For example, will George be able to play...... We won against Germany and Sweden with that. But from the match against France, we had nothing to hide anymore. A 4-0 win over France is certainly good. But it also made our strength completely exposed to our opponents. Donn was serious about the seriousness of the problem.

"Spain has studied us thoroughly, and it's useless to play tricks. So I'm not going to mess with that mess before the game this time. Let's focus on training and preparing for battle......"

His words amused everyone, before he dared to love, Tang En was not doing his job and dancing the gods? Don't say it, think about it. It's kind of kind of like that.

"Spain are a technical team and that doesn't change no matter what kind of coach they have. Now the core of the Spanish team is Andres Iniesta and Cesc Fabregas, and in the game we must be close to these two people at all times, and we must not let them control the ball easily, as long as they are allowed to hold the ball for more than 30 seconds without interference, it will be considered a failure. But we can't just focus on the middle, Spain have a tradition of wingers and they have always been sharp on the wings. This must be noted. ”

Donn said earlier that the coaches will take notes in their notebooks, and the parts that the head coach highlights will be taken seriously in training and targeted training.

"George is still starting this game, but I want to make some changes to the lineup......" Donn paused at this point, as if thinking, and then he turned to ask assistant coach Des. Walker. "How's my injury?"

Walker flipped through his notebook and looked at it. He replied, "Bentley has recovered." Can be put into the game. But Walcoat wasn't good yet...... Derek expects him to only make it to the final, if we can make it to the final. ”

Don pinched his chin and thought about it for a moment. Walcott's not being able to play is a real headache for him. Because he needs speed in the race against Spain. In terms of midfield possession alone, the England team is definitely not as good as Spain, if it is entangled with Spain in the midfield, it is tantamount to attacking the other's strengths with his own shortcomings, this kind of stupid thing Donn never does. To put it bluntly, the game of football is to find ways to limit the opponent's strengths and do everything possible to play to their strengths. If you can't compete with Spain in midfield for possession, then you have to use your speed to attack Spain's defence, and the traditional English style of play may be a reference......

"I'm going to change formation. Donn said.

Someone on the coaching staff was taken aback. Walker wasn't surprised, and Don hadn't told him beforehand, but out of understanding of him, Walker knew that Don would often change his mind on the spur of the moment.

In fact, in such an international competition, it is rare for a manager to change the formation and tactics during the tournament, because it is too risky. Most teams play to the end with a lineup, either eliminated or successful.

And Tony. Donne's starting lineup has been changing since the first group game, which is naturally the same as that of George. Wood's injury didn't heal, but Donn did it on purpose. The first game was severely challenged in the second game, and Donn sentenced Glenn to Glenn. Johnson, the main right-back, was sentenced to death. He has been sitting on the bench since then. Richards ascended the throne. Subsequently, Downing was also taken by Chris. Cohen was the agent, and Bentley was replaced by Walcott due to injury. It seems that Donn is still looking for the most suitable combination.

But no matter how it changes, he hasn't changed the tradition of 442 in England, and listening to his tone today, it seems that even this has to be changed?

"We ditched 442 and played 352 instead. Donn announced the answer. "I bet the Spaniards would never have imagined that we would do that!" Speaking of which. He was a little excited.

The coaches muttered in their hearts: Don't talk about the Spaniards, even the English can't guess......

"If nothing else, the three centre-backs would be John Terry, Taylor and Richards, who were mainly responsible for defending and never going forward, not even in the middle of the line. Then two back ...... Michael. Johnson and George. Wood, Gerrard goes up front, midfielder. Donn wrote the names of the players on the relative positions on the tactical board. 'The attacking left wing-back is Wayne Rooney. On the right is Abang Laho. As for the forwards, Mitchel is at the front, and James. Vaughn was a little behind him. ”

After writing everyone's names, Don threw down his pen and clapped his hands. Strictly speaking, this 352 should be called 32311. Wayne Rooney, Steven Gerrard and Agbonlahor lined up behind Vaughn like a trio of midfielders, except that Wayne Rooney and Abbon Lajo were a little more on the wing.

"Mitchel has the technique, Vaughn has the impact. They can attract most of the defensive attention in front. But it's not the two of them. It's these three people. "Don circled the names of Rooney, Gerrard and Abonlaho.

"At the same time, Rooney and Abonraho have to be tasked with returning to the defense. But I'm sure that's not a problem. "Don knows Abang Laho very well because he brought it out. Wayne Rooney, on the other hand, has also played wide at Manchester United and has been very active in defence, thanks to Alex Ferguson.

'The main thing is that on the flanks they are more impactful and more threatening to the goal. They can effectively prevent Spain's wide attacks. Leaving the goal task to the three of them would catch the Spaniards off guard. This is something that Spanish coach Hierro would never have imagined. ”

"Wood and Johnson are the two main ones in defense. But Wood is also the midfielder and we need his long passing, so when it comes to defending Johnson is heavier, I don't need him to put in the attack, he does the same thing as the three centre-backs. ”

After arranging everyone's tactics, Donn added: "In training we have to do more physical confrontations, and in the game we use more tackles and rams, and I encourage small movements and tricks. As long as you can win. I don't care by what means. ”

Finally, he looked at his colleagues: "Overall. That's what they require. That's how we dealt with Spain, who had one less day off than us and who were playing with a squad that wasn't as fit as we were. The hosts' identity and home advantage are both their strengths and weaknesses. Spanish side Mi have high hopes of winning the European Championship on home soil, which is a huge pressure. I don't think Spain are the kind of team that can handle high pressure, in terms of mentality, they are far worse than us. Don smirked. Since he took office, he has paid close attention to psychological construction by word and deed, and finally achieved results. Today's England, like Nottingham Forest, is psychologically almost invincible.

"Gentlemen, do you have any ideas?"

Des. Walker pondered for a moment and put forward his opinion: "Isn't this way of playing too risky?" We haven't rehearsed 352 before...... Three days of training is probably not enough. ”

"Time is a little short, but there is a need to try. Because if we follow the previous set of tactics, we have no secrets for Spain, and Spain has studied us thoroughly. From the moment we played Portugal, there was their coach in the stands, who followed us until now, and they knew everything about us. With that kick we probably won't have the upper hand from the start. It must be taken. ”

The other coaches also had to admit that Donn was right. The match against France made England an instant title contender, and after winning worldwide acclaim, it was only natural that they became the focus of their opponents' research. And in that game, Donn played all his hole cards, and some changes had to be made.

"I'm okay with that, I think it's okay to give it a try. "Tony, the oldest member of the coaching staff. Coach Karl was the first to nod in agreement with Donn's arrangement.

The old man agreed, and the other coaches agreed, and the tactics against Spain were so determined. The next thing is how the coaching staff can communicate Donn's tactical intentions to the players in training, and in just three days and four training sessions, the players will be proficient and adapt to the new formation, new position and new tactics, which is not just a matter of lip service.

Don is well aware of his strengths and weaknesses, and without the help of the coaching staff, he would be a Zhao Kuo second on paper. But he's exactly what makes him smart, he never brags about his shortcomings, he doesn't interfere too much with the coaching staff on the training pitch just because he wants to show that he's a good manager who knows everything and doesn't interfere with the team's normal training. People are not machines, nor are they supercomputers, it is impossible to know everything and do everything best, there are always things that need the help of others to complete, and self-aware guys can succeed.

The coaching staff told the players about Donne's new tactics on the training pitch, and most were taken aback. However, they did not raise objections and dissatisfaction, and led the team to successive victories against strong opponents, and everyone habitually thought that what the leader said was always right. It's easy to work with a manager like that, because they just need to know what they have to do and the boss always takes care of everything else.

While the players were warming up on the pitch, the self-aware head coach was assisting the security guards to chase away the media who were still reluctant to leave, telling them that the fifteen-minute free time was up, and he gave them a discount of ten seconds, which was already interesting......

While England were training twice a day to challenge the hosts, Spain were also preparing under the guidance of their coaches.

The media in Spain and England did a lot of coverage and hype-up of the match, and it was hard to make it a final. Regardless of the tone over there, it sounded like he could lift the Delaunay Cup after defeating his opponent.

At Valencia's Nueva Mestalla Stadium, heavy war clouds are sweeping in from all directions.

The French have gone home dejected, and a "campaign" is being waged in France against Puer. That's how the French love "sports". Some media reposted the content of the previous interview with Ribery to prove how prescient they were. Puel turned a deaf ear to our warnings, and he must be held fully accountable for the tragedy!

Voices in France against Puel have been louder, and there have even been radical French fans who have demonstrated in front of the French Football Federation to fire the manager, who has brought a humiliating defeat to the French team.

The French media reported the defeat of the French team overwhelmingly, and Puel's words and deeds in the post-match press conference were harshly criticized.

Under such circumstances, Puer, who had said at a press conference a day ago that he would never resign, was dismissed by the French Football Federation.

The English media talked about it, and Tony, as a "coach killer". Donn finally brought down a head coach in the national team, Claude Brown. Puel became Tony. A new medal on Donn's chest.