At the end of the confrontation, the substitute lineup defeated the main lineup 5-2. Capello was both happy and worried, happy that these newcomers gave him a big surprise, worried that the main state was too average.

It is not uncommon for the national team to use a large number of newcomers, but the tacit understanding between newcomers is insufficient, their ability is limited, and it is too difficult to achieve good results. The World Cup is still half a year away, and the outcome of each game will have an impact on morale, so he has to be cautious about using new players.

It's not all bad things for the main team to lose, it can stimulate the competitive atmosphere within the team and make the atmosphere in the backwater of the team come alive.

Of course, if you rely too much on the newcomers, it will inevitably cause dissatisfaction among the veterans, the pressure of the World Cup is huge, the field is changing rapidly, and the veterans need to play a role to stabilize the morale of the military.

This degree of mastery is the most test of a coach's level.

At the end of training, Capello harshly criticized the main line-up, asked them to adjust their recent form, praised the substitute line-up, and told them that as long as they performed well, anyone could get a ticket to South Africa.

"My standard for employing people is the state, whoever is in good shape, I will let whoever plays!"

"In this team, no one is a natural mainstay, no one is a natural starter, and any position has to be competed for!"

Capello concluded his training summary with these two sentences. He had said these two things in the morning when Rooney and Peter had a verbal altercation, and the main forces laughed it off at the time, but now they had to be cautious.

The form and fighting spirit of the substitutes today is beyond their reach, especially the four newcomers of Wolves, Capello is stern, and maybe in the warm-up game that will be played soon, they will really be put on the bench and put these four in the starting line-up.

If these four guys can still show the form they are in today against Italy. Then it will definitely be reused by the coach, and the future ......

When it comes to the World Cup stage, the main players have to secretly make up their minds to take it seriously in the training of tomorrow and the next two days.

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On December 28, when the rest of Europe except the Premier League entered the winter break, Italian coach Lippi immediately gathered his players and trained in Rome for three days.

At 10 a.m. on January 3, the Italian team appeared at the London airport. They were greeted by more than fifty journalists. As the defending champions, Italy's every move has attracted a lot of national media attention.

England and Italy are both traditional powerhouses, and fans are interested in their collisions. Lippi and captain Cannavaro were surrounded by reporters.

"I believe we will give a great game to the fans all over the world!"

Lippi pushed the frame and began to compliment England: "England are a strong team, they have a lot of quality in the midfield and back, and now there are a few good young players up front, they are the favourites. ”

The British journalist couldn't help but look proud and was praised by the world champion coach. Put them in a good mood.

Mr Lippi is telling the truth, Gerrard, Lampard, Terry, Rooney and others are in their playing years, plus the emergence of King and Peter, the overall strength of the England team. It's really powerful......

A British journalist smiled and asked, "When Mr. Lippi speaks of young players, do you mean King and Peter?" What do you think of them? ”

With Wolves' "unexpected" victory in the UEFA Cup last season, there has been a lot of coverage of Wolves in the Italian media, and Wolves have been hanging a storm of youth in the Premier League this year. Wolves were covered more in the Italian media.

Therefore, Lippi has heard of Wang Rui and Peter.

In order to prepare for the warm-up match against England, Lippi's assistant prepared a lot of material for him. So he knows more about Wang Rui and Peter.

"When did England have such a talented player?"

After reading Wang Rui's information, Lippi asked such a question.

British football is a typical European powerhouse, they pursue the close combination of body and football, so it is very rare to find a player like Wang Rui with elegant style and delicate technique.

If it weren't for seeing Wang Rui come out of Manchester United's academy, he would even suspect that this is a player with dual Spanish or French nationality, who trained in Spain or France since he was a child, and then went to the UK to start his career.

As for Peter, because he is Wang Rui's partner and a rising star in England in the past two years, Lippi also paid special attention to it.

However, Peter did not attract the attention of Lippi, the Wolves striker, who is a typical England striker, strong and full of impact.

Other than that, there aren't too many distinctive features.

Lippi looked at the reporter who asked the question, nodded and said, "That's right, I'm talking about the two of them." ”

'Wang left a big impact on me, especially the two games against Chelsea and Manchester United. He's a talented player with a lot of attacking power and a high level of passing, and he's a very well-rounded young player. ”

The British reporter, who was secretly happy just now, began to despise Lippi at this time, damn it, are you saying that the Premier League giants are too bad?

Have you forgotten how Barcelona lost at the hands of Wolves in the UEFA Super Cup?

By the way, you must have deliberately "forgotten" this game, because in the quarter-finals of Euro 08 you lost to Spain!

It must be so!

Also, what do you mean by a "very well-rounded young player"?

Wang is worse than Messi, it's just that he doesn't have that platform, you look at the European Super Cup, Wang performed much better than Messi.

Thinking of this, the British media reporter's good impression of Lippi was gone.

The Italian coach didn't know what was going on in the minds of the British journalist and continued: "Wang is very good, if he plays, it may cause us some problems. ”

A British journalist said dissatisfiedly: "If he plays, he will definitely give you a 'surprise'!" ”

Lippi looked at the reporter who was talking in amazement, and didn't know what to say for a while.

The Italian reporter looked at the embarrassed Lippi and secretly shook his head in his heart: Mr. Lippi, you don't know much about English football. The king's influence in England...... You may not even know it.

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On the other side, Italian captain Cannavaro is being interviewed by reporters. The former Juventus core player left Real Madrid after the phonegate incident, but due to the decline in form and frequent low-level mistakes on the pitch, his time at Real Madrid was not happy.

So this season, he returned to Juventus, but his form was still not very good. However, he still won the attention of Lippi and continued to captain Italy.

"Do you speak of kings? Oh, I know him, Cristiano Ronaldo once talked about him, saying that he is a rare talent in England. Wolves were able to win the Premier League halfway through the season, which had a lot to do with his excellent performance. ”

Players are different from coaches and they know more about their players, with Cannavaro continuing: "I know the appeal of King in England, he is a player to be valued and we will take him seriously. ”

A Spanish journalist asked: "Are you so sure he'll play against you?" ”

Cannavaro replied in surprise with a wink: "I don't know why you say that, should a player like him be put on the bench?" Isn't this a tyrannical ruin? ”

This was said to the hearts of the British journalists, who let out a happy laugh that embarrassed the Spanish journalist.

Cannavaro looked at the Spanish reporter and snorted coldly in his heart, damn it, I was criticized by you a lot when I was at Real Madrid, and today I want to ask for some interest to come back......

"In the UEFA Super Cup, Wang's performance is witnessed by the world, shouldn't such a player get the chance to play?"

The Italian captain deliberately singled out the Wolves match against Barcelona. As a former Real Madrid player, take the opportunity to hit Barcelona...... Is there a problem with this? (To be continued.) )