Chapter 70: Lectures
With two goals down at half-time, the new Belgian national team is full of ugliness.
One can imagine what kind of pressure Antienes and Degan, the initiator of this personnel change, will be under when this match is over.
Maybe Degan will be better, after all, he is now the flag of Belgian football, and people will take care of Digan's emotions even if they vent their dissatisfaction, but Antienes is miserable.
At half-time, Deegan and Antienes didn't even enter the dressing room, and in Degan's words, now that the problem has arisen, it is simply to expose all the problems and solve them at once.
And the problem is not as serious as people see, this is not at the level of jishu, it is more psychological.
Seeing that Deegan and Antienes were always sitting in the coach's box to communicate, the Belgian commentator couldn't help but joke: "It looks like Antienes and Rod are very happy with the team's performance in the first half, they didn't even go back to the dressing room, but I want to say that this is the ugliest game I've seen in recent years, the players on the field, it's like a losing clown, I don't know what they want to do, this is the most terrible, a team with no idea at all, I can only advise Coach Antienes and Rhodes now that the rejuvenation of the team is not something that can be completed in a day, the most important thing for Belgian football at the moment is the European Cup, if they want Belgium to achieve good results and not lose face in the European Championship, it is better to maintain the stability of the squad! ”
This commentator may have good intentions, but unfortunately, Degan is destined to disappoint him, and the re-establishment of any team must be accompanied by labor pains, no matter how great the cost of this labor pain, Degan is determined to go all the way to the dark.
Fortunately, Digan's decision was very supportive of Antienes.
As the second half continued, the Belgian players were still playing aimlessly, everyone wanted to be the hero of the team, hoping to be the winner in this losing game.
To be fair, they did a good job, at least in terms of individual play, and they didn't lose to the Cameroonians, but when it came to team play, even the sloppy Africans threw them a few streets away.
In the end, the Cameroonians scored two more goals in the second half, and the new Belgians swallowed four bombs in their first warm-up game, and the last time they lost by such a large margin was back in 1999, when they lost 4-0 to France in a warm-up game.
Although it did not break the record for the largest loss, the Belgian fans, who had been accustomed to the victory, obviously could not accept such an ugly defeat.
After the game, major media also wrote articles attacking the young Belgian national team, and almost portrayed them all as national sinners.
Fans also protested, protesting the team's poor performance and calling for the recall of the veteran players.
But at the same time, the Belgian national team has boarded a flight to South Korea to challenge their next warm-up opponent, the South Korean national team.
As soon as they got off the plane, the Belgian team immediately went to the hotel where they were staying, and immediately held a meeting, and those players who had thought that they would be eliminated from the national team were still nervous even if they followed the team to South Korea.
When Digan and Antienes appeared in front of them together, the young players who had been selected for the national team's training squad for the first time also changed their faces slightly.
Although they are all newcomers, they are all familiar with the legend of Degan, especially with veterans like Van Bitten and Simmons who are constantly serving as the source of information.
Stern! Harsh!
That's the description they hear the most about Degan.
Degan looked at the new teammates in front of him, and his expression was very indifferent: "Does seeing me make you nervous too?" ”
Although Degan's tone was relaxed, the words changed in the ears of the players who played in the last game, and they all knew that the storm was coming.
"Today's meeting, I suggested to Coach Antienes, originally Coach Antienes was going to summarize the last game, but I changed my mind I don't want to evaluate your performance in the last game, a bunch of shit has nothing to evaluate, do you know what your performance in the last game was like? That's right! It's shit! Mr. Fellaini! Do you have a different opinion! ”
Fellaini, who had an explosive head, wanted to stuff his head into his crotch to count the birds.
"Excellent! No objections! It looks like you're still self-aware, and I bet even Fiorentina Under-18s can easily knock you out based on your performance in the last game. ”
"I think you all know, there are a lot of voices out there now, asking most of you to get out, and I don't think this request is too much at all, because a bunch of shit, why are they wearing the Belgian national team jersey and pretending to be the European Red Devils on the pitch to swindle!"
"But~~~~~~~~~~~" Degan's tone suddenly became stern, "are you willing?" If you leave the team today due to pressure, then I want to congratulate you, from now on, you will never get any chance to play for the national team, from now on, the Shijie Cup, the European Cup, the Confederations Cup will be completely insulated from you, isn't it cool, at least you don't have to bear the pressure! However, I want to tell you that Coach Antienes is merciful and he is ready to give you another chance, and in two days' time, the match against the Koreans will be your chance to prove yourself again! ”
"Don't tell me you're not ready, since Coach Antienes and I have chosen you, it proves that you are the best people in Belgian football at the moment, I don't understand how you played in the last game, I don't understand at all."
Hearing that there was another opportunity, everyone's eyes flashed with hope again, no one wants to leave as a loser, they came to the national team in order to try to get into the squad for next year's European Championship.
"The opportunity is given to you, it's up to you how to grasp it, I don't have a cheat here, I can make you go from shit to shijie superstar all at once! What I can tell you is to believe in your own ability, since the Belgian national team has chosen you, it has proven your ability, all you have to do is go on the pitch and do what the coach tells you to do, I don't think it will be difficult at all, Mr. Fellaini! For you, I want to remind you, when you get on the field and run for Lao Tzu, are you older than me and can't open your legs on the court? Don't let me see your crappy show again, that will only make me sick! ”
Fellaini finally raised his head at this moment, and the explosion head, which was already very exaggerated, was as if it had been struck by lightning, and it exploded completely.
"I can! I can do it! ”
Degan finally smiled, among these new teammates, he valued Fellaini the most, one person can do the work of both Pirlo and Gattuso, such a player, is simply the best helper given to him by God.
Previously, Deegan had been worried that the last game would make Fellaini languishing from then on, but now it seems that the worry about this rough line is completely unnecessary.
"Excellent! I'm really looking forward to your performance in the next race, I heard that the Koreans are very good at running and very physical, I hope you can surpass them, no! It's not enough to just surpass them, that's too low a requirement for you, I want you to run them to death! ”
Run to death Koreans!
Two days later, inside the Shijie Cup Stadium in Daegu, South Korea, the young Belgian national team really did just that.
On the field, they were very active, running non-stop, and the head coach of the South Korean national team, who originally thought they could pick up a soft persimmon, was completely dumbfounded at this time.
The Belgian national team in front of us is completely different from the team we played against the Cameroonians before.
Run more aggressively, defend more fiercely, attack sharper!
In particular, Fellaini, who sits in the midfield position, is as if he has a hundred lungs, and he has never stopped running since the beginning of the game, and he can be seen everywhere on the field.
South Korea, whether attacking from the flanks or from the middle, will first have to face his interception.
As well as successfully completing his defensive work, Fellaini also scored the first goal of his international career in the 20th minute of the first half with a header from a corner.
After the deadlock was broken, the game gradually fell into the hands of Belgium, and before half-time, Dembele broke through three defenders in the middle of the pitch and helped his team extend the score with a push.
In the second half, De Reed scored the third goal of the game with a volley, followed by Antienes, with Mirallas and Van Bitten scoring a brace before Dembele scored twice.
In the final game, the Belgian team defeated the South Korean national team 6:0.
After returning to Belgium, Digan also spit out a sigh of resentment in an interview: "I still say the same thing, we all have to look forward, forward, a bad performance in a game does not prove anything, I still believe that these young people of my age are the future of Belgian football, I think the fans should be more patient, it turns out, I am right!" ”