541 A historic moment
The FIFA matchday was not over yet, and England had just drawn with Finland and immediately returned to their home turf to sit in Wembley for the German tank.
On Fleet Street, England fans slammed the national team and denounced Kevin Keegan, but before the do-or-die game, everyone was still able to whitewash the peace and create a sense of unity.
An indispensable procedure in Wembley is that the fans stand up and sing songs insulting Manchester United, Millwall is also quite hated, after all, it is the target of the public, but Millwall does not have many internationals in the England national team, even if the fans want to scold, it seems that they can't find a target, and it becomes a personal attack, so it puts the cart before the horse.
Aldridge stood side by side with Andrew in the box stands at Wembley.
Aldrich, who was in a suit and leather shoes, crossed his hands under his lower abdomen and asked with a calm expression: "Who do you think will win?" ”
Andrew and his standing posture, with his hands folded on each other's lower abdomen, all moved the same, and said lightly: "At least don't lose." ”
Aldrich grinned, silent.
In his last life, he had always had a question in his heart.
That's the fan base around him, and it seems that when everyone is talking about England, there is a very clear premise: England is strong.
If Germany were to be included in the discussion, there would still be many people who thought that England and Germany were in the same balance.
This is what Aldrich was puzzled by in his previous life.
You can't compare the strength of two teams with style, tactics, and spectacle in a football match, even the Netherlands, which is known as the "uncrowned king", caused a bigger sensation than the championship after winning the runner-up, which is rare in football. But it is also impossible to cite the facts that support the strongest in the Netherlands.
Competitive sports. Grades are the hard measure of strength. Everything else is puffy clouds.
Germany is far superior to England in terms of team honors and comprehensive scores in previous competitions!
What confidence does England have to compare with Germany?
At best, it is on the same level as Spain.
So Aldrich didn't understand it in his last life, Britain and Germany are not on the same level, is it necessary to argue?
Now he understood.
It's a victory in the English league, a victory for the influence of the stars.
Although Germany is also actively exploring overseas markets, it is due to the competitiveness of its domestic leagues. The difference in the number of stars, etc., has led to the expansion of the Premier League in the world, but the market potential of the Bundesliga is very limited, people watch the game, of course, to see the famous team, the famous star, the Bundesliga has been far behind the Premier League, Serie A, La Liga at this point.
But the overseas influence of the Premier League is actually a victory for foreign aid. The number of local stars who can get their hands on it is declining year by year.
A significant number of fans have transplanted their sensory impressions of the Premier League to the England national team. Including love and support.
England faced Germany at Wembley today, Aldridge unexpectedly appeared here, and the live camera frequently turned to him, seemingly with a strong hint.
Aldridge spoke secretly with the FA president and reached some agreements.
The FA is under pressure to put the issue of sacking Keegan on the table.
There are voices inside to hire Lazio coach Christian Eriksen.
The president of the FA did not dare to break with tradition easily.
The dismissal of Keegan may be a great joy and shift the blame to Keegan.
But if you hire a foreign coach right away, the FA will immediately be on the cusp again.
This is the kind of thing that the FA president is not very happy to do, especially when there are back-up candidates for local coaches and people who are supported by local fans have not yet come to the post to test.
The mess of the England national team, now other local coaches who are not prestigious enough are not too dare to take it, the qualifiers have started, and the division is not good, now take it? The timing was not good.
The FA is worried that if the England national team does not qualify for the World Cup, it will be a catastrophe!
So they need a better scapegoat.
A candidate who can at least draw the anger of the people when the worst of the worst situations arise.
Aldrich, the perfect fit.
Everyone wants him to do this job, so let him come.
If Aldridge fails, the FA will at least have countless excuses to hire a foreign coach, and there will be very little resistance.
Our best coach in the country can't lead the LinkedIn Gran national team to glory, well, then I have to ask the monks outside to chant the scriptures.
Aldridge wants to take over the national team because he has ambitions.
But he will not be carried away by ambition.
He also gave the FA a deadline.
before the end of the year.
Don't wait for Keegan to bring the national team to the point where he can't qualify, and then hand it over to him.
In that case, the FA can indeed give him more time, and the target is Euro 04.
I'm sorry, the cycle is too long, and Lao Tzu is not interested.
As a result, Aldridge reached an agreement with Thompson that Aldridge would take over the England national team as soon as there were any further accidents with Keegan's team before the end of the year.
As for the treatment, that's secondary.
What is an accident?
When England dropped two points in their opening game, it would be an accident and would make the qualification situation even worse.
So in today's match between England and Germany, England must win!
A draw at home is unacceptable!
The media and fans are still optimistic.
This Germany is not strong, not strong, not strong!
We just beat them three months ago, and it's still on a neutral ground!
The shameful record of 34 years of invincibility has come to an end!
Today, England has the advantage of being at home, so let's do a good job, win Germany, and enter the World Cup!
After 90 minutes, Wembley fell silent, and then clashes broke out on the sidelines, with radical fans insulting Beckham on the sidelines.
During this period, Becky's relationship with England fans was very bad.
In addition to the aftermath of the 98 World Cup, it was also exposed because in the summer European Championships, Xiaobei gave the middle finger to the fans. And he also escaped punishment. There are many fans in England who have a lot of grudges against Xiaobei. In addition to his Manchester United background, it is also somewhat related to the style of play he plays.
The older generation of English fans rarely admires players who are skilled and skillful, and in their eyes they belong to European players, who are supposed to be iron-blooded, tough, and fearless like matadors on the field, but those who show off their footwork and always dress up to make entertainment headlines, making them look awkward. Therefore, when the "Europeanized" England international in their eyes does not perform well, they are often drowned in saliva, but iron-blooded captains like Robson Sr. and Adams will win applause even if they lose.
The score on the scoreboard is 0:1.
International practice, the home team in front.
Wembley fell and the Germans left on their toes as they had lifted the European Championship here four years earlier.
The two teams have played each other twice in three months, stretching out their hands and breaking their fingers to count. England seems to be at a loss.
A 1-0 win over Germany in the group stage of the European Championship ended England failing to qualify from the group.
Now the World Cup Qualifiers. After England's loss, Mo said that the second place in the group went to play in the play-offs, and the possibility of not being able to enter the World Cup also increased sharply!
Aldridge and Andrew silently left Wembley, who was booed.
After the game, Kevin Keegan did not wait for the FA to issue a layoff notice, and he resigned on his own initiative.
In an interview, Keegan admitted that he has limited ability to steer and lead the national team to glory.
Putting aside the negative emotions caused by his poor results, English football and Fleet Street suddenly felt very sympathetic to Kevin Keegan.
Time suddenly goes back to 96 years.
Back in the day, Kevin Keegan was full of glory, leading Newcastle United to beat Manchester United by 12 points in the league, and people were expecting Newcastle United's King Keegan to beat Manchester United and let Hollywood on the Tyne shine throughout England, as a result, Keegan collapsed in the psychological war with Ferguson, even if there was Millwall sniping Newcastle United at the most, but four years later, people looked back and suddenly found that Keegan's coaching career, perhaps the most influential person is the Red Devils' Lord Ferguson.
If Keegan had beaten Ferguson's psychological warfare at the time, perhaps he could have made a different fortune with Newcastle United.
However, there are no ifs in the world.
This kind of hatred continues, and in the future, when Keegan enters Manchester City, why not want to hit Manchester United and Ferguson to the greatest extent? As for the contrast in the strength of Manchester City to play Manchester United, it is secondary, after all, the opposition of hateful positions is more special.
With the FIFA breakday over and the return of the major internationals, the club's league and European competitions will once again be in the spotlight.
England is a special case, because without a national team manager, this cannot be ignored.
A day later, at three o'clock in the afternoon.
The press room of the FA office building is crowded with people.
The FA informed Fleet Street in advance and held a press conference at 3 p.m. with only one theme: announcing the new manager of the England national team!
Not only the big newspapers on Fleet Street, but also reporters from many European countries in England rushed to hear the news.
This time, the change of coach of the England national team came more suddenly.
After the defeat at the European Championships in the summer, the FA has firmly expressed its support for Kevin Keegan.
As a result, in just ten days, after drawing Finland and losing to Germany, the FA immediately started the process of changing the coach.
This caught the media off guard, and although the media expected a change of manager in the FA after the defeat to Germany, it was only speculation that it was not until Kevin Keegan voluntarily resigned that the outside world, especially the media, focused on the project.
Who could it be?
The FA's head of press conference, Gibson, presided over the press conference, which was attended by more than 50 media outlets, Gibson sat calmly on the stage, made a brief opening remarks, thanked everyone for being there, expressed his gratitude to Keegan on behalf of the FA, accepted his resignation, and wished him good luck.
Then, here's the main event.
Gibson said slowly: "We are honoured to have Coach Aldridge Hall as the manager of the England national team, he has just signed us on a 20-month contract, and the FA is confident that the national team, under the leadership of Mr. Hall, will be able to get out of the current predicament and enter the 02 World Cup and achieve satisfactory results in the World Cup." ”
Wow
There was an uproar and some commotion.
The reporters exchanged heads and began to discuss.
Aldridge takes over as national team manager?
What about Millwall?
Could this be a sensational news with a chain reaction!?
At this moment, Aldrich, who was in a suit and leather shoes, walked into the scene with a smile on his face and his chest held high, shook Gibson's hand on stage, and then turned to face all the media reporters.
swish
It was as if the scene had been attacked by countless flashbangs, and Aldrich, who was accustomed to the spotlight, narrowed his eyes slightly to avoid the flash.
When the photo was over, the scene suddenly burst into applause.
All journalists and FA staff applauded Aldrich.
This applause is exceptional.
Because, this is a historic moment.
The youngest national team manager in history, in England, in this minute, this second, was born!
Aldridge's expression remained unchanged, he sat down with a smile and said softly: "Thank you to the FA for the invitation, it makes me feel honored and honored, and I will do my best to do this job." Now, do you guys have any questions? ”
Wow
The reporters in the audience, all, for the first time, raised their hands, and the crowd was excited! (To be continued......)