Red Rebels

668 Burning the bridge across the river

o: 4 shutout against Birmingham City, the bitter host, Mourinho was greatly relieved of his bad luck, especially Michael Johnson's outstanding performance throughout the game, which made Mourinho full of confidence.

At the press conference after the game, Steve Bruce also spoke highly of Michael Johnson. He watched Michael Johnson join the Red Rebels and has been paying close attention to his growth in the past few years. Birmingham He also tried to buy Michael Johnson, but was rejected by the Red Rebels.

"I think Michael Johnson showed the abilities that a first-class star should have in this game. As a defensive midfielder, his performance was very good, but I think he still has a lot of room for improvement, such as his Anticipation, positional sense, etc., these can help him take a further step in the defensive midfielder position."

"Yes, I used to be Michael Johnson's head coach, and I personally brought him into the Red Rebels' youth training camp. I am very proud of this, but I believe that he has now become not for sale to the Red Rebels. He will become a world-class star and, ahead of Gerrard, he will be the ideal successor to Beckham."

"Capello refused to recruit the two defensive midfielders of the Red Rebels? Then I think he must be crazy, because I believe that no one in this world can refuse players of the type of Beckham and Michael Johnson , they are geniuses”

At this time, Mourinho, who was sitting next to him, also spoke highly of Michael Johnson. He believed that the Englishman was fully capable of entering the national team. "His performance in the national team has always been excellent. He is the most scarce player in England." This type of player, he should definitely be selected for the national team, I can’t think of any reason to reject him.”

But in fact, after several delays, Capello's first national team roster was finally announced after the fifth round in England. What is surprising is that several players were not selected. This is the national team roster.

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"After several delays, after gold medal coach Capello took over the England national team, the first national team roster was officially announced. In this roster, some of the national team's main stars have been selected, including Wayne Rooney. , Gerrard, Lampard and other players, but some players were unexpectedly dropped."

In the recreation room of the Red Rebels training building, the players were all looking quietly at the huge LCD TV in front of them, which was playing sports news at noon. The Football Association held a press conference this morning to announce got this list.

For some, they already knew the results last night

"The players who failed to be selected in Capello's first round should be regarded as

The biggest star is undoubtedly the Red Rebel star David Beckham. This English superstar who once won the double Footballer of the Year was rejected by the newly appointed Capello for the reason It turned out to be his age. "

The live TV screen was transferred to a clip taken at the press conference. Capello was wearing his pair of glasses and sitting in front of reporters, looking very calm and calm.

"I know many people want me to explain why so many people leave the national team. I can only answer that I never think that the national team is a place to cultivate players. That is the responsibility of the National Youth Team. The national team is always where results are produced, so the players I select only have one standard, which can bring me results."

"David Beckham is a very good player, I admit that, but don't forget, he will be one year old in May, and his position in the Red Rebels this season is not secure, I I don’t think he can perform in the European Cup, even if he performed well in the qualifiers."

Naturally, the media cannot be satisfied with Capello's explanation. After all, he was hired urgently by the Football Association after the Football Association was dissatisfied with McLaren. Although Capello has achieved outstanding results in the club, he has never coached the national team experience. .

Now taking over the national team for the first time, Capello wielded his butcher knife and cut off many players who did not want him to see him in one breath, including Beckham, Michael Johnson, Theo Walcott, and Yi of the Red Rebels. Smail and Micah Richards, on the grounds that he believed these players were either too old or too young to be suitable for the current England national team.

"I guess Capello seems to have forgotten that it was Ismail's consecutive goals that helped the England national team reach the 2008 European Cup, it was also Beckham's continuous high-level performance, and Michael Johnson's outstanding substitute performance. He led England to perform well in the qualifiers, and it was also Micah Richards who solved the England national team's right wing problem, while Walcott is England's sharpest winger on the left, but now these people will be abandoned from the country. Team, what is left of England?"

As if to oppose Capello, reporters also specially asked a number of England legends to testify. Most of the people interviewed were either on the fence or skeptical.

Alan Shearer said, "Capello is a world-class coach. He has his own set of tactical concepts. This is understandable, but I am worried about the purge he carried out as soon as he took office. After all, England relies on The system used by Red Rebel players such as Beckham performed well in the qualifiers, and everyone is used to playing in this system. If you change it rashly, the consequences will be unpredictable."

"I understand Capello's concerns. He is afraid that too many players from the Red Rebels will affect the unity of the national team. The team he leads is always the first to attack small gangs. For example, when he coached Real Madrid, he was the first to attack. It’s the Brazilian gang, and big names like Ronaldo have been relegated to the sidelines by him, and now he obviously regards England as another Real Madrid.”

"But I think Capello should be reminded that England is not Real Madrid, and the European Cup is not La Liga."

The implication of Shearer's words is very clear. In La Liga, Real Madrid and Barcelona stand out. Capello's elimination of the Brazilian gang has an impact on Real Madrid's strength. However, relatively speaking, in the league, Real Madrid can still easily take the lead.

But England can't do it in the European Cup

However, there are also many fans who support Capello. They believe that the Red Rebels have been too popular in recent years, causing players to be overrated, such as Theo Walcott, Michael Johnson, Ismail, Michael Carl Richards and others are difficult to play as the absolute main force in the club, but they all occupy a place in the national team.

"Who dares to say that this is not influenced by the media's momentum?"

These fans shaped Capello into a brave man who dared to challenge evil forces. They all believed that after Capello cleaned out the Red Rebels, a group of players who were not worthy of their name, he re-recruited some powerful stars and greatly improved the England national team. The most important thing is to liberate the duo of Gerrard and Lampard.

According to their understanding, Gerrard and Lampard can only act as green leaves when Beckham is around and become Beckham's right-hand man. This is a huge humiliation. Now Beckham is no longer reused. I believe their performance will become better and better.

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The entire entertainment room was quiet. Only Terry and Curtis of the Red Rebels were selected for Capello's national team roster to prepare for the upcoming European Cup warm-up match. However, from the faces of the two selected candidates, I couldn't see the joy after being selected.

Obviously, Capello doesn't like the Red Rebels' style of football, so he is unwilling to fill the national team with Red Rebels players.

"David, what should we do?" Ismail asked Beckham at a loss.

At this time, the experienced Beckham became their spiritual support.

Beckham also seemed to be in a bad mood. The reason why he chose to continue playing football was more because he was eager to participate in more games on behalf of the national team. But now Capello has clearly conveyed a signal that he belongs to His international days as Beckham are over.

The Red Rebels received a notice from the FA this morning and have talked to the players one after another. The club will respect the wishes of the national team. After all, it is the freedom of the national team. Can the Red Rebels still put pressure on them and force them to do so? Do we have to recruit players from the Red Rebels?

To put it bluntly, the current Red Rebels don't need to go to the national team to get gold. From the club's perspective, they wish to have as few international players as possible so that the team can prepare more calmly.

"I don't know, but it's not the end of the world if I lose the national team. I will do everything I can to perform better with the Red Rebels, and then tell everyone that it was their loss not to choose me." Beckham's eyes flashed. Definitely.

He was once extremely loyal to the national team. He even wore the captain's armband of the national team before the roster was announced. However, after the roster was announced, he was abandoned by the England national team again.

The reason why it is again is because he was abandoned once before, but later he accepted a call-up to the national team and led England to the World Cup in Germany and the O8 European Cup, but in the end he got stuck. Perrault's ruthless abandonment.

What makes Beckham even more annoyed is that before this, he didn't even receive a single phone call from Capello to explain.

What does this mean?

This means that in Capello's eyes, he, Beckham, is nothing. The captain of the national team is just a title that he has the final say. He can take it away at any time without giving any explanation.

This is an insult to Beckham

"He's so heartless," Michael Johnson said with a tone of helplessness and disappointment.

After his outstanding performance against Birmingham in the last game, many media began to say that he should be selected for the national team because he is Beckham's natural successor. However, unexpectedly, Beckham did not enter and he also lost the selection.

Theo Walcott, Michael Johnson, Micah Richards and Ismail were not included in the national team, but were replaced by Downing, Joe Cole, Carrick, Luke Young, Krause and others. Player, it is obvious that Capello's purpose is to break up the influence of the Red Rebels in the England national team, and then put his mark on the national team.

This is something that many new head coaches will do after taking office, but some do it slowly and make their mark silently, while some do it with lightning speed and resolutely; some achieve success and become all There are classic examples that people talk about, but there are also people who fail and are completely drowned in the saliva of fans.

No one knows what the outcome will be for Capello, but fans and experts have similar comments about his actions. They either support or oppose it, and some of them maintain a wait-and-see attitude. They think Capello As a world-famous coach, it is impossible for Luo not to take this into consideration.

But what exactly is going on, who knows?

Even as his teammates dispersed, Beckham was still sitting on the sofa in the recreation room, staring blankly at the TV, but with a myriad of thoughts in his heart.

He had already been mentally prepared for today's situation. Even before Xiao Yu signed a new contract with him, ever since he decided to enroll in the Red Rebel Coach Training Course, he had been mentally prepared to wait until this moment. One day.

He once dreamed of participating in the World Cup in South Africa in 2000, but he was already 5 years old at that time. Frequent injuries in the past few years made him dare not imagine whether he could still play football at that time, so the European Cup in 2008 became his dream. the best time.

But now that even this opportunity has been lost, Beckham can be said to be very regretful.

But it was also because of this that he finally made a decision, a decision that he originally thought would be very difficult, but in fact it was surprisingly easy and natural.

When this decision came to his mind, it completely occupied all his thoughts out of control, and he couldn't even restrain himself from thinking about this problem.

Then he was the first to call Xiao Yu and told him his decision. The latter was obviously surprised and remained silent for more than three minutes, just listening to Beckham's explanation, and then he Open your mouth.

"David, I said, no matter what, I will always stand by your side and support you, and it will be the same this time."

Then Beckham seemed to be relieved and laughed instead.

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Perhaps due to the influence of losing to the national team, in the 6th round of the English League, the Red Rebels played against Tottenham at home. The Red Rebels performed very well and lost to the England national team, including Michael Johnson, David Beckham, Ismail and the three of them together.

Michael Johnson and Beckham formed a double defensive midfielder. They performed well throughout the game and steadily helped the Red Rebels firmly control the field. Michael Johnson, in particular, continued his excellent performance in the previous game and once again froze Tottenham's victory. field and had one assist.

Beckham passed and shot, and Ismail scored a hat trick to help the Red Rebels beat Tottenham Hotspur 5:o at home. Aguero scored the icing on the cake for the Red Rebels.

After this game, after seeing the outstanding performance of the Red Rebel players, the media naturally started a discussion about Capello's national team roster. But everyone knows that this is useless because the roster is no longer available. Big changes will be made.

But at this moment, various mainstream media received an invitation letter from the Red Rebels' press conference. The time was on the third day of England's national team training.