Chapter 62 Tacit Ball? Impossible!
Avril Lavigne flew back to the United States the next day. Her new album was still in the promotion period, so it was not easy to sneak over to meet Digan.
Avril came and left quietly, except Digan, no one even knew about it, she was as mysterious as a fox fairy, but it was hard for Antiiennis, when he was training the next day, he still had a With double panda eyes, he stood on the sidelines and breathed heavily.
"Did you not sleep yesterday?" Francois asked in surprise. In fact, he was too excited yesterday to fall asleep until late at night, and his mental state is not much better than that of Antiiennis at this moment.
Antiiennis looked at Digan who was directing his teammates to train with a resentful face, and murmured: "This bastard, it seems that he really doesn't know what it is to be tired!"
Belgium has won the right to qualify, and the usually tense training has become more relaxed at this moment, as if the local tyrants who were expropriated by the government and became rich overnight, they are now qualified to face those who are still For a ticket to the World Cup, the poor, short and ugly are miserable.
Serbia and Montenegro will fight Bosnia and Herzegovina in the next civil war in Yugoslavia. With their strength, winning should not be a problem, but now the initiative is no longer in their hands. If they want to appear, in addition to defeating Bosnia and Herzegovina, they also need to see Results of his matches in Belgium and Spain.
If Spain wins, they don't have to think about anything, just pack up and salute early, go home to wash and sleep. If there is a tie or Spain loses to Belgium at home, and they win, they can surpass Spain by one point and win Get the line right.
It can be said that the fate of Serbia and Montenegro is basically in the hands of the Belgians. Whether they can participate in another international competition as Serbia and Montenegro depends on whether Belgium, which has already won the right to qualify, can Can't help them stop Spain in the last group match.
Serbia and Montenegro coach Petkovic was very confident about qualifying when he was training: "Now we have just encountered some small troubles, and everything is still under control. We will compete in the last group match. In the game, we will dedicate a wonderful game to the fans, and we will give the victory to the fans. As for the right to qualify, I don't think this is a problem. After the current Belgian team has such an outstanding player like Digan, Their overall strength is very strong. I think they can have the last laugh in the game and become the biggest winner. I want to congratulate Belgium. They have won the right to qualify, but out of the principle of fair competition, I still hope Belgium can do their best, after all, the charm of football games is that no one knows what will happen until the last moment!"
Petkovic's words can't be called cryptic anymore, basically what he meant was, big brother Belgium, the last match is up, and whether the younger brother can qualify or not depends on you all, don't let the younger brother down!
Isn't there such a saying?
Happiness has nothing to do with victory or defeat, it is connected with the heart!
You have to be worthy of your conscience, don't think that our country has become a jigsaw puzzle, and you join forces with Spain to play with others, that is immoral.
The head coach of Spain, Calagones, followed up and said: "The team is in a good situation now. We still have a game to play. Belgium has already got a chance to qualify, but I think they still have some shortcomings. The small problem is that there are too few young players in their team. If they want to achieve good results in the World Cup next year, they need more new stars to strengthen the team. I think coach Antiiennis may It will give some young people a chance, after all, it is the honor of every player to play for the national team, those few people should not play in a team, and the substitute players should also enjoy the joy of victory!"
At the critical moment of the life-and-death battle, the old man Calagones basically couldn't care about anything, so he almost knelt on the ground and begged: "Master Antiiennis!" It's almost over, you've already got your tickets, why bother with us? There is a saying that you have to forgive others and forgive others. For the sake of past friendship, let's give brothers a hand!
Calagones hopes that Belgium can deal with it in the last game. Of course, Petkovic does not agree. Spain wants to participate in the World Cup. Is the Serbia and Montenegro team willing to count their toes at home?
Grandma sucks!
Regardless of being shameless, Uncle Pei can't deny his cowardice: "I don't know when the mighty Spain will be afraid of their opponents. Now that the game has not been played, their legs are already weak. They hope that Coach Antiiennis will send them to fight against them. Substitute players? Well! Our Serbia and Montenegro team don't care, they can play whatever they want! But I believe in the professional ethics of coach Antiiennis and the serious attitude of Belgian players to football. Victory is achieved by ourselves, and It's not about waiting for others to give you alms."
It seems that this debate is so interesting that even FIFA can't help but get involved. Blatter also said in an interview that he will pay extra attention to this game to avoid tacit balls. .
Karagones and Petkovic fought like shrews, but Belgium was the innocent one. They were actively preparing for the match against Spain, but now they have become the focus of public opinion.
"We will do our best against Spain. I know we have qualified now, but we still have to fight for the honor of Belgium. Spain are strong, but we are not afraid of them. We will fight in the last game. In the group stage, send the strongest lineup and strive to win!"
Antiiennis also looked annoyed, being questioned about his professional ethics for no reason, which he absolutely cannot tolerate, especially now that this game has become the focus of many people's attention, he cannot allow it to go beyond his acceptable range something happened.
"We didn't do this for anyone. If Serbia and Montenegro and Spain want to qualify, they can only fight for it themselves. All we can do is to do our best to compete."
Degan also expressed his determination in an interview: "According to the ball? That's impossible! We have our own pride, and this pride is to strive for victory in every game. Who will enter next year's competition? The World Cup, this is not something we should care about. What we have to do is to be worthy of the sport of football. As for the problem of the lack of young people in the Belgian national team, this is not for Mr. Calagones to ask. If he wants to beat us , don't play with those little cleverness, it's useless! It's really useless! I will definitely score in the last game, then lead Belgium to victory, and give the victory to the fans who support us! Of course, Petkovi is not included Strange, he questioned our professional ethics, which is groundless!"
Calagones pretending to be smart was counterproductive, and he was forced in an instant. He originally planned to hint at Antiiennis' last game, and just deal with it. Who would have thought that it would arouse Belgium's fighting spirit? What kind of thing is this? ! ?
But now that the debate has already started, and persuading Belgium to release water is fruitless, he will find another way to play psychological warfare. Although he doesn't have a master's degree in psychology like Antiiennis, he can't talk about it at all. Difference.
"Belgium wants to beat us. It's a joke. I don't know where their confidence comes from. Is it because of an extra Degan? I admit that Degan is very good. His strength is much stronger than other Belgian players, but Football is a one-person sport, and the biggest problem in Belgium right now is the division within the team. We all know that even as a country, they are divided into two factions. Their team has no unity at all. Such a team , we have no reason to fear!"
Calagones is indeed a master of psychological warfare. His words not only provoked the relationship between Degan and his teammates, but also brought out the struggle between the two factions in the Belgian national team.
Infighting is an old problem in Belgian football. In Belgium, the Dutch-speaking Flemish and the French-speaking Walloons are two major factions. The same is true in the national team.
There is no doubt about the talent of the Belgian team, but for a long time in the past, due to the multi-ethnic characteristics of the players, the team has not been kneaded into shape.
The Belgian team did not recruit foreign players in the 1980s, not even French-speaking Walloons. With the resignation of the famous coach Thies and the embarrassment of the original players, the Belgian national team gradually relaxed the restrictions. Like the Netherlands, it opened the door to players of all nationalities and foreign origins. This move has enriched the talent pool of the national team, but because the players formed gangs and did not buy into each other, the performance of the national team was always unable to improve.
The late famous Belgian football coach, who once led the Belgian team to create glory in the 1980s, said a famous saying: "Never call a Walloon into the national team, no matter how good he is."
This sentence was advice to his successor Van Heemst before Thies stepped down from the Belgian national team in 1992. Later, the successor Van Heemster did not follow the advice of his predecessor Tees, and not only recruited Walloons, but also set a precedent for recruiting Belgian players of foreign descent. Croatian Weber was recruited into the team.
Later, Rickens called up the Belgian-Brazilian Oliveira and the Mpensa brothers, who have Congolese descent, and Vasegui also recruited the Croatian Strupa. But the conflict between Flemish players and Walloon players has never been resolved. The Belgian team is divided into two groups of players, even in the training and life of the national team.
A few years ago, an absurd thing happened on the Belgian public TV station RTBF. It suddenly broadcast a fictional news on the program, saying that "the Flanders region has declared independence", "the king has left the country", and "Belgium no longer exists". .
Although the words "purely fictitious" were later printed on the screen, the news still shocked the whole country, and many people gathered at the palace with flags.
For a long time, Belgium has been divided into Flemings and Walloons. The former speaks Dutch, claims to be smart and hardworking, and has some contempt for the Walloons; the latter speaks French, and is quite critical of the former.
Belgium has always existed like this. Brussels, located in the Flemish region, due to historical development, speaks more French in its city center, and all signs are marked in French and Dutch, which has become a unique landscape in the center of Europe.
As Tees said, his national team is determined not to call Walloons. Famous Belgian football stars Pfaff, Sermans, Van der Elst, Predholm and others are all Flemish, while Schiff is of Italian descent, and Flemish who only hate Walloons are not Don't repel him, on the contrary, you can get along well with him.
Both Flemish and Walloon have excellent players, but they are difficult to unite. In fact, the biggest problem facing the Belgian team is not tactics, technology, or lack of talent, but these talents come from Flemish. and Wallonia. Is it true that Walloons are no longer recruited as Thies said, or that the Belgian national team is divided into the Flemish national team and the Walloon national team?
When Degan decided to join Belgium, he knew that there was such a thing in Belgium, so the first thing he did after he took over as the captain of the team was to resolve this contradiction.
Of course, with Degan as a junior, it is like completely solving the old problems that have plagued Belgian football for decades. Of course, it is impossible, so Degan used a high-pressure policy from the beginning and told those teammates: "If you can't Playing in a World Cup, no matter how successful you are at the club, you will not be considered a successful player."
And in the usual training, Degan, the young captain, also fulfilled his responsibilities very well. He treated every teammate around him fairly and made strict demands, so that this straggler-like team eventually became a whole. .
Now Calagones brought this matter up again, and before Antiiennis could speak, Digan became annoyed first: "Mr. Calagones seems to think he has found a way to defeat us, but I want It is a pity that he will be disappointed. Since he thinks that our fighting power will be affected by internal strife, we must win the next game. If we can't get rid of the red bull, how can it be Not to prove that we are not united Belgians!"
Karagones didn't expect that his psychological warfare would turn into what he is now, a typical example of shooting himself in the foot.
Tacit understanding of the ball, the Belgians do not agree!
Playing psychological warfare, on the contrary aroused the opponent's fighting spirit!
Now it seems that if you want to qualify, you really have to do it with real swords and guns!
The decisive battle is at the Bernabéu!
"We are ready, now we have to see what the Spaniards think! Don't expect us to let the water go, we will fight for the honor of Belgium!"