We agreed to play football together, and you will be the head coach?

Chapter 409: The Six Knights of Apocalypse, England National Team Training
Sky Sports: "Premier League teams have won the Champions League for three consecutive years! The world's No. 1 league is no longer in dispute!"

Marca: "That's He Tianqi and Villa winning the Champions League for three consecutive years. It has nothing to do with the Premier League!"

BBC: "The Premier League has achieved great results again, and this year's World Cup has great potential!"

"Jornal do Brasil": "It's true that Villa has achieved results, but the English players are just there to make up the numbers. What can they do? The championship belongs to Brazil!"

"AS": "The 1.3 billion euro offer was rejected! He Tianqi asked for such a high price?"

Mundo Deportivo: "Florentino hopes to discuss Bale's signings after the World Cup. He believes that the new stars emerging in the World Cup will have an impact on Bale's value."

France Football: "He Tianqi is open to Bale's departure. If the price is right, Paris Saint-Germain and Juventus can also make a deal."

Manchester Evening News: "Manchester City executives are discussing with owner Mansour and may offer a sky-high price to snatch Bale! Although it is difficult for Villa to trade Bale to a Premier League rival!"

Transfermarkt: "Bale leads the 2013-2014 Champions League best team!"

With the end of the Champions League, this year's Champions League best team was announced.

Compared with the previous eleven-man lineup, this year's roster is more humane and has become an eighteen-man roster.

There are seven additional commendation slots, one of which is given to the goalkeeper.

The two goalkeepers are Courtois from Villa and Neuer from Bayern.

Alanzubia from Atletico Madrid is the biggest missed opportunity this season.

He suffered from a lack of star power and the fact that Atletico had other players selected.

There are six defenders.

They are Lahm from Bayern, Godin from Atletico Madrid, Ramos from Real Madrid, and Boateng, Van Dijk and Walker from Villa!
Vera takes half again!

Five players in midfield.

Gabi from Atletico Madrid, Kroos from Bayern, De Bruyne, Kaka and Modric from Villa.

The proportion reaches sixty percent!
Even so, there are still many Villa fans who feel sorry for Kante and believe that Kante should be selected.

Five forwards.

Bale of Villa, Costa of Atletico Madrid, Dong Fangzhuo of Bayern, Ronaldo and Di Maria of Real Madrid.

Messi was unfortunately not selected, and his degree of regret is comparable to that of Lukaku.

……

For Villa, this season's game has just ended.

But for many players, they have been resting for half a month.

The Premier League will end on May 11th, and the rosters of various countries participating in the World Cup will be announced in the next two days.

Only England remained undecided.

In this regard, many media criticized He Tianqi, believing that he ignored the interests of the England national team in order to ensure the condition of Villa players.

If you can't provide the roster early, many players' off-season plans will not be arranged. It would be a hassle if they have already bought various vacation tickets and then you suddenly say you want to play in the World Cup.

Therefore, after the FA Cup final, the England national team announced the first list of candidates, including more than 40 people.

Southgate specifically stated that considering that Villa's Champions League final has not yet started, Villa players are not on this list.

What this means is that he doesn't know which players of Villa have been selected.

In addition, this long list also serves as a warning to teammates that only a few will be selected in the end.

If you have other arrangements, please go there separately.

Those who withdraw from the training camp will be deemed to have automatically given up their place in the national team.

This is simply an unfair clause.

Even if you come, I may not take you with me in the end.

But if you leave, you will have no chance at all.

But this is the treatment for ordinary players. They just follow orders in all actions and there are not so many unnecessary things.

Even if all these people are angry about this and don't come, He Tianqi is not unable to form an England team.

He believes that there are many players who are on vacation, but they will fly to Brazil immediately if you call them.

However, in this way, Southgate has offended most of England's prominent players.

If he doesn't achieve the desired results this year, Southgate believes he will be fired instantly.

He Tianqi's authority in the England national team will also be restricted.

However, there is one thing Southgate has not figured out, which is that sometimes people's support and respect for you are not because they like you.

It's because you have done something that others cannot do.

Because you are strong!

The day after the Champions League final, Southgate personally announced the final 23-man squad and a list of seven candidates.

There are eight forwards selected, namely: Rooney, Vardy, Albrighton, Sturridge, Sterling, Welbeck, Kane and Grealish!

Of course, considering that if it is a 442 formation, many players here can play as left and right wingers, so it is not considered that there are too many forwards.

But regarding the qualifications of the selected candidates, the first six are considered and they deserve it.

But what the hell are those last two?

Whether it is Kane or Grealish, they mainly played in the Carabao Cup and the early stages of the FA Cup for Villa this year.

He has played less than a quarter of the Premier League games, mostly as a substitute.

To be honest, there are too many other English strikers who are better than them in terms of performance and statistics.

There are six midfielders selected, namely: Lampard, Gerrard, Ashley Young, Henderson, Wilshere and Dele Alli.

The first three, without a doubt.

These are all superstar players who have won the Premier League's best player award and were ranked in the top ten of the Ballon d'Or in their peak seasons.

Ashley Young is the worst, the other two have ranked second or third in the Ballon d'Or.

Henderson, no talent, only physical strength.

Wilshere was in the Premier League's best team two or three years ago, but has been plagued by injuries since a serious injury two years ago, and as a result, he could only come on as a substitute in this year's FA Cup final.

Dele Alli, it is a bit of an exaggeration to say that this person does not exist. After all, he is the only midfielder who can play football in England in the future as He Tianqi said.

But in the past two years, he has indeed not let people see his brilliance.

They are on the same level as the two private players among the forwards.

The six defenders are: Walker, Glen Johnson, Smalling, Cahill, Trippier and Maguire.

Walker officially made it into the world's top right-back ranks this year, surpassing Glen Johnson who plays in the same position, and is the most qualified player on this defensive line.

The rest of the players were mostly just barely adequate.

Maguire is even more difficult to deal with.

It turns out that He Tianqi has crammed four people into three lines, which is a bit ugly.

Fans ridiculed Villa:
"My God, all kinds of people can join the national team."

"He Tianqi really did everything he could to sell players. This operation reminded me of the Chinese men's football team."

"How much money do you think Kane and the other rubbish gave to He Tianqi in red envelopes?"

"Stop talking. At least rubbish like Luke Shaw didn't get in. I'm really afraid that He Tianqi will bring all of Villa's English players to Brazil. What do you think they can do?"

"Well, that means the England national team actually only selected 2006 people, what a waste! Many good players were not selected! So angry!" "Don't say that. When He Tianqi coached the Italian team in , he recruited almost the entire defense line of Palermo, and it turned out that those young people made great contributions."

"That's right. He Tianqi is good at using newcomers in the national team. I don't know how many newcomers he has promoted."

"What about the 2010 World Cup? The Italian team had so many veterans, and didn't He Tianqi lead them to win the World Cup?"

"The situation is different! Serie A players are known for their longevity, and the veterans are not low in level. English players play in England, and when they get older, their speed and physical fitness decline, and their level plummets."

With the blessing of three consecutive Champions League titles, Villa's fan base has skyrocketed, and it has fought against fans of the other 19 Premier League teams and is not at a disadvantage.

Even fans from other countries who started to mock were beaten back by Villa fans.

After all, what are you so mad about?

Aren’t all these clubs being suppressed by our Villa?

Moreover, many core players of the national team are Villa players. Therefore, although we may not have a good impression of He Tianqi's England team, we at least respect them.

The three goalkeepers of this national team are Joe Hart, Ben Foster and... young Pickford!
That’s right, there are experts!
This broke the defense of Fraser Forster, who thought he would be selected.

He currently plays for Celtic, a top club in the Scottish Premier League.

He just joined Premier League Southampton for a transfer fee of one thousand pounds and will be the Saints' main goalkeeper next season.

There aren't many good goalkeepers in England and Joe Hartbein Foster really should be a wicket-taker.

But there is no way that Jordan Pickford, who is only 20 years old, will be the goalkeeper, right?
This is completely gilded.

Because there is almost no chance of playing for the third goal.

If He Tianqi had used his own people in the previous match, everyone could have tolerated it. After all, Villa's record was too good, and a piece of shit could be inlaid with gold and sold at a high price.

But why does Pickford?
He is just a youth player at Sunderland.

After signing his professional contract three years ago, he has made just twelve appearances for Sunderland, conceded eighteen goals and kept three clean sheets, a record that is awful to behold.

He was subsequently loaned out to six lower-level clubs by Sunderland.

Played one hundred and ten rubbish games.

"That's too much! Pickford definitely paid for it!"

"Just wait and see, Pickford will start asking for a transfer once the World Cup is over!"

"He Tianqi often uses tricks to buy people. He first seduces them, then teaches them to cause trouble, and finally buys them at a low price."

"Sunderland have no choice but to sell. Their contract with Pickford is less than two years. Pickford is so young, he will join Villa in two years."

"Twenty-two is definitely an age worth training for a goalkeeper. He Tianqi promises him a future, so we can give him everything!"

"How despicable! This is totally unfair competition!"

"He Tianqi is even more abominable than vampires like Mendes and Raiola!"

English football practitioners are angry!

Or rather jealous!
Why!
Especially since Pickford is only 1.85 meters tall and has congenital hardware defects.

He Tianqi's main goalkeeper Handanovic, who was coached by Palermo, and Schmeichel, the former main goalkeeper of Villa, who was coached by him, are both 1.9 meters tall. Courtois is 2 meters tall, and Oblak is also 1.9 meters tall.

It is precisely because of He Tianqi's current "orientation" that Fraser Forster is confident, because he is one centimeter taller than Courtois, at 2.01 meters.

He is simply the English version of Courtois.

Who would have known that He Tianqi would choose the English version of Casillas.

Casillas is the only goalkeeper that He Tianqi has not made great efforts to reform and often praise since he took over as coach.

Goalkeepers like Casillas, who rely on their reaction speed and sixth sense to make incredible saves, have never been the first choice in He Tianqi's football philosophy.

He prefers goalkeepers with excellent conditions, tall height, long arms, solid basic skills, beautiful footwork and broad vision.

Because He Tianqi wants to limit the team's goal losses to a controllable range.

And Casillas-style goalkeepers are essentially uncontrollable.

result……

Why the sudden change of taste?

He Tianqi also communicated with Southgate about this.

The weakest point of this England team is its defense.

John Terry has retired from international football due to issues with the FA.

Players like Smalling and Cahill can be used, but they are definitely not useful.

The only reliable ones are probably Walker and Glen Johnson, but their positions overlap, and his performance as left-back is not as good as Trippier, who Villa has already been undergoing a left-back transformation.

With a defense like this, we can no longer expect the goalkeeper to follow the routine.

It takes an extraordinary performance. A goalkeeper like Fraser Forster who has done nothing wrong is of no use here.

Joe Hart and Ben Foster are both volatile goalkeepers.

The status fluctuates greatly.

They can only be trusted when their shoulders are up.

That amount of time is not enough to cover the entire World Cup cycle, so we need another great saver.

Pickford was selected.

In addition, Joe Hart and Ben Foster are also famous for their butter hands. As the saying goes, "If Heaven has love, it will also grow old, and it will kick Hart when he meets him."

You have been studied thoroughly by others, and sometimes changing your tactics can disrupt the other party's plans.

Although Pickford is young, his experience of 110 official matches is still quite trustworthy.

Just look at this. When the England team was training, Pickford's save performance was not inferior to that of Joe Hart and Ben Foster.

Welbeck, Kane, Grealish, Dele Alli and others all lost their confidence in their saves.

He's so strong, yet he's loaned out twice a year?
Is this Heilan Home?
On June 5th, England and Croatia played a friendly match.

Both teams are World Cup participants and both believe this is a good opportunity for training.

The result may be that Walker put too much pressure on Glen Johnson, who started at left back today, played particularly hard, but it was this hard work and unfamiliarity with the environment that hurt him.

He was injured in the warm-up match and was diagnosed with ligament sprain after the game.

It's not serious, but he will miss the upcoming World Cup finals.

Glen Johnson had a bad year, but that also made some people lucky.

He Tianqi recruited Luke Shaw into the team from a group of seven candidates including Milner, Stones, Carrick, Carroll, Lallana, Phil Jones and Luke Shaw.

He is a left back, which is the most suitable position for him.

So far, the number of Villa players in England's 23-man World Cup squad has reached a terrifying eight!

Apart from Walker who deserves it, and Sterling and Trippier who are undisputed, the other five are all rubbish.

Known in history as the "Five Little Fortunes of Vera"!
Plus Pickford, they are known as the "Six Horsemen of the Apocalypse"!
In this England team, there are twelve players who once played under He Tianqi, which is more than half!
It contains a lot of "what".

Some people angrily criticized He Tianqi for having the final say within the England national team.

He Tianqi said: "The fact is that I haven't coached enough England players, which makes me less confident about the World Cup."

"You know, I have coached more than half of the players on the FIFA Ballon d'Or shortlist."

"I personally think that the more players I am familiar with, the greater our chances of winning!"

(End of this chapter)