: Take a plan

He won the underdogs Macedonia 4:0 at home, defeated Wales 2:0 away, and in the friendly match with Australia, they won 3:1. Tony Donn's New England team played three international A-level matches and had not lost yet. In just three games, Donn proved that his title of "Champion Godfather" was not in vain, and his remarks of "pursuing victory no matter where and where" were also recognized and accepted by more English people - it seems that he does have two tricks, not just talking on his mouth.

But some people disagree.

Macedonia, Wales and Australia are not considered strong teams, and they still play friendly matches with Australia. No problem can be explained by the victory in these three games. To test the true level of a team, it is definitely not to fight with a team of this level, but to challenge stronger enemies. For example, Serbia four days later.

Unlike the three previous opponents, Serbia has always been a force that cannot be ignored in European football. As a member of the former Yugoslavia, their football level has always been at a high level. Just look at the Serbian players who play in major European teams today:

Central defender Vidic, who plays for Manchester United, is undoubtedly the most well-known Serbian star. There are also defenders Ivanovic who plays for Chelsea, Stankovic who plays for Inter Milan, goalkeeper Stoykovic who plays for Sporting Lisbon, defenders Stepanov who plays for Portuguese giant Porto, defenders Lukovic who plays for Udinese, defenders Tosic and Katzale of Werder Bremen, striker Lazovic who plays for Leverkusen...

These people are experienced and experienced veterans, and they play a vital role in their respective clubs. The Serbia with them is enough to make England sluggishly and handle it with caution.

Vidic, who plays at Manchester United and also the captain of the Serbian national team, claimed in an interview with reporters that he is not afraid of the fierce England team now: "I am very familiar with them, and I fight them every weekend. I will not be afraid of the England team with so many stars, because football games cannot be seen as anyone with higher value. This is our home game. We have more advantages."

The captain was full of confidence. As the head coach of Serbia, Radomir Antich was very low-key. He told the media that England is a great team, with many world-renowned stars, and a championship coach who just led the Forest to win the triple-champion. Serbia is not worth mentioning compared to them, so his goal in this game is to try his best to protect a draw at his home court.

Some English fans were happy about the enemy head coach's statement of weakness, but Don't think Antich was really afraid of them like ordinary fans.

"He is an old man. Do you know what the old man means? Des? That is to say, he is experienced and cunning. Apart from the England team, I have only coached two teams - one is Nottingham Forest. The other is Nottingham Forest Youth Team. But that old man Antich has coached six different teams, and has coaching experience in giants like Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​has experienced success, and has also been very wolfish.

The miserable failure... I am not as good as him in terms of experience. He said that their goal is to protect the draw is really a draw? Serbia's goal is also to enter Spain in 2016, but they just lost to Denmark 2:3 away in the last round. What's the point of a draw with us? If this game is our home court and they will be away, he said that it is still worthy of the draw. "Tang En curled his lips and said that he was not convinced. The expression of disbelief is obviously on his face.

Now they are sitting on a flight from London to Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. The players are busy with their own affairs, some are listening to music, some are playing on handheld game consoles, some are reading magazines, newspapers, some are watching movies, and some are resting with their eyes closed.

Donn and Walker sat together and talked about the opponent they were going to face next.

"Their central defender combination is strong, and I think it's not a good idea to start Mitcher. His body is too thin... After many years, he is addicted to showing off his feet, but his physical strength has never been enhanced. I think he is just like that. When he was in the Forest team, he will perform abnormally.   The same goes for this game."

Walker asked, "So who do you want to use?"

"Fast speed forward. Serbian central defender is slow and turns slowly. We will use speed and agile forwards to break through their defense." At this point, Donn adjusted his sitting position and signaled Walker to come up. The noise in the plane was too loud, and he was unwilling to shout out this sentence at the top of his lungs.

"We want to make an adjustment, I believe that old man Antich would never have thought of it." Don said mysteriously, "I plan to push Walcott onto the front line. He is fast. His skills are flexible and just used to deal with Serbian defenders."

Walker thought about it and thought the plan was feasible, so he nodded. But he was still a little worried: "Walcott played the most in Arsenal..."

"That's not a problem. He has also played forward. And I won't limit him to get the ball on the right side in this game. He's more free."

After saying that, Done laughed: "I know that in the current England team, the people in the Forests have this idea - I was the head coach of the Forests, so I will take care of them extra. Not only do they think so. Other players also have this idea more or less. Since I took off the captain's armband of Terry and Gerrard and chose George Wood to start. This idea has existed. This game is a good opportunity to tell them that no one can enjoy privileges from me. Even George, he relies on stable performance and obeying tactical command to win the current treatment."

"I thought you had already gained control of the team on your 46th birthday."

"It has not been completely controlled yet." Tang En opened his right palm and clenched it again. "There are still people who are doubtful about me, but they have not shown it with the flow. I want them to work hard for me, so they can't make them doubt me. And... it's a little annoying, Des. The national team's personnel are not as fixed as the club. Every time there are training camps, there are always some people who were not here last time, and I have to reshape my image in front of them..."

"You are so tired as a coach.  It's really rare for me, Tony."

"It's good in the future, and the media will help me promote it." Don En murmured, "I'll take a nap and call me, Des."

“Good place.”

When the flight on England arrived at Nikola Tesla Airport in Belgrade, it was already 8:30 pm. The team was not harassed by much media at the airport. They took the bus to the hotel they stayed at. Since it was night, they could not get a glimpse of the "cross between the Western and Eastern worlds".

The next day, the team appeared collectively at the Maracana Stadium, Serbia's home court, to conduct warm-up training on the ground, which was sought after by many media.

There are even little Serbian fans holding Premier League club jerseys to ask players for autographs. Due to the huge influence of the Premier League, although the English national team has always had mediocre results, they have never lacked celebrity flavor.

After Wood signed an autograph for a young fan who looked less than ten years old, he walked down and Donn looked at his joke with his hands on his chest: "Tomorrow's game. Can you imagine him giving you a middle finger in the stands, George?"

Wood ignored him and walked straight back to the locker room.

"It's really boring!" Tang En complained behind his back.

The press conference was also boring. This time he attended the same time as the opponent's head coach Antich. When facing the reporters, Antich tried to compliment Done, almost flattering him as the world's top football coach today. The stinginess made English reporters unable to help but fight the cold war.

"...Tony Don is a very, very outstanding coach. He is just forty-six years old... He is so young that the landlord coach makes the whole of Europe scared. To be honest, I am his loyal fan. If I were the club chairman, I would definitely leave him at all costs... England is also a very strong team, and we must deal with it carefully at our own home court..."

Such words made Tang En really want to yawn in public without giving face.

If I was so idiotic, I would be even more idiotic than him.

Tang En thought so in his heart.

However, Don En did not show his thoughts on his face. He cooperated with Antich to talk about his team very much, and hardly mentioned Serbia. He just commented out of politeness when asked about it. A reporter asked him to comment on how he needed to be dealt with seriously. He was full of "Vidic" and "Ivanovic", as if he would never know who else in Serbia after leaving the Premier League.

His performance made Serbian journalists very upset. This arrogant and arrogant Englishman! It is not the eighteenth and nineteenth century that the Empire of the Sun never sets to dominate the world! Wait and see, arrogant maniac!

But Antich always had a smile on his face and did not feel dissatisfied with being despised by Don En. In his opinion, even though Don En has coached for eleven years, he is still too young at the age of 46. He has won so many honors at such a young age and has become the savior of England. It is absolutely impossible to lead the team to win three games in a row. As a successful person with pride, he must think that there is nothing in the world that he cannot do. Without an opponent that he cannot defeat, Serbia has a team that is in a corner in Eastern Europe. How could he take it seriously?

I am already sixty-five years old and I have walked more bridges than you have walked. I have seen more people like this.

He was half of his analysis of Tang En. Tony Tang En is indeed a proud person and is indeed arrogant. But he is not an idiot with an IQ of 25.

After the press conference, Donn called Pierce Bruce, and he wanted to hear how the news media evaluated his performance at the press conference today.

"How about it, Mr. 007. Do you think I am an annoying person with a typical narrow-minded mind of the island country without a man in his arrogant attitude?"

"To be honest, Tony. I was still a little confused when I saw you start performing. How could you just mention Vidic and Ivanovic, two players who played in the Premier League? But then I understood... Well, if I didn't know you enough, I admit that I should have been fooled by you."

Bruce's reply made Donn satisfied: "That's good, I'll wait to bear the anger of the Serbian media. Hey!"

The Serbian newspapers published the next day criticized the English's arrogance. Antich must be holding these newspapers to have fun.

But the night's game was completely beyond his expectations.

Before the game, Done told Mitchel that he would not start in front of all the players. This decision undoubtedly poured cold water on Mitchel, which also surprised the whole team. You should know that Mitchel's performance in recent games is quite eye-catching and has basically secured the position of England's main center. But when playing against a strong team like Serbia, Done did not arrange for him to play. Why?

The explanation given by Donn is that Mitcher's technical characteristics do not conform to the overall tactics of the team in this game, so they need to rest.

At the same time, he also told all the players through this adjustment that he had always wanted to say - the players of the Forest team will be suddenly removed from the starting list like Gerald, and no one here can enjoy any privileges. My team has never had privileges. The standard for deciding who starts and who doesn't start is your status. And my tactical needs.

After arranging the tactics, Don En changed his arrogant arrogance at the press conference and warned his players with a serious expression that this game was a test. The Serbians occupied the home court and would not let them go easily. In this game, be careful of Serbia's counterattack, and at the same time put more pressure on the opponent on the offense, forcing them to have no time to counterattack. In addition, strengthen interception and close defense in the middle and front courts, and the Serbs must not be allowed to control the ball freely in the midfield.

After doing all this, it depends on which side of the game performs better.

England performed better in the first half.

Antich did not expect England to underestimate the enemy, but instead pressed fiercely in the midfield and frontcourt, and Serbia was a little uncomfortable. They hoped England would attack, but they did not want England's midfielders to tirelessly press the football under their feet.

From the beginning of the game, the Serbs were snatched by England and were in a hurry and didn't know how to kick.

England didn't waste any chance. Walcott scored one goal and assisted the team to lead 2:0 in the first half.

Donne's adjustment was beyond Antich's expectations. Walcott and Mitcher were completely different types of players, and their tactics were originally aimed at Mitcher. Unexpectedly, Donne got on a forward with a flexible and fast body, constantly stirring up Serbia's defense from the wing to the middle. The thirty-three-year-old Vidic defeated before he and Rooney took turns to attack.

In the second half, Serbia made adjustments and specifically defended England's fast forward line. Their counterattack also improved, and they scored a goal ten minutes into the second half.

However, before the cheers on Maracana were stopped, England returned to their faces. The person who scored this time was centre-back Terry, who was caught by a corner kick and headed the ball. 3:1.

The goal was scored so quickly and the goal was conceded so quickly, which greatly hit the morale of the Serbs. While they were in chaos, England won another game - 4:1, almost locking in the victory.

In the final stage of the game, Serbia used a free kick to open the gate guarded by Joe Hart, but that was no longer helpful.

With his opponent's expected tough attitude and proactive attack tactics, England won the first strong opponent in the group 4:2 away.

The team's morale was high after three consecutive victories in the qualifiers. Tang En seemed to use continuous victory to prove that he was coaching the national team for the first time. There was no problem at all.

When Antich and Don shook hands after the game, he looked helpless.
Chapter completed!