Goalkeepers: Scott Carlson, Chris Kirkland, Joe Hart.

Defenders: Glen Johnson, Micah Richards, Jo Leon Lescott, Stephen Taylor, John Terry, Michael Dawson, Layton Barnes, Joe Mattock .

Midfielders: George Wood, Stephen Gerrard, Gareth Barry, David Bentley, Teo Walcott, Stuy White Downing, Adriano Mork, Chris . Cohen.

Forwards: Aaron Mitchell, James Vaughan, Gabriel Abangraho, Wayne Rooney.

Dunn showed Des Walker the list of twenty-three he had determined, and Walker saw the name "George Wood" at a glance.

"The reporters saw you go to Wood's house yesterday. Did he recover well from his injury?" Walker asked.

"No, recovery is as slow as before."

"Then you still..." Walker puzzled.

"This big list needs to be reported to UEFA. Once it is confirmed, there is no way to change it, Dess." Dunn smiled bitterly. Could he not know the disadvantage of doing this?

"Do you still have hope for Wood's injury?"

"I wish I had hope."

"But..." Walker hesitated, "What if Wood finally can't recover to a substitute for the game?"

"What to do?" Dun En had already thought about this. "Just as we brought four goalkeepers."

In the past, when the national team participated in international competitions, the squad was 22 people. You can bring two goalkeepers, one main player and one substitute. Later, FIFA revised the rules to allow each team to take three goalkeepers in case of accidents, so the roster changed from 22 to 23. Although he brought an extra goalkeeper, this third goalkeeper rarely has the opportunity to play.

Dunn said that with four goalkeepers, it was a waste of one spot.

Walker was silent for a while and asked, "Your list... what would Barclays think?"

"If there is no George's name on it, Barclays will ask me to settle the account." Dunn said nonchalantly. "If George Wood is missing from the announced list, do you know what the fans and the media would think?"

Walker is not a fool, he thought about it. He had no choice but to nod: "I hope Wood can recover soon..."

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As Dunn said, the Football Association of England has no objection to George Wood's appearance in the roster, even if they don't know whether Wood can recover from injury before the start of the European Cup, but if Wood's name is not on this list, Domestic fans and the media will definitely eat them.

However, Wood's name on it also made the media and fans think about it-does it mean that George's injury has recovered smoothly? Otherwise, Dun En would definitely not write his name on it.

As a result, everyone suddenly felt that England’s future in the European Cup was bright...

"Wood has recovered from his injury and is expected to play in the game between England and Portugal on June 12!"

"Experts say that it will be completely cured by June 17th at the latest, and it will not be a problem for the team to qualify!"

"The core will return by early June at the latest, Tony Dunn is ambitious!"

"The invincible midfielder will return glory!"

All kinds of headlines show the English ecstasy at a glance.

Whenever Dunn saw news reports like this, he would think if Wood’s injury was not satisfactory, what would the media look like?

Barclays brought good news to Dunn. Taking into account the special circumstances of England and the important role of George Wood for the England team, UEFA decided to make England bigger by referring to the precedent that the World Football Federation has done. The final registration time for the roster is delayed to 24 hours before the start of the European Cup. In this way, even if it is confirmed on the last day before the opening of the European Cup that Wood really cannot participate in the game, England will have a substitution place.

But Dunn doesn't care about such a place. For him, if George Wood really can't compete, then it's useless to change anyone. As he told Walker, he took four goalkeepers to Spain.

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The league is over, and the Champions League has nothing to do with the English team. Except George Wood, all the England internationals selected for this big squad have bid farewell to their club teammates and their families and came to London Kearney to train. Base report.

A few days ago they were deadly enemies and opponents who fought for the league title, European qualifications or survival opportunities, but now they have to live together day and night for nearly two months, united for the same goal.

This scene is very interesting when I think of it.

Just joined the national team, everyone will talk a few words, the topic is naturally inseparable from the just ended league. The people at Manchester United complained half-jokingly that Chelsea’s people had robbed them of the league title. Chelsea’s players complained that Liverpool had won them in the FA Cup final. Arsenal’s players were playing with Aaron Mitchell. The set is close, hoping to convince him to join Arsenal next season.

Public relations have come to the national team.

But such a topic soon ended. As a member of the national team, the end of the season has become a thing of the past, so there is no need to remember it. The upcoming European Cup is the most important.

Seeing everyone here, only one person is missing, the players of Nottingham Forest are a bit uncomfortable.

Whether the captain can come before the European Cup, they have no idea. The other teammates of the national team are asking them, and they know nothing more than the media.

Whether the captain can participate in the European Cup, I am afraid only the boss knows. Maybe it is very promising? Because he just said that the goal of this European Cup team is to win the championship? Without George, winning the championship would be very difficult, right?

Under Dunn's intentional arrangement, George Wood has become the tactical and spiritual core of the England team. When he is present, everyone will feel a sense of security, and if he is not there, naturally they will feel uneasy. Gerrard could do this when he was in Liverpool, but his influence in the national team was not enough.

In the locker room, Wood didn't say much, never said meaningless nonsense, he could always use practical actions to show that he was a trustworthy captain. Whether it's defense or offense, he will come forward when there are problems. If his player is maliciously violated by the opponent, he will definitely find a chance to come back, even if he takes a card because of it.

If Wood really can't come to participate in the European Cup, many people in the England team will be the first to be overshadowed. They will feel that this trip to Spain would be too bad. Before the fight, he was timid, so Dunn was unwilling to disclose the true situation of Wood's recovery from injury.

The blow to the team's morale was too heavy.

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Dunn and Wallace have been concealing the true situation of Wood's injury to the outside world. They don't want Wood to be disturbed too much, nor do they want the morale of the team to be hit.

But not everyone has such a high level of consciousness, or there are some people in this world who fear that the world will not be chaotic...

The media always work against Dunn. There are so many rumors about Wood’s recovery now that reporters collect information from various channels in hopes of finding the truth, but Dunn and Wallace are always vague, which makes the media even more suspicious.

English journalists seem to be "spy" by nature, and they always have a way to dig into the news. Among them, "The Sun" is the best and has the strongest ability to dig inside information.

I don’t know what the Sun used, anyway, at the end of May, they published a shocking news:

"George Wood may miss the European Cup! 》

Recently, with the opening time of the European Cup approaching, there are occasional articles about this kind of pessimism in the media. Most people only read it as a joke, because those speculations are really unreliable. But this article in The Sun is different.

It lists all kinds of evidence in great detail to prove that George Wood's injury did not recover as smoothly as people thought.

Earlier, the Nottingham Evening Post published photos of Wood working out in the gym to prove Wood's recovery. But the evidence held by The Sun shows that Wood can't even run now. The photos of the gym only show that he is exercising his upper limb muscles.

And people think

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"What the **** is going on?" Dunn yelled at the newspaper Walker had brought. The Sun is very influential, and the article has now spread. He was still called by Pierce Bruce and asked about it before he knew about it.

After scolding, Dunn calmed down and called Professor Wallace first to confirm that the news did not leak from his mouth. The England team had a regular press conference in the afternoon, and one can imagine how the reporters would bomb him.

Professor Wallace's voice is very tired, apparently he has just been bombarded by the media.

"I just finished a press conference held in a hospital, Mr. Tang En... I know what you want to ask, that thing is not what I said, it is the people around me..."

Dunn was sure when he heard his voice, Professor Wallace hadn't given himself a hobby of trouble.

"What did you say at the press conference, professor?" Dunn felt that he had to ventilate with the opposite direction so as not to let go.

"Of course I denied the Sun report."

"Ah, that's all right, Professor. In fact, that's what I planned." Dunn had already decided not to admit it at the afternoon press conference.

"But, Mr. Dunn. Are you really sure to get Wood back on the football field before the twelfth?" This is something that even Professor Wallace himself can't be sure of.

"I'm not sure, Professor."

"then you……"

"There are always things to be shown to others. It is better to hide the truth than to tell the truth now."

Professor Wallace just felt like he was on a thief ship and couldn't get off anymore. He could only accompany Dunn to the end, hoping to get out of the sky in the end...

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At the press conference in the afternoon, the media were extremely excited and looking forward to it. Aaron Mitchell, who came with Dunn, became a complete display. No reporter wanted to ask him questions at all. Everyone pointed directly at Dunn.

Dunn looked calm, soldiers came to block, water came to cover.

"Excuse me, Mr. Dunn. The Sun says that George Wood can hardly catch the European Cup. Is this true?"

"It's all nonsense."

"How is George Wood's recovery from injury, can you tell me?"

"It's going well, he has already started strength training." Dunn has said this countless times, and this time he took it out to perfuse reporters who asked questions.

The reporters were obviously dissatisfied with Dun En's perfunctory attitude.

"But apart from this photo, we have no other evidence to prove that George Wood's right foot is recovering..."

"George doesn't want his private life to be disturbed. It's just that this picture was taken after repeated communication. What's your dissatisfaction, Mr. Reporter?" Dunn did not show any weakness.

Making up nonsense is not difficult for Dun En at all. He can do it as soon as he opens his mouth, and his face is not red or breathless, making it impossible to see the flaws.

"Then George Wood can really catch the European Cup?"

Dunn knew that he had to convince this group of reporters that he hadn't lied, and that some words were too full to be too much. Because when you are about to lie, every sentence you say must be in a positive tone, as if you are reciting a line. If you want people to believe what you are saying, then you'd better deliberately add some flaws when you say it. Only true and false things are the easiest to confuse people.

"I can't guarantee that he will be able to, but Professor Wallace, myself, and I are working hard towards this goal. None of us will give up easily until the last day."

This was true and sincere, and many people believed Dunn's words. If Dunn insisted that Wood would recover before June 12th, I am afraid these people would suspect that Dunn was lying.

The media besieged Dunn for a long time without prying his mouth open, but instead let Dunn persuade him, which really went beyond the Sun newspaper's expectations.

The reporter of The Sun had to take action personally: "We have conclusive evidence that Wood can't keep up with the European Cup, so what backup do you have, Mr. Dunn..."

Dunn interrupted the other party's question directly: "What is the conclusive evidence? The attending physician thinks he can catch up. Where does your evidence come from, sir?"

As soon as the other party was about to answer, Dunn interrupted him again: "People around the doctor? A cleaner or a nurse? How do you judge that what they said is the truth, and what I told you is a lie? Who is leaving George Wood? The closest person?"

"Uh……"

The reporter was dumbfounded by Dun En's series of rhetorical questions, and didn't know what to say.

"I don't want to talk nonsense with you here, Mr. Reporter. I don't want to bet with you either."

Hearing the word "bet", someone laughed. This has become an allusion: Don't bet with Tony Dunn unless you think life is too dull.

"I can only tell you that we all hope that George can catch up with the European Cup, and we are all working hard for it. If you really have nothing to do, I suggest you pay attention to the refugee flow in Africa instead of treating others here. In the name of the truth about the news, Dun En unceremoniously buttoned a big hat on the reporter of the Sun, then got up and walked away.

A group of reporters looked at each other.

They all thought that Dunn was angry, but when he walked out of the press conference, a smile appeared on Dunn's face.

The Sun intends to use this to deal with itself, but he just dismissed them with a little trick.

But this incident also sounded a wake-up call for him-not everyone believed his rhetoric.

If by that day, Wood's injury really has not recovered enough to play as a substitute, what should he do?

There is not much time left for him... (to be continued, if you want to know what is going on, please visit www.qidian.com, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!)

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