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Football meteor, participated in the World Cup at the age of 22, stayed away from the top five leagues at the age of 29, retired at the age of 32

2:14am, 18 July 2025【Football】

Eriksen, a famous Swedish coach, won the Italian Cup, European Cup Winners' Cup and Serie A championship in Lazio. He is also the first foreign coach in the history of the Three Lions. He has coached a record of 40 wins, 17 draws and 10 losses, and led the team to participate in the 2002 World Cup, the 2004 European Cup, and the 2006 World Cup.

And what about Vassel? Compared to Rooney, Irving, and Husky, it is equivalent to small characters. As a striker, he scored 0 goals in three seasons in his career, and in only one season of the league goals in double digits in 11 seasons in the Premier League.

When looking at his reversing mode, he participated in the World Cup at the age of 22, faded out of the England national team at the age of 25, stayed away from the five major leagues at the age of 29, and retired at the age of 32.

But Vassel is also a lucky person, because of Eriksen's preference, he participated in a World Cup and a European Cup.

On the eve of the 2002 World Cup, Wassel became Eriksen's favorite player. In a warm-up match against the Netherlands before the World Cup, he made his national team debut and broke through the Netherlands' goal.

's successful selection in the World Cup roster is a controversial reward. It is worth mentioning that the English young player replaced veteran Andy Cole. How controversial is

? So much so that at that time, coach Villa thought that his child Wassell was going to play soybean: "Instead of letting Wassell serve as a foil for England, it is better to let him return to the team to participate in training. Because I believe that his chances of playing are almost zero."

Although he cannot compete for dinner in the forward combination of Irving and Husky, Erikson insists that Wassell has the temperament of a surprise, who can play forward and play the left winger with his speed advantage.

The same person as Eriksen is Wenger; "It is difficult for some players to quickly bring threats as soon as they come on the court, but it is natural for others, and Vassel is like this."

In fact, Vassel is not amazing in the World Cup, and shines in the 2004 European Cup qualifiers, such as scoring an important goal in the key match between England and Turkey.

"I didn't score a few goals in Villa, but I was very energetic in the England national team." The doubts of the British media were not eliminated.

In the 2004 European Cup, Eriksen once again brought Vassel, and this time the latter became an "undercover agent". To be precise, in the penalty shootout with Portugal, Vassel, who was the seventh appearance, lost the penalty and became the public enemy of England.

Wassel instantly became a lonely patient. In the end, he could only talk to Erikson and even proposed that he "don't dare to go back to England."

The Swedes revealed the content of the conversation:

"He was heartbroken at that time. He didn't want to go back to England. I asked him why?"

"Because when I landed, I would face a lot of media."

"You have to go back, bear it and you'll pass"!

After the 2004 European Cup, Vassel gradually drifted away from the Three Lions. But the intersection between the master and the apprentice did not break.

Erikson's first recruitment target when coaching Manchester City was Vassel. The Englishman, who was originally regarded as a treasure boy in Villa, directly showed up with his boss: "I can't refuse this summon."

Being favored is fearless. On Erikson's 451 tactical board, Vassel, who is very fast, is easily "taken care of".

According to statistics, Vassel's goal rate at Manchester City was terrible ((22 goals in 4 seasons), in fact, the cooperation time between master and apprentice at Blue Moon only lasted for one season.

Wassel is not useless. He was once regarded as Fuva. According to statistics, in the first seven Premier League goals scored for Blue Moon, Manchester City's winning rate once remained at 100%.

Choose a representative work. In the Manchester derby in the 2007-08 season, Manchester City was successful and was surprised. Vassel made a contribution, ending Manchester United's record of 12 consecutive home wins at the Premier League.

Erikson and Vassel are not over, and Master and Apprentice are two Since then, people have cooperated in Leicester City in the English Championship. What is a bit surprising is that the beauty of group warming up has only lasted for one year.

It is worth mentioning that Eriksen also introduced Vassel's enemies (Ricardo, who was saved in the 2004 European Cup). You should know that the former Portuguese hero had not played games for 8 months at that time, and is still regarded as a brainless signing today.

From another perspective, it has alleviated the pressure on Vassel's "godson" to a certain extent. After all, the Englishman only scored 4 goals in 37 games in the 2010-11 season.

cooperated three times, Vassel each time Everyone is losing their chains. Some people say that this is due to strength. After all, he only played 22 times for the England national team and scored 6 goals.

Wasel's dream was irrigated from Aston Villa.

Entering the youth training camp at the age of 13, promoting the first team at the age of 17, and completing his Premier League debut at the age of 18. Although it is not a representative who is famous as early as possible, he is the holder of Villa's goal record in a single season (39).

In the seven years of playing for the first team, Vasel contributed 45 goals for Villa 201 appearances.

The goal efficiency is not optimistic and cannot be hidden, but the small size + fast Wa Sell does have two tricks. He calmly beat Manchester United in Arsenal's penalty area. This is the highlight of his career.

When playing in the English National Youth League, he was elevated to the height of "the future of the Three Lions".

"Keep Vassel is planting the flame of victory." This is the voice of Villa fans.

Crouch and Schmeichel both fought side by side with Vassel, but the star-drenched Villa does not easily get rid of the public impression of "small temple". Vassel's departure was expected, but the reason for the breakup was complicated/.

Putting aside the loss of the penalty shootout in the 2004 European Cup, Vassel is a little "neurotic".

Wasel once had a blister on his toes. In order to relieve the pain, he had a big brain hole and actually used a small electric drill to break the blister, which eventually caused a toe infection and missed the game. This gave Villa's senior management a headache. In the matter of "If you don't commit suicide, you won't die", Wasel is the unique alternative protagonist.

Wasel, who had suffered a serious car accident, was a devout Anglican believer, while Villa coach Oliley believed in Catholicism at that time.

Even though the former Leeds United coach claims that "Wasel is Villa's wealth", he would rather go against the fans when cashing out, without any mercy.

Wisser, who had an end of his relationship with Villa, did not get along well. It was not because of an upset, but because he suffered an ankle fracture. He only contributed one Premier League goal in a single season when he left the place where his dream began.

This is the watershed of Wassel's career, and perhaps, he just jumped into the abyss he chose.