The most low-key superstar

Chapter 124 So Conquered
In the 55th minute, Joe Cole made a cross from the left. Defoe fell to the ground after a slight contact with Simunic. As a result, the assistant referee signaled a foul. He scored his 60th goal in 14 national team games by hitting the bottom left corner of the goal with his right foot.

This goal finally ignited the enthusiasm of the fans. Lampard ran into the net to snatch the football from the goalkeeper without thinking about celebrating, and greeted his teammates to run to the center circle. Now time is more precious than anything else.

In the 58th minute, Olic quickly inserted in the right rib, ignoring Bridge's defense at all, hit the goal at 14 meters, and the ball flew out of the baseline against the lintel.Then Kranjca took a corner kick, and Origi's header angle was slightly positive, and it bounced off Carson.

In the 63rd minute, Srna passed the ball from the right, and Bridge stopped the ball and made a mistake. Origi easily intercepted the ball and hit the goal, which was blocked by Carson.

"The Croatians actually didn't play very well today, but they caused us a lot of trouble. I think the head coach Mr. McClaren has an unshirkable responsibility for this situation."

"Time is running out. I don't know if the road ahead is a cliff or something else. In short, our head coach must do something."

At this time, Gerrard fouled while fighting with his opponent, and was shown a yellow card by the referee, but Gerrard seemed to have a dispute with his teammates, and the referee gave Gerrard a warning.

In the 65th minute, Defoe aggressively pressed in the frontcourt. Richards got the ball and divided it to the right. Beckham then made a symbolic arc pass. Crouch put the ball in the chest and stabbed the goal with his right foot 6 meters in front of the goal. To equalize the score, Gao Lao wore the Three Lions jersey 24 times and presented 14 goals.

"Yay! GOAL! Peter Crouch! He saved England, he saved McLaren, maybe the most important goal of his life."

"Yes, and we can't forget the iconic pass of the old captain Beckham, who was also the hero who saved England."

"This is a classic England goal. Beckham is still our most trusted player. It is a pity that he was excluded in many cases, but we still want to thank him for saving England again at a critical moment."

England equalized the score, allowing the fans at the scene and the fans in front of the TV to finally breathe a sigh of relief. Although it was thrilling, as long as the score is maintained to the end, then England will qualify. There is nothing more important than this. The original lifeless atmosphere Come alive again with a goal from Crouch.

McClaren, who was almost collapsed, ran to the sidelines and called Lampard, who was not far away from him, "Steady now, defend, I want you to maintain this score until the end, pay attention to the defense of the whole team."

Lampard could hardly believe his ears. He bit his lip and wanted to say something, but in the end he ran back without saying anything.

Nickel couldn't hear it very clearly, but he definitely understood what McLaren meant. His characteristic conservative disease broke out again, 'This is the reason why England did not qualify. '

"Taylor, McLaren is going to defend, but I think it's better to replace Cole since he wants to defend. He is not a guy who can defend." Morrison quickly found that the England team began to shrink, and even Crowe Qidu returned near the center line.

"Yes, I think so. Let's see who else is suitable, Nickle! Why not put Nickle in now? Nickel is good defensively, and he is also faster in counterattacks, and he is more threatening."

The contraction of the England team surprised the head coach of Croatia. In line with the idea of ​​training the team, he waved his hand and made consecutive substitutions. Croatia quickly took control of the situation on the field. Carson's pressure suddenly increased and he just relaxed. The fans are nervous again.

Unfortunately, things always come unexpectedly. In the 77th minute of the game, Planjic, who had just come off the bench, easily broke through Cole and then broke through along the sideline, and then suddenly crossed. Another substitute, Petric, 25 meters His outside left foot shot obliquely into the far corner, and his movement range was very small. It was too late for Carson to make a move after he found out. The ball flew past Carson's hand and bounced into the bottom right corner of the goal to help Croatia take the lead again.

3: 2!

This goal stunned the English people, and the team was once again in great danger. At this time, the director just gave the camera to the anxious McLaren, who greeted him with boos from 9 fans. The native 'elite' has brought them too much pain and shame.

"England have no choice, they have to score another goal with less than 15 minutes left, otherwise it will be Russia."

"Yes, the game in Russia is over, they beat their opponent 1-0 away."

McLaren looked back at the bench, he seemed to be determined, he could not accept such a failure, McLaren decided to replace Nickel, because Nickel has staged the lore at the last moment many times.

At this time, the eyes of the two met, and Nichol was completely relaxed now. He just wanted to see what kind of expression McLaren would have when he was dying, and he was selected for the national team once.

McLaren saw disdain, contempt, and pity in Nicole's eyes, and swallowed the words that had reached his lips.

"Stuart, go warm up, you have 1 minute." McLaren finally decided to let Tang Ning play, and he regretted it very much now, "Why did you bring Nicole here, he is such an annoying bastard." '

Soon Tangning replaced the exhausted Joe Cole. The depressed Cole sat down next to Nicole and covered his head with a towel. He was very depressed. Nicole didn't go to comfort him because he didn't know what to do. to comfort him.

"Oh my God! McLaren always surprises people. He replaced Downing instead of another striker, Nickle. Although Nickle is a real striker from time to time, in terms of his scoring rate at the club, I think it's more suitable than Tangning." Morrison was very angry, thinking to himself, 'England is over. '

Time is running out, and England regained control of their housekeeping skills, making long passes, but they are no longer England in 86 or England in 90. Croatia easily defuses England's offensive one after another.

In the 85th minute, Lampard made a pass from midfield, and Downing, who had just come off the bench, hit the goal slightly higher in the confrontation. This was England's best chance in the final stage.

Four minutes later, Srna's low shot from the edge of the penalty area on the right side of the counterattack was confiscated by Carson.Although the England team made many efforts, they still failed to break through the opponent's defense.

In the end, England lost 2-3 to Croatia at home, failed to control their own destiny, and missed the 2008 European Cup finals.

Nicole's second trip to the national team was also over. After getting rid of the entanglement of the reporters, Nicole quickly ran back to the locker room. He didn't want to say anything now, he wanted to vent.

(End of this chapter)