The most low-key superstar

Chapter 400

"This is not going to work. Our lads are a little anxious, should you be steady?" Bradley's assistant made a suggestion to the head coach.

"One thing, it's time to stabilize, tell them, stabilize first, tell them to shrink the line of defense."

Under the instructions of the head coach, the aimless rush of the US team was gone, and the pride that they had just opened with no eyes was gone.

"Now the pace of the game has slowed down, we can see that the Americans who have been hit have come to their senses."

"Nicole, go!" Capello noticed the tactical adjustment of the Americans, and quickly made adjustments, asking the England team to push forward. The American team wanted to open the fight, but Capello certainly would not agree.

The situation on the field changed immediately. At first, it was the Americans who were besieging. Now it has turned around. The Americans shrink, and England launches a strong attack.

"Husky, run over the opposing defender, chance--damn!! How is this a foul?"

"Rooney - hit the goal!! Hit the opponent's defender, there is still a chance, Nicole gets the ball and splits the side."

Compared with Milner, Nickle prefers to cooperate with Lennon. Nickle gets the ball blocked by the opponent. Nickle does not delay. After unloading the ball, he pushes the ball to the right without waiting for the opponent to react. Lennon Nong started to sprint.

Lennon, who jumped in at high speed, forgot to push the ball to the left the moment he touched the ball, and cut directly inside, completely losing his position to the defender of the US team who was guarding against Lennon's continued bottoming.

"Foul! Serious foul! You should be sent off with a red card!" England's commentator was extremely angry. The American pulled Lennon down from behind, and Lennon was accelerating at the moment, his whole body was almost vacated and pulled to the ground. It fell hard.

"Bocanelag! He is very fast, but this foul is too serious."

"Hush..." There were boos in the stands. The fans knew the ball very well. Lennon's inside cut was very threatening. Lennon who entered the penalty area would have many choices. He could either shoot himself or the ball. Pass the ball to a teammate, or even pass the ball back to the middle. If there is a long-range shot from a teammate who can keep up, the defense of the US team will cause confusion because of his inside cut.

"Look..." Lennon sat up and pointed to the referee the jersey that had already been cracked. The blog Negra may have watched too much in the NBA. When he pulled it, he was very hard, and Lennon was accelerating forward Under the force of both sides, Lennon's jersey was torn apart.

Capello is also very angry. Since the start of the game, there are not many such opportunities.Of course, he also saw that there was a problem in the midfield, and that Nicole was being restricted. However, right now, he didn't want to unduly exert all of Nicole's abilities, and he had to gradually develop his state.

The referee called Bocanegra to the front and gave him a verbal warning. From the referee's point of view, this foul is very dangerous and can easily cause cervical spine injuries to opposing players.

Then, the referee showed Bocanegra a yellow card.

"Yellow card! This is an opportunity. I think, next, Lennon will become the main attack direction of the England team. After all, the opponent has a yellow card on his back. When defending, he will definitely have scruples."

Nickell passed the ball into the penalty area, Onyewu pushed the ball out, and when Donovan was fighting with Milner, Milner slipped and Donovan got the ball.

"Counterattack! The American team's counterattack."

This style of play is exactly the effect Bradley wanted after adjustment. However, although the commentator was very excited, Bradley was not moved at all, because the defensive strength of the England team is still very strong .

King, Terry, and Johnson are all there, and the US team has only two counterattacks. Findley and Altidore are both in front. However, it is no problem for the three top defenders to defend two people.

After getting a pass from Donovan, Findlay found that Altidore had no good chances at all, and the player from England's chase was almost over. Findlay had to face King's defense and hit it with his left foot. A low shot.

This shot was very random, not very powerful, and the angle was very positive. At most it was recorded as a statistic. No one thought that this ball would pose any threat.

"Findley, shot. He's so casual, he could have- oh god!! GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOAL! Goal!I can hardly believe my eyes, Findley's shot, even scored the goal of England. "

The fans in England were silent in the stands, and they couldn't believe that the scene before them was real.

"This fucking..."

The England fans were depressed there, while the American fans in the stands were cheering. They didn't care whether the goal was wonderful or not. The key point was that they scored and the score became one to one.

Green didn't expect that it was just a simple action of catching the ball, and the ball had a very strange change of line after bouncing in front of him, which caused him to be unprepared, but no one studied why the ball changed line, but cared, a A very simple ball hit the gate guarded by Green.

Findley didn't deliberately celebrate anything, he shrugged and high-fived his teammates.

However, Bradley was very excited. Before the ball was scored, he didn't even look at the goal. Instead, he looked up at the big screen. When the cheers came, he realized that the ball had been scored. He immediately jumped up happily, turned around and waved his fists to the stands behind him.

Capello turned his head depressed and sat down on his seat. He really had nothing to say. Such a conceded goal can only be said to be God's arrangement, and that Green.

The players in England were already preparing to kick off. Green picked up the ball from the net immediately, kicked it forward, and stood there with his waist pinched. He was very embarrassed.

"Now four and 10 minutes into the first half, the U.S. team equalized and the two sides are back to the starting point."

"In the history of England, there have often been major mistakes by goalkeepers. Today, Green finally made the World Cup in South Africa without exception, and he booked the position for this tournament early."

"Let's kick off, everyone stop thinking about it." Nickel reminded his teammates loudly. Nickell was also speechless about this ball. Lose the ball.

For the English people in front of the TV, the reality is so cruel. The championship contender in their minds, the England team, was actually scored by the US team. You must know that the value of the US team is not as high as that of a player from England. worth.

Capello sat for a while, then walked to the sidelines and shouted at the players on the field, "Pay attention to the rhythm, we want to attack! Don't be careless."

England's goal in the group stage is to be number one in the group. To be number one, they must beat the US team. If they can't beat the Americans, then the initiative of fate is out of their hands. Two, then they will meet the German team in the first round of the knockout round, which is not what Capello wants.

Even if Capello didn't say anything, England's players would take the initiative to attack their opponents. They all felt depressed and shameful. This conceded goal is destined to become a classic goal and will soon spread all over the world. They will be laughed at by fans all over the world. The only thing they can do is to beat their opponents and win as much as they can.

Similarly, the England fans in the stands also began to organize after halftime. After all, it was the first game. Fans from all over England did not have a unified organization at the beginning, and the advantage in momentum did not come into play. The superiority in numbers, however, did not form an overwhelming advantage.

Amidst the crazy cheers of the fans, Nickle led the England team to launch a wave of offensives to the hinterland of the US team.

"Nicole! Beautiful long-range shot! It's dangerous! Howard, stretch out his hand vigorously, and he blocked Nicole's shot with his fingertips. Corner kick!"

"Gerrard and Nicole two-for-one, look at the choice of Gerrard, beautiful, pass - Rooney misses, Milner, chance, oh, too bad, Milner's shot is just a little wide Post, Howard has surrendered, but God didn't favor England with this ball."

"Demerit fell to the ground and still hasn't got up. Just now, Nickle's angry shot hit him in the hole. Nickle took the ball again and kicked it out of the sideline. Okay, now the team doctor can enter the field. It looks like, Just now Nicole's shot was very powerful."

"It's just right now. The England team played a turbulent attack just now, and the US team was in danger. Demerit's injury gave the US team some time to relax."

"Nickel kicked the ball out of the boundary and won the applause of the audience. He was able to resolutely interrupt the attack when the opponent couldn't support anymore. It shows that Nickel still has a lot of confidence."

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the players of the American team all ran to the team doctor, took out several bottles of water, and took a few sips one after another. Coupled with the critical situation, because of the tension in their hearts, their physical energy loss was accelerated.

"England! England! England!..." The fans in the stands shouted neatly. The England team's attack just now made the fans very excited, 'This is the England in our minds!' ''Nickel played the ball really well, you see, it's been so long, the Yankee hasn't stood up yet. '

Demeritt was just hit by Nickle's shot and couldn't catch his breath, so he needed to breathe smoothly, but he was not injured. After a while, under the guidance of the doctor, he adjusted his breathing and recovered soon. , but according to the rules, he must leave and then re-enter.

"It takes 3 minutes of stoppage time. It seems that at the end of the first half, the England team played their own momentum. It is not that simple for the US team to take points from the England team."

The United States team is still very unfamiliar to the England team. Even after seeing their video, when they actually played against them, they found that they were almost two different teams. There is no inheritance. This is not like the traditional strong teams in Europe. Their tactics have remained unchanged for decades or hundreds of years. Even if they change, they have not left their main theme. heritage.

However, the game during this period of time made Capello see a problem, that is, under the onslaught of the England team, the US team exposed one of their problems, that is, their defense is not so secure.

As long as you continue to increase your attack, you will be able to break through the opponent's door again.

Capello looked at the watch on his wrist and decided to wait until halftime, the first half was coming to an end.

"The strength of the England team is indeed very strong, especially in the past few minutes, we have felt the gap. The road of football in the United States needs to continue firmly. We can't put ourselves in a high position just because of a little achievement. , We should find that the U.S. team still has a big gap compared with some old strong teams." The guest commentator of the U.S. team commented on the performance of the U.S. team very honestly.

In his view, the US team overestimated their own strength before coming to South Africa, and defeating the Spanish team did not mean anything, and the real test began.

After the start of the game, within 3 minutes, the defense of the American team was very tight, basically did not give the England team any good chances, and the referee blew the whistle as soon as the time was up. The first half ended and the two sides scored. Take a ball and walk to the locker room.

"At the end of the first half, England scored a fantastic goal early in the first half, and then the United States took advantage of England goalkeeper Green's error to equalize the score, but England have started to control the situation on the pitch. , if it wasn't for the time, it would be very difficult for the US team to keep the score unchanged."

"In the second half, we may have more difficulties. It will be the most realistic goal for the US team to ensure that they will not concede any more goals. The victory over England proposed before the game is now unrealistic."

During these 15 minutes, the goal gap between the fans of the two sides was very large. The fans of the England team were stepping up to connect, they wanted to be united, while the fans of the American team seemed to know life better, flocking to the rest area in groups, Coke and Popcorn is their favorite.

In the locker room, the head coaches of both sides are nervously making tactical adjustments, especially Bradley. He already knows how wrong he was at the beginning. On Nickell's defense, in the first half, they gave Nickell too much space.

And Capello found that Milner on the left could not help the team much. He needs to readjust, but who to send up still needs to be considered.

"Coach, I feel that I lack protection behind me. I dare not devote myself to the attack. The opponent's speed is very fast." After Capello finished speaking, Nichol found Capello and put forward his own ideas.

"I know, Nicole, you need to overcome this by yourself. I don't think we need to show our state in the first game. The more important opponents are still behind. You should understand." Capello also Scratching your head, Gerrard's characteristics are obviously not suitable, but England's lineup also needs to be balanced.

(End of this chapter)