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Chapter 505 Shocked Aragones! (Fourth update!! Crying for a monthly pass!)

"Li Rui!" Mourinho stopped Li Rui when he was about to play.

Li Rui turned to look at Mourinho.

"In the second half, you still have 15 minutes!" While speaking, Mourinho pointed to the watch on his wrist.

Seeing Li Rui nodding his head and running towards the field, Mourinho had a smile on his cold face.

In this game, although Mourinho was very serious during the halftime break, it cannot change the fact that this is a warm-up match. Aspects, or the test of on-the-spot performance.

It can be said that Li Rui's performance in the first half made Mourinho very satisfied. He passed the test of Mourinho and proved that he was worthy of Mourinho's trust. Therefore, in the second half of the game, Li Rui was replaced. Next, it is inevitable.

As for giving Li Rui another 15 minutes, it can be regarded as a reward for Li Rui's wonderful performance in the first half of the game, and Mourinho is looking forward to the young man's performance in this short 15 minutes. What else can you do?
He limited the time just to see how Li Rui performed under pressure.

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"Michael." Mourinho turned his head to look at the bench, and stopped Owen, "Go warm up now, and get ready to play later."

Owen agreed, stood up, and followed assistant coach Brito to the back of Manchester United's goal to start warming up.

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Speaking of it, Irving is a bit of a tragedy. The former England golden boy is not in a good situation now.

During the winter break, Owen moved from Newcastle to Manchester United. However, Owen also understands that in Ferguson's tactics, Li Rui and Rooney are the unshakable starting players, while he can only be regarded as the team's third striker.

And now in the England team, after Mourinho took office, he made no secret of his love for Li Rui. The media also believed that the combination of Manchester United's Li Rui and Rooney would be the first choice for the England team. The main starting position in the Laren era was lost.

Although he is depressed, Owen also knows that the only thing he can do now is to seize every rare opportunity and try to impress Mourinho.

With less than four months to go before the European Cup in the summer, Irving's most realistic and basic goal is to get a ticket to the European Cup.

This may sound cruel. You must know that Owen was the top scorer of the England team before. However, it is not surprising at all. Owen's intuition is his speed, which is suitable for England's quick counterattack. However, Li Rui's speed is also the same. Soon, with better skills and superb shooting skills, it can be said that Owen's characteristics are no longer so important to England. On the contrary, Crouch, who is 202cm tall, may be more favored by Mourinho. There were situations where England really needed a high point up front.

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On the court, after the start of the second half, both sides involuntarily strengthened their fight in the midfield.

Mourinho is doing it on the coach's bench with his legs crossed. He is not worried about this kind of fighting. The English players are reassuring in this respect. Team, who are you afraid of when it comes to scrambling?
In the 52nd minute of the game, Vieira dribbled the ball in the frontcourt. He planned to pass the ball to Sagnol, who came to meet him on the wing, but he was tackled by Lampard in the middle and broke the football.Lampard was still on the ground, without getting up, he swept the football to Beckham not far away, trying to launch a quick counterattack.

Beckham looked up and looked ahead, he immediately saw that Li Rui had started to speed up and went straight into the penalty area. This is an opportunity!
Beckham sent a long and penetrating arc with his right foot.

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"Lampard steals the ball...beautiful...Beckham gets the ball! Long pass!! Beautiful pass! Counter-attack chance!!"

As the commentator said, Beckham's pass was indeed beautiful. The football circled an arc, and the football passed between Thuram and Abidal's ribs, and it happened to be on the running route of Li Rui. superior.

Li Rui was very comfortable catching such a pass. He didn't need to stop the ball at all, he went straight forward, and then accelerated quickly, breaking through Makelele who hurried up to make up for it.Then keep chasing the ball.

However, when Li Rui forcibly broke through Makelele with his speed, facing Coupe who was attacking, he was blocked from shooting angle.

Gallas also rushed towards Li Rui, but Li Rui didn't panic. He shifted the football from his left foot to his right foot, avoiding Gallas' stabbing foot, and then flicked his ankle, passed the football go out.

Middle of the restricted area!

Gerrard had already passed, but he reacted quickly, turned his back to the goal, and made an upside-down golden hook shot. In a hurry, the movement was not stretched enough, and the football was slightly higher than the crossbar.

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Although there was no goal, there was still a burst of applause from the stands of the new Wembley Stadium.

The commentator was also full of praise for England's counterattack.

It took less than 10 seconds from Lampard's steal, to Beckham's long pass to launch a counterattack, to Li Rui's breakthrough near the bottom line, passing the ball to the goal, and Gerrard's barb shot.

"Succinct, fast, and efficient!" This is Lineker's summary of England's counterattack. Of course, efficiency seems to be far from enough. After all, Gerrard's barb shot was over the crossbar.

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Even so, Aragones, the head coach of the Spanish national team in the stands, still couldn't hide his shock. This is only the second game after Mourinho took over England. Is England's performance so surprising?
20 days ago, Mourinho's Three Lions' debut and Switzerland's 0-0 tie, Aragones also came to watch. In that game, England's performance was the same as this game Compared with almost two different teams, the offense is weak, and the Swiss team, which has average offensive power, is also a bit embarrassed defensively.

But now, just three weeks later, has England changed so much?What is the reason for this change?Compared with the warm-up match with Switzerland three weeks ago, England's starting lineup has not changed much. The only change is that after Li Rui returned from injury, he replaced Owen and appeared in the starting lineup.

Is it coach Mourinho?

Or the changes that Li Rui brought to England in the game?
Aragones shook his head, lost in thought.He has to judge, is this a flash in the pan for England, or is it really the true performance of the England team?Or is this the direction of Mourinho's England squad?

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Gerrard got up from the ground and gave Li Rui a thumbs up, which meant that the pass was beautiful.

Li Rui smiled and said nothing.Of course, being recognized by teammates is always something to be happy about.

After the start of the second half of the game, Domenech did not sit on the coaching bench. The French head coach has been pacing up and down the sidelines, gesturing toward the field from time to time.

In the 56th minute of the game, the French team made a substitution, Nasri came off the bench, and he put Malouda on.

"The French team made a substitution and replaced the teenager Nasri. This young man who plays for Marseille in Ligue [-] is known as Little Zidane in France. I don't know, this young Zidane will What kind of challenges does it bring to our England?" Taiby said in a teasing tone, the English generally have no good opinion of the French, and Taiby is no exception.

"It is estimated that Domenech intends to use Nasri's technology to organize the midfield of the French team." Lineker said, in fact, this French team really does not have a real organizer on the field. , Ribery is more like a winger, and Malouda is a pure winger.

Makelele and Vieira should be regarded as double midfielders.

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Seeing Nasri on the field, Mourinho's mind came up with information about this young man.

Nasri, the Marseille star's passing vision is wide and the speed is not fast, but he has excellent ball control skills. In France, because he has the same Algerian blood as Zidane, he is called "Little Zidane" by French fans. ".

Mourinho calculated the weakness of this young man, that is, his thin body and lack of strength.

One minute later, Mourinho blew his whistle and called Lampard's name on the sidelines, indicating that Lampard would pinch Nasri in the midfield. Given the physical strength of Chelsea's deputy, Nasri should not be so comfortable up.

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At this time, Mourinho looked at the watch on his wrist, called Owen over, and was about to send him on the field, and needed to explain the tactical arrangement.

Lineker, who was on the commentary seat, saw the movement on the England bench, and saw Mourinho giving Owen an opportunity, and said, "Michael is on the sidelines, and Mourinho is explaining something to him. It seems that Michael When he is about to play, who will he replace? Li Rui or Wayne (Rooney)?"

"I guess it's Li Rui. He only came back from injury in the last round of the league. Mourinho wants to protect him, and—" Taibi laughed when he said this. "Mr. Mourinho still needs to deal with Sir Alex Ferguson."

Many fans in front of the TV laughed. Ferguson refused to let Li Rui participate in the training camp in England. In the end, Mourinho called Ferguson himself to "communicate". The media reported it, and fans all know what Taibi's joke means.

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Li Rui also noticed that Owen was standing on the sidelines. He was a little anxious. He had tried hard to score another goal in the 15 minutes, but now he was about to be replaced. Can he not be anxious?

At this time, the French team launched an attack. Nasri took the ball in the midfield. Under Lampard's pressure, it was difficult to organize an effective attack, and he could only distribute the ball to the wing.

After Ribery got the ball, after a long-distance attack on the wing, he passed the football into the penalty area. In the penalty area, under Terry's interference, Anelka headed the goal and failed to top the power.The football is hugged by England goalkeeper Robinson.

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Robinson was holding the football and was about to delay the time when he suddenly heard someone calling him loudly. He looked up and found that Li Rui was standing near the middle circle with an anxious expression on his face, raising his hands desperately to shout. ——

Want him to launch a quick counterattack with his big foot directly in front of the goal?
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