Reborn Liverpool

Chapter 345 Happy Soccer
If you've watched the World Cup, you know what "happy football" means, especially when you watch England play.

What is happy football?It’s just that after watching their performance, you will feel happy, even if you are not a fan and don’t understand football.

You can't help laughing when you see Sterling facing a one-on-one, wading past the keeper, twisting left and right, and finally hitting the baseline with his last kick.

In fact, this is just a basic operation for Sterling, but it is undeniable that he is the most threatening player in the England team with the ball.

It is a pity that happy companion Welbeck has little chance to perform in the World Cup, otherwise he will make the fans forget about Sterling.

Chamberlain missed the World Cup due to an injury before the game. He missed the opportunity to serve his motherland and the opportunity to spread happiness to the world.

If anyone is wondering, why does everyone attribute all the faults to a player who did not appear in the World Cup?
And when you watch Chamberlain's minutes-long spitting cake collection, you will smile knowingly.

Before that there was a man named Torres.There are not many players in the world who can make highlights without scoring an empty goal, and Torres is one of them.

This former golden boy and young captain has left countless good memories for people. He is a winner in life and has won collective honors all over the place, but people will always remember the happiness he brought to the world.

In this World Cup, Cavani, the pie-spitting king of Ligue 2, has a slightly tragic color.He was in excellent form in the previous games, and he scored [-] goals against Portugal in the quarter-finals to send the team to the quarter-finals.

But he also missed the game against Huaguo due to injury.Uruguay lost his skill greatly and was eliminated by Huaguo, while Cavani could only do nothing on the bench.

Forget the sorrow and relive the joy. It is these people who brought happy football to the peak and left their happy footprints in the World Cup.

Under the leadership of coach Southgate, the Three Lions played their own "happy football" and created the best record in the World Cup since they won the championship in 1966 for 52 years.

In this World Cup, the three lines of the England team are relatively neat, especially the combination of Harry Kane and Sterling on the front line has solved the problem of the team's weak front that has been plagued by the team before.

The strength of the midfielders and the backcourt players are outstanding, and they cooperate with each other tacitly. Without the "double virtue" problem that has plagued the team for many years, the England team gives people a bright feeling.

In the knockout round, the England team eliminated the powerful Colombian and Swedish teams successively. The team also broke the penalty curse that has been "passed down from generation to generation", and the temperament of the entire team was sublimated.

Although there are some advantages in grouping and division, the England team, which is dominated by young people, played its own "happy football" in this World Cup, and won a penalty shootout in the knockout round to reshape the team's temperament.

Happiness + tenacity, two seemingly incompatible temperaments, not only made the England team achieve good results, but also won the love of the fans.And this change in temperament is largely due to their coach Southgate.

In recent years, although the England team has been dominated by big-name players, its performance in the international arena is a mess, and it is even dubbed the "European Chinese team".

Southgate was previously the coach of the England youth team. Due to Allardyce's sudden dismissal, he became the firefighting coach.

Southgate performed well after taking over the England team. He achieved two wins and two draws in the first 4 games. In the end, the FA also gave Southgate a contract that will end after the 2020 European Cup.

However, the annual salary given by the FA to Southgate is only 200 million pounds, which is the lowest salary for an England coach in 16 years, and he can be called a "loser" coach.

The FA has set a goal for this year's Three Lions to qualify for the group stage. Obviously Southgate is not satisfied!
According to the characteristics of the team, he designed a special speed advantage play style for the English players, constantly using the speed of the body to tear apart the opponent's defense, and using the method of utilizing strengths and avoiding weaknesses to control the situation in every game.

It is reported that Southgate has also studied the tactics of rugby and basketball, and used pick-and-roll and straight-line stance tactics in set kicks, which caught opponents off guard!

After being eliminated by France, instead of creating topics to make fun of the team and the head coach as in the past, the British media paid tribute to Southgate in a rare group.

The "Independent" used a full-page photo of Southgate alone. He was standing on the field in a suit and applauding the fans. The title was simple and clear with two words "Thank you";
The front page of the "Daily Star" also put a single photo of Southgate, with a big line of "You make us proud";
"Daily Mail" put a photo of Southgate and Kane on the front page, writing, "Yes, our World Cup championship journey is over, but they make us proud."

Like the Hua Guo team, when no one was optimistic, the England team led by Southgate tied the semi-finals of the 1990 World Cup and achieved the best record since the country won the World Cup in 1966.

Even more coincidentally, Southgate was once a member of the England team and missed a penalty kick in the semi-finals of the 1996 European Cup, which led to the elimination of the England team.

Since then, England have not won a penalty shootout, until this time he personally led the team to eliminate Colombia in a penalty shootout.

From this point of view, Southgate, who is only 47 years old, is the "true man" that the England team has been looking for for a long time.

As long as the FA stops making foolish moves and supports Southgate well, this young England team can definitely achieve better results in the European Cup two years later and the World Cup in Qatar four years later.

There is a popular saying in competitive sports: No one will remember the runner-up.

That is to say, in the end, people will always remember that it is the champion team. Since the runner-up will not be remembered, is there any point in deciding a third or fourth place?
However, the outside world still paid attention to the battle for the third and fourth places in this World Cup. Without him, this is a direct confrontation between the two "Chinese teams" in Europe and Asia.

The tasteless match before the final, in terms of the confrontation on the field and the level of players' dedication, there is no way to compare it with the previous knockout match.

In the previous third and fourth finals of the World Cup, the most anticipated thing is that both sides of the game can contribute many wonderful goals, so that people can ignore the very boring game scene.

Since the 1978 World Cup, the "minimum consumption" for the third and fourth finals is 3 goals. In this kind of pressure-free game, both sides generally choose to play offensive football.

In the last few World Cups, South Korea and Turkey (2002) scored 5 goals, scored 2006 goals in the 4 World Cup third and fourth finals, and scored 2010 goals in the 5 World Cup third and fourth finals. The third and fourth finalists of the last World Cup in Brazil also scored 3 goals.

Therefore, in this game between England and China, the outside world and fans of the two countries hope that both sides can completely release their offensive talents.

Both England fans and Chinese fans are familiar with each other because of Zhang Mai, and they regard this game as a star game in the World Cup.

England's famous striker Alan Shearer said: "In fact, the third and fourth finals are really meaningless. It doesn't matter to both sides."

In fact, there is no so-called third and fourth finals in the European Cup. After the semi-finals, the teams that advance directly play the finals.This is also considering that the third- and fourth-place finals generally don't attract much attention, and there is no gold content, just like a friendly match.

From another point of view, one more final for three or four places may also affect the Golden Boot of the final event.

Generally speaking, the third- and fourth-placed finals are more open. If some shooters score multiple goals in this kind of game, his number of goals may rise linearly and eventually win the Golden Boot.

But the goals scored in this kind of game are definitely not in the knockout rounds. The goals scored in the group stage come with high gold content.

However, there is no need to consider these things in this World Cup. The top two players on the Golden Boot list, Zhang Mai (9 goals) and Kane (6 goals), are both in the third and fourth places. Kaku (4 goals), unless there is a big four in the final, Zhang Mai's World Cup Golden Boot is already in his hands.

But it is basically impossible for Lukaku to score four goals on the French team, which is so cowardly and excellent!

Of course, for the organizing committee, one more game will increase the ticket revenue and broadcast revenue of one game, but for the entire World Cup, this may affect the quality of the World Cup.

But for the Chinese fans with the largest number of fans in the world and the most fanatical England fans, the three or four places in this year's competition are not superfluous at all.

The battle for the third place in the World Cup between Huaguo and England is very familiar to the Premier League fans in Huaguo. Looking at the England team, almost all of them are stars in the Premier League.

England fans are no strangers to the Chinese team. Just one Zhang Mai makes their eyes blurred. Besides, there is also Zhang Yulin, who is from the British professional league and is now making troubles in the Bundesliga.

There are also a large number of Italian fans who missed Russia. They are also very concerned about this game. You must know that the person who commands this glorious Chinese team is their Italian pride-"Silver Fox" Lippi.

Therefore, in the battle for the third and fourth places in this World Cup, the income from ticket sales and broadcast income is not a problem. Fanatical Chinese and British fans have already snatched up all of them.

Because of the frighteningly large number of fans in Huaguo, the organizing committee was worried whether the enthusiasm for the third or fourth finals would overwhelm the championship battle that took place the next day.

Many people would not be surprised by any possible outcome of China vs. England, because performance and self-reward trumped competition.

This game, known as the "Premier League All-Star Team" to challenge the "Premier League Superstar Team", is destined to be a gorgeous Premier League player performance.

"Whoever wins is normal, and we will all be happy!"

The "Times" on the day before the game put the above slogan on its front page headline.

(End of this chapter)