midfield god

Chapter 212 England loses to Portugal again
The eight-to-four match between England and Portugal became more and more intense as time passed.England, with one less player on the field, is still trying to find a chance to make the final decision.After Rooney was replaced, due to England's lack of forwards on the field, coach Eriksson chose to remove Joe Cole and replaced him with high center forward Peter Crouch.

For this substitution, Yunfei also felt that it was open to discussion.

"When the team is playing more with less and there are obviously more counterattack opportunities, I don't know if Irving's condition is so bad that the coach is not willing to replace him. If this is the case, then why bring such a completely unusable player to Germany?"

Yunfei is now at his fingertips in explaining, and his comments have become aggressive, especially when it comes to Crouch's substitution, he almost pointed his nose and said Eriksson messed up.

In fact, this is also the case. Crouch did not create any threats after he came on the field. Instead, Lennon, the young player who replaced Beckham before, used his speed to frequently break through the wing to create opportunities.This, on the contrary, confirmed Yunfei's point of view. The former golden boy Owen was also famous for his speed. At this time, it would be more useful to replace him than Crouch.

"Also, I don't quite understand the change of Joe Cole. Now there is only such a skilled player in the England midfield who can handle the ball, and he was replaced. Such a substitution does not mean that there is one less player on the side, but one more player!"

"So it shows that Coach Eriksson believes that even if England play less and more, they can still take the initiative on the field. Perhaps because of this, there are such substitutions and adjustments!"

Yunfei's tone was a bit fierce, and Martin Taylor interrupted very skillfully at this time, which immediately eliminated the gunpowder smell in Yunfei's words.This interruption is very important, otherwise, if we continue to talk like this, if England suddenly scores a goal, Yunfei will be a little embarrassed.

This was just the first episode of the game. Soon, the scores of the two sides were tied after 90 minutes, and the game was about to enter overtime.Taking advantage of this opportunity, the two commentators can also take a break.

"Good job, Yunfei! You may be more suitable for this job than I thought!"

Martin Taylor took a bottle of water from the staff on the side, took a sip, and didn't dare to drink more.Then he opened his mouth to praise Yunfei, Yunfei's performance today is already at the professional level in his opinion, there is no problem in being qualified as a football guest.

"There, you took it well, or else I'd run off the train with my mouth full!"

What Yunfei said is also sincere. When you start watching the game, you will inevitably be affected by the situation on the court. If you are not careful, you may go too far, just like Yunfei’s criticism of Eriksson’s substitution.

"I'll just play a supporting role. Today, your views on the game are really excellent. Next, just keep at it. If this continues, it should be able to end smoothly!"

At the same time, in the broadcast room of Sky Sports, Barnett's face was full of red, and he was laughing happily. No one thought that Yunfei could perform so well.

Bell on the side was completely speechless at this time, Yunfei is a pervert, there is nothing he can't do.

On the other hand, Zhang Yuwei at the side had a faint proud smile on her face, as if all of Yunfei's behaviors were taken for granted.Although she didn't quite understand what Yunfei was explaining, but from the fact that Yunfei talked more and more later, she could see that his performance should be very good, otherwise he wouldn't have been given so many opportunities to speak.

At this time, on Sky Sports' official website, many fans are also taking advantage of this short gap to express their views on the game.

"I think that Yunfei is very accurate in watching the game. Eriksson's substitution is really hard to understand. I don't understand why Crouch was changed. In this situation, the high center forward is really useless!"

The result of the game speaks for itself. Unless Crouch really made a huge contribution, otherwise Yunfei's opinion is actually very fatal. This substitution is really strange.

"I also think Yunfei is right. If Irving's condition is really bad, why not recruit other players? I don't understand. In this case, changing Irving is indeed a matter of course!"

The fans were discussing the substitutions intensely, and at this time the overtime game was about to start.

At this time, Yunfei restrained his edge. In his opinion, Eriksson's conservative substitutions did not help England win the game, so he didn't want to say anything more. Sure enough, the two sides drew again in overtime. When it came to the penalty shootout, England's first four penalty kickers directly missed three, and handed over the victory to the Portuguese.This is also after the 2004 European Cup, England once again lost to the Portuguese in a penalty shootout!

When Yunfei and Martin Taylor summed up the game, Yunfei basically didn't say a word. Since England still lost in the end, according to the temperament of the English media, no matter if it was a player or a coach, they would definitely be picked out and criticized one by one. Eriksson's life is definitely not easy, so he should not add trouble to himself, and save himself from being used as a gun.

In fact, later England fans may not be able to understand why Eriksson's performance in leading the team is not bad, so why he still receives so much criticism.Because looking at the results of England's major competitions later, there is no better result than when Eriksson led the team.

In fact, this is because at this time, both the Premier League and England players are in the golden age. Although the Premier League has not won the Champions League in the past two years, it has performed very strongly in the Champions League and is in the limelight.As for the players in England, there are also stars emerging in large numbers at this time, especially the defense and midfield, which are really star-studded. It is certain that such a national team, whether it is the media or fans, has high expectations.

It is a pity that although England's performance in the past two years is not bad, it obviously did not meet the expectations of the English media. The media and fans hoped that the England team could bring back a trophy to the birthplace of modern football. However, this hope was shattered again.

In this era where both the media and the fans are the most motivated, Eriksson will fail as long as he fails to get results, and there is no way around it.

(End of this chapter)