long live football

From the beginning of the game, the Matador Corps chose to put pressure first.

The Spanish players used their technical advantages to firmly control the ball. Xavi, Alonso, and Iniesta's penetrating passes in the midfield made England's defensive players feel a headache.

Iniesta kicked across, and Villa broke through from the right towards the England goal.

Glenn Johnson went up to steal, and other players were scattered around the penalty area, guarding against Villa's possible breakthrough or pass at any time.

In particular, the goalkeeper of the Three Lions, Joe Hart, is on the verge of a formidable enemy.

When Villa dribbled the ball to the front of the penalty area, Hart tensed his nerves.

He put all his attention on Villa, and quickly calculated in his mind which corner of the goal the opponent is most likely to shoot the football at if Villa raises his foot to shoot at this time.

Just the second after Villa broke into the England penalty area, when everyone thought he would raise his foot to shoot, he passed the ball.

With a simple straight kick, Villa handed the ball to Portillo.

Oops!Hart's head buzzed immediately.

When did Portillo appear in the box?

He cared too much about Villa, and even ignored another terrible guy in the Spanish team!

An annoyance welled up in Hart's heart.

At this moment, Portillo swung his right foot high at the football!

After Portillo shot the ball, Hart rushed to the right of the goal in a panic.

But the place where the football flies is the left!

"call--!"

The sound of the football spinning at high speed scraping the air, passing by and flying into the net is so ear-piercing!

Hart got up from the ground without saying a word, and lowered his head to pick up the ball in the net.

His whole body was bathed in depression and loss.

Throwing the ball to his teammates, Hart, who was waiting for the re-kick-off, felt like a kitten was scratching in his heart.

He really wanted to look up to the sidelines, but he was a little scared.

The day before the game, the boss made him start against all opinions. His teammates envied him and said that he was lucky, and he also made up his mind to perform well in the game.

Unexpectedly, less than 15 minutes after the start of the game, he missed a goal to the Spanish team, which directly hit his confidence and almost disappeared without a trace.

He didn't even defend half the game...

After enduring and enduring, Hart still couldn't hold back and looked outside the court.

He froze after just one glance.

Because he found that the head coach was looking at him with all his attention, and kept making mouth shapes with his hands pressed down.

"Don't be nervous, come on!"

It was such a simple sentence that made Hart full of courage again.

I lost a goal so quickly, but Mr. Alston didn't blame himself at all, and let himself relax and not be nervous... Then he shouldn't have a negative mentality and can't give up on himself!

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Football is at the foot of the Spanish team.

That's right, again.Since the start of the game, the Spanish team has had an absolute advantage in possession.

In the 35th minute, the commentator of the Spanish national TV proudly said: "When the intermission database counts the data of the first half, the Spanish team's ball possession rate will definitely reach more than 70%."

So, will the England team let the Spanish team have the ball?

Yes, no.

The affirmative answer is because the England team did allow the Spanish team to play their world-class control flow tactics on the court.

Compete with today's Matador Corps for midfield control and ball possession?

If the Three Lions did that, they would be killing themselves.

England's traditional football style and poor youth training make most of the players born in this land have a rough style of play and only rampage on the court.

Skilled players who can play with their brains are very rare, and they can be called rare.

So since Scholes couldn't run, Ferguson has been looking for his successor year after year, and the England national team has been looking for Scholes' replacement.

Inherently weak, the England team can't compete with Spain in midfield possession-what is the difference between using your own shortcomings to compare the opponent's strengths?

But to say let the Spanish team swagger at Wembley Stadium, it will not.

Although the England team's skills are relatively rough, the Three Lions also have advantages that the Matador can't match.

One is physical fitness and the other is height.

Carl is not prepared to turn the team into a "meat grinder" and use fouls to become a nightmare for technical players, but he hopes that the England team can inherit the tough temperament of the Premier League, give full play to the spirit of immortality, and delay the rhythm of the Spanish team. The sooner... it is better to drag the other party out of control.

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The Spanish players passed the football under their feet smoothly on the court, advanced from the backcourt to the midfield, and then fell back from the midfield to the backcourt. Occasionally, they made a few quick and sharp advances, which made people dazzled.

Even if the angle of the passing player is not very accurate due to the poor grass conditions, the receiving players can always quickly adjust their pace and posture, firmly catch the ball and control it under their feet, showing the exquisite tacit understanding between each other The cooperation is even more enjoyable.

Many people think that in front of such a Spanish team that has played its heyday, it is estimated that it will be difficult for the England team to find opportunities to attack-maybe it is difficult for them to even touch the ball after a game.

But only the Spanish team knows that they are tired of controlling the ball.

Although the Spanish team has the ball at their feet, the England team has no ball at their feet. The former has a much higher possession rate than the latter, but the running distance of the two teams from the beginning of the game to the present is actually similar.

Because as long as the Spanish team is in the backcourt, that's fine. As soon as they enter the center circle, the English players will immediately stick to them and harass them personally with harassment actions that will never be called a foul by the referee.

There are no simple and rough fouls, and there is no fierce fight for the ball. England's purpose seems to be to lock the defense after losing a goal, and then stick to them... But it is such a simple tactic, but it forces Spain. The teams kept passing the ball to each other, and they ran more and more, and the rhythm became faster and faster, and they have always maintained such a high frequency of passing.

The first half of the game is not over yet, and many players are already panting from exhaustion.

Bosque looked at the field and felt that this would not work—the Spanish team can't compete with the England team. Although there is no limit of three substitutions in the international warm-up match, if the Spanish team is forced to one side and keeps changing, It would be too shameful for the players on the field to be panting, and if the central and frontcourt players are exhausted, what offense can they talk about?

Thinking of all the consequences of the Spanish team's physical exhaustion, Bosque suddenly understood the plan of the England coach.

The Spanish coach immediately went to the fourth official to decide to make a substitution. When Torres replaced Senna, he also told the other party: "Tell other people, don't just control the ball and not attack because of England's harassment. From now on, you have to make a big move." Press forward! The idea of ​​the England team is to use up your stamina, so let them do what they want, but before you run out of stamina, you must score a few more goals and turn the lead into a sealed victory. !"

Torres nodded, turned and ran towards the field, and conveyed the coach's instructions to his teammates one by one.

Afterwards, the Spanish team really reduced a lot of unnecessary possession of the ball. When encountering personal harassment from England players, they dared to pass the ball forward. Not only that, the three forwards, Torres, Portillo , Villa also let go of their guts and started their wonderful personal breakthrough performances.

Xavi sent a short pass into the England half.

Portillo turns to take the ball, then suddenly accelerates forward.

Carrick slides a shovel from his right side!

Portillo was very clever. He first picked the ball over Carrick's body, then jumped on both legs, and straddled Carrick's body with great flexibility. After landing, he accelerated a few steps to catch up with the football , has already resolved this tackle that may be extremely thrilling when it falls on others.

After passing Carrick, Beckham came up again.

Portillo knows this former teammate very well. He knows that Beckham has great physical strength but poor speed and interception ability. When facing each other, he suddenly shifted his center of gravity to the right and then accelerated. Passed an opponent.

Then there was a two-for-one cooperation with Torres. Torres passed the ball back from the front of the penalty area, and Portillo stopped and protected the ball accurately, leaving only one shot to complete the entire shot.

Joe Hart tensed again.

This time he did not only focus on the player who got the ball like he lost the ball last time, but surveyed the entire penalty area, using his eyesight and calculation ability to the extreme.

He tried his best to open his eyes that he didn't dare to blink, the highly tense nerves and the high-speed brain made his forehead ache a little.

But this kind of pain also made Hart enter a mysterious and mysterious state.

Like the noise of Wembley Stadium, all the boiling fans disappeared at once, and only he and the field under his feet were left in the whole world, and only he and the opponents who threatened the goal were left in front of him.

The figures of those Spanish players in red jerseys were magnified and magnified in Hart's eyes. They were watching their quick and clever movements, but suddenly they seemed to be in slow motion, and they could see frame by frame very clearly.

Hart widened his eyes and saw the football "slowly" flying to the middle of the penalty area, Portillo "slowly" stopped the ball, raised his foot, and then the football moved in a way that he could clearly capture Speed, flying towards the England goal.

Before the game, Hart read a lot of information about the Spanish team, including the shooting preferences of all Spanish offensive players. Among them, the key players who need his homework and attention are Portillo, Torres and other forwards.

The data and the angle of Portillo's shot just now show that [-]% to [-]% of it will be a ball flying to the left of the goal.

But Hart's intuition, which was ringing alarm bells, told him: It's the middle, the ball must have flown to the middle!

By coincidence, he ignored the data he had memorized by rote, but followed his intuition, took a step forward, jumped high, and blocked the middle of the goal with his body with his limbs wide open!

"Boom!" This is the sound of a football hitting Hart's glove hard.

"Ha-!" This is the sound of surprise and joy from the fans in the stands behind the England goal.

"This is a world-class save!" Andy Gray shouted excitedly into the microphone: "Portillo's shot in the penalty area was fast and precise, and the way he stood and raised his feet was so confusing. However, Joe Hart made an extremely accurate prediction! When the football just took off from the grass, he had already estimated the flight trajectory of the football, so he was able to save the ball so accurately !Talent! Joe Hart showed us with this save that he is indeed an amazing goalkeeper!"

Portillo's shot was very powerful, so it hit Hart's hands, even with thick gloves as a barrier, his wrists were numb and painful.

But his heart is happy.

After getting up from the ground, Hart looked excitedly to the sidelines.

Then he saw the head coach giving himself a thumbs up!

For a player, there is no better encouragement than this. Hart felt that every cell in his body was full of confidence. The Spanish team, which once worried him, seemed to suddenly become no longer scary and even able to Easily repelled!

……

With the ball saved by Hart, England launched a fast and furious counterattack.

When Gerrard controlled the football and rushed towards the midfield, and other English players ran past them, most Spanish players felt a sense of surprise.

So fast!Really fast!

After reaching the middle circle, Gerrard accelerated again.

If he was like a car full of gasoline before, now he is more like a sports car with the gas pedal on!

In terms of foot skills, Spanish players such as Xavi and Alonso can be regarded as the top players in the world, but they were caught off guard and failed to stop Gerrard, but let the opponent rumble past them with the ball.

When they regained their senses and chased after them, they only saw Gerald's back going away.

So, what is Gerrard doing after breaking through to the Spanish half?

Continue to break through?

No, Gerrard was looking for Wayne Rooney.

This is his task in this game, and it is also designed by the England team before the game, a way to get a chance to score.

The Spanish team's talented midfielder and the skills at the midfielder's feet make the vicinity of the center circle a dangerous place for the opponents of the Matador Legion-it is difficult for them to win from Harvey and others. Once you get the ball, even if you get it, it is difficult to guarantee that you will not lose the ball during the breakthrough process.

Therefore, if the England team wants to score goals, it must be fast.

This fast refers to not only speed, but also the time it takes for players to complete the entire set of coordination from the backcourt dribble to the frontcourt, that is, offensive efficiency.

Players need to get the ball through the midfield quickly, get rid of the opponent's defense quickly, pass the ball quickly, and the striker must create a shooting threat in the shortest time after receiving the pass.

Pique raised his foot and shoveled Gerrard.

Gerrard didn't hesitate, and passed the ball to Beckham before the other side's foot.

Beckham just took half a second to adjust his posture, and then boldly raised his foot to kick the ball towards the goal!

His position at the moment is 45 meters away from the Spanish team's goal!

Is it a pass?

No, the direction the football flies is obviously the goal!

Everyone was stunned by Beckham's boldness.

Even Carl himself took a small breath.

Before the game, he said to the players, "Spain plays skillfully, we compare efficiency, and they play fancy, we will do the most concise from offense to goal", and he also encouraged the players not to fight with the opponent too much after taking the ball. Do entanglement, the more entangled with a team with superb skills at the feet, the more prone to accidents, it is better to shoot early.

However, Beckham's shot came too early, right?Obviously Rooney is not far in front of him, and he is a safe choice to complete the final attack.

Did Beckham think his shot would be a stroke of genius?

Karl believes that during the game, some players will suddenly have a flash of inspiration and use unimaginable moves to accomplish incredible feats.

He believes that he must have confidence in the players, especially if the opponent is Beckham, who has never failed him.

So Karl slowed down his breathing, stared at the Spanish team's goal intently, and prayed for Beckham in his heart.

I saw the football spinning at a high speed, drawing a long and beautiful arc, gradually approaching the goal of the Spanish team.

Casillas was ready to make a save, and when he visually detected that the football was about to fly to the upper left corner of the goal, he jumped gently from the ground!

When it was about to fall in front of the goal, the football suddenly fell rapidly!

The landing point also changed from the upper left corner of the goal to the lower left corner!

Casillas has already jumped up, and his body is in mid-air!

The football rubbed his soles into the goal!

The goal was scored...the England team actually scored a goal just 3 minutes before the end of the first half? !

England equalized the score!

And through a super long-range shot!

After a second of silence at Wembley Stadium, it suddenly turned into a pot of boiling water!

Cheers shook the mountains!

The England fans were so excited that they wanted to lift the stadium!