The Young Lion

Thank you Thieves for your reward!

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Beckham scores from a free-kick! Switzerland takes another hit before the end of the first half!

Beckham was promoted to the first captain, this goal can more or less ease the doubts of the outside world.

When Aldrich listed Beckham as the deputy captain of the Three Lions, Fleet Street criticized his decision, but both sides of the debate have their own reasons.

Those who supported Aldridge believed that Beckham had a bad relationship with England fans at the time, and clashes broke out with fans when he was defeated in the last European Cup.

Those who opposed Aldridge believed that Beckham was the number one star of the England team, and at the same time, the appointment of Southgate was also suspected of cronyism.

Almost four years have passed, and Beckham has inherited the position of captain due to Southgate's injury. There are still pros and cons on Fleet Street discussing whether Beckham can serve as the captain of the national team.

Those who support Xiaobei are still the same set of rhetoric. Xiaobei is famous, has deep qualifications, and is also a contributor to winning the World Cup.

Opponents believe that Beckham spent a bad season in Real Madrid and was too commercialized. As the captain of the national team, can he lead by example so that the entire team can fully focus on the competitive field?

Aldrich did not participate in these debates, and he was too lazy to respond to the outside world.

To put it bluntly, he will leave after this round and the European Cup. He will do his best to leave what he can leave for the England team, but he needs to worry about the captain and so on. He is more tiring than a nanny Ah, the next coach of the national team can appoint the captain of the national team himself.

The European Cup is only three weeks away, and one week is almost over. Half a month left. Everyone is safe and sound. Concentrate on playing the European Cup, no matter how much, it will only take half a month, if not much, you will have to go home in a week, so it is meaningless to argue about those.

The first half ended 2:0, the two teams went through a halftime break. In the second half, they changed sides and fought again.

Switzerland coach Kuhn felt cold all over his body in this scorching summer.

The England team's midfield was running smoothly, the transfer was quick, and the attacking ideas were clear. The Swiss team played in front of the goal. Even with a two-goal lead, the England team still showed no sign of stopping.

Kuhn is also getting old, he will not have the idea of ​​stepping on Aldridge's body to become famous like the French coach Santini,

I just want to achieve a satisfactory result in England, and my thinking is very simple and pragmatic: even if it is really upset in England, it does not mean that the Swiss team will become stronger.

But he was watching the game for 45 minutes in the first half. 15 minutes in the second half, a total of one hour. He couldn't see any flaws in the England team that the Swiss team could concentrate their forces on a stormy attack.

The defense of the Swiss team is not very good. In the 8 games of the qualifiers, only 2 games have zero opponents. Even Georgia can score at home in Switzerland, and the main defender Henchoz can not play due to injury, which makes the defense even more powerful. slide.

Is England playing a pseudo striker after all? Irving must be the focus of man-marking. Gerrard gets a lot of opportunities, but he always misses the goal with his shots. He seems to be too excited today, probably in the last game Being rated as the best player in the game but the excitement has not been eliminated, the shots are always hitting the goal vigorously, and scaring can scare people to death, but they just don't score!

With the passage of time in the second half, the Swiss team's foul actions increased. In the 66th minute, Vicki received a second yellow card and was sent off. The Swiss team could only fight with 10 players.

Kuhn was forced to make a substitution, removing a striker and replacing him with a midfielder, and Aldridge also replaced Owen out of the idea of ​​​​protecting Owen.

Owen didn't have a lot of room to play with Switzerland's tight markings. That's England's Achilles' heel. Their best strikers have to be supported by space or a great pass to work their magic. Henry, who was mediocre in the French team, played against the French team, and the England team still had more or less space on the front line, but the Swiss team had 8 players defending in a dangerous zone, and marking Owen was the top priority, which led to Even though Irving was running, he couldn't find space. Instead, he became a check point, creating space for other teammates to attack. Unfortunately, Gerrard's finishing touch today was not satisfactory. Now Sir Hall replaced Owen and replaced him. It's youngster Wayne Rooney.

After Rooney comes on the field, the Swiss team's defensive focus will be slightly dispersed and shifted to Gerrard more. After all, although Rooney is a Millwall player, he played for Everton in the past season. Germany can't be compared, especially in the last game, although Rooney also scored, but the best player in the game was Gerrard.

In the second half of the game, Scholes' performance improved.

In the 77th minute, he sent a through ball with strong penetrating power. Rooney got the ball in front of Yakin, dribbled the ball directly, accelerated and changed direction, broke through the Swiss team's defense line, and made a strong kick into the hinterland of the penalty area. Shot rewrites the score to 3:0.

Wow, in England, which claims to have only one striker available, there is actually a striker scoring goals in a row, and he is a super substitute, Wayne Rooney! If only his scoring efficiency is counted, I am afraid he can score in less than 20 minutes on average. One goal! Looks like he will be another England super striker!

Lu Xiaopang was very excited after scoring a goal, and ran to the sidelines to do somersaults with his hands on the ground...

The slightly chubby face was round and round, and the greenness and innocence on his face had not faded away. Aldridge looked from a distance, and for some reason, he wanted to laugh.

3:0.

Aldridge let out a sigh of relief, the overall situation has been settled.

The morale of the Swiss team fell to the bottom, and they looked vulnerable in front of England.

In the final period, Ashley Cole stepped up for an assist, crossed the ball into the penalty area, and Gerrard outflanked it. It was an excellent opportunity, but he insisted on putting the ball on goalkeeper Steele Fortunately, the ball that hit Steele's leg bounced out and was succeeded by Rooney.

Wayne Rooney still maintains the scoring efficiency of scoring one goal in 20 minutes! Is he lucky? This talented England striker scored three goals! He is the top scorer in the England team. It's amazing, super Rooney! Supernova!

Rooney yelled at the camera from the sidelines like he was crazy. Don't know what he's venting about.

At least the outside world does not understand.

Aldridge sat on the coach's bench and sighed deeply.

The Three Lions fans who came to the Coimbra City Stadium to watch the game were satisfied. The state and strength shown by the England team. Looks like a champion!

With 6 points in hand, the group qualified ahead of schedule!

The whistle sounded at the end of the game, and Aldridge stood up, shook Kuhn's hand, and then walked to the player tunnel, showing no pride in this victory.

If you have to be excited to beat Switzerland, wouldn't you be so happy to enter the knockout round and beat other opponents in the future?

In an interview, he said that this victory was of great significance and made them feel relaxed when dealing with the last game. At the same time, make better preparations for the knockout rounds.

Was asked if he would ensure a draw in the last game and try to get a group first.

Aldrich shook his head and said: We try our best to play, and don't consider those factors. It's useless. The outside world will say that we have the conditions to choose our opponents for the knockout round. In fact, it is impossible, because the chaos in Group A is obvious to all. Greece and Spain has 4 points, Portugal has 3 points, who can draw conclusions about the final A ranking now?

The reporter froze for a moment, thinking that Aldrich was playing with her.

That's right. It was a beautiful reporter who interviewed him.

Sir Hall, the last round of Group A was played the day before the last round of Group B.

Aldrich was also stunned for a moment.

What this beautiful reporter said was true.

Group A finished first. The final round of Group B will be played a day later. Before the third round of Group B, the situation of Group A will be settled. It will be clear at a glance who will be first and who will be second. England may choose their opponents.

Still, that's theory.

Aldrich has never made a hasty decision and preparation in one day when he forms his troops to lead the army to fight.

So he shook his head and said: This is not playing a game. We only have 3 days. Do we have to prepare two sets of preparations? As I said, we will not pick opponents, the same style as we did in the World Cup, Whoever you meet is who you are, if you lose, you don’t deserve the championship, if you win, keep going.”

Back in the locker room, Aldridge praised the team players appropriately, and then asked them to pack their bags. The team had to go back to the hotel for post-match fatigue recovery work.

Just as they were on their way back to the hotel on the bus, the match between the French team and the Croatian team started.

Aldridge didn't have time to watch this game, he just got the battle report and the comments on the TV program immediately after the game.

2:2

Regardless of the situation of the French team, this game completely tore off the glory of the French team as the defending champion.

After Croatia conceded a goal due to an own goal, the Croatian tenaciously staged a reversal!

In the 64th minute of the second half, the biggest controversy of the game appeared.

Trezeguet stopped the ball with his hand when the goalkeeper kicked it towards him, an obvious handball foul escaped the referee's eyes, and then, France leveled the score and went no further.

The Croats appear to have a lot of backbone.

After the game, French coach Santini was glad that the French team had won a draw, and at the same time warned the England team insinuatingly that they should have the dignity of a World Cup champion and not let the water go in the final round.

But Croatian coach Balić graciously forgave the referee's misjudgment, which was Trezeguet's misjudgment of scoring a goal through a handball foul, and then released bold words to beat England in the final round to advance to the knockout round.

Croatia had only one choice: beat England and advance to the knockout rounds.

The defending champion France team is in jeopardy. They not only have to beat their opponent Switzerland in the last round, but also hope that England will not lose to Croatia.

On the sixth day after the opening of the European Cup, the first team to break into the top 8 was born.

England!

The points ranking of group b shows that the England team has not only advanced to the top 8, but also secured the first place in the group.

England 6 points.

Croatia 2 points.

1 point for France.

1 point for Switzerland.

This made Aldridge's post-match interview with the beautiful reporter discussing whether to choose an opponent became a pastime for fans to talk about after dinner, and he laughed it off. (to be continued..) ()