The Young Lion

If you only look at the game 30 minutes ago, there is one person in Aldridge's starting lineup today who shouldn't be playing the starting lineup, and that is Gerrard.

It's not that Gerrard didn't perform well, but that on the England bench, in terms of the game environment in the previous 30 minutes, Rooney's appearance may be more intuitive than Gerrard's threat.

The closer to the goal, even if he is only 18 years old, Rooney's threat is greater than Gerrard, but the closer to the midfield, Gerrard's role and ability must be stronger than the 18-year-old Rooney.

Bruckner gave Aldrich a surprise. The Czech team spared no effort to fight against England. As a result, the midfielders of both sides seemed to be useless in the see-saw. The offensive and defensive transitions were too fast. Therefore, in the first 30 minutes, Jay When Ladd got closer to the goal to complete the goal, his performance was not satisfactory. If there is a Zhengyin striker, the effect may be much better.

But this is a football game, and Aldridge is not entangled in his heart.

When his own deployment will fail, the opponent will always create trouble for him.

In terms of tactics, when the Czech team retracted, the England team established an advantage in the midfield, which brought the game back to the track Aldridge expected. Gerrard's performance was getting better and better, and the England team was close to equalizing the score , just a step away.

When the Czech team pounced again in the last few minutes of the first half, Aldridge immediately made adjustments.

But it's not about defense. England knows how to defend. As for whether it can defend against it, when the rhythm is out of control, no one dares to guarantee it.

What Aldridge adjusted was the striker. He gestured to Gerrard, and Gerrard understood it, and he was in his position. More flexibility is needed, and you can't stick to rigidity. The deep friendship between him and Irving's club teammates also makes them work more freely in cooperation.

Once the England team and the Czech team start a match today, the most eye-catching players in the midfield are all players on the left side of the midfield. The Czech team is Nedved, who suppresses Beckham and even the entire left side offensively and defensively. The England team is Lampard.

44 minutes. The Czech team launched a wave of fast breaks. Jankulovski and Nedved cooperated on the left and made a pass from the bottom. Campbell nodded in front to clear the siege. Beckham ran back to grab the falling ball and returned the ball. While passing to Neville. Point your finger to the other side of the court.

Gary Neville made a long diagonal pass without stopping the ball. The pass was not very good because Neville moved too hastily. It is more dangerous, and Jankulovski may come to intercept suddenly when he walks back.

The ball almost went over the touchline on the other side,

Fortunately, Ashley Cole rushed forward and kicked the ball forward with a tackle.

Lampard controlled the ball just past midfield and dribbled forward.

At this time, the Czech team's defense on the left was relatively empty. But the England team still played on their right, and there was no response there, especially Gerrard did not pull to the right. Instead, he entered the restricted area!

The Czech team itself did not particularly notice this change. Gerrard no longer responded from the outside, but entered the penalty area!

Where is Owen?

Owen withdrew.

He and Gerrard completed a swap.

After entering the frontcourt, Lampard developed into the middle. In front of Garasek, he suddenly passed the ball to Gerrard, who was at the forefront of the striker.

Gerrard is facing away from the goal of the Czech team, even though he is at the top. Nor was he facing the Czech goal, in fact. He didn't intend to turn around, let alone stop the ball.

He kicks the ball. Knocked the ball to Irving, who was slightly behind.

In front of Owen are the two central defenders of the Czech team, Borff and Ujfalusi.

Gerrard has helped him distract Ujfalusi, and he took the ball directly to the middle of the penalty area to kill!

As soon as he stepped into the penalty area, Borff came over to close the door to defend and block Owen.

The opponent's move is exactly what he wanted!

Owen had been prepared for a long time, he waited for the opponent to move inward, and because Gerrard was on his left front, the Czech team's defense also shrunk slightly to that side, trying to squeeze the space and prevent Owen from breaking through the center and passing. The threatening ball gave Gerrard a chance.

And Irving suddenly used the outside of his instep to push the ball to Borff's rear side, which was the front right side that Irving was facing!

Borff didn't expect that Owen didn't rush into the middle again, he stopped and turned around suddenly, slow!

Owen's combination of human and ball is very good. After changing direction and then going forward, although the angle is not as good as cutting straight to the middle, it has already formed a semi-single-handed trend.

Facing Petr Cech who blocked the near corner, Owen still used the outside of the instep, and shot the ball across an outer arc to the inside of the far post of the goal!

Cech, the new generation of Czech goalkeeper, rushed forward, but because he paid too much attention to blocking the near corner of the goal, the distance was too far. Besides, Owen's ball was really tricky, and Cech was powerless!

The beautiful and unpredictable arc shot pierced the gate guarded by Petr Cech. After Owen shot the goal, he knew that the goal must be scored!

When he saw that the result was not different from what he expected, a confident and happy smile appeared on his face.

The golden boy is chasing the wind, and the green shade is galloping!

Michael Owen! Owen! Owen! Owen! He helped England equalize! A sharp change of direction, quick speed, and a superb shot! The Czechs were only 1 minute away from 1:0 At the end of the half, if they had led by one goal, the situation in the second half would have been completely different, but now it is back to a draw, and the Czech team failed to hold on to the last minute of the first half!

The roar of the Three Lions fans came from the Dragon Stadium, and the sound shook the sky!

Aldridge also shook his fist while smiling on the sidelines.

This ball is very important!

Although the score was brought back to a tie, the situation will become more and more favorable to England!

Bruckner couldn't hide his disappointment.

The England team has been well researched.

A top striker like Irving has three biggest characteristics, first, shooting skills, it goes without saying. Second, speed, especially the combination of human-ball speed and breakthrough speed, is very tricky. It is necessary to limit his room for movement and not give him the space and opportunity to initiate an explosion. Third, run.

If Irving has been at the forefront of the front line, his speed will be difficult to display when there is no space. What needs to be marked is his running position. Only after the running position gets rid of the defense, his shooting skills will be activated. A stage to show off your strengths.

Bruckner did not expect that Gerrard, a midfielder, not only played a shadow striker in this competition, but his performance was not perfect, at least the score was not low, and now he is directly doing support tasks at the forefront of the striker line. It is more flexible than the fulcrum.

If there is no Gerrard to go up, it is useless for Owen to retreat to create space by himself, because no matter how fast the speed is and no matter how strong the breakthrough ability is, it is still very difficult to break through two or three players.

When Gerrard made a cover and containment, and Owen retreated at the same time to have the space to break through with the ball, the two defenders of the Czech team, Ujfalusi, was stronger, and faintly reached the first-class level. There is room for improvement, but the 30-year-old Borff is dwarfed by comparison. Originally, in the rear line arrangement of the Czech team, Brückner has complementary considerations, and Jankulovski is more capable than Griglar. Strong, so Jankulovski and Borff are in the left half, and Ujfalusi and Grigera are in the right half. If you go up, you can't come back, and if Jankulovsky goes up, you can't come back!

Of course Owen didn't rush to the center, and went to the right to blast Borff directly, and then completed the goal. Brückner had no choice but to slow down the tempo, or reduce Jankulovski's assist rate. The Czech team's The offense will be greatly affected, so it's a dilemma.

It is basically the same as the Czech team scored the goal of the England team. The England team also used the striker to contain the attraction in front, and then inserted the players to form a fatal blow. In fact, it relied on the performance of the players' personal abilities at critical moments. Nedved's The world wave is not accidental, he has this ability, and Owen's dribbling breakthrough and goal is not accidental.

The referee did not give a minute and a second of stoppage time. The first half went very smoothly, neither side was inked, and dead balls rarely happened. Set kicks, sideline kicks, goal kicks, etc., both teams rushed Hurry up, the referee is tired enough.

Poor Golden Whistle Corina is 44 years old. There are 23 players on the field. Who is the most tired?

It's the referee Corina!

However, this serious black-clothed law enforcement officer was very excited in his heart, and couldn't help secretly praising the Czech and England teams in his heart.

This game also has special significance for Corina!

This is his curtain call.

The statutory retirement age for international-level referees is 45 years old. In February next year, Collina will be 45 years old. Therefore, this game was designated as the referee by UEFA, which is an affirmation and reward for his work and contribution .

Because he whistled the opening game of this European Cup, he missed the final. The penultimate game of the European Cup can be regarded as the farewell game of the Collina International Stadium.

No matter how hard and tiring he is running, Collina can always appear within 25 yards of the ball in the game. He is also working hard, although many people can't see it, and even the audience seems to ignore it. his existence.

He has no grievances or dissatisfaction.

This is the highest level of football referee law enforcement!

Forgotten!

When walking towards the player tunnel with the ball, Collina adjusted his breathing secretly. He was a bit overwhelmed by the 45 minutes of non-stop running, but he was still looking forward to the second half of England and the Czech team. The swan song on stage has become a classic, even if he doesn't even count as a supporting role!

His thoughts were consistent with the fans watching the game. If it wasn't for Collina who blew the whistle, the audience would not be able to feel the passage of time.

1:1 is not the end, there are still 45 minutes worth looking forward to, and even more! (to be continued) ()