The Young Lion

During the intermission, in the locker room, Aldridge affirmed the team's performance in the first half, and made corresponding fine-tuning according to the overall situation changes in the first half.

Especially the defense in the middle and left of the backcourt.

In terms of offense, the England team is getting better. Although it is against the Czech team, the England team is better than the Czech team in terms of offensive routines and opportunities.

The head coach has a game of chess in mind. In today's game with the Czech team, the hard power is distributed in the overall and local distribution. The England team is slightly stronger. At the same time, the Czech team has a frontcourt piece that has not been activated.

Rosicky.

The core midfielder of Dortmund lacked a sense of presence in the first half. In local confrontations, he was restricted by Hargreaves to do nothing. He can only be seen in occasional series, and he is dangerous forward. Rosicky did not pose a significant threat in the offensive zone.

Judging from Aldridge's experience, Rosicky's performance is mediocre. It's not because Brückner is hiding his offensive points or other factors deliberately. It should be the simplest state and poor performance. Lack of competition experience, lack of ability to withstand pressure and so on.

In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again.

The England team continued to speed up the offensive rhythm after the kick-off, and the Czech team did not take the initiative to control the rhythm. Although Bruckner has concerns about the team's physical problems, he can't care so much now. Only in the out of control state, The Czech team's offensive opportunity has the highest probability of scoring!

With 45 minutes of fighting in the first half, England's offense and defense against the Czech team have gained experience.

In the first 15 minutes of the second half. In the open battle game. Rosicky's downturn has become the key to restricting the Czech team. Instead, the Czech team could not play a more threatening offense than in the first half.

They can only shoot long shots from the outside, or cross to find the head of high center Jan Kohler.

Jan Kohler's header! The angle is too square and Robinson picks it off easily.

Nedved shot from long distance, wow, slipped out!

England's offense will naturally be more efficiently defended by the Czech team, and it is unlikely to use the same routine to penetrate the Czech team's defense.

Due to the poor performance of Rosicky, who served as the attacking midfielder, the Czech team led to an attack in the frontcourt. The front waist area is not utilized, which is equivalent to self-compression of the offensive area.

Therefore, Nedved began to attack the middle of the front waist area!

In the 62nd minute,

Nedved responded to Poborski's cross and dribbled the ball towards the middle of the penalty area. Hargreaves' defensive interception failed to stop Nedved's progress. In front of the penalty area, Nedved slanted Throwing the ball to Baros, Gary Neville made a dangerous tackle and destroyed the ball. Baros fell in the penalty area, and the referee Corina signaled that there was no foul!

The danger of this ball is not only that Neville's tackle may give the opponent a penalty. And because Neville is recovering the penalty area from the outside, his tackle. The ball was not cleared, and even the defenders tabooed to let the ball remain in the penalty area!

Fortunately, Jan Kohler is a high center forward, not a speed forward. When grabbing the ball, Terry took the first step to clear the ball with a big foot, which brought the England team back to safety in the penalty area.

This siege ball was accidentally instigated by England's counterattack.

The ball flew across the half court and landed in the area where Gerrard was. Gerrard leaned against Galasek with his back. The two fought fiercely with their bodies. Seck took off and headed back to do it, and gave the ball to Beckham who was relatively close.

The Czech team's front midfielder area is underutilized, and it can be said that it affects the whole body. Nedved can attack the front midfielder area and can play a threat. However, if the attack is not successful, Nedved wants to continue. It is difficult to mark Beckham. In the starting position of the attack, Beckham throws off Nedved by more than 15 yards.

Beckham got the ball and dribbled forward, Jankulovski guarded the wing, and was alert to the threat that Beckham would create on the wing, but Beckham only took the ball for three steps. His ability to read the game is very clear, and his excellent game reading ability makes him give up continuing to dribble, even if there is still a wide space for him to gallop.

A precise oblique long pass was sent at the foot.

The light and leaping ball flew to the left of the Czech team's penalty area with a rapid spin.

The defender of the Czech team is retreating. Irving and Gerrard have switched positions before, and he is at the front, and he is sprinting at full speed at the moment. pass offense.

Although Owen succeeded in anti-offside, he did not attack the middle of the penalty area, but close to the left side of the penalty area. He led the Czech team's back line to recover deep in the penalty area. Ujfalusi is very close to him. Irving stopped the ball, and Ujfalusi is confident of stealing the ball successfully!

But Owen didn't take off after running to the position first. He followed the ball and headed back to the top!

Lampard, who followed up in the back row, quickly jumped in, and Garasek rushed to the rescue!

At the critical moment, Lampard calmly sent a wonderful pass, obliquely plugging into the right side of the penalty area!

The ball penetrated between Ujfalusi and Borff, and rolled behind Borff. Gerrard entered the penalty area. Facing this golden opportunity, he did not stop the ball or adjust, without hesitation Choose a strong shot!

Cech did not make a save action at all this time. The ball was too fast and too sudden. Unlike the trajectory of the goal scored by Irving, Gerrard's shot did not spin, but it also flew towards the far goal of the goal. Inside the column!

boom!

The atmosphere at the Dragon Stadium broke out again!

England team completed the reversal! 2:1, wonderful goal, quick and tacit cooperation, Gerrard headed back to Beckham and then rushed directly to the opponent's penalty area, Beckham made a long pass to Owen, Owen Lampard then followed up with a header, and Lampard sent a wonderful pass, which assisted Gerrard, who just hit the penalty area, to score! The England team reversed from behind! It was like gold Goal, Gerrard repaid the trust of the head coach Sir Hall with the goal! 2:1, the best score in the history of England's European Cup, England is only 30 minutes away from writing new history!

Gerrard ran wildly in celebration. He kept waving his arms and screaming. The English generals waved their right fists one after another, showing determination.

Aldridge applauded Gerrard's goal from the sidelines. Then tell the players to calm down.

Now that the score is leading, they don't have to pursue speed too much. As long as they consume their opponents step by step and use tenacious defense, they will definitely win the game!

Bruckner was expressionless, and walked to the bench silently to execute the substitution.

Before the restart, the Czech team completed the first substitution of the game. Bruckner is an absolutely decisive coach, as he dared to make substitutions in the first half against the Netherlands, which is evident.

Rosicky was substituted and Smicer came on.

Smicer replaced Rosicky, but did not take over Rosicky's position. The front midfielder gave way to Nedved. Smicer and Poborski played parallel to the central midfielder behind the front midfielder.

England took the lead and Aldridge made the team play a little more balanced. Attempts to further wear down the Czech team.

As long as it reaches the last 15 minutes, the Czech team's chances will become smaller and smaller.

As the game progresses. The atmosphere of the game has also become more tense. Both sides have inevitably increased their foul actions, and the number of fouls is also increasing. Fortunately, with the golden whistle Corina pressing the field, the rhythm of the game can be out of control, but the discipline of the game is not. won't get out of hand.

The Czech team is a confident team, which can be seen from their use of rotation to kill Germany. At the same time, the Czech team is also a bold and adventurous team under Bruckner. The 3:2 comeback against the Netherlands is the representative made.

As the England team paid more attention to defense, the Czech team did not get better offensive opportunities. Even if Nedved moved the midfielder, Smicer performed smoothly after playing, but the court fell into another level. subtle stalemate.

Bruckner knew that variables were needed to break the deadlock at this time, so in the 70th minute, he made a bold substitution.

The Czech team used up the second substitution quota. The right back Grygera was replaced, and his replacement was forward Marek Heinz! The Czech team will fight hard, and three forwards will be added!

The Czech team’s substitutions were as expected, and Aldrich was already mentally prepared for this. When studying the Czech team’s game against the Netherlands, Brückner was more aggressive and adventurous than he is now. He even removed the midfielder Gallas Seck, used a purely offensive frontcourt of 7 players!

However, at that time, it was also related to the Dutch team being sent off with 10 players.

Playing against England, Bruckner is really going crazy to not have a defensive midfielder, so the lack of layered protection of the back line can almost be regarded as useless.

The continuous substitution of the Czech team is to strengthen the offense. They are at the expense of weakening the defense. Their offense has not yet played a threat, but the defense has sounded the alarm again.

In the 75th minute, Scholes seized the opportunity to send an exquisite over-the-top long pass in the midfield. After Grigera left the field, the Czech team's back line became very empty. Owen seized the opportunity to sprint against offside. This time, he went to the meeting alone!

The chasing boy dribbled the ball into the penalty area, and the England fans in the stands stared at Owen intently. Everyone was expecting Owen to score the ball!

As long as it enters, the Czech team is finished!

Many fans of the Czech team dare not watch it anymore.

Owen dribbled the ball into the penalty area on the left side, and the shooting angle was ideal. Ujfalusi failed to catch up with him, giving him more time to adjust.

Cech didn't quite walk away, he just took a few steps forward, just out of the six-yard box, a position that makes the striker hesitant.

Portal? Not safe.

Irving still chose to hit the far corner of the goal and cast a rubbing shot from his feet.

Cech was scored twice in a row by his opponent, both of whom were hitting the far corner of the goal. Therefore, Cech made a risky save in advance this time. Almost at the same time that Owen finished his shot, Cech moved towards the far corner of the goal. Then, according to the trajectory of the ball, make a judgment on the save at the close of the shot. Is it high or low? Or, Owen hits the close corner and Cech gives the opponent a goal.

However, Cech bet right!

Owen's shot itself was very tricky, but it was blocked by Cech's pre-judgment and risky move!

Cech! Made a world-class save! He blocked Owen's one-handed ball! He didn't let the England team kill the game! The Czech team escaped death!

After completing the save, it was confirmed that the ball was controlled by Jankulovski. Cech stood still and let out a roar. He used his performance to inspire his teammates and inspired the Czech team to continue to fight the England team to the death! (to be continued..) ()