The Young Lion

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Oita Stadium.

The 1/8 final between England and Senegal has been going on for 4 minutes, and the score is still :. It seems that the traditional strong team England has an absolute advantage, and the technical statistics are fully dominant.

At this point in time, England's offense changed.

Ashley Cole, an up-and-coming full-back in this tournament, came up with an assist. In the past, he tended to support this side, or when McManaman was on this side, he ran inside and shot long shots from the outside. .

But this time, the poodle McManaman controlled the ball from the wing, 4 yards away from the baseline. His rhythm was very slow, and he didn't seem to be attacking*, and the audience clearly saw two Senegalese players rushing In the past, McManaman was besieged. Behind McManaman, Ashley Cole quickly inserted.

Just when these three impacts were about to converge, McManaman kicked the ball lightly towards the front of the sidewalk, and then he moved, quickly starting to run inside the line.

Ashley Cole kept up the speed, rushed up to lead the ball and hit the baseline directly.

Two seconds later, Ashley Cole's position was already parallel to the penalty area line, and his cross was passed back to McManaman, who suddenly started and threw the defender off. McManaman took the ball in front of the penalty area to the left, and then he dribbled horizontally under the terrified gaze of the Senegalese defender.

McManaman is also observing, almost grimly observing, his dribbling is very delicate, similar to Henry. They are not relying on fancy dribbling skills to break through others, but changes in rhythm, sudden stops and changes in direction, and some basic skills have been practiced to a certain level.

There is Scholes' movement involved. McManaman's horizontal inward dribbling in front of the penalty area did not dare the Senegalese players to grab it in the first place.

until. Left central defender Tiata took a step forward!

McManaman's eyes were fixed, and at the same time Tiata took a step, he kicked the ball behind Tiata with his arch!

Tiata didn't even make the movement of stretching his feet. The rhythm of this pass was poorly grasped too accurately, so that even if the defensive player stretched his feet to intercept, it must be too late!

When Tiata turned her head to look to the side and rear, her heart was suddenly as cold as ice!

A figure came out,

Central defender Cisse followed closely but was obviously half a beat behind.

Tiata was praying that England's number one striker would waste this opportunity, otherwise. He will be a sinner! If he doesn't move, there will be no room for Owen to run diagonally!

However, he moved, and there was an empty area on the right side of the penalty area. Irving ran towards the ball, and Cisse was a body away from him. It was impossible to guard him, unless there was a foul, or. Owen stopped the ball and made other choices before giving Cisse a chance.

However, Owen. No chance was given to the Senegalese defender.

Even, he did not give goalkeeper Selva a chance.

To meet the ball, half turn around and shoot with one kick!

When the ball rolled towards the goal, Cisse's long legs blocked it for less than half a second. Cisse looked towards the goal in horror. His wide eyes saw that Selva was caught off guard He rushed to the right side in place, obviously, slowly. Before his saving hand could touch the turf, the ball rolled over.

Rolled into the goal from the far post. Then it falls in the side net and stops turning.

Irving kept looking in the direction of the goal after the shooting action was completed. In fact, in less than a second, he saw that the goal must be scored, and then his serious face burst into crazy joy, and he ran towards the sideline with his arms open. At the same time, England fans were stirred up in the stands huge wave.

Owen! Michael Owen! Owen's clever push put England ahead, 1:, we finally scored! England is now ahead! Before we didn't have a shot in the penalty area, but this time, the first shot was the goal. Completed the goal, which is too surprising, McManaman became the most threatening knife in the offense again, he disrupted Senegal's defense with dribbling, and then sent an impeccable assist!…

Martin, Andy, I think that's why a year and a half ago, when people predicted that McManaman would be given up by Hall, McManaman stayed in the England team and was entrusted with a heavy responsibility by Hall. The reason! It’s just the role of dribbling, breaking through, and disrupting the opponent’s defense. I think, apart from McManaman, there is no second player in England who can do it. That’s why Hall needs him, trusts him, and values ​​​​him. Ben In the World Cup, McManaman's third game, just like his first two games against Sweden and Argentina, played an extremely important role! It is impossible to imagine that without McManaman, this England team played an extremely important role. How much will the power of the attack drop!

This is a phenomenon that not only England, but fans all over the world did not expect.

In the England lineup, the top players are Beckham and Irving, but when it comes to the importance of the game and the key players who change the situation of the game, McManaman should take the lead, and he has become the most outstanding player.

Owen ran to the sideline after scoring a goal. He made a big circle, and finally rushed to Aldridge in front of his teammates. He jumped up, hugged Aldridge, and almost knocked Aldridge to the ground. Fortunately, there are coaches and players rushing out of the coaching bench behind Aldridge. England's coaches and players gathered together, cheering for the goal and celebrating the goal.

No one knew that Owen said a word in Aldrich's ear with an undetectable voice that only Aldrich could hear.

Coach, I'm sorry, thank you.

A I'm sorry, from the heart, but also full of regret and remorse.

Maybe Irving still can't let go of his rude behavior of rejecting Aldridge, and also regrets that he missed the mentorship with Aldridge in the club.

A thank you is also sincere.

During the World Cup group stage, Owen was questioned. Even though he scored a goal in the victory over Argentina, he still wasted a lot of opportunities. It was Aldridge who was unswervingly supporting him.

Whether it's because England have few forwards to count on besides Owen, Owen feels it's time to say thank you to Aldridge.

Aldridge just smiled, touched the top of Owen's head, continued to encourage the players, and shouted to them: Don't give them any chance! Senegal, Lions of Telanga, we want to tell them that they can't stop us from going to the eighth goal. powerful!

The England team also took this opportunity to explain to each other their teammates about the game posture in the final stage of the first half.

Southgate raised the line of defense and told everyone to be prudent, so that the frontcourt also closed down and focused on the counterattack. There was not much time left in the first half. If the opponent attacked violently, England's counterattack might be miraculous.

The African fans in the stands were a little disappointed. It seems that the team still failed to stop the crushing of the Three Lions.

In the eyes of the fans, this game saw a huge gap between the two teams. This gap is reflected in the overall technical and tactical strength, not in the performance of individual players. The England team was calm and orderly, while Senegal responded passively. Accumulation, when the threat continues to rise, some people can't resist it, and they lose their positions!

This is a matter of experience, just like Senegal 3: After leading Uruguay, they will not be able to play football. On the contrary, they are under a huge threat, and under the continuous bombing, some thinking cannot keep up.

Tiata's rushing up is to a certain extent the collapse of his psychological defense. Otherwise, his reason will tell him to stand still and block the area. If McManaman doesn't break through, don't worry about the opponent. Long shot, just hit it, did you hit less before?

It just failed to block the pressure and was eager to kill the opponent's threat. Instead, he lost his position and gave Irving space to move, which led to a flaw in the defense in the most dangerous area of ​​​​the penalty area.

Mechu encouraged the players on the sidelines, and he also knew that after less than half time of the game, the gap in the technical and tactical strength of the two teams was already obvious.

Although one of Senegal's three national footballers plays in the French league, their style of play has a touch of Latin romance. The players dare to play, dare to make moves, and their technical ability does not appear clumsy, but smooth.

However, in the face of England's tight and orderly defense, their offense is too dependent on individuals, so it is difficult to have room to play. At the same time, the England team relies on the whole, and even apart from McManaman, you will not think that the England team has any skills. What advantages, but better integrity and better teamwork have enabled the England team to create a huge field advantage. This is the team sublimation effect of individual players.

In terms of tactics, Mechu expected that the England team planned to make changes at the end of the first half.

Before, don't look at McManaman's left and right, erratic running positions, and other players interspersed with running positions and short passes, but in fact, the routine is one, which is to create opportunities for midfielders to shoot long shots.

This is just like in the past, no matter how England played offensively, the main offensive method was crosses from the wing.

The same routine, if you don't change it, you will become rigid, and at the same time, the more defensive you are, the more experienced you will be.

But Senegal is not a particularly mature team after all. England’s long-range shots not only did not ossify themselves, but paralyzed Senegal. Siyaf went to stare at Scholes, and Faye went to follow Beckham. If someone can defend McManaman unswervingly, I am afraid he will not give Owen an assist so easily.

There is still time for the game. Mechu will not admit defeat now, but he really cannot be optimistic. He is constantly mobilizing the enthusiasm of the players and motivating them.

It's the only thing he can do.

How to crack England, tactically, he is at a loss.

But football, it is not impossible to turn things around in a short period of time with only a passion for blood, so, Senegal, fight for African football!

Maybe we can only pin all our hopes on passion!