i am beckham

Chapter 357

"Ladies and gentlemen, England's starting line-up is the same as it was in the quarter-finals. Now let's look at Brazil's starting line-up.

Zagallo formed a 4-4-2 formation. Their goalkeeper was Taffarel, the right back was Ze Kroos who replaced Cafu, the two center backs were Bayano and Aldair, and the left back was Roberto Carlos.

Brazil's four midfielders from right to left are Leonardo, Sampaio, Dunga and Rivaldo.

Their two strikers are Ronaldo and Bebeto.

Through the observation of the first few games of the Brazilian team, we still underestimated Ronaldo's role in this team.In addition to his excellent speed and technique, he also has a very strong body. Many offenses of the Brazilian team use Ronaldo as the frontcourt pillar. He is a striker with terrifying attack power. "

As soon as Martin Taylor's words fell, Dunga directly sent a long pass in the middle circle.

The football pierced through England's central defender and landed in the penalty area, and Ronaldo almost followed the football into the penalty area.

Fortunately, Seaman had rushed to the penalty area line and held the football tightly in his arms the moment it hit the ground.

At this moment, the fans in the audience first exclaimed, followed by a sigh.

This incident happened so suddenly that everyone could only utter two interjections without expressing their meaning, and then gave applause to both parties.

Seeing Seaman hugging the ball, Beckham let out a sigh of relief.

He now finally knows how terrifying a world-class striker is, and Ronaldo's every move attracts the attention of England players.

In front of aliens, all opponents have glass hearts, and his activation can make all opponents' hearts beat faster.

That's not a heart-wrenching feeling. After all, this guy's appearance is too ordinary, and he has a pair of big teeth. If he leaves football, he will be a passerby.

Suzanne was his first public girlfriend, but what the other party likes about him is intriguing.

Professional football players are a high-income occupation. As long as you don’t spend too much money and live a life of extravagance, there is nothing wrong with top-level league players earning the rest of their lives in ten years.

With the promotion of the commercial model, it is not uncommon to receive a weekly salary of 5 pounds. Even if the British tax rate is high, you can still get a lot of income.

One point worth noting is that a self-disciplined professional player usually has no time to spend money at all, and the airtight schedule makes them not have much personal time at all, which also provides good conditions for players to save money.

Suzanne may not be able to get money from Ronaldo, but she has used aliens to brush up a wave of traffic.

According to Old John, Suzanne is like a memory plug-in of the World Cup in France, firmly tied to the Brazilian team.

As long as people talk about the Brazil team, they cannot avoid Ronaldo.

As long as you discuss him, you have to talk about this blonde beauty who comes to cheer for him every game.

It's just that in this game, Suzanne lost the charm of dominating the broadcast camera. In terms of appearance and popularity, Sophie Marceau beat her ten blocks.

Hathaway was prettier and more alive than her.

The broadcast cameras only cut to Ronaldo's face when she was making a splash or when she was being violated.

If she is a smart person, she has to set herself up, and she has to be hard from the beginning of the game to the end.

This is the self-cultivation of Ronaldo's girlfriend.

A few minutes later, the Brazilian team sent a long pass to the England penalty area. Ronaldo beat Gary Neville to grab the first point, and the header was ferried to Bebeto.

The latter raised his foot and hit, and Adams, who had already stood in his position, stretched his leg lightly to block the Brazilian veteran's shot out of the penalty area.

Although the 34-year-old veteran's starting speed is not as good as before, he has excellent sense of goal and technical ability, and he is still very important in the Brazil team.

However, he doesn't have much chance in front of Adams. The double captain of England and Arsenal is particularly good at dealing with this kind of stream-of-consciousness striker.

In addition, Adams is also particularly good at dealing with fast and average offensive players.

For example, with a small body like Irving, as long as Adams sticks to it, he has to re-engage immediately.

Beckham took a look at the offensive players of the Brazilian team. Leonardo's single-handedly extorting Saux was a problem.

And Rivaldo can only pass back frequently under the care of Anderton and Batty.

Dunga's passing rhythm is great, but he is also 33 years old and needs experience and brains to support the audience smoothly.

In other words, the Brazilian captain doesn't have much mobility. All he can do now is sort out passing and defense. The physical reserves that are no longer in the past can no longer support him to run around the field like Beckham.

So the only player the England team is worried about now is Ronaldo. As long as he can break through with the ball, he can revitalize those "half-dead" teammates around him.

The characteristics of the Brazilian team are very clear, but the previous opponents could not deal with Ronaldo well, because his running range covered the frontcourt of the Brazilian team, and there was no way to specifically mark him.

Seeing England's defense getting more and more backward, Adams loudly reminded his teammates not to retreat.

The previous games have fully proved that there is only one dead end when going all out against Brazil.

The personal abilities of the frontcourt players in the defending champion are too good, and it is easy to make a gap in the opponent's defense line, thus neglecting the other.

Needless to say, Ronaldo's destructive power. The Danish team always double-teamed him with two people in the last game, but they still couldn't completely contain him. The aliens can not only attack with the ball, but also rely on the Nordic defensive players to support their teammates. It is almost omnipotent.

And Rivaldo on the left side of the Brazilian team is also a figure not to be underestimated. Old John specifically mentioned him, saying that he is a ruthless character that must not be ignored.

Through the quarter-finals, Beckham also discovered that Rivaldo was an extremely observant attacking player.

In the last game, he saw Schmeichel moving to the left of the goal, and immediately raised his foot and kicked to the right. Although the shot did not look powerful, he caught the gap between the goalkeeper's position and scored the winning goal for Brazil.

And Denmark's performance fully proves that when encountering this Brazil team, they must play against each other, and there is no other way to go.

"So far in this World Cup, the England team has scored a total of 17 goals. It is the strongest attacking team among the top 32. The Brazil team has scored 13 goals. We should believe in our own strength!"

While Lineker was speaking, Beckham lobbed the ball obliquely into the penalty area. Shearer blocked Aldair behind him with his body.

The football hit the left goal post, and the goal post made a loud bang, and the fans in the audience screamed again.

The broadcast camera quickly gave Shearer a close-up. Although the top scorer in England showed regret, he still had a gentlemanly demeanor. He turned his head and gave Beckham a thumbs up, and nodded vigorously, which is considered to be a full response.

The broadcast screen then switched to Beckham, who smiled and gave Shearer applause.

The screen gave Beckham enough time to focus on Sophie Marceau in the main stand. The beauty looked in a good mood and followed Beckham to applaud Shearer.

The picture slowly shows the vision, and suddenly freezes when Hathaway and Sophie Marceau enter the country at the same time, and it lasts for a few seconds before entering the game.

Hathaway wore a white dress today with the word "7" printed on the front of the dress.

Martin Taylor remained silent as he switched from broadcast camera to heartthrob 'Family', without saying anything.

When the picture returned to the game, Martin Taylor immediately took over: "So far, Shearer ranks No.5 in the French World Cup scorer list with 1 goals. His strength has been recognized by everyone. Brazil's Ronaldo looks unstoppable. In fact, he only scored 3 goals, the same number as David's goals."

"Yes, the Brazilian striker's personal ability is indeed very good, but as long as we remain focused in defense, we still have the opportunity to limit his offense."

Ronaldo, who had no chance near the penalty area, began to drop back to get the ball.

In the 15th minute, the aliens went to the right side of the midfield to receive the ball, and then accelerated forward.

Just when he was about to start at full strength, Beckham's tackle followed him like a shadow, and Ronaldo flew through the ground, smashing his face on the lawn.

The referee whistled a foul, and Beckham felt a little bit drummed. I don't know how the referee in West Asia is enforcing the law today. Don't punish yourself.

Beckham tackled the ball first and then brought Ronaldo down. This kind of ball is an ordinary foul in the Premier League, and it is difficult to get a yellow card.

However, there are some differences in the enforcement standards of referees in various countries. The enforcement standards of the World Cup are stricter than those of the Premier League. Beckham regretted it a bit.

Seeing the referee signal for the frontcourt ball, and then make no other indications, Beckham's heart finally settled in his stomach.

It seems that today's head referee is not small.

Ronaldo rolled on the ground a few times before getting up. Dunga quickly complained to the referee, saying that the foul was too fierce.

The referee on duty shook his head impatiently and signaled the opponent to go away.

The Brazilian team quickly passed the ball to the left. Rivaldo was caught by Gary Neville as soon as he got the ball. He couldn't turn around and could only pass back to Roberto Carlos.

Little Steel Pao crossed without thinking, and the football found Bebeto accurately, but Adams jumped high and pushed the cross out of the penalty area.

"Brazil's offensive routine since the opening is relatively simple. Bebeto obviously has no aerial advantage in front of the England central defender."

"Yes, they used to make long passes to Ronaldo before. If the opponent does not make mistakes, such tactics are difficult to work. With Ronaldo, the Brazilian team's style of play is very simple."

Martin Taylor, between you and me, Brazil and England also played an attack on each other.

First, Ronaldo simply played a strong two-for-one with his teammates and rushed into the penalty area again, but was tackled by Campbell.

The England team immediately launched a counterattack, Beckham passed the ball to Owen, and the Liverpool boy was only one step into the penalty area, but Dunga stabbed the ball away.

"The defenders of both sides maintained a high degree of concentration in these two attacks and successfully resolved the opponent's threatening breakthrough."

Lineker seemed to be enjoying himself in the commentary seat. The offensive and defensive quality of this game was very high, and it was a rare and classic battle in this World Cup.

In the 25th minute, Ronaldo retreated to take the ball again, but was tackled to the ground again. This time the tackler was replaced by Ince.

The referee still didn't play a card, and his penalty scale made Zagallo jump on the sidelines.

The England players exchanged glances with each other, and now they finally understand the referee's law enforcement standards.

Brazil's right without Cafu has no threat today and can only play on the left, while the combination of Anderton and Gary Neville completely blocked the opponent's small-scale linkage.

The Brazilian team's passing and receiving cooperation still had little effect, so Ronaldo retreated to get the ball again. This time it was Batty who took care of him. A brutal collision in Newcastle's midfield knocked the alien to the ground again.

Seeing Ronaldo lying on the ground in pain, Batty just walked over and patted him on the shoulder, and the other England players were unmoved.

No way, the World Cup is so cruel.Everyone being kind to Ronaldo is being cruel to yourself. Why are you so cruel to yourself?

What's more, the English players just fouled and did not commit any crimes. The "logging" tactic was played upright and beyond reproach.

The Brazilian team without Cafu has been playing on the right, and Gary Neville, who has excellent downside strength, makes Rivaldo unable to turn around every time.

Brazil's poorly functioning offense often ended their attacks by stuffing the ball into the box and allowing Ronaldo to attack the England defense.

Afraid of fouls by England players, Ronaldo did not dare to retreat too far, Leonardo's pass and control support was mediocre, and Brazil's cooperation was not ideal.

Instead, the England team created two consecutive chances and almost scored first.

In the 29th minute, Beckham took the ball in the frontcourt and pretended to pass the ball straight to Shearer. The England striker brought out the center back Bayano.

Seeing that there was only one central defender left in the opponent's defense, Beckham immediately shifted the ball to the left, and Le Saux made a direct pass without stopping the ball.

Not far away, Owen rushed to the football first, and Aldair couldn't keep up with his speed.

The Liverpool boy formed a one-on-one with Taffarel in front of the goal, and the Velodrome immediately cheered.

The fans have realized that a goal is about to be born!
Owen jumped up vigorously, shook his head decisively, and the football headed for the far corner of the goal.

"Yes! It's a pity that the football slipped through the door."

Martin Taylor was about to roar out, but the football flew past the crossbar and flew out of the baseline. England's luck was mediocre today.

In the 36th minute, Beckham also tried a long shot after taking the ball. Taffarel threw the ball and Aldair cleared the ball out of the boundary.

Throughout the first half, the Brazilian was like a swordsman. They had the sharpest sword in their hands, while the English had a sledgehammer in their hands. Defense was an offense.

The Brazilian dodged and looked for opportunities to stab England while dodging the sledgehammer, but he was also afraid of being hit.

The two teams played very targeted, always looking for the opponent's gap. In the game, it is rare to see the scenes of England's bayonets and punches against Argentina and the Netherlands.

After the referee blew the whistle to end the first half, the players of both sides walked towards the locker room.

"It's a pity in the first half of the game. England had two excellent chances to score goals. Brazil didn't have a particularly good chance to score. 1-0 is a fair result."

Looking at the 0-0 score, Martin Taylor was a little dissatisfied and unwilling.

"Both sides have shown high technical and tactical quality, and we look forward to the performance of both sides in the second half."

Seeing that Martin Taylor's attitude was all attached to the England team, Lineker could only smooth things over.

The basic qualities of football commentators are almost gone
Don't wait until the World Cup is over, you will be embarrassed by that guy until you can't find a job.

(End of this chapter)