Xu Zhu's Successor's Football Journey

Chapter 141 Great Victory (2)

The development of this game was completely beyond the expectations of the media and fans. From the beginning, the England team did not make any tentative attacks at all. The activeness in the restricted area, Gerrard and Scholes' extremely threatening long shots, coupled with Beckham's accurate crosses, made the Swiss team lose their goals frequently.

Five minutes into the game, the coach of the Swiss team, Jakob Kuhn, who was on the bench, couldn't help standing on the sidelines, gesturing for the team to defend, and kept walking around, yelling reminders Defensive players are very afraid that their opponent will score a goal if they are not careful.

However, the Swiss team's defense accumulated by numbers has little effect on the England team.England's midfielders Lampard, Gerrard, and Scholes are all very good at long-range shots, and Beckham is a world-class set-piece master, which makes the Swiss team dare not use fouls to stop the England team. attack.

Beckham is really outstanding. His casual arc pass can even be accurate to a range of one meter. Every time he can cause the audience to cheer, and Jacob Ku En broke out in a cold sweat. It was the first time for the 69-year-old Swiss local coach to lead his team to participate in the European Cup finals. Angry old man, they don't want to die because of a game.

Efforts will always pay off. In the 23rd minute of the game, the England team broke through the opponent's gate.

Beckham made a pass from the right, Owen blocked the ball and passed it to Rooney. Rooney took the ball into the goal with a diving posture.

At this moment, the England fans in the audience stood up and cheered for the goal. This was Rooney's first goal in the European Cup finals after joining the national team.

The on-site commentator also praised without losing the opportunity: "Wayne Rooney is indeed a genius. Looking at the first 20 minutes of the game, these Swiss defenders have nothing to do with him. With him, England can guarantee England in the next 10 years. There will be no shortage of strikers for 15 years."

After 20 minutes of trying to defend, the goal came to naught. The Swiss fans looked at the ball still rolling in the goal of their team in despair.This is only the first 20 minutes.

After the game restarted, the England team not only had a score advantage, but the mentality of the players of the two teams also changed.The England team was like a rainbow, bombarding the opponent's goal indiscriminately. At this time, it was different from the opening game. With a one-point advantage, the players felt a lot less pressure, which made them play more easily and comfortably.Just like what the Swede Eriksson said before the game, "When you score the first goal, you have to think about scoring the second goal. You must not be satisfied. A football game is a battlefield where you live and die. You must always think about scoring the second goal." Only by constantly chasing goals can the opponent be helpless."

The frenzied attack frenzy didn't end until the half-time whistle sounded, and the England players walked towards the dressing room amid laughter and laughter. In contrast, the blackened face of Jakob Kuhn on the sidelines looked After returning to the locker room, the players who came to the Swiss team could not escape Kuhn's verbal attacks.

"I wish Kuhn didn't have the temper of Ferguson." Rooney, who scored a goal and had a good heart, joked with a smile.

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"At the beginning of the second half, you must pay attention to defense. The Swiss will not give up easily." In the locker room, Eriksson was making tactical arrangements for the second half, "Dyer, you replace Scholes in the second half, remember Just go forward and press more, cross when you have the opportunity, remember to do less small-scale coordination, and reduce mistakes on the court."

It seems that the Swede is a little dissatisfied with Scholes, who did nothing in the two games. He was useless in the first half of the game. The main attack was also initiated from Beckham's right, while the left almost became Became the weakness of the England team.

The development of the situation in the second half, just as Eriksson expected, the Swiss team changed the decline in the first half, and the two wings were opened to launch a large-scale counterattack. They wanted to use the opening stage to recover the score and move back to the disadvantage.And their offense is also quite threatening. Hugel and Celestini on the left and right flanks have very strong breakthrough capabilities, frequently attacking the England team's flanks. Beckham and Dyer, who are weaker in defense, were both dumped. There is no way.

However, even England's back line is not something that the Swiss team can compete with. Under Campbell's organization, the ball cannot enter England's penalty area at all, and it is always cleared directly with a big foot, and the next step is England's strong counterattack, smooth The cooperation and outstanding personal ability made the ball go from the backcourt directly to the Swiss team's penalty area after a few passes. The counterattack speed of the England team was too fast. Powerless, the score has already been rewritten.

In the 70th minute of the game, Swiss defender Haas pulled Owen, and was shown a yellow card by the referee Ivanov. Two yellow cards turned into a red card and he was sent off. The Swiss team had to fight with 10 people. Only 4 minutes later, Rooney was After receiving a wonderful pass from Owen in the penalty area, Rooney broke into the penalty area and adjusted slightly. He volleyed vigorously with his right foot from 14 meters in front of the goal. The ball hit the near post, and then hit the back of the head of the goalkeeper Steele who fell to the ground to save and bounced into the goal. Inside, Rooney scored twice.

In the 79th minute, the England team executed a tactical corner kick. After Beckham passed Gerrard directly from the corner flagpole, Gerrard's shot from a small angle added to the team's icing on the cake.

"3:0, Gerrard scored another goal in the 79th minute of the second half. It seems that the Swiss team is really helpless. It is really wishful thinking to equalize the score in the next 10 minutes." Sky TV, Graham commented excitedly.

The fact is also true. Jacob Kuhn started to make substitutions. He replaced Cabanas, Feng Lantang, and Giga at one time. It seems that he intends to let these future pillars of the Swiss team adapt to the atmosphere of the next competition in advance. up.

Seeing the opponent's surrender, Eriksson smiled with satisfaction. He nodded to Wang Li who was full of expectations, and then the fourth official raised the substitution card: No. 10 was off and No. 21 was on. Wang Li replaced The exhausted Michael Owen played.

Although the next game has become a waste of time, for a newcomer to the England team, this kind of opportunity is rare. Wang Li will not waste a little time. In the game, every performance is his own. In the future, the bargaining chip for the main position, the competition among professional players is very cruel.

After the game continued, the England players, who hadn't killed so readily in international competitions for a long time, came to the frontcourt in high spirits, regardless of how pitiful their opponents were, and were ready to fight again. Switzerland, who had no fighting spirit, The team has no power to fight back at all, and can only passively endure this **** baptism. They counterattack from time to time, but they are also weak, as if they were half-pushed and half-hearted, and they accepted the England team.

Opportunities are always reserved for those who are prepared, and this sentence is also applicable on the court.

In the 85th minute of the game, Beckham, Gerrard, and Ashley Cole played an exquisite short-pass coordination. The Swiss players who played more than 10 consecutive passes were at a loss. In the end, Beckham Mu hit his heel on the right line of the penalty area and passed it back to Wang Li, who was unguarded.

Facing this opportunity, Wang Li excitedly mobilized his internal strength, swung his right leg and shot directly from a long distance, and the ball flew into the goal like a flying shot. Goalkeeper Steele realized that he had touched the ball with his right hand, but the ball was only a little crooked, and it still rushed straight into the goal and hit the net.

Steele stood up rubbing his wrists, sat on the ground, and looked towards the England bench sadly, as if saying: "You still have such a strong long-range player, let him come on the field earlier and kick me off, I don't have to Standing here and being rubbed so many times in a row."

Following the whistle of the referee, the Swiss players all sat on the grass. This was not only a physical exhaustion, but also a mental exhaustion. For these professional players, this kind of helplessness in the game was the heaviest blow.

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