Xu Zhu's Successor's Football Journey

Chapter 154
In the first half of the game, although the situation seemed a little passive, in fact England had no fewer chances to score goals than the opponent, so Eriksson did not make any tactical arrangements during the halftime break, just let Phil. Neville replaced the somewhat lackluster veteran Paul Scholes at left-back.

In the England team, physical fitness is indeed a very serious problem. Due to the intensive league matches, the team players generally feel tired in international matches.In the locker room, even Rooney, who was full of energy, was sitting on the chair with his head down, out of breath, slowly recovering his strength, which was obvious.

"The only thing we have to solve now is that we have to try to recover as quickly as possible and after the 90 minutes against Croatia the players need to recover and that's the most important thing because we recovered faster than Portugal. The team is missing one day." In an interview with reporters before the game, Eriksson said with a little worry, which is also one of the important reasons why he sent all substitute players on the field in the last game of the group stage.

But to Wang Li's disappointment, Eriksson just glanced at him, but still did not choose to let him play.

Fifteen minutes passed quickly, and Wang Li returned to the field with his teammates. Of course, he had to go to the bench sadly and continue to sit quietly.

"Alan, the boss is really stubborn. He is determined not to let you play. You should go and talk to him. I think Michael and Saul can't run anymore. This is all for the team to have better results!" As soon as Riggi sat on the bench, he muttered in a low voice.

Wang Li rolled his eyes, he knew that Brigitte had a thick skin, but he didn't expect it to be so thick, obviously he wanted to play, but he still wanted to use himself as a gunman, "I don't have any hope for playing. "

"Don't you just have the heart to watch the team fall into a passive position?" Bridget subconsciously yelled out, causing other players on the bench to look this way, and even Eriksson turned his head to take a look. Immediately bowed his head and whispered: "Look at the female fans over there, how pitiful they are!" As he spoke, he pointed to the north stand.

Wang Li turned his head to look, and then smiled wryly. Although he didn't care about these female fans in his heart, they came to cheer him up anyway, but he didn't even have a chance to play, which more or less would make People feel depressed.

However, he would not go to the stubborn Swede because of this, because it would definitely not lead to any good results.

At this time, on the court, the Portuguese team completed another attack. This time, the captain Luis Figo shot a low shot with his right foot from 26 meters in front of the goal. James fought hard to save the ball and the ball rolled out of the baseline.In Wang Li's view, the ball was played with great precision and great power, and it went straight to the left corner of the goal, but James, the 'nervous knife', seemed to be in good shape today, and had already saved the Portuguese team's two-footed must-goal. , if this level has been maintained, his reputation may be as famous as Kahn and Buffon.

At this time, a puzzling scene appeared. The fourth official on the sidelines raised the substitution card. Figo, who performed well, was replaced by Postiga. It seems that Scolari is still a little dissatisfied with him .

With a solemn expression, Figo took off the captain's armband and handed it to Gomez, and then went out from near the bottom line, buried his head all the way out of the field, his somewhat lonely back seemed to be announcing the fall of another superstar!

Luis Figo!

This may be his last trip to the European Cup!

Looking at his back, Wang Li thought of himself at the same time, 'Will I be like this one day? Then he immediately laughed, and said with a self-mockery: "I haven't reached that height yet!" 'Yes, from the World Youth Championship to the World Player of Football, Figo has received countless honors in his life, but Wang Li has hardly received any honors. This is the gap between stars and ordinary players.

"Alan, go warm up!" Just as Wang Li was still in deep thought, a majestic voice pulled him back directly to warm up?Just a chance to play?
Wang Li looked at Eriksson in surprise, and immediately replied, "Oh, oh, good boss!"

However, when he turned his head and looked in the direction of the pitch, his face immediately became gloomy. In front of the Portuguese team's goal, Rooney was lying on the ground with his hands on his knees, his eyes closed in pain. Obviously, he was injured!
Relatively speaking, Wang Li hopes to use his own strength to get a chance to play, not the injury of his teammates!

Wayne Rooney is his best friend in this team. He doesn't want anything to happen to Rooney, even if he is allowed to stay on the bench for the entire European Cup. In people's mind, friends are really the existence of both sides.

In the 67th minute, the England team made a substitution. Wayne Rooney got injured and was replaced by No. 21 Alan Wang!
Seeing Wang Li playing, the on-site commentator immediately introduced: "The England team replaced No. 21 Alan Wang. According to the data, he is only 17 years and 135 days old. Surprisingly, he played in three games. He played 71 minutes in the group stage and scored 4 goals. Now he beats Henry, Rooney and Zidane and ranks first in the scorer list. This kind of scoring efficiency reminds us of Solsk of Manchester United Ya, but he belongs to the England team!"

The England fans in the audience were a little depressed when they saw Rooney get injured, but they became excited when they saw Wang Li playing. The scoring efficiency is the highest, and in England, he and Rooney are equally famous double stars. Although it is a pity that the double star combination cannot play together, the cooperation between the golden boy Owen and him is also worth looking forward to!

Alan, come on, you are the best!

Alan, come on, you are the most handsome!

Ellen, come on, we all love you! "

At this time, a tidy female voice came from the east stand of the stadium, and everyone in the audience was attracted by this special cheering sound. It turned out to be a female fan on the east stand of the stadium!

As soon as Wang Li stood on the sidelines, they immediately stood up enthusiastically, saying "Alan, Alan, KissYou!" 'The hanging blessing was held high and began to shout neatly.Looking at their tidy appearance, it is obvious that they have been rehearsing for a long time. It seems that Wang Li's female fan group has begun to take shape and has a tendency to expand again.

Back on the court, Wang Li stood in the penalty area of ​​Portugal, but he was really uncomfortable with the position of the center forward. Before the game restarted, he unconsciously returned to the sideline of the penalty area.

Seeing this, Eriksson frowned outside the court. In fact, he had expected this to happen, that is, the positions of Wang Li and Owen overlapped a bit, and both of them played the shadow forward position. Let Wang Li play center instead of Rooney, he will definitely not adapt.

But after these days of observation, Eriksson also has a general understanding of Wang Li's characteristics: speed, long-range shooting and dribbling. These three abilities allow him to play well in the position of shadow striker and always have a chance to score goals. .

On the other hand, Michael Owen, what he is best at is passing the ball. That is to say, he can play better only when paired with a center forward.

The technical characteristics of the two are completely different, but they are both suitable for the shadow forward position, so Eriksson will let Wang Li replace Irving every time, but what he hopes to see is that these characteristics appear in one person, Then maybe he wouldn't have to worry about it.

'Maybe staying in the England team for a few more years, after the kid on the field grows up, I can have such a comprehensive shadow striker? This idea suddenly popped up in Eriksson's mind. Perhaps for these world-class coaches, having an almost perfect player under their hands is what they are most happy to see. This will allow them to, when formulating tactics, It is more comfortable and relaxed.

(End of this chapter)