Xu Zhu's Successor's Football Journey

Chapter 541 The end of the group stage

Cologne Rhein Energy Stadium.

The final round of the World Cup Group B group stage is being staged. The two teams are England and Sweden.

In this game, Wang Li and Beckham failed to enter the England squad, and almost all other players on the field were on the field or on the bench.

Due to Ferdinand's injury time, McLaren was really cruel.

For this game, before the game, the media thought that the England team would use the game to train troops. The facts were similar to what they thought. Wang Li, the absolute main force, and England captain Beckham failed to enter the starting lineup, but the other main players , almost all on the field.

Importantly, Rooney is in the starting lineup.

This may be McLaren's powerful counterattack against Ferguson! !

Before the start of the game, Manchester United coach Sir Alex Ferguson had been criticizing the England team. Ferdinand's injury made the already bitter old Jazz criticize the England team led by McClaren.And now in this game of little significance to the England team, McLaren directly sent Rooney to start the game.

I'm afraid this has a lot to do with Ferguson's attack. McLaren's patience has reached the point where he can no longer bear it.

What can Ferguson say?
At least Rooney wants to play by himself. No player will object to playing in the World Cup, which is the world's top football event held every four years.

In fact, for the England team, the game still has a certain meaning, such as. Tracing history!

自1968年5月22日在温布里3-1击败瑞典队后，英格兰队在近12场对战瑞典的比赛中8平4负未有一胜。

For 38 years, the England team has not won against the Swedish team!
Such a historical record really embarrasses the England team, but it does not affect McLaren's ranking at all. After all, those are not important, and the most important thing is to achieve good results in the World Cup.

But this "historical record" seems to be of great significance to the Swedish players. They looked confident against the England team, and they were even more confident when they saw Wang Li not playing.

There are no BUG-level stars on the court, everyone is mortal, and it is not surprising to win. After all, the England team has not defeated Sweden in 38 years. What is so strange about losing again?
Swedish players think so.

Therefore, after the start of the game, the fans saw an energetic Swedish team. Their cooperation played smoothly, and their offense repeatedly broke through England's defense. These players had a good mentality in the game.

And the England team played very well.

After Wang Li joined the team, McLaren's game policy is to attack!attack!attack!
Although the current England team's style of play is still affected by the team's style, the offensive policy has changed. They use simple and direct attacks again and again to seek more opportunities for the team, instead of holding back in the backcourt at any time. Prepare to fight back.

This style of play is obviously more popular with the fans, and now the opening offensive battle between the two teams has made the atmosphere of the game immediately hot!

"Come on! Come on! Come on!" Similar voices filled the auditorium.

The hot sidelines of the game also made Princess Angela feel much better in the VIP box, because few fans came to pay attention to her. While watching the performance of her teammates on the field, she performed the most primitive exercise in the box , This exciting feeling made both Wang Li and Angela a little intoxicated.

young man!

Of course, this is just the impulse of the two young people, not the focus of the game.

Although the Swedish team tried their best to attack and their mentality was very stable, in fact their strength was worse than that of the England team.Finally, in the 34th minute, the England team won a free kick 30 meters away.

Beckham did not play, Joe Cole went to the penalty spot.

"Come on! Joe! If you can score, Carly will be happy!"

Seeing Joe Cole walking to the penalty spot and preparing to take a free kick, Wang Li poked his head out from the VIP box to cheer for his friend, but what he said jokingly mentioned Joe Cole's girlfriend .

As a result, many surrounding fans also shouted: "Come on! Joe! If you can score, Carly will be happy!"

Soon, this kind of shouting spread across the court, which made Joe Cole standing on the court extremely embarrassed. He turned around and glanced at Wang Li's VIP box, and almost cursed directly.

"Fuck!! I'll make him look good after the game!!" Joe Cole thought.

At this time, Gerrard came over and wanted to replace Joe Cole with a free throw. After all, the fans shouted too loudly, which would definitely affect Joe Cole's performance.

"NO! I'll do it myself!"

"Carly would be happy! But I'm not"

Joe Cole muttered angrily, then trotted forward two steps and kicked the lower edge of the football, and saw the football flying directly into the sky, and it was about to fly out of the field.

"My God, it seems that the fans' shouts have a very My~God~~~~~!!" The commentator suddenly changed the subject of the scene——
"The ball went in!!"

After the football flew high into the sky, it suddenly turned and hung directly to the dead corner of the goal. Faced with this sudden change, the Swedish goalkeeper did not respond——
"Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooal!!!!!!"

The on-site commentator shouted: "The goal is scored!! The goal is scored!! World wave, Joe Cole kicked a world wave!! It's so beautiful!!"

"In the 35th minute of the first half, Joe Cole used a world wave to help England take the lead. Allen"

"...Even if he doesn't play, Allen will still be the focus of the audience."

After the goal, Joe Cole was obviously very happy.

With a world wave, he himself didn't expect to score a goal, but the goal was scored. I have to say that sometimes games require a lot of luck, and this ball also has a lot of luck.

Perhaps every fan present contributed to this goal. It was their shouts that gave Joe Cole the motivation to score. He should thank the fans.

However, this situation is obviously what the Swedish team does not want to see.

"I want to protest!! Protest!!"

After Joe Cole scored, Lagerbeck kept 'protesting' in the ear of the fourth official: "...he affected the fairness of the game, I want to protest, such a player should not be allowed to enter the stadium , he disrupted the order of the game."

The fourth official sent by FIFA listened to Lagerbeck's 'protest' with a smile on his face, but he secretly despised him. When the fans in the stadium uttered their voices just now, the old man did not protest. The ball was thrown, but he protested. Such an approach was a bit too 'shameless'.

In fact, Wang Li's actions did not violate any rules of the game. He is just a spectator and did not participate in the game. As a fan, he led other fans to cheer for Joe Cole. There was nothing wrong at all. , As for the content of cheering?
There is no limit to that.

FIFA's game regulations are very loose for fans, after all, they are consumers.

Therefore, Lagerbeck’s protest was completely groundless, and he himself knew it, but these coaches, when they were in a bad mood, liked to vent on the fourth official. I am afraid that FIFA would allow this fourth official to appear This is the biggest role of the stadium.

Joe Cole's goal was brilliant, but it was the only goal of the first half.

In the anticipation of the fans, the two teams were still looking for offensive opportunities after the start of the second half. The luck of the England team was not so good this time, because the Swedish team scored the first to equalize the score.

The opponent's midfielder Auerbach scored the goal. In the 51st minute, Auerbach received a left corner kick from Linderoth, headed back to the top and directly poured the ball into the goal!

It is worth mentioning that this is also the 2000th goal in World Cup history.

1:1, the two teams returned to the same starting line.

As the most luxurious team in the world, under the eyes of so many fans and media, the England team obviously did not want to admit defeat easily. After the game restarted, they launched a strong attack against the Swedish team's half.

For a while, it was difficult for the Swedish team, suppressed by such an imposing attack, to launch a decent counterattack, and the England team took advantage of the scene.

But this time, Steven Gerrard made a contribution!

In the 80th minute of the game, Gerrard headed directly into the penalty area after receiving a pass from Joe Cole to give England the leading goal.

All the fans cheered for the goal, and Wang Li also applauded Gerrard to celebrate.

From Wang Li's point of view, Gerrard's header is absolutely beautiful, and his performance is much better than Lampard's.

Perhaps many fans and the media think that Gerrard and Lampard are at similar levels, but Wang Li thinks that Gerrard is stronger than Lampard.

This is the influence of the environment.

In the Chelsea team, Lampard always has a group of excellent teammates around him. His task is just to make the team's offense smoother, and that's all, because the team's goals don't have to worry about him.

But Gerrard is different. In the Liverpool team, Gerrard is the head star. The other players are far behind Gerrard in terms of fame and strength.

Therefore, many fans say that Liverpool is Gerrard's one-man team.

In this football environment, in order to ensure the team's performance, Gerrard must perform better.Perhaps Gerrard and Lampard are not much different in strength, but compared to the ability to seize opportunities, Gerrard is much better than Lampard.

At least from the number of goals scored by the two in each season, as well as the performance of players judged by the FA and UEFA, Gerrard is better than Lampard every time.

And now Gerrard has scored another World Cup goal.

"Beautiful! Gerrard's performance is still outstanding. When Lampard was injured, he used his ability to drive the offense of the entire England. This time he acted as a savior, and the England team took the lead again!!"

Savior, it might be better to say this word after the game.

Because after 10 minutes, that is, when the game reached the 90th minute, Larsson became Sweden's savior! !
In the 90th minute, Edman threw the ball vigorously into the penalty area from outside the left boundary. Taking advantage of Campbell's mistake, Larsson grabbed a point from five meters away and made a light volley to equalize the score for Sweden at the last moment of the game. .

However, even if the goal was scored and the score became a tie, the Swedish players were not in a good mood, because the other game was only halfway through, and no matter which other team won, the Swedish team would face the group. Sai Sanping accumulated 3 points and was in the embarrassing situation of being eliminated.

At this moment, everyone is waiting for the result of another Group B match, except for England, which is sure to qualify.

The two teams of Trinidad and Tobago and Paraguay obviously already knew the results of the match between England and Sweden, so they all saw the hope of advancing——
Just win the game!

In the second half of the game, the two teams could almost be described as crazy offensive. Everyone wanted to score a goal first, and then as long as they kept the goal, they would be able to qualify from the group.

The result once again proves a proverb in the ancient oriental country: when the snipe and the clam fight, the fisherman wins!
In the end, the two teams drew 0:0, and the Swedish team got the news after a difficult 45 minutes in the locker room.

All Swedish players are boiling!

All Swedish fans are boiling!

All Swedish supporters are boiling!

At this time, the Rhein Energy Stadium in Cologne was holding a post-match press conference. McLaren was expressing his views on the game with a calm face, while the head coach of the Swedish team faced the reporters' questions with a dark face.

But the next moment, a voice suddenly sounded in the microphone next to the coach of the Swedish team, and immediately the face of the old coach was filled with a smile, completely different from just now.

Lagerbeck's face-changing performance on the spot made all the reporters and media in the hall understand. A large group of reporters immediately rushed from McLaren's side to Lagerbeck's side to interview the old coach's mood.

Life is full of ups and downs! !

After the Swedish team confirmed their qualifications, the reporters all became interested in the Swedish team again.In fact, the performance of the Swedish team in this game is definitely good.

Before the game, almost half of the world's fans were optimistic that the "Three Lions" would end the curse of not winning Sweden in 38 years-even if England did not have all the main lineup.

The Swedish team used the game to prove that the current World Cup is not entirely for young people.

At critical moments, veterans are often more useful than young people. In the 90th minute, Larsson's goal pulled down the England fans who were about to start screaming.

This result makes McLaren very dissatisfied.

Even with a substitute team, McLaren felt that he should win the game. After all, the opponent was only the Swedish team, that's all.

It is gratifying that Larson, the offensive hero of this game, is full of respect for England. Before the game, he also complimented England as the most winning team in the World Cup.

"If they pull together, England can really succeed."

In an interview with the media, Larsson said: "But I am a shooter, and it is my task to kick the ball into the goal. And the feeling after scoring is also a relief to me."

In the first two games, the Swedish team had many chances, but Larsson failed every time.Fortunately, against England he did not disappoint again.

For this game, the media's evaluation of England after the game was not good. The public's opinion mainly focused on the mentality of the England players.

"It's an immature team."

Italy's "Gazzetta dello Sport" introduced the game, saying: "Their lineup is the most gorgeous, but after Alan Wang and David Beckham both did not play, they showed immaturity. "

The German "Kicker" newspaper mentioned that the England team is still a "youth team". Can't fight at all, "England is not suitable for a big game", trying to express this point of view in the article——
"...We saw an immature England team. If there is only such an England team in the World Cup, they will not have the potential to win the championship, because they are completely immature and will play poorly in the big battle."

"However, England's chances of winning the championship are still very high, because they have a stable captain and one of the world's top stars."

This point of view is not a media statement, in fact, most fans think so too.

The England team only scored two goals in this game, but when Wang Li and Beckham were on the court at the same time, such as in the first two games, their performance can only be described as gorgeous.

Wang Li and Beckham have changed the entire England team.

"No, it should be a person!" The "Sun" obviously disagreed with this point of view.

"...that's the way England were when Allen wasn't on the pitch, and as long as Allen was on the pitch, England became that invincible team."

"Every player believes that Allen can score goals, so they will become confident in the game, and Allen has proved that he is worthy of everyone's trust with his performance time and time again."

"He is a genius who shocked the world!!!"

This is the general view of the English media. Although this may be somewhat suspected of touting Wang Li, the fans feel that this is true. At least the results of the three World Cup games prove this.

从6:0、8：0，到2:2，这其中的差距，真是不可以道里计。

After the end of the group stage, England will start preparing for the knockout round. Their first opponent is the No. 2 World Cup Group A team - Ecuador!
(End of this chapter)