58.chapter 58
Gerrard seemed to be attacking with the ball in the midfield, Forlan looked at Owen who was lying injured on the field and struggling to crawl out of the field, and the England team in front of him was divided into two parts: the dazed midfield and the panicked backfield, and simply lost his position and grabbed decisively. Francisco Alvarez is one of Sweden's backline, and most people know that although his attacking skills are not lit up, he is excellent defensively, and this extraordinarily active move caught Gerrard off guard, and the ball that he could not hold on to was intercepted by a close press. But the expected counter-attack didn't come, and instead the Swedish centre-back kicked the ball off the touchline while beckoning to the England team doctor who was anxiously waiting on the sidelines to take a look.
Gerald was a little stunned, and looked along his line of sight, only to see Owen with an extremely painful expression.
The big screen on the court is still replaying the scene of Owen being injured and falling to the ground unguarded, and Owen outside the court broke out in a cold sweat as soon as the team doctor touched his knee, and it was obvious that he could not play, not only that, but the injury looked particularly serious. It is well known that the phalanges and right knee are two of Irving's top two injuries, and no one can be optimistic about the recurrence of his old knee injury just before the World Cup. Owen, who sprained his knee, was confirmed to be unplayable and had to be stretchered off the field and replaced by center forward Crouch, and the two-speed combination that England fans expected of Owen Rooney was announced to be disintegrated after only 1 minute and 40 seconds, and the two did not even have a pass or a link-up.
Owen's injury seemed to have annoyed the Englishman, and the calm atmosphere before the game was gone, replaced by a murderous one. Forlan sighed silently in his heart, and the regret of Owen's departure flashed by him, and the next moment he was the center back who was admired by the Swedes as the new defensive gate. He listened to the singing of "God Save the Queen" that surrounded almost the entire stadium, looked at the oncoming Rooney and Walcott, and seemed to glance inadvertently at Lagerbeck on the sidelines, and confirmed that it was still as usual. In the next second, the centre-back, who is usually a move-and-man, once again rushed forward by surprise.
As we all know, in football, the attacking side often has the upper hand over the defender, and the attacker is more favored in the decision. Because Owen's end played a little angry, the English crowd has made the referees a little distressed, and most of the people in the Premier League, who are already full of rough men, have long left the restraint behind, and most of the Swedish team chose to avoid its edge, and no one thought that there would be people who would face it head-on at this time.
Rooney was unstoppable with the ball, and he possessed an excessive speed for his size, and if it weren't for the fact that he had a teammate around him who was called an 'alien' more exaggerated than him, Forlan would have been even more surprised at this time. But Ronaldo's speed is mixed with agility, but Rooney's sweep is a rage.
When Forlan was lying on his back on the ground for the second time because of the kid's merciless collision, watching the referee give Rooney a second offensive foul warning, he couldn't help but roll his eyes, thinking that it was really not worth it, and it was not good to kick the ball so intermittently. But before he could continue to complain in his heart, he heard Rooney snort angrily and stood in front of him with a look of extreme contempt for him, "I heard that your nickname is 'Iron Man'? Is the Iron Man defined by La Liga different from the Premier League, or is it that you can't play well as soon as you leave Real Madrid?" Please, can you be tougher?"
Fran lowered his head and pouted when everyone couldn't see it, and he even wanted to echo the little bomb in front of him, but when he raised his face, he was at a loss that didn't understand any of Rooney's points. At this moment, this expression was more sarcastic than any targeted words, Rooney looked at him so angry, raised his hand and grabbed him by the collar and pulled Fran up, and the referee next to him simply did not leave the two men. The referee had heard of the Swedish team, who was said to be born with a 'hateful face', but he really didn't expect England's golden boy to be so real, and he would have to work hard in front of him.
The England team, which is full of gunpowder, should be restrained and use Rooney as a tranquilizer to calm them down. So Beckham watched Rooney pull Fran up by the collar and hurriedly ran over to say that it was not good, and before he could get closer, he saw the referee raise a yellow card at Rooney. Rooney was stunned for a moment, and seemed to have just reacted to what he had just done, he spat at the lawn, and let Beckham and Gerrard go around the coach and stand aside without speaking, which is also Eriksen's arrangement, Rooney, who has already received three yellow cards in this World Cup, did not react much, just glared at Forlan next to him viciously.
Forlan looked at a few Englishmen around the referee, knowing that he basically would not change the decision, he didn't move forward, the plan was quite smooth, but suddenly he felt that his face was stiff and a little tired, and he wanted to smile and move his facial muscles but felt that the occasion was wrong. So when Rooney saw that the initiator who gave him a yellow card was rubbing his hands on his face frantically, like a hamster who had eaten enough after getting rid of all the melon seeds stuffed in his mouth, Rooney's face became even darker. Beckham unexpectedly failed to change the referee's decision, and when he walked over with a sigh, he saw his young teammates of the national team glaring angrily at the young team-mate of the club - the godfather of his third son. He couldn't say more, he tapped Rooney on the shoulder to signal him not to get too excited, and his meaningful gaze met Fran, who naturally looked away.
Perhaps all eyes were on Wayne Rooney, who was struggling with the Swedish defender, but no one expected that it was Ashley Cole, who had been silent for a long time, to open the scoring for England, and when Cole scored the first goal for England, the long-suppressed England fans shouted frantically for him. Fran licked his lips, glanced at Cole who was celebrating at the corner flag, and then looked at Rooney in front of him, thinking in his heart whether Mr. Coach was taking advantage of this exchange? Thinking like this, Fran, who had been provoked by Rooney and didn't say a word, said silently, "I won't play with you anymore." โ
"Who is playing with you!" Rooney was angry, how could he be coaxed to play by what he said about a good fight, or did he not look down on his own strength? Fran didn't tell him that when he was knocked to the ground, his mind echoed like he was sick, and he didn't answer Rooney's words, he was going to turn around and walk back to his place and not fight him. Who would have thought that before he could turn around, Rooney on the opposite side went straight over, and the impact hurt Fran's ribs, Fran staggered and hugged the head in his arms to stabilize his body, and when he reacted to what happened, he looked down at the round head in his arms and bared his teeth, "Isn't it too fake if I fall down again now?"
Rooney, who was a little dizzy himself, immediately broke free when he heard this, and pointed at Fran's nose, "You stood up this time, who believes that you were just so lightly knocked down?" Rooney withdrew his hand and whistled as if nothing had happened, and turned his back, Fran rubbing his temples with a headache. Oh, compared to this bear child, he is more reserved when he wants to be a bear.
He suddenly felt a little sorry for Raul and Cassie, and as for Guti, it was better for the two of them to bear together.
England's ecstasy didn't last long, with Sweden levelling soon after a goal orchestrated by Ljungberg. Sweden faced England's ferocious layers of attack, but the England backline also exposed a lot of weaknesses, and critics have been saying that the vulnerable backline is definitely Eriksen's first problem, but it seems that Eriksen has not yet found a real solution to the problem.
As he walked down the tunnel at half-time, Rooney was held by Beckham's shoulders to prevent him from leaving his control, and could only watch as the Swede walked back with his shoulders slumped back as he looked very tired and out of his sight. But David Beckham knows where it goes, with the Swedes all down and Francisco Alvarez being one of the most energetic. Thinking like this, Beckham said sternly, "Wayne, can you control your temper, you almost got a red card in the first half, you know?" Rooney knew that he was at a loss, and he also understood that it would be another scolding when he entered the locker room in a while.
In the Swedish locker room, Fran lifted his jersey and looked at the red side, just now Rooney was much more painful than when he pretended to fall to the ground, Ljungberg was speechless next to him, and heard Fran complain, "This little fat man is like a personal bomb, it's too fierce." As he spoke, he pressed his ribs and grinned for a while. Larsson scoffed, "To be honest, the moment he put you on his head is a real yellow card, if you fall to the ground, maybe he will be red carded in the first half." Fran touched his hair, "Didn't I really expect him to hit him?" Ljungberg nodded, "But to be honest, looking at it like this, you know that he hit it very hard and didn't have the strength, and you actually carried it hard, and it really lived up to your title of 'Iron Man'." โ
I don't know when I got this nickname, and I can't tell why Fran has this title, so he can only choose to remain silent.
At the start of the second half, Sweden took the lead and took advantage of a throw-in in the 53rd minute to turn the score into a 2-1 lead, and it seemed that they still wanted to continue their excellent record of not losing to England in 38 years. Larsson's goal sent the Swedish fans in a boil, and for the first time the game drowned out the England fans who had been singing from start to finish. With the strong pressure exerted by Sweden in the second half, England made repeated mistakes at the back, but still chose to continue to attack, and even a draw could send Sweden to Germany.
Ashley Cole was a brilliant game, and if a perfect lob in the first half was a start, then it was the โกโก when he was able to get the ball down to Steven Gerrard when he attracted two Swedish defenders. The beautiful gesture earned him a round of applause, but Kohl pulled two defenders away, and the Swedish back four stood in front of Gerrard.
Gerrard is a midfielder, but no one can underestimate his scoring ability, and he is most proud of his beautiful long-range shot. Forlan couldn't be said to have fully understood Gerrard's attacking intent, but he was on guard against Gerrard's long-range shot the moment Kerr moved the ball. Liverpool's violent volley was terrifying, and even if the goalkeeper pounced in the right direction or even the football, there was no greater certainty that the ball would be able to block the goal. The Swedish goalkeeper was very empty in front of goal, which gave Gerrard a chance to play, and the moment he picked up his big volley, he had already aimed at the goal, which was the position he was most sure of the goalkeeper's poor save after countless trials.
But no one ever said that it was a duel between the midfielder and the goalkeeper.
The moment Fran appeared in front of the ball with his hands behind his back to avoid handball and chose to plug the gunhole with his body in front of the ball, it proved that he was a defender who intended to intervene in it. The ball was very powerful, bounced far after hitting the body, and the ball was held by the Swedish defender to launch a counterattack, and Forlan stretched his body and felt that being a defender was really interesting.
When the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, Sweden won 2-1 against England, and said to the waiting German team, 'No, we won't!'