59.chapter 59
After the game, everyone walked back, and Sweden's next opponent was Ecuador, which was relatively easy compared to England. Beckham pulled Wayne Rooney over, saying that his junior teammate wanted to exchange jerseys, and Fran was happy, "It looks like you're forcing people." Having said that, he simply took off his jersey and handed it over. The skin under the jersey is a healthy wheat color, with a hot red from intense exercise, but the ribs are still clearly visible. Beckham only knew at a glance that this was caused by Rooney's head just now, but he was more concerned about Owen's state at the moment, and he was not in the mood to ridicule for a while.
Forlan put Rooney's jersey on his shoulder, and to be honest, he thought that the England genius hated him, after all, his intention to target him was too obvious, and he didn't expect to exchange jerseys with him generously?
Sure enough, it was because it was tied up and was led by David, tsk.
In his post-match press conference, Eriksen hinted that Owen would not be playing in future games, "Maybe he's going to be out of the World Cup, I'm not sure yet, it's not that good." The Swedish head coach was worried about Owen's situation and worried about his next opponent, Germany. At the same time, there are only three strikers left under the old Swedish man, a Rooney who is getting better and better, Crouch who has a low goal rate, and a fledgling Walcott, how to ensure England's attacking power has become a problem for him to scratch his head.
"Mr. Eriksen, Mr. Eriksen, yes, when the 23-man squad for England was announced, there were a lot of questions about your approach to the World Cup with only four strikers. Many critics believe that your decision now seems to be a lack of foresight. What do you think about this?"
Erikson listened to the reporter's aggressive questioning, especially the blatant denial of his decision, and was a little angry, "Lack of foresight? He continued, "Wayne has returned in time and is in good shape, Crouch and Walcott have improved their team, and midfielders such as Steven Gerrard and Joe Cole have shown great attacking power in previous games. All in all, I don't think England are no threat in their squad at the moment, and although our next opponent is the hosts, Germany, we will still give it our all. ”
Another target under siege, David Beckham, is an English heartthrob who is not only a long-time friend of Owen in the national team, but also teammates for a year at Real Madrid. He said Owen's injury was a big loss and vowed to dedicate the World Cup to Owen, "We talked at half-time and I know he's very badly injured and we hope his injury isn't as serious as it seems, but we're not sure and we're going to wait for the doctor's results." We're sad that Michael is the kind of key player who always shines when it counts, and it's unfortunate for him and for the whole team. ”
Unfortunately, while England's winless streak against Sweden is set to continue, the focus is not on Sweden. Sitting at the press conference, Lagerbeck began to empty his brain, thinking about the situation that Sweden would face next, and openly deserted. He doesn't know if he doesn't let Ibrahimovic play again in the match between Sweden and Ecuador and let him recover from his injury, that kid will explode directly.
Oh, think about that scene, no matter how many meals Fran asked, he couldn't coax him back, right?
Thinking like this, Larson beside him coughed heavily twice to signal that Lagbeck finally had his role, Lagbeck picked up the water to stabilize his mood first, and looked at the reporter who asked the question to signal that he could continue. The England journalist seemed extremely unhappy about Sweden's victory: "Mr. Lagerbeck, in the first half of this game, Swedish centre-back Alvarez repeatedly fell, which interrupted the rhythm of the game and even clashed with the players on the pitch, what do you think of your players?"
Lagerbeck adjusted his microphone, "I'm sorry, but I don't think Fran interrupted the game. So I don't really understand what you're trying to say. Larsson looked at his fingers and didn't speak, listening to the head coach pretending to be stupid, obviously the plan was to get Forlan to make Rooney get a card or even send him off altogether, and now it's a 'we're in harmony' expression. The reporter can't say clearly what Forlan did on the field, after all, when his genius blatantly crashed into someone's arms, it was obviously a yellow card action, but people just carried it down and didn't say a word, and they couldn't hold it back no matter how they looked at their own words.
At the end of the press conference, England's worries had nothing to do with the Swedish team, except for lamenting Owen's bad luck, and the next opponent was the object of their attention. Although Ecuador is a relatively easy opponent compared to the German team, which one of them will really be an easy opponent to make it to the finals? Maybe Ecuador will be glad that their opponent is Sweden instead of England, which is something that no one can say.
"Zlatan, that's right" Ragbeck called Ibrahimovic into his office, and wanted to ask him how about the next game for him to continue to recuperate from his injuries and keep himself in the best condition, but all the words were swallowed back in the face of this tall black face with a muscular body, and he could only say, "How are you doing now?"
Eevee looked up into Ragbeck's eyes, and there was a kind of 'Lord is ready' all over his body. Seeing that he was so eager to try, Lagerbeck couldn't continue to press him, so he could only comfort himself that Ibrahimovic had a better chance of winning by coming on the field, and then waved his hand to signal him to go quickly, go quickly. However, before Ibrahimovic closed the door, he stopped him, "Zlatan, that, call that one?" Ragbeck said abruptly, forgetting for a moment what he was trying to say.
Ievee raised an eyebrow, "Team doctor?" He thought that Lagbeck wanted to call the team doctor to come and ask about his condition, Lagbeck shook his head, "No, no, no, you called Fran." "Then I saw Ibrahim, who had the most erratic personality in the team, frowning, and needless to say, he could clearly see what he wanted to express from his expression, 'What do you have to tell me, what are you asking him to come over?'
Despite Ibu's reluctance, he went to the break room to hand over Fran. Relying on his own injury, Fran lay down alone and occupied the entire sofa to pretend to sleep, a newspaper titled "The Unworthy 'Iron Guard'" was spread out by him and covered his face, Ibrahim opened the newspaper and saw his relaxed appearance under the court, and the next second Fran opened one eye and tilted his head to look at Eevee, asking him what happened. Ibrahimovic took the ice pack he had placed on his side, "The manager has something to do with you. ”
Hearing this, Fran slowly sat up with some distress, and noticed that the group of teammates next to him were eyeing his throne, and hurriedly pressed Eevee on the sofa, "Lie down, lie down, take the place for me, I'll come back in a while!"
Everyone in the Swedish team has long been shocked to surprised by the relationship between the two roommates, Ibrahimovic is not good with others, but Ibrahimovic and Fran get along like a big cat, sharply stretching out his paws as if he was going to scratch someone, but when he came to the front, he would simply put away his paws and rub them with only the exposed meat pad. One cares about getting along with each other to be in the upper hand at all times, and the other only cares about the result of getting along well, which is really a tacit understanding.
The Swedes couldn't help but roar inwardly as they looked at Ibrahim, who had spread out the magazine on his face and began to pretend to sleep.
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In the Ecuadorian tactics room, everyone did not go as Lagerbeck thought, and the opponent was the Swedish team who cheered so much that they underestimated the opponent. If nothing else, Ibrahimovic will be full of firepower when he returns from injury in the next game, and with the connection between Larsson and Ljungberg, the Swedish team's attack should never be underestimated. But on the other hand, Ecuadorians don't think it's easy to break through Sweden's defence.
First of all, it is worth mentioning that the Swedish team, under the leadership of Lagerbeck, has always adhered to the defensive model, even if the offensive end is brilliant. In the early years, of course, there were countless people complaining about this method for the Swedish team, but the reason why more and more people can't completely deny Lagerbeck's theory is very simple, because the Swedish team's backline did live up to the trust of the manager, and built a strong fortress in front of the goal in the process of the Swedish team's repeated defeats.
This defence has been strengthened by Francesco Alvarez, the Swedish team's defensive core, which has finally been established. During his three years at Real Madrid, the club as a whole was in turmoil, and he did not win many honorary titles, but after gradually competing for the main centre-back position under Erguera, Carlos and Salga have aged for many years, Forlan has become a pillar of the untold Real Madrid defence at the age of 25. Although it is known that after the European Championship, Real Madrid will definitely make a big move in recruitment.
Perhaps Forlan, as a fully defensive defender, is not fully related to the team's offense, which is contradictory in the increasingly offensive and attack-oriented form of football, but just like a team can never completely abandon defense, as long as it reaches a very high level in one aspect, there will be a flash that no one can ignore.
The Ecuadorian crowd watched the player in the video running steadily from start to finish, and no one could believe that he could go higher and further to achieve his current results at such a young age. But now, this man is their opponent.
"To be honest, don't you think Sweden was really wise to have Alvarez and Rooney in the first half?"