Chapter 0270: Advance to the quarterfinals
After England reversed the scoreline, the game became relatively simple.
Although the strength of this year's German team is still strong, compared with the former iron-blooded chariot, their mental attributes are too far behind.
Therefore, even if he knew that he only needed one goal to equalize, he couldn't lift his spirits and showed the ruthlessness to fight England.
Perhaps, this is due to Rashford's three goals in ten minutes, which caused too much psychological and mental blow to the German players, leaving them in a state of loss for a long time.
Perhaps, it may also be because they have more than enough heart and strength at the moment. After all, most of the German players have played a full 100 minutes of the game at the moment, and the long game has squeezed the physical strength of the vast majority of the German players.
Of course, it may be more of a fear of Rashford. Once they attack with all their might, they are bound to reduce the intensity of their defense. And with Rashford's ability, I'm afraid they haven't scored a goal to equalize, and they will be stabbed by Rashford again.
After all, Marcus Rashford's first two goals came from midfield and into the German goal.
At that moment, many German players felt that they were not facing an eighteen-year-old boy, but a strengthened version of Messi.
Why do you say that, because at that moment, Rashford showed more ability to break through with the ball than Messi in peak condition.
The difference is that Rashford is taller than Messi, which makes his dribble break look more ethereal and visually impactful.
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In fact, at this moment, the German team has almost no chance of launching a counterattack.
Marcus Rashford played as a midfielder when he came on, and he took advantage of his physical strength when he first came on to run back and forth, linking up with his team-mates around him.
Rashford's 90 passes, 90 vision, 90 dribbles and 90 ball sense, 92 acceleration ability and 90 speed make him comfortable with the work of the midfield.
Under Rashford's front and back tandem, left and right scheduling, the ball was firmly controlled by England at the feet, even if the German team struggled to grab it, it was also a repeated martial arts, and the lack of physical energy left was.
It was also at this time that Rashford showed the world his extraordinary scoring ability, and several other terrifying abilities, that is, the masterful big picture, control the game and passing ability!
In particular, some of the older German players on the pitch, such as Mesut Ozil, such as Schweinsteiger, such as Lahm, etc., have the feeling of going back to Vienna eight years ago and playing Spain in South Africa six years ago.
And that immature, very honest-looking face, no matter how you look like Harvey at that time, or a combination of Harvey and Iniesta, is just black skin, while the other two are white-skinned.
Of course, England and Spain at their peak are two completely different styles, Spain, which plays tiketaka football, relies on the overall passing ability, while the England team in front of it relies on Rashford's individual ability.
If the Spanish tiketaka is a web of countless threads, then England is a net with threads in tow.
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The ball went by as Rashford and the rest of the English players flowed by.
It's not that Rashford doesn't want to continue scoring, it's that he is a little more than capable at the moment. At the moment, he is already the object of extreme vigilance of the German team, he is a little better in the middle and back, but once he crosses the halfway line, he is followed by at least two German defenders.
If it was in the early stages of the game, with a defensive strategy like the German team, Rashford could have created attacking opportunities for his team-mates. But now that the game has been going on for nearly two hours, the teammates have little physical strength to attack.
Don't look at the fact that before Rashford's debut, England players dominated the field, but that almost drained their fitness. At this time, it was already the will that supported them not to fall, or rather, Rashford scored three goals in a row, injecting the last dose of strength into these teammates and allowing them to stimulate their potential.
But once they are allowed to run desperately for a few rounds, there will be a situation where someone loses their strength and cannot continue the game.
Now that England have used up three substitutions, it is impossible to make any more substitutions.
Therefore, when the side is ahead, what needs to be done is not to score more goals, but to keep the formation of the team as intact as possible while maintaining the lead, and not to give the German team a chance to score an equalizer or even a reversal.
And Rashford himself, when the role of the god's mortal skills has become ineffective, does not have the ability to single-handedly take on the entire German team, even if the current German team is already at the end of the crossbow, or in a state of residual blood.
Once he managed to break through the German defence, if he accidentally broke the ball and then launched a counter-attack, England's defence was not solid.
With Gotze, Reus and Gomez, the German attack is not to be underestimated. Not to mention, they scored three goals against England in this game.
Marcus Rashford can't confirm they won't be able to score a fourth.
If Germany were to score a fourth goal, England would be on the back foot.
Especially being dragged into a penalty shootout by the German team is really dangerous.
As we all know, England have a poor chance of winning on penalties, and they don't know how many times they have lost to McTown on penalties.
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Although the England team played a somewhat conservative game, the England fans did not show dissatisfaction. In addition to shouting for Hodgson to get out, they didn't forget to cheer for the team.
Finally, the referee blew the whistle for the end of extra time.
After a hard-fought 120-minute battle, England finally stubbornly overcame Germany to become the fifth team to qualify for the quarter-finals of the European Championship in France.
Their quarter-final opponents will be the winners of Italy and Spain.
The two will face off against St. Denis a day later.
But neither Italy nor Spain are easy opponents for England.
England are bound to go through another hard-fought battle in the quarter-finals.
The thought of Wales, who comfortably beat Northern Ireland in the top half to advance to the quarter-finals, has fans getting angrier. As the players rounded the pitch and applauded the fans in the stands, they chanted neatly: "Hodgson, fuck off!" ”