Chapter 0264 - The Worst Sixteen

The British media will certainly not be satisfied with Hodgson's answer.

The strength of the British media is well known to the world, and it was soon revealed that Rashford did not have a cold at all, and the reason why he could not play was because he was racing with Lily Collins in London before, and was banned by the national team manager Hodgson, and the number of bans was as high as three games.

In other words, not only will Rashford not be able to play in the first group stage match with Russia, but Rashford will also miss the other two group games.

The revelation of this news can be said to have shocked British football, and even in world football, it has caused huge repercussions. People don't understand that just because of that incident, the new European Golden Boot and the Europa League top scorer are banned for three games?

You know, it's not Rashford who is racing cars!

However, because the news of Rashford's ban was only revealed before the match against Russia, it has not yet caused an uproar, but is only in the making.

However, when England played 1-1 with Russia at the Velodrom Stadium, the news began to show its power.

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England conceded a goal in stoppage time in a good situation and were held to a 1-1 draw by Russia, and England fans who watched the live broadcast of the game were disappointed. And for England fans who went to the Velodrome Stadium to watch the game live, it was even more annoying.

After the final whistle blew, the Russian fans in the stands attacked the England fans again.

The attack took place shortly after the Russian equaliser, and it was clear that the Russian fans in the stands had a plan, and as soon as the game was over, they began to rush into the fan zone in England to attack, and even some women and children were trampled by Russian fans.

In the video captured by the Mirror, some English fans can be seen running to the higher stands to escape the attacks of Russian fans.

Compared to the Russian fans who came prepared, the unprepared England fans looked very embarrassed.

BBC's Nick Eldry tweeted: "I've never seen anything like this in a football stadium and England fans are terrified in the face of the Russians. Women and children were also trampled. Fans in England are running to high places to avoid being beaten. ”

Of course, the re-conflict between the fans of the two countries is only one aspect, and the news of Rashford's ban is the focus of attention between the two countries after the game.

The British media have said that if Rashford comes on, even as a substitute, England will not be equalized by Russia in stoppage time, because he will kill the game early.

I don't know how many times this has been played out in the latter stages of this season.

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Under the huge pressure of public opinion, the FA even began to put pressure on Hodgson.

Although many FA bigwigs don't really understand the ball, they at least know that Rashford is far more popular than the other big strikers in England.

Although Kane and Vardy also performed very well last season, both scored 20+ league goals. But compared to Marcus Rashford, who has scored 42 goals in 12 Premier League games and is also the top scorer in the Europa League with 23 goals.

As for Sturridge, did the Liverpool striker shine last season? He seems to have spent most of his time in a hospital bed, and throughout the season, he scored eight goals in 14 Premier League appearances and was nowhere to be seen in the scorers' charts.

Belch...... There is also Wayne Rooney, who is the captain of England, but he is no longer a striker, just like in the first game against Russia, the little fat man played in the midfield.

But Hodgson is such a rebellious person, and the middle two are terrible.

Didn't you put pressure on me, I just didn't let Rashford play, what can you do with me?

Rashford is very helpless, I don't think I've suffered from the pond fish.

Although he was very angry in his heart, he didn't complain publicly, and now everyone is doing it as if he is leading public opinion to force the palace.

It's embarrassing!

He is really afraid that Hodgson will completely put himself in the cold palace if he disagrees, the situation is stronger than people, as long as Hodgson sits in the coach of the England national team for a day, he has the right to decide his life and death.

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In the second game against Wales, Hodgson fielded the exact same line-up for the first game.

It's just that at the end of the 90 minutes of the game, all the fans around the world, including Rashford himself, looked at the score on the scoreboard and were completely dumbfounded.

Because the scoreboard on the pitch clearly shows: England 2:2 Wales!

Is this a Shenma situation? Did I remember wrong, or was this world different from the other?

At the end of the game, the broadcast screen showed Rashford sitting in the VIP box watching the game for a long time, and Rashford's expression of disbelief was also reflected in the eyes of hundreds of millions of fans around the world.

In the stands in the stadium, England fans shouted at Hodgson, you really want to take England to hell!

Hodgson also had a bad expression on the sidelines, Harry Kane, whom he had high hopes for, had proven to be useless, and Jamie Vardy, whom he saw as his savior, had not returned to his best form, plus a half-crippled Sturridge, and without Rashford, England's forward line would have been unavailable.

Could England just be counting on Rooney to score again up front?

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Hodgson is proud and will not make any changes to his own decisions.

Therefore, in the third life-and-death battle with Slovakia, Rashford still did not enter the squad. His three-game ban has not yet been completed, and even if he is placed in the 18-man squad, it will be a concession to Rashford and a compromise with the media.

Then, when the 90 minutes of the game ended, the score appeared on the scoreboard of the stadium and was Slovakia 0:0 England!

England drew three times in a row in the group stage and finished third in the group with three points!

In the previous European Championship and World Cup matches, England could go home, but because of the strange events of this European Championship, England still have a breath of air, and they may qualify for the knockout stage of the European Championship with the third place in the four groups with better results.

And when the group stage of the European Championship was completely over, England fans were slightly relieved that they finally did not go home after the group stage, but advanced to the round of 16.

It's just that England, which drew three times in a row in the group stage, scored only 3 goals, and had a goal difference of 0, is the worst one in the round of 16! I want to talk about "The British Emperor" with more like-minded people, pay attention to "excellent reading literature" on WeChat, talk about life, and find confidants~