Volume IV Chapter 26 The World's Problems
Goalkeeper: Handanovic
Defenders: Brechko, Souler, Cesar, Jokic
Midfielders: Koren, Borsa, Karim, Radosavlevic
Forwards: Ljubijankic, Novakovic
Manager: Matt Yaz
When the big screen played the starting lineups of both sides, Mackin had already followed his teammates into the stadium, lined up on the sidelines, and began the opening ceremony and played the national anthems of the two countries.
"Slovenia are generally tall, they are in a traditional 442 formation, the formation is very compact, and their forwards will keep the right distance from the midfield, pressing our midfield"
Capello's tactical arrangement in the dressing room is still echoing in Macklin's head, "So, playing width is important for us, Darren (Bent), Steve (Gerrard), the wings must be stretched out more"
"And", he said to the two full-backs, "you two must support the midfield well, and be ready to receive passes from the wings and midfield"
"Slovenia are not going to be tied up, they haven't lost hope yet", he slapped at the end and said seriously, "Our defense should be pressing, but don't use those actions that apply for yellow cards, and then counter-attack on the spot after losing the ball, interrupting the starting point of their counter-attack"
"Prince William is watching you from the stands," he said finally, and Mackin glanced at the VIP stands, where the prince was sitting was indeed conspicuous, and he could see it when he looked up.
"Roar", the song ended, England, as the away team, took the initiative to go over to the handshake ceremony with Slovenia, which is really not seen by an acquaintance, Mackin thought to himself.
After he came to the World Cup, he didn't have a teammate he had or was now, and they were all the kind of opponents who might not meet once in a few years.
"The game is about to start," Lineker said, "the director's camera has been following Mark, he played a dominant performance last time, and this time we are expecting him to play better and lead LinkedIn Gran to the knockout rounds, we haven't reached the last four in 20 years, which is not very good for England".
"The referee for this game is from Germany and I hope it will blow the game fairly", Neville said, "England have not been treated unfairly in key World Cup games once or twice"
He probably sounded Frank Lampard's blown goal again, but the World Cup is originally a world event, referees come from all over the world, and the referee training and philosophy are different, and controversial decisions in each game are inevitable.
Only strength can crush everything, which has always been what Mark Qin believes, so in the past few years since his debut, he has never been endless with the referee because of a certain decision.
"Toot", the referee from Germany blew the whistle, the game officially began, and the "boom" in the stands was completely noisy.
After Darren Bent kicked the ball back to Mackin outside the center circle, he and Crouch ran to the front, and the two Slovenian forwards quickly pressed towards Mackchen.
Mackin also kicked a return pass, and then he also ran to the backcourt with the ball, Barry knocked, and the running Mackin received the ball and passed it back again, and handed it to goalkeeper Joe Hart.
Then he ran again until he was almost level with the back line, then he stopped and turned to look ahead, and the Slovenian double striker stopped at England's back line, and instead of pressing the centre-backs again, he kept a certain distance from the ball, blocking their space to move forward.
"Slovenia have maintained a very good formation, they didn't blindly rush up, it seems that they have learned a lesson from Algeria", Lineker said, "their 442 formation is very tight, giving way to the wings, it seems that they want to cut off Mark's organization by blocking the space"
Terry received a short pass from Joe Hart and handed it to Makqin next to him, and came prepared! , Makqin probably understood seven or eight points in his heart, and then handed a pass to Cole on the left.
Sure enough, the Slovenian formation quickly tilted to the right, and their right forward, right midfielder, and right midfielder pressed towards Cole at the same time, except for letting you play long balls, not giving you a line to play the ball on the ground at all.
Ashley Cole pretended to push forward, feeling more dangerous, but chose the safe way and dunked the ball back to Terry, who was running to answer.
Novakovic followed Makqin on the line of the penalty area this time, and Terry turned around to see that he had to hand it over to Joe Hart again, at which point Slovenia pressed forward, blocking every point that Joe Hart could make a short pass.
Makqin hurriedly turned around with a fake run and shook off Novakovic's two positions, pointing to his feet, "Give me, don't drive big feet!" He shouted at Joe Hart.
It's a battle of tactical suppression and counter-cracking, and Slovenia have clearly found a way to do it, and if they are given confidence, they will be even more unscrupulous.
Joe Hart was indeed a little nervous just now, if the opponent's striker pressed forward again, he would definitely kick his feet big, and when he saw Makqin throw off his heel defense, he hurriedly threw the pot.
As a result, Mackin kicked back again, pointed at the returning Barry and shouted, "Give Barry", Mackin pushed Novakovich, who was following, and ran back.
"It's a bit dangerous," Neville said, "and no team has dared to play this style of play except for Barcelona at the moment, and Capello seems to have full trust in Mark and let him command him on the field"
Joe Hart, who played for the first time, really didn't dare to disobey Macklin, and pushed back Barry from between the two defenders, Barry didn't dare to take the ball, and gently knocked it to Mackin who ran over.
Slovenia is like an exploding petal in this series of reversible balls, which are quickly recovered at the moment when Mack Qin catches the ball, and the visual experience is particularly obvious in the live broadcast camera.
A lot of the fans on the stage and in front of the TV were sweating for England, and a slight pass error would have Slovenia on goal, and it was in front of the penalty area.
Joe Hart is ready to save at any time, he is really not used to this style of play from the England Academy, practice, boy, for your future will not be swept away!
Mackin was not in a hurry at all, his left leg swung, and the ball flew directly in front of Gerrard on the right side like a meteor jumping out of the encirclement.
"Good ball", Lineker shouted, if it weren't for the fact that it was Mack Qin who picked up the ball back and forth, they would have criticized it a long time ago, this is simply playing with fire!
But seeing this foot pass, all the tension disappeared, and you couldn't help but applaud loudly, you thought that there were several people across the point, he couldn't see the point, he passed it to you alive.
"Gerrard, chest stop", he is now in his own half not far from the halfway line, after receiving the ball, he quickly stepped forward and attacked directly!
"Go, Go, Go, Gerrard, England!" The roar in the stands instantly doubled, and the contraction naturally revealed the gap on the wing, and now Gerrard is one-on-one.
Slovenia's head coach Mattjaz wanted to chisel his team into a porcelain square formation, rampage across the pitch and maintain overall movement at all times.
But it is impossible for a block of 10 players to cover the whole field, and in the Premier League in later generations, you will see this kind of play in many teams in the lower reaches of the Premier League, using the tactical idea of squeezing local space.
The most feared thing about this move is the world-class organization midfielder, just look at how the later generations of Ding Ding led Manchester City to abuse vegetables, fast and accurate wing scheduling, plus a good winger, can basically break it.
"Brechko, he tried to block Gerrard, Gerrard, good chance to break through, now he and the Slovenian left-back are 1-on-1, Gerrard, dribbling straight down ......"
I saw that Gerrard flicked the outside instep, and directly opened his breakthrough technique of crushing form, and suddenly ran directly to the bottom line, and the 1.76-meter Brecko was thrown out of a position in an instant.
"Gerrard, cross ......", the ball seemed to be pumped up, drifting and drawing an imperceptible inside arc, straight to the small penalty area, "Crouch, oops, Souler grabbed the point first, pushed out, Lampard fought for the top, Slovenia came back quickly, the ball was out of Lampard's control, Karim, good ball, Mark grabbed in time"
After a small pick-and-roll and dodging Karim's tackle, Mackin turned around and handed it to Carragher who came up, reorganizing the attack, the opposing striker had already withdrawn, and England's central defender pressed past the center circle.
"Great midfield superstar, Mark", Wilson couldn't help but compliment, "you always see him in the key moments and then use his incredible passing to get everything in order"
Before the words were finished, Mackqin, who had returned to receive Carragher's pass again, received the ball and half-turned, and directly gave it to Ashley Cole, who was inserted into the winger position.
The constant dispatch to attack the Slovenian flanks was the answer given by Mackqin, so he waved his hand to Frank Lampard to press as hard as he could, leaving himself and Barry behind.
Isn't it just a very tight tofu block, cutting everything quickly on both sides, and slowly cutting it apart, and then, he looked at the Slovenian formation and turned to the right to block Cole.
This kind of defensive system has high requirements for tacit understanding and physical fitness, because 10 people, including forwards, have to move with the ball at any time, and if one person is out of position, it may usher in the collapse of the system.
But I can't help but admit that this trick is so good that even Barcelona can prevent it, and you go back and forth outside the penalty area, but if you want to form a threatening shot in the penalty area, it will be difficult.
Slovenian coach Mattjaz is clearly taking advantage of England's desire to win more than they do, concentrating on defensive counter-attacks, and it is also an alternative restriction for Mack.
Isn't it that I can't watch you, well, I won't look at it, I'll block all the space for you to pass the ball, and you can pass it however you want outside.
But it's not a big swing, they also press in midfield, but everything moves based on the overall formation, not the individual players, and the development of modern football, the constraints on space, are becoming more and more extreme.
"Ashley Cole, cross", the ball arced and ran to the small penalty area, high school defender Cesar resisted Crouch and took the first step to push the ball out.
Slovenia fell into chaos in front of the penalty area, with Daren Bent and Frank Lampard and Slovenia's midfielders scrambling for a break in the midfield.
Capello pushed his glasses, regretting even more that he didn't bring Huskey, Crouch qualified to play tactical striker, but the header in the penalty area was really bad, and he was so tall in white.
John Terry chested the ball off and got ahead of striker Ljubijankic to press and fired a volley to Mackin on the left, and England began to form a continuous attack.
"Mark, good ball, the idea is too clear", seeing that Mark Qin received the ball and turned around and dribbled a step, just attracted the defense, it was another big foot, straight to the bottom line on the right side.
The ball was flat and fast, and Glen Johnson was plugging in......