Volume 4 Chapter 28 The Iron Flower of Yao Blooms
If you can keep shooting threateningly, then even if you're unlucky, you'll get a goal, anything in the world has a probability, and that probability can't be zero.
The vast majority of those who really didn't score a goal with dozens of shots must be the kind of hasty shots that are very reluctant or not a good chance, and the quantity does not necessarily make up for the quality, but the quality of the shot on the field gives the player confidence, and the top is more than a hasty ten shots.
So after this shot, even if there is no goal, many English players think in their hearts that they will definitely score, it is only a matter of time.
What is shown is that their state has obviously improved a little after that, and it is difficult to describe the state in detail, because he has a lot of details, running in place one step early, stopping the ball a little more steadily, passing the ball in time, and judging the landing point accurately, this is all state.
Or to put it another way, the players are more focused on the field!
The Slovenian players found it more difficult for them to get counter-attacking opportunities to play in front, and slowly England formed a suppressive attack on them, although it was not easy for England to play in the box, but they would not easily give the ball to Slovenia.
They are regaining the essential quality that a strong team has - patience!
And this is the number 18 who keeps running and passing in the midfield, which has brought the biggest change to England, which is a change in the temperament of the team, not as obvious as the goal, but more profound.
"Oh, that's what a strong team should look like", Lineker has completely looked at the hiatus, "Can I see Mark as England's Pirlo?" No, at least Pirlo hasn't won the Ballon d'Or yet."
A great midfielder first forges the style of a team, and then it is an era of that team.
That's why France didn't look like France anymore after Zinedine Zidane's retirement, and their results were erratic, because they couldn't find anyone to replace Zidane, and the style he forged could take a decade or more to wear off.
This is why Pirlo was 35 years old in his previous life and was still the absolute core of Italy, because once Pirlo is gone, Italy's tactical style of play will completely change.
No one is going to take shortcuts, there are superstars who don't need to emphasize football as a whole, even if it's a coach like Fabio Capello.
A Slovenian counter-attack with a long ball found Novakovic again, and he struggled to get the ball with John Terry, and as soon as it was distributed to his partner, he was disrupted by Barry who fell to the ground and Mackin who came back to defend.
The ball got out of Ljubijankic's grasp and Carragher was on the sidelines for a tackle and a kick back to Joe Hart, and their attack was stillborn again, and Slovenia had just three shots on goal with one on target for almost 30 minutes of the first half.
England, on the other hand, had eight times, and two were just a fraction of a second, and they were just a miss on the scoresheet, and so far in the game, no one in the media and commentators outside the stadium thought they would capsize in the gutter.
Novakovic didn't stop and saw that England had won the ball, so he immediately rushed to Joe Hart and tried to force him to kick him wide, and if England were to organize, it would have been too difficult for them to break the ball today.
As a result, Joe Hart pushed with his right foot and passed to Mackin who ran to the right-back position, "When the goalkeeper catches the ball, you have to run to the gap as soon as possible, don't wait", taking advantage of the gap, he kicked the ball to Johnson, who had just returned, and at the same time ran past him and admonished.
The training time for the new style of play and the new formation is still too short, so you can only train in this way, and now England's style of play is really very similar to Italy.
"England once again defused Slovenia's counter-attack, and if they can maintain this level of control during the World Cup, they will definitely be the favourites," Duan said.
"Indeed", Sun Jihai nodded, "Now England is one game at a time, if Rooney comes back, Joe Hart can stabilize this point, it is really promising"
With that, England went on the offensive again.
Johnson met resistance from the wing, then kicked back, and when he looked up, he saw Makqin pointing at Terry behind him, and the Slovenian striker followed him closely.
From Johnson's point of view, John Terry is a centre-back at the far end and the normal safe practice is to pass to Carragher, but it is clear that the Slovenian defensive line is pressed on the right side, which is the strong side.
If there is no ball speed in lateral scheduling, it is the same as no scheduling, because the defensive formation will move with the ball, and sometimes don't underestimate this small difference on the field, the result of the play is heaven and earth.
Johnson followed Macklin's prompt, pushed a boccia ball across the half court with the arch of his right foot, and Terry received the ball and rushed straight into it!
Because the two strikers were on the strong side, one blocked Carragher and the other followed Mackqin, Terry's sudden burst directly broke through the first line of defense of Slovenia and directly pressed the midfield to face their back line.
"Good ball, John Terry is rushing in the middle with the ball", Lineker shouted, and with the invasion of England's centre-backs into the hinterland, the Slovenian defence sounded the alarm bells, because in addition to the striker's return, whoever intercepts the opponent's inserted centre-back will cause a disposition.
Managers who play open offense like to do this, such as Gua Bald and Jurgen Klopp.
Capello didn't do that in England, but John Terry did it occasionally at Chelsea, so wouldn't it be a waste not to take the big space in front of him this time?
Mackin immediately stepped back forward, Terry plugged in, Barry should be in the back, and Terry's point of contact was in addition to Cole on the wing, and there were only Lampard and Mackin in the middle.
"Terry, Terry, the opponent's Bolsa is up, handle the ball quickly", the Slovenian defense was stunned for a moment at first, and then as if suddenly reacted, the nearby players rushed towards Terry.
The tempo on the field was suddenly accelerated, as if a switch was turned on.
It was a bit difficult for Terry to pass, so he saw Bolsa come up and he passed directly to Frank Lampard with his back on the side, "Lampard, take the ball with his back and give it to Mark who is plugged in"
Mackin didn't even look at it, and directly slashed towards the side with the outside of his instep, just now Slovenia's central recovery had already given up the gap on the side, and the ball crossed the right side of Koren who tried to come over and press, and rolled directly to the front of Johnson's run.
Halfway through the run, Colon had to turn back in vain to defend Johnson, and Mackin ran two more steps, then made a sharp stop, staying behind Johnson's side, ready to respond.
"England attacked on the flank, Johnson handed over to Gerrard on the side, Gerrard, dribbling with the ball, the Slovenian defence in the box was very blocked", Lineker shouted.
The shouts of the England fans in the stands were frenzied again, and every attack in this game had completely aroused their passion.
Slovenia made a huge mistake at this point, they flattened the overall defence too much, and gave up on Makqin, who didn't seem to want to continue forward, and focused on the ball.
In these 30 minutes, Mackin really rarely inserted himself into the penalty area, but in order to ensure the smooth operation of the midfield, he was more about receiving and scheduling.
When he stopped, the defenders automatically followed Slovenia's overall defensive formation to fill in the position, and the two lines in front of the line looked simply harmless.
They were used to him catching the ball, then splitting it, hitting the ball where they couldn't get it, not like now, like a gust of wind, a red whirlwind, straight into the hinterland!
He started and ran straight to Crouch, who was pulling out of the right side of the box, which was clearly ready to meet Gerrard, and Gerrard's kickback caused the Slovenian defence to pause and not retreat again.
Then he bounced the ball directly with the outside of his right foot to Crouch, who was pulled outside the penalty line, "Peter", Makqin shouted, and Crouch watched him follow the ball to his side almost at the same time.
Before the Slovenian players could react, their attention was only focused on the ball, and Crouch stopped the ball without any next move, because the ball that had just stopped was knocked directly behind him with one foot.
And then a red figure flew by!
"Mark, Mark, he burst into the box!" , Lineker suddenly shouted, with the speed at which he took the lead, Makqin directly passed Cesar, who was defending Crouch, and he didn't have time to turn around at all!
"Beautiful cooperation, Mackin broke into the penalty area", Duan Xuan also shouted, "He suddenly inserted, so that the entire Slovenian defense line was caught off guard"
Judging from the live broadcast footage, the white backline with a strict position seems to have been suddenly pierced by a red figure, as thin as paper.
Handanovic hurried over to block the near corner, and all the defenders gave up their defenders and ran towards Mackin to block the small penalty area!
Beckham and Cappelrotten got up shortly after they sat down, and Mackqin, who had slipped diagonally into the box from near the corner of the penalty area, had already caught up with the ball.
"Mark, he got the ball, look how he passes, the angle is a little small, Mark, pass!" Lineker looked at the trajectory of the ball and subconsciously shouted, in fact, he didn't know where he was passing.
The ball flew straight up, allowing Surreer, who came over to make a gambling tackle, to save an air, and even more directly over the heads of everyone in the penalty area.
They turned their heads to look back, and another red figure came running from the left, facing the ball in the ribs of the penalty area and picking up his left leg, it was Ashley Cole!
"It's the back point, Mark passed the back point, it's empty, Ashley... Ashley... The volley ......", "bang", Handanovic and the Slovenian defenders, who were urgently moving to this side, could no longer keep up with the speed of the ball.
Facing half of the empty door, although the angle is not very tricky, it is full of power! The ball hit the empty goal like a cannonball!
And the roar of all the English fans!
"Goaaaaaal......, GoalGoalGoal......, Ashley...... Cole ......, Goal ......", Lineker directly turned on the shouting mode.
"hat a goal...... wonderful teamwork, the Slovenian steel-concrete defense was finally shattered this time, and it was the breakthrough and pass from Mark again"
"The ball is in, the ball is in, England finally broke through the Slovenian goal, they held it for 32 minutes, but it still fell short, they couldn't stop Mackqin", Duan Xuan shouted excitedly.
"Roar", the England coaching staff and bench on the sidelines were completely boiling, and Capello, who was pursing his mouth, shook his fists hard, you can imagine his excitement, they must score first in this game!
Slovenia's situation is obvious to all, if they are allowed to sneak into the goal, what awaits England is definitely a deadly bus.
"It's a team victory, it's a success of the system, it's a goal that will be scored," Lineker continued to exclaim excitedly, "I prefer England now, they have a clear purpose in every pass, they can control the ball and the field steadily, they can play beautiful combinations, and then kill with one blow!" ”
"Mark has once again shown how good he is, this game with his strong and weak switching organization, Slovenia are exhausted, and when they meet such a mark, it will only be a matter of time before they fail!"
"He has 4 assists", Wilson also shouted in a gaffe, "He still has a lot of time and opportunities, he is only 19 years old, and the record of the World Cup assist list holds Maradona's, and it is just 8 times, but that is the data of 3 World Cups, and Mark has completed half of 3 games!" ”
"Yes, he has smashed the records of the Premier League and the Champions League, and the next thing he will crush is the records of the World Cup and the European Cup! Definitely! ”
Ashley Cole ran to the side of Makqin who opened his arms and cheered, and picked him up, his face was flushed with excitement, God is pitiful, he has been selected for the national team for 10 years, played a full 80 games, this is his first national team goal, and it is so important!
What he didn't know was that without Mackqin, he wouldn't have scored a goal in his whole life in the national team......