England are here for the third time at the Bath Arena in Donetsk, where they beat Ukraine to advance to the knockout rounds less than a week ago.

They are very familiar with this stadium, even today, they have only played a total of 4 games in this European Cup, 3 of which were played here.

And their opponent today is the enemy of the times: Spain!

Without England, or without Mackloen, Spain would have continued their dominance of the entire football world for nearly four years, with two European Championships and one World Cup, and no team could challenge their position at that time.

Tiki-taka became synonymous with the most advanced tactics in world football.

But everything has come to a fork in the road thanks to Mackqin's arrival, whether it is Barcelona or Spain, it is still strong, but it is no longer so invincible, and it is no longer so palpitating.

The battle of the century attracted unprecedented attention, with major newspapers and media outlets across Europe reporting on the preparations of the two teams and predicting the outcome of the two teams in advance.

Spain, vengeful and Bosque's predominantly strikerless tactics, will allow Torres to come on at some stage to change the situation depending on the opponent and the situation.

England, guarding glory, Capello's England can be said to have ushered in their most mature stage, with Mackin as the core of the style of play is undoubted, but the problems they are involved in are the aging of the defensive lineup and the immaturity of the new generation.

In the overall situation, it should still be Spain who have the advantage in possession and attack, just like in the World Cup final, but England also have enough means to kill Spain.

Renowned European commentator Wilson wrote in his column: "This is the most successful contest between two national teams in the last few years, Spain because they have found their football philosophy, and England because they have found their soul core.

Spain and England have won the World Series once each in the last four years, and this year, both teams have faced the same problem, which is the ageing of the main squad, but what makes Spain better than England is that they have enough good reserves to replenish.

There were two focal points for England in this game, one was the play of Mark, who was the only reliance against Spain's strong midfield, and the second was the consistency of England's defensive line.

"Remember the 3:2 in South Africa?" "Haha", "So we're world champions, and you're just losers", "This time the result won't change anything!" ”

When the England bus arrived outside the stadium, the fans of England and Spain were in a fierce confrontation, with thousands of shouts colliding violently in mid-air, pushing the atmosphere to the heat before the game even began.

In the distance, a beautiful musical fountain with white and red floods the stadium's perimeter, and in less than three hours, the game will officially begin!

Soon, England's buses slowly approached from the distant road, followed by England fans escorting them all the way, a spectacular long queue, with no end in sight.

Flying flags, with national flags painted on their faces, white to the sky.

"England, England, oh oh oh ......"

"Spectators, spectators, England's buses have arrived at the Bath Arena, and we see that the fans are quite enthusiastic, almost escorting them all the way", many reporters from the English media excitedly reported the game outside the stadium.

'This is our first game in the knockout stage, as long as we get past Spain, the next opponent is Portugal, Portugal have Cristiano Ronaldo, but obviously we have to be stronger, so today's result will probably determine whether we can reach the final of the European Championship for the first time in our history!

Shouts filled the perimeter of the stadium, mixed with the media carrying cameras to witness a crucial match for England.

"Oh, ......", when the bus drove into the crowd outside the stadium, the mounted police opened the way in front, and the faces of the England stars in the bus were clearly visible, Rooney, Mackin and Terry ......, which caused louder cheers from the fans on both sides.

Donetsk at night, Bath Arena, sunset.

Zhan Jun and Huang Jianxiang in the studio were discussing in a hearty manner, from the coach to the players, from the formation to the style of play, and even the psychology of the two teams before the game, they analyzed the game in all aspects.

"Compared with two years ago, it can be said that the main team of Spain this cup has changed by half, or due to age, or due to injury, England may play a different Spain today," Zhan Jun said.

As early as yesterday, the two teams announced their starting lists one after another, England has not changed much, Spain has not changed much, for mature teams, the most important thing is to stick to themselves.

Spain starting line-up:

Goalkeeper: Casillas

Defenders: Alba, Pique, Ramos, Arbeloa

Midfielders: Sergio Busquets, Xavi, Alonso

Forwards: Iniesta, Cesc Fabregas, Silva

"Bosque has always adhered to Barcelona's system, their two most trusted strikers, Villa and Torres, one did not come due to form problems, and the other did not come to Bosque", Huang Jianxiang continued, "Their most feared thing is the passing ability of the midfield and the backfield"

Zhang Lu also said: "These people are already familiar with Pep Guardiola's striker team in Barcelona, and Bosque's choice can't be said to be bad, after all, Torres is still much worse in dominance as he was two or three years ago, although he is in okay form now and scored two goals against Ukraine."

Then he flipped through the information and continued, "Cesc Fabregas played as the main center forward, which made Spain's possession ability more significantly improved, and now he and Alonso in the middle are one of Spain's main attacking methods, but the two wingers Silva and Iniesta are more organized"

"So", Zhan Jun said at this time, "the problem faced by England or Mr. Ma is how to seize the opportunity to play their own attack, Spain's current ball control ability can be said to be more powerful than that of South Africa, they are good at depriving the opponent of offensive opportunities through possession"

"As for England, Capello said in an interview on the past two days", Zhan Jun continued, "He said that they will have a normal heart for this game, Spain are strong opponents, but who wins the final game depends on the performance on the field, England are ready"

In this European Cup, the performance of the entire team of England is much calmer and more mature than that of South Africa, and there has been no negative news, and all the energy is focused on the game.

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As time passed, it was getting later and later, the stadium lights were all turned on, and they also warmed up to the shouts and cheers of the fans.

This world-renowned battle is about to begin.

In the stands, in the boxes or in the remote studios, commentators from all countries are ready for the second Anglo-Spanish war in recent years.

Whether England will defend its glory or Spain will succeed in revenge will be revealed tonight.

Spain's crowd is certainly ambitious, with 10 of their 11 starters coming from Barcelona and Real Madrid, with Silva the only seed.

Barcelona and Real Madrid were suppressed by Atletico Madrid in La Liga last year, the Copa del Rey defeated Barcelona, and the league suppressed Real Madrid.

"I think you know Mark better than I do", Bosque said to their disciples as he returned to the locker room, "Most of you have to play against him a few times a season, and we have his teammates"

"How to beat him, how to limit him, you probably have thought of a lot of ways in the club, and we have done a lot of training in the past two days", he continued, "but whether you can do it depends on the 90 minutes for a while"

"To limit Mark is to limit England, the whole world knows it, but there is no team that can do it completely well, you want revenge, you need to get through this"

This time, the Spanish players, whether they were Mackin's enemies or club teammates, did not brazenly shout anything about the fact that we would definitely beat Mackin.

In the past few years, Mackqin's light has been too brilliant and dazzling, so that as long as he stands on the field, it is an invisible deterrent.

But this does not mean that they are frustrated or give up, their fighting spirit is equally high, they just put all this in their hearts, and they just put Makqin in a position that needs to be challenged!

Martinez and several of his club teammates are too familiar with Mackqin, and it is precisely because they are too familiar that they feel even more powerless and terrifying, and they understand how Mackin can make his combat effectiveness explode quickly in a short period of time through various ways in a team.

With him, it is equivalent to the team forming a consistent whole, which is his most terrifying ability.

"I've thought about restricting Mark for a long time, and there's nothing particularly good about it other than keeping him on the ball, so," Bosque continued, "our priority in this game is to keep the ball"

"Even if you take a penalty kick at the end, I don't want you to give away possession easily, once you lose it, immediately organize a counter-attack in the front court, and even use some fouls"

Xavi and Iniesta listened attentively, and although they were reflected in the two days of training, Bosque emphasized it at the end, which is enough to show how important this is.

That's right, Bosque is going to suffocate England with possession!

This is his strategic deployment, playing against England, he is not afraid, but not sure, England's attack is not inferior to them, but England's defense is stronger than Spain.

This refers to the pure defensive line, Spain's defense, more through the pressure of the midfield to reduce the pressure on the backline, but against Mackqin, maybe they can't do that.

So what needs to be tested in this game is precisely the Spanish backline.

On the other hand, Capello's arrangement is the same, in his opinion, in this game, whoever scores first can even have an 80% chance of winning.

With the ability and familiarity of both teams, it is even more difficult to overtake, and this is a game where one mistake can ruin a game!

"Steady, don't rush, don't give the Spanish midfielders a chance to break the ball and counterattack, don't let their attacking group face our backline directly", he said while the players were changing equipment, walking back and forth.

"Don't be afraid to play penalties with Spain, although we didn't win penalties, but that was in the past, now we are world champions, you have to abandon this fear, don't let that dictate your judgment on the field!"

"When it's dangerous, give the ball to Mark, I can't find it, I allow you to clear the siege, in short, you must not let them break the ball in the midfield, to ensure that it is safe to ......"

The England players, like the Spanish players, did not make any impassions, the difficulty and importance of the game, everything was well understood, silent, just concentrated.

System vs super giant, who will kill the deer......