Volume 6 Chapter 42
The equaliser didn't make England panic and showed their composure.
After the restart, they were still playing at their own pace, and the French team's desire to take advantage of the goal was frustrated, and it felt like a punch to cotton.
However, this time the French team also learned to be honest, and as soon as they saw that they couldn't grab it easily, they recycled the defense line according to the request of the sideline coach Blanco.
Especially for Mackqin's marking, Diarra and Malouda closed in the middle to protect Cabaye's back, but in this way, the two wingers had to rely on Ribery and Nasri's back.
This is the invisible constraint of the offensive star on the defense, and many things are not visible in the data.
Macqin saw this change, so he frequently hit Nasri's side, and now on the field of the French team, in terms of laziness, Nasri is definitely the number one, and he doesn't like to defend.
"It's a bit of a stalemate now", Lineker said, looking at the field, "The French team is obviously more defensive than at the beginning, and there is basically only one Benzema in the front"
"It's a pity that Carroll didn't take that opportunity just now, otherwise it would have been a different situation now," Wilson commented with some regret.
"Young players still have to give them a chance to make mistakes", Alan Shearer said to the young man, otherwise he would have been criticized after the game.
As he spoke, England wide Johnson's cross was once again pushed out by the French centre-back, directly into the midfield, Barry squeezed past Benzema to control the outside of the area, and handed it to Frank Lampard in front.
France pressed very quickly, clearly not giving England room to organise, and this was a sign of Lampard's experience, as he did not hesitate to make a big pass to the edge of the box on the left.
Wayne Rooney got the ball on the flank with a counter-run, and the formation that France had just pressed out could only be retracted, and England formed a continuous attack.
"Rooney, try to break down the wing", Lineker said, "Debusi's position is still very dead, Rooney, dunk back, no chance, give Ashley Cole behind"
Seeing this, Mack immediately ran to the left to respond, and Ribery's defensive enthusiasm was still very good, and he returned early to defend Ashley Cole.
Seeing that Rooney was in an offside position in front of him, Ashley Cole pulled the ball back, and then handed a knock to Mackin who was ready to receive the ball with his back in front of the penalty area.
Malouda remembered the lesson of Cabaye in the opening game, and quickly came close to him, squeezed forward to him, and did not let him easily take the ball and turn around, after all, it was in front of the big penalty area.
Leaning back hard and slamming into some space, Mackin took the opportunity to step on the ball, at which point the French defense contracted very quickly, and Ribery and Cabaye both pressed over to this side, trying to break the ball at his feet.
It's just that Mackqin, who has always been a perceptive observer, how could he give them this opportunity?
A twisted, right-footed stride over the ball, dribbling inward, saying it was too late and too fast, and it was just a blink of an eye from Ashley Cole's pass to his catch.
Malouda had just tried to make a physical confrontation and made a steal, only to find that the ball was not in front of Mackchen, huh? What about balls?
"Mark ......, second pass ......, Rooney burst into the penalty area!" , Lineker suddenly shouted, and it could be clearly seen from the live broadcast screen that after Mack Qin stepped over the ball, as if he had a long eye in the back of his head, a back heel, knocked the stagnant ball from between Malouda's legs to the bottom line!
Straight through the combination of right-back De Busch and right center-back Mex, like a knife on the operating table!
Tear in an instant!
Rooney, who was originally walking back from an offside position, saw it, immediately turned back and inserted diagonally, directly erasing De Bushi, who was too late to turn around because of an accident, and then received the ball and broke through!
"Chance, MR made a fine pass on the left, Rooney, Rooney, shaking, shot ......", Lineker shouted frantically.
Mexes didn't dare to kick casually in the penalty area, so he could only try his best to block, but Rooney shook off the space and fired a low left-footed shot straight into the far corner.
The speed of the ball was extremely fast, and Lloris, who blocked the near corner, subconsciously stretched his legs with his lower waist, and only rubbed against the side of the ball, but it was this rub that changed the original direction of the ball, so that the ball that originally ran to the far corner became parallel to the goal and flew towards the back point.
"Oops, ......, Gerrard, Gerrard......", Heinker shouted frantically before he could regret it, only to see a figure rushing from the back point, ahead of Evra, a crazy tackle, not only shoveled the ball into the goal, but also threw his own in!
It's hot!
"......Boom", the Three Lions fans at Bath Arena were boiling again, "Goal......, roar ......", they raised their hands in the glory and shouted into the stadium.
"Goaaaa......, GoalGoal......, Gerrard, Gerrard, England are leading again, we are invincible ......", Lineker shouted at last.
Wilson and Alan Shearer also jumped up with excitement, raised their arms and shouted, just like Capello on the sidelines, it was great to be able to take the lead again before the end of the first half!
Gerrard, who got up, opened his arms excitedly and rushed to the sidelines, he scored his second goal in the European Cup, which he had been waiting for for 8 years.
How could he not be excited!
"Ah......h
Mack and they are also excited to follow Gerrard, this is England now, they have the ability to score any team's goal!
"Steven Gerrard, Reds captain Steven Gerrard, slammed the tackle to give England the lead again!" , Zhan Jun shouted excitedly, "This is completely a Gerrard-style follow-up shot, wild, bursting!" ”
"Good ball, Mr. Ma's second pass, Rooney's shot, finally opened the French team's defensive line again, Gerrard scored with a supplementary shot, and the good ball ......", Huang Jianxiang also shouted.
Gerrard ran to the sidelines and threw himself on the turf passionately, accompanied by the white-faced and red-eared shouts from the stands, they are champions, world champions!
This is what England looks like now!
Blanco scratched his head, he didn't expect England to score again, the change that Mackin brought to England can only be truly appreciated on the spot, thinking about when he played football, when would England be able to play this kind of cooperation? , they relied on technology to suppress England in the first place.
But now England can actually suppress their continuous attacks in stages.
What a change!
The depressed Lloris picked up the ball from the goal again, as if he opened his mouth to reprimand Debusi, who had just lost Rooney, but after thinking about it, he held back.
The infighting had just subsided, so it was better not to be too intense, he thought to himself.
"England finally seized the opportunity again", Zhang Lu analyzed, "What do you say about this French team, a world-class striker, a good midfielder, and a very average back line"
"Yes", Zhan Jun said, "except for Evra, no one else can play the main team in the giants, Evra is also old now, as long as England's attack can break through Diarra and Malouda in the back, it can basically create a threat"
"If you play like this, it's still ...... England to win," Zhang Lu finally said.
England high-fived each other and walked back to their own half with excitement on their faces, and the first half was about to end, which gave them a good foundation.
But that's not the case for France, who certainly didn't want to go into the break room from a goal down, and as soon as Rizzoli blew the whistle again, they quickly went into attack.
As a big man and Zidane's earliest successor, Ribery certainly can't let Nasri specialize in the front, and frequently attacks Ashley Cole from the right side with the ball.
Franck Ribery has always been a two-way flank, and at Bayern Munich he was not fixed on the left until Peter Pan passed, and now he is racing on the right, which really causes a lot of problems for Ashley Cole.
"Ribery, fast, shake off Cole, cross ......", the ball drew an arc straight to the back of the goal, for such a ball, England's double central defenders are still very experienced, Ferdinand grabbed the landing point early to clear the ball out of the penalty area.
Just the next second, the England fans in the stands were scared into a cold sweat.
"Cabaye......, oh ......", he met the ball in front of the penalty area and picked it up sideways to volley, which was quite high-quality.
Joe Hart was largely unresponsive, but he was lucky to have the ball grazed the post and flew off the line to prevent France from equalising again in front of half-time.
"Oh, it's so hanging, this time it's Lampard again, he's slow to come out after recycling", Huang Jianxiang said, "Capello has to consider this point, the French team has so many people in the front waist area, and the demand for England's midfielder is very high, so let the French team shoot outside the penalty area, it's too dangerous"
Capello also frowned, he didn't feel how Frank Lampard's form dropped so quickly in the qualifiers, and he didn't run actively.
Known as the Iron Man, the "magic lamp" who has never been absent from the season has finally not survived the restrictions of age and showed fatigue, but they are fighting to win the Champions League, can they not be tired, especially in a position like Lampard, who basically has to run all over the field.
Capello began to face up to this problem in his heart, once it was okay, and it was like this twice, which means that there is really a problem, not a mistake, and it is likely that France will seize the weakness.
Thankfully, shortly after Joe Hart kicked his big shot, Rizzoli blew the half-time whistle.
"Okay, the first half is over, England took the lead in the first half as they wanted, hopefully they will continue to work hard and continue to give us a good game in the second half, we will see you later......", Zhan Jun said as he concluded the half-time.
When the England players returned to the dressing room, Capello's first words were to ask Frank Lampard, "Frank, are you still fit?" ”
Frank Lampard was stunned, and few people would ask him such a question, and his physical strength turned out to be arguably the best in the English team.
But the feeling of many outsiders will be more obvious, not only is his fitness declining rapidly, but his athletic ability is also declining rapidly, especially when he is surrounded by animals in their 20s.
"Fortunately, I will pay attention to the top defense in the second half", he realized what Capello wanted to say after thinking about it, just because he was a veteran and second, he had just won the Champions League, so Capello had to save face for him, so he asked euphemistically.
The main position, he definitely doesn't want to give up easily, and he also wants to taste the championship again this summer as the main force.
Capello nodded, did not dwell on this issue anymore, managed the locker room, and had to grasp everything to a degree, even if he was dictatorial, he could not cross the line.
"Okay", he slapped his face to attract everyone's attention, "The first half was good, in the second half we have to control the rhythm again, the French team will definitely find a way to strengthen the attack, we need to be patient in the middle and back to play with them, and then seize the opportunity to completely kill the game"
"Mark", when Markin looked up to signal to hear, he continued, "In the second half you can take it and pull their midfielder out, and Andy (Carroll), you too"
"Wayne (Rooney), Steven (Gerrard), you have to stick in your ribs, keep an eye on the gaps in their ribs, and wait for Mark's pass"
"Yes", "yes, OK", the mentioned players replied one after another.
'It's our first game at the European Championship and I know many of you may not be at your best, but this win is crucial for us......
The 15 minutes of half-time passed quickly, Capello briefly confessed, and the time passed.
In the second half, as Capello expected, the French team obviously strengthened the pressing of the midfield, and the formation was pressed more up, and Mackin retreated according to Capello's request.
And then the opportunity was created, but the hell was that the script was completely different.
In the 56th minute of the game, more than 10 minutes after the second half, Mark, who was in control of the ball in the backfield, looked at the opportunity and made a straight plug from 40 meters away, which gave Rooney the opportunity to attack on the side.
England fired three arrows.
The white fans in the stands howled and cheered Rooney on as if they had been beaten with blood, and they saw the possibility of killing the game.
Rooney burst to the edge of the penalty area and gave a cross to Carroll, where Gerrard was already empty, Carroll only needed to turn and push diagonally, and Gerrard was a half-one.
He did exactly that, but he was too tall and a little slow, and Rami behind him put a tackle in time to shovel the ball that he had passed out and was not far from his feet.
"Carol, oops......", all the commentators let out a huge sigh, as well as the fans in the stands, this kid, old and old at the critical moment!
However, Diarra, who returned to the defense, did not regret receiving the ball, but turned a direct pass and found the retreating Benzema, and the French team played a counterattack.
"Benzema, through pass, Ribery ...... diagonally", when Ribery inserted the ball directly into the left rib from the right flank, the stands exclaimed.
Then the script simply made Makqin have the urge to hit the wall, Ribery made a false shake, and immediately accelerated to break through to the bottom line, and the defensive Ferdinand couldn't keep up, so he directly chose to tackle.
"Penalty, penalty, my God, England this is ......", Zhan Jun was speechless, the situation changed in an instant, "Rizzoli awarded the penalty and gave Ferdinand a yellow card"
Capello spread his hands on the sidelines, as if to say: Who can tell me what's going on?
The referee's decision didn't change because of the communication between the English players, and Franck converted a penalty of his own creation to equalise again.
"Capello made at least three mistakes in this game", Wilson said a little angrily, "Send Rio Ferdinand, send Frank Lampard, send Carroll!" It was clear that the three were not in good shape for the game......"
The game was difficult to play, and the morale of the French fans in the stands was high......