Volume III Chapter 47 The Second Change

"Old fellow, save some effort later," Makqin joked as he hugged Voronin.

Voronin smiled and patted Mackin on the head, very close to the young talent of this club, he had never seen a young player rise so quickly before.

In addition, the two partnered with the front line a lot last season, so the relationship has always been good.

Voronin joined Liverpool on a free transfer at the age of 28 and was okay when he first arrived, but then he had fewer and fewer appearances, and Torres was injured more this season.

The reason is that because he can't keep up with the rhythm of Liverpool at his feet, he can only be a striker who can impact and grab points, and his role is limited, so he decided to propose a transfer in the summer.

The next agent has helped him find it, Hertha Berlin, so that he can play the main team and his career can be maintained for two more years, and he will be wasted on the bench if he is always on the bench.

However, he came to the Premier League to win a league title and a League Cup, which is not worth the trip.

Nuclear warhead Shepchenko sat on the bench today, firstly, it was very difficult to play the full field physically when he was old, and secondly, his form plummeted after his transfer to Chelsea, which made Makqin feel that all giants have the hidden attributes of a black hole of a point star.

As soon as the kick-off was greeted with cheers from the stands at the new Wembley, England fans are now happy to forget about the defeat of two years ago.

Because the results in this qualifier were really good, they haven't been so dominant in many years, even against second-rate European teams.

In particular, their MR combination was invincible in qualifying, but unfortunately there was only one M left, but that didn't stop their enthusiasm.

Because he has just represented Liverpool in the Santiago Bernabeu bloody defeat of Real Madrid, making England in the limelight.

What the media say about the best midfield rising star of the 21st century, look at us in England.

England hasn't played a world-class midfielder for many years, and many fans of other teams have slowly become his fans, and even the graffiti on the outside of his old house has been reduced.

Time changes a lot of things.

England, who wore a traditional white jersey and Ukraine wore a blue and yellow striped shirt, were not conservative at the start, and the two teams quickly fell into a fierce battle.

Because there are two giants in Ukraine, Shakhtar Donetsk and Dynamo Kyiv, who can participate in the Champions League all year round, most of their players play in these two teams, plus a few teammates who play for giants in other countries, they can definitely support the quasi-second-rate in Europe.

For example, their central defender, Ziglinski, who used to play for Barcelona, and midfielder Tymoshchuk, just transferred to Bayern Munich this winter, dragging the forward forward, the famous FM demon "M God, Mi God", known as Ibrahimovic's second Milevski, plus Voronin and Shepchenko.

They are characterized by tall stature and full of physical energy, some similar to the tough guy style of play of the Swedish team, but there are some players with good skills, such as Milevski, a 1.90-meter forward midfielder, who can't head the ball, but is good at dribbling and splitting the ball, which is so annoying.

So they are thick and thin, and their strength is really not weak, and now they are in second place in the group, even surpassing the powerhouse Croatia.

Sweden has been England's enemy for decades, because of their style of play to restrain England, England is most afraid of this kind of coarse but not coarse, not fine, because England itself is this virtue.

You have to be too rough, England have some skills with their feet to dominate, you have to play with their feet, they have impact, so that's how England's pseudo-quasi-first-class status comes from.

Now against a similar type of Ukraine, in the opening period, even if Mark diligently tries to organize the midfield, the effect is not as good as before, because the passing and receiving errors of other teammates are very high.

The problem of Rooney's absence was exposed this time, there were fewer people in the forward line to move and take the ball, Crouch was too easy to be seen to death, the opposing defender was tall, and Crouch's bamboo pole was stiff, and he couldn't hold the ball steadily when he squeezed the ball, and made frequent mistakes.

Capello just watched for about 20 minutes, and he couldn't sit still in the coach's box, and he didn't expect the impact of Rooney's absence to be so great, the cooperation of the front court and the double German were too blunt, and the presence of Lennon on the right side was close to nothing when he couldn't rush up.

"England finally met a strong group opponent in this game, in the previous games, we all won by a big score, without any trouble, the strength of the Ukrainian team should not be underestimated now, especially the absence of striker Wayne Rooney, England did not play well in the past 20 minutes", Lineker looked at the scene, and the previous relaxation had already been thrown out of the clouds.

The remaining games, home and away games against Ukraine, are crucial, and if the gutter capsizes, it may be dangerous to win the group, because Ukraine are only four points behind them, but if they can win this game, their World Cup door will be half opened.

Mackin took the ball again and glanced at Capello on the sidelines, it was not good to play like this, the ball was lost too quickly in the front court, so that he didn't dare to press forward and attack, like a traditional No. 4 position.

He was annoyed by the long legs of Mishen, who retreated to the defense, and it seems that Voronin did not give the Ukrainian coach a lot of support.

Mackin has been violated many times, and it is not a serious foul, but with the difference in height and fitness between the two, well, it is like an eagle catching a chicken.

He took a few steps forward and found Gerrard on the left flank with a left-footed curling ball before Mishen and Varyaev closed the goal, and now he can only trust Double-German in the front court.

Crouch and Lennon's success rate on the ball made him dare not pass the ball easily, which was tantamount to giving the opponent a chance to counterattack.

Gerrard is used to cutting inside on the left side, but without Rooney to help him pull today, Lampard alone is not enough, Ukraine's defense is very tight, he has to bite the bullet and lead to the bottom line.

As a result, he was brought to the corner of the big penalty area, and he couldn't take it down, so he had no choice but to dunk it back, and passed it back to Barry, who received the ball and saw that Mi Shen was dead sealing Mackqin's receiving line, so he didn't wait, and handed a long diagonal pass to Lennon.

As a result, this product went directly out of the bottom line, this is a demon knife, not only hurting others but also hurting yourself, it is not as good as Walcott, Mackin saw his sudden black smoke posture, and he didn't step forward to answer at all.

"England can't go on like this, it's too easy to play", Lineker frowned, not only him, but Capello also frowned, and the first half was in the constant frowning of these two people, and it disappeared.

England are not playing well and Ukraine are not taking advantage of the world-class centre-backs of Rio Ferdinand and John Terry.

In short, the first half can be described as a bowl of yellow soup, bitter and astringent and not thirst-quenching.

When Mack and the others returned to the locker room, Capello was still frowning, and he also sensed the seriousness of the problem.

This game was the first tricky team he has encountered since taking charge of England, without Rooney's tandem in the front, it is difficult to play together, and a simple impact cannot threaten the Ukrainian goal at all.

Capello had an idea in his head, but he wasn't sure if he would use it as an experiment, and if it failed, it could be an extremely important three-pointer, but if it didn't change, he couldn't see any hope of scoring.

Everyone in England also knew that the first half was stumbling, not as good as the previous games, and they were all looking at Capello to see what he could do.

Capello raised his eyes to look at the stars, and then at Macin, and made a decision in his heart, his solution is to put the back in front and the front in the back.

After Mackin became the core, although his position in England is the same as Liverpool, he has a Lampard next to him who loves to jump into the penalty area, so there is also a difference, that is, his former ** Liverpool is much less, and he is more of a pure organizational midfielder.

But England's front line was really going to break him down today, and he decided to take a risk, probably no worse than the first half, he thought to himself.

'Mark, Frank [Lampard], in the second half I want you to change positions, Mark goes up front, Frank drops back and Barry plays a double midfield, David", he turned to Beckham and said, "You replace Aaron [Lennon] in the second half.

The three of them nodded, waiting for him to continue, the famous marshal has this benefit, deploying position tactics, substitutions, and holding down the position, no one dares to stab.

'Mark, in the second half you have to play up front in the midfield, on the left, on the right to give Frank [Lampard] the way forward and link up with Steven [Gerrard]'

"Gareth (Barry), Frank, if Mark has a chance to get the ball in the front midfield, quickly give the ball to him to organize, Gareth continues to protect in the back, Frank waits for the opportunity to plug in, if there is no chance, split the ball to the sides and give it to Steven and David to transition"

Several people nodded together, Capello was ready to give up Lennon's speed, because he really didn't see the use of the first half, he was deceived by Lennon's good performance at Tottenham, and he didn't expect him to perform so poorly in the national team.

That's definitely different, how mobile Tottenham's youth team is, the type of striker like Keane Jr. and Defoe will keep tearing up the space, and working with the wingers will create a lot of sprint opportunities for Lennon, but Crouch doesn't have this ability, he is waiting for the midfielder to break through and pass him to grab the kind of striker.

Capello clearly knows in his heart that the key to how to raise England's attack to a higher level lies in Mackin, and the problem he faces is how to make Mackin string them all together on the original parts of England and play the best role.

It's just that there are still too few games now, so he will watch Mackqin's club games almost whenever he has time, one is to see his performance, whether there are any advantages that he has not discovered, and the other is to find some inspiration, the inspiration for this change of formation comes from Macqin's performance at the Bernabeu.

He suddenly realized that he couldn't sacrifice Mackqin's ability to attack the goal just for the sake of the balance of the two virtues, because that was also the existence that could change the game.

Especially in this kind of strong dialogue, when the front court cannot be opened, there is even less chance that Mark Qin can go up.

He is equivalent to wasting the ability of a midfielder who has just debuted for less than two seasons and can score about 15 goals per season to threaten the goal.

This is also the second change of formation since he took charge of England, the first time was to move the position of Shuangde and straighten Mark, and the second time was because of him.

He changed the midfield triangle pattern of Frank Lampard in the first few midfield games, with Barry and Mackin in the back, into a maneuvering triangle pattern in which Markcan and Barry are one in front and one behind, and Lampard goes back and forth in the two penalty areas.

England's entire system is changing with the release of Mack's ability, until Capello made the famous third tactical change, establishing the "Mark Channel" that made him once again regarded as a tactical guideline, England's tactical play in the next ten years will be completely formed!

But that's the World Cup in South Africa, and I'll show it later, the most important thing for England now is to win Ukraine on their doorstep.

"Oh? We saw England make a substitution at the beginning of the second half, David Beckham replaced Lennon, it was the right choice, Lennon's performance in the first half was too poor, hopefully England can break through the door of Ukraine as soon as possible in the second half......", Lineker said as he looked at the sidelines.