Volume 4 Chapter 56 Evenly matched
"Oh Shit", Lineker, Wilson, and Neville in the studio covered their faces in shock, penalties, and damn penalties didn't go in!
How many years have they not won once, and now they don't even score penalties in regulation time, it's not a curse, what is a curse?
In 90, Italy lost to Germany on penalties in the semifinals in the World Cup.
In 96, England's home European Championship was still a penalty loss to Germany in the semifinals.
In 98, France lost to Argentina on penalties in the 1/8 finals of the World Cup in France.
In 04, Portugal lost to Portugal on penalties in the 1/4 finals of the European Championship in Portugal.
In 06, the World Cup in Germany was still a penalty loss to Portugal in the quarterfinals.
For another 20 years, they have never won a penalty in a major tournament, as if they had been cursed, and now England players are scared when they hear about the penalty shoot-out.
Before the game, they also deliberately practiced penalty kicks, which were like a lingering shadow, and after one more failure, the hint in their hearts increased by one point until it was unbreakable.
Frank Lampard raised his head and sighed, the penalty is no problem, there is power and angle, why was it pounced, why is this, many England fans are also asking the same question, but no one can answer.
The little superstition that he urinated in the same urinal before the game with John Terry and Ashley Cole didn't help him this time around, perhaps because it wasn't Stamford Bridge.
"Oh, it's a pity, it's a pity, it's a pity", Duan Xuan said regretfully, "If Lampard can score this penalty, England's situation will be completely different"
"Hehe, this", Zhang Lu said with a smile, "I don't know if it will increase the psychological burden of English players, penalties are their boss, don't lose your mentality."
Capello was instantly aware of the problem, and while the Netherlands was celebrating wildly, he pressed his hands down on the sidelines and shouted at the team, "Steady, steady, it's okay, play as usual!" ”
The Dutch fans are like winning the championship, and the noise created is several times louder in an instant, and the fans in white are a little wilted, this ball is really too demoralizing.
"Come on, forget the penalty, let's continue", depressed for a while, Mackin immediately slapped his face, loudly encouraging his teammates near the penalty area, there is no time to regret and regret, he is going to take a corner.
While running towards the corner kick area, he turned around and held a "3" gesture with his teammates, which is the code of corner kick tactics, which means that only two or three people are left in the penalty area to grab points, and the rest are returned to avoid the Netherlands from counterattacking.
They prepared several sets of corner kick tactics, which one to use on the field, it was up to Mackin to decide according to the situation on the field, and now that the Dutch morale is high, he has to be more conservative.
"Let's take a look at this corner, forget the penalty just now, the game has only officially started now", Lineker exhaled and said, but still looked a little lost, "There are fewer people in England, and only Terry has gone up at central defender, probably to prevent the Dutch counterattack"
Makqin looked at the kittens in the box, Crouch and Terry played in the small box, Rooney in front, Gerrard in the back, and Lampard ambushed outside the box.
He decided to play a combination and try to boost morale, otherwise the team might not forget the penalty for a while, so he made another gesture.
Looking at Rooney's running, he kicked the ball, but it was a little fluttering, not towards the small penalty area, but falling after the ribs of the penalty area.
Matthison, who defended tactical corners, looked back and saw that Rooney was running out from the front point, obviously a trained tactical coordination, and he didn't care so much, he hurried to the bag to prevent Rooney from stopping the ball in the penalty area.
However, Rooney, who was followed by Van Bommel behind him, did not intend to stop the ball, did it with a forehead, and returned the ball to Mackin who came back from the corner flag area and was not offside.
"Mark, huh? This is...... From a tactical corner, Wayne Rooney returned the ball to him and he got space on the flank", Mathieson and Robben, who retracted the ribs, immediately turned and pressed it as fast as they could.
But what Mark Qin was waiting for was this opportunity, he stopped with the instep of his right out, did not adjust at all, and took advantage of the space to pick up his right foot directly outside the sideline of the penalty area to shoot with a curling ball.
Shooting in this cross area outside the sideline of the penalty area, many superstars have scored, such as Figo, Mark's foot is on the right side of the penalty area, and when he turns back, he directly curls the goal with his right foot.
"Mark, the cross is ......, no, the shot is ......", Lineker, who saw the wrong way of the ball, reacted and shouted at the top of his voice.
The ball circled in a sharp arc, like a free kick, and went straight to the near corner of the goal, and Dutch goalkeeper Stekelenburg was taken aback, he was in the middle of the goal to prevent a cross, but when he saw that it was wrong, he quickly moved to the near corner to make a save.
"Oh ......", there was a huge exclamation from the stands, it looked like the ball was only less than 10 centimeters above the crossbar, whizzing past, and the net of the goal shook for a while.
"Quite a threatening sudden shot! , from the cooperation of Mark and Rooney, good ball, that's it, it's okay, come on", Lineker seems to be cheering himself up and the fans.
Dutch coach Van Marwijk was unhappy with the goal, shouting at his players in Dutch from the sidelines, and it was a crime to give Mackin such space, which he stressed more than once before the game.
The shot somewhat dispelled some of England's early penalty misses and gave the Dutch players a sense of the attacking threat that England can create.
"Good ball", Zhang Lu praised, "England started with two very threatening attacks, although they missed a penalty, but the whole team is in good shape, and now as long as they maintain a good mentality, they still have an advantage in attack"
Both teams had a rollercoaster ride of ups and downs at the beginning, with Stekelenburg taking a goal kick that made them both forget about the attacking round and get back into the game.
The Dutch team's tactics are to defend and counter-attack, but the players' skills are generally better than those of England, after all, they are the originator of the all-out style of play, and the cradle of European youth talent before the Boseman Act.
So their main style of play is still on the ground, as you can tell from the fact that they give the ball to the defender instead of kicking it wide, right-back Mattheyson received the ball and pushed forward without encountering any obstacles.
England quickly set up their defence behind the halfway line, which was Capello's second strategy, compressing the space for the Netherlands to start at the back, and without space, their wings Robben van Persie would be limited to maximum power.
Mattheison, who plays for Hamburg, is also a versatile defender and a stalwart of the Dutch squad this time, playing at right-back, but his preferred foot is left-footed.
As soon as he got close to the halfway line, Rooney immediately pressed up, but Mathieson didn't keep moving forward, and saw that there was an opportunity to go straight to Robben in front.
Their defense is stable in the backfield, 4 defenders and 2 backs will never easily lose position, giving the opponent a chance to counterattack, and only responding to the attack, the main intersperses are completed by the front 4 people, because the 4 people in front of them are very mobile.
"Robben, dribbling the ball horizontally with his back, very fast", Duan Xuan explained, Peter Pan finally greatly reduced his glass leg attribute when he arrived at Bayern, and began to show his style second only to Messi in the right winger position.
Hot wheels pace, Cole has no choice but to follow him, Kuyt's position is quite flexible, Robben cuts, he pulls to the right side like in Liverpool, he scored more than a dozen goals in the right winger position last season, and he is no stranger to this place at all.
"Robben, this is a beautiful ball, a hidden dunk pass to Kuyt who was pulled to the wing, this is an old teammate of Makqin", the gap left behind Cole, Barry quickly went over to make up for Kuyt.
Both teams have carefully studied each other, and have corresponding strategies for defending and responding to each point, Kuyt did not dwell on it, saw that Barry pressed very tightly, walked back with the ball, and then handed it directly to Sneijder.
"Mackin, he and Sneijder are facing each other, the direct dialogue between the two top midfielders in the world today", before the words were finished, I didn't expect Sneijder to not want to talk at all, and he directly started with a long pass and went straight to the left.
Just now, the attack on the right side of the Dutch team and Kuyt's edge naturally pulled England's defensive center of gravity, Barry went to fill the position, and Gerrard on the right naturally made up for it in the middle.
This is the natural movement of the defensive system, any team is inevitable, the person who designed the width of the stadium is a genius, this kind of length and width, that is, no matter how you defend, it is impossible to statically prevent all the gaps, which makes football more and more interesting in this kind of sport.
"Van Bronckhorst, he came up, received the ball, there was a brief vacuum on the right side of England, and Gerrard was hurrying over", but Van Bronckhorst didn't want to play too complicated at all, this Netherlands is like a change of soul, absolutely not showing skills.
Less than 45 degrees in the cross area, he directly picked up his left foot, a spinning arc ball went straight to the front of the penalty area, just now Kuitra to the side, the left side of General Fan naturally top.
At this time, Van Tessi, oh no, Van Persie has not yet escaped the shackles of injury, but the seedlings of a top center forward have begun to emerge, and he scored six goals in six consecutive games in November this season, quickly making the Emirates Stadium forget about Adebayor.
It's a pity that he was knocked down by an injury as soon as he first appeared, and he didn't pay until more than 3 months later, so he finally caught up with this World Cup in South Africa.
I saw that after he pulled to the center position, he quickly got rid of the forward rush, although Carragher struggled to fight for the top, but this one-on-one sense of smell still allowed the soon-to-be promoted General Fan to grab the point, a powerful header!
Joe Hart just subconsciously jumped slightly, making preparations for the save, in fact, the speed of the ball has exceeded his prediction, and he can only watch the ball quickly knock down the billboard from the outside of the post, if it hits the goal, he is estimated to be unable to make a save reaction, and he is shocked to break out in a cold sweat.
"Van Persie, header grabs, beautiful, oh, off, so dangerous", Duan Xuan said in surprise, "The Dutch attack is very direct, but it really creates a threat"
"This is the characteristic of this Dutch team", Zhang Lu said, "I don't play with you at all, I don't hesitate to shoot when I see an opportunity in the front, and rely on the individual goal ability of these four people to solve the battle"
"Well, yes", Duan Xuan also echoed, "In the 5 games, except for the one against Japan, the Netherlands won by 2 goals, and the other games were all 1-goal wins, which is very pragmatic."
This time, Capello was replaced by Capello, and he also emphasized the rotation of the Dutch front trio countless times before the game, but the result was still penetrated, and the two central defenders did not grab the point in advance.
But this is a star, if you can be prevented because of the tactics deliberately arranged before the game, there is no chance at all, then you will not be able to play in such a competitive European league to become a star, sometimes their flash of inspiration is no matter how much preparation before the game can not be prevented.
In the opening ten minutes or so, both teams completed a very dangerous attack, except for England's unexpected penalty conceded, the field can be said to be evenly matched.
England goal kick, Kuyt, who rushed to Mack's side, smiled heartily at him, "Mark, I'm going to follow you today"
Makqin: ......