Standing in the middle of the line, he was shaking hands with the Ghanaian players who were lining up one by one, and the long guns and short cannons of many photojournalists on the sidelines had already been densely packed into a forest, flashing incessantly.

The Real Bamferken Stadium was already boiling, and the fans on both sides were shouting loudly, mixed with the buzzing zula with magical vitality, which injected an unreassuring restlessness into the place!

Even the autumn and winter air was a little hot, and when it was Essien's turn, he and Mackin hugged each other, "meet again", and the many on-field conversations have already given them some off-field friendships, not to mention the fact that there are three of his Chelsea team-mates in the England team.

The whole world is talking about "half of Beckenbauer" Mackchen, young Joss.

The lights around the field are suddenly falling, like shadowless lights on the operating table, and if you don't look closely, it's hard to spot the shadows of the players on the greenery, yellow, red and white, divided into two distinct colors.

"No. 18, Mark", "No. 18, Mark ......", the commentators of countless TV stations began to highlight the key players of the two teams, as if prophetic, predicting who would dominate today.

When the last Ghanaian player staggered past Joe Hart, who was at the top of the table, there was an instant louder roar in the stadium stands, with Gerrard walking towards the referee with the flag in hand, and Mackin running quickly towards his own half.

"Audience friends, the second 1/8 final of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, the match between Group C leader England and Group D second Ghana team is about to start, I am Duan Xuan......"

"Guys, this is the familiar Lineker, Wilson and Neville are still sitting next to me, and after three days, England finally have their first knockout game......

Mack Qin walked to the center circle and jumped outside the arc, once again confirmed the fatigue of the muscles, and felt okay, the playing time of more than 60 minutes in the last two games still effectively saved his physical energy.

The libero is one of the most physically demanding characters on the field, so even if he runs efficiently, he still has to cherish every drop of his energy like a traveler in the desert treats water.

Three games a week, for his age, is still a bit of a busy schedule, but the big game has always been like this, like the Christmas schedule of the Premier League, which makes people breathless.

Hungarian referee Viktor took one last look at his watch and blew the whistle on time, which was like turning on a switch, and the England players who were waiting for Ghana to kick off outside the arc of the center circle quickly started and pressed towards their respective goals.

The style of the African team is largely similar to that of unEuropeanized Brazil, which is the pre-millennium Brazil, with a slower tempo overall, but players who are physically fit (mainly flexible), have a strong ability to hold the ball at their feet, and often rely on quick links in small areas to penetrate the opposition's defence.

The same can be said for Ghana, who didn't get rushed after kick-off because of England's quick build-up, and the 541 formation had enough players to put them on their feet at the back.

"Okay, the game has begun", Duan Xuan explained, "Ghana took the lead, England pressed very actively, Rooney followed Essien all the way, Essien, passed to defender Incombe"

England used the dragged Barry as a fan handle, layered fortification, formed a 321 front-court pressing formation, and rushed straight towards the back of Ghana, and now their tactical style has changed dramatically, and the first task in every game is to fight for possession.

With the ball at his feet, Makqin can create the biggest threat!

Ghanaian goalkeeper Kingston didn't dare to play under Rooney's pressure, but simply drove to the front with a big foot, and the tactical strategy that Rajevac developed for them was to defend and counterattack.

The ball flew straight to England's backfield, and Upson squeezed Gian forward with all his might, and pushed the ball back in the direction of Mackin in the direction.

"Bang", Mackin didn't stop the ball at all, but shook the header and rubbed it directly towards Barry, but he still didn't avoid Essien's collision, "beep", and the referee blew the foul without hesitation.

The Ghana midfielders are all strong and capable of running, and Rajevac even put their wing-back Annan, who started three games in the group stage, off the pitch simply because of his small size.

The purpose is clear.

Barry came over and pulled Mackin up, and the two immediately restarted the game, he didn't know anything about the Ghana team now, and he had to figure out their defensive path as soon as possible.

He and Barry took a few kicks back and forth near the centre circle and found that the Ghana team did not press forward at all, only one Gyan was harassing nearby, and their entire defensive formation was compressed in all parts of the 40-meter area, and the front and back were tight.

Mackin didn't think about it, seized the opportunity to pass over the top to the left side of the gap suitable for Rooney's sprint, the ball flew straight up, and the two figures, one white and one yellow, started almost at the same time.

"Rooney, a direct pass over the top from Mackqin, hit the left side of the penalty area, Incombe was chasing back, and Panterhill, Incombe, fell to the ground early and swept the ball to Panterhill, this time England's attack was not successful", Duan Xuan said.

"Hey, this Incombe is only 21 years old, Rajevac is also quite daring, this guy is really not soft, just now this ball is going to let Rooney catch up and form a shot", Zhang Lu commented.

"From this attack just now, we see that Ghana's defense line is a little high, and it does not stay in front of the penalty area, but forms a densely populated belt behind the top of the arc in the middle circle, what do you think", Duan Xuan asked again.

Zhang Lu pondered for a while, and said: "It is estimated that Rajevac has also carefully studied England's group stage, and he is strictly guarding up and down the 40-meter area, probably to suppress the organization of England's midfield quartet and defensive three, as for the back, Ghana's central defenders are really not slow to chase back."

As he spoke, the ball reached the feet of Ghanaian right-back Pantehill, and he glanced ahead, and it was directly a big foot pass from the sideline, and central midfielder Asamoatau answered on the side.

Asamoah carried Ashley Cole directly on the wing, stopped the ball on his chest, saw that there was no chance to turn around, and kicked back to Essien in the middle.

England dropped back to the defence and Mackin and Frank Lampard pressed forward and then on for Essien, the heart of Ghana's midfield and something they were to take seriously.

After running two laps, Mackin found that the African team had a kind of magic, that is, they would bring their opponents to be just as "lazy" as they were, and their overall passing rhythm was too slow.

The player's habit of holding the ball is to rub under his feet for a while after receiving the ball, looking left and right, it stands to reason that this style of play has been robbed stupidly, but it is because of their physical talent that plays a great role, and it is not so easy to be cut off by holding the ball and protecting the ball.

When England got the ball just now, they didn't raise the rhythm of the confrontation and defended, and now they don't rush to attack when they get the ball, but if you want to say that they are particularly well organized, you can't say it.

But the overall feeling for Mackin is that how awkward it looks.

Asamoah, who had just picked up on the wing, returned to midfield to form a triangle with Essien and Boateng, and after passing a few kicks back and forth, another long pass to the feet of left wing-back Ayew.

Ayew plays for Marseille and is also a well-known star in Ligue 1, and he has a hand in the speed breakthrough on the side, "Ghana's Ayew got the ball on the side, facing Johnson, Gerrard is also back", Duan Xuan continued to explain.

The hot atmosphere in the stands didn't seem to affect the personal style of these African demonic geniuses, and this time Ghana was fast, but not overall fast, but individual fast.

Ayew shook and kicked the ball three or four meters along the sideline, and then directly fought with Johnson to speed, "Ayew, the speed is very fast, Johnson and the two of them are pulling each other, Johnson, tackle, foul, Ayew poked the ball away first, Ghana got a free kick on the side of about 40 meters", Duan Xuan shouted.

"Is it a little bit of a physical problem just after playing three days ago or what", Zhang Lu said uncertainly, "After England grabbed for a while at the beginning, now both teams seem to be a little silent"

Capello stood on the sidelines with his chest crossed, mentally prepared for this situation, the physical aspect was part of it, they were indeed a little tired, but the other side did not take advantage of it.

In fact, the main thing is that the Ghana team is different from the opponents in the group stage, the physical talent of the Ghana team will reduce the success rate of England's tackles in the current physical condition, once beaten behind, this kind of elimination system will be very troublesome, Capello will not take this risk.

So England's choice, like Ghana's manager Rajevac, was to quickly recycle up front and then snipe with all his might after the centre circle.

But sometimes, even if you take into account all the downsides and choose the right strategy, you can't stop some surprises.

"Ghana team took a free kick, Asamoah came to take the penalty, curling the ball, a direct cross, and was pushed out by Terry", Duan Xuan explained as always, and did not see a particularly exciting scene.

"Essien got the ball again, yo, Essien is going to do it, ...... long-range shot", directly Essien stopped the ball on his chest and padded it forward, and picked up his thighs 40 meters away, and Lampard and Macqin who came out of the top defense saw this and hurriedly went up to block, especially Lampard, who knew too well the unreasonable nature of Essien's long-range shot.

It's just that Essien didn't know when he didn't learn it really, and when he saw the route of the shot that the two of them came up to block, he directly changed the shot to knock halfway, and knocked directly to the right of Macqin.

Mackin turned his head to see that it was also a long-range shooting battery, Boateng, who had just scrambled out of the penalty area, followed Essien's pass, and directly half-turned and picked up his left leg.

"Essie, Essien, he passed", this time Duan Xuan's tone was a little nervous, "Give it to Boateng, turn around in front of the penalty area, and shoot ......", he shouted loudly.

The England defenders, who were pressing out together, only had time to subconsciously try to block it with their backs, but the ball still bounced between Upson and Terry.

Joe Hart was clearly a little unprepared for a sudden long-range shot from his feet, although the angle was not very tricky, but he had a lot of power, he fought hard to the side, and then made a fatal mistake when he hit the ball into the box!

"Joe Hart, it's pounced, oops, danger, Ji'an, Ji'an, the ball is in", Duan Xuan shouted loudly, even he felt a little unreal, this is in?

"This goal, it doesn't seem to be offside", Zhang Lu said uncertainly, "Joe Hart, he performed well on the field, he made a mistake at the beginning of this game, how can he hit this ball in the middle", Zhang pointed to the goalkeeper and had a lot to say about this.

"Woo", the sound of buzzing Zula reached new heights with the Ghanaian players running wildly in celebration, and the linesman did not raise the flag, although Terry and Joe Hart surrounded the referee to blame the opponent for offside, but it did not change the referee's decision.

Capello stretched out his hand to support his forehead depressedly, if I get out of class early, I will be killed by your fucking goalkeepers, and I can't complain.

Mackin and Gerrard stepped forward and pulled away Terry and Joe Hart, who were still unrelenting to the referee, "Calm down, calm down, Joe", Mackin pushed Joe Hart and shouted loudly, because then he could hear clearly, "You are the last line of defense in front of our goal, I want you to calm down, understand?" ”

'We're going to score for sure, so a goal conceded isn't the end of the world, but you can't mess around, understand?' , he patted Hart's cheek, "Calm down, make sure we don't concede any more goals, we can overtake, understand?" ”

"Whew", Joe Hart, who was pushed to the door, let out a long breath and nodded vigorously.

"Oh my gosh, we've had a nightmare start......," Lineker said in frustration.

"Royal Bamferken, are you committing a crime with us?"