Three days passed in a flash, and the England squad was regrouped at the training base, and although the media and fans were in a hurry outside, Capello's lockdown policy ensured their internal calm.

In the past few days, they have had five or six tactical meetings, all of which are aimed at how to deal with their semi-final opponents: the Netherlands.

The pragmatic style of play makes the Dutch team not particularly strong in the eyes of the outside world, and most of the media are optimistic about England, which has a stronger attack, to win, but Capello is like a big enemy.

This is the most serious and meticulous game he has prepared for so far, and it is definitely not so easy to play against the team, especially if this is a strong team.

This season's Inter Milan have profoundly demonstrated this, as Barcelona have not lost a few games in a season, only to fall to Inter Milan in the Champions League final.

Coincidentally, the Netherlands' style of play is very similar to Inter, and their core is Sneijder, perhaps after escaping from Real Madrid to spend a peak season at Inter, his self-confidence is bursting, and now in the Dutch team, he is actually the top scorer, scoring 4 goals and 2 assists in 5 games.

The battle between the two midfield cores, Mackin VS Sneijder, was staged for the second time.

In the same year that Mackin was crowned a god in the Champions League, Real Madrid lost a humiliating 1:6 to Liverpool at the Bernabeu, and the full-back at that time was Sneijder.

After going to Inter, Sneijder, who has a simple style of play, was finally reborn in Mourinho's anti-counter-attacking system and proved his status as the number 10 in football.

He is Mourinho's favourite type of midfielder, aggressively defensive, with long balls and penetrations, a simple style of play that is not fancy, and can occasionally shoot from distance.

Fabio Capello is a master of Italian counter-attack, and he certainly knows how difficult a well-tuned counter-attacking team can be, and he can easily overturn the ship.

Therefore, they have especially practiced breaking dense defense in the past few days, and the full-backs are no longer allowed to press on assists arbitrarily, and they have also specially practiced penalties.

However, Mackin has no confidence in England's penalty level, and the attribute of losing on penalty points cannot be reversed in a moment and a half, and the winner or loser must be decided in extra time at the latest.

On July 6, South African time, the first semi-final, the Anglo-Dutch battle is imminent!

England and the Netherlands arrived in Cape Town this morning from their respective training bases, and tonight at the Green Dot Stadium, it will be known who will eventually claim tickets to the final.

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Peterson and McManaman began their pre-match analysis on Sky Sports, with highlights from the two teams playing on the big screen.

In the previous five games, England won four and drew one, while the Netherlands won all five games, England scored more goals than the Netherlands, but the Netherlands conceded fewer goals than England.

This is a completely different match from the duel between England and the Netherlands in the impression of many fans, and it is not yet known who will die in the end.

"I didn't play for four days, and my brain was about to rust," Peterson exaggeratedly said, "and now my heart is like waiting for my mom to buy candy back when I was a kid, and I'm looking forward to tonight"

"It's apt", McKay recalls with a laugh, "I remember the pomp and tear back in '90 when I was 18 and Kenny [Dalglish] had just given me a professional contract."

"In Italy, Gaza (Gascoigne) was born, and we successfully eliminated Cameroon and entered the top 4, and the whole of England set off 'Gaza fever', and now 20 years have passed, I am already sitting on the commentary table, but the scene in Britain at this time is like repeating itself"

The director immediately cut to the hot fans all over the UK, London, Manchester, Birmingham, Liverpool ......, Peterson wow and continued: "As far as we know, there has been an explosive increase in the number of British tourists to South Africa in recent days, just like going to Italy back then"

"I remember Gascoigne's performance in that tournament clearly, when he was the only British talent in Bobby Charlton, and now it is said that the strongest dribbling in football is Messi, but in my eyes, Gaza was the strongest at that time, his dribbling, his imaginative second passing......"

The same scene can always make some people with a story recall the past, as if the past is coming again!

"Goaaaaal......, Pratt, second pass from Gascoigne, we made it to the last 8 ......"

"Goaaaaal......, Lineker, penalty, penalty...... and Gascoigne's second pass, genius, absolute genius, it was all his personal performance, we came back from defeat to win and eliminated Cameroon!"

The narrator's roar was accompanied by a replay of the director's historical footage, which was once again shown in front of the eyes of many fans, and the real Gascoigne was famous in the Italian summer of 90, just like the current Mackchen, who came out of nowhere and took full control of England's attack.

Although there are not many direct goals, his dribbling skills like South American players, excellent explosiveness, and general imagination out of nothing really make England a midfield elf!

His role is similar to that of Ronaldo, creating chances through individual breakthroughs, brilliant final passes, threading the needle in midfield, and it can be said that England would never have been able to break into the last four without him in that World Cup.

So much so that the whole of England loves Gascoigne, and so are people!

And now this scene is repeating itself in South Africa, without Mackchen, can England make it to the last four?

"Maybe not", Maika shook his head and said, "He is now the hottest superstar in England, and it is not an exaggeration to say 'Mark Fever', 5 goals and 6 assists, which can be called a god statistic, but I think Mark's biggest contribution is that he successfully activated the whole team, Rooney, Gerrard, and Crouch all played their best performances since participating in the World Cup"

"Like Bobby Charlton in '66, Gaza in '90, David Beckham in '98," Peterson nods, "and there is no doubt that he has become the pinnacle of the British era

After Gascoigne retired, what David Beckham didn't do, he did!

It's not a legacy, it's a trend of the times, and in England he is now, St. Mark's!

"The game will start at 8:30 p.m.", Peterson continued, "Let's take a look at the reporters in front of us who have been covering the players of both teams in the past two days......

Afterwards, one by one, the coaches and players of both sides appeared on the TV screen and began to talk about their views on this cup and this game.

Van Marwijk: There's a lot of talk all over the world about England breaking into the last four after 20 years, but very few people talk about us, we're in the last four after 12 years, I don't know why, but we're not jealous at all, it's good for us, we're less pressed, England are attacking but we're fully ready to win.

Arjen Robben: A lot of people are criticizing us for playing defensive counter-attacks, I don't know what to criticise about that, everybody used to praise us for how beautiful we played, but we never won the World Championship and I'd rather win an ugly 1-0 than lose a game in a flashy way, the result is more important than anything else.

Robin van Persie: The Dutch seniors were runners-up in the World Cup in '74 and '78, they were very talented, and now we have a chance to win the title again and now we have to fight for them.

Kuyt: It's always hard to play against Mark and it's interesting to have three of my team-mates in England, but we're not scared because we believe the Netherlands are strong enough at the moment.

After the players of the Dutch team were interviewed, the camera turned to England's training base again, and Capello took the players to be interviewed.

Fabio Capello: The semi-finals are a real thing for us to be proud of, but that's a thing of the past and we need to forget about it instead of celebrating it.

Now we are facing the last two games, which are very simple, win to fight for the title, lose to fight for three or four places, I think the fans would like to see which one, no need to say more.

Steven Gerrard: When I was 10 years old, I had the privilege of seeing the great performances of that England seniors and now we have the same opportunity to bring joy to the English fans, so we don't have to think about anything more than give it our all.

Macklin: The Netherlands are a very strong team, probably the strongest team we've faced since the World Cup, they've won five in a row, it's not easy, but when you're in that position, what do you think, it's just the Hercules Cup, we're in good shape right now, so come on, Holland!

Wayne Rooney: We've done a great step for England, the morale is high and it's time to face our next opponent, we're strong and fearless now, so tonight we'll definitely keep going, glory will always be to great England!

"Both teams showed a strong sense of confidence in their pre-match interviews," said Peterson after the broadcast, "and now they are facing a historic moment, both teams have not reached the final in decades, and whoever wins today will make their fans go completely crazy"

"Then again," Peterson asked, turning his head, "McCa, what do you think England have a chance of reaching the final today?" , the last 4 matches between the two sides have a complete draw, England 1 win, 2 draws and 1 loss"

"As long as you don't make mistakes, England have a good chance", McManaman affirmed, "The Netherlands are a typical counter-attack, the defense is fierce, you see this Netherlands will feel like Inter Milan"

'They will tear up space on the flanks and create quick counter-attacks, but England's current control and attacking system will be the strongest against the Dutch this time.

"There is no substitute for Mark's role and the best midfielder in the world today is Mark, who has proven it countless times at Liverpool, needless to say"

'I'm really looking forward to it,' said Peterson, 'Mark, Wayne Rooney, Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard, whether they can do what Gascoigne and David Beckham failed to do and LinkedIn lead Gran to the World Cup final again, everything will be revealed tonight......

"Hula! England", "Hula! Win! On the way from Cape Town Airport to the hotel, England buses were crowded with fans with England cheering scarves.

Many of the fans from the eliminated countries have left South Africa, but many more of the top four fans have also flocked to South Africa, so the buzz has not diminished in the slightest.

They are like sending soldiers off to battle, shouting fierce cheering slogans, holding high flags, football, in their eyes is modern war, it represents the glory of the country!

Not only the fans, but also the two sides have dispatched more media, after preliminary calculations, if the two teams can successfully enter the World Cup finals and win the championship, it will bring about 0.1 to 0.3 points to the GDP growth of the two countries' economies, which is undoubtedly a relief for the economies of the two countries that are deep in the financial crisis.

Don't be surprised, the amount of consumption generated by entertainment in the West is not something we can understand now, which is why we are now vigorously developing the entertainment industry.

In addition to the direct consumption generated by fans due to the World Cup, the greater effect of winning the championship is to be able to increase the confidence index of the consumption of the masses in both countries, thereby promoting economic growth, and in Western countries, personal consumption has always accounted for the main share of GDP growth.

How wide your influence is, how high your status is, Makqin stepped off the bus and walked into the hotel, the national team match casual clothes, the upside-down cap, the sunglasses trolley case, the mountain and tsunami St. Mark's ......