Volume 6 Chapter 67
Carroll gritted her teeth and clutched her head, not knowing whether she was ashamed of wasting such a good opportunity or regretting that she missed her second goal at the European Championships.
Anyway, in the first minute or so, England missed the goal, which attracted a long sigh from various commentators, who felt that if it was themselves, they might have scored.
It's always been like this on the football field, it looks easy, but it's much harder to do.
"A good goalscorer doesn't waste a chance like that", Alan Shearer also regretted, wishing that it was he who had just received the ball, "You have to concentrate all the time, wait for the pass from your team-mate and then put the ball in goal, that's your job, especially when you have a passer like Mark behind you"
"It seems that Carroll still has a long way to go", Lineker also said, who is known as the fox in the penalty area, and it is a good game to score points, especially not to waste opportunities.
Shooting off the pitch is a common thing, England's players except Carroll is still regretting, they didn't take it to heart, but this ball scared Portugal, they haven't played England for many years, just started a little unprepared, I didn't expect the middle to be penetrated in three or two strokes.
Bento kept yelling from the sidelines, and if he understood Portuguese, he could tell that almost all of his instructions were to highlight the mistakes he had made in defence.
was penetrated so easily, how could they fight this time?
Goalkeeper Patricio drove the goal kick to the front of the field with a big foot, a high striker in the front, a Cristiano Ronaldo, they don't need to pass through the midfield.
Cristiano Ronaldo quickly took a few steps back, jumped high to grab the first spot, and then shook his head hard to push the ball behind the England backline.
Fortunately, Rio Ferdinand and John Terry were very focused, one stuck with Almeida and the other quickly chased back the ball to Joe Hart.
This is how Portugal did it in one attack, it's as simple as that.
Cristiano Ronaldo, who played as a libero on the left and left flank, and Glen Johnson and Milner were not his opponents for headers, and Patricio was also deliberately looking for this direction.
Losing possession of the ball, Portugal immediately changed to a defensive stance, everyone stared at their defenders, and Mackin had an extra Meireles next to him, a midfielder known as "crazy".
Portugal's formation is actually more like 4321, Ronaldo and Nani are equivalent to organizational wingers, but they can be in the middle, midfielder Moutinho combs, plus two defensive backs.
With the athleticism of Nani and Ronaldo, it is still a great help to the team to defend seriously, and this time England failed to penetrate Portugal's midfield as easily as they did just now.
Seeing that there was no chance, Mack took the initiative to withdraw and help the team control the ball and comb the midfield, which turned him and Moutinho into the opposite position, and the formation on both sides became almost identical.
"Mr. Ma took the initiative to lower the tempo, he did not rush directly to the edge of the penalty area as he did at the beginning, and he has been controlling the ball at a distance of about 40 meters during this time", Zhan Jun explained, "The forward pass seems very careful, not giving Portugal the opportunity to easily break the ball and counterattack"
"The speed of Ronaldo and Nani, England is still more fearful", Zhang Lu analyzed and said, "Today, Glen Johnson and Ashley Cole have reservations"
The England fans in the stands cheered as if they were celebrating the holidays, not only because England were in control and Portugal failed to produce any threatening shots, but also because they were sitting in the stands for the semi-finals of the European Championship for the first time in 16 years.
In 16 years, the young people of that year were already middle-aged.
"Look at the ball, Glen Johnson went up, Mr. Ma, a diagonal pass handed the ball over, Glenn Johnson received the ball on the sideline", Huang Jianxiang explained.
Portugal in the middle stepped up their attention, and Mackin changed the direction of the assist to the wing, just now he played Nani two or three times in a row, but this time suddenly sent the ball to the right.
In terms of defensive attitude, Nani's defensive task must be heavier than Ronaldo's, and sure enough, Ronaldo did not follow back to his own penalty area in time this time.
"Mereles used to make up for the defense, Ronaldo didn't come back, Glenn Johnson, went straight down to break through, and now he still has a hand in his breakthrough"
However, Merreles followed closely and did not give him a chance to cross, Glen Johnson made a sharp stop, dunked the ball back with a button, and then pushed it to Gerrard, who received it in the corner of the penalty area.
"Gerrard, knock the ball with his left foot, dribble horizontally, Mr. Ma, and Gerrard came to a reverse run, and Rooney was also inserting in the middle, Gerrard, shoot ......", Huang Jianxiang shouted.
England's successive runs made Moutinho, who retreated to fill the position, hesitate, and Gerrard took him away, causing a gap in the running Macklin.
His hesitation gave Gerrard space in front of the penalty area, and although it was not his usual foot, he picked up his left leg and it looked like a powerful long-range shot.
Moutinho didn't care about anything this time, and he was about to block it with a big stride, and Gerrard's long-range shot was still world-famous, so he couldn't prevent it
may have been influenced by Macklin, Gerrard also learned to feint, feeling Moutinho's movements, he directly changed the pump to dunk, and the ball came to Mackqin's feet just right.
Ronaldo suddenly woke up at this time, and accelerated towards Mackqin from an area of more than 30 meters, but Mackqin on the edge of the penalty area did not give Portugal a chance to make up for the defense.
Receiving the ball, the right foot rubbed up, extremely freehand.
The ball arced out in front of the penalty area on the right rib and flew straight to the back of the Portuguese goal, looking for the top of Carroll's head.
The big man of 1.9 meters should still be able to bully and bully the warrior monk Peipei.
"Mr. Ma, cross, it's Carol ...... again", Huang Jianxiang shouted, watching a big man of 1.9 meters jump high like a basketball player, surpassing Pepe's hasty jump in the retreat at least one head, which can be regarded as a unique talent.
Such a center forward must be fed with cakes, and he can start because England has long passers like Mackqin, Gerrard, and Rooney, who are good at finding his head.
"Carroll ......", Huang Jianxiang shouted again, deflecting the position of the far post, I don't know if Carroll was too small because the angle was too small or the lack of confidence after missing the opportunity last time, this time he did not attack the goal directly, but knocked the ball into the center of the penalty area with a powerful header.
"Knock back ......, Rooney ......, oops......", Huang Jianxiang looked at Rooney's long legs and didn't reach the ball, and shouted regretfully, "Rooney, I didn't grab the point, Coentrão who returned to the defense quickly cleared the siege with a big foot, chance, England's attack this time is threatening"
Capello almost flashed on the sidelines, just now he thought he was going to enter, and the English fans in the stands let out a "......" and sighed why the team was so lucky today.
"Counterattack ......, Ronaldo ......", Huang Jianxiang didn't have time to sigh too much, the situation on the field changed abruptly, Glen Johnson plugged in, and Coentrão's clearance coincidentally deviated to the left side and flew directly to the midfield.
Almeida played his part at this point, quickly shaking off Rio Ferdinand and heading the ball wide of the flank.
Because there is Cristiano Ronaldo who is rushing up.
Milner and Barry, as well as England's two centre-backs, ran back desperately, neither of them chased Cristiano Ronaldo, who was already up on the wing, because they knew they couldn't catch up, so they had to wait for him to cut inside and bet on him.
"Cristiano Ronaldo, Cristiano Ronaldo ......", there have been many times, whether it is at Manchester United or Real Madrid, he has had many times like this, this is one of his favorite ways.
He received the ball and knocked it over, sent the ball 5 meters away, and then directly started the pace of Hot Wheels, and galloped at great speed.
"Defend the outside, I'll defend the inside", Rio Ferdinand shouted as he ran back to Milner, who was also chasing back, knowing too well what Ronaldo would do at this point.
Resolutely not let him burst into the penalty area, rather let him shoot from a distance! Once Ronaldo bursts into the penalty area at this time, it is too dangerous, and he may not be able to prevent it.
At this time, Ronaldo only has the goal in his eyes, as he has done many times, the distance of the half is fleeting, from the midfield to the edge of the penalty area, there is only a blink of an eye.
You can imagine how fast.
"Cristiano Ronaldo, this is Portugal's chance, Rio Ferdinand and John Terry have both returned to the box, Milner is guarding Ronaldo's perimeter, Almeida is in the box, and now it's 2 to 4 ......", Zhan Jun shouted.
Once there is space, a few people are not a problem for Ronaldo, he looked up at the situation in the penalty area, and then did not hesitate, directly outside the instep of the instep, directly in front of the big penalty area to change direction.
Fast! It's a kind of speed that you can see but your body can't keep up with!
Milner turned and followed as best he could, but his center of gravity changed too quickly, and he was on the ground all at once, but fortunately Barry had already arrived.
Cristiano Ronaldo looked at it and made another trip, just like Gerrard had just played the ball sideways.
Barry gritted his teeth and tried his best to follow, but he could only block half of the angle, which was the near corner, because he was not as fast as Ronaldo, and Ronaldo, who took two steps in a row, directly picked up his right leg at this time.
Then with a "bang", he pumped firmly on the ball, and within 40 meters was his shooting range, his explosiveness was not like an earthling!
"Ronaldo, ...... long-range shot", Zhan Jun yelled, saying that the ball felt slow like a cannonball, and the ball that flew through the gap between Ferdinand and Terry closed the door came to Joe Hart's eyes almost instantly, and he was so powerful that he almost subconsciously raised his hands.
Then he felt the back of his hand slam into his face, and he didn't know the rest!
"Joe Hart got off, the ball bounced back into the box, Almeida ......, he had a chance to ......", Zhan Jun's commentary suddenly accelerated, because the ball was too fast.
Seeing that the goal was close at hand, Almeida almost subconsciously swung his leg to meet the rebounding ball, which had scored, and he might have to open the meat at this European Championship.
"Ashley Cole! , it's too critical......", Zhan Jun shouted as he watched Ashley Cole, who was quickly returning to position, from the side, and he was going to be a line faster than Almeida, and the ball was shoveled directly out of the bottom line.
That's a fraction of a second! Saved Joe Hart's life!
"It's so dangerous......", Zhan Jun finally had time to breathe a sigh of relief, "This is Portugal's best chance to score in the first half, Ashley Cole's key tackle"
"Yes, it's too crucial", Zhang Lu also said, "If Portugal is allowed to score first, they will be more patient, or Ronaldo, a side road, it is really impossible to stop ......"
Milner and Barry both fell to the ground panting and gasping, and they were terrified, they really couldn't let him get up, otherwise if you didn't say anything, you would go to the ball and change direction, and you wouldn't be able to keep up!
"Come on, come on", Gary Neville on the sidelines also ran to the sidelines to cheer for the team, Ronaldo is also very familiar with him, and his heart almost mentioned in his throat just now.
It's really unstoppable.
"Let Ferdinand resist Almeida, can't let him easily make the ball for Ronaldo", Capello hurriedly explained to Gary Neville on the sidelines, and now he will convey any instructions.
Gary Neville nodded, and quickly ran along the sideline to his own penalty area for a while, and explained loudly to Ferdinand, he knew that Ferdinand was still old, and when he was young, he would never let go of Almeida so easily.
When the opponent clears the siege, grabbing the first landing point to give the ball to his teammates or destroying it is very important in the defensive counterattack, but unfortunately he didn't do it just now.
"Haa......, look at people", Ferdinand was also a little annoyed, almost conceded the goal, he began to yell to cheer himself up, reminding his teammates to defend corners.
Both sides, according to their own tactical expectations, worked hard to score first, England took the initiative, but Portugal was not without opportunities.
Makqin ran back to the penalty area, and he had a real idea of Portugal's defense, and they did have two brushes to play so far.
The defensive organization is very disciplined, and he has to think of some unconventional methods, so it depends on luck, and he doesn't like to pin his victory or defeat on luck......