Chapter 555: World Cup Warm-up Match

Since Jones' arrival at Chelsea, Southgate has been eyeing the unspeakable Chelsea no.9 with a strong shot.

With this abundant physical strength, a natural big heart, calm and mature that does not match his age, and he has been improving, such a person is born to play football.

Jones has his own characteristics and style and Southgate is clear that what he needs now is to integrate Jones' characteristics into the team and build a England national team that belongs to the best in the world.

Look at the current national team, 22-year-old Ali, 22-year-old Kane, 24-year-old Deere, 19-year-old Qiansheng, 20-year-old Rashford, 23-year-old Sterling, etc., half of the players under the age of 25 are under.

So, there are no players who object to Southgate's arrangement, and of course, if Jones doesn't perform well, they will naturally have a say!

Although it is impossible for England to grow to the point of invincibility in a short period of time, after all, the players are still young and malleable, so let them grow up as soon as possible now.

Now, we can only try to run in and strive to create an attacking tactic suitable for the Three Lions before the World Cup, and then play a good result.

The yellow team conceded three goals in a row, eager to get it back, and they were a little impatient, and the back line gradually moved forward.

Ali pulled the ball and suddenly dribbled forward, and Sterling and Henderson also ran forward.

The sudden change disrupted the rhythm of the Yellow team, and Ali's sharp dribbling broke through one after another, Loftus-Cheek and Lingard who made up for it.

Jones, Kane and Vardy also rushed to the yellow team's half at this time, and Dale knew that there were only four players behind him, and if he stepped forward and was broken through by Ali, the back line would face a disadvantageous situation of 4 to 4, so Dale stepped forward and stuck Ali's forward route, staring at his movements.

After Ali broke through two people in a row, most of his physical strength was consumed, and he was unable to break through again, Ali stepped on the ball and stopped, Dale understood that Ali was not breaking through, but about passing, and Dale immediately rushed up.

Ali pushed forward with his left foot, and the ball rolled past Dyer, who immediately turned around and saw that it was Jones with his back to the goal.

Jones didn't touch the ball, just raised his right leg, and after the football rolled under his feet, Jones dropped his right foot quickly, kicked his heel back, and hit the ball right on the ball, and the ball grazed the turf between Trippier and Arnold, and landed on the right side of the penalty area, and a red figure passed by Arnold's side.

Jones's amazing back-heel pass not only did the football pass between Trippier and Alexander-Arnold accurately, but the ball landed just in time for Kane, who accelerated forward, to form a single knife.

Kane raised his foot directly to hit the goal, Kane easily sent the football into the goal guarded by Butland, and Butland felt bitter in his heart.

Kane laughed and ran to Jones, and in 30 minutes of the game, England's top three scorers scored four goals, and Kane scored twice, which seemed perfect.

Among them, the biggest contributor is Jones, who first opened the scoring, 2 assists for Kane's goal, 1 assist for Vardy to score, and 4 goals are related to him.

"Bang Bang Bang ......"

There was applause on the sidelines, Southgate, the coaching staff smiled and clapped, this training match showed a lot of things, and Southgate was also full of expectations for Russia's World Cup journey.

Of course, it was just a training match, the intensity was not comparable to the official game, it was to allow the new players to adapt and integrate into the team quickly, and the game ended after the red team scored 4 goals, the red team was happy, and the yellow team was very frustrated.

Today's England forwards, just looking at this season, is the rise of homegrown strikers, three of the top 5 scorers are England internationals, especially Jones's 80 goals, Kane's 34 goals, and Vardy's 28 goals.

Therefore, Southgate now has the confidence to experiment with new offensive tactics, Jones, Kane and Vardy, the three major goalscorers, England's attacking power is very strong even compared with the European powers.

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The next day, the England national team will take on the Nigerian national team at Wembley Stadium for this friendly match, and the whole team will leave for London at noon after training in the morning.

London, Wembley Stadium, the stands are full of fans, interestingly, today is just a friendly match of the England national team, Wembley Stadium is not only full, the fans in the stands are almost all wearing Chelsea shirts, I don't know, I thought it was a Chelsea game?

But if you pay attention, you'll see that behind the Chelsea shirt is the number nine.

"Jones's charm is really great, if you want to say that the most popular player in England is Jones! If it weren't for Southgate's undecided Jones number, I'm afraid fans would have been wearing Jones' national team shirt. On the live commentary stage, Martin Taylor said with a smile.

Commentator Alan Shearer said seriously: "Although Kane and Vardy are both No.9s in their respective teams, I think England's No.9 must be Jones. ”

Martin Taylor continued: "Good afternoon, everybody, welcome to Wembley Stadium, with a few minutes to go as the England squad and Nigeria begin in a friendly match, with Lineker and Alan Shearer commenting on the game.

First of all, I would like to announce the list of starters for this match of the England team.

England formation 4321, goalkeeper No. 1: Pickford, right-back is No. 4 Kyle Walker, two central defenders are No. 6 Gary Cahill and No. 5 Johnstones, and left-back is No. 3 Ashley Young.

The three midfielders are No. 11 Alli and No. 8 Henderson, and No. 10 Raheem Sterling, with Sterling being positioned more forward.

England have three of the strongest strikers up front, No. 7 Jones on the left, No. 9 Kane in the middle, and No. 19 Jamie Vardy on the right, all three of whom have scored a total of 142 goals in the Premier League this season! ”

As the players from both sides appeared, Martin Taylor's steady commentary continued to echo in the hustle and bustle of the stadium: "The head coach of the Nigerian national team, Rohr, the starting lineup is 433 formation, goalkeeper No. 23 Uzoho, right-back No. 12 Shehu, central defender No. 5 Ekong, No. 6 Balogun, left back No. 2 Edou, midfielder No. 17 Onazi, No. 15 Joel Obi, 10 Mikel, forward No. 18 Iwobi, No. 9 Ihad, No. 11 Moses, Moses Chelsea's defenders appeared in the forward position. ”

Alan Shearer and Gary Lineker exchanged in a low voice: "It seems that both sides are also taking this warm-up game very seriously, and the starters lined up are basically the main lineup of the qualifiers. ”

Lineker smiled slightly and said: "Let's wait and see, this is the first warm-up game of the England national team!" After saying that, his eyes also turned to the stadium where the game had already begun.

The two sides began to pick sides, Kane, who is the captain of the England national team, chose the side, and Mikel, the captain of the Nigerian national team, chose to kick off.

Then with a whistle from referee Gouida, Jones started his World Cup match.

Amid the cheers and cheers of the fans, Jones began to rush all over the court to grab the ball, and his teammates almost pressed into the center circle to launch a crazy high press.