Chapter 557: The Game Is Over
Sterling didn't wait for Mikel to get closer, and quickly crossed the left foot to Ali, shouting: "Pass the ball quickly!" ”
After Ali took the ball, he passed the ball to Vardy on the right, and then shook off Joel Obi who was staring at him and continued to cut forward, Vardy blocked Onazi with his arm and knocked back with his left foot to Ali who was inserted into the right side of the penalty area, and Joel Obi was too slow to chase back, and Ali was unguarded when he received the ball.
Mikel turned around and saw Ali get the ball, and while running into the big penalty area, he shouted: "Balogun, you go and defend him!" ”
Balogun hurriedly pounced on Ali, and Edou wanted to fill Balogun's position, but before he could run to Kane, Ali quickly passed back to Sterling, who was following Mikel.
Mikel was about to turn around, but Sterling quickly passed the ball to Kane, who was defended by Econ's open arms, and Ekong pushed several times with both hands, but he couldn't push Kane!
Kane immediately after receiving the ball with the outside of his right foot pushed the outside of his right foot to Jones, who was entangled in Shehu, and saw that the football was passed in front of him, Jones began to forcibly accelerate, got rid of Shehu, and shot vigorously at the football with his right foot, the football hit the bottom of the crossbar and bounced into the net, and the huge force hit the crossbar trembling slightly.
6 consecutive non-stop passes, and finally Kane assisted Jones to score, England led Nigeria 2-0!
After England's two-goal lead ended, neither side continued to attack, and both sides went into half-time!
"In this warm-up game, it doesn't matter if you win or lose, Southgate's purpose should be to run in the team." Martin Taylor spoke.
Alan Shearer put down his right hand, looked at Taylor seriously, and said slowly: "As the league golden boot this season, the super scorer who scored 80 goals in the league, Jones is qualified to let everyone cooperate with him, and his performance in this game also proves the strength of his national team's main striker!" ”
Lineker also said excitedly: "This World Cup is our hope, with these young talented players, we have a chance to win the World Cup again!" ”
Don't look at England as the originator of modern football and the birthplace of modern football, in fact, except for the establishment of football rules, the invention of M tactics, jersey numbers and other groundbreaking moves, it seems that there is nothing to do in terms of national team results, except for the 1966 World Cup as the host.
Of course, the goal-line suspense in that year's final made England's champions seem a little unworthy of the name, and the Germans have never been convinced.
Although Sky Sports later confirmed that the goal of 50 years ago was valid through scientific simulation in an ace show, the simulation is a simulation after all, not reality, and it is the British media that unilaterally announced that Hearst's goal is valid, which is difficult to convince the public.
After all, England is the beneficiary of this controversial goal, and the British media naturally will not doubt the authenticity of their striker's goal.
Even this World Cup winner was difficult to convince the public, and England have not won a major tournament since then, which makes people even more convinced that their World Cup title is controversial, and even ridiculed as a European Chinese team.
That's why England have been saddled with the expectations of their country every time they go to a major tournament, but it often backfires, and in 52 years, no international trophy has been put in their account, so they are very keen to win another World Cup.
At the start of the second half, England launched a fierce attack after kick-off, with Jones and Raheem Sterling attacking Nigeria's right flank, forcing Nigeria's frontline players to drop back to assist right-back Shehu.
Ali passed the ball back, Cahill quickly made a long pass, quickly transferred the ball to the left, Kane stopped the ball with his back to Onazi, turned and cut diagonally into the penalty area, Onazi chased closely, and Edou hurried forward.
Kane's left-footed pass to Jones, who ran to the edge of the penalty area, Mikel carefully stared at England's hottest striker, and at half-time, Rohr specifically told him to link up with his team-mates.
So while staring at Jones, Mikel shouted to teammate Joel Obi: "Watch out for Jones' pass. ”
Jones knew it in his heart, he had read all the situation around him before receiving Kane's pass, and after most of the time he had played with them, Jones had a certain understanding of them!
Jones dribbled the ball horizontally along the line of the big penalty area, Mikel did not dare to step forward easily, Jones suddenly raised his right leg, raised his hands, and made a gesture to shoot from a distance.
Mikel knew that Jones had a long-range shooting skill, so he was shocked and pounced, Jones didn't shoot after his foot landed, just crossed the football, and then knocked his right heel and kicked the football behind him, and then pushed his right foot sideways, and his body flashed past Joel Obi who pounced.
"Jones shoots from distance! No, it's a feint! ”
Before they could turn around, Jones sent a through ball, Kane, who had retreated, turned around and started after Joan broke through Mikel, as soon as Jones passed, Kane broke through Edou, forming a single knife, Edou turned and reached out to pull his shirt, but it was empty.
England's trident, to have a body, to have a speed, once it rushes, ordinary people can't catch up.
Kane received the ball with a decisive left-footed stab and the ball rolled between Uzoho's legs into the net.
Kane was excited to turn around to celebrate, when Jones rushed up with a smile and threw him to the ground, and his other teammates quickly pounced.
In the 52nd minute of the second half, England attacked, Jones deceived the Nigerian defenders with a brilliant feint, and then passed a precise through ball to assist Kane to score.
England lead 3-0! It was Jones' first assist of the game, and our strikers can not only score themselves, but also help their team-mates score, and all three of England's strikers have scored, long live England! ”
After scoring in the second half, England did not retreat to midfield after scoring as they did in the first half, but continued to attack, as there were no restrictions on substitutions in friendlies.
After Southgate scored, he brought on Marcus Rashford, Welbeck, Jesse Lingard, Dier, Kieran Trippier and Harry Maguire, replacing Jones, Kane, Raheem Sterling, Alli, Kyle Walker and Cahill.
Nigeria also rotated most of the players after conceding the goal, leaving only the captain Mikel, Moses and Iwobi.
During the substitution, Rohr called Mikel to his side and said, "Attack with all your might!" ”
Looking at the England team on the field that was suppressed in the half by the Nigerian attack, Martin Taylor smiled bitterly: "Jones, Kane, Vardy are on the field, we pressed Nigeria to play, Jones and the main players were replaced, we were pressed by Nigeria." ”
Lineker said meaningfully: "There is no weak team in the World Cup, even if there are no three players on the offensive line, if even Nigeria can't win, what else can we talk about winning the championship?!" ”
As soon as the words fell, shouts rang out all around, and the substituted Maguire put it on to Iwobi, who scored a beautiful free-kick from 25 yards, but Pickford could do nothing, and Nigeria made the score board 3-1 in the 79th minute.
Five minutes later, Nigeria made a comeback and it would have been Moses, who fired a long-range shot from the penalty area, but luckily, it hit the post!
In the end, England won 3-1 against Nigeria, and Jones' World Cup debut also came to a successful end, and Jones won the best player of the game without any suspense.