Chapter 146: Victory and Defeat
The goal also gave Southgate enough signals that Slovenia don't have a chance now, so Southgate replaced Henderson and put Jesse Lingard on the pitch, partnering Dier and replacing Keane to strengthen the defence.
With Jones' pace and Kane's breakthrough, Southgate believes that this game will be won absolutely securely.
"Owen, did you find an interesting question?"
"What?" McManaman asked.
"Now we have Jones on the left and Rashford on the right, two enviable young talents, each of whom plays an important role in the team, and Kane, who is also the first to play, has played phenomenal for three consecutive seasons! Why don't we worry that there is no hope of winning this World Cup! ”
"Really, our current attack line is definitely top-notch!"
"Perhaps, relying on Kane's front-court arrow, plus these young talents as the foundation, we can really get a good result in this World Cup!"
"In the last 10 minutes of the game, England's tactics also had a big adjustment, before they used more two wings to create a threat to Kane's pass in the penalty area, and then the overall players strengthened the breakthrough, Southgate put forward new requirements for the attacking players, controlled the ball, used the breakthrough to destroy the opponent's defensive organization, and then a few people depending on the situation, whether to choose to pass or shoot, the two wingers Jones and Rashford distanced themselves to create space for Kane."
The other two midfielders did their best to protect Kane's tactical core, and the two wingers Jones and Rashford took turns to assist Kane, and the defenders also advanced as a whole!
"After England took a two-goal lead, the attacking formation started to advance a lot!"
"Actually, Slovenia can't do it now, there is no motivation to equalize, but England has let go of their hands and feet, Jones is still the most active one on the field, Jones's physical strength is really good, and the speed in the attack is still very fast!"
Slovenia knew that there was no hope of equalizing and were ruthless, and then, the two teams continued to fight, Jones and the opposing players had more physical contact, and Jones Jones did not fight hard with them, but used his speed and emergency stop to change direction to break through, Slovenia faced Jones's defenders very hard.
"Go over and help him!" Katanic also saw that Jokic would soon be unable to hold on, so he yelled at Cesar and asked Cesar to assist Jokic in defending Jones.
"Jones' pass!" The narrator shouted.
Before Cesar could help, Jones shook Jokic and passed the ball out, Kane just received Jones's pass, and there was a huge force behind him, and the whole person flew out again, and Slovenia began foul tactics at this time!
The referee didn't blow the whistle, from his point of view, Cesar didn't make any extra moves, just pasted Kane, Jones watched from the sidelines and understood that Cesar definitely made a force and directly hit Kane.
England fans continued to cheer hard for the home team, Rashford seemed to have opened his mind, no longer rushing so fiercely in attack, and the defenders of Rashford were far away from him, and gradually Rashford began to disappear from the field.
"The ball went in 、、、、、、、、!" Suddenly, the narrator's elongated voice shouted.
The goal was so abrupt that no one was prepared, even Jones and Kane, and Marcus Rashford, who scored the goal, was frantically rushing to the stands, which were full of English fans.
In the stands of the stadium, countless people were stunned: "What the hell happened?" How to score the goal! ”
"Fucking lucky!" The narrator said after watching the replay clearly.
Under normal circumstances, Oblak saved the ball no problem, but after Kane and Jones scored, Oblak's attention was all on these two, just now it was an attack by Jones with the ball, Jones shot from a distance, the ball hit Cesar's body and changed the line, Rashford followed up and shot, Oblak did not react, the ball went in! No one thought it would be Marcus Rashford who scored in the end!
Oblak then knelt in front of the goal, staring blankly at the ball in the net, not knowing what to do.
However, Rashford is very happy, and it is certainly worth being happy to be able to get an unexpected leak, but as for how he scored the goal, what does it matter, after Jones and Kane both scored, he can't be without a performance at all!
In addition to continuing to shout for the team, England fans also want the game time to end quickly, in their eyes, the rest of the time passes really slowly, after winning this game, England won the World Cup ticket one round earlier.
"Oh! Nice tackle! Cahill's nice tackle! ”
"Time is running out, the referee warns the England side not to stall for time!"
"Alas, there is no need, there is no suspense for England to win the World Cup!"
Jones is also in a good mood, with five minutes to go, a victory is in hand, and it also means that the World Cup is waiting for him!
In the final moments, Slovenia also didn't score a single goal because they didn't get a shot at all.
The game is over!
"England won this game, and England, who are now top of the group stage, have already won the ticket to this World Cup!"
As soon as the whistle blew, Southgate stood up, waving his fists with some excitement, and celebrating the victory with his colleagues!
The disappointed Slovenian players collapsed on the pitch and were largely out of chance of qualifying after losing the game.
Although the England players were more tired, the joy of victory allowed them to run on the pitch to celebrate the victory!
In the interview area, Southgate told reporters in a firm tone: "It's the team's tactics, my players execute the team's overall tactics perfectly!" The biggest contributor is not one person, but our entire team! ”
"In all fairness, it was a good enough game, there were no fancy goals, but it was a fierce confrontation and the effort from both sides proved that it was a game to remember!" The commentator is still impartial, and he explains the game from a professional point of view.
Katanic: "My players worked very hard, but unfortunately the result is sad, they worked hard and they didn't get the reward they deserved, but I firmly believe that if they can keep going, we will win next time!" ”
"As for England, all I can say is that they are strong, at least the strongest of the opponents I've ever faced." Katanic's assessment of the English team is straightforward.
"The fact is that England won on their home turf and went into the World Cup! 3 to 0! Ingla also advanced to the World Cup with the victory in this game! ”