Chapter 561: I'm Coming to the World Cup

On the pitch, Henderson stopped the ball and faced Benega's scrunt, he slammed his right foot, then pushed with his left foot, and shook off the opponent with ease.

Henderson looked up and saw that Jones and Welbeck were not in good positions on the left and right in front of him, so he decided to dribble quickly and look for opportunities to feed the two of them into the cannonball.

As a result, Henderson kept watching the position of his two teammates as he dribbled forward, which made the Costa Rican defenders think that he was not trying to go straight in, so they deepened their marking of Jones and Welbeck.

Henderson's pace slowly added up, and suddenly one man split the ball, shook off Costa Rica's midfielder Oviedo, and faced the Costa Rican backline directly.

The Costa Rica defence is still hesitating whether to concentrate on defending Henderson or continue to keep an eye on Jones and Welbeck.

Just then, Henderson suddenly pushed his speed to the limit and slashed past Costa Rica's centre-back Wolston to the left!

"Nope! ……”

Ramirez in the command area covered his face in pain, could it be that his team was going to lose in the end......

Costa Rican central defender Wadston didn't give up, and immediately half-turned and chased Henderson with the ball!

Goalkeeper Navas chose to abandon the goal at this time, and he blocked the near corner of the goal!

It was a timely strike, blocking almost all of Henderson's shots, but when Henderson saw that there was no angle to shoot, he didn't force his foot to shoot, but crossed wide.

Because Jones had already followed in the middle, the football flew towards the middle with the turf, and Jones, who was outflanked in the middle, raised his right leg and pushed the inside of his right foot on the football! The football changed direction again and flew towards the empty goal!

Keylor Navas could only helplessly watch the football fly into the net, falling helplessly on the turf and hanging his head, but he still did not stop Jones' goal......

Bill, the commentator of Sky Sports, shouted: "The ball is in!" Entered! Entered! Entered! ……”

"Tick! ……”

Yes, the ball went in, and the referee blew the whistle to declare the goal valid!

Welbeck, who scored twice, pointed his fingers at Jones and yelled: "Cool! ”

A big smile bloomed on Jones' face, and the score was finally reversed......

Then, the players who were close to each other hugged each other tightly!

The fans at Wembley Stadium were going crazy, with countless screams ringing out......

The England reporter on the sidelines felt the boiling of the stadium and said excitedly: "Even if this is just a warm-up game, not a World Cup game, the fans are still very excited......

Yes, it was just a warm-up game to put the squad together, but England came from two goals down to score three goals in the second half.

It's a big reversal!

And all this happened when none of the main teammates of the England team played, and only Jones was the main player.

And why aren't the fans excited? This reversal will inevitably increase the momentum of the whole team, and this is the role of the warm-up game.

On the field, the English players happily gathered together, Jones faced the fans, made a gesture of cheering, and the cheers in the stands shook the sky!

The referee looked at the watch on his wrist and blew the whistle for the end of the game!

The game was over with England beating Costa Rica at Wembley Stadium to win their final warm-up game with a large number of substitutes, trailing two goals in the first half and scoring three goals in the second half.

There was thunderous applause on the pitch, which was just a warm-up game, and the Costa Rican players quickly gathered their disappointment and hugged their teammates with smiles.

England were two goals behind in the first half at home, which should have been criticized by the media, but England were all substitutes, and only one Jones was the main player in the second half, scoring three goals in a row to overtake the score, and then the whole England team was greeted with praise.

The London Daily said: Gareth Southgate has come up against England's golden generation of players and Jones can activate England's attacking group just by being on the pitch, as evidenced by last night's game.

Jones is our hero and our lucky star, statistically in all the games he has played, he has never lost a game for his team.

The Times commented: The England bench trailed by two goals in the first half, and Jones came on and scored three goals in a row, which was enough to please England fans, but it had to cast doubt on England's defence.

A lot of fans are thinking about the team's defense after this game.

Speaking at his post-match press conference, Southgate explained: "The players are not back to their best form at the moment, and there is a lot of fresh blood in the national team, they come from different teams, so it is not easy to work together. ”

It was very curious to see why, despite the fact that one of the main purposes of the warm-up game was to test the results of recent tactical training and to build up the line-up, why didn't Southgate bring Jones on at the start of the second half when he was two goals down?

If Jones had been brought on at the start of the second half, England wouldn't have played so hard.

Jones came on immediately after a long pass on a quick counter-attack that set Welbeck on a one-on-one goal, and five minutes later, Jones found the back of the net with a stoppage shot past the Costa Rica goal, showing that he had been in great form.

Welbeck's form began to recover with Jones' play, a goal after the opening kick-off, and then in stoppage time, Jordan Henderson's cross and Jones' brace scored twice to seal the game.

It is not an exaggeration to say that Jones saved the game alone, Jones scored 2 goals, an assist, and finally avoided England's defeat at home, and all 3 goals were related to him.

It was a commendable game, but we want to praise Jones, not the team's poor defense!

With the countdown to the start of the World Cup now in place, Southgate should reflect on himself and get his defenders back to their best form as soon as possible.

The World Cup is just around the corner! Can such a defense hold on?!

'England's problem now is not attacking, it's defending, and the game against Costa Rica illustrates that.

Without a solid defence, without a strong defender, who will guarantee England's rear? ”

However, this has nothing to do with the players of the England national team, because they have come to Russia with questions from the domestic media.

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At 5 p.m. on June 9, at St. Petersburg International Airport, a group of people from England stepped off the plane.

England wore a uniform white jersey all over the body, and their faces were full of tiredness from a long journey.

Jones was the last to get out of the cabin because he was the most tired player on the team, so he was the last to be woken up!

Hearing that the England team will be coming today, many reporters waited at the airport early, and they did not know why the Dutch team came to St. Petersburg two days earlier.

Jones: They hurried out of the cabin with their sports bags on their backs.

Jones looked at the clear blue sky of Russia, and Joneston was in good spirits and shouted loudly: "Russia, I'm coming!" World Cup, I'm coming! ”