Chapter 783 - Odds of Not Scoring a Goal
If you think about the weather in South Africa purely in terms of geography, then you will get an answer, even though most of South Africa has a Mediterranean climate, but the winter in June is not very hot.
Compared to the 24 degrees Celsius in the Northern Hemisphere, Durban has an average maximum of 23 degrees, while Cape Town and Johannesburg have averaged 16 degrees and 18 degrees, which is definitely a test for professional footballers.
It was already a long journey from Italy to South Africa, and after getting off the plane, it felt clammy and cold, and if you didn't get the players, they would have physical problems.
Alas, politics! That's politics!
If Vardy were to choose, Vardy would never choose South Africa as the venue for the World Cup, including Brazil later, where would Europe be comfortable!
There are even Russia and Qatar, I really can't figure it out, are the big men of FIFA brainless!
The World Cup was supposed to be the pinnacle of world football, but the weather and weather prevented the players from performing at their best.
What's hairy?
Vardy was very complaining about this anyway.
When the respective World Cup participating teams rushed to South Africa, the World Cup has entered the final state of imminent war, and public opinion is hot, and it seems that the whole world is focusing on South Africa.
England had a good draw for their group and seemed to have their luck picked up after qualifying for the World Cup and having finished top of their group.
The three opponents in the group are the United States, Algeria and Slovenia, and there are no strong teams in the traditional sense.
No one doubts that England, the favourites to win the title, will not emerge from the group, even without Vardy, the world's number one devil, even if England only field a second-tier squad, I am afraid that they will be able to easily handle the opponent, which is determined by the strong team of England.
The dominance of the European Championship will only make all teams shy away from it.
According to the odds offered by the bookmakers to win the championship, England is a far ahead at 1:2.5, leaving the other teams with no taillights in sight.
The odds of second-placed Spain to win the championship are 1:10, more than twice as many as England, and teams such as Germany and Argentina are unusually high, which shows that institutions are optimistic about England.
Even though the odds for England to win the championship are so low, fans still flock to England, which is equivalent to free money!
If England don't win the title in the end, then the hundreds of millions of fans around the world will definitely not make England any better.
And in the Golden Boot odds, not surprisingly, it is Vardy who is far ahead, which is no suspense.
However, it is interesting that some bookmakers have specially opened a market for Vardy to not score in all matches of the entire World Cup, and the odds have reached 10,000.
In other words, you buy 100 Vardy and don't score, and if Vardy doesn't score, then you become a millionaire.
However, this handicap was finally blocked, because no one pressed it at all, and fools know that Vardy will definitely score a goal, isn't this giving money to the bookmaker for nothing!
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In the hotel where England stayed in Rustenburg, the English players enjoyed a good breakfast, but fortunately, South Africa and England are in the same time zone, and there is no need to adjust the time difference, otherwise the English players must be very depressed at this time lying in the bed with jet lag, and the state is a mess.
Vardy still loves the feeling of being able to play alongside his England team-mates, at least it's a strong team, no less than Inter.
It's impossible for one person to beat a team, as Jamie Vardy always admitted.
And with the help of excellent teammates, there is a strong boost to defeat any opponent, which is the best basic condition for winning the championship.
If it is replaced by a fish belly team, maybe Vardy may still be able to lead this fish belly team to the top, but Vardy's dedication will definitely make him vomit blood and be tired to death.
Now England's main lineup has basically surfaced, compared with the starting lineup that won the European Championship, in addition to the change in the position of central defender, Joe Cole's fading out of the national team also gave Lennon a chance to ascend.
Joe Cole had very few appearances at Chelsea last season and struggled to keep fit, so Heynckes did not bring Joe Cole to South Africa.
Not only does this give the other wide players a chance, but it also allows Vardy to return to his best left flank, which is not much of a loss.
Jamie Vardy played as a left winger, while the young Lennon played on the right wing, and his outstanding performances at Tottenham made him England's new darling, and many even called him the successor of Becky on the right.
Judging from the training effect, Lennon is a very traditional full-back, fast, breaking through the series, and has great lethality on the wing.
But this type of player often has a common problem, that is, they are very brainless, and they don't know what to do after breaking through, so they can be called offensive finishers, referred to as undercover.
Although Lennon also has this common problem, his breakthrough is what England need, with him stirring up on the right and disrupting the opposition's defense, there are more opportunities on the left and in the middle, which is why Heynckes chose him.
As for England's new centre-back combination, with Ledley King and Carragher competent, Dawson and Upson as substitutes, barely passable, this is also something that cannot be helped.
Although the players are generally tired after a whole season, they are in relatively good form, especially Jamie Vardy, who is always the most excited at the moment of the tournament.
It's no exaggeration to say that Vardy is a big player.
If it is replaced by a game like the Italian Cup that makes him unrefreshed, he may be able to fall asleep on the field;
But on the biggest stage like the World Cup, Vardy is absolutely full of firepower, and no one can stop it.
Because of Vardy's excitement, Rooney couldn't keep up with Vardy's rhythm.
Although Wayne Rooney is still a world-class striker, where is the growth curve, his debut is at the peak, so that the gap between him and Vardy is getting wider and wider, and the cooperation has declined after not playing together for a long time.
But it doesn't matter, the tacit understanding is easy to get back, as long as the two of them are okay to fight boxing in the room, you give me a left hook, you give me a right hook, and the tacit understanding will come out, of course, the nose and face are swollen.
After finding the feeling, the combination of Vardy and Wayne Rooney once again showed a terrifying edge, which may not have been felt by the opponents in the World Cup, but the backline of the substitutes in the England team has already felt it.
It's unreasonable!