Chapter 338: What All Players Have in Common
Jamaica are a small South American team that joined the National Football Confederation in 1962 and their only World Cup trip was in France in 1998, where they were in Group H with Argentina, Japan, Jamaica and Croatia, but were too weak to make it out of the group stage.
England, on the other hand, are one of the best teams in the world and a regular at the World Cup.
The two teams are not on the same level, and it is not a level contest at all.
But almost everyone didn't expect that the gap between the two teams could be so big.
Thirteen minutes!
Football is a long 90-minute event, with 13 minutes to start, and many games are difficult to score throughout, but England scored three goals in 13 minutes.
How is this game still played?
The BBC TV commentator quipped, "We may see a basketball game with three goals in 13 minutes, then by the end of the 90 minutes, we may see more than 20 goals." ”
This kind of game scene made the English fans very excited, and the team's performance was unexpected and made them very happy.
The media is a bit unclear.
The English media have never been neutral, there is no need to mention the impartiality of the media, they each have their own positions, and in the face of England's World Cup, of course, they will support England.
However, before England played, they still maintained a neutral evaluation, which is also to let the England team find its own flaws, just like parents love their children, and they will definitely not spoil them at home, but will be very demanding.
Now England's performance is a bit too exaggerated, so that the media and many football commentators can't understand it.
Three goals in thirteen minutes?
Even if England were in good form and Jamaica were in poor form, it wouldn't be like this, right?
Many media suspected that it was match-fixing.
They can't help but think so, mainly because there are too many goals, and England have never been so good in decades, as they have been against weaker opponents.
Soon the game resumed.
England continued their frantic performances, completely dominating Jamaica, combining brilliantly and responding to those who doubted them with performances that showed everyone that they were playing with quality.
The Jamaican coach regretted it a bit.
When the FA asked Jamaica for a warm-up match, he thought it was an opportunity to train the team.
But if the loss is too miserable, it is not an experience, but a huge blow to the team's morale.
He regretted it a little.
Eriksen certainly doesn't think about that, as England manager, he has his own troubles, not to lead the team or anything, he finds that the game is out of his control, or rather, the performance of the England team is a little out of control.
How did the team perform so well?
The Swedes were a little confused.
The game went on, and Jamaica's defence was porous in the face of England's attacking prowess and despite the hard work of their players, they couldn't withstand the good form of England's biggest stars.
In the 25th minute, Leo Ferdinand made a long pass from the backfield, Michael Owen successfully countered offside, passed the goalkeeper who attacked outside the penalty area, and easily pushed the empty goal to score.
The score became 4-0.
In the 37th minute, David Beckham split the ball on the right side, Carragher cut in at high speed and crossed the ball low flat, when Rooney easily pushed the empty goal from two meters in front of the goal.
The score became 5-0.
In the 41st minute, Downing passed the ball from the left, Michael Owen pushed it across the edge of the penalty area, and Rooney pushed it with his right foot into the bottom right corner from 20 meters from the goal.
The score became 6-0.
At this point in the game, the cheers of the English fans for the goals were much quieter, and many fans were hoarse, they found that the goals came too much, and they were a little used to it, and the cries became a little quieter.
As the referee blew the whistle for the end of the first half, the entire Jamaican team let out a long breath.
It's finally over!
The first half was hellish for them, they kept trying, but they kept scoring.
Is this the strength of the best teams in the world?
The Jamaican players were all at a loss, they were certainly not homegrown turtles from the countryside, and they had often played against South American teams such as Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay, but they had never experienced such a dismal half.
This half is bloody-sparkling!
England had a different feeling, they thought the first half was fantastic, all the players liked the 'finish' game, like a lot of people like to 'second man' in the game, it was just a cool feeling.
They all talked about it at halftime.
Head coach Christian Eriksen praised the performance and sat in the corner without saying a word.
He doesn't have to make a summary.
England's performance in the first half was perfect, and there was nothing to say in particular.
However, towards the start of the second half, Eriksen emphasised one point: "We have to play at a slower pace and try to avoid injury. That's what worries him.
One can imagine what the mentality of the Jamaican players is right now.
Although it is a warm-up game, football is a competitive game, any team that wants to win will be disgusted with 'being humiliated', Jamaica have scored six goals, they will definitely not be friendly in the second half.
Really!
In the second half, Jamaica's movements were much bigger, and they seemed to want to vent their anger from their actions.
In order to prevent accidents, Eriksen began to make frequent substitutions, and he changed all the main players, and the tempo of the England team became much slower, and the game seemed to start to normalize.
But England is still doing very well!
Those substitute players are also like 'playing chicken blood', and they are in good shape on the field.
So the Jamaican goal is still busy.
In the 63rd, 75th and 84th minutes, England relied on goals from Frank Lampard, Theo Walket and John Terry to break the Jamaican goal three times and revise the score to 9-0.
The Jamaican players were furious, but they didn't have much to do.
They also completely lost confidence in the game.
In the end, England defeated Jamaica 9-0 to complete the final warm-up match before the World Cup.
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The excitement is after the game.
England played a 'dish' performance, and the Jamaican coach can only admit that "there is a huge gap between us and England", he actually doesn't want to say that, but in the face of 9-0, any defense is weak.
Various media commented on the performance of the England team for the first time, quoting the exaggerated statement of the "Sun", "The England team played the best form in a century, but unfortunately this is not the World Cup, just an early warm-up." ”
That's a bit of a pity.
Opposite the Jamaican coach was England coach Christian Eriksen, and at the press conference, the Swede smiled and calmly answered reporters' questions, saying "I'm very happy with the team's performance." ”
But as soon as he walked out of the press conference, Eriksen's brow furrowed.
He was happy with the team's performance, but this outstanding performance was out of his control.
He found that he couldn't understand the game a little.
Not only can't he understand the game, but he can't even understand the performance of each player, why can every player show good form? Even the substitutes who have just come on the pitch are like they have been on the pitch for dozens of minutes, and the situation of every player trying to perform is good, but this is really unexpected.
What is the reason for this?
Perhaps the England players have the answer.
Every English player was sought after after the game because they were all quite good.
The mixed area of the pitch was occupied by journalists, with a dozen or so England players scattered among them, all of them surrounded.
In the past, David Beckham, a player who pays a lot of attention to his personal image, would stay and answer questions from reporters in turn, but today was a little different, all the players were very energetic.
The players gave their opinions on the game.
Some big media sent more than a dozen reporters to interview, they recorded the words of each player, summarized the content together, and then they found a common denominator --
All the players spoke about the Sheep Football Group.
All the players attributed their good form to the form training of the Sheep Football Team......