198. Three Lions vs. Polar Bears: Deadly Toe
June 11, 2016, 8 p.m., Marseille, Stade Velodrome.
The match was played against England, ranked 11th in FIFA rankings, and Russia, ranked 29th in FIFA rankings.
The stadium, which can accommodate 67,000 people, is almost full of fans, and in the Nicolas Rhodes stands, there are Chinese fans wearing white England national team uniforms neatly arranged, accounting for almost one-third of this stand, if you can see their backs, you will find that the back of everyone's jersey is all No. 9, and above the number, is the letter "ShengQian", no, it should be pinyin.
Led by two young and beautiful girls in the front row, these Chinese fans shouted slogans, sang songs and made movements, and on both sides of the girl, the boys with gongs and drums beat rhythmically under the instructions of the girls.
If you understand Huaxia language, you will hear "Come on!" "Qiansheng scores! Shouts.
This scene made most of the members who stayed in Huaxia and did not follow the Qianjiu Society to the scene in front of the TV, looking at it with envy and hatred.
The TV stations and networks of various countries that broadcast this game are all pleased to find that the ratings and traffic are constantly rising, greatly exceeding the ratings and traffic of the first three games. And this is just before the game, looking at the upward momentum, it is very likely to exceed the sum of the previous three games.
The BBC and Sky Sports joint studio, a huge room, actually discharged a star-studded lineup of commentators.
Martin Taylor, Gary Lineker, Alan Shearer, Thierry Henry, Jens Lehmann, Martin Keown, Charlie Nicholas, Paul Merson, eight people sat around an oval table, and on a screen above them, it was Frank Lampard and Jurgen Klinsmann, who were also BBC commentators, but Lampard's New York City still needed to play in the Major League League, and Klinsmann was to lead the United States to the Centennial America's Cup at home. So they participated in the commentary and analysis of the game in the form of video in the United States.
With so many commentators and guests, it is clear that the BBC and Sky Sports have invested heavily in the investment.
Merson and Nicholas are brain-dead fans, and the two were very active in introducing England's No. 9 Qiansheng to Lehmann, Lampard, and Klinsmann, and the frenzy made Henry speechless.
"The referee for this match is Sven Moen from Norway." Taylor said as he lifted his glasses.
Lineker looked at Merson and Nicholas, who were talking to Frank Lampard and Klinsmann excitedly in front of the video, and said with a smile: "Wales got three points, Roy is under a lot of pressure, if you can't get the opener, Roy should leave quickly." ”
Shearer gave him a blank look: "Roy can't solve the problem if he leaves." ”
Former German international Lehmann, who has been a teammate with Henry for several years, said to Henry: "Thierry, in such an important game, will you, a 15-year-old disciple, be nervous when he starts the game? It's an international competition. ”
Henry smiled slightly and said confidently: "Qian is a player born with a big heart, and he never coaxes big scenes." Don't look at him as young, this child has been through a lot along the way, and his maturity can't be seen by age. ”
With a sigh, Lehmann looked at the TV with interest, and the picture was showing players from both sides waiting to play in the players' tunnel, and the camera gave several close-ups of dry life.
Seeing Qiansheng's calm face, Lampard in the video said: "I really can't see that this child is under 16 years old. By the way, Martin, if this kid plays, is it a record for the European Cup? ”
Taylor smiled: "I'm afraid it's not one, if you score a goal in this game." ”
Klinsmann said with some disbelief: "You praise him as an alien, is it too exaggerated?" ”
Nicholas glared: "Who exaggerated?" Jurgen, look down on us England, don't you? ”
Merson also glared at Klinsmann, and the good old guy Keown hurriedly played the round: "Okay, okay, the audience is watching us, don't argue." ”
Taylor, who is responsible for most of the commentary, began to introduce the starting lineups of both sides based on the TV footage.
The starting line-up for this game appeared on the TV screen.
The home team England lined up in a 433 formation and wore white jerseys. The starters were:
Goalkeeper: No. 1 Joe Hart
Defenders: Kyle Walker No. 2, Gary Cahill No. 5, Chris Smalling No. 6, Danny Rose No. 3
Defenders: 20 Deli Ali, 17 Eric Deere
Midfielder: No.10 Wayne Rooney (c)
Forwards: No. 15 Jamie Walty, No. 9 Qiansheng, No. 11 Harry Kane
The away team Russia lined up in a 451 formation and wore a burgundy jersey. The starters were:
Goalkeeper: No. 1 Igor Akinfeev
Defenders: No. 2 Roman Shishkin, No. 14 Vasily Berezutsky, No. 6 Alexei Berezudsky, No. 21 Djogi Szchenikov
Defender: No. 8 Denis Glushakov
Midfielders: No. 15 Roman Shirokov (c), No. 20 Dmitry Tobinsky
Full-backs: No. 19 Samedov, No. 17 Oleg Shatov
Forward: No.22 Aljem Dzyuba
After reporting the starting lineups of both sides, the commentators and guests in the studio began their own analysis.
Taylor: As you can tell from the starting lineup, Roy is going to play offensive football in this game and vow three points.
Lineker: I don't know why Wayne was put in the starting line, is there something wrong with the new tactics?
Shearer: From the start of Russia, it's about counter-attacking.
Henry: Wouldn't it be more effective to fight back with Aleksand? Aljem looks more like a centre-forward.
Lehmann: England have to find a way to score first, otherwise the youngsters are prone to ups and downs in a game like this.
Keown: Judging from the information, it seems that Aljem is not a traditional center forward, and since Russia uses him as a single striker, it is obviously optimistic that he can take on the heavy task of counterattacking. So I think Gary and Chris should be on the lookout for him.
Nicholas: Cadres will score.
Merson: Yes, England's first goal in this European Championship was scored by Gan, and Gan set two records!
Frank Lampard: Don't be careless, Russia are the hosts of the next World Cup and the European Championship and we haven't had the upper hand in our history.
Jurgen Klinsmann: England's youth is an advantage, with good physical strength, strong athleticism, and playing to their strengths and avoiding weaknesses. Jens is right, the first goal can be invincible.
As he spoke, the time reached 19:40, and the players of both sides came out under the leadership of referee Sven Moen.
Seeing the players playing, the stadium resounded with a huge cheer, and the fans of the Qianjiu Club shouted loudly: "Come on, Qiansheng!" ”
Listening to the loud noise on the field, Qiansheng looked around curiously, in his heart, this game was no different from the previous games, the only thing was that this stadium was noisy.
After the national anthem was played, the players of both sides shook hands, and then, under the questioning of the referee, the captains of both sides chose one side, the other chose the kick-off, and finally Russia chose to kick off.
"Russia kicks off first?" Roy Hodgson looked at the Russian dugout with some surprise, and Leonid Slutsky smiled slightly when he noticed that Hodgson was looking at him.
Touching his chin, Hodgson thought to himself: "I thought he chose to defend, it seems that he is going to fight against us, and Leondeni wants to strike first?" ”
Whispering a few words to assistant coach Gary Neville, Neville nodded, walked to the sideline, and shouted, "Wayne! ”
Rooney looked at Neville and saw him gesturing to him, Rooney nodded knowingly, and walked towards his teammate behind him.
At 20 o'clock, Moen whistled, and the fourth game of the European Cup officially began.
At this moment, Qiansheng also set a record for the European Cup: at the age of 15 years and 169 days, he became the youngest player in the history of the European Cup finals. The previous record holder was Williams of the Netherlands, who played at Euro 2012 against Denmark at the age of 18 years and 71 days.
Russia kicked off and launched an attack on England, Samedov hit the left with the ball, Rose stood in a very solid position, saw that he could not break through, Samedov crossed, but was intercepted by Dier.
Without waiting for Shirokov to grab, Dill passed to Ali and shouted: "Attack!" Ali scurried down the middle with the ball, Tobinski immediately chased it back, and before he could get closer, Ali passed to Wayne Rooney, who received the ball with his back in front of him.
Russia's defender Glushakov stared at Rooney's feet tightly, not wanting Rooney to pass behind him immediately after receiving the ball.
Glushakov immediately turned and chased after Ali, who was extremely fast with the ball and threw him out of the way in an instant.
Slutsky stood on the sidelines, frowning, he didn't expect England to counterattack so quickly after the ball was broken, and almost all of them were one-ball passes, without any delay. It's just, such a fast-paced and fast pass, aren't you afraid of mistakes? The English don't have the skills of the technical teams like Spain and Portugal.
Striding to the right-hand touchline, Schennikov took a stand to prevent Ali from breaking through. Instead of breaking through with the ball, Ali passed back to Walker, who was unguarded and sent a 45-degree cross into the box.
"Look at them!" Slutsky shouted, nervous in his heart, he didn't expect England's attack to be very resolute and decisive, this right-back crossed so quickly, didn't he rely on England to have three strikers who were inserted into the penalty area and ready to head the goal.
Vardy was on the right, and Dry was in the middle of the penalty spot, and neither of them could get on Walker's cross, because the ball landed on the left side of the penalty area, and Kane had already jumped high to beat Shishkin with a lion's header.
It's only been less than two minutes and you're about to score?
All eyes were on Kane's push into the top left corner of the goal, and Akinfeev pounced on it with his right-handed hand.
With a "dang" sound, the ball hit the crossbar and bounced back to the goal, and the overjoyed Akinfeev shouted at his teammates: "Get out of the way!" He saw a foot sticking out from behind Alexei Berezukki and hitting the ball with his toe impartially.
With his eyes wide open and his pupils dilated, Akinfeev watched in despair as the ball was kicked into the empty goal by this hateful toe, and at the same time shouted in his heart: "What the hell! When did England have a Philip? ”
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