184. The Youngest Three Lions
When the squad for the last 24 of the European Championship was revealed, the Three Lions, with an average age of 24.91, were the youngest of all the participating teams. At the same time, the team has as many as 8 players under the age of 23, which is also the highest.
The Guardian wrote an article for fans to interpret the 23 Three Lions internationals.
Joe Hart: 29 years old, 58 caps for the national team. He conceded seven goals in European Championship qualifying, the fewest goalkeepers of any team that qualified.
Fraser Forster: 28 years old, 6 caps for the national team. There have been 19 clean sheets in the last 22 months, with only Hart having more than him.
Tom Heaton: 30 years old, 1 cap for national team. Played every minute in the Championship last season.
Kyle Walker: 26 years old, 15 caps for his country. A personal best of 92 interceptions at Tottenham this season.
Nathaniel Klein: 25 years old, 12 caps for the national team. Played 52 games for Liverpool this season, first in the team.
Chris Smalling: 26 years old, 24 caps for the national team. He has played 17 league games this year and kept seven clean sheets.
Gary Cahill: 30 years old, 42 caps for his country, scoring three goals. Played 720 minutes in qualifying, first in the team.
John Stones: 22 years old, 10 caps for the national team. He has made 33 blocks at Everton this season, the most in the team.
Ryan Bertrand: 26 years old, 8 caps for the national team. Since the 2014-2015 season, he has been the only player to have made more than 200 crosses.
Danny Rose: 25 years old, 3 caps for the national team. Last season, he averaged 2.8 steals per game, the best on the team.
Deli Ali: 20 years old, made 7 international appearances and scored 1 goal. Last season, he scored 10 goals and 9 assists in the league, and was the first local midfielder.
Jordan Henderson: 25 years old, 25 caps for the national team. He completed 353 passes in qualifying, the most in the team.
Adam Lallana: 28 years old, 22 caps for the national team. Six assists in the league last season, a personal best.
Jack Wilshere: 24 years old, 30 caps for his country, scoring two goals. He hasn't played a full game in the Premier League since 2014.
Ross Barkley: 22 years old, 22 caps for his country, scoring 2 goals. He created 57 scoring chances for Everton last season, the most in the team.
Eric Deere: 22 years old, made six appearances for his country, scoring one goal. He made 1,735 passes at Tottenham last season, the most in the team.
James Milner: 30 years old, made 59 international appearances, scoring one goal. Created 20 scoring chances in qualifying, first in the team.
Raheem Sterling: 21 years old, 22 caps for his country, scoring two goals. In the qualifiers, he made 16 successful passes, which is the first in the team.
Jamie Varti: 29 years old, made seven international appearances and scored three goals. He opened the scoring 12 times in the Premier League last season.
Wayne Rooney: 30 years old, 110 caps for his country, scoring 52 goals. He is the all-time leading scorer of the England national team.
Harry Kane: 22 years old, 11 caps for his country, scoring five goals. He has been in the top three of the Premier League's scorer list for two consecutive seasons, and is the first homegrown scorer in a decade.
Marcus Radford: 18 years old, 1 cap for the national team. He is the youngest goalscorer in a Manchester derby.
Qiansheng: 15 years old, made 2 appearances in the national team, scored 3 goals, assisted 2 times, won MVP in two consecutive games, first in the team. Last season, he made 8 league appearances, 34 goals and 5 assists, the Premier League Golden Boot, the Premier League goal contributor leader, the Premier League Official Player of the Season, the Premier League Official Newcomer of the Season, the Premier League Official Goal of the Season, and the Premier League Official Team of the Season.
At this summer's European Championship, the young Three Lions will set off a storm of youth and aim for the championship!
After the squad was announced, the FA officially shared a promotional video on Twitter, which is also a promotional video for the England national team for the European Championship, which mostly shows the highlights of the 23 players in the national team.
Among them, the most eye-catching is the Qiansheng who only made two appearances for the national team, and the performance of the club in the forward position is different, although there are fewer goals, but people who understand football can see that Qiansheng not only bears the burden of scoring goals in this national team, but also often retreats to the midfield and backfield to participate in the organization and defense.
Although I don't understand the tactical intentions of Three Lions coach Roy Hodgson, when Qiansheng was on the field, England showed super control on the pitch, and in two friendly matches, the opponent could not pass half the pitch and did not have a single shot on goal. After Qiansheng left the field, England returned to its original appearance, lost control, lost the ball, and was suppressed by the opponent for a while.
The official Twitter of the FA has flooded into a large number of users at once, in addition to the local IP in the UK, many of them are Chinese.
Obviously, they are all aimed at Qiansheng, and there are even edited personal videos of Qiansheng on various social platforms on the Internet, including his performance in the Premier League and the national team.
All social networking platforms, whether it is Google, Facebook, YouTube or Baidu and Youku in China, the first hot spot is Qiansheng's video.
And the forums of these online platforms have opened a theme dedicated to the study of Qiansheng football, and of course, there are also Qiansheng's brainless fans who have specially opened Qiansheng's personal theme posts.
For a time, Qiansheng's popularity was unmatched for a while, and many spinach companies even lowered the odds of Qiansheng, the winner of the European Cup Golden Boot.
scored 34 goals in 8 games, if it weren't for the popularity of Qiansheng, the spinach company really didn't want to open Qiansheng's plate, because since the opening, even if the odds have dropped to 1.2 now, a lot of money has still poured into Qiansheng to win the European Cup Golden Boot.
In the odds of winning the Euro Cup round of 24 offered by Spinach Company, the England team was 1 to 50 at the beginning, ranking in the middle of the top 24. After that, England won two warm-up matches, and the odds of the Three Lions suddenly dropped to 1 to 20, entering the top six.
When the final squad of the England national team was announced, England's odds to win the championship fell to 1 to 8, ranking third behind Spain and Germany.
2 June 2016, 18:00 p.m., Wembley Stadium, London.
The stadium of nearly 90,000 people was densely packed with people, and the loud singing spread throughout the venue.
In the Wembley studio, the game will be narrated by Martin Taylor, ace commentator; Alan Shearer, a former England legend centre-forward; Luis Figo, member of Portugal's Golden Generation.
"Luis, what do you think of this game?" Taylor said with a smile.
Figo smiled slightly, England's record against Portugal has always been at a disadvantage, and now the strong Three Lions will definitely go all out to win this game in order to take revenge.
For Portugal, it was just a friendly game, it was all about practicing tactics and keeping the players in shape. Figo came here, in addition to representing the Portuguese Football Federation and England to establish a good relationship, he wanted to see the rumored goals and all kinds of statistics to blow up his own stars.
"It's just a friendly match, win or lose, just play what you want."
What the other party said is not leaky, it seems that after the former world footballer became an official, his official words have improved rapidly.
Shearer said: "Will Christian play? ”
Figo shrugged: "How do I know." ”
Taylor shook his head, seemingly unable to get anything out of Figo's mouth.
Looking at the appearance lists of both sides in his hand, he glanced at the list of Portugal, and his eyes flashed, and sure enough, Cristian Ronaldo was not on the starting list.
"Hello and welcome to Wembley Stadium. I'm Martin Taylor, and my partner is Alan Shearer. Today we have a guest, Luis Figo, and we will talk about this game together. ”
"This warm-up match is the last game of the England national team, and the opponent is the European powerhouse Portugal. We know that this team has great skills and has world star Christian Ronaldo, who has played for Manchester United. ”
"I don't know if Christian, who played 120 minutes in the Champions League final, will play in this game, but at this time the players from both sides will play, and now I will announce the list of players for both sides."
"The players who played in the England national team were:
Goalkeeper: No. 23 Heaton
Defenders: No. 12 Klein, No. 5 Cahill (c), No. 6 Smalling, No. 21 Bertrand
Midfielders: No. 17 Deere, No. 20 Alli, No. 19 Barkley
Forwards: No. 15 Walty, No. 9 Qiansheng, No. 11 Kane. ”
"The players who played in the Portuguese national team were:
Goalkeeper: No. 1 Rui Patricio
Defenders: No. 11 Vielinha, No. 2 Bruno Alves, No. 4 José Fonte, No. 5 Rafael Guerrero.
Midfielders: 14 William Carvalho, 16 Renato Sanchez, 8 Joao Moutinho, 17 Nani, 20 Ricardo Quaresma
Striker: Eder
In this friendly match, both sides sent a lot of newcomers, and Heaton was able to start this time, mainly in the later games, unless Hart and Foster were injured, otherwise the third goalkeeper could only keep the water cooler.
And Portugal also sent a lot of newcomers, especially the talented midfielder who transferred from Benfica to the Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich at a sky-high price, and the 18-year-old Sanchez started in this game, which attracted the attention of countless people. The Bundesliga giants spent a lot of money to buy him, whether it was worth it or not, this game can be known.
In the tunnel of the players, Quaresma kept an eye on Qiansheng.
After the lost German football emperor Franz Beckenbauer's outside instep free kick stunt reappeared on the field, this goal video occupied the first place on major video websites, and countless people were crazy about Qiansheng's goal.
Quaresma, who is good at passing and scoring with the outside instep, has seen this video, and although he is unwilling, he has to admit that he can pass the ball with the outside instep and shoot, but he can't take a free kick.
Because this technique is too physically demanding on the player, it leads to the loss of this stunt. (To be continued.) )