Chapter 209: Ordered in Danger

When we think of Vienna, the capital of Austria, we first think of its music, which has been inseparable from Vienna for centuries. It was the birthplace of musical geniuses Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert and Johann Anderson. The Holy Land of Strauss.

Today, Vienna is almost inseparable from music on a daily basis.

As one strolls, one can hear the elegant waltz at any time. On summer nights, open-air music concerts are held in the park, where melodious music is mixed with the fragrance of flowers and plants, and reverberates in the evening breeze. Many families in Vienna have a tradition of indoor playing, especially when the family is happy, and beautiful melodies are played throughout the streets. What's even more interesting is that when there is a rally, a celebration or even a political axe, it is almost customary to play a piece of classical music before and after the meeting.

But in addition to music, the city is also famous for other aspects, such as its beauty and richness.

Vienna is a city with a high quality of life and a low crime rate, and according to the 2002 survey, Vienna is the fifth richest city in Europe, after London, Luxembourg City, Brussels and Hamburg. In addition, Vienna is known as the "Goddess of the Danube", with a beautiful environment and charming scenery, warm in winter and cool in summer.

When England arrived in Vienna, most of the players turned their heads through the windows and looked out at the scenery on the bus to the hotel, which was actually more beautiful than London, the capital of the Holy Roman Empire, which seemed to be full of artistic names.

After arriving at the hotel, Eriksen will also let the players pack up everything and move around freely, and it is absolutely a pity that they can't enjoy the beauty of Vienna.

Wang Li, Brigitte and Beckham got together, although they are very low-key, but today's Beckham is really eye-catching, because he has a shaved head, this image makes Wang Li laugh at first sight, and this also makes them on the way to sightseeing, they are recognized by local Vienna fans, many people come to them to ask for autographs.

In this way, the trio's interest in continuing the tour was ruined, so after getting rid of the fans, they went straight back to the hotel to rest and prepare for tomorrow's game.

In fact, Wang Li felt that this approach was a waste of good time, because Mr. Eriksen did not let him start at all the next day, as the first game of the qualifiers, the Swede still attaches great importance to it, so today's starting list, almost all of the players in the main squad of this year's European Championship, and Wang Li sat on the bench as a temporary supplement to the team.

It seems that Wang Li needs more effort to squeeze out Rooney or Owen as the main player and strengthen his weight in Eriksen's mind.

Although the city of Vienna is very famous, if you mention football, when it comes to the football of the Austrian team, many people will feel at a loss, but in fact, the Austrian team has reached the knockout stage of the World Cup finals 7 times, and their best result in history, and even won the third place in the World Cup!

Although this is only a group stage of the European World Cup qualifiers, there are still a lot of people who follow this game, and at least tens of millions of England fans gathered around the TV to watch the game live on September 4.

Sky TV anchor Graham returned to work to cover the game, first introducing the starting line-ups of both teams: "Let's take a look at England, goalkeeper No. 1 James, defender No. 15 John. Terry, No. 6 Campbell, No. 2 Gary. Neville and No. 3 Phil. Neville, midfielder, No.7 captain David Brown. David Beckham continued to lead the way on the right, with No.4 Steven Gerrard and No.11 Frank Lampard and No.8 Paul Scholes playing on the left, with No.9 Rooney and No.10 Owen still playing up front. ”

"Except for some changes at the back, this main squad is almost exactly the same as this year's European Championship squad, maybe the Swedes feel that in the first group game, there is more need for stability, but I personally think that the recent seven-goal youngster in four Premier League games. Wang should start the game, and having an efficient and in-state goalscorer will definitely help the team to score a lot. 'It seems that Graham is still a fan and maybe he will have a lot of support from Chelsea fans for that statement.

After introducing the England team, Graham immediately changed the topic and said to the Austrian team's lineup, "Goalkeeper No. 1 Manninger, No. 2 Standfest, No. 17 Martin. Hayden, No. 13 Marcus. Katzel, midfielder No. 23 Haas, No. 10 Andreas. Ivanszz ............"

The Austrian team is coached by legendary striker Hans. Mr. Crankl, who is said to have won the title of Austrian Footballer of the Year 9 times in his playing career, was famous throughout European football in the seventies, and when he coached the Austrian team, Crankl was more focused on the team's tactics, but perhaps the reason why the Austrian team's forward line was not outstanding was that the problem of low goal efficiency has always been a headache for Crankl.

After the start of the game, Austria and England were almost evenly matched with the tough style of the midfield. Crankel lined up in a 4321 pyramid formation, and now plays for Rolander Nice. Linz was a formidant lone arrow for the team, and in the first 20 minutes of the game, he almost scored with both shots on goal.

Andréas, who now plays for Rapid Vienna. Ivanschz played very actively on the left side, and he broke through with the ball again and again, making it difficult for David to defend on the right side. Beckham felt very spicy, but fortunately Gary. Neville is also on the right side and often participates in the defense, otherwise the 'bald little becky' may be beaten today.

On the other hand, the attack of the England team, in this game, as a shadow striker, Wayne. Rooney stood near the penalty area and wandered around looking for opportunities, and Owen's position was a little erratic, switching left and right all the time, making it difficult for the Austrian team to 'figure out', but Mr. Eriksen on the sidelines frowned, maybe the golden boy was looking for form.

In the first 20 minutes, Frank Lampard's frequent interceptions and tackles in the middle put a lot of pressure on Austria's attack, and in the attack, Lampard almost scored with a long-range shot. Gerrard's performance was also remarkable, as he combined with Beckham on the right flank to penetrate the Austrian defence several times in a row.

In the 27th minute of the game, Campbell made a successful steal at the back, handed the ball to the center line with a long pass, Beckham squeezed an Austrian player with his body, stopped the ball on his chest and then kicked it directly to Gerrard next to him, after Gerrard got the ball, he took two disguises in a row, shook off the opposing player, and kicked the ball to Rooney on the left side of the penalty area.

Rooney won the ball and tried to break through with his body against a defender, but he couldn't, and in a hurry he played the ball back to Frank Lampard, who faced the incoming ball and volleyed it into the left-hand corner of the net.

Frank Lampard's long-range strike gave England the lead, which gave Eriksen a breath of relief on the sidelines.

After England scored, Austria coach Hans Brown. Mr. Crankel didn't make any adjustments, and perhaps the legend felt that there was nothing wrong with his tactics, but he was just unlucky - but Crankel immediately regretted it!!

Just five minutes before the last goal, Paul Scholes broke through on the left, shook off one of the opposing defenders, and knocked the ball directly to John Terry, who had the assist on the right, who slotted the ball straight into Gerrard.

After Gerrard got the ball, he made a small cooperation with Rooney to change the ball, and suddenly shot a cold shot on the right side of the penalty area, hanging the ball directly into the net, Austrian goalkeeper Manninger was blocked by the defender and failed to react at all.

In the 34 minutes of the game, England scored two goals, which made Wang Li on the bench on the sidelines feel a little depressed, although the easy win of England is what most fans want to see, but as a substitute player, if the form develops like this, it will be difficult for him to have a chance to play in the game - even if he can play in garbage time, then what's the point? Wang Li doesn't need to increase his tournament experience or find out how good he is, he's always been in good shape.

At half-time, coach Christian Eriksen made no tactical changes, while Austria was replaced by 28-year-old centre-forward Rodland Rodland, who now plays for Athletic Graz. Coleman, it looks like they're going to strengthen the team's offense.

Although England performed very well in the first half, it can be seen from the history of football in the past 10 years that the performance of the England team has been very immature, and when the score is down or ahead, the players' form seems to disappear.

The same was true of this game, from the start of the second half, the players on the field seemed to be a little out of shape, and were completely suppressed by the Austrian team's big attack at the beginning, these big stars who performed well in the top league, as if they were sleepwalking, and frequent mistakes made England almost unable to attack the opponent's half in the first 10 minutes of the second half.

In the 61st minute of the game, the Austrian team's attack, after a series of inverted foot coordination, the football has reached the bottom line, the opponent's No. 23 Haas crossed from the side, was blocked by Campbell with his body, and the Austrian team won a corner kick on the left side.

Haas sent a quick corner to his team-mate, and then Austria's No. 13 Marcus Bush was cleared to his team-mate. Katzel kicked the ball into the six-yard box and substituted for Rodland. Coleman swings his head and puts the ball into the net.

"One more!!"

"Come on!!"

Rodland. After Coleman's goal, the whole Ernst Hapel Stadium in Vienna was boiling, and the performance of the Austrian team in the second half made these local fans happy, and this goal gave them hope of equalising!!

England manager Christian Eriksen on the sidelines frowned and looked at the bench, in this format, if it doesn't change, the opponent is likely to equalise, and after so long in charge of England, he already knows the situation of the team very well.

"Wayne, go warm up!"

Bridget was stunned for a moment, turned his head to look at Wang Li, pointed at himself in surprise and said, "Me? Mr? ”

"You don't want to play?" Erikson said with a frown.

"Oh! Okay, I'll go right away! ”

Obviously, Bridget was surprised that the manager asked him to play, as was Wang Li, but it was understandable to think about it, this was the first game of the qualifiers, and with the lead in the situation, Eriksen wanted to be stable and strengthen the team's defense.

However, wait for Bridget to replace Phil. After Neville came on, the format of the game did not change, and Austria's attack was still very fluid, although the England players gradually found their form and managed to organize a few dangerous attacks, but the whole game, Austria still had a big advantage.

This made the spectators, the England fans who followed the team look very depressed, before the game, they didn't expect the game to be like this, look at the players on the field of the England team now, almost every one is worth more than 10 million pounds, which is more valuable than a team built of gold!!

But looking at the game again, this is not reflected at all, and fortunately the team is still in the lead, otherwise these fans may turn their frustration into saliva.

But it didn't take long for the fans to spit out, and in the 74th minute of the game, the Austrian team passed the ball to the vicinity of the big penalty area line after a few kicks. Katzel was about to kick the goal, Terry tripped the former to the ground in anxiety, and the referee pulled out a yellow card to Terry and was awarded a free kick to Austria.

Marcus. Katzel lobs the ball into the six-yard box and plays for Vienna Speedy defender Andres. Ivan Kitz kicked the ball into the net in the midst of the chaos.

"Shh......h

The all-star England team played so passively in the second half, and was tied by the opponent, which made the England fans in the audience unbearable, and when the Austrian players celebrated the goal, they booed the opponent as a whole, maybe booing the opponent, but more people thought it was booing the England team.

At this time, Eriksen is also very anxious, if he loses the first game of qualifying against Austria, the pressure of public opinion will make him very passive, and the FA will definitely doubt his ability. And now the game is still very passive, and it is very likely that Austria will score another goal in the next game.

'Strengthen the defense to keep a point, or increase the attack to win in danger?' The question left Eriksen a little hesitant.

At this time, Eriksen turned his head to see the brunette on the bench, the young youngster has been in excellent form in the Premier League recently, and is said to be the top scorer in the rankings, and he has been very good at this year's European Championships. After careful consideration, Eriksen gritted his teeth and waved at the bench before the game could restart.

In the 77th minute of the game, the fourth official showed the substitution card, No. 8 Paul. Scholes goes down and plays on the field No. 21 Allen. Above.

(To be continued)