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After the opening ceremony of the World Cup, many staff members have packed up some props and supplies, and after emptying the venue, the main content that fans are most looking forward to this night will start - England vs Paraguay!!

This game was the finale of the day, and all the spectators were looking forward to the game, with some real fans wanting to see the best of the game, and the crowd around them wanting to see the stars of both teams.

Of course, it is still dominated by the England team, and most of the players in the England team are all well-known stars.

Fast by, in the blink of an eye, it was 8:20 p.m., and the two teams were already jumping in the players' tunnel, each holding a child's hand, ready to participate in the entrance ceremony.

At this time, the crowd was very enthusiastic, but the tunnel was very quiet, not a single player went to talk to each other, and they were all experiencing the atmosphere of the World Cup.

In this variety of high-profile arenas, the mentality of the players is undoubtedly much more excited, you must know that the attention of this game is no less than the Champions League final, although this is only one of the group stage games, the pre-match publicity is not as good as the Champions League final, but the title of 'World Cup', the number of spectators attracted is unimaginable. And this is the first game after the opening ceremony of the World Cup, and the level of attention it has received can be imagined.

Wang Li also stood in the players' tunnel, listening to the voice in his ears, he couldn't wait to play, such a game was too tempting.

"Brother Allen, can you give me an autograph and a group photo after the game."

At this time, the voice of Xiao Lori suddenly came from the quiet player tunnel, which destroyed the quiet atmosphere in the entire passage, and everyone's eyes were also focused on Wang Li. Wang Li was holding a 5 or 6-year-old German girl in her hand, this little girl looked at Wang Li with a well-behaved face and big eyes blinking.

Wang Li smiled at her, couldn't help pinching the little girl's face with his hand, and said, "Okay, no problem." ”

Returning to the players' tunnel from the atmosphere in the stadium, looking at the very casual brunette boy, the Paraguayan players felt a little nervous and expectant.

In the Paraguayan team, most of the players play in various professional leagues in South America. Wang's name, and I have watched Wang Li's game video, but after all, Europe and South America are too far apart, and many of them want to play in Europe, and it is not easy to mix with an ordinary player.

The gap between them and Wang Li can never be justified.

In this way, few people will think about what it is like to compete with Wang Li.

Although before the match, Paraguay head coach Aníbal. Ruiz has emphasized the defensive style of the England team, but he has not really been on the field, and it is difficult for them to imagine that the seemingly friendly brunette in front of them will be so strong.

And now the England team, the whole lineup can really be described as an all-star, not only Wang Li, but also Beckham, Terry, Lampard, Gerrard and other players are all well-known.

Looking at the star players of the England team, the Paraguayan players are even a little ashamed of themselves.

However, this only made them even more scrappy.

If you beat the same opponent, you can only feel a little excited, but if you beat an opponent who is impossible to beat in the eyes of the public, it must be very comfortable.

Compared to Paraguay, England are almost an impossible opponent to beat.

Not to mention other players, just the value of one Wang Li can buy a few Paraguayan teams, such a gap is really frustrating.

In the midst of the changes in the minds of the Paraguayan players, after a while, it was already time to play, and each player in the player tunnel also restrained their thoughts, each holding a caddy, and came to the court from the tunnel in order.

In an instant, cheers resounded through the Allianz Arena!!

Sky TV - "Let's come and see the scene, the two teams are finally playing! ”

"Today the England players wore a white jersey, which is said to have been designed by Ambiao to make England better at the World Cup, while Paraguay wore an all-blue jersey and they still maintain the style of the last World Cup and have not changed much."

"This is the first match of this World Cup, and in Group B, England are undoubtedly the strongest, and they are also the team with the highest squad value in this World Cup, because of the presence of world number one player Allen. They are nearly 200 million euros higher than the second-placed Italian team. ”

"There is no doubt about the strength of a team of such value, although England did not perform well in the previous World Cup, they fell to the round of 16 several times, but this year's England team is still favored by the general public, which may be because of Allen. For the king's sake, after all, this brunette kid's goal efficiency is really amazing. With him, there won't be a stronger team than England's forward line for at least 10 years. ”

"It is worth mentioning that the England team has recruited two other youngsters, who are not only new recruits for the World Cup, but also new recruits for the England team, they are goalkeeper No. 1 Thomas and striker Harilson."

'The former currently plays for Chelsea and is Chelsea's deserved number one goalkeeper, while the latter was in the top three scorers in the Premier League last season and is one of the hottest names in the transfer market at the moment.

"It can be seen from here that there are a lot of talented players emerging in England at the moment, and these two youngsters, plus Allen and Wayne Rooney, these young people make the England team look very young."

"And Paraguay's star Santa Cruz is not to be underestimated, this player currently plays for the Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich, and he is familiar with the Allianz Arena, and maybe today in this stadium he can"

As Sky TV commentators continue to introduce them, the players of the two teams on the pitch have lined up and are ready to take turns singing the national anthem, a ritual before the World Cup.

First of all, the England team sang the national anthem.

Listening to the rhythm of the English national anthem in his ears, Wang Li was at a loss. Wang knew this national anthem, but after Wang Li came to this world, although he had heard the national anthem a few times, he couldn't sing it at all, and he didn't have the heart to learn this kind of song.

So, when Beckham and others were engaged in singing, Wang Li looked at the audience blankly, his mouth open and closed, not knowing what he was chanting.

Of course, it doesn't matter.

After the national anthem-singing ceremony, the starters of both sides began to take pictures, which was also an important part of the pre-World Cup event, after which the captains of both sides went to guess the coin, and then the players of both sides scattered around the pitch to find their positions.

At this time, the form and lineup on the field are clear.

England started in a standard 442 formation, with Wayne up front. Rooney and Michael. Irving.

Wang Li did not act as a striker, McClaren considered making Wang Li play a greater role as the core of England's attack, so Wang Li is a midfielder, the accurate positioning is the front midfielder, and the other players in the midfield are Frank. Frank Lampard, Joe. Kerr and team captain David Brown. David Beckham.

England's midfield start was indeed a surprise for Paraguay manager Aníbal. Ruiz's surprise also surprised most fans and the media, because when Eriksen was in charge of England, midfielders Frank Lampard and Steven Gerrard were the main force, and now Gerrard is on the bench and Lampard is in the starting line-up.

But when you think about it, McLaren's approach is understandable, the main thing is that there are too many star players in the England team, which makes England's front court look crowded.

In this World Cup, McLaren recruited five forwards: Wang Li, Owen, Rooney, Crouch and Harrierson, originally he wanted to call four people into the team, but these five forwards have their own characteristics, which makes it difficult for McClaren to win.

However, in the forward position, there are only two players at most, so at least two players will sit on the bench, and they will not even be able to enter the squad at all.

In this game, the unlucky guy who didn't make the squad was Harrielsen, and even if he performed well as a rookie, he was directly excluded by McLaren.

Wang Li was arranged in the midfield, so that Rooney and Owen can appear at the same time, Manchester United's top scorer and England's golden boy combination, its offensive ability is undoubted, in addition to a not weaker than the two of them combined Wang Li in the back, England's attacking ability can be imagined.

However, in this way, Wang Li occupies a starting position in midfield, so Frank Lampard and Gerrard can only have one starter, because these two players are the same type, and their ability to play wingers is not very strong, at least not as good as Chelsea's excellent professional winger Joe. Cole.

And considering that Lampard was Wang Li's team-mate before, he and Wang Li must have been much more skilled in cooperation than Gerrard, so Lampard got his chance.

Perhaps, he will thank Wang Li for his performance

Owen, Wayne Rooney, Wang Li, Lampard, Beckham, Joe. Cole, as soon as this set of frontcourt starters debuted, it made all the spectators in the entire stadium boil!!

Among the six, except for Joe. Aside from Kerr's slightly weaker reputation, the other five players are definitely world-class stars, and if you do a survey, 950 million of the world's 1 billion fans have heard of these names.

This is the real all-star lineup!!

Compared with the starry frontcourt of the England team, the four-man combination in the backfield is a little inferior, they are Ashley. Cole, Leo. Ferdinand, John. Terry as well as Gary. Neville, the reason why they are inferior is not that there is a gap between the strength of these people and the frontcourt, but that the defenders themselves belong to a group that is not valued by fans, although the strength of these people is very good, but their reputation is much worse.

For example, when the commentators of various TV stations introduce the players, they focus on the front court of England, and the back field is just passing by.

Although this makes the person concerned very depressed, it is the case.

However, they may not be the most depressed, because the national television stations (except Paraguay) have all passed by the Paraguayan lineup: goalkeeper Villar, defenders Nunez, Menzur, Gamara and Cáceres, midfielders Barreto, dos Santos, Acuna, Gaviran, striker Santa Cruz and Valdés.

There may be only one Santa Cruz name in this lineup, and even the captain of the team, Gamarra, is an unknown player, and I am afraid that the average fan will not hear of this name, after all, he is not a player who plays in Europe's top five leagues.

In this lively introduction, time has passed quietly, and then the referee's whistle is down, and the game finally begins.

Both teams are formed in 442, but in fact the tactics of the two teams are completely different.

Under the guidance of McClaren, the England team is completely dominated by strong attacks, they are good at attacking, McClaren's idea of leading the team is to play artistic football, so this kind of attack is played to the fullest by his tactical guidance, and the winger is not Phil. Neville, but Joe, who is good at attacking. That's why Cole prefers to use the nimble Joe over the slightly conservative Neville. Cole.

Paraguay, on the other hand, is the opposite of a counter-attacker.

There are not many teams in South America that really play a completely defensive counter-attack, and Paraguay is one of them. In those years, thanks to the courage of the legendary goalkeeper Chilavert, the defensive counterattack became the heirloom of the Paraguayan team.

And now although Zilavert is no longer there, the Paraguayan team still inherits this style of play, although in the World Cup qualifiers, many media are questioning Paraguay's style of play, without Chilavert, Paraguay, can still defend the defense so firmly?

However, Paraguay has responded forcefully to these doubts with facts.

In the South American qualifiers, Paraguay scored a total of 21 goals in 18 games, and the offensive ability is weak, but with tenacious defense, coupled with sharp counterattacks such as Santa Cruz, Paraguay was still able to qualify smoothly.

In this World Cup, if Paraguay want to qualify from the likes of England and Sweden, the counter-attack will surely be their magic weapon to win.

And now, England face this solid defence.

Is it England's all-obvious forward line that is stronger, or is Paraguay's solid defence more solid?

This question is in the minds of all the fans, and now on the pitch, the two teams are using a real battle to explain it all.

England's attack.

Wang Li started in Gerrard's place, but his task was different from Gerrard's, he was the presence of the team's offensive core, McClaren did not give him any defensive tasks, his only task was to lead this forward line to score.

Now on the England halfway line, Joe. Kerr and Frank Lampard are his Chelsea team-mates, while David on the right flank. David Beckham is his team-mate at Real Madrid and after a few days of training, they have no problem working together.

Therefore, in the offense, Wang Li will choose to pass the ball more.

The other players also performed very well, and in the opening game, the England players made relatively few mistakes, and Paraguay's attacking power was not strong, which kept the football at the feet of the England team.

It was another time for Wang Li to win the ball.

After the start of the game, Wang Li felt that he was in surprisingly good shape today, although the head coach unanimously emphasized the strength of Paraguay's defense before the game, but Wang Li did not feel anything, these South American players in terms of defensive ability, and England's first-class players are really a little different, at least until now Wang Li has not felt anything.

So, this time he wanted to try it himself.

After winning the ball near the halfway line, Wang Li walked towards the front court alone.

At this time, it showed the tacit understanding between the middle lane and Wang Li, Beckham and Joe. Cole's wings flew forward from the wings and Frank Lampard was ready to support him, a movement that made Wang feel reassuring because he had a lot to choose from.

"Allen rushed forward with the ball!"

Seeing this scene, the commentators of TV stations around the world said excitedly that up to now, Wang Li's dribbling has been promoted as a picture with urgent appreciation value, and fans feel that it is worth the ticket price to see the performance of this black-haired boy on the spot.

These are all off-the-field things, and Wang Li is still running forward with the ball step by step.

At this time, he saw a young player come forward to grab the ball, it was Paraguay's 22-year-old Edgar Edgar. Barreto, the youngster currently plays for Nijmegen in the Eredivisie, and his performances are not too bad, and this World Cup is also an important platform for the development of such players.

As a little-known youngster, Barreto is confident in his defensive prowess, and in the Eredivisie, he often predicts the next moves of the opposing attacking players, which has also made him famous in the Netherlands.

Therefore, when he posted it, he kept staring at Wang Li's feet, trying to predict in advance that Wang Li would dribble the ball in that direction, so as to find a steal opportunity.

Wang Li did not change the speed of the ball because Barreto stepped forward, he just took it step by step, as if he was completely ignorant of Barreto's running over, which made the fans in the audience a little worried.

And England fans are full of confidence, and they are all looking forward to watching the next scene, because they know that if they want to snatch Wang Li's ball, it is almost impossible to rely on the opponent's defender.

In fact, when Barreto felt he was in the right direction, he stepped straight into the right direction when he stepped back to make a tackle.

But the next moment, Wang Li made a light change of direction to the left, and without even changing the speed of the ball, he directly dodged the steal, which made Barreto, who was pulled away, feel incredible.

However, Wang Li has already taken the ball forward and continued to attack!

After passing Barreto, Wang Li has reached five meters in front of the big penalty area with the ball, at this time, two Paraguay have run over to steal, and Barreto has to follow up, so that the three players can threaten Wang Li's dribbling.

It's just a threat.

Before being surrounded, Wang Li made a very light pass, and the football flew directly to Owen's point in the penalty area.

In this way, the walls of the Paraguayan players are useless, and the defense of the penalty area is a little loose - Owen has only one defender next to him, and after he jumps slightly, he rubs his head against the ball, and the football is passed to the left side of the penalty area.

There, Joe. Cole plugged in!

Joe. Kerr's speed and awareness were unquestionable, and he padd the ball with his foot when he got the opportunity, and then chose to volley directly into the rhythm!

"Shoot!"

Unfortunately, the far corner of the ball was a little wider, and although goalkeeper Villar couldn't touch the ball, the ball flew off the line.

However, the fans were excited.

At the beginning, the England team showed tacit cooperation and strong offensive firepower

(To be continued)