12: Captain's Rebellion (Today's 3rd Update)
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With the whistle of the Italian bald referee Corina, the much-anticipated Anglo-Argentine battle kicked off at the Sapporo Dome Stadium!
Because LeΓ³n lost the coin guess when picking sides with Beckham, Argentina took the lead in the first half.
The starting line-up for Argentina today is as follows:
Goalkeeper: Caballero
Defender: Samuel
Defender: Mauricio Pochettino
Defender: Plascent
Midfielder: Diego Simeone
Midfielder: Javier Zanetti
Midfielder: Juan Sorin
Forward: Leonville
Left winger: Gallardo
Right winger: Ortega
Center: Barty.
Four years ago, Ortega was in the middle of England's defence, and four years later, the increasingly skilled little donkey is already the magic weapon for Argentina to win.
He switched wings with Gallardo in today's game, and Bielsa expects Ortega to open the door for Argentina on the right side!
On the England side, they still play in the traditional 442 formation:
Goalkeeper: Seaman
Left-back: Ashley Cole
Right-back: Gary Neville
Centre-back: Rio Ferdinand
Centre-back: Campbell
Midfielder: Hargreaves
Left midfielder: Stephen Gerrard
Midfielder: Paul Scholes
Right midfield: David Beckham
Forward: Michael Owen
Forward: Heskey.
Eriksen is the most loyal fan of the 4-4-2 formation, which is also the traditional formation of England, which can be attacked and defended!
From the start of the game, Argentina managed to advance into the heart of England under LeΓ³n's careful planning, and the English kept recovering their backline......
Just when Leon, like the previous game, was about to organize the attack after taking the ball in the forward position, he encountered a completely different defense!
In the last game with Nisalia, the Africans did not make a specific arrangement for him. Because Nigeria and Argentina are both teams that pay attention to the skill of the feet, there were few physical confrontations in that game......
But today, Owen Hargreaves is on the verge of being tasked with constantly inflicting physical confrontation on Leonwell.
Although Leon was still able to keep the ball at his feet thanks to his excellent handling skills, it was clear that his accuracy had dropped significantly.
Leon made a mistake in the first pass of the opening game, and he wanted to pick up a pass for Barty, but under the interference of Hargreaves, the ball was passed too high and flew directly off the bottom line.
"Very imaginative passing, alas, a little bit higher." At this time, the Argentines did not realize that Leonwell had been entangled by Hargreaves.
Compared to the diversity of the Argentine's attack, England seemed to have only one way to play today, and that was Paul Scholes transitioning the ball to David and passing long balls directly from David......
This seemingly simple pass scared the Argentine team into a cold sweat in the opening third minute.
Husky used his body to protect the ball after receiving a long pass from Becky, and the striker, who is known as the least scorer, is definitely a good strategist, he really can't score, but he is tall, can protect the ball, and can play the attack of his teammates.
After Heskey held the ball down, he leaned on Argentine defender Placente, who suddenly stuffed the ball to Michael Owen, the son of the wind, who was inserted from behind.
Before the game, people were talking about who was the Argentine's biggest annoyance?
There is no doubt that the person is - Michael Owen, four years ago, Owen became famous in the fight with Argentina, and since then, the name of the golden boy has become famous in Europe!
On the field, Owen was faster than lightning, he received a clever pass from Husky and went straight into the heart of England, Samuel was taken away by him, the rock was too slow for him to keep up with Owen's speed.
Pochettino made up for it at the first time, but the arrogant guy was denied a chance to shoot by Owen's deft dunk!
Michael Owen ββββββββββ!!!!! Shot!!!!!!! β
Dome World Cup stadium, England fans have stood up!
Bang dang! Owen's shot hit the post, which made the England fans at the scene regretful!
And the Argentines were shocked into a cold sweat!
"It's so dangerous, our defense can be penetrated so easily!" The anxiety of Argentine Digital Satellite TV, Kempes and Varidec is palpable.
"Owen's ball, too much pursuit of angles!" Lineker and Martin Taylor, the two English commentators, are quite a pity!
Just three minutes into the opening of the Anglo-Afghan game, Owen gave people a wonderful performance.
The name of the golden boy is indeed worthy of its name.
In the frontcourt, Leon also frowned, he had already warned Pochettino and other defenders to pay attention to Michael Owen, but these guys!
The Argentine's smooth sailing in the qualifiers made them underestimate England too much, and England was not as easy to beat as the Argentines thought!
Moreover, Argentina is not as strong as it seems......
Of course, it was the Argentines who had the upper hand in the game, but LeΓ£o spotted Eriksen's very targeted defensive approach......
Ashley Cole's defense on the left flank has put his stupid big brother Ortega in a quagmire, and every time Ortega passes Cole, the young, energetic England left-back will always make up for his position at the first time!
Cole's ability to chase back is too strong, and speed is not his big brother's specialty!
As for Gallardo, in front of the calm Gary Neville, he couldn't find any good way, and for a while, both of Argentina's wings were in trouble......
And what about yourself? Leon really wants to get rid of Hargreaves' kraft defense, but his physical weakness is completely exposed in the fight against Hargreaves!
Hargreaves was so entangled in himself, and although he could still control the ball, it was too difficult to get out of it.
Barty, the god of war, looked a little lonely under the defense of two top defenders, Campbell and Rio Ferdinand......
Before you know it, the Argentine front court has been completely cut off!
Erikson is a scheming fellow.
Leon had no choice but to control the situation first, at least so that the counterattack of the English could not be fought first.
"We didn't find a good way to attack, damn the English, bucket formation!" Kempes and Varideck couldn't help but frown.
"David, pay attention, once the Argentines are pressed, their other two midfielders, Thorin, and Zanetti, will step forward to assist, look for opportunities to press them, and then play a counterattack!" The experienced Scholes also found an opportunity to lean into Beckham's ear and said.
David Beckham nodded, in fact, he had been observing the situation on the field.
Sure enough, two minutes later, the Argentines who were not in a hurry to attack began to press the border.
The assists of Sorin and Zanetti put Argentina on the field in England with six strong players!
The defensive pressure on England players has increased dramatically!
The insertion of Zanetti and Sorin gave Leon a little more choice in the attacking spot...... But at the same time, it also left the Argentine backline completely exposed to Owen.
The golden boy is waiting for his chance.
"Pressing on the !!!" Suddenly, Scholes led his teammates to press suddenly, which caught the Argentines who were still cooperating a little off guard......
One of Sorrin's cross-balls was cut off by Scholes, who then played a long ball into the field!
"Michael ββββββββββββββ Owen !!!!!"
Owen was as fast as the wind, and he stopped the ball with his left foot before Placent and slotted it in the direction of the Argentine penalty area!
Mauricio Pochettino came in at the first time to make up for it, and history seemed to repeat itself again......
Owen flicked the ball horizontally in the Argentine penalty area, and Pochettino stretched out his foot to block Owen, and it was this time that Owen took advantage of the situation to the ground......
The entire dome fell silent.
Leon covered his face with his hands: Why...... Why should history repeat itself? I've already reminded them!
βbββββββββββββββββββοΌβ Referee Corina whistle blew and his finger was twelve yards!
Pochettino stepped forward to protest, but the Argentine players were not happy with the decision, and LeΓ³n, as captain, also walked back to protest to Collina......
But it didn't work, Corina was adamant that it was a penalty. You know, in Corina's game, he is the nemesis of Germany and Argentina, and the lucky star of England!
Now, what else can Leon do but put his hands on his hips and be helpless?
Oh, that's right!
Leon, who remembered something, suddenly walked towards goalkeeper Caballero, "Caballero, Beckham's penalty is likely to be taken to the middle and a little to your left, you must pay attention!" β
Caballero looked at Leon with some confusion...... He was tempted to ask, how did you know?
Caballero stood on the goalline suspiciously.
At this time, the eyes of the whole world are on David Beckham, the captain of the England national team who is ready to take the penalty.
'A lot of people say it's David Beckham's revenge, it was David who saved us against Greece and now our captain is 12 yards away again and his penalty will make the difference!"
The England fans at the Dome were already on their feet, while the Argentine fans were holding their faces with their hands and afraid to look at them.
Leon and his teammates waited quietly.
David Beckham looked a little nervous, while Caballero, who was on the goal line, was even more nervous, and he was hesitating whether he was going to take his word for it.
A little to my left in the middle?
Just when Caballero was still hesitating, Beckham activated!
"Damn Leon, you almost missed me! The ball was kicked to my right hand! Caballero's whole body was ready to pounce to the right......
But at the moment when Beckham kicked out, Beckham shook his ankle!
Caballero was shocked!
Oh my God, it was a bit to the left of the middle, but Caballero had lost his center of gravity and it was impossible for him to pull it back!
Exactly like in his previous life, Caballero watched helplessly as the ball crashed into the net from his feet......
The direction in which Beckham is kicking, is exactly the direction that Leonwell told him!
The English are ahead! Beckham scored and rushed to the corner flag frantically, then pulled his shirt!
βgooalοΌοΌοΌοΌοΌ We are ahead, 1-0! Captain David's goal! Long live David! Once again, he became the savior of the England team! In front of the penalty spot, he withstood the pressure!!!!! "The English are crazy!
England fans in the stands chanting the name of captain David Beckham!
After the Battle of the Falklands, the competition between the English team and the Argentine team was basically lost by England...... But today, they are finally raising their eyebrows in East Asia!
David Beckham!
Leon looked helplessly at the sky...... History, why does it repeat itself? Why?
LeΓ³n walked towards Caballero: "Why don't you do what I say......"
Caballero, who was a little ashamed, couldn't get in the way of his face: "Hell, I know how you guessed, that ball just now, what should I do if he kicks it to my right?" Penalty kicks, who knows! β
Leon looked at Caballero, who was still menacing, a little speechless, and at this time, Pochettino also walked over, "It's not that you organize the attack yourself, you only know the return pass and the horizontal pass, we have three defenders, how to defend?" β
Leon was angry and wanted to say that I had warned you before the game, but before he could say anything, Pochettino said something that made him disheartened, "You are still the captain like this......"
"Okay, okay, let's not say a word, there's still a lot of time, let's get it back." Zanetti, the good old man, came over and pulled away LeΓ³n and Pochettino, Caballero and others.
Leon finally knew why Zanetti said this to him this morning, Zanetti must have seen that in the Argentine national team, how many people really obey their captain? In addition to the River Plate brothers, there are also Barty, Zanetti, Ortega, and Simeone......
People like Pochettino, Caballero, Samuel and others may not be convinced......
And they don't trust themselves either.
Otherwise, Caballero would not have been reminded by himself and scored the penalty by Beckham.
While the Argentine players were arguing about something, on the England side, Beckham, who had just opened the scoring for England, had his hands on his hips, and he now really admired Eriksen's thoughts.
The Argentines were indeed infighting.
That little guy can't hold down his teammates.
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