Chapter 56 is not a small harvest

While Simon Grayson was busy with his worries, England and Ukraine, the hosts of the tournament, began their first group game on June 11.

In this game, the 'Three Lions' continued the same line-up tactics as they had practiced a while ago, with Wang Tiezhu acting as a catalyst between the two Germans to win his first official appearance for England, while Jonny Hausen was less lucky, and Hodgson still voted for Leighton Bynes at a crucial moment.

And Wang Tiezhu did not live up to Hodgson's high expectations, and only 13 minutes into the game, he took advantage of the opportunity of a corner kick to put a corner kick from Baines into the door of the host Ukrainian team, and England took a 1-0 lead.

The backward hosts were not discouraged in front of the Ukrainian fans, and they launched a ferocious comeback to take advantage of England's change of breath, and on 22 minutes, their leader Shevchenko attracted John Terry and Rio Ferdinand, and sent the ball to the feet of another 23-year-old striker, Yarmolenko, who sent the ball into the England goal with a low shot, and Joe Hart's down-to-earth save couldn't even touch the edge of the ball.

Yarmolenko was thrilled to hit the pitch after the goal, the Dynamo Kyiv striker will be in the English Premier League next season, and was bought by Tottenham Hotspur for £13.5 million, and his excellent form at the European Championship will surely earn him a better place at Tottenham.

After the score became a 1:1 draw, the England team also began to become stable, the Ukrainian team is a very emotional team, and even the Ukrainians are a very emotional nation, as long as they are interested, they can sing and dance happily on the street, and there will definitely be strangers to join in and have fun together.

After the players' emotions stabilized, the England team's performance on the field began to become stable, especially Wang Tiezhu, Lampard, Gerrard, and Leiton Bynes are all players with strong defensive ability, and when they defend together, the England team's midfield really becomes solid, and the Ukrainians have no way to send the ball to the feet of Shevchenko and Yarmolenko in front of them except for playing long passes.

After all, the England team is much stronger than the Ukrainian team, coupled with the players' mentality becoming more and more stable, and they are also very patient on the field to look for opportunities, the situation on the field is gradually controlled by them, and when the game is 40 minutes into the game, the England team gets another corner kick opportunity.

"Bang!"

Leighton Baines' corner was quick and low, the ball went down into the six-yard box and then ...... Wang Tiezhu appeared!

"Boom!"

It's still the forehead!

It's still a very regular header jumping on the spot!

Whether it was the corner kick sent by Baines or Wang Tiezhu's scramble in the middle, it was the same as the first goal of the England team, and the ball was also pushed into the Ukrainian goal with a "whoosh", and the result was also ...... Same!

“goal！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！”

This time, Wang Tiezhu is really excited, he has no sense of belonging to the England team, but the "Blackfoot" system rewards teammates bonus skill points that he values very much, which will affect his teammates in Leeds United!

Wang Tiezhu was happy, and his teammates were even more happy, these people around him were real Englishmen, Rooney, Darren Bent, Frank Lampard, Gerrard, John Terry and others all ran to him to celebrate the goal.

At this time, Wang Tiezhu was completely accepted by his teammates, and Wang Tiezhu performed very well in the friendly match before, but only those who proved themselves in the official game will really be trusted by their teammates.

In the first half of the game, England led with a score of 2:1, and in the second half, England scored a goal each on a stable basis by Ferdinand and Gerrard, and Shevchenko, the "nuclear warhead" of the Ukrainian team, was old and strong, and pulled back another city for the Ukrainian team before the end, and the score was finally fixed at 4:2, and the England team ushered in the first victory of this European Cup.

After the game, Wang Tiezhu, who scored twice and was named the best of the match, became famous, and his performance caused a lot of cheers in England, and the media even sent countless praises, confirming that he will be the real midfield leader of the "Three Lions" after Frank Lampard and Gerrard.

And Wang Tiezhu's performance is indeed worthy of such praise, he not only scored two goals in the whole game, but also completed 45 passes 54 times, completed 11 tackles, fought for 4 headers, and also gave Ferdinand an assist, and ran 12 kilometers in 90 minutes, and Wang Tiezhu's running was mostly carried out in a short sprint, harvesting such a comprehensive midfield rookie, how could it not make England fans happy?

After winning their first game of the group, England looked a little relaxed as their second game will be against Belgium, who beat Portugal 2-1, and given the quality of the England team, it will not be difficult to beat Belgium at all.

However, this time even the veteran coach Hodgson made a mistake, the mentality of the football game is very important, although Hodgson kept saying that his players should be nervous and not to underestimate the Belgian team, but even he really did not look down on the opponent.

So five days later, in the match between England and Belgium, although Lampard received a cross from Wang Tiezhu in the 34th minute and kicked the ball into the door of the Belgian team with a powerful long-range shot, the "Three Lions", which completely followed the lineup against Ukraine in the last game, had been completely seen through by the opponent, and the Belgians equalized in the 41st minute of the game.

In the second half, Belgium completely unleashed their defence, putting on a bucket formation that England could not find any way to attack, and Hodgson brought on Theo Walcott and Ashley Young to little effect.

In the end, the "Three Lions", who had 18 shots on goal in the game, could only draw with the Belgian who had only completed 7 shots, but the host Ukraine relied on Yarmolenko's brace and Shevchenko's goal to defeat Portugal with the world's number one star Cristiano Ronaldo 3-0.

After two rounds of group stage, England ranked first in Group A, Belgium also ranked second with 4 points, and the host Ukraine team ranked third with 3 points, but the Portugal team, which was very optimistic in advance, became the first team to be eliminated, and the situation in Group A is still a little chaotic, even England cannot ensure that they qualify, if they lose to Portugal in the third round, Belgium and Ukraine are shaken, then England will be eliminated because of goal difference.

After this game, Hodgson's conservative arrangement was also criticized, and the English media did not show any mercy to the old coach who was very high a few days ago, believing that his caution in the face of the host of Ukraine is worthy of recognition, but in the face of a team like Belgium, it should be bolder, and the team's offensive should be tougher, otherwise the England team should now win both games to ensure that the group qualifies.

Fortunately, three days later, Hodgson finally made adjustments, he replaced Darren Bent with Walcott, replaced Layton Baines with Jonny Hausen, and replaced the "magic lamp" in poor physical condition with veteran Gareth Barry, Lampard is 34 years old after all, and in a major competition like the European Cup, even if the body can bear it, the state will be discounted.

In the face of the Portuguese, who only said that they wanted to "maintain their dignity", England once again played the statistics of 18 shots on goal, and Jonny Hausen and Walcoat scored two goals in the first half, and finally won with a score of 2:0.

Jonny Hausen not only scored a goal in this game, but also frantically assaulted 11 times on the left side, which was simply unstoppable, and after this game, he was rated as the best on the spot, which is of course Wang Tiezhu used 13 points of teammates on him, and it is only right that he has more close people around him to help, and after this game, Wang Tiezhu's teammates have reached 16 points, and he is confident that if Jonny Hausen has another chance to play, will definitely make his good brother state even more hot.

But Wang Tiezhu is not Hodgson, when the England team qualified for the quarterfinals, Hodgson's conservatism once again played a negative role, in the face of the not very strong Bosnia-Herzegovina team, he discharged Wang Tiezhu, Lampard, Gerrard, Leighton Bynes in the midfield, the forward line also re-sent the combination of Rooney and Darren Bent, only the central defender position was replaced by Cahill because of Ferdinand's back muscle strain.

Thereupon...... Tragedy in England!

Darren Bent received a cross from Steven Gerrard just 11 minutes into the game and sent the ball into the Bosnia-Herzegovina goal from four yards.

After that, England's conservatism gave Bosnia and Herzegovina a chance to counter-attack, and Dzeko kicked in the first half and scored two goals in a row on 31 minutes and two minutes of stoppage time to give Bosnia and Herzegovina a 2-1 lead.

At half-time, Hodgson's conservative thinking made him make another mistake when he replaced Leighton Bynes with Ashley Young, but Bosnia and Herzegovina were already crazy, and after Dzeko kept John Terry at bay, their other goalscorer, Ibisevic, came alive and scored again with a lob shot back in the 71st minute to make it 3-1.

At this point, the "Three Lions" this European Championship journey has come to an end, and the England team, which has high hopes, although it has started very well this time, has once again followed the "tradition" of their poor performance in the tournament, and was blocked from the semi-finals by the Bosnia-Herzegovina team that is obviously inferior to itself.

After this defeat in the European Cup, the new coach of the "Three Lions" Hodgson has been criticized, although he has unearthed the twin stars of Wang Tiezhu and Jonny Hausen, but his line-up and command ability are still criticized, and even the players of the England team have a faint sense of distrust of Hodgson.

Relatively speaking, Wang Tiezhu is quite satisfied with this trip to the European Cup, after four games, he got 9 teammates bonus skill points, and now there are a total of 17 teammates bonus skill points, I believe that after using these skill points next season, he will be able to make his teammates in Leeds United play a stronger ability.

But before that...... It's time for a vacation!

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