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This is an out-and-out upstart team in South American football, and this World Cup is the second time in a row that they have reached the World Cup finals, but don't underestimate this South American highland team, Uruguay, Colombia, Chile and other traditional South American powerhouses have fallen at their feet. Ecuador don't have any superstar players in the team, and the average fan will have a hard time finding a player whose name they have heard in their entire squad.

But despite this, the Ecuadorian team has their pride, such as high school striker Delgado or the deft Cavides.

These two players are like two sharp daggers for Ecuador, and any team that underestimates Ecuador will have a brutal result. For example, the Croatian team in the World Cup four years ago paid a heavy price for contempt.

Agustin. Born in 1974, Delgado is 32 years old this year, and the high school striker is 188 centimeters tall and weighs 83 kilograms.

At just 19 years old, Delgado was called up to the national team by the head coach.

In 1998, Delgado represented Ecuador in the World Cup qualifiers, and due to his lack of experience in major tournaments, he scored only two goals, and Ecuador was also beaten by opponents in a row. Four years later, Delgado became Ecuador's ace goalscorer, having spent the previous two years playing for Mexico's Necassa team, who is remembered by many fans for seeing him go solo in the first Club World Cup in 2000 to beat Real Madrid and help Nicassa win 1-0.

Since then, Delgado has been impressive, scoring 14 goals in the Mexican league in 2001 and even more so with Ecuador, replacing Garca and Cavedes as Ecuador's main striker in the second half of 1999.

In 2002, Delgado led Ecuador to the World Cup in South Korea and tied with Argentine striker Crespo for top scorer in the South American qualifiers. In the same year, he moved to Southampton in the Premier League for £3.5 million, becoming the first Ecuadorian to play in the Premier League, but his time in England was not good, he played a total of 143 minutes in the first team, scored a goal in total, underwent two major knee surgeries, and then returned to South America, where he joined his current club Barcelona after a few clubs.

Now 32 years old, Delgado, a veteran, is still the striker of the Ecuadorian team, and his number of goals is not much, but most of them are worth a thousand dollars, and most of them are final.

The South American media called Delgado a "dazzling black whirlwind" and an "unstoppable goal-scoring machine".

In the group stage of Group A, Delgado scored the winning goal against the Czech Republic and was the most important contributor to Ecuador's qualification from the group.

Because of this, there were many media outlets who warned England before the game to beware of the 'Black Whirlwind', perhaps Delgado is not well-known in Europe, but in South America, his name almost stands for goal.

This is somewhat similar to Wang Li

In the pre-match warm-up, the England players and the Ecuadorian players had a meeting, and no one could have imagined that Owen, a 'standard low-key good man' who has rarely spoken in the team, would actually know Delgado, and they also said hello to each other.

This scene looked a little weird, and Wang Li also asked about it.

It was Delgado's season with Southampton that he scored for Liverpool, and he was brilliant in that game, but a week later he was injured and never played in the Premier League.

It was also during that game that Owen met Delgado, and the two exchanged jerseys.

"Watch out for that big black guy, he's strong."

When asked by England about Delgado's quality, Owen pointed to the top of his head and said: "His header is very good, I think they will definitely hang high and look for chances, you have to be careful." ”

Hearing this, the expressions of the English players were not very good, and they were even a little worried.

The main reason is that Ferdinand is injured!

In the England team, the big man who defends high balls is Ferdinand. Terry is also a lot worse, as for Campbell? That old guy is not taken seriously at all now, and even if he plays, I'm afraid he won't do anything good.

If it weren't for the fact that the reported World Cup squad could not be changed, McLaren even wanted to recruit two more defenders.

Before the World Cup, England had seven defenders in their squad: Gary. Neville, Ashley. Cole, Rio Ferdinand, John Terry, Campbell, Bridget and Jamie. Carragher.

Now that Rio Ferdinand is injured, the only players who can play at centre-back are Campbell, John Terry, Carragher and Gary. Neville's four, among which Campbell's performance in training is not good, the veteran is old after all, and due to the innate limitation of height, he is not very strong in high ball control interception.

As for Gary. Neville, who is good at playing full-backs and is stronger than centre-backs, McClaren called him into the England team because of his interception ability on the wing.

So, after Rio Ferdinand's injury, England's backline is in question.

Even the England players were a little worried about this, and when they heard that Delgado was very good at heading, they felt that it would not be easy to win this game.

"If only we had more than they did!"

Seeing the worried looks of his teammates, Wang Li said: "They can't prevent us, even if there is a powerful one, it can't be our opponent, aren't we strong?" ”

Hearing this, his teammates let him go, Harrielsen, who has always praised himself as a rookie, but was 'very despicable and insidious' in his heart, also opened his mouth to support: "That's right, Allen, we are the strongest!" ”

The England players are already in good spirits and ready to face Ecuador.

At the same time, in the pre-match press conference, McClaren was very low-key, he was well aware of the shortcomings and shortcomings of the England team's squad, and he only hoped that the team could play to the advantages of strong attacking ability to fight for victory in the game.

In this kind of mentality, Mr. Gentleman Coach, of course, it is impossible to break any hot news.

Seeing this, the media were disappointed and they put their hopes on Ecuador coach Suarez, hoping that the Colombian coach would break some news.

Suarez, it seems, is better than McLaren, at least not in the official language.

'It's a very difficult game for us and a challenge to the history of the team, it's going to be a very tough game and it's tactically demanding.

"England are a traditional powerhouse in Europe and the world, they are part of the knockout stage every year, and we are in the knockout stage for the first time, so in most people's eyes we don't have a chance, but we will do everything we can to win!"

Regarding the question of England's No. 21 black haired boy, Suarez commented: "He is a real talent, five goals in two games in the group stage of the World Cup has proven it all, and like many coaches who have met him, I have also laid out a lot of tactics to limit his play. ”

There were not many highlights at the press conference, apart from a few compliments from Suarez, and the atmosphere between the two teams was calm, and they all seemed to be waiting for a real battle on the field

Stuttgart, Germany, Gottlieb. Daimler Stadium.

The stadium was completely filled with fans and they had been looking forward to the next game for a long time. Half of these fans are local German players, as well as thousands of English fans plus hundreds of Ecuadorian supporters, and many other tourists from other countries who come to Germany also occupy a large part of the stands.

This is the round of 16 knockout round, and the atmosphere of the game is much hotter. Due to the appearance of the England team, the fans present soon evolved into supporters of the England team, among which the number of female fans was the majority, just because Wang Li had trotted out of the players' tunnel on the field - "England's No. 21 youngster Allen ~~~ Wang ~~~~!!! ”

With a long roar from the commentator, the atmosphere of the scene immediately reached **, almost all the fans were shouting Wang Li's name at the top of their voices, and Beckham and others who played together, most of their supporters also turned to support Wang Li.

Perhaps, before the World Cup, Wang Li's reputation was not up to this level, and in the first two group games, his performance allowed him to gain a lot of support, and the World Cup has always been the best time for players to show themselves, because many people who do not follow European football will also pay attention to the World Cup games.

Now, almost all the people who watch the World Cup all over the world know Wang Li's name, because as long as they watch the World Cup, there will always be a TV commentator who will mention "Allen. Wang", and even in some games, the commentator will specifically mention Wang Li to compare with the performance of the players on the field.

This has made Wang Li's reputation more and more influential.

As for the names of other England players, the on-site commentators just passed by, even Beckham and Owen are the same, maybe there is a player like Wang Li in the England team, which is the tragedy of other players.

For the Ecuadorian players, the commentator passed by even more, because he simply read the list of players, and the commentator had never heard the names of these players, even the team's top scorer Delgado.

After all, he is not well known in Europe.

After the 'ceremony to welcome Wang Li', the on-site commentator began to get to work, and he began to introduce the starters of both teams to the audience.

England is still the same 442 formation, with strikers Owen and Wang Li partnered, midfielder Steven Gerrard leading, and other players such as David Beckham, Joe. Kerr and Hargreaves are the three, and the guard is Jamie. Carragher, Terry, Gary. Neville as well as Bridget.

In this game, due to Rio Ferdinand's injury, Bridget finally got his chance and he became the starter. Neville and Campbell were all on the bench.

Harilson was also on the bench, and McClaren gave him a chance in the last game, but Harilson couldn't score, and he couldn't take Owen's place.

As for Liverpool's leading goalscorer Crouch?

The tragic man was revealed by the media before the game that his girlfriend was driving his sports car, having sex with his ex-boyfriend, and was secretly photographed by others, and he was wearing a green hat. also because of the 'girlfriendgate' incident, McLaren was very worried about Crouch's state of mind and did not put him on the list at all.

Ecuador are also 442, but they are clearly more concerned about defence, with only Delgado being the real striker in the 442 formation, and the other striker scorer, Cavides, has an even heavier defensive task than an attacking one.

Ecuador are playing on the counter-attack, and they have to play that way, and as a player with little quality, it is never a wise choice to play against England, who have the most attacking firepower.

In addition to the forward line, Ecuador's other players are Valencia, Mendes, Ajovi, Tenorio, Ambrosi, De La Cruz, Hurtado, Espinosa, and the goalkeeper is Bella Forte

In this kind of farce, with the referee from Norway blowing the whistle, the full game finally began.

The game has just begun, and the England team took advantage of Ecuador's unstable foothold, and under the leadership of Wang Li, launched a fierce offensive frenzy towards Ecuador's half!!

Under McClaren's tactical style, the England team's attack has changed a lot now, the team is mainly attacking, when the formation is opened, the two fullbacks will also be on the field, only the central defenders and the midfielder in the middle will be slightly delayed, this style of play is very open, and it looks a little dangerous, but England's fierce attack makes up for this, coupled with the effective interception ability of the big general Gerrard in the middle, it is difficult for a team to take advantage of the opportunity to launch a fierce counterattack under the big attack.

At least the South American highlands team in front of them are not capable of doing that.

This tactic looks smooth and appreciative, but from a tactical point of view, McLaren's style of play is more suitable for the strong to beat the weak, and the team is to show strong strength to use the attack to form pressure on the opponent.

This is a bit of a heavy sword without a blade, a great ingenuity.

However, if you encounter a team with the same strength as the England team, this style of play will obviously suffer, although the epee is good, but when the opponent is also a epee, there is no skillful swordsmanship, it will definitely not be as strong as others' powerful and skillful play.

Of course, these are all things McLaren needs to consider. At least this game doesn't have to think about it, because Ecuador is not a epee

For England fans, it's a great game as their team is under the pressure of Ecuador's bombardment.

The game had just begun, and England had a shot on goal in their first attack. Neville created a chance, after winning the ball in the front of the middle line, Neville made a long pass and accurately found Wang Li's point, Wang Li plugged it on the right side of the big penalty area and passed the ball directly to the small penalty area line.

After that, Owen plugged in from behind - "Owen!! Shot!!! It's a pity that "listening to the tone of the on-site commentator, I also know that the ball did not score.

It wasn't Owen's shot that missed, but the moment he shot, an Ecuadorian defender shoveled the ball out from the side, and if it wasn't for Owen's timely reaction, I'm afraid he would have followed in the footsteps of Lampard and Rio Ferdinand and went to the hospital to recuperate.

"It was only two minutes into the game, and England's attack was a direct threat to the Ecuadorian defence. Owen came close to scoring! ”

"It seems that the England players are in good shape today, they played with the momentum of the England team, and I think Ecuador's game today is really not good."

Golden Boy Michael. Owen's shot seemed to be the clarion call for England's all-out attack, and after that, England's attack became more and more rapid.

Seeing the situation on the field, Ecuador coach Suarez couldn't help worrying, before the game he thought that the England team has a strong offensive ability, but as a South American team, although Ecuador's strength is not famous, but there is no psychological pressure to compete with European teams, after all, the two teams are very unfamiliar with each other.

In the World Cup, the opening period should have been a mutual adaptation, and he felt that as long as the team could hold on to the first half and take the opportunity to score, then Ecuador could still win.

But in the current situation, England came up and launched a big attack.

Such a game was unexpected, and he couldn't help but worry about his team, if England scored first, the team would be even more difficult to play.

But the game on the field is still going on, and none of this is under Suarez's control.

Soon, the England team got another chance, this time it was Wang Li, with the support of his teammates, he finally received a pass near the big penalty line, and many Wang Li's valued fans can even imagine the next scene - dribbling! Shot!

Wang Li's choice was still unexpected by the fans, and he chose to shoot directly. didn't stop the ball at all, after Wang Li observed the surrounding situation, he turned around and volleyed directly against the rolling football!

This is called a real cold shot!

Ecuador's goalkeeper Bella Forte didn't react at all, and although the angle of the shot was not tricky, the ball still got into the net from Bella Forte's hands

(To be continued)