In the end, with goals from Zhang Tiehan and Beckham, England defeated Ecuador 2-1, and Beckham's last scimitar arc free kick became the game's killer goal.

The first goal is the embodiment of Zhang Tiehan's personal ability, and the last goal is a classic reproduction.

Zhang Tiehan's first goal was the equalizing goal, this goal can only be regarded as his own goal performance, completely relying on his own ability to score the ball, this goal laid the foundation for the England team to overtake the score, and Zhang Tiehan also used his personal ability to create a free kick, Beckham's second goal, he also has a lot of credit.

There is no doubt that Zhang Tiehan is quite good, and both goals have something to do with him, but his excellence cannot hide the weakness of the England team in the face of Ecuador, the team is not playing well, which can be seen by anyone, at the end of the game, many media used, "It's Beckham again, it's another free kick!" to describe the victory of England.

In this game, Eriksen had no choice but to change the formation to 451, the 451 formation did not play a very good role, in the face of Ecuador, the England team did not even fully suppress, the first half was completely Ecuador's performance, the England team only played a good half of the game, the scene was not very good-looking, if it were not for Zhang Tiehan's outstanding table, and Beckham's wonderful kick, it is not surprising that the England team lost.

It was clear that the fans were not happy with England's on-field appearance.

After the game, the England team just celebrated a little, and the whole team returned to the dressing room to prepare to leave, although this game allowed the team to advance to the quarterfinals, but the overall play was really dull, and after a game, everyone felt very tired, even the head coach Eriksen returned to the dressing room to comfort the players, but after all, it was a victory. Actually everyone is happy, too.

The win also put England in the quarter-finals, where they will meet Portugal.

But that's next week and no one is thinking about the next game, at least tonight is theirs and they can celebrate with pleasure.

In reality, Eriksen didn't have a good time after the game.

There was no doubt that goals from Zhang Tiehan and David Beckham saved Eriksen. There have been quite a few English media outlets who have been unhappy with Eriksen. There are many dissatisfactions, such as his conservatism, for example, he did not bring something new to the England team, England's football seems to be playing more and more backward, and now in this game, the media has seen this again, the England team is playing too conservative and too dull, facing Ecuador. A small South American team that is not famous in world football, England can only win narrowly, and the two goals still rely on the individual ability of the stars, and have nothing to do with the overall performance of the team, such a game is very dull.

But after all, it was a victory, and Eriksen could say something.

The topic is still Beckham.

The real talking stars of this game are Zhang Tiehan and David Beckham, Zhang Tiehan's appearance is excellent, and England fans have long been accustomed to it. So the key topic is on Beckham, and anyone has to admit it. David Beckham worked hard for the game, and although many criticized him for his lack of role in the game, his ability is something that anyone can see.

Although there was no other table except for the free kick, at the end of the game, Beckham was so tired that he vomited on the field, which shows this game. How much physical exertion does the England captain have.

David Beckham was active in running and pressing from the start of the game, and he was the first player in the team to be offside. After that, assists, insertions, and defense were more active, and in the second half, Beckham looked very tired. Towards the end of the game, Beckham stood on the sidelines and retched, and it was clearly visible from the TV screen in the press box that Beckham vomited yellow liquid.

At this time, Mrs. Beckham's hot girls and his father in the stands were nervous, and they didn't know what happened to Beckham.

However, Beckham's seven-year-old son Brooklyn was more relaxed, not like Beckham's missed penalty two years ago, so Eriksen had to replace Beckham in the 89th minute, and Lennon replaced him in the final stoppage time.

In stoppage time, England defended with all their might, and Beckham's departure had little effect, in fact, although Beckham scored that wonderful free kick, he really didn't have much to show except for free kicks, and sometimes the effort was not very useful, although he was also a big star, but now his form is not something that can be made up for by a positive game.

This was the final match between the two teams.

At the post-match press conference, a British reporter mentioned that Beckham was not feeling well before the game and vomited, and asked Eriksen how to explain.

Eriksen's eyes widened, "This is the first time I've heard of you, and I don't know how to answer your question." At least before the game, Beckham himself didn't tell me he wasn't feeling well. Yes, he didn't say that. I don't know how you came to such a conclusion. As for him being a little uncomfortable on the field, I think it had something to do with the weather, it was so hot today, he ran too much and vomiting was normal. That's the main reason why we replaced him in the end. But I think before the game, he didn't feel any discomfort at all, or he didn't feel well but didn't tell the team doctor and me. ”

John Terry, who took over as captain after Beckham's departure, also saw Beckham uncomfortable on the pitch, and he said in an interview, "I didn't know what was going on at the time, I just saw David's expression was more uncomfortable, I thought it might be the weather." Before the game? I didn't notice any discomfort in him. I don't think his watch on the pitch was affected by his body, except for that free-kick, he played well with the pass and the ball. ”

Terry's words really compliment you.

However, Beckham's free kick can really cover up a qiē, although in other aspects the table is very average, and even in the World Cup, it can be described as 'unqualified', but Beckham has a goal, and it is a stunner, no one can criticize a player who scored a stunner, especially this player vomited and was substituted after scoring the stunner.

Some media sarcastically ridiculed Eriksen, "How many times has Beckham saved you? ”

Eriksen smiled a little awkwardly, "Now you don't have to accuse me of protecting him, I think Beckham's role on the pitch is more than just that goal. He took on a lot of work on the pitch and the goal was just an unexpected product. As for his body. I don't think it's a big problem, we have 6 days left, and he can recover completely. ”

Where the media is unhappy with Eriksen is that his tactics make the game too ugly.

Fans also have their own judgments, they will not all blindly follow the media reports to comment, in fact, the media is the 'tongue' of the fans. Such a statement is not an exaggeration at all, maybe for some players, the media is the media, the fans are the fans, but in the general direction, the media is on behalf of the fans, the fans want England to be excellent, and the media naturally wants the England team to be excellent, but this is one of the most ugly games since the start of this Cup, and there are many mistakes. There were very few shots on goal, which made the game extremely boring.

Three goals in the whole game seems to be a lot, but the fans who watched the whole game just felt that Zhang Tiehan and Beckham scored two goals, and the games at other times were really not interesting.

Perhaps Eriksen found some reason, England played poorly, and the objective reason was that the temperature on the field was too high. Reach 32 degrees Celsius. England's ability to run has dropped dramatically. Comparatively speaking, the high temperature is more favorable for the Ecuadorian players. Because the temperature in South America is much higher than in Europe, they are more adapted to playing in this temperature.

The Ecuadorian's relaxed mentality and well-targeted tactics also limited the team's performance.

England couldn't play and Ecuador worked hard defensively, so the whole game couldn't avoid being ugly and boring.

In any case, in the end, England won.

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After the game, Zhang Tiehan was still with Beckham.

However, he first stated that it must not be the same as the last game. It was so sad to go for an interview that lasted two hours, more tiring than playing in the last game, but Beckham made sure that because he wasn't very comfortable. Although the team doctor thought that the vomiting was just too tired and the temperature was too high, it was true that the vomiting was definitely not very comfortable, and Beckham also attached great importance to his body.

But the two were interviewed anyway.

This is an interview from FIFA's big camera for fans and media all over the world, Zhang Tiehan is quite familiar with this, he stood in front of the camera and looked very calm, "I am very happy to win with the team, we didn't play well in the whole game, I know many people will say that it is very difficult for us to meet a strong team, but I want to say that we are a resilient team, and when we meet a strong team, we will play better." ”

Zhang Tiehan said.

That's all Beckham told him in advance.

Zhang Tiehan doesn't like this, but the team is really bad in this game, so what should he say? Complaining about the manager's tactical conservatism? Or complain about your teammates' poor performance?

That's impossible.

However, Zhang Tiehan still didn't like this way, so he said about himself, "I'm quite satisfied with my watch, the only pity is that I only scored one goal, which is different from what I imagined, I want to say, Ecuador is lucky, they met when we were not in good shape, so I only scored one goal, congratulations to them......"

I don't know if the Ecuadorian will vomit blood in anger when he sees this interview after the game.

But in the end, the Ecuadorian players' impression of Zhang Tiehan will not be good, but unfortunately Zhang Tiehan doesn't care about this at all, and then he talked about the next game, "Portugal is a good opponent, I know one of their players, C-Ronaldo, I know him, but we are not friends, they have many other great players, I hope to beat them, I think, the final victory will be us." ”

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With the game over, the media began to analyse England's next game.

The game with Ecuador, the process is not good, but the result is not bad, it is a victory after all, and the English media will not be too harsh, if the victory has to accept too much criticism, it is unfair to the England team, but this game undoubtedly makes many people not very optimistic about England, what will happen if you meet Ecuador, what will happen if you meet a stronger team?

Anyone thinks so.

At the same time, it seems that many teams have also seen the game against the England team with Zhang Tiehan's team, how to play, this game with Ecuador is worth learning from the opponents of the England team, everyone will think so. After all, the victory of the England team really relied on a little luck, and the overall performance of the whole team was not good, which everyone could see.

The media then began to analyse the next match, where England and Portugal reached the quarter-finals by beating Ecuador 2-1 and the Netherlands 1-0 respectively in the knockout rounds of 16, where the two teams will meet.

England and Portugal are old enemies.

They took on a grudge at Euro 2004 that was difficult to resolve. Or maybe it's against England, who were the losers and it would be the 22nd meeting between England and Portugal in their history.

In the previous 21 times, England had an overwhelming advantage with 9 wins, 9 draws and 3 losses, scoring 45 goals and conceding 25 goals, but the two sides have played Portugal in the last 4 times, but they have won 1 and drawn 3 against England and remain unbeaten.

In particular, the clash between the two teams in the quarter-finals of the European Championship two years ago seemed to be in sight, with Portugal beating England on penalties.

In that game, Owen scored just 144 seconds into the opening scoring for the fourth-fastest goal in the history of the European Championship finals. Rooney then had his boots trampled on by Andrade and went off injured, which also included a fractured phalange, but that time left Rooney resting for 14 weeks before returning to the field. 82nd minute. Postiga equalised to send the game to extra time.

Rui Costa's goal in extra-time and then Frank Lampard's equaliser took the game to a brutal penalty shoot-out, with David Beckham sending the ball flying away and the ball reportedly hit the stands for a good price on eBay, after which Costa also missed the spot-kick but Vassell's spot-kick was blocked by Ricardo to put the Three Lions out of the quarter-finals.

This game is quite classic.

At that time, there was no Zhang Tiehan in England. However, the whole team played well overall, but in the end it was lost to Portugal. Now they have a chance for revenge.

According to many media analysis, if England wants to avenge their opponents for being eliminated from the European Championship two years ago, then manager Eriksen should first solve a tactical problem.

For England, if Christian Eriksen can properly address the structure of his midfield and find his attacking firepower, they will have a good chance of reaching the last four of the World Cup for the third time in their history. It was also the first time since 1990.

In the last round of the game against Ecuador, Eriksen discharged a five-man midfielder, and the single arrow in front was Zhang Tiehan, but the overall table was very declining, what is the problem? Even fans who know a little bit about the ball can answer - "the problem is in the midfield".

Eriksen's bold move to put Carrick in a central midfield position has been praised by many. Carrick's introduction effectively protected the two centre-backs. and gave Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard more attacking freedom.

But despite the expansion of the offensive space in the front court, Zhang Tiehan still has no chance to get the ball, he can only rely on his own personal ability to play, his appearance is undoubtedly quite good, but one person's excellence can not cover up the team's mediocre appearance, he can only rely on his personal ability to enter the penalty area to find opportunities.

In contrast, England is obviously more adaptable to 4-4-2, if a single striker can hide a second striker behind him, England's goals can also be more aggressive, but England's current striker is really 'famous but not famous', Rooney is not good, Walket is not qualified, there is only one Zhang Tiehan, and more media believe that Zhang Tiehan's appearance in the midfield is much better than the striker, "He is a player who is good at individual play, relying on teammates will limit his play", "The Sun" said.

Portugal are likely to have five men in midfield for the next game, so what Eriksen will have to do is perhaps put in place a defensively solid midfielder to prevent their opponents from tearing apart England's backline with their numerical superiority in midfield and constant short balls. In the last few games, England's passing has not been fluid, regardless of the formation used.

For a team like Portugal who is good at possession, England will have to regain control of the game if they want to win.

Neither team was at its best.

For Portugal, the red card suspension of midfielder Deco would be a huge loss for them, as was Costinha, who deserved the final victory against England in Euro 2004, having dominated the game for most of the game and left England helpless for a long time.

For the match to be played in Gelsenkirchen, Portugal will be hoping they can repeat the same scene from two years ago.

And for England, it was a chance for revenge two years later.

Every fan who remembers the last game wants England to get their revenge, Portugal won the game two years ago, and now in the World Cup, they want England to win the final victory, and at the same time, it is also a game to 'justify' England.

As the most expensive and luxurious team in the world, the quality of the England team has always been controversial, and everyone knows that, although they are not cheap at the bookmaker's odds to win the title, but in reality, they play ugly games every time, sometimes even worse than the smaller teams.

Fans expect England to perform better.

That would give them confidence and revenge to get England through to the last four, which is also Eriksen's goal in charge of England and their World Cup appearance.

The great battle between England and Portugal was about to begin. (To be continued......)