With the joy of England fans, media, officials, and the prime minister, England led Sweden 2-0 and established the advantage of the first half.

The situation was a source of helplessness for the Swedes.

Coach Radbeck looked at the score on the scoreboard, and felt helpless, he made a lot of preparations before the game, and knew that the game would be very simple, but he definitely didn't expect it to be difficult to this kind of journey, England actually has no big advantage, and there is no problem with the team's tactics, but the opponent's No. 13 played twice, and the two shots directly broke the goal, in the face of such a player, Radbeck really felt very powerless.

Your own players can't defend against their opponents at all, and that's the biggest gap!

If Sweden had such a player, the game would have been much easier, no, it is probably Sweden 2-0 up against England now, and it would be a great situation.

Radbeck's mind drifted a little.

He thought of his team, the strength of the Swedish team is not bad, of course, there is no way to compare with England on the field, but he doesn't feel that the overall strength of his team is worse than England, England's whole team is a star, but they are combined, there is not much strength at all, this is recognized in world football, and their table in the game is the same, Sweden faces England, not like Germany, Italy feels very weak, their attack can break through England's defense, The defence also allowed England's attack to be interrupted all the time.

Unfortunately, England has a number three......

This gap is almost impossible to make up, because the team's defense can't limit the opponent's No. 13 Cheng dù, so there is no way to defend, there is no way to defend with England, and Sweden can't play at all.

This is also the reason for the current situation of the director.

In short, the key lies in the opponent's number 13, his personal ability is too strong, and his own players can't be limited at all. Whenever a player goes up, he is always easily passed, this is not a great technique, it is purely a physical advantage, really speaking, his foot technique is really not delicate. But the general technique, coupled with the absolute physical advantage, makes the defenders with rich defensive experience helpless.

His brilliance is completely unreasonable.

For example, this time when he passed A-Svensson, Svensson's defensive position was very good, and he didn't make any mistakes, but he changed direction in front of Svensson, Svensson judged the correct position, but the reaction speed couldn't keep up, and when he wanted to intercept it. The other party has already forcibly broken through, and what he uses is explosive power.

It's still a case where the judgment is accurate and the defense doesn't make mistakes, and if the defense makes a little mistake, such as an early kick or something, then there will be no chance of a foul.

In the face of such players, if you want to defend well, you can only rely on the team's overall defense, such as suppressing the whole England team as a whole. Even if the thirteenth is on top, he will be in a situation of being alone when he gets the ball. Three or four players rushed over and were able to stop him.

This kind of defense is the most effective.

It's a pity that Sweden doesn't have such strength, they can't suppress the England team as a whole, and their football is not much more skilled than England, they are the same team that fights for strength, two teams with similar styles. England are all big names again, and it will not be easy for Sweden to gain an advantage on the field.

This is also the fundamental reason why Sweden is lagging behind.

In a word...... It's still the opponent's number 13, and at this point in the game, Radbeck also knows that it is extremely difficult for the team to win. His only thought was to score a goal that would save some face, and even if it wasn't over yet, he knew Sweden would lose.

As long as that number 13 is on the field, there is no hope for Sweden.

But why would Klinsmann turn down such a brilliant player, and even watch him enter the England team? Radbeck really understood it, and he could only lament that the German thinking was a bit incomprehensible.

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England failed to score again in the first half and Sweden were also unable to find any good chances, and the game went into the break after the referee's whistle.

The whole England team went back to the dressing room to rest relaxed.

They talked about the game easily, talking about Zhang Tiehan's two goals, some teammates joked that they were going to celebrate Zhang Tiehan's World Cup Golden Boot in advance, Zhang Tiehan just smiled and didn't say anything, in fact, he was not much interested in the World Cup Golden Boot, because he knew that the World Cup Golden Boot award was not much of an honor, maybe others would be happy to win the Golden Boot, but he got a lot of Golden Boots, he knew that the honor of the Golden Boot Award was very small for lifting the seal.

What's more important is the World Cup winner.

If he can win the World Cup, the next ancient power may be lifted, and he is very much looking forward to the championship.

After Eriksen walked into the locker room, he praised the team's watch, especially Zhang Tiehan's two goals, but the Swedes are actually contradictory in their hearts, mainly because the current opponent is Sweden, and he is also very emotional when he wins his hometown.

But that's football.

As the head coach of England, he must strive to make England win, but he actually has an idea in his heart, he must not give his hometown parents too much 'shame', if the team can score another goal in the second half, then start to make substitutions, send the game into garbage time, can't win Sweden by too big a score, otherwise how to face his hometown parents in the future?

Of course he doesn't share his thoughts with the players.

At the same time, he also hopes that Trinidad and Tobago will lose the other game in progress, so that Sweden can qualify even if they lose...... This is also a little selfishness in his heart.

With this in mind, Eriksen began to summarize the bad aspects of the first half and then point them out so that the team could improve on them.

The tactics have not changed, and his explanation is to let the players know what to pay attention to and apply the tactics better.

At the same time, in the other dressing room, the Swedish players were very silent, and after Radbeck walked into the dressing room, he also praised the team's performance and encouraged the players not to take the score to heart and go to the game with peace of mind.

"Even if we lose, we have to hold on until the last minute." He said so.

This can also be seen that Radbeck really does not have much confidence, he himself says so, and the Swedish players can know what they think, they are also not confident. Especially in the first half of the face of Zhang Tiehan, many people have a shadow in their hearts, such as midfielder Svensson and striker Larsson, the two don't know how many times they were shaken by Zhang Tiehan in the middle of the midfield in the first half, they are less confident than the Swedish defenders, once or twice fine. But after trying too much, even the opponent can't pass the ball at all in the face of their defense, but they are thrown away again and again, and they are powerless to chase and interfere.

They don't have that kind of physical fitness!

In fact, the persistence of the defense has a lot to do with physical fitness, on the football field, when it is passed, the attacking side will accelerate the dribble, and the defending side must also desperately chase back to dribble with all their might. It is quite physically exhausting, most of the players are tired and out of breath after sprinting for 50 meters, again and again, several times in a row, it is likely that the physical energy is overdrawn in advance, so it will be very difficult to sprint again.

In the final minute of the first half, whenever the opponent passed them, they didn't chase them at all. Because they don't have physical fitness, they can't run at all. Not to mention defense or something.

At halftime, it was really a break for them.

They have to do everything they can to get fit and Radbeck spoke about that, telling the midfielders not to chase after them if they get shaken, because they can't catch up. That's a waste of energy.

Physical fitness is very important.

Participating in such a fierce competition, even the most physical players will be very tired, and without a 2 or 3 day of rest, they will not even want to recover.

This made the Swedish players sigh even more about Zhang Tiehan's physical fitness.

He didn't know how many times he rushed with the ball in the first half. But at the end of the day, he was still rushing fast, and he didn't look much more tired than they were.

"It's a monster." Many people sighed in their hearts.

……

Soon the second half began.

In the second half of the game, the two teams did not fight anything, but started an offensive battle, Sweden wanted to score as much as possible to recover a goal first, and the England team was used to the attack, and Sweden did not worry about attacking them at all, so the game became very good.

Few people thought that Sweden would score first in the second half.

It was in the 51st minute, Swedish midfielder Auerbach received a corner kick from Ljungberg and put the ball directly into the goal with his head, this goal gave Sweden a glimpse of the light, one goal behind is completely different from two goals, if they can pull one more goal back, the situation will be different immediately, even if they only catch up with one goal now, there is still a goal difference, it is enough for Sweden to see the hope of equalizing.

Hope is always the most important thing.

Before, I thought that there was no suspense in the game, my team's chances were too small, and the mentality of the Swedish players was unbalanced, but now that there is hope, they immediately become lively, and everyone thinks about attacking hard to equalize the score.

The English way didn't pay much attention.

The opponent recovered a goal, which made them feel a little pressure, but thinking that Zhang Tiehan was still in the frontcourt, this pressure was nothing. The mentality of both teams has changed and the game has become more exciting.

Just like Raderbeck thought, if he wants to limit Zhang Tiehan, his Swedish team is really powerless, and at the same time they want to prevent England's goals, they don't have this overall strength, even if they recover a goal, the shape has not changed, under the offensive rhythm of the front court led by Zhang Tiehan, the Swedish team has gradually become the suppressed side.

As the most luxurious team in the world, with so many fans and media, England obviously did not want to be equalized by Sweden, and they launched a continuous attack on Sweden's half.

This left Sweden with no choice but to play a defensive counter-attack.

England dominated the game and soon converted into goals, and this time it was Steven Gerrard, who came on as a second-half substitute!

In the seventieth minute of the game, Zhang Tiehan broke through again in the middle, facing the defense of two Swedish players, he carried the two of them to the left foot of the penalty area, and then the Swedish players surrounded him, Zhang Tiehan had no choice but to knock the ball to Joe Cole, who stabbed the pass, the football reached the middle of the line, Gerrard stopped the ball and turned to volley directly, scoring the third goal for the England team.

“Gooooooooooal！！！！”

"Steven Gerald! He scored the third goal for England and England opened up the gap again! 3:1！ ”

'He had just come off the bench and scored the third goal for England! Gerrard, the soul of the Red Army! He can still be the soul of the England team! ”

The whole stadium cheered on the goal!

Gerrard's shot was from a tricky angle and very powerful, when he turned and shot. Swedish goalkeeper Isaksson couldn't react at all, he even watched the ball fly into the goal, not moving in place, this shot was so beautiful.

It was also the third goal scored by England!

For Steven Gerrard himself, it was his third World Cup goal, with three goals in three group games. He became the top scorer in the England team other than Zhang Tiehan, and he was also playing in the World Cup for the first time, which undoubtedly made him very happy.

Zhang Tiehan also came over to congratulate Gerrard on his goal.

The two hugged each other.

In England, it is widely believed that Gerrard and Frank Lampard are equal, but in Zhang Tiehan's opinion, Gerrard is better. Liverpool has always been difficult, before Zhang Tiehan came to Liverpool, many times Gerrard had to play under the pressure of fighting alone, and he needed to worry about attacking. Defensively needs to worry about him, and that's why fans revere Steven Gerrard as the 'soul of Liverpool'.

What about Frank Lampard?

He's been a great player at Chelsea, scoring more goals than any player up front, but he's not an integral part of Chelsea as a whole, and Chelsea can do well without Frank Lampard. Without Frank Lampard, they have other great midfield stars. Frank Lampard doesn't have to worry about the team's attack and defence, and his only task is to make his appearance good.

That's the difference between the two.

Gerrard likes Liverpool and he has to withstand the pressure to perform better in order for the team to do better. Frank Lampard doesn't have that pressure, and as a result, Gerrard's ability to take chances is much better than Lampard's.

It's not just Zhang Tiehan who thinks so, in fact, the number of the last two seasons is compared. Gerrard is a little better than Frank Lampard in terms of goals, assists and various awards from the FA and UEFA, and now in the World Cup, two

At least judging from the number of goals scored by the two each season, as well as the player table judged by the FA and UEFA, Gerrard has always achieved better results than Lampard, and now in the World Cup, Gerrard is constantly scoring goals, which probably has something to do with Zhang Tiehan and his tacit understanding, but more importantly, his own ability is also very good.

The score became 3:1 and England opened up the gap of two goals again.

By this time, the mentality of the two teams was very different, as the game time was slowly passing and it was becoming more and more difficult for Sweden to equalise, and when the game passed in the 75th minute, Eriksen replaced Zhang Tiehan with Theo Walcott, but Lampard replaced Joe Cole, which meant that Eriksen did not think the game was in suspense.

But it would be a mistake to think that England would be much worse overall.

The England team itself is stronger than the Swedish team, even if there is no Zhang Tiehan, it is still stronger than the Swedish team, and the two players replaced, Walcott is not easy to say, he is just a striker, Eriksen replaced him with the obvious intention of cultivating young players, the England team's forward line is definitely full of talent, Rooney, Zhang Tiehan, two world-class stars, plus the younger Walcott, this forward line is making people jealous, Owen don't mention, he has a lot of playing time, but it seems that he is really not in shape.

Frank Lampard's replacement of Joe Cole was just a bit of a break for the latter, and Lampard's ability to play is very well-rounded, and although he is not as good as Joe Cole on the left side, he is generally passable, and he can do better defensively than Joe Cole.

For the rest of the game, the Swedes kept trying to attack, but they were suppressed overall, and with little time left, they couldn't find the back of the net in the end.

England put a lot of pressure on Sweden to release the line, and in the final ten minutes, Frank Lampard, Michael Owen and Steven Gerrard all had a shot on goal, but they couldn't get a knock on Sweden's door.

The game went to stoppage time.

England were caught off guard by a bit when Michael Owen collided with a Swedish defender while running, and he fell straight to the grass, before the team doctor came in and lifted him off the pitch.

There was not much time left, and after Owen went off the field, both teams had one attack each, and the referee blew the whistle to signal the end of the game.

3:1, that's the final score.

With this one, England have won three of their group stage matches. They topped the group with a tough attitude of winning three games and three wins, and confirmed that they will face Ecuador in the round of 16.

However, Sweden's qualification has not yet been determined.

When the match was over, the Swedes didn't bother with the outcome of the game or show any loss, they went to the dugout and listened to another match on the radio at the same time - Paraguay vs. Trinidad and Tobago.

The two games were played almost together.

Paraguay vs. Trinidad and Tobago is not over yet. But stoppage time had already begun, when the score was 1-0 and Paraguay was ahead of Trinidad and Tobago, a score that made the Swedish players cheer immediately, and everyone listened attentively as they cheered.

The same goes for the Swedish fans in the stands.

The result against England doesn't matter to them at this point, because if Paraguay win Trinidad and Tobago, Sweden will be second in the group with four points. Qualify from Group B.

The score is now quite favourable for Sweden.

Even if Trinidad and Tobago score two goals in the next time to overtake the score, Sweden will beat Trinidad and Tobago to finish second in the group by virtue of goal difference, and Trinidad and Tobago want to score two goals is already a miracle, and it is completely impossible to score three goals.

Even though the match wasn't over yet, Swedish fans had already started celebrating their promotion to the round of 16.

The moment of the end of the game finally came - all the Swedish players were boiling, all the Swedish fans were boiling, all the Swedish supporters were boiling!

Group B is fully concluded, with England beating Sweden. However, in the end, with Trinidad and Tobago failing to beat Paraguay, England and Sweden joined forces to qualify from Group B with nine and four points respectively. They will face Ecuador and Germany in the group stage of the round of 16.

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England's biggest post-match was the next opponent, Ecuador, and Owen's injury.

Owen was lifted off the pitch in stoppage time, saying it was a knee problem in his right leg at the time, but in reality, no one else knows the specifics, even manager Christian Eriksen.

At a press conference. Eriksen spoke briefly about the game, saying he was pleased with the result, but the team's table needs to be further strengthened.

'We did well in the first half, but Sweden also played well in the second half and they scored once in combination with Guò. But I'm still happy with the result and of course we have to do better in the future games because we're going to have stronger opponents. ”

'It's an important game because we wanted to top the group and we did that. Defensively, we didn't do well, Sweden had a lot of chances, they just weren't lucky to not score more goals and we'll focus on training ahead of the next game to fix that, but Sweden are really good in the air. ”

'We have to do better in the games ahead, but for now, I'm happy that we can achieve the goal of winning the group.' Erikson said.

In the first final of the knockout round, England will face Ecuador, Eriksen looked forward to saying, "I also watched the match between Germany and Ecuador, and from the journalists, the match against Germany will be more difficult to play, but it is not the case, today's table xiàn is not the real level of Ecuador, against us, they should have a better table." We have to do better than we did today, especially defensively, but we've always defended well in the past. ”

Asked if this would be the last time fans would see Owen at this tournament, Eriksen bluntly said, "Maybe, I hope not, but it looks like he's not doing well." ”

So far, this is Eriksen's concern.

What will England do if Owen can't play after that?

Eriksen seems to have already thought about the countermeasures, "If Owen is injured, it will be a big loss for the whole England team. But we also have Theo Walcott, Joe Cole, Gerrard, Lennon, and we have one of Gerrard's goals today, and his appearance is very good. I'm not worried about that, but I don't want any more surprises from our strikers. ”

He didn't mention Zhang Tiehan or Rooney.

In fact, Zhang Tiehan and Rooney are a type of player on the front line, Owen is completely different from them, Owen belongs to players who play with skills, he plays the right forward table xiàn is not bad, as a supplementary second striker to the front line, he is similar to Gerrard, Lennon and others, and this kind of player must have at least one on the field, otherwise the forward line will look rougher, which is why Eriksen has always wanted Owen and Rooney to partner and Zhang Tiehan to sit in the midfield.

If Zhang Tiehan is in the front line, he will have a great impact on Rooney's appearance, the two are a type of player, and the forward positions are somewhat overlapping, although the English media has been touting Zhang and Rooney's young strikers, but it is very difficult for them to really cooperate. (To be continued......)