In the final round of Group D of the group stage, only Sweden has been eliminated in advance with two defeats in two games, and the remaining three teams, including the host Ukraine, still have a chance to appear.

In the first half of the game, Ukraine took advantage of the home advantage to launch a large-scale attack on England, and under the fierce fire of the opponent, the sporadic counter-offensive of the Three Lions was ignited by the organization of captain Gerrard.

Twenty-fourth minute, Glenn. Johnson broke through on the right to create a free-kick opportunity for England, Gerrard kicked a well-dropped cross, Rooney almost touched the ball in the middle, considering that if Lu Xiaopang rubbed even a half-star of the ball, the ball could fly into the door, it can be said that Gerrard almost could replicate the first two group games, using a cross from the right to break the deadlock for England.

In the 32nd minute, it was Gerrard who drove a corner from the right to find Terry in the penalty area, but unfortunately the quality of Terry's header was too poor and the opportunity was wasted.

In the 34th minute, Gerrard suddenly sent a cross in the middle. Young's cross was saved by the Ukrainian goalkeeper for offside, and it was England's most pleasing attack of the first half.

At the start of the second half, the format was reversed, England began to launch a counter-offensive against the declining Ukraine, and as the captain of the team, Gerrard finally ushered in his own highlight moment.

In the 49th minute, Gerrard won the ball on the right side, first stepped on his bicycle and shook it, and then strode to pass the ball of Ukraine's excellent performance Yarmolenko, shook the opponent's half-high ball and sent a cross, the Ukrainian goalkeeper and defenders combined to block but failed to stop the ball, Rooney, who was ambushed at the back point, waited to send the ball into the empty goal, and England scored the only goal of the game in a passive situation at the home of Ukraine.

And this is also the first time in the 52-year history of the European Championship that a Liverpool player assisted a Manchester United player to score, and fans across England were full of cattle at this moment.

It was also the third game in a row in which Gerrard made a decisive contribution to the team's first goal, and unlike the Beckham-like scimitar passes in the previous two games, Gerrard's stunner today was full of cycling, splitting the ball and shaking the opponent, something that didn't sound like an element of English football, more like a delicate player from Brazil or Spain wreaking havoc on the opposition's defence.

This goal relieved the pressure on England and Rooney, you must know that before the goal, England had been facing the danger of being overturned in the gutter by Ukraine's goal, and in the debut of this European Championship, Chubby, who wasted many chances, also faced the possibility of becoming a sinner for the Three Lions.

However, Gerrard used a domineering individual performance to create a goal at the last moment, so that the whole team and Rooney could face the flash lights on his body, and his image became extremely tall, you know, in the first two rounds of the group stage, he sent direct assists, and in the third group game, he used not assists, but better than assists to create a killer goal, so that the captain who affects the fate of the team is unique in England's European Championship.

However, in his post-match interview, Gerrard was more likely to praise his team-mates: "It was the highlight of our tournament, we weren't good enough, but we worked together to get the result we deserved, and if Wayne Rooney can continue to score goals like he did today, we will definitely go far in this tournament." ”

England's campaign at this tournament will continue, and after avoiding Spain, the strongest team in Group C, they will hopefully be able to continue longer than expected.

But by now, it has been asserted that this European Championship is Gerrard's best performance in the world series, and in Euro 04, Gerrard's only impressive shot was in the first round of the group stage against France, inexplicably kicking the return pass to Zinedine Zidane. At the '06 World Cup, Steven Gerrard, who was heavily squeezed by Frank Lampard in midfield, was lackluster. Gerrard also didn't get a chance to get a head out at the 2010 World Cup, and despite opening the scoring in the group stage against the United States, his performances throughout the tournament were just as disappointing as England in that tournament.

However, at this European Championship, Gerrard finally found his sense of playing in England under Roy Hodgson. Huo Taigong, who had coached Gerrard at Liverpool, put Gerrard and Parker in the midfield, let Parker become Gerrard's full-time bodyguard, and gave Gerrard the absolute command of the midfield, allowing the soul of the Liverpool team to use long passes, runs, breakthroughs, and straight stoppers in the midfield in an all-round way to show their talents.

Gerrard's flawless performances at both ends of the pitch are enough to show that Gerrard, who plans to retire from the national team after the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, has finally found the feeling of being a top midfielder in his final European Championship. After qualifying from the group, England are in the quarter-finals. Against Italy, Gerrard will naturally have the confidence to lead the team to victory against Italy, who are slightly inferior to Spain in Group C, as he told reporters after the game: "The Italians defend very well, they have a lot of top players, it takes luck to beat them, but we will give it our all!" ”

The English won the game, but hosts Ukraine will certainly be unconvinced, and in England's Euro Group D match with hosts Ukraine, the home side had a shot clearly crossed the goal line, but neither the referee, the linesman nor the goal-line referee reacted correctly.

Although there was a suspicion of offside at the beginning of Ukraine's attack, what attracted more attention was the misjudgment on the goal line, Terry hooked the ball out of the goal, and the goal-line referee at that time was at the bottom line, leaning down and staring intently at the goal line, but the goal-line referee who had crossed the line had no reaction.

What was he doing at that moment?

Are you also thinking about life?!

The 2010 World Cup Frank Lampard's case has intensified the debate over goal-line penalties, and under this pressure, UEFA took the lead in changing its tactics and added goal-line referees in the Champions League and this European Cup. The role cannot but be questioned.

In fact, in the final analysis, the referee is also wronged, because people will make mistakes, especially in such a major decision as whether the ball crosses the line or not, the goal-line referee will inevitably hesitate, be inaccurate, and dare not judge under pressure.

In the final analysis, human nature is weak, human judgment will be affected by various objective conditions, it is inevitable to produce deviations, if you say wrong, the fault is wrong in the system, in today's highly developed science and technology, there are already relevant technologies that can replace human judgment, but the institutions in charge of football have been slow to introduce and use, so that similar unjust cases have been staged again and again.

This goal in the battle between England and Ukraine made the goal-line referee who "thinks about life famous", and it is also a huge challenge to the goal-line referee system.

In fact, FIFA has been planning to introduce the "goal-line hawkeye" system, replacing the naked eye with a camera and a computer, and it is believed that with the continuous maturity of related technology, this will be an irreversible trend.

As for the famous quote of former FIFA President Havelange when he talked about Maradona's hand of God, "misjudgment is part of the charm of football", it will also be abandoned by the times with the ultimate pursuit of fairness and justice.

After this game, the host Ukraine became the last team to say goodbye in the group stage of this European Cup, but the goal ignored by the referee on the bottom line in the game made the whole Ukrainian team angry, and after the game, coach Blokhin looked very angry.

"On the pitch, there are five referees, and the ball has crossed the goal line 50 centimeters, but it still doesn't go in, so if that's the case, then why do we need five referees on the field? We played a good game, even the English should feel lucky to win, I'm not ashamed of our team's group out, we were a bit unlucky to concede and were able to equalise, but they didn't give us a chance to celebrate, but even so, Ukraine played a good game, England just played on the counter-attack, they didn't have many chances in the second half, but it wasn't destined to be a game for us. ”

After Ukraine lost to England and failed to qualify for the group at the European Championship, Shevchenko, the "nuclear warhead", also announced his official retirement from the national team.

The 35-year-old Shevchenko is the greatest player in the history of the Ukrainian national team, scoring a total of 48 goals in 111 games for Ukraine.

With resentment, reluctance, parting, and melancholy, Shevchenko completed his journey in this European Championship and his last international competition.

The first game was shocking, fans all over the world are praising his old and strong, although the second game did not make achievements, but contributed two powerful shots, the last game played 20 minutes with an injury, but there was not even a shot and threatening pass, although people still have deep expectations for him, but the more and more sluggish performance, and his own disobedience, but the existence of the old age completely corresponds, the current European Cup, how can it become a paradise for veterans over 35 years old? What's more, he is still a striker who mainly plays the youth card.

But there is no need to dwell on and analyze Shevchenko's performance today, with such a big intensity, the first two games can be persevered, and the results are outstanding, he has already won everyone's hearts, what if he doesn't win the last battle?

But the national team needs him, and when Blokhin had to score at the end, he immediately thought of Shevchenko, as a great Ukrainian player of the previous generation, Blokhin knows what kind of extra motivation a player of Shevchenko's level can bring to the team at critical moments.

Although it was not a success, the iron horse's glacial eighteen-year national team career, which ended in a fighting rather than a spectator, is enough for Shevchenko to be gratifying.

In the last twenty minutes, Shevchenko poured out his best efforts to fight Ashley. Yang scramble, not hesitating to shovel the opponent into the air, for the ball that entered the goal but did not count, he was like a young player who was emotionally uncontrollable, and dragged the referee after the game, although this kind of reasoning is meaningless, and the referee's disobedience is actually reluctant, and he is reluctant to end his mission in the European Cup!

When the curtain fell, the sadness of saying goodbye overflowed his body, and Shevchenko still found Manchester United winger Ashley very graciously. Young apologized, even though the other party didn't get angry when he was fouled, and Glenn. Johnson hugged and greeted and talked quietly with a smile on Terry, both of whom were teammates during Shevchenko's time at Chelsea.

And in front of the Ukrainian fans who recognized the performance of the national team, so the tears were accompanied by smiles, Shevchenko applauded, and a shallow smile rippled on his face, even if his inner tears were already pouring down.

Shevchenko announced his retirement from the national team immediately after the game, and perhaps there was a farewell match specially designed for him, but the national team record of 48 goals in 111 games, which made Ukrainian football history, came to an end.

Shevchenko has only experienced three leagues and three clubs in his 18-year career, scoring 326 goals in 653 games, and leaving his beloved arena with a super record of two Serie A Golden Boot and one Golden Ball winner.

Who said that the 35-year-old Shevchenko will not bloom again, even if this last glory will not last long, but in the hearts of fans, it is still agreed that this is the most beautiful scenery in world football.

In another game played at the same time, when the game ended, everyone was stunned, 0:2, at the Olympic Stadium in Kiev, the French team suffered a complete defeat, losing to Sweden, which had lost two consecutive rounds in the first two rounds of the group stage and had already been eliminated early

In the last match against Ukraine, the French media and fans were still rejoicing in the recovery of the Gallic roosters, and they were still rejoicing in the excellent performances of Ribery and Benzema.

But it was quickly beaten back to its original shape, and it turned out that the Gallic rooster did not really recover, but made a chicken plague and tossed it poorly, but it really scared the host Ukraine.

The Gallic Rooster suffered this robbery, the biggest culprit is the defensive leader Mex, throughout the game, he was Ibrahimovic and Toivonen, Williamsson and others one after another, the team's two goals conceded, are directly related to the 30-year-old veteran.

Just three minutes into the game, Mexes was suppressed by Swedish centre-forward Toivonen in a header from a corner, but the latter's header deflected wide of the left-hand post to prevent France from conceding.

In the 10th minute, Mexes made another mistake and was carried away by Toivonen in the battle for the spot, and he indulged the latter in a slow turn, and if it wasn't for Toivonen's small-angle shot after shaking Lloris and hitting the post, France would have been in early trouble.

In the 54th minute of the second half, Ibrahimovic broke the deadlock with a stunning sideways volley, and it was Mex, who was responsible for defending Ibrahimovic, who looked so clumsy and helpless in front of the soaring Swedish Tower.

Mex's responsibility remained for France's late goal, as he was staked like a stake down on the left flank and was able to provide a lethal assist for Holman with a low cross.

As a product of Auxerre's "star factory", Mex's became the main player of Accerre at the age of 18, showing considerable aura and potential, and was praised as the "new Blanco" by the French media, and was selected for the French national team at the age of 20, and even once partnered with the legendary star Desailly, but the young Frenchman has never been able to grow into a world-class central defender, and this European Cup is the first time he represents the French team in an international competition.

Before the start of the tournament, Mexes vowed that "I will do my best, for this kind of tournament, any mistake is unforgivable, we have no chance to start again." ”

But in this game, the former "new Blanco" Mexes made a series of low-level mistakes, resulting in the most humiliating defeat for the French team led by Blanc.

Fortunately, in the other match in the same group, the host Ukraine, who dominated the field, had poor ball luck and suffered a "goal-line injustice", otherwise, if Ukraine beat England, then France, which lost to Sweden, would have been eliminated!

France were in a good position ahead of the match against Sweden, with a win for the Gallic Roosters likely to top the group and avoid a strong Spain side in the quarter-finals.

The Swedes have already secured the last place in the group, and the last game is just a battle for honor, but the final score of 0:2 still makes people stunned.

Facing the Swedish team that only fought for honor, the French team lost the game with a humiliating score, but fortunately the England team did not release water to the host Ukraine, otherwise, the French team, which was the first team in the group before this battle, would have been eliminated, isn't it a big joke?

If you look at the stats of today's game alone, France don't look like a team that lost by two goals to their opponents, however, the stats don't tell the whole story.

Judging from today's performance on the field, the French team does not look like a well-trained team at all, such as the attack before the end of the first half, Benzema broke through with the ball at high speed in the middle, Ribery, as a teammate, grabbed the ball, and then he dribbled horizontally at the edge of the penalty area. For another example, in the 70th minute, Benzema was brought into the penalty area in front, his shot was a little slow, and the ball was blocked by the opponent.

Not only stumbling in the attack, but also in the defense, the French team is also full of holes, not to mention Mex, as a right wing-back, Klich's performance in this game can only be described as unqualified, before Ibrahimovic's goal appeared, the main Arsenal team who was supposed to step forward to fill in the position did not react at all, just like a spectator.

In the final moments of the game, Larsson's goal was the result of Williamsson's goal after he was offside on one side of his defense, and when the game was about to end, Williamsson did the same, also anti-offside, and this time, Klich was also nowhere to be found.

In the first two games of the French team, there were fans who fell asleep in the stands, and in all fairness, although the French team won 2-0 against Ukraine in the last game, the French team played a bit dull, and in today's game, the French team spent an ugly 90 minutes.

The French team, which had been unable to open the game for a long time, conceded a goal shortly after the start of the second half, however, after conceding the goal, the French team's attack still did not improve.

The four attacking players of Benzema, Ribery, Nasri and Ben Arfa are still fighting on their own, and it is understandable that Ribery and Benzema are often surrounded by each other.

At this time, Ribery was sluggishly encouraged, and Arau. Diarra's anger at a teammate's mispass, or even Blanco's helplessness when Mex's card, paled too little, led to the win being sealed by Sweden.

Do the French team always have to hope for figures like Platini or Zinedine Zidane?

You know, such a character, but at least 20 years to come out, the French team's over-reliance on core players, has existed for 30 years, such a French team, in the cruel knockout round, how far people can go, people no longer dare to think.

The group stage is all over, eight teams have left the European Cup, eight teams have to move on, the first round of knockouts, Belgium will face Portugal, this is considered to be a duel between Deegan and Camuro, back to the starting lineup of Digan is in a hot state, scored six goals in two games, and Camuro is also in very good shape after the outbreak in the final round of the group stage, last season's La Liga, Camuro has established himself in the core of Real Madrid, Degan has experienced a winter-like season in Barcelona, and the two duels between Real Madrid and Barcelona this season, Degan can only watch from the sidelines, and now on the stage of the European Cup, the two finally have another chance to play each other.

The second match was between Germany and Russia, two old rivals from World War II who met in the knockout rounds of the European Championships, and almost everyone thought that the Germans would easily crush the Russians, but Arshavin and Zageyev might have some hope for the Russians.

France faces Spain, in terms of France's current state, there is almost no suspense in this game, and the powerful Spain is not at all something that France, which is in trouble and has a lot of conditions, can fight against.

There is also the showdown between England and Italy, the strength of the two teams is relatively even, and it is reasonable who can continue to move forward.