Shortly after France's victory over Ukraine, England also won against their nemesis, Sweden, and completely removed the hat of "Rayphobia".

For England, Sweden may be even more terrifying than favourites France, because since the two sides first met in 1923, England have faced Sweden in seven major tournaments with a record of five draws and two defeats in 89 years, which is a chronicle of England's "Rayphobia".

The two teams met three times in the European Championships, and England had a measly record of 1 draw and 2 defeats, even counting the warm-up matches, the proud originator of modern football only got a record of 7 wins, 9 draws and 6 defeats, and since a 3-1 victory at Wembley on 22 May 1968, England had not beaten Sweden for 43 consecutive years, an embarrassing record that was not broken by Barry's lucky refraction until the warm-up match on November 15 last year.

In the face of such a tragic historical record, can many people call it "the weakest England team in history", can it take on the responsibility of rewriting history?

Liverpool's header from Carroll once made England ecstatic, knowing that establishing an early lead is definitely a good situation for the current England team that advocates defensive counter-attack.

However, the Swedish team's counterattack is also sharp, this team with an average height of 185CM, tied with the German team for the first place in this European Cup, with an impactful attack, twice knocked on the door of the Premier League's golden glove.

Wolcott saved the Three Lions with a pass and a shot that not only rewrote England's embarrassing winless run against Sweden in the tournament, but also earned England an excellent chance of qualifying from the group, while their old rivals also went out of the group after this game.

There were media predictions before the game that it would be a very entertaining game with plenty of goals to be scored by both sides.

Such a statement seemed to be a joke at the time, and England, which was already well versed in the ultimate meaning of "big bus and sneak attack", would play high-scoring football?

In the eyes of many people, this low-profile England has been branded as "ugly".

After the big game between England and France, there was a criticism: "It was a really disappointing game, England were obviously going for a point, they had 10 players behind them for most of the time, in this situation it is very difficult for any team to create chances, put three buses in front of goal, this is not football at all, anyway I don't like it, obviously when you play against a team that has players piled up in the goal, waiting for you to attack, it is difficult to win the game no matter how good you play. ”

However, it is such a much-maligned England team that has delivered the fans with the most ups and downs and the most bullish goal battle in this European Championship so far.

Following Russia's 4-1 win over the Czech Republic and Portugal's 3-2 win over Denmark, England and Sweden staged another five-goal feast, becoming one of the most goals scored in a single game at this European Championship.

From the point of view of the process, it is definitely the most ups and downs of this European Championship so far, there is no one, a closer look at England's three goals, there is not too much flashy cooperation, Carroll's header, from Gerrard's oblique long pass without warning, Walcott's weird arc, completely out of the sky outside of a chance, Welbeck's heel, but also the genius of two talented players.

In addition to the team's realistic and rational tactics, the mental strength displayed by the England team is also the key to the team's excellent results.

In the next game, the team's number one star Rooney will be released, and a number of English players, including direct rival Welbeck, have been eager to say that England will definitely be stronger when Rooney returns.

Indeed, the England side have been making progress through the struggle, and after the last game, Hodgson criticised his players for not shooting accurately enough, hitting the net with just one shot in the game.

The result was a match against Sweden, with England scoring three goals from within six shots of the game, and there is no doubt that England will be even more efficient with Wayne Rooney's return.

England boss Roy Hodgson was relieved to be "It feels good, we were relieved to win, we didn't control the game, but we didn't say we shouldn't have won it, it was a tight game, we took the lead in the first half, but Sweden took the lead and in the second half I was happy that we were able to come back and it was a big game, especially against an opponent with so many good players and a good record. ”

Rooney will return from suspension in the next game, which leaves Hodgson in a dilemma: "Rooney is a gift and will help us improve our fighting, there's no doubt about it, but we still need to think about who will start in the end. ”

A draw in the last game will qualify, but is England's strategy to draw or beat their opponents?

Hodgson didn't confront the confusion head-on: "I'm glad we only needed a draw to get to the next round, it's not easy to do that, the opponents in this group are very strong, and every game has to be taken seriously. ”

When asked by a journalist what he thought of the comments, Hodgson said: "The FA chose me to be England manager and I'm honoured, I don't comment on what other people say about me, I'm just doing my job, I've been a coach for decades and I just want to keep doing it and I'm still learning how to improve." ”

The English can now start imagining their knockout rounds, knowing that before the European Championship, countless people waited to see the England team's jokes, the change of manager in the line of fire, the suspension of Wayne Rooney, the injury camp, the scandals, and the England team suffered the nemesis Sweden.

Before the game, almost everyone predicted that the England team would be tragic, but no one expected that a mourning England would complete the revenge on the Swedish team under such a premise.

When England went on the campaign, it was a veritable mourning force.

To what extent?

mourned so much that he was humiliated, and he could only swallow his anger.

Fortunately, football is like war, there is no obstacle to losing the battle of tongues, as long as you can beat the opponent on the battlefield with a blue nose and swollen face, it will be worth it. On the contrary, if you don't dare to make a move, but you will only condemn and reason, it is not very interesting, and the England team, which has been encouraging itself with the "Anglo-Saxon spirit" since ancient times, naturally understands this truth deeply.

In the end, England completed their revenge on Sweden, and for England, this game is impossible to win, because one of the prides of England is that all the teams that have played eight official games against England have won at least once.

Sweden is unbeaten in 7 games against England, and if this one is undefeated, it will be a precedent in the history of English football, and it is time to torture the identity of the originator of English football.

Although this England team does not look like a top powerhouse comparable to Spain and Germany because of the change of coach, constant internal friction, full of injuries, and psychological shadows.

But on this night, the heroes of the Three Lions declared war on all of Europe by crushing the nemesis of their mortal enemy: "You can underestimate our strength, but you can't disgrace our dignity!" ”

The English have got their revenge, while the Swedes are going to leave the European Championship stage disappointed.

After losing 2-3 to England, Ibrahimovic unfortunately became the first superstar to say goodbye early at this European Championship.

The arrogant Shenta has fought to the extreme throughout the game, and Melberg's goal once made him see the dawn of victory, but in the end, the Swedes had to accept the reality of inferior skills, just like Giggs, York, Weah, Shevchenko and other fighters who won all the honors in the club, but were unable to support themselves in international competitions, and even failed to reach the top of the field for life, leaving Ibrahimovic alone could not change the tragic fate of the national team.

It was a veritable do-or-die affair for Ibrahimovic and his Swedish side, but objectively speaking, Ibrahimovic didn't show his best form, but even so, Sweden's number one star caused plenty of problems for the England backline.

In particular, Ibrahimovic's strong body is a headache for opponents, and the English players who advocate confrontation also look weak in front of him.

Unfortunately, Ibrahimovic's terrifying impact was completely useless in the danger zone, because the team's attacking organization relied too much on their number one star, Ibrahimovic could only frequently pull back to the midfield throughout the game to play, take the ball, share the ball, pass and cut, Sweden's most threatening big killer, most of the time can only be like a central midfielder away from the penalty area, and most of his shots can only be completed from 20 meters away from the goal.

With Ibrahimovic's ability, he is definitely qualified to dream of further goals and higher honors, but in today's game, in terms of the overall strength of the team, the England team is undoubtedly better than the Swedish team, but in terms of individual strength, Ibrahimovic is better than any English player, he is the kind of player who can decide the game, the kind of player who can make opponents fearful.

Even England captain Steven Gerrard was full of praise for Ibrahimovic when he spoke to reporters after the game: "Ibrahimovic is definitely the top striker in the world, he is really very dangerous, if he is given enough space to perform, he can beat any team." ”

Unfortunately, no one has been able to give Ibrahimovic enough support in the Swedish squad, and the heavy weapon that scored 35 goals for AC Milan in all competitions last season is completely unable to replicate such terrifying efficiency in the national team.

Hodgson said before the game: "There is a player who can decide the game on his own, and Ibrahimovic is that kind of player. ”

But after all, football is a sport of eleven people, even if it is a strongman like Degan, if there is no cooperation from his teammates, he is still powerless, Ibrahimovic in today's game, created a lot of very creative unconventional passes, can easily create a threat, but teammates often can't keep up with Ibrahimovic's thinking, as a result, Ibrahimovic helplessly hung his head, become the most frequent picture in the TV camera.

For Ibrahimovic, who is already 30 years old, this European Championship may be his last time in Europe's top competition.

I vaguely remember that in the summer of 2004 in Portugal, the shocking Scorpio tail swing played the Italian steel defense, and the talented Ajax boy who was born became famous and began his journey to conquer the world.

Looking back at the 2008 European Championships, the flying fire meteor that pulled out the mountain and pierced the gate that Greece had not lost for 425 minutes in the final stage of the European Championship, and the European myth of four years ago was trampled under Ibrahimovic's feet.

Three European Championships, this Scorpion Warrior, who perfectly combines gorgeousness and efficiency, has created too many wonderful moments for the fans, Ibrahimovic! This name may never make it to the European Championship books, but his mark on this book of history will never be erased.

After two rounds of the group stage of the 2012 European Championship, people suddenly found that in the four groups of this European Cup, none of the teams advanced to qualify, and the German team won two consecutive victories, but they were still in danger of being eliminated.

The European Championship began to introduce the group stage in 1980, but the European Championship was only played by eight teams until '96, and the three-point system was officially introduced in the European Championship from '96.

Since then, in the four European Championships, there will be teams that have qualified in advance after two rounds of the group stage of each competition, so it is the first time in history that no team has qualified in the first two rounds of this European Cup.

After a total of 16 matches in two rounds, only the Czech Republic in Group A, Ireland in Group C and Sweden in Group D were eliminated early.

In addition, the first two rounds of the group stage, there was no 0:0, which should also be a big spectacle, the first two rounds of the group stage had 16 games, and it was only in 1996, and in the first two rounds of the group stage of the 1996, 2000, 2004, and 2008 European Championships, this situation has never appeared, there is no 0:0, no team has qualified in advance, not to mention whether it is wonderful or not, this is really a weird European Cup in the first place.

All the mysteries will have to be left until the final round of the group stage to be revealed.