When he saw Zhang Tiehan complete a one-stop goal, England coach Eriksen took a long breath, and his expression became much calmer, he did not shout and celebrate the goal like others, but sat silently in the coach's seat.

The second goal was not worth celebrating.

But in Eriksen's mind, the goal was also quite important. It was Zhang Tiehan who scored the goal, which means that Zhang Tiehan's condition is quite good, one assist and one goal, which can explain a lot of things, the game is less than halftime, Zhang Tiehan can have such a table, and Eriksen is also quite satisfied.

In fact, Eriksen was still worried about the team before.

He has put out a lineup that all fans are looking forward to - Rooney, Owen, Gerrard, Lampard, Beckham, Zhang Tiehan, they can be said to be England's six superstars, and this is only the front, plus Terry, Ferdinand, Ashley Cole and Gary Neville in the back, England can be said to have ten superstars on the field, and only goalkeeper Paul Robinson is slightly less famous.

This lineup is too strong.

Every player is quite famous and quite good, in training, Eriksen used such a lineup, and the table in training was not bad, but now on the field, he didn't expect to play like this, although the game is 2:0 ahead of Paraguay, this is only the first half, it seems that the England team is good, but Eriksen knows that it is just Zhang Tiehan's personal play, and it has nothing to do with the team's table.

Looking at the front court now, Rooney is completely out of the fire, he doesn't seem to have found his form yet, Owen ...... Unable to see anyone, he has mysteriously disappeared, and Beckham is not at all active in running in defence. There was also a lack of attacking performance, except for the opening goal, the England captain seemed to be sleepwalking, Gerrard and Frank Lampard were both working very hard, but the skills and cooperation of the two iron men at their feet were really poor.

The whole team's offense didn't play well at all, let alone show any strength.

Eriksen is quite worried. However, seeing Zhang Tiehan's goal, the Swedes feel that at least there is no need to worry about this game, Paraguay's strength is much worse than England, even if the whole team is not very good, it is not difficult to win the game.

Who let the team have a No. 13 Zhang Tiehan?

Thinking of this, Eriksen smiled, he was proud of his wise invitation to Zhang Tiehan to join the England team, otherwise he could imagine what state he would be in now when he saw the team so passive.

On the other hand, Paraguay coach Ruiz is not feeling very well.

Paraguay as a whole is suppressed, but in fact, this is nothing in his opinion. England's table is also very average, although each of their players is a well-known big star individually, but in reality, the opponent's table is not good.

But the other party has a number three.

Two goals, one for Beckham and one for the number 13 himself, but half of Beckham's goals are also due to the number 13.

He stressed a lot about defending England's number 13 before the game, but what he and the whole team didn't expect was this. The opposition's number 13 will appear at the back of the middle of the midfield, so it is simply impossible for them to limit completely. So the defense gradually slackened, and now there is.

Falling behind by two goals, this situation is really difficult to complete in the World Cup, especially since Paraguay itself is a little weaker.

Even Ruiz couldn't see any hope of an equaliser.

He hoped for a miracle.

But he knew that the hope was too small and too small, not only because of the situation caused by the difference in strength between the two teams, but also against the England team. The tactics he formulated for the team are defensive counterattacks, and they are mainly defensive, and it is certainly impossible to make any major adjustments in the game, but if you are not trying to control the ball and suppress the opponent, then you can rely on counterattacks alone to recover two goals. It's almost impossible.

Ruiz wanted the game to pass quickly, so that at half-time he could make some tactical changes to his team to try to win that hope.

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What Ruiz didn't expect was that in the next game, Paraguay did a very good job, in the situation of two goals behind, they continued to penetrate through guò short passes, and also played two waves of good attacks, and at the same time the defense was also very solid, and the England team failed to find opportunities in several attacks.

Time passed little by little.

Finally, with the referee's whistle, the first half of the game was over, and the two teams entered the halftime break.

Paraguay showed tenacity in the final stages, and they even battled England in midfield, and the England team had not yet played to the advantage, and the frequent running could not limit Paraguay's attack, which made the manager Ruiz see something else and add a little confidence to the game.

England didn't take it to heart, though.

They are two goals ahead, they can rely on the advantage to win, and Paraguay's offensive ability is not very strong, even if they can occasionally play some advantages, but the advantage is not to score, the advantage in the midfield actually does not matter, the defense of the England team is not weak at all, and they don't even have much chance to play the defensive advantage in this game.

Of course, these are more of the ideas of the Swede Eriksen.

Ordinary players don't have to think about it so much, they just need to play their own football.

Half-time, England dressing room.

Eriksen is explaining the tactics of the second half to the players, he did not make major adjustments to the tactics, but emphasized the control of the ball and cooperation, "We need to control the ball more, let the football always be at our feet, do more coordination, if it is the opponent's attack, then we have to stabilize the defense, start to intercept in the midfield, have more running......"

Erikson kept talking.

He said that these were to express his dissatisfaction with the team's performance in the first half, and at the same time to emphasize the need to play to the team's strengths.

In fact, everyone must admit that compared to South American teams, even if they are not too strong South American teams like Paraguay, the England team has no advantage in ball control and defense, and the players do not cooperate well with each other's short passes, and their advantage is not this, but dare to fight and grab. Individually, he has good skills at his feet and a lot of physical pressure, which is the advantage of the England team, and Eriksen just wants to make the team run more, using the midfield run and the physical advantage to intercept Paraguay's attack.

Something has already been proven in the final stages of the first half, if Paraguay turns defensive to offensive. A head-to-head game against England, England really can't really completely dominate their opponents, that's how Eriksen summed up after watching the first half.

He then made some minor tactical adjustments.

Soon after the half-time break, both teams were ready for the second half.

At half-time fans were talking about the match between the two teams, England fans were not worried about the game, although Paraguay had a good performance at the end of the first half, and even had a tendency to suppress England for a while, but in their opinion, it was just a desperate fight, and they had no choice but to attack. It is also normal for England to be beaten in a hurry.

The various commentators think so, too.

But at the beginning of the second half, the fans were surprised to find that this was not the case, Paraguay really began to take the initiative frequently, with the advance of the defense and the England team to compete for the control of the midfield, in this kind of battle, the England team actually has no advantage at all, Gerrard, Lampard, Beckham and Zhang Tiehan composed of a midfield, in defense with Paraguay is not much. Paraguay's attacking performance was quite good, and their short passing combined with penetration made England look a little tired. There were even two threatening balls.

Fortunately, England's backfield is not bad, Terry's tenacity and Rio Ferdinand's ability make England's goal still very solid.

In the 60th minute, Christian Eriksen replaced Frank Lampard with Joe Cole, followed by Wayne Rooney, replaced by Theo Walcott. The Arsenal youngster was given a chance to play.

However, Walcott's appearance was not very good.

Wayne Rooney was sleepwalking on the pitch and didn't have anything to say about it, but Walcott was even worse, looking like he couldn't adapt to the tactics at all and was running aggressively. But as a striker, you can't always run in a good position, and your personal strength is not outstanding, which is quite poor.

But it has to be said that after Rooney went off, Owen had several chances.

Before Owen can be said to have disappeared, I didn't see him have any appearance in the first half, Rooney is going to play the first striker when Owen gets off the field, and Walcott has become the second striker.

Joe Cole, who came in for Frank Lampard, was also pretty good.

Joe Cole is a rare player in the England team with good technique at his feet, his speed and dribbling ability are very good, and his constant breakthroughs on the left flank have allowed Paraguay to strengthen the defense on the wings, which also reduces the attacking pressure on the middle.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Zhang Tiehan and Joe Cole did several inverted foot combinations in a row, passed the ball to the front of the penalty area, and Gerrard took the ball to complete a volley!

It was England's first good chance in the second half.

It's a pity that Gerrard's volley didn't come out of a good angle, and was saved by the opposing goalkeeper Villar over the crossbar, but the hapless Villar did a little bad to save this time, and he was injured somehow when he fell to the ground.

Paraguayan coach Ruiz had to substitute goalkeeper Bobadilla to replace him.

However, this did not affect Paraguay's attack, and they still did a good job in attack, and the constant combination made the England midfield very weak to deal with.

Zhang Tiehan felt very helpless.

He originally thought that Liverpool's football was rough enough, but now he knows why Benitez likes to buy Spanish players, it is difficult for Spanish players to adapt to the Premier League, but it is undeniable that their foot skills are good, and with Spanish players, then the team's style of play will not be too rough, at least it can make up for a lot of things.

A group of pure England star teammates...... It's really depressing.

He originally thought that his skills were rough enough, but compared with this group of teammates, he suddenly found that his skills were really superior, and 'control' allowed him to always have a good view of the overall situation, and also knew how to run, how to pass the ball, in his opinion, if it was compared, he was about the same level as Alonso in terms of technique.

But now Zhang Tiehan suddenly felt superior......

Alonso's grade is also very good, the skills of this group of England star teammates are really too rough, no wonder people say that England's football is rough, they can almost only play direct passing, and they are also very bad at passing and attacking the connection, it is impossible to play beautiful offensive football.

He thought he had retreated to organize an attack. The team can play well, but Zhang Tiehan suddenly found that he was wrong, facing a South American team like Paraguay, the team's overall skills are not dominant at all, and they can only use frequent runs to make up for the lack of coordination and technology.

That's the situation now.

Maybe so ordinary fans can't see it, but as a member of the game. Especially the technology is okay in the team, Zhang Tiehan's feelings are very deep.

And now if you want to rely on technique and cooperation to play with Paraguay, if you don't have the advantage of two goals in the first half, England can lose.

Zhang Tiehan could only smile bitterly.

But he is not discouraged, since he can't play beautiful attacking football, he will go straight and use the advantage of ability to score goals.

That's it!

Simplicity and directness may not be bad.

Just do it when you think of it, Zhang Tiehan began to plug in frequently, and now the situation is equal between the two teams, and Zhang Tiehan has to pull back more when attacking. However, Joe Cole's appearance has made the left side of the team active, and it has to be said that although Lampard is the core of Chelsea, Joe Cole does not even have a main position in Chelsea, but technically, Joe Cole is much better than Lampard, and Joe Cole is also better than Lampard in terms of playing on the left side.

The result was after Joe Cole came out. England came alive on the left.

This gave the middle lane a lot of opportunities, and Zhang Tiehan also knew how to cooperate...... Beckham was almost ignored by him all the way. So he kept working with Joe Cole.

In the seventy-fourth minute, Zhang Tiehan found a good opportunity.

Joe Cole dribbled the ball to the bottom line, and a long pass was handed to Gerrard's feet, and at the same time Zhang Tiehan was inserted from one side, Gerrard passed the ball to Zhang Tiehan without much thought, and then Zhang Tiehan received the pass in the front of the penalty area.

He also had a Paraguayan player next to him on close defense.

Zhang Tiehan stepped forward with a big foot. Then he stepped up to follow, used his explosive power to shake off the defender directly, and immediately got up on the left side of the box to shoot, Gamarra flew up and tried to block the shot with his body. As a result, Zhang Tiehan changed his shot to a pass and pushed the ball to the goal.

This is the cooperation of Zhang Tiehan and Gerrard!

In the Champions League final, Zhang Tiehan and Gerrard had such a cooperation, and laid the fatal goal to defeat Arsenal, this time Gerrard still ran in the right position, the two have cooperated for a season, and they have long had a tacit understanding with each other, Gerrard caught up from behind, and knew that Zhang Tiehan was going to pass the ball at the first time, and he was ready to shoot.

Sure enough, the ball rolled over.

In the face of an almost empty shot, the Liverpool captain calmly sent the ball into the net with a push.

……

The ball went in.

Third goal!

“Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooal！！！！！！！”

Cries of joy resounded at the Allianz Arena.

Every England fan was enthusiastically celebrating, and it was the third goal and the 75th minute of the game, which was enough to extinguish Paraguay's hopes.

"Three to zero! Gerrard! He scored England's third goal! The commentator shouted excitedly, "This is Zhang Chuangzào's chance, he and Gerrard came to a perfect cooperation, Gerrard passed the ball, he dribbled the ball to the penalty area, and the fake shot and real pass allowed Gerrard to find an opportunity, and he could send the ball into the net safely." ”

"This is a goal that belongs to the Liverpool club, and the fact that the two can have such a tacit understanding is obviously the result of a long-term cooperation."

On the pitch, England players also celebrated their goals.

Gerrard and Zhang Tiehan had a big hug, just like the media said, this goal just now was placed on other people, it can never be as good as Gerrard did, Zhang Tiehan can create a chance, and it may be tacit understanding to run to the position correctly, because when Zhang Tiehan passes the ball in the penalty area, it is impossible to react to other people's standing and running time, he just passes the ball by feeling, and Gerrard really ran to the position.

Joe Cole also said, "You guys really work together. ”

Zhang Tiehan hugged Gerrard's shoulder, "We can be together for a season......" He also sighed a little, he doesn't belong to Liverpool now, he will go to Chelsea to play next season, and it is not easy to score goals with Gerrard.

Gerald was also quite pleased.

Can score goals in the World Cup. It's the highest honor of any professional footballer, and even he is quite excited.

At the same time, many media outlets also asserted, "There is no suspense in the game." ”

With a three-goal lead and only a dozen minutes left, Paraguay would not have a 'night at the Allianz Arena in Munich', and the three-goal advantage was enough for England fans to celebrate the victory.

In fact, this is also true.

The rest of the game. Paraguay obviously doesn't have much fighting spirit, ate three shells, and their own side failed to hit one, and there is not much time left, their only thought is to score a goal to save a little face, but England's defensive skills are also very rough, but the physical advantage can make up for a lot of things, coupled with England's traditional style of daring to fight, it is not easy for Paraguay to find opportunities for a while.

Little by little, time passed.

Eventually, the referee blew the whistle. At full-time, England won the first leg of the group stage with a 3-0 victory over Paraguay.

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After the game, England returned to the dressing room while the managers of both sides were in attendance at a press conference.

On the press conference, England boss Christian Eriksen was pleased with the three points.

"There were some difficulties along the way, but in the end we were able to win. Because there are always tough times in the game, but we defended well today. ”

Eriksen was clearly referring to Paraguay's failure to score.

To the surprise of the media, though. Eriksen was a little unhappy with the team's attack, "We didn't look very good overall. I would have liked the team to play more together, but we couldn't do that, on the contrary, Paraguay is much better than our cousin in this regard. ”

The media was a little surprised by Erickson's calmness.

He then talked about his substitutions, "Rooney has just recovered from injury. I'm going to think about giving him more minutes to get his form right, he was a bit average today, and I hope he can get back to the best of his ability, but the players will have some time to adapt after they recover from the injury. I should have given him more time. ”

"Frank's table is not bad, but I think Joe Cole will be more active on the left. Frank is still more comfortable playing in the middle of the midfield, and I hope to use the group stage to see how everyone is doing. ”

Eriksen's words let the media know that the England team is planning to use the group stage to train.

However, the England team is in Group B, Paraguay, Sweden, Trinidad and Tobago are not very strong, even if the team is training, but there are many stars, relying only on the individual performance of the stars, they are enough to win the game, which is not surprising.

But a reporter still asked the key question, that is, the England team's grasp of the rhythm and the coordination of small-scale passing, the England team did not do very well.

Eriksen shook his head and didn't answer directly, "No matter what, we still got three points. ”

He said so.

It can be seen that there is no surprise to win against Paraguay, Eriksen's mood is still good, and winning this game, the England team's qualifying shì is still very good.

Paraguay's head coach Ruiz did not have Eriksen's good mood, "We had a good table at the whole game, but we lost to them in terms of the individual quality of the players. ”

He looked helpless.

Everyone can understand Ruiz's feelings, in fact, when it comes to the team as a whole, Paraguay is better than England's, but their player ability and England are some gaps, especially Zhang Tiehan, Zhang Tiehan doesn't know how many times he relied on his body and speed to get rid of Paraguay's defenders, his two assists and one offense, that is, England's three goals, almost all of them relied on individual ability, rather than taking advantage of the opportunities created by the cooperation as a whole.

The only thing that can be said about the tie is the last goal.

And Zhang Tiehan and Gerrard are teammates of Liverpool, they have worked together for a season, and this goal has little to do with other players, even Joe Cole, who passes the ball on the side, it is completely the individual ability of the two and the tacit understanding to create a goal.

Ruiz was helpless about this.

Finally, he spoke about the injured goalkeeper, "I'm sure he can play the rest of the game. "This means that Villar's injury is not severe. (To be continued......)