Chapter 444: Enough to Pull the Wind!
The stadium was already reminded of the exclamations when Frank Lampard took the shot, with everyone staring in the direction of the Trinidad and Tobago penalty area, and they felt a little sad to see the ball saved by the opposition goalkeeper Healop.
"This shot is a little bit higher and it's in!" So says the England commentator.
The other commentators echoed the shot, the most dangerous shot since the break, from Frank Lampard's long-range shot, which was a big means of scoring for England, and after seeing the ball saved, many people were ready to talk about Frank Lampard, who thought of the ball bouncing into the box.
As a result, they saw Zhang Tiehan at the football landing point.
When was he in that position? How did he end up in that position? Can Trinidad and Tobago defend him? In the face of two defensive players, what will this young man worth more than 100 million play?
At this moment, many people had a lot of questions in their minds.
And the next moment they saw Zhang Tiehan calmly jump up to complete a powerful header on goal, and goalkeeper Hislop could only make a symbolic pounce, and then watched the football fly into the goal.
The ball is in!!
“Goooooooooooooooooooooal!!!!!” The England commentator shouted excitedly, he didn't care about what the England team played too simple before, the pass went straight and straight, what Trinidad and Tobago were better or something, what he cared about was the score, that is, England's goals.
As an English commentator, why do you need to analyze so much!
England scored, and he had reason to be happy and excited, "The ball is in!" Entered! Goooal!! Sheet! He opened the scoring for England! A wonderful header! 1:0, England took the lead! The opening was just over ten minutes into the game. Zhang scored a goal for England, his second goal in this World Cup! ”
"Two games! Two goals! ”
"Zhang has maintained his high efficiency at the club. Some players are very good at the club table, but when it comes to the national team table, it is not much worse, and many fans are worried that Zhang will be like this, but he proved with the table xiàn that the last game against Paraguay was a qiē. Zhang has two assists and one goal, he is the best player of the game, and we can expect him to continue to play well in this game! ”
The England commentator was quite excited, and the other commentators also commented on the goal.
"England changed the score in the opening 12 minutes, Trinidad and Tobago are not easy to play!"
'It looks like the players in England are in good shape.'
"They didn't have much of an advantage in the situation and a lot of the passes were very direct, but the individual quality of the English players was not comparable to the opponents, and Trinidad and Tobago didn't have many ways to defend against Zhang."
'Frank Lampard's shot was brilliant too!'
"The score has been rewritten, and the next situation will be very bad for Trinidad and Tobago!"
"Zhang's second goal. Maybe we can expect more goals from him in this game! ”
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With the goal, the Frankish Stadium in Nuremberg was also boiling, and the stadium was specially renovated for the World Cup, as part of Germany's efforts to prepare for the World Cup, with more than 5,000 seats and some interior changes to give the team a new look.
In the glittering stadium, England fans in the stands cheered on the goal.
They also felt that England's table was a little bad. He didn't have much of an advantage on the ball, and he didn't even suppress the opponent with the threatening ball. They think it's because the players are in poor overall condition, which reminds them of the media's comments on the England team, the last game against Paraguay, the media believes that in fact, except for Zhang Tiehan, other players in England are somewhat out of shape. So they started to worry about the game.
What if Zhang Tiehan is not in a state either?
Many people had similar thoughts, but they didn't expect it to be so fast, and in just the first twelve minutes, Zhang Tiehan scored a goal. And it seems that the rest of England is in good shape in this wave of attack!
This made the England fans happy, and the scene also boiled with the goal.
As a fan, the idea is very simple, especially on a stage where the world is bigger than this, they don't want the team to play beautifully, play style or anything, they care more about the result.
Victory is the most important thing!
If you can win, it doesn't matter if the game is ugly, this is the simple idea of the fans, and the England team was not very good before, but they scored first, which is also the rhythm of victory!
So they opened their minds to cheer and celebrate.
England dugout.
Coach Eriksen also got up from his seat, walked to the sideline and slapped him, seeing the team score, the players on the bench stood up at the same time and cheered on the sidelines, Eriksen and everyone else acted the same way, because he was also very excited and happy, although he felt that the game was basically not suspenseful, but the opponent also had a chance.
There is no sure win in football games, accidents happen from time to time, just like the last game Trinidad and Tobago were able to draw with Sweden, Sweden pressed the whole game, kept shooting, but just did not break the goals of Trinidad and Tobago, as a result, the two teams stood 0:0, Trinidad and Tobago scored a point.
Don't underestimate this point!
With just three games in the World Cup group stage, an extra point could well keep Trinidad and Tobago alive and could not even qualify if England draw with Trinidad and Tobago.
This is the group stage of the World Cup.
Three games to decide the right to qualify, there is no home and away difference, which is very cruel.
Now seeing Zhang Tiehan's goal, Eriksen has a little assurance in his heart, with this goal, it is not easy for Trinidad and Tobago to catch up, so the probability of the team winning has increased from eighty percent to nine out of five, and he is naturally quite happy.
On the contrary, Trinidad and Tobago coach Ben Haac was a little depressed.
He originally thought that the team's performance was good, but he saw England score first, the difference before and after was really a bit big, and he vowed to win before the game, but now Ben Hake's own confidence has lost a lot, and he was scored so quickly. It's a bit difficult to equalize, and looking at the way England attacks this time, how can there be anything out of shape?
Don't...... That's the kind of football they play on purpose?
Thinking of this, Ben Hack was a little dazed.
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The media from all walks of life don't have such complicated ideas, they watch the game just to report, and many reporters are in the media seat. While watching the game, I recorded the process of the game in words.
Most of their previous records were, "England didn't start well, they didn't get the advantage, both teams had their own attacks, and the pitch was quite ......"
Immediately upon seeing the goal, they added, 'England played a brilliant attack in the 12th minute when Frank Lampard's shot in the box was blocked by the goalkeeper. Zhang knocked on the door of Trinidad and Tobago with a header. ”
But many reporters think about it, this turning point is too fast?
So they went to revise the previous content, "England started very steadily, and did not rush to attack, the two teams were evenly matched on the field, but England's attack was to hide the edge, as long as they found an opportunity......"
While the reporters in the media gallery were pondering the contents, the England team had finished their celebrations on the field. Because it was just the beginning, it was a bit quick. So their celebration lasted only half a minute, and when the two teams were in their positions, the game started again.
At this time, the mentality of the two teams changed.
England have a goal advantage, the players are much calmer, they are the leading side. Offense and defense are very stable; The Trinidad and Tobago players felt that they had to strengthen some of their defense, thinking about the goal just now, which was caused by a defensive error, otherwise Frank Lampard would not have found a chance lightly, and Zhang Tiehan would not have been able to head the ball in the penalty area. They strengthened some defence under the captain's command and they were in no hurry to equalise, after all, the game had just begun.
So in the next game, both teams seemed much calmer.
The England team is still playing simple football, and the simple football table is a lot of straight passes on the field, correspondingly, there are a lot fewer lateral passes, and the England team does not take the initiative to control the ball, especially in the midfield, Eriksen particularly emphasized this, "pass forward when you have the opportunity", this is their way of attacking.
If you have a chance, go forward, look for a chance.
Three points through, it is enough to describe the tactics of the England team, but this simple tactic has a fatal flaw, that is, the passing routine is easy to be understood by the opponent, so Trinidad and Tobago is naturally a lot easier to defend, just like the last game they played against the Swedish team, the Swedish team's attack is very simple, and their defense is also very good.
The only difference is that the England players are more individual.
They play simple football, the means of breaking the goal is long-range shooting, long passing, etc., they don't say at all to pass the football into the penalty area, and then look for opportunities to shoot directly, most of the ways to find opportunities are direct confrontation, but the simple football of the England team is very threatening, the reason is that the individual ability of England's players is quite strong.
Like Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard in midfield.
The football played by these two players is very simple, and the skills at their feet are not outstanding, but both of them are very versatile, whether it is confrontation, passing ability or defense, etc., all aspects of the ability are very good, Trinidad and Tobago single player, whether it is defense, offense or grabbing the ball, one-on-one, and the two teams to fight are very disadvantaged, it is difficult to take advantage of anything.
Not to mention Zhang Tiehan in the middle, a player can't try to grab the ball from his feet.
The front Rooney and the side of Hargreaves, Joe Cole are very outstanding, the two wings of Hargreaves, Joe Cole's skills are also very outstanding, their passing, dribbling, ball control, passing ability is very good, in defense, in the face of the side attack, Trinidad and Tobago players are more headers, and the defense of the middle of Rooney, must also be cautious.
To sum up, almost every frontcourt player in the England team can suppress Trinidad and Tobago.
England are completely 'bullying' Trinidad and Tobago with their individual abilities.
But the football played by the England team is very simple, their own football is simple, and Trinidad and Tobago is also simple to defend, but this simplicity makes Trinidad and Tobago have no way to defend, which is like a competition between two martial artists, one side is a force to break through all odds. No matter how subtle the other party's moves are, they just fight with you directly, you know his moves, and can use more subtle moves, but what does that do?
England's attacking method is very simple, but this simplicity cannot be cracked at all!
At least. Trinidad and Tobago don't have that kind of subtle tricks to crack, so they have to fight England head-on, and that's the situation between the two teams right now.
Soon even Ben Hack on the sidelines also saw England's tactics, which is completely relying on the individual ability advantage of the England team to suppress their own team, in the face of such tactics, Ben Hack has nothing to do, after all, the England team's individual ability is indeed higher, they can only drag it to fight head-on with the England team.
Fortunately, simple football is easy to crack, and England has attacked many times in vain. After all, not every player is Zhang Tiehan, and the number of threatening attacks is quite a lot!
When England put the ball into the box, no, often on the edge of the box, Trinidad and Tobago had to deal with a threatening shot, especially Zhang Tiehan, who has only completed three shots so far, and a header went straight in. The other two long-range shots hit the frame and even hit the post once. It made the whole team of Trinidad and Tobago break out in a cold sweat.
One more goal would make their chances of victory even slimmer.
Perhaps they weren't looking for a win anymore, Ben Hack started with a glimmer of hope in his heart for a miraculous victory over England, and now his hopes are an equaliser. Then it is enough to hold the goal until the end of the game, and one point is already content.
But soon he lost even that hope.
This was in the 31st minute, Hargreaves broke through to the bottom line on the side and passed the ball directly, and Zhang Tiehan, Gerrard and Rooney in the middle rushed up to grab the point, which is one of the simplest offensive routines of the England team. Passing the ball from the wing, the three in the middle were outflanked by the front, center and back three, this time Rooney grabbed the front point, he shook his head directly and hit the goal, and the football went straight to the left side of the goal.
Goalkeeper Hislop was brilliant again, and he saved the ball with both hands.
The football fell to the feet of Hargreaves, who ran from the bottom line to the penalty area, he continued to pass the ball to the small penalty area, Zhang Tiehan and Gerrard continued to move forward, Gerrard grabbed the first position and shot directly with his feet.
No matter how brave Heathrop could do anything about this shot, he could only watch the football fly into the goal again.
The ball is in again!
England fans once again fell into frenzy, but the England team had been threatening Trinidad and Tobago before, and they were prepared to score, but they couldn't help the joy of scoring goals, and the scene was still in a sea of revelry.
This goal belongs to Gerrard!
Steven Gerrard had a goal in the last game and another in this one.
Gerrard was also quite happy to be able to participate in the World Cup for the first time, with two goals in two consecutive games, he and Zhang Tiehan hugged each other warmly, and of course, he did not forget to give Hargreaves a hug to assist.
Hargreaves is a very special player in the England squad – he is the only star of the 23 squad to play in the Bundesliga.
Hargreaves was not purely English, his father was English, his mother was Welsh, and Hargreaves was not born here, but in Calgary, Canada.
As a teenager, he was only interested in ice hockey and basketball, but later became interested in football. Hargreaves was then brought on a tryout by a local coach with close ties to Bayern Munich and was later taken in at the age of 16 when Hargreaves was a good performer in his birthplace team, Calgary Hills.
Hargreaves played for the Under-19s for two and a half years and spent half a year in the reserves. In 1998, Bayern's Under-19s reached the final of the German Cup at the Rote-Erde Stadium in Dortmund, but lost to Borussia Dortmund on penalties.
After 2000, Hargreaves became one of the players in Bayern Munich's first team, and on 12 August 2000, Hargreaves made his first Bundesliga game, replacing Jankel in the 83rd minute of the match against Hertha Berlin, and his first start came against Unterhachen on 16 September of the same year.
In the same year, Hargreaves was selected for England's under-21 national team, and Hargreaves decided to represent England.
With no experience playing in the English league and not spending five years in an English team, he had to renounce his Canadian, Welsh and German citizenship. Becoming an English citizen, Hargreaves did it, and it took a lot of determination, but Hargreaves did it anyway.
Hargreaves then became more and more secure at Bayern Munich, and two years later he was already a regular in Bayern Munich's midfield, while relying on the club's watch. Hargreaves made it to the England squad and was in Eriksen's squad for this World Cup.
In the England squad, Hargreaves is a player who is somewhere between a regular and a substitute, he can play in any position in midfield and has always been a steady player, which is a player that every coach loves.
He got the chance to start this game.
Hargreaves' appearance was clearly very good, and it took him two crosses in quick succession to create two chances for England, even though he had been with England for three years. But in fact, he was not familiar with many people in the team, but Gerrard still gave him a warm hug.
"Thank you! Thank you! Gerald said.
Hargreaves also has a hearty smile on his face, he is one of those very friendly players, usually not very talkative, but almost everyone in the team has a good opinion of him.
At this point, others also came over to hug Gerrard and congratulate him on his goal.
With this goal, leading Trinidad and Tobago 2-0, the England players are more relaxed.
The same goes for manager Eriksen, who smiled silently on the sidelines.
When scoring a goal. The Swede was more sure of victory and now scored two goals. The Swedes don't think there will be any suspense in the game, Trinidad and Tobago scoring one goal is not unusual, but it would be a fantasy to score two goals against England, and although the game only went half-time, the outcome was already decided.
After the restart of the game. England are playing with more confidence.
Trinidad and Tobago, on the other hand, played impetuously and were desperate for an equaliser, but the table was not as good as it had just been, taking advantage of the opportunity before the end of the first half. England scored again.
It was Zhang Tiehan who scored the goal this time.
Joe Cole crossed from the left, Zhang Tiehan flanked at the back post, and in the face of a waist-high pass, he flexibly pulled out with his back to volley the ball in!
It was a gorgeous goal!
When Joe Cole passed the ball, Zhang Tiehan was running forward, and when he saw the direction of the football, he stopped, squeezed the Trinidad and Tobago defenders, and turned to the football to complete the volley!
After the goal, the fans and reporters in the stadium were amazed!
It is hard for them to imagine that Zhang Tiehan can complete such a wonderful goal, even if they know that Zhang Tiehan's shooting ability is outstanding, but such a goal is still a bit beyond imagination, many people are dumbfounded, when Zhang Tiehan scored the ball, the whole audience was in an uproar, England fans even forgot to celebrate, just surprised and discussed the goal with the people next to them.
The England commentator didn't even know what to say anymore, and he felt that in the face ......of this goal, any words would pale in the face of this goal.
"It's so handsome...... French commentator commented on the words used in a way that is very much in line with the romance of the French.
The German commentator thinks that the goal is very creative, "This kind of goal, most people can't imagine, it's a pity that Zhang appeared in the England lineup, and what the German team lacks is such a creative force." "The Germans also know their own stereotypes, their players are the most effective executors of tactics, but they are much worse than other strong teams in terms of quality.
"He should be in the samba lineup." The Brazilian commentator said that if Chinese fans knew about his commentary, they would definitely think that Brazilians and Koreans have some historical connections.
The Trinidad and Tobago commentator said sadly, "It's normal for us to lose to England, our players are so much worse than the England players. ”
Many, many people are talking about goals.
Not only the media, but also the fans, England fans are very happy to see Zhang Tiehan have an excellent appearance, because Zhang Tiehan is a member of the England team, and fans from other countries can only be amazed when they see this goal.
Almost all the TV stations that broadcast the game live repeat the goal over and over again.
Sky Sports England even replayed the goal five times in a row, and when the screen switched back, the game between the two teams had entered stoppage time, but no one was thinking about the game, everyone was talking about Zhang Tiehan's goal just now.
That action...... It's perfect and powerful!
Regardless of the angle, action, judgment and other aspects have reached an extreme, such a wonderful goal, it is not an exaggeration to describe it, even the players of both teams did not pay much attention to the game, stoppage time is the same as entering garbage time, the players of both teams have no intention of playing, and soon the referee blew the whistle for halftime.
At this time, the players of both teams went off the field one after another.
On the way back to the dressing room, the England players were also talking to each other about Zhang Tiehan's goal, as players on the field, many of them didn't see Zhang Tiehan's shot, and they couldn't have seen it on TV, so they were interested in joining in when they heard others talk about it.
Zhang Tiehan became the protagonist.
"How did you come up with the idea to finish like that?"
"Oh my God! I saw it, I can't believe it, what else can't you do? ”
'If I could score a goal like that, it would be perfect for this World Cup.'
Zhang Tiehan listened to his teammates' words, smiled on his face, and didn't say anything, he likes to hear others praise himself, but for this ball, he was also a flash of inspiration, and the action of turning and volleying is not something that ordinary people can complete, which is thanks to the 'hard boxing' he practiced, and there are naturally some footwork and footwork in the boxing, and at the same time, it also makes his muscles and bones stretch more widely, only in this way can he complete such a sensitive and powerful shot.
These are the things that came to mind after he had shot.
It was just a flash of inspiration and he thought about it, but he was still happy with his shot, the goal...... It's really windy...... Hey, hey, hey. (To be continued......)