Chapter 286: Walcott

Although the team has been defending all the time, there have been few counter-attacks, but at least the defense has been very good, the French team seems to have been attacking, but the team's goalkeeper Joe Hart has very little work, and most of the defensive work is stopped at the edge of the penalty area. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Of course, the media is not satisfied.

French football commentator Ferdo has been criticizing the England team, "Wan Sheng said that the England team is the team that wants to compete for the championship, he has always been very confident, but what we saw in the game is that the England team has been defending, defending!" ”

"When did he start playing utilitarian football?"

"It has seriously affected the spectacle of the game, and it's no wonder that some people say that Wan Sheng is actually a very utilitarian football coach, and now we see that in the England team."

"Can you win by defending alone? Wan Sheng is a little too arrogant. Judging from the game, France have been attacking and it is only a matter of time before they finish the goal......"

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The game has passed 30 minutes.

In the past time, the game has not changed much, the French team is still on the offensive, and the England team is still holding on to the goal, and they seem to have no intention of stepping up the offensive at all.

In most people's minds, that's the case.

But as the head coach of the England team, Wan Sheng saw the key point, and after 30 minutes of play, the French team failed to find a good chance, let alone create a goal.

At this point in time, the French players are already feeling tired.

This fatigue is not only physical, but also mental, 30 minutes of continuous effort, but not able to threaten the England goal at all, they feel a little powerless, this feeling is also reflected in the game, some French players have significantly less running, before the wide players were actively plugged in, but now they are much slower, and many times they also increase the passing near the halfway line, which is almost equivalent to killing time.

From the point of view of the pace of the game, the French team is consciously adjusting.

Wan Sheng smiled.

That's the moment he's been waiting for.

Just as all the media was watching the game, Wan Sheng stood up from his seat, scratched his head and seemed a little worried about the game, and then sat back down.

"Wan Sheng doesn't seem to be very happy with the game." French football commentator Ferdo said, "Of course he wasn't happy because England didn't attack at all. ”

What Ferdo and most people don't know is that Wansheng's action is actually a signal.

This was agreed before the game.

If he makes public gestures, anyone will know that England will make some changes, in the past, England have been on the defensive, not many counterattacks, and the only changes that can be made can only strengthen the attack.

Then the French team will become wary.

Wan Sheng didn't make a command gesture at all, just walked over and scratched his head, no one could have imagined that it would be a command action.

But the England players got the signal!

Morris is the heart of England's attacking and defensive transfers, his positioning and movement, controlling the tempo of the entire team, and all the players are centered on him.

Morris saw Wan Sheng's moves, and in the next game, he began to plug in frequently, either breaking through with the ball himself, or cooperating with his teammates to attack.

Morris's approach also led the whole team, with England counter-attacking more and pushing forward a little bit earlier.

This change is difficult to attract the attention of the French team.

At most, they paid attention to Morris, and Morris was the target, and the others didn't notice.

They are not aware of the danger.

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England's starting strikers were Welbeck and Theo Walcott, both of whom were England's rising stars, with the older Theo Walcott also 23 and Welbeck 24.

When both were named in the England squad, the British media were surprised.

In the past, one young striker was enough, and the England team with Rooney and Defoe did not have too many positions for young stars, but when they learned about Wansheng's new manager, the British media knew that Wansheng gave the impression that he likes young people, and he is also very good at using young players.

When Wayne Rooney is suspended, Defoe is mourning for his father, and Welbeck starts alongside Theo Walcott, it's no surprise.

In fact, Walcott is a special one in the England team, as early as 2006, he was selected for the England national team, and participated in Germany with the team more than ten times.

Although he didn't have any outstanding performances, considering that he was only 17 years old at the time, it was quite remarkable to be able to participate in the World Cup.

But in recent years, Walcott has not improved much.

Leaving aside the situation at Arsenal, Walcott has always been a substitute in the England team, and he was not selected for the squad several times during the interval, and did not participate in the World Cup in South Africa.

In fact, Walcott was a real genius who rose to fame at a young age.

At the age of 16, Walcourt was an unknown boy who had just broken into Southampton's first team and became their main striker.

Just three months later, Arsenal Football Club spent Β£5 million to buy Theo Walcoat from Southampton, a fee that could rise to Β£12 million depending on the number of appearances. By February 2006, Theo Walcott had been included in Arsenal's Champions League squad and was on the bench against Real Madrid.

What has happened in just a few months has been incredible for the 17-year-old: from a substitute for a Championship side to a member of Arsenal in the Premier League.

Over the next few years, Theo Walcott has been growing and is now a regular striker for Arsenal, with The Times revealing that the club are considering signing Theo Walcott to a new contract that will be paid Β£100,000 a week.

Theo Walcott is on the verge of becoming a real high-paid star.

But in the England national team, because Rooney and Defoe are firmly in the main force, Walcott has never had a position, and this time he can be selected for the national team squad, he believes that it is the reason why Wansheng is coaching, so Walcott is very grateful for Wansheng's trust.

Walcott has been one of the hardest working teams in England's training preparations.

In this game against the French team, Walket also cherished the opportunity very much, and he always remembered Wan Sheng's special advice to him during training, "You have to pay special attention to running." You're not the kind of striker who uses your body to punch, you need to find your position. ”

"There's no club team-mates here, they don't have a lot of chemistry with you, so you have to be on the lookout for things at all times. When it comes to the game, you don't pay attention to the position of the football, and you keep running to the opponent's defense, understand? ”

Wan Sheng's tone was very stern, but Walket felt very kind, and he thought that Wan Sheng trusted him to say this.

So when it came to the game, Walcott was trying to find a lot of time and even if most of the time, he didn't get a pass from his team-mates.

This time, Walcott's efforts finally paid off.

Few young strikers could find a chance under the watchful eye of France centre-back Lamy, but Walcott 'went off the beaten path' and when England were attacking and all the players were rushing forward, Walcott suddenly turned and ran two steps to the left.

Rami didn't expect Walcourt to run like this at all, he didn't follow up at the first time, and he was a little confused.

But Morris saw Walcott!

France's defense is still very tight, although their defense is not as good as England's, but it is not easy for England to rely on normal progress to break down France's defense.

Just like it is difficult for the French team to attack the England team's defense, the England team also needs to look carefully for opportunities, this time Morris and the wing Milner continued to cooperate with the foot, began to look for the players in front, Welbeck was defended very dead, but Walcourt ran out of the gap, Morris was dribbling the ball to the right front, saw the opportunity and immediately kicked a small arc with the instep, and the football rushed to Walcott accurately against the turf.

Walcott couldn't even believe it when he saw the football rushing in front of him!

He was very surprised.

Just now he suddenly turned to run, just a flash of inspiration, but Morris's passing was too accurate, especially the arc pass, the difficulty can be imagined, he was amazed in his heart Morris's foot break, praised Morris is not a loss to be regarded as the core of the midfield, but his feet know what to do.

During the week's preparations, Wan Sheng kept telling him not to bring the ball into the penalty area rigidly, and the long-range shots and high-altitude headers on the periphery were the sharp edges of the team's attack.

So Walcoat didn't hesitate to choose --

Swing your feet and shoot!

Before Rami could turn around, Walcoat had already finished shooting!

The football "bang" flew from Walcott's feet and spun towards the goal, and the two French centre-backs, Rami and Mex, could not make any defense.

The only one who could stop the goal was goalkeeper Lloris.

Lloris is not well-known, but he was active with the French Under-17 team, and later won the 2005 European Under-19 Championship with the Under-19 team.

On 6 February 2008, Lloris was selected for the French national team for the first time and quickly secured the No. 1 position in the national team with his consistent performances.

In the play-offs of the European qualifiers for the World Cup in South Africa, Lloris played an incredible performance in the two-legged match against Ireland, he saved many dangerous balls, former French international Coupe called his performance "phenomenal", and the French media called him "Saint Lloris", and now Lloris is regarded as one of the top goalkeepers in Europe.

Lloris's brilliance lies not in experience, but in his ability to anticipate, and it is because of his ability to make sure that he can save dangerous balls.

But this time, Lloris didn't anticipate Walcott's shot because Walcott's shot was so sudden that when a striker got away from the defense at the edge of the box and received a pass, most of the time he chose to score with the ball.

But Walcott didn't dribble the ball at all, he was like he was in front of the goal, and he shot at the ball!

French centre-backs Rami and Mexes failed to react, and goalkeeper Lloris did not anticipate it, and by the time he made his judgment and made a save, the ball had flown in front of goal.

The only thing Lloris could do was raise his hand, but the ball flew into the goal on one side!

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β€œGoooooooooal!!!”

"The ball is in!!"

"Walcott! Walcott! He broke the French goal with a powerful shot on the edge of the penalty area! ”

"1-0, England are ahead!"

"It's incredible...... The England team has been passive in defense before, and many analysts believe that even the goal will belong to France, but the England team took the lead in completing the goal! ”

"Walcott, it's a lot of power! Morris' passing is even more classic, let's look at slow motion...... Morris's curling pass! Oh, God! It's so accurate! ”

"This is Maurice, his foot skills are the best in the world!"

"Walcott's shot was wonderful, but the goal was even more thanks to Morris! In the face of Walcott's sudden long-range shot, the entire French defense, including goalkeeper Lloris, could not react! ”

When the England commentator excitedly said the goal, many people at the scene, including in front of the TV, were stunned.

In most people's minds, there is still the concept that France has been attacking and England has been defending, and they think that the first goal must be France.

But the football flew into the door of the French team!

It's weird!

At the moment of scoring, many people were thinking, "Why did England suddenly score?" ”

Even some of the English players didn't react.

Among them was Theo Walcott, who was running hard and looking for space from the first minute of the game, but as a striker, when the team was focused on defence, the number of touches he could get was limited, let alone any shots on goal.

Walcott didn't expect to score the ball with his first shot.

It's a European Cup!

The big battle between Group D and France in the European Championship was almost the most watched game in the entire Group D, and he scored the ball so easily?

Walcott didn't react for a moment.

It wasn't until he heard the cheers of the England fans that he realized he had scored, and then jumped up from the grass and cheered wildly with his hands outstretched!

The goal at the European Championship was too important for Walcott, he was only a substitute for England and he didn't want to be on the bench forever, he wanted to perform well.

For a striker, a good performance is undoubtedly a goal!

After the excitement, Walcourt was the first to hug Morris, who rushed over, and felt the wonderful pass that Morris gave him.

The rest of England's players also started to celebrate excitedly!

Before the start of the game, the England team thought that the game was difficult to play, and when it came to the game, they were defending most of the time, and the feeling of the game was not very good, but what they didn't expect was that the manager had just adjusted his tactics, and after a few waves of attack, the team scored.

In a game like this, scoring goals is so important!

Everyone laughed and hugged each other, and they didn't forget to rub the top of Walcott's head to complete a 'luck tain' ritual.