Chapter 288: Loris's Index Finger

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The match between England and France became very intense, both sides were constantly on the offensive, and the fast-paced game was dazzling, but France coach Blanco found that the French team had gradually 'fallen behind' and could not keep up with the pace of the England team.

"Is this the most important thing that the Chinese brought to the England team?"

Blanco thought in surprise.

If Wan Sheng knew what Blanco was thinking, he would only smile and not explain anything.

England can play fast-paced games and make France a little bit unable to keep up, so to speak, Wan Sheng brought to the team, but he didn't deliberately do that.

In the preparation training, Wan Sheng also emphasized the rapid retreat.

Everyone in the team, including the forward team, must retreat quickly after a wave of offensive ends, and only after reaching a certain position can they begin to prepare for the counter-robbery and organize the overall defense, which is to ensure that everyone can participate in the defense, and will not appear, such as the forward player, who is in the front court to counter-rob on the spot, and is pulled behind by the opponent's defender's direct pass, and then it is completely impossible to keep up, which is equivalent to not playing a role in the defense at all.

In order to maximize the team's defensive ability, Wansheng must let all players retreat to a certain position before starting to organize defense.

In fact, there are certain benefits to the local scramble in the frontcourt, if the fight can be successful, the team will win the opportunity to suddenly counterattack, but the probability of the ear is too low, especially for a strong team like the French team, it is more difficult to make that kind of mistake.

The concept of 'quick retreat' alone will certainly not allow the England team to continue to play fast-paced offense and defense, and more importantly, it is actually the football training master system, which adds to the attribute ability of each player, and this improvement will directly make the overall physical fitness of the England team much stronger than the French team.

With enough physical support and players being able to run fast back and forth during the game, England will naturally be able to support the fast-paced game.

In fact, this is just the 'incidental' benefit of Wansheng leading England.

Blanco, the head coach of the French team, is estimated to not come up with it until the day he dies......

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The fast-paced offensive and defensive play of both teams made the game very exciting.

There were a lot of fans who were drowsy in the first half, but now it's the complete opposite, everyone is very energetic.

The second half of the game was played like this, beyond most people's expectations, at halftime, French football TV commentator Feldo, who was also present to analyze the situation in the second half, they all thought that the England team would play more conservatively after having a one-goal advantage, and now the situation and analysis are completely different, so the French commentator Feldo, gritted his teeth and said, "The defense of the England team in the first half was just the appearance, they deceived the French team with their performance, and then suddenly launched an attack and scored a goal." ”

'It's a goal scored by despicable means, maybe it's the real England team now, and every team has to be wary of England so far in the game.'

"But France still has a chance, just one goal behind, and with 30 minutes to go, France have time to chase it back!"

The British commentator supported the England team, and Lineker praised the team with a shout, "This is the England team!" England played in style! That's exactly what England should be! ”

'Now England are leading the game and the French are getting worse and worse in the game! The balance of victory has tipped in England's favor! ”

"In the game, we saw a new look for England! This may be what Wansheng brings to the team! It's rare for England to play such a passionate game, not to mention a contest against their arch-rival France! We have seen the wonderful, and we have seen the dawn of victory......"

"Come on, England!"

In addition to the British and French media and television, there are also many other countries that are broadcasting the game live, among which China has the largest number of viewers, one is the large number of Chinese fans, and the other is that the head coach of the England team is Wan Sheng, Wan Sheng is the representative of Chinese football, so there are many Chinese fans watching the game.

When seeing the England team's more passionate and exciting play, special guest Huang Jianxiang blurted out a classic Internet buzzword, "The game is two masters fighting, but the England team has exploded with amazing combat effectiveness!" ”

As the game became more and more exciting, all the fans who watched the game became more serious.

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In the fast-paced offensive and defensive battles between England and France, there is actually a key player who has not performed much, and has even been ignored by the French team.

That's England midfielder Steven Gerrard.

In the past, Steven Gerrard was definitely a player to be reckoned with by any England opponent, but this game was different, France paid more attention to Morris, Gerrard was the heart of Liverpool, but Morris was the heart of Atletico Madrid.

In the past season, Atletico Madrid won the Spanish League, the Copa del Rey and the UEFA Champions League' 'Treble', as the core, but also the core of Atletico Madrid, Morris is naturally attracting attention, and many media believe that Morris is likely to be nominated for the FIFA Golden Ball Award this year.

This award was created in 2010 by the merger of the former FIFA World Footballer of the Year and the former Ballon d'Or, and has become the most high-profile, authoritative and influential individual award in world football.

In 2008, Morris won the Ballon d'Or.

Now that Morris is over 34 years old, at the end of his career, it would be a perfect finish to win the 'World Footballer of the Year and Ballon d'Or combination' one more time.

Morris' biggest rival is Lionel Messi.

But many media believe that Messi's performance is indeed very good, but this year, Barcelona did not win the championship in the Champions League, league, and domestic cups.

England have such an Al-Maurice, who is about to win the world's top award and is in very good form, and you can imagine how much importance the French team attaches to it.

In comparison, Gerrard is much worse.

It seems that Gerrard has not performed well since the beginning of the game, but in fact, it is because Gerrard has focused most of his energy on defense.

Gerrard is over 32 years old and has only a few years left in his career.

He has always been the main force of the club and the national team, Liverpool's results have not improved, and he has nothing to fight for, so he hopes that the England team can play well, so he is the most serious about the implementation of Wansheng's requirements.

Gerrard's biggest characteristic is that he is very physical.

The spirit of never giving up in the game is also full of contagion to teammates and fans.

Gerrard has always performed very well both at club and national level, and a few years ago many people said 'double virtue', but in fact, in the England national team, Gerrard has always performed better than Frank Lampard, and because of this, Morris has only squeezed out Lampard's position after entering the national team.

It's the same with this game.

Gerrard's energy has been on defense before, and he has not participated in the attack much, but as the pace of the game picks up, the England team as a whole launches an offensive, and Gerrard is more involved in the attack, he and Morris have a clear division of labor, when Morris is in the front, Gerrard is pulled behind, and in turn, when Morris is in the back, Gerrard runs forward.

Compared with Morris, Gerrard has a stronger ability to play in the frontcourt, and he and his teammates are more tacit.

Morris was a key target for France and Gerrard felt his place freed up, he felt very good in the game and felt like he was in good shape.

This time Gerrard got his chance.

When England sent the ball around 10 metres into the box, Steven Gerrard got the ball.

On the other side, Morris was sandwiched by two French players, and Gerrard couldn't defend at all when he got the ball, so he didn't dribble forward, but glanced at the goal and chose to shoot from a distance without hesitation.

What a kick is very unexpected!

Gerrard is a player who is good at shooting from distance, but since the start of the game, he has not had a shot on goal, even if he has the ball unguarded, the French team is not worried, because Gerrard's position, nearly 30 meters from the goal, they think Gerrard will choose to share the ball with his teammates again.

The French team misjudged!

Gerrard always remembered Wansheng saying, "Shoot when you have the chance, use long shots and headers, that's our advantage!" ”

Long-range shooting is indeed the advantage of the England team, and it is Gerrard's advantage!

Steven Gerrard is the best player in the team from distance!

Boom!

Gerrard struck with a sudden kick and hit a huge force and the ball went straight to the French goal.

The distance of 30 meters seems to be shortened!

The goalkeeper could still react to a shot from such a distance, and Lloris saved to the left.

Lloris's judgment was accurate, his open hands, his fingers touched the football, his heart followed with joy, but the next moment, his face was full of consternation.

The ball touched his finger and changed direction slightly, but it still rushed over.

Loris fell to the ground.

He didn't have time to look at the results when he turned his head to see the results, and he felt a sharp pain in his fingers.

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All eyes are on England's attack.

Morris distributed the ball to Ashley Young on the wing, who ran forward with the ball and after crossing the halfway line, he handed the ball back to Morris.

Morris got the ball between two French players and he kicked the ball in front of Walcott, who had no chance to cross to Gerrard, who cut in and slotted it to Gerrard.

"Walcoat give the ball to Gerrard......" Even the British commentator's tone was flat, but what he never expected was to see Gerrard swing his foot and shoot at the next moment.

“…… Shot! Shot! ”

Lineker didn't even have time to call out his name, "long shot...... The ball is in! The ball is in! ”

If you don't watch the TV screen, you will definitely feel surprised, the commentator is still talking about passing the ball flat one moment, and the next moment why does he suddenly score a goal?

But the vast majority of fans are watching the game seriously.

The moment they saw the football rush into the goal, all the England fans went crazy.

Lineker also went crazy, "Gooooooooooal!! ”

"The ball is in! 2 to 0! ”

"Gerald! Gerrard! He's hit a world wave! Steven Gerrard helped England open up the scoreline! It's 2 to 0! Pretty! It's so beautiful! World Wave! Super long-range shot! ”

At the same time as Lineker shouted, all the England fans went crazy, and in the stands of the Donbass stadium, England fans could be seen cheering everywhere.

2 to 0!

It was against France, who were not inferior to England, who were two goals ahead.

England fans are so excited!

At the same time, the England players on the pitch, as well as the coaches, team doctors and substitutes in the dugout, also began to celebrate the goal, which made them happier than before, because the two-goal lead over France almost meant that England could win the game.

But soon the English players on the field didn't have much to celebrate.

Someone was injured.

French goalkeeper Lloris took off his gloves, grinned with his fingers, and the referee hurried over to check, and quickly signaled the team doctor to enter the field, and after a short examination, the team doctor determined that Lloris had a fractured right index finger.

“……?”

"French goalkeeper Lloris seems to be injured? He walked out of the court with his fingers covered......"

"Was that save just now?"

Many TV stations that broadcast the game live did not continue to broadcast the celebration footage, but played Lloris's save in a loop, from the slow motion, you can clearly see Lloris's fingers and the touch of the football, but it is difficult to see the specific situation with gloves.

The only thing the spectators can be sure of is that Lloris is really injured because he has walked off the pitch.

France are also ready to bring on a substitute goalkeeper.

"We should pray for the hapless Lloris ......," said commentator Lineker, with a hint of schadenfreude in his voice, and the injury of the French players has nothing to do with England, the two sides are direct rivals and sworn enemies in football history.

England weren't in the mood to celebrate, but they were all joking about Lloris' injury because it was caused by Steven Gerrard's shot.

"You actually kicked off Lorris's finger......"

Ashley Cole joked and raised his right index finger, he wanted to touch Gerrard's foot with his right index finger, but stopped before he could finish the movement.

The referee walked by.

Seeing Ashley Cole's action, there was no hesitation at all, and the referee showed Ashley Cole a yellow card.

The yellow card was a bit of a mistake.

Ashley Cole lowered her finger in embarrassment.

Wan Sheng was happy about the goal just now, but now his face has turned a little dark.

"Idiot!"

He cursed.