Chapter 147: There is still hope
What to do?
Resigned!
Qiao Wanxian, who was sitting in the commentary seat, was even more disappointed than the Northern Ireland players who came from afar in the stands, and sat sullenly without saying a word.
In recent years, the FA has made the Premier League a boom, and there is a momentum of Shijie First League, but the successive national team coaches are really not complimentary.
Wilkinson, Kevin Keegan, and now the inactive Eriksson are disappointed. There is also McLaren, who didn't understand bullshit, Capello who was inexplicably out of class, the Three Lions have a strong lineup, but there are always no conspicuous results in the competition, and the coach problem is worrying.
Qiao Wan is confident that he can take LinkedIn Gran to go further, but the FA can't be like Abu and have a little boldness?
But then again, Chelsea FC is Abu's personal product, and behind English football is not a simple FA, but 50 million English, and it is indeed necessary to be cautious about changing and selecting managers.
After England took the lead, they once again showed the inferiority of Erikson's tactics, no longer in a hurry to attack, the offensive in the first 30 minutes instantly subsided, and all the attention was focused on consolidating the defense, trying to catch the opponent's mistakes and score again, especially the two full-backs, almost no longer past half-time.
Faced with the belly of Northern Ireland, is it necessary?
Look at Eriksson on the sidelines, his face is relaxed, with a faint smile on his face, his expression is peaceful, and he glances in the direction of the commentary seat from time to time, with a slight mockery in his eyes.
Qiao Wanxian will be the guest commentator, and this information will certainly not escape the ears of the head of England. In the face of all kinds of doubts and sarcasm before the game, the Swedes held their breath in their hearts, and tried to defeat Northern Ireland, so as to kill the majesty of the arrogant Qiao cannon!
It was good that Joe Cole set up Steven Gerrard and England lived up to expectations to take the lead.
A set of close-ups of Eriksson came on the big screen at Old Trafford, relaxed, casual, full of confidence, and that faint smile was comparable to a chrysanthemum...... There seems to be a bit of contempt.
Qiao Wanxian gritted his teeth and clenched his fists.
"England were a little slack after the goal, the fluidity of the attack was greatly reduced, the three lines were tightened, and it seemed that Eriksson was satisfied with the score of 1:0 in the first half. But...... The fans are demanding, and we can hear a lot of boos coming from Old Trafford, mostly Northern Ireland fans, of course, but I know that a lot of England fans must be unhappy with the way the team plays. ”
McKesling was not interested in seeing England's loose and messy attacking routines and long and direct passes in an attempt to counterattack quickly.
Chelsea, Arsenal as the representative of the gorgeous football has been popular in England, regardless of Qiao Wan's character, his team performance, style of play has been almost unanimously recognized by all the media, fans, experts, this is the purest football!
Subtly, Qiao Wanxian's appearance seems to be changing the world's perception of English football, and of course, it has also changed many concepts of English fans' appreciation of football.
Collision and scrambling are liliang, which is admirable, but elegant, elegant and more gentlemanly.
As can be seen from the tickets, throughout England, Highbury Stadium has the highest ticket price, followed by the new Chelsea.
McKelling almost lost interest in the pitch and turned to ask: "Mr. Wan Xian, we know that you are a practitioner of aesthetic attacking football, and your Chelsea team has indeed done it. It's just that I don't know what you think of England's heavy defensive and light offensive style of play? ”
Qiao Wan pursed his lips and sneered: "The nobles beg for beggars, Tian is shameless!" ”
After saying this, McKeling broke out in a cold sweat in an instant.
With the referee's whistle, the game ended with sparse applause and constant boos at the time of work. However, Erikson may have been under too much pressure from public opinion, his mentality is very peaceful, he has a slight smile on his face, and even whispered a few words with Northern Ireland coach Alexis Sanchez.
During the intermission, the TV station was going to insert public service announcements, Qiao Wan had time to go to the toilet, but his face was not good-looking.
What is laughable is that England's style of play in the second half is almost exactly the same as in the second half of the first half, shrinking the defensive line and playing steadily, without any trace of the passion and beauty brought by football. On the contrary, Eriksson was very proud, and even sat quietly in the coach's seat, and it can be seen from the big screen that he is very satisfied with the situation on the field.
It's just that Eriksson obviously ignored the unknown head coach of the other side - Lauren Sanchez!
The 45-year-old values the team's fighting power and spirit, and has led a semi-professional team to beat the Premier League giants to reach the FA Cup semi-finals, which has been appreciated by Northern Ireland. And as soon as he took office, he began to perform major surgery on the national team, treating those players who treat the national team games as child's play, and abandon them all.
To put it bluntly, this guy is unwilling to let Northern Ireland miss the European Cup and Shijie Cup finals every year.
After almost 20 minutes of sleep in the second half, Sanchez finally made his own gestures, pressed and attacked!
Old Trafford is a blessed place for England, and it also inspires Northern Ireland's lads to take advantage of the multi-player midfield, patiently play short balls and wait for their chances.
And their patience soon paid off.
After drawing the vast majority of England's defence to Liliang with team-mate Damien Johansen's successive passes, Gillespie abruptly changed the target of his pass, using an unbelievable outside instep to make the ball curve on the turquoise grass and eventually reach the feet of the team's core No. 10 Wheatley.
It was a sudden tactical change.
And it was skilfully run, apparently after a well-planned rehearsal before the game.
Wheatley had been very average before that and didn't attract big defenders, but as soon as he got the ball, England reacted, fuck, bad!
Wheatley pulled to the left and Elliott formed a local two-on-one, facing Gary Neville, who was already on the decline.
After Wheatley took the ball, his whole person seemed to change instantly, like a peerless treasure hidden in the scabbard suddenly unsheathed, and the cold light flashed in an instant.
Two over one!
Gary Neville can't do anything!
Beckham retreated quickly, with Rio Ferdinand and Hargreaves rushing towards Wheatley.
It's just that Wheatley started first after all, and in a hurry, he gradually approached the England penalty area.
This scene caused the lifeless Northern Ireland fan camp to burst into exclamations!
“…… Wheatley ...... Beautiful, wonderful one-two, Neville can only look at the ball and sigh...... Go on, woo, he's so fast, Hargreaves can't catch up with him at all! …… You can do it, you will do it, rush, rush...... It was getting closer and closer to the opponent's big penalty area, and it immediately entered the shooting range...... God, keep going, go on, rush! ”
The Northern Ireland commentator shouted frantically on the commentary bench incoherently, fortunately he was far away from Qiao Wanxian's side, otherwise such a noisy voice would not allow the cold sweaty McKaisling to slap him twice.
Northern Ireland coach Lauren Sanchez on the sidelines also nervously held his palm. Northern Ireland had not won against England since 1927, and he knew he had come on a mission to break the record that had been set for a long time.
However, Eriksson's defensive set-up ...... It's still very positive.
He laid out a number of tactics to defend Wheatley before the game, and this time it was carried out by Manchester United centre-back Leo Ferdinand. Shijie's first central defender took the most effective and safest approach, and he didn't give Wheatley another chance, rushing up and directly jamming his rushing line with his shoulder, shrugging his shoulder and hitting it hard.
Quintessential English football!
Seeing this scene, the cheers of the Northern Ireland fans were like ducks that had been choked by the neck, and they stopped abruptly in an instant!
"Toot ......"
The referee's whistle blew almost at the same time.
Yellow!
Northern Ireland were given a direct free-kick from around 30 yards from around 30 yards on the edge of the box.
"It's a very dangerous free-kick zone, you can choose to play tactically or hit the goal! God willing, Robinson can guard the gates. ”
Listening to McKaysling's words, Qiao Wan sighed idly.
There is hope!