Chapter 246: Anglo-Portuguese War

Even Qiao Wanxian didn't expect that he would have such a great impact on this shijie football......

England's starting line-up consisted of five players from Chelsea, namely Wayne Rooney, Owen, Joe Cole, Frank Lampard and John Terry. Front, centre and back, Chelsea's players have dominated almost the entire England team.

On the sidelines of the field, Eriksson was wearing a white shirt, facing the crazy cheers and shouts of the Lisbon fans, the Swedish coach seemed very calm, and he had a kind of Tarzan pressure and did not bend down.

Judging from the performance of the two days of training, Rooney, Owen, Joe Cole, Lampard and others still maintain a very high standard, and the power of the quadruple champion is still hanging over their heads, exuding a superior momentum from the bones.

"Toot ......"

The referee blew the whistle for the start of the game, England kicked off first, and in the midst of a flood of boos, Rooney passed the ball to Owen, who knocked it back to Gerrard......

The game officially started, although it was only a warm-up match, but the strong conversation between Eriksson and Scolari before the game still added a lot of gunpowder to this warm-up match.

In particular, Qiao Wanxian's presence made the grape people passionate, and they wanted to show the most haode football atmosphere to the most popular head coach in football.

The whistle blew and the game officially began. Judging by the starting lineups of both sides, the two teams really have no reservations! Needless to say, England completely replicated Chelsea's attacking combination up front, which is enough to kill any European defence! Of course, by Figo, Rui. Costa, Cristiano. The Portuguese midfield, composed of Ronaldo and Pauletta, also has an incomparably strong attack. ”

"But Eriksson clearly couldn't reach the heights of Joe's cannon. It is no wonder that the timid and conservative attitude has been criticized by the English media. He even sent Frank Lampard to play in the back! Did you know that Frank Lampard has been Chelsea's choice in midfield this season? ”

"In comparison, Scolari's Maniche, Deco, Rui. Costa's midfield combination seems more reasonable. Oh. The broadcast camera showed Joe Cannon, was he flirting with Cheryl? Haha, the recent rumors of a breakup between the two seem to be self-defeating......"

Every time there is a big tournament, England will be the favorite to win the championship, and the comprehensive strength and overall value of the players must be among the best, especially at this time when Chelsea's quadruple crown is in hand, and the value of Rooney, Owen, Lampard and others has skyrocketed.

"Kicker" has statistics. England's total worth even exceeds Brazil's 23 million pounds!

Compared with the English team, where most of the players are proud, Portugal is quite common except for a few stars. Monteiro, Canela, Mela, Thiago, Viana, GΓ³mez, Postiga...... It's all little-known people.

Because of Qiao Wanxian's arrival, these new generation players in Portugal are holding back their strength, and they want to show their strength in front of Qiao Cannon!

The championship team must be expanded, this is the law of football. And Qiao Wanxian is known for digging up unknown players. It makes them feel like they have been beaten with chicken blood. The performance is overly excited, and the effect is ...... But it backfired!

Don't forget, the attacking talent of players such as Rooney, Owen and Joe Cole, as well as Lampard's midfield grooming and David Beckham's long-pass guidance......

In the 13th minute of the game, Maniche, as a midfielder, ran all over the field, and he was the most active one! The Dynamo Moscow native has indeed been praised by Chelsea Football Club's sporting minister, Jory Snow, who is interested in bringing him to Chelsea.

But Maniche clearly didn't know the situation. In the Chelsea team, Qiao Wanxian is a word! Don't say it's a sports minister. Even if the owner of the club wants to bring in a player without his consent, it is impossible!

Sure enough, the cleverness was mistaken by the cleverness, Maniche's sudden robbery, not only failed to cut off the ball at Gerrard's feet, but left a big gap behind him, and Eriksson, who mainly plays defensive counterattacks, of course will not let go of this opportunity, and immediately jumped up like a monkey and commanded the team to attack.

Gerrard crossed to Frank Lampard diagonally, and Lampard smashed the ball to avoid Deco's defence, and the ball was plugged straight away, like a blade unsheathed at night, which was chilling.

"Maniche steals! Oops, he's so reckless, is the ball at Gerrard's feet so easy to break? Watching the ball, Frank Lampard got his foot straight into the ...... Oh oh my! Who is this person? Number 10! England's No.10 player, Michael. Irving! He seems to be flying! ”

On the court, Owen was like a sharp arrow, "whooshing" out.

At this moment, Portuguese defender Monteiro used his practical actions to profoundly explain to the more than 50,000 fans in the stadium what is called the gap -

Owen was so fast that his foot didn't even touch the ball, it was a change of direction in the middle of a run, and the Portuguese veteran froze in place as if he had been immobilized, watching Owen whizz past the ball on his toes.

Monteiro's center of gravity has long been shaken to the country of Java......

Owen single-handedly!

It's lightning fast!

There was no suspense about what happened next, Owen scored with a powerful shot, and England took the lead, 1:0!

Eriksson dances excitedly on the sidelines!

β€œg-o-a-l! Michael. Owen, easy goal! In just 13 minutes, England scored first! It looked like the race was going exactly as Eriksson had predicted before the race! ”

"It's no secret that Joe Cannon is fighting for the position of Three Lions manager, but if Eriksson does win this game, his chances of becoming England manager are very slim. Let's take a look at Joe's cannon's expression, uh...... He looked very relaxed. ”

……

With Owen's current state in full swing, Monteiro's defense set up by an unpopular guard is simply useless!

Now, Scolari understands that so many teams don't use dead defense tactics in the face of Chelsea's crazy attack, and in the face of this kind of striker, there is no point in defending at all!

Scolari hurried to the sidelines to shout and rearrange his tactical thinking.

……

As time passed, the game opened and closed, and both sides realized that attack was the mainstream of the game. In the 40th minute of the first half, England won a free kick in front.

Portuguese goalkeeper Ricardo. Pereira put all his energy on Beckham, but he didn't expect to kill a muscular figure from the slash - No. 9 Wayne. Rooney!

"Bang!"

Iconic heavy artillery bombardment of the door, Ricciardo. Pereira was stunned as he watched the ball go into the net, paying attention!

God, what kind of routine is this?

2:0!

England visited the Athletic Lisbon Stadium and scored two goals first!

The audience was in an uproar!

In the second half, Portugal finally pulled a goal back with a brilliant individual performance from captain Figo.

After receiving a pass from Deco in the midfield, Figo tossed and turned in a small area, continuously changed direction and forced a breakthrough from Ashley Cole and Terry's sandwich, cut cross-cutting from the side to the middle, and forced his feet to hit the goal in the face of Ferdinand's fill-in press, Robinson sighed at the ball.

2:1!

Portugal pulled one back and the Stadium de Lisbon was filled with jubilation.

"Figo, Louis. Figo! A spectacular individual performance in which he defended Portugal's honour with his own strength, the Real Madrid no.10 has been in excellent form this season and is at another peak of his career! ”

"Oh, England's defense is a problem, Terry and Ashley Cole, the two players from London, obviously can't form a tacit understanding! Having said that, Chelsea and Arsenal are already bitter enemies, and it is natural that it is difficult to form a heart in defence. Perhaps Eriksson should bring on Bridge at left-back so that the team's backline could be more solid. ”

Figo's goal raised Portugal's momentum a lot. Costa, Cristiano. Ronaldo, Figo, Pauletta and others pressed on the attack, and the momentum was like a rainbow.

Then, Eriksson's team likes to take advantage of the opponent's big attack, seize the holes in the opponent's defense and play counter-attacks.

Sure enough, in the 68th minute of the game, Gerrard and Lampard sandwiched Deco at the back, and Beckham, who suddenly moved closer to the middle, successfully broke the ball.

It is said that Beckham played a season of defensive midfielder under Mourinho, and his tackling ability was really good, and he didn't raise his head, and he made a conscious long pass straight to the fast horse trio in the frontcourt.

Rooney, Owen, and Joe Cole all came together, and the audience was full of exclamations! (To be continued......)