Chapter 299: The Group Stage Ends
In the following period, under the leadership of Morris, England played an extremely smooth attack. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biqugeγ info
The midfielder continued to pass and receive the ball, and with the speed of a kick, the game became very beautiful, and the fans in the stands continued to cheer for the team with shouts, and the cooperation of the England team became more and more tacit.
This kind of fluency and cooperation made Wansheng unexpected.
In Wansheng's view, the England team is not a team that is good at cooperating, many players are good, but the overall cooperation always seems jerky, but under the leadership of Morris, the players of the England team are getting more and more in shape, and the game is getting better and better.
It was surprising that England could play such a beautiful attack, and Ukraine, as the opponent, did not expect that when defending, they felt scrambled and even tried to be tough: when they wanted to, football was no longer around.
Ukraine they originally wanted to limit the England team with a tough scramble, and those players who had the opportunity to defend, one did not pay attention, and the football rolled to the other side, so they could only run around in the backfield, but there was not much they could do at all.
This kind of game is exciting, and it also makes the Ukrainian defense more and more dangerous.
In the 35th minute, England found a chance to score their second goal.
This time it was Ashley Cole who stepped in to provide the assist.
As a 32-year-old veteran full-back, Ashley Cole has always been a regular in the England team, and no one can shake his position, which has to do with his own performances at club and national level, as early as the summer of 2006, Ashley Cole's move to Chelsea caused a sensation, when Arsenal and Chelsea had a tumultuous affair, and he finally came to Chelsea as he wished, for which the Blues paid the price of Β£5 million for William Gallas.
Ashley Cole quickly settled into the main team after arriving at Chelsea, and has been very consistent and outstanding performances, and the biggest impression he has made in the game is that he is good at inserting assists.
It's the same this time.
Ashley Cole stepped in and combined with Scott Parker in the middle, before he crossed from the flank and fired a high ball into the six-yard box, where Morris headed the ball over the ball.
2 to 0!
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The England commentator shouted excitedly, he was cheering for the goal, he was cheering for Morris, "2-0!" England led by two goals and the game looked fairly easy! β
"This is Morris' third goal for England in the European Championship finals! In the first two games, Morris also scored one goal each, and he is currently the player with the most goals in the European Championship finals! β
"Morris is 34 years old! As a 34-year-old veteran, it is really surprising to have this kind of performance, you must know that he is a midfielder, a core, and has the task of leading the team to attack, but he has scored the most goals in the team! β
"Credit to Cole for the goal just now, his pass was accurate......
Amid the excitement of the England fans, other teammates also rushed over to celebrate Morris, and they felt the ease of the game at the same time, but also really happy for Morris.
In 2005, when Morris first joined the England team, few people in the team liked him because he was competing with Gerrard and Frank Lampard, who were quite prestigious in the team and many of the main players supported them.
Nearly 7 years have passed, and Morris has become an absolute workhorse.
Morris is usually outstanding, and he is very easy-going, and he has a good relationship with Gerrard, Cole and Terry, and he has enough prestige in the team, although he did not become the captain, everyone is really happy for his performance.
If there is joy on the field, there must be something unhappy.
Ukraine coach Oleg Blokhin's face darkened, he didn't think England was a difficult opponent to beat, the whole Ukrainian team made a lot of preparations for the game, but I didn't expect the game to go to this extent, England's performance was so good that it didn't look like Ukraine could fight back at all.
For Ukraine, if you want to qualify from the group, you must win this game, the match between France and Sweden is full of uncertainty, and even if the French team loses to Sweden, the relationship between Ukraine and France is that France has the advantage, and when the three teams have 3 points, it will be better than the goal difference, that situation is very complicated, but in any case, Ukraine loses the game, and the possibility of being eliminated from the group is very high, because it is difficult to expect competitors to lose in the game.
Ukraine's minimum standard is a draw, but now it seems that a draw is also very difficult.
It's only been half an hour since the game, and we're already two goals behind!
The past half hour seems to be telling a joke, and that is a joke about Ukraine wanting to win over England!
The whole team has worked hard for so long, for the motherland and for football, but it is useless in the game, is all the effort going to waste?
But what to do now?
Oleg Blokhin was a little confused, he didn't know what to do next.
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Until half-time, Oleg Blokhin didn't think about what to do, he just asked the team to play seriously according to tactics, but another match between Sweden and France at the same time gave Ukraine a little morale, and in the last 40 minutes of the game, Sweden scored two goals, while France did not score a goal.
If Sweden can win against France, and the three teams have a better goal difference, Ukraine still has a little chance.
So Oleg Blokhin's request to the team is: they must not concede any more goals, and as for whether they can score or not, it is completely up to 'fate'.
Ukraine's morale was boosted and they insisted on holding the goal.
Oleg Blokhin asked the team to stick to the style of play, and especially told the formation not to be chaotic and to play more steadily defensively.
This style of play has stabilized the Ukrainian defense a lot, and in the first half they still wanted to try to equalize, now as long as they focus on defense, the attack will be handed over to the star players in front: in the second half, in the expectation of many Ukrainian fans, Shepchenko finally came on the field.
The 36-year-old joined Dynamo Kyiv in August 2009 on a two-year contract, ending a gloomy journey to England since joining Chelsea in 2006.
Shevchenko has been outstanding since returning to the Ukrainian Premier League, scoring 23 goals in 55 appearances and helping the team win the 2001 Ukrainian Super Cup, despite being retired.
Although Shepchenko himself did not officially announce it, the outside world analyzed that he would retire from both the club and the national team after the European Cup, after all, he was born in 1976 and is really old.
In the eyes of many Ukrainian fans, Shepchenko is still the 'savior' of the team, and he is still the best footballer in Ukraine.
When Shepchenko came on the stage, there were huge cheers in the stands.
Everyone knows that it was the Ukrainian fans who welcomed Shepchenko's debut, and they hoped that the former superstar could help Ukraine salvage the situation.
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Seeing Shepchenko's debut, Wan Sheng still sighed a little.
This is a real superstar.
In AC Milan, Shepchenko contributed the pinnacle of his career, he also won the Ballon d'Or in 2004, as a striker, it is not easy to get the Ballon d'Or, but Shepchenko did it, which is enough to prove that he was outstanding that year, you know, in the same year, there were also Henry, Vanney and other 'penalty area killers'.
Even at the age of 36, Shepchenko's experience is enough to bring so much to the young Ukrainian team that will be an opponent who will have to pay attention to defense.
Wan Sheng didn't do anything, he just watched Shepchenko appear, and he didn't tell the players at all, one is that the England team doesn't need to do that, the English players on the field are already a number of big stars, and the other is that the team's advantage on the field is obvious, even if Ukraine can score, it will not affect the team to qualify as the first in the group.
Shepchenko has been very lackluster since he came out.
The England defenders were a little concerned at first, but then most of the time the England team was attacking, Shepchenko couldn't even get the ball in front, and they didn't care, and in the 75th minute of the game, the defender Lescott who was inserted behind helped England score another goal with a strong shot, rewriting the score to 3-0, and the England team didn't care even more.
But what he never expected was that Shepchenko used a dazzling performance to make all the players who defended him remember the lesson - it was a lesson of a negligent superstar!
With 81 minutes played, England led by three goals and each player played casually, but the ball was passed to the front of the pitch and there was a small mistake, and Ukrainian centre-back Kacheridi cut the ball off Rooney.
Kacheridi quickly passed the ball to midfielder Timoshchuk, who played a through ball to Shepchenko in front.
Shepchenko receives a pass and quickly moves forward.
The two centre-backs, Lescott and Terry, both had chances to defend, but Lescot ran a little forward and didn't chase back, with only Terry following Shepchenko.
Terry and Shepchenko have been teammates for three years and are very familiar with each other, Terry is better than Shepchenko, he keeps squeezing Shepchenko with his body, but when he is ten meters away from the penalty area line, Shepchenko suddenly changes direction with the ball, Terry has no time to adjust, and is directly wiped by Shepchenko from the right side.
The stadium suddenly roared with a shout!
"Sheva has passed Terry! Keep going! Even the England commentator was shouting that the 36-year-old Shepchenko was a respectable player in the eyes of many.
After shaking off Terry's entanglement, Shepchenko only had to face goalkeeper Joe Hart, and with enough experience, Joe Hart had just run out of the goal when the "Ukrainian nuclear warhead" kicked the football into the goal.
1 to 3!
Despite being two goals behind, the Ukrainian fans all over the stadium were cheering for Shepchenko's goal.
Even Wan Sheng sat on the seat and applauded Shepchenko's goal.
It was a respectable goal!
In such a passive situation, being able to rely on individual ability to help the team score a goal is enough to prove Shepchenko's excellence, think about it, he is 36 years old, for many professional players of the same age, to stick to the fierce competition in the half, and then quickly dribble the ball from the half to the goal, is a somewhat difficult challenge, not to mention, to pass the halfway through, and send the ball into the goal accurately.
Shepchenko is truly outstanding!
However, a goal will definitely not help the Ukrainian team win, and some media commentators have begun to analyze, "Sheva can help Ukraine score a goal in the last game before retiring, which can be regarded as perfect......"
'As for the victory, of course it belongs to England.'
As the commentator said, England will not stop attacking because of Shepchenko's goal, and when the game resumes, England will once again launch a fierce attack on the Ukrainian goal, looking even more ferocious than just now, as if vowing to recover the goal just lost.
England quickly came back.
In the 89th minute, England took advantage of a corner kick opportunity and made a wonderful combination, Rooney headed back to Scott Parker, Parker crossed to Morris, Morris scored a cushion to help England score their fourth goal.
"Maurice! Another goal! β
"4 to 1!"
"Morris scored England's fourth goal before the end of the game, which was also Morris's second goal of the game and his fourth goal in the European Championship finals! His performance was perfect! β
"Ukraine has Shepchenko, but Morris is undoubtedly better, he is 34 years old, so far, there is no news that Morris is going to retire, and looking at his form, it is estimated that he can play for the club and the national team for one or two seasons!"
"Now Morris is still the core player of Atletico Madrid and the England team, his wonderful performance this year, is very likely to compete for the FIFA Ballon d'Or, looking at Morris's performance, it is hard to imagine that he is 34 years old, he seems to be at the peak of his career, those stars who are at their peak, few can compare with him, the European Championship has been going on so far, Morris is also the player with the most goals in the 16 teams, plus his core position in the England team, and other contributions on the field, it can be said, He's the best player......"
Amid the praise of Morris from the various commentators, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game.
England fans cheer in victory!
Despite playing against the hosts in Ukraine, England played away from home, but the entire stadium was occupied by the shouts of the English fans.