The match between England and Portugal is coming up and England have done a lot of preparation ahead of the game.

It is worth mentioning that in order to improve the team's penalty kick level, the England team specially hired experts from the University of Liverpool to conduct an in-depth study of the penalty shoots in the World Cup.

The experts have precisely calculated and analysed the footwork, speed, shots and direction of each team's penalty kicks.

'We couldn't tell Eriksen which five players should take the penalty because we couldn't guarantee that they would be on the pitch at the time of the shoot-out. But we can identify some commonalities, such as the appropriate direction and speed of each player. We've given that data to the manager, but it's an absolute secret now. ”

The experts also gave some precautions when taking a penalty: "The penalty player should kick the ball at a speed of 25 to 29 m/s, the run of the penalty should be between four and six steps, and the time between the goalkeeper settling in front of the goal line and the time the opponent kicking the ball should not exceed three seconds." ”

Very professional data from the mouth of experts, very convincing, but when interviewed by the media and commented on the preparation of the England team, Wan Sheng laughed, "Do they expect these 'experts' to help kick penalties?" ”

'It's right for them to train on penalties, but it's more important to calm the players, like having a psychologist and decompressing the players, which will be more effective.

When the story reached Eriksen's ears, the Swede dismissed it, stressing again, "My team doesn't need him to dictate!" ”

Two days seem to be natural rivals.

'I care about England, not him. England have my players in the squad and I would have liked to see them in the World Cup final, but now that he [Eriksen] is in charge, I don't think it's going to be a chance because England have had a hard time [against Portugal]. ”

After that, Wan Sheng did not appear in public in front of the media.

The next time fans noticed Wan Sheng again, it was already two days before the game, and Wan Sheng was a guest in the Sky TV live broadcast room on this day. As a guest commentator on the game, his partner is none other than George Woodgate, who is a regular commentator on Premier League matches.

Wan Sheng didn't know George Woodgate, but Woodgate was familiar with Wan Sheng because he often commented on Manchester City's games and liked Wan Sheng's style of leading the team.

'Manchester City's football is fascinating. As soon as the two first met, George Woodgate praised Wan Sheng.

This is tantamount to praising Wansheng.

"Thank you." Wan Sheng said, and then he asked, "Is there anything to pay attention to in a moment?" ”

"No, it's just that the commentary is biased in favor of England." George Woodgate shook his head.

They are England's television station and the commentary naturally leans towards the England team. If England fans think that they are biased in favour of Portugal, they will definitely make a series of complaints if they don't listen to it, and that will be a bit of a problem.

In this regard, Wan Sheng didn't care.

He will not support the Portuguese team, which only has Copelle Ferreira playing under him, but the current 'Pepe' is still a fringe player, and Scolari brought him, perhaps to develop young people, rather than actually let him play for Portugal.

As time passes. Soon the game will begin.

Half an hour before the start of the game, the live broadcast has already begun, and this is when the commentators and guests will comment on the two teams and say something about the two teams. to be used as 'background music for the picture'.

Wan Sheng, as a guest, talked about his opinion, "Both teams are relatively conservative. ”

He mostly talked about conservatism, which is what he had said in front of the media.

England and Portugal played conservatively. Maybe this is also related to strength, they didn't dare to let go of the attack, and as a result, both teams were in the World Cup qualifiers. Still in the group stage, the game was not good, and there were not many goals.

"If I had to make a prediction, I'd stick to my original opinion, it's very difficult for the two teams to decide the winner in 90 minutes......

Wan Sheng has already made similar statements in the media before, and it is not surprising to hear him say this again.

But many Englishmen are dismissive.

They think that this England team is already the strongest, definitely much stronger than Portugal, even if it is like Wan Sheng said to play conservatively, but Portugal will not be an opponent, pre-match training penalties, just to prepare, 90 minutes can completely decide the winner.

However, Portuguese fans are quite acceptable to Wansheng's statement, similarly, compared to the two teams, the England team is obviously more gorgeous, and Portugal is not a traditional strong team, so 90 minutes cannot decide the winner, they are acceptable.

Soon it was time for the two teams to play, and seeing the starting line-up of the England team, Wan Sheng couldn't help but say, "I don't understand why the Swedes stubbornly let Frank Lampard and Steven Gerrard start together, and Morris sat on the bench instead. ”

'He was a bit of a surprise with a five-midfield line-up, but Hargreaves struggled to reconcile Frank Lampard and Steven Gerrard in the middle, he was too idealistic about the game......

The England team uses a 451 formation, Hargreaves is in the middle, Lampard and Gerrard are on both sides, such a formation seems to be very good, Hargreaves can adjust Lampard and Gerrard, but in fact, as soon as the players run in the game, the position in the middle of the midfield will be messed up, and it would be good for the three to stand in a triangle formation, not to mention what 'left and right strategy in the middle', the main thing is that the space in the middle of the midfield is so large, and the three players are in the same position, and they all want to play a role, so how much tacit cooperation is needed?

So Wan Sheng's comment is, "He's too idealistic...... and he would say that even if he replaced Hargreaves with Morris.

After that, Wansheng began to give professional commentary.

He analysed the game from the perspective of the tactical play of the two teams, and in the constant attack and defense of the two teams, he quickly pointed out some problems that only the most discerning top coaches can see.

For example, England's attacking style of play, they have tried to organize attacks from the middle many times, but because the three-person cooperation in the middle of the midfield does not have the tacit understanding as imagined, the efficiency of the side is higher.

At first, Wan Sheng said this, and many people dismissed it, but soon they found out that the Chinese statement was correct, when England attacked from the middle, it was difficult to find opportunities, either their own mistakes, or the opponent's defense was too tight, and several times failed to play too forward, but it was the side Joe Cole who used his personal skills to break through, bringing a threat to the Portuguese defence.

Relatively speaking, Portugal played more flexibly, but for the sake of tight defense, they also did not dare to attack too far forward.

The best performance in the whole game was Luis Figo, who frequently used his personal skills to create a threat to the England defense, but unfortunately the front C-Ronaldo was very tightly defended and did not show any performance at all, which disappointed many Portuguese fans, and their expectations of C-Ronaldo were very high.

Wan Sheng is not surprising at all, in the memory of his previous life, C-Ronaldo and Messi, the two superstars, performed very well in the club, but when they arrived in the national team, they were 'weak'.

It's just the 2006 World Cup, and by 2010, they've all grown up, but they're still doing the same.

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George Woodgate is playing with Wan Sheng to commentate on the game, he is a professional commentator, most of the time he is still talking, and he is careful to give Wan Sheng some time to comment.

This is the first time he has partnered with Wan Sheng to explain the game.

George Woodgate is a small celebrity, but he still feels amazing because he loves watching Manchester City and he loves Wansheng, and he feels like an idol in his senses.

Now that his idol is around, he feels calm.

It must be admitted that Wansheng's comments are very professional, he said a lot of things to the point, and some of his views on the two teams were also shown in the game.

The game was moving towards a win-win prediction.

Wayne Rooney was sent off in the second half, worrying all England fans, but by the time more than 80 minutes had passed, the two teams still had not scored.

England fans should be happy with the 0-0 scoreline, because now they have one less man on the pitch and it's good not to be behind the scoreline.

At this time, no one will refute Wan Sheng's statement that '90 minutes will not decide the winner'.

Sure enough, until the end of the 90 minutes, both teams still did not score.

The game is about to go into extra time.

Taking advantage of the break, Wan Sheng suggested, "England still have a substitution in their hands and Eriksen should be used for the goalkeeper because James is better at saving penalties than Robinson. ”

"Yes, it's time for him to prepare for the penalty shootout......"

By this time, the fans who watched Sky TV's live broadcast were very convinced of Wan Sheng, because many of the things he said were reflected in the game, and in addition, the result of the 90 minutes was the same as he predicted, and the two teams did not distinguish between the two teams.

As a result, many fans began to worry about England, and at the same time, they believed more in the statement of Wan Sheng.

In various bars, streets, and squares, as long as the fans gather to watch the live broadcast of the game, many fans shouted a voice, "Replace James!" James! ”

The sound travels very fast.

A few minutes later, just as overtime was about to begin, the same shout rang out at Offschalk Stadium, "James!" James! ”

Many people don't know why they shouted like this, but when they heard the shouting, they all shouted together.

Many cameras in the stadium pointed to the England fan stands, and some unknown reporters jokingly said, "It seems that James is still very trusted by England fans." ”

"At this critical moment, England fans remembered David James, and they collectively shouted for James to play!"

"Maybe they think James is more reassuring than Robinson!"

Many media praised David James, but James on the bench felt inexplicable, when did he have so many supporters? Especially in such an important game, the fans still shouted for him to play...... This seems to be the kind of treatment that only David Beckham can enjoy, right? In the England team, only David Beckham is eligible for this treatment.

But now that David James has enjoyed it, his heart is full of excitement. (To be continued.) )