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The dust has settled on the Anglo-Afghan war.

A game that was not passionate from start to finish, but it has undoubtedly become the most sensational classic battle since the start of the World Cup.

Compared with the defending champion France's successive upsets without a win, the strength of England and Argentina, the attention they received, and the shocking nature of the game process and ending have made the World Cup reach a small climax since its opening.

People with a heart, especially the coaches of all walks of life in the World Cup, can see that the England team destroyed the fanatical romance of the Argentine team with absolute sanity.

Simply put, fight back.

But this counterattack effect is not simple, compared with the traditional counterattack, only rely on a few sporadic fixed offensive players to attack the city.

England's counter-attack was magical, as well as the thrilling change of striker, with Ashley Cole becoming the MVP of the match with a pass and a shot.

This kind of counterattack power directly beat Argentina to the second half of the attack did not dare to attack, did not dare to give England the slightest space to counterattack, Aldridge won Bielsa, won impeccablely, no one was convinced.

At the same time, the teams that may meet England are also thinking about how to limit the counterattack of the England team.

The direct impact is on Group A.

In the round of 16, the 12 players from Group A crossed over against the 12 players from Group E.

And Group A is still chaotic.

Denmark 4 points, Senegal 4 points, goal difference +1.

France 1 point. Uruguay 1 point. Goal difference -1.

It's hard to say the top two in the group. Because the teams with one point will play each team with four points in the final round, if France and Uruguay both win, the group will be maddeningly chaotic: all four teams have four points.

In the face of a football match, there are always a large number of people who will make predictions, and this prediction will make the public chase and go crazy.

Ahead of the World Cup, Fleet Street had a preview of England's path to qualification, with the best-case scenario being that both England and France qualified first. After all, the French team is outstanding on paper in Group A, so Fleet Street's requirement for England is to strive to win the first place in the group, otherwise, it will be dangerous!

No one wants to run into the winners of the last two tournaments.

However, after the two rounds of Group A and Group E, the French team was thin, but the French team released a voice that the soul Zidane would return with an injury in the last game!

Although the French team still have hopes of qualifying, they will be able to qualify if they do. There is a high probability that it will be the second place in the group!

Fleet Street's reporters who were writing World Cup reports and preparing for a preview of the knockout rounds were going crazy.

World Champion, European Champion. Why did you come up with such a script that no one could have imagined?

It will be too difficult for France to qualify for the round of 16 as group winners, not only to win against Denmark, but also to count on Senegal to lose and have a better goal difference than Uruguay!

After the Anglo-Afghan game, Aldridge attended the post-match interview, and reporters congratulated him first.

"England won both games, scored six goals and conceded one, and with a record of five goal differences, became the first team to advance to the round of 16 in this World Cup, although it is theoretically possible to finish second in the group, but the probability is slim, are you surprised by England's table?"

"It's okay, we are preparing for the tournament seriously, we attach great importance to this tournament, the players are in good shape, they are very motivated, and they deserve to win two games, which is a reflection of our strength and a reward for our hard work."

"England have already qualified for the round of 16 and there is no confirmed team in Group A, so if you had to choose, which team would you choose as the opponent in the round of 16?"

"World Cup, we don't pick opponents, whoever we meet is whoever we meet, I don't think about that, no matter who the opponent is, I won't be surprised, I won't worry, the one who goes to the end will be the best team, not by luck, I think my players will also think the same, now, we have to rest, recover, and prepare for the next game, when the knockout round of 16 comes, we will be ready to fight and strive to enter the top 8, thank you."

Aldridge walked back to the dressing room after the interview, and the dressing room was already full of fun, with jerseys, food, drinks, players showering, dancing, taking pictures, and chatting.

When Aldridge came in, the players all stood up at once, and the bathers stood in front of him with bath towels on their faces, and everyone had a sense of pride in themselves.

Aldridge smiled: "First of all, in the last game against Nigeria, the players who started two games in a row were all rested, and the other 12 players, 11 of them played, Paul, I will give you 30 minutes to feel the atmosphere. ”

Paul Robinson is overjoyed, as the third goalkeeper, he is the spare tire of the spare tire, not many teams will change the goalkeeper on the spot, let alone the third goalkeeper, can appear in the case of the team has already qualified in advance, in any case, on the stage of the World Cup, it is an honor, and his appearance, it is a milestone, needless to say, the goalkeeper will be James.

"Secondly, tomorrow morning will resume training for three hours as usual, and then the 11 main players who will appear today will give you a day and a half of vacation to reunite with your family, and you can not come back tomorrow night, but you will have to report back to the hotel before 10 o'clock the night after tomorrow, and the other players will have a half-day holiday after tomorrow morning, and you will start the morning after tomorrow to officially prepare for the last group game."

The players cheered in the dressing room, and Aldridge turned back before leaving: "We're only out of the group now, the real test hasn't started yet, I hope you can keep your senses." ”

"Don't worry, Coach!"

Sweden's vs Nigeria match almost gave Argentina a little better.

Nigeria scored first, but Sweden completed the comeback thanks to a brace from Larsson.

In the end, Sweden won 2-1 against Nigeria, and Sweden had the same number of points as Argentina. But. However, the ranking jumped from the bottom of the group to the second place in the group. With their advantage of one more goal difference than Argentina!

Argentina, on the other hand, fell from second place in the group to third place in the group, and in the final battle, the shape shì was very unfavorable and would be eliminated if they did not win.

On the same day, in South Korea, Spain defeated Paraguay by the same score after beating Slovenia 3-1 in the first round, and Slovenia in the same group also went home early after losing to South Africa. Spain became the second team to advance to the round of 16 first.

Aldrich returned to his hotel to reunite with his family after the match day.

The next day, the headlines of major media reports were the Anglo-Afghan war.

"England are the favourites!"

"The Three Lions crush the Pampas Eagles!"

"Bielsa is a dead end for Argentina!"

From England, who were generally hot before the game, miraculously became the first team to advance to the round of 16 in this World Cup, and in the group of death, the two strongest opponents in the group were ravaged successively, and all of a sudden, England became the favorite to win the championship, because they stepped on the Nordic Iron Riders and conquered the South American Eagles.

Even Spain won both games in a magnificent manner. However, the strength of their opponents makes the gold content of victory remain to be seen.

Aldridge ignored the hype and supervised the team's training in the morning. The holiday began at noon, and the coaching staff also took a vacation, and the main players of the day and a half holiday were reunited with their families, leaving the hotel, or going shopping, or playing and relaxing in a foreign country.

Aldrich had planned to accompany his family to go shopping and take a look at the tourist attractions in Japan, but the two sons seemed to be in high spirits, and they had been wandering around recently, and Japan itself was not big, especially Earl, who wanted to go to the game and see his idol Xiao Luo perform.

Coincidentally, on this night, Brazil will have the group stage of the World Cup.

Aldrich agreed to Earl, and Arthur and Amelia stayed in Japan, and the two old men, who were over half a hundred years old, needed a good rest, and they did not have the energy of young people.

Aldridge took his two sons and some FA connections, and the father and son flew to South Korea at noon to watch the Brazil vs China match.

As he got off the plane, Aldrich's phone rang, and he picked it up and looked at it, much surprised.

"Damn, Rafael, no, at this time, you want to buy players from me again, right?"

"Ahem, no, you're going to watch a game in Brazil?"

"Huh? How do you know? ”

"As many people know, there are fans from South Korea who are already outside the stadium ready to greet you."

"WTF, who leaked the news?"

"I don't know, I happen to be here, and I'm also going to watch the Brazilian team's game, together?"

"Are you interested in Brazil?"

"Well, sort of, their tactical system is worth studying, watching videos or live broadcasts, naturally not as good as the whole audience."

"Well, half an hour before the game, we met outside the stadium and I was in the VIP seat."

"Hehe, okay, I'm getting your light."

"Well, I'll see you then."

Aldridge hung up the phone and called again, looking for the FA's network and getting another VIP ticket.

Benitez returned to Spain and won the La Liga title in his first season after taking over the Bats, Aldridge saw him calling, and thought that the other party wanted to dig up some knockout products from Millwall, but it didn't seem to be.

After all, Benitez still has a friendship with him, and at this time, Aldridge is leading the team to the World Cup, and it would be disrespectful for him to call and harass Aldridge with things like club transfers.

Aldrich took his two sons to Jeju Island, South Korea, the father and son were dressed casually, wearing toad glasses, the two children looked quite happy, but the father and son trio looked particularly warm together.

After a tour around Jeju Island, the father and son went to the Jeju World Cup Stadium when the appointed time was almost up.

By the time he met Benitez off the pitch, Aldridge had already seen a large number of Brazilian and Chinese fans, as well as a large number of fans from all over the world and local fans.

To his surprise, many fans caused a lot of confusion after recognizing him, especially Chinese fans, who also sought after him.

Why?

The Chinese team has Millwall's players.

Although Qu Bo was loaned to Belgium as a commercial reinforcement that year, Qu Bo really had the aura of a Millwall player, and he grew steadily in Belgium in the past two seasons, Tolop coached Sint-Truiden and has led the team to be promoted to the first division. Aldridge will follow his watch regularly, but judging from Qu Bo's age and growth, this age cannot stand firm in the second-rate league in Europe, and he is really not optimistic about returning to Millwall to become a member of the first team, and the substitutes are not qualified.

However, Chinese fans don't care about this, Millwall already has a large number of fans, and with the relationship of Qu Bo, the Chinese relationship of the Crazy Lion has made Aldridge's popularity soar again in Asia.

Benitez was slightly unnoticed, watching Aldridge surrounded by crowds and having to call in stadium security to maintain order, while Aldridge protected his two calm-witted sons as they struggled into the pitch. (To be continued......)