On July 2nd, the Iranian team finally enjoyed the thrill of besieging the opponent in the World Cup, Paraguay is such a team, you see that his game is always pressed and beaten, and he was accidentally stolen while playing on the opposite side.

In the South American qualifiers, the Paraguayan team, which Brazil and Argentina did not bargain for, naturally did not easily let the Persian Iron Cavalry tear apart their defense, but was as tricky as an old turtle shrunk in a shell, seizing the mistakes of the Iranian midfielder in the second half by Santa Cruz, a rookie who performed well in this game, scored a goal each, Paraguay sent away Iran 2:0, and the Chinese men's football team also became a lone seedling left in Asian football in the World Cup.

The other match on the same day was Mars hitting Earth, with world No. 9 hosts France taking on No. 11 England. The starting line-ups for both teams are as follows:

France 4-5-1 Manager: Jacques

Goalkeeper: Barthez

Defenders: Lizarazu, Desailly, Blanco, Thuram

Two midfielders: Didier Deschamps, Petit

Midfielders: Djokaev, Zidane, Bogsian

Striker: Thierry Henry

England 4-5-1 Manager: Fabio Capello

Goalkeeper: Seaman

Defender: Le. Sox, Campbell, Southgate, G. Neville

Defenders: Ince, David. Buddy

Midfielders: McManaman, Gascoigne, Beckham

Forward: R. Fowler

These two teams are definitely between them from the list of appearances alone, in fashionable parlance, five or five, and even the two teams invariably put out a 4-5-1 defensive counterattack lineup.

The arrangement of the two sides made the fans a little unhappy, France is fine, the question is that you England is the master of playing defensive counterattacks? That is, Mr. Capello, who was appointed on the verge of death, liked this tone, and for a while, most of the voices that came out of the whole England from fans to professionals were critics.

In terms of player configuration, the midfield strength of the two teams is equal, England's midfield is slightly stronger than France's, at least in the counterattack tandem, one Ince will top two Petit, not to mention Deschamps.

The two teams of central defenders on the back line are also evenly matched, Desailly and Southgate are more stable style of play, Campbell's physical condition is better, and the marking and athleticism can be said to be the ceiling level of defenders even in 202X, relatively speaking, France's Blanco is much worse in this regard, after all, 33 years old is already a retirement age in the 90s, and the old guy only has experience.

In terms of wing attack, France's full-backs are stronger than England's offensive ability, and if you want to suppress France's wing, you can only see how much pressure McManaman can put on the opponent on the offensive end, and Beckham is estimated to be involved in Lizarazu with a large part of his energy to participate in the defense.

That's what you see on the books, no one can say how the two teams will play in actual combat, the pressure on the two teams is basically the biggest in this Cup, one is the host, and the other is widely considered to be the strongest national football team in China.

The game started on time and England kicked off first half. The two teams started with a strangulation in midfield, with the slight difference being that England's wings were more open, and the players relied more on individual ability and wide range of transfers. On the French side, because Djokaeff and Bogcien are mixed in the middle of the club, it is more likely to look for attacking opportunities through short passes in front of the England penalty area.

Towards the first 20 minutes of the first half, the full-backs of both teams did not insert a large amount of assists, often reaching the halfway point of the opponent's half and not going deeper, which is also related to the two managers' style of play at the beginning of the game.

The first threatening attack of the game came from the left flank of the French team, and Lizarazu, who were invincible at Bayern Munich, couldn't stand the oppressive feeling and awkward rhythm of the game. In the 24th minute of the first half, Lizarazu, who had competed with Brazilian Carlos and German Zieger for a long time for the world's best left-back, used the inertial thinking of the England team's side defense in the first 20 minutes, and faced Beckham's defensive fake cross in Ludschamps, the center of gravity turned and rushed over, and then suddenly cut horizontally into the middle, and the change in rhythm disrupted England's defense.

Playing in Bordeaux with Zibald, combined with being three years older, Lizarazu did not feel that Zidane was the only core of the current French team, which made England misjudge his choice of passing on the field. Barty and Ince have already stuck the line of passing to Djokaeff and Qi Bald, but I didn't expect Lizarazu, who was dribbling the ball laterally, to suddenly pass a straight plug from Campbell's side, and it was rare that Henry, who was not the boss of the French forward line at this time, predicted the pass of his predecessors, and the two passed and ran very tacitly, but Henry underestimated Campbell's athleticism, and the half-step forward just gave Campbell a chance to chase the defense, and as a result, Henry could only use his left foot to make a low shot when his right foot was blocked by Campbell, The ball grazed the far post and rolled out of the baseline.

The attack also sounded the clarion call for both teams to speed up their attacks, and the two sides created several dangerous attacks in the next 20 minutes.

Makmanaman's wide break deflected away Thuram, and then the cross from the wing went over the heads of the crowd in the middle, and after bounced off Blanco, it was just in time to get in for the unguarded Ince. The latter followed up with a powerful follow-up shot, but the ball went over the crossbar.

It didn't take long for France to respond in attack, England made a mistake in the front court, Deschamps stole a short pass between McManaman and Gascoigne, and then distributed the ball to Borgsian, who quickly cut in on the right, who picked up the ball and looked up for a little bit, and a long pass over the top found Henry on Campbell's side. The action of stopping the ball and unloading the ball on the emperor's chest was done in one go, using the gap of Campbell's turn to quickly start to open up half of the opponent's body, Henry, who broke into the penalty area, leaned to the left, and faced Seaman who was going to send a shot he was good at in the far corner, but he didn't expect the moment of his foot to be interfered with by Campbell's sliding tackle, the ball hit the latter's ankle and bounced high to take off and backwards, but unfortunately the speed of the ball was slowed down a lot, Seaman took three steps back and jumped up to take the ball into his arms.

After Henry was brought down by Barty in front, yellow card + 34 meters away direct free kick, Djokaeau's shot was saved by He-Man's side, and then the French team's corner kick was taken, Desailly then inserted a high jump header, but he didn't expect to hit his own Thuram's head before the goal line to pop the bottom line.

In the 43rd minute of the first half, Beckham on the right side of England sent a wonderful cross, the ball crossed Blanco's head, Fowler chested the ball into the penalty area, faced the attacking Butters sideways, and pushed the empty goal. The whole England team rushed over and were about to throw Fowler up in celebration, when the linesman's flag was waved, followed by the whistle that the referee's goal was invalid.

Although the first half of the game between the two sides did not result in a goal, the excitement of the game was addictive to the global audience. Whether France is a foot taller or England is a foot taller, we'll see in the next 45 minutes.