Chapter Twenty-Four: The Death of Wembley (Two More Subscriptions!) )
"Capello's dings are Simunich!"
Rumble!
Vansteak shook and his head went blank.
Throughout the first half, England were watching Simunich's onslaught in order to drain Simunic's fitness.
At the time, Vansted thought the English were dazed and stared at their high defenders for the top.
But now it seems that this is what Capello deliberately arranged.
In order to make a substitution in the second half, Croatia replaced Simunic on the field.
Croatia has lost a high defender, so that part of the high-altitude combat ability has been lost.
England used this time period to decisively use their last remaining substitution.
'Tall guy'.
A two-meter-tall high school striker.
This is an absolutely devastating blow for Croatia.
Kovacs is not tall enough.
Krisanachi is also only 181 centimeters tall.
How can such a center-back combination resist the three-way head-to-head pressure of Wayne Rooney, Gerrard and Crouch.
Capello made the most appropriate substitution at the right time.
He put the weight of victory on Crouch.
Bang!
Swish!
The sound of fierce confrontation, the sound of the ball going into the net.
Vansteak turned his head to look over.
The ball was already in the Croatian net, and it was bouncing off and down.
On 64 minutes, England pulled another goal back.
They equalised.
Vansteak muttered, "Fuck! It's been calculated! ”
Rumble!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ——
The whole Wembley Stadium was boiling.
Tens of thousands of England fans rose from their seats, roaring and shouting with excitement.
They were worried about the disadvantage in the first half, but the tenacious Three Lions put in a brilliant performance to level the scores.
In the moment when he was almost pushed into the abyss, Capello turned the tide with a magical substitution.
At this moment, England fans were going crazy with joy.
"Crouch!!"
"Header the goal! He didn't even jump very high, but he used his height advantage to pull the goal back. ”
"Oh my God! Capello's substitution was so good, in a bad environment, Simunic's departure became a signal for England to turn defensive into attack, Croatia lost their high defenders, but we still have high strikers! ”
"It was a fantastic game!"
The English commentator shouted excitedly.
On the field, the English players also ran excitedly to celebrate.
On the edge of the cliff, they turned the tide and recovered the score, and nothing could be better than that.
Croatia's coach's box, Bilic looked anxiously at the pitch.
"Don't let Crouch hit the goal again, if you keep playing like this, we're going to lose!"
"Rooney! Limit Rooney! And David Beckham! ”
"Vansteak, think of a way!"
Bilic turned his head to look over, and saw Vansteak kneeling on one knee, his notebook on his lap, and writing hard.
His eyes were bloodshot, and he was obviously under tremendous pressure.
"How to limit? How can I limit Crouch? ”
"High school guard? No, we don't have the right person. ”
Syllable!
Vansteak slapped his head hard, his brain running at high speed, his mouth muttering.
After a while, Vansted to his feet.
His expression was a little hideous.
"Since you can't limit it directly, then limit it indirectly!"
"What do you mean?" Bilic asked.
Vansteak: "We can't limit Crouch, we don't have a high defender, so we can limit their passing points, limit Rooney and Beckham!" ”
Bilic blinked and exclaimed, "Are you crazy? ”
Restricting Crouch is the best thing to do.
As for Wayne Rooney and David Beckham.
The latter is okay to say, but the former.
Lu Xiaopang's impact is not a strong one-and-a-half.
"Yes! We can totally try it! Vansteak rubbed the few remaining hairs on his head irritably: "Let Srna and Pranic switch positions, and at the same time let Suker and Rakitic retreat more to assist in defense, there are no tactics and small routines now, what is fighting is hard power!" ”
"Kill them!"
Vansteak gritted his teeth and said angrily.
On 64 minutes, Croatia made the final substitution.
Kranica came off and Dujmović came on.
Once Dujmovic came on the pitch, he began to convey Feinsteryak's tactical intentions to his team-mates.
Srna and Pranic also looked at each other, and the two began to switch places.
There was a bit of a heavy heart in the Croatian players.
After all, it was very uncomfortable for them to be scored twice in a row by their opponents.
But at the same time, they also understand that they must pick themselves up.
Suke took a deep breath and exhaled slowly.
Now, the two sides have opened their cards!
All the substitutions, all the tactical set-ups are no longer valid.
What is kicked is a hard touch, and what is touched is a hard power.
Suker brings up the system panel and uses the status recovery card.
A cool sensation hits the whole body.
Since his last injury, Suker has started to use his status regeneration card less often.
This is also to avoid the same accident as the last time.
But now, Suker felt like it was time.
Not now, but when!
At the same time, Srner's eyes were fixed on the other side.
His eyes were fixed on Rooney.
At Inter Milan's training base, he received intensive training from Jose Mourinho.
The whole training process was hard, but it was also very rewarding.
Especially after Mourinho's defensive coaching, and also receiving defensive skills from the likes of Zanetti and McCann, Srna feels that he has made great progress.
And now, he's going to harden Rooney head-on.
Whether he can succeed in limiting Rooney will be crucial.
Once he is able to restrict, then there is no need for Suker to retreat and Croatia's counter-attack will be smoother.
Call~~~~
Srna exhaled slowly, and his hands slammed into each other!
"Let the horses come!"
After Croatia conceded a goal, they began to try to tear apart the defence one after another.
England don't play in a hurry, after all, they can win if they win a draw.
But Rooney clearly doesn't think so.
In this game, he was not cool enough, and he didn't score a single goal.
For that, he wants to perform better and even score goals, and for that reason he continues to attack on the wings.
David Beckham's pass was able to deliver a cannonball for him.
Rooney took a few steps forward to get Beckham's stop, but the moment he stopped the ball, someone slammed into him.
Rooney made some flustered adjustments at his feet and immediately stepped forward to get rid of it.
But he just ran a few steps and found that he couldn't shake it off, and the other party was still clinging to him.
Rooney looked up and saw Srna's eyes staring at the ball at his feet like a greedy hungry wolf.
Rooney frowned slightly, and tentatively stepped forward.
Srna was unmoved, making a slight adjustment on his feet, but did not make any moves.
Rooney's upper body shook, pretending to break through to the baseline, but the next second, the body slammed back and wanted to go inside.
But Srna took a leap forward, suddenly reached out and poked the ball out.
"Srna!! Steal!! ”
Seeing Srna poke the ball out, Suker immediately dropped back to transfer the ball to Modric.
"Srna! Awesome! ”
Suke roared loudly.
Srna was also extremely excited: "Go up, go up! Kill England! ”
Srna singled out Wayne Rooney on the flank, which prompted Croatia to launch a counter-attack.
Luka Modric slipped the ball to Mandzukic.
Mandzukic took the initiative to drop back and distribute the ball to the left wing.
Suker holds the ball and starts to cut forward at high speed.
The entire England backline also retreated sharply.
Suker's right foot dangles above the ball and makes a cycling motion to test the center of the opponent.
The opponent is indifferent.
Suker made a sharp stop and turned sideways to pass the ball towards the middle of the box line.
Dujmovic actually slapped the horse and directly picked up his right foot and volleyed violently.
The ball takes on an outward arc and flies off the line against the goal post.
"Almost!"
Dujmovich cried out for pity.
"Try the feeling of the first kick." Dujmovich hurriedly explained to Suke.
Suke nodded and gave a thumbs up; "Good kick!"
Dujmović was stunned.
This compliment caught him a little off guard, and he was a little uneasy.
"Come on, boys! Show your fighting spirit and win this game! ”
Croatian commentator Klausievic shouted nervously.
Now that the game has been going on, he is anxious and restless.
He was thrilled to have the lead in the first half, but England scored twice in a row and it made him feel bad.
In today's situation, Croatia needs to stabilize the situation.
But these lads clearly have no such intentions.
In the face of the opponent's counterattack, Croatia intends to respond in a more intense way!
Rooney was about to start along the wing when Srna suddenly slotted Rooney behind him and controlled the ball.
Srna turned to look at his centre-back team-mate, and Rooney took the opportunity to stride inside.
At this point, Srna dialed out with the instep of his foot and turned directly from the outside to get rid of Rooney.
"Oh~~~ Srna! Srna again! ”
Srna didn't pass the ball when he got rid of it, but dribbled forward at high speed.
Suker stood there and didn't go up to answer it, a move that caused a lot of headaches for Milner.
If Suker improves his position, he can also run over to meet his teammates and surround Srna together.
But now, Su Ke just stood still, which made him feel a huge headache.
Srna has already started to storm the defence.
At this moment, Su Ke started slowly and ran towards the rib area.
Srna saw Suker running over and feigned a pass, and Milner cut in with a cross kick.
Even England full-back Glenn. Johnson made the same move.
Srna slammed his feet and went straight to the bottom line.
"Srna has broken through!"
From a tight angle, Srna swept the ball into the six-yard box.
When he landed, there was chaos in the penalty area.
Mandzukic tried to make a tackle but was pushed by John Terry and couldn't touch the ball, Rakitic got in from behind and managed to get his hands on it, but Ashley Cole chested it out at the goal line.
The ball fell back into the box again.
"Break the siege!"
England goalkeeper Green yells.
But Suke suddenly appeared there.
Suker smacked the ball with his chest, and the moment Terry stretched out his foot, Suker took the lead in lifting his foot and using his instep to push the ball to Terry's right.
At the same time, Suker adjusted slightly at his feet, faced the falling ball, and volleyed directly.
England goalkeeper Green took advantage of the situation and he was sure to save the ball.
But by chance, the ball hit Upson's leg, deflected and flew into the back of the net towards Green's sav.
On 77 minutes, Croatia scored thanks to a brilliant counter-attack.
"Goal!!! Sucre!!!! ”
'After England scored twice in a row, Croatia showed another brilliant attack, and Suker's calm choice in front of goal gave Croatia the lead again.
"England 2-3 Croatia, we are leading again on the road, England are destined to be beaten, against the Croatian lads, against Suker, they can't do anything!"
Hush~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~!!!
The scene was booed.
But the smile on Suke's face was incomparably brighter.
Suker ran to the front of the stands of the Croatian away fans and pointed his finger at himself with a look of confidence on his face.
Croatian fans couldn't contain their excitement.
When England scored twice in a row, they were filled with frustration.
But Suker's goal gave them a fresh new lease of hope.
Besides, it was a great goal!
"Wow~~ Ahem"
Annie. Hathaway subconsciously shouted, but quickly suppressed it and looked around cautiously.
Luckily, England fans were staring at the pitch in a daze, unaware of her unusual movements.
"That's amazing!"
Annie. Hathaway patted her chest and laughed, "I thought I was going to lose." ”
Amanda said: "It was a good game, but Suker was really good and I was watching him the whole time, even if he didn't have the ball, but I always thought he could score. ”
"That's right! That's right! "Anne. Hathaway whispered like an excited lark, "I thought so too, and we were right." ”
Her eyes turned to the court.
The pitch, which had been noisy before, has become particularly quiet now.
The clamoring England fans seemed to have been drained of their strength and became very depressed one by one.
With two goals, Suker hit back at the spitting England fans in the most powerful way possible.
Annie. Hathaway's eyes twinkled slightly.
"Amanda, I think, it's time for me to cheer up, not to be afraid of public opinion, but to fight bravely."
Amanda raised an eyebrow and smiled; "That's great news and it looks like we came to watch the game right."
"Yes!" Annie. Hathaway nodded; "It's a game that empowers people!"
"Srna is awesome!"
"Captain, awesome!"
Suke led the way and shouted.
Srna laughed; "Scoring goals is the captain, isn't it?"
Suke laughed and patted Srna on the shoulder.
"If you behave like this, I'll call you boss."
Srna smiled happily as well.
As they skimmed past the England dugout together, Srna turned to look at Fabio Capello, who also looked at Srna.
Srna quietly raised his middle finger.
FXXK You!
Capello narrowed his eyes slightly, he felt a little sorry for the conceded goal, but in the face of Srna's provocation, he didn't feel anything.
Even if he went back to the past, he would have made the same choice.
It's not that Srna bought Juventus, but that the sporting director shoehorned it into his own hands, and it's his business whether to use it or not.
However, Capello also needs to admit that Srna is growing fast.
In this game, Srna showed a number of wonderful attacking performances.
Defensively, he also interfered with Rooney many times, and was even able to freeze Rooney alone in the second half.
Capello took off his glasses, wiped them with a cloth and put them back on.
At the moment, England are 2-3 behind Croatia, but there are still chances.
On 81 minutes, Rakitic and Vukojevic were joined by David Beckham.
Rakitic even roughed down Beckham and got the ball.
The referee didn't blow the whistle, which was not a foul.
Rakitic immediately stuffed the ball towards the middle, and Modric ran straight out of the half, rushing towards the opposition defence.
At the same time, Suker and Mandzukic are picking up the pace.
Suker kept a steady pace on his feet, waiting for his chance.
When Luka Modric slid the ball towards the opposition's flanks, Suker sped up at his feet.
Suke's start was so fast that it only took two steps to bring Glenn. Johnson threw himself behind and squeezed in.
Glenn. Johnson reached out and pulled the man, and Suker's speed was stunned, but the former's foot frequency was also out of order.
When the two picked up speed again, Johnson could only eat Suker's exhaust.
Da Da
Suker sprinted swiftly into the box and was the first to get to the ball.
Terry followed.
In the face of the rolling ball, Suker feigned a shot, and Terry immediately stretched out his left foot.
But Suke flicked his feet and pulled away from his position again.
Terry left a hand, so the center of gravity was not shaken, and he could immediately connect the action of turning around and blocking, but Suke also kept a hand.
Sooke stepped on the ball again, and Terry couldn't keep up.
"Upson!"
Terry yells, asking for help from his teammates.
But Suker moved a step quicker, twisted his waist and volleyed, aiming directly at the corner of the goal.
Swish!
In the 87th minute, Croatia scored again.
England 2:4 Croatia!
At this moment, the English fans in the entire Wembley stadium were completely silent, and only a small number of Croatian fans were celebrating wildly.
"Goal! Definitely a killer goal! ”
"Suker's hat trick!!"
"England won't have a chance! We won't give them any chance! ”
"Come on! Kill them, boys! ”
Klašiewicz was perked up again.
Meanwhile, in the dugout, Vansteak roared towards the pitch.
"Up, up, up! Keep going! Don't spare your hands, beat him to death! ”
Damn it!
This evil breath that calculates oneself must be released.
It's just that there is not much time left for the game.
In the final minutes, Croatia were still on the attack, but time was limited, so they couldn't score again.
In the end, in the World Cup qualifiers, England lost 2:4 at home to Croatia.
They beat Croatia 3-2 away in the previous leg.
And when Croatia returned in their heyday, they came to Wembley Stadium and gave them a head start!
Two rounds, aggregate score.
Croatia 6:5 England!
Croatia topped the group.
Despite the same number of points, the win-loss relationship is the same, but Croatia have more away goals to take the lead.
(End of chapter)