Not long after the start of the second half, Spain took advantage of their strong possession in midfield to push England back. This was expected by Donn, so the England team did not panic, but contracted the defensive line and patiently played around with England.

Cesc Fabregas remembered Hierro's special instructions to the team before he came on the pitch:

"There's information that might work in your favor - George. Wood has a yellow card on him......"

Hierro didn't go on, but quite a few people, including Cesc Fabregas, got it all right.

As England's captain and central player, Wood will be disqualified from the final if he receives another yellow card in this game. This happened to Wood once, in the 05-06 season, when Nottingham Forest, who returned to the Premier League, reached the final of the European Champions League against Barcelona who had trained Cesc Fabregas. In the semi-finals before that game, it happened to be against Cesc Fabregas's Arsenal. Wood received a late yellow card and was missed for the final due to accumulating two yellow cards. If it weren't for his absence, Nottingham Forest might have lifted the Champions League a season earlier.

Since then, Wood has been quite disgusted by this kind of spectatorship. So even if he was seriously injured, he strongly asked Donn to take him to Spain and be ready to play at any time.

The news is really good for Cesc Fabregas.

George with a yellow card. Wood, he's going to have some scruples in the second half, he's not going to be able to play at his full level. As long as I think that if I get another yellow card, I will say goodbye to the European Cup, and no one can still be idle in their hearts.

It's well worth taking advantage of.

Thinking of this, Cesc Fabregas raised his hand for the ball and ran forward at the same time. He's going to get closer to Wood, he's going to force him to foul.

Andres Iniesta passed the football to Cesc Fabregas and he knew what Sesc was up to. Actually, he also had that meaning, but he was killed by Michael. Johnson was entangled, and to go to Wood again was to throw himself into the net.

Fabregas, who received the ball, dribbled straight towards Wood.

Wood didn't shy away from it, just waiting for Fabregas to come up. As the last line of defence before the centre-backs, he can't escape the ground no matter what.

Cesc Fabregas suddenly flicked the ball to the left as he approached Wood, then spun around and changed direction. Wait for Wood to come up.

Wood didn't disappoint, striding to the right and sticking to the ball while reaching out to break the ball. Cesc Fabregas was quicker on his feet, stabbed the ball away, and slammed it into Wood's leg. Then he lost his center of gravity and fell to the ground, screaming in pain!

The voice tugged at Done's heart - Wood fouled, what will the referee decide? Verbal warning or discarding?

He stood up nervously, his eyes unblinking, staring at the black-clad judge who had run towards the place of the incident.

Thankfully, the referee just put his hand forward. It didn't mean to go to your breast pocket to get a card. In the end, there was not even a verbal warning, just a free kick in front of Spain.

Don let out a sigh of relief and sat down again.

Four minutes later, Spain made a comeback, this time again Cesc Fabregas. Woo again. However, this time after Fabregas fell to the ground, Wood raised his hands to indicate that he did not move, and the referee did not protest that Fabregas was lying on the ground, but signaled for the game to continue.

The third time. Wood faced Silva's sudden inward cut, knocked the skinny opponent away with his body, and was whistled for a foul. Silva, Cesc Fabregas and Andres Iniesta gathered around the referee, all gesturing to him.

Seeing this scene, Don En scolded off the field: "Dig out your MB card!" ”

Fortunately, this time the referee was not disturbed by the Spanish players, but Wood was fouled in a row and did not get a card, which has caused the Spanish fans in the stands to boo dissatisfied.

Donn could see that the Spaniards were premeditated. They knew Wood was carrying a yellow card and wanted to make Wood have a scruple when defending. Wood must be reminded.

Come to think of it. Donn got up and walked to the sidelines, shouting Wood's name at the arena, and after getting Wood's attention, he exclaimed, "Watch your movements, George!" Don't foul easily! Don't give them a chance! ”

In fact, there is no need for Donn to shout, Wood also knows what the other party wants to do. He admits he's struggling right now – he doesn't want to give in and he doesn't want to actually get a yellow card and miss the final. As an English player, it's not often that you reach the final. He was not willing to miss such an opportunity. What's more, if he wants to lift the championship trophy with his own hands, how can he be a spectator on the bench?

England after a counter-attack. The Spaniards struck again. The target is still George. Wood, but this time it's Iniesta. After a succession of short passes and swaps with Cesc Fabregas, Andres Iniesta found himself in front of Wood. This time it will definitely make you hold back!!

Wood looked at Iniesta, who was getting closer and closer, and finally made up his mind not to let the other pass. But just as he was about to kick out, a man was killed in the diagonal stab and knocked Iniesta out with the ball. Iniesta, who flew out, heard the referee's whistle, but to his surprise, out of the corner of his eye, Georges. Wood was still standing in front of him......

Wayne. When Rooney was still on the ground, he raised his right hand cooperatively, indicating that he had violated the ground rules.

Wood looked at Rooney, who was sitting on the ground with some surprise, not caring.

After Rooney got up from the ground, he patted Wood on the shoulder: "Defending is not your thing. ”

For Rooney's foul, the Spanish player considered it a provocation. They angrily surrounded the referee and motioned for the referee to give a card. But this time, the referee only verbally warned Rooney and did not take out the card. The boos from the Spaniards in the stands grew louder.

Donn decided to make a change. In a bold move, he decided to bring Gerrard back and let Wood play up front. While that might send Wood to Camacho, it at least reduces the likelihood that he will be picked up for a defensive foul. Anyway, England has a one-goal lead in hand, even if the final one-goal win over Done does not think there is any shame, and the loser is not qualified to make irresponsible remarks. Moreover, Wood's long-range shooting ability can be played more importantly in the midfield position.

Donn's adjustment made the Spanish team unexpected......

Hierro turned his head to look at Don several times. To find out what he thinks – it's clear that England are now largely scrapped on the flanks under Spain's strong attack, and the few attacks they have had were made by Wood at the back, using his big-picture vision and long passes to create chances for Mitchel and Vaughn up front. Now that he has pushed Wood to the front and faced the Spanish defender Camacho directly, wouldn't he be a self-defeating martial artist?

Camacho turned his head to look at Hierro from the field, and Hierro gave him a gesture to go up and mark Wood. At present, I can only do this, but this can be regarded as indirectly achieving my own purpose - anyway, George. Wood is not in a central midfield position. The 36-year-old Gerrard's defensive contribution certainly can't match Wood's, and Spain has cleared the way in attack.

Now you can ignore Wood and attack with all your might!

The Spaniards wanted to blow the horn of a counterattack, but they didn't expect it to be England who took the lead.

Gerrard can play like Wood when he gets to the back, and when the ball gets to Wood's feet, he uses his strong body and explosiveness to squeeze Camacho behind him, and then makes a one-two with Mitchel, who is back to pick up him. Shoot straight to the goal!

The shot was sudden, and Asenjo was largely unresponsive, but unfortunately the ball went wide of the post.

Although he didn't score, he shocked the Spaniards into a cold sweat.

Hierro only reacted at this time when it came to long-range shooting, England didn't have only one Steve. Gerrard......

He walked to the sidelines. Nervously asked Camacho to step up his close guard against Wood. Now he can only think of such a response, and he will be at a loss to adjust his team.

Hierro, who had given this instruction, walked back, and he suddenly felt a little unwilling: as a result, he was at a disadvantage from the beginning to the end of the competition against the local coach who had coached him. They were all being led by the nose by Donne, and there had never been a time when he had mastered the initiative...... Including the adjustments he made at halftime, now I find that the other party has long expected it.

He asked his players to try to get as many set-pieces as possible, which was an effective means of breaking down dense defences, but England were cunning and always tried to foul in non-dangerous areas away from the box. He asked the team to suppress England's wing, and England voluntarily abandoned the wing. Wood came alive in the middle. It became the main attack point of England.

And while England have been in a gesture from the start of the second half until now, their goal is not too dangerous. That's what Hierro fears the most – if the game goes on like this, it's only going to be better for the defence. It is necessary to score early, in order to achieve this, even if it is ...... It's worth even ignoring the defense for a while!

Hierro thought about it in his seat for a while and decided to put two full-backs up in order to strengthen Spain's attack and create pressure on England's backline. Thus forcing Wood and the others to return to the defense. To achieve the goal of reducing the pressure on your own defense.

England defended tightly and it was difficult for the Spaniards to penetrate the attack. England were again surrounded by Spain in front of the counter-attack. It's hard for them to get the ball to the front, Michael. Johnson doesn't have an excellent long pass, and he relies on Gerrard alone, who is easy to be targeted.

For a while, the two sides were deadlocked, and no one could do anything about it.

Both managers rose from their positions and stood on the sidelines to supervise the game. The players on both sides fought to the death on the field, without giving in. Wood was fouled again, and Abang Laho was booked for another yellow card. The Spaniard had a very good chance during that time, and a slight mistake in the coordination between the England back three allowed Bojan to slip between the three of them and face Joe. Hart had a chance to take the ball on his own, but it seemed too easy and Bojan actually kicked the ball straight into the stands.

The goal made Hierro mumble for a long time, and of course he had reason to complain, watching Bojan go in, then watching Cesc Fabregas pass the ball in, and finally seeing Bojan kick the ball away. The others jumped up as if it wasn't the football that was kicked away, but him.

"It was almost the best chance of the second half for Spain, but Bojan kicked it off! It's a shame......" the Spanish commentator exasperated.

John. Mortenson breathed a sigh of relief: "It looks like God is on our side today......"

Hierro made a mistake during the break and he only now saw it. He asked the team to strengthen their wide attack, and wide crosses were naturally one of them, but Bojan's short height and thin body made him unable to take advantage of the English centre-backs' tutelage for the top. Wide crosses become useless ornaments.

Hierro could not agree to such a waste of offensive resources.

In the twentieth minute of the second half, Hierro gritted his teeth and replaced Bojan with a more impactful Torres, even if Torres was still injured, he had to play. Because if he loses this game, even if he recovers, it becomes meaningless. Who wants to play in the third or fourth place final?

Torres ran into high spirits, hoping that he could be the hero who saved Spain.

The thirty-two-year-old Torres is not as fast as he was when he was younger, but he has experience and awareness. and the use of shooting footwork is a step up from when he was younger. Now he can be regarded as an "old ginger".

Seeing him on the pitch, England's defenders collectively nervous, as fellow players in the Premier League, everyone knows what level of striker Torres is. Those who hover in the top three of the Premier League's scorers list all year round should not be underestimated.

And so it was. As soon as Torres came on the pitch, he gave England a downturn with a long-range shot. His shot from outside the box was decorated by Joe. Hart pounced with difficulty. His long-range shot also reignited the enthusiasm of the Spanish fans. Originally, looking at the lack of goals for half a day, the Spanish fans of the new Mestalla were a little silent, but the English fans sang louder and louder.

George. Wood finally returned to a central midfield position, after all, Spain went all out. England are tight at the back. Of course, he has also become the goal of the Spanish team again. Even Torres, who had just come on the court, found an opportunity to go head-to-head with Wood, and this time Wood stopped the ball without fouling.

Downe applauded Wood's defense from the sidelines. This letting go was a good blow to Torres' arrogance and let him know whose turf was in front of the penalty area! It worked out quite well, just look at the England fans in the stands clapping desperately.

St George is a mountain in front of England's goal, and any storm has to stop in front of him, and the goal behind the mountain is always sunny.

It's just that this mountain doesn't just shelter from the wind and rain......

The game went on until the seventy-fifth minute. After Torres' shot was saved by Hart, the Manchester City goalkeeper didn't kick the ball out and threw his hand at Gerrard just outside the box.

As soon as Gerrard received the football, Iniesta rushed up. The Spanish players remember that the manager told them to be aggressive up front.

Gerrard, of course, remembers Don letting them play the ball quickly.

Turned around and passed the football to Michael, who was next to him. Johnson and Steven Gerrard ran forward and feigned involvement in the attack, but in fact only attracted the attention of the Spanish defenders.

Sure enough, Johnson didn't pass the ball to him, but to Abang Laho on the right wing. Received the football Abang Laho without a second of delay. Knock the ball straight forward. Initiate the acceleration chase.

This is the Spaniard's most feared attack, if he is not stopped at the start. It's a big problem. Seeing this, Camacho also left Wood and ran to Abonlaho. Nottingham Forest weren't fools who only knew how to kick the ball with brute force, and when Camacho pounced on him, Abang Lajo cleanly passed the ball to George, who was plugged in in the middle. Wood, turn the tiger off the mountain!

Wood received the ball, Camacho was not there, and only the centre-backs were replaced.

Piquet motioned for Albiol to wait in the back, and he was going up to meet his former captain in person.

Wood's dribbling never uses fancy maneuvers, he has the advantage of explosiveness, and he really just needs to get the ball out of the way and accelerate to overtake. Piqué understood this, so instead of lunging in, he kept a distance and followed Wood back while slowly pushing him to the wing. As long as Wood goes to the wing, this let go is considered a success. Because Wood doesn't know how to cross, and the quality of the cross is terrible.

That's what Piqui thought, but Wood wouldn't give him the chance to do so. Seeing Pique's attempt, Wood passed the ball directly to Vaughn in front of him.

Piqué was stunned for a moment, and immediately turned around to pounce on Vaughn. At this time, Vaughn passed the ball back to Wood, and Wood knocked the ball directly to Mitchel, who was waiting in front.

Mitchel passes the ball back again. Albiol knew that the edge of the box was where Wood excelled, so he quickly let Mitchel pounce on Wood. At the same time, Pique also turned and pounced on him. The two men rushed towards Wood one after the other, and they had the same thought - even if they were fouled and red carded, they couldn't let Wood shoot the ball!

Wood flicked the ball back to the left, as if to dodge the frontal Albiol, and then waited for the opportunity to score. That's exactly what Albiol and Piquee thought, and the two of them also changed direction slightly and continued to press Wood.

In fact, it was in Wood's favor to do so, and the idea of the two men was to push Wood to the side in time, so that he would not be a threat at all. But just as the encirclement of the two was about to close, the football escaped through the gap between the two of them!

No one expected Wood to knock a football behind him with his heel......

Mitchel was already in an offside position and was indifferent to Wood's pass.

But the other guy is in great shape today......

James. Vaughn scored a goal on his first start at this European Championship and is still actively looking for a brace.

Now, the opportunity is right in front of him!

George. Wood attracted two centre-backs from Spain and sent him a well-powered ball to face the goal head-on, could there be a better chance in the world?

Of course not!

Vaughn volleyed straight into the face of the incoming ball, and the ball drew a clear arc. If you look at it from Vaughan's point of view, I am afraid that this ball will fly directly out of the bottom line, because ...... The arc is a little too big......

But just as they were approaching the goal, the ball suddenly began to spin around!

Although Asenjo made a save early in the morning, the arc of the football crutch was too large...... Bypassed Asenjo's hands and went straight to the top corner of the goal!

"James. Vaughn...... yes！ yes！ yes！！ Mortensen got excited, "England have a two-goal lead!" ”

The ball flew into the goal from a dead corner, and Asenjo could only look at the ball and sigh, and then fell to the ground so hard that he forgot about the action of rolling and unloading. And don't blame him, the blow was too heavy for the Spaniards.

2：0！ England leads!