There wasn't much time left for England, with three days after the group stage match, England host quarter-final rivals Sweden at the Estadio Pizjuan, home of La Liga club Sevilla.

Ahead of the game, the English media did not want to hype the feud between the two teams as much as they did with Germany, they only mentioned the embarrassing record of 48 years of winless in the hope that Donn's side could put an end to it.

If you don't finish, you can't do it, if you don't win, you'll be eliminated...... None of the Englishmen hope to be eliminated from Sweden in the Cup.

It can also be seen from the entrance of fans on both sides before the game that the two teams do not have that kind of undying hatred. Fans from both teams can even hold each other's arms together. There is not a single banner with a provocative flavor in sight. The media only reported on it as an ordinary match, and at best it was a match between Ibrahimovic and Aaron. Mitchel compares both men to players with great height, but excellent skill at their feet, and Mitchel is also known as "Ibrahimovic II" in England.

England's players did not have their eyes wide open before the game, as if they were opposite the enemy who killed their father and wife, and they wanted to rush up immediately and slash him to the ground with a knife, and then step on hundreds of millions of feet, so that the opponent would never be able to turn over.

Donn was also careful not to mention England's "humiliating" record of not beating Sweden in 48 years. He's just worried that the players' minds are always thinking that way.

The feud between England and Sweden was not the same as the feud between England and Germany.

England play Germany, and Donn can also use the feud between the two sides to boost the morale of the English players. But the best thing to do in the face of Sweden is not to mention the grievances between them at all.

The reason is very simple, it is hatred with Germany, and it is fate with Sweden. When it comes to England and Sweden for 48 years, England's players will have bad thoughts in their heads - does this mean that God is an old man? Otherwise, we are so different in strength from Sweden, why can't we win against them? Especially the group stage of the World Cup ten years ago. Scored in the 85th minute, looked like it was about to win, and in the last minute let the opponent use a throw-in in front of the opponent to equalize the score...... This is simply too miraculous to be explained by common sense!

The more the players think about it, the more they end up messing up their brains. This kind of mysticism is a bad thing, it affects the mentality of the players, which directly leads to their abnormal performance. Donn can't guarantee that none of his players will think so:

Anyway, no matter how hard you try, the final result must be like that......

So I didn't mention it at all. Avoid some people's cranky thinking.

For this special game, Don also made corresponding arrangements.

Chris, who started the last game. Cohen continued to start this game, and Downing still had to make the cold bench. Due to injuries to Bentley and Walcoat successively, Adriano. Mock made his first start at this European Championship.

Donn played as many Nottingham Forest players as possible because he believed in the psychological quality of the players he brought out more than the players from other clubs.

In fact, there are many people in the England national team who don't have any special feelings about Sweden today, because they have basically never played against Sweden, if it weren't for the media's efforts to bombard the players with the feud between England and Sweden before the game. Don didn't worry about anything at all, just a normal quarter-finals.

Now, he had to look at it more than once.

As soon as the game began, England took the initiative. Repeatedly threatened the Swedish goal.

After all, in terms of strength, England is far superior to Sweden. There is only one of the biggest and most famous stars in the Swedish team, Zlatan Ibrahimovic. The Inter striker is thirty-three years old and has become more and more technically pure, but his physicality has declined.

He was up front and didn't pose much of a threat to the England defence. Because the Swedes simply couldn't get the ball to his feet.

England's midfield suppressed Sweden's midfield. It's not easy to get the ball out.

Sweden couldn't find a good way to attack, but England's attack was impressive. In George. When Wood was unavailable, Steven Gerrard became England's midfield hub. Gerrard may be old, but his skills and awareness are still there, and his declining physicality has not stopped him from being one of the top midfielders in the world.

In view of the generally tall situation of the Swedish defenders, Donn did not arrange the team's wide cross to find Mitchel this style of play. He knew very well that with Mitchel's body, he would not be able to take advantage of the Swedish team's defenders at all. Hanging the ball to him is just a wasted opportunity. As a result, the ball at the foot of this game became the offensive direction that Donn focused on.

Mitchel is just as good at his feet anyway, and he can be useful on the ground.

Steven Gerrard played the ball straight to Mitchel in front of him from midfield.

Mitchel leans on Sweden's centre-back Jonas. Olsunds (jonas_olsson). Put the soccer ball under your feet. Olsen, who is 1.96 meters tall, stretched out his long legs and wanted to break the ball, but asked Mitchel to push him with one hand, and he couldn't reach it. Just as Olsen raised his hands and motioned to the referee for Mitchel to push the ground, Mitchel's feet pulled the ball backwards and knocked it to Wayne who was telling him to plug in. Rooney!

"Rooney has received a wonderful pass from Mitchel! Breakthrough! ”

Thankfully, there is another Olsson, left-back Martin. Olsson (martin_olsson) stepped up at this critical moment. When Rooney had just slipped the ball out, he struck from the side and made a clean tackle that shoveled the ball off the touchline!

When England takes the throw-in. Mitchel didn't honestly wait in front of the door. Instead, he ran near the touchline and gestured to receive the pass.

Right wing-back Richards threw the ball at him. He licked the ball forward with his chest and turned around to break through! Martin. Olsson was caught behind Mitchel with a slight oversight, and he pushed Mitchel in the back. Unexpectedly, this did Mitchel a favor - he took advantage of the situation to knock the ball forward and accelerate towards it. Then the long leg stretched out and snapped the soccer ball that was bouncing in the air.

Martin. Olsson slapped the horse to kill, Mitchel flicked the buckled football inward with his left foot, and at the same time jumped up and sideways to avoid Olsson's press, so he got rid of Olsson's defense again!

After shaking off Olsson, Mitchel continued to dribble inside. Sweden's central defenders are all tall guys, and they pass high balls casually. It's too unlikely that Rooney will be able to grab the point.

When Jonas. When Olsson pounced on Mitchel again, Mitchel passed!

He swept the ball against the turf towards goal, and the slightest touch of the cross had a good chance of flying into the goal.

It's a pity that this time Sweden's veteran goalkeeper Isaksson (andreas_isaksson) made a timely attack and grabbed the football in his hands.

Although the attack did not result in a shot on goal, Mitchel's previous series of performances won applause from the England fans in the stands and praise from the England commentators.

"It's really a great skill with your feet. It's unbelievable that he's two meters and one meters tall! ”

Even the Swedish commentator had to praise Aron. Mitchel is indeed the "Ibrahimovic of England".

England have been besieging Sweden ever since, and you can no longer see the counter-attack that Donn used against Germany and Portugal.

Sweden's tall defenders look comfortable defending the ball in the air. But they were a little helpless against England's ground play-up. Adriano. Mork was given a very special task in this game. Instead of asking him to stick to the wing, Donn gave him plenty of freedom to move around the flanks and in the middle, as well as in the box. Use his foot skills and teammates to play small ground coordination. Kill machine.

It was a good hand in the first half, with Mock being short, agile and good on the ball. The Swedes are playing around.

to the twenty-seventh minute. England finally got their chance. After Mitchel controlled the ball on the edge of the box, the attention of the Swedish defence was on Adriano. Mock is on the right flank, while England's left flank has gone unnoticed. Chris. Cohen is not known for dribbling, so for a long time, England's attack was "right-leaning".

Seeing this scene, the players who also came out of the Forest team had a good understanding. Mitchel made a feint to pass the ball to Mock while protecting the ball, then turned around and kicked the ball in the exact opposite direction.

"Chris. Cohen received the ball and there was no Swedish defender in front of him! "John. Morteson screamed. This is a great opportunity for England!

A crack in the long-tight line of defense finally appeared. It's up to England's players to catch it!

Chris. Cohen received the ball and looked up at the box. Sweden's right-back Lustig (mikael_lustig), who was supposed to be defending him, was in the box at this time, and his eyes glanced at Mock's side, apparently his attention was also attracted by Mock's continuous active performances.

Cohen no longer hesitated and cut straight inside into the box. That's when Lustig came running over and prepared to defend.

The defence of any team is a whole, and it affects the whole body. Lustig ran like this, but he pulled the center of the penalty area empty.

Cohen saw the opportunity and passed the ball straight in. Mitchel and Wayne Rooney were both let go by the Swedish defenders, and his pass was not for them, but for ......

Gerald plugged in from behind. Suddenly appeared on the edge of the large penalty area. Cohen's soccer ball had just reached his feet. Gerrard shoots straight at the football! The soccer ball roared towards Sweden's Earth Gate.

Isaksson didn't expect Gerrard to be the one who finished the attack, and he was a little unprepared for Gerrard's powerful volley. It wasn't until the ball hit the net that he made a save.

"What a beautiful goal!" Mortenson exclaimed, "Stephen. Gerrard's powerful volley was unstoppable! ”

'It looks like our players haven't been affected by the Anglo-Swedish feud in the slightest, Sweden haven't had any chances so far, England have the overall upper hand!'

Gerrard shook his fist excitedly after the goal. He played in England's last World Cup defeat against Sweden and scored England's second goal, but it didn't save England's fortunes as they were held to a draw by the Swedes.

This time he didn't want to let it happen again!

If two goals don't guarantee a win over Sweden, then we'll score three, four, five! More goals!

Gerald shook his fist vigorously, venting the frustration in his heart.

The Swedes looked a little numb in the face of this conceded goal, and there was no chance at all for nearly 30 minutes, all of them were pressed and beaten by the opponent, and it was only a matter of time before they conceded the goal......

Tony. Donn stood up and applauded the team's performance, he wasn't thrilled because he had a similar idea to the Swede – we had a perfect performance for 30 minutes and it would be hell if we couldn't score again. This is a difference in strength, coupled with the fact that the team has always attached great importance to the opponent and has not left any fatal holes for the opponent, it is normal to take the lead.

The Swedes must not have expected England to be so resolute in their attacking banner, as can be seen from their bewildered reaction. The Swedes must not have imagined that this England team seemed to be completely unaffected by the fate of forty-eight years.

'England's performance gives us hope, hope to end that joke of fate!' Mortensen spoke to the hearts of the majority of England fans.

After taking the lead, Donn didn't let up there, instead he got up from the dugout, stood on the sidelines, and kept signaling his players to continue to attack and not give the Swedes a chance to bounce back. England's players faithfully executed Donn's tactical intentions, committing vicious robbery against Sweden in midfield and defending at the back, denying Ibrahimovic too many chances to get on the ball and not allowing him to turn around easily. As a result, Ibrahimovic's space is so minimized that the commentators wonder if the Swedish tower is actually on the pitch......

In the face of the England team's flood of attack, the Swedes could only shrink the defensive line and avoid the edge for the time being. Sweden coach Lagerbeck's idea is that even if he falls behind by one goal in the first half, it can be considered a victory, as long as the score gap is not widened, he can make adjustments at half-time and then fight with England with all his might. With his understanding of the England team, the psychological quality of this team is not flattering, and a good performance in the first half does not mean that such a performance can be maintained in the second half. Just put a little pressure on them and they'll mess up.

Think of that World Cup group game 10 years ago. England played perfectly in the first half, but the result?

Lagerbeck sat firmly on the Diaoyu Tai as if everything was under his control.

He also heard the whistle at the end of the first half. Sweden trailed England 1-0.

Leaving the pitch, Lagerbeck did not show any dissatisfaction with his team's backwardness, and he glanced at Donn and saw that the other man had a smile on his face, and seemed happy with his team's one-goal lead.

Ragbeck smiled inwardly.

The proud and arrogant Englishmen will soon show you what fate is!