After Diarra blocked one of Gerrard's attacks, he kept looking at Wood on the other side defiantly, and the meaning was obvious - don't shrink back like a shrunken turtle, come on, boy!

George. Wood certainly saw what Diarra meant, but he was unfazed and stayed in the backcourt to do tandem work.

Puel initially complained that Diarra didn't listen to his commands, but after seeing Diarra intercept England's attacks one after another, he was silent. The rear of the French team has clearly become stable......

Donn certainly can't let that happen, and once the French defence is solid, they will recalibrate their attack and it will be their turn to come under pressure.

Gerrard was clearly at a disadvantage in his fight with Diarra, and his age and physical disadvantage made him not as comfortable in physical confrontation as before. Donn thought about it and decided to bring Gerrard back to replace Wood, and let Wood step forward to participate in the attack. Both men are attacking and defending midfielders, and switching positions between them does not cause confusion.

Donn walked to the sideline and whistled inside. Wood cast his gaze, and he made a gesture of transposition, and Wood immediately understood.

Then, taking advantage of the dead ball, Wood and Gerrard completed the handover of work.

Next, Diarra was delighted to find out that the person who rushed up this time was not Gerald, but George. Wood up!

Although Wood didn't get the ball, Diarra remained on high alert against him. He knew that Wood was the heart of England, and although he didn't know why he couldn't come up in the back in the first half, it didn't matter, and now he finally couldn't help but get out of the hole.

Sure enough, Agbonlaho quickly passed the football to Wood, who was in some trouble and couldn't play his speed advantage after the French full-backs didn't assist. Football can only be handed over to Wood to reorganize.

Diarra saw Wood take the ball and posted it, and Wood didn't seem to want to get rid of it with speed, but turned around to protect the ball and waited for Diarra to come up.

The two midfielders faced each other head-on, and Diarra lost in strength.

He only felt that as soon as Wood leaned back, his body lost his balance and was about to lean back. At the critical moment, he grabbed Wood's clothes with his hand and regained his balance.

Wood didn't give him a chance to keep pestering himself. Leaning back again, while Diarra was fully focused on maintaining his balance, he passed the ball to Gerrard, who came up to meet him, and then turned and rushed forward. Gerrard sent a through ball just right, and the tacit cooperation of the two midfielders got rid of Diarra.

When Diarra rushed up again, Wood sped up and got rid of him. I also went straight into the middle of the penalty area!

"He's going to break through from the center! Stop him! Goalkeeper Lloris shouted behind the defenders.

Wood's sudden breakthrough caught the attention of all the French defenders. Sacco crossed in front of him as Chrissy moved closer to the middle. Seeing that the two sides were about to meet, Wood shook his ankle and turned the football to the side!

Although Mitchel and Wayne Rooney are still closely monitored by the French defenders, Abang Lajo on the flanks is not being watched......

After seeing Wood split the ball to the wing. Mitchel and Wayne Rooney slid on goal, but Wood stopped on the edge of the box and didn't rush forward.

The centre-backs were all drawn to the advance of the two strikers and ran towards the box.

In front of Wood. A blank area three to five meters wide appeared.

Diarra was the first to sense his opponent's intentions, and he hurried towards Wood, who was ten meters away.

At the same time, Abang Laho crosses! The football didn't fly to any of England's strikers, but rolled diagonally towards George. Wood!

Diarra guessed right!

Wood stood there, turned sideways towards the ball, picked up his right foot, and he was going to shoot straight at goal!

How could Diarra let Wood get his wish? Even if you risk your cards, stop him from shooting!

Determined, Diarra flew sideways and shoveled into Wood's legs, who sensed danger. If it was in normal times, he would have forced his foot to shoot, but at this moment he thought about his right foot, and he also thought about the next two games......

At this thought, Wood gave up on shooting straight at goal, allowing the ball to pass in front of his feet while he jumped.

He was still a little late, and although his right foot was dodged, his left foot was hung by Diarra. Lost center of gravity.

Everyone heard the referee's whistle as Wood fell to the ground.

They got nervous. Is it a penalty or a free kick?

The Wood man fell in the box, but was the foul in the box?

The referee ran to the place where the foul was committed and stopped. He didn't keep running into the box or pointing to the penalty spot.

"Not a penalty!" The French let out a sigh of relief.

The Englishman was a little dissatisfied: "It's a foul that is enough to be sent off directly!" ”

The referee only showed Diarra a yellow card, which drew boos from the English fans in the stands.

Wood was pulled up from the ground by Gerald, which embarrassed Diarra, who was going to come in person, and he stepped forward and patted Wood on the shoulder before leaving. Although the scramble was fierce, there was no need for him to make a feud with Wood. His special affection for Wood was limited to being on the court.

"Are you alright?" Gerald asked as he waited for Diarra to leave.

Wood shook his left foot, then shook his head, "It's fine. ”

It seemed to be fine, as Wood was walking normally when he left Gerald. However, he was stopped by Gerald: "George, stay." ”

Wood thought it strange, but he stopped and looked back at Gerald.

Gerard stepped forward: "You are standing here. Let's take a free-kick with ......"

In Bentley's absence, Steven Gerrard was in charge of direct free-kicks, which he used to score on a number of occasions at Liverpool. The Frenchman obviously knew it, so when he saw Gerrard standing in front of the ball, the wall looked nervous - on the one hand, for fear of being scored, and on the other hand, for fear of being hit by Gerrard's powerful shot...... It didn't taste good.

Wood stood five meters away from Gerald, but no one cared about him. Including Diarra. Everyone in the world knows George. Wood doesn't take free-kicks, either at Nottingham Forest or in the England national team, free-kicks have nothing to do with him, he doesn't even have the qualifications to cover.

He was standing there today, and people just thought he was standing there, and if you think about it a little deeper, he would at best fight back after Gerrard's free-kick hit the wall. Regain possession.

Gerrard placed the football very seriously at the penalty spot designated by the referee, just on the line of the penalty area!

This position made the French feel scared, and the English felt very unhappy - it was almost a penalty!

"Free kick on the line of the penalty area...... Not a good location. You need to be more skilled here, otherwise there is a very high probability that the football will hit the wall directly. Mortensen frowned, this position is really not good, almost a penalty is not to say, too close to the goal is not good.

Gerrard's free-kicks are never won in an arc, and it's really not appropriate for him to take them in this place.

Onlookers didn't have much hope for the free-kick. Gerrard didn't see it that way, standing in front of the football, staring at the goal, his eyes like a torch. After setting the soccer ball, he stepped back to kick it.

Wood stood five meters away from him. I'm looking at the forbidden area. Due to the need to defend this free-kick, the people in the penalty area are mainly concentrated on the human wall, in order to block the goal as much as possible and share the pressure for the goalkeeper. This time, the French team lined up with seven people in the human wall, almost blocking half of the goal. Loris was nervously deployed on the other side.

Most of England's teammates wanted to squeeze into the wall, but they were all pushed out by the French, and they simply stood directly in front of the wall, which of course caused the French to be dissatisfied, and while pushing hard, they raised their hands to protest to the referee: Do you see they are here to play!

The referee had to signal Gerrard to wait, and he ran in to mediate the conflict. The cunning Englishmen were warned not to stand in front of the human wall, but it was okay to line up on the side...... The French players were also warned not to get started. There is no conflict on either side, no pushing.

After a minute of tossing, England finally managed to squeeze in one person. Downing was stuck between Sacco and Merkses, although the other party was very unhappy, but since he managed to squeeze in, there was nothing he could do.

The England players made such a fuss, and everyone focused on direct free-kicks. In fact, even the England players think so. Thought Gerrard would shoot straight at goal. Except for Gerald himself and George. Wood.

The referee finally pulled in. He motioned for Gerrard to play.

From the moment Gerrard started running, the French team's human wall was particularly tight. One by one, they leaned back, protecting their hearts with one hand and their crotch with the other, ready to jump and fear that Gerrard's soccer ball would roll under their feet against the turf. While they were struggling, Gerrard ran to the ball and slammed his foot......

Going to shoot!

The French screamed in their hearts.

Gerrard passed the ball sideways!

"It's ...... George. Wood!! ”

Whether it was the commentator in England or the commentator in French television, they all screamed.

As the football rolled, George. Wood appears in the camera, this time with his left foot on his side, in the exact same position as before, only this time no one will come up to interfere with him......

“…… Long Shot ——!!! ”

Wood's left foot hit the ball so hard that it whistled like a cannonball and flew to the bottom right corner of the goal!

No one reacted to this sudden change. The human wall, which was still nervous just now, looked at the football flying towards the other side of the goal with a surprised face. Lloris didn't even make a save, just stood there and watched the football roll past him into the goal......

"Huh?"

That was the first reaction of Lloris and the rest of the French players.

The loud cheers soon followed, and their doubts were swept away without a trace - they were three goals behind!

"Nice long shot! From a set-piece duo of Steven Gerrard and Wood! England leads France by three goals! Mortensen shouted.

Before Ground could celebrate, Gerrard pounced on him and hugged him, and then more of his team-mates rushed up to surround the two of them to celebrate the goal.

The goal was scored in a timely manner, which completely demoralized the morale and fighting spirit of the French team. In an international tournament like the European Cup. Very few teams can come back from three goals down.

England's bench was also jubilant, with a three-goal lead and the victory was basically sealed. It was only a matter of time before they qualified for the semi-finals.

The French, on the other hand, could not believe what they were seeing. In the second half, I was going to fight back, but I didn't expect to be scored again by England...... Such a blow drained almost all their strength. Watching the English hug and celebrate their goals, they just want to fall to the ground and never get up again.

Donn was as excited as his players, but this time he didn't go to Puel for a butt-twisting dance because he didn't have to, and France was about to become a thing of the past. A loser who has already been trampled in the mud by him. Need to take another look?

After the restart, the French team was somewhat absent-minded, or rather lost. When I was 0:2, I could still tell myself that I had to fight the land, but now it's 0:3?

Puel didn't know what to do either. With three goals behind, the chances of a reversal of the game are too slim. And most importantly, does he have any solution to such a situation?

England are not philanthropists and will not give France this time. Now the French team has suffered a heavy blow. Appearing dejected, it was a good opportunity for England to attack aggressively. Done didn't need to be reminded on the sidelines, England's players knew what to do.

After a bout, England scored again. England fans were even a little numb, while some French fans even started to leave the stadium early with more than 20 minutes to go.

This time it was Mitchel who scored. He headed home after Downing's cross from the wing. From this conceded goal, it is clear that the French team's central defenders are absent-minded and unrelenting. So much so that Mitchel, a high school striker, could easily jump up in front of the goal and head the goal, and Lloris was useless no matter how good he was. After conceding the ball, he didn't even scold his central defender, but just kicked the bounced ball back into the goal in frustration.

"It's over. The French are finished. Don opened his arms and turned to his partner, Des. Walker said. This game was played like this, even Walker did not expect that England could defeat France so easily......

"4:0......" Mortenson couldn't believe his eyes, "the French team, which was known as the biggest favorite before the game, was so vulnerable in front of England...... Is it France that is too weak, or are we too strong? ”

No one could answer his question at this time, because even the most hardcore England fans couldn't believe what was happening before their eyes, and their brains couldn't understand it yet......

Although there are still twenty minutes left before the end of the game. But it was already clear that the French had no intention of fighting. Only Diarra is still trying, but his efforts are a little missable......

After England took a 4-0 lead, Donn used Michael . Johnson replaces George. Wood. He was still worried about Wood's right big toe, and since he had already won, there was no need to continue to let Wood on the field, in case a French player became angry and rushed to Wood with a jade mentality, it would be too late for him to regret it.

Donn's move to replace Wood also meant the game ended early. In the subsequent races. The French team has struggled to organise an effective attack, with high expectations of an attacking line-up before the game. It didn't work at all. The French commentator was a little angry and claimed that no one in the French team was qualified for this game.

He's not bad, especially those who have been touted as attacking clusters in the frontcourt. Under the Iron Curtain, all the stars were dim.

From England's fourth goal, England's fans sang in the stands until the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, which turned into a huge cheer for the French.

"The French team ended their trip to Spain with this humiliating scoreline...... England won unexpectedly and were the first to qualify for the semi-finals! Tony. Donn has made one thing clear to all of Europe – his team is strong! Very strong! ”

The Spanish coach, who came to watch the game and observe the opponent, wrote this sentence in his notebook for the final summary of the game:

Beware of England.