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Conservative, lackluster, unconvincing...... This has become the general evaluation of England fans to evaluate the 2:1 narrow victory of the English national team against Switzerland, and almost all of them meet the outside world's definition of Capello, a typical 1:0 doctrine. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

In this game, England abandoned the original 4231 tactic and returned to the traditional 442 tactic in England, but not a single Red Rebel player was not seen in the starting line-up for this game.

The goalkeeper is James, and the backline from left to right is Ashley? Cole, Ferdinand, Mike? Dawson and Weiss? Brown; Bentley, Frank Lampard, Steven Gerrard and Barry in midfield, and Joe in the strikers? Cole and Rooney.

And throughout the warm-up game, Capello made 5 substitutions, which were Bridge's replacement of Ashley? Cole, Wright? Phillips for Jenas, Hargreaves for Barry, Crouch for Joe? Cole, Ashley? Young replaced Wayne Rooney, and there was still nothing to do with the Red Rebels, and even Terry, who was originally considered to be the most solid in the national team, was placed on the bench and waited for 90 minutes.

Also sitting on the bench for 90 minutes was the golden boy Owen, who was taken seriously by the media before the game, but Capello clearly did not intend to fulfill the wishes of all the Englishmen, and the combination of Owen and Rooney did not materialize.

Even the media, which favored Capello, could only describe the match in terms of mental victory, brave display, etc., and they did not even dare to confirm their views through the spectacle in their comments.

The reason is simple, England's performance in this game was chaotic, even embarrassing, being taken by the visiting team Switzerland, who were clearly behind them by a large margin, and the problem of the midfield double German has not been solved.

Of course, almost all the neutral media agreed that Capello should be given more time, after all, he had only just taken over the responsibility of the national team, and it was impossible to bring about a sea change in the England national team overnight.

There is never a crash course in football!

…………………… During the training camp of the England national team, the Africa Cup of Nations has finally come to an end.

As the host nation, Ghana reached the final of the Africa Cup of Nations for the first time since the 1992 Africa Cup of Nations in Senegal, and coincidentally, their opponents in the final were Ivory Coast, which ended in a 0-0 draw between the two teams, and finally Ivory Coast eliminated Ghana on penalties.

Now, the two teams have eliminated Nigeria and Egypt in the semi-finals to meet in the finals.

This historical matchup has completely ignited the passion of African football throughout the Africa Cup of Nations, and almost all Africans are watching this competition, and Ghana finally eliminated Ivory Coast 4-2 thanks to the home advantage, thanks to Essien's goal in the opening 10 minutes, and the excellent performance in this game.

Didier Drogba scored in the 24th and 32nd minutes of the final to help Ivory Coast overtake Ghana, but Essien did well in the second half, setting up twice for his team-mates to score and keep the score 4-2 until the end.

The day before the final, the 3rd and 4th place finals were played between Nigeria and Egypt, Mikel was unable to prevent Egypt from winning despite his excellent performance, and in the end Nigeria could only finish fourth in the Africa Cup of Nations, with Manchester United's Taiwo named Man of the Match.

After the final, the African Football Federation announced the best team, in which the Red Rebels' Essien and Drogba were both selected for the best team, and Manchester United's Taiwo and Muntari were also successfully selected. Toure, Geremi, Alexander? Song and other Premier League stars were named in the best team.

In addition, Barcelona's Malian star Seydoux who brought in a lot of money from Ligue 1 Lens during the winter break? Keita was named in the best substitute team for the Africa Cup of Nations, and although Mali failed to break through from the group stage and reach the last eight, Seydoux? Keita's performance in the group stage was still impressive, confirming that his quality is not at all detrimental to his €14 million value.

Despite the excellent performances of Essien and Drogba, the Red Rebels coaching staff was not at all happy as Ghana and Ivory Coast reached the final, Niglia reached the semi-finals, and three Red Rebels were the last AFCA internationals to return.

When Drogba returned to Manchester from Africa, they even returned a few days before the players who were part of the national team training camp, and apart from a slight fatigue reaction on Drogba's body, Essien and Mikel were in good shape, and the laboratory arranged for them to return to their respective conditions.

After the international players returned to the club from the national team, the Red Rebels trained for less than two days and immediately went to the away stadium.

…………………… In this away game against Middlesbrough, Mourinho took into account the impact of the national team game, coupled with the fact that many players played the whole game in the national team game, out of consideration for the upcoming Champions League match, Mourinho still hid a number of key players in the game against Middlesbrough.

Perhaps this is the time for Mourinho to thank Fabio Capello, whose much-criticised behaviour has kept the England internationals in good shape, and Mourinho has all started Middlesbrough away at them.

Affected by the national team roster, the players are holding their breath and desperate to prove their strength in the game.

Ismael played as the starting centre-forward, Theo Walcott and Angel Di Maria formed the two-sided striker, Arshavin played as the striker, David Beckham and Michael? Johnson formed a double midfielder, Davide? Thornton, Terry, Curtis and Mika? Richards formed the backline, and the goalkeeper was René? Adler.

It was this group of players who were desperate to prove themselves that showed amazing momentum and courage on the Riverside Course.

After 20 minutes of deliberation, Ismael burst first in the 23rd minute, turning and volleying from outside the box past Australian goalkeeper Schwartzel, leaving Middlesbrough behind.

After that, the two sides fell into a brief stalemate again, Middlesbrough stubbornly wanted to equalize, but the Red Rebels put huge pressure on them in the front, forcing them to turn to the defense, especially in the 45th minute of the first half, Walcott after a continuous change of speed on the left side, and Arshavin cooperated, after entering the penalty area, in the absence of an angle, rubbed a curling ball to shoot, grazed the far post into the net, and rewrote the score to 0:2!

The goal almost sent Middlesbrough to despair, but at the start of the second half, Middlesbrough showed the blood that a Premier League team should have, especially Southgate, who was not conservative at all, and fought aggressively and ferociously against the Red Rebels throughout the game.

But the Red Rebels soon proved once again that they were not afraid of pressing the whole field, and that no strength at all, no matter how fierce and ruthless the robbery was, could not prevent the Red Rebels from continuing to score.

In the 56th minute, Di Maria cut inside on the right side, Ismael ran flexibly and pulled out Middlesbrough's central defender Woodgate, after the Argentine winger entered the penalty area, he picked up the back point, Walcott rushed to the horse and easily pushed the shot, 0:3!

It was a goal that sent Middlesbrough into the depths of despair, especially Southgate, who had to make adjustments, after all, no one wants to lose so ugly at home, even against a mighty Red Rebels.

After that, the two sides fell into a stalemate again, and Southgate had to accept the boos of the crowd and began to make the team retreat to avoid turning the riverside stadium into a hell for Middlesbrough fans to look back on.

However, the red-eyed Red Rebels are obviously not ready to stay, especially the many Red Rebels players who are bent on venting their bad luck in the English national team in the Premier League, and they are chasing Middlesbrough all the way.

As soon as he was replaced, he immediately faced Walcoat, who was in full form, the England winger was almost unstoppable on the left, and the first contact between the two sides, Walcourt used his skills and speed to force a breakthrough through Geremi, picked up a cross into the penalty area, and Ismael rushed to the scene.

In the 84th minute, the Red Rebels went to the next city, 0:4!

But the Red Rebels' performances weren't over yet, with David Beckham in the middle and Michael? Johnson made a clever combination and passed a sharp through ball, although he performed well, but he wasted several scoring opportunities, Arshavin, this time finally seized the opportunity, forced into the penalty area, and scored a clever shot, 0:5!

And by this time, the clock had reached the 91st minute of stoppage time!

Not long after the Red Rebels celebrated their goal, referee Masson blew the whistle for the end of the game.

Middlesbrough was unable to stop the Red Rebels in the end, and they became a punching bag for the Red Rebels, and the home team suffered a 5-0 bloodbath, which also annoyed the Middlesbrough fans, and even verbally attacked and abused the Red Rebels fans at home.

Fortunately, after some previous fan disturbances, the Premier League focused on the protection of the home stadium, and the police did a good job of blocking the contact between fans on both sides, so it did not lead to confusion.

But in another match played at the same time as this game, Manchester United beat Liverpool 3-0 at home, and Weiss, who had just established himself in the national team? Brown opened the scoring for United, Quaresma and Robinho doubled the lead for the Reds, and Liverpool ended up hating Old Trafford.

This also disappointed the Red Rebels, who had hoped that Liverpool could stop Manchester United.

In another key game, Arsenal defeated Chelsea 1-2 at Stamford Bridge, goals from Sagna and Thierry Henry helped Arsenal win the opponent, while Chelsea fell sharply after Ancelotti's resignation, and recently fell out of the top 4 in the league, but I don't know if Abou regretted firing Ancelotti.

…………………… After the 27th round of the league, the Red Rebels ushered in the Champions League round of 16 knockout round of 16 in midweek.

Because the Red Rebels qualified first in the group, they directly faced the second group in his group, although they avoided Real Madrid, Barcelona, AC Milan and other hard stubble, but the Red Rebels still ran into the old enemy, Werder Bremen.

Pep Guardiola looked ambitious after Barça's 4-0 home win over Turkish powerhouse Fenerbahce in four games played a day earlier, and he smiled when asked by reporters that Barcelona had already confirmed their place in the last eight.

But when the reporter asked, because the draw for the top 8 was disrupted, there were no rules and restrictions, who was the opponent Guardiola wanted to draw the most, the Spaniard smiled and said a name, Red Rebels!

"Yes, I'm eager to meet the Red Rebels, I know it's a very good team, but we're just as good, I don't think Barcelona will not be able to fight against the Red Rebels, I'm eager to meet the Red Rebels, I hope to wash away the shame that Barcelona have had from this team and finally reach the final!"

This was seen by everyone as a provocation by Guardiola to the Red Rebels, but Mourinho refused to respond, and he also forbade the players to give interviews to the media because he did not want to be distracted by idle people before the crucial game.

"I'm only going to care about the next opponent, Schaaf is a tough competitor, Werder Bremen is very strong, I don't think we can win this game safely, so I won't respond to some nonsense from irrelevant people."

Visiting Werder Bremen's Weser Stadium, the Red Rebels continued to play aggressively with attacking tactics, but Werder Bremen were anything but conservative and Schaff continued to stick to his almost ruined home attacking tactics.

However, the Red Rebels vividly used the same sharp attack to tell the opponent that it is not enough to attack alone, and that if you want to defeat your opponent, you must have a solid defense while scoring goals in a frantic attack.

Patrice Evra, Nemanja Vidic, Thuram and Alves, as well as Cesc Fabregas and Essien up front, have shown Werder Bremen that the Red Rebels are not only sharp in attack, but also world-class in defence.

2:4, although the Red Rebels conceded 2 goals away from home, but not only won a valuable away victory, but also scored 4 away goals, which means that unless Werder Bremen can beat the Red Rebels 3-0 at the Red Rebels Stadium, or a victory with a lead of more than 3 goals, it is possible to achieve an away comeback.

But even Schaaf himself admits that the chances of wanting an away comeback are slim.

And Mourinho also smiled in an interview with the media after the game that he is very willing to meet Barcelona in the top 8 knockout rounds, and he will let Guardiola see clearly what a real strong team is!

"If Guardiola is dreaming in the stars, then I will pull him back to Earth and teach him a good lesson that Earth is dangerous!"

(To be continued)