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Don't look at England's 5-0 victory over the United States in the first leg, getting a stunning victory, and at the same time, with hearty offensive football and delicate technical cooperation, it completely overturned the impression that England only knows how to play long passes and hanging, and it also shows the results of England's youth training for many years.

But that's just the beginning.

From Rustenburg to Cape Town, it is more than 1,400 kilometers, although there is a time gap of 5 days, but for a team, the impact of a long journey is certainly not small, and after this game, England will have to travel to Port Elizabeth, 700 kilometers away.

David Beckham is well aware of the impact of this long journey on the fitness of his players, so on the day he arrived in Cape Town, he did not arrange any training, but gave the players free time to relax.

"We played well in the first game, but in the second game, the opponent will not make the mistakes of the United States again!" At the tactical seminar, Beckham frowned and said distressedly.

A very important reason for the big defeat of the United States is that they neglected the defense of England, and some of them did not pay enough attention to England's offensive threat, resulting in a passive start of the game, even at the end of the game, they failed to turn the situation around.

But Algeria will not, they lost 0:1 to Slovenia in the first leg, and in the second leg against England with amazing attacking power, they will definitely try to be safe, will first ensure that they do not concede goals, adopt conservative tactics, and then England want to break through the opponent's cage, it will not be so easy.

Although this World Cup has only started for a few days, it already has an obvious feature, that is, the 4231 formation has been widely used, and almost half of the teams have adopted this formation, but each has its own differences.

It is impossible to say who first used the 4231 formation, but it was carried forward in the hands of the Red Rebels, a team that has been using this tactic since the lower leagues, and the double midfielders and three attacking defenders have been used by Mourinho with great flexibility.

Each team adopts the 4231 tactic, the weak team basically adopts a double back, and two defensive backs are placed in front of the defensive line, which is obviously to strengthen the defense, and when defending, the winger position retreats to participate in the defense, and the formation becomes 451, or 4411.

As for the strong team, it is more emphasized, such as the Netherlands, although Kuyt plays as a winger, but in fact his position is more backward, looking more like a full-back, and even retreating to the full-back position when defending, the purpose is to highlight Robben on the other side, and the position of the Dutch Peter Pan is almost on the front line.

England's tactics are not 4231, but 433, which Beckham has tailored to the characteristics of the current England squad of players, making full use of the full range of midfielders Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard, as well as Michael? Johnson's playmaking skills, combined with the trident of Wayne Rooney, Ismael and Theo Walcott up front, set off an attacking frenzy.

Algeria is not even a top team in Africa, and when it comes to an England team that beat the United States in the first leg, they will naturally choose to be conservative.

"So the difficulty of the second game must not be lost to the first one!"

A conservative second-rate team, a quasi-first-rate team that is open to play, such two opponents, for any team, the former is more difficult to play than the latter!

However, for England, the second game is the key to qualifying for the top spot in the group, if they can win Algeria, then they can qualify for the group in advance, and the final round against Slovenia will be relatively less pressure on England, and the squad can also be relatively rotated to actively prepare for the next knockout round.

…………………… On the evening of June 18, the Green Point Course near the Green Point Course in Cape Town was brighter than the stars and moon in the night sky, and the sound coming from the stadium on the coastal road seemed to be connected with the sound of the waves coming from the seaside.

Sitting in the stadium, although listening to the waves of mountains and tsunamis, I believe that every fan every few minutes, they can't help but look up and look at the time on the red scoreboard, and they can't help but be secretly anxious for England.

0:0, 78 minutes, Algeria used extremely conservative tactics, and even they almost compressed the entire team of 11 players into the penalty area, just not giving England any chance to score.

High Balls, Ground Kicks, Free Kicks, Corner Kicks...... Almost all the scoring methods were used by England, and the 2 goalposts made countless fans sigh, and the whole stadium couldn't count how many shots on goal, how many shots on target, but none of them could enter the net.

Chaoqi, 25m, 1.92.82kg, plays for Algeria's domestic club Setife, a player who has also been an important contributor to Algeria's ability to reach this World Cup, and his resume is also a bit legendary, starting in the play-offs between Algeria and Egypt in place of the suspended Gavawi, and he immediately seized the opportunity and played extremely well, blocking Egypt's shots on goal several times and taking Algeria to the World Cup finals in South Africa.

Sometimes, that's the case in the world of football, with the 32-year-old Gavawi's ban creating the 25-year-old Chaazzi, who is believed by all Algerians to be Algeria's number one goalkeeper in the future and will continue to excel at the World Cup.

But no one thought that in the first game, he met Slovenia, the weakest team in the group, and Algeria performed well throughout the game, but a mistake by Chaozzi caused Algeria's defeat, and he changed from the original hero to the sinner of the country, and even many people asked the head coach Rabach? Sadani called for Chaoqi to be disqualified as the starting goalkeeper.

But Rabach? Sadani is a legendary African coach in the end, and he is so old that he insists on supporting his favorite generals at critical moments, and continues to let Chaozi start against England, and he has lived up to the high expectations of the old coach.

Beckham stood on the sidelines, silently staring at the field, and when Ismail's powerful volley was saved by Chaozzi again, he did not sigh like the fans in the stands, nor did he regret like the assistants behind him, just a look of indifference.

"Chaoqi, good at savings, good reflexes, balanced abilities, is the strongest goalkeeper in Algeria, the disadvantage is that the performance is not stable enough, there are often some inexplicable mistakes, but he is a big player, especially when excited, he can often play world-class strength!"

A report from the Red Rebels' scouts in Africa came to mind, and Chaoqi was mentioned.

The goalkeeper position is so magical, didn't someone say? A good goalkeeper can top half a team, and now, Chaozzi has single-handedly fended off England's attack.

"12 minutes left!" Darren? Lyons came to Beckham's side and whispered a reminder.

It's time for the final tweaks!

Beckham thought to himself, but how do you adjust?

It's like a gamble, and no one knows what the adjusted outcome will be!

Who can you trust at this time?

Beckham turned his head and glanced at the bench, there is a group of accomplished players on it, such as Carrick, Milner, and Defoe, as well as some rookies, such as Rodwell and Wilshere, who can be trusted?

…… In the stands, Mourinho sat with Xiao Yu, Walsh and others.

"At this time, we should continue to attack, Algeria has a breath left, as long as we work harder, they will be finished, and we must not hesitate any longer!" Mourinho kept his eye on Beckham, who was standing below the stands.

But his voice, Beckham couldn't hear, but the England manager still made up his mind, turned around, and pointed to one of the players, "Jack? Wilshere, warm up, play! ”

Wilshere was stunned, but he quickly jumped off the bench and immediately ran to warm up.

In a moment, Wilshere was back at Beckham's side.

"Do you know why I changed you, Jack?" Beckham asked, putting his right hand on Wilshere's shoulder and leaning into his ear.

The latter stared at his manager, nodding or shaking his head, because he didn't know what he was supposed to say.

"Because I trust you, I believe you can make a difference in the game, that's because you're from the Red Rebels, and I want you to keep up the good you did with the Red Rebels, the way you play, the way you play, the way you played, the football that belongs to the Red Rebels, understand?"

After hearing this, Wilshere gritted his teeth and nodded in agreement.

Wilshere, who came on the pitch, replaced Ashley, who was active in the game but couldn't make a difference? Cole.

At this time, the formation on the field of England immediately changed.

Not long ago, Beckham's first tweaking was to use Ashley? Young replaced Frank Lampard and played a 442 tactic, and Wayne Rooney was pushed up front to partner Ismael, but now Ashley? Kerr went off the field and the formation immediately changed to 352, but Wilshere was positioned further to the left, Walket was pushed more forward, and Gerrard and Michael? Johnson's two central midfielders also pressed forward, and the back line followed suit.

After the substitution, England already had seven Red Rebels players on the field, and the entire backline was made up of Red Rebels, with Michael in midfield? Johnson, Wilshere, Walcoat and Ismail in the front, this undoubtedly completely stained England into the Red Rebels, how effective is it?

In the first wave of attack after the substitution, England advanced quickly, but once they reached the dangerous area, they were immediately disrupted by the Algerian defenders, who squeezed almost all the players to the front of the penalty area, because they were also afraid of Gerrard and Michael? Johnson is the two big long-range heavy gunners.

The offense was ruined, and everything seemed to be the same as before the substitutions.

Algeria's counter-attack didn't work at all, and the ball was soon back at the feet of England, who were once again setting up a bucket at the edge of the box.

But just when everyone thought that England's attack was going to be useless again, there was a sudden change on the field.

Wilshere moved to the left, Michael? Johnson's ball was immediately at his feet, and he was between the two defenders, and immediately after receiving the ball, he turned around and blocked the two Algerian players who were caught behind him, and then suddenly passed the ball to the left.

Walcoat dropped back to get the ball, dribbled horizontally and cut to the edge of the box, where he immediately caught the attention of three nearby players, one of whom was the Algerian centre-back, who immediately stepped forward to get stuck in his position.

Walcourt kept his head held high, and in the face of the three-man attack, he still calmly observed the movements of Wilshere and Ismael, and then saw him in a tight range, after protecting the ball, he passed the ball through the gap to Wilshere, who moved to the middle, who did not stop the ball and sent it straight forward.

The send-off passed right behind the defender and was sent to Ismail's feet, who stopped the ball with his left foot, flicked his right foot lightly to the left, and the whole person moved to the left, pulling a position from the Algerian central defender, who was already suppressed by his strong body.

The position was very good, the goalkeeper reacted, but Ismael had already picked up his left foot and pumped it!

The whole world was staring at this shot, and Beckham's eyes widened and he couldn't take his eyes off it.

It is a boccia, a high-speed boccia that is very difficult to catch!

Chaozzi reacted and made a side pounce, but after surviving 80 minutes of intense play and the torture of England's indiscriminate bombardment, his body was tired, and his technical movements were inevitably a little stiff and deformed, coupled with Ismail's shot from a tricky angle, almost grazing the post to enter, his side save finally failed.

When he saw the ball roll into the net, Ismail, who fell to the ground after pumping, sat up on his knees, raised his hands, tilted his head, and shouted loudly.

Beckham and Darren on the sidelines? Lyons, Cassel and the others suddenly hugged one by one!

It's a lore, a hard-won lore!

From Michael? Johnson's transfer, Wilshere protected the ball and attracted defenders, and then moved to the left to Walcott, who found the gap between the three defenders and passed the ball out, Wilshere's last pass, Ismail's last shot, the whole process was almost impeccable, without any flaws.

"It was a flawless lore! Textbook fit! ”

Algeria's defense has done well enough, but these Red Rebels players in England have created gaps in the crowd and used their individual abilities to carve out attacking space from the copper wall, which is almost overwhelming!

At the post-match press conference, Algerian coach Sadani spoke highly of the cooperation of these four players, and he even thought that it was a combination of art, and he had nothing to say about losing to such a goalkeeper!

…………………… The hard-fought 1-0 win over Algeria thanks to Ismael's goal made England fans excited, as Slovenia lost 2-1 to the United States just a few hours before the game.

In this way, the situation in Group C is very clear, England has undoubtedly confirmed the qualification of the group in advance, and is also the biggest favorite to top the group, Slovenia and the United States have three points each, and Algeria is at the bottom with 0 points.

Beckham was very pleased with the result, especially with the performances of the internationals who fought until the end.

In order to give the players more time to rest, Beckham arranged for most of the main players to rest in the third game of the group stage, against Slovenia, because this game is for England, as long as a draw can qualify for the first place in the group.

Rodwell, Wilshere, Ashley? Young, Defoe, Glenn? Johnson and other players all started in this game, and the performances of this group of players also had their own merits, Wilshere failed to stand out again, but Rodwell, who played at central defender, performed solidly and received a lot of praise.

A 0:0 game, there is nothing worth saying, after all, England came off the bench, Slovenia defended and counterattacked, and neither team took the initiative to attack, so the game was naturally lackluster.

As a result, England won 2 games and drew 1 in 3 games, accumulated 7 points, and qualified first in the group, while the United States defeated Algeria 1-0 and qualified second in the group.

According to the rules of the knockout round, the first in Group C meets the second in Group D, that is, Ghana, while the second in Group C meets the first in Group D, and the United States can only choose to meet the strong Germany.

In the group stage of this World Cup, three teams won all three games, one was Argentina in Group B, Maradona's team played the most fierce attack in this World Cup, they defeated Nigeria, South Korea and Greece 3:1, 4:1 and 4:1 in three games, won all three games with a record of scoring 11 goals and conceding 3 goals, and entered the knockout round.

Argentina played an extremely strong attack in the group stage, and the combination of Messi, Di Maria, Aguero and Tevez has become the most goal-efficient combination in this World Cup, which is intimidating.

But as Mourinho mentioned on the phone with Maradona after the game, Argentina's defense has problems, conceding three goals in three games, such a defense is very worrying, the group stage is okay, once it comes to the knockout stage with stronger tactics, then Argentina can be dangerous.

However, Argentina's knockout opponent is Mexico, which is also a team with strong attack and weak defense, and the collision of these two teams is favorable.

The other two teams on a three-game winning streak were the Netherlands and Germany, and the German Tankers also played hearty attacking football at this World Cup, with a surprising performance from the youngsters and the best performers in the group stage.

Although the Netherlands also won three in a row, compared with Germany and Argentina, their quality is doubtful, because although they won, they have lost the tradition of Dutch football, which makes many Dutch fans doubt the strength of the Dutch national team.

As for David Beckham's England, the first round was indeed impressive, but the difficulty of this round and the draw in the third round have made fans less optimistic about England, and only those professionals who have always believed that England in this World Cup have shown a striking balance of technical football.

As for their opponent in the knockout round, it is not surprising that England may not be ordinary in crossing this hurdle, but no one knows how far they can go!

(To be continued)