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Johannesburg, South Africa's largest city, one of the three capitals and one of the world's major gold mining centres, was once a haven for countless gold prospectors, but now it has retained the original side of the original gold mining shantytowns and developed into a modern city full of giant buildings. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Mandela Square is a must-see place in Johannesburg, which is the most popular place in the whole of South Africa, probably similar to the area of Wangfujing Street in the capital of China, surrounded by shopping malls, coffee houses, high-end restaurants and the like, and the square got its name because there is a 6-meter-high bronze statue of Mandela.

"He's such an amazing man!" Mourinho sat in the dining room, looking out the window and could see the bronze statue of Mandela.

Xiao Yu looked at Mourinho opposite and asked funny: "Do you envy him?" ”

Mourinho didn't seem to hear clearly, and nodded casually.

"Then I asked Walsh to build a 10-meter-high bronze statue for you in the Red Rebels Stadium Park to commemorate your meritorious contributions and outstanding achievements for our Red Rebels, so that fans all over the world can pay a look at you Jose? Mourinho's style! ”

Mark sitting next to Mourinho? When David heard this, he suddenly snorted and couldn't help laughing, "That must be beautiful, it's better to make it more stylish, not like in Madame Tussauds." ”

"Wearing a black trench coat, slipping and kneeling on the grass, clenching his hands into fists, looking up to the sky and roaring, how?" Xiao Yu asked again.

Mark? David was so excited that he couldn't stop nodding, but when he saw Mourinho's malicious glare, he suddenly felt a chill in his heart, "Don't make too much trouble, Xiao Yu, just kidding, don't go too far, otherwise Jose will be angry!" ”

This guy was afraid that the world would not be chaotic just now, but now he has shaken the grass to Mourinho's side.

Xiao Yu burst out laughing when he heard this, and even Mourinho couldn't help it.

The waiter quickly brought the steak they ordered, but what they didn't expect was that the restaurant was full of portions, and the steak was on a large plate, and two large steaks went up, filling the whole plate, next to a few vegetables for garnish.

"Oh my God, fortunately I didn't become a player, otherwise I probably wouldn't have dared to eat it!" Mark? David smiled bitterly.

Xiao Yu was cutting with a knife and fork, but he also agreed in his heart, the price was about the same as the steak he had eaten in China in his previous life, but the portion was several times larger, God knows why it was so cheap here.

Just moved a knife and fork, Mark? David's phone came, and when he called David, Xiao Yu knew it was David? Beckham's phone, the two of them talked on the phone for more than a minute, and then hung up.

"David isn't coming?" Xiao Yu asked with a smile.

Mark? David nodded, "He's having a headache now, he doesn't even have time to eat, where can he go out!" ”

Victoria and Eva? The Snow family came to South Africa and are currently in Johannesburg, but Beckham didn't have time, so the two of them took their children and went around accompanied by bodyguards, and they didn't like to follow Xiao Yu and them around, only when there was a Beckham game, they would go to the scene to watch the game.

England's current situation can only be said to be okay, they qualified first in the group and met Ghana, England beat Ghana 2-0 in the first knockout game, thanks to goals from Theo Walcott and Steven Gerrard, and successfully entered the last eight.

But this game fully exposed one of England's problems, and that is fitness!

Everyone knows the intensity of the Premier League, after a long Premier League season, coupled with the Red Rebels' multi-front operations, although the introduction of a winter break, but the situation is not optimistic, after coming to South Africa, England has to change cities every game, back and forth thousands of miles, even the iron body can not bear it.

After beating Ghana, England's last-8 knockout opponent is Uruguay, who defeated South Korea, and this team is also a veteran team in the world.

"Uruguay is indeed a team that is not easy, it has a deep heritage, but it is a little conservative, such as the one against South Korea, if they play hard, they will definitely not be equalized!" Mourinho nodded.

Uruguay's game against South Korea can be described as a twist and turn, Uruguay scored first, but after the goal, Uruguay did not make a move, but shrank back, and once again played a defensive counterattack, making the field passive, until the South Korean team pulled back the score, they pressed up again, plus South Korea did not adjust, so that Uruguay took advantage of the trend.

However, if Uruguay had taken a one-goal lead and continued to maintain the momentum they had at the beginning, they could have ended the game after half-time, but they just lacked that determination.

"Uruguay's style has changed a lot over the years, and there is always a feeling that people want to win and are afraid of losing, so their tactics in the World Cup are basically defensive counterattacks, of course, this also has a lot to do with the easy results of defensive counterattacks in the competition, in the final analysis, Uruguay is no longer the world powerhouse of the year!"

"Maybe you should go and tell David, José!" Mark? David smiled bitterly.

How do you know that Mourinho shook his head after hearing this, "No, don't say that he won't ask, even if he asks, I won't say, every manager should have his own reading thinking and judgment, should have his own set of understanding of the game, always listen to others, he will never succeed, never find his own way of coaching!" ”

The players have the way of playing, the head coach has the way of coaching, and the chairman has the way of managing the club, all of which need to be explored by themselves, although they can learn and learn from the process, but in the final analysis, they still have to integrate and understand by themselves, and finally it will become something that belongs to them.

"Then tell me, England is in the top 4, maybe the surname is big?" Xiao Yu asked with concern.

Mourinho frowned, "It's hard to say, Uruguay is very strong, Forlan and Suarez on the front line are top scorers, but their players have also experienced the league, and they have done their best in each of their three group games, and they are also not idle against South Korea, and they have the same physical problems!" ”

"England's problems are still the same, Gerrard and Frank Lampard have given their all in club competitions, playing more than 40 games in a season, participating in national team training camps and participating in the World Cup immediately after the game, the form of the players is more or less guaranteed, so the key is how to find a third man and rotate with them!"

'I'm sure David Beckham is aware of the problem, Milner, Wilshere, Carrick, he's tried it all and it's up to him to make a choice.

Although many national teams in the cup are a set of lineups to play the world without injury or illness, but against Ghana, Lampard's form is obviously sluggish, his own strength is no problem, the key is physical fitness, he needs to rest!

"In your opinion, who will be the team that enters the top four?" Mark? David asked with concern.

Mourinho looked out the window and shook his head, "It's hard to say, England vs. Uruguay, in terms of player strength, England is slightly superior, but Uruguay is good at playing defensive counterattacks, and it is still unknown who will die; Netherlands vs. Brazil, it's a very interesting matchup! ”

"The Netherlands has given up the previous offensive football style of play in this World Cup, becoming more conservative, and more aggressive and destructive, although the back line is not solid enough, but the Netherlands uses the overall defensive way to make up for this shortcoming, but the Netherlands has a big hidden danger, Van Bommel!"

"The veteran is no longer at his best, from the group stage to the knockout round, I have been keeping an eye on him, his judgment of the ball and the timing of his kick are always half a beat slower, or even a beat, it should be that the continuous matches have caused his physical collapse and technical movements to deform."

"Against Brazil, the back position will definitely become the biggest weakness and hidden danger of the Netherlands, the key depends on how Dunga uses Kaka, if it is used well, one Kaka can blow up the entire Dutch team!" Jose Mourinho is very confident in his favourite, Kaka is in excellent form since recovering from a serious injury, and he is one of the best performers at this World Cup.

By the way, Nimar was also brought to the World Cup by Dunga, but he was more to add some game experience, a bit like Kaka in 2002, and he also appeared in the most important game of the group, and he performed well, but I don't know if Dunga will continue to give him a chance.

"Argentina vs. Germany, this is the most anticipated game in the top 8 knockout rounds, Argentina has a strong attack, but Maradona has never been able to restrain the old problem of defense, although Germany is in the limelight, but the players are generally inexperienced, not as old and spicy as the Argentine team, so who wins and who loses the two teams, I dare not say!"

"Paraguay vs. Spain, no surprise, Spain won, due to the eye-catching performance after coming off the bench in the round of 16 knockout round, Fabregas is expected to get the start in this game, Busquets is reduced to a substitute, four midfielders composed of 10, Spain if they don't win, it will be a big surprise!"

Among the eight teams that entered the top 8, the national team with Red Rebels players accounted for 5 seats, and Robben in the Netherlands was a youth player of the Red Rebels, and he and Sneijder teamed up to lead the Netherlands to the top 8.

If according to the current general statement of the outside media, the Red Rebels are known as the Red Rebels, and these 4 World Cup knockout matches will undoubtedly be regarded as a duel between the Red Rebels, and even if England eliminates Uruguay and Spain eliminates Paraguay, then the entire World Cup semi-finals have all become Red Rebels.

…………………… As if to confirm Mourinho's conjecture, the Netherlands vs. Brazil match the day after his prediction last night.

Dunga's national team is all based on Kaka as the core, and Alves on the right side is a wing weapon, but in this game, Dunga changed the formation because Fabiano was injured during pre-match training, and Dunga suddenly rose up and boldly used the Red Rebels genius Demon Wing Nimar as the team's left winger.

Brazil's starting lineup immediately changed to a 433 tactic, Pato played as a single striker, Robinho and Nimar played two wings, and behind him were the libero Kaka and Gilberto? Silva and Felipe? Melo plays as a double midfielder.

Dunga apparently saw the problems of the Dutch team as Mourinho had anticipated, and knew that Van Bommel was important to the Dutch team, so he focused on Kaka during the game, because the Brazilian superstar and Van Bommel were in the right place.

As a result, just 10 minutes into the game, Kaka stopped the ball in the middle, got rid of Van Bommel behind him and suddenly accelerated, and assisted Robinho on the right side to cut the goal, 0:1!

Dutch coach Van Marwijk immediately realized that the hidden danger had exploded, and immediately adjusted the team's tactics, hoping to help Van Bommel through the team as a whole, after all, the Dutch midfield interception force is weak, De Jong is more than reckless, without Van Bommel in charge, the Dutch midfield will become more vulnerable.

The change immediately resulted in three yellow cards for the Netherlands over the next 20 minutes, namely Heitinga, Van der Wiel and Frenkie de Jong, two of which were received against the card and the other against Nimar.

After a series of yellow cards and fouls, Brazil's attack did not relax at all, especially Kaka, who weakened his defense a lot as the game progressed, especially after De Jong received a yellow card, making his room for movement more abundant.

In the 41st minute, it was Kaka who moved to the right side to get the ball, once again got rid of Van Bommel who stepped forward to press, and passed to Alves on the back row, who picked up the left side of the penalty area at the right front of the penalty area, Nimar used speed to hit the penalty area, stopped the ball, feints, got rid of it, deceived a defender and goalkeeper in a row, pushed the empty goal, and scored his first goal in the World Cup!

After the goal, Nimar was the first to run to celebrate with Kaka and Alves, followed by Pato and other Brazilian national team teammates, all of whom looked very excited.

The game went into halftime with 0:2!

In the second half, after the two sides changed sides and fought again, the Brazilian team still maintained the pressure on the Netherlands in the front, especially the individual ability of the Brazilian team, which caused a huge threat to the Dutch defense, forcing the Dutch to have to retract the formation again and again, especially Nimar on the left, his speed and technique overshadowed Robben who performed in the limelight in this game, and did not lose to Manchester United's magic wing Robinho, as if he had the potential to become a world superstar.

As for the Brazilian midfielder, Gilberto? Silva is old and strong, Felipe? After receiving training from Rijkaard at Chelsea, Melo is now a world-famous midfielder, steady and tenacious, no longer reckless and neurotic when he debuted.

Dunga also made a substitution after the victory, and the biggest contributor of the game, Kaka, was cheered on by the crowd when he was substituted, and the world's biggest star dominated the game to lead Brazil to the last four.

…………………… On the same day, England took on Uruguay in Johannesburg.

Compared to Uruguay's strong and strong players, England lacked their main centre-back Frank Lampard, and Beckham did not let the Chelsea Iron Man enter the starting line-up in the end, replacing the Red Rebels with versatile Wilshere, who was also Wilshere's second start and third appearance at this World Cup.

Wilshere's play, changed England's tactics, Beckham from the original 433, to the current 4231, Gerrard and Michael? Johnson formed a back two, with Theo Walcott, Wilshere and Wayne Rooney behind Ismael, and four players forming the attacking pairing.

However, the interesting thing is that Wilshere's position is a little behind, making England's set of tactics almost a copy of the Red Rebels' 4231 tactics, which makes fans around the world surprised, is Beckham really going to copy the tactics of the Red Rebels?

As the game progressed, fans and professionals alike came to the conclusion that yes and no!

The reason why I say yes is because Beckham's tactics come from Kassel's suggestion, Wilshere often plays cards in the club's position, and he knows this set of tactics very well, Walcott is responsible for attacking on the left, Rooney is more in the middle, Mika? Richards is aggressively forward, Gerrard is on the right, and often has to play for Mika? Richards fills in.

After the opening, England were clearly a little rusty with this set of tactics, although the defense was still as solid as ever, but the attack was a bit disorganized, and it was clear that the players were not used to this kind of cooperation.

However, despite this, England still controlled the initiative on the field, because Uruguay conceded possession and the initiative as always, and continued to insist on their defensive counter-attacking tactics.

In the second half, Beckham made appropriate adjustments, Michael? Johnson and Gerrard divided the work, and after seeing Rooney and Mika? Richards didn't cooperate well enough and simply gave up on Maika? Richards' forward insertion, with Ashley? Kerr replaces Leyton? Barnes, focusing on the left flank.

Just three minutes into the second half, Walcott and Ashley? Cole made a beautiful combination on the left side, Walcott dribbled the ball to the bottom line, passed a low flat ball to the front of the penalty area, Ismael grabbed the defender in front of the defender, calmly grabbed the point and scored, 0:1!

Nine minutes later, it was Walcourt and Ashley again? Cole on the left flank, the latter down the bottom and knock back, Ashley? Cole crossed, Ismael pressed the opponent's header and scored again, 0:2!

Seeing that the team was scored two goals in a row at once, Uruguay coach Tavares finally couldn't sit still and immediately made adjustments to strengthen the defense.

But even so, England scored again, Walcott cut across the left and was tackled on the edge of the penalty area. Johnson scored with an earth-shattering direct free kick and penetrated Uruguay's goal again 0:3!

This is also the third direct free kick goal in this World Cup so far, and it is also the most exciting and spectacular free kick goal.

In the 81st minute, although the whole game was inconspicuous, Wilshere, who played a great role, suddenly broke through with the ball in the middle and was tackled when he entered the penalty area, and Rooney directly hit the penalty, 0:4!

In this way, with the excellent performance of the Red Rebels players, England beat Uruguay again in this originally evenly matched game.

Not only that, but after the knockout rounds between Argentina and Germany, Paraguay and Spain, all the media realized a key problem, that is, they had long been aware that the Red Rebels would affect the World Cup in South Africa, but they never imagined that the impact would be so great.

For a time, Red Rebel Manufacturing has once again gained global fame through the big platform of the World Cup in South Africa!

(To be continued)