No. 446: England debut!
Time into 2010, the year of the World Cup is coming, the world's football powers sharpen their knives and point to the Hercules Cup.
In order to win the most important trophy in the football world, the world's strongest teams have changed players and actively prepared for the game. In order to test the level, run in the squad, select players, and qualify for the finals, the team stepped up training.
The competition is the best platform to test the level of training, with the defending champions on one side and the favourites on the other. The warm-up matches between Italy and England attracted wide attention in the football world.
At 4 p.m. on January 4, Wembley Stadium was packed with people, and the English teams in white jerseys dominated the stadium, holding small national flags and cheering for their national teams.
Not to be outdone, the nearly 5,000-strong Italian fans, dressed in traditional dark blue players with Italian flags on their faces, cheered on their teams.
Half of these Italian fans are from home and the other half are Italians in London.
More than 50 television stations were broadcasting live from the booth, and they were delivering the news of the scene to the world in various Chinese languages.
The commentator for Milan TV exclaimed: "Capello did not put the newcomers in the starting line-up, as he himself said, and the king of England, who entered the England team for the first time, sat on the bench. The youngster, who is hugely popular in England, has been in the limelight in recent years. ”
Under his leadership, Wolves beat the four giants of the Premier League and won the Premier League half-time title. A promoted horse won the half, which broke the history of the Premier League! ”
"We go back to this game, the two teams haven't played each other since '02, and on 28/03/02, the two teams played a warm-up match before the World Cup, with Italy beating England 2-1."
"Italy never lost to England again after losing 0-2 to England on 04/06/97. Italy drew 0-0 with England on 11/10/98. 15 November 2000 Italy beat England 1-0! ”
"That is, it has been twelve years and Italy has not lost to England!"
"Hopefully the Italian team can continue their unbeaten run tonight!"
At half past four, with the referee's whistle, the match between Italy and England officially began!
Twelve years of winless spells would be a shame for England fans. Today they are going to use their shouts to help their team change this embarrassing record.
So after the start of the game, the England team let out a huge shout!
The England team launched a fierce attack on Italy amid the huge shouts of the fans. For a time, there was a roar of artillery in front of the Italian penalty area.
However, Italian fans are not panicked by this, Italy is a team that is good at playing defensive counter-attacks.
In the fifth minute, Steven Gerrard fired a long-range shot from outside the box and the ball slid out of the goal, opening up England's attacking tide.
In the ninth minute, Joe Cole crossed from the left, and Crouch, who was ambushed in the middle, headed the ball over the crossbar under the interference of Cannavaro.
Seventeenth minute. Gerrard crossed diagonally, Rooney curled a shot from the edge of the box, and the ball hit Cannavaro's leg and bounced into the box.
Italy held their ground after withstanding the onslaught of England's onslaught. Launch a counterattack. In the 21st minute of the first half, Italy won a free kick in front, and Pirlo's ball flew over the wall and flew towards the bottom right corner of the goal.
James makes a brave save. The football slid out of the door, the stadium resounded with a huge exclamation, and the England fans broke out in a cold sweat!
The thirty-first minute of the first half. Italy played a sharp and quick counter-attack, with Zambrotta snatching the ball from the feet of Joe Cole and passing it quickly to Pirlo, who received it.
The Italian brain shook off Frank Lampard with the ball and fired a pinpoint long ball that flew over England's back line and into the heart of England.
Like an arrow, Iaquinta flew out, unloaded the football, and led it to the England penalty area!
"Single Knife!"
Milan TV shouted: "This is Italy's best chance to score in the first half!" ”
Wembley Stadium fell into an inexplicable panic, and its eyes were fixed on the speeding blue figure.
Iaquinta fired a low shot into the England penalty area and the ball flew towards James' right!
The England goalkeeper, half-kneeling on the turf, instinctively stretched out his right hand, and the football flew past his fingertips!
The next moment, the ball flies over the goal line and into the net!
Milan TV shouted: "The ball is in!" Entered! Entered! Entered! ……”
British Sky TV regretted: "The score became 0-1, and Italy temporarily led ......"
The goal-scoring Iaquinta howled and flew over Wembley Stadium, with 5,000 Italian fans shouting and screaming......
In stark contrast to them are the English fans, who are ten times the size of the Italian fans, who have a dark expression. Capello, who was standing in the command area, looked extremely ugly and pointed at the back line and shouted loudly......
The silver fox Lipi leisurely chewed the gum in his mouth, his expression calm.
England went on the offensive but it didn't bear fruit, and Italy managed to score with a quick counter-attack.
Wolverhampton are just over 100 kilometres from London, and this time Wolves have four players on the training squad, much to the trivial pride of the city.
Wolves had not had any players in the England squad for many years, so they called on friends to come to Wembley Stadium to cheer on the quartet.
To their slight disappointment, four Wolves players were not named in the starting line-up. Now that England can't open the game, they hope Capello can put Wang Rui on the bench.
The saliva man roared: "King! ”
The Wolves fan next to him shouted after him, "King! ”
Slowly, more fans followed them and shouted Wang Rui's name!
"King!"
"King!"
"King!"
There was a huge shout at Wembley Stadium!
The England players on the field had mixed expressions, especially the midfielders, with embarrassed faces, which was the fans expressing their dissatisfaction with them. Hearing the shouts of the fans, Capello's face softened, and his mood slowly returned to calm.
Silver Fox Lippi frowned slightly, took out a cigar, lit it, and took a deep breath, then puffed out a puff of smoke.
On the England bench, Wang Rui heard the fans shouting his name, and the blood began to flow rapidly. Peter, who was sitting next to him, spat at the turf and muttered, "Damn, why are there so many nymphomaniacs?" ”
Then, a big smile appeared on his face, as if the name of the fan was his.
The other players on the bench had weird smiles on their faces.
It is clear that the shouts of the fans have inspired the England midfielders, who are long-established players who want to wash away the distrust of the fans with their actions.
However, in the face of Italy's reinforced concrete defence, their attacks were hindered again and again. The fans shouted Wang Rui's voice louder!
In the 37th minute of the first half, Capello asked Wang Rui to warm up, and in the 40th minute, Wang Rui and the fourth official stood outside the field, and Wembley Stadium resounded with thunderous applause!
Sky TV exclaimed: "King is standing on the sidelines, he's ready to replace Crouch!" ”
"The heart of Wolves' midfield has made its England debut!"
Milan TV said in a deep voice: "Capello made the first substitution of this game, King replaced Crouch, England's formation changed from 442 to 451!" ”
"The Italian defender must be careful that the most popular young star in England cannot be given too much space!"
German TV said suspiciously: "England is one goal behind, but Capello replaced a striker and added a midfielder, this substitution is debatable." ”
After Wang Rui high-fived a somewhat frustrated Crouch, he ran into the field.
Brat! Here's your chance!
For the World Cup in South Africa, let's bloom!
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Behind the England bench, Wang Ting shouted at her brother: "Come on, brother!" ”
Wang Rui turned his head and smiled at his sister, and Lytis gave a thumbs up to her boyfriend!
Wang Rui's debut, how could the two of them miss it. In order to be able to cheer for her boyfriend at the scene, Lytis pushes down the meeting with the two bankers.
When the two bankers heard that Lytis was going to cheer for Wang Rui, they were not angry, football has a very high degree of support in this country. (To be continued.) )
PS: Happy Chinese New Year's Eve, Wang Rui finally embarked on the road to the World Cup in South Africa!