0:2 behind.

Sweden were in a desperate situation and the coach made a new tactical change on the sidelines.

Theoretically, Sweden's most dangerous player on the pitch is Larsson, but today he is more responsible for the frontcourt tandem, precisely because he cannot be ignored, the closer he gets to the front, he will be surrounded by the England team's back, focusing on limiting his play, so he withdrew to instigate the attack, hoping to cover his teammates, but the effect is not ideal.

It's not unprepared, so Larsson isn't too much of a hit, just as he knows Aldridge and Aldridge knows him.

After receiving new tactical instructions from the head coach, Larsson frowned and felt that it was not feasible.

The front-court anti-robbery should also be decided according to the opponent's deployment, and it is difficult to counter-rob England in the front, because the Swedish team cannot form a bag circle, on the one hand, there are few people who put them into the attack, so there are fewer people who counter-rob, on the other hand, the formation of the England team, 4321, four defenders plus three backs, there are too many midfield passes, and there are too many midfield passes, which is slipped away and I am afraid that I will not be able to touch the ball.

Larsson grabbed Ibrahimovic and exchanged views with the supernova of the younger generation of the national team.

Ibrahimovic nodded frequently, he is also an ambitious player, although he is a little arrogant, but in front of Larsson, he will naturally listen carefully to the guidance of his predecessors, he knows that Larsson's experience is a valuable asset, in this situation, it must be beneficial to listen more, even if the game ends up losing, it doesn't matter, he is still young, experienced, all experience, intangible wealth.

After the end of the exchange. Eevee nodded vigorously. It was decided to carry out Larsson's arrangement.

Start at 70 minutes. England's attacking tempo began to slow down, and the focus on stability on the pitch did not mean that they could not attack, but that they ensured that they played patiently and passed more in midfield, although they did not have the playmaking masters of Pirlo and Zidane, but formulaic passing. Transfers, no threats, risky passing, they play very fluidly.

Thinking about guò a mid-to-long distance straight through the opponent's defense, England does not have this ability, this is the shortcoming of organizational talent, so their goals are based on other advantages to play, run, and cooperate. Change the tempo and tear the opponent's formation in the big picture. It takes a lot of physical effort.

With a two-goal lead, England fans in the stands won't be harsh on the team's slowing down of the pace of attack at the moment, and England's commentators won't slam them for their lack of ambition to continue scoring, so why should England rush if Sweden don't dare to press hard?

Aldridge watched the game from the sidelines, analyzing the changes in the shape of each area on the field.

Sweden's counter-attack, he could see, and he didn't see a threat at first, because England had a lot of people at the back, as long as they handled the ball calmly, it would not be a problem.

But a few minutes later, Aldridge suddenly noticed that Sweden's two strikers, Ibrahimovic and Larsson, seemed to be playing a clever counter-attack.

One fiction and one reality!

When the ball is controlled by England in the middle of the backfield, the two will make a defensive posture to block the forward passing route, but the next second, when the England backfield passes the ball to the side, the two will immediately show their fangs and pounce on the wing, and cooperate with the full-backs for local encirclement!

It's a clever defensive strategy and one of the quintessences of Millwall's high-pressing pressing.

You can't press the opponent in all directions in the wide space of the front court, and focus on a little harassment to predict the opponent's passing line, and then carry out a key local siege!

Just like now, Sweden's focus is not on the middle, just blocking the forward passing lanes in the middle, and then, when England passes to the wings, the Swedes pounce on that point, and the most important thing is the activities of Ibrahimovic and Larsson.

In the face of this pressing strategy, England's lack of playmaking talent in the midfield began to be exposed.

Decent passing, which is most likely to be restricted, is predicted to be out of the passing line.

This is determined by the player's mindset and ability to play.

That's why Millwall won't press with high pressure if they run into Real Madrid, it's okay for you to block Bart's forward pass, but what if you block Zidane's pass? You think you're blocking it, but in fact, in Zidane's opinion, there may be a lot of passing lines in front of you, and the same is true for Pirlo, where a thunderous scalpel pass will cost you dearly.

In 2/3 of the time, as long as the defense is successful, the Swedish team will retreat to defend, the defender did not encounter the pressure of counter-robbery, which at the same time brings different mental pressure, the backcourt players assist, in the front court can not attack, the ball is broken, and there is a chance to run back to remedy, but if you lose the ball in the backfield, you may not even have the opportunity to remedy, mental pressure, naturally different.

When Sweden started using this counter-attacking strategy, Gareth Southgate was the only player in England's backfield who could be absolutely calm, but the full-backs had a problem.

Ashley Cole suddenly became terrified after receiving a pass from Bart.

Ibrahimovic, who was in front of Bart, didn't plan to grab Bart, but Bart still sent the ball, and his direction was to Ashley Cole, which looked very stable, but in the process of rolling the ball, the Swedish team's frontcourt triangle counter-robbery formed a connection.

Ibrahimovic ran in the direction of the ball, but he certainly couldn't outrun the speed of the ball, but he got into guò position and cut off Ashley Cole's short pass back to the middle, and then, before Ashley Cole could catch the ball, Larsson pounced in front of him, and pounced quickly!

Ashley Cole was taken aback, he could definitely stop the ball safely, but what about the next step?

In front of him was club legend Larsson, who wanted to pass the ball to Bart or Southgate, and he was afraid of being cut off by Ibrahimovic, so in a hurry, he kicked the ball out and tried to pass it diagonally to Lampard.

In fact, if he is calm enough and makes a long horizontal pass, it doesn't matter if he clears the siege with a big foot.

But his pass to Frank Lampard also fell into Sweden's counter-attacking anticipation, after all, the distance was close, and the ball was around the spot. It's not sealed. Either goalkeeper Seaman. Either Frank Lampard.

Ljungberg got ahead of Frank Lampard and was clearly prepared for the speed with which he started and the momentum with which he counter-tackled.

This is exactly the anti-robbery strategy that Larsson and Ibrahimovic explained, they can only concentrate on local forces, and must not be blindly robbed, England did not create a zào midfielder, and they are not afraid of them taking the ball in the middle of the backfield, whether it is Bart. Carrick, or Frank Lampard, the passing is decent, it's not difficult to predict their ball, it's all about whether you're prepared and if your team-mates can work together.

Ljungberg took two steps forward after breaking the ball, Bart moved over to help defend, Ashley Cole saw the loss of the ball, suddenly lost his mind, and rushed directly to intercept Ljungberg. Probably trying to make up for the mistakes I made.

Ljungberg quickly tucked the ball forward and Ashley Cole woke up when he saw the pass. Behind him, a figure swept by like a wind.

Larson!

The fox-like Larsson receives Ljungberg's through ball and goes straight into the box and he will face Southgate head-on!

The two old friends who are also Millwall legends have the most critical duel on the battlefield at this time!

Southgate didn't press Larsson, he was guessing that Larsson's next move was to cut inside? Still is?

Larsson didn't go to break Southgate head-on, he took the ball to the bottom line like a wind, Southgate followed the defense in the direction of the baseline and pointed behind him with his hand, he knew who was in the middle, Ibrahimovic!

Larsson suddenly kicked the ball back when he was close to the baseline, followed by a cross, Southgate turned his head to look and saw Ferdinand close to Ibrahimovic, there was no chance for Ibrahimovic to get the ball, but Larsson's ball was not passed to Ibrahimovic!

Ljungberg took the ball away before Bart fell to the ground to disrupt the attack, took a step forward and was already in the box, followed by a heavy shot at the goal, and the angle was awkward!

Seaman flew to the extreme, but couldn't stop the shot that slammed into the inside of the far post!

Southgate was expressionless, Larsson didn't have him, he also blocked Larsson's pass line with Ibrahimovic, if Larsson hesitated for a second or two, Ashley Cole would have chased back into place, but this time the back line was made by full-back Ashley Cole's mistake, which caused the defensive instability of the back line.

It's so fast, in fact Ljungberg breaks the ball, passes, cuts forward, picks up, rides, shoots, and that's it in less than 5 seconds.

"Sweden scored by Ljungberg, they chased one back, it was England's own mistake, 21-year-old teenager Ashley Cole made a wrong pass, Sweden quickly launched a fast attack in front, Ljungberg and Larsson, two players who play for the Premier League giants, had a lightning combination, and with 10 minutes left, Sweden came back to life!"

Ibrahimovic was the closest to goal, he went to pick it up and ran back, and the Swedes didn't celebrate.

Schoderberg leaps high with excitement and waves his hand to encourage his players to keep up the good work.

Aldridge was going to say something to the players on the pitch, but when Southgate took the initiative to speak to Ashley Cole, he stood still on the sidelines, as if the goal was inconsequential.

"Whether it's passing, clearing, whatever you do, you have to be calm, there's no need to panic, lo and behold, the boss doesn't care at all on the sidelines, Ashley, it's not over yet, cheer up."

Southgate's words relieved Ashley Cole of a lot of psychological pressure.

When he first appeared in the World Cup, he was suddenly under pressure on the field, and he was indeed a little flustered, just like England could beat Sweden by surprise, and the Swedish team was also led by the old demon Larsson, who made England's young players panic in the front court.

After the score rewriting, Aldridge made a second substitution, replacing McManaman with Joe Cole.

The atmosphere at the scene became very tense again.

However, Aldridge was not too nervous, the ball just now was not a tactical problem, it can only be said that England is not strong enough, and the strength of the strong has always included three aspects: technique, body, and spirit.

It was England's own mistakes that gave the opponent a chance, not how strong the opponent was, and grabbed England's hard wounds.

As long as they avoid making another mistake, their fate is still in their own hands, not to mention, as the clock ticks by, England should have more chances.

Sweden's goal made the coaching staff think that their tactics had worked, so they ordered the front court to fight back even harder!

Five minutes later, after Sweden failed to make a play and Ibrahimovic's pass up front was cut off by Rio Ferdinand, Sweden immediately launched a counter-attack, Southgate handled the ball more steadily, and he passed the ball to Carrick without panic, pointing in the direction of the front court.

Carrick stopped the ball and turned around and passed the ball to Scholes before Svensson could press it, but Mild saved too much, and Scholes stopped the ball and turned to take advantage of the rhythm difference to wipe it out.

Paul Scholes dribbled forward, Frank Lampard rushed up, Joe Cole pulled wide and Owen pressed the back line all the way forward.

The Swedish team's frontcourt counter-robbery failed, and the fast attack of the England team's midfield line was menacing!

Paul Scholes dribbled forward, made a one-two with Frank Lampard in front of Alexanderson, and then handed the ball to Owen on the line of the box.

At this moment, Owen didn't seem to dare to squander such a golden opportunity, his state needed to be adjusted, but he couldn't force it, so he thought about what to do with the ball before receiving it.

With his back to Anderson, he was almost crumbling by the opposition's small movements, but before he went down, he gave the ball back to Scholes.

Scholes took a diagonal step towards the ball, shook the angle, and volleyed, undisturbed and unguarded, he shot the ball very confidently, only to see the ball stick to the turf and run into the far corner of the goal!

England 3:1 Sweden! (To be continued......)