Chapter Forty-Nine: The Decline of the Wealthy
After the German-Portuguese war and the Spanish-Italian war in this European Cup, it was followed by the Anglo-French battle in Group D, but the Anglo-French war that everyone was looking forward to was yawning, and from the first minute of the game, both sides seemed to have been satisfied with the draw, so they gave up the attack.
As soon as man thinks, God laughs.
Yesterday the god made God laugh, and the dull Anglo-French game was gorgeously stolen by an uncle, who came from France, fell asleep in the noisy stadium, and slept quite soundly, which shows how boring the game is.
When the camera swept to the uncle, the score on the field was 1:1, and this score was maintained until the end.
Uncle seems to be protesting to England and France by sleeping: "You guys are so boring to play."
Seeing this uncle, fans naturally think of yesterday's Balotelli, who yesterday thought about life when he was single-handed, and was cut off from behind by Ramos.
Some media joked that Ramos asked him a question before the game, which caused him to think about the answer all the time, and that question was: What kind of rhythm is the most swinging? What kind of singing voice is the most cheerful?
So Balotelli was confused.
This uncle is probably also thinking about life, but he can think about more things.
If it weren't for the two more goals, the label of "the most boring game" might have been labeled, and the expectations of the fans were greatly reduced, and if you want to find the reason, you can find such a key point, Ribery's sluggish form, and the sluggish Bayern winger have also created France, which is powerless against England, the weakest in history.
France's head coach Blanco said in a pre-match interview: "Franck Ribery is the key to the team's attack, the number one man who will decide this battle, we all believe in him, he can do it. ”
But unfortunately, Ribery's fiery form in the club did not continue to this crucial battle, and the words of his teammates also showed from another angle: this French team suffers from strong Ribery dependence.
There are two reasons for Scarman's sluggish performance in this game, one is that he believes in himself excessively and falls into the encirclement of the enemy, and the other is that he is alone with Benzema, forgetting the power of the two cooperation.
In the 42nd minute of the game, Ribery burst on the right side, but accidentally slipped himself, the ball was handed to the opponent, France formed an excellent counterattack in the second half, there were teammates on the left and right sides to sprint forward, and sent a pass signal, Ribery took the ball in the middle, did not pass in the face of defense, but chose to continue to break through, although the opponent fouled, but lost a good opportunity to change the game.
There is no doubt that Ribery's performance can determine whether Benzema can win the top scorer, but in this big battle, the two have little cooperation, and the Real Madrid striker is disappointed to leave.
But Ribery's play in this game is not useless, among which Nasri's world wave comes from Ribery's return to do, but unfortunately, there are very few comfortable deliveries for teammates like this, the data shows that Ribery only threatens to pass the ball three times in this game, and only one goal is occupied, which shows that this 1:1 score is a perfect interpretation of Ribery's importance to France.
Ribery's role on the pitch is irreplaceable, as long as he plays well, the team will have good results, but the young off the field. Prostitute. Negative news such as the goalkeeper and the strike also confirmed the weakness of Ribery's character, and to put it bluntly, Ribery is really not suitable to be the leader of a team.
But after Zidane, French football really can't find a player who can compare with Ribery, and France's dependence on Ribery is also increasing day by day.
Further, how well Ribery plays will directly determine how far the French team can go?
Perhaps at the moment, what is important for Blanco is not to get this crucial point for England, but to get back to Ribery's form as soon as possible, which is the most important thing.
Compared with Ribery, Benzema's importance to the French team is slightly different, but it is also related to the final trend of the French team in this European Championship.
In 2008, Benzema was also on the European Championship list and was one of the six "veterans" of the French team, but he was only a substitute for Henry Anelka at that time, and it was his turn to be in charge of this tournament, and his responsibilities were naturally different.
France once had the most luxurious ace striker group in Europe, and in 2002 the 2002 World Cup coach Le Maire gathered in the Premier League, Serie A, and Ligue 1 Golden Boot Thierry Henry, Trezeguet and Cisse, which was the envy of his colleagues, but the curse also began in that tournament, and the three group games were not scored, becoming the first defending champion to be eliminated in the group stage.
Since then, the striker's difficulty in scoring goals has become the shadow that plagues the French team every time the tournament is played, in the 2006 World Cup, Henry is in a decent manner, Trezeguet is in no form, and in the 2008 European Championship, France scored only one goal in three group games, relying only on Henry to cover his shame, or an innocuous goal in a 1:4 loss to the Netherlands. Malouda scored the only goal for the Frenchman at the World Cup in South Africa, with Thierry Henry, Nicolas Anelka, Gignac and Govuhin busy for 270 minutes.
In the two continental competitions after the 2006 World Cup, the French team only scored two goals, and the strikers only scored one goal, and the stubborn disease was difficult to cure!
The French's strikers are not strong, and the English are actually the same, after this game, I believe that Hodgson will be completely disappointed in a person, and Milner, who was originally sent by him as a cavalryman, basically handed over a zero-point answer sheet in this game.
A direct pass, a one-on-one shot, a shot past the goalkeeper, and then a shot into the empty net, and seconds later, the England fans who stood up and celebrated sat down with their heads in their hands.
After the game, the British media denounced Milner, poor Milner, who became a tragic figure in the Anglo-French war tonight, which may not be wronged, because he alludes to a fatal hidden danger in this England team, which is not worthy of the name.
This scene came in the fifteenth minute of the game, when Ashley Ashley. Young sent in a pinpoint through ball up front, Milner cut in at high speed, and after shaking off the abandonment of French goalkeeper Lloris in the box, he pushed into the empty net. However, no one expected that in the face of an empty goal, Milner hit the ball into the side-netting.
In fact, if James Milner had scored that goal early on, it would have been a very different game, or at least more exciting, so that the fans would not have fallen asleep.
There was no point in scolding Milner too much, given that he was already out of angle and out of balance by the time he finished his shot.
Moreover, in the big matchup in the tournament, Milner is far from the only one who does not score a single knife, and in a vicious battle between Italy and Spain, Balotelli and Torres did not score a single knife.
What's more, Milner is indeed the team's hardest player today, the most running of all the players in both teams, as a very "heavy" player in midfield, he not only has three interceptions, but also went to the side to complete many crosses, speaking of which, his performance is actually quite interesting.