'Wayne Rooney has to stay calm and England can't afford to lose him right now. With Portugal forced to retract his defense across the line, he must have a calm mind to deal with the situation on the pitch as a lone striker. It's a bit difficult for him, but he has to do it, if he still wants to help England win" This is Lineker's assessment of the clash between Wayne Rooney and Old Ray, which is very realistic and accurate.

Because of the proud Schalke stadium, England at the moment has indeed been forced to passively retreat, reluctantly playing a defensive counterattack. They were forced to retract their defence when aggressive scrambling was unsuccessful, both to stabilize the situation and for second-half fitness reasons. So in the long run, it's something England have to deal with.

Fortunately, it is not without good news for England at the moment, at least their defence has not had any major holes until now. The defensive strategy of hoarding heavy troops in the middle has achieved very good and positive results. Even with Ray in the pipeline, it will not be easy to break through England's central defence. Strength, speed, fitness, experience, these are the things that this group of England players have in common, and it is these qualities that make England's central barrier the toughest mobile wall, blocking Portugal's ground advance everywhere.

In control of the situation, but unable to easily threaten England's goal, the attack is quite thunderous and rainy, which is the trend that Portugal and Lao Lei are facing at this moment. In it, Lao Lei did not try, handing over the football to Ronaldo and Figo. Let them go to the side to open the gap. But after they successfully broke through several times, the bottom cross was as Lao Lei expected. It was defused by Terry and Ferdinand, and did not let go of a single one.

As for why Lao Lei had such an expectation. The reason is also very simple, let Deco and Pauletta and others compete with Terry, Ferdinand and others for high-altitude balls, and the results are naturally self-evident. Having given up what little was left and the unrealistic idea of opening up the situation on the wing, Ray began to think pretentiously about how to break down England's central barriers.

After giving Ronaldo and Figo more to move closer to the middle and playing more cross-position gestures, Lao Lei began to try to plug in the back row with the ball in the middle, wanting to use this old method to attack Portugal. Open the notch. He knew that even with his current ability, such a gap could not be opened up, and the success rate would not be too high. But it's enough to have a few chances and grab one of them! That's enough!! Old Ray stared at the England defense and thought to himself.

In the 18th minute of the first half, Lao Lei began another attempt. Amid the tireless boos of the England fans, Old Ray, who was inserted after dribbling the ball, welcomed Hargreaves first. As soon as the Bayern midfielder, who is known for his "stalking" defense, got close, he began to "move his hands and feet" on Lao Lei. While constantly seeking physical contact, he also keeps using small movements. Try your best to make Lao Lei unhappy.

To be honest, he did a good job, at least Lao Lei really couldn't find a good way to break through all of a sudden, so he had to hand over the football to Kostiani behind him again. Ready to do it all over again. It was a very common and normal situation on the pitch, but in the eyes of England fans. This has become a manifestation of Lao Lei's "powerlessness" and "helplessness". I don't know if it's too hostile. Let them lose their IQ, anyway, they really think so.

But. Before they could blurt out the cheers and taunts, Ray kicked them back into their stomachs. On the field, after Lao Lei retreated a few steps, he immediately received a return pass from Kostiani. At the same time, Hargreaves relentlessly followed Lao Lei and pressed out, with a posture that would not let Lao Lei easily catch the ball.

Maybe it was because he had just successfully forced back Lao Lei head-on, but anyway, Hargreaves was very excited at the moment, even too excited. Feeling the increasing power of Hargreaves behind him, Old Ray thought of a way to get rid of him the moment he received the ball again.

Although I don't know why Hargreaves is so excited, the excited person is always easier and very easy to solve for Old Ray. Holding Hargreaves firmly behind him with one hand, Ray repeated the same trick at his feet, flicking the ball with the outside of his right foot, immediately crossing the ball from above to the other side, and then stepping it back. It's just that this time the purpose is no longer to shake people immobilized, but to have a beautiful crotch piercing people.

The reason for being too excited made Hargreaves start to move when Lao Lei's right foot began to move, he immediately began to exert force, holding Lao Lei's arm, and took a forced step, and Lao Lei was waiting for this time. When the football passed through Hargreaves' goal, Lao Lei himself took advantage of the opponent's adjustment of gravity, turned around and accelerated, and in the exclamation of the Portuguese fans, bypassed Hargreaves and regained control of the football.

However, this is only the first difficulty for Lao Lei to move forward. Before he could adjust the football, Gerrard immediately became furious and pounced viciously. This time, he didn't plan to dwell on the Liverpool captain again. Because, this is not the Portuguese half, in this place, he can only be as fast as he can. Any extra waste of time could immediately put him in a situation where he could not find any support.

Therefore, at this time, he chose to play a one-two-to-one match with Deco. After handing the football to Deco with the outside instep of the ball, Lao Lei immediately rushed forward at full speed, and took advantage of the speed to get stuck in front of Gerard with several big strides under Gerrard's interference. At the same time, Deco's football that knocked back with his heel has also come to Lao Lei.

However, at the moment when Lao Lei was about to touch the ball, a figure of a fallen sliding shovel suddenly came into his eyes. Cheng Biting Jin, who was killed halfway, made Lao Lei have to temporarily give up the idea of moving forward directly, but flicked the outside of his right foot horizontally, trying to get rid of the slide laterally.

The old Thor's reaction speed and ball sense at his feet allowed him to successfully dodge this sliding tackle. However, just as he was trying to get past the sliding England player and continue to control the ball forward, the sliding England player suddenly lifted his right foot. As a result, Lao Lei tripped directly and fell to the ground, and also made him roll on the ground a few times, just like a car that overturned in an accident on the highway.

"Humph!" Needless to say, this time he did smash Lao Lei hard enough to make him snort in pain before he got up from the turf. And when he stood still, there was already a row of England players with serious faces and solemn faces, with a posture of anti-bandits. Needless to say, the moment he saw this posture for the first time, Lao Lei knew what they meant, which was nothing more than to prevent him from making trouble with the sliding shovel player.

Seeing this posture as if facing a great enemy, Lao Lei's originally annoyed mind suddenly disappeared, and he became a little embarrassed. Somehow, at this moment, some unknown joy surged in his heart, and he couldn't help but think of a few words, look at our posture, our prestige. Suddenly, Lao Lei felt that he had the feeling of becoming the king of the mountain.

However, this glimmer of joy quickly flashed away, leaving no trace. At this time, after all, it was still a game, and Lao Lei quickly regained control of his emotions. Then, only now, did he see clearly the man who shoveled himself, England's No. 7, heartthrob Beckham. At this time, the other party was being treated by the team doctor, because he was bending over and making a retching gesture of sadness. In him, Lao Lei saw a trace of tiredness and powerlessness.

Looking at Beckham's ugly face and violently heaving chest, Old Ray suddenly changed his original assessment of the England captain. Beckham's heartthrobbing appearance has earned him a lot of commercial potential that many players don't have, but it has also overshadowed a lot of his brilliance as a player.

Lao Lei doesn't know much about this controversial English player and the owner of the former Red Devils legend No. 7, but he just has a little bit of his own understanding through the news and videos. And his evaluation of Beckham is that fame is greater than strength. In terms of strength alone, he is a good midfielder in Lao Lei's mind, and his free kicks and long balls have good power, but they are by no means comparable to Zidane and others.

While he enjoyed great success at United, a large part of that was rooted in the midfield and tactical system that Ferguson had set up. Four midfielders with their own strengths, forming an all-round midfield configuration, just like four equal accessories, each is indispensable and everyone is crucial. Fame aside, David Beckham is just one of them, but not the dominant one.

So, to a certain extent, Lao Lei recognizes his strength, but he does not approve of his attitude towards football. When commercial football was brought to the extreme in Beckham, he was just a valuable football commodity in the eyes of Lao Lei. But I have to say that after seeing the scene in front of him, Lao Lei's impression of him has changed slightly. In Beckham's handsome appearance, he saw some things that still belong to the player's desire to win, and belong to competition, not business.

But that's all, after a slanted glance at Beckham, Old Ray turned and walked away, ignoring the still retching footballer, and began to think about countermeasures.

The strength of England's central defense is only high compared to Lao Lei's pre-match predictions. The temptation just now gave him a new understanding of the difficulty of this line of defense.

However, it was not that there was no space, ignoring the boos of the English fans who were dissatisfied with the referee's decision, Lao Lei's eyes flashed, and he made a calculation in his heart.

Then, he looked up at the banner in the stands, which had already spread all over the world, and showed a calm and cold smile.

Calm and cold, these two are combined to become a killing machine!

Murderous machine!!

Murderous like a sword!! (To be continued......)