The first half of the England vs Senegal 1/8 final came to an end, Senegal did not make waves in the final stage, and England did not get any better attacking opportunities.

Mei Chu and his disciples walked into the players' tunnel with a frown, and the England team looked very calm.

Aldridge stressed tactical discipline in the dressing room at half-time and should not be underestimated by Senegal, as a manager, he has an unshakable and firm stance on his own tactical arrangement, and any player who disobeys him at this point is like committing a crime.

In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again, Senegal tried to launch a fast attack as soon as they came up, but England was faster than them!

"On the schedule, the two teams actually do not have a clear advantage, however, the players of the England team have about 10 days of rest, and the Senegalese players only have about 5 days, from the table at the beginning of the second half, it seems that the physical advantage of the England team began to show, Senegal under the mental pressure of the score behind, not only failed to reverse the shape on the field, but the disadvantage is becoming more and more obvious, their fast attack always feels that the whole team is not in a unified rhythm, There will be obvious mistakes in the front and back court links, and the passing and receiving error rate will start to increase. ”

"This is also related to England's formation, England's midfield and backfield are tightly defended, if you want to deal with England's defense, the attacking side must be more patient, the success rate of passing and receiving the ball must be guaranteed, and then, the offensive player's off-ball running, the strategy to move forward, which requires a great physical cost, the former is the requirement of the team's technical and tactical ability, and the latter is the player's physical requirements, wanting to level the gap with England in these two points. Senegal appears to be weak. ”

Mei Chu also saw it. Senegal is trying to burst into a reversal of passion. However, the England team is like a towering mountain that is difficult to shake, and the Tranga Lions are more like a cub waiting to be slaughtered in front of the European lions.

Senegal's defensive action inevitably increased, as they were more engaged in attack than in the first half, but when they were counter-attacked by England out of joint, the midfielders became passive when they returned to defend and had to increase their movements.

Frank Lampard, who was about to catch the ball, was blatantly dragged by B-Diop from behind and threw him to the ground. The referee showed a yellow card to B-Diop and England were awarded a direct free-kick.

Four minutes later, Beckham was tripped by Faye after the ball was played, and a second yellow card was repeated.

Melchu's expression was solemn, his heart was dripping blood, and Aldridge, not far from the next door, created England like a cold god, Senegal was forced to use unconventional means to contain the opponent, in exchange for fouls again and again, giving the opponent a chance to get set-pieces in a row.

Direct free kick in front. Xiaobei took three penalties in a row, and all of them chose to attack directly. Some deviated from the target, and some hit the goal, but never found the goal.

When McManaman cut inside from the left and was brought down by Syaf in front of the box on 66 minutes, the referee showed a third yellow card, and all three of Senegal's midfielders were yellowed.

Mei Chu knew that it would not work to play like this, and he planned to make substitutions, otherwise, it would be difficult for a player to be sent off with a red card within 10 minutes.

England won their fourth direct free-kick of the second half in a good position, just to the left in front of the box.

Defenders Rio Ferdinand and Ashley Cole both rushed forward and occupied the box alongside Owen, McManaman and Frank Lampard.

Beckham stood in front of the ball, behind him, England had three defenders, Phil Neville, Bart, Southgate, plus Beckham after kick-off, and Scholes, who was almost parallel to Becky, England even if they were counterattacked, the number of defenders in the midfield and back was sufficient, which was a habit they developed in set-piece training.

From the outside world, Xiao Bei's expression was stern, and people were expecting the full moon scimitar to draw a wonderful arc, but Xiao Bei hesitated.

His free kick skills have long been unique in the world, with a goal probability of about 20%, that is to say, if he is given 5 chances, he can basically score a goal, but it does not mean that he will be able to score 5 free kicks, the probability is a statistic, not a law.

He turned his head and gestured to Scholes, who nodded and stepped forward silently.

After Scholes took a few steps forward, Becky ran and then swung his leg to shoot.

The Senegalese players decided that Beckham would attack the goal directly, because England did not have an absolute header advantage in the penalty area, in other words, the possibility of Beckham passing the ball into the box for his teammates was not high, especially since the position of this free kick was obviously better to hit the goal directly.

As a result, the man wall jumps to increase the height of the air defense, while other man markers focus on the development of the ball's trajectory.

Surprisingly, Becky didn't hit the goal directly, but passed the ball to Scholes!

Scholes is positioned further to the left, diagonally facing the goal, although the angle is not good, but there is no human wall between him and the goal!

The Senegalese players were shocked by this and subconsciously rushed towards Scholes, and everyone else followed closely on the target.

But they missed a single person!

Who?

Becky!

After passing the ball to Scholes, Becky ran diagonally from the left position in front of the penalty area, rushed to the right side of the penalty area, the back point of the goal, and it happened that the Senegalese players were moving to Scholes's side.

Senegal tried to block Scholes' shot angle, short pass, but missed the figure who was basically impossible to play in a running position: Becky!

Paul Scholes' diagonal 45-degree cross sent the ball flying off his feet, spinning around the head of the Senegalese player and landing into the open area on the right side of the box.

The whole Senegalese team turned their heads and looked in horror.

Unmarked, Becky stopped the ball with ease, and as goalkeeper Serva abandoned the goal, he calmly pushed the ball into the back of the net from Selva's feet!

The crowd cheered at Oita Stadium, and Xiaobei frantically flung his arms and ran

"David Beckham! 2：0！ 2:0！ David Beckham teamed up with Paul Scholes to complete a classic set-piece that was so perfect that England had one foot in the quarter-finals! ”

'It was a brilliant free-kick combination. It must have been rehearsed in training. David's positioning. And Paul's passing line, obviously not by chance, England seems to have done a lot of preparation, we didn't go for flashy tactics, but we took some basic things that we could do to the extreme! ”

Mei Chu's face was expressionless, and there was a trace of unwillingness in his eyes, but he had to admit it. England are too strong.

This strength is not reflected in whether their players can change the game on their own, but in the most appropriate place for them.

This is a seemingly unpretentious England team, simple in connotation, but not rough, because they interpret the most basic things to a qualitative effect.

Methodical passing, near-error-free accuracy, over 80 per cent pass completion rate, clean group coordination, and yes, they didn't have too many individual performances. It's just that some football coaches have taken the most basic things emphasized by the players to the extreme, which is better than any team has done. Use this "simple" ability to shape the game.

An England team that has no personal touch, even changing the shirt numbers of certain players and erasing the names, you don't think they are too different, they are all one, there is a sense of the natural sense of the heavy sword without a blade.

Of course, they are not particularly watchable, but Aldridge is not about pleasing the fans, about pleasing the audience to build the England team, he is about the honor.

Like Brazil, Spain and other teams can be attributed to ingenuity, then England is clumsy, to the limit, but also has good power, 90% practical, plus 10% of personal play like McManaman, Becky, Owen, etc.

I don't know if the England team is the strongest, and one or two games are not convincing, but in Aldrich's eyes, the current England team is the most in line with the English style and the extreme height that their ability can pursue.

Aldridge clenched his fists and waved them up and down, revealing a smile.

2:0.

He then looked at Beckham from afar to receive the cheers of the fans, and the England players crowded around the corner flag area.

This set-piece tactic is naturally a key practice for the England team, and there is a lot to be done.

Because Xiaobei is too dazzling, the subjective judgment brought by his direct slamming is too strong, which is one of the sources of change.

And the free kick routine is actually not complicated.

In the positional battle, the vertical forward attack, the triangle attack passing line, the player's back insertion to cooperate with the pass, and the reverse cut line is the most lethal, that is, the reverse direction of the defender's active defense, so that the defender wants the biggest change in rhythm, emergency stop, turn, this kind of penetration offensive is the easiest to see in Millwall's positional battle, Nedved is a classic character in this running position to receive his teammates to go straight to the reverse cut line and then score in the penalty area.

Aldridge just transplanted this idea to the design of the set-piece, just now the set-piece cooperation, as long as the pitch is turned 90 degrees, horizontally, in fact, it is a reverse cut line of the pass and run coordination, Senegal players to Scholes's side, and because Becky is the most easily ignored threat point, after all, everyone thinks that Becky will be the main free kick, and no one in their respective marks will follow Becky, so they missed Becky, and at the same time, because of the rush to Scholes, Becky ran the reverse cut line, Senegal reacted and then stopped urgently, turn around, the distance is far away, re-speed up and chase again, the whip is beyond reach.

Mechu changed three people in one go, and also changed Senegal's formation, with five defenders returning to four and adding a midfielder, and the overall formation became 442.

Senegal still wanted to exert force, but the England team took it, Aldridge replaced McManaman and let Alan Smith play, before Smith came on the field, Aldridge pulled him and told him a lot, let Smith play, is to play his desperate Saburo characteristics, disrupt the Senegalese midfield organization!

After the completion of this substitution, in addition to Owen and the goalkeeper, the other 9 players of the England team, regardless of position or ability, have a great effect on the defense, and the midfield and backfield are almost a combination of sappers!

Seeing the changes in the England team, Mei Chu looked up to the sky and sighed: It's over!

Now, it's Senegal going to break the dense defense!

The England team is not a turtle in the penalty area, and the whole defensive system has a clear sense of hierarchy, which can be seen from the standing position, 4321.

Although there is some space for Senegal on the wing, they do not have a tall center at all, and they want to break the originator of this tactic with a rush, Senegal is obviously not hot enough.

If the offensive investment is small, and if you fight more with less, the offensive will not be able to advance.

There is a lot of offensive input, big soldiers are pressing, Xiaobei, Lampard, Scholes, any long pass over the top, Owen's speed advantage is reflected.

Senegal had less and less time left, and they couldn't even push back the ball to the back of the net.

In the 80th minute, Aldridge used up his second substitution, and Joe Cole came on to replace the goal-scorer Owen.

Aldridge also talked to Joe Cole for a while.

When Joe Cole comes on the court, his role is to control the ball in the front court, like McManaman before, pure control, not pushing forward to attack, he runs to the safety zone, receives the pass from his teammates, and then controls the ball, observes the shape, if the Senegal defense loses its mind and rushes up to him, then he can give his teammates the ball and play better offensive opportunities.

In the 86th minute, such an opportunity really appeared! (To be continued......)