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Pire is a first-class player after all, even if he is uncomfortable in a position that is not the club's habit, but after a short period of adaptation, he gradually plays, and his sense of presence in the front court is becoming stronger and stronger.

Twenty minutes into the first half, Pire's back-to-back crosses set up Trezeguet's header and although there was no goal, the threat was out.

And the other striker in the French team's forward line, Thierry Henry, he is gradually lost.

Henry needs one of two things to make a difference, either there is space or there is a pass.

Pire's cross from the right was found by Trezeguet, and Henry is known to be bad at headers.

Henry is on the left side of the forward line, and if Lizarazu can't come up on this side, Zidane will encounter strong sniping when he attacks this side, and it will be difficult for Henry to get the passing support of his teammates.

It can be seen that the England team cut the attacking formation of the French team in the frontcourt, so that they can form a connection locally, but they cannot activate it at various points in the whole world!

With Pire's "awakening", the French team's attack on the left side was frequently frustrated, so the whole team took the initiative to shift the focus of attack to Pire's side, and Pire also began to add other offensive means on the basis of crosses, such as cutting inside with the ball.

In the 31st minute, Ashley Cole stepped up to set up a threatening attack, the ball passed through Frank Lampard, Paul Scholes moved and quickly played the ball to the front line, Gerrard stopped the ball in front of Silvestre and chose to shoot himself, only to have the ball deflected wide of the post. Sadly missed the goal.

The French team immediately went on the offensive. Specializing in Ashley Cole's back. Zidane's long pass in the midfield instigated the attack, but unfortunately the long pass found an open space, but the ball was passed a little deeper.

Closer to the baseline, Pire rushed to catch the ball while Southgate pointed directly at Ashley Cole and motioned for the opposition to run back to the waistline, with Hargreaves dropping back to fill his position on the wing.

It's clear at a glance that if Hargreaves goes to help defend the bottom line, it's too late. By the time he rushes over, Pire's will be in the box and will have to be a frontal interception threat to Pire's before he can get ready, otherwise he might be able to deliver a good cross.

Southgate arranged a split second and rushed towards Pire, who caught the gap behind him and waited for Pire to deliver him a clever pass.

He expects Pire not to stop the ball, not to adjust, and it is better to sweep the ball directly into the box so that Hargreaves can receive the ball before he is in place!

Southgate has just run out of the box. Suddenly, he stumbled on his feet, and this time he burst out and sprinted to help the defense. He didn't expect an emergency!

Suddenly, there was a continuous stabbing pain in the back of his right thigh, and the pain pierced his heart, making him pale and sweating coldly in an instant.

"Southgate looks like he's hurt! His steps were messy and slowed down significantly, staggering as if he was about to fall! ”

Pire, too, was going to cross directly, but after catching a glimpse of Southgate's apparent strain, he changed his mind again!

Enter the Forbidden Zone!

At this time, Southgate was only 3 steps away from Pire, Pire's diagonal shot the ball changed direction, and Southgate finally fell!

However, Southgate fell down Pire's redirected course and reached out to touch the ball at Pire's feet!

With that done, Southgate made a substitution gesture to the sidelines, then lay on his back on the turf with his hands over his face.

The ball that he deliberately opened with his hand was out of Pire's control and Frank Lampard, who had returned to the defence, kicked the ball off the touchline with a big kick.

Piret and some of the French players excitedly raised their hands at the referee to signal that Southgate had handballed on purpose!

Frank Lampard blocked Pire's path towards the referee, and without saying a word, he used his body to block him from protesting to the referee, and Pire pushed Lampard away

Santini was also protesting to the fourth official on the sidelines, arguing that Southgate's foul should be shown a red card!

Aldrich stood on the sidelines, not moving, his head buzzing, and his expression suddenly sad.

"Southgate is injured! He's hurt! This is a non-confrontational injury, and such an injury is usually a serious injury! The captain who led LinkedIn Gran to the World Cup title, 3 months to 34 years old, in the past season, he worked hard at Millwall, but he is no longer 24 years old, no longer 30 years old, his body, can no longer make him persist in such a fierce game for a long time, this strain is not accidental, even if Sir Hall rests many key players before the European Cup, but still can not offset the continuous combat fatigue accumulation of up to 9 months! Once confirmed as a serious injury, Southgate's European Championship is over, and at the same time, his national team career may be over, because in the next World Cup, he will be nearly 36 years old! ”

The referee showed Southgate a yellow card lying on the turf and kept his hands on his face, which still made the French players indignant, probably the referee took into account the injury factor of Southgate's fall, so he would show mercy, in other words, if Southgate was shown a red card in the case of serious injury, the game may be completely out of control, because the England team must not be able to accept this cruel decision.

Henry did not get involved in the argument between the two teams when the team doctor came in to diagnose Southgate's injury, squatting down next to Southgate and reaching out to gently pat Southgate on the shoulder.

There was a collective silence among the English fans in the stands.

They stared at where Southgate was lying in the middle of the arena.

Captain England, you can't burn your life for the Three Lions anymore!

As we all know, the European Championship was Gareth Southgate's final stage for England.

He will be 34 this fall.

England's backline is bound to be renewed, with Rio Ferdinand who has been released, Chelsea captain John Terry, Liverpool defender Carragher, Arsenal defender Campbell, and one of the top Premier League teams, while Millwall's Southgate represents the end of an era and a glorious peak memory.

Thinking back to the time when he became the sinner who missed a penalty at the European Championships on home soil, Southgate led his team to the top of the world at the World Cup two years ago, and Southgate completed the redemption. also fulfilled his duties.

He is the captain of the Three Lions.

A great captain who will go down in history and be remembered forever.

This is where Aldrich's sad expression comes from. Years of coaching experience. He doesn't need to be informed by the team doctor, he can have a hunch that Southgate's collapse this time will not only end the curtain of the national team, but also may completely take a back seat at Millwall after healing from a serious injury!

Those who have lost their souls, only farewell!

Aldridge could never have imagined that Southgate's goodbye to the Three Lions would not be the perfect thing he imagined. It's the sadness of the moment.

When he was carried off the field on a stretcher, Southgate still covered his face and did not want the outside world to see his expression, but when he was carried closer to the sideline, he straightened up and lowered his hands.

At this time, his face was captured by the camera, which was covered with tears and his eyes were red, and he took off the captain's armband. Turning his head to look to the side, Xiaobei walked over. Southgate personally put the captain's armband on him, and then, instead of lying down, he lowered his head and clapped his hands up to the stands, tears streaming down his chin.

From the moment the stretcher was lifted, the Stadium of Light in Lisbon was full of applause, no cheers, no shouts, and the England fans either showed concern or applauded solemnly, and never stopped.

It wasn't until Southgate also applauded and thanked the fans that the stands boiled again, like the roar of a lion.

The spirit of the Three Lions will never die!

Aldridge reached out and patted him on the back as Southgate was being carried off the pitch, and as the master and apprentice passed by, Aldridge reached out and patted him on the back without saying a word.

He didn't know what to say.

Walking back on the sidelines, England made a substitution before France took a set-piece, and John Terry was preparing to come on when Aldridge gave him a couple of words next to Terry before watching John Terry come off the bench.

'England made a passive substitution, captain Gareth Southgate left the pitch with injury and Chelsea's John Terry took Southgate's place, the Chelsea defender has come a long way in the last two years, and coincidentally, Terry's development is inseparable from his learning from France's Desailly, and hopefully he can maintain his mental stability in today's situation.

Gareth Southgate's injury caught Aldridge off guard, and England's tactics had to change at least for this game.

Defenders change guards, but the characteristics are different.

It can be said that the central defenders of the England team, almost all of the characteristics are similar, only Southgate has been in Millwall for ten years, the style characteristics are very different, he is not a perfect defender, he lacks resistance to frontal impact, so Trezeguet can continue to fight for headers under his defense, so Southgate's partner, whether it is the national team or the club, must be matched with brave warriors, but he also has his own specialty, that is, anticipation interception, complement the defense, whether it is up or behind, he has done a good job, Only the point-to-point frontal impact is slightly weak.

Aldridge's centre-back pairing, as far as possible to complement each other, Southgate stifled the opponent's counter-attacking role in commanding the defence, England team for the time being no one to replace.

The combination of Campbell and Terry, Terry replaces Southgate, the advantage is that Terry is fiercer than Southgate, and in the point-to-point marking of Tresergay, Terry should be able to do better than Southgate, but if he encounters a delicate attack and a fast and smooth team with the impact, Terry or Campbell will not be able to beat Southgate by the hidden attack that is inserted after the opponent.

In such a situation, England wants to guard against the delicate offensive style of the French team, it is necessary to compress the space at the back, with Southgate, crazy in front, even if there is some space in the backfield, Southgate's flexibility will well contain the opponent's penetrating attack, but without Southgate, Campbell and Terry's regular defense, it is very likely to expose the goal.

As Aldridge pondered how to adjust, France took a free-kick from the right outside the box.

Terry touched the ball on the pitch, Zidane's cross was hoisted towards goal, and Terry pressed Trezeguet's header to clear!

The ball that bounced off the edge of the box was picked up by Gary Neville, who ran to the right before Neville could touch the ball, and Neville worked with him to send the ball to the front of Becky's run.

Becky didn't stick to the ball before Makelele pressed, and the long overhead pass went straight to the open space exposed by the French defence.

Owen, who was at the forefront, rushed forward in general, although the England team was also transforming, but the old line was not lost, and the counterattack was still fast and accurate!

It was a long diagonal pass, Owen ran to the left, and Gallas, who was defending on this side, had gone up to fight for the header and was now returning to the defense, but it seemed impossible to interfere with Owen.

Owen dribbled to the edge of the box and knocked the ball back to the edge of the box, followed up by Frank Lampard to stop the ball, flick the ball laterally to get rid of the chasing Vieira, and squeezed the ball forward to the right before Vieira squeezed him with his body to steal with his foot.

Gerrard stopped the ball, Lizarazu and Sylvester were closing the door to defend, Gerrard suddenly broke out with the ball and shuttled diagonally, he was already in the penalty area, he brought the ball into the right side of the small penalty area, shook the shooting angle and then swept the ball to the middle of the goal with a strong cross!

The clever Owen shoots the ball in front of the goal, and Barthez is powerless!

Thuram angrily stamped his feet and shook his hands to show his displeasure!

Think your own players are too slow to defend!

When there is space, Owen rushes forward from the outside, and Thuram really can't stop it! (To be continued......)