Thank you for the reward of "Thief Death" and "Qingqing Little Wolf"! ――

Just one day before the final match of the group stage for England, the prelude to the World Cup was officially kicked off.

If it is not surprising that teams like Saudi Arabia and Nigeria are out early, it seems to be predictable, but the world's best teams returning home in the group stage are truly full of shock and cruelty.

Gallic rooster, home.

In the final life-and-death battle of the French team, even if Zidane returned from injury, he could not save the fate of the French team, losing by two goals at the feet of the fairytale division Denmark, and the double champion set a record of the defending champion in the group stage without a win and zero goals!

Denmark, on the other hand, finished top of the group thanks to Tomasson scoring four goals in three games, avoiding a meeting with England, and their last-16 opponents are either Argentina or Sweden.

Senegal, who made their debut in the World Cup, made the world remember them, absolutely remembered, and never forgotten!

In addition to defeating the defending champion France in the first game, it almost collapsed in the final game of the group to create another classic match of the World Cup.

The lead was 3:0 at half-time, and by the 88th minute of the game, the score became 3:3.

Uruguay are just one goal away from completing an earth-shattering comeback and reaching the round of 16.

Unfortunately, Uruguay seem to have been too late to get into the groove, and after 270 minutes of group stage, it seems that they only woke up in the last 45 minutes.

Senegal's passion is remembered by the world, however, their last-16 opponents. There are no surprises: England!

When Senegal celebrated the historic feat of reaching the round of 16 for the first time in the World Cup. There is a lot of respect and a touch of pity from the outside world: cherish the time to celebrate. In 6 days, you may be going home too.

In Japan, Germany defeated Cameroon 2-0 to secure the top spot in the group and advance to the round of 16, Klose scored again, he has scored five goals, a number that has driven the world's media crazy, a figure that is very close to the World Cup Golden Boot for more than 20 years, but. The German team is still worried, constantly worried, because, in the game, Kahn always grabs the camera, Olembe's single knife, Lauren's close header, and Mboma's powerful shot Kahn seems to have descended from heaven and suffocated Cameroon alive!

And is this a good sign?

Of course not. The goalkeeper steals the show and becomes a hero. The problem reflected is the defense, so even though the German team advanced strongly, they are still not favored.

The sad Saudi Arabia is estimated to be in a hurry to fly home, Ireland did not hesitate to send them three eggs, and just like that, Saudi Arabia left the World Cup with a result of losing all three games in the group stage and not scoring a goal and swallowing 12 eggs.

June 12, Nagai Stadium, Osaka.

The atmosphere in the arena today is not as lively as before, after all, the excitement and attention of the game are not as high as before.

Nigeria is out, England is in the cut and the last game, the former is for dignity and the latter, uh, look at the starting line-up, it seems to be friendship first game second to give some face to the African brothers.

Most of the fans in the stands are mainly appreciative, and they are not nervous, and they are very relaxed.

When Aldridge entered the field, the Nigerian coach took the initiative to shake hands with him, and Onibinder, an African who was a teacher, came to Aldridge, and Aldridge shook hands with him and exchanged a few pleasantries.

"The most closely watched match today will definitely be the match between Argentina and Sweden at the same time, and the match between England and Nigeria will not have an impact on the shape of the group, unless Nigeria bloodied England and beat England's goal difference, and at the same time the other game has a big score of wins, this should not happen."

"Haha, Andy, what are you worried about? Hall sends a bunch of young men, worried they're messing up? ”

"Just kidding, is anyone worried about England now?"

"Hehe, no matter what, we expect England to give it their all today, I believe these lads will not slack off, and they don't have any pressure, just show their heart's content."

"Let's take a look at the starting line-ups.

England starting 451.

Goalkeeper: James.

Defenders: Mills, Terry, Campbell, Bridge.

Midfielders: Dyer, Carrick, Hargreaves, Wayne Rooney, Joe Cole.

Forward: Alan Smith.

Nigeria starting 442.

Goalkeeper: Nyeyama.

Defenders: Jopo, Okolokovo, Udze, Sodje.

Midfielders: Christopher, Okocha, Obiolach, Agahowa.

Forwards: Agbu, Opapni.

Nigeria have confirmed that they will leave the World Cup after this game, they will not be as conservative as they were in the previous two games, and looking at their line-up today, it seems that they want to wrestle with England and defend the dignity of African football, which is a good thing, and we hope it will be an open game. ”

"I believe that the people who follow this game, the most curious is England's youngster, Rooney, he is not yet 17 years old, he actually started in the World Cup, and it is the first official game of his career, it is too magical!"

Needless to say, at this moment, Rooney, who was standing in line in England's shirt, had a solemn expression.

It was an unexpected start to his career.

He fantasized about being like Ronaldo in the FA Cup final, fantasizing about being like Cristiano Ronaldo in the Toyota Cup final, and fantasizing about being remembered for his first appearance like Shevchenko when the team needed it

No matter what he thought, he couldn't have imagined that his career, the opening debut, was actually the World Cup!

He knew that in London, his friends and family would be celebrating with wine glasses and cheering his name, and his parents would record the game on video and the whole family would use their cameras to record the moment.

Thinking of this, he held his head high, his chin raised a little more, and his whole body was full of fighting spirit, just like the temperament he showed in the Millwall youth team: extremely combative!

With a whistle from referee Brian Hall. The game begins.

Despite being a one-of-a-kind game. Aldridge still stood on the sidelines and supervised the battle. However, it can still be seen that he is not as strict as the previous two games, at least he took off his blazer, and the weather was hot enough for the game at half past two in the afternoon.

Aldridge, who was standing on the sidelines, had his own mind.

The whole world knows it's an inconsequential game, but he's not going to waste a minute of the World Cup.

It's the players who play the ball, but as a manager he has what he wants to show. That's his talent, his ability, his style, his philosophy of football.

European football hails him as a master, and the most important point is to coach and create a force.

There are many strong people in the green world, but there are not many strong people who can be remembered, and he just wants to do his best to make a mark on him in an era and the team he coaches.

It's not fixed by the style of football, it takes time to be understood. Familiar, finally accepted and unforgettable.

"Huh? England today had a completely different style than the previous two games. They pressed up from the start, and even if the opponent got the ball, they still wouldn't retreat to the back of the field quickly, was Hall trying to win the game with Millwall's high pressing tactics? This may be a bit risky, because this group of young players does not have the terrifying offensive pressure. ”

The light-hearted commentator was very surprised when he saw the attitude of the England team after the opening kick-off.

England are like wolves.

Smith, Joe Cole, Rooney rushed up, the back echelon has Dyer, Carrick, side Bridge and Mills also pressed, the defensive triangle is relatively stable, but the distance from the front of the big force is also maintained very reasonable, the space behind him is not big, it is small, and there must be enough room to play when encountering a speed-type forward.

England seems to be aggressive, and it is not self-sufficient.

Dyer split the ball, Carrick answered, and went straight to Rooney, who was on the first line, and was cut off by Udze!

"Strange! Isn't Hall angry? England played like this, it really seemed to be back to its original shape, Carrick's through ball was too obvious, everyone could see that Rooney was only concerned about running, the ball was cut off behind him, and the ball was given to the opponent, where is Smith? Oh my God, what a mess England's formation! How did Smith run back into midfield to defend? He's a striker. ”

It was a mess, England's attack was nothing new, formulaic passing, it was normal to be predicted, Nigeria was not difficult to defend head-on, and there was no threat of individual breakthroughs.

But why the confusion?

Because Nigeria has switched from defense to attack, there is no master playmaker, the passing is the same formulaic, it is not surprising that it is predicted, less than 3 seconds after they successfully defended, the England team pressed them closely, and it was like the England team, as if, just waiting for them to do this!

Nigeria coach Onibinder looked at the shape on the field, a little confused.

England is doing wool?

They ran back and forth in a hurry, making people dizzy, the rationality of the formation, the distribution of positions, unbalanced, chaotic as if they were in a group fight

Christopher, the right midfielder, finally pulled out the space and waited for his teammate to pass the ball, and his teammate also passed the ball to him, but before the ball reached his feet, he found that England's full-back Bridges had stuck to him, directly with his body, entangled, and at the same time, Carrick in the horizontal area also pounced on him with murderous energy, as well as Smith in the right front.

Christopher suddenly found that he was isolated, the ball had not yet touched, but he had to have a physical confrontation with Bridges first, he wanted to leave, but the jersey was hidden by Bridge, the force was hindered, and the touch of the ball did not control the footwork, and it stopped!

Carrick came over and led the ball away, turned around, and passed the ball directly to Smith in front of him, who turned around and passed straight ahead.

England stuffed the goal into the box!

Someone was offside successfully, Joe Cole!

Nigeria's players are a bit of a head-scratcher.

Four seconds ago, they were attacking!

Joe Cole was diagonally facing the goal in the rib of the penalty area, and an opposing defender was blocking his shot angle, Joe Cole suddenly stopped the ball and changed to a sideways pull the ball, and passed diagonally to the other side, and the 16-year-old Rooney rushed to the goal and shot without stopping.

Bang!

Hit the jerk!

Joe Cole looked up at the trajectory of the football flying into the stands, and his first thought was: it is better to shoot himself! The second thought is: laugh.

Before the game, Rooney specially grabbed him and kept admonishing: pass me, pass me, pass me

Lao Tzu passed a single knife to you, but you hit the plane.

Joe Cole almost wanted to point at Rooney's nose and look up and laugh.

Rooney burst into foul language, probably scolding himself.

However, when he turned and ran back and forth, he also gave Joe Cole a thumbs up to signal that the other party had passed well.

Nigeria had no idea that they would face such a different England team.

Shouldn't they be retracted to fight against reverse?

3 minutes later, Nigeria just blocked Smith's long-range shot and launched an attack from the left, but Agahowa was destroyed by Rooney behind him, Dyer led the ball directly and single-handedly, clean and without the slightest hesitation, suddenly crossed in front of the penalty area, Joe Cole cut diagonally to the run, led the ball and dribbled into the penalty area, it was also a single goal, a kick into the far corner, the ball grazed the post and flew out of the bottom line.

Joe Cole burst into foul language, presumably scolding himself.

Nigeria was completely panicked, and the fans and coaches who were watching the game at this time were all interested.

England made the game today unforeseen.

A holistic, team-based, fast-paced violent aesthetic of offense and defense! (To be continued......)