The most low-key superstar

Chapter 111 England on the Edge of the Cliff
However, Manchester United, who didn't take Wigan seriously, suffered a big loss on this team that was recognized as the least likely to cause trouble for the Red Devils.

In this round of competition, Wigan set up a 451 defensive counterattack formation, Kirkland, Melchiot, Bramble, Granqvist, Kilbaney, Brown, Kumas, Scoco, Scharna, Sibielski and Marcus Bent made up Wigan's lineup.

And Manchester United also ruled out the lineup except Giggs C Ronaldo, Nicole once again served as the right winger role, Rooney continued to start, his partner is Saha.

But in the game, Manchester United's players were like a collective demon, collectively in a slump, including Nickel, whether it was a breakthrough or a pass, Nickel couldn't find the feeling of playing football at all, and the West sent by the opponent Bielski completely entangled Nicole with his efforts like a spider, and when, in the final moments of the game, nearly 88 minutes into the game, Bramble headed a team-mate's free kick into the goal. Kushchak failed to make saves, and Manchester United lost to Wigan at home.

Nicole also accepted an interview with reporters, "Before the game, the reporters hyped that Wigan would definitely not be Manchester United's opponent, but the result told us a real Premier League. No team is invincible, and no team is invincible. A team can be bullied, lesson learned."

"It is impossible for us to maintain a very high competitive state throughout the season. The players will always have some ups and downs. We have been in a high-density game since the beginning of the season, and we have played several high-level games in a row. Therefore, I'm not worried about the future performance of the team." Although Sir Alex Ferguson lost his temper in the locker room and Nicole was severely criticized, he still took the main responsibility when facing the reporters.

After this round of competition, Manchester United was overtaken by Arsenal and temporarily ranked second, but the league has just started, so no one will take the current results to heart.

The failure of the last game made Nicole look at himself again. He found himself relaxed and always looking for reasons to avoid the unshakable extra training before. 'Must change! 'Nicole made up his mind.

When Nicole came to the empty training ground, he didn't know when was the last time he practiced by himself, "Pride makes people fall behind, the ancients can't be bullied", shaking his head, Nicole ran to the training ground, Started vacation training.

England has started the final match of the European Championship qualifiers. It will play against Estonia at home and challenge Russia away. Now Croatia's top spot in the group is unshakable. England is now No.2. As long as they beat these two opponents, they will qualify smoothly , because the opponents are not strong, especially Estonia, no one thinks they will bring trouble to England, and Russia is also England's defeat, so optimism permeates the whole England.

England beat Estonia 6-3 away in June.Wayne Rooney and Campbell replaced the injured Heskey and Terry into the starting lineup respectively, with Gerrard serving as the field captain.Rooney and Owen partnered up front for the first time in the McLaren era, and Campbell started for the national team for the first time in two years.Barry still partnered with Gerrard in midfield, and the injured Lampard entered the bench.Another yellow card for Ferdinand, Ashley Cole and Joe Cole will prevent them from participating in the next round of the key battle with Russia.

After such a long time, no one is clamoring about Nicole being selected for the national team. McLaren knows that it is because of his performance in leading the team that he has improved. Once he fails, all kinds of voices will explode again.

England took the lead in the 11th minute. Joe Cole made a big cross from the left. Barry took the ball from the right. Richards then made a direct pass to the right side of the penalty area. Wright-Phillips 10 yards before Lahn blocked Shot, the ball goes into the net between Poom's legs.

Since then, a stalemate has formed on the field, and England's simple and direct style of play did not put a lot of pressure on the visiting team.In the 28th minute, Rooney's direct free kick from 30 yards was confiscated by Pumu.England continued to expand the score. In the 32nd minute, Joe Cole made a cross from the left. Owen missed the ball. Rooney shot low with his left foot from 14 yards to the bottom left corner of the net. This was his first goal for the national team in 11 months.In the 33rd minute, Ashley Cole made a pass from the left, and Rahne made a header from the edge of the penalty area to make an own goal. 3-0!

英格兰出场阵容(4－4－2)：1－罗宾逊；2－里查兹，5－费迪南德(46‘,12－莱斯科特)，6－坎贝尔，3－阿什利.科尔(50‘,14－菲尔.内维尔)；4－杰拉德，7－巴里，8－赖特.菲利普斯，11－乔.科尔；10－欧文(71‘,15－兰帕德)，9－鲁尼

Winning 5:3 for the fifth consecutive game, the English seem to be deeply in love with this score. Estonia, which was defeated by the Chinese team 0 years ago, is really limited in strength, not to mention extremely bad luck-even scoring an own goal is such a "world wave".

The score is somewhat confusing. The Englishman did not play as beautifully as the score of "3:0" in the whole game-the three-goal lead in the first 33 minutes should have created a massacre victory, but in the next hour During the time, the Englishman was never able to score again, and a large number of fans in the new Wembley Stadium left the stadium 10 minutes early, obviously with a bit of disappointment.

As McLaren said after the game, England played the fast pace of the Premier League in the first 20 minutes. This high-speed impact is enough to make the Estonians dizzy. Angles have already declared the winner of the game.

Group E of the 2008 European Cup qualifier staged a focus battle.England travel to Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium to challenge Russia.

The England team, which defeated Estonia and won five consecutive qualifiers, ushered in a crucial battle. Since only Russia can pose a threat to England's promotion, the Three Lions cannot afford to lose this game.If the game ends in a draw, Croatia, which ranks first in the group, will qualify ahead of schedule. If England wins, the Three Lions and Croatia will advance together.

This game is the fourth time in the history of England to visit Moscow. The Three Lions have won 4 win and 1 draws in the previous three games and remained unbeaten. The only victory was Sir Ramsey led the team in this stadium 2 years ago (then famous for the Lenin Stadium).However, as the venue for this season's Champions League final, the artificial turf of the Luzhniki Stadium made the English panic before the game.

In the 29th minute, Sol Campbell made a long pass from the backcourt, and Irving overwhelmed Ignashvic with a header in the middle.Rooney stopped the ball with his chest at the front of the penalty area, and then he volleyed with his right foot 17 meters away from the ball and scored the goal. He scored his 40th goal in the 14th national team match, which also made him participate in club and football in October. A total of 10 games for the national team have scored in midfield
In the 69th minute, Asavin went straight and Zlyanov fell in the front of the penalty area in the fight with Rooney. The Spanish referee Cantalejo whistled and awarded a penalty. Pavlyuchenko who came off the bench Knife hit the left side of the penalty kick to equalize the score.

This also made England miss the opportunity to break the previous record of seven consecutive European Cup qualifiers created in 1987 without conceding a goal.

In the 73rd minute, Berezutsky made a strong shot from the front of the penalty area. Robinson tried his best to save the ball, but Pavlyuchenko made a supplementary shot before Lescott. Although Rio Ferdinand tried hard to chase the ball back, he was helpless Already in the net, Russia reversed the lead within 4 minutes.

In the 80th minute, McLaren made three substitution adjustments at the same time as the final blow.Replace Lescott, Wright-Phillips and Joe Cole with Lampard, Downing and Crouch.

"Snap" Nicole turned off the TV, and history was still moving forward bravely along its design, and this little butterfly couldn't fan a bigger storm.

The England team suffered a 1-2 loss to Russia in an away game, and the Three Lions were also pushed to the brink of desperation when they got the second defeat in the European Cup qualifiers.

(End of this chapter)