champion godfather

Chapter 974

When George Wood appeared on the field, the English fans in the stands gave out huge cheers. They chanted Wood's nickname "St. George" over and over again, completely knocking down the arrogance of the French fans.

They couldn't help being excited.It has been more than two months. Although George Wood came off the bench in the games against Germany and Sweden, it was the first time that he played a starting game.What does it mean for George Wood to start?St. George's right big toe is completely healed!They don't have to worry about anything for the next game.

However, those opponents who watched the match between the two teams from the stands and collected first-hand information did not value Wood's comeback, but Tang En's actions.Wood's comeback was predictable. Twain did not bring his most proud disciple to Spain to keep him on the bench, so there was nothing surprising about it.But Tang En's uncharacteristically low-key style before the match made those opponents very alert.

Opponents watching the game from the stands include Spain and the Czech Republic, which the two teams may meet in the semifinals, and Italy, which may meet in the final.

They are all the coaches of their respective teams, and they came to the San Mamés Stadium with the task of spying on the military situation.Few of them would believe that Twain was really afraid of the French team. Although the performance of the French team in the previous games was indeed very eye-catching, no matter how you analyze it, Twain is not the kind who will be afraid of the opponent. coach.On the contrary, when the opponent is stronger, he should have more fighting spirit.Look at how he led a little-known Nottingham Forest to create a dynasty... It was almost a collection of classic battles where the weak defeated the strong.

They were so concerned about Twain's various abnormal performances before the game that George Wood's starting game was considered a trivial matter by them.As natural as it should be...

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Puel no longer thinks about what Twain said or did before the game.Now his whole mind is on the game - the madness of the Englishman is beyond his expectation...

At the beginning of the game, it was the French team who kicked off. It stands to reason that the French team should take advantage of this opportunity to control the football at their feet, and then launch wave after wave of continuous offensives, threatening the gate of England, scoring the goal correctly and dragging the game into the familiar orbit of the French.

However, their attack was intercepted by George Wood and Steven Gerrard before they could get close to England's goal.Next, the French team wanted to regain possession of the ball in the midfielder - Lacena. Diarra and Flamini's position on the field is a central midfielder, which is closer to the opponent's penalty area.From the adjustment of this position, we can see the plan of the French team. They plan to use offense to completely suppress England in this game. The ideal result is that England will not even be able to get out of halftime.

This is actually the reason why the French team has been so successful so far. Puel is not an idiot who only knows how to attack. After the two powerful intercepting midfield positions are advanced, the French team's offense is more oppressive and convenient for counter-robbing on the spot. , When encountering those teams that are weak or underprepared, their trick can really play a decisive role.

It's a pity that what they encountered today was England, which was full of fighting spirit and well-prepared.

After seeing Gerrard with the ball, Flamini rushed up tacitly.While waiting to enter the field before the game, Diarra found his partner and told him that his goal was George Wood, so he told Flamini not to intervene.

Seeing Flamini pounced towards him, Gerrard passed the football to Wood who was not far away.

Almost at the same time as he passed the ball, Diarra also moved, and he pounced on Wood who was about to catch the ball like a black panther.He planned to steal the ball while Wood was catching the ball. At that time, Wood's foothold was not stable, so he could take advantage of it.

"Diarra stepped up to defend Wood...beautiful!"

Mortensen cried out excitedly.

At the same time as Diarra rushed forward, Wood knocked Gerrard's pass directly to Terry behind him with his heel. It doesn't matter if Diarra made an empty pounce, the important thing is that both he and Flamini rushed forward After that, the midfield of the French team was disjointed, and there was a wide blank space in the middle!You must know that the positions of the two intercepting midfielders of the French team are already very high...

This was obviously what Twain specifically urged Wood to give before the start of the game: to be good at exploiting the loopholes in the opponent's formation.

Terry didn't waste time, and directly passed the football to Mo Ke who had rushed to the front!

"England's fast attack!"

When Stuart Downing stopped the ball, there were only three defenders of the French team in front of him, while England's two forwards and another full-back Abang Lahoo had already rushed to the front of the penalty area. Gerrard even After passing the football to Wood, he rushed up.Instead, after Wood passed the ball back to Terry, he continued to defend in the backcourt.

Twain's starting lineup for this game was different from the previous two games.The two players from Nottingham Forest, Chris Cohen and Mok, did not continue to start. Instead, they gave up their places to Downing and Abanglahor. The latter two had one characteristic in common - fast speed.

Twain expected that the French team would press hard and strive to score first. At this time, the most important thing for England's offense was not possession of the ball, but speed.Cohen has a balanced offense and defense, good stamina, and Mok has excellent ball control and delicate skills, but neither of them is a player with speed.Tang Ning and Abang Lahuo had outstanding speed and were quite useful in counterattacks.

Moreover, this lineup greatly exceeded the expectations of the French. Puel certainly did not expect that when England's right midfielder was in crisis, Twain gave up the only remaining true right midfielder and chose to play as a striker. Banglaho.

After receiving the ball, Tang Ning didn't stay long, but passed the ball sideways.Rooney, who retreated back, received the ball and then distributed the ball to Abanglaho.Just now the French team's left back Chrissy rushed up to participate in the attack, and at this time he was still running back to defend.

Abang Lahuo is also welcome, after receiving the ball, he cuts directly into the penalty area!

The central defender of the French team was originally defending against Mitchell and Rooney. I didn't expect England to quickly shift the football to the other side, and I didn't expect to play Abang Lahor so firmly into the penalty area without even the slightest hesitation. ...

Abanglaho swung his foot to shoot after rushing into the goal, tricked Sacco into flying to block, but passed the football sideways to Mitchell in the small penalty area...

"Aaron Mitchell is now unmarked...he shoots..."

The football flew straight to the goal. Goalkeeper Lloris flew to save him, but he was too close. Mitchell tried his best to shoot the goal. No matter how good the goalkeeper was, there was nothing he could do at this time...

"GOOOAL! GOOOOOAL! GOOOOOOAL!!!" John Mortensen, the ace commentator of BBC5, jumped up from his seat.

He may be the first person to react, because when the football shot by Mitchell hit the net, whether it was the fans in the stands or the audience in front of the TV, their brains had not recovered yet. Come on - what's going on here?It's just over one point at the beginning, how did this happen?

Also surprised were all the members of the French team, those coaches sitting on the coach's bench, and those French players who were desperately returning to defense on the court just now, all staring blankly at their goal at this moment.There was a football spinning, rubbing against the net.

At the same time, in England, in bars of all sizes, on big screens in squares, and on radios in taxis, only John Mortensen’s voice was shouting: “This is the fastest goal in this cup! It is also the second fastest goal in the history of the European Cup! One minute and 30 seconds, Mitchell took the lead for England! We are leading! This lead is really unexpected, but we are indeed leading!"

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After a pause of a few seconds, huge cheers erupted from the stands of the San Mamés stadium.

Commentators from all over the world have also announced that England leads the French team 1:0 in the way they are good at.

To be honest, even England's own people didn't expect their start to be so smooth, taking the lead after just one and a half minutes into the game.It was Tony Twain who reacted the fastest, rushed out of the coach's bench with open arms, and started a butt-twirling dance near the coach's bench of the French team, as if he wanted to annoy Puel.

Abanglaho, who passed the ball, rushed forward and knocked down Mitchell, and then more England players pressed up one after another.Even the goalkeeper Joe Hart ran up from behind, you can see how excited the English are.

Yes, they are excited.Because not only did they lead the French team, but it also made the boss see clearly what the French team, the powerful enemy he had been bragging about all this time, was!It's so vulnerable!

"Benzema, Gourcuff, Ben Arfa... a group of geniuses in the French team are at a loss for this ball!"

They are really at a loss, they are still standing in front of them, how can they think that the failure of the first attack will lead to the loss of the ball?

Tang En walked back after dancing his ass in front of the coaching staff of the French team, met Des Walker's eyes full of expectation, smiled and said, "The storm is coming, Des."

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Yes, the storm came, and the first gust of wind toppled the roof of the greenhouse above the heads of the French team, and the delicate flowers trembled and crumbled in the storm.

In fact, at this time, the French team really hoped to get support from the stands, but at this time the French fans chose to remain silent.Even if they wanted to make any noise, they were suppressed by the singing of England fans.Only the singing of England fans can be heard at the San Mames Stadium, and only the singing of England fans.They turned Deportivo's home ground into a Premier League stadium.

Tang En's compliment to the French team before the game not only made the England players very angry, but also made the England fans angry. Seeing their team lead the French team so quickly, they were happy to let their singing Embarrass Dunn.

The game continued, and the French team couldn't boost their morale amid the singing of the English fans. They wanted to attack, but found that England's backcourt defense was impenetrable.More importantly, they lack experience in dealing with this situation. The head coach didn't tell them before the game that they would concede the ball in the opening minute and a half. How should they play next?Continue to attack according to the original plan, or take a little back and pay attention to defense?

After losing the ball, Sacco yelled at his teammates in the frontcourt and asked them to actively return to the defense, otherwise they would not be able to defend with four defenders, not to mention that there are two full-backs who like assists among the four defenders.The players in the frontcourt did not listen to him, and now their minds are full of thoughts of equalizing the score.The front and back of the French team gradually became disconnected.

Puel also lacked the countermeasures to deal with it. He watched helplessly from the sidelines but could do nothing.Because he was also hesitating in his heart-was the loss an accident or the opponent's premeditated trick?
In the end, he thought it was just an accident, so he ordered the team to continue to attack, trying to equalize the score early and bring the game back to the right track.

But he was wrong.

The wind in England was blowing harder and harder, and the rain was getting bigger and bigger, and the bean-sized raindrops hit people's faces like hailstones.

In the No.203 minute, England seized the opportunity of the French team's eagerness to equalize the score. Through a quick counterattack, Abanglaho scored a goal himself, extending the lead to two goals.

After the goal, Abanglaho spread his arms and ran towards the corner flag, but he did not escape the fate of being crushed under him.

"2:0! The England team has completely taken the initiative, and they lead the French team by two goals! This is really a situation we did not expect before the game... The French team, which was considered to be the favorite to win the championship, was defeated by England in 10 minutes Nei scored two goals in a row, and there was no way to fight back!"

"I can't believe what I'm seeing, our team is two goals behind... What happened? Why did Benzema, Gourcuff, Ben Arfa, Nasri disappear? And What about our defensive players? The talented goalkeeper Lloris, who had only conceded one goal before, conceded two goals in a row in 10 minutes, which is really unexpected..." The French commentator was very frustrated.He himself can't understand why the French team has such a performance, and the French players and coaches can't understand it either.

The group of English players in front of them were like lions that had been starved for several days. Not only did they not lose their strength, but they became more ferocious and dangerous.Even the breath he exhaled had a strong smell of blood, as if he had just come out of the depths of hell.

They fought desperately with the French players in every corner of the court, even if it wasn't a [-]-[-] kick, they would try to grab it, which made the French very afraid.Not only that, when they get an offensive opportunity, they must do their best to make the French team's defenders feel more difficult to defend. This is a completely irrational style of play, but the French team still has nothing to do with them.

After England led by two goals, they did not stop there, but became more energetic.Wave after wave of offensive, the French team can only shrink their defense, and there is no way to threaten England's penalty area anymore.

But because of this, the French team did not continue to concede the ball in the second half of the first half. When the referee blew the whistle for the end of the first half, all the frightened French people breathed a sigh of relief-at least in the first half. For the next 15 minutes, they were safe.

(End of this chapter)