The Young Lion

Chapter 843: Fight for African football!

When Aldridge was interviewed before the game, the cruel knockout of the World Cup had already begun.

The first to appear is the German team and Paraguay.

The German team took the lead in reaching the quarterfinals with Neuville's lore!

But for this game, did not let the enthusiasm of the World Cup continue to climax.

As Beckenbauer commented on the game: except for the excellent cooperation of scoring goals, the game is not very ornamental.

The other mainstream media commented that the German team is also the same: the physical fitness is dominant, the technology is rough, and there is no strong team style.

Even the German media maintained this view, cheering for the German team entering the quarter-finals, but not satisfied with the team's performance.

At night, the Nordic Civil War took place.

In the group stage, the Danish team that relied on Thomason to score four goals became passive when Thomason could not show his power. The Swedish team won the game with Larson and Svenson, and won the game 2:0. Sweden The team also successfully advanced to the top 8!

The Swedish team finally made it out of the death group, and now it has gone one step further and entered the quarterfinals of the World Cup, but it is too difficult for them to reach the quarterfinals because they will encounter the winner between Brazil and Belgium.

The next day, the England team arrived in the southern part of Kyushu in the morning and was warmly welcomed by countless English fans. Many fans followed throughout the journey.

Just after noon, around the Oita Stadium, the distinct jersey colors and skin colors between the English and the Africans became the mainstream around this area.

This stadium with the common name of big eyes is like a deity's coming. It seats in advance and overrides the sky, waiting for a thrilling green war to start.

Aldrich, as always, did not emphasize the fighting spirit of the players, everything was methodical, this calmly has been affecting the players of the team from the beginning of training, calming their minds.

Today is a sunny day. At the kick-off of 2:30 in the afternoon, Aldridge walked into the stadium and listened to the cheering made by the English fans and the Senegalese fans. It seemed like a heat wave was rolling. In this weather, it seemed even more Very hot.

Aldridge and Mechu met on the sidelines, the two shook hands solemnly, and each other's unspoken eyes contained a respect.

It is a fate to meet in the World Cup. It is a skill to meet in the round of 16.

England's players are standing in the player channel with serious looks. From the **** away of Germany at the end of last year to the excellent performance of the recent group stage, the transformation of the English team's temperament is even more impressive.

They don't say a word, they don't give people a sense of immediate sight, more like a group of steel warriors.

No relaxation, no over-expansion of self-confidence, giving people dignity and firm attachment.

In the eyes of others, you will see that this is a cohesive team, a team with pursuit, and a team that is difficult to be beaten!

The Senegalese players looked at the England players beside them. As opponents, they were obviously not as famous as England, but Senegalese players also showed a sense of perseverance.

Mei Chu said before the game that he would not think about what happened afterwards and would only focus on the round of 16.

Senegal’s players also appeared ambitious in an interview.

The best result of the African team in the World Cup is the quarterfinals. Senegalese players said that they will play in the World Cup for the first time. If they can reach the quarterfinals, they will be very happy and satisfied.

When the players from both sides played, it was obvious that Senegal's players' expressions changed suddenly and they were full of fighting spirit.

11 players have the same conviction in their hearts, with the two front-court top killers Diouf and Kamala as the leaders: fighting for African football!

In 2002, no one thought that Senegal would finally carry the African football flag!

Tunisia, South Africa, Nigeria, Cameroon, 5 African teams participating in the World Cup, 4 of them lost their lives in the group stage, and the last remaining force in Africa is Senegal!

"The highly anticipated World Cup knockout has already started. This afternoon, we can finally witness the debut of England. Senegal is a very strong team. They participated in the World Cup for the first time and were in the same group as the defending champion France. The outside world thinks that it is impossible for their group to qualify, but they just missed the qualifying team and beat the French team, which shocked the world."

"Yes, Senegal is the biggest dark horse in this competition, but in my opinion, it may be that the outside world underestimates them and does not understand them. If you calm down and analyze this team carefully, they have obvious advantages. France, a French coach like Mechu injected some Latin elements into them, but they still have obvious shortcomings. The last match with Uruguay 3:3 is incredible. With a three-goal lead, they almost collapsed. This reflects the lack of experience and mental instability of this dark horse. I hope the England team can take advantage of this."

"Gary said it makes sense. We will expect England to restrain Senegal through a stable play. Now we will introduce the starting lineup of both sides.

England 4321.

Goalkeeper: Seaman.

Guards: Phil Neville, Ferdinand, Southgate, Ashley Cole.

Midfielder: Beckham, Bart, Lampard.

Front waist: Scholes, McManaman.

Forward: Owen.

Senegal 532.

Goalkeeper: Selva.

Defenders: Collie, M. Diop, Cisse, Diata, Dave.

Midfielders: B. Diop, Siyaf, Faye.

Forwards: Kamala, Diouf.

The game started immediately, first with Senegal kicking off. "

Aldridge stood on the sidelines with his arms around his chest and his eyes were shining. Senegal put on a 5 guard today. Although it will make it difficult for the England team, the defense is not a sharp team after all. The formation is not important. The key is the technical and tactical characteristics.

After the opening, Diouf, the African who has been in Ligue 1 in the last two seasons, used his skillful ball control to frequently threaten the left side of the frontcourt.

Aldridge lost his temper at the opening and shouted at Beckham: "What did I say to you yesterday, did you forget?"

Beckham did not dare to quit, or even to look at the squishy Audridge. He gritted his teeth and immediately tried harder to defend Diouf.

He was only broken once by Diouf, but caused Aldridge's thunder.

No matter what Beckham thinks, Aldridge can't allow the team to make low-level mistakes anyway.

Senegal’s offense did not have many unexpected points of attack. Diouf was a very important point. His dribbling breakthrough, ball control to get rid of, and the ability to partially tear the opponent’s defense line were an important means of attack in Senegal.

I really want to say how powerful Senegal is, it must be false. They came out of the group and only unexpectedly defeated the French team in the first game. The French team failed and had their own problems. Zidane was not present and underestimated the enemy. and many more.

But after playing against Denmark and Uruguay, Senegal still scored goals, but none of them won!

They have passion, but passion and strength are not equal.

Beckham's problems are very common and the most prone to players.

The England team takes defensive counterattack as the core of tactics. In any case, it is necessary to defend the opponent first.

In the area on the left, Baja Neville Jr. is a teammate of the club and spent most of his time last season, because Phil's brother went to the guest defender.

Who is Diouf? Which green onion?

He didn't have any reputation at all, and he also played in the Ligue 1 team.

But if Beckham takes the attitude and action of playing Argentina against Gonzalez and Flea, how could Diouf easily break through?

This is the natural psychological reaction brought about by the gap in magnitude. It's like an adult boxing. The opponent is a child, so naturally there is no interest.

And Diouf's personal ability is really incomparable with the little flea or Gonzalez, the first-line star who once set off a tremendous wave of UEFA in Valencia.

If he meets players such as Ovimas, Ronaldinho, Figo, Beckham is broken, Aldridge will not blame him at all, but Diouf, no!

It was like Diouf slapped the England team!

And this is clearly what Odridge said before the game.

Regardless of whether the opening player did not enter the state, Aldridge could not tolerate.

Beckham woke up with a twelve-point spirit, and he did not hesitate to grab the next time when defending Diouf, increasing his aggression. Diouf flexed the ball to get rid of the breakthrough from the outside line, but he just passed Beckham, Phil Neville immediately grabbed, the steal was successful, England was turned from defense to attack!

This is the defensive effect it should have. Beckham must not be cleaned. Even if the opponent breaks through, they must form interference and obstacles to the next action, or confrontation with physical contact, or small actions.

The England team's anti-counterattack was staged again, and Senegal's three midfielders could not stop them from counterattacking evenly.

However, it was almost impossible for the opponent to put up 5 defenders and cross the midfield line.

With a 60-meter cross-section, 5 people defend, even if someone delays, counting the sideline itself is a layer of defense, which is equal to 7 points, each person is responsible for less than 10 meters, one point is about 5-6 meters, then In addition, as the opponent attacks, the line of defense will tilt appropriately, not only compressing the breakthrough line, but also shortening the distance between the complementary positions.

However, the English team's attack on the front line looks exactly the same as playing Argentina, McManaman pulls the edge!

However, McManaman pulls the ball behind to control the ball, attracting the opponent's defensive strength, he will not make the next breakthrough, meaningless.

Breaking through to the bottom line, certainly not cut into the inside, and the cross is not the established tactics of the England team.

However, in the third minute, the England team still played a very threatening attack.

McManaman controlled the ball on the right and waited patiently for the opponent to be surrounded by two players before passing the ball back to the center.

Scholes knocked aside excessively, Lampard rushed up and bombarded the door.

Long shot!

Senegal goalkeeper Selva made a wonderful save to get the ball out of the bottom line!

The England fans in the stands uttered a huge sigh and immediately applauded, applauding Lampard's long shot from the goal range.

"Oh, break the three routines of intensive defense, breakthrough, long shot, positioning ball. If the England team wants to use a breakthrough, I am afraid that apart from Irving and McManman, no other player can count on it. McManaman's ability to break through continuously in a small area is also very limited, but we have many long-range players, plus Senegal Tun heavy soldiers in the last line, they can not block our long-range point, today's Hall's tactical thinking is clear at a glance , Just hit a long shot, and at the same time should make a fuss about the positioning ball. Beckham's positioning ball footwork, if you don't use it, it's a pity."

Andy Gray only saw this attack and commented sharply.

When he saw that McManaman did not rush to take the next step after taking the ball on the wing, it was to attract the opponent's defensive strength, he guessed Aldridge's tactical arrangement today.