Chapter 494 Warm-up Match 3

"He is so calm!"

Erickson's assistant Pell said, "His shot just now was really calm. He seemed to hang the ball in casually in front of the goal. This was his first goal to join the team. He was not nervous at all."

Ericsson smiled with a satisfied smile and said, "Yes, he is really a born shooter!"

It's a good omen to score a goal. The English team players and Don Jack hug each other to celebrate the goal. Don Jack's feeling is very silent. Such a goal really has no technical content, and there is really nothing to be happy about. For him, the goal is the same feeling as uploading the ball on the field and passing the person, as if it's just the end. It has become a task. Up to now, only that kind of valuable goal will make him excited.

Finally, the deadlock was broken, and the England team seemed to have played some cooperation.

However, head coach Eriksson is still not satisfied with the combination of the frontcourt. From the coach's point of view, the England team's several front-court cooperation is extremely simple, and there is not too much tacit understanding. It can be said that it is just the star's personal skills and performance. This pair is just a Trinidad and Tobago team. If you change one The world's strong team is the opponent, so it can be said that most of this cooperation will fail.

This has always been a problem for England.

Each player is a big name in his own club, but each club has a different style. When they come to England, they can only synthesize the whole that conforms to the English team's own style.

What is the style of the England team?

Long pass, direct, physical confrontation!

Ordinary fans can think of a lot of words that fall behind in modern football to describe the England team. There is no way, because the England team itself is like this. It is impossible for Erikson to change the style of the England team in a short time. If it were a Spanish-style big-name star, Eriksson would not even have scored him. Team - because the other team can't adapt to such a team at all.

Another thing that stands out in England is that big stars play a much bigger role than ordinary teams, such as David. When Beckham was there, his long right-footed arc ball passed in the front court was very threatening, so the England team's performance has been good, but Beckham's state has declined sharply in recent years, and it is difficult to play that kind of ball.

Now Erickson is thinking about how to make the best use of Don Jack.

There is an obvious overlapping position between Don Jack and Rooney in the front court, which is not a tactical reason, and there is a conflict between the two people's own playing habits. A sophisticated machine does not need two identical parts with the same position. Erikson intends to replace Rooney.

Five minutes after Don Jack scored, the England team raised the substitution card, Crouch up and Rooney down.

Crouch is a new center introduced by Liverpool this season. He is still a marginal figure in the England team, but his strength is not bad, but his reputation is worse than that of big names such as Rooney. In fact, Eriksson recruited him to the national team more to make the team have one more choice---

Crouch's tactical role as a center is the only one in England.

Crouch is a big man, and his body is naturally not as flexible as that of ordinary players, but his impact in the penalty area is similar to that of Baroche, so Liverpool head coach Benitez introduced Crouch to replace the role of Baroche who is not adapted to Liverpool's style.

The same is true for the English team. Crouch must be a high-school striker. He can attract a lot of attention in the penalty area. If the other side underestimates him, Crouch's header will also be very threatening. In this way, Rooney goes down, Crouch will play, and the positions of Don Jack and Crouch must be There is no conflict at all, but how much role it can play depends on the game.

On the other hand, Trinidad and Tobago coach Huck also made two substitution adjustments. This personnel adjustment has no impact on England, because Trinidad and Tobago is only a personnel adjustment, not a tactical adjustment.

Don Jack and Crouch have played a game and know something about this big guy.

This is a traditional high school striker. In modern football, it can only play a tactical role. He works well with Barroche. If Crouch plays, he also knows how to play.

The game continues, and many fans find that the England team is a big threat. This situation is very obvious. After Crouch stands in the penalty area, Don Jack has more choices in the front court. If the defense around Crouch is lax, he can pass the ball, giving Crouch a chance to fight for the header. Crouch has no chance. Yes, if there is a good position, he will shoot by himself. If there is no good position, he can also pass the ball to other teammates around for opportunities.

With more choices, the offensive threat will naturally be greater.

After Crouch came on the field, the England team hit the ball into the penalty area four times in a row, and there was a header. It was probably a little nervous on the national team. Crouch's header did not pose any threat.

However, Don Jack's own feeling is not as good as the club. In Newcastle United, he is the absolute core of the field. The running position of all players in the attack is around him. In England, he is just a striker. A striker is naturally not as important as the core of the midfield on the court, so Don Jack gets the ball. The number is still small, and the threat to the other party is naturally less.

Fortunately, his teammates are very supportive of him.

The cooperation between Gerard and Don Jack on the court is the most tacit. They played in Liverpool for a year. As soon as Don Jack started, Gerald knew where to pass the ball. Other England players were more or less uncomfortable with Don Jack's speed. His speed was so fast that many balls were passed behind him.

Under such consecutive mistakes, England's attack had some threats, but they didn't get any good chance until the midfield.

Don Jack knows that this is the reason why he played!

If it were not for Don Jack's England and Trinidad and Tobago, it would be possible to score two goals in the warm-up match, and Don Jack only scored one goal on the game. The reason is that he and his teammates did not have a tacit understanding. Neither side understood the opponent's offensive rhythm, and the offensive opportunities were wasted again and again. It is.

Only Gerard's shot is threatened in the English midfield. After Rooney's end, the main scorer of the England team is Don Jack, and Crouch's opportunities are not much. Don Jack himself does not perform well, which naturally makes the team's attack seem to be thunderous and rainy, which can't bring shooting opportunities for a long time.

In the second half, Eriksson finally made another adjustment. He let Lampard go down and Rooney played again. Don Jack and Gerrard were in the middle of the midfield, and Rooney and Crouch partnered as double strikers. This adjustment made Don Jack feel good. He felt that he was still adapting to the midfield position, and with Gerrard Partner, this kind of combination couldn't be better.

When the two are partners, there is a natural division of labor.

Don Jack is the main offensive player. Gerard has to do some blue-collar work accordingly, and the main task is defense. In this way, Don Jack succeeds Gerard as a player in organizing the attack.

Don Jack still has some experience in organizing attacks.

He has been in Newcastle United for more than half a season. He has always been the core of the team. He knows how to maximize his strength and help the team the most. Compared with the first half, Don Jack has a feeling that everything is in his hands in the second half.

The core of the organization naturally drives the rhythm of attack.

After Don Jack became the core, the position retreated a lot. The player in the backcourt had a chance to catch the ball and passed it to him. He and Gerald cooperated to push forward, and had the opportunity to carry the ball himself. At the front end of the penalty area, the opponent's defense became dense. At this time, Don Jack would give the ball to Rooney on the side, or use a small The cooperation of the range to bypass the opponent's defense.

If the latter can succeed, it will be a rare opportunity to shoot!

Trinidad and Tobago has not realized the threat. Huck doesn't know about Don Jack. He doesn't know how much role Don Jack can play in the middle. He just lets the players strengthen their defense, which means that the whole game runs more and puts pressure on England's attack.

Jack Don doesn't care about this at all. He is most afraid of the opponent's sea of tactics, but he is not afraid of the whole court. In order to cope with the opponent's defensive style, he naturally increased his time to carry the ball.

As a result, everyone at the scene saw that Don Jack broke through several Trinidad and Tobago players again and again in a row, passing or shooting the last goal, which frequently posed a threat to Trinidad and Tobago. In many of these opportunities, Jack Don obviously had a chance to shoot, but he still passed the ball, some of which were confusing.

In fact, Jack Don doesn't care about the ball of the coach of Trinidad and Tobago at all. If the opponent is a world's strong team, he can't have so many opportunities. The most important thing is to use the warm-up game to practice tactics and increase tacit understanding with his teammates. On the contrary, the goal is secondary. In this game, he has very few long-range shots, and Just kick one or two feet to find the feeling.

As for victory?

If you work hard, the defense line of Trinidad and Tobago can't defend yourself at all!

Don Jack has the confidence to say so. In the seventy-third minute of the game, he did so. Taking advantage of a counterattack, he himself dribbled the ball from the backcourt and shook the five players, including the goalkeeper, and brought the ball directly into the goal of Trinidad and Tobago!

"This is too..." The other coach, Huck, has nothing to say.

"Jack, you can't play by yourself..." Gerard behind him looked resentful.

Goooal!! Jack, one more!!" The fans kept cheering.

Don Jack doesn't think this kind of goal is interesting. In his eyes, the defensive ability of such a player in the Premier League is not as good as the rotten defense line of Newcastle United. When he mentions the speed, the opponent naturally can't stop it.

Although he feels average about the goal, there are still fans on the scene, and the necessary goals should still be available.

With such efforts, England's cooperation has been played in the last ten minutes of the second half. Although Rooney and Don Jack coincided in the striker position, when Don Jack's position was positioned in the midfield, Rooney and Don Jack's cooperation had a lot of tacit understanding.

Don Jack doesn't have Fabregas and Riquelme-style straight plug skills, so he can't let the frontcourt players get the ball directly in a good position, but Don Jack has his own advantage, that is, his pass is very accurate. When he counterattacks, Don Jack passes straight in the backcourt. As long as Rooney and Crouch run in the right position, then It's a single-knife ball.

And many times, Don Jack's own breakthrough can attract the attention of many defensive players. The opponent's defense against other England players is naturally lax. Whenever there is a chance, Don Jack passes the ball to Rooney, Crouch and other players, and their chances naturally increase greatly.

When any striker hopes to get the ball, there is no one around him. Although it can't be said that there is no one every time, in the last ten minutes, Rooney received a pass from Don Jack three times in a row in the penalty area, cherishing one of the opportunities and smashing the ball into the opponent's goal.

Gerard also got a pass in front of the penalty area and hit a dead corner with a long shot, rewriting the score to four to zero in a icing on the cake.

In the face of this result, Trinidad and Tobago coach Huck could only smile bitterly. Originally, he wanted to use the game to practice offensive tactics, but England was too overwhelmed. The combination of York and John in the team's front court completely became the most idle person. In the second half, both of them even came back to defend. England The team's continuous front-court oppression made Trinidad and Tobago have nothing to do. They can't pass it even if they want to fight back.

This is a complete power suppression. At the post-match press conference, Huck admitted that there is a clear gap between the strength of Trinidad and Tobago and the England team: "Our backcourt defense seems to be very difficult, and we don't know much about the England team. From the beginning, the young men have been confused, but I want to enter here. In the game, they will have a deeper understanding of the world's strong teams, which will be very helpful for our World Cup journey.

A reporter asked about the goal of Trinidad and Tobago in the World Cup finals. Huck said, "The World Cup group draw will be held soon. I hope that the game between a stronger group and the world's strong team can increase the fighting spirit and confidence of the players."

"We don't expect to qualify from the group, reach the top 16, or even higher honors. As long as we have no problem with our tactics and give full play to our strength, no matter where the team can go, we can leave with our heads held high."

After Huck's interview, Eriksson was also interviewed. He talked about some tactical problems with the team.

This kind of problem is very complicated. Except for those professional football technology media, other media reporters can't understand it at all. What they are more concerned about is the impact of Don Jack on the strength of the English team after entering the national team. I think English fans are also concerned about this issue.

Erickson was very helpless that his tactical analysis did not get much support. He knew that it was to play the piano to the cow. In the next meeting, Erikson affirmed Don Jack's role: "Jack is the world's top player. His joining the team makes me more confident."

"In this game, Jack scored two goals, especially the second one, which can better reflect his personal technical strength. In my tactics, Jack will be one of the most important roles in the team. Just like what you saw in the warm-up match, Jack played the whole game and had two goals and one assist. He is the MVP of the game.

Erickson said that it was a mess, but all the reporters rolled their eyes.

These words sound like praise, but in fact there is nothing useful. The result of the game is there, and anyone can see it. Jack Don's performance is indeed very good, but everyone knows that it is meaningless for Erickson to repeat it again.

They know that they can't get more news from Erickson, so they can only hope for the players of the England team. Unfortunately, at this time, the England team has entered the closed training time again.

Erickson doesn't want this limited training time and reporters to disturb him.