Chapter 106 Chaos and Clarity 1

At present, after the two rounds of Group B, the qualifying situation has been completely clear. Belgium and Argentina, which have won two consecutive victories, have been out ahead of schedule. The last round of direct dialogue will determine who is the first in this group, while South Korea and Nigeria, which have lost the two battles, have to say goodbye in advance, and the last game can only fight for honor. .

In the second round of the competition of several other groups, some directly made the situation clear, while others became more chaotic.

Group C, after the end of the first round, Slovenia, which won the first place, tied Britain and the United States ranked second and third, and lost to Slovenia, Algeria, ranked fourth in the group.

In the second round of the competition, the first match was between the United States and Slovenia. Finally, after 90 minutes of fierce battle, the two sides drew 2:2.

The venue of this game is not strange to Americans. In last year's Confederations Cup final, Americans were reversed by Belgium three goals in a row and lost the title of "champion" in a good situation with a 2-0 lead.

After a year, he revisited his hometown. Before the game, the media also mentioned many old things about the United States. Bradley, the head coach of the American team, also had only one sentence: "We will not let history repeat itself, and we will not make the same mistake twice."

However, the situation in the first half made people feel that history has played tricks on the Americans again, 0:2, which is the result that the United States would not have said before the game.

It is not unreasonable for Slovenia to claim that it is a "superpower killer". They have defeated Russia so much in the European qualifiers. The 0:2 at half time made Americans vaguely feel that their prospects for this World Cup are shrouded in a cloud. Is this destined to be the dead place for American football?

However, the brave American warriors showed their ambition and courage in the second half. Bradley's substitution was extremely decisive, and Donovan's angry shot shocked the Slovenian goalkeeper so much that he could only avoid it, while Bradley Jr. saved his father with a goal.

If it weren't for the final controversial penalty, Uncle Sam would have ascended to the first place in the group, but 2:2 is acceptable for them. A year ago, they could only swallow the bitter fruit of the reversal here. From being reversed to the Jedi counterattack, the Americans reversed the tragedy left by history and also sent the group out The opportunity of the line is in your own hands again.

Although it is a draw, this game is the best draw so far. There are few scenes in the history of the World Cup that are two goals behind and can chase three goals in a row. The United States almost made the whole game boil, but everything stopped at the hands of ama li referee. At such a critical moment, he unexpectedly A goal from the U.S. team was invalidated. In hindsight, I don't know what foul he saw or what standard he used to strangle the ball.

The ball was a positioning ball, and the two sides grabbed it together. Edu shot out of the crowd and pushed the goal. However, the Mali referee in this game whistled to foul first. The whole team of the United States team was inexplicable. The slow motion after the incident showed that when the positioning ball came out, many players from both sides were together, and the scene was quite warm. But it is obvious that it is basically the scene of Slovenian players pushing American players outward. Key players such as Dempsey will be squeezed and deformed. If this is a football wrestling match, Slovenian team obviously has an absolute upper hand, but the Mali referee may have felt that the Americans are eager to score goals. Then he predicted that there would definitely be some small moves or something, so he took it for granted that the U.S. team fouled.

The loss of this goal opportunity also made the U.S. team lose a good opportunity to achieve a great reversal. Combined with the home referee's many inexplicable penalties in this game, the U.S. team coach's criticism of him will never be low decibels after the game.

The referee rewrote the victory that should have belonged to the U.S. team. If the score is finally fixed at 3:2, the Americans will completely rewrite their qualifying situation in the group with a great reversal. However, despite this, Americans who already have two points can wait for England. The result of the game in El Jeria.

The most attractive topic of this game is undoubtedly the good play of son saving his father!

When Bradley Jr.'s stab changed the score to 2:2, he believed that his father and U.S. national team coach Bradley was already excited and uncontrollably.

At the critical moment, his son proved the correctness of his choice with his actions, a key goal and a key point. Although this is not enough for the United States to qualify in this group, the United States can also firmly grasp the initiative in the face of the weak African team Algeria.

Compared with the implicit Chinese, Americans obviously don't have so many rules to let their son play football in their own team and play the main force. This is in China, unless the coach thinks his coaching time is too long.

Because once their son makes a mistake on the court, everyone will come to torture the coach's selfishness, and everyone has various reasons to prove that a bad coach is not qualified to coach the team.

Therefore, the Chinese coach's "avoidance of suspicion" is still very serious. For example, Wang Liang and Wang Hongli played for Liaoning at the same time. Such examples are rare in Chinese football.

However, old Bradley dares to send his son to a competition such as the World Cup, and he is the first and still in such an important position in the midfield.

However, Bradley Jr. did show his best performance. He is the best player in the American team. At last year's Confederations Cup, the image of Little Bull's immortality impressed the world fans.

Little Bradley also knew that his father was under great pressure, and his sensible son also supported his father with practical actions. The little cloth with long hair learned from his father before the World Cup and shaved himself a big bald head.

And this is just the beginning. In these two games, Xiaobu's performance is remarkable. In today's game, his goal at a critical moment pulled the United States back from the death line!

Little Bradley's performance in this game is worthy of his father and even more worthy of his motherland. He also let the old saying "loyalty and filial piety dilemma" completely haunt him.

The virtuous did not avoid his relatives, and the father and son soldiers fought, and the old Bradley's non-evasion of suspicion came in exchange for a life-saving point.

Another game of the group followed, with England, which had previously drawn with the U.S. team, against Algeria, one of the weakest opponents in the group.

Originally, an asymmetrical game, but after 90 minutes, everyone was shocked. 0:0, the Englishman, who threatened to win the championship before the game and were favored for the first time in recent World Cups, failed to win Algeria.

0>The score of 0 did not help Capello achieve it. Before the game, he shouted the good wish to win the opponent and qualify early. This score helped the Algerians create a new history.

Desert Fox conceded goals in its seven previous appearances in the World Cup finals. When it came to the English, this embarrassing record came to an abrupt end.

Who should I thank most?

It seems that Capello is the head of the record.

Continuous World Cup goals were something Algerians were ashamed to mention until they met today's sleepwalking England team.

In fact, it can't be said that the England team has no chance in the second half, but the substitution of head coach Capello seems to be late. If Crouch and DEFO can play another 20 minutes, maybe the English have a glimmer of hope of breaking the goal.

England's high loss rate after Capello took office was originally the source of the media's criticized team. In the previous 25 international official games, Capello's team could only barely guarantee the city goal when facing the fish team.

Who would have thought that the unfavorable attack has become England's biggest problem in the World Cup. The strikers of the Three Lions have achieved nothing in almost 180 minutes in the two games. And their ugly performance in the first half has crossed the bottom line of any strong team's bad performance in this World Cup.

Spain at least had the performance of besieging the opponent before losing the game. The English are on the whole line today, and may not even count 10 minutes.

The Brazilians are also mediocre in the first 45 minutes of their entanglement with the North Korean team. However, it is not difficult to find that the Samba Legion has not lost its power when it can't open the situation.

But looking at today's half-time statistics of England and Algeria, you will be surprised to find that the English have completely fallen behind on the scene.

The most important thing is that the Brazilians found a way to break through the opponent's goal in the second half. Although the victory was a little ugly, it was thrilling after all. In addition, the players also had the idea of preserving their strength in the end, and their attention became unfocused. Although they won a small goal, they finally won it reasonably. Hands. And today's England's bad performance can't find any excuse to comfort itself.

After the game, although Capello insisted that it was the huge pressure that led to the collective abnormality of the strong England team, but also faced the weak team, they also did not score at half-time and compared their hearts. The Brazilians could not break the door of the North Korean team in 45 minutes, and the pressure in the midfield was absolutely no less than today's English. Lan people.

It's just that the Samba Legion finally found a breakthrough to solve the problem, while the English were anxious and became more and more impatient, and finally forced themselves to a dead end.

According to the general idea, after entering the second round of the group stage, all teams will really enter the state. The game is bound to look good. The first few second rounds are really like this, and the good times will continue.

But today's game, England vs. Algeria, returned people to the drowsy first round. The two sides can't play anything that can be called a routine. They finally squeezed around the opponent's penalty area and have long become the end of the crossbow. The English players can only rely on a few feet to vent than a few long-range shots. Is it? Is this the champion created by Capello?

There is no doubt that if England talks about winning the championship again after this battle, it will become the laughing stock of the whole world.

Speaking of the world's most valuable Spanish team, lost the first round, which surprised fans all over the world. On the other hand, it must be admitted that the Spanish's situation on the court is very well controlled, the midfield operation has not collapsed, and its strength is not bad, and the Swiss team, which knows the root of Spain, is in the game. In the middle, we can only rely on sneak attacks to survive.

Looking at England after two goals, the content of two matches is far less positive than Spain's 0-point game.

No wonder some media satirized Capello bringing an ancient team, which could not have changed. Such remarks were confirmed again in the second game. Although it is not ruled out that some media are old-fashioned and not good at catering to journalists, Capello is looking for fun, as an expert who has been engaged in football for a long time. There is also a 70% or 80% accurate leader, and this year's England team has almost been characterized as a team that cannot be expected too much.

The whole game gives the feeling that the English team lacks a strong continuous multi-point attack and can't break the opponent's defense line at all, resulting in that even if the ball is passed in the penalty area, the last ball is always on Algeria's side.

On the other hand, the England team is very shattering to play at medium and long distances. In this game, it is either high or a "mowing ball", and the back attack on the side is difficult to even form a shot.

As for ball control, England is even more sorry for the fans who appreciate them all over the world. After the game, the team actually lag behind Algeria.

If the English want to continue like this, it is not difficult to imagine the next scene. In the last game, England can only fight with some very simple cooperation in the form of small soldiers. In a dense, complex and dazzling offensive system, and England played three axe tactics at a glance, which is the winning team?!

In two games, there is no game with the familiar feeling of refreshing. England and France are very good at fighting. English fans would rather believe that this is a nightmare and that it is the Scottish team and the Northern Ireland team in England jerseys impersonating, but unfortunately, this is a cold fact.

Don't ask what happened now. Fans just want to see that England, which is full of tens of millions of superstars, can gritten its teeth and kill Slovenia. The premise is to treat Slovenia as Germany and Brazil. Maybe it can force the players' own strong feelings. In this way, the game may be in momentum. It will not be weak, and it will be more positive on the offensive. Of course, this is just wishful thinking.

A similar scene also appeared at the World Cup in Germany four years ago. At that time, there was always a man in England who stood up to play the savior and broke the deadlock for the team. Now, although this person is also there, he can't help England's predicament.

David. Beckham!

Throughout the game, he could only sit on the bench and worry. He gave a thumbs up to his teammates, roared at the referee, and looked blankly at the final score card. Beckham was no longer a member of England's main lineup, but he was still the Beckham who attracted countless attention, and no longer owned Beckham's England. Glen really fell into the quagmire.

The connection between Beckham and England has always existed from two dialectical views. Some people say that Beckham's excellent pass and free kicks are threatening, which supports half of England's attack.

In addition, some people say that Beckham has no speed and no breakthrough. With him on the scene, it actually limits the threat of assault on the right side of England. It is useless to pass a few balls. He is actually a drag on the overall attack.

The debate about Beckham will continue, but one thing is certain that if Capello can give Beckham a few minutes in this game, even if he really only passes a few balls, what a rare extravagance for England in this game, Rooney, Gerrard, Lan If Pad and others really want to pass so many good kicks, why is England's attack so embarrassing?

As for Beckham's corner kick and free kick threat, it is also a magic weapon to break the deadlock. None of the 10 corner kicks sent by Shuangde in turn pose a threat. They tried their best to squeeze to the front to grab the point, but watched the Terry and Crocs who watched the ball fly elsewhere. At this time, will they miss the exquisite arc Beckham gave them? Line?

Back to the 2006 World Cup, Beckham almost sent England to the quarterfinals. In the first game of the group, there was an impasse with Paraguay, and Beckham's free kick created the opponent's own goal; in the second game, there was no way to face Trinidad and Tobago, and Beckham's cross-back assist Crouch to break the deadlock; in the 1/8 final against Ecuador, Beckham scored a free kick and sent the team another round, and played Portugal in the quarter-finals, small Beipin vomited and witnessed the team's exit with tears on the sidelines.

For four years, the English have been trying to get rid of the protection of Beckham, hoping to throw away this right-hand stick and learn to walk independently, but as a result of one attempt, they find that they are more and more inseparable from him.

McClaren deprived Beckham's captain's armband and once expelled him from the national team, but at the critical moment of the European Championship qualifiers, he did not hesitate to break his promise and pulled his mouth to recall Beckham back to save his life.

At the beginning of Capello's tenure, he looked around for new answers from the right wing, Wright. Phillips, Walcott and Lennon all brought fresh excitement, but in the end, the Italian coach also found out the truth. England could not live without Beckham, but the stubborn Capello still did not give Beckham a minute to play.

So much so that after the game, Degan said in the atmosphere: " Capello should open his head and have a good look. David is clearly in it. Beckham, but he insisted on forgetting his choice of deceiving himself. If England returns home in the group stage, then there is no need to find the person responsible, just Capello's old bastard!"