Chapter 560 The Battle of Paraguay 2

Beckham's goal helped England get a goal back, but most media commentators still think that the goal should belong to Don Jack, after all, it was a penalty he created.

However, Beckham's shot was also decisive. From his expression, he was very confident in the penalty. After the shot, before the football flew into the goal, he had run back to celebrate the goal with his teammates. This performance made many commentators think that Beckham was in very good shape, which was very good for England. Li.

In the competition, Beckham has not been in good condition.

After recovering a goal, England's form is much better.

Bakernbauer once commented on Beckham's performance: "He determines the fate of England, but in the competition, there always seems to be something wrong with his performance..."

But Beckham is the most important player in the previous England team. He is not only the captain and the title of "tenant fan", but also his reality is really related to the victory or defeat of the England team.

In recent years, it can be seen that there has been a direct or indirect relationship between England's winning and losing and Beckham. In recent competitions, the fate of the England team is somewhat related to Beckham, and the team's trend also goes up and down with his right foot.

At the 1998 World Cup, Beckham's positioning ball first appeared on the international stage, and a beautiful arc broke through the door of Colombia, but then the red card against Argentina buried him and the team's future. In the 2002 World Cup qualifiers, his free kick broke through the Greek team. The goalkeeper sent England to advance at the last minute. In the 2004 European Championship, his free kick assist Lampard knocked on the door of the French team, but the experience of kicking the penalty twice left a nightmare memory.

But no matter what the football emperor said about Beckham, Erickson did not want to abandon him, just because England's defense was good, but the method of breaking the goal was poor.

At this moment, at the coach's bench, head coach Eriksson's expression was very relaxed. He turned his head and smiled at the assistant coach, "Recoach a goal, and it will be much better in the second half."

"Yes, sir, it feels completely different to be one ball behind and two balls. I think we still have a good chance."

Eriksson smiled and said, "It's not a chance. I think we will definitely win." He looked at the figure No. 10 running on the court, and his eyes were very firm.

With Jack, who can constantly create opportunities, Erickson has one more good card in his hand, instead of just relying on Beckham. In this way, the England team is much better than before, at least the strength to play against the world's strong teams.

England has never been a strong team. Eriksson knows this well that he has coached England for so long.

England's biggest weakness is the lack of organizational ability in the midfield. Neither Gerrard nor Lampard in the midfield has good organizational ability. Lampard is too biased towards defense. As for Gerrard... He has been playing for Liverpool, and compared with England, Liverpool Club is still worse. And these players from England's traditional football background are all messy in terms of football awareness. England does not have the atmosphere of Spanish, South American or even Italian football education. The players trained by England, who advocate personal heroism, lack the overall view.

Even now, with Don Jack joining, the situation has not improved.

As for Don Jack's organizational and offensive ability... Newcastle United is more advocating personal hero football. Don Jack is the best among them, and his organizational ability is not as good as the world level.

However, with Jack Don, England has a lot more ways to score, and then do a good job in the necessary defense. If you want to compete with Brazil, Italy and other teams, you also have considerable bargaining chips.

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After Beckham scored a goal, England boosted their morale and went into the game again.

However, Beckham still reminds everyone to pay attention to defense. The opponent's No. 10 Santa Cruz is quite strong. The two sneak attack goals are really unprepared. If you want to win, you must do a good job in defense.

These Don Jack are rarely involved. Now, he feels surprisingly relaxed in the game. With Beckham as the captain, he has become an ordinary player. Ordinary players only need to play their own position. Without too much pressure, Don Jack feels that he is in a very good state, although the opponent's defense is dependent. The old one is very effective, but Don Jack occasionally has a wonderful breakthrough, which still makes the fans in the audience feel that his performance is gorgeous.

However, the first half was running out. The two teams played several attacks, but failed. With the whistle of the referee, the first half of the game ended.

Although the England team wanted to equalize the score in the first half, they still failed in the end.

This game was difficult that all English supporters did not expect. Two to one in the half, the England team was one goal behind. No one was psychologically prepared for this situation. It is almost impossible for these English players to face it calmly. After entering the locker room, many players were silent. They I've been waiting to accept the head coach's saliva.

Swedes are usually very kind, but there are still people who have seen him get angry, and even Beckham has been disciplined by him face to face. That kind of situation that every player doesn't want to face.

However, when the head coach Eriksson walked into the locker room, he had a smile on his face, which made many people breathe a long breath.

"Everyone did a good job in the first half. Those two goals were just an accident!

As soon as he came to the locker room and saw the dull atmosphere, Eriksson first said, "They are better prepared than we are. They scored two goals without our attention, but the strength gap is not made up by luck. We played very well in the first half!"

With this statement, many players have regained their smiles. No matter how bad Eriksson's morale is, at least he did not get angry and did not scold the players in the locker room, which is already a good result for some people.

Next, Erickson began to talk about the shortcomings of the first half.

"The speed of defense must be fast!" That's what he emphasized.

The team's general tactics are no problem. The only shortcoming is that the defense is too slow, which causes the other side to always pose a threat to the team's defense. "You should be more active. This is a World Cup game, not against Jamaica, not against Poland. Our opponent is the South American strong team Paraguay, Paraguay! This is the World Cup group stage!"

Erikson keeps emphasizing that it is in the World Cup. He wants to remind the players that now that the World Cup has arrived, it is not the time to play friendly matches at will.

In addition to being positive, Erickson pointed out the player's lack of performance.

"John, get the ball in the backcourt. You should pay attention to let them pass the front as soon as possible, but give the opponent a chance to steal. We should keep the football in the opponent's half all the time, so that our goal will be safer." Terry went back and forth with his teammates several times in the backcourt in the first half. This was originally a response to the opponent's defense too intensively, but Eriksson thought it was useless: "Their tactic is to shrink in the penalty area. Can you expect a turtle to take the initiative to stretch out its head and let you cut it?"

This sentence amused everyone.

Then he said a few more players, which generally let them reduce their possession of the ball, not carry more balls, and pay attention to the cooperation of the front court.

Jack Don kicked in his heart. In terms of controlling the ball in the first half, he was definitely the most in the team, but Eriksson said, "Jack, you should pay attention to dribble more", which made him stunned and did not react at all. "Your dribble is very threatening. You should pay attention to after attracting the attention of the other party, looking for Michael and others. Look for an opportunity."

Don Jack nodded and understood what the coach meant.

After the first half, when Paraguay found that its sea of people's defensive tactics still have little effect on Don Jack, the head coach will definitely emphasize to pay attention to his defense to the players at halftime. After all, that kind of ball is too threatening.

But that's exactly what it can give England a chance.

Paraguay did not actually make any special arrangements for Don Jack. Their own tactics are very effective, but Don Jack still performed well in the first half, which makes the other side hesitate. At least more players will defend when they carry the ball.

At that time, it was an opportunity for other players.

Jack Don has no confidence to break through the opponent's defensive blockade. After all, it is always one-V-three, one-V-four. This is a football match, not basketball. No matter how good the skill is, there is no way to be surrounded. Forced collision is a foul, so many times on the court, he also feels helpless.

However, Eriksson's requirements are not difficult to meet. The opponent's backcourt is crowded, and the team will definitely make a lot of mistakes. This is the case in the first half, so Don Jack has so many dribbles.

It's all right now. The coach gives him the right to carry the ball at will...

He has more confidence to deal with it.

Erickson did not make any tactical changes. He just told the players to pay attention to some details of the game one by one, but it seemed to be enough. After all, England was not at a disadvantage in the first half.

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"Sir, is that all right?" Taking advantage of the players' rest time, the assistant coach asked doubtfully.

Erickson thought for a moment and said, "We don't know each other... Most importantly, I don't think we need to change our tactics. What's more, do we still have a choice?" With that, he kept shaking his head and smiling bitterly.

England has no choice!

In fact, it is not what the England team is good at attacking. In the first half, the opponent played defensive counterattack steadily. The England team should have played very steadily to fight against the opponent's tactics. Unfortunately, the players on the field may be too excited, causing the team's tactics to become offensive. It can be said that in the first half, Inge The Lan team has fallen into the 'trap' set by the other side and is one goal behind, so what choice can there be other than attack in the second half?

There is no second game in the game. A game determines points. Even a draw is an unacceptable result for the English team!