Chapter 59 Nemesis is not here

Shortly after the French team defeated Ukraine, England also won the battle with their nemesis Sweden and completely took off the hat of phobia.

For the England team, perhaps Sweden is more terrible than the popular France, because since the first match between the two sides in 1923, so far 89 years ago, England's record of seven confrontations against Sweden in the competition is 5 draws and 2 losses, which is a history of England's "phobia"

The two teams met three times in the European Championship, and England's record was a poor 1 draw and 2 losses. Even if it is included in the warm-up match, the arrogant originator of modern football only got 7 wins, 9 draws and 6 losses, and since the 3:1 victory in Wembley on May 22, 1968, England has been in a row. After 43 years of defeating Sweden, this embarrassing record was not broken by Barry's lucky refraction until the warm-up match on November 15 last year.

In the face of such a tragic historical record, which is called "the weakest English team in history" by many people, can it shoulder the heavy responsibility of rewriting history?

Liverpool's header by Carroll was once ecstatic. You should know that establishing the lead early is definitely a good situation for this England team that advocates defensive counterattack.

However, the Swedish team's counterattack is also sharp. This team, with an average height of 185cm, tied with Germany, ranked first in this European Cup. With an impactful attack, it knocked on the door of the Golden Gloves of the Premier League twice.

In the case of a backwater battle, the strange soldier Walkot saved the Three Lions. His pass and shot not only rewrite the embarrassing record of Sweden's victory in the England competition, but also won England a good situation of qualifying in the group. At the same time, their old enemies were also out of the group bleakly after this game. .

Before the game, some media predicted that this would be a very enjoyable game, and both sides would score a lot of goals.

Such remarks seemed to be a joke at that time. Will England, which already know the ultimate meaning of "Big Bajia sneak attack", play high-score football?

In the eyes of many people, this low-profile England has been branded as "ugly".

After the Anglo-French war, someone criticized: "This is really a disappointing game. England is obviously running for one point. Most of the time, they have 10 players behind them to defend. In this case, it is difficult for any team to create opportunities and put three buses in front of the goal. It's not football at all. Anyway, I can't get used to it. Obviously, when you face a team that is all piled up in the door and waiting for you to attack, it's difficult to win the game no matter how well you play.

However, such a much-attacked England has dedicated the most ups and downs and the most awesome goal battle of this European Cup so far.

Following Russia's 4:1 victory over the Czech Republic and Portugal's 3:2 victory over Denmark, England and Sweden jointly staged another five-goal feast, becoming one of the most goals in a single game in this European Cup.

From the perspective of the process, it is definitely the most ups and downs of the European Cup so far. Looking at England's three goals, there is not too much flashy cooperation. Carol's header comes from Gerrard's oblique long pass without warning, and Walkot's strange arc is completely out of a chance. Flying Fairy, Welbeck's heel, is a brilliant work of two talented players.

In addition to the team's practical and reasonable tactics, the spiritual strength shown by the England team is also the key to the team's excellent record.

In the next game, Rooney, the team's number one star, will be released. Several English players, including direct rival Welbeck, can't wait to say that England will definitely be stronger after Rooney returns.

Indeed, this England has been making progress. After the last game, Hodgson once criticized the players for not shooting accurately enough and only one shot into the goal in the whole game.

In the first game with Sweden, England scored three goals within six shots. There is no doubt that the next England team will become more efficient with Rooney's comeback.

After the game, England's coach Hodgson also breathed a sigh of relief: "It feels good. This victory made us breathe a sigh of relief. Although we don't control the game, we can't say that we shouldn't win the game. The pace of the game is very tight. We won the lead in the first half, but Ray The team overtook the score. In the second half, I was very happy that we could finally overtake. This is a very important game, especially for this opponent with so many excellent players and excellent records.

Rooney will end his return from the suspension in the next game, which puts Hodgson in a dilemma: "There is no doubt that Rooney is a gift that will help us improve our combat effectiveness, but we still need to consider who will eventually start."

You can qualify if you draw in the last game, and England's strategy is to draw or defeat the opponent?

Hodgson did not face such confusion: "I'm very happy that we can only get into the next round with a draw. If it's not easy to do, the opponents in this group are very strong and we must take every game seriously."

When I was the head coach of England, many people questioned his level. When a reporter asked him what he thought of these comments, Hodgson said, "The Football Federation chose me to be the head coach of England. I am honored. I don't comment on what others think of me. I just do my own work. I have already done it. After decades as a coach, I just want to continue to do it, and I'm still learning how to improve.

The English can now begin to imagine their knockout matches. You know, countless people are waiting to see the England team's jokes before the European Cup. The coach is changed, Rooney is banned, the wounded and the camp is full, and there are many rumors. In addition, the England team has encountered the nemesis Sweden.

Before the game, almost everyone predicted the England team would be tragic, but no one expected that England, a mourner, would complete its revenge against Sweden under such a premise.

When England went on an expedition, it was a veritable mourning soldier.

How sad is it?

I was so sad that I was humiliated, and I could only swallow my anger.

Fortunately, football is like a war. It's okay to lose the tongue. As long as you can beat the opponent's face on the battlefield, it's worth it. On the contrary, if you dare not make a move, but will only condemn reasoning, which is not very interesting. The England team, which has encouraged itself with the "Anglo-Saxon spirit" since ancient times, naturally deeply understands this truth.

In the end, England completed its revenge against Sweden. For England, this game is invincible, because one of the pride of England is that all the teams that have officially played 8 games with England have won at least once.

Sweden is unbeaten in England 7 games. If it is undefeated, it will be a precedent in the history of English football. It is time to torture the identity of the originator of English football. When the shame was pulled down to the bottom, the English broke out.

Although this England team does not look like a top powerhouse comparable to Spain and Germany because of the change of coach, continuous internal consumption, full of wounded soldiers and psychological shadow.

But this night, the heroes of the Three Lions declared war on the whole of Europe by crushing the enemy nemesis: "You can underestimate our strength, but you can't humiliate our dignity!"

The English completed their revenge, but the Swede had to leave the stage of the European Cup with disappointment.

After losing 2:3 to England, Ibrahimovic regrettedly became the first superstar to say goodbye to this European Cup.

The arrogant tower has fought to the extreme in the whole game, and Melberg's goal once made him see the dawn of victory, but in the end, the Swedish had to accept the reality of inferior skills, just as Giggs, York, Wia, Shevchenko and others won all the honors in the club, but in the international competition Like a soldier who can't even reach the peak of the field with one arm, Ibrahimovic alone can't change the tragic fate of the national team.

This game is a veritable life-and-death battle for Ibrahimovic and his Swedish team, but objectively speaking, Ibrahimovic did not show his best form, but even so, Sweden's number one star has brought enough trouble to England's defense.

In particular, Ibrahimovic's strong body is a headache for his opponents, and the English players who advocate confrontation also look weak in front of him.

Unfortunately, Ibrahimovic's horrible impact can't be used in dangerous areas at all. Because the team's offensive organization relies too much on their number one star, Ibrahimovic can only frequently pull back to the midfield to respond, take the ball, divide the ball, pass and pass. Sweden is the most powerful. Wei's big killer can only stay away from the penalty area like a central defender most of the time, and most of his shots can only be completed 20 meters away from the goal.

With Ibrahimovic's ability, he is absolutely qualified to look forward to a higher goal and higher honor. However, in today's game, from the overall strength of the team, England is undoubtedly better than Sweden, but in terms of personal strength, Ibrahimovic is stronger than any English player. He is The kind of player who can decide the game is the kind of player who can scare his opponent.

Even when England captain Gerard was interviewed by reporters after the game, he praised Ibrahimovic: "Ibrahimovic is definitely the world's top striker. He is really very dangerous. If he is given enough space to perform, he can beat any team."

But unfortunately, in Sweden, no one can give Ibrahimovic enough support. The heavy weapon that scored 35 goals for AC Milan in various competitions last season is completely unable to replicate such horrible efficiency in the national team.

Hodgson said before the game: "There is a player who can decide the game on his own, and Ibrahimovic is such a player."

But football is a sport of eleven people after all. Even a strong man like Degan can still do nothing without the cooperation of his teammates. Ibrahimovic created many creative and unconventional passes in today's game, which can easily It creates a threat, but teammates often can't keep up with Ibrahimovic's thinking. As a result, Ibrahimovic's helpless hanging head in the game became the most frequent picture in the TV scene.

For Ibrahimovic, who is already 30 years old, this European Cup may be his last time to play in Europe's top tournament.

I vaguely remember that in the summer of Portugal, 2004, the shocking scorpio waved his tail and played with the Italian steel defense line. The talented teenager Ajax became famous in the battle and began his journey of conquering the world.

Looking back on the 2008 European Cup battlefield, the world-class flying meteor pierced the gate that had not been lost in 425 minutes in the final stage of the Greek European Championship. Four years ago, the European myth was trampled by Ibrahimovic.

In the three European Championships, this scorpion warrior who perfectly combines gorgeousness and efficiency has created too many wonderful moments for fans, Ibrahimovic! This name may never be listed on the championship book of the European Championship, but the mark he left in this history book will never be wiped out.

In the two rounds of the 2012 European Cup group stage, people suddenly found that in the four groups of this year's European Cup, no team qualified ahead of schedule, and the German team won two consecutive victories, but they are still in danger of being eliminated.

The European Cup has been introduced into group matches since 1980, but only eight teams have participated in the European Cup since 1996, and the European Cup has officially introduced a three-point system since 1996.

Since then, in the four European Cups, after two rounds of each group stage, there will be teams that qualified in advance. Therefore, the situation that no team qualified in the first two rounds of this European Cup has not been seen in 16 years, and it is the first time in history.

This European Cup is in chaos, which also shows the saying that "Europe has no weak team". After two rounds of 16 games, only the Czech Republic in Group A, Ireland in Group C and Sweden in Group D were out early.

In addition, after the first two rounds of the group stage, there was no 0, which should also be a great spectacle. There were 16 games in the first two rounds of the group stage, which only started in 1996. In the first two rounds of the four European Cups 1996, 2004, 2008 The situation has never happened. There is no 0:0, no team to qualify in advance, not to mention whether it is wonderful or not. First of all, this is really a weird European Cup.

All the mysteries can only be left until the last round of the group stage.