Chapter 106 Chaos and Clarity (1)

Chapter 106 Chaos and Clarity (1)

At present, the two rounds of Group B are over, and the qualifying situation is completely clear. Belgium and Argentina, who have won two consecutive victories, have already qualified ahead of schedule. The final round of direct dialogue will determine who is the first in this group, and South Korea, which has lost both games And Nigeria will have to say goodbye early, and the last game can only be fought for honor.

In the second round of contests in the next few groups, some directly made the qualifying situation clear, while others became more chaotic.

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

In the second round of competition, the first game was between the United States and Slovenia. After 90 minutes of fierce fighting, the two sides drew 2:2.

The venue of this game is no stranger to the Americans. In the Confederations Cup final last year, the Americans took a 2-0 lead and were reversed by Belgium with three goals in a row, losing the "champion of champions". title.

After a year of revisiting the old place, before the game, the media repeatedly brought up the old things about the United States. The head coach of the US team, Bradley Sr., only had one sentence: "We will not let history repeat itself. We will not let the same mistakes happen again." Will do it twice."

However, the situation in the first half made people feel that history made fun of the Americans again, 0:2, which was a result that the United States would never have thought of before the game.

Slovenia's self-proclaimed "superpower killer" is not unreasonable. They once beat Russia in the European qualifiers. The 0:2 halftime made the Americans faintly feel that their prospects for this World Cup are shrouded in a cloud. Is American Soccer Dead?

However, the brave American fighter showed his ambition and courage in the second half. Bradley's substitution was extremely decisive. Donovan's furious shot made the Slovenian goalkeeper so shocked that he could only dodge it. Ball saved his father.

If it weren't for the final controversial penalty, Uncle Sam would be on the first place in the group, but 2:2 is also acceptable for them. A year ago they could only swallow the bitter fruit of being reversed here, from being reversed When the Jedi counterattacked, the Americans reversed the tragedy left to them by history, and also took the opportunity to qualify for the group in their own hands.

Although it was a draw, this game was the most exciting draw so far. In the history of the World Cup, it is rare to be behind by two goals and still chase three goals in a row. The field was boiling, but everything stopped in the hands of a Mali referee. At such a critical moment, he accidentally ruled a goal of the US team invalid. Know what standard he used to kill the ball.

The ball was taken from a set kick, and the two sides fought together. Edu broke out from the crowd and scored the goal. However, the Mali referee in this game whistled to indicate that the foul had occurred first. The US team was inexplicable. It shows that when the set ball is taken, many players from both sides are pushing together. The scene is quite lively, but it is obvious that it is basically the shots of the Slovenian players pushing the American players out. For key players like Dempsey, the whole person It's going to be squeezed out of shape. If this is a rugby wrestling confrontation, the Slovenian team obviously has the absolute upper hand, but the Mali referee may have sensed that the Americans are eager to score goals, and then predicted that there will be some small moves or something, so he took it for granted. blew a foul on the US team.

The loss of this scoring opportunity also caused the US team to lose a good opportunity to achieve a big reversal. Combined with the many inexplicable whistle-blowing by the referee in this game, the US team coach's criticism of him after the game will never be low-decibel.

The referee sounded an unknown whistle, rewriting the victory that should belong to the American 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, but despite the In this way, the Americans who already have two points can wait for the result of the game between England and Algeria.

In this game, the most attractive topic is without a doubt the good show of the son saving his father!

When Bradley Jr.'s poke shot changed the score to 2:2, I believe his father off the court and the coach of the US national team, Bradley, was already too excited to contain it.

At the critical moment, my son proved the correctness of his choice with his actions, a key goal, a key point, although this was not enough for the United States to qualify for this group, but in the last leg they faced the African underdog Algeria, the United States You can also firmly hold the initiative in your own hands.

Compared with the reserved Chinese, Americans obviously don't have so many rules and regulations. Let your son play in your own team and play the main force. This is in China, unless the coach thinks My own coaching time is too long.

Because once his son made a mistake on the court, everyone would come to torture the coach's selfishness. Everyone had various reasons to prove that a coach with a bad character was not qualified to coach the team.

Therefore, the "avoiding suspicion" of Chinese coaches 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, the old Bradley dared to send his son to play in a big game like the World Cup, and he was the starter, and he was still in such an important position as the midfielder.

However, Bradley Jr. did perform well. He is the best runner in the US team. In last year's Confederations Cup, Bradley's undefeated image left a very deep impression on fans all over the world.

Little Bradley also knew that his father was under great pressure, and his sensible son also supported his father with practical actions. Xiao Bu, who originally had long hair, learned from his father before the World Cup and shaved himself Big bald.

And this is just the beginning. In these two games, Xiaobu's performance was remarkable. In today's game, his goal at a critical moment brought 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 made the old saying "loyalty and filial piety dilemma" go to hell.

He did not shy away from his relatives, and went to battle with his father and son. Old Bradley's shunning of suspicion earned him a life-saving point.

Another game in this group followed. England, which had previously tied with the US team, faced Algeria, the weakest opponent in the group.

Originally a game with asymmetrical strength, but after 90 minutes, it shocked everyone's eyes, 0:0, before the game threatened to win the championship, and the Englishman who was favored for the first time in recent World Cups , Even failed to win Algeria.

The score of 0:0 did not help Capello realize his good wishes of winning the opponent and qualifying ahead of schedule before the game. This score helped the Algerians create a new history.

The "Desert Fox" conceded a goal in each of his seven previous appearances in the World Cup finals. When it came to the Englishman, this embarrassing record came to an abrupt end.

Who should be most grateful?

It seems that Capello should remember the merits.

Conceding consecutive goals in the World Cup was something that the Algerians were ashamed to mention until they met today's sleepwalking England team.

In fact, it cannot be said that the England team had no chance at all in the second half, but the coach Fabio Capello's substitution seemed to be long overdue. If Crouch and Defoe can play an extra 20 minutes of the game, maybe the England team can still score. A silver lining.

The high goal conceded rate in England after Capello took office was originally the source of the media's criticism of the team. In the previous 25 official international games, Capello's team could only barely guarantee that the city goal was not lost when they faced a weak team. lose.

But who ever thought that the unfavorable offense has become England's biggest sticking point in the World Cup. The three lions' shooters have not scored any gains in almost 180 minutes in the two games. And their ugly performance in the first half has crossed the bottom line of poor performances by any strong team in this World Cup.

Before Spain lost, at least they still had the performance of besieging their opponents. The Englishman's attack across the board today may not even count for 10 minutes.

The Brazilians also did nothing in the first 45 minutes of entanglement with the North Korean team. However, looking through the data, it is not difficult to find that the Samba Army has not lost ground even though they cannot start the situation.

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

The most important thing is that the Brazilian found a way to break through the opponent's goal in the second half. Although the win was a bit ugly, it was a surprise after all. In addition, the players also had the idea of ​​​​saving their strength in the end, and their attention was not concentrated. Although it was a small victory by one goal, it was finally a reasonable victory over the opponent. And England's poor performance today, there is really no excuse to comfort myself.

After the game, although Capello insisted that it was the huge pressure that led to the collective disorder of the strong England team, but he also faced the underdogs and also failed to score at halftime. The gate of the North Korean team, the pressure at midfield is absolutely no less than that of the English today.

It's just that the Samba Army finally found a breakthrough to solve the problem, while the English were anxious to get angry, kicking more and more irritable, and finally pushed themselves to a dead end.

According to the general assumption, after entering the second round of the group stage, the teams from all walks of life will be considered to be in the real state, and the game will inevitably look good. This is true in the first few second round matches, and the good games continue.

But today's game, England vs. Algeria, brought people back to the drowsy first round. The two sides couldn't play anything that could be called a routine. At the end of the battle, the England players can only vent with a few long-range shots that are better than nothing. Is this the championship team built by Capello?

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

Speaking of the world's most valuable Spanish team, they lost a game in the first round, which surprised fans all over the world. The Swiss team collapsed, but their strength is not bad, and they know Spain well. In the game, they can only rely on sneak attacks to survive.

On the other hand, looking at England after the two games, the content shown by the two points in the two games is far less positive than the 0-point game in Spain.

No wonder some media ridiculed Capello for bringing in an ancient team. It is impossible for this team to change. Such remarks were confirmed again in the second game, although it is not ruled out that some media are deliberately old-fashioned and not good at catering to The reporter's Capello is looking for fun, but as an expert who has been engaged in football for a long time, he is also 70 to 80 percent accurate. This England team is almost characterized as a team that cannot be expected too high.

The whole game of the England team gave people the feeling that they lacked a strong continuous multi-point attack and could not break up the opponent's defense at all. As a result, even if the ball was passed in the penalty area, the last kick of the ball was always on Algeria's side.

On the other hand, the England team played very bluffing mid-range and long-range games. In this game, they were either playing high or "mowing the grass". However, the attack from the wing was difficult to form even a shot.

As for possession of the ball, England is even more sorry to the fans who appreciate them all over the world. After the game, the team fell behind the cabbage army 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 a small army and play some very simple cooperation. The media wants to say that English football is old-fashioned, and that modern football should have entered a dense, complex and dazzling offensive system, but the England team has played a three-axed tactic. What kind of championship team is this? !

In the two games, none of them played the familiar hearty feeling. The England team and the French team were very competitive. England fans would rather believe that this was a nightmare, and that the Scotland and Northern Ireland teams wearing England jerseys were impostors. , but unfortunately, this is the cold truth.

Don't ask what happened now. The fans just want to see that England, a country full of tens of millions of superstars, can grit their teeth and defeat Slovenia. The premise is that please treat Slovenia as Germany and Brazil. The strong feel that in this case, the momentum of the game may not be weak, and the attack will appear more positive. Of course, this is just wishful thinking.

Similar scenes also appeared in the World Cup in Germany four years ago. At that time, there was always someone in England who stood up to play the savior and often broke the deadlock for the team. There is nothing to help the dilemma.

David Beckham!

Throughout the game, he could only sit on the bench and worry. He gave thumbs up to his teammates, yelled at the referee, and looked at the final score board with a blank face. Beckham was no longer a member of England's main lineup. , but he is still the Beckham who has attracted countless eyeballs, and England, which no longer has Beckham, has really fallen into a quagmire.

There have always been two "dialectical" views on the relationship between Beckham and England. Some people say that Beckham's excellent passing and threatening free kicks have supported half of England's offense.

In addition, some people said that Beckham has no speed, no breakthrough, and his presence on the field actually limits the threat of assault from the right of England. It is useless to pass the ball a few times, and he is actually a drag on the overall offense.

The debate about Beckham will continue, but one thing is for sure, if Capello can give Beckham a few minutes in this game, even if he really only passes a few balls, this What a rare luxury for England in this field. Rooney, Gerrard, Lampard and others really want to pass such a few good kicks. Why is England's offense so embarrassing?

As for Beckham's corner kicks and free kick threats, they are the magic weapon to break the deadlock. Of the 10 corner kicks taken by Shuangde in turn, none of them caused a threat. Terry and Crouch elsewhere, will they miss the exquisite arc Beckham gave them at this time?

Back in time to the 2006 World Cup, Beckham almost single-handedly sent the England team to the quarter-finals. The first game of the group was deadlocked with Paraguay, and Beckham's free kick created an own goal for the opponent; in the second game, there was no way to face Trinidad and Tobago, and it was Beckham's cross that assisted Crouch to break the deadlock; 1/8 In the final against Ecuador, Beckham scored a free kick and sent the team away. In the quarter-finals against Portugal, Beckham fought until he vomited and watched the team's exit with tears on the sidelines.

Over the past four years, the Englishman has been trying to get rid of the asylum of "Beckham God", hoping to throw away this right-hand crutch and learn to walk independently, but the result of trying again and again is that he is more and more inseparable from him.

McLaren stripped Beckham of the captain's armband and once expelled him from the national team, but at a critical moment in the European Championship qualifiers, he did not hesitate to break his promise and recalled Beckham to save his life.

When Capello took office, he searched for new answers to the right wing. Wright Phillips, Theo Walcott, and Lennon all brought fresh stimuli, but in the end the Italian iron coach also discovered the truth. England cannot do without Beckham , but the stubborn Capello still did not give Beckham a minute of playing time.

So much so that after the game, Degan said in the atmosphere: "Capello should knock open his head and take a good look. It clearly contains David Beckham, but he insists on deceiving himself and choosing to forget. If the team If Sai Yingying just went home, then the person who should bear the responsibility, no need to look for it, is that old bastard Capello!"