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Chapter 125 Warm-up Match 4
The football goes back a little, towards Lampard.

Under such circumstances, Lampard, who has no defenders on his side, kicks the ball with full strength and proper ball feel. The football flies slightly upwards, its speed is extremely fast, and the angle is quite tricky.Stojkovic stood in the center and faced such a shot, he tried his best to save it.

But with such a shot, even Thirteen, who is good at defending long-range shots, looked a little chilled from behind. Although Stojkovic was decisive, he could only look at the ball and sigh.

The most annoying thing for goalkeepers on the football field is not conceding goals, but the sense of powerlessness. Now Stojkovic really feels this sense of powerlessness.

At the same time, warm cheers erupted from the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. This rugby-based stadium has hosted many top football matches, and has repeatedly become the official home of the FA. Although it is no longer in England, it is better than most English stadiums. Be like home.

The capacity of more than 7 people will naturally not be full due to safety reasons, but looking at the white jerseys in the stands, the Serbs do not feel that it is correct to choose an away game, but after thinking about it, I know that England is not Will agree to go to Serbia, who knows if there will be a sudden war, it will never be a peaceful place.

Of course, this is also England's last home game before the World Cup. After the game, they will fly directly to Africa to adapt to the winter environment.

But then again, the players in England are really not afraid of the cold. You must know that the weather in the British Peninsula has never been good, and during the winter break these players experienced more severe conditions than other European players. On the one hand, England has an advantage invisibly. Of course, these advantages are sometimes of little value.

And the fans don't care about this, they have already booked the air tickets and hotels if they have the conditions, cold?If you have a fierce football game in your heart, will you still be afraid of the cold?
Most of the fans sitting at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff are actually from England. Of course, this number cannot be compared with that at Wembley, but judging from this situation, we can roughly estimate how many people will go to South Africa during the World Cup.

At this time, the situation on the court has been tilted towards England. After leading by one goal, England played more aggressively, while Serbia was in a state of wanting to attack or not. Antiqi was conflicted at this time. On the one hand, he wanted to The victory over England boosted the morale of the team. On the one hand, they wanted to retain some strength. After all, in the World Cup group stage, Germany does not count, and Australia and Ghana are also hard bones. It is good to keep everything that can be ignored.

Capello has no scruples. His original intention is to re-examine the players. As for the tactical coordination, it needs to be adjusted on the spot, and what can be used has been used before, and the ones that need to be kept will not be exposed at this time. Now the game Taking the lead naturally requires the players to let go of their hands and feet. What's more, the striker cooperation they want to see has not yet appeared. This attack is definitely indispensable.

Taking advantage of the opportunity of the dead ball, Capello called Lampard up to give verbal instructions.

"Both you and Stephen try to give the ball to the wing as much as possible, and let the two kids do it." Speaking of this, Capello was suddenly taken aback. The four midfielders are from the top four of the Premier League. Ladd and Lampard can also be attributed to overlapping positions, and the two cannot be integrated, but if the four of them cannot understand each other now, then it will be...

Lampard didn't notice the change in Capello's face, and nodded in agreement naturally.

Perhaps it was Capello who was a villain, but he had to have such doubts. After all, there is no fixed core in this game, but in the World Cup, he will definitely rely on something. The players don't worry about it, but he is the coach. It is necessary to take into account many aspects and take into account all possible accidents.

After thinking about it, Capello hesitated for a while and called Barry who was just in front of him and was about to return to the defense.

"You tell Leo to delay, don't go up!" Just in case, Capello had to take precautions.

The situation on the court at this time is actually not much different from before. Lampard and Gerrard have split sides many times before, but now it is just increasing the frequency. It is not so easy to see five or five changes*.

And Shuang De is now devoting himself to the game so he doesn't care about any club disputes, not to mention that it is not a good behavior for two veterans to show faces to two young players, and it would be embarrassing to say it.

These two don't care, the other two don't have this awareness, they just play football, of course, when it comes to club disputes, the two absolutely don't let it go.

This may be the inertial thinking of Capello, an outsider. Of course, since we are playing together, the barriers may not be clear, but there is definitely a small group, not to mention that there are seven people in Manchester United, which is also true for players from other teams. a kind of pressure.

Fortunately, Owen and Brown are the old men of the team, Ferdinand is now the vice-captain, Rooney's position in the team is considered the most stable, Carrick may be a little embarrassed, after all, he is pressing Gerrard and Lampard in front of him.

But Mike and Shisan have no scruples. They are both newcomers to Chiguoguo. They basically have no say in the national team. It is best to be able to play football, and it is no big deal if they can't.

Now the two have a lot of opportunities to play, and they are quite satisfied. Mike has scored a goal, and Thirteen is more likely to occupy the main position. For the purpose of recording experience, there is no idea of ​​fighting for power at all.

Don't let what belongs to you, and try your best to fight for what doesn't belong to you.

At this time, there are more opportunities to get the ball, and Mike is not surprised. He can score in the last game and now he will not be timid.

The midfielder seems to have stabilized, but Thirteen doesn't feel that much easier in terms of defense. Serbia's offensive power is indeed not to be underestimated. It seems that some guys are not well-known, maybe not as famous as Thirteen, but their strength is absolutely not weak.

Krasic is indeed worthy of the title of Serbian Footballer of the Year in terms of attacking or passing the ball. First, he broke through the England midfielder and made a diagonal pass in the middle, allowing Zikic to find a chance to stagger Ferdinand's shot from a close corner.

Fortunately, Shisan's position was quite good, and he stretched out his foot to block the ball.

Then Krasic inserted himself into the penalty area, and he didn't let Ledley King, who was supplementing the defense, get close. After attracting most of the attention, he suddenly made a cross. The ball turned into a poke and the soccer ball flew towards the goal at breakneck speed.

If it wasn't for Thirteen's habit of keeping his eyes on the ball, he would definitely be unable to react at this time.

However, because of Shisan's habit, this ball seems to make people feel palpitating, but it is actually not threatening at all.

Taking this opportunity, Thirteen took the opportunity to slow down the rhythm of the game. After all, it is not a good thing for people to keep playing under pressure. He took a few steps slowly with the ball.At the same time, I took the opportunity to observe the dynamics in the frontcourt. Rooney seemed to have nothing to do, but as long as Defoe can contain Ivanovic, then Vidic can't change anything even if he is close to Rooney. After all, Rooney has no patience to stay with him. A place, especially when guarded.

After looking around, Thirteen chose to hang the opponent's backcourt directly with his big feet. The purpose was not to change the score, but to influence the situation.

Now Gerrard is in front, and Rooney is also near the football landing. Vidic will not let Rooney get the ball easily, but he is also unwilling to be too far away from the penalty area. After hesitating, he chooses to give up Rooney.

After all, if the back defense is empty, it is bound to be difficult to defend, so it is better to respond to all changes with the same.

When Gerrard saw Rooney retreating, he naturally moved to block Stankovic who was returning to defense.

To say that Stankovic is still quite embarrassing in Serbia now, the offensive organization was handed over to Krasic, but Antić did not explicitly ask him to defend. In this way, running around the field has become his own restraint pressure.

There is no defensive player for now, Rooney got the ball more easily, but when he turned around, he hesitated, after all, the organization was not his responsibility, and when he retreated, no one was involved on the penalty area line, just at this moment , Walcott has inserted into the penalty area, and Rooney made a decisive pass without even thinking about it.

Ivanovic was also taken aback. After all, judging from the previous situation, the "Little Tiger" hadn't entered the penalty area in this game. Now that he came to attack suddenly and rushed to the middle, Ivanovic suddenly found himself defending Defoe is now the biggest obstacle, he is blocked, and Walcott has run past Defoe, and the ball is down at the same time.

Facing Stojkovic, Walcott chose to lob and shoot, but the goalkeeper, who had lowered his center of gravity, suddenly jumped up, pushed the ball up, and the football flew over the crossbar and out of the baseline.

Even though the goal was not scored, the fans felt a little regretful, but watching this attack, everyone felt very happy, but the passing of the ball is naturally meaningless, but the long-term long-range shots are also tasteless.

Only this sudden stimulation is memorable.

The first half of the game ended with intermittent attacks from both sides.

Capello, who was thinking about training, made a large number of substitutions at the beginning of the second half.

Abanglaho and Owen formed the front line, while Walcott was replaced by Wright Jr., then Mike was moved to the midfielder again, and Janus appeared on the left.

Carrick was at the front, so the entire midfield changed completely, and only Mike was left. Judging from the situation at this time, Capello obviously used Mike as a panacea.

Thirteen was not replaced this time, but seeing Robinson eager to try on the sidelines, Thirteen secretly estimated that it should only take ten minutes.

However, England has changed a lot here, and Serbia has only made minor adjustments.

"Has Capello not yet decided on his tactics? He is still inspecting the players. When is this, and he is still doing this kind of thing!" Many fans have doubts about the future of England.

And within a few minutes after Capello's substitution, the world's major gaming companies also adjusted their odds at the same time. England's winning odds were a little higher. Several even offered heavy bets, and Bo England's team could not qualify.

No way, after the three warm-up games, Capello didn't have a fixed style of play. He was about to send troops to South Africa, and he was still observing the players at this time.Ordinarily, the two extra people had already been confirmed. At this time, such an approach would only add to suspicion.

However, Capello can't control so much at this time. In his eyes, as long as he can adapt to the situation, he is a good player. Now what he wants is the one that can best improve the team's hidden strength, not tactical play.

tactics?It has been decided a long time ago. As long as the players are in a stable state, everything will be fine, and how to replace them has been initially determined. The World Cup requires both stability and odds. Now England has no problem in terms of stability. Kurt or Wright Jr. can be regarded as odd, but these two also need a well-regulated game.

Thinking of this, Capello suddenly remembered that he had ridden solo for thousands of miles last year on the [-]th, but this kind of thing once is the limit for the goalkeeper, so can we still count on him.

Serbia did not give England new players time to adapt to the field, and three shots were formed in less than 5 minutes after the restart.

Thirteen, who has always been relatively low-key and stable in the England national team, opened his mouth to shout at this time, no matter who the defender in front was.

"Press them all out, whoever stays behind, I'll hit the next time I get the ball!" This sounded wild enough, but when you think about it carefully, do these defenders have less time to be hit by the ball?Including Ferdinand was a little bit dumbfounded, what kind of thing is this!
It's no wonder that England's defenders suddenly hoarded the penalty area, but at this time the frontcourt was not stable, and Serbia was attacking from a wide range. Under such circumstances, it naturally narrowed the defensive range unconsciously.

"Hey, Mike, stabilize the ball yourself!" With the captain's armband, Ferdinand naturally had to make some necessary commands.

Seeing the crisis in the backcourt, Mike doesn't care whether Capello has other arrangements, since Ferdinand said, then be steady!The captain on the court is the big brother!
If Mike wants to control the ball, it is not easy for the defenders to grab it under normal circumstances. Now he is standing in the backcourt.

On-the-spot counter-grabbing is often just to prevent it. This is exactly what Mike meant. After a few minutes of fierce competition, the game gradually calmed down. Then do whatever you want.

At 65 minutes into the game, Robinson replaced Thirteen. At this time, no one said whether Capello's substitution was right or wrong.

However, it was Robinson's bad luck. He suffered a big gift in less than 2 minutes after playing. Stankovic lobbed the ball into the penalty area.

The latter did not stop the ball and directly hit the ball back to the center.

At this time, the Serbian striker, one in front and one behind, happened to be misplaced. Glenn Johnson, who was supplementing the defense, hesitated in the face of the incoming ball and couldn't dodge it. His calf happened to hit the football in midair.

The football was hoisted directly to the goal with a weird arc, and the surviving Robinson had already attacked.

The score was equalized like this.

At this time, Shisan Shang, who was on the stage, was still drinking water. Seeing such a situation, the water in his mouth sprayed out directly.

"You are really lucky!" Capello shook his head with a wry smile, patted Shisan on the shoulder, turned and walked towards the coach's bench.

"Luck?! There seems to be a little bit of it!" Shisan was also a little stunned when he heard such a statement.

However, he could not understand Capello's mood at this time.

Originally thought that Shisan was talented, and many goalkeepers who were prone to mistakes in high-altitude shots and single-handed shots would not be a big problem for him, but now it is due to luck. In this way, it seems to outsiders that Capello is pinning his hopes on a Good luck goalkeeper.When the opponent doesn't play cards according to the rules, how long can this luck last!

But no matter what Capello's concerns are, the fans are sure that Thirteen is lucky.

What is even more unacceptable is that there are gaming companies that openly list the number of goals conceded by Niu Shisan in the World Cup. Aren't they afraid of Shisan's own betting?

Serbia, which equalized the score on the field, also began to make a lot of adjustments, but others changed players without changing tactics, which looked more decent, which was much better than England's seemingly chaotic situation at this time.

However, Capello watched the game on the court with a calm expression, no longer directing or making adjustments.

Until the end of the normal game, the defensive team still did not change, Ferdinand was still lagging behind, Glenn Johnson wanted to attack and atone but was suppressed by the opponent.

Under such circumstances, the defense of the entire England has withstood a rather severe test. It was not until the post-match press conference that Capello revealed his purpose.

"This game is a good test for our defensive players. Glenn performed well. Own goals should not be a burden for defenders. Of course, the own goal also shows that awareness needs to be strengthened."

Yes, England's defenders have indeed undergone training, but what about the frontcourt?After the rotation, it's completely like a headless chicken!Mike wanted to attack after possession of the ball, but he had to act as a defensive midfielder honestly after a few trials. His pass almost made Irving abolished. If this continues, it is not a good thing. The guy needs to show, But you can't live without it!

A one-to-one score is acceptable to both sides. Capello has not yet considered what kind of momentum to take South Africa directly. Still have to use heat.

He has basically determined his position now, and the three games seem to have nothing to do with each other, but if someone pays attention, it is not difficult to find that this is actually a substitute arrangement made by Capello. Not short.

Reversing the customary order of training, Capello is considered intentional, and the effect looks good, and it also plays the role of a suspicious soldier under the current situation. Maybe this way can really escape a few pairs of eyes. must.

After years of military training, when will the madness come?

The whole army is pre-released, just for the World Cup.

PS: The high school classmates went out to play. It is estimated that this is the last class reunion before the students become house slaves. I don’t know when they will return. If there is any accident tomorrow, please forgive me.

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