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Chapter 143 Jost Appears

England played sparks against Argentina at the beginning of the game, scoring a goal in the opening 10 minutes.

The game was still going on fiercely. Ince made a steal from the backcourt and passed it to Beckham. Beckham found Owen with a long pass over the top. Owen quickly started to single out the Argentine defense.

The Argentine goalkeeper Roja felt that suddenly, Owen seemed to have grown wings, like a top Olympic skier, turning a pass into a slalom skiing, every movement of his body was so perfect.

At that moment, the world seemed to stand still, only him and the football.The Argentine defenders were also fascinated-"He passed the Argentine defenders one by one without hesitation, everything was under control, unstoppable. He ran towards Roja! Right in front of him, the goal was shot through by him. The fans behind Argentina were silent, and relatives and friends stood there. Goalkeeper Roja shook his head, but nodded and smiled because he witnessed the beautiful football"

When Irving dribbled the ball, the Argentine defender tried hard to run back, not wanting Irving to eat them raw with speed.

Irving ran for 2 or 30 yards at the time.When he sprints that far at full speed, defenders simply don't stand a chance.Ayala panicked back on the defense, but when Irving dribbled past him, it was impossible for him to catch up to Irving.Owen saw Scholes on his right and called 'pass' or 'give me'.Owen ignored him.

Goalkeeper Roja rushed out and Owen couldn't continue to dribble, so he volleyed hard and the ball went straight to the far corner of the goal.England overtook the score 2:1.

Owen, who was only 18 years old, scored a beautiful goal and singled out the Argentine team.Irving can be said to have become famous with one goal.

England players celebrated wildly.

There is no left midfielder among the four midfielders in England. Ince is dedicated to defense, Scholes is attacking in the middle, Beckham is more like a central midfielder, and Anderton, who has a lack of presence, is the right midfielder.

England's entire left was handed over to Le Saux, who kept going up and down.When Le Saux assisted, Ince leaned to the left to protect, and correspondingly Beckham also leaned to the middle to ensure that the center would not open the gate.

Argentina is also a four-man midfielder, Ortega's attacking midfielder, Simeone is theoretically a defensive midfielder, but he, Veron and Zanetti, these three are too eager to move forward in the game (Zanetti also keeps going up and down, it is Simeone who inserts and wins the penalty, and Veron is not too far ahead strictly, but he is not far behind at all), so there is often an open area between the Argentine midfielder and the defender, especially when faced with sudden offensive and defensive transitions.

Irving speeds up when he takes the ball in this area, and he hits the ground. At full speed, he hurts the Argentine defenders.Owen's speed made Argentina very afraid.

The two teams continued to fight again, and the time passed. The fourth official raised the electronic card and stoppage time was 1 minute. In the 45th minute, Ince, who insisted on playing despite the injury, brought down Lopez at the front of the penalty area. The Argentine team won a free kick in a good position.

England goalkeeper Seaman commanded his teammates to line up the wall. Beckham communicated with Seaman.We all know that South American players have excellent footwork.

England's coaches were on their feet when Argentina took the free-kick.As the wall was erected, England goalkeeping coach Pete Taylor called: "Attention!"There are dangerous people here!He saw Ortega lurking to the right of the wall.Hoddle stood up, yelling, trying to alert Graham-Lesaux.

He noticed Ortega and knew he had to keep an eye on him.But the gap between England players is too big.John German has a premonition - Argentina will score.

Jost watched the ball, and he yelled at Ince from the sidelines to let him sting Argentina's Zanetti, but the noise on the court was too loud, Ince didn't hear it at all.

For the Argentine team, Veron, Batistuta and Lopez were standing in front of the ball. The referee whistled and Batistuta ran, but he didn't shoot. The sound of the end of the field.

Back in the locker room, England boss Shearer encouraged the team to make persistent efforts to get rid of Argentina.And praised Irving's outstanding performance in the first half.

But England also has bad news. Paul Ince, the defensive iron gate of the team's midfielder, was injured in the game, which made the injury worse. He couldn't last the second half of the game.Hoddle chose back and forth between David Batty and Jost, and finally decided that Jost will play. There are three Manchester United players on the field, Beckham, Scholes, Gary Neville.

After Hoddle explained the tactics for the second half, he asked Jost to go out to warm up and play in the second half. Jost was very excited that he could finally play.This is his first time representing England in a World Series.

At the start of the second half, England made a substitution in the first half, and Jost came on to replace Ince.Jost felt great standing on the field and seeing so many spectators, it was time for his show.

At the beginning of the second half, England did not encounter this problem because of the full-time defensive midfielder Jost and the existence of Beckham, who is actually a central midfielder.

Basically, although it can't completely prevent the Argentine's small skills and small-scale cooperation, it basically guarantees that the defense line will not be chaotic, so that the opponent's offense can be tolerated without too much thunder and rain.

England still pays attention to teamwork to limit the small-scale cooperation of the Argentine players. The game in the second half was extremely fierce.

Jost marks the Argentine midfielder Ortega. Although Ortega is not fast, he has excellent skills and it is generally difficult to snatch the ball from him.

When Jost received the ball from Ortega, he tried not to let him turn around, and then squeezed him with his body to force him to pass the ball. Even in a head-to-head confrontation, Jost did not worry about Ortega's speed. Jost felt that he was running much faster than him.Jost snatched the ball from Ortega several times with his body and head, and passed it to Owen in combination to cause several threats.

Jost was only used in England for a moment to pay attention to protecting the space left by left-back Le Saux's assist.Argentina's several attacks hit England's left, all of which were resolved by Jost.

Since Jost came on the field, Argentina's offense has not been smooth. Jost has a larger defensive coverage than Ince, and he has accurate judgments on the passing route. He is fierce and beautiful against Ortega and Veron in Argentina.

Jost's fierce fight made the Argentine also angry, and the midfielder fell on his back for a while.

Jost cut Ortega's ball again and quickly passed it to Beckham. As soon as Beckham received the ball, he was knocked down by Argentine captain Simeone.

(End of this chapter)