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"Their midfield is already half-collapsed. They must continue to put pressure on them in the second half."

"The problem before us now is Beckham. He is the only player in the England team who has the ability to break the deadlock. However, after the start of the second half, even if Beckham comes on the court, we must adopt a pressing method and constantly press Disrupt their rhythm and make their midfield panic!"

"For 45-70 minutes, continue to press and try to score another goal. During this process, the left wing continues to put pressure, which can attract attention to the left wing, and then let Mandzukic serve as the fulcrum, move to the right, and pull Kitich looks for an opportunity!”

In the locker room, Van Steyak held a notebook in his hand and kept describing specific tactical arrangements.

The atmosphere is a bit weird!

Compared to Bilic, Van Stryak seems to be more like a head coach.

However, the Croatian players couldn't care less about this at this time, they needed to concentrate.

After Van Stryak finished speaking, he found Duimovich again.

"In the second half, you have two jobs."

"First, if Beckham comes on the court, you need to keep a close eye on him. Don't worry about anything else. Just focus on Beckham and keep putting pressure on him so that he can't play the ball comfortably."

"Second, if Beckham doesn't play, he will pass the ball more often when attacking and let Mandzukic go to the side!"

Speaking of this, Van Steyak said solemnly: "If you can steal the ball in the frontcourt, don't hesitate to shoot directly from a long distance if you have the opportunity. The England goalkeeper will pay more attention to Mandzukic, Suker and La With Kitich, he’s not that wary of you.”

Duimovich nodded immediately, full of enthusiasm.

After Van Stryak finished speaking, he turned to look at Bilic.

"Coach, it's time to get back to work."

Bilic nodded and walked forward and said loudly: "We played very well in the first half. The specific tactics for the second half have been laid out. We must not slack off and win this game!"

"Win the game!"

Everyone shouted loudly.

Bilic felt a little helpless.

It's true that he is the head coach, but it seems that all the work has been done by Van Steyak.

He’s kind of like the head coach emeritus.

Soon, the second half begins.

When the players from both sides came to the court, Suker and others saw Beckham wearing jersey No. 17 on the opposite side.

At this time, Beckham has entered the final years of his career.

He is no longer a leader in the national team.

The No. 7 jersey on his body was also taken off.

Despite this, Beckham continued to loudly encourage his teammates around him.

"McLaren brought Beckham on as a substitute in the second half. Did he hope that Beckham could break the deadlock?"

When Krauszovich said this, there was a strong sense of irony in his tone.

England head coach McLaren just announced that the national team will "de-Beckham-ize" and even took off Beckham's No. 7 jersey and gave it to Barry.

But now that England is in trouble, he is licking his face and starting to ask for help from Beckham.

In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again.

England are one goal behind and desperate to equalize.

But after the game started, Croatia started pressing high again.

"You can really run!"

Beckham's eyes were full of envy. He could run like this before.

But as I get older, I can no longer run.

"pass it to me!"

Beckham sideways to catch the ball.

Gerrard turned around and was about to pass the ball when his foot suddenly pulled and passed to the other side.

Beckham also turned to look beside him.

Duimovic is already stuck close to him, ready to press at any moment.

Wherever Beckham goes, Duimovic follows.

This made Beckham extremely irritated.

"pass it to me!"

When an England teammate forced a pass to Beckham, Duimovic once again closed in and pressed wildly, while preventing Beckham from turning to face the attacker.

Helpless, Beckham could only give up turning and continue to pass back.

Beckham turned and glared at Duimovic.

Duimovich didn't look at it at all.

"Beckham was restricted, and Duimovic seemed to have been prepared. Not only Duimovic, but also the Croatian defenders would immediately get close to the England forward when Beckham held the ball, just in case. !”

Krausiewicz lamented: "At halftime, Bilic should have been ready, he should have expected that Beckham would appear!"

Watching Beckham get restrained.

Suk couldn't help but sigh.

I didn't think Van Steyak was anything special before, but looking at it now, this guy does have a good set of tactics.

But this is not over yet!

Suk grinned a sly smile.

At this point, Croatia's counterattack began.

Croatia's counterattacks began to tilt frequently towards the left wing, while Suker passed the ball to Mandzukic.

Mandzukic continued to engage in physical combat with the English defender.

Modric also passed it directly to Mandzukic.

Starting from the 45th minute, England's defense was extremely lively.

Just watch Mandzukic wrestling with two English central defenders.

The game time came to 55 minutes, and England couldn't stand it anymore.

They took Phillips off the court and brought Defoe on to further enhance their offense.

"Caught it!" Seeing England's substitute Bilic clenched his fists fiercely: "Van Styak, you are a fucking genius!"

Bilic immediately made a substitution gesture.

In the 57th minute, taking advantage of the dead ball opportunity. Croatia made its first substitution adjustment.

Olic and Niko Kovac stood on the sidelines.

"Two vanguards!"

Krawsiwicz asked curiously; "Are we going to replace Rakitic? His performance is very good!"

After the fourth official raised the substitution sign, Krausiewicz was stunned.

Mandzukic and Duimovic exited.

"Wait a minute. Why do you want to replace Mandzukic? We don't have a center." Before he could finish his words, Krausiewicz saw Suker moving towards the center position.

"Oh~~~~~~~~!!!"

Dawo Su Ke screamed strangely.

Besic on the side also shook his head and clapped his hands.

England coach McClaren was tricked!

"This substitution is quite beautiful, allowing Niko Kovac to take Duimovic's place and use his physical advantage to further restrict Beckham."

"At the same time, let Olic play as a winger and Suker as a center forward. We have all forgotten that Suker played as a center forward in Milan!"

"Four goals in five rounds. In other words, Suker is the strongest center forward in Croatia!"

"In the last ten minutes of the 57-minute physical battle, Mandzukic was even more frantic against the England defense. This was to further consume the opponent's defense and create space for Suker to score. At the same time, England used up their second substitution. After the quota is reached, substitutions will be made immediately!”

Davor Suker lamented; "In this tactical game, Bilic won completely!"

Bilic?

Besic shook his head. Judging from this substitution, this is not Bilic's style.

Bilic wants stability.

If it is a substitution led by Bilic, the quota will be placed on the back line to stabilize the defense.

But Croatia's substitution was aimed at scoring a goal.

This is Van Steyak’s arrangement!

In the stands behind the Croatian coaching bench, Van Steyak's smile had a hint of cunning.

England was still trapped.

From the moment he got the advantage, Van Steyak was ready for this step.

England is very cooperative. Of course, if they still want to equalize the score, they can only make this substitution.

But it also brings out the best in Croatia.

Vansteyak looked at Su Ke with bright eyes.

Su Ke stood at the center position!

Two years ago, he transformed Suker to the wing, and now he puts Suker back at center.

But during this process, Van Steyak never had any doubts.

Suker's style is his favorite center choice.

Due to height and other factors, Su Ke could only play on the wing.

But now, this cannon is finally set up in front of the opponent's door!

"Suke!!!——"

Van Steyak waved his arms vigorously toward the court.

"Show them something awesome!"

Violent cheers buried Van Steyak's voice.

But on the court, Suk's eyes were fiercely aggressive.

Croatia!

No.9!

Suk!

Center!

They have no reason to lose!

Stepping into the cool evening breeze, Suk stepped out.

Suddenly, Su Ke turned back and rushed towards the penalty area. Campbell wanted to turn around and restrict it, but Su Ke stepped hard and rushed forward in an instant.

At the same time, Campbell was in space on the other side, and the ball came diagonally.

Su Ke entered the penalty area, raised his head and swung his right foot.

Bang!

The ball flies close to the ground.

He got under the armpit of the England goalkeeper and dived into the goal.

58 minutes, substitutions just completed.

Su Ke, who came to the center position, scored another goal with a chance to advance.

Croatia leads England 2:0!

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