Football: The king of midfield, Guardiola is crying with envy

"The three forwards are Grealish, captain Harry Kane and Manchester United midfielder Lingard."

"Recently, there is news that Aston Villa's star player Grealish may transfer to Manchester City!"

"Three midfielders, Coady, Saka and Dortmund's new star Bellingham!"

"On the back line, Mings and Rice play as central defenders. Trippier is the left back and Alexander Arnold is on the right."

"In the goalkeeper position, Everton goalkeeper Pickford starts."

"To be honest, I don't understand Southgate's arrangement of the starting lineup."

"On their bench, there are also defender Ben White, who has confirmed his transfer to Arsenal, defender Godfrey, captain Henderson, midfielder Ward Prowse, and midfielder Chen Chen!"

"The Three Lions can definitely line up a normal starting lineup."

"Maybe Southgate has his own ideas."

"Then let's follow the broadcast camera and enjoy this friendly match between England and Austria at the Riverside Stadium!"

On the court, at the whistle of the referee, Kane kicked the ball to Saka behind him.

The game officially begins!

"Okay! Dear viewers, the player you see now attacking from the left side of the screen to the right, wearing a white jersey with blue trim on the shoulders, is the England team."

"Wearing a red top and black shorts, attacking from the right side of the screen to the left is the Austrian team, they..."

Zhan Jun quickly speeded up his speech.

"Let's take a look at this attack first!"

"Caudy's dribbling was intercepted by Laimer, and now the ball is at Sabitzer's feet!"

"What should the Leipzig striker choose?"

"Sideways! Pass it to Alaba who is in the middle."

"Alaba continues to pass it to the right."

"Reiner kicks the ball!"

"Sabitzer! Sabitzer heads the ball!"

"The ball goes in! Austria scores the first goal!"

"There was a mistake in the coordination between Rice and Mings."

"Southgate! You shouldn't mess around!"

Sabitzer, who scored the first goal of the game, ran madly to the corner flag area.

Then he slid to his knees to celebrate towards the Austrian fans who came from afar!

On the big screen at this time, the game time was just 2 minutes!

Southgate on the sidelines put his hands in his pockets without any sadness or joy.

Then, as if he remembered something, Nanmen quickly signaled the players on the field to pay attention to their positions.

The broadcast camera was very interestingly aimed at the England bench.

On the bench, many genuine midfielders and defenders were sitting there.

Soon the Austrian team finished celebrating, and both sides returned to the center circle to kick off.

England, which was trailing 0-1, began to attack, and they had more ball possession on the field!

Austria quickly retreated and played 541 without any hesitation!

In fact, the victory or defeat of this friendly match is irrelevant. It is not considered a FIFA A-level event and does not count towards FIFA points.

Therefore, many teams will make bold changes in formation and personnel in friendly matches to find the most suitable tactical play for their team.

However, today's Austria was like this game was the European Cup final. From the second minute until the end of the first half, they did not change the 541 defensive formation!

There was no plan to make a substitution!

It can be said that they were determined to win a game that did not count towards points!

In fact, there was a reason why Austria played this way.

In the European Cup ten days later, Austria will play against the Netherlands, Ukraine and North Macedonia once each.

Needless to say, the North Marathon is a weak team.

The most brilliant record is to defeat the full-strength Italy.

But this cannot change their weak temperament.

Ukraine's paper strength is similar to Austria, and the Netherlands is stronger than both teams.

Now Austria's idea is to defeat the North Marathon, play against the Netherlands to maintain a draw and win, and finally beat Ukraine, get 7 points to secure the second place in the group!

The winner of the game against Ukraine will not be in offense, but defense!

There is a saying that when a team concedes the fewest goals among all teams, then it will be the final champion!

In the midfield lounge, Southgate is arranging the players' positions and game tactics.

Looking around, Southgate named two people.

"Ward, Chen! You two go out and warm up, I will replace you in the second half."

Chen Chen is very happy!

He is about to usher in the substitute debut of the Three Lions!

But then Chen Chen is a little nervous.

Taking a few deep breaths, Chen Chen forced himself to calm down!

Later, under the leadership of assistant coach Paul Nevin, Chen Chen and Ward Prowse appeared on the sidelines of the court!

"Hey! Chen! Let's take a photo! I am Brentford"People!" Chen Chen, who heard the voice, just raised his hand and said hello. He was warming up now and couldn't stop or leave easily. Finally, after the warm-up was over, Chen Chen hurried over to sign autographs and take photos with several fans and passers-by. Soon, the players from both sides walked out of the player tunnel! Chen Chen and Ward-Prowse did not enter the player tunnel, but stood on the sidelines waiting for the fourth official to raise a sign for substitutions. Soon, Rice and Grealish were replaced, and Chen Chen and Ward-Prowse came on the field! Chen Chen ushered in his first appearance with the Three Lions! Seeing this scene, countless Chinese fans were heartbroken! In the end, it was still unintentional In addition, Chen Chen and the national football team parted ways!

But more Chinese fans felt very fortunate.

Chen Chen can finally ignore those guys who are just sitting there doing nothing and focus on the game!

And the moment Chen Chen stepped onto the court, there was a sudden [ding! ] in his mind!

[System task is being released! ]

[Task name: Three Lions era! Boiling expectations! ]

[Task requirements: Lead the team to win one game after another! ]

[Task reward 1: Upgradeable bronze-level England star treasure chest × 1. ]

[Note: Win a single game and get the highest score in the game Upgrade. Upgrade route: Bronze → Silver → Gold → Black Gold → Purple Gold]

[Task Reward 2: After the England star treasure chest is upgraded to purple gold, 10 free attribute points will be automatically obtained! ]

Chen Chen's eyes lit up instantly!

The highest purple gold treasure chest!

Or the purple gold England star treasure chest!

And you can also directly obtain 10 free attribute points!

It's just that this condition is a bit difficult.

Win the game and have the highest score in the game.

Chen Chen shook his head.

Fight!

Start from today's friendly match!

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After Chen Chen and Ward Prowse came on the court, Coady returned to the back line , filling the gap left by Rice's departure.

Chen Chen played as attacking midfielder, and Ward played as left winger.

The team changed its formation to 4231!

After Chen Chen came up, the Three Lions changed the embarrassing situation of the midfielder not being able to hold the ball.

After all the balls came to Chen Chen, he could handle them smoothly for you!

The English fans at the scene were stunned!

This, is this the midfielder of the English Championship team?

How can he play better than Bellingham and Lingard?

The Brentford & England fans at the scene felt extremely comfortable!

Let most of you fans who have never seen Chen Chen play football come and taste the fine bran!