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

Chen Chen and his brothers started to warm up in the corner flag area, and the game on the field just started.

The German team did not make any personnel adjustments.

Loew chose to wait a little longer.

England kicked off.

At the beginning of the second half, German fans found something wrong.

Why did the English press so hard at the beginning?

Why were the tactical arrangements in the first and second half completely different?

Southgate's idea was very clear. It was impossible to defend all the time. After all, there were too many precedents of defending and being killed by the opponent.

It would be better to attack instead of defend, and consume the opponent's physical strength, so that the substitutes can play more comfortably.

Seeing this, Loew on the sidelines quickly directed the players to retreat quickly and shrink the formation a little.

The Three Lions' offensive became more and more fierce, but they failed to score the second goal.

Because they wasted several opportunities again.

As the old saying goes, wasting opportunities will be punished, and this is absolutely true!

In the 51st minute of the game, Rashford's close-range shot hit the goal post and bounced back.

Rashford covered his face with his hands in disbelief!

Neuer quickly caught the rebound, and then without any delay, threw the ball quickly!

The ball came to Toni Kroos's feet.

A Kuan picked up the ball and passed it to Havertz on the right side.

The Chelsea striker immediately ran with the ball!

Then, before Luke Shaw turned around and stretched his legs to intercept, he swept the ball to the middle!

Werner's feet slipped, and Muller, who followed up at the back point, made a direct arc shot!

Pickford was very focused and he saved the ball!

But it was a pity.

The ball came to Havertz's feet who quickly inserted after the pass.

There was no missed opportunity.

Havertz scored the ball steadily!

"Havertz!"

"Shoot!"

"No problem!"

"Germany equalized the score in the 6th minute of the second half!"

"This is an offensive organization from Neuer!"

"From the backcourt to the frontcourt, the German team only used 4 passes!"

"Wasting opportunities will be punished. Rashford's missed shot just now was the key turning point of this game!"

"Löw's team seized the opportunity when the English players had not yet fully settled in their defensive positions after completing the attack."

"1-1!"

"Now both sides are back to the same starting line!"

In the studio, Zhan Jun couldn't help but sigh.

The ability of football teams to seize opportunities is really abnormal!

This wave of Germans' quick counterattack is very similar to the Belgium comeback in 2018, which was also from the backcourt to the frontcourt, and also seized the opportunity when the opponent's defense was not in place.

The only difference is that the England team failed to score a goal and was counterattacked after the corner kick was taken, but this time England failed to score a goal and was counterattacked!

Watching the ball roll into the net, Pickford could only lie on the grass and sigh!

Havertz, who scored the equalizer, rushed to the corner flag area and cheered for the German fans!

The screams and cheers of German fans rang out at Wembley Stadium!

The team is on the rise!

They saw the hope of the team's reversal and victory!

Now it was Southgate's turn to look serious.

Before the players of both sides walked back to the center circle, Southgate made two substitutions.

Saka and Trippier left the field.

Chen Chen and Grealish came on as substitutes.

Chen Chen replaced Saka, and Grealish replaced Trippier.

Rashford still played as a center forward.

Chen Chen played as a front midfielder, with Grealish and Sterling on both sides of him.

In other words, England's formation returned to 4231, with Chen Chen in the attacking midfielder position!

This was also the first time Chen Chen appeared in the attacking midfielder position since he was selected for the Three Lions!

The on-site director was very funny.

The camera was facing Mount.

What it meant was self-evident.

After Chen Chen came on the court, he first explained Southgate's latest position arrangement, and then stood next to Rashford.

The German team also made substitutions.

Werner off, Gnabry on.

"Beep!"

After the referee blew the whistle, the game continued!

57th minute of the game.

England has the ball.

Pickford took Kyle Walker's back pass and passed it to Stones on the left.

Stones did not kick forward, but passed it to Grealish who pulled back on the left.

There was a Kimmich defending next to Grealish, so he didn't rush to control the ball, but tapped his toes and passed it back to Luke Shaw.

Then Grealish turned and ran immediately.

Luke Shaw said I understand, he knew that Shaker wanted to play a lob pass.

So Luke Shaw kicked the ball and passed it, the ball passed over Kimmich's head and came to Grealish's feet again.

Grealish immediately dribbled the ball on the left side.

At this time, Ginter also came to defend.

Grealish slowed down and looked at the opponent's penalty area. He was looking for the position of Rashford and Sterling at the far end.

However, after seeing Chen Chen waving, Grealish passed the ball.

That is, when the swing passed the ball, Kroos saw the opportunity and ran up quickly to prepare to intercept the ball.

Chen Chen saw what Kroos was thinking, but he was not in a hurry.

Instead, after waiting for A Kuan to come close, Chen Chen took a step to get the ball first, and then turned around and dribbled the ball from the right foot to the left foot, and the whole person ran towards the right side.

Kroos saw Chen Chen's idea of ​​trying to pass, but he couldn't keep up.

So he quickly called Goretzka to come up to defend.

Facing Goretzka's pressing, Chen Chen was not panicked. He calmly pedaled two or three times, then accelerated and rushed over.

Goretzka thought very clearly that the ball could pass, but people could not.

He took a step to block Chen Chen's sprint route, and Chen Chen was tripped!

The referee quickly blew the whistle, indicating a foul!

At the same time, he took out a yellow card!

Goretzka did not argue, stretched out his hand to pull Chen Chen up and walked back.

Wembley was filled with boos!

Rashford trotted over and asked Chen Chen,

"Are you okay?"

"It's okay, it's not a big deal."

Grealish also came over at this time,

"What do you mean? Just kick it?"

Chen Chen covered his mouth and replied,

"I'll try, you go and tear down the human wall."

Grealish and Rashford nodded, and the two called Maguire and Stones to squeeze into the opponent's penalty area.

"Ugh!"

"Chen Chen was tripped!"

"This is an obvious tactical foul!"

"Gretzka is a bit reckless!"

"But it's understandable, behind Goretzka are Hummels and Neuer, as well as Rashford who has been eyeing him and Sterling at the back post. He doesn't dare to bet on what Chen Chen will choose after dribbling the ball, after all, there are too many choices!"

Zhan Jun made an analysis.

Zhang Lu chuckled twice and added,

"But the location of this foul was not chosen very well. Chen Chen could have kicked the ball directly from this distance!"

"Fans who often watch the game know that Chen Chen has a crescent-shaped scimitar technique! Even Beckham himself said that Chen Chen's set-pieces are better than his in the past!"

"Of course, there is definitely more of a teasing meaning in this remark, but it can also be seen that Chen Chen's kick surprised Beckham."

"We can see that now only Chen Chen is standing in front of the penalty spot, so he is most likely to kick the ball directly!"

Zhan Jun said "hmm",

"Yes! Coach Zhang's analysis is correct. Chen Chen took a few steps back, and the whole person and the ball almost stood in a straight line. This is a very standard Beckham arc position!"

"This is a big challenge for Neuer."

"Now let's see what kind of wonderful save the top three goalkeepers in football will make!"

Wembley Stadium gradually became quiet.

Everyone's eyes were focused on Chen Chen!