Full-Level Pass, Please Call Me The Boss Of The Three Lions

The first match of the World Cup, the first match of the game.

Chapter 113: The first match of the World Cup, a shocking leak [4,000 words chapter]

Fluminense Club, in the training base.

Under the scorching sun, the players of the Three Lions

There are still a few days before the first game. The team has reduced physical and technical training, focusing on tactical drills to increase the running-in and tacit understanding between the players.

For example, the offensive routines combined with the side and the center, set-piece tactics, etc.

And every half an hour of training, the players will come to the sidelines and take out slightly cool sports drinks from the water tank to replenish water.

In June, Brazil is under the scorching sun.

Although it is not too hot, professional players will consume a lot of physical energy after high-intensity exercise, and must replenish water at any time.

Taking advantage of this time, Hodgson and the assistant coach will make one-on-one adjustments and guidance for the players on the field on the execution of tactics.

At this moment, Hodgson is holding Sterling’s shoulders and giving him some tips:

“Raheem (Sterling), when you dribble on the wing, don’t always keep your head down. Look up and observe your teammates in the middle as soon as you break through!”

“Also, you can switch positions with Daniel (Sturridge)”

And Sterling, who has a slightly curly Mohawk hairstyle, is drinking water while listening carefully to the old coach’s instructions.

At this time, Sterling has not yet transferred to Manchester City, nor has he been carefully cultivated by Guardiola, and has not appeared on the court. Those happy operations that defy the sky.

At this time, Sterling is not the half angel and half devil that fans later nicknamed “Happy Boy”.

His outstanding physical fitness, coupled with sharp breakthroughs, made him one of the few explosive points in the entire Three Lions.

Of course, his average shooting skills and decision-making problems after breakthroughs still limit his further growth into a world-class winger.

However, in the Three Lions, he is in a similar situation to Ling Feng, and can fully play to his strengths and avoid his weaknesses.

With Sturridge, Gerrard, Rooney and others in the team who can attack the goal, Sterling only needs to focus on rushing on the wing, tearing the opponent’s defense line, and then sending crosses to his teammates.

As for shooting, it is not his turn.

Of course, in the game, whether to pass or shoot depends on the player’s own judgment.

Tactics are dead, and players are alive!

Top players have strong game reading ability and can make corresponding decisions according to changes in the situation on the field.

After a short hydration, the players returned to the training ground again.

Sterling, who had just listened to Hodgson’s teachings, changed his rhythm on the right side, passed Luke Shaw, and then passed a low ball to the middle.

Gerrard, who then joined in, accelerated and ran past Ling Feng, and shot the ball with a powerful shot.

However, the angle of the shot was too straight, and the substitute goalkeeper Foster held it tightly.

Even so, this wave of offensive routines combining the wing and the middle made Hodgson on the side nod with satisfaction.

Then he said a few words to the assistant coach beside him.

The next second, the latter shouted loudly to the two midfielders on the substitute side:

“Ling, James (Milner), you let Steven shoot too easily, press harder!”

Hearing this, Ling Feng gave a thumbs up to the sidelines, indicating that he understood.

It is worth mentioning that with the social media fans exceeding one million, Ling Feng has achieved the achievement of [social media fans exceeding one million].

And the reward is another [Training Acceleration Card]

However, compared with the first [Training Acceleration Card], the card effect is somewhat different:

[Item name: Training Acceleration Card]

[Item effect: You can choose any one of the major attributes to speed up the training! 】

[Item duration: 90 days]

That’s right, the duration of this [Training Acceleration Card] is three times longer!

In other words, the training effect will be three times stronger!

However, considering that after the World Cup, it is the annual off-season.

Ling Feng does not intend to continue to train hard when the body should be relaxed and rested after the frequent league and World Cup matches.

As the saying goes, work and rest should be combined.

Besides, at his current age and physical condition, training too hard will put too much pressure on his body.

If it causes any irreversible hidden injuries, it will not be worth the loss.

Therefore, he did not use this card immediately, but planned to use it when he returned to the club for pre-season training.

With the pre-season training

With the experience of training and Premier League games, plus the effect of [Training Acceleration Card], even without additional training, he can quickly improve one of his major attributes!

. . .

On June 13, the much-anticipated Brazil World Cup officially kicked off!

In the opening match, the host “Samba Army” Brazil played against the “Checkered Army” Croatia.

Neymar, the leader of the new generation of Brazil, scored twice in the game and led the Samba Army to a 3-1 victory over Croatia, which had many strange players such as Modric, Rakitic, Perisic, etc., and got off to a good start.

The next day, after repeated consideration by the coaching staff, the Three Lions also determined the starting eleven for the first match against Italy.

Tactical formation: 4231

Goalkeeper: Joe Hart

Defenders: Johnson, Jagielka, Cahill, Baines

Midfielders: Gerrard and Henderson

Left and right wingers: Welbeck, Sterling

Attack midfielder: Rooney

Forward: Sturridge

Ling Feng, who performed amazingly in the three warm-up matches, did not enter the starting lineup.

Ling Feng was not surprised by this.

In the final analysis, head coach Hodgson still chose to be more stable.

After all, Ling Feng only played three games with his teammates, which added up to less than two hours.

Even if he performed well in the warm-up matches and had a good running-in with the team.

However, if he replaced one of the original main players with only three warm-up matches, it would undoubtedly be unfair to the main player who went through the World Cup qualifiers with the team and helped the team qualify for the World Cup!

Moreover, the World Cup is the most important and greatest event in football!

Every game is about the honor of the country, and every game is a tit-for-tat.

Hodgson, who is under great pressure, dares not make any changes to the main lineup in his mind.

He is afraid that if he changes, the originally stable main structure and chemical reaction will be destroyed.

Of course, considering Ling Feng’s outstanding performance in the warm-up match and his unique tactical role, Hodgson hopes that Ling Feng can understand his decision and play the role of a substitute.

For this reason, after the starting lineup was announced, Hodgson even called Ling Feng to his room to comfort this supernova.

To sum up, it means that you performed well in the warm-up match, but you were not allowed to start because of tactical and experience considerations.

This is somewhat similar to the situation when Ling Feng was just promoted to the first team.

Therefore, Ling Feng can understand Hodgson’s thoughts very well.

He is also very grateful that Hodgson can give him an “explanation” in person.

After all, with Hodgson’s qualifications and status, there is no need to do this.

However, Hodgson still did it.

This is enough to show how much Hodgson values ​​him!

Ling Feng also said that he respects all the decisions of the head coach and is determined to contribute his own strength to the Three Lions.

He is not afraid that he will not have the opportunity to play in this World Cup.

Ling Feng believes that with his ability shown in the warm-up match, he must have left a deep impression on the coaching staff.

Once the situation is not right, Hodgson will definitely think of him first!

And their first group match opponent Italy is not a good one.

The “Blue Army” Italy is led by two historical stars Pirlo and Buffon, with backbones such as Marchisio and De Rossi, as well as young talents such as Balotelli and Verratti.

The defense line has always been the most reassuring part of Italy.

Chiellini, Bonucci, Barzagli, head coach Prandelli directly moved Juventus’s defense line to the national team.

The tacit understanding and competition experience of this trio are trustworthy, and with Buffon standing on the goal line, any forward will be hesitant to see it.

In this lineup, Pirlo, who is already 35 years old, is still the absolute core of the team.

It is worth mentioning that Pirlo’s contract with Juventus will expire this season.

As a result, Juventus signed a new two-year contract with Pirlo just a few days before the opening of the World Cup.

Without the concerns about the future of the club, Pirlo can also devote all his energy to his last World Cup.

And how to make this midfield artist give full play to his passing advantage and coexist with young players will determine how far the Azzurri can go in this World Cup!

It is worth mentioning that many fans in later generations have made assumptions that if England had a Pirlo, England would have won the championship long ago.

It’s a pity that Pirlo is Pirlo only because he was born and raised on the Apennine Peninsula.

However, in this World Cup, the Three Lions

The team has a “new Beckham” with peak De Bruyne passing skills

Perhaps, Ling Feng, this little butterfly, will bring some different changes to England

. . .

June 15th.

The weather is fine.

The Amazon Arena in Manaus is about to usher in the first World Cup match.

The two teams are the “Three Lions” England and the “Blue Army” Italy!

The stadium, which can accommodate 46,000 spectators, is packed.

In the stands, blue and white compete against each other.

“Welcome to Manaus. The first match of Group D is about to begin, the England-Italy match!”

“Let’s take a look at the starting lineups of both sides.”

“Italy has arranged a 4141 formation.”

“The starting goalkeeper is not the familiar Buffon. He is replaced by the goalkeeper Sirigu of the French Ligue 1 giants Paris Saint-Germain.”

“On the back line, Paletta replaced Bonucci and became Barzagli’s partner, while Chiellini was on the left.”

“Five midfielders, De Rossi dragged back. Pirlo and Verratti were in the middle, and Marchisio and Candreva were on the left and right.”

“The one at the forefront is Super Mario, Balotelli!”

In the last eleven encounters between England and Italy, Italy has an absolute advantage.

And the most recent defeat was the penalty shootout in the quarter-finals of the European Cup two years ago!

Gerrard, Rooney, Welbeck and others in the Three Lions have witnessed the moment of being eliminated by Italy on penalties.

Therefore, they certainly hope to avenge Italy and win the first game to make a good start for this World Cup.

Before the match began, countless football people and media reporters gave advice to the Three Lions and helped them come up with various ways to “keep an eye on Pirlo”.

Hearing these rumors, Italian coach Prandelli just smiled at the pre-match press conference:

“Limit Pirlo? This is nonsense, everyone knows this.”

Whether it is the coaches and players of the Three Lions or the fans of England, everyone knows that Pirlo is the most threatening player in the Italian team.

However, knowing and doing are not the same thing at all!

With the cheers and applause of the fans on the scene, the starting players of both sides walked slowly into the stadium with the little ball boys.

Ling Feng came to the bench with other substitutes.

After the pre-match ceremonies such as the national anthem and the handshake in formation, the players of both sides came to their respective half and waited for the game to start.

Looking down at the time on his watch, the referee blew a long whistle, and the focus battle of Group D officially started!

From the beginning of the game, Ling Feng, who was sitting on the bench, fixed his eyes on Pirlo.

Having read the script, he certainly knew that the protagonist of this game was undoubtedly the man wearing the No. 21 blue jersey.

Almost every attack of Italy was organized by Pirlo.

Every pass, whether it was a direct pass, a split pass, or a back pass with Verratti and Marchisio, looked so reasonable and elegant.

However, the Three Lions, eager for revenge, showed a strong desire to attack from the beginning.

In the fourth minute, Sterling broke through on the right side of the front court, drove all the way to about 25 meters away from the goal, and suddenly fired with his right foot.

What surprised Ling Feng was that this long shot was pretty good.

It was just a little off the goal and hit the side net on the right, causing ripples.

In response, the English fans in the stadium applauded him.

Without any trial, the two sides started to fight with real swords and guns.

Both sides attacked and defended each other, and both had opportunities to score, but they were always a little short.

Until the 35th minute of the game, Italy got a corner kick on the right side of the front court.

Candreva, who was responsible for kicking off, looked at the crowd in the penalty area, and then looked at Pirlo on the penalty area line, and chose to take a tactical corner kick and pass the ball to Verratti nearby.

The latter stopped and passed the ball directly, passing it to Pirlo who came to the left side of the penalty area to respond.

Under the attention of everyone, Pirlo made a move that everyone present did not expect:

He rushed forward, and under the interference of Sturridge, he did not receive the ball, but consciously opened his legs and let it slip!

This leak fooled the whole world!

At this time, the attention of the English players on the field was attracted by Pirlo’s fake run, but they didn’t expect Marchisio behind him to come forward to receive the ball, observe Joe Hart’s position in front of the goal, and then kick!

A powerful kick, the ball was very fast and went straight to the lower right corner of the goal.

Joe Hart

Hart was unable to save the ball and could only sigh at the ball

(End of this chapter)