In the past eight major competitions, a good start was insulated from the England national team. They only got 4 draws and 4 losses. Compared with previous European Cups, France's European Cup expanded to 24 teams, the possibility of advancing is much greater, but the first game is still crucial for any team.

"The first game is a huge test for the team! Our young players do not have this kind of experience in the competition, and nervousness is inevitable! So I think it is best to focus as much as possible after the game!" Wen Sheng, commented on the live broadcast room.

Players from both sides have already played. The England national team is the youngest team in this European Cup, with an average age of only over 23 years old, and many players have no experience in major competitions at all.

National team competitions, especially intercontinental bidding competitions, are very different from Champions League and club competitions. The opponents they meet are diverse. Some teams come to the competition with a mentality of showing themselves. The results are low, and showing themselves is more important for them. Some teams are conservative and tenacious, and they especially like to attack strong teams.

In the Champions League, what each team needs to pay the most attention to is not to show their personality, but to achieve results. Every step forward is money, which is the most fundamental difference between the club and the national team.

But as a team that wants to win the European Cup, it is not possible to just show your personality. You must learn to win.

What kind of team is England?! They are the teams that want to win the championship, whether they are the team themselves or the enthusiastic fans, their only goal is the championship.

Wensheng thinks that the English national team should put their position in the right place and don’t take it too strongly!

Carragher said that the young men represent the momentum, and the boys of the England national team should bravely show this.

Wen Sheng did not refute silently, but he obviously would not agree with this view. The national team stage is not for you to show your personality. You need to obtain honors for the national team and be responsible for fans across the country. This is the most fundamental thing.

Wen Sheng and the others have already won the starting list of the game, but Wen Sheng did not question Huo Taigong's arrangement of troops. The national team has relatively few technical elements, but this is the case in personnel configuration, so there is nothing worth judging. Let's wait until the game starts.

Carragher and Neville also did not point fingers at the lineup. On the contrary, they were very confident in Huo Taigong's formation.

After the game started, the England national team did a good job at the beginning. They basically followed Wen Sheng’s idea, did not rush to attack, and first stabilized their defense. After getting the ball in the backcourt, they cleared the ball and never stick to the ball, so that the ball could be kept away from their own goal.

But this also exposed some problems. The ball flew around in the sky, and Kane had no advantage in headering the ball. Russia's central defenders Ignashevich and Berezusky were strong and limited Kane to death.

After spending the start, England gradually grasped the favorable situation on the court. Wen Sheng said that the tactical ideas of the English national team were correct. They did not emphasize ball control and played very directly, so they did not have an absolute advantage in ball control. The technical advantage allowed them to create opportunities more than Russia. England still had some good opportunities in the first half, but unfortunately they could not grasp it. Russian goalkeeper Akinfeev performed very well.

As the game progressed in the live broadcast room, the three of them were also shaking, sometimes sighing and sometimes exclaiming. Russia has few opportunities but does not mean that the other party is not threatened. The big center Juba is a huge threat to Cahill and Smalling.

"Our ability to seize opportunities is really bad!" At the end of the half, the score between the two sides was 0:0, and Wen Sheng couldn't help but complain.

His complaints caused laughter from Carragher and Neville.

"This at least shows that the guys are playing well! They are just a little unlucky!" Carrag's face was a relaxed smile. Huo Taigong is now in the control flow. England has no problem with control. Of course, no one can ignore that Russia itself wants to play defensive counterattack and gave up the ball control.

He can foresee that Russia, which is exhausted in defense in the second half, may face a severe physical test in terms of physical fitness, and England, which has many soldiers and widespread players, has a good chance of relying on substitutes to solve the goal problem.

Wensheng had never watched this game in his previous life. Now he still hopes that England can escape the fate of being eliminated from the group and Huo Taigong resigned in disgrace.

But in the first half, the team failed to seize the opportunity and actually sounded a wake-up call for him. Wen Sheng reminded: "We cannot be blindly optimistic. There is no easy opponent in such a field! We have many capable players sitting on the bench, but don't forget that the opponent is also a very determined team!"

Neville interrupted and said, "Slutsky has not led the team for a long time, this is our advantage! I believe that the team has already gained the upper hand in terms of mentality!"

Neville's words are not unreasonable. The England national team played well in the qualifiers. Russia fired Capello in July last year. Slutz was basically the head coach of the CSKA. He was arrested by the Russian Football Association to work as the head coach of the national team. It is said that even his salary was owed by the Football Association. There was no way. Capello's high salary almost broke the Russian Football Association. He had to fire Capello at the time.

In other words, Slutsky has only been taking over the national team for a year, and the team has not been able to work together for long, while the English national team is very different. It has been working together for a full four years under Huo Taigong.

"No, no, Gary, you overlooked a problem!" Wen Sheng waved his hand, "Their tactics are very simple, and it is not difficult for players to get together! We must keep calm in the second half and don't be too impatient!"

England was able to calm down. The repeated missed opportunities in the first half did not make them seem impatient, and they still controlled the situation on the court without hesitation.

Russia attempted to start the second half, but the effect was not very good. England was not fooled at all, and Jiuba never made good use of this point, but England still gave the opponent a lot of corner kicks.

In such a game, England is strong and Russia is weak. After Arshavin left the Russian national team, no one can take over his position. His creativity has declined a lot. Russia will definitely focus on studying set pieces tactics before the game.

"Be careful with set pieces! We can't give our opponent too many set pieces!" Wen Sheng's commentary was something that even the commentator of England could understand.

But Wensheng unexpectedly expected that England would take the lead by taking advantage of the set piece opportunity. Dale successfully scored a straight set piece in the frontcourt in the 71st minute, helping England to take a 1:0 lead.

From the depths of his soul, Wen Sheng is 100% Chinese, but after working and living in England for so long, his wife Cheryl is also an Englishman, Wen Sheng naturally supports the English national team 100%.

Seeing England scored a goal, he, Neville and others couldn't help but cheer and smiled at each other. This was really great!

"Daniel, you just said you should be careful of your opponent's set piece!" After the celebration, Neville teased Wensheng with a sarcastic look. In fact, he thought so at that time.

"Okay, it seems they should be more careful with our set pieces!" Wensheng admitted with a shrugged.

"Then we'll be much easier to deal with! They can only attack, and our chances will increase!" Carragher looked happy.

"The most important thing for us next is to do a good job in defense!" Wen Sheng said.

"You are always so conservative!" Neville found another opportunity to attack Wensheng.

"This is the European Cup! Our goal is the championship! Of course, we should adopt a more economical and cost-effective strategy based on the situation on the field!"

"Conservative! Everyone knows that this guy has always been a conservative coach! God, you never had any experience in Italy!"

"No, I often communicate with Ancelotti, Allegri and the others!"

The building was offside, but Carragher quickly made him right, "I don't want to listen to you two guys chattering here! Let's focus our eyes on the game!"

As the commentators expected, Russia showed signs of counterattack and had a firm attitude. England obviously expected this situation. Huo Taigong first asked his players to tie the fence tightly, and the effect was still good. At this time, Russia's offense was still weak. In fact, Slutsky was still a bit conservative about Jiuba's use, which led to them not being able to improve much in the offense.

At this time, Wensheng believed that Huo Taigong could actually make substitution adjustments, he could make adjustments on the winger. Russia's formation has been moved upward, and the assists of the full-back are getting bigger and bigger. At this time, putting players with sufficient physical fitness on the side can continue to maintain the impact force on the side, and at the same time suppress the opponent's excessive pressure. After all, Russia still plays with crosses as the main method.

However, Huo Taigong did not do this. He replaced Rooney in the 78th minute. Wensheng thought from the bottom of his heart that this was a failure. Rooney must have been exhausted after a long season, but whether the control of the midfielder could be replaced by his Will Sher is questionable.

Instead of substitutions like this, it is better to add a defensive player. After all, there is already an Ali on the court. Ali is a little less organized as a midfielder, but England can completely change the way of playing ball and engage in defensive counterattacks. It doesn’t matter if you are a little cowardly, and it doesn’t matter if you give up the ball. Counterattack is the best idea.

Huo Taigong's on-the-spot idea was contrary to Wen Sheng, but as a fellow villager, Wen Sheng did not publicly accuse Huo Taigong on this. Neville and Carragher also had some doubts about this substitution. Everyone understands that Huo Taigong is still moving closer to the Bullfighter Army, trying to maintain control in the midfield.
Chapter completed!