Chapter 688: Head-on suppression

"Ferdinand's pass from the backcourt was too light, Klose intercepted the ball! Breakthrough! Entering the penalty area, England is in danger!"

Amid Motson's scream, Kloze dribbled the ball into the penalty area, but a figure immediately entangled him. Daniel, who returned to defend in time, made a flying tackle after chasing him. Kloze dribbled the ball away from Daniel's flying tackle, but dribbled the ball out of the baseline.

"Good job, captain." Hart ran over and pulled Daniel up. Daniel stood up and patted the grass clippings on his body, nodded to Ha Te, then got up and ran out of the penalty area.

Klose walked back from the bottom line helplessly. Daniel's return to defense was too timely, and the tackle was also fierce and fast, which forced him to dribble too much and go out of the bottom line.

After the game started, Germany began to press in the front court, while England was looking for opportunities in the backcourt - it was obvious that Germany's press played a big role just now, and Xiao Ming shouted off the court: "Press up! Bring them back!"

Hart took the ball, Cole dribbled the ball forward, and forced the ball to break forward under Schweinsteiger's press, and then passed the ball to Barry who was coming to meet. Barry directly passed it to Rooney who was swimming in front. Rooney took the ball and turned around, facing Mertesack who was approaching forcing him to break through!

Mertesack was flashed, and it was a bit difficult for him to react with such a big man. However, his ability to play as a main player in the German national team was not purely based on his height. After moving one step, Mertesack blocked Rooney's route. Seeing that there was no hope of breaking through, Rooney quickly dunked the ball back and passed the ball horizontally.

Gerald, who kept up, took the ball at the front of the penalty area and immediately fell into the double-team between Hitzelspeg and Metzeld. Gerald did not force the ball to shoot, but turned around and passed the ball back.

Lampard, who was inserted, still shot from a long shot immediately after Barack's interference. The shot was quite firm. Lehmann made a beautiful side save and saved the ball.

"Continue to attack like this, hit them on the wings, and hit them behind them!" Xiao Ming clapped his hands and shouted loudly.

He didn't care that others knew his tactical intentions at all. England had only one tactic in this game, that is, to use offense to tear open the opponent's defense line!

Löv's eyebrows raised when he heard his shout.

Germany immediately launched a counterattack, and there was no friendship in this game. Since England was arrogant and wanted to attack them, they had only one response, which was to use the offense to beat the opponent back!

Ram dribbled the ball and rushed forward from the left. Because Friedrich on the right was average in offensive ability, Ram's left became the focus of German offense. In the last game against Turkey, his goal was his absolute goal to defeat his opponent's Turkic army.

But on this side, he was facing a defense line composed of Lennon, Beckham and Daniel.

After barely breaking through to the 30-meter area, Ram had to choose to pass the ball. The ball fell at Podolski's feet. The former Prince Cologne planned to cooperate with Klose with one-on-one and into the penalty area, but his pass was directly cut by Terry, who had been stealing the ball around and directly broke.

After intercepting the ball, Terry did not kick off the ball with big feet, but handed the ball to Beckham who returned to defense. Beckham immediately passed the ball to Lennon on the right. While Ram had not returned, Lennon rushed on the right.

Flins, who came over to defend him, was instantly thrown away by Lennon. With enough space, Lennon's speed could play its best.

Ram was desperately chasing back, but Lennon dribbled the ball very quickly, especially when he rushed forward with his head buried...

"This guy, don't look back until the bottom line." Xiao Ming murmured in his heart.

However, Lennon seemed to be enlightened. After rushing forward to the place parallel to the penalty area line, Lennon rolled the ball into the penalty area and forced the ball into the penalty area!

Metzeld cautiously stuck Lennon's route directly facing the goal. He knew that if he stuck it up, he might be forced to get rid of it by the opponent. Lennon was moving forward too fast, and basically the players who were receiving England did not come up, so it would be enough to hold him alone.

However, after dribbling into the penalty area, Lennon took a few big steps to catch up with the ball, and then suddenly shot from a place with a bad angle!

This shot was beyond the expectations of Metzeld and Lehman. Lehman almost subconsciously blocked the ball with his body in a very awkward posture. Fortunately, Metzeld reacted faster and rushed to the front of Lennon to clear the ball.

The sighs of English fans sounded in the stands. Lennon grabbed his head and ran back regretfully.

"Just play like this and continue to attack!" Xiao Ming shouted. He arranged it before the game to give the players a chance to shoot, because Lehmann's performance is definitely not as stable as two years ago. The current German national team has not been able to effectively alleviate the shortage of talents, especially in the goalkeeper, Neuer Adler has not yet grown up, and the old goalkeeper Lehmann is one of the biggest weaknesses in the German defense line.

The defense lacks speed, has height, but is slow to turn. The fast Ram attack is stronger than defense. At the same time, he likes to assist. The goalkeeper is older, and his reaction and concentration are reduced compared to before... All of this makes Germany's defense far less outstanding than their offense.

Metzelder's clearance ball flew out of the sideline, Daniel threw the ball to Lennon, and Ram, who had already returned to defense, tangled up. Lennon did not choose to break through this time but passed the ball back to Daniel. Daniel handed the ball to Beckham, and Beckham sent it directly to cross, and Mertesack headed the ball to clear the ball.

"It's still not possible to get a direct cross. After all, we lack a center." Xiao Ming thought, touching his chin.

Germany launched a counterattack. Klose took the ball to attract the defense and then knocked back. Barack and Flins passed consecutively to attract the defense of the English midfielders. Hitzelspeg, who was inserted in the back row, directly shot from a long shot. Unfortunately, the shot hit a little straight. Hart bent down steadily and knelt down and hugged the ball firmly in his arms.

Through this series of back and forth tug-of-war, both sides gained a lot of opportunities, but fifteen minutes later, England began to gradually gain an advantage in offense.

In the fifteenth minute, Lennon knocked back from the right, Gerald, who followed, directly passed the ball to the left, and Barry, who had assisted, dribbled the ball and flashed through Friedrich's defense and crossed the middle. Metzeld, who returned to the defense, almost headed the ball to his own. Fortunately, Lehmann reacted quickly and pushed the ball out of the crossbar with both hands.

Beckham took a corner kick and was cleared by Metzeld. Germany's height advantage in positional battles and set pieces was quite obvious. The ball was intercepted by Lampard outside the penalty area. Chelsea's deputy captain tried to dribble the ball and was knocked down by Flins. Free kick, Beckham's direct free kick bypassed the wall, but was held tightly by Lehman, who performed well during this period.

Beckham waved regretfully. Although Beckham's performance in this European Cup was excellent, it was not as important as the English national team before. With the position moved back, he began to dispatch more offenses rather than directly participating in the offense. After changing to play as a midfielder, he participated in defense more. Although the goal in the last game broke his goal drought in the European Cup, he has played six games so far, and he has not scored a free kick. It can be seen that Beckham's current state has indeed declined - this is also related to England's tactics. In the World Cup two years ago, Beckham was almost the only source of England's offense. All goals were almost related to his golden right foot pass. Now England's tactics are more flexible and the scoring points are more scattered, which has also reduced Beckham's position in the national team's tactical system.

However, this time the free kick did not affect England's attack.

In the 22nd minute, England was so close to the goal.

Lampard took the ball at the front of the penalty area and did it back. Daniel, who had assisted, passed the penalty area at the corner of the penalty area. Gerald jumped high at the back point, defeating Mertesak, who was nearly ten centimeters higher than him, headed the ball. The ball hit the bottom of the near post and bounced back to the penalty area!

Metzeld hurriedly cleared the ball not far away. Cole intercepted the ball outside the penalty area and shot a long shot, and the ball missed the far post.

The huge sighs of English fans and the fear of German fans sounded again in the stands. England was a little crazy during this period. The diverse offensive routines and the characteristics of almost everyone in the frontcourt have the ability to score, which made Germany's defense lose one's attention. Before the start of this European Championship, among the several players in England in the frontcourt, Rooney, Gerrard, Lampard, Lennon and Beckham, both goals. On the contrary, the two central defenders who always scored goals have not yet scored yet. This is why they focus more on defense.

Germany, which was suppressed by England for a row, finally completed a counterattack three minutes later. Schweinsteiger made a cross from the right, and Barack at the back point directly volleyed and was blocked by Daniel who had filled the ball with his body. Barack complained about Daniel's handball, but the referee did not pay attention to it.

The English fans in the stands booed Barack, especially the fans of Leiden Oriental booed even louder - they still did not forget that Barack chose to leave when he was about to advance to the Premier League at Leiden Oriental, and even more dissatisfied with him, he transferred to Chelsea freely...

Chelsea fans were also booing Barack. Although they had cheered for the Germans at Stamford Bridge Stadium, they could still distinguish them at the national team level - just as Naples fans loved Maradona no matter how much they were, and they stood firmly on the side of Italy when Italy and Argentina played against the World Cup in 1990 - the club is a club and the national team is a national team.

At this time, Xiao Ming had already sat back. He wanted Germany to set off the stance and attack England. If Germany was suppressed, the front defense abilities of their two high school defenders and several midfielders with strong running abilities could be greatly exerted. However, if they were pulled out to play, the defect of the German defenders' general slow turn will be completely exposed.

However, what Xiao Ming did not expect was that England's lead happened to be the mistake of the person who was the fastest on the German defense line, not the others...

Thirty-third minute.

Barry passed the ball to Lampard in the middle circle. Lampard received the ball and turned around and sent a straight pass. He rarely passed this straight pass, but at this time he passed it and was lucky enough to succeed. The ball flew to the right side of the penalty area. Ram had already stuck in the position, but Gerald, who was inserted from that place, forced overtaking from the outside, and in turn, blocked Ram behind him!

If it were Lennon, who was faster, maybe Ram wouldn't have been so careless, but it was obvious that at this time Ram forgot how outstanding he was when he plugged in after Gerald, and his speed was definitely not slow!

After blocking Ram behind, Gerald didn't need to worry about Ram's defense - the difference in physique between the two was there, even if Ram fouled behind him, Gerald might not be able to let him down. Of course, if Ram makes a tackle move, Gerald will definitely go astray and earn a penalty kick and add a red card...

The interference behind Ram could not affect Gerald's movements at all. He pushed the ball forward and faced Lehman who was attacking, Gerald directly raised his feet and pushed the shot from the far corner!

Lehman fell to the ground and Metzeld's tackle was also slower. The ball rushed through the middle of the two and flew directly into the back of the goal!

At that moment, 20,000 English fans burst into cheers from the entire stadium!

"Steven-Gerard!"

Motson felt that he had never shouted so loudly. Outside the court, more than 30,000 English fans who failed to enter the court raised their arms and shouted with his roar. At this moment, the whole of England burst into countless shouts at the same time!

Amid the cheers of countless people, Xiao Ming bent his waist, raised his head again and smiled all over his face. He raised his hands high above his head, then waved it violently and pressed it down!

The first record! One to zero! Xiao Ming took the lead in the ninth consecutive game since taking office!

In the first eight games, England won seven of them, draw one, and only three of them were equalized! Only when they were overtaken against Croatia, but England scored four goals in the second half!

With England's recent form, taking the lead is equivalent to having one hand touched the championship trophy!

Looking at the celebrating Englishmen, the German players felt more unwilling. Although England has performed better than them in offense during this period and has performed well in defense at all, no matter what, such a final is far from giving up.

Ram lowered his head and made such a low-level mistake of not being tightly stuck, resulting in losing the ball. Even though he was a top player, he was still hit hard. Some of his teammates came to comfort him, while others kept silent in other places...

Lof didn't have time to comfort Ram at this time. In fact, he didn't blame Ram in his heart. After all, players are not machines, and mistakes on the court are inevitable. However, although there are accidental factors in this goal, it is true that Germany was at a disadvantage in both offense and defense before - although they were not forced into desperate situations in every game, England, which has fought all the way with the powerful teams, has reached its peak in its state and confidence!

They rushed all the way, and now it was the best time, and they were still in their best spirits.

On the other hand, although Germany has also experienced harsh tests in the two knockout matches, there are no real strong teams that we met along the way except Portugal. Although the last game was wonderful, they made their spirits tense to the limit. Now Germany is worse than England in terms of state and self-confidence.

What's more, the pressure is definitely on Germany's side. England is in good condition now. It's the kind of mentality that entering the final has made history. Even if they lose the final, they are still winners. Germany can't afford to lose. It reflects that England is playing without any scruples on the court, while Germany is a little difficult to take.

This is also one of the reasons why Xiao Ming hyped the game even more and more controversial before the game. After the conflict at the press conference, both sides were more determined to win this game and could not afford to lose. However, England lost, it was just that Xiao Ming's personal name, making him a laughing stock of the German media. If Germany loses, everything will be lost!

Anyway, no matter how much pressure is, England, which has made history, is under limited pressure, so Xiao Ming has even increased the pressure on both sides. He believes that the first thing that was crushed is definitely not England, who appeared in the European Cup final for the first time, but Germany, which entered the European Cup final for the sixth time.

In Xiao Ming's view, the most difficult game was actually the semi-final against Spain. After passing this level of Spain, no matter who it is against, the final is easier than the semi-finals. Not to mention anything else, the runner-up halo of Barack alone is enough to give England players more confidence.

In fact, Barack's performance has not been very good so far in the game. As Germany's number one star, his performance has also affected the overall performance of the German team.

After the game re-started, England, which was highly morale because of this lead, was not conservative, but continued to press and attack in the frontcourt. Three minutes later, Rooney almost sent Lennon's cross into Germany for the second time at the back point, but unfortunately his volley shot high.

A few minutes later, the German team was hit again. Barack injured his brow while competing for the top of the penalty area with Terry. He immediately bleeding. After emergency treatment off the court, he started bleeding again. England took advantage of the opportunity of one more person on the court to siege Germany in the half. Although he failed to score, he successfully maintained a goal lead until the end of the first half.

"Let's go, let's go back to the locker room." Xiao Ming took a deep breath, said to the assistant coaches and substitutes around him, and then walked into the player channel first.

Behind him, the cheers of England fans continued, and in their minds, England had only one hour left to the first Delaunay Cup in history.
Chapter completed!