Chapter 316: After all, this is my first time

For the 2002 World Cup, it was a disruptive start at the beginning.

The European powerhouse Netherlands was miserably eliminated in the European qualifiers, which was enough to surprise the world. In the opening game, the defending champion French national team was defeated by Senegal by one-to-zero in the three major leagues, with the best scorers of Serie A, Trezege, Premier League Henry and French Ligue 1, which greatly shocked the nerves of the fans!

Fortunately, the next day's game was normal. Although the German national team, who was in a slaughtering the Saudi Arabian national team in a 8-0 manner, was not particularly surprising. After all, Germany is thin and powerful, and their strength-type playing style is also very powerful. Saudi Arabia's more technical playing style.

On the third day, June 2, it was England's turn to play.

The first thing this group was Argentina against Nigeria, which was four hours earlier than England. Of course, the whole English team could not finish watching in the hotel before leaving for the stadium. When they set out to the stadium, the game had already begun.

While moving his body easily in the stadium of Saitama 2002, Tiger looked up at the stadium. There were not many English fans coming to this stadium, and there were also many Swedish fans. Of course, the largest number of people were local fans. Beckham was very popular in ***, and there were slogans about him in the stands.

"David, you are indeed a superstar." Tiger teased Beckham. He had to admire the fact that this woman Victoria is really good at scheming. If it weren't for him, Beckham wouldn't be the most popular fan now.

"You are not as good as you, you are the World Footballer and the Golden Globes." Beckham said with a smile, then he looked up at the stage: "Look, there are many slogans that support you..."

Tiger looked up and sure enough, a large portrait of Tiger was also made in a stand waving several red flags...

Tiger naturally didn't know that the stands were basically Chinese working in Saitama. Although Tiger had no intersection with China, with the increasing development of Chinese sports media, it was no secret that he was a mixed-race Chinese-British family - half of the Chinese are of Chinese origin and even won the World Football Master, which is enough for Chinese fans to see Tiger as a spiritual sustenance in European football...

Tiger shrugged without knowing this, then withdrew his gaze and began to warm up seriously.

When the players returned to the locker room, Eriksen had already got the result of another game. With the help of Batistuta's header in the second half, Argentina defeated Nigeria by 1-0 and achieved a good start in the group. This result was not good or bad for England. After all, it was just the first game. It was normal for Argentina to win the ball and would not bring too much pressure.

"In this game, be patient and be careful of their counterattacks. Their counterattacks are very distinctive... When attacking, give the ball more to Tiger to organize, pull out their defense, and then find opportunities to score."

Erikson simply arranged the next tactics and said nothing. The tactics that England needs to use have been practiced many times before, and it is nothing more than the middle organization and crossing from the two wings. Husky became the main force for this reason. He can grab the points if he can grab the points. If he can't grab the points, he can also use his height and strength to cover the scorers Tiger and Irving.

In this tactic, Tiger has a heavy task. He has to take charge of the middle organization. He has to take charge of all the organization and often retreat to the organization. However, Tiger doesn't care about this. When he was in Valencia, he was always the one with the most responsibility on the court. Now in the national team, it is already very good in terms of tacit understanding or other aspects. After all, he has played a lot of games in the past year, and he has cooperated with Beckham and Scholes on both wings.

"This game is the first game in the group... If we win, we will be more at ease in the next game, but if we can't win, we will face the bad situation where we have to defeat Argentina to gain an advantage... So in this game, we must be full of energy and use the best state to get a good start for the game!" Eriksen said loudly in the locker room.

The English players roared together, Beckham took the lead, Tiger finally took the lead and walked out of the locker room.

When Tiger was about to walk out of the locker room, Erikson grabbed him and told him: "They used two midfielders in this game... If it is a bit reluctant, the attack should be mainly on the wing."

"I won't fight head-on." Tiger laughed: "I still have to reserve my energy for the knockout round."

Erikson glanced at him and then laughed: "Okay, we have to play a little better in the knockout round!"

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When the song of "The Queen of Heaven" stopped, cheers from all the fans rang out in the stands, and players from both sides began to scatter on the lawn, waiting for the start of the game.

In this game, Erikson sent the strongest lineup at hand and the strongest lineup that the entire England national team can produce - goalkeeper Heyman, defenders Miles, Campbell, Ferdinand, Ashley Cole, midfielder Gerald, Tiger, Scholes, Beckham, forwards Irving and Husky. In this lineup, except goalkeeper Heyman is over 30 years old, all the rest are players under 30 years old. Tyger and Beckham, 26 and 27 years old, and younger players occupy the other half - this is a vigorous lineup.

Sweden put their Ajax talented young center Ibrahimovic on the bench, with the forward combinations on the court being Larson and Albuck, plus Lyonberg and Alisanderson on both wings, which is a typical defensive counterattack formation.

However, Sweden did not defend at halftime to defend. They made full use of their physical fitness and excellent physical fitness and launched a fierce fight in the midfield, intending to disrupt England's offensive rhythm with quick attacks.

If it were the same England before, it would be possible that the opponent would passively be dragged back and forth by the opponent. After all, the English players' foot skills are not particularly outstanding, and they can only say that they have good basic skills. This time, Sweden also had a good effect at the beginning. The English players unconsciously began to speed up the pace and pressed the opponent's running back and forth in the midfield...

After five minutes of playing, Tiger stopped his running pace helplessly - the ball flew around in the air like this, and he was running back and forth on the court - this was really unpleasant, especially for a player like Tiger...

Then Tiger stood near the center circle and watched for five minutes. Until Gerald found out that something was wrong and threw the ball straight to him, Tiger stepped on the ball and made a gesture of calmness.

"Don't worry, guys, take your time."

After saying this, Tiger pulled and stepped in the middle circle, dodged the opponent's midfielder's press, and then passed the ball to Scholes on the left at the same time, but did not penetrate forward, but instead moved his position backward, then reached out to Scholes for the ball.

To talk about these English players on the court, the one who is closer to Tiger's ideas is not Beckham, but Scholes. This player who seems inconspicuous in both Manchester United midfield and England midfield is actually a real midfielder, but he doesn't have such gorgeous footwork.

Seeing Tiger retreating, Scholes immediately passed the ball back. Sweden did not set up an attack midfielder, so when Tiger retreated, if they were unwilling to let the defensive midfielder come up, they could only let the forward retreat...

Sweden's tactical arrangement is actually like this. With so many lessons from the past, they will not let the distance between the two midfielders be too wide, because it is basically equivalent to seeking death. The forward or the forwards of the two wings retreat to assist in defense becomes the only way. This time the veteran Larson returned to defend.

Tiger did not give Larson a chance to press himself. He passed the ball out when he received Scholes' pass - not to Beckham on the right, but continued to pass it back to the left and handed it to Ashley Cole who was inserted from the left.

Because the opponent's right forward, Ryonberg, also came to the middle to assist in defense of Tiger, Cole took the ball very easily. Since he changed to a forward to a defender, he had a strong desire to attack. The young Arsenal full-back began to dribble the ball forward, and it was not until the center circle that a Swedish player rushed over to intercept him. He immediately passed the ball horizontally, and Tiger grabbed the ball between the two midfielders!

Erikson remained motionless on the sidelines, but his pupils shrank slightly, and at the same time, there were huge cheers in the stands!

He slightly tilted his body and drove the ball forward along the way of rolling the ball. Tiger rushed through between the two back midfielders!

"Roar, Tiger!" The English fans in the stands shouted loudly, and England's entire offensive rhythm suddenly accelerated!

When in the backcourt, England's offensive rhythm dragged very slowly, but as soon as it arrived at the frontcourt, it immediately began to get faster!

This completely different rhythm change immediately made Swedish players feel very uncomfortable, and their backcourt defense immediately began to show flaws. Although the two midfielders Lindrot and Svensen were desperately chasing behind him, the distance between them could not be shortened - within 30 meters of sprint, Tiger was not the most invincible in the world, but at least he was among the best in the world football world!

The distance of thirty meters is very long, but in fact it is only a moment to run. Seeing that both the back midfielders were unable to return to defend and block Tiger in time, Patrick Anderson, who was guarding Husky, had to leave Husky and greet him. He thought it was very good. After all, Husky was not fast, but his ability to seize the opportunity of one-on-one shot was very poor. Even if Tiger passed him to form a single shot, he might not be able to score the ball...

However, after he moved, Tiger raised his foot during the run and passed the ball directly to Husky, and then rushed forward without slowing down. Husky did not choose to dribble the ball, but pushed the ball horizontally to Tiger who was running up!

For the England national team, Husky is an indispensable player but has a very awkward position.

This is a player who plays a great role in the tactical system. After Hiller withdrew from the national team, England must have such a tall center to maintain tradition, and it also has great significance in tacticality - after all, another striker Irving, who must play the main force, is short-sized. Although the header is good, it is not very obvious in tactical role. If Tiger is pushed onto the front line, the impact of England's forward line will be greatly discounted, which will greatly waste Beckham's crossing ability. Husky is a must on the court.

However, Husky's painful shooting and ability to seize opportunities made all coaches a headache. The goal rate of a single season is often less than double-digit, which makes everyone shocked when they see it. His ability to waste opportunities is enough to make the calmest fans jump out of their seats and scold the streets. Scorers like Tiger and Irving will definitely be closely guarded on the court. Husky's chances will probably be more opposite - this is a paradox that makes all coaches collapse.

So after sending Husky to the court, Erikson gave him a death order - you can only grab points in the game, make balls and cover, and you are not allowed to shoot unless you have a particularly good opportunity! The first reaction on the court should be to make balls, rather than participating in the offense yourself!

Such orders are naturally very harsh and inhumane. However, for Husky, if he wants to play the main player in the national team, he must obey such orders. He also knows in his heart that in the frontcourt of England, the only main scorers can be Tiger and Irving, not him.

So, after receiving Tiger's direct pass, he almost did not consider it and completed the crossover action, creating an excellent opportunity for Tiger.

With the sound of the wind, Tiger rushed past Anderson, and Anderson turned around very slowly. When Tiger rushed past him, it was destined that he would not be able to interfere with Tiger in a short period of time!

Husky's ball making is quite beautiful - in fact, he can make a living in the Premier League, relying on his physical cover and ball making ability. If he doesn't practice well, it would be a hell - this cross pass happened to be in front of Tiger, so that he could easily move the ball forward without much effort and then rushed into the penalty area!

The next thing is simple.

Facing the goalkeeper Hedman who was attacking, Tiger swung his right foot while running. While Hedman saved, he raised his right foot a little, swept over the ball, then pushed the ball behind him, and then immediately changed his right foot to a support foot. He pushed the ball outward again, then pushed the ball away from Hedman's body, then took a step forward, and gently pushed the ball towards the ball with his left foot!

"The first World Cup goal is here!"

Tiger shouted in his heart and shot the ball out!

The ball rolled quickly over the lawn and rolled directly into the Swedish team's goal!

In the sky above the stands, huge cheers from England fans immediately erupted!

"gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! Tiger! The first goal of England in this World Cup was also Tiger's first goal in the World Cup for the national team! He was only 27 years old to play in the World Cup for the first time, but it doesn't matter. Tiger has accomplished many miracles in the past, and this time he will work with Beckham and others to complete the miracle again for the English national team!"

The commentator of England TV yelled loudly and raised his arms to cheer - the previous hype in the English media also caused them some doubts - England and Sweden played nine times in the official national team matches in decades, and England has not been able to defeat their opponents once. This number is already very large, and it also makes them have to doubt whether England will not be able to defeat their opponents. If you can't win the weakest Sweden in this group, then England will be in trouble next...

And now, Tiger's goal has shattered all doubts and disconfidence!

More than ten minutes into the game, England scored a goal after a brief chaos! In the process of this goal, England was also very successful - Tiger passed to Scholes, Scholes passed to Tiger, Tiger passed to Kerr, Koll passed to Tiger, Tiger passed to Husky, Husky passed to Tiger - six passes, one goal, efficiency and gorgeousness were fully displayed at this moment!

The English fans in the stands cheered as much as they were cheering, especially as Tiger ran to the stands they occupied with his arms wide open, and the cheers began to become even more enthusiastic!

After hugging his teammates one by one, Tiger did not return to the court immediately, but ran to the stands with many red flags - he didn't know where the fans were in the stands, but only knew that the fans in the stands seemed to be purely for support of themselves...

Originally, when Tiger was celebrating in the stands occupied by England fans, the yellow-skinned and dark-haired fans in the stands were also celebrating each other. When they saw Tiger running over, they even made loud cheers!

When Tiger applauded the stands, the fans in the stands gave Tiger a thumbs up: "Beautiful job! Tiger!" "Good! Tiger!"

After hearing the familiar Chinese from the stands, Tiger realized it at this time that it was the fans of his father's homeland...

A warm current surged through Tiger's heart. Although he was born in England and had never returned to China, at this moment, he felt his connection with this group of people - it was a blood connection, and half of the Chinese blood flowed in his blood.

After typing in the stands again, Tiger ran back to the stadium - he had been celebrating for a long time, and if he continued to celebrate, he might be able to get a card...

"Be careful, don't celebrate it too long next time."

Facing the referee's kind reminder, Tiger nodded: "Sorry, Mr. Referee, I was so excited just now... After all, this is my first time."

ps: Damn, I think this title is very lewd.
Chapter completed!