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Chapter 452: The National Team's Debut (Part 2)

At the beginning of the game, Difo caught a mistake on the back line and scored a goal. However, the Uruguayan player did not lose his position because of the situation of falling behind by one goal early. Instead, he continued to play steadily amid Tavarez's shouts, using his foot techniques to advance layer by layer, constantly eroding the position of the Three Lions, and putting defensive pressure on the England team in this way.

If the technical and tactical improvement brought by Tavarez to the Uruguay national team has not shown much power because of the short coaching time, then the old coach's construction of the team's temperament has begun to show results. The old coach emphasizes tactical discipline and team football, abandoning the bad style of the past that has been criticized, making the entire Uruguay team look fresh, full of vitality and regain the style of South American technical football.

It has to be said that Tavarez's strategy is very targeted. With the aging and fading of Gascoin, Scholes and others, England's control over the game began to decline. In particular, a large number of foreign players joined the Premier League and served as the core of the organization of each team, which made local players lose the opportunity to exercise and gradually became accustomed to the positioning of a fierce player on the court rather than a commander. This change is reflected in the national team, that is, even if the overall strength is superior, it will be difficult for England to take the initiative in the game and transform the strength advantages of both sides into victory.

In George's previous life, this problem always plagued the Three Lions. Germany was tied by Trinidad and Tobago in the World Cup, missed the finals of the 2008 European Cup, and was beaten by Germany four-to-one in the World Cup in South Africa. The most powerful evidence is that whether it is Eriksen, McArent or Capello, their idea of ​​solving this problem is to solve the so-called "double German problem", that is, to find ways to fully exert the power of the two world-class midfielders on both offense and defense, and to strengthen the English team's control of the game in this way, almost never considered other methods.

George is not the case. He knows that neither of them is a material for dirty work, with similar technical characteristics and poor at controlling the rhythm of the game, and he chose the most unexpected and simplest and most effective solution: let Lampard and Gerald take the starting lineup, straighten the unvalued Carrick and let him serve as the core of the organization, and arrange for another national team marginalist Hargreaves to undertake the midfield defense and sweep work of the Three Lions!

With Carrick and Beckham on the court, England's control of the game is strongly guaranteed; Hargreaves, the starting player, can set up a barrier in the midfield well to reduce the chance of being directly hit by the opponent's defense line; Gerald or Lampard, who are freed from heavy defense and organizational tasks, can give full play to their advantages of large range of activities and comprehensive technology, and provide support to the team at any place on the court!

The all-round midfielder, or B2B midfielder, is the on-field positioning that Gerald and Lampard should have. If the "Double Germans" shoulder the defensive or organizational tasks of an entire team like Marclayle or Pirlo, the results will only be counterproductive!

Of course, George dared to deal with the double-German issue in this way because the public opinion environment he was in was much more relaxed than those of his peers such as Erickson and McLaren. These reporters who claim to be "uncrowned kings" can expose their own government's shortcomings, but they will never dare to provoke those consortiums with deep backgrounds in their country. And George is precisely one of the key figures listed by these reporters on the "never provoked list"!

Therefore, some things George can do not mean that others are equally capable of completing them. If Erikson or McLaren dares to take the world like George and press one of the "Double Des" on the bench, then they will be waiting to be slandered by these public opinion media who are good at leading the rhythm!

With Carrick and Beckham controlling the rhythm of the game on the court, Gerald's large-scale running covering the entire game and Hargreaves' powerful midfield interception, the Uruguay team made the strategy of trying to control the rhythm of the game not achieve the expected results. Obviously, Tavares, who had just taken over the guidance of the national team, overestimated the overall strength of the Uruguay team after a blood change, and did not expect George to solve this number one problem that has been bothering England since Scholes retired from the national team!

The butterfly effect caused by George's time travel has certainly made stars such as Suarez and Cavani landed in European football earlier than in their previous lives and entered people's vision, making the Uruguay team begin a newer and earlier than in their previous lives, but this does not mean that the overall strength of this Uruguay team is stronger than that of the same period in their previous lives. After all, Suarez's potential and talent have not been fully realized. No matter how strong Tavarez's coaching ability is, it cannot make the game experience lack. Cavani, who have not yet grown up, soared into the sky and became the mainstay of the team!

One of his own major problems was solved, but the opponent's strength did not improve accordingly. Without the help of the goddess of luck and without the sudden burst of players, England's advantage naturally turned into a real victory!

In the 29th minute of the game, Defoe and Rooney received Beckham's long pass and double-slap the goal. The busy Uruguayan player accidentally cleared the ball to Gerald, who was ambushing outside the penalty area. The latter used a signature powerful shot to expand the lead for England. Subsequently, Rooney and Beckham also made contributions in the game, breaking through Carini's ten fingers and completely locked in the victory!

Of course, the English national team that solved the problem of coexistence between Germany does not mean that they can rest assured. There is also a cloud covering the goalkeeper problem since David Heeman retired from the national team. Even George, who has memories of his previous life, has not found a reliable candidate. Only Paul Robinson, who seems to be the most reliable goalkeeper, can temporarily serve as the No. 1 goalkeeper. In any case, Robinson in his previous life helped Tottenham win the fifth place in the Premier League for two consecutive seasons as the main goalkeeper from 2005 to 2007. Compared with Robert Green and Carson, his lower limit and ability are at least guaranteed.

Even so, Robinson's performance tonight still shocked George and all those who watched the game in a cold sweat - facing Salayeta's header, Robinson made a low-level mistake of saving the ball, almost equalizing the score by the Uruguayan, who was only one goal behind at the time!

Fortunately, Robinson's low-level mistake did not lead to a goal conceding, otherwise it would be a big question whether England could win a big victory today. After all, England's lack of ability to deal with tough battles and headwind balls has already appeared with the fading of veterans such as Scholes. If they were cheated by their own goalkeepers in the game, the English team, whose morale fell sharply, would not be able to successfully win Uruguay.
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