So, why is McLaren puzzlingly using Lampard today and abandoning Gerrard? The fundamental reason is that compared with Gerrard, Lampard has one thing better than Gerrard.
Do better!
That is, as a midfielder, Lampard has a slightly better offensive awareness than Gerrard!
Take this attack for example!
If, just if, today McLaren still chooses Gerrard as before, facing the proactive Italy, Gerrard will definitely choose to avoid its edge and face Downing's pass with a mentality of stability.
, it was just a big kick that kicked the ball back to the goalkeeper! Even before that, like Lampard, he had seen that after knocking the ball, Tangning was running quickly along the sideline!
But in the same position, under the same general premise, when Lampard faced Downing's pass, this time he gave a completely opposite way of handling it!
The ball was also thrown towards Tang Ning. He predicted Tang Ning's running speed in his mind and gave an advance. Lampard took advantage of the outside instep of his right foot and sent the ball forward, making a wall with Tang Ning.
A 2 over 2!
He quickly advanced along the sideline and received the ball that Lampard knocked back! As the saying goes, there is no turning back. When facing Italy, since he decided to save, he had to divide up the layers and maintain an uninterrupted defense line. Tangning regarded death as if he was going to die and dived in head first.
Got in!
On the field, just when Tangning was about to fall into the circle of Italian right back Zambrotta and defensive midfielder Aquilani, who replaced Gattuso today, Tangning, who was running at high speed, did not see clearly who it was, but he was sure that he
Within sight, a player wearing a white jersey appeared![
Things were changing rapidly on the court. At such a critical moment, Tang Ning didn't bother to confirm who the white figure was. Knowing that if she continued to carry the ball down, there would be only a dead end. Tang Ning made a sudden move and slammed the ball with the outside of her right foot.
He glanced in the direction of the white figure that appeared in his sight, and then, without slowing down, he just avoided Zambrotta and Aquilani from the outside, and continued to kill towards the bottom line!
And when this game develops here, the tragedy of Italy today is revealed!
By the way, if it were in a normal game and Gattuso was not suspended, Gattuso would never have made such an unwise choice like Aquilani on the field when he was in this position.
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Watching Tangning pass the ball to Irving who was coming from one side to meet him, Aquilani didn't even think about Irving after clearly seeing Zambrotta, who was in front of him, pounce on the player holding the ball.
Maybe he and Tang Ning once again played a kick-the-wall style, so stupidly, together with Zambrotta, they rushed towards Irving who got the ball!
Well, for this ball, if Zambrotta or Aquilani were a little smarter and assigned one person to chase Downing who continued to advance along the sideline, it is impossible to say that Irving, who has no accomplishments in organizing offenses, could only
Pass the ball back and seek cooperation again!
However, at this moment, two people from the opponent actually pounced on him, exposing a large open space on the left side. In this situation, even if Irving doesn't know how to organize an attack, he will know what he should do!
Zambrotta and Aquilani almost blocked all his direct routes to Downing?
This is not a problem at all. His toes are nimble and he just touches the bottom of the ball. Owen, who was Lampard before, once again played a kick-the-wall 2-over-2 with Downing. The only difference is that this time Owen
I made a wall and changed the low pass to a pick pass, that's all!
"Oops!" And it wasn't until he watched Irving pick the ball over his head that Aquilani realized in his heart that things were in trouble!
Five players were originally arranged on the right wing. In football matches, excluding the goalkeeper, a team has a total of 10 people on the field. In other words, half of the troops are deployed. On the other hand, England's side, even with the addition of the backcourt
Ashley Cole, who completed the first pass, only had four people. In terms of numbers, Italy was definitely enough this time!
However, who could have imagined that, as the world's number one defense, Italy would be so easily defeated by Downing because of the x factor of Aquilani?
No, at least no other player on the Italian field could have imagined that. Therefore, after Beckham before him, Downing once again got an excellent opportunity to cross comfortably without any defenders in front of him!
He raised his head to observe the position of the players on both sides in the penalty area, then adjusted his position. Finally, Tangning raised his left foot, drew an arc, and swept the ball into the Italian penalty area!
The wide player completed his mission - to cross, and then it was Li Yi's performance moment! At the same time, Li Yi was also confident that he would not make the mistake of heading the ball before and miss the opportunity again!
However, what makes Li Yi a little depressed is that in the process of grabbing points this time, he mistook Tangning for Beckham! [
Why do you say that? Well, actually, before Tang Ning passed the ball, Li Yi only paid attention to his movement and did not immediately judge the first landing point of the ball!
Well, when Li Yi completed the process of getting rid of the opponent's defender and raised his head to calculate the landing point of the ball, Li Yi suddenly realized that, what a trick, he himself seemed to have run past!
As he watched, the ball was about to enter his body in the next second, but it would obviously pass about half a meter behind him. It would definitely be too late to turn back and run again now. It was considered a last resort, so Li Yi had no choice but to do it.
Life is left to fate, and I assume one of Zlatan Ibrahimovic's signature poses - the scorpion tail wagging!
"Touch!" He felt that his left leg, which was placed in a hook shape, really touched the ball. Li Yi's heart was clutching, and he could not let go!
After all, as a standard center, Li Yi is really not good at this kind of "side talk"!
At this moment, after touching the ball in this awkward posture, it was really difficult for Li Yi to determine where the ball would go!
However, Li Yi ignored a problem at this time!
Yes, it is easier for him to control the direction of the ball when shooting through regular actions, but similarly, if you can control it easily, wouldn’t it also be easier for the goalkeeper to judge?
Not to mention, standing in front of the Italian goal line today is the undisputed number one goalkeeper in the world - Buffon!
This time, the situation is the same. As a shooter, Li Yi cannot confirm where the ball will be kicked by him! But similarly, as the goalkeeper, Buffon, who is not God, cannot shoot at Li Yi.
Before, it was predicted where Li Yi would kick the ball! It was even unclear whether Li Yi could hook the ball within the ball range!
And when Li Yi completed the shot and the ball flew out, well, Buffon could now judge where the ball would fly. However, it is a pity that before Li Yi shot, he was only a little outside the small penalty area.
Position, even if Buffon is a god, at this time, there is simply not enough time to react to him!
After watching Li Yi complete the swing of the scorpion and block the ball towards his own goal, the only thing Buffon could do and be able to do was to expect the ball to either hit him or deviate from the goal range. 1
However, Buffon was still disappointed in the end, because Li Yi's very substandard shot ended up being very lucky and hit a dead corner of the goal!
After being hooked in the air by Li Yi with his left foot, the ball hit the inside of the right post of the goal and went into the net!
Li Yi was excited when he saw that the ball was actually blocked into the net by himself with such a magical shooting movement.
As for the other players on the England field, their emotions at this moment were no less than Li Yi. After confirming that the referee made a valid gesture, even before the game they often joked that they would definitely win Italy today.
I was still very excited and rushed towards Li Yi, the hero of the goal!