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After all, Pires is a first-class player. Even if he is awkward and uncomfortable in a position that is not the club's usual position, he gradually performs well after a short period of adaptation, and his presence in the frontcourt becomes stronger.
Twenty minutes after the first half, Pires made two consecutive crosses that led to Trezeguet's header. Although there was no goal, the threat was there.
But Henry, another striker on the French team's front line, gradually lost his way.
Henry needs one of two things to perform, either there is space or there is a pass.
Pires' cross from the right was directed by Trezeguet, and it was well known that Henry was not good at headers.
And Henry is on the left side of the front line. If Lizarazu cannot come up from the backcourt on this side, Zidane will raid here and encounter a powerful sniper. It will be difficult for Henry to get passing support from his teammates.
It can be seen as the England team cutting up the French team's frontcourt offensive formation, allowing them to form local connections, but unable to activate all points globally!
With Pires' "awakening", the French team's attacks on the left were frequently frustrated, so the team took the initiative to shift the focus of the attack to Pires' side. Pires also began to add other offensive methods on the basis of crosses, such as bringing his own
The ball cuts inside.
In the 31st minute, Ashley Cole stepped forward to assist and launched a threatening offensive. The ball passed through Lampard. After the transfer, Scholes quickly hit the ball to the front line. Gerrard stopped in front of Sylvester.
The ball chose to hit the goal itself, but the ball missed the goal post. Unfortunately, the goal was missed.
The French team immediately launched an offensive, specifically playing behind Ashley Cole. Zidane initiated the attack with a long pass from the midfielder, but unfortunately the long pass found the space, but the ball went a little deep.
Near the bottom line, Pires rushed to catch the ball. At the same time, Southgate directly pointed at Ashley Cole to signal the opponent to return to the defensive waistline. Hargreaves retreated to fill his role in assisting the defense on the wing.
Location.
The situation is clear at a glance. If Hargreaves goes to help defend the bottom line, there will be no time. By the time he rushes over, Pires will have already crossed into the penalty area. He must form a frontal interception before Pires can adjust.
Deterrence, otherwise he might deliver a nice cross.
Southgate arranged everything in an instant and rushed towards Pires. Trezeguet caught the space behind him and waited for Pires to send him a pass.
He expected Pires not to stop the ball or adjust, but rather to sweep the ball directly into the penalty area, so that he could catch the ball before Hargreaves was in place!
Southgate just ran out of the penalty area. Suddenly he staggered and sprinted to help defend. He did not expect that there would be an emergency!
Suddenly, there was a continuous stinging pain on the back of his right thigh. The pain was so severe that he instantly turned pale and was sweating profusely.
"Southgate seems to be injured! His steps were messy and slowed down obviously, and he staggered as if he was about to fall!"
Pires also planned to pass the ball directly, but after taking the ball and seeing Southgate's obvious strain, he changed his mind!
Enter the restricted area!
At this time, Southgate was only 3 steps away from Pires. Pires charged diagonally and changed the direction of the ball. Southgate finally fell!
However, Southgate fell into Pires' direction and stretched his arm to touch the ball at Pires' feet!
After doing all this, Southgate made a substitution gesture towards the sidelines, then lay down on his back on the turf, covering his face with his hands.
The ball that he deliberately opened with his hands escaped Pires' control. Lampard, who was returning to defense, kicked the ball out of the sideline with a big kick.
Pires and some French players excitedly raised their hands at the referee to indicate that Southgate had deliberately handballed the ball!
As Pires rushed towards the referee, Lampard blocked him. Without saying a word, he used his body to block him from protesting to the referee. Pires pushed Lampard away...
Santini also protested to the fourth official on the sidelines, believing that Southgate's foul should be shown a red card!
Aldridge stood on the sidelines, motionless, his head buzzing, and his expression suddenly looked sad.
"Southgate is injured! He is injured! This is a non-confrontational injury, and such an injury is usually a serious injury! The captain who led England to win the World Cup will be 34 years old in three months.
In the past season, he worked hard and performed steadily at Millwall. However, he is no longer 24 years old or 30 years old. His body can no longer support him for a long time.
Persisting in such a fierce game, this strain is no accident. Even if Sir Hall rests many main players before the European Cup, it still cannot offset the accumulation of continuous combat fatigue for 9 months! Once it is confirmed to be a serious injury, it will be
Skate's European Cup is over, and at the same time, his national team career may also be over, because he will be nearly 36 years old in the next World Cup!"
The referee showed a yellow card to Southgate, who was lying on the turf with his hands covering his face, which still made the French team players angry. Perhaps the referee took into account that Southgate was injured in his fall and was merciful. In other words,
If Southgate is shown a red card while seriously injured, the game may be completely out of control, because the England team will definitely not be able to accept this cruel penalty.
When the team doctor entered the room to diagnose Southgate's injury, Henry did not participate in the debate between the two teams. He squatted next to Southgate and reached out to gently pat Southgate's shoulder.
The English fans in the stands were collectively silent.
They stared at the spot in the field where Southgate lay.
The England captain can no longer burn his life for the Three Lions!
Everyone knows that the European Cup is Southgate's last stage to play for England.
This fall, he will be 34 years old.
The England team's back line will definitely be updated. The released Ferdinand, Chelsea captain Terry, Liverpool defender Carragher, Arsenal defender Campbell, each of the top Premier League teams has one player, and Millwall's Southgate represents an era.
The end, a memory of glorious peak.
Thinking back to the time when he was the sinner of missing a penalty kick in the European Cup in his home country, and when he led his team to the top of the world in the World Cup two years ago, Southgate completed his redemption and fulfilled his responsibilities.
He is the captain of the Three Lions.
A great captain who will be remembered forever in history.
Aldridge's sad look comes from this. Many years of coaching experience. He does not need to be notified by the team doctor. He can have a premonition that Southgate's collapse this time will not only mark the end of the national team, but may also require recovery from serious injuries.
After that, he completely retreated to the second line at Millwall!
Those who are sad, just say goodbye!
Aldridge could never have imagined that Southgate's goodbye with the Three Lions was not the fulfillment in his imagination, but the sadness at this moment.
When being carried off the field on a stretcher, Southgate still covered his face and refused to let the outside world see his expression. However, when he was carried close to the sidelines, he straightened up and put down his hands.
At this time, his face was photographed by the camera, covered with tears, and his eyes were red. He took off the captain's armband. Turning his head and looking to the side, Beckham came over. Southgate personally put the captain's armband on him.
Then, he didn't lie down anymore, lowered his head, raised his hands and applauded towards the stands, with tears dripping down his chin.
From the moment the stretcher was lifted off, there was a wave of applause at the Stadium of Light in Lisbon. There was no cheering or shouting. England fans either showed concern on their faces or applauded solemnly, and they never stopped.
It wasn't until Southgate also applauded and thanked the fans that the stands started to boil again, like a lion roaring and shouting.
The spirit of the Three Lions will never die!
Aldridge came to the tunnel when Southgate was being carried off the field. When the master and apprentice passed by, Aldridge reached out and patted him on the back without saying a word.
He didn't know what to say.
Walking back to the sidelines, England will make substitutions before the French team takes a set kick. Terry is preparing to come on. Aldridge explains a few words beside Terry, and then watches Terry come on as a substitute.
"The England team made passive substitutions. Captain Southgate left the field due to injury. John Terry from Chelsea took over Southgate's position. This Chelsea defender has made great progress in the past two years. Coincidentally,
Terry's growth is inseparable from his learning next to the famous French player Marcel Desailly. I hope he can maintain mental stability in today's situation."
Southgate's injury caught Aldridge a little off guard, and the England team must at least change its tactical strategy for this game.
Guards are replaced by guards, but the characteristics are different.
It can be said that the central defenders of the England team have almost similar characteristics. Only Southgate has played for Millwall for ten years and has very different styles and characteristics. He is not a perfect defender. He lacks the resistance to frontal impact, so he is particularly
Redzeguet was able to successfully challenge for headers under his defense.
, so Southgate’s partner, whether in the national team or the club, must be paired with a brave and strong player. But he also has his own specialty, which is to predict interceptions, fill in and help defend, whether it is to attack or delay, he
They all did a good job, except that the point-to-point frontal impact was a little weak.
Aldridge's center back pairing should complement each other's strengths and weaknesses as much as possible. Southgate's role in commanding the opponent's counterattack and defense is stifled. No one in the England team can replace him for the time being.
The combination of Campbell and Terry, with Terry replacing Southgate, has the advantage that Terry is stronger than Southgate. Terry should be able to do a better job than Southgate in marking Trezeguet from point to point. However, if encounter
In terms of delicate offense, fast and smooth team coordination and impact, whether it is Terry or Campbell, the hidden offensive stifling of the opponent's backside will not be as good as Southgate's.
Under such circumstances, if England wants to guard against the delicate attacking style of the French team, it must compress the space in the backcourt. With Southgate, they will rush to the front. Even if there is some space in the backcourt, Southgate's flexibility will contain it well.
The opponent's penetrating attack, but without the disciplined defense of Southgate, Campbell and Terry, is very likely to expose the fate.
While Aldrich was thinking about how to adjust, the French team took a free kick from the right outside the penalty area in the frontcourt.
Terry touched the ball as soon as he came on. Zidane's cross was lobbed in front of the goal. Terry beat Trezeguet and headed the ball to clear the ball!
The ball bounced to the outside of the penalty area and was caught by Gary Neville first. Before Neville touched the ball, Beckham ran to the right. Neville cooperated with him tacitly and kicked the ball to Beckham.
the front area.
Beckham didn't stick to the ball before Makelele pressed for the ball. He passed the ball over the head from a long distance and directly passed the ball to the open area exposed by the French team's defense.
Owen, who was at the front, rushed forward like a charm. Although the England team was also undergoing a transformation, they did not lose their old skills and the counterattacks were still fast and accurate!
It was a long diagonal pass. Irving ran to the left. Gallas, who was defending on this side, had gone up to fight for the header before and was now returning to defense, but it seemed impossible to interfere with Irving.
Owen brought the ball to the edge of the penalty area and knocked the ball back directly. Lampard, who followed up, stopped the ball, moved the ball laterally to get rid of Vieira who was chasing after him, and stole the ball before Vieira squeezed him with his body.
Right front.
Gerrard stopped the ball. Lizarazu and Sylvester were closing the door to defend. Gerrard suddenly broke out and dribbled the ball diagonally. He was already in the penalty area and brought the ball into the right side of the small penalty area.
He took a shooting angle and then swept the ball towards the center of the goal with a powerful cross!
Owen, who was quick in his movement, shot the ball in front of the goal, but Barthez was unable to save it!
Thuram stamped his feet and waved his hands angrily to express his dissatisfaction!
I think my players are too slow to return to defense!
When there is space, Thuram can't stop Owen's forward movement from the outside! (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!
