Football King Bale

Wales is very satisfied with the draw of the World Cup in Brazil, because this is basically the best draw result. Especially compared to the big brother England, Wales is extremely lucky, because England was really drawn into a group of death.

The four teams in Group D where England is located are Italy, England, Uruguay and Costa Rica. In the latest FIFA rankings released in early December, Italy even surpassed Wales and ranked fourth in the world. England followed Wales and ranked seventh in the world. Uruguay ranked 16th in the world. Only Costa Rica ranked slightly worse. Ranked 66th. However, everyone knows that this Latin American team cannot be ignored.

For Hodgson's team, the World Cup in Brazil is destined to be a difficult journey, and winning the right to qualify requires a lot of effort. However, when the World Cup did not start, the British media believed that British football won the World Cup.

The headline in the Daily Mail read: "We've won the World Cup! English football has sent more players to compete for the game's greatest glory than any other league on earth. From Elsewhere To put it in perspective, at least England won the World Cup."

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The "Daily Mail" report is not out of thin air. The so-called rumors must have their reasons. In Brazil next summer, English clubs will send a record number of players to participate in the World Cup.

A total of 736 players will register for the World Cup in the top 32. They're going to compete in the greatest show on earth. About 140 of them (more than 19% of the total number of World Cup players) players are currently playing for clubs in England or Wales (Cardiff City and Swansea are both clubs in Wales), including the English Premier League and the English Champions League. . "

At least 30 teams in the top 32 will each feature at least one player who plays in England. From Brazil, the host and the favorite to win the championship, to Iran, the Asian team. Brazil has Chelsea midfielder Oscar, David Luiz and Tottenham star Paulinho. Iran have Fulham midfielder Dejaga, who scored his first Premier League goal of the season against Tottenham last week.

Many teams will even have more than 6 players playing in England in their 23-man roster. Belgium may even field a starting eleven of 11 Premier League players out of a 23-man squad. From Liverpool goalkeeper Mignolet, to Manchester City captain Kompany, Chelsea midfielder Hazard, Everton general Fellaini and two forwards Lukaku and Miralas, Aston Villa forward Ben Turk.

Not only Belgium, but also the French team may have half of the players who play in England. Specifically, Giroud, Nasri, Koscielny, Lloris, Evra, Pogba and Kante, etc.

Spain also has many players playing in the Premier League: Chelsea's Torres and Mata, Manchester City's Negredo, David Silva, Navas, Arsenal's Cazorla and so on.

The same is true for the Netherlands, including Manchester United striker Robin van Persie, Newcastle goalkeeper Krul, Arsenal midfielder Sneijder, etc.

Of course, among the teams participating in the World Cup, the teams with the most players playing in England are undoubtedly Hodgson's England team and Coleman's Wales. All 23 members of the Welsh team are playing in the Premier League and the British Championship. As for England's 23-man roster, except for goalkeeper Fraser Foster, who plays for Celtic in the Scottish Premiership, the rest of the players are playing in England.

When England won the World Cup in 1966,

About 6.25% of the players are or have played in England. When that World Cup was held, 98% of the players participating in the World Cup were playing for their home country's clubs. By the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, this number had dropped to 40%. When the World Cup is held in Brazil, the proportion of players playing in their home country among the World Cup participating players will drop to a new low.

Of course, the fact that so many international players from various countries participate in the World Cup also shows that the current success of the English league, especially the Premier League, is worthy of being called the first league.

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However, Bell doesn't pay much attention to this. His attention at the moment is focused on the upcoming new round of the league.

At noon on December 7, Manchester United will face the challenge of the Magpies Newcastle at home.

After a disappointing 2012-2013 season, Newcastle ushered in a rebirth this season and performed very well, currently ranking 7th in the Premier League. Especially in their games against the top six teams in the Premier League, their performance was amazing. In addition to losing 0:4 at the Etihad Stadium in the first round, Newcastle immediately drew with Liverpool 2:2, defeated Chelsea 2:0, and defeated Tottenham 1:0.

Therefore, Newcastle is definitely not an easy character to deal with.

In the New Year of 2012, it was Newcastle that ended Manchester United's crazy 61-game unbeaten run in the Premier League and the 100-game unbeaten run in all competitions, two horrific records that shocked the world!

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It is precisely because Newcastle is difficult to deal with that even though they only played a Premier League game in the middle of the week, and although the final round of the Champions League group stage will be ushered in the middle of next week, except for Rooney who was suspended due to accumulation of yellow cards, Ferguson almost eliminated himself. The strongest lineup in hand. Goalkeeper De Gea, back four of Rafael, Phil Jones, Van Dijk and Evra, midfield three of Carrick, Modric and Pogba, and front three of Bale, Robin van Persie and Hernan Des.

At the beginning of the first half, Newcastle turned the away game and not only actively attacked, but also defended in the frontcourt.

In the 8th minute, Cabaye, who made consecutive big tackles, was given a yellow card by referee Marina after knocking down Bell. Immediately, Anita made a mistake, and Pogba's low shot from the right rib from the front of the penalty area was easily confiscated by Krul.

In the 11th minute, Manchester United launched a quick counterattack. Pogba received a pass from Bell and his shot was blocked by Coloccini. Van Persie got the ball and then did it again. Pogba's volley was slowed down by Williamson and the ball was blocked. Ruhl got it.

In the 29th minute, Sissoko knocked across from the left, and Cabaye's shot hit Vidic and bounced off the top of the net. However, before Tiote made a clearance, he directly kicked Jones in the face but escaped the penalty.

After that, the two teams exchanged offense and defense, but neither could penetrate the opponent's defense. The scene was boring, and the camera was shown to the stands. As a result, Ferdinand was talking and laughing, while Vidic was minding his own business with his head down and playing with his mobile phone.

In the first half of the game, Manchester United and Newcastle United maintained a 0:0 tie and entered the halftime break.

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Soon after the start of the second half, Manchester United took the lead in breaking the deadlock on the field.

In the 52nd minute, Robin van Persie made a wonderful pass and Hernandez shot a low shot from the right side of the penalty area. Krul missed the ball and the ball flew to the small penalty area on the left. Bell, who followed up in time, grabbed the landing spot first and pushed it easily. The shot was successful.

This is Bell's 20th Premier League goal this season. Not only is he far ahead in the Premier League scorer list, but he also leads the European Golden Boot list, and his advantage is not small. Ronaldo, who ranks second, has only scored 16 goals so far. , 4 goals less than Bell.

As for Messi, who stole the European Golden Boot from Bale last season, due to injuries and continuous ball shortage this season, he has only scored 8 La Liga goals so far. It is almost impossible to join the European Golden Boot this season. fight.

Just after Bell helped Manchester United score to break the deadlock, Manchester United almost expanded the lead again. In the 54th minute, Evra took a left corner kick and hit Williamson with a header and then hit the right post. The ball rebounded and hit the arm of Anita who was guarding the goal post. Anita then made a clearance.

Throughout the entire process, the referee Marriner did not say anything, which made the Manchester United soldiers and the more than 70,000 Red Devils fans in the stands very dissatisfied, and the Old Trafford Stadium was booed.

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Newcastle escaped a penalty and scored soon after to level the score.

In the 61st minute, Evra made a mistake when clearing a long pass with a header from the left side of his own half. Sissoko stepped forward and passed the ball back to the center. The unmarked Cabaye pushed his right foot into the lower left corner of the goal from 13 meters away. The ball hit Van Dijk's right foot and then entered the net. Newcastle United tied the score at 1:1.

Van Dyke was very depressed. At this moment, he hated his body for being too slow to react. Although his mind had already issued the order, his body could not react in time.

Manchester United immediately launched a frantic counterattack, but failed to score again in a short period of time.

As the game approached 70 minutes, Ferguson chose to make a substitution and replaced Hernandez with Ashley Young, who had performed poorly in the game. Xiao Wandou served as the right winger in this game, but the Mexican was obviously not suitable for this position and failed to seize several opportunities.

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Ferguson's substitution quickly saw results.

In the 72nd minute, Ashley Young sent a cross from the right, and Van Persie scored with a header in the small penalty area. However, the linesman had raised the flag to indicate that Van Persie was offside and the first goal was invalid. However, slow motion showed that the linesman's penalty was a bit far-fetched. When Professor Young made the pass, Van Persie was parallel to the opponent's central defender.

Old Trafford was booed again, and Ferguson also walked to the fourth official to lodge a complaint. However, the fourth official just listened with a cold face, and it was impossible for him to react.

However, in the next minute, when Ashley Young once again sent a cross from the right, Newcastle could no longer stop Manchester United's goal. Bell shot a curve ball from the left side, and the ball hit the inside of the right post and hit the net.

2:1, Manchester United once again exceeded the score on the field!

In the 76th minute, Manchester United won a free kick on the right, and Bell took the kick. Because the position was too far and the angle of the shot was not wide, Bell chose to drive the ball to the goal.

Among the crowd, Robin van Persie was the first to rush out, dive into the top, and head the ball into the goal guarded by Krul.

3:1, Manchester United completely sealed the victory of this game.

In the end, Manchester United defeated Newcastle United 3:1 at home and temporarily rose to the top of the Premier League standings.

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