Red Rebels

All fans who are familiar with England must have a deep understanding, that is, you can never have high hopes for this team, because when you have high hopes for him, he will often tell you with painful lessons that you It's ridiculously wrong, but when you don't have hope for him, he may bring you a little surprise instead.

This is very similar to Xiao Yu's motherland!

In the two World Cup qualifiers, England's opponents are Wales, ranked 72 by FIFA, and Azerbaijan, which is out of 100. The former is at home and the latter is away. two games, almost can't think of any reason to lose!

But England did indeed lose!

0:1!

1:0!

The former is the English derby between England and Wales at home, and the latter is England's away game to challenge Azerbaijan. As a result, the two games that were considered to be a definite win were unexpectedly upset.

It's hard to believe that this is the case!

As the Times headline says, the sky is falling in England!

Yes, the two defeats make it questionable whether England can even appear in the group, especially with Poland and Austria having won both games, England's ranking has fallen to 4th, and it is a long way from the first place in the group. .

What caused England to be upset by the underdog?

Judging from the game against Wales, Giggs' sharp breakthrough caused Campbell's foul and won a penalty kick. This is indeed the key to victory, but England played very chaotically and the offense was incoherent. Giggs Making threats several times, if it wasn't for Simon Davis and Carl Robinson not taking advantage of the inevitable opportunity, the score of this game would be at least 0:3!

Eriksen's pre-match strategy of Lampard and Gerrard proved to be a complete failure. Two of England's hottest midfielders did not coexist in the national team as expected. England under their control were simply unable to organise an effective attack against Wales.

On the defensive side, they were not able to stay in position. Instead, it was after Hargreaves came on that England's back straightened, but it was too late, and Hargreaves was not that kind of passer. Golfer, he's more of a blocker.

After the upset loss to Wales at Old Trafford, a new round of trials sounded outside. The first to bear the brunt of it was Campbell who made a mistake. Everyone believed that it was his low-level mistakes that caused Wales' point of view. ball.

There are even many so-called professionals who believe that Campbell's state is not as good as before. His physical function has declined rapidly over the age of 30. At Arsenal this season, Wenger played against Hangeland and Sigan's central defender combination. It is also very reliant, apparently in the gradual intention to let Hangeland replace Campbell.

It is precisely because of the criticism from the outside world that Eriksen finally used John Terry in the away game against Azerbaijan. The central defender has performed steadily over the past few seasons, especially this season, he has only lost 1 in the first 8 rounds. The ball is the team that has conceded the fewest goals in Europe. The central defender partner formed by him and Curtis is known as the most solid central defender combination in the Premier League.

The central defender combination of Terry and Ferdinand appeared in the Azerbaijan game, and Eriksen also made certain adjustments to the midfield. Defoe, Owen and Rooney play three strikers.

The 433 tactics prevail in the Premier League today. Manchester United, Arsenal and others all use this tactic. Eriksen obviously hopes to use this tactic to control the midfield more effectively.

But the result?

Azerbaijan gave England a sap at the beginning of the game. Within 3 minutes of the opening, Azerbaijan took advantage of a corner kick error by England and scored a goal by the central defender.

After falling behind, England launched a frantic attack, intending to regain the score, while Azerbaijan retreated to its own half, defended the penalty area, and used numerous fouls to stop England's attack.

"There were 21 set-pieces in the frontcourt. Eriksson must miss having Beckham very much. With Beckham, the opponent would not dare to give England so many set-piece opportunities, and without Beckham, England Losing set pieces up front and losing control of the rhythm."

Andy? Gray said after the game not without grief.

If the upset loss to Wales is just an accident, then the loss to Azerbaijan reminds the English once again that something is wrong with you?

what is the problem?

Martin Samuel dissects this very clearly in his column.

"When Beckham was there, there were always people who scolded him that he liked knocking back, likes to cross, likes to run to the middle to respond, and even retreats to participate in defense, but when Beckham is not on the court, what do we see?"

"Yes, we can play 433 without Beckham, but is our defense solid? Is our offense sharp? Can we still send the ball into the opponent's penalty area as organized and orderly as before?"

"I still remember that when the outside world was criticizing Beckham, Xiao Yu, as his friend, once said that everyone has to consider what England will be like without Beckham. Now the result is out, we We couldn't even beat Wales and Azerbaijan, we couldn't even organise a decent attack."

"Look at Beckham's near-monster state! Look at how he overshadowed even Ronaldinho's voice in the World Footballer of the Year! Think about how he is becoming more and more popular among professionals all over the world. The organizational skills that are admired! But all these advantages that are admired by the world have become the shortcomings of everyone's criticism in our national team, which makes us have to ask ourselves, is it our fault, or the world's Football people are crazy?"

"To solve the problems of today's England, it's very simple, please go back to Beckham, and then build a team around him, play football with him as the core, like that!" Martin Samuel appealed.

And in two consecutive qualifiers were upset by the weak team, the British media is also full of sorrow.

Through live TV footage, Beckham appeared in the stands at Old Trafford, watching England's loss to Wales, accompanied by Victoria and Xiao Yu, who pointed to the pitch from the stands, I don't know what I'm talking about, but it can be seen that Beckham was disappointed when England lost to Wales.

Many media have overturned their previous rhetoric and believed that Beckham is indeed the most indispensable member of the current England team. Even those diehards have to admit that England without Beckham is really bad. , even a team like Azerbaijan can lose!

So they began to launch a call for Beckham to return to the national team, and many fans outside also expressed their appeal, including many Manchester fans outside the Newton Heath training base. Banner, I hope Beckham can return to the national team.

"I know we blame him wrong, we have a great responsibility, but I still hope he can return to the national team, continue to play for England, lead us to the 2006 World Cup in Germany!" A young female fan He cried bitterly during the interview.

…………………… On October 16, 2004, the away game against Everton was due to the Muslim Ramadan from the 15th. For the consideration of the players, Mourinho finally did not arrange the Essien and Toure brothers to start. Rossi and Beckham partnered in the midfield, and Maicon played the right back position.

In the stands of Goodson Park, many fans pulled out banners hoping that Beckham could return to the national team, including England fans. To appear, you have to win all the next games.

And according to the current state of England, it is very difficult to win.

On the contrary, after Beckham rested for two weeks, Mourinho specially gave him a week’s vacation so that he could have a good rest. After returning to the team, he was in very good condition and dedicated himself to the team. With 1 assist and 1 goal, he led the team to a 1:4 victory over Moyes' team.

Seeing Beckham's almost unparalleled form in the game, and recalling the poor situation of the England national team before, the fans' hopes for Beckham's return to the national team are even louder.

However, in contrast to the fans' appeals, Beckham, who won the best player of the game after the game, said in an interview with the media that his previous decision to withdraw from the national team was carefully considered. , he will not think too much, he will only care about himself and the game.

"I am saddened to lose England, he is one of my three favorite teams, the other two are Manchester United and Manchester United, but I have withdrawn from the national team, so I can only bless and encourage them, I believe that England can turn the current situation around.”

"Yes, the next game against Northern Ireland is crucial, a game that cannot be lost, so I think Eriksen will definitely be able to handle that! As for returning to the national team, I never thought about it!"

Fans were extremely disappointed in Beckham's response, and even many extreme fans attacked Beckham angrily, believing that he was not patriotic at all. When the national team suffered difficulties, they never thought of helping England. overcome obstacles!

But because Beckham was criticized by the national surname before, the attacks of these extreme fans failed to arouse momentum, everyone was just disappointed, and hoped that Beckham could change his mind. 360 search:(.*)☆\\\\Half^floating^sheng//☆=

After playing Everton, the team went to the cold Moscow to challenge Sparta Moscow away.

The harsh environment in the away game is the team's biggest enemy, especially in Moscow, which has a cold climate, and encountered a tenacious sniper from the home team. In the case of conceding a goal first, the team played very hard.

At the most critical moment, Beckham stepped forward. First, he took advantage of a corner kick to assist John Terry to score an equalizer, and then in the final stage of the game, he assisted Kaka with a long diagonal pass. Pick the ball past the attacking goalkeeper to overtake the score.

However, this game also caused trouble. Both De Rossi and Drogba were violated by their opponents and suffered minor injuries, which led to Mourinho having to replace De Rossi with Yaya Toure at home against Birmingham. Rossi started, Drogba's position is to be filled by Villa.

At this time, the thickness of the bench played a crucial role. Yaya Toure withstood the pressure very well, and a long-range shot at the critical moment helped the team repell the menacing Birmingham 1:0 at home.

The latter is also said to be in a situation of being acquired. Although Steve Bruce's team is ranked in the middle, the performance against the strong teams is very good and attracts much attention.

But just after this game, a scandal broke out in England that shocked the football world all over the world. At the same time, this scandal also made England, which was already in deep danger, worse.