Red Rebels

67o The earth is dangerous

Conservative, lackluster, unconvincing…

This has become the general evaluation of England fans' evaluation of the England national team's narrow victory against Switzerland. It is almost in line with the outside world's definition of Capello, which is typical: o-ism.

In this game, England gave up its usual 4 tactics and returned to England's traditional 44 tactics. However, there was not even a single Red Rebel player on the roster for this game.

The goalkeeper is James, the defense from left to right is Ashley Cole, Ferdinand, Mike Dawson and Wes Brown; the field is Bentley, Lampard, Gerrard and Barry, the two forwards are Joe Cole and Wayne Rooney.

Throughout the warm-up match, Capello made 5 substitutions: Bridge replaced Ashley Cole, Wright Phillips replaced Janus, and Hargreaves replaced Barry. , Crouch replaced Joe Cole, and Ashley Young replaced Rooney. There was still nothing happening with the Red Rebels. Even Terry, who was originally considered the most solid player in the national team, was placed on the bench. Waited 9o minutes.

Also sitting on the bench for 90 minutes was the golden boy Ou, who was highly valued by the media before the game. However, Capello obviously did not intend to satisfy the wishes of all English people. The combination of Ou and Rooney also failed to fulfill the golden boy. .

Even those media who tend to support Capello can only describe this game in terms of spiritual victory, brave display, etc. They even dare not confirm it through the scene in their comments. their point of view.

The reason is very simple. England's performance in this game was chaotic, even embarrassing. The visiting team Switzerland, which was obviously lagging behind them in strength, took the initiative. In addition, the problem of double Germany in the game has not been resolved.

Of course, basically all independent media believe that Capello should be given more time. After all, he has just taken over the responsibility of the national team. It is impossible for him to bring about earth-shaking changes to the England national team overnight. of.

Football is never perfect

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While the England national team is training and preparing for the game, the African Cup has finally come to an end.

As the host country, Ghana reached the African Cup finals for the first time after the 1999 African Cup of Nations in Senegal. Coincidentally, their final opponent was Cote d'Ivoire. As a result, the two teams ended in an o:o draw. In the end, Cote d'Ivoire relied on penalty kicks. In the decisive battle, Ghana was eliminated.

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The two teams eliminated Nigeria and Egypt in the semi-finals respectively, and both met in the finals.

This historic showdown made the entire African Cup completely ignited the leakage point in African football. Almost all Africans were paying attention to this event, and Ghana finally relied on the home advantage and relied on Essien to open the game with just one o'clock. Scored a goal in just 10 minutes and performed well in this game. In the end, Ivory Coast was eliminated by 4 points.

Drogba scored for Côte d'Ivoire in the first minute of the final, helping Côte d'Ivoire defeat Ghana. However, Essien's outstanding performance in the second half, assisting his teammates to score twice, helped Ghana achieve a reversal, and finally won 4: The score remained until the end.

This collision full of leaks brought the entire African Cup to a perfect conclusion. On the day before the final, the 4th place final was played between Nigeria and Egypt. Although Mikel performed well, he was unable to do so in the end. Preventing Egypt from winning, Nigeria could only finish fourth in the Africa Cup of Nations. Manchester United's Taiwo was elected as the best player of the game.

After the final, the African Football Association announced the best team. Essien and Drogba of the Red Rebels were both selected for the best team. Taiwo and Muntari of Manchester United were also successfully selected. Yaya Toure , Gremi, Alexander Song and other British stars were selected for the best team.

In addition, Malian star Seydou Keita, whom Barcelona imported from French Ligue 1 Lens with a large sum of money during the winter break, was successfully selected into the best substitute team of the African Cup. Although Mali failed to break through the group stage and reach the top 8, Seydou Keita? Keita's performance in the group stage was still eye-catching, proving that his strength is not worth his 4 million euros.

Although Essien and Drogba performed well, the Red Rebel coaching staff was not happy at all. Because Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire reached the finals, Nigeria reached the semi-finals, and the three players of the Red Rebels became the last to return to the team. A group of African Cup of Nations players. Fortunately, during this period, all competitions have been suspended for the national team training.

When Drogba and the other three returned to Manchester from Africa, they even came back a few days earlier than the players who had participated in the national team training. Apart from Drogba's slight fatigue reaction, Essien and Mikel's bodies were in great shape. They are maintaining well, and the laboratory arranges targeted recovery training for them according to their respective conditions.

After the international players returned to the club from the national team, the Red Rebels did not have more than a day of training and immediately left for the away game.

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In this away game against Middlesbrough, Mourinho took into account the impact of the national team game, plus many players played the entire game for the national team, out of consideration for the upcoming Champions League game. , Mourinho still hid many main players in the game against Middlesbrough.

Perhaps Mourinho should thank Capello at this time. It was his much-criticized behavior that kept the England internationals in the Red Rebels in good physical condition. Mourinho challenged Midel in an away game When visiting Fort, all of them were arranged to appear.

Affected by the national team roster, the players were all holding back their anger and were eager to prove their strength in the game.

Ismail serves as the forward, Walcott and Di Maria form the double forwards, Asha plays the attacking midfielder, Beckham and Michael Johnson form the double defensive midfielder, Davide Thornton, Terry and Curtis And Micah Richards formed the defense line, and the goalkeeper was Rene Adler.

It was this group of players who were eager to prove their strength and showed amazing momentum and courage at the Riverside Stadium.

In the first minute of the game, Ismail took the lead. He turned and volleyed from outside the penalty area and penetrated the goal guarded by Australian goalkeeper Schwarzer. Middlesbrough fell behind at home.

After that, the two sides fell into a brief stalemate again. Middlesbrough fought hard to equalize the score, but the Red Rebels exerted huge pressure on them in the frontcourt, forcing them to switch to defense, especially in the first half. In the 45th minute, Walcott made continuous dribbles on the left and cooperated with Asa. After entering the penalty area, with almost no angle, he hit a curved ball and shot, grazing the far post. Rewrite the score as o:

This goal almost plunged Middlesbrough into despair, but at the beginning of the second half, Middlesbrough still showed the bloodiness that an English team should have, especially Southgate, who played He was not conservative at all and launched an active and fierce fight against the Red Rebels throughout the field.

However, the Red Rebels soon proved once again with facts that they were not afraid of pressing the whole court at all, and without any strength, no matter how fierce and ruthless they were, they could not prevent the Red Rebels from continuing to score goals.

In the 56th minute, Di Maria cut in from the right and Ismail moved flexibly, pulling out Middlesbrough defender Woodgate. After the Argentine winger entered the penalty area, he passed the ball to the back post and Volko Te patted the horse and arrived, and succeeded in pushing and shooting easily, o:

This goal completely pushed Middlesbrough into the abyss of despair, especially Southgate. He had to make adjustments. After all, no one wanted to lose so ugly at home, even if they faced a powerful team. Red Rebels.

Afterwards, the two sides fell into a stalemate again, and Southgate had to accept the boos from the fans and began to let the team retreat to prevent the Riverside Stadium from turning into an unbearable hell for Middlesbrough fans.

However, the red-eyed Red Rebels were obviously not prepared to hold back, especially the many Red Rebel players who were bent on losing the England national team in England, and they pursued Middlesbrough fiercely.

The unlucky one was Gremi, who had just been selected into the best team of the African Cup of Nations. As soon as he was substituted, he immediately faced Theo Walcott who was in hot form. The England winger was almost unstoppable on the left, and the first contact between the two sides was , Walcott used his skills and speed to forcefully break through Gremi, pass the ball into the penalty area, and Ismail rushed over.

In the 84th minute, the Red Rebels scored another victory, o:4

But the performance of the Red Rebel players was not over yet. Beckham cooperated cleverly with Michael Johnson on the road and passed a sharp through ball. Although he performed well, Asa wasted several good scoring opportunities. , this time I finally seized the opportunity, forced my way into the penalty area, and succeeded with a clever shot, o:5

At this time, the time has reached the 9th minute of stoppage time.

Not long after the Red Rebels celebrated their goal, referee Mason blew the whistle to end the game.

In the end, Middlesbrough failed to stop the Red Rebels. They became the punching bag of the Red Rebels and suffered a brutal 0:5 bloodbath at home. This also made Middlesbrough fans very angry and even used verbal attacks and abuse at home. Red Rebels fans.

Fortunately, after some previous fan riots, the English League focused on protecting the home court, and the police did a good job of blocking contact between fans from both sides, so riots did not occur.

But in another game played at the same time as this game, Manchester United defeated Liverpool at home. Wes Brown, who had just established himself in the national team, opened the scoring for Manchester United. Quaresma and Robinho expanded for Manchester United. Score, Liverpool finally lost to Old Trafford.

This also disappointed the Red Rebels, who originally hoped that Liverpool could stop Manchester United.

In another focus game, Arsenal defeated Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. Sagna and Henry's goals helped Arsenal defeat their opponents. However, Chelsea's performance plummeted after Ancelotti resigned, and recently it has... They have fallen out of the top 4 in the league, but I don't know if Abramovich regrets firing Ancelotti.

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After playing the seventh round of the league, the Red Rebels ushered in the top six knockout rounds of the Champions League this week.

Since the Red Rebels qualified first in their group, they directly faced the second place team in his group. Although they avoided tough competition such as Real Madrid, Barcelona, ​​and AC Milan, the Red Rebels still encountered their old enemy, Werder. Bremen.

In the four games played a day earlier, Barcelona defeated the Turkish powerhouse Fenerbahce 4:0 at home. Guardiola seemed ambitious. When a reporter asked that Barcelona had already confirmed its place in the top 8 in advance, he laughed. Silent.

But when a reporter asked who the opponent Guardiola wanted to draw the most since the top 8 draws were randomly drawn without any rules or restrictions, the Spaniard smiled and named him. red rebels

"Yes, I am eager to meet the Red Rebels. I know this is a very good team, but we are also good. I don't think Barcelona will not be able to compete against the Red Rebels. I am eager to meet the Red Rebels. When we meet the Army, I hope that I can wash away the shame that Barcelona has suffered from this team and finally advance to the final."

This was seen by everyone as a provocation by Guardiola against the Red Rebels, but Mourinho refused to respond. At the same time, he also banned the players from accepting interviews with the media because he did not want to play before a key game. , because of the distractions of other people.

"I will only care about the next opponent. Schaff is a difficult competitor. Werder Bremen is very strong. I don't think we can win this game steadily, so I will not respond to some irrelevant people. arrogant talk."

Visiting the Weser Stadium in Werder Bremen, the Red Rebels still used active offensive tactics as the team's main theme, but Werder Bremen was not conservative at all. Schaff continued to insist on his almost desperate home attack tactics.

However, the Red Rebels vividly told their opponents with the same sharp offense that offense alone is not enough. If they want to defeat their opponents, they must have a solid defense while scoring goals through crazy offense.

The backcourt composed of Evra, Vidic, Thuram and Alves, as well as Cesc Fabregas and Essien in front, told Werder Bremen with bloody facts that the Red Rebels are not just sharp. The offense and defense are also world-class.

:4. Although the Red Rebels lost a goal in the away game, they not only won a valuable away victory, but also scored 4 away goals. This means that unless Werder Bremen can win against the Red Rebels Military Stadium: o Only with a complete victory over the Red Rebels, or a victory with a lead of more than one goal, can an away comeback be possible.

But even Schaff himself admitted that the possibility of a comeback on the road was slim.

When Mourinho was interviewed by the media after the game, he also smiled and said that he was very willing to meet Barcelona in the top 8 knockout rounds. He would let Guardiola see clearly what a truly strong team is.

"If Guardiola is dreaming in the stars, then I will bring him back to earth and teach him a lesson, telling him that the earth is dangerous."