Red Rebels

74o 5 minute nuclear warhead

Football, in many countries and nations, may be nothing more than a competitive event at best, but for the English, who have always been known to be rational and rigorous, and even somewhat stubborn, football almost makes them crazy.

Football in England has always been about being ambitious. Every time the national team trains, they will shout slogans such as winning the European Cup and the World Cup. This has become a common ritual in the national team training, but every time, they They all ended in failure, and the reasons for each failure were almost exactly the same.

"We can win oo"

Even The Times habitually appears with such headlines, and even in this special chapter, it appears that after England defeated Ukraine, they entered the World Cup with a bump in the road, and Capello also completed the match. The team's running-in finally made a splash in the World Cup finals, leading England to win the championship.

The whole process seems to be full of rationale, but in fact it does not stand up to scrutiny at all.

There is nothing new in the chapter, and the same goes for the lineup. The only new idea is, "Actually, we don't need the Red Rebels."

In the English football circle, many people say that it was Murdoch who brought all this. He had a very important saying at the time, "The media is to tailor the content that the audience likes."

Audiences like to see high-level football games, so we will give you high-level football games; readers like to see half-covered hot girls, so we will give you three-page girls; fans like to see the England national team win the championship, so every time our national team During the team training, a national team championship plan will be prepared for you.

Yes, it's just a plan. Who knows whether it can be realized or not?

Gradually, Murdoch's style also infected other people and other newspapers. Formulating a national team championship schedule has become a required course for every English media, unless you want to struggle with sales.

But Brian Clough, who single-handedly created the legend of Nottingham Forest, said, "The England national team is bullshit, we can't reach the finals." He has a very unique position in English football, and neither fans nor the media dare to He scolded him, but no one wanted to agree with what he said.

Capello's national team is training again in the new period, and the media has also begun a new round of South Africa's World Cup winning schedule. Under such hype, no one will believe that England can't win Ukraine at home. .

Especially after the warm-up match, a 4:0 victory over Slovakia

against Slovakia,

Capello was somewhat unexpected, letting Manchester United's third goalkeeper Ben Foster replace David James, and his performance was not bad. After all, England had the advantage and suppressed Slovakia.

But unfortunately, Capello lost all his troops in this warm-up match.

Before the game, Tottenham head coach Redknapp was very dissatisfied and criticized Capello because Capello forcibly recruited Tottenham's 8-year-old defender Ledley King, who has been suffering from long-term problems this season. Troubled by knee injuries, he can only play one game a week.

"I told Capello's assistant Pierce about King's knee problem and asked him to convey it to Capello, but he obviously did not hear my words and continued to choose to recruit Ledley. Unfortunately, he was the first in the national team. He got injured in just one training session."

After Ledley King reported to Colney training base, he did not participate in the first training session. Instead, he resumed training in the company of Tottenham's medical team and team doctors until the day before the game against Slovakia. He participated in the team's training camp, but was injured again when he landed on a bouncing header.

"I don't understand it. You know he's injured, so why do you force him to report to the national team? Why not Curtis Davis? Why can't it be Jagielka? They are all alive and kicking, Cape Luo refused to recruit them, why? Is it because they served in the Red Rebel Army and Droysden?"

"This is simply a double standard. Ben Foster is the third goalkeeper at Manchester United. Capello still recruits him into the national team and gives him an exception. But Curtis is the captain of the Red Rebels. Jagierka He is the main defender of Droyden, but Capello refuses to be called up. What is the logic of this?"

Old Redknapp is obviously very dissatisfied with Ledley King's injury, because the latter was forcibly recruited into the team even though he was already injured, and will now miss the rest of Tottenham's season due to injury. of all competitions.

The old Redknapp had reason to be dissatisfied with this, and even vented his anger.

But in addition to Ledley King, the England national team also faced difficulties on the front line. Heskey was injured in the warm-up match against Slovakia in only the 4th minute and was replaced by Carlton Coe. Er only played for 0 minutes and was injured again.

Unfortunately, Crouch, who had already come to participate in the national team training with an injury, was ordered to play at the critical moment. As a result, his right leg was also injured in the second half and he had to hobble off the field to rest. At this time, Capello's There is no one left to replace, so he can only replace avant-garde Carrick.

It has to be said that it is very rare to have two injured players in the same position in one game.

However, the injuries of the three players are also different. Heskey has basically determined to miss the Ukraine game. Crouch has a serious injury and should be able to catch up. Carlton Cole has a muscle strain and has left the training camp early. .

Judging from Capello's tactical system, he prefers to arrange a powerful forward to partner Rooney. Now that three powerful forwards are injured, everyone is calling for Capello to be promoted and recruit Ismail from the Red Rebels. .

But Capello stubbornly chose to dig inside. In the game against Ukraine, he even put Rooney at the front, Gerrard as a shadow forward, and then placed Ashley Young and Lennon on the two wings. , the two forwards once again relied on Barry and Lampard.

Ashley Cole, Mike Dawson, Ferdinand, and Glen Johnson were reused in the defense. The goalkeeper was David James. Capello finally chose to trust the veterans. Ben Foster could not play the game at Manchester United. , Capello is still very worried about him. At critical moments, the goalkeeper position is very fatal.

Ukraine is different from Slovakia. Ukraine is currently ranked 4th in the international rankings, even 4th higher than England. The difference in points between the two teams is not big, only 6 points.

As if to confirm FIFA's ranking, in this game, Ukraine played more actively than England from the beginning, but Ukraine's head coach Mikhailichenko was somewhat surprising. The star Shevchenko was placed on the bench.

After Anelka switched to Chelsea this season, Shevchenko's status in Chelsea was also shaken. Coupled with the decline in his physical function and condition, it further forced him to lose his main position in the Blues. But in the national team, his position still seems very solid.

Before the game, many experts commented that you must be careful with Shevchenko in this game. Even though he is no longer as brave as he used to be, he is still the most dangerous striker on the planet.

Mikhailichenko's tactics are very clear to ensure that he does not lose

Although they attacked wildly for 5 minutes after the opening, Ukraine was in a defensive counterattack state for a longer period of time.

Facts have proved that England's strong attack against Slovakia was like a fantasy. In this game, Ukraine's attack looked very disorganized. Barry and Lampard's control of the game was simply not enough. Rooney's impact and Gerrard's The threats were not reflected.

Although England took the initiative for a long time, they were never able to score.

Ukraine's defense did a good job, freezing Rooney and Gerrard. On the wing, the left wing combination of Ashley Young and Ashley Cole was quite threatening, but the effect was not great and there was a lack of contact points. , Lennon on the right seemed to have insufficient tacit understanding when cooperating with Glen Johnson.

In the first 75 minutes, Ukraine organized an iron wall to completely stifle England's offense outside the penalty area.

At this time, everyone felt that the situation seemed to be a little bad.

Although Mikhailichenko is not a world-class coach, he has carefully planned this game. He worked hard to formulate a game plan. So far, although there are minor flaws, it has been executed well. Yes, the score is still o:o.

So at this time, he decided to play his trump card.

So, in the 76th minute, Shevchenko came on the stage

The Ukrainian Nuclear Warhead's first touch with the ball came in the 79th minute. After receiving a long pass from the backcourt on the right, he deftly stopped the ball. Facing Ashley Cole, he suddenly chose to go inside. Cut, he entered the penalty area before Ashley Cole, kicked the goal, and missed slightly, but it shocked everyone into a cold sweat.

At this time, Capello seemed to sense something was wrong, so he immediately replaced Ashley Cole with Bridge.

Chelsea's left back has passed the peak of his career. Today's number one left back in the world is Evra of the Red Rebels, and his condition looked very bad in this game, so Capello used Brie Qi replaced him more because he was worried that he would become a loophole.

Shevchenko played very actively in the frontcourt. Although he came on as a substitute, Mikhailichenko's tactics were very clear. He was not required to perform well in the 90 minutes, as long as he performed well in the last 5 minutes. That’s it.

After Shevchenko came on the field, Ukraine's tactics completely revolved around him. Once the ball reached the frontcourt, it almost always circled around Shevchenko, but England was never able to prevent the nuclear warhead from swinging.

In the 87th minute, Shevchenko faced Glenn Johnson again on the left. He made a deft pass but was tripped by the opponent. Ukraine got a chance to set the ball in the frontcourt.

Ukraine sent a free kick into the penalty area. The ball bounced on Ferdinand, but Shevchenko cleverly found the opportunity next to him. He jumped in front of the England defender and hit the goal. The ball touched the ground and bounced back in. o :

At this time, under such circumstances, a goal was scored by Ukraine. The England fans in the audience suddenly became excited. They all stood up from their seats in unison and shouted for Capello to be dismissed. sound.

Xiao Yu, Beckham, Mourinho and others all came to the scene in person. They saw with their own eyes the fans' anger towards Capello. The sound of dismissal at Wembley Stadium was almost loud, and it almost broke the ceiling of Wembley Stadium. It was lifted.

Capello was sitting on the coaching bench, and no one could see his expression clearly, but you can imagine that it must be very, very ugly at this time, because he has never encountered such treatment from fans.

England went crazy, and the players launched a crazy counterattack on the court, but Ukraine was not to be outdone.

In the 9th minute, Shevchenko took another direct free kick and almost penetrated the goal guarded by David James again. The England goalkeeper should also be responsible for the previous goal.

All England fans were shouting for Capello to be dismissed. Even when the referee blew the whistle to end the game, all the fans were very dissatisfied with Capello, and even countless fans flew out of the stands. Paper towels and sundries are like falling snowflakes from the sky, which is particularly sad.

Is it realistic?

Indeed, he was once regarded as the savior by the fans, but now, he has completely become the enemy of the fans.

But who can blame it?

Shevchenko defeated Capello, which also proved that Mikhaylichenko's use of him was correct. Although he could not guarantee his continuous outstanding performance of 9o, he could maintain a world-class performance for 5 minutes. , defending his reputation as a world-class striker, which has earned him respect.

England fans even applauded the Ukrainian forward when Shevchenko was about to enter the tunnel after the game, a very ironic applause to express their dissatisfaction with Capello and the England national team. .

"Croatia defeated Andorra away from home with goals from Klasnic and Da Silva. England is finished."

Mourinho received a text message after the game. When he read the text message, he shook his head and sighed with regret.

Capello, a master-level gold medal coach, failed as the head coach of England. It has to be said that it is an issue worthy of discussion. After all, it has nothing to do with his ability or his methods.

After Croatia defeated Andorra, even at the last moment, England won all the remaining five rounds of the group stage. Whether it can qualify depends on the faces of others, and whether it is Croatia or Ukraine, it is difficult to make mistakes at such a critical moment. .

That's why Mourinho said England is finished

And Capello was also finished with England. After losing such a crucial game, Capello will undoubtedly become the sinner of the entire English football world. Will he be dismissed? If get out of class is dismissed, who will take his place?

Xiao Yu believes that in the next few days, or even for a period of time, this issue will become a problem that troubles English football and fans, because under this situation, the position of England national team head coach has completely become a hot spot. No one is willing to touch the potato. Anyone who touches it may be unlucky.