Chapter 246 Anglo-Portuguese War
Even Qiao Wanxian did not expect that he would have such a great impact on football in this world...
England's starting lineup has five players from Chelsea, namely Rooney, Irving, Joe Cole, Lampard, Terry. The front, middle and backcourts, Chelsea's players almost supported the entire England team.
On the side of the court, Ericsson was wearing a white shirt. Facing the crazy cheering and shouting of Lisbon fans, the Swedish coach seemed very calm and had a strong spirit of not bent down.
Judging from the performance of training in the past two days, Rooney, Irving, Joe Cole, Lampard and others still maintain a very high level, and the power of the four-time champion is still shrouded in their heads, emitting a superior aura from the bottom of their bones.
"beep……"
On the day, the referee blew the whistle to the start of the game, and England took the lead in kicking off. Amid the booing, Rooney passed the ball to Irving, and Irving knocked back to Gerald...
The game officially began. Although it was just a warm-up match, the strong dialogue between Erixon and Scolari was bound to win before the game still added a lot of gunpowder to this strong collision warm-up match.
Especially Qiao Wanxian's presence made the Grape Man excited and wanted to show the best football atmosphere to this head coach with the most popular football scene.
"The whistle sounded and the game officially began. Judging from the starting lineup of both sides, the two teams are really unreserved! Needless to say, England completely replicates Chelsea's frontcourt offensive combination, which is enough to instantly kill any European defense line! Of course, Portugal's midfield, composed of Figo, Rui Costa, Cristiano Ronaldo and Pauletta, also has an extremely powerful offensive."
"But Eriksson obviously cannot reach the height of Joe Da Cannon. No wonder his timid and conservative attitude has been criticized by countless English media. He actually sent Lampard to play the midfielder! Don't you know that Lampard has always been the candidate for Chelsea's midfielder this season?"
"In comparison, the midfield combination of Maniche, Deco, Rui Costa from Scolari seems more reasonable. Oh, the broadcast camera gave Joe Dapao. Is he flirting with Cheriel? Haha, the recent rumors of the two breaking up seem to be self-defeating..."
In every major competition, England will be the favorite to win the championship. The players' comprehensive strength and overall value will definitely be among the best, especially at this time, Chelsea's four-time champions are in hand, and Rooney, Irving, Lampard and others' value soars.
"Kickers" has statistics. The total value of the England team even exceeded Brazil's 23 million pounds!
Compared with most English players who come from a team of pride, Portugal is quite popular except for a few stars. Montero, Canella, Mera, Thiago, Viana, Gomez, Postigga... are all unknown little people.
Because of Qiao Wanxian's presence, these new generation players in Portugal were full of energy and wanted to show their strength in front of Qiao Dapao!
The champion team must expand its troops, which is the development law of football. Qiao Wanxian is also famous for discovering unknown players. It makes them look like they are injected with chicken blood, and they are too excited, but the effect... is counterproductive!
Don’t forget that the offensive talents of players such as Rooney, Irving, and Joe Cole are also Lampard’s midfield sorting and Beckham’s long pass guidance…
In the 13th minute of the game, Maniche, who was a midfielder, ran hard all over the field, and he was the most active! This player from Dynamo Moscow was indeed praised by Chelsea Club Sports Minister Jorisno and intends to bring him to Chelsea.
However, Maniche obviously did not distinguish the situation. In Chelsea, Qiao Wanxian was just a man! Not to mention a sports minister, even if he was the club owner, it would be impossible to introduce a player without his consent!
Sure enough, intelligence was mistaken for intelligence. Maniche's sudden robbery not only failed to cut off Gerald's ball, but left a lot of room behind him. Eriksson, who specialized in defensive counterattacking, certainly would not miss this opportunity. He immediately jumped up like a monkey and directed the team to attack in a large scale.
Gerald made a diagonal pass from Lampard. Lampard spiked the ball away from Deco's defense and made a straight pass, like a blade that was unsheathed at night, making people shudder.
"Maniche steals! Oh, he's too reckless. Is the ball under Gerald's feet so easy to break? Look at this ball, Lampard kicks his feet straight... Ohohohoh, my God! Who is this person? No. 10! England's No. 10 player, Michael Irving! He seems to have flew up!"
On the court, Irving stabbed out like a sharp arrow.
At this moment, Portuguese defender Montelo used his practical actions to deeply explain to more than 50,000 fans in the game what the gap is -
Irving was extremely fast, and his feet didn't even touch the ball. This was a directional shaking during running, which made the Portuguese veteran stand in place as if he had been imposed on a fixed posture, watching Irving whizz past his side with his toes on the ball.
Montelo's center of gravity had long been shaken to Java...
Irving alone!
This is lightning speed and lightning!
There is no suspense about what happened next. Irving scored with a strong shot, and England took the lead, 1:0!
Ericsson danced wildly on the sidelines excitedly!
"g-o-a-l! Michael Irving, scored easily! In just 13 minutes of the game, England scored the first goal! It seems that the direction of the game was as expected by Ericson before the game!"
"As we all know, Qiao Dapao is working hard to win the position of the head coach of the Three Lions, but if Ericsson really wins this game, his chances of being the head coach of England will be very slim. Let's take a look at Qiao Dapao's expression, uh...he looks very relaxed."
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With Irving's current state of being at its peak, Monteiro's defense, which is not a good deal, is useless!
Now, Scolari understands why so many teams do not use dead-defense tactics when facing Chelsea's crazy offense. It is meaningless to defend against such a divine forward!
Scolari quickly came to the sidelines to shout and redesigned his tactical ideas.
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Time passed, and the game was very open and closed, and both sides realized at all that offense was the mainstream of this game. In the 40th minute of the first half, England won a free kick opportunity in the frontcourt.
Portuguese goalkeeper Ricardo Pereira put all his energy on Beckham, but unexpectedly, a strong figure emerged from the diagonal line - Wayne Rooney No. 9!
"Bang!"
Ricardo Pereira was stunned by the iconic heavy gun shot, watching the ball enter the net, and paying attention!
God, what is this routine?
2:0!
England was a visit to the Sporting Stadium in Lisbon and scored two goals first!
The whole audience was in an uproar!
In the second half, Portugal finally used a personal exciting performance by the team captain Figo to win a goal.
After receiving the pass from Deco's midfield, Figo moved in a small range, and continuously changed directions and forced a breakthrough from the clamping defense between Ashley Cole and Terry, cutting across from the side, facing Ferdinand's fill-up press, forcibly shot the goal, Robinson looked at the ball and sighed.
2:1!
Portugal won a game back, and the Sporting Lisbon stadium was full of joy.
"Figo, Louis Figo! A wonderful and solo performance, he defended the honor of Portugal with his strength. This Real Madrid No. 10 is in excellent form this season and is at another peak of his career!"
"Oh, England's defense is problematic. Terry and Ashley Cole, two players from London, obviously cannot form a tacit understanding! To put it, Chelsea and Arsenal are mortal enemies, so it is natural to find it difficult to form a defensive heart. Perhaps Eriksson should send Bridge to play the left-back, so that the team's defense may be more reliable."
Figo's goal improved Portugal's momentum a lot. For a time, Rui Costa, Cristiano Ronaldo, Figo, Pauletta and others pressed on the attack, with a rainbow of momentum.
Then Eriksson's team likes to use the opponent's large-scale attack to capture the opponent's defense loopholes to counterattack.
Sure enough, in the 68th minute of the game, Gerald and Lampard intercepted Deco in the backcourt, and suddenly Beckham, who was moving closer to the middle, successfully intercepted the ball.
By the way, Beckham played a defensive midfielder under Mourinho for a season. He had a good stealing ability and didn't raise his head. He consciously passed a long pass directly to the fast horse trio in the frontcourt.
Rooney, Irving, and Joe Cole were all out together, and the audience exclaimed again!
Chapter completed!