Chapter 234 National Team Premiere(2/2)
Under Husky's involvement, the gaps exposed in Finland's backcourt began to increase. Hepia had to fight with this opponent who had fought in the league again. Then he began to feel the huge difference between the defense line of the Finnish national team and the defense line of Leiden East - in Leiden East, he could watch people with peace of mind, and Deselli would naturally protect him behind him. In the Finnish national team, when he was unable to defend Husky's clone, other teammates could not block the opponent's attack at all...
Shortly after the second half, Irving received a straight pass from Redknapp under Husky's cover, and then relied on speed to throw away the defender who was defending him into the penalty area. Before Hypia came to fill the team, Jasquelining was still out of reach despite his efforts to save, and England expanded its lead.
"There should be no problem to win this game." Xiao Ming nodded with satisfaction. Although Finland's defense was tenacious, they were not lucky. The deadlock was broken by Beckham's free kick. On the offense, Litmanin seemed to be in an average state and was controlled by Daniel. Since England had led two goals, there should be no more ripples in this game.
Sure enough, ten minutes later, Irving's single shot helped England expand its lead to the third goal. Finland, whose defeat was decided, only relied on a frontcourt free kick to get a point before the end of the game - Litmanin, who finally got rid of Daniel's defense, assisted Hypia to head the ball to get a point, but it had no impact on the end of the game.
England, who won this crucial battle, jumped to second place in the group, but their situation is still not optimistic. They have seven points in four games, facing Sweden, who has nine points in three games and Finland, which has six points in three games. They still have no advantage in the subsequent games.
However, Keegan's debut made a good start, and Daniel's debut in the national team was also considered a success. Although he was not paid attention to by many people, he did exactly the duty of a defensive player - the coach would not ignore this, and the England national team really needed fresh blood in the position of full-back.
In the next round of the game, the England national team was bye, and Keegan arranged a friendly match against the weak Malta. In this game, the England national team started a big kill, and Phillips also won his first national team goal.
Like Daniel and Phillips, Van Nie and Marklele also completed their premiere in the national team. With Deschamps withdrawing from the national team and Petit accumulating yellow cards and suspending the game, Marklele and Vieira formed a double midfielder. Compared with Vieira, who can attack and defend, Marklele seems quite low-key on the court, but effectively protects the backcourt, allowing Vieira to continue to push forward and attack like in Arsenal, and the entire midfield runs well.
France, who lost goals in the first three rounds of qualifiers, did not concede a single goal in these two qualifiers. They first tied Ukraine with zero to zero, and then defeated Armenia. Although it cannot be said that it was Marklele's own credit, Marklele's existence has regained the feeling of solid defense in the 1998 World Cup.
The Netherlands is one of the hosts of the 2000 European Championships. Of course, there is no qualifying task. The only task of the new national team coach Rijkald is to train new players and fix the main lineup. Because of this reason, Van Nie got the opportunity to play in the national team. In the friendly match against Austria and Poland, Van Nie played and scored goals, which made Rijkald's eyes shine. Perhaps when Borgkamp and Cruivit were in poor form, this striker who also played in the Premier League might be able to become a reassuring substitute...
Chapter completed!