Chapter 683: The Turn

"Is what Xiao said true or false?"

As he walked out of the locker room side by side with Venables, Pierce couldn't help asking.

"There is no difference between true and false, but he is a person who only moves in his own direction." Venables sighed: "It seems that in the English coaching staff, we can only be a coach responsible for training."

"No, he usually listens to our opinions." Pierce said in surprise.

"But in the end, he will only move forward according to his own ideas." Venables laughed: "He did listen to our opinions, but in the end, our opinions were only auxiliary and could not affect his final decision. A very confident guy... Let's go and see this confident guy fight for victory."

After saying this, Venables patted Pierce on the shoulder and then walked forward with big strides.

While the two assistant coaches were chatting, Xiao Ming had already walked out of the player channel, but he did not sit down as the head coach, but stood directly on the sidelines.

In the second half, England kicked off.

Gerald and Rooney stood in the center of the court to kick off. The second half of the offense was naturally more in line with their appetite for offensive players like them.

"Wayne, you're alone in charge, okay?" Gerald asked Rooney with a smile.

"Can you keep up with my speed of progress?" Rooney asked back.

The two of them laughed at the same time. At this time, the referee blew the whistle to start the second half.

Rooney transferred the ball to Gerald and ran forward by himself. Gerald turned around with the ball, but did not pass it back, but directly passed it across to Lennon on the right.

At the same time, Cole on the left rushed forward, and Lampard rushed past Gerald at the right time. England's attack suddenly broke out!

After Lennon received the ball, he immediately rushed into Spain's half. There were many Spanish defensive players in front of him, but he was not afraid because he knew that behind him, there were Beckham and Daniel, he was definitely not fighting alone.

The first thing that came to meet was Silva, the opponent's left vanguard. Facing this young man who was about the same height as him and was about the same age, Lennon shortened his shoulders and forced a breakthrough!

Silva's speed was not slow either. He stepped on his feet in time and shoveled the ball out. However, the ball that was shoveled fell to Daniel who followed him to meet him. Daniel immediately made another pass and passed the ball to Lennon again.

Silva was still lying on the ground. After Lennon received the ball, he only came to defend him.

Faced with this veteran who was far faster than his speed, Lennon forced a breakthrough again!

This time he succeeded, Capdville stepped a little slower, Lennon wades the ball through his body, and then rushed over like a wind!

Lennon is a typical English winger. He has excellent breakthroughs and fast speeds, but he is a bit blind on the court. Now, Lennon is still a rookie-level winger who has been dribbling the ball to the bottom line before he knows how to turn back, but his speed and dribbling ability are quite excellent.

After reaching the bottom line, Lennon looked up and observed the situation in the penalty area. After seeing Rooney and Gerard had already arrived in the penalty area to respond, Gerard immediately made a cross. Gerard attracted the attention of Marchena and Ramos in the middle, and Rooney at the back point followed the dive header!

Just as the Spanish fans were about to exclaim, Casillas saved Spain, just like he saved Real Madrid repeatedly. Faced with Rooney's bent over and rushed to the top, he responded immediately, saved it quickly, and then reached out to lift the ball out of the crossbar.

"Damn!" Xiao Ming covered his head and roared. England is now very good at the raid after the opening. If this ball is scored, it will be much easier to play. Unfortunately, it is a little bit worse...

"England's fierce attack almost expanded the score again as soon as the start of the game! Under Xiao's leadership, they can always take advantage of the opponent's weakest mentality to launch an attack, and Spain survived the disaster!"

Although England used an offense to startle Spain and broke out in cold sweat, in the eyes of the commentators and the audience, England will mostly focus on defensive counterattacks - they lead the way, and may not be better than Spain in offense, and it seems better to use more effortless defensive counterattacks - they used this tactic to resist the attacks of the Netherlands and Italy. Even if Spain's offense is stronger than these two teams, it seems that they are not much stronger.

Even though Aragones was a little wary because of the opponent's fierce attack, he didn't think that England would give up the advantage of leading by one goal to fight Spain...

However, England immediately made everyone fall into their eyes.

After this attack, Spain launched a fierce attack, while England launched a crazy interception in the midfield. Their running distance may be less than in the first half, but it was a little more reasonable than in the first half.

Xavi was grabbed by Gerald and Lampard in the midfield and almost couldn't even hold the ball. In the end, he couldn't pass the ball to Iniesta. Iniesta passed the ball to Fabregas. Fabregas dribbled the ball forward, and after a two-for-one cooperation with Torres, he kicked the ball at the front of the penalty area and was blocked by Hart.

Daniel took the ball from the side, faced Silva who was robbing the ball forcibly drove forward, and then knocked the ball to Beckham. Beckham passed directly to Lampard in front of the run. England's offensive broke out again!

Lampard strides forward, and Senna comes up. The two of them hit each other and are staggered at the same time. Before losing balance, Lampard lifts his foot and passes the ball to Rooney at the front of the penalty area. Rooney takes the ball and turns around. Facing Puyor's defense, he does not force a breakthrough, but passes the ball to Cole who is inserted from the left side.

Cole ran up like a wind and competed with Ramos at speed. Cole was not as good as Ramos in physical confrontation, but he had the upper hand in speed.

Without giving Ramos the time to interfere with him, Cole forced a distance and immediately passed the ball into the penalty area with his left foot. His experience and crossing skills were much better than Lennon. Although in a hurry, the arc ball was still very beautiful. Gerald penetrated into the back row and slightly deviated from the baseline under the interference of Marchener.

"These guys want to fight us?" Aragones raised his eyebrows and thought in surprise.

What happened next confirmed his speculation. England did play against Spain. Spain kept making short passes back and forth from the middle to create opportunities, while England had to play more easily. Lennon and Daniel on the right sprinted in turn, and Cole on the left also frequently pushed up, constantly suppressing Spain's full-back assists from both wings, and then creating opportunities for the players in the middle. It is also England lacks a top center now. It is difficult for Rooney and Gerrard to get too good opportunities under the defense of Puyol and Marchena just by relying on the impact of Rooney and Gerrard.

Spain also encountered a lot of trouble. Their midfield passes and cuts were constantly interrupted by England's presses and fouls. If they directly passed the ball behind them, Torres was under the close guard of the opponent's two central defenders. Although there was no standard midfielder, while strengthening the midfield presses, England also paid great attention to the protection of the front of the penalty area. It was difficult for Spain to directly attack the central defender.

"Press up and fight them!" Aragones stood up, whistled loudly, and then shouted loudly.

Are you going to attack us? It depends on whose defense line will be sieve!

Aragonese made the most exciting decision for the fans. Spain began to play with England in full force and defend. The two full-backs still boldly pushed out under the pressure of England's wing offense and participated in the offense.

As a result, the pressure on both sides on defense began to increase, but the players on both sides who had already made a real hot spot no longer care about these. They only had one idea in their minds - to defeat the opponent's defense before the opponent scored a goal!

Lampard's long shot was saved by Casillas. The Real Madrid goalkeeper's performance in the past ten minutes was amazing, which also made England fans feel a little worried - can our Hart perform as well as Casillas?

In the attack, if the opportunities created by both sides are similar, the side with better goalkeepers can often gain greater advantages...

The fifty-seventh minute.

Iniesta suddenly broke out when Xavi and Fabregas were defended by the English midfielders.

After getting the ball on the right, he quickly dribbled and dodged Barry's defense, and then stopped before Cole came up, luring Cole to stop and accelerate again, breaking through the wing!

Iniesta, who passed two consecutive days, attracted part of the attention of England's penalty area. Torres and Silva who were inserted into the penalty area also attracted part of the attention of people. For a moment, they ignored Xavi, who had rushed to the outside of the penalty area. Just when Iniesta passed the ball into the penalty area, Xavi suddenly stepped forward!

Iniesta's pass was quite beautiful, bypassing countless players from both sides in the front and middle lanes, flew directly to the back point, and then landed at the unguarded Xavi!

Hart was shocked and immediately rushed over - he had been protected by his teammates before, but now he is alone, facing the opponent's attack.

Hart opened his arms and tried his best to block Harvey's shooting route, but Harvey remained calm enough. Facing Hart who was rushing towards him, he twisted his body and pushed the ball!

Hart tried hard to reach it, but still couldn't touch the ball. He looked back unwillingly, hoping to see the ball fly out of the bottom line...

However, the ball kept rolling towards the goal, and then rolled into the goal before Ferdinand's long legs stretched out...

"goooooooooooooooooooooooooal! Xavi! Xavi equalized the score! Two players from Barcelona completed a wonderful cooperation, Iniesta's assist, Xavi's goal! The score is now one-to-one, and Spain equalized the score!"

The Spanish players cheered and hugged each other, and the Spanish fans in the stands also burst into loud cheers. Aragonese waved his hand fiercely and shouted.

"What a fuck." Xiao Ming raised his hand upward and muttered, but he did not regret the action of letting the players press on assists. After all, both sides have a chance, but Spain just caught it first.

"Just draw, continue to attack!" After scolding Xiao Ming shouted at the court. He was not worried that Spain would shrink its defense after equalizing the score, and England would have a chance at that time!

Spain also has offensive blood flowing in its bones, and Aragones is not a conservative coach!

Continue attack! The only idea left in the minds of the English players. After the game was re-telephoned, they were not affected too much because of the equalization, and Spain did not give up the attack because of the equalization. When the English players flocked to Spain's half, the Spanish players immediately came forward.

Rooney dribbled the ball over Torres and Xavi, but was cut off by Fabregas's front tackle. The ball rolled out fell to Gerald's feet. Gerald immediately passed the ball to Daniel who was inserted on the right. Daniel dribbled the ball forward and rushed forward. Under the reception of Lennon, he rushed to the opponent's penalty area before stopping. He turned around and handed the ball to Beckham who was following behind him. Beckham raised his foot and made a cross into the penalty area. Gerald, who was rushing forward, pressed the opponent's defense line into the penalty area. Beckham directly passed the ball to Lampard, who was ambushing behind Gerald.

Lampard swung his right foot, and Senna rushed over, trying to block Lampard's shot with his body, but Lampard immediately passed the ball horizontally. Barry, who was inserted in the back row, took the ball with all his strength and shot with a long shot!

"Beautiful save! Casillas saved Spain again! He has made at least three wonderful saves! Although the ball possession rate is a little worse than Spain, England has created more opportunities than Spain! If England is not in good condition in this game, it can only mean that their goalkeeper has a certain gap with the opponent's goalkeeper..."

Hart looked at Casillas, who had saved the shot from a distance and roared with his fists, and the young goalkeeper bit his lips tightly.

He is twenty-one this year. When the opponent was twenty-one, he was already the champion of the Champions League, but he still couldn't play the main player in Leiden East. Although he became England's main goalkeeper, he has always been considered the weakest link in the England national team now...

"Fuck!" Hart cursed angrily.

Xiao Ming scratched his head. Seeing Casillas' wonderful performance, he began to realize that he had missed a little - England does not need to be afraid of playing against Spain, but they still have to face a super goalkeeper like Casillas who is in excellent shape and in good shape in this European Championship...

Although Spain has conceded goals in every game in five games so far, Casillas' performance is still excellent. If it weren't for his save, Spain might have conceded more goals in each game on average, because Spain has always played a big push to attack tactics, and there are not many players left in the backcourt.

Judging from Casillas' current state, it's surprisingly good. If he loses to such a goalkeeper...

"Damn, I'm not so unlucky." Xiao Ming couldn't help but curse.

However, the English players on the court did not think too much. Casillas' outstanding performance instead made them feel dissatisfied - aren't you awesome? We still have to score goals!

However, the next corner kick almost brought a catastrophe to England.

England's central defenders rushed up, and Daniel also took the midfield and prepared to participate in the offense at any time. Only Barry and Cole were left behind in the backcourt, while Spain's Torres was at the front.

Beckham took a corner kick, and Ferdinand, in the middle, planned to jump and head the ball, but Marchener pushed the ball first.

Lampard, who was guarding outside the penalty area, pushed the ball into the penalty area again, but Casillas attacked and hit the ball out. Xavi got the ball before Lennon, and then suddenly passed it straight!

Fabregas started and caught up with the ball!

Fabregas was definitely not slow to dribble. Lampard flew into the tackle and was swiped by his beautiful turn and spiked, and then he began to dribble forward.

"Return to defense! Be careful!" Xiao Ming shouted loudly on the sidelines.

Daniel ran back silently, but now he and Fabregas are still a long way from him. Now, besides Torres who are ready to respond, there are only two defensive players, Barry and Cole, left in front of Fabregas.

Spain's quick counterattack! Two-for-two against two in the frontcourt!

In a hurry, Cole and Barry made a mistake. Cole turned and rushed towards Fabregas, while Barry ran towards Torres - a serious misalignment.

After approaching the top of the arc in the middle circle, Fabregas raised his foot and sent a beautiful straight pass before Cole approached him.

At the same time, Torres quickly started and rushed over Barry immediately and caught up with the ball!

Single shot! Torres dribbled the ball and rushed straight to England's penalty area. Barry saw that he could no longer catch up with Torres. He took a risk from behind with a flying tackle, but Torres dribbled the ball across and did so with a slight difference. Barry's tackle!

No one can stop Torres from moving forward!

Hart tensed his body and stared at Torres who was redirecting his direction and rushed into the penalty area. Behind Torres, Daniel was slowly approaching, but Torres was not much distance from the penalty area and could still complete the shot before Daniel returned to defense!

Hart clenched his fists and rushed out of the penalty area without hesitation.

Even if no one can help me now, I still have to maintain the door behind me! The boss insists on being the main goalkeeper of the England national team, and it is absolutely not enough to rely solely on not making mistakes!
Chapter completed!