With the joy of England fans, media, officials and prime minister, England led Sweden 2:0, establishing an advantage in the first half.

This situation makes the Swedes feel helpless.

Head coach Radbeck looked at the scoreboard and felt helpless. He made a lot of preparations before the game and knew that the game would be very simple, but he never expected it to be so difficult. England actually had no advantage and the team's tactics were no problem. However, the opponent No. 13 played twice and directly broke the goal with two shots. Facing such a player, Radbeck really felt powerless.

Your own players can't defend against their opponents at all, this is the biggest gap!

If Sweden had such a player, the game would be much easier. No, it is likely that Sweden will lead England 2:0 now, and the situation would be so beautiful.

Radbeck's thoughts were a little fluttering.

He thought of his team. Sweden's strength was not bad. Of course, there was no way to compare with England on the court, but he didn't think that his team's overall strength was much worse than England. The whole team of England is a star, but they don't have much strength when they were combined together. This is recognized in the world football world, and their performance in the game is the same. Sweden's face against England is not as weak as Germany and Italy. Their offense can break through England's defense, and the defense also makes England's offense always interrupted.

Unfortunately, England has a 13th...

This gap is almost irreparable because the team's defense cannot limit the opponent's No. 13, so there is no way to defend. There is no way to fight against England, and there is no way to fight against Sweden.

This is also the reason for the current situation.

In short, the key is the opponent's No. 13. His personal ability is too strong and his players cannot be limited at all. Whenever a player goes up, he is always easily passed. This is not an excellent skill, it is purely a physical advantage. To be honest, his skills under his feet are really not delicate. But the general skills and absolute physical advantages make the generals with rich defensive experience helpless.

His extraordinary people are completely unreasonable.

For example, just passed a-Svenson this time, Svenson had a good defensive position and did not make any mistakes, but he changed direction in front of Svenson. Svenson judged the correct direction, but the reaction speed could not keep up. When he tried to intercept, the opponent had already forcibly broke through, and what he was using was explosive power.

This is a case where the defense does not make any mistakes. If the defense makes a little mistake, such as footing in advance, there will be no chance of fouling.

Faced with such a player, if you want to defend well, you can only rely on the team's overall defense, such as suppressing the entire England team as a whole. Even if the No. 13 tops the ball, he will fall into a situation of fighting alone when he gets the ball. Three or four players rush over and can always stop him.

Such defense is the most effective.

It’s a pity that Sweden does not have such strength. They cannot suppress the English team as a whole. Their football skills are no more than England. They are also teams that compete for strength, and two teams with similar styles. England is also big-name stars, so it is not easy for Sweden to gain an advantage in the field.

This is also the fundamental reason why Sweden is lagging behind.

Anyway... it's the opponent's No. 13. At this point, Radbeck also knew that it would be extremely difficult for the team to win. His only idea was to score a goal, which would eventually save some face. Even if the game was not over, he knew that Sweden would definitely lose.

As long as that No. 13 is on the court, Sweden has no hope.

But why would Klinsmann refuse such an excellent player, and even watch him enter the England team? Radbeck really understands it very much. He can only sigh that the Germans' thoughts are really a bit unfathomable.

...

England did not score another goal in the first half, and Sweden also failed to find any good opportunities. After the referee's whistle, the game entered the halftime stage.

The whole team in England went back to the locker room to rest in a relaxed manner.

They talked easily about the game and Zhang Tiehan's two goals. Some teammates joked that they would celebrate Zhang Tiehan's World Cup Golden Boot in advance. Zhang Tiehan just smiled and said nothing more. In fact, he was not very interested in the World Cup Golden Boot because he knew that the World Cup Golden Boot Award was not a big honor. Perhaps others would be happy to win the Golden Boot, but he had a lot of Golden Boots. He knew that the honor of the Golden Boot Award was very small for lifting the seal.

More importantly, the World Cup champion.

If he can win the World Cup championship, the next ancient power may be eliminated. He is very much looking forward to the championship.

After Eriksen walked into the locker room, he praised the team's performance, especially Zhang Tiehan's two goals, but the Swedes were actually contradictory, mainly because the opponent is Sweden, who is very moved by his hometown.

But this is football.

As the head coach of England, he must strive to make England win, but he still has ideas in his mind and will definitely not be able to give his hometown elders a great "sham" to his hometown elders. If the team can score another goal in the second half, then start to substitution and send the game into garbage time. He cannot beat Sweden with too much score, otherwise how can he face his hometown elders in the future?

Of course he won't tell the players about his ideas.

At the same time, he also hopes that in another game that is in progress, Trinidad and Tobago will lose the game, so that even if Sweden loses, he can qualify... This is also a little selfish in his heart.

With these mentalities, Erikson began to summarize the bad things the team played in the first half and pointed out them one by one to allow the team to improve these things.

The tactics have not changed much. His explanation is to let the players know what to pay attention to and apply the tactics better.

At the same time, Swedish players seemed very silent in another locker room. After Radbeck walked into the locker room, he also praised the team's performance and encouraged the players not to take the scores to heart and go to the game with peace of mind.

"Even if we lose the game, we have to stick to the last minute," he said.

This also shows that Radbeck really doesn't have much confidence. He said so himself. Swedish players just know what they think. They also lack confidence. Especially in the first half, facing Zhang Tiehan, many people have shadows in their hearts, such as midfielder Svensen and forward Larson. They don't know how many times they were knocked by Zhang Tiehan in the middle of the midfield in the first half. They are less confident than Swedish defenders. Once or twice. But they tried too many times, and even the opponent could not pass the ball on their defense, but they were thrown away again and again, and they were powerless to chase and interfere.

They don't have that kind of physical fitness!

In fact, the persistence of defense is very related to physical fitness. On the football field, when it is passed, the offensive side will accelerate the dribbling, and the defensive side must also chase back desperately to dribble the ball with all their strength. It is quite exhausting. Most players are exhausted after sprinting for fifty meters. Time and time again, and several times in a row, they may be overdrawn in advance, so it will be difficult to sprint again.

At the end of the first half, whenever the opponent passed them, they stopped chasing them. Because they had no physical strength, they couldn't run at all, let alone defense or something.

The intermission was really a break for them.

They must recover some physical fitness as soon as possible to ensure their condition. Radbeck also talked about this. If the midfielder is shaken by, he will not chase after him, because he can't catch up. It's simply a waste of physical fitness.

Physical fitness is very important.

Even the best players in such a fierce game will be very tired. Without a 2 or 3 day rest, you will never recover.

This made Swedish players even more amazed at Zhang Tiehan's physical fitness.

He didn't know how many times he dribbled the ball in the first half. But by the end, he still rushed up very quickly, and it seemed that he was not much tired than them.

"It's simply a monster." Many people sighed in their hearts.

...

The second half began soon.

In the second half, the two teams did not fight anything, but instead started an offensive battle. Sweden wanted to score and try to recover one goal first. England was used to the offensive and they were not worried about attacking against Sweden, so the game became very good.

Few people thought that Sweden would score the first goal in the second half.

This was in the 51st minute. Swedish midfielder Albuck received a corner kick taken by Ljumble and directly pushed the ball into the goal with his head. The ball allowed Sweden to see the light of the day. One ball behind is completely different from two balls. If they can get one ball back, the situation will be different immediately. Even if they only catch up with one ball now, the gap is still one ball, which is enough to allow Sweden to see hope of tying.

Hope is always the most important thing.

I thought that there was no suspense in the game, and my team had too little chances, and the mentality of Swedish players was unbalanced, but now with hope, they immediately became lively, and everyone was thinking about working hard to attack to tie the score.

I don't care much about the English way.

The opponent recovered a goal, which put them in some pressure, but when Zhang Tiehan was still in the frontcourt, this pressure was nothing. Both teams' mentality improved and the game became more exciting.

Just like Radbeck thought, if he wanted to limit Zhang Tiehan, his Swedish team was really powerless, and at the same time he wanted to defend England's goal, they did not have such overall strength. Even if they recovered a goal, the situation would not change much. Under the frontcourt offensive rhythm led by Zhang Tiehan, the Swedish team gradually became a suppressed side.

As the most luxurious team in the world, with so many fans and media at the moment, England obviously does not want to be easily equalized by Sweden. They launched continuous attacks on the Swedish team's halftime.

This made Sweden have to fight a defensive counterattack.

England took the advantage of the scene, and the advantage quickly turned into a goal. This time it was Gerald, who came on as a substitute in the second half!

In the 70th minute of the game, Zhang Tiehan broke through again in the middle. Facing the defense of two Swedish players, he carried the ball to the left foot of the penalty area. Then the Swedish players surrounded him. Zhang Tiehan had no choice but to knock the ball to Joe Cole, who passed the ball with one kick. The football went into the middle. Gerald stopped the ball and turned and shot it directly, scoring the third goal for England.

“gooooooooooooal!!!”

"Steven Gerrard! He scored the third goal for England, and England once again opened the score gap! 3:1!"

"He just came on as a substitute and scored the third goal for England! Gerald, the soul of the Reds! He can still become a soul figure in England!"

All the fans cheered for this goal!

Gerald's shooting angle was very tricky and had a very strong force. When he turned around and shot, Swedish goalkeeper Isaxon couldn't react at all. He even watched the football fly into the goal and didn't move in the spot. This shot was so beautiful.

At the same time, this is also the third goal scored by England!

For Gerald himself, this is his third goal in the World Cup, scoring three goals in three games in the group stage. He became the player with the most goals in the England team except Zhang Tiehan, and it is also his first time participating in the World Cup. Such performance undoubtedly makes him very happy.

Zhang Tiehan also came to congratulate Gerald on his goal.

The two hugged each other.

In England, many people think that Gerald and Lampard are of equal strength, but Zhang Tiehan thinks that Gerald is better. Liverpool has always been in a difficult position. Before Zhang Tiehan came to Liverpool, Gerald often had to play under the pressure of fighting alone, and he had to worry about the offense. He had to worry about the defense. It was precisely because of this that fans respect Gerald as the "Liverpool's soul".

Where is Lampard?

He also performed very well at Chelsea, scoring more goals than frontcourt players, but in the whole Chelsea, he is not an indispensable figure. Even without Lampard, Chelsea can perform very well. Without Lampard, they have other excellent midfield stars. Lampard does not have the pressure of Gerald, so he doesn't have to worry about the team's offense and defense. His only task is to make himself perform well.

This is the difference between the two.

Gerrard likes Liverpool. In order to make the team perform better, he must withstand the pressure and perform better. Lampard does not have this pressure. The result is that Gerrard's ability to seize opportunities is much better than Lampard.

It's not just what Zhang Tiehan believes. In fact, the data comparison of the last two seasons. The two's goals, assists, and the judging of various awards by the FA and UEFA, Gerald is better than Lampard. Now he is in the World Cup.

At least judging from the number of goals scored by the two in each season, as well as the performance of players judged by the FA and UEFA, Gerald scored better than Lampard every time. Now in the World Cup, Gerald is constantly scoring goals, which probably has something to do with Zhang Tiehan and his tacit understanding, but more importantly, his own abilities are also very outstanding.

The score became 3:1, and England once again opened the gap between two goals.

At this time, the mentality of the two teams was completely different. Because the game time slowly passed, it became increasingly difficult for Sweden to tie the score. After the 75th minute of the game, Erikson replaced Zhang Tiehan with Walcott, but Lampard replaced Joe Cole, which meant that Erikson believed that the game was no suspense.

But it would be a big mistake to think that the overall strength of England would be much worse.

England is better than Sweden. Even without Zhang Tiehan, she is still better than Sweden. It is hard to say that Walcott has replaced the two players. He is just a striker. Eriksen is obviously planning to train young players when he appears. England's striker is definitely full of talents. Rooney and Zhang Tiehan, two world-class stars, and the younger Walcott, this striker is jealous. Don't mention Irving. He has a lot of playing time, but it looks like he is in no state.

Lampard replaced Joe Cole, but only gave the latter some rest time. Lampard's ability is very comprehensive. Although he is not as good as Joe Cole as the left front guard, he is generally quite qualified, and his defense can be better than Joe Cole.

In the following game, Sweden kept fighting for the offense, but overall it was suppressed, and with little time left, they failed to score in the end.

In England, they put a lot of pressure on Sweden to put the line. In the last ten minutes, Lampard, Irving and Gerrard each shot once, but they still failed to knock on the Swedish team's goal.

The game is in stoppage time.

A situation caught England off guard. Michael Irving had a collision with the Swedish defensive player while running, and he fell directly on the grass, and the team doctor entered the court and carried him out of the court.

There was not much time left next. After Irving got out of the field, the two teams had an attack each, and the referee blew the whistle to indicate the end of the game.

3:1, this is the final score.
To be continued...