Chapter 135: A storm is coming

When George Wood appeared on the court, the English fans in the stands cheered hugely. They shouted Wood's nickname "St. George" over and over again, completely defeating the French fans' arrogance.

They had to be excited.   It has been more than two months since George Wood came on as a substitute in the match against Germany and Sweden, but this was the first time he started.   What does it mean for George Wood to be able to start? St. George's big toe was completely improved! They didn't have to worry about anything in the next game.

However, those opponents who watched the two teams' games in the stands and collected first-hand information valued not Wood's comeback, but Tang En's actions. Wood's comeback was predictable. Tang En brought his most proud disciple to Spain not to keep him on the bench, so this was nothing surprising. But Tang En's unusual low-key style before the game made those opponents very alert.

Opponents who watched the two teams in the stands include Spain and Czech Republic, which the two teams may encounter in the semi-finals, and Italy, which they may encounter in the finals.

They are all coaches in their respective teams, and they came to the Stadium of St. Mames with the mission of spying on military intelligence. Not many of them would believe that Don Eun was really afraid of the French team. Although the French team's performance in the previous few games was indeed eye-catching, no matter from any analysis, Don Eun is not the kind of head coach who is afraid of his opponent. On the contrary, the stronger the opponent, the more fighting spirit he should be. Look at how he led a team of unknown Nottingham Forest to found the dynasty... It is almost a collection of classic battle examples that defeat the strong with the weak.

They cared so much about Donn's abnormal performance before the game that George Wood's starting lineup was considered a trivial matter that they thought was not worth mentioning. It was as natural as it happened...

Puel no longer thinks about what Done said or did before the game. Now his whole mind is on the game - the English crazy thing he had never expected...

At the beginning of the game, the French team kicked off. Logically, the French team should take advantage of this opportunity to control the football at their feet and then launch wave after wave of continuous offensives. The goal that threatens England, scores the first goal correctly, and drags the game into the track familiar to the French.

However, before their offense was approaching England's goal, they were intercepted by George Wood and Gerrard. Next, the French team wanted to regain the ball control in midfield Bahru - Lassena Diarra and Flamini were central defenders, which was closer to the opponent's penalty area. The French team's plan was seen from the adjustment of this position. They planned to completely suppress England in this game with offense. The ideal result was that England could not even go out of the half.

This is actually the reason why the French team has been very successful so far. Puel is not a fool who only knows the offense. After two powerful interceptions in the midfield are advanced, the French team's offense is more oppressive and convenient to counterattack on the spot. When faced with teams with poor strength or insufficient preparation, their move can really play a decisive role.

Unfortunately, they met England today, which was full of fighting spirit and well-prepared.

After seeing Gerald get the ball, Flamini rushed up tacitly. Before the game, while waiting to enter the court, Diyala found his partner and told him that his target was George Wood, so he told Flamini not to interfere.

When Gerald saw Flamini pounce at him, he passed the football to Wood not far away.

Almost as he passed the ball, Diyala also moved, and he rushed to Wood like a black panther to prepare for the ball to catch the ball. He planned to intercept the ball while Wood was receiving the ball. At that time, Wood was not yet firm in his foothold, so he could take advantage of the opportunity.

"Diara stepped forward to defend Wood...beautiful!"

Motson screamed excitedly.

While Diara was rushing forward, she used her heel to directly hit Terry behind her. It didn't matter if Diara saved a pass. What's important is that after both he and Flamini rushed up, the French team's midfield and backcourt were disconnected, and there was a very wide blank area in the middle! You should know that the two intercepting midfielders in France were already very front...

This was obviously what Done specifically reminded him to pull Wood before the game started: be good at taking advantage of loopholes in the opponent's formation.

Terry didn't waste time and directly passed the football to Mok who had already rushed to the front!

"England's fast attack!"

When Stuart Downing stopped the ball, there were only three French defenders in front of him. Two strikers from England and another full-back Abonlaho had already rushed to the front of the penalty area, and Gerald even passed the football to Wood and rushed up. After Wood passed the ball back to Terry, he continued to defend the backcourt.

In this game, Donndi's starting lineup was different from the first two games. Chris Cohen and Mock, two Nottingham Forest players, did not continue to start, but gave up their positions to Donning and Abanglaho. The latter two have one common characteristic - fast speed.

Done expected that the French team would put a big push and strive to score first. At this time, the most important thing in the attack was not the ball control, but the speed. Cohen was balanced in offense and defense. Good endurance. Mock had excellent ball control and delicate skills. But they were not players with speed. Doning and Abanglaho had outstanding speed and were very useful in counterattacks.

Moreover, this lineup was far beyond the expectations of the French. Puel must have not expected that when the England right forward was in crisis, Donn gave up the only real right forward left, and chose to play Abonrajo, who was a forward.

After receiving the ball, Tangning did not stay for a long time, but passed the ball horizontally. Rooney, who had retreated, received the ball and then transferred the ball to Abanglaho. Just now, the French team's left back Krish rushed up to participate in the attack, and was still running back to defend.

Abanglaho was not polite either. After receiving the ball, he cut inside and went into the penalty area and inserted!

The French central defender was originally defending Mitcher and Rooney, but England quickly moved the football to the other side, and did not want to play Abanglaho into the penalty area so resolutely that he didn't even hesitate...

After Abanglaho scored the goal, he swung his feet and wanted to shoot, which made Sakko fly over and block it, but passed the football horizontally to Mitcher in the small penalty area...

"Aron Mitchel is now unmarked...he shot..."

The football flew straight towards the goal. Goalkeeper Loris flew to save, but the distance was too close. Mitcher tried his best to shoot, and no matter how powerful the goalkeeper was, he could do nothing at this time...

"goooal!goooooal!goooooooal!!!" John Mortson, the ace commentator of BBC5, jumped up from his seat.

He may be the first to react, because when the football ball Mitcher shot hit the net, both the fans in the stands and the audience in front of the TV had not yet come back to their senses - what's going on? It's only one point in the opening. What's going on?

Also surprised were all the members of the French team, the coaches sitting on the coach's seat, and the French players who were desperately returning to defense on the court, were staring blankly at their goal. There was a football there spinning, rubbing against the net.

At the same time, in England, in bars of all sizes and on the big screen in the square. On the radio of the taxi, only John Motson was shouting: "This is the fastest goal in this cup! This is also the second fastest goal in European Cup history! In one minute and thirty seconds, Mitcher took the lead for England! We were ahead! This lead was really surprising, but we really took the lead!"

After a few seconds of stagnation, huge cheers erupted from the stands at the San Marmes Stadium.

Commentators from all countries have also declared that England leads France 1:0 in the way they are good at.

To be honest, even the English team's own people didn't expect their start to be so smooth, and they took the lead at just one and a half points. But Tony Donn reacted as soon as possible, spread his arms out of the coach's seat, and stoked his butt-twisted dance near the coach's seat of the French team. It seemed as if he wanted to anger Puel.

Abanglaho, who passed the ball, rushed up and knocked down Mitcher, and then more English players pressed on it. Even goalkeeper Joe Hart ran up from behind, which shows how excited the Englishman was.

Yes, they were excited. Because they not only led the French team, but also called the boss to see clearly what the strong enemy the French team he had always feared and praised was! It was simply vulnerable!

"Benzema, Gurkuf, Ben Alpha...a group of geniuses from the French team were at a loss about this ball!"

They were really at a loss, they were still standing in front of them and didn't move. How could they have thought that the first failure of the offense would lead to the goal being lost?

After finishing the butt-twisting dance in front of the French team's coaching staff, Done walked back to meet Des Walker's eyes full of anticipation.   Smile said, "The storm is coming, Des."

Yes, the storm came, and the first strong wind overturned the greenhouse roof above the French team's head, and the delicate flowers shook and were shaking in the storm.

In fact, at this time, the French team really wanted to get support from the stands, but at this time the French fans chose to remain silent. Even if they wanted to make any sound, they were suppressed by the singing of the English fans. At the St. Mames Stadium, they could only hear the singing of the English fans. They also had to have the singing of the English fans. They turned the home court of La Coruna into the Premier League.

Donn's compliment to the French team before the game not only made the English players very angry. It also made the English fans angry. Seeing that their team was leading the French team so quickly, they were happy to embarrass Donn.

The game continued, and the French team could not boost morale in the singing of English fans. They wanted to attack, but found that England's backcourt defense was imperative. More importantly, they lacked experience in dealing with this situation. The head coach did not tell them before the game that they would concede the ball with one and a half points at the beginning. What's next? Continue to attack according to the original plan, or should we reclaim it and pay attention to the defense?

After conceding the ball, Sarco loudly scolded his teammates in the frontcourt and asked them to actively return to defense, otherwise they would not be able to defend themselves by relying on four defenders, not to mention that there are two full-backs who like to assist. The players in the frontcourt did not listen to him, and now they have the idea of ​​equalizing the score. The French team's frontcourt gradually got out of touch.

Puel also lacks countermeasures, and he watched helplessly on the sidelines but was powerless. Because he was also hesitant - was this concealment an accident or was the opponent's premeditated trick?

In the end, he thought it was just an accident, so he ordered the team to continue attacking, strive to equalize the score as soon as possible, and bring the game back to the right track.

But he was wrong.

The strong winds in England are getting stronger and stronger, and the heavy rains are getting heavier and heavier. The raindrops of soybeans hit people's faces, just like hail.

In the 23rd minute, England seized the opportunity of France's eagerness to equalize the score and put in a big push. Through a quick counterattack, Abonrajo scored a goal and expanded the lead to two goals.

After scoring the goal, Abanglaho opened his arms and ran towards the corner flag, but he did not escape the fate of being pressed under him.

"2:0! England has completely mastered the initiative, and they have led the French team with two goals! This is a situation we didn't expect before the game... France, which was previously considered a favorite to win the championship, was actually scored two goals in a row by England in 20 minutes, and had no power to fight back!"

"I can't believe what I saw. Our team was behind two goals... What's wrong? Why did Benzema, Gurkuf, Ben Alfa, Nasri and others disappear? And what about our defensive players? The talented goalkeeper Loris, who had only conceded one goal before, actually lost two goals in 20 minutes. It's really unexpected..." The French commentator was very frustrated. He himself couldn't understand why the French team had such a performance, and the French players and coaches also couldn't understand.

The group of English players in front of me were like lions who had been hungry for several days. Not only did they not lose their strength, but they were even more fierce and dangerous. Even the breath they exhaled was filled with a strong smell of blood, as if they had just walked out of the depths of hell.

They fought with French players in every corner of the court, and even if they didn't play in 55, they had to grab the ball, which made the French very afraid. Not only that, when they got an offensive opportunity, they would do their best to make the French defenders difficult to defend. This was a completely irrational way of playing, but the French team still had no way to do it.

After England led two goals, they did not stop, but became more and more excited. The French team had to shrink their defense and could no longer threaten the England team's penalty area.
Chapter completed!