England loses the chain in the European Cup
Why did “Three Lions” change to “Three Meows” in seconds?
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A true England derby, the England team lost the chain. A 0-0 draw with Scotland allowed them to score 1 point, but they still couldn’t occupy the first place in the group. You are the top four teams in the last World Cup and are also the favorites to win this European Cup. After two games, the England team only scored 1 goal. This performance is obviously not satisfactory. And considering that once the most extreme situation occurs in the last round, they are still in danger of being eliminated. The saying that the Three Lions became “Three Meows” has reappeared. To prevent this from happening, the core of England must do something.
Not enough energy to attack
As the topic team of this European Cup, England in the first game of Croatia relied on the goal of “Happy Boy” Sterling to win a small victory, but it was the victory that concealed some problems, that is, England’s attacking vitality is indeed not. Taihang, one of the core problems is that their captain Kane is really in general. Wearing the captain’s armband, he not only had no results in the two games, but he didn’t even have many chances to touch the ball. Statistics show that in the first two European Cup group games, England played 127 minutes on the 9th. Not only did he not score a goal, but even more incredible was that he didn’t even make a shot on target or created a chance.
In the first half of the game against Scotland, Kane had only 10 touches, the least of all players on the field, and only one touch was in the Scottish penalty area. He tried 5 passes and only succeeded 2 times. It can be said to be quite sluggish. In the scores after the game, as the captain, he only scored 3 points, which is a shame. The core player of the team is such a play, it is understandable that England did not score. After the game, coach Southgate said that he replaced Kane mainly to increase running, and the England star who led the team to great success three years ago also pointed out that everyone on the team including himself We should all reflect on this: Why don’t we have enough shots if we make enough effort.
England needs reflection
In fact, what needs reflection is his employment. Since Kane can’t help the team for the time being, then the team is still sitting on the bench with Glarish, who played well in the Premier League last season. Why not give more opportunities? In fact, before the start of this game, some media predicted that the Villa midfielder is likely to be like Lingard three years ago, becoming the team’s surprise when the team can’t start the game, but from the past two games Judging from it, it seems that Southgate didn’t think so.
England’s No. 7 made his debut in the current European Cup in just 27 minutes, but Glarish made 4 fouls by his opponents, setting a record of fouls committed by a substitute player in this tournament, and he also had 2 fouls. Everyone succeeded. You must know that in the last two warm-up matches of the England team before the start of the European Cup, Glalish all got the start and performed well. Therefore, the outside world believes that Suo Shuai will reuse the 25-year-old Villa core in the European Cup, but it is difficult for him to find a chance to play.
The next step is to work harder
After this round, the Czech Republic and England had 4 points together, the Three Lions ranked second in the group due to a goal difference disadvantage, while Croatia and Scotland had 1 point together. The former temporarily ranked third with a goal difference advantage. In the last round of the group stage, the Czech Republic and England will strive for the top spot in the group, while Croatia and Scotland hope to seize the final chance to qualify. For England, if Scotland fails to win Croatia in the last round, they will lock in a qualifying spot, and if Scotland wins the exhausted former World Cup runner-up and England loses to the Czech Republic, the Three Lions may be possible. Fall to the third place in the group and face the risk of being eliminated. Of course, this risk is very small. After all, England has 4 points in hand, and there is still a great hope to qualify for the third place with the 4 best teams.
But Gui is the popular team of the European Cup. In order to avoid this embarrassment, and to avoid being called the “Three Meows” army, the soldiers of England have to work harder.
Text / reporter Zhang Kunlong
Source: China News Network
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