We agreed to play football together, and you will be the head coach?

Chapter 410: The beginning of the collapse of the sky, the Shura field of football
As the England team's roster was finalized, various media outlets began making accurate predictions for every World Cup match.

This is also the most exciting part of every World Series.

Various football experts expressed their opinions, but they were basically inconsistent with the results.

Otherwise, how can we say that the World Cup is a quadrennial gathering for football practitioners to make money?

The more you know about football, the harder it is to make correct predictions at the World Cup.

What's more, there are too many unexpected events that may occur in the World Cup.

On and off the court, strength status, relationship atmosphere, etc.

The bad thing for the England team is that they had a good record in the World Cup qualifiers, but due to the rules, they were eventually placed in the fourth tier.

This also means that the group the England team is in will undoubtedly become the group of death.

Although their chances of winning the championship are not among the top five.

Their world ranking is only 26th, which is not high.

The top five teams this year are Germany, Argentina, Colombia, Belgium and the Netherlands.

Host Brazil ranked sixth, followed by Portugal, France, Spain, Uruguay and Italy.

The four teams of Brazil, Germany, Argentina and Spain rank in the top four in terms of their chances of winning the championship.

Among them, Brazil's chance of winning is 22.5 percent.

Germany and Argentina are 13.4 percent.

Spain 6.5 percent.

With the support of He Tianqi, England's chances of winning the championship have reached 4%.

This is all to give face to He Tianqi.

After all, England's performance in the national team is obvious to all.

Moreover, although He Tianqi has recruited many Villa players, most of them are just supporting roles in Villa and cannot bring significant improvement to the strength of the England national team.

Therefore... He Tianqi, who was short of manpower and food, was in a worse situation than the first or second time he led the Italian team to the World Cup.

For the first time, he brought Palermo's main players into the national team and entrusted them with important tasks.

Although there was a shortage of soldiers and generals the second time, the system was already established, and He Tianqi was familiar with it.

In the end, England's opponents in Group D are Uruguay, Italy, and Costa Rica!

Uruguay, an absolutely strong team.

Suarez and Cavani are the best strikers.

Costa Rica, they have successfully qualified as the first in their group in history.

The Italian team, the defending champion of the World Cup, was the last national team coached by He Tianqi.

Now the new love meets the old love, isn't this a Shura field?

In addition, the media also summarized the highlights of other groups.

Group A consists of Brazil, Croatia, Cameroon and Mexico.

Kaka and Modric fought with their teammates.

Whether Neymar can shine.

Will Villa's Brozovic, also known as B Ronaldo, have the chance to play?

Group B includes the Netherlands, Chile, Spain and Australia, among which the match between the Netherlands and Spain is the most exciting.

Group C includes Colombia, Greece, Japan and Côte d'Ivoire.

Group E includes France, Switzerland, Ecuador and Honduras. Honduras, which can best show that it knows football, frequently appears in the predictions of major anchors, because by saying these four words, you have proved that you know a lot.

Group F includes Argentina, Nigeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Iran.

Group G includes Germany, Portugal, the United States and Ghana.

Group H includes Belgium, China, Algeria and Russia.

This group is also very interesting.

Belgium's De Bruyne, Hazard, Lukaku, Fellaini, Courtois, the lineup is so gorgeous!
The Chinese team has made it to the World Cup for the second time in history, and under the leadership of Camignani and Dong Fangzhuo, they have a chance to qualify!
Algeria quickly recruited Villa's strong player Mahrez.

Russia... they don't have much time left to play fair.

……

On June 14, after the opening ceremony of the World Cup, the opening match was officially held.

The two teams facing off are host Brazil and the checkered army Croatia.

In the end, Barcelona's new king Neymar lived up to expectations and scored twice.

Chelsea midfielder Oscar added the icing on the cake by scoring a goal.

Kaka, who is about to leave the top five leagues and Villa, assisted and scored twice, dealing a heavy blow to his brother Modric.

Brazil won the first game 3-1.

On June 15th, England played its first game.

It's the most important performance, England VS Italy!
At the Amazon Arena, 40,000 fans are waiting clamorously.

He Tianqi's battle in Shura Field attracted everyone's attention.

The Italian team used a 4141 formation:

Balotelli
Marchisio, Verratti, Pirlo, Candreva

De Rossi

Chiellini, Bonucci, Barzagli, Damian
Sirigu

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In the past two years, Inzaghi has tried to combine Italy's three central defenders with the four-back formation that is currently popular again.

Chiellini and Damian are both versatile players who can play in multiple positions in the backcourt. No matter who of them goes to the defensive midfielder position, they can form a formation of three central defenders and two defensive midfielders.

Together with the four midfielders in front, it can be said that their control over the midfield is terrifyingly strong.

As long as we hold the midfield tightly, there will be attacking opportunities and goals will naturally come.

England's formation is the traditional 442, not the 433 that everyone predicted:

Vardy, Rooney

Ashley Young, Lampard, Gerrard, Albrighton
Trippier, Smalling, Maguire, Walker

Pickford
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The starting of Maguire and Pickford was somewhat unexpected.

But in the three warm-up matches, Joe Hart and Ben Foster did not perform as well as Pickford.

This was the chance he had fought for himself.

Carrick suffered a minor injury in the warm-up match, which benefited the clumsy Maguire.

With a whistle, the game officially begins.

Southgate was gloomy.

The England team is not good at controlling the ball, and with Italy's lineup... I guess after the whole game, Italy's ball possession rate will be over 70 percent, right?
This one rides on a horse.

What’s the difference with the Spanish team?
In the second minute, Lampard made a straight pass in the middle and Bonucci easily suppressed Rooney.

The goalkeeper passed the ball diagonally to Chiellini.

Albrighton pressed aggressively, but Chiellini took the initiative and passed the ball to Albrighton, completing a crotch pass.

The England fans' scalps were tingling.

The Italian fans at the scene immediately began to cheer.

Southgate's face looked even uglier.

But He Tianqi shook his head and said, "How long can such a flash of inspiration last? Although Chiellini's crotch pass is beautiful, his pressing is almost risk-free."

"And if Chiellini makes one mistake, Italy will suffer a heavy blow."

"Also... Chiellini didn't attack immediately after he dribbled past the defense, but instead passed the ball back to Bonucci. The Italian team was calm in overall possession, which was an advantage."

"But missing the opportunity to counterattack is also a disadvantage."

Southgate listened but didn't. "So, is their handling of the situation more beneficial than harmful or more harmful than beneficial?" He Tianqi narrowed his eyes slightly. "It depends on their ability to create opportunities. If they can create a lot of opportunities, then the benefits will naturally outweigh the disadvantages."

"But if they can't create chances, it would be silly to give up counter-attacks like that."

Southgate knew all about Italy's statistics: "They advanced unbeaten in the World Cup qualifiers this time, but they didn't score many goals."

He Tianqi nodded: "So..."

In the fourth minute, England finally won the ball.

Gerrard steals the ball from Verratti.

Verratti did not press, but communicated with his teammates about the midfield position.

Because Gerrard passed the ball back to Trippier, England won't attack for a while, so...

boom!
Trippier launched the attack with a direct long pass.

At this time, the Italian team's defense was still in the center circle.

"retreat!"

Chiellini spoke up.

Bonucci and Barzagli immediately retreated quickly.

But Vardy has already rushed forward.

Bonucci and Barzagli sandwiched Vardy on the left and right.

But Vardy is too fast and not afraid of confrontation, so sooner or later they will not be able to keep up.

The key is that they don’t dare to commit fouls because it is hard to say who the last defensive player is.

Once you rashly commit a foul and get sent off early, that would be real trouble.

Seeing the football falling from the sky, Bonucci had no choice but to bend down and stretch his head to try to destroy the football.

However, errors in prediction may occur during high-speed movement.

And when making this move, the speed will drop sharply.

therefore……

Bonucci made a mistake in clearing the ball and did not touch the ball.

The football landed successfully and then bounced up.

Vardy, who was half a body length ahead of Barzagli, made a lob shot towards the bouncing ball.

Sirigu, who was halfway through the attack, could only watch the rainbow fall into the direction of his own goal.

Swish!
No surprises!

"GOAL!!!"

"One to zero! Villa scored in a flash!"

"No, it's England! Sorry guys, looking at Trippier and Vardy connecting, and Bonucci on the field, I thought I was watching Aston Villa's game."

"Vardy! The grassroots king Vardy did not disappoint He Tianqi's trust in him!"

"It was an absolute individual effort and he used his speed to create the goal."

"Trippier has once again proved his beautiful footwork! Sooner or later he will shine! If Albrighton is the new Beckham, then Trippier is the Beckham of the England team's backcourt!"

The England players celebrated.

This was their first goal in this World Cup.

Southgate was all smiles: "Italy's defense is too old. Our long passes are simple but deadly enough."

He Tianqi nodded and said, "Little Inzaghi didn't understand one thing, that is, without offense, there is no ball control, and no defense."

"Because your possession of the ball will eventually be converted into someone else's possession in the form of a failed offense."

"And other people's offense will suppress their defense, making it more difficult for them to launch an offense."

Not only that, Zidane in the stands discovered something even more dangerous.

If England keeps playing long passes today, Italy will be in trouble.

Because this long pass just skips the midfield of both sides.

Lampard and Gerrard on the England team are basically useless and can only be used as defensive midfielders.

But on the Italian team's side... four or even six midfielders were useless!
Even more loss!
Simeone, who just lost to He Tianqi in the Champions League this year, is next to Zidane and continues to learn his mentor's problem-solving ideas: "The boss has solved the biggest problem of the England national team in the past ten years. How to use the two great Germans, and which one to sacrifice?"

"And his answer is... sacrifice everyone!"

Guardiola was right next to Simeone, and the three brothers sat together and watched their master punish the second brother: "Only the boss can control it. Otherwise, if another head coach makes such arrangements, the players will not rebel, but the fans will."

In the eighth minute, Albrighton made a through ball from the right.

Rooney and Bonucci compete for the ball.

Bonucci cleared the ball but then fell to the ground.

Thigh strain.

To make matters worse, the Italian team had to replace Bonucci with Paletta.

Although both are tall central defenders, Paletta is far inferior to Bonucci in terms of defensive quality, defensive command and passing ability.

Fortunately, Chiellini can also command the backcourt, otherwise the Italian team's defense would be in trouble.

In the 14th minute, England won a corner kick.

Albrighton took a corner kick and Lampard headed the ball into the goal.

The football went wide of the far post because the angle was not good enough.

In the 15th minute, Trippier made a long pass directly to Ashley Young in the frontcourt. Ashley Young dribbled the ball at high speed, forcing Damian into the penalty area, then made a bicycle kick and pretended to cut inside.

In fact, the bottom.

boom!
Ashley Young made a reverse triangle pass.

Barzagli, who came over to defend, blocked the ball.

He and Chiellini were the younger of the four major defenders of the Pink Eagles back then, but now they are the most reliable veterans of the Italian team.

In the 19th minute, Ashley Young continued to break through on the left and hit the young Damian.

Ashley Young cut inside and made a cross.

Vardy shot without stopping the ball, but was blocked by Paletta's foot and the ball went out of the baseline.

In the 21st minute, Maguire made a long pass from the backcourt directly to the right, finding Albrighton in the open space.

Albrighton cut inside with the ball, and when the defender came over, Vardy moved forward to the right side to disrupt the defense.

Albrighton took the opportunity to pass the ball across.

Rooney's long shot near the penalty area was saved by Sirigu.

England launched a series of attacks through long passes, which directly made Italy's gorgeous midfield invisible.

If the Italian team wants to launch a counterattack, it means they have to give the ball to the English team.

If they don't counterattack, the England team will just let the two or even all four wings fly and take the beating without fighting back.

If you are stubborn and block both ends, you will suffer losses no matter how you look at it.

In the 25th minute, Vardy, Rooney and Ashley Young combined to interrupt Italy's continuous possession of the ball and successfully got a corner kick.

Albrighton took a tactical corner kick and passed it directly to Gerrard standing on the left rib.

Gerrard fired from long range.

The football hit Maguire's calf and flew out of the baseline.

Many people criticized the Maques for wasting opportunities.

But in fact this is England's tactic.

It was towards Maguire because Maguire was destroying the opponent's defense.

Once the ball is hit, it's basically safe.

Maguire not only has to risk being hit by the football, but also has to fight with others, and is not understood by the fans. It is unacceptable if such hardships do not lay the foundation for his future!

Maguire: You have indigestion! If you have indigestion, you will have a big shit. Manchester United is like a water curtain cave. If you shit in a water curtain cave, won’t everything stink? Why are you scolding me so dirty?
(End of this chapter)