Euro Cup: England vs Slovakia
Start time: 07-01 00:00
There is an old Chinese proverb: "One monk carries water to eat, two monks carry water to eat, and three monks have no water to eat." ”
This means that individuals may fail to act on their own because they expect others to be held accountable, leading to a decrease in overall efficiency.
There is also a proverb abroad that seems more appropriate: "There are too many pianists, and no one lifts the piano!" ”
That's the current state of England, with Gareth Southgate holding the most expensive squad on the planet (€1.5 billion) and playing with €50 million. Kane, Belling, Saka and Foden are all worth more than $100 million, and their weekly salaries are equivalent to 1.8 million yuan, but why are they so stretched?
England is at the heart of the clubs at all levels, but there is a lack of footballing resonance with each other. Alexander-Arnold struggled in the midfield position as if he had never played the ball before, and finally found that he was nothing after leaving Liverpool; Bellingham thought he could do anything, as if he were Kroos, and the result was an overwhelming amount of abuse.
England also lack a 'quarterback', someone like Rodri or Vitinha, who can manage and use the resources they have.
After watching three games, England has no clear goals, no patterns, no mechanisms, and is diametrically opposed to De la Fuente's Spain. They have too many pianists, but none of them can bring the piano to the stage.
Teacher Zhan Jun directly ridiculed Southgate as a reverse obscene development, and still chose to make up for the knife under the tower when the economy and equipment were obviously ahead of the opponent in this game.
It is also true that Southgate is immersed in his own "Gou style of play" and is very happy, no matter whether you are reluctant or not, anyway, I will be respectful first, and Suo Hi's routine after three games is like this:
(1) After taking the lead, it shrinks sharply and develops obscenely;
(2) In the case of a five-five situation, there will be no rash attack;
(3) If the opponent is on the body, let's retreat, don't be tough, just don't lose the ball;
Some netizens said that the England fans were angrily scolding Southgate, and someone immediately refuted it and posted a photo of the fan asleep: Nonsense! Obviously, someone didn't scold the south gate, he was sleeping quietly.
If England doesn't change, it may not be far from home
England's problem is the left side and the midfielder, the left side is a hard injury, not to mention, no one is useful at all!
In fact, England also have a weakness in the midfield that lacks forward push and support. With Bellingham relying heavily on his freedom of movement and weaving between the lines, Slovakia could easily disrupt England's attack and limit their passing options in midfield tonight.
And judging from Bellingham's performance against Slovakia in the last round (walking all over the court, kicking the turf angrily, elbowing Yanza, making frequent mistakes, complaining about teammates, constantly spreading hands, and falling down at the first touch), it is not difficult for Slovakia to limit him.
In addition, England lack cohesion in passing and moving, and the coordination between Liverpool's prince Alexander-Arnold, Manchester City's prince Foden and Real Madrid's big brother Bellingham is not tackled, Slovakia can use high pressure and tight defense to force mistakes between them, so as to make more frequent interceptions and tackles.
Slovakia, on the other hand, have already shown that they are capable of implementing high-pressing tactics against Belgium, forcing Belgium to make bad passes in order to win possession in key areas and get more chances to score (pictured below).
The same approach is more likely to work against England, as their duo of centre-backs John Stones, Gaich and even Walker could make mistakes if they were under a lot of pressure in their own half.
After all, almost all of these people are the first to cooperate in international competitions, where is the tacit understanding?
Slovakia, on the other hand, proved against Ukraine that they have an excellent midfielder capable of destroying any defence when they step forward to support the attack.
Lobotka's key pass is a lethal weapon for Slovakia, and even if England try to defend him tightly, it will be difficult to stop his key pass, as it can be seen in the previous games that Lobotka has a strong control and protection of the ball, which allows him to resist interference while still being able to get the ball out.
In addition, Kucka, although he looks like a regular midfielder, is also a threat in attack, and he can finish shooting as soon as he enters the box and receives a pass.
He was an excellent attacking addition to Slovakia, as evidenced by his header against Ukraine. He stepped forward to support the forward line and received an assist from Lobotka to open the scoring.
Trying to do this and using the midfielder's attack can take England's defence by surprise.
The data still gives England a five-level advantage!
Personally, I think it's a bit high, and getting an advantage may not necessarily be an advantage! It's like Italy beating Switzerland yesterday to get a first-tier advantage, but really? Switzerland rubbed Italy's head on the ground all night.
England, on the other hand, have scored a measly 2 goals in three group stage games.
It's even ironic to know that Foden, Belling, Bukayo Saka and Kane scored a total of 114 goals for the club last season.
Eight years ago, the old man Hodgson led LinkedIn Gran to 1 win and 2 draws in the group stage of the European Championship, and finally qualified after stumbling, but what happened in the round of 16 was arguably the most painful experience in English football history, they were eliminated by Xiaoice Island, which has only 300,000 people.
The England team I remember is a bit like the current England team, and I expect Slovakia to at least hold the threshold, maybe 1-0, 0-1.
Okay, that's all for today's game, what do you think of this game?
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