Speaking of the British shooter king, fans will tell it's Kane. But everyone forgets that when the Tottenham goalscorer became popular a few years ago, people called him Alain Shearer II.
Yes, whenever the British media finds a high school striker, it is called Shearer II. The centre-forward from Newcastle, england's north, was one of the best goalscorers in the world of his time. This simple-looking working-class boy, but on the pitch, with a strong body, superb shooting, alert running position, innate ability to grab points, won three consecutive Premier League Golden Boots, for the Three Lions to build countless achievements.
Shearer is loyal to the Magpies, repeatedly refusing invitations for newcastle United, and he has used a pale but fruitful decade to achieve the northern powerhouse Newcastle, and his hometown has also witnessed his loyalty and perseverance.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="6" > loyalty to the "King of the North"</h1>
In my opinion, Alain Shearer has become one with Newcastle, he is the Paladin who holds on to his hometown, the undisputed king of the North. But the Newcastle hero began his career in the southern seaport city of Southampton, where he made his debut in 1988 at just 17 years old Shearer, who, like all talented strikers, made his debut and helped Southampton beat Arsenal 4-2 with his hat-trick.
The future England striker opened his scoring account and was out of control. He scored a staggering 379 goals in 734 appearances in all competitions for Southampton, Blackburn and Newcastle in his career, and three consecutive Premier League Golden Boots in the 1990s, bringing this strong performance to the national team, scoring 30 goals in 63 appearances for the Three Lions and five goals at the 1996 European Championships on home soil.
Due to the goal, the fans are accustomed to Shearer's simple way of celebrating with his right hand held high, and this "local atmosphere" full of celebration has become a different scenery in the Premier League. The British shooter king from a working-class family is like an unadorned cannon, no matter what happens, it will use a steady goal scoring to conquer its own team.
And to be able to erect a bronze statue at St James' Park, it is not enough to score more goals, but more on his loyalty to Newcastle United. In the year of playing, he gave up the opportunity to get more honors, declined Sir Alex Ferguson's two invitations to join Manchester United, and chose to stick to his hometown and dedicate his career to his hometown and the team he supported since childhood.
"I'm from Newcastle, newcastle is the home where I was born and raised, and I just want to go back to my hometown."
Shearer and Newcastle are mutually fulfilling, without the ten years of perseverance of the King of the North, the Magpies are just a second-rate team; without the loyalty time in St. James's Park, how can there be an English captain who is famous for his loyalty? Without perseverance, he can still destroy the city and win the championship at Manchester United and become the best goalscorer in the history of the Premier League, but his most obvious "loyalty" mark will disappear, and when he takes hundreds of goals and is gradually forgotten, who will remember this simple and unpretentious Alain Shearer?
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="4" > classic memories of Shearer</h1>
I don't want to portray Shearer as a "tragic hero" who had already won the title of Blackburn, the "local tycoon team" of the year, before returning home. In 1995, the violence under Daglish reached its peak, with Shearer and Sutton forming a powerful forward line, and the young Shearer scored 34 goals in the league and easily put on the Golden Boot. Although Blackburn lost to Liverpool in the last round, with the advantages accumulated throughout the season and Manchester United being forced to draw with West Ham, Shearer won the first and only Chinese Premier League crown in his career. He also became the first player to score more than 100 goals in the Premier League that year, the culmination of a Newcastle's career.
During his time at Newcastle, he continued to set new records. In April 2002, in a 3-0 home win over Charlton, Shearer scored a one-handed goal just before the end of the match, his 200th goal in the Premier League and the first scorer to reach that height. In January 2006, in the second half of the FA Cup match against Portsmouth, Shearer scored with a single stab, his 201st goal for the Magpies, breaking the old record of his predecessor Millburn and becoming the most goal-scoring player in the club's history.
At the national team level, his highlight came from the 1996 European Championships on home soil. Shearer and Sheringham teamed up in the front, Gascoin's talent and Heyman Town's dragon goal jointly presented England with the best European Cup performance. Although England, after winning the 1966 World Cup, has not been able to regain its former glory in its hometown after 30 years, it is good enough to reach the semi-finals. Shearer's first game against Switzerland after about two years of national team goal drought finally broke through the devil, which somehow marked the Newcastle striker's imminent arrival in an excellent European Championship. In the end, Shearer scored five goals in five games for England and became the top scorer of this European Championship, establishing his historical position in the Three Lions.
Euro 2000 was Shearer's last national team competition. The Three Lions did not perform well in this competition, Beckham and other players gradually became the main force of the team, although England failed to qualify in the group stage, but in the match against Germany, Shearer received a cross from XiaoBei and the header landed on the German goal, which was the first time in 44 years that England had defeated the German chariot.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="10" > compared with the younger generation, Shearer's center-forward attributes are prominent, low-key and connotative</h1>
Shearer's technical characteristics are very different from those of his descendants, Rooney and Kane. The King of the North is the pinnacle of the British centre-forward, he has superb shooting skills, strength and angle, the attack range can be extended to the outside of the box; he is good at grabbing points, but the superior consciousness can often get opportunities, not outstanding in height but still good at scoring goals; he is also very strong, can play a pivot role in the front line, creating opportunities for teammates; at the same time, he has a strong heart, good at penalties, which is a difficult quality among English players.
Compared to Rooney, Shearer has stronger centre-forward attributes and can help the team as an opportunity shooter even in his twilight years. Lu Xiaofat had a strong impact in his early years, with speed and body can rush into the penalty area like a small tank, but he has always been a hard injury in the back of the ball attack; after 09 years, his physical ability has declined, and he can only return to the second striker or wing position, but the problem of small technology has always hindered his transformation into a real organizer. It can be said that Rooney as a striker is still far from Shearer, and can only rely on the so-called comprehensiveness to compete with Shearer in the historical position of the English striker.
Kane is actually very close to Shearer in terms of shooting and pivot, and he is also England's best No. 9 player in so many years. But because the Three Lions' style of play is now very different from more than two decades ago, the long pass rush of that year has become the current British pass control football, Kane in the front line in addition to the goal to take on the task of withdrawing to receive the ball, for the back row of teammates to cover the pass, Spurs center is significantly stronger than Shearer in terms of organizational ability and foot technology. In the 2018 World Cup, England reached the final four Kane and won the Golden Boot, and Aran Shearle finally had a successor at least at the national team level.
And now Newcastle is often fighting for relegation, Shearer represents Newcastle in his heyday, when his successor at the club will appear No one knows, and only when the big hero with the colorful feet appears, the magpies can return to the peak.