Chapter 998: The captain suddenly called the curtain

After all, Pires is a first-class player. Even in a non-club position, he will be awkward and uncomfortable, but he gradually shows up after a short period of adaptation, and his sense of presence in the frontcourt becomes stronger.
Twenty minutes after the first half, Pire made two consecutive passes to create Trezeguet's header. Although there was no goal, the threat came out.
The other striker on the French front, Henry, was gradually lost.
Henry needs one of two things to play. Either there is room or there is a pass.
Pires was looking for Trezeguet in the cross from the right, and Henry is not good at headers.
And Henry is on the left side of the front line. If Lizarazu does not come on the backcourt on this side, Zidane will face a strong attack on this side, and it will be difficult for Henry to get the support of his teammates.
It can be seen that the England team cut the French team's offensive formation in the frontcourt, so that they can form a connection locally, but there is no way to activate all points globally!
Along with Pires's "awakening", the French team suffered frequent setbacks on the left, so the team took the initiative to turn the center of attack to Pires' side. Pires also began to add other offensive methods based on the cross, such as bringing his own The ball cuts inside.
In the 31st minute, Ashley Cole stepped forward to assist and launched a threat offensive. After the ball passed Lampard, Scholes transferred the ball and quickly hit the front line. Gerrard stopped in front of Sylvester The ball chose to hit the goal, but the ball missed the goal post, unfortunately missed the goal.
The French team immediately launched an offensive, and behind Ashley Cole, Zidane's midfielder passed the attack. Unfortunately, the long pass found an empty, but the ball passed a bit deep.
Near the bottom line, Pires rushed to catch the ball, while Southgate directly pointed Ashley Cole to signal the opponent to return to the defense to run down the waistline, and Hargreaves retreated to fill his own defense. position.
The situation was clear at a glance. If Hargreaves went to the bottom line of the defense, the time was too late. When he rushed over, Pire had already traversed into the restricted area. He had to form a frontal interception before Pire adjusted it. Deterrence, otherwise he might pass a beautiful pass.
Southgate arranged everything in an instant and rushed towards Pire. Trezegue captured the air behind him and waited for Pire to send him a good biography.
He looked forward to Pires not to stop the ball, do not adjust, it is better to sweep the ball directly into the penalty area, so that before Hargreaves is in place, he can receive the ball!
Southgate had just ran out of the restricted area and suddenly stumbled under his feet. This outbreak sprinted to help defense. He did not expect a sudden situation!
Suddenly, there was a continuous tingling on the back of the right thigh, and the pain was deep, making him pale and cold.
"It seems that Southgate was injured! His messy steps slowed down markedly, staggering like he was about to fall!"
Pire also intends to pass directly, but after taking the ball and glancing at Southgate's obvious strain, he changed his mind again!
Get into the restricted area!
At this time, Southgate was only 3 steps away from Pire, Pire slanted the ball and changed direction, Southgate finally fell!
However, Southgate fell on the course of Piret's redirection, and stretched his arm to hit the ball under Piret's foot!
After all this was done, Southgate made a substitution gesture towards the sidelines, then lay on his back on the turf, covering his face with his hands.
The ball, which was deliberately opened by his hand, was out of Pire's control, and Lampard returned to the defense to kick the ball out of the sideline with a big foot.
Pires and some French players excitedly raised their hands to the referee to signal that Southgate was intentionally handballing!
On the route where Piret rushed to the head referee, Lampard blocked him. Without saying a word, he used his body to stop him from protesting to the head referee. Pires pushed Lampard away...
Santini also protested to the fourth official on the sidelines, thinking that Southgate's foul should be shown a red card!
Aldridge stood on the sidelines, his lines still, his head buzzing, his expression suddenly sad.
"Southgate is injured! He is injured! This is a non-confrontational injury. Such injuries are generally serious injuries! The captain who led England to the World Cup championship is 34 years old in 3 months. In the past season, he has worked steadily at Millwall. However, he is no longer 24 years old and 30 years old. His body has been unable to make him stick to such a fierce competition for a long time. This strain is not Occasionally, even if Sir Hall rested many of the main players before the European Cup, it still could not offset the 9 months of continuous combat fatigue accumulation! Once confirmed as a serious injury, the Southgate European Cup ended and ended at the same time. Yes, there may be his national team career, because, in the next World Cup, he will be nearly 36 years old!"
The referee showed a yellow card to Southgate who had been covering his face with his hands on the turf, which still made the French team resentful. Probably the referee considered the injury factor of Southgate's fall before he will show mercy, in other words, If Southgate is shown a red card in the case of serious injuries, the game may be completely out of control, because the England team will inevitably be unable to accept this cruel penalty.
When the team doctor entered to diagnose Southgate's injury, Henry did not participate in the dispute between the two teams. He squatted next to Southgate and reached out and patted Southgate's shoulder gently.
The English fans in the stands were collectively silent.
They stared at the place where Southgate was lying.
The captain of England can no longer burn life for the Three Lions!
Everyone knows that the European Cup is Southgate’s last stage for England.
This fall, he will be 34 years old.
The England defender line will be updated, Ferdinand, Chelsea captain Terry, Liverpool defender Carragher, Arsenal defender Campbell, Premier League top team each have one person, and Millwall’s Southgate represents an era. The end of the, a glorious peak memory.
After thinking of becoming a criminal who lost a penalty in the local European Cup, Southgate led his team to the top of the world two years ago. Southgate completed the redemption and fulfilled his duties.
He is the captain of the Three Lions.
A great captain who is forever remembered in history.
Aldrich’s sad expression originated from here. With many years of coaching experience, he does not need to be notified by the team doctor. He can foresee that this time Southgate fell, not only the national team's curtain call, but also the possibility of recovering from serious injuries. After that, Millwall completely retreated to the second line!
Ecstasy, nothing more!
Aldrich could never have imagined that the goodbye of Southgate and the Three Lions Legion was not the illusion of fulfillment, but the sadness at the moment.
When he was lifted off the stretcher by the stretcher, Southgate still covered his face unwilling to let the outside world see his expression, but when he was lifted close to the side of the court, he straightened up and lowered his hands.
At this time, his face was photographed by the camera, with tears on his eyes and red eyes. He took off the captain's armband and turned his head to look aside. Beckham came over and Southgate personally put on the captain for him The armband, then, he didn't lie down again, lowered his head, raised his hands and applauded toward the grandstand, tears dripping down his chin.
From the moment the stretcher was lifted, the Lisbon Bright Stadium has been applauded, without cheers, no shouts, English fans either showing concern, or clapping with solemn expression, has not stopped.
It wasn't until Southgate applauded to thank the fans that the stands boiled again, like a roar of a lion, shouting.
The spirit of the Three Lions will never die!
Aldridge came to the player channel when Southgate was lifted off the court. When the mentor and apprentice passed each other, Aldridge reached out and patted him on the back without saying a word.
He didn't know what to say.
Going back to the sidelines, England will make substitutions before the French team sets the ball. Terry is preparing to play. Audrey explained two words beside Terry and then watched Terry come off the bench.
"England made a passive substitution, captain Southgate left the field due to injury, and Terry from Chelsea took the place of Southgate. The Chelsea defender has made great progress in the past two years. Coincidentally, Terry’s growth is inseparable from his study with the famous French de Seli, hoping that he can maintain psychological stability in this scene today."
Southgate’s injury made Audridge a bit caught off guard. At least the England team’s tactics must be changed.
Guards change to guards, but the characteristics are different.
It can be said that the central defenders of the England team have almost the same characteristics. Only Southgate has played in Millwall for ten years. The styles and characteristics are very different. He is not a perfect defender. He lacks the resistance to positive impact. Rezege can successfully fight for the header under his defense, so Southgate's partner, whether it is the national team or the club, must match a brave tyrant, but he also has his own specialty, that is to predict the interception, Replenishment assist defense, whether it is to grab or postpone, he has done a good job, only the point-to-point frontal impact is slightly weaker.
In Aldridge's central defender match, as far as possible complementary to each other, Southgate strangles the opponent's counterattack and command the role of defense, no one can replace the England team.
The combination of Campbell and Terry, Terry replaces Southgate, the advantage is that Terry beats Southgate fiercely, in the point-to-point marking Trezeguet, Terry should be able to do better than Southgate, but, if encountered To the delicate attack, the fast and smooth team cooperates with the impact, Terry or Campbell. The hidden attack strangling against the opponent will be better than Southgate.
Under such circumstances, if England wants to prevent the French team's delicate offensive style, it needs to compress the backcourt space. There is Southgate, and the front is madly robbed. Even if there is some space in the backcourt, Southgate's flexibility will be well contained. The opponent's penetrating attack, but without the proper defense of Southgate, Campbell and Terry, is likely to expose the goal.
While Aldridge was thinking about how to adjust, the French team took a free kick from the right outside the penalty area.
Terry touched the ball on the court, Zidane's pass from the ball hung up to the door, Terry pressured Treze to cover the header!
The ball that bounced off the side of the penalty area was preempted by Gary Neville. Before Neville touched the ball, Beckham ran to the right. Neville cooperated with him in a tacit manner and kicked the ball to Beckham. In front of you.
Beckham did not stick the ball before Makelele's snatch. He passed the ball over a long distance and passed the ball directly to the empty zone exposed by the French defense.
The Irving wind at the top generally rushed forward. Although the England team is also in transition, the old bank has not lost, and the counterattack is still fast and accurate!
This is a long diagonal pass. Irving ran to the left. Garras, who was defending on this side, went up for the header and is now returning to the defense, but it seems impossible to interfere with Irving.
Owen brought the ball to the edge of the penalty area and knocked it back again, followed by Lampard who stopped the ball, pulled the ball horizontally to get rid of Vieira who was back, and before Vieira squeezed his lower foot with the body to steal the ball Forward right.
Gerrard stopped the ball, Lizarazu and Sylvester were closing the defense, Gerrard suddenly broke the ball and moved diagonally. He was already in the penalty area and he brought the ball to the right side of the small penalty area Out of the angle of the goal and a strong cross to sweep the ball towards the center of the goal!
Owen, who is very alert, shoots the ball in front of the goal, but Bartz is powerless!
Thuram stomped angrily and shook his hand to express his dissatisfaction!
I think my player's defense is too slow!
In the case of space, Owen's running forward from the outside, Thuram can't stop it!