However, before the match with Sweden, the English media noted that it was still the situation and problems that England had to face.
The main problem is the Eriksson people.
England’s match against Trinidad and Tobago was broadcast live by British TV stations bb, iv and skysprs. When England started and Trinidad and Tobago beat a drum, venables, the iv guest, couldn’t help saying, "This is definitely a bad start! I think the most important problem lies with Eriksson, who has turned Lampard and Gerrard into almost useless people. He has not solved the problem of their position today. "
Another guest, Manchester City coach Pierce, said, "Did you take a nap when the speed didn’t fight?" It seems that the players haven’t woken up yet. Shooting is too gentlemanly. "
Bb commentator Dawson said, "Eriksson is too conservative and the tactics are too simple. Gerrard and Lampard are a big problem. If one of them can play well, it won’t be like this now, not only attacking, but even defending England."
Not only commentators and guests were interviewed after the game, but English fans said, "I found that we always played against Germany to see who played worse. The only thing I want to see now is that Zhang’s other stars didn’t play well."
Some fans also said, "The opening of the England team today is not very reassuring. I am worried that both Germany and Ecuador are not easy to mess with."
Venables said after the game, "Although the English team won the game by a big score today, it was all due to Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard and David Beckham who didn’t play at half-time. Owen didn’t show any performance. Eriksson’s main problem is still too conservative. In addition, he must solve the problems of Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard. It is better to let one person play or it will be very difficult to face Germany and England."
Although many people criticized England’s game, England scored two 3 points in two games. Since 1998, England has never started the World Cup finals so smoothly.
"We obviously performed better than Saturday’s 1-0 win over Paraguay," Eriksson frankly praised the team to the media.
Beckham also talked about this in an interview, "We are doing better and better", but everyone, including English players and captain Beckham, must face the fact that "of course, this is not our best performance. We are favourites to win the championship. I saw yesterday that our odds are higher than Brazil’s and we still have a card. He has scored four goals in two games, but the rest of us have not played very well to make our competition prospects look very positive, but we must think about what to do in the face of strong teams."
The England captain’s comments were supported by former national team coach venables, who believed that the team gained more than enough in Thursday’s game. "First of all, we won the games we needed in Paraguay and Trinidad and Tobago, and the teams began to learn to attack their opponents quickly and create scoring opportunities."
However, venables also pointed out that the parallel 44 tactics of the eye team seriously limited Gerrard and Lampard’s contribution to the attack. The most appropriate solution is to reduce a midfielder and arrange a defensive midfielder behind the "two Germans", such as Tottenham young midfielder Carrick.
It is not known whether Eriksson will follow the advice and try this style, but people have seen that the Swedes started Lampard and Gerrard together again and again, and Gerrard scored two goals in two games, but Lampard played well and the media commented that Gerrard scored because of his tacit cooperation with Zhang Tiehan. Of course, this has always been an advantage, but no one can deny that Gerrard is not better than Lampard in scoring.
On the other hand, Sweden’s 1-1 win over Paraguay on Thursday night means that England may not win the first place in the group, but if they don’t lose to Sweden at the end of the group stage, they can play against Group A in the first round of the knockout stage.
Considering that the ranking of Group A and the semi-zone is still pending, England’s team image also denied that it would "pick opponents" in the match against Sweden
"I want to touch Germany or Ecuador? I don’t know, but we will try our best to beat Sweden, "Joe Cole said in an interview.
But it must be said that this is a big problem.
No team wants to meet Germany in the last 16, and so does England. Most players and coaches don’t want to meet Germany, and a few players like Zhang Tiehan want to meet Germany and share his thoughts. And Hargreaves, who plays for Bayern Munich, thinks it will be interesting to meet many club teammates in the World Cup.
Zhang Tiehan really wants to play against Germany because he wanted to join the German team before, but Klinsmann may be a little racist. He always refuses to join the German team.
He wants to play against Klinsmann’s team and beat them then. That’s really interesting.
He always thought so.
Now that the opportunity has come, Zhang Tiehan hopes that the top 16 will meet Germany. "If I have to choose my opponent, I will definitely choose Germany to play against the strong teams. It will be interesting and it will be interesting to eliminate the host country." Zhang Tiehan said.
However, his neighbors and friends in Munich certainly don’t think so. But Zhang man of iron, who grew up in Munich since childhood, stopped talking. After all, he has German nationality. In the eyes of Europeans, he is a German, which is really a bit of a’ traitor’.
Of course, this is what China people say, but Europeans actually don’t think so. Since Zhang man of iron has joined the England team, it is the English team player. Germany represents German football, not the whole Germany. Europeans will not associate the team with the country.
There is no denying that the situation of Group A and Group B is that fans are all betting on the ranking of the two groups, whether Germany or England will collide with the top 16.
Judging from the current points, England has scored 6 points, Sweden has scored 4 points and has entered the top 16. Trinidad and Tobago is still theoretically possible to qualify, while Paraguay is sure to advance.
The final round of the group match between England and Sweden will be important. If England wins, it will score nine points. After losing, Sweden will see another game. If the special team wins and wins enough goal difference, it is still possible to squeeze Sweden out. If England and Sweden draw, then if there is a result in another game, England and Sweden will win the first and second place in the group respectively; If Sweden beats England, then Sweden will win the first place in the group and England will be second.
From the analysis, it can be seen that England will be sure to qualify in terms of victory, equality and defeat, but the difference is just a matter of ranking; For Eriksson and his fellow Swedes, the draw seems to be a happy result. However, due to another situation, things are not so simple. If Germany beats Ecuador in the third round, the host will qualify for the second place in the group, so that the first place in Group B will become a hot potato. After all, most people don’t want to meet the host prematurely in such a big competition.
Then if Germany ranks second in the group after two games, the overall situation of Group B will probably be carried out in a complicated way in a few hours.
For England, their best hope now is that the Germans will beat Ecuador as they wish.
In that case, they will at least not face the embarrassment of "violating sports ethics". If they want to score 1 point in Sweden, they will face Ecuador in the top 16. The Germans don’t want to meet England, and the English don’t want to meet the host before.
But once the Germans are beaten by Ecuador, the problem will be left to England coach Eriksson. This is a big problem. In the face of the Swedes who have been unbeaten for many years, does England strive for victory or deliberately lose to its opponents and choose an ideal opponent in the knockout stage?
Choosing the former is to put yourself in a dead position with the Germans and choosing the latter, which will be a scandal in the World Cup. The world media will cynically sneer at the English in the most pungent language.
Eriksson told the team not to talk about it before the game.
There is also a man of iron root in the team. What he said is that he wants to meet the German team. If the German team is staggered this time, I am afraid that there will probably be no chance for the next World Cup. It is not easy for the English team to enter the finals. Even if he has some lack of confidence in the team, his performance is very good, but Zhang Tiehan does not want to comment on the performance of others in the team. It will definitely be a difficult game for the team to meet a strong team.
The best result is that Germany beat Ecuador to win the first place in Group A, then everything will be simple. England and Sweden will strive for victory and qualify for the first place.
In fact, the German team is also embarrassed in this respect.
The Germans never thought that Ecuador, a tiny country in South America, had scored 6 points at the same time when they won two games, and the goal difference was even more than that of Germany. Only after defeating their opponents could two Germans rank first in the group.
Although Sweden may beat England, beckenbauer has indeed said that "we don’t want to meet the English in the final!"
But for your host Germans, the second place in the group is definitely unacceptable, and they are capable of winning the first place in the group.
The question for the Germans now is whether they can win in front of Ecuador, which is in excellent condition.
The German media also expressed concern about the prospect of the final match of the German team’s group stage. Pictorial even recognized that "it is not easy to beat Ecuador. They are a very mature team with steady defense and extremely threatening attack. Their midfield and frontcourt will cause great trouble to the German team’s defense line. Unless Germany can play as well as Poland, it will not be easy to beat Ecuador."
The focus of all the goals will be on Germany and Ecuador.
This is not only the battle for the first place in Group A, but also the battle for the first place in Group B, and even more fans are paying attention to it. Apart from Ecuadorian fans, fans all over the world hope that Germany can beat Ecuador, so the Germans will be happy and the English will be relieved to be continued.
Chapter four hundred and forty-seven There are still many.
World Cup Group A
Germany and Ecuador advanced to the top 16 by six points, and the two teams will decide the top two seats in the final round of exchange of fire. This game attracted a lot of media attention, which attracted more attention than the match between England and Sweden in Group B whether they can qualify for Sweden.
Sweden is not necessarily qualified.
Now they have scored 4 points and Trinidad and Tobago has scored 1 point. If they lose to England and win Paraguay by a big margin, they are likely to be pushed out of the second place in the group by Trinidad and Tobago. This game is actually the most attractive, while Germany and Ecuador are the first and second in the group. For example, both teams will join hands to qualify.
When it comes to the’ life-and-death’ competition, the key is whether there will be a war between England and Germany in Group A, which will go directly to the top 16, while Group A, Germany and Ecuador, have played before. This competition has attracted a lot of attention.
Before the World War II, the head coach of Ecuador, Suarez, said that "we will hide several main players and replace some of them with substitutes."
On the contrary, German coach Klinsmann stated that "we will do our best to send the main team and we want to be the first in the group."
Perhaps for Ecuador, there is not much difference between playing against England and Sweden. Now it is very good that they can qualify. This mentality is naturally that the German team wants to see them win the first place in the group and it is likely to stagger England.