Football King Bale

Chapter 239: Cut to the Ground

After playing the league match against Bolton Wanderers, Bale drove back to Wales. This year's international match day is here again, and Bell will once again play for the Welsh men's football team to fight for a qualifying spot for next year's European Cup.

After four rounds of European Cup qualifiers, Wales ranked third in Group G with 2 wins and 1 loss, and the qualifying situation is not clear.

Last year, after Wales suffered a 1:4 away defeat at the feet of Switzerland, conflicts between coach Toshack and the Welsh Football Association broke out, and Toshack resigned as the coach of the Welsh men's football team.

Then, on December 11 last year, Gary Speed ​​took over the coaching staff of the Welsh men's football team. Although this international match day is not Speed’s first appearance for the national team. As early as February 8, he had led the Welsh men’s football team to participate in the first Irish Nations Cup. However, this international match day is the first time that the new coach has led the team. The team participates in important international competitions.

It is worth mentioning that because the original Welsh men's football captain Bellamy was unwilling to continue to serve as the captain of the national team, this made Speed ​​need to re-define the captain.

Under such circumstances, as the most influential player in the current Welsh men's football team in world football, Bell has undoubtedly become the first choice.

A few days ago, Speed ​​drove to Manchester to discuss with Bale about inviting him to be the captain of the Welsh men's football team. Due to the task assigned by the Football Saint System to help the Welsh men's football team win a world championship within three years, although Bell has set his primary goal at next year's Olympic Games, Bell feels that he cannot give up the Welsh men's football team to win the championship. hope.

If he wants to lead the team to win the championship, his status as captain will undoubtedly help him achieve his goal, so Bell did not hesitate and happily accepted the invitation.

In fact, another reason why Bell decided to accept this invitation is because the new national team formed by Speed ​​has used a large number of newcomers, and these newcomers all have good potential.

Especially in the midfield and backfield, there are powerful players including Bell, Ramsey, Bellamy, James Collins, who have established their main positions in Premier League teams and even giants, as well as Joe Ledley. , Andy King and other potential new stars.

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As the new captain of the Welsh men's football team, Bell was not very lucky, because his first appearance as captain was against the powerful England.

This British civil war will be held at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium at 3 pm local time on March 26.

Compared with England, the strength of the Welsh men's football team is really too weak. The two teams have played 100 times in history. The Welsh team has 15 wins, 21 draws and 64 losses and is at a complete disadvantage, scoring 92 goals and conceding 243 goals. Among them, the Welsh team has 6 wins, 12 draws and 31 losses at home, scoring 44 goals and conceding 114 goals.

Although the two teams have played against each other many times, there have only been two in the past 25 years. In the 2006 World Cup qualifiers, the two teams were in the same group. England defeated Wales at home and away and kept a clean sheet. The last time Wales defeated England was in May 1984. In the friendly match on March 2nd.

In England, Capello asked Terry to put on the captain's armband again. West Ham midfielder Parker made his first official start for the national team in four and a half years. Ashley Young, who scored in the away game against Denmark last month, replaced Mir. Enter the show.

As for Wales, Bell, as the new captain, will undoubtedly appear in the starting lineup. In addition, Bellamy, Ramsey, etc. also started.

Of course, Bell hopes to get off to a good start after becoming captain.

Although he knew it was difficult, when the game actually started, Wales was stunned by England's opening three blows.

England scored in the 7th minute. Terry and Ashley Cole kicked the wall and passed the ball from the left. Darren Bent broke into the left side of the penalty area and was tripped by Villa teammate James Collins. Lampard pointed The ball scored the national team's 21st goal in one stroke.

Just eight minutes later, England once again expanded the score. Glen Johnson made a long pass. Ashley Young, who succeeded in countering offside, made a cross from the right side of the penalty area. Darren Bent easily pushed the ball home from the edge of the penalty area.

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Falling behind by two goals in just 15 minutes, Bell had a clear understanding of the strength gap between the two sides.

However, Bell did not want to admit defeat. Under his leadership, the Welsh men's football team played very tough and began to actively seek physical confrontations with English players.

Since the strength is not as good as the opponent, then use a relatively brutal style of play to narrow the gap caused by the disparity in strength.

As a result, the atmosphere of the game became intense. Both sides fought hard on the field, and injuries and yellow cards were naturally inevitable.

In the 22nd minute, Wilshere collided with Joey Ledley and both suffered injuries. After receiving treatment, both returned to the field to continue the game.

Five minutes later, Rooney was booked for a foul on Joey Ledley from the wing. This yellow card will make Rooney miss the next key game against Switzerland.

After strengthening the physical confrontation, although Wales regained some of the situation, it was still difficult to pass the ball into the England penalty area, let alone form an absolute chance to score. In the end, when the referee blew the whistle to end the first half, the score on the field was still 0:2, with Wales trailing by two goals at home.

England continued to dominate in the second half. However, as the game progressed, England's players became more and more physically exhausted, and Wales also had some good opportunities.

In the 54th minute, Bellamy made a diagonal pass, and former Chelsea youth winger Andy King got an excellent opportunity on the right side of the penalty area. However, what is surprising is that with such a close shot, Andy King actually shot it on the side net.

Bell shook his head in shock at the shooting skills of his national teammate who later created a miracle with Leicester City as the main player.

If he had appeared in that position, it would have been difficult for Joe Hart to keep the goal, but Andy King's shot prevented Joe Hart from even making a save.

It is a pity that the English players are even afraid of him. They are really guarding against him in this game. Parker is staring at him every step of the way. Lampard is also helping to defend at all times, giving Bell no chance to attack the English defense.

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Of course, no matter how weak Wales is, England cannot deny Bell a chance throughout the game, especially free kicks.

Although England had paid great attention to fouls and tried their best not to give Wales a well-positioned free kick, such an opportunity still appeared when the game reached the 85th minute.

At that time, Bell dribbled the ball on the left, attracted the defensive attention of Parker and Lampard, and suddenly sent a through ball and passed the ball to England's ribs.

Evans, who came on as a substitute, received the ball and was about to break into the England penalty area. England right back Glen Johnson chose to bring him down.

The referee did not hesitate to give Glen Johnson a yellow card and also gave Wales a very well-positioned free kick.

This free kick is located five meters outside the upper right corner of the England penalty area. It is actually more suitable for right-footed players. However, in the current Welsh formation, no one can compete with Bell for the right to take the free kick.

Of course, for Bell today, his right foot is no less threatening than his left foot. If his left foot ability is defined as 100, then his right foot ability is at least 90!

Because this free kick is more suitable for taking the penalty with his right foot, Bell also chose to take the penalty with his right foot, and still chose to hit the goal directly.

In fact, Bell has not scored directly from a free kick for quite some time, even though he is now Manchester United's number one free kick taker. This is partly because Manchester United's opponents now pay great attention to it during the game. The location of the foul, on the other hand, is also because other Premier League teams are sufficiently vigilant about Bell's free kicks, which makes it very difficult for him to score a direct goal from a free kick.

The players of the England national team are almost all the main players of each Premier League team, and even the core players. They are very clear about the power of Bell's free kicks, so when they see Bell standing in front of the ball, they are all ready to prepare.

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England's players continued to use various small moves to delay the formation of the wall, and even disrupted Bell's concentration. But unfortunately, Bell was not fooled at all. After placing the ball on the penalty spot, he stood there holding his breath. Concentrated and unconcerned about the harassment of England players.

No matter what, these people can't come up to him and harass him!

When the referee finally managed to get the English players behind the line he had drawn, the whistle was blown.

At this time, the English players lined up in the wall took a small step forward again, shortening the distance from the penalty spot.

Bell didn't pay attention to their little moves, and took a steady run. He came to the front and back of the ball, swung his right foot, and hit the lower part of the ball like a heavy hammer.

At the same time, a wall of five England players jumped to block Bell's shot.

However, when they jumped up, each of their eyes widened with fear in their eyes.

Because they discovered that Bell was not a penalty curve ball at all this time, let alone the elevator ball that he was very good at, but a ground ball!

This free throw does not have much technical content. What Bell is pursuing is a quick word!

Joe Hart chose to stand in the middle of the goal and focused on the top of the wall. But when the referee blew the whistle and Bell took a run-up and kicked the ball, he was very surprised to find that the ball did not appear in the sky above the wall.

The next moment, Joe Hart saw the ball: like an arrow from the string, the ball rubbed the turf and went straight to the near corner of the goal!

But at this time, he had no time to react, because the ball had already flown into the goal before his body could react!

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