Godfather Of Champions

Although temporarily behind, the mood of Sweden's coach Ragerbeck is quite high.

"It's time to fight back, gentlemen!" He clapped his hands and raised his voice.

The players all looked up at him.

"We gave them too many opportunities in the first half. We can't continue like this in the second half. We have a high-altitude advantage, why not? Every corner kick is a good opportunity for us to take advantage of. So I ask you to be more active in the second half. You have to be more aggressive in midfield!" He clenched his fist and smashed it.

A group of midfielders headed by Karlstrom bowed their heads in shame after hearing the coach say this. They also knew that their performance in the first half was very unbearable. They were completely suppressed by the England midfielder, let alone, and they didn't make much contribution in defense. The Swedish team was completely suppressed by England in the first half, and the loss of control in the midfield was the main reason.

"We make an adjustment in the second half..." Ragbeck glanced at the captain Ibrahimovic, who had been silent. "Zlatan (Ibrahimovic)."

Ibrahimovic set his sights on the head coach.

"How did it feel to be at the forefront in the first half?"

"I have too little space for activities, and their people will never leave." Ibrahimovic answered honestly.

Ragbeck nodded, indicating that he knew. "You pull out in the second half and don't play center. Retreat behind Goytang and be a second forward and midfielder. Use your skills and awareness to organize the attack, and you can shoot if you have space."

Pulled out, he no longer has to face the two central defenders in England directly. With more space and time to take the ball, his skills can also come in handy.

Ibrahimović was not surprised by this arrangement. He nodded and said he knew it.

After the tasks were almost arranged, Lagerbeck decided to boost morale again, not to let the players feel negative because of their backwardness in the first half.

"Remember the video of the game I showed you last night?" he asked.

That was the match between Sweden and England in the World Cup group stage ten years ago. England played beautifully in the first half, while Sweden's performance in the second half was perfect.

"Similar to today's situation, we have encountered the same game again. I am full of confidence in our own victory! The second half let us launch a Jedi counterattack! England has not beaten us for forty-eight years. There is no reason to be proud. The result ends today! As long as we can score as early as possible in the second half, the forty-eight years of nightmare will haunt the English players. As time gets closer and closer to the end of the game, their mentality will also change. This is good for us. As long as we are more patient than them, we can finally win!"

Ragbeck said to the players confidently. He firmly believes in his own judgment, we know the English people too well!

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George Wood did not follow the team into the locker room for today's game. He and other substitute players used the intermission to warm up on the court. So he might appear in the second half.

He didn't know what Dunn said to his teammates during the intermission, but when they came out again, everything was normal on their faces.

Seeing captain John Terry appearing at the entrance of the tunnel, Wood finished his warm-up and walked slowly to the bench. While passing by with Terry, he heard the man who replaced the captain's armband suddenly asking: "Hey, George, are you warming up enough?"

Wood stopped and looked at him strangely.

"Intuition tells me that you have a chance to play today." Terry smiled at him, and then walked away.

Wood frowned and looked at the passageway, hoping to see Tony Dunn. Did he make any adjustments during the intermission?

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The second half of the game restarted without substitutions on either side. When the Swedish team kicked off, Ibrahimovic stood in the middle circle with Goytang, but after one round of attack, Dunn noticed Ibrahimovic and ran to the midfielder. And the second forward position.

If Lagerback thought Dunn would be surprised by this arrangement, and was at a loss, he didn't know what to do. Then he will be disappointed.

Ibrahimović immediately raised his hand for the ball after he pulled it out. He wanted to take this opportunity to make a big game! Give vent to the depression of doing nothing in the first half.

He was blocked by Gerrard just after receiving the ball and preparing to go in for a shot.

Ibrahimović stopped and turned around to look at the ball. But he also turned his back to attack again. Ibrahimović was shocked. How could Gerrard appear here? It's already very close here, and it stands to reason that it is the area where the guards are responsible. Even if the person who wants to block him should be Michael Johnson, not Gerrard, who is more focused on offense.

He looked up and looked around and found that Johnson was in another area, staring at Kaltrom who was about to move.

Did Gerrard specifically come to guard himself, or was it an accident?

Ibrahimovic decided to do another experiment. He passed the football, left Gerrard and ran to a new position, raising his hand again for the ball.

After the football was delivered, Ibrahimovic saw Gerrard appearing in front of him again.

Once is accidental, twice...

Ibrahimović did not even make a fake move and passed the football again. Run away and continue to raise your hand for the ball.

The football came for the third time, and Gerrard arrived soon after.

The third time is not accidental!

It seems that the other party is staring at him.

Ibrahimović no longer passed the ball this time, but chose to use his skills to shake Gerrard away and break through. However, Gerrard haunted him, preventing him from getting rid of himself. There was a stalemate for a while, Ibrahimovic found that England's defense was not leaking. Gerrard obviously sacrificed his offense to defend himself, and he had no choice but to transfer the ball out.

Ragbeck was surprised when he looked down the court. England's adjustment is too timely, right? It stands to reason that the opponent shouldn't make a defense against Ibrahimovic so quickly. Wait until Dunn reacts, then think of countermeasures, and finally issue instructions. It takes ten minutes to do whatever it takes. Your team can do it. Use this time England’s defensive chaos to create scoring opportunities.

But now the situation is completely different. Did Dun En guess his adjustment in advance? how can that be!

On the other side of Dun En's face still kept a Ruo Ruowu smile. Lagerbeck would certainly not know that England has long taken the research of opponents as a daily homework, and Sweden can't hide his little tricks. From the beginning of the qualifiers and during the warm-up match, if the team fails to start, Ragbeck will make such adjustments. Ibrahimović's position on the field is also moving back a little bit. His excellent foot skills and long-term accumulated experience and awareness allow him to be a fish in the midfield.

During the intermission, Dunn made targeted arrangements for this Swedish habit. He asked Gerrard to defend Ibrahimovic, while the offense relies on two wings. Anyway, England has a goal in hand and is not so worried about scoring. As long as he can defend firmly, even the one-goal lead is not an unacceptable result in Dunn's view.

At the same time, Ibrahimović passed the ball three times, raised his hand three times for the ball, and his teammates passed the ball to him three times, which all proved the correctness of the intelligence. In the second half, Ibrahimovic really changed and became the core of the Swedish team.

It seems that Ragbeck is hoping to make a decision in the second half. Unfortunately, Dunn did not fulfill his wish.

The judgment is correct, the countermeasures are correct, and the rest is watching the show.

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The Swedish team did not expect England to react so quickly, and for a while they didn't know what to do.

How would the England team, who had been specially urged by Dunn, let go of this opportunity? Fight back immediately. Now that he guessed that the Swedish team will strengthen the control of the midfield, Dunn would naturally not allow the football to stay in the midfield, so he passed three passes and the football was at the forefront of the Swedish team's penalty area!

Gerrard did not rush forward, dragging behind to guard Ibrahimovic. England have only two forwards and two full-backs in the frontcourt. Although Gerrard could not go up, the four frontcourt players still moved forward very quickly. When the Swedes reacted, Mitchell had received a pass from Mork at the top of the penalty area.

Generally speaking, Mitchel’s shooting power is his weakness. He rarely shoots from outside the penalty area. Even if he barely starts, he will eventually reach a distance of thousands of miles.

The Swedes know the England team very well, and Grabeck has a deep understanding of every player in England. This is the main reason why he believes his team can beat England. Before the game, he told the Swedish players the characteristics of every English player, and the defensive players must be familiar with every characteristic of the opposing offensive player.

Now the Swedish defenders, after seeing Mitchell take the ball, will have his playing characteristics in their minds-not long shots are definitely in it.

The defender Peter Larsson (Peter_Larsson), who is facing Mitchell, also knows the technical characteristics of his opponent. If he meets him, he will only let the opponent use his skills to pass. So the best way is to retreat a little bit and keep a safe distance to prevent him from breaking through. But what he didn't expect was that after looking up at the situation in front of him, Mitchell actually lifted his right foot!

He wants to shoot! ?

Larson was frightened, and he wanted to step forward to block it, it was too late!

Sweden’s goalkeeper Isaacson didn’t expect Mitchell to take a long shot from the top of the free throw arc!

Mitchel’s kick was not powerful, and the speed of the ball was not fast, but it drew a very obvious arc, hanging straight to the far post that Isaacson couldn’t hit...

"Mitchel suddenly kicked and shot!"

The football hit the inside of the goal post and then bounced into the net. Even though Isaacson made a very stretched save in the air, he was beyond reach. He could only watch the football hit the pole.

The English fans in the stands burst into cheers and almost made people think that the Pisjuan Stadium had an earthquake. At this moment, even the televised cameras were shaking, and the English were chanting "Long live".

"What_a_great_GOOOOOOOOOAL!! Unbelievable goal! Mitchell swung his leg in place to shoot, and the football drew a beautiful arc, bypassing Isaacson’s defense and flew into the goal! England scored in the 60th minute of the second half 2:0 ahead of Sweden!!"

"Two goals ahead! There is no better situation! The Swedes were still brewing a counterattack, but we were knocked out! Aha!" Mortensen almost danced with joy. What makes him happy is not just a two-goal lead, but from the scene, England is completely dominant.

However, after a brief moment of excitement, everyone could not suppress this idea in their minds:

Forty-eight years, England and Sweden have encountered such a situation, but in the end it is the Englishman who is unlucky. Will it be no exception this time? It is as if there is a pair of big hands playing with the fate of England at will, wanting to win Sweden? In the 90th minute I can get Sweden to equalize the score!

This time, can Tony Dunn's team defeat the fateful hands?

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After Dunn and the people around him celebrated Mitchell's goal, they turned to look at the bench and found that George Wood had just finished celebrating. So he walked over.

"George."

Wood looked back at him.

"Go warm up, five minutes." After saying this, Dunn turned and walked away.

Wood heard these words clearly. He didn't hesitate at all, nor did he stand there cheering three times. He directly grabbed the training vest that was thrown on the seat, put it on his body, and ran to warm up.

Five minutes later, Wood returned to Dunn, waiting for Dunn's latest instructions.

"Sweden lost two goals." Dunn said to Wood. "They will definitely attack and score goals in the next thirty minutes. I need you to go up and stabilize the midfield defense for me now."

Wood nodded.

"After you go up, replace Gerrard. Defend Ibrahimovic."

"Okay." Wood continued to nod.

After assigning the task, Dunn glanced at Wood's right toe.

Wood noticed Dunn’s movement, he tiptoed and jumped: "I'm fine."

Dunn, who was seen through, grinned a little embarrassedly.

"Go on, George."

When England's fans and commentators saw George Wood standing next to the fourth official, it was obvious that they were waiting for the game, and everyone's previous worries disappeared.

The patron saint of England "Saint George" appears again, so there is nothing to worry about.

Gerrard saw the order of substitution on the field. After he and his teammates around him high-five, he ran off the field slowly. Does he have any opinions on Dunn's arrangement, but just use this substitution to delay a little longer.

Sure enough, the Swedes were dissatisfied with Gerrard's protracted attitude and raised their hands to protest to the referee. But now it's only sixty minutes, and there is still half an hour left for the Swedes, and the referee can only open one eye.

Gerrard walked to the sidelines and stood there with his hands up, applauded to the English fans in the stands, and then he hugged and handed over to Wood.

When Wood stepped onto the court, the English fans who were already cheering gave out even greater cheers.

In the deafening cheers, John Mortensen’s passionate voice rang: "Let us welcome the captain of England-George Wood!!"

"St. George bless England--!!!"

It seemed that it had been arranged in advance, and as he finished speaking, the fans in the stands shouted in unison.

Wood heard those calls, and he raised his hand in response to the cheers. As a result, the voice was louder.

Amidst the cheers resounding across the sky, Ragbeck's face was very ugly. Of course he knew why Dunn replaced George Wood at this time. It was just like he replaced Wood in the last ten minutes of the game against the German team and finally kept the result of 2:1.

It seems that with half an hour left in the game, Tony Dunn intends to hold the advantage of these two goals. (To be continued, if you want to know what's going on, please visit www.qidian.com, there are more chapters, authors are supported, and genuine reading is supported!)

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