Godfather Of Champions

After Diarra blocked an attack by Gerrard, he kept looking at Wood provocatively. The meaning was obvious-don't shrink back like a turtle, come on, kid!

Of course George Wood saw Diarra's meaning, but he remained unmoved and continued to stay in the backcourt to do serial work.

Puel was still complaining that Diarra would not listen to his command. After seeing Diarra intercepting England's attack one after another, he did not say anything. The rear of the French team has obviously become stable...

Dunn certainly can't let this happen. Once the French team's defense is stable, they will re-adjust the offensive, and then it will be their turn to bear the pressure.

Gerrard was obviously at a disadvantage in the fight against Diarra. His age and physical disadvantages made him less comfortable in physical confrontation than before. Dunn thought for a while and decided to let Gerrard come back to replace Wood, and let Wood intervene in the offense. Both belong to a midfielder who can attack and defend well, and changing positions will not cause confusion.

Dunn walked to the sidelines and whistled inside. Wood cast his gaze, and he made a shift gesture, and Wood understood immediately.

Then taking advantage of the chance of a dead ball, Wood and Gerrard completed the handover of work.

Next, Diarra was happy to find that the person who rushed up this time was not Gerrard, but George Wood!

Although Wood did not take the ball, Diarra still maintained a high degree of vigilance against him. He knows that Wood is the core of England. Although he doesn't know why he hid in the backcourt in the first half, it is not important. Now he can't help but get out of the hole.

Sure enough, Abang Raho quickly passed the football to Wood. He had some trouble there. After the French team's full-back did not assist, his speed advantage could not be played out, so he could only hand the football to Wood to reorganize.

Diarra saw Wood holding the ball and posted it. Wood didn't seem to want to get rid of it with speed. Instead, he turned around to protect the football and waited for Diarra to come up.

The two defensive midfielders faced each other and Diarra lost in strength.

He just felt that when Wood leaned back, his body lost his balance and he wanted to lean back. At the critical moment, he held Wood's clothes with his hands and regained his balance.

Wood did not give him a chance to continue to pester himself, and leaned back again, while Diarra focused all his attention on keeping balance, passed the football to Gerrard who came up to meet him, and then turned to Forward. Gerrard then sent a straight pass just right, and the tacit cooperation of the two midfielders got rid of Diarra.

When Diarra rushed up to struggle again, Wood suddenly accelerated, got rid of him, and plunged straight into the middle of the penalty area!

"He wants to break through the center! Stop him!" goalkeeper Lloris shouted behind the guards.

Wood's sudden breakthrough attracted the attention of all the French defenders. Nicolas was in front of him, while Clichy was approaching the center. Seeing that the two sides were about to meet, Wood shook his ankle and pushed the football to the side!

Although Mitchell and Rooney are still under the close surveillance of the French defender, Abang Raho on the flank is not looked at...

After seeing Wood score the ball to the wing, Mitchell and Rooney kicked the goal in a tacit understanding, but Wood stopped at the edge of the penalty area and did not rush forward.

The central defenders were all attracted by the rush of the two forwards and ran into the penalty area one after another.

In front of Wood, a blank area of ​​three to five meters wide appeared.

Diarra was the first to perceive the other party's intentions keenly, and he rushed to Wood, ten meters away.

At the same time, Abang Raho made a cross! The football did not fly to any forward in England, but rolled obliquely toward George Wood!

Diarra got it right!

Wood stood in place, turned sideways to the ball, and raised his right foot. He wanted to shoot directly!

How could Diarra let Wood get his wish? Even if you risk a card, you must stop his shot!

Diarra made up his mind and shoveled towards Wood’s legs from the side. Wood sensed the danger. If it were in normal times, he would force a shot. But at this moment he thought of his right foot and thought of what happened next. There are two more games...

At this point, Wood gave up his intention to shoot directly, let the football pass his feet, and he jumped.

He was still a little late. Although his right foot was avoided, Diarra's left foot was caught by Diarra, losing his center of gravity.

Everyone heard the referee's whistle when Wood fell to the ground.

They became nervous. Is this a penalty or a free kick?

The Woodman fell into the penalty area, but was the place of the foul in the penalty area?

The referee ran to the foul spot and stopped. He did not continue to run into the penalty area, nor did he point his finger to the penalty spot.

"Not a penalty!" The French breathed out.

The English are a bit dissatisfied: "This is a foul that is enough to be sent off!"

The referee only showed Diarra a yellow card, which caused the English fans in the stands to boo.

Wood was pulled from the ground by Gerrard, which embarrassed Diarra who was going to show him personally. He patted Wood on the shoulder and walked away. Although the fight was fierce, there was no need for him to avenge Wood. His special feelings for Wood are limited to being on the court.

"Are you okay?" Gerrard asked after Diarra had left.

Wood shook his left foot, then shook his head: "It's okay."

It seemed really all right, because Wood was walking normally when he left Gerrard. But he was stopped by Gerald: "George, stay."

Wood felt strange, but he stopped and looked back at Gerald.

Gerrard stepped forward: "You are standing here. Let's make a free kick..."

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In the case of Bentley not playing, Gerrard was responsible for taking direct free kicks. He also used free kicks to score goals many times in Liverpool. The French obviously knew it, so when he saw Gerrard standing in front of the ball, the wall seemed tense-on the one hand, he was afraid of being scored, and on the other hand, he was afraid of being hit by Gerrard. Shot in the body... it doesn't feel good.

Wood stood five meters away from Gerrard, but no one cared about him, including Diarra. Everyone in the world knows that George Wood will not take free kicks. Whether in Nottingham Forest or in the England national team, free kicks have nothing to do with him. He is not even qualified to make screens.

Today, when he is standing there, people just think it’s just standing there. If you think about it further, he will at best counter grab on the spot after Gerrard’s free kick hits the wall. Regain possession of the ball.

Gerrard placed the football seriously at the penalty spot designated by the referee, which happened to be on the penalty zone line!

This position makes the French feel scared, but also makes the English feel very upset-almost a penalty!

"A free kick on the big penalty area line... is not a good position. It takes better skills to play here, otherwise the probability of the football hitting the wall directly is very high." Mortensen frowned, this position is really true. Not very good, I'm not going to talk about a penalty kick. It's not good to be too close to the goal.

Gerrard’s free kicks have never been won by an arc, and this place is really not suitable for him to punish.

The onlookers didn't have much hope for this free kick, but Gerrard didn't look at it that way. Standing in front of the football, he stared at the goal with a torch. After placing the football, he backed away to kick the ball.

Wood stood five meters away from him, looking at the penalty area. Due to the need to defend this free kick, the people in the penalty area are mainly concentrated on the wall. In order to block the goal as much as possible and share the pressure for the goalkeeper, this time the French team lined up seven people on the wall, almost blocking half of the goal. . Lloris was nervously arming on the other side.

Most of the England teammates wanted to squeeze into the wall, but they were all pushed out by the French. They simply stood in front of the wall. Of course, this caused dissatisfaction with the French. They pushed hard while lifting. The hand protested to the referee: Do you see they are here to play!

The referee had to signal Gerrard to wait. He ran in to mediate the contradiction between the two sides and warned the cunning England not to stand in front of the wall. It would be okay to line up on the side... In addition, he also warned the French players not to get started. The two sides are not allowed to conflict or push.

After a minute of tossing, England finally managed to squeeze in a person. Tangning was stuck between Nicolas and Mexes. Although the other party was very upset, since they managed to squeeze in, there was no way to take him.

The England players made such a fuss, everyone turned their attention to the direct free kick. In fact, even the players in England think so, thinking that Gerrard will shoot directly. Except for Gerrard himself and George Wood.

The referee finally withdrew and he signaled that Gerrard could play.

Counting from the start of the run-up by Gerrard, the French team’s man wall has been extremely tense. They leaned back one by one, protecting their heart with one hand and the crotch with the other. They were always ready to take off and worried that Gerrard’s shot would stick The turf rolled under their feet. While they were struggling, Gerrard ran to the football and kicked...

Are you going to shoot!

The French shouted in his heart.

Gerrard passed the football sideways!

"This is...George Wood!!"

Both the English commentator and the French TV commentator screamed.

As the football rolled, George Wood appeared in the camera. This time he raised his left foot, his body slightly to the side, in exactly the same posture as before, but this time no one would come up to interfere with him...

"...Long shots——!!!"

Wood hit the football fiercely with his left foot, and the ball whizzed to the bottom right corner of the goal like a cannonball!

No one reacted to this sudden change. The wall of people who was nervous just now looked surprised at the football flying to the other side of the goal. Lloris didn't even make a save. He stood there and watched the football roll past him into the goal...

"what?"

This was the first reaction of Lloris and other French players.

A huge cheer came soon, and their doubts were gone-they were three goals behind!

"Nice long shot! From the positioning of Gerrard and Wood! England leads France by three goals!" Mortensen shouted.

Before Wood had time to celebrate after the goal, he was hugged by Gerrard, and then more teammates rushed to surround them and celebrate the goal.

This goal was scored in a timely manner and completely destroyed the morale and fighting spirit of the French team. In an international competition like the European Cup, few teams can reverse when they are three goals behind.

England's bench is also full of jubilation, leading three goals, basically set the victory. It is only a matter of time before they advance to the semifinals.

The French cannot believe what they see with their own eyes. In the second half, I planned to fight back, but I didn't expect to be scored by England... Such a blow almost emptied all their strength. Watching the Englishmen hugging and celebrating the goal, they just wanted to just fall to the ground and stop getting up.

Dunn was as excited as his players, but this time he didn't go to Puel to do a twisting dance because he didn't need to do that anymore and the French team was about to become a thing of the past. A loser who has been stepped in the mud by him, does he need to take another look?

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After the game restarted, the French team was a little absent-minded, or desperate. At 0:2, you can still tell yourself the need for a fight, but now at 0:3?

Puel didn't know what to do. Three goals behind, the possibility of reversing the game is too small. And most importantly, in the face of such a situation, does he have any solution?

England is not a philanthropist and will not give the French team this time. Now that the French team has suffered a heavy blow, it seems to be desperate. It is a good opportunity for England to attack. Don’t need to remind Dunn on the sidelines, England’s players naturally know what they should do.

After a gust of rain, England scored again. The English fans are even a little numb, and some French fans even start to leave early when the game is more than 20 minutes away.

This time it was Mitchell who scored the goal again. After receiving a cross from Tangning from the wing, he scored with a header. From this loss, it is obvious that the central defenders of the French team are absent-minded and unwilling. So much so that Mitchell, a high center forward, could easily jump up in front of the goal for a header, and Lloris would not be able to recover even if he was great. After losing the ball, he didn't even scold his central defender. He just kicked the popped football back to the goal depressed.

"The game is over. The Frenchman is over." Dunn opened his arms and turned to his partner Des Walker. This game played like this, even Walker did not expect that England could defeat France so easily...

"4:0..." Mortensen couldn't believe his eyes, "Before the game, the French team, known as the biggest favorite to win, was so vulnerable in front of England... Is the French team too weak? Are we too strong?"

No one can answer his question at this time, because even the most **** England fans can't believe what's going on, and their brains can't understand...

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Although there are still twenty minutes before the end of the game, it is already obvious that the French have no intention of fighting. Only Diarra is still working hard, but some of his efforts can't find a goal...

After England had a 4-0 lead, Dunn replaced George Wood with Michael Johnson. He is still worried about Wood's right big toe. Now that he has won, there is no need to keep Wood on the court. If a French player becomes angry and rushes towards Wood with a burning mentality, it will be too late to regret it. .

Dunn's move to replace Wood also meant that the game ended early. In the subsequent games, the French team was always unable to organize an effective offensive. The frontcourt attack lineup that was highly expected before the game did not play any role. The French commentator said angrily that no one from the French team was qualified in this game.

What he said was not bad, especially the touted frontcourt attacking clusters, all starlit under the George Wood Iron Curtain.

Since England scored the fourth goal, England fans have been singing in the stands until the referee blew the whistle at the end of the game. The singing suddenly turned into a huge cheer to see off the French. .

"The French team ended their trip to Spain with this humiliating score...England won unexpectedly and was the first to advance to the semi-finals! Tony Dunn has made all Europe understand one thing-his ball The team is strong! Very strong!"

The Spanish coach who was in charge of coming to watch the game and observing the opponent only wrote this sentence in his notebook for the final summary of the game:

Watch out for England.

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