FireWire Review | A game that almost became a disgrace to show who is the Allah horn in England

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2024-07-01 04:14Creators in the field of sports

After the group stage, England is clearly one of the most underestimated teams.

There is no problem in being underestimated, because Foden and Kieran Trippier are on the left side of the problem and who should be used in Rice's partner is also a difficult point to control.

In fact, the problem in these two areas is still more explicit, and the implicit question is how Kane can get involved in the game?

In the group stage, Southgate's idea was to let Kane make a tactical point to contain the defense, which would also better save his physical strength, but Kane touched the ball less and retreated less, and Bellingham and others behind him could not sort out England's attacking ideas, which is the real problem facing England.

However, in the first game of the knockout round, Southgate had no intention of adjusting to it, so it almost became a joke.

In the past two tournaments, England have played sluggishly in the group stage, but after entering the knockout rounds, England usually have a clear improvement.

However, the only change for England in this game was Maynoo's entry into the starting line-up.

Compared with Alexander-Arnold, the youngster's awareness of receiving is better, and compared with Conor Gallagher, Menu's ball skills are obviously better, so at this point, Southgate's direction is clear, but Menu's defensive problems cannot be ignored, he cannot have the effect of strengthening the right half of the fan, let alone protecting Stones behind him.

So in the 5th minute after the start of the game, Slovakia continued to press and steal in this area, thus playing a counterattack:

In the 8th minute, Slovakia also easily hit the area behind England's back line, and was hit by a wave of shots from Slovakia:

So, Maynoo can improve England on the ball, but there is no essential difference between him and Alexander-Arnold in this position without the ball, which is dangerous, because Stones' individual defensive ability is like this:

But at the end of the day, England's midfield position will be problematic for anyone, and the protective force around Stones is unlikely to be improved, so England should solve the game from the attacking end.

But it is precisely in this link that England receives the most complaints.

In fact, England in this game, although there were no changes to the personnel in the front, did make a little adjustment, Bellingham's area of activity is significantly closer to the wing, and will not only receive the ball in this area:

Will also try to contact teammates at the far end from this side:

If such a ball can be played, it means that the outside coverage of the Slovak back line is problematic, so it is not destined to be a team with good defensive ability, and England have proved this many times in the following attacking attempts:

So as long as England played a little reasonably, it would not be a problem to win this game, but in the 25th minute of the game, Slovakia tested Stones again with a long ball, and he and Guey failed to win a point, and Slovakia scored:

Although the goal is coming, England really don't need to be in a hurry, but they need to play a little bit and you can see what England are wrong at this point:

After conceding the goal, England tried to pull the formation out completely, but were unable to get out of the ball by Slovakia's tight pressure in the middle, which on the one hand illustrates England's lack of pace and on the other hand, England's ability to contain their opponents.

Bellingham, who was active on the right flank in the opening stages, had lost his tactical awareness at this time, and all that was left to think was the idea of getting the ball from defenders and midfielders and then breaking through the opposition defence.

Unable to catch the ball on the wing, Bellingham's retreat fell into the opposition's encirclement, England was equivalent to defending themselves, and in the past, this should have been the time for Kane to step up.

Kane at his peak can receive the ball in hand-to-hand combat with the opposing central defender, and he can also pull to the side to receive the ball, so that he can contain the opponent's defense and break the opponent's restrictions on England.

Now that Kane is older and less capable, he is destined to not be able to juggle as many jobs as he did at his peak, Southgate's idea is to leave him in front of the door and let someone else take care of it, but you still need Kane when others can't do it well.

So in the first half, it was like a constipated attack:

Kane then started the second half with a series of pressures to help England play a threatening attack, and at one point helped England equalise:

However, after the opening period, Kane's fitness slipped and the problem returned.

This is the case, Kane will not be able to keep his performance on the line for 90 minutes, he will stroke more and more often, and he will not be able to play the same level as the defenders of the French team in the last World Cup in a single round, but Slovakia should not be able to hold off England and Kane.

So, Southgate needs to share the pressure for Kane.

If Kane at his peak needed the help of wingers in the second line, then Kane now needs more direct help, and two strikers are the most reasonable idea.

With a striker pairing, Kane will naturally drop back into the second line, bullying the Slovakian midfielder with his body, and then using his awareness to link attacks from both sides, rather than just knowing how to play crosses and play small balls in tight areas, as Bellingham and Foden did.

However, Southgate did not make such a change, and after Kieran Trippier went off injured, Bukayo Saka moved to left-back and Southgate replaced him with Palmer.

The second substitution was delayed, and in the final 80 range, Southgate was replaced by Eze.

So it's clear that Southgate doesn't have a two-striker plan and idea, what he wants to play is still this attack:

Instead of pouring the most direct pressure into the core area of the opponent.

In fact, in the 81st minute, this attack can be seen:

Not only can Rice get up with relative ease on the perimeter and hit a quality long-range shot, but the Slovakian centre-backs have been rather sluggish in their reactions, which is why they have been unable to block Kane's follow-up shots, and can only pin their hopes of not conceding a goal on the quality of Kane's shots.

At this point, it was up to heaven to do so, and God clearly didn't want England to go home, so in the fifth minute of stoppage time, England equalised with a series of throw-ins:

But where did England's throw-ins come about? It was Walker who sprinted on the flanks and turned into a striker in that moment:

Not to mention that when Bellingham was barbing, it was substitute Ivan Toney who helped him up against the Slovak centre-back.

If the goal is not clear, then in the first attack of extra time, it was Ivan Toney who won the ball on the wing and caused a foul, and then England scored the second goal from this set-piece, Toney assisted, Kane scored:

As soon as the goal was scored, although there were more than 20 minutes of extra time, the game was over.

Slovakia is not a team with enough strength after all, even if there are two big stars in the backfield, Skriniar and Lobotka, but their backcourt defense is always not enough insurance, Lobotka is obviously small on the periphery of the defense, can only play down and cannot fight, Skriniar is obviously too big, can not let the Slovak back line remain flexible.

So with enough pressure in this area, Slovakia are the kind of team that will lose in a few rounds, but they were able to hold on and even come close to knocking out England at one point, precisely because the latter didn't do so.

The three group stage games, including this knockout one, have actually proven Southgate's problem with the fundamentals:

Bellingham and Foden, who he has high hopes for, can't organize the team in the two ribs, Foden can't effectively contact the middle when he plays left, and Bellingham should be positioned as a lieutenant, not a main general.

The deputy means a supporting role, responsible for providing the protagonist with what they scarce, just like in Real Madrid, Bellingham is responsible for providing power and impact elements to Real Madrid's front court, but it is Vinicius who can really hold the situation in his hands, and in England, this person can only be Kane.

Figure this out, and you figure out what is wrong with England.

The most capable people don't have much to hold the ball at their feet, and the most capable people don't have the tactics and teammates to make up for their current shortcomings and problems, but a group of supporting characters play around with the ball, wasting the ball and wasting their own time.

Therefore, after such an extremely thrilling game, Southgate should realise how far his thinking has been, if the defensive problem is indeed difficult to improve, then the England team cannot also have problems in the attacking end.

However, this is very difficult because it was Bellingham who scored with a beautiful barb in the equaliser today, so how can Southgate adjust?

This will undoubtedly be one of the biggest highlights of them and this European Championship.

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