Goalkeeper, two central defenders, one defensive midfielder.

Including Hargreaves, England's players in the Greek half were all involved in passing and kicking, and they were so cautious!

At the end of the 4th minute, the England team finally launched a threatening offensive.

Beckham passed the ball to Scholes, who passed it directly to Gerrard in front of him. Gerrard passed the ball diagonally back to him, and Lampard followed up with a heavy shot from long range.

The Greek team's defense in the first 4 minutes was divided into two parts. The back line would not attack easily, ensuring the number of defenders and compressed space in the dangerous area of ​​the penalty area, and not giving England any room to move.

The midfielders, including the forwards, all retreated to the half court to counterattack, with clear positioning, with help on the wings, and double defensive midfielders in the middle. The forwards retreated to the central midfielder area to counterattack without any effort.

However, no matter how hard they fought, the actual offensive and defensive numbers were at a disadvantage.

Because England did not push the threatening attack to the front line, in the space between the center line and the opponent's penalty area line, as long as the England team did not move forward or pass the penetrating ball, they would always have more people than the Greek team involved in counterattack interception.

There are more people!

What Rehhagel is worried about is that he doesn't care about the England team's return pass in these nearly one hundred passes. In the return pass, the offensive and defensive situation returns to its original state. As long as the Greek team does not rush out to intercept in a hurry,

The England team is reorganizing its attack.

But England's lateral passing.

That is to say, Lampard, Scholes, Beckham, and Gerrard pass the ball back and forth from left to right, and from right to left, allowing Rehager to pull the ball back and forth.

The alarm sounded.

The tactical effect of lateral passing is to tear apart the parallel defense line. In other words, whether the back line or the midfield line, as the ball moves laterally, they need to move as a whole to compress the defensive space closer to the ball. If the England team

If they move forward once and then launch a risky offensive, then the Greek team's

The movement of the defensive line is effective, and the failure to prevent it is the result. At least this movement process is absolutely correct and effective. However, when the England team moves and then moves, the Greek team must also passively follow the movement, and England passes the ball and runs with it.

How many people were there? How many people were there when the Greek team was forced to move the defense line laterally?

This will first consume the physical energy of the Greek team. Compared with running up and down, which consumes physical energy very intuitively, the Greek team plays an extremely defensive role and only relies on a few people to attack. The physical energy consumption of running up and down is actually not large. England is obviously taking advantage of it today.

The width of the pitch to consume them!

At the same time, because Gerrard's position is close to Irving, once Gerrard receives the ball, it will sound an early warning signal for the entire Greek team's defense. Therefore, Gerrard only shoots the ball and cannot even find the distance.

He would also kick the ball back to the England team's full-back or midfielder with a long pass. No matter how he passed it or who he passed it to, Gerrard could bring enough panic and tension to the Greek team.

What if he stops the ball and starts to break through? What if he cooperates with the teammate who comes in behind or passes the ball to Irving?

When the defense line moves frequently, the defensive gaps will be exposed inadvertently. Although it is not obvious, it cannot stop the England team's long-range shots from the outside!

Lampard's long-range shot hit the goal directly. The ball passed between the two defenders of the opponent. Unfortunately, the angle of the shot was a bit right, and it was firmly collected by the goalkeeper.
Chapter completed!