Chapter 2306 - 587: Ancelotti, the Insidious Villain

Chapter 2306: Chapter 587: Ancelotti, the Insidious Villain

Both teams have issues.

The Netherlands team’s defense prevents them from playing forward.

While England’s midfield is not that harmonious, with so many strong Premier League teams, no team can fully rely on an all-English midfield.

Even though Capello has been in charge of England for a long time, he hasn’t been able to completely improve this.

The English midfield itself isn’t that compatible, even a star on Gerrard’s level is no exception.

When he was with Alonso at Liverpool, Gerrard played the most comfortably.

Wilshere instinctively coordinated with Gerrard, but the pass went astray.

De Jong intercepted the ball and sent a pass forward, van Persie on the left jumped up, used his calf to bring the ball down, and charged towards England’s penalty area.

Cahill didn’t give way, and Terry had to patrol the side.

Seeing van Persie dribbling towards the center, Terry immediately rushed over.

Huntelaar in the center suddenly dashed to the left, van Persie heel-flicked and the ball went straight to Huntelaar’s feet.

Huntelaar drove the ball forward and instantly shot with his left foot, the ball like a cannonball drilled into the top left corner of the goal, Hart, known for his quick reflexes, had no answer.

Boom—the substitutes and coaching staff rushed to the sidelines.

Huang Kaiwen calmly sat in the coaching seat.

He crossed his legs and placed a notebook on them, writing something.

Inzaghi, out of curiosity, leaned over to see.

Huang Kaiwen immediately moved the notebook aside, not allowing Inzaghi to look.

The notebook read: We used to be a pile of sand, but the coach united us, disregarding personal gains and losses, wholeheartedly fighting for national honor and mission. Let us understand one thing: we are a team, and united we have the power to change the world. This is no longer growth in football terms, but a spiritual elevation, turning me from a selfish player into a noble and mission-driven real man. — A Netherlands national team player who wishes to remain anonymous.

Even good wine fears an alley too deep.

Yellow Ball King did so much for the Netherlands team.

He should be promoted.

"We will fly so high, (Together) Tell all our friends goodbye..."

Dutch fans were singing and dancing in the stands.

Their most commonly used chant is Pet Shop Boys’ "Go West", along with the Dutch national anthem "William of Nassau".

At different times, "Go West" has different meanings.

Now it’s become a common stadium song.

But in the nineties, it called Soviet youth to the West to experience the "advanced civilization".

Singing this song in Poland was more than just ordinary irony.

Huang Kaiwen got up and walked to the bench, beckoning to Strootman.

Strootman immediately ran to the sidelines to warm up.

"Huang Kaiwen is preparing to make a tactical change first."

"Yes, Strootman serves as a sweeper under Huang Kaiwen, which shows Huang Kaiwen’s intention to hold the score."

"Interestingly, Mourinho and several coaches have expressed a lot of appreciation for Huang Kaiwen’s tactics. Mourinho even said Huang Kaiwen’s tactical literacy far surpasses Portugal’s national team coach Paul Bento, hehe. We can’t really comment, but in previous matches, it was indeed the Netherlands team who had the last laugh."

"Capello’s England is now in a deadlock, his tactics were criticized by English media for being too basic before. But combining ground play with wing crosses is already the limit of what England can do, you want Wilshere to play Arsenal’s attack, it’s tough with this England setup."

"Yes, the biggest problem in the national team is that players have different club tactics. Gerrard at Liverpool, Wilshere at Arsenal, Barry is a Manchester City player, they are rivals at the club level, and lack the chemistry, the lack of familiar positioning is an issue. In many previous matches, England only won narrowly with defense, but facing the better-defending Netherlands team, England is struggling a bit."

After a few minutes, a dead ball appeared on the field.

Huang Kaiwen immediately made a substitution.

He took off Huntelaar and pushed Sneijder to the flank.

Huntelaar’s strengths aren’t as effective against Terry and Cahill, despite scoring, but apart from the final shooting technique, the credit mostly goes to van Persie and Sneijder.

Huang Kaiwen letting van Persie shoot can still score, but he can’t dictate defenders’ passes like van Persie.

Against different teams, you need to constantly change your style of play.

Today’s opponent, Capello, is a very flexible coach.

Discipline is his strict requirement, but Capello indeed likes changes.

Today’s England 4231 is one of them, previously Capello’s favored 442 and 352 England would also use occasionally.

All these formations have two characteristics, like having two defensive midfielders with good stamina.

And the side’s double wing play.

Whether it was Cafu and Candela in Rome, or Camoranesi of Juventus. To today’s Ashley Young and Walcott of England, those aspects haven’t changed much.

No matter what framework is used, the basics of tactics won’t change.

So Huang Kaiwen can make pre-match adjustments accordingly.

Beckham’s absence from the European Cup was a relief for Huang Kaiwen.

Luckily, Master Ka didn’t like him.