Chapter 50 Check out the effect!

Hodgson's first game after coaching the "Three Lions" ended with a draw, but the English media still praised it highly, especially Hodgson's bold use of "Shake" achieved good results, which further increased Hodgson's reputation.

Hodgson, who tasted the sweetness, also worked hard to push the team's midfield towards the direction he imagined. Wang Tiezhu's excellent defensive ability can completely liberate Gerald, and at the same time he has a good long-range shooting ability. Although he is much worse in passing and skills, isn't there any other powerful players like Lampard and Gerald around him? Hodgson's next job is how to make "Shake" perform better in playing to his strengths and avoiding his weaknesses.

In the next two days, the training of the England team was mainly based on tactical exercises in the midfield. Wang Tiezhu was also treated with special treatment. He was made one request after another by Hodgson, and then practiced with Lampard, Gerrard and others. The direction of the ball after interception, the coverage of the running, etc., and Hodgson even specially created two tactical arrangements for him to insert and shoot long shots. The old man attached great importance to Wang Tiezhu.

Hodgson's biased behavior still made England's midfielders feel a little unhappy, but none of them showed it.

After all, Hodgson's tactical arrangement has been supported by the "Double Germany". For a long time, Lampard and Gerrard will coexist. After the adjustments of three head coaches such as Eriksen, McLaren, Capello, etc., have not been resolved. However, this situation did not seem to have happened in the last game between England and the Netherlands, and both of them showed a stunning trend on the court. However, this is enough to make Lampard and Gerrard support Hodgson's tactical reform. Even Wang Tiezhu, the emerging kid, has become a key figure. Jonny Hausen, Wang Tiezhu's teammate at Leeds United, was also included in the starting lineup by Hodgson. Who made this kid and Wang Tiezhu cooperate tacitly in the "Youth Guards"!

Fortunately, Wang Tiezhu's physical fitness is also top-notch, otherwise he would not be able to complete the task under the numerous requirements of Hodgson. Even after practicing like this for two days, Wang Tiezhu felt a little overwhelmed. At this time... the world overlord Spanish team is here!

Since the Spanish team defeated Germany in 2008, they have become a victory in the past four years. The Spanish football based on Barcelona Tiki-Taka football has become a problem for world football. How to win the living space under Espanyol's super ball control ability and fast attack has almost become a topic of discussion among all footballers. After all, Barcelona is now at its peak and has rarely seen rivals in Europe.

For this game against the world champion, Hodgson also racked his brains to make tactical adjustments to his team. He clearly put forward his tactical requirements at the pre-match tactical meeting.

"We will make some adjustments to the formation in this game. Darren, you have to be in the front. Wayne will move on your right and behind you. The offensive task on the left is handed over to Jonny, but... Jonny, you kid, you have to give me a clear head this time. You can still pass on someone on the court, but you can only pass one person and you must pass the ball. You must never try to pass the second person. Remember?"

"Uh! Boss, I remember it!"

Jonny Hausen's face turned red. He had watched the last game against the Netherlands. At that time, he was really hot-headed. Many good opportunities for passing were missed. He was overjoyed to be able to continue to enter the starting game. He also felt that this had something to do with Wang Tiezhu.

The 28-year-old Darren Bent is a black forward, famous by the Ipswich team. Although the goal rate is not very high, he is a very comprehensive striker. His excellent physical fitness allows him to be a center forward. His speed, foot skills and breakthrough ability also allow him to be a winger. Even the consciousness of the past can allow him to play a shadow forward. In general, he is a forward who is not good at everything. Compared with the "little tiger" Walcott, who has a distinctive technical style, it is because he is comprehensive enough that he won the opportunity to start this time.

Turning his head, Hodgson said seriously: "Shake, Frank, Steven, you three will be the key to whether we can win this game. In this game, I ask you three to first focus on intercepting opponents' passes. How powerful Espanyol's passes are? I think you are also very clear. Only by cutting off their passes can we have a chance to win. Do you understand?"

"clear!"

Wang Tiezhu, Lampard, and Geraldziqi nodded. Wang Tiezhu, Lampard's work has not changed much, only Gerald has to re-enter the defense this time. However, after seeing Hodgson arrange for Rooney to go to the right to move to the frontcourt, he already realized that he must be subject to offensive restrictions. Otherwise, with Rooney's ability, it would be a waste to get him to the right to move. However, Gerald is also an old player with a strong overall view. His rich experience makes him understand that Hodgson's arrangement is for the overall situation of the team rather than for him personally, so the "Bun" who has always been known for his loyalty and strictness will not have any objections.

After arranging these, Hodgson put forward new requirements for the back line of his team: "In addition to Torres, the Spanish strikers are short, flexible, fast and skilled players, so when you defend them, don't rush up easily. You should adopt regional defense to block the opponent's offense, and pay more attention to intercepting their passing route. Defending the Spanish offense is not the task of a certain player. We must fight as a whole! Do you understand?"

"clear!"

The defenders led by Terry shouted in unison, and every English player present also showed a firm expression. This time they finally felt the difference between Hodgson's coaching style and Capello. "Iron Coach" Capello always liked to explain everything clearly when setting up his team's defense, but how could English players play the "chain defense" in detail?

Now when Hodgson is setting up his team's defense, he just expresses his own ideas, and the rest is left to the players to freely play. One is tedious and the other is simple. The two are relatively the opposite style, but who has the better tactical arrangement, but it can only be left to the court to verify.

After setting up the tactics, Hodgson asked the players to carry out some simple activities. In addition to the necessary rest before the battle, it is also necessary to keep the athlete's body in a relatively tense state.

At 19:45 pm, the Wembley Stadium officially began a battle between England and Spain. The players of the two teams lined up there waiting to sing the national anthem.

"Three days ago, we tied 1:1 with the Netherlands on this field, but we could clearly feel that the team still made some reservations in that game. However, today, because the opponent against the world champion Spain team, I believe this will be the best opportunity to test our team's strength."

"Hodgson's arrangement in this game is not much different from the previous game. Darren Bent replaced Walcott and Rooney on the forward line, and the midfield is still Lampard, Gerald, Zach and Jonny Hausen! I don't understand Hodgson's arrangement very well. We saw this last game. Zach is indeed a fierce midfielder known as "Shake". This 18-year-old boy has made great contributions in defense and offense. Moreover, his existence also resolves the contradiction of overlapping roles between Gerald and Lampard. It is not surprising that he appeared in the starting lineup in this game. But Jonny Hausen's appearance again is still a bit surprising. His performance in the last game was really too frizzy. This young man needs to be more tempered!"

When the commentators of TV stations criticized Jonny Hausen, Wang Tiezhu was smirking and reminding his good brothers: "Jonny, Espanyol has little defensive ability, so in today's game, you can pass one of them first, and then think about how to pass the ball. Moreover, Cole behind you is also very strong offensive ability, you should pay more attention to cooperating with him."

"Yeah...Yeah...Shake, you have to do your best! I can solve my problems myself. Don't affect your condition because of my affairs."

"Haha, don't worry!"

Wang Tiezhu chuckled and patted Jonny Hausen on the shoulder. Today, he added those 2 points of teammate bonuses to Jonny Hausen's explosive power, which also turned Jonny Hausen, who had already had 16 points of explosive power, into a crazy person with explosive power of 18. Wang Tiezhu felt that Jonny Hausen would be more fierce as if he had taken stimulants.

Of course, all this is just Wang Tiezhu's prediction. I don't know what the effect is. However, according to his own experience, the bonus of 1 skill point will not make people feel very obvious. However, if it is a bonus of 2 points, it will definitely make people feel like they have taken stimulants when they are used. If it is used in technology, it will make the accuracy of passing or dribbling ability stronger, which will be significantly improved.

The two national anthems were played one after another, and the Spanish team came over to shake hands with the English players one by one under the leadership of captain Casillas.

Compared with strange faces such as England's Wang Tiezhu, Jonny Hausen, Phil Jones, Darren Bent, etc., Bosque sent all the old faces on the Spanish side, but because Torres, Ramos and others were injured, they made some fine adjustments. Villa, Pedro, Iniesta, Xavi, Alonso, Pique, Busquets, Puyor and others all appeared. Obviously, Bosque is going to test the combat effectiveness of his team through this game.
Chapter completed!