Football King Bale

With Barnett as the intermediary messenger, after Bell arrived at the Welsh training camp, he integrated into the team very smoothly. Although he hasn't played with his national team teammates for almost half a year, they are all acquaintances after all. As long as the relationship with the head coach is handled well, the cooperation between him and his teammates is not a problem.

However, after Bell reported to the national team, Wales soon ushered in a warm-up match. On the night of May 27th, in Hungary, Wales played a warm-up match with the host Hungary.

Bell did not play in this game. He has just finished a high-intensity season. Bell's current physical condition is not good. In addition, it is only three or four days to join the team for joint training, and he is not suitable for playing games.

As a result, Wales, which lacked Bell, the core combat power, lost 0:2 at the feet of Hungary.

Hungary is not a weak team. In the qualifiers, they were in Group E with the Netherlands, Sweden, Finland, Moldova and San Marino. They achieved 6 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses, ranking third in the group. Unfortunately, they did not qualify for the play-offs.

Although Hungary's world ranking is now much lower than Wales, their real strength is not much weaker than Wales. What's more, Wales still lacks Bell now, and its combat power has almost been cut in half, and it is reasonable to lose.

For this game, Wales did not pay much attention to it. This game was originally to check for omissions and make up for vacancies. After the game, it is enough to sum up the experience.

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Two days after the warm-up match with Hungary, that is, on May 29, Wales confirmed the 23-man squad for the final European Cup finals. There is no doubt that Bell, as the number one star, was selected without any suspense.

The three goalkeepers are Hennessey, Jason Brown and Boz Myhill, and a total of eight people are selected on the back line, including James Chester, James Collins, Ben Davis, Adam Matthews Adams, Gunter, Ashley Richards, Neil Taylor, Ashley Williams; 8 midfielders, including Joe Allen, David Edwards, Andy King, Joe Ledley, Ramsey, Craig Bellamy, Andrew Crofts, David Vaughan; four strikers, including captain Gareth Bale, Steve Morrison, Rob Sen Kanu, Sam Vox.

Relatively speaking, Wales was the last to announce the final 23-man squad. Before they announced the squad, the remaining 15 teams had already announced it.

On June 1, there was only one week left before the official start of the European Cup finals. Wales played the last warm-up match before the start of the European Cup finals, challenging the host Czech team in Prague, Czech Republic.

This is the second match between the two teams after the European Cup qualifiers in November last year.

The Welsh team's starting formation is 433, to be precise it should be 4321, which is the so-called Christmas tree formation.

Bell still did not start the game, he was temporarily sitting on the bench.

What surprised Bell was that although the Welsh players traveled long distances to Prague, they performed very hard in the game, dared to fight on the court, and actively used their speed to open up the situation.

Although the Czech Republic is serving as a sparring partner for Wales, they will definitely not be willing to serve as a foil at home. Both teams play very actively, and the offensive and defensive transitions on the scene are very fast.

The host Czech team played more holistically and defended better, while Wales was aggressively attacking, but it was mainly concentrated in the middle, lacking effective side attack, and a relatively simple style of play. The Czech team quickly stabilized its position and let the opponent After several attempts to hit it, it was unsuccessful.

The players of the Czech team had a lot of running and pressing in the midfield, which made Wales very uncomfortable and made frequent mistakes. The most fatal one happened in the 22nd minute. After passing three defensive players, he volleyed at the front of the penalty area, but was bravely saved by Welsh goalkeeper Hennessey.

However, nine minutes later, the Czech team's defense made a mistake and failed to clear the opponent's long pass. The opportunity was seized by the Welsh winger Bellamy. Unfortunately, the Liverpool veteran failed to stop the ball and wasted an empty goal. Opportunity.

The first half ended with 0:0.

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During the intermission, Wales coach Coleman affirmed the team's performance in the first half, but at the same time encouraged the team to make persistent efforts. chance.

So, taking advantage of the intermission, Coleman replaced the young player Joe Allen. This player is also good at playing on the right. Open the defensive gap.

But after the start of the second half, the Czech Republic also adjusted their tactics and began to actively engage in the midfield press to catch the Welsh team's pass and catch mistakes.

Especially in the 50th minute, the Czech Republic stole the ball and sent a long pass to the frontcourt. Three offensive players cooperated to attack the penalty area in succession. The Welsh team's defense line was missing, and Rosicky kicked the goal without being marked. Fortunately, Welsh goalkeeper Hennessey played well again, blocking the ball with a single punch and resolving a crisis.

Now Coleman finally couldn't sit still, and quickly adjusted his personnel again, and Bell went into battle.

Bell replaced the left midfielder Bellamy on the field. The performance of the Liverpool veteran was very average.

Although Bell was replaced as a left forward, according to Coleman's arrangements for him, he will not be fixed at the left forward position. After playing, he can act as a free agent in the frontcourt and let him play. The rest of the team will try their best to cooperate with him.

Bale's first touch came from a pass from midfielder Ramsey. Bale dropped back and brought out the defender. When he was about to turn around and go forward quickly, Ramsey passed the ball directly to him. feet, which caused his subsequent series of actions to get stuck.

A new coach, a new style of play, a new formation, many players in the team have also recently entered the national team, and the cooperation with each other seems a bit unfamiliar. Just one week is not enough for Bell to fully adapt to everything new.

Bell stopped the ball and was resisted by the defensive player behind him, so he had to pass back as a last resort.

The second pass was a bit better, a diagonal pass from Joe Allen's right, but the amount of advance was not enough, Bell was forced to slow down and stop the ball before suddenly accelerating, but the effect has been greatly reduced, but Bell is still at the front of the penalty area Protected the ball and crossed it to Joe Allen on the right, but failed to create a threat.

The subsequent few cooperations were still not smooth, and there were several mistakes. Not to mention being counterattacked by the Czech Republic, even Bell himself was quite tired from playing. Whether it is personal ability or cooperation, compared with him playing at Manchester United, it is a completely different experience.

Bell feels that the prospect of participating in the competition in Wales' current state may be very bad.

But Bell thought that since the Czech Republic valued him so much, he would simply be responsible for attracting defensive attention and creating opportunities for his teammates to open up the defense.

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After changing his thinking, Bell still ran very actively, and every time he ran to the opponent's empty space to catch the ball, attracted the attention of the defense, and then passed the ball to his teammates in weak defensive areas.

After Bell changed his role, he immediately revitalized the team's offense in the midfield.

When the game progressed to the 60th minute, Bell suddenly ran to the open space on the right to receive the ball. Joe Allen immediately passed the ball, and Bell stopped the ball to his side and rear, turned around and chased the ball.

This sudden move surprised the Czech defensive players. Three defensive players around him rushed towards him at the same time, and Joe Allen on the right side was naturally missed.

At this moment, Bell suddenly made a straight pass and sent the ball accurately to Joe Allen's oblique front. Originally, Joe Allen was still hesitating whether to run over to meet Bell, but unexpectedly he saw the ball pass out. After he was taken aback, he didn't have time to think, and directly chased after the ball at the fastest speed.

Joe Allen chased the ball, and gradually felt a sense of enlightenment. When he caught up with the ball, he saw clearly that there were no defensive players around him, and his teammates had already ambushed in the penalty area.

The next thing was a matter of course, Joe Allen crossed the penalty area on the right side of the penalty area, the forward Morrison near the penalty spot quickly followed up, pushed the ball into the goal of the Czech Republic, 1:0 !

Morrison, the hero of the goal, quickly rushed to Joe Allen, hugged his teammate vigorously, and other players of the Welsh team also rushed forward.

This goal is really important to the Welsh team.

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After the Welsh team opened the scoring, the Czech Republic began to be a little anxious. In front of their home crowd, even though they were sparring partners in this game, they were unwilling to lose at the feet of Wales three times in a row.

What's more, this Welsh team is obviously not in the best condition, and their cooperation is not yet proficient. If they lose, it will be really embarrassing.

But Wales immediately turned into a defensive state. The 4321 Christmas tree formation, three defensive midfielders, and the defensive strength are sufficient. But the defense was solid, and the counterattack began to work.

In the 71st minute, Ramsey, the team deputy wearing the captain's armband, stepped forward to assist. Bell raised his hand to ask for the ball again. After stopping the ball, he took two steps horizontally. The ball happened to be unguarded, so he was not polite, just swung his feet and hit it.

The ball flew into the goal of the Czech team again, 2:0!

If the first goal just now was not obvious, then Ramsey's goal, Bell's role was fully reflected, especially his passing vision, which ensured that the team can suddenly pass the ball. Shift from the right to the left and catch the opponent by surprise.

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