Kane was restrained by the Belgian team. Xinhua News Agency issued
Qilu Evening News·Qilu One Point reporter Yin Chengjun
early on the morning of the 16th Beijing time, in a focus game in Group A of the UEFA Nations League, England lost 0:2 to the Belgium team and lost because of two consecutive defeats. Hope to advance to the semi-finals. When these two teams meet, the fans will jokingly call the "English Premier League Civil War", coupled with the Belgian team ranked first in the world, England ranked fourth in the world, so the game has become a hot spot before it starts.
was once the most familiar opponent
Once upon a time, if there are two teams in the world who know each other the most, then there is nothing more like England and Belgium. In recent years, a large number of Belgian players have crossed the English Channel and came to the Premier League to be gilded, which has become the "golden generation" of the national team. It can be said that without the Premier League, the Belgian team would not be ranked first in the world.
Almost all the players of the England team are honed in the Premier League. The two teams are facing each other. Not only do the players on the field know each other, but many of them are their teammates at the club. Has been mastered by the other party.
Especially in the 2018 World Cup, the Belgian team’s starting lineup almost exclusively came from the Premier League. Their fame and prestige are higher than the English players in the team, including Manchester City’s De Bruyne and Chelsea’s Hazard The most dazzling. In the end, the results of the Belgian team were much better than the authentic England team, so much so that many fans say that the Belgian team is the authentic Premier League first team.
's years of playing in the Premier League have also imprinted the Belgian players with a deep English football brand. Therefore, this team has always been influenced by the most practical football culture in the world, with simple play style, clear player responsibilities and strong tactical execution. However, as the "golden generation" got older, the team still failed to obtain substantive honors. Although they are well-known worldwide, they are all in vain.
Premier League halo faded
However, in the last year or two, new changes have taken place in Belgian football. The iconic event was the transfer of Belgian midfielder Hazard from Chelsea to Real Madrid, breaking a bottleneck for Belgian players. In addition, Manchester United center Lukaku also left Manchester United to join Inter Milan, coupled with the veteran Kompany and other players faded out of the arena, the Belgian team's Premier League halo has diminished, and a large number of other league players have come in.
Take this game against England as an example. The starting lineup has seven players in the African Premier League. Defender Denayer is from Lyon in Ligue 1, and Mounier, Witsel and Hazard are all from Dortmund. Striker Mertens is the veteran of Naples, Lukaku is the trump card of Inter Milan, plus the starting goalkeeper Courtois and Hazard who did not play in this game are from Real Madrid, so the Belgian players can be considered from all over the world. , Including five major leagues, is no longer a single league. How does
make a new look? How about the Belgium team who has made a new look? Just a 2-0 victory over England has no clue, not to mention that they also lost to England last month, unable to win one or two games. In terms of success or failure, as far as this game is concerned, the Belgian team has given the most familiar opponent the deepest pain. The head coaches of
have similar ideas, and the match has a 3421 formation, but the effect is very different. The Belgian forward center Lukaku was behind the famous De Bruyne and Mertens in this game. He also got a master passer he couldn't get in Inter Milan, which also made the Belgian team have the offensive More routines and changes.
The England team pays more attention to the breakthrough in speed, so that the role of the forward center Kane is similar to that of his own at Tottenham. He needs to push forward more from the back to the top, which gives the Belgium team a clearer defense. The goal made Kane almost completely freeze the game.
Lukaku who walked out of Manchester United has gained more abilities. He is no longer a pure shooter, but has held down a lot of defensive energy of the England team in the frontcourt, thus giving the players behind him a chance. The Belgium team relies on Thier Leman and Mertens won the game with two goals in the first half. The England team shot 16 times, twice as many as their opponents but they were stunned. It has to be said that the Belgian has learned all the basic courses in the Premier League and continued to study in Serie A and Bundesliga, thus achieving greater success.
