The originator of modern football, the embarrassing trip to the World Cup:
The United Kingdom is the origin of modern football, which has been recognized by the world. In terms of the atmosphere and heritage of football, the United Kingdom has always been the number one in the football world. However, the United Kingdom as a world football power still lacks supporting evidence. The most important point is that it has only one World Cup champion. It is a little embarrassing to be the country of origin of modern football. Of course, the UK is not without the chance to win more World Cup championships. In the first three cups, the UK did not send any team to participate in the competition. And the three World Cups in 1938 did not see the British team.
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England participated in the World Cup for the first time in 1950. As the first generation of football kingdom, there was only one goal, that is, "championship". At that time, England could also be said to be superior. Before the World Cup, they beat the international football star team 6-1 in a friendly match. , At that time, there were superstars such as Matthews, Finney, Dickinson, etc., but the first World Cup lost 0-1 to the United States in the second game, which also gave birth to the first "unpopular" in the history of the World Cup, and finally the first World Cup trip was embarrassing won the eighth place.
England did not perform very well in the first four World Cup trips. It was not until the 1966 local World Cup that England finally ushered in a chance. After defeating Portugal led by Eusebio in the semifinals, they advanced to the final and competed with West Germany for the championship. In the end, England defeated West Germany 4-2 to win the championship, and the famous goal line in the history of the World Cup was born in the game. After a 2-2 draw in regular time, England's Hurst hit the goal in extra time. The ball bounced behind the crossbar and the ball was near the goal line. The referee finally decided that the goal was valid. There was no public opinion on whether the ball crossed the goal line due to technical reasons, and it was not perfect for England's only World Cup win.
After 1966, the England team has not been able to reach the final of the World Cup again. The three tournaments in 1974, 1978 and 1994 missed the main game. In 1990, Italy and Russia in 2018 both reached the semi-finals. After entering 2000, a large number of well-known superstars have been born in England, and English football seems to have entered a period of recovery. However, neither Beckham, Scholes nor Gerald Lampard can lead England to another glory. In the quarter-finals of the 2002 World Cup between Japan and South Korea against Brazil, Owen was eliminated by Ronaldinho's performance.
In 2006, Rooney was sent off in the quarter-finals against Portugal. In the penalty shootout, Lampard Gerrard and Carragher's shots were successively saved by Ricardo, and the England game fell in the quarter-finals again. In the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, England's top 16 battle again encountered a goal line unsolved case. This time, Lampard's goal was judged to be wireless, and the final 1-4 loss to Germany was eliminated. In the 2014 World Cup, they were eliminated in the group stage with 1 draw and 2 losses. England’s record in the 2018 World Cup improved. After 28 years after 1990, England reached the semi-finals again, but fell to the feet of Croatia and missed the final.
Reborn, technical England ushered in recovery:
Since 1992, England, an ancient football country, has ushered in heavy reforms. After 30 years of hard work since the official establishment of the Premier League, the Premier League has become the world's No. 1 football league, both in terms of commercial development and competition. Has become the center of world football. With the promotion of the Premier League, English football has also begun its own slow reform. Traditional English football is more similar to rugby, emphasizing the simple and direct impact of the opponent's goal with long passes, but the technical gap with other football powers is getting wider and wider. big.
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English football began a painful transformation. As more and more foreign players joined the Premier League, the integration of different styles made the technical style of English players begin to change, from Alan Shearer to Beckham, then Gerald Lampard, Now it is Sterling, Kane, and Foden. The skills of English players are becoming more and more delicate. In addition to retaining the traditional running and fighting spirit of English players, the improvement of technical and tactical capabilities has brought the country of origin of modern football back to the ranks of world football powers. In the past, the England team was dubbed the "European Chinese team" by fans, which means that it has a great reputation and a poor record, but now the England team has begun to usher in a transformation. To the championship ranks.
Squeeze Spain, Germany, England advance to title favourites:
The current England team is quite different from the traditional England team, and it is even very different from 02-06 England, which is considered to be the strongest recently. Previously, the England team had an excellent defense, with top central defenders such as Terry, Ferdinand and Campbell. Emerging one after another, but lack of creativity and lack of offensive firepower, the current England is just the opposite. The defense line led by Maguire Stones has been criticized many times, but the offensive end is a large number of talents emerging, with center Kane as the core of play, matching A group of talented attackers on the wing, Foden, Sterling, Saka, Grealish, Rashford, etc., make England's current offensive firepower not afraid of any opponent, and can be called the most talented England team in history.
In the 2022 World Cup, England is divided into Group B. The opponents in the same group are the United States, Iran and another play-off team. According to the current strength of the England team, there is not much problem in qualifying for the first place. According to the signing process, England will face the second team in Group A in the first match of the knockout round. Unsurprisingly, it will be the African champion Senegal. The biggest test will appear in the quarter-finals. There is a high probability that they will encounter the French team led by Mbappe Benzema. , It is quite difficult to beat the defending champion. Of course, this is also to test whether the England game has the strength to impact the championship.
At the same time, the teams that appeared in the
bottom half were Spain/Germany, or strong teams such as Portugal and Belgium,
but after the World Cup group draw was updated, the World Cup winning odds were
updated. It is the same as France at 6.50 odds. More people are optimistic that
England can compete with France. In addition, the odds are significantly ahead
of Argentina, Spain and Germany. These teams may also appear in the lower half.
At present, England's strength has the upper hand.
The 2022 World Cup may be another carnival for English football.
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