After being rejected, I became Shi Yijiao

Chapter 478 Spell Return... It's Over!
What is home field advantage?

That's home field advantage.

If it is a neutral country and venue, Pogba has no way to directly find the management personnel of the venue anyway, and then ask them to clean up the audience in the stands.

But this is in France, the home of the French team.

The home venue can decide whether to spray water and how much water to spray according to the needs of the home team;

The lighting of the home court sometimes has some technical failures due to the change of the score;
Even the ball boy can give the ball at his discretion according to the situation on the court...

It's really nothing special to get a few annoying visiting fans out of the stands for "disturbing the order of the stadium" or something.

So, when the second half of the game started, Pogba was very happy to see that only his Guinea wizard was doing it in the stands!

And the monks and Taoist priests who had been hiding among the Swedish fans had disappeared without a trace!
In this way, Pogba's confidence has greatly increased.

During the break, Deschamps had already emphasized how the French team should break through the Swedish defense and try to regain the score as soon as possible.

The first method is to send the ball to the gap between the opponent's back line and the avant-garde line through Pogba's diagonal pass, and then use Griezmann and Payera to get the ball from the side to create a direct attack. Opportunity to face the opponent's defense.

The second is to play high positions and cooperate with penetration, through Pogba or Matuidi to take the ball, cooperate on the ground, and penetrate the opponent's defense.

Another is to use Pogba, Kanter, or even Umtiti's long pass from the backcourt to directly find Giroud, and use the latter's personal ability and body to attack the opponent's last line of defense.

Especially the third one, which Deschamps hopes players will pay more attention to use in the second half.

That's because, judging from the situation in the first half, the Swedish team's defense against France's first two styles of play is still in place, and it is difficult to find the corresponding loopholes for a while.

And to find Giroud through a long pass from the backcourt, you can directly cross the Swedish heavily guarded midfield and burn the flames of war to the Swedish backcourt!
Either way, it is inseparable from Pogba, the core of the midfield.

But now Pogba is relieved, thinking that the wizard can help him, and his state has improved a lot.

His scheduling in the midfield also seemed much calmer, and he began to frequently use his accurate long passes to find Giroud.

Giroud is 193cm tall and weighs 88kg. He has a strong body and good flexibility. Such outstanding physical fitness and excellent ball handling ability make him the most powerful control point in the French frontcourt. It can be said that Deschamps holds the The largest chip.

The strongest of the Swedish defenders, Granqvist, is 192cm tall and weighs 84kg, which can be said to be on par with Giroud.

But Giroud has an advantage over Granqvist, that is, he has a high IQ. He knows what to do after receiving the ball, where to pass the ball, how to pass the ball, where to run without the ball, and can play against the ball. Other frontcourt players play with cooperation, rather than solving problems by fighting alone. He is a team player.

In this way, as a central defender facing him, it is actually very difficult to watch him.

In addition, Giroud has a nick name "Saolu", one is because he often has some coquettish operations, some very coquettish goals, and Zhan Jun's phrase "Pagoda Town River Demon, Giroud is the most coquettish";
This also means that defending against him is like defending against Ibrahimovic, and you also need to guard against him making some unpredictable moves.

The second is that his image is quite "coquettish", and he is also handsome. He also reminds people of some muscular brothers who like to wrestle, so he also has a nickname "Wang Lu" full of philosophy.

The term "Great Giroud" is already very common. Basically, when Giroud is mentioned, he will be called Da Jirou. Firstly, it means a compliment, and secondly, it is also because of his tall stature, but another reason is that it is said that Giroud's What, Kunkun is big...

Uh, it seems to be far away.

In short, after the re-kick-off in the second half, France's offense gave up the fact that it always looked for Griezmann before, but often used Pogba and others' long passes to find Giroud in front.

This time, Giroud, who was pulled to the right, stopped the ball from Pogba to his feet.

Granqvist rushed forward at the first time, but Giroud didn't wait for him to stand still, and made a gesture to dribble the ball to the bottom line.

After tricking Granqvist into adjusting his center of gravity, he made an emergency stop, smashed the ball, passed Granqvist in the right corner of the penalty area, and cut into the middle with the ball.

Lindelof immediately followed Granqvist, and he blocked Giroud on the right side of the front of the penalty area.

But seeing Giroud making a gesture to continue passing the ball to the left, he suddenly made an emergency stop and smashed the ball, and quickly cut into the penalty area. Relying on his strong body, he overwhelmed Lindelof and pulled out a position. Swinging your right foot directly is a volley.

"Alas!!!" The on-site commentator was taken aback by Giroud's sudden shot.

But the ball still rolled out of the bottom line from the lower left corner of the goal, and went slightly wide.

This is one of the characteristics of Giroud.

Although his speed and dribbling have never been his strengths, it can even be said to be his weaknesses, but this does not mean that he will not dodge in a small range.

On the contrary, it is precisely because everyone knows that Giroud is a team player, and everyone is guarding against him. As a result, he suddenly brings the ball, which is hard to guard against.

Not to mention his excellent shooting skills!

If it weren't for a little bit of bad luck, the kick just now might have broken the Swedish team's goal.

As a result, the French fans in the audience were also boiling.

Of course, they all hope that France can strengthen its offensive, break through the goal of the Swedish team, and then complete the reversal and reach the final!
And Giroud's threatening shot ignited the fire of hope in their hearts!
"Don't be careless, you stick to him closely, don't let him shoot at random!"

On the sidelines, Pan Yi also instructed Granqvist.

He used Kulusevski to assist in defending Giroud before, and he also succeeded in the first half.

But the premise of doing that is that the French team wants to score in through the penetration of the midfield, or when the ball is set.

Nowadays, France directly initiates long passes from the midfield, and Kulusevsky cannot teleport. As a midfielder, how can he always stick to the left and right of a center forward?

Therefore, the important task of preventing Giroud can only be handed over to Granqvist.

Of course, it must be difficult to completely prevent Giroud.

Getting rid of two players in a row just now is not a manifestation of personal skills. It can only be said that Giroud's body is too good and outstanding.

Generally speaking, a player with a strong body will have strong muscles, and the flexibility and flexibility of the body will be relatively poor, making it difficult to make some "awkward" passing and shooting movements.

But Giroud's body is very similar to Ibrahimovic's. They both belong to the strong and flexible type, so they often have some eye-catching operations.

If you look at it purely from talent, Giroud may not be considered top-notch, because a large part of his playing depends on his body, and his header skills are much better than Ibrahimovic.

In terms of ball skills alone, it can be said that Giroud is far worse than Ibrahimovic. He can't do the operation that Ibrahimovic did in Ajax when he dazzled the camera and then scored.

It was nice to get rid of it twice in a row just now, but it relied more on the use of the body.

Therefore, if Giroud can be blocked physically so that he cannot freely use his advantages, then there is a way to limit his ability.

And Granqvist, a strong and resolute Nordic tough guy, can theoretically do this.

No matter how bad it is, let Lindelof also come to help, anyway, France's frontcourt only has this high point! ——
In fact, as early as the pre-match preparation meeting, Pan Yi had given Granqvist a special lecture and analyzed Giroud's characteristics for him.

It is almost inevitable for the big center defender to defend against the big center!
However, since Giroud existed more as a fulcrum in the first half, France still launched offenses through Griezmann's dribbling and organization most of the time;
Therefore, Granqvist really ignored Giroud's personal breakthrough ability and shooting ability.

Now, under Pan Yi's reminder, the content of the materials at the preparation meeting flashed through Granqvist's mind.

His attention was also refocused on the tall French player in front of him.

He was big, muscular, and flexible, but Granqvist was worthy of him.

What Granqvist is afraid of is that kind of speedy forward, but he likes such a head-to-head contest!

And since France is now focusing on Giroud, the two soon ushered in another confrontation.

Once again Giroud pulled wide to get the ball, but this time, as soon as he got it, Granqvist came close.

The Swedish central defender was very smart, and he had a good grasp of the distance, neither far nor close.

In this way, if there is a sudden kick, the ball can be intercepted, but if Giroud is strong, Granqvist can also retreat and buffer, and pinch the position in time to avoid being directly passed by Giroud.

The two tall and burly players squeezed together, and there were some small movements in their hands, and the momentary touch was very philosophical.

Seeing Giroud's fake move, Granqvist followed suit, and then Giroud wanted to dribble the ball horizontally to the middle, but this time Granqvist had a heart, and immediately stuck to him.

As soon as the two came into contact, the shortcomings of Giroud's insufficient dribbling skills were exposed.

His dribbling action was seen through by Granqvist, and then he made a decisive shovel!
The ball was destroyed, and Giroud was knocked to the ground by Granqvist's shovel.

But because Granqvist tackled the ball first, the referee did not blow the whistle, which also caused a burst of boos from the French fans at the scene.

The cheers of the Swedish fans followed, covering up the boos.

This is because after the ball was destroyed, it fell to the feet of Lindelof who came to help defend.

At the moment when Lindelof took the ball, he raised his head and saw that the Frenchman was advancing rapidly in the midfield and the frontcourt because he was attacking, and even the backcourt was advancing very high. Behind them are opportunities.

Now that the Swedish team has the ball, it is difficult for the French team to organize a tight defensive formation for a while, while the players of the Swedish team have begun to run in all directions.

Active running is to let your teammates have more passing options!

This is the tactical thinking that Pan Yi has instilled the most into this Swedish team, and it is also one of the greatest advantages of this group of Nordics!

Now, Lindelof chose to pass the ball directly to Ibrahimovic.

At this time, Ibrahimovic was already standing between the penalty area and the center line, and there was no defensive player next to him.

After Ibrahimovic got the ball, Umtiti and Koscielny behind him rushed up to defend.

Everyone knows that in this Swedish team, the main scorer is Ibrahimovic, who scored the goal just now!
So defending Ibrahimovic is definitely the top priority of defense.

But Ibrahimovic did not go straight forward.

Since he is too far away from the goal now, Ibrahimovic knows that if he chooses to dribble, he may not have a chance to enter the penalty area when facing two opposing central defenders.

So he chose to dribble to the right of the goal, pulling both Umtiti and Koscielny to the right.

But at this time, Isaac, another striker of the Swedish team, quickly jumped in from behind. He did not choose to approach Ibrahimovic, but chose to kill to the left of the goal.

In the counterattack at the critical moment, the defensive attention must be focused on the ball holder.

So Ibrahimovic used his own dribbling, after interfering with the attention of the French defenders, and then at the front of the right corner of the penalty area, he chose to pass the ball laterally to Isaac who had just reached the top of the arc at the front of the penalty area.

At this time, there was not even a defensive player around the latter!

And Isaac did not waste the opportunity created by Ibrahimovic. After he dribbled into the penalty area, facing Lloris who had to abandon the goal, he calmly volleyed the right side of the goal and sent the ball accurately into France. goal!

At this moment, all the Swedish fans in the audience stood up at the same time, and even Pan Yi on the sidelines excitedly raised his hands high, celebrating the team's second goal excitedly.

"2:0! Isaac scored! He helped the Swedish team score the second goal of the game!!!"

On the big screen of the stadium, the whole process of Ibrahimovic making space for Isaac and successfully delivering the ball under the attack of Umtiti and Koscielny was repeatedly replayed.

"It was a very beautiful team goal. Lindelof's long pass from the back launched a counterattack. Ibrahimovic dribbled the ball skillfully to attract the attention of many defenders on the other side, creating a breakthrough for Isaac. space and then pass the ball to Isaac who is unguarded."

The live TV camera was aimed at Ibrahimovic and Isaac who hugged and celebrated on the sidelines.

Isaac even jumped directly on Ibrahimovic's back, and Ibrahimovic also waved to the Swedish fans in the stands with Isaac on his back.

"Isaac's goal must be thanks to Ibrahimovic. At least half of the credit for this goal is on Ibrahimovic."

"Because the latter's pull is so clever and ingenious. He directly drew France's main defensive attention to himself, and that's how Isaac's goal was scored."

"And their celebration was so interesting! It reminds me of Messi lying on Ronaldinho's back after Barcelona scored a goal..."

"The 34-year-old Ibrahimovic stood there, patted Isaac, who was not yet 17 years old, on the back, and looked at him affectionately..."

"This is the inheritance of two generations of the Swedish national team! Maybe we didn't see this kind of inheritance in this European Cup, but Pan Yi's arrival has realized this scene!"

"Of course, they still have the chance to continue their performance at the Euros, because they are going to the final soon!"

"It's the 70th minute of the second half. Two goals behind, Did Didier Deschamps still have any tricks? Hurry up. Otherwise, the Swedish team is likely to take advantage of the victory and pursue it, maybe they will score again. It's too late."

Just as he was talking, he saw that not long after the re-kick-off, Deschamps made a substitution.

He replaced Giroud with a young Martial.

This is mainly because Giroud consumed a lot of physical energy in the head-to-head confrontation with Granqvist, and he was also at a disadvantage, and the effect of staying on the court was not obvious.

At this time, it is better to replace Martial with another style and let him use his own speed and dribbling to see if he can open up the situation.

This kind of substitution also declared the failure of Deschamps' second-half strategy-go directly to Giroud in the backcourt. It seems that Pan Yi's prepared deployment has no effect!
On the other hand, Pan Yi did not make a substitution, but let the two wingers on the front line, Isaac and Guidetti, take back a little bit, and let Ibrahimovic stand in front alone.

瑞典队的阵型也形成了一个4-5-1与3-6-1之间的摇摆阵，中场的人数更多，绞杀更狠。

This is to make it clear that they must sacrifice their own offensive capabilities and destroy the French team's offensive organization.

In the last 20 minutes, make the game fragmented, this is the success of the Swedish team!
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The French team quickly made the second and third substitutions.

Coman and Sissoko were all replaced on the field, and this is the last fight.

Pan Yi also made adjustments one after another.

The first time was to replace Kulusevski with Schelstrom.

Kulu ran a lot today, and he was also very active in fighting. Of course, his physical energy was also consumed a lot.

The use of veteran Schelstrom is to use his experience to help stabilize the scene and avoid being opened up by the French bombardment.

The second time, Lustig replaced Larson.

Larsson, as today's full-back and midfielder swingman, made an outstanding contribution to today's victory. It can also be said that he consumed the most among the eleven Swedish players on the field, so he has to be replaced to rest.

After Lustig came on the field, he was fixed at the right back position.

First of all, he is not good at kicking the midfielder, so he can't force it;

The second is that now that Sweden is leading by two goals, the more important task is to defend, and Lustig is currently the best defensive full-back in Sweden.

Therefore, after he came up, the Swedish team was fixed in a four-back formation and no longer changed to a three-back formation.

The last time, Marcus Berry was used to replace captain Ibrahimovic.

The Swedish veteran scored one goal and one assist in this game, and his contribution to this team is real!
And even if the data is aside, his role as a fulcrum in the frontcourt, attracting firepower, and motivating young players on the field are all irreplaceable.

He is even more like a god in the eyes of Swedish fans!

Therefore, when Ibrahimovic was off the field, almost all the Swedish fans on the scene gave the veteran applause warmly.
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Beep~beep~beep~~~
"With the whistle of the referee, this European Cup semi-final is officially over!!"

The on-site commentator loudly announced the result at the moment the whistle blew, and on the field, everyone in the Swedish team rushed into the field in one fell swoop, celebrating their entry into the final of the European Cup!
In history, the Swedish team reached the final of the World Series only once.

That was in the distant year of 1958. At the World Cup held in China at that time, the Swedish team marched all the way to the final, but lost to Brazil and finished second. This is also the most impressive record in the country's football history.

In addition, the Swedish team also won the third place twice in the 1950 World Cup in Brazil and the 1994 World Cup in the United States.

In the history of the European Cup, the Swedish team's best record was in 1992, which was also held on home soil.

They reached the semi-finals all the way, but unfortunately they lost to Germany 2:3 in the semi-finals, which resulted in the failure to stage the "Nordic Derby" with Denmark in the final.

However, it can also be seen that in the early 90s, the Swedish team with Brolin and Dahlin as the core was still very strong, and it can be said to be Sweden's "golden generation".

But now, this Swedish national team, which doesn't look so "golden", has made history!

Under the leadership of Pan Yi, they reached the final of the European Cup for the first time in history!

"Let us congratulate the Swedish team, they finally reached the final of the European Cup for the first time, this is the reward they deserve!"

"Pan Yi's team's performance in this European Cup is getting better and better. This team is improving in almost every game, and every game has an impressive performance."

"This gives us enough reason to have confidence in this team. I believe they will be able to bring sufficient threats to Portugal led by Ronaldo in the final!"

"This semi-final was very intense and there were many exciting scenes, but it was more about the confrontation and strategizing at the tactical level by the coaches of the two teams."

"Obviously, Pan Yi defeated Didier Deschamps. The Swedish team had an advantage on the scene and fully grasped the direction of the game when the strength of the lineup was not as good as that of France, and there was even a big gap."

"The Swedish team is very comfortable switching between four backs and three backs. Both offense and defense have shown strict organization and discipline. remodel."

"Of course, this may also benefit from the inherent teamwork attitude and discipline of the Nordic teams. It's hard to imagine an African team can do this..."

"However Didier Deschamps was able to bring the already conflicted French team to the semi-finals, which is already commendable. Especially the players in the team are mostly in the golden period of their careers, whether it is Giroud, Griezmann, or Kante , Pogba, including Mbappe, who has emerged at Chelsea in the past two years..."

"Therefore, we can look forward to their performance in the World Cup two years later, when they may be more mature and stronger!"

"As for Pan Yi, we have nothing to say. He was able to lead the Swedish team, which was not favored before the game, to the final after being placed in the death group and falling into the death half."

"Based on this alone, Pan Yi has already lived up to his reputation. But I believe that all fans, including me, hope that he can bring us more surprises in the final against Portugal. "

While the on-site commentator was talking, Pan Yi walked into the stadium smiling all the way under the tracking and shooting of the live TV camera. He kept high-fiving the players of the Swedish team, but he never stopped his pace.

I saw him walking all the way from one side of the stadium to the other, shaking hands with the players of the French team, especially hugging his proud disciple Kanter.

Due to the loss, Kanter's face was of course not very good-looking.

But when he saw his mentor coming, of course he forced a grin, and then they hugged each other.

Then, Kanter suddenly brought his mouth to Pan Yi's ear:

"Boss, Pogba said that today's loss was due to the powerful mage you invited. Is this true?"

Pan Yi was taken aback, and when he turned his head to look, he saw Pogba not far away was still looking up towards the stands, as if he was looking for something.

Pan Yi first shook hands with Kanter, then approached curiously, and heard Pogba muttering:

"Damn, it must be hiding somewhere to cast a spell... The managers of this stadium are not clean..."

Pan Yi followed Pogba's gaze, and it turned out that he was looking at the positions of his two monks and priests!
Hearing what he said again, Pan Yi probably guessed what happened.

I'm sorry, since he arranged these two extras to the stadium, he almost forgot about it. I didn't expect Pogba to think about it all the time, and put aside the wits and courage!
Pan Yi smiled secretly, but his face was still serious, and he patted Pogba's shoulder lightly: "They are indeed not in the stands anymore."

Pogba turned around, startled at first, but still asked curiously: "Then they... can still cast spells without being in the stands?"

"Yes, haven't you heard that Sun Wukong can walk thousands of miles with a single somersault? Of course, it's no problem to cast spells from a distance." Pan Yi nodded solemnly:
"You know nothing about the mysterious power from the east!"

(End of this chapter)