Football: The king of midfield, Guardiola is crying with envy

Chapter 150

Today's referee is the Turkish Kuneiit Cakir.

Since this guy became an international referee in 2006, there has been no end to the discussion about his controversial penalties.

The most controversial one was a Champions League group match between Atletico Madrid and Milan in 2023.

Atletico Madrid player Lemar touched the ball with his hand and then hit Milan player Kalulu's hand. This obvious offensive foul was actually judged as a handball for Milan!

Eventually, Milan was killed by a penalty kick!

And there were quite a few controversial penalties in this game. It was far-fetched to change Kessie's two yellow cards to one red card in the first half.

In the locker room, Southgate also reminded the players to pay attention to the referee's standards.

After all, I don't know if he will have a seizure today.

In fact, before becoming an international referee, Cakir's penalties were fine, and his whistles in the Turkish Super League were also remarkable.

However, it is really hard to understand that he can be blind in the era of VAR.

The relevant operation is comparable to the Fantastic Four.

"Beep!"

With the referee's whistle, the game officially began!

England continued its usual ball-holding offensive style.

Hungary did not press high at the beginning, but changed from 3421 to 541, and first deployed the bus at Wembley.

Zolt and Nego are defenders themselves, and the two of them are very fast in positioning and defense.

For the Three Lions, Mings partnered with Rice to play as a double defensive midfielder, freeing Chen Chen and Foden to move forward to participate in the attack.

So now the England team's formation should be 3241.

In fact, Guardiola uses this formation more.

When attacking, De Bruyne and Chen Chen will rush to both sides of the center, and the two wingers will be involved and connected on the wing.

Today Hungary did not plan to speed up at the beginning, and so did England.

Therefore, in the first fifteen minutes, the number of dangerous shots on both sides can be said to be very few, and the possession of the ball is an astonishing 82-to-1!

17th minute of the game.

England gets a throw-in on the left.

Luke Shaw throws the ball.

He hands the ball to Mings who is ahead.

Mings has been doing very well recently at Aston Villa, especially in the sixth round against Manchester United. The central defender combination of Mings and House made Ronaldo and Greenwood suffer.

In that game, the Portuguese performed very badly.

Of course, Greenwood was just as bad.

On social platforms, many fans are scolding Solskjaer for not having the courage to make substitutions. One Ronaldo, one Greenwood, never make substitutions!

In this regard, Lippi has set an example for all coaches.

When playing against the United States in the 2006 World Cup, Lippi decisively replaced Totti with Gattuso, removed the front players, and replaced them with midfielders when there was one less player.

Talk about attacking after stabilizing the defense of the back waist and corner kicks.

The same is true when Manchester United plays against Aston Villa. The Red Devils should make substitutions immediately to make adjustments.

Moreover, Solskjaer's situation is better. He only needs to make substitutions in the frontcourt.

Real Madrid made substitutions in the backcourt when they were one man short, which is a very courageous thing to do.

After all, Italy has not yet qualified. If the Americans continue to score one goal, it will be over.

Because you lack offensive players in the frontcourt, the subsequent offensive pressure cannot be given in place, so what about equalizing or winning?

Fortunately, the Italians withstood the pressure.

Back to the topic.

After Mings got the ball, he was ready to find Kane in front, but Soboslai moved quickly.

The Hungarian rushed over immediately.

After a series of operations, Soboslai grabbed the ball.

Just when the Leipzig midfielder was about to start with the ball, Rice ran diagonally and tackled Soboslai to the ground with the ball.

The ball came to Chen Chen's feet.

Just as Chen Chen was about to speed up with the ball forward, Cakir blew the whistle, indicating a foul.

The Turk gave Rice a warning.

Rice was stunned for a moment!

No, I cleared the ball so cleanly, and you gave me a warning?

Chen Chen was also very surprised by this.

He saw it clearly from a closer point, there was no problem!

The English fans booed at Wembley!

Southgate on the sidelines also found it difficult to understand.

Southgate appealed to the fourth official.

On the football field, a warning from the referee is considered half a yellow card.

Before receiving a verbal warning, if Rice really made a more extreme move later, this warning could help him avoid a yellow card.

But now it’s not possible, Rice’s next foul will definitely get a yellow card.

The big screen on the scene began to replay the tackle just now.

The picture shows that Rice touched the ball first and then touched Soboslai. Although the distance between them was not large,This was a clean tackle!

It was wrong to call a foul!

Kane came over to negotiate with the referee, but Cakir ignored him.

Cakir insisted on his decision.

He awarded Hungary a set piece.

Because the distance was too far, Hungary did not go to the Three Lions penalty area, but pushed a low ball and advanced from their own half.

The game continued.

21st minute.

Chen Chen passed Kane.

The British captain's long shot hit Schaefer's arm!

There was a refraction!

Kane quickly raised his hand to indicate that there was a handball foul!

But the referee did not blow the whistle, but signaled the game to continue.

Zhan Jun and Zhang Lu in the studio were surprised!

From the broadcast lens, this ball was relatively close to the body.

But for fairness and justice, you, the referee, should go and see VAR!

This is really puzzling.

Southgate on the sidelines also found it difficult to understand.

He immediately walked over to complain to the fourth official.

The fourth official said that everything was legal and reasonable and there was no problem.

Nanmen could only walk away after cursing.

24th minute.

Keczkesh took the ball and looked for Adam Nagy.

Soboslai and Roland Szalai in front immediately ran forward.

Roland Szalai received the pass from Adam.

Then Szalai chose to knock horizontally and look for No. 7 Nego who inserted on the right.

Nego is 29 years old this year, but he still has some skills.

Facing Luke Shaw, Nego was very calm.

After slowly dribbling forward for a few seconds, Nego seized the time and pushed the ball to the left!

Then he immediately pulled the ball back and walked to the right!

Luke Shaw was shown a lot.

This aroused Luke Shaw's competitive spirit.

Manchester United's left back took two steps at a time and came up to him, and the two began to physically confront each other.

While Nego was pulling with Luke Shaw, he cut inside and broke into the penalty area.

Mings came to assist, and Nego ran to the bottom line with the ball.

Before the ball went out of the bottom line, Nego picked the ball into the penalty area!

Unfortunately, the pass hit the open arm of Luke Shaw who was crossing with Mings!

Nego and Szalai, who witnessed everything, quickly raised their hands to indicate that there was a handball foul!

The referee Cakir blew the whistle and pointed to the penalty spot with a firm gaze!

"Wuhu!"

The Hungarian fans who had traveled with the team burst into fierce cheers!

Penalty! The penalty is coming!

The English players who were close immediately surrounded the referee and began to argue with Cakir.

But the referee did not listen to any explanation. Cakir just pointed his finger outside the penalty area line, indicating that everyone should leave the penalty area.

"Oh!"

"Penalty + yellow card!"

"Cakir showed Luke Shaw a yellow card!"

"Let's watch the replay."

"Handball, no problem. But why didn't the referee look at Schaefer's suspected handball in the penalty area just now?"

"If Cakir thinks there is no problem, he should look at VAR and give everyone an explanation."

"Now he directly awards a penalty without looking at it. Is this suspected of inconsistent standards of punishment?"