Before the knockout stage, England were studying Ecuador, an opponent, which was definitely a strange team for England.

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Ecuador’s football started around 191, and they have never achieved good results in international competitions. In 1938, the Copa America lost to Peru by a 9-1 margin.
The Ecuadorian club team has not performed well in international competitions.
However, after entering the 1st century, the level of football in Ecuador has made remarkable progress. In 2000, Ecuador entered the World Cup finals for the first time in history. In the Korea-Japan World Cup, Ecuador lost Italy and Mexico 1-0, but in the last game, it defeated Croatia 1-0 and won the first World Cup.
Now it is their second time to participate in the World Cup.
Entering the World Cup twice in a row proves Ecuador’s success, and now they can qualify in the group, which is also a great honor. Many people have analyzed the reasons why Ecuador can enter the World Cup finals, and maybe play the World Cup South American qualifier with them. Quito is the home of Ecuador, and the 85-meter plateau is an important magic weapon, but it is not the only magic weapon.
Ecuador had never crossed the line before the 1994 World Cup, and France and Bolivia, the home of the plateau at an altitude of 36 meters, brought the opportunity to qualify after the 1994 World Cup. These are the best proofs.
And Ecuador’s football body has made considerable progress, which is a sure thing.
It is undeniable that Ecuador’s football fanaticism is rich in stars, and South America is one of the best. Now it is their harvest season, and the team has many excellent stars. It is said that they still have young Suarez who didn’t follow the team to the World Cup. It was the first day of Ecuador’s football, but he was too young. Before the World Cup, coach Suarez finally put this talent in the country.
Ecuadorians believe that the country can’t produce a good coach, which has long restricted its football development.
In South America, public opinion holds the same view, not only in Ecuador and South America, but also in two or three other countries. Although this view is quite extreme, today Ecuadoreans owe their qualification for two World Cups to Colombian coaches.
Three Colombian coaches have coached Ecuador successively, and they have really helped this country’s football to create miracles.
In 1996, former Colombian coach Maturana coached Ecuador for one year and laid some foundations, but he didn’t make great achievements in 1999. In 1999, another former Colombian coach came to Ecuador, and he was later honored as Ecuador’s national hero Gomez, and Gomez Jie entered the World Cup finals for the first time.
But Gomez also became a contradictory figure.
The results of the Copa America team in four years seemed to prove that Ecuador was nothing when it reached the plateau, so Gomez resigned voluntarily, although the Ecuadorian Football Association tried to keep him. After Gomez resigned, his assistant and Colombian Suarez took over the coach and led the team to the finals again.
It has been ten years since Colombian football fell from its peak, but this national coach has succeeded in Ecuador. Of course, this does not prove that Ecuadorians are more suitable for playing football. There are many social factors for the decline of Colombian football, but it is proved that Ecuadorians are suitable for playing football, such as the harsh environment.
In terms of ethnic origin, Ecuadoreans are similar to Bolivia and Peru in Indian descent, which seems to be more important in practice. It seems that all colored people except yellow people are very suitable for playing football, and mixed-race people have a strong ability to master this skill, especially in Brazil, Colombia and Ecuador.
Ecuador’s victory over Brazil and Argentina in the World Cup qualifiers is very unusual.
This is Ecuador.
A team that seems to be unknown but somewhat shocking has defeated Brazil and Argentina in the qualifiers, Poland and Costa Rica in the group stage, and now they meet England.
The media is still full of expectations for the England team.
Although Owen was injured and couldn’t participate in the next game, Owen didn’t perform well in the group stage. The media didn’t expect much from him. They expected Zhang Tiehan to continue to perform, Rooney to break out and Beckham to bring surprises.
These three men are Eriksson’s magic weapon to win.
No doubt
Zhang Tiehan’s performance in the group stage was crazy, and the efficiency of six goals in three games made all the soft media who doubted whether he would make it to the World Cup shut up. He is the top scorer of England and even the top scorer of the World Cup. No one can deny this. He is naturally the magic weapon for England to win.
Rooney is also expected.
Rooney scored a goal in the group stage, but considering that he has just returned from injury, it is good to score a goal in two games. The media and fans are expecting Rooney to get better and better.
Beckham has always been the "magic" of England’s victory.
How many times did England win the game with David Beckham’s intention? This is’ a trick to eat all over the world’. This is David Beckham. He can always score goals with his intention and can give great support to the frontcourt with a long ball on the right, but David Beckham is also the most suspected of the three because his performance in the group stage can be said to be a mess, except for one goal.
There is still a lot of pressure on Beckham Eriksson.
There is no doubt that the English media and fans are very picky, especially now that the English team is the most expensive player in the world. With these many stars, the natural strength should be quite strong. This is a problem that people will think of when they form a team with a large number of stars. If they don’t play well, it is quite big with the head coach.
Eriksson has been criticized a lot since he took the helm, especially since the "Emirates Gate" incident, the name of Swede Eriksson has been at the forefront of the British media.
The England team has entered the knockout stage with a strong result of three wins in the group stage, but the demanding English fans and journalists still have not let him go. What makes Eriksson even more depressed is that this large-scale "anti-Egypt" wave originated from captain Beckham.
In fact, as early as before the first match against Paraguay in the group stage, including Jeff Hurst, the hero of England’s championship in 1966, many football celebrities and experts suggested that Eriksson remove Beckham from the main team.
Hurst said that "the English team’s current attack organization is weak, and Beckham’s control of the right wing is even more stagnant."
However, the stubborn Eriksson did not waver in his decision to let Beckham play the full 18 minutes, but in fact, the performance of the England captain was not convincing. In the second match of the group stage against Trinidad and Tobago, Beckham only made eight effective passes, which was not half as much as another midfielder Lampard.
Experts from the media accused Beckham of being full of confidence, and all the criticism should be directed at Eriksson.
The Swede was on pins and needles, and finally he couldn’t hold back. He retorted at the press conference, "In order to make England go to the championship road, I will do whatever it takes to lead the situation to the good side. Of course, Beckham is not irreplaceable."
Maybe he was really confused by anger. A very inappropriate metaphor expressed his attitude. "I didn’t marry Beckham!" "
Eriksson told reporters that his attitude towards the captain and other players was different. "On the table, in the bus, in the stadium or in the training ground, Beckham didn’t have the special skills."
This is also the only thing Eriksson said before the game.
From the outside world, this game is quite suspenseful, because Ecuador has performed very skillfully in the group stage, and the big loss to Germany is to ensure the strength. This English team Ecuador game will not be one-sided
Objectively speaking, there is not much feud between the two opponents in this game. Perhaps the only Ecuadorian team that can be related to England is playing for Aston Villa Delacruz. Of course, before the big game, Delacruz will give the coach and teammates some information about the England international.
The strength shown by England in the group stage is not convincing.
Eriksson is much less stressed than Ecuador coach Suarez. He has already achieved the best result in Ecuador’s history. Losing to England’s Suarez is still glorious. If we beat England, Ecuador will become the biggest dark horse in the World Cup.
This relaxed attitude is more conducive to Suarez’s on-the-spot command and the biggest threat to the English team. Don’t forget that this Colombian is characterized by three substitutions in each game, which makes a lot of "reasonable fouls" to stop opponents from attacking. He also encourages all the players to participate in the attack, making the field full of "scorers".
On the other hand, ericson is not so relaxed. This game is almost something he must win.
The Sun sarcastically said, "Look what he has done now? Eriksson announced to the outside world that Beckham might be replaced, refuting the ridicule that the two of them were simply "husband and wife"
At this time, the England team is making final preparations.
Two days before the match day, England began to train for penalty kicks, and maybe all teams will do the same. The arrival of the knockout stage means that the bayonet will fight hard.
After almost no unpopular group matches, all the big teams are ready for the hard battle. Every knockout match will be decided. Overtime and penalty will inevitably be played against England. The Dutch team, two European giants with penalty nightmares, will each usher in the first knockout match of the World Cup.