Backs Stones, England out of 4231, Guéhi , Trippier, Walker, Rice backs, Arnold, Bellingham attacking midfield, wings Foden, Saka, HarryKane forwards.
Defenders Milenkovi, Serbia Exit 361 ?Veljkovi?, Pavlovi?, wingback Kosti ?ivkovi? ?ivkovi?, Gudelj midfielder, Luki?, Milinkovi attacking midfielder? -Savi?, Vlahovi?, striker Mitrovi?
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The game started with England playing very carefully, slowly controlling the tempo, and the Serbian side didn't force the ball for a strong attack, it looked calm, on 12 minutes Walker on the English side played a straight pass from the right, Saka crossed, Pavlovi?shoveled and met the ball, but the ball still formed a cross. At this point Bellingham went straight into the middle of the field to catch Veljkovi?before the roof of the ball went straight into the six-yard box for the lead.
The goal was sloppy by the Serbian defense, HarryKane started a diagonal run before the pass, taking away Milenkovi?and Veljkovi?didn't realize that his center back teammate in front of him was out of position and didn't notice that Bellingham was already charging up, Bellingham is taller at 186 than Veljkovi?s taller at 188 didn't lose, and as a result the ball made it easy for Bellingham to rise.
After the goal, England started to look confident. He had expected Serbia to start attacking frantically. In the past, they had both been of the more impatient and charging type. However, Serbia were relatively calm in this game, perhaps because it was still early. Serbia started to press the England midfield and his body movements started to be a bit too much, but England still had chances to create.
However, on 19 England had the ball at the back of the pitch and Serbia came up to press him. As a result, Arnold doesn't stop when he stops the ball. To correct him, he tries too hard and turns into Serbia. ivkovi?gets and gives a kick to Mitrovi next to him? rushes into the box and shoots
The goal didn't go in, but it was scary because Mitrovi? didn't seem to have a lot of spin at the waist, but the ball was fast. If you have a goal, you have a chance to get in.
At this point Serbia noticed that if England were under pressure at the back they would get nervous, so they started to get two wingers forward to densify the midfield, and it had an immediate effect, and even though Serbia didn't create a lot of attacking play, England were heavily harassed, and the ensuing attacking form wasn't good.
Then playing the half, you notice that Foden has disappeared, there are hardly any images of him with the ball, but it seems that the midfield stealing part is not very active, while Saka on the right side is the main attacking channel, but Serbia is gradually tightening up their defense against him. If you look closely, the second half of the first half has evolved into Pavlovi? s one-on-one with Saka and he was standing back and waiting for Saka so he wasn't going to be slipped behind by Saka, but offside.Kosti before the end of the first half? was injured and replaced by Mladenovi?
Serbia started the second half more aggressively, clearly increasing the pressure and being more aggressive on the wings. In the first half, they played more conservatively. As a result, England could attack on the wings. It didn't seem to go well for England in the second half after Serbia pushed forward on the wings.
Serbia launched a 52-minute attack, Vlahovi?cut the ball to the left from the center of the box, and then England tried to counterattack. It was meant to be passed back to Saka who received the ball. not expecting Serbian center back Pavlovi to ? Directly rushed to the front, cut off his ball, killed the top of the penalty area, and then there is this picture. You can see that Serbia let Pavlovi?s direct stare at Saka, from the defensive position to the offensive position, because Serbia has determined that England's left Foden is very ineffective, attacking the ball are passing to Saka, so simply let Pavlovi?s leave the defensive position, boldly cut off the ball of Saka.
As you can see, Saka is 178 but Pavlovi?194, a height difference of 16 centimeters between the two, and Pavlovi?is not slow, as Saka was consistently beaten by Pavlovi?for the rest of the fight. blocking, Pavlovi?who had a lot of body contact moves. Although he didn't foul, Saka had a hard time catching the ball because of his height and long arms and legs. As soon as he catches the ball, he's covered by Pavlovi. Serbia switched to Mladenovi?a defender who kept an eye on Saka, which gradually took England out of the attack.
