I just wanted to play football, but I became a Hollywood god

The two starting center backs of Everton are No. 5 Dutch international "Beauty Helen" Johnny Heitinga.

Although he is nicknamed Beauty, Haitinga is actually very ugly.

But personality factors aside, Heitinga's defense is very strong.

Heitinga debuted at Star Factory Ajax. He is characterized by fierce defense, fierce confrontation, and good positioning. As a central defender, he even has a certain assist ability.

Heitinga is not fast, but has quick reactions. He can not only play as a central defender, but also as a right back, midfielder and defensive midfielder.

His shortcomings come entirely from his character. He has a great temper and is often unable to control himself when playing on the court.

Ajax coach Basten's biggest headache is how to appease Heitinga's violent mood on the court.

In the end, the problem was solved like this: reluctantly selling Heitinga.

In fact, with Heitinga's ability, he could have become a world-class defender, but his emotional control ability delayed him.

Heitinga's worth could have reached the level of a first-class star, but a shocking accident that occurred in the 2006 World Cup directly led to the fact that almost no club was willing to take Heitinga.

It was the quarter-finals of the 06 World Cup. The Netherlands played against Portugal. At that time, Portugal's world-class star Ricardo Carvalho (former Shanghai SIPG player) was injured and fell to the ground. The Portuguese players took the initiative to kick the ball. out of the sideline so Carvalho could get treatment.

According to the ethics of competitive sports, when the game resumes, although the Dutch team should have the ball, the Dutch team should return the ball to the Portuguese team. After all, the Portuguese team was in an offensive state just to help Carvalho's treatment. Just stopped the attack.

The Dutch team should have pushed the ball into Portugal's backcourt and allowed Portugal to reorganize its attack.

However, the Dutch team gave the ball to their own player Heitinga, but Heitinga did not kick the ball out of the sideline or return it with his big foot. Instead, he headed forward with the ball!
At first, none of the Portuguese players reacted. They took it for granted that the Dutch would not play hooligans with them.

By the time the Portuguese players reacted, Heitinga had already dribbled the ball past half-court and advanced directly into Portugal's penalty area. The Dutch players also followed up, preparing for a fast break.

They are all old capitalist hooligans. How can Portugal stand this anger?
Portugal's Brazilian Deco gave full play to the tough style of South American players and directly tackled Heitinga from behind.

Deco's action was too obvious, and the referee Ivanov immediately showed Deco a yellow card.

In fact, Deco's shoveling from behind would have definitely resulted in a red card, but the referee probably took into account Deco's extenuating circumstances, so he showed no mercy.

But just because of this extremely controversial yellow card, players on both sides were dissatisfied.

The Portuguese believes that giving Deco a yellow card means that the Dutch team got a free kick in the frontcourt, and this free kick should not have happened.

The Dutch team thinks, Fake, how dare you mess with me, the Dutch?Don’t you know the combat effectiveness of our Dutch team?
As a result, the already strong smell of gunpowder on the court exploded instantly, and the players on both sides became more and more active.

The Dutch Windmill three-man team went into battle, and the villain De Jong kicked him in the chest, and the entire stadium staged a full-scale brawl!
In the end, even the gentle referee Ivanov lost his mind. In that game, Ivanov showed a total of 4 red cards and 16 yellow cards, almost every player had cards!

Players who didn't get cards even felt sorry for their home fans!
That game was also the game with the highest card draw rate in the history of the World Cup.

The referee Ivanov also became famous in one battle and became the referee who played the most cards in the World Cup.

And Heitinga, the initiator of this chaos, also received a nickname-Beautiful Helen.

In the myth of hope, it was precisely because Helen, the Spartan princess, eloped with the Trojan prince that led to the 10-year Trojan War.

Also since the 06 World Cup, Heitinga's value has plummeted.

Fortunately, Everton doesn't care.

After Heitinga went through the major twists and turns in his life, his temper also calmed down a lot.

Everton's other centre-back is player No. 6, Filip Jagaiuka.

Jagiewka is Polish, but has lived in England since childhood and holds dual nationality of England and Poland.

In the end, Yagaiuka chose England International and became the international player of the England team.

Yagaiuka came out of the Sheffield United youth academy and started his career with Sheffield United.

Yagaiuka's marking, positioning, tackling, heading, speed, burst, anticipation, and physical fitness are all top-notch.

In addition to playing as a central defender, he can also play as a full-back, defensive midfielder, midfielder, winger, attacking midfielder, shadow forward, center forward, and... goalkeeper.

Yes, Jagaiuka can play as a goalkeeper in an emergency, and it is not a ticket, but a goalkeeper in official Premier League games.

It was the 06 season. Jagaiuka was still playing for Sheffield United at the time. They faced the powerful Arsenal team at home. Because the goalkeeper was injured and there was no substitute goalkeeper, Jagaiuka directly put on the goalkeeper gloves and played in the game. Under the fierce attack of the Gunners, they managed not to miss a goal!
From this perspective, the goalkeeper who has conceded the fewest goals in the Premier League is by no means a goalkeeper, nor is it Edwin van der Sar, nor is he Hart or his ilk, but is Jagiage Uka - a 24% clean sheet rate.Everton's goalkeeper is the 31-year-old veteran Tim Howard, No. 191, the United States national goalkeeper. He is 88cm tall and weighs [-]kg.

Tim Howard joined Manchester United in 03 and his performance has been remarkable. In the 06 season, Manchester United bought Edwin van der Sar, and Howard rarely had the opportunity to play. Therefore, in 07, Howard was loaned to Egypt. Fulton.

In the 07 season, Howard played 26 times for Everton, including 11 clean sheets. Therefore, he was appreciated by head coach Moyes, and Howard officially transferred to the Everton Club.

Howard's characteristics are very obvious. He is good at directing defense, has one-on-one ability, and is super capable of saving one-on-one penalties.

Howard's most impressive game was when he saved his former teammate Manchester United's "Charming Brother" Berbatov and his former teammate "The World's First Guard" in the penalty shootout in the 09 FA Cup semi-finals. Ferdinand's two penalty kicks eliminated Manchester United and ended their dream of five crowns early.

In general, this Everton is definitely a team that is both offensive and defensive.

Everton currently ranks seventh in the Premier League, second only to Tottenham Hotspur, and is also very hopeful to enter the big6 region this season.

Therefore, Moyes also hid many main players in this EFL Cup knockout match.

beep!
With the whistle of the referee on duty, Southampton's away game against Everton in the fourth knockout round of the EFL Cup officially began!

Southampton took the lead.

Saints fans waved team flags crazily and cheered for Southampton.

The Red Army fans in Liverpool also held up photoshopped photos of Gu Ran and cheered loudly for Gu Ran.

The Everton Toffees booed wildly.

At the beginning, Southampton played very conservatively. The ball was first given to Lambert backwards, and then they made a triangle pass between Lambert, Lallana and Schneiderlin to find Everton's opening. .

This is also Southampton's usual strategy when playing against strong teams.

However, the Everton team is not a strong team in the general sense, but a strong team in the Premier League.

Everton directly pressed up high and strangled Southampton's ball carrier in the midfield.

Especially when Lallana got the ball, Fellaini directly collided sideways.

Lallana couldn't stand up to the tall Fellaini and could only force the ball forward before losing his balance.

Gurley had to retreat to get the ball, but Arteta had already predicted Lallana's passing route and intercepted Lallana's pass in advance.

After Arteta got the ball, he advanced steadily.

Everton's players quickly penetrated into Southampton's half.

Arteta flexibly controlled the ball and prevented Gurley from counterattacking, while quickly observing the situation on the left, center and right.

When Schneiderlin on the right also rushed up to assist Gurley in grabbing the ball, Arteta flexibly dunked and looked to his right, but at the same time, he distributed the ball to his left, that is, The open position behind Schneiderlin.

Everton's left midfielder No. 7 Ziniyar Villaletinov did not step forward to receive the ball, but leaned towards the center to protect the ball.

Everton's No. 3 left back Leighton Baines quickly ran up the side, got the ball immediately, and went straight to Southampton's right wing!

Everton's tactical play is very clear, which is to avoid Southampton's advantage on the left and attack Nanganpu's weak right.

When Baines dribbled the ball forward, Fellaini still maintained his midfield position, while Arteta, who had just organized the attack, quickly moved forward without anyone noticing.

Arteta's movement seems to be unorganized, and he does not run towards the attacking midfielder position, but runs along Southampton's space.

Basically, wherever there is space, Arteta will run to it.

At this time, Southampton's defensive center is on its own right and center, so Arteta runs to the open area to the left of the center.

Gu Ran stared at Arteta's running. As soon as he saw Arteta penetrating to the left, Gu Ran immediately shrank to the same area.

Baines broke into the 30-meter area of ​​Southampton's half. Under heavy siege, he knocked back to Fellaini who was supporting him. Fellaini did not pause and hit another horizontal knock to the weak area on the left. Arteta here!
Everton's offensive passing performance is very eye-catching!
Lambert rushed back to intercept Arteta, but Arteta had already predicted it, stopped and passed Lambert beautifully!

Just when Arteta was about to get rid of Lambert completely and pass the ball to Jermaine Beckford, Gu Ran attacked with a violent aesthetic and blocked Arteta's breakthrough. aisle!

Arteta couldn't help but let out a breath of cold air!
A second ago, he predicted that Gu Ran would come across to intercept, but he never expected that Gu Ran would come so fast and so fiercely!
Arteta couldn't withstand Gu Ran's strong physical confrontation and was about to lose his balance!
At this time, no matter how high your golf quotient is, it is of no use!
... (end of this chapter)