The sixth professional football player who started with Manchester United

Chapter 70 Fighting Croatia Again
目前世界杯欧洲区预选赛威尔士所在的A组比赛已经过去了四轮，比利时3胜1平积10分排在第一，第二的是2胜1平1负积7分的克罗地亚，而威尔士则是2胜2负积6分排在了第三，第四则是积4分的塞尔维亚，北马其顿积4分排在了第五，苏格兰2分位居小组最后一名。

According to the schedule, Wales will challenge Scotland away from home in the next two rounds, and then return home to meet Croatia again.

According to the current standings of this group, many media regard the meeting between Wales and Croatia as a life and death battle between the two sides.

Whoever wins this game will not only maintain the pressure on Belgium, but will also definitely affect the ranking of this group.

The time soon came to March 3. After nearly a week of preparation, the entire Wales team arrived at Hampton Park Stadium in Glasgow, Scotland. Today they will challenge Scotland here.

A civil war for the same British Isles.

However, compared to Wales, Scotland has entered the World Cup finals eight times in history, but the most recent one dates back to the 98 World Cup, and in the history of the World Cup, Scotland's eight World Cup trips all ended in the first round. Graduation from the group stage.

Scotland has never entered the World Cup finals since the 98 World Cup.

Always lingering on the periphery.

And this time the World Cup qualifiers are currently ranked last in the group, and the head coach Craig is also under a lot of pressure. The former Dundee team leader signed with Scotland for two and a half years. Coincidentally, His predecessor, George Burleigh, was fired because of his record before, and George Burleigh was the leader of Southampton before taking over as the head coach of the Scottish national team.

In recent years, the position of head coach of the Socrates national team has completely become an abyss for many people.

I have to say that this former European powerhouse is now really reduced to a fish belly.

However, for today's opponent, the Scots still feel that they have a good chance of winning at home, because at least in terms of the team's historical background, their little brother from Britain is much worse than him.

In an interview with reporters before the game, head coach Craig was also very confident about the performance of this game.

"I admit that we are already in a dangerous situation in this group, but I believe that there is still hope for everything. All I can think of for today's game is to win, get three points, and use this victory to blow my mind. Sound our call to fight back, that’s what we have to do today.”

Craig's words also boosted the Scots' confidence.

It's just that the Scots, whose eyes have always been stuck in the past, have ignored the true strength of the young Welsh team standing in front of them. You must know that in the eyes of many media, their predictions for this game are generally optimistic about Wales.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, the game kicked off with the referee's whistle.

Dabao also appeared in the starting lineup again.

With his performance in the first two rounds and his performance at Manchester United during this period, Dabao has now become the core of the team's midfield in the Welsh lineup.

Dabao also lived up to the trust of head coach Koeman.

Helping Wales open the door to victory soon after the game started.

In the 13th minute of the game, after Dabao directly stole the ball from his opponent's feet, he made a clever emergency stop and changed direction to get rid of the opponent's entanglement. Then, after taking a few steps forward, he made a precise long pass to the wing diagonally. Bell, who cut inside, lived up to Dabao's pass. He got rid of his opponent with direct speed and formed a one-on-one shot.

Then a push gave Wales the lead.

However, this has just begun for Scotland, and the disaster continues.

In the 24th minute of the game, Dabao suddenly dribbled the ball forward at high speed, and then after passing the center circle, he made a clever one-two pass with Joe Allen, which allowed Dabao not only to get rid of his opponent, but also created a space for shooting.

Naturally, Dabao would not miss such an opportunity.

The heavy artillery started, and a powerful long-range shot helped Wales gain a two-goal lead. After the goal was scored, the home team fans and Craig realized that the gap in strength between themselves and their opponents was far from the last time. When the two teams met, the final score was so simple.

The last time the two sides played in Wales, and in the end Scotland lost 1-2 to Wales. Although they lost, Wales did not have the upper hand in the scene, so this time when they came to their home court, Craig also showed Lost confidence in this game, but now half an hour has not yet arrived, and he is already behind by two goals.

This is nothing like what Craig imagined.

Just as Craig was racking his brains to think of how to change the current unfavorable situation, Wales scored again.

In the 31st minute of the game, when Bell was dribbling the ball on the left, he suddenly stopped suddenly and then dribbled the ball laterally. To get rid of it, the defense player also quickly made up the defense, and then directly brought Bell down with a sliding shovel.

Wales got a free kick in a good position, and this free kick is naturally a must for Dabao.

In the end, a round moon scimitar sent the ball into the Scottish gate again.

3-0, the first half lasted just over half an hour, and the score difference between the two sides became three goals.

The Scottish fans in the stands also shouted angrily that get out of class was over.

It's just that this goal was also the last goal for both sides in this game. In the following time, Scotland retreated across the board. They would rather not win than be slaughtered by their opponents. Faced with the opponent's style of play, they held the ball in their hands. Wales, who scored three goals, were naturally not in a hurry, so it can be said that the two sides only played for thirty minutes.

Wales beat Scotland 3-0.

It's just that although they won this game, the top three rankings in the group standings have not changed at all, because the top two Belgium and Croatia have won the game one after another.

Croatia beat Serbia 2-0 at home, while Belgium beat Macedonia 2-0 away.

But it is not without good news. The only good news for Wales is that it has widened the gap between itself and Serbia while not falling behind.

(End of this chapter)