Chapter 1961 Fast-paced

Zhang Qinghuan raised his arm to signal his teammates.

After the referee blew his whistle, he kicked the football from the corner flag to the goal after a run-up!

Both Hu Lai and Zhou Zijing in front of the goal were closely guarded by England players.

As two people who have played and are playing in the Premier League, England players are very familiar with them.

Wang Guangwei was also defended by England players because he is the captain of the Chinese team and the most famous of the three defenders of the Chinese team.

However, Zhang Qinghuan didn't give the ball to any of the above-mentioned people. The person who finally grabbed the point in the penalty area was another central defender, Liu Yan who is good at headers and frontal defense!

Liu Yan grabbed the spot through the cover of his teammates!

He headed the ball towards England's goal and it went over the bar in the final moments...

"Liu Yan! Great shot!"

Although it was not within the scope of the door frame, the commentator He Feng still spoke highly of it.

The praise is not only for Liu Yan, who headed the ball at the end, but also for the whole Chinese team. In this counterattack and corner kick attack, they not only showed a very high tactical quality, but also showed an excellent state.

The most important thing is that the players of the Chinese team were not intimidated in the face of England's attack after the opening.

Their performance was as usual, and it was completely invisible that this was the first World Cup knockout match in their lives.

This kind of performance made everyone willing to ignore that Liu Yan's ball missed the goal frame, and gave the Chinese team generous applause and encouragement.

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After Liu Yan pushed the football out of the baseline, the two central defenders, Wang Guangwei and Cai Shuyi, turned around and ran back immediately.

After Liu Yan hugged his head in regret, he also turned around and retreated.

They are central defenders, and they can't stay in the frontcourt to "sorrow the spring and sorrow the autumn".

After finishing the frontcourt set-piece attack, they must immediately return to their defensive position to guard against England's fast attack.

Sure enough, when they retreated, England's goalkeeper Tom Walker had already circled behind the goal and gestured to the ball boy to hand over the football to him.

The caddy also understood very well, and immediately threw the football to Walker, and then turned around to pick it up.

Walker, who got the ball, didn't even place the football on the line of the goal area. Instead, he just put it on the ground and made a long pass directly to the England teammates who were advancing.

Obviously, England's head coach Ryan Jackson specifically explained that the entire England team would have such a move. After the Chinese team had just kicked a corner kick, they quickly pressed forward collectively to attack.

This England is really different from the traditional strong teams.

After changing a head coach, he did not take the usual path.

They played more aggressively and with more courage.

While all the players were rushing forward, Pete Williams went backwards, dropping back to receive a pass from Tom Walker.

There are also people following him in the Chinese team. After all, Pete Williams is the core midfielder of the England team, and it is impossible for Dillon not to arrange someone to mark him.

But Dillon did not designate a specific person to be responsible for marking Pete Williams, but told the players that whoever is close to Pete should guard him.

Now the person closest to Pete Williams is Xia Xiaoyu.

So when Pete retreated to respond, it was Xia Xiaoyu who followed.

Pete turned his head to observe before catching the ball and saw Xia Xiaoyu.

So when the football flew towards him, he didn't stop the football at his feet.

Instead, he turns sideways while catching the ball, stopping the football sideways, and at the same time he moves sideways in the direction of the stop.

With such a simple action, Xia Xiaoyu was left behind!

"Beautiful stop to get rid of!" England commentator Matthew Cox cheered for Pete.

At the same time as getting rid of Xia Xiaoyu, Pete Williams also completed his turn. His back turned from facing the attacking direction to facing the attacking direction.

No need to make any more adjustments, he directly kicked a long diagonal pass and passed the football to Brad Pate, who was on the right side.

Brad Pate played for North London Wanderers. He is a rising star in the Premier League in the last two years. He has fast speed, strong breakthrough ability, and a strong threat on the wing.

Although he is only twenty-three years old, he has already become the main force in the England team by virtue of his outstanding strength.

While Pate was receiving the ball, Chen Xingyi posted it.

He is fast, and Chen Xingyi is also fast, Chen Xingyi can entangle the opponent with his speed.

Pate tried after he got the ball, but it didn't work. Seeing that there is no way to get rid of Chen Xingyi, he can only pass the football to the middle.

The catcher was Jay Adams.

Before catching the ball, he had already seen the space in the defense of the Chinese team. As the football rolled over, he stopped and made some adjustments, and quickly shifted the football to the left.

On the left, Marvin Stones is cutting diagonally into the left rib of the Chinese penalty area.

After receiving a pass from Jay Adams near the baseline, he snapped the ball back with the heel of his left foot while aligning his body.

The defense of the Chinese team was also very good. Liu Yan followed up in time and appeared in front of Stones when he adjusted the spike.

Stones adjusted slightly and moved the football, as if trying to break through Liu Yan.

But Liu Yan remained unmoved and remained stuck in front of him.

The striker, who played for Athletic Manchester, saw that he could not break through Liu Yan - he himself is not the kind of player who is good at dribbling through - so he chose to cross the middle.

Appearing in the middle is the captain of the team, midfielder Connor Kirk!

He directly inserted into the penalty area from behind in one breath, and after Stones pulled the side, he cameo as a center forward!

But he is a midfielder after all, and midfielders are allowed to have flaws in possession of the ball in the midfield, and it is not a problem to stop a little bit.

But in the penalty area, if you stop a little bit bigger, you will miss a chance to score!

When he was dealing with Stones' pass, he stopped a little bit, allowing Wang Guangwei, who was following him, to seize the opportunity and quickly destroy it!

After the football was shoveled out by him, it hit Kirk's outstretched leg, with a broken line, and flew outside the penalty area.

Carl Gregg, the left midfielder of Ingles, who happened to hit the edge of the penalty area, saw the football flying towards him, so he raised his left leg high reflexively, and stopped the football that was about to fly past.

Then he swung his left leg again and shot directly!

"Greg! Fight again!"

Cui Zexu appeared in front of him, blocking the bullet hole with his body!

The football hit his chest, rebounded and refracted, flew sideways across the penalty area, and flew to the right rib on the other side!

There it was Pete Williams!

"Pete! Shoot directly!"

Pete Williams volleys with his right foot without stopping the ball completely unmarked!

The football flew towards the goal of the Chinese team like a shell fired!

Although Lin Zhiyuan made a saving action, his action was still half a beat slow in front of Pete's powerful shot.

The football flew past him!

Then he slammed his head against the post behind him!

Before everyone could react, the football bounced back to Pete Williams' feet!

But this time he is not unmarked. In front of him are two Chinese players who blocked him just now, Ou Yangjin and Cai Shuyi.

Having lost his footing space, he chose to cross Connor Kirk in the middle.

Connor Kirk shoots without stopping the ball!

Wang Guangwei rushed up to block his shot, the football passed between his legs, but when he was about to break through, he was dragged behind by Wang Guangwei's right leg, rubbed it, and turned back!

Greg, who shot from outside the penalty area just now, has already entered the penalty area. Seeing the shot change, he immediately started to rush towards the football.

At the same time, Lin Zhiyuan also attacked from the goal and rushed towards the football!

In the end, Greg was the first to poke the ball. He poked the football towards the goal, and the goalkeeper Lin Zhiyuan, who was attacked in time, fell to the ground and blocked the baseline with his body!

"Wow! So dangerous! So dangerous!"

It wasn't until this time that the Chinese commentator He Feng in the stands let out a sigh of relief.

England's continuous offensive just now scared him so much that he could only make the most basic and simple explanation, and he had no time to say extra words.

Fans from both sides in the stands also exclaimed with every attack and defense.

It wasn't until the football flew out of the bottom line that everyone exhaled.

"This is England's best chance since the start of the game! But the Chinese team relied on united efforts to defend and let them return without success!" He Feng, who was relieved, immediately praised.

"England's continuous offense has made the Chinese team's defense in a hurry! Just play like this, we can break through their defense!" England commentator Matthew Cox did not criticize the performance of the England team because they did not score this time.

Judging from the ten minutes since the start of the game, the England team performed very well, and they quickly entered the game state.

What is there to criticize for such a performance?

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"The pace of this game is a bit fast..."

The pirate fans in the stands expressed such emotion.

Mantorres Alvared said: "This is the style of England. If there is an attacking opportunity, quickly pass through the midfield and hit the football as fast as possible to the opponent's 30-meter area. It is completely opposite to Spain."

The companions sighed.

Four years ago, when Spain won the World Cup by possession of the ball ~lightnovelpub.net~ everyone was praising their football, which is art and enjoyment.

But now only four years have passed, and Spain's possession of the ball has become the "culprit" that caused the team to be out of the group stage. It is a garbage tactic.

"England is attacking so fiercely, the Chinese team will not concede the ball first, will they?"

someone asked suddenly.

"It's also possible that England conceded the ball first?"

The companion replied.

The two sides played so openly in this game, to be honest, it doesn't matter who scores first.

Will England take the initiative if they score first?

If the Chinese team scores first, will the England team not be able to pull back?

Looking at the posture of the two teams, they both vowed not to give up without scoring a few more goals...

The game had only started for ten minutes, but everyone could smell the fishy smell in the air.

That is the unique smell when the rainstorm is approaching.

Although the sky is clear in Madrid right now.

(end of this chapter)