Chapter 1979 The Brave Wins

"Holly!"

Under He Feng's loud shout, Hu Lai completed a shot in the penalty area, and then he was knocked out by George Birx.

The football was saved by Tom Walker.

The Chinese fans in the stands booed and roared.

They thought Birx had fouled and the ball should be a penalty.

Since Wang Guangwei was sent off for handball at the last moment, Chinese fans have been full of anger and always want to find fault with England.

As long as the players of the two sides have physical contact and the players of the Chinese team fall to the ground, the Chinese fans in the stands will express their dissatisfaction with boos and curses.

Anyway, "FUCK" is not such a difficult word. Which Chinese fans who can go abroad to watch football can't say it?

The referee was not disturbed or pressured by the Chinese fans. He insisted on his penalty and did not call Birquez for a foul, nor did he give the Chinese team a penalty.

The ball was just a normal physical contact with Birx. The reason why Hu Lai lost his balance and fell out has nothing to do with how hard Birx used it. The main reason is that after he jumped up and shot, he had already thrown his center of gravity out. , I don’t want to maintain my body balance at all, so it’s easy to be knocked away…

Hu Lai himself didn't lie on the ground and roll around, asking the referee for a penalty.

After rolling around on the ground, he quickly got up and called his teammates to take a corner kick.

After the start of extra time, as planned by England coach Ryan Jackson, the England team retreated across the board, allowing the Chinese team to attack.

Therefore, the Chinese team's offensive was very fierce in the first half of the extra time, but because the England team placed a bus in front of the goal, the Chinese team's offensive was only thunderous and rainy, and they won't score.

After Zhou Zijing was removed, England players could put more defensive forces on Hu Lai, which also made it more difficult for the Chinese team to score goals.

The first half is coming to an end, the score is still 3:3.

Ryan Jackson was already thinking about second-half adjustments in overtime.

He replaced Jimmy Stokes for an exhausted Jay Adams in the first half of overtime, continuing to maintain control of the midfield while sharing the pressure on Pete Williams.

If Pitt's state is difficult to recover for a while, let Jimmy Stokes ensure the normal operation of the team.

But maybe the English players on the field are also starting to think about the counterattack in the second half, or maybe the brain can no longer maintain long-term concentration after a lot of physical exertion.

All in all, when Brad Pate cut inside to the center to receive the ball, he didn't stop Jimmy Stokes' pass to himself, and it took him a little longer to control the football.

After he controlled the ball, Ou Yangjin and Cai Shuyi had already approached him.

Pete panicked and hurriedly passed the football to the center, trying to pass it to his teammates.

He does have drop-back forward William Sutton in the direction of his pass, but Pate's pass is a little less powerful—he still gets distracted by Choi's close-up on the pass...

Qin Qi, who was originally defending on the penalty area line, made a decision the moment Pater passed the ball—he couldn't wait in place, but had to actively attack!

So he strode forward with one stride, stretched his leg and broke Pete's pass!

"Qin Qi! A beautiful steal! He was replaced at the end of the regular game time. He has plenty of energy and powerful movements. This steal is very fast!"

After stealing the ball, he passed the football to Xia Xiaoyu before Pete Williams pounced on him.

After passing the ball, he did not stay in place or retreat, but continued to advance resolutely.

Seeing Qin Qi's advance, Xia Xiaoyu passed the football back to him.

The two made a two-to-one hit-the-wall coordination.

England's central midfield was almost empty.

After Qin Qi received the ball, he took the ball with strides and rushed forward.

At the same time, the offensive players of the Chinese team also moved forward quickly.

Despite running for 105 minutes - more than that, because of the stoppage time - everyone pressed on.

Qin Qi could continue to dribble the ball, but he didn't. After taking two more steps, he chose to pass the football.

There are three routes left, middle and right, and he chose the left.

Because Chen Xingyi was on the left, and Johnson Law, who had no advantage in speed, was defending Chen Xingyi.

The current counterattack situation, of course, has to be considered in terms of speed.

"Qin Qi goes straight!"

Chen Xingyi turned his head and saw Qin Qi pass the football over. He couldn't help but give him a thumbs up in his heart, and at the same time speed up and run wildly.

In front of him is Johnson Law. He has already thought about it, and he will just throw the football out without stopping the ball.

But in order to deceive Lao, he still decided to slow down a little, and made a posture to stop the ball. Then when Lao also slowed down and intercepted the front, he suddenly waded the football out. Anyway, the back was full of space, wide enough to run a horse. He could waft the football ten meters away in one breath, and then chased it. With Lao's speed, he would definitely catch up. Not on him.

As a result, when Chen Xingyi slowed down, he saw that Johnson Law had turned sideways ahead of time, ready to chase back...

Obviously he had predicted Chen Xingyi's plan.

Hold!

Chen Xingyi's reaction was also very fast. Slowing down, he feinted a shot, and after making a fake move to pass the ball in a straight line, he used the inside of his left foot to move the football horizontally to the right. Cut the ball!

Walk!

Johnson Law didn't expect that Chen Xingyi would change his straight-line breakthrough to an inward cut. He had already turned around, so he could only continue to turn around and chase in the middle.

When he came around, Chen Xingyi had already rushed to him.

He started to pull.

It was opened by Chen Xingyi with a wave.

He tried to squeeze up with his body to interfere with Chen Xingyi's acceleration.

Chen Xingyi moved the football to the right side of his body and used his body to protect the football, but he didn't push it away.

Johnson Law, once the world's top full-back, has never been so weak.

In this game, he was almost blown away by the young Chen Xingyi. As long as he competed for speed, he basically never won...

But in the previous contests, even if he lost to Chen Xingyi, he still had his teammates in the middle to help him defend.

This time...if he lets Chen Xingyi break through, then the kid can directly dribble into the penalty area, single-handedly!

He can absolutely shoot.

And if England's central defenders come to defend him, then the center is empty, so he can pass the ball too...

This time he has no way out, and he will never let it go!

Thinking of this, Johnson Law started again, this time he grabbed the back of Chen Xingyi's jersey, even though the opponent waved back and patted his arm, he did not let go.

At the same time, he shoveled from the side and rear!

With Chen Xingyi separating the football with his body, he knew it would be difficult for him to tackle the football, but he did it anyway!

Sure enough, he didn't shovel the ball, but shoveled on the inside of Chen Xingyi's right foot from behind, and then pushed Chen Xingyi out like a bulldozer.

Chen Xingyi, who was about to forcibly accelerate, felt that his right foot was not stepping on the turf, but was moving uncontrollably. Then his upper body suddenly tilted to the left and tilted, and he lost his balance.

"ah!"

With a conditioned reflex, he let out a miserable cry, and fell flat, rolling in embarrassment under the influence of inertia...

The Pirate Park stadium erupted in an instant, boos that seemed to be able to pierce the eardrums!

"Foul! Foul! This is a back-shoveling foul! It's malicious! An immoral foul!" He Feng roared angrily.

Ten minutes ago, when Wang Guangwei blocked Pete Williams' shot with his hand, the England commentator criticized Wang Guangwei's foul as unsportsmanlike.

Now it's the Chinese narrator's turn to say the same lines...

And even angrier.

Because Johnson Law's foul not only destroyed Chen Xingyi's one-handed goal, but also very likely to shovel Chen Xingyi!

This is much dirtier and immoral than Wang Guangwei's deliberate handball foul just now!

From the standpoint of a neutral fan, which foul is more disgusting? Of course it is this!

"This ball..." Matthew Cox was stunned for a moment, and then a very bad thought filled his heart.

In his opinion, Johnson Law can't escape with a red card.

There was still a numerical advantage, but now the numerical advantage is gone, and the morale is not as good as the opponent... Is it possible that we, England, will lose this game? !

The fouled Johnson Law got up from the ground and defended himself reflexively. He made a "ball" gesture with both hands, indicating that he had scooped the ball...

But his rhetoric is obviously not convincing, and it is still in vain-in the VAR era, such serious fouls will definitely be judged with the help of VAR videos.

In fact, when the referee blew his whistle to stop the game and ran towards Johnson Law, the firm voice of the video referee team came from his earphones: "That was a very bad foul, he shoveled the Chinese player feet!"

While running, the referee put his hand into his pocket, and when he took it out again, a touch of red appeared in everyone's eyes.

"Red card! The referee sent off Johnson Lao with a red card! That's no problem, a shovel from behind is 100% a red card!" He Feng changed the subject, "We hope that Chen Xingyi will not have any serious problems, and will not be injured..."

Compared with Johnson Law being sent off with a red card, He Feng obviously cared more about Chen Xingyi.

He didn't get up immediately, the team doctor had already entered the field, and the stretcher followed.

The Chinese fans who watched this battle were frightened.

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"What the FUCK!"

When Ryan Jackson saw Lao shoveling towards Chen Xingyi, he couldn't help blurting out a bad word.

But he wasn't scolding Law.

Because in that situation, there was nothing wrong with Lao's foul. If he didn't foul, Chen Xingyun would break into the penalty area and go straight...

If you must scold, it may be Brad Pate who hastily passed the football down.

If it wasn't for his pass being intercepted by the Chinese team, how could there be so many things?

But he wasn't scolding Pate either.

He was cursing this **** fate.

The only favorite to win all three games in the group stage, but played so hard against the Chinese team in the round of 16!

Now that Johnson Law has been sent off, he has no substitutions.

There was a gap in the original four-man defense, and he had to adjust quickly to fill the gap.

For this reason, he can only let Brad Pate take it back and play a temporary guest right back.

Of course, this will affect the quality of the team's counterattack, but there is no way...

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Johnson Law was sent off with a red card, and luckily Chen Xingyi was injured in his foul, but it was not serious enough to continue the game.

"...Fortunately, he was shoveled directly, lost his balance when he made contact, and fell down, so in fact, the inside of his right foot was not shoveled, and no more serious injuries were caused. The situation is worse than that of Luo Kai in the Champions League. It was much better when I was injured in the middle..."

Yuan Bo, the head of the team doctor of the Chinese national team, told the head coach Jorge Dillon standing next to Chen Xingyi's specific injury through an interpreter Yu Jintao.

At this time, the first half of overtime is over, and the two sides are about to start the second half.

Chen Xingyi was not seriously injured, which is really good news.

But Dillon still hesitated, he knew that it was impossible to have no influence at all.

It's just that the Chinese team, which is already missing one player, will be really difficult if Chen Xingyi is sent off.

But he must now make a decision.

Should Chen Xingyi end, or...

Seeing Dillon's hesitation, Chen Xingyi said to him: "I'm fine, sir, I can continue the game. It was really painful at the beginning, but now it's recovered, it's not a big problem ..."

As he said this, he pinched the edge of the forefoot of his right foot with his hand, where Lao was shoveled.

It actually still hurt a little when I pinched it, but his expression didn't change, as if he really didn't feel it at all.

Even so, Chen Xingyi felt that he was very lucky, because it was not his ankle that was injured.

If it is an ankle, it is estimated that not only will he not be able to play for the remaining 15 minutes of this game, but he will also miss an unknown number of games...

Dillon finally made a decision to let Chen Xingyi return to the court to finish the remaining 15 minutes of the game.

But before letting him continue to play, Dillon still warned: "Don't force it, do what you can."

Chen Xingyi nodded, and then walked onto the court with other teammates.

The second half of overtime began.

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Seeing William Sutton swung his right leg in the penalty area, Cai Shuyi rushed up desperately. At the same time, he did not forget to put his hands behind his back to avoid giving the opponent a penalty.

The football was pulled out forcefully by Sutton, and then slammed into Cai Shuyi's chest. While knocking Cai Shuyi to the ground, he bounced high and landed outside the penalty area.

"Dangerous! Cai Shuyi! Beautiful! He blocked Sutton's shot with his body!"

Outside the penalty area, Gao Ruimin and Pete Williams competed for the second spot. With his back to the frontcourt, he still made a very difficult header and then made a clearance.

But the football was still taken by England-Jimmy Stokes grabbed the football landing, did not wait for the football to land, passed the football directly to the right, and gave the assist to Brad Pate!

He passed it here on purpose. Cai Shuyi was knocked to the ground just because of "blocking the hole of the gun", and he didn't get up immediately. That is the biggest loophole in the Chinese team's defense!

At this time, it is absolutely impossible to talk about sportsmanship with the Chinese team and take the initiative to kick football out...

As long as the referee doesn't stop the game, of course he has to keep attacking!

"careful!"

"Danger!"

"Chance!"

Amidst the exclamations of the commentators, Brad Pate dribbled the ball into the penalty area of ​​the Chinese team.

Cai Shuyi struggled to get up from the ground, wanting to rush up to defend again.

But when he just got up, a figure had passed by him and rushed towards Pete!

In addition, there was another figure who withdrew from outside the penalty area and rushed towards Pete as well.

The two of them stood in front of Pete.

Seeing that a breakthrough was impossible, Pete wanted to cross.

It's just that his hasty cross was blocked from the bottom line by the Chinese team player in front of him.

"Qin Qi blocked Pete's cross! Beautiful!"

Seeing Qin Qi block the football from the bottom line, Cai Shuyi lay down on the ground again, pressing his chest with a pained expression.

Ou Yangjin, who rushed back to defend with Qin Qi, knelt down beside him and asked with concern, "How are you, Lao Cai?"

Cai Shuyi waved his hand at him, and said feebly, "Let me...take a break..."

Qin Qi also turned around and asked him at this time: "Do you need a team doctor, Brother Cai?"

"No...no need." Cai Shuyi continued to wave his hands, "I'll slow down..."

He was suffocated by the front of the football just now, and he was a little out of breath. In fact, there is no major problem, it is really good to take it easy.

When Cai Shuyi lay down to catch his breath, the England fans in the stands expressed their dissatisfaction with huge boos - they thought that the Chinese team was delaying time and Cai Shuyi was diving.

Although the slow motion of Cai Shuyi blocking William Sutton's shot with his chest was shown on the big screen, they chose to turn a blind eye.

Fans are like this, they will not care about the pain of the opponent player like a saint when it is related to the life and death of their team...

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"One player from both sides was sent off, it was a tight game..."

"So far, there have been six goals in this game, including 'bottom-line unsolved cases', deliberate handball in the penalty area, and a penalty kick... A game that has concentrated so many elements can be called the first in the history of the World Cup. classic!"

"After the last 15 minutes of extra time, players from both sides suffered cramps, which shows how difficult the game was... Both teams have given their best! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the World Cup, even if It is the first time for the Chinese team to play in the knockout rounds, and they can force England into such a mess! There are no underdogs in the World Cup!"

"There are still five minutes left in this game... Will there be a penalty shootout? With the current situation of the two teams, if there is a penalty shootout, the England team may be in danger...On the one hand, they are not good at it. Penalties, on the other hand, the mentality of their players is obviously affected..."

In the 115th minute of the game, the score was still not rewritten.

And both sides seem to be unable to attack.

After Chen Xingyi was shoveled and injured by Johnson Law, although he could still continue the game, he did not dare to run with all his strength. He ran at a constant speed for most of the time after playing, and rarely dribbled the ball. Always pass the football quickly after receiving the ball.

The left flank, which was the most threatening attack for the Chinese team, was almost abolished in this way.

On the England side, Pete Williams was somewhat affected by that penalty. Originally, before missing a penalty kick, he could not only organize the offense, send a wonderful pass, but also put in a shot himself, threatening the Chinese team's goal, and he was very active. Compared with before, it seems much quieter now.

Both teams now have one less player. In the previous 90 minutes of the game, they played fast-paced football, so the physical exertion was naturally much greater than in normal games.

During this time, the England team took the initiative to shrink their formation again and let the Chinese team attack.

On the one hand, it is due to physical strength, and on the other hand, it is definitely hoped to fight the Chinese team's counterattack.

Two minutes ago, they almost succeeded once.

After Tom Walker hugged Hou Lai's shot, he threw the football forward for the first time and launched a quick counterattack.

As a result, the ball reached the middle circle, and Qin Qi and Ou Yangjin jointly broke the football.

Now when the Chinese team players are in possession of the ball, the England team retreats to the 30-meter zone and lays out layers of defense in front of the goal to hinder the Chinese team's attack.

Although they were very good at attacking before, they still look decent when they set up a bus.

The Chinese players passed the football back and forth without finding a better opportunity.

Seeing that the game time is getting shorter and shorter, from five minutes to now there are two minutes left.

Everyone is crossing or passing back. If the opportunity is not particularly good, they dare not pass forward.

Because once it is passed into the penalty area and the England players get the ball, they will have a chance to counterattack.

In the final moments of the game, it is very dangerous to let them play counterattacks.

It’s really not good, if you can’t score a goal, you can’t score. It’s not bad to drag the game into a penalty shootout.

Anyway, the Chinese team prepared for the penalty kick very seriously before this game.

But Xia Xiaoyu didn't think so. He thought it would be best if the fight could end within 120 minutes. Entering the penalty shootout, the gap between the two sides has indeed been smoothed out. But now it is clear that the Chinese team has the advantage, and it is the Chinese team's advantage that has been wiped out.

It may not be a good thing to really enter a penalty shootout.

After Xia Xiaoyu passed the football out, he kept observing the situation in the penalty area in England.

Hou Lai just made a lateral move, but didn't find a space.

Xia Xiaoyu turned around and pointed his finger to the back, signaling the teammate who was holding the ball in front to pass the football back.

Properly pull out the opponent's formation.

He himself followed suit.

The football was quickly passed to Qin Qi's feet.

As a central defender, Qin Qi was already standing on the center line when he received the ball, which shows how much the Chinese team is pressing.

It will certainly be England's chance.

So the England players did press forward a little bit-they were actively creating opportunities for the Chinese team, so that they dared to pass the football forward.

Only in this way, they will be more likely to steal the ball.

While running back to meet Qin Qi, Xia Xiaoyu kept looking back at England's penalty area, and found that England's back line had indeed moved forward as a whole, to the line of the big penalty area.

And Hou Lai also retreated with them, and withdrew in front of the England central defender.

While retreating, he was still raising his hand to ask his teammates for the ball.

Xia Xiaoyu signaled Qin Qi to pass the football to him.

While catching the ball, he completed his turn. As soon as he turned around, he directly kicked a long pass and kicked the football to the space behind the England team's back line!

At the same time, Hou Lai, who was in front of Scott Wilson, suddenly turned around and inserted behind Wilson.

Wilson hurriedly turned around and chased after him.

"Xia Xiaoyu made a long pass directly! Oh, I'm a little impatient..." Seeing the ball, He Feng sighed.

Because he had already seen that Xia Xiaoyu's pass was too big.

Even if Hu Lai can catch the ball, it is very close to the bottom line. It is basically impossible to directly threaten England's goal.

Not to mention that under Wilson's personal interference, he may not be able to get the ball at all...

Hu Lai didn't care whether the ball was passed too far, he kept running forward, and at the same time kept looking back to observe the position of the football.

Xia Xiaoyu's turn-around long pass is indeed a bit big, but as long as it doesn't go out of bounds, he has to chase it.

Even if he can't threaten England's goal in the first place, it can be regarded as hitting the football into the England penalty area. He can pass the ball to others and create a threat...

Sure enough, Hu Lai's forward penetration caused a chain reaction in the England team's penalty area:

Goalkeeper Tom Walker ran forward to block the near post.

England's players also returned to the penalty area.

Chen Xingyi, Luo Kai and Gao Ruimin all entered the penalty area, Chen Xingyi was on the side, Luo Kai and Gao Ruimin were all in the middle, ready to meet Hu Lai.

There is definitely no way to shoot directly from his position, he can only pass the ball again.

Finally near the baseline, Hu Lai received the ball.

He lightly landed the football falling in the air directly on the ground.

At this time, he may be about ten centimeters away from the bottom line, and his back is still facing the goal. Scott Wilson is behind him, but he is not close. It may be that Hu Lai is not a big threat in this situation, and he must be on guard. He passes the ball, or makes a corner.

So Wilson didn't push forward.

After stopping the ball, Hu Lai turned his head to observe. He turned his head to the left first, saw Chen Xingyi who was responding from the wing, and also saw England's defensive players. He continued to turn his head to the left, and out of the corner of his eye, he saw Luo Kai and Gao Ruimin in the middle, as well as several English players.

He turned his head quickly to the right again, and goalkeeper Tom Walker was leaning on the near post, blocking the near corner tightly.

But there's nothing behind Walker...

After Hu Lai turned his head left and right, he suddenly raised his left foot, his left shoulder sank, and he made a posture to develop the football to the left.

Coster Wilson, who was tricked behind him, moved to the left, further away from him.

Then Hu Lai turned back sharply and turned to the right!

When he turned around, he swung his left leg and directly lifted the football that was almost on the baseline!

The football goes up into the air, doesn't hit a cross, goes right over goalkeeper Tom Walker's head, then goes down, hits the inside of the back post and lands in the goal...

"Eh?" He Feng was stunned for a moment, and then said in an uncertain tone, "Eh? Eh... this ball... this ball is scored?!"

Immediately after he came back to his senses, he yelled crazily as if he had changed: "Hu Lai! Hu Lai! Hou Lai! Hat-trick! Hey! Hat-trick! One hundred and nineteen minutes, this is a lore ! The Chinese team 4:3 England!"

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PS, the days of three consecutive updates are over. Although the game is not finished yet, the rest is just the epilogue.

And my manuscript is completely exhausted—this chapter was just finished last night. After getting up at noon today, after eating, I revised it again in the afternoon.

Because the update time is very close and the time is short, if there are any typos, you can mention them in the chapter, and I will modify them as soon as I see them.

The day of single change will start next, everyone can save up first, and by the way, have a good Spring Festival, spend time with your family, or go out to play or something.

Of course, I will continue to write~lightnovelpub.net~ and save up the manuscripts again, and save some manuscripts for the next game, otherwise when it is time to update the next game, if there is no manuscript saved, I will have to stop updating. how embarrassing...

This year’s Spring Festival, I was in Yangkang just now, and I was greedy for life and afraid of death, so I probably wouldn’t go anywhere, except returning to my mother’s house for a year’s reunion on New Year’s Eve, and staying at home the rest of the time.

The code words will not stop, and this is also the last Spring Festival that the fox of the restricted area will accompany me and everyone.

Before, Qidian held a "New Year's Letter to Readers" activity. I didn't participate, because I thought that after the seventh volume was over, there would be any conclusions and what I wanted to say to everyone. I would save them in the summary at the end of the volume. , it won't be too long anyway.

As a result, the game against England has written so much...

But I write very well, write as much as possible, as long as the time lasts.

I am very satisfied with this game, after all, it is a very important game.

Although the serialization period is very long, it is still very refreshing to read it in one breath.

Well, I'm really sorry, starting tomorrow I will have to update again...

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