Chinese champion

Chapter 447 Goodbye at the top of the world!England!

The head coach of the Swedish team, Lagerbeck, watched the game with a serious expression. Ecuador's defense was very tenacious. The Swedish team had nothing to do with the opponent at the moment. If the loophole in the last time broke the net in the penalty area, maybe the Swedish team will not be able to find a good way to score.

Even if they lost a goal, Ecuador did not lose their fighting spirit. In the face of waves of Swedish offensives, they still stubbornly resisted, and at the same time threatened the Swedish team's goal with sharp counterattacks.

Lagerbeck already knew the news that the Chinese team led England by one goal in the first half. This news is very beneficial to Sweden, but in Lagerbeck's view, this is not enough!

Because the one-goal lead is not so prominent, England may tie the score at any time in the second half!The Swedish team that can't get enough goal difference against Ecuador will be eliminated at that time!

At this time, his assistant coach hurried over from the direction of the locker room. You must know that neither the coach nor the players are allowed to carry mobile phones on the court, but this range does not include the locker room!
So Lagerbeck specially arranged an assistant coach in the locker room before the game to keep a close eye on the situation of the Sino-British battle!
Seeing the happy face of the assistant coach, Lagerbeck was overjoyed. He knew that this time must be good news!

The assistant coach approached Lagerbeck, leaned into Lagerbeck's ear and lowered his voice, but there was uncontrollable joy in his voice:
"No. 11 minutes in the second half, the Chinese team scored another goal! 2:0!"

"Great!" Lagerbeck clapped his hands with joy. "Okay, go on to the locker room and pay attention to the situation there at the first time! This is really great news!"

After the assistant coach left, he immediately conveyed the news to the players on the field. He knew that good news like this would definitely stimulate the players on the field to show their strength!

************************************
While Lagerbeck was rejoicing at the news, at the Cape Town Stadium, the entire England team was in a desperate situation!
Two goals behind!There is only half an hour left before the end of the game!The Swedish team also led Ecuador on another field!
All the situations are developing against England. Is it possible that after 52 years, the England team will collapse in the group stage of the World Cup?

O'Neill knew that he had no way out. After falling behind by two goals, he made two substitutions in a row!

Michael Owen replaced the right back Johnson, and the two-meter-tall high center Crouch replaced the midfielder Hargreaves!
Three four three!O'Neal used the last offensive power in his hands!

"It's a pity..." The Spanish coach Aragones, who was watching the game in front of the TV, sighed: "If O'Neal could go all out to strengthen the offense earlier, maybe we can still maintain a draw...Because China The team's determination to attack is not that strong, they only need a draw to be the first in the group! But now, the time for England to recover two goals is enough for Pei and the others to use the counterattack to expand the score again! As long as the Chinese team's counterattack hits If it goes well, this goal will completely destroy the England team!"

"It seems that our opponent in the knockout round will be the Chinese team!" Manzano smiled next to him: "To be honest, I am looking forward to playing against Pei Wei! He has been improving, and his current level is already far away. Far beyond my imagination!"

"Gretterio..." Aragones gave Manzano a dissatisfied look: "You are now my assistant coach, a member of the coaching staff of the Spanish national team! Please don't say anything that praises your opponent before the game." ?"

Manzano laughed: "Okay, teacher...but do you think England still have a chance?"

"It doesn't matter if there is a chance? It is already very difficult for them to win this game. Even if there is a miracle to tie the score, our opponent will still be the Chinese team..." Aragones glanced at him, Mansa Nuo nodded, and then fell silent.

**********************************
After replacing two strikers in a row, the focus of England's offense began to shift to the wing. Owen and Rooney were more active on the wing, performing the duties of wingers, while the center was handed over to "bamboo pole" Crouch and rushing. Gerrard who went to the penalty area to compete for the top.

After England changed their style of play, the Chinese team's defense began to become more difficult. Although Crouch was very thin and worthy of the name "bamboo pole", his height advantage of [-] meters was too great. Although Li Min Regardless of turning and strength, he has a clear advantage, but when dealing with high-altitude balls, he can only rely on his body to interfere with the opponent, and he dare not make big moves, otherwise the penalty will not be worth the loss.

Gerrard's position is now switched to the center, and the right is handed over to Owen or Rooney. At the same time, Lampard's position is slightly retreated, and the task of organizing the attack is handed over to the Liverpool captain.

In fact, this is the position that Gerrard likes and is good at. In Liverpool, he played this position, but in the national team, due to the existence of Lampard, he is more active on the side. There are more comprehensive reasons why Ladd than Lampard.

This was originally Gerrard's advantage, but in the national team, it was precisely because of his advantage that he lost the opportunity to play in his best position. This has to be said to be a great tragedy for Gerrard .

He has an unyielding fighting spirit and a stoic mentality, but it is precisely because he puts the interests of the team first more than others, so he is often the one who is sacrificed.Life is often so unfair.

Those who do not compete with each other will not be able to compete with them in the world.Sometimes this sentence is not so true.

Now, O'Neill has all the treasures on him, and it is time for him to prove himself.

When Gerrard got the ball in the middle, Hu Yong immediately went up to meet him. He knew the strength of the Red Army captain and knew that if he continued to get the ball in the middle, it would definitely be very disadvantageous to the Chinese team.

Among other things, his long shot alone is enough to make everyone fearful.

But Gerrard didn't give him a chance to defend close. Before Hu Yong came up to defend, he passed the ball-the target was Owen who had just changed to the left.

During this period of time, Owen and Rooney have been constantly switching positions on the two wings, while Deng Yunfeng and Wang Xiaomin have remained unchanged to respond to all changes. I will defend whoever comes, and I will never lose my own area by running around with others. .

When Deng Yunfeng saw that it was Owen rushing towards him, he couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief. Compared with Owen, he was more afraid of Rooney, because Rooney is now at his peak, with a strong body and fast speed. The shooting ability is also very strong, very comprehensive.

And what about Owen?The former chasing boy has become a veteran now. After leaving Liverpool, he moved to Real Madrid and Newcastle. Coupled with several major injuries, this once world-class striker has lost all his energy.In the eyes of many people, the current Irving, the speed on which he became famous is not as good as before, his technology has not improved much, and his body is weaker than before...

Deng Yunfeng greeted him full of confidence. He was full of confidence and disdain—is this old guy still wanting to break through his defense?It's better to pass the ball, otherwise it would be too embarrassing for me to steal the ball directly!
But... when he was still five or six meters away from Owen, Owen suddenly accelerated and appeared in front of Deng Yunfeng the next moment!

"What a fast speed! We seem to have seen that 18-year-old Michael Owen again!" the commentator of Sky TV shouted excitedly.

Seeing that Owen can still maintain such a high speed, Deng Yunfeng couldn't help being taken aback, but he was not frightened by such a scene - after all, he had seen the big world in the European Champions Cup, and he would not be frightened so easily .

He immediately pushed forward with his strong body. He believed that as long as he bumped lightly, this fragile "old man" would definitely lose his balance.

Just when he was about to push up, Owen suddenly sank his left shoulder. After seeing this movement, Deng Yunfeng subconsciously shifted his center of gravity to the right. Just when he shifted his center of gravity over, he saw Owen's feet suddenly He dunked the ball in the opposite direction, and then rushed to his left!
Deng Yunfeng was overwhelmed!
"Beautiful breakthrough!"

But Deng Yunfeng will not just give up, this is one of his characteristics, sometimes his fighting spirit can make up for his poor technique.

He immediately turned around and chased after him. He didn't believe that such an old man could keep up this speed!

"Look at me shoveling you after catching up! Do it!" Deng Yunfeng thought fiercely in his heart.

But in the next moment...

"My god! Why can't I catch up..." Deng Yunfeng looked a little discouraged at the figure in front of him who hadn't shortened the distance from himself at all. He really didn't expect that the 30-year-old Owen could maintain such a high speed!Although he was not thrown away by the opponent, it was as difficult as heaven to narrow the distance a little!And I dare not shovel at such a long distance, because there is only one consequence of doing so: get a red card and end.

Owen glanced at Deng Yunfeng behind him out of the corner of his eye. This little guy is still following really closely. It seems that he can't do it if he wants to cut in.

Thinking of this, Owen didn't waste any more time, but raised his head to observe the situation in the penalty area, and resolutely made a pass!

As soon as the ball was passed, Deng Yunfeng's feet arrived - so dangerous!
The football spun rapidly in the air and flew straight into the middle of the penalty area.

With time to adjust, Irving's pass was beautiful, a pass with a large outward arc. Although Wu Qi's attack range was large, he still did not dare to rush out of the penalty area to pick the ball off.

Crouch jumped up in the middle of the penalty area, and Li Min followed suit.Although he knew that the huge disadvantage in height made him unable to win the header, all Li Min needed to do was to interfere with Crouch and prevent him from hitting the ball comfortably, and Wu Qi took care of the rest.

However, both of them failed to win the ball. Owen's cross was unexpectedly high. Li Min could only watch helplessly as the ball flew over his and Crouch's heads.

Rooney, who was at the back point, rushed forward, temporarily got rid of Du Wei's defense, and shot the ball with one kick!
This shot hit the upper right corner of the goal, Wu Qifei jumped up, and hit the ball into the sky with a single palm!
The ball flew to the highest point, and then began to fall. Below the ball, there were immediately crowds of people ready to compete for this landing point!
"Damn it!" Wu Qi got up as soon as he landed, and shouted, "Mine!"

He jumped up suddenly, but Crouch had already jumped up ahead of time, Wu Qi saw that he was not sure to hold the ball, so he used his own advantage to grab the ball in front of Crouch and punched the ball out of the penalty area!
But... Gerrard appeared outside the penalty area and volleyed in the air against the flying ball!
"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL--Steven Gerrard!" The commentator of Sky TV roared like crazy: "England recovered a point! Gerrard's shot from outside the penalty area broke Wu Qi's ten fingers! We still have a chance! We Not desperate yet!"

After scoring the goal, Gerrard did not celebrate, but ran into the goal without saying a word, picked up the ball and ran back, just high-fiving his teammates on the road.

"Will the miracle of Istanbul repeat itself? The same desperate situation, the same relying on the goal of the Red Army captain to blow the horn of counterattack! Brave lions! Please use your courage and fighting spirit to save your own destiny!"

****************************************
"England recovered a point?" Lagerbeck asked his assistant coach with a complicated expression, and then comforted himself by talking to himself: "It shouldn't matter...it's just recovering a goal...after all, there are only one goal left before the end of the game." It's been ten minutes..."

After a few words of comfort to himself, Lagerbeck asked the assistant coach as if he remembered something, "Who scored the goal?"

"Steven Gerrard," the assistant coach replied.

"It's him?" Lagerbeck's expression suddenly became complicated again: "It's hard to handle... Although that guy doesn't talk much, he is the one who can inspire the fighting spirit of the whole team in England! I hope the Chinese team Can withstand it..."

"Zlatan! Hurry up and attack! Try to score more goals!" Ragbeck turned and shouted at the field.

**************************************
Sure enough, after Gerrard recovered a point, England's offense was a bit more violent than before!
O'Neill made the last substitution, replacing Joe Cole, who was almost exhausted, with Wright Phillips, and increased the offensive ability on the wing. Now England has four forwards on the field. O'Neill is really desperate this time. Now, he has completely ignored the defense behind. In fact, England does not need defense now, all they have to do is attack!attack!Attack again!At least tie the score!
They all know now that on another field, the Swedish team still only leads Ecuador 1-0. As long as they tie the score, they can rely on goal difference to squeeze out Sweden and join hands with the Chinese team to qualify.

I have to say that England is really strong this time, especially when they are going all out to attack, their attacking power is not even inferior to South American powerhouses such as Brazil and Argentina.

There are two meters of Crouch in the air, Rooney's breakthrough on the ground, the speed of Owen and Wright Jr., and the long shots of Gerrard and Lampard outside the penalty area. This offensive lineup alone cannot be found Several countries are able to contend with them.

Rooney dribbled the ball and forcibly broke through Du Wei's defense, and then suddenly took a long shot from the penalty area line. Wu Qi threw the ball sideways and firmly pressed the ball under him.

Carrick headed the ball in front of Pei Wei, and then gave it to Wright Jr. Wright Jr. relied on his speed to forcefully break through Wang Xiaomin and then made a pass. Lampard, who was inserted in the back row, grabbed the header, but unfortunately it was slightly higher. a little.

During this period of time, the Chinese team played very hard. England's offense was all-round. Outside the penalty area, Lampard and Gerrard's two heavy artillery were watching the tiger. The Chinese team's double midfielders Hu Yong and Lu Yinzhe could only guard in front of the penalty area. Prevent the opponent's long-range shots, and the breakthroughs of Wright Jr. and Owen on the wing are also very sharp, so the two full-backs of the Chinese team are also nailed to their positions and dare not lose their positions, so they can only rely on the center in the middle The defender and Wu Qi played defense, and for a while the Chinese team felt stretched in defense.

He Jin used Feng Xiao to replace the exhausted Zhu Jun and increase the number of defenders—this is also impossible. England attacked too hard, and the physically exhausted Zhu Jun could not play any role in offense now. Ability is equal to zero - it is better to replace him, anyway, Zhuang Feng and Pei Wei are enough in the frontcourt.

Although it may be unfair to Zhu Jun to say this... But the fact is true. When counterattacking, it doesn't make much difference whether there are three people or two people in the frontcourt.

As England's offense became more and more fierce, Zhang Qi also withdrew from the frontcourt to help defend. After gaining the advantage in numbers, the Chinese team finally stabilized the defense.

The time is getting farther and farther, slowly, there are only 5 minutes left before the end of the game, at this moment...

"beep--"

"Foul! Foul!" The commentator of Sky TV shouted: "God, this foul is too bad! Look at our poor little Wright, how painful his expression is... The guy from the Eredivisie should be called Punish it!"

However, the referee did not send off the guy from the Eredivisie, Lu Yinzhe, as he wished, but only gave him a yellow card, and then gave the England team a direct free kick at the front of the penalty area.

23 meters away from the goal, close to the left side... Many England fans began to miss Beckham again. If he was there, this free kick must be sure!
But even without Beckham, there are many good free kick players in England. Lampard, Gerrard and Rooney all took a good free kick, so Wu Qi did not dare to neglect, and directed the five-man wall to start. blocking angle.

Zhuang Feng and Pei Wei were about to run back to help defend, but were stopped by He Jin.

"You two don't come back! Right in front! Got it?"

Pei Wei and Zhuang Feng nodded at the same time, and sure enough they stayed in the middle circle.

Their move also made England's defenders murmur, and O'Neill considered it, shook his head at Terry and King, and told them to stay behind.

When the whistle sounded, Lampard, who was standing in front of the ball, did not make any fake moves, and immediately volleyed after taking two steps forward!
The arc of the ball is not large, but the speed is very fast, and it flew over the top of the wall with a "whoosh" and flew straight to the goal!

Faced with such a perfect free kick, Wu Qi could only do nothing. When he threw half of it, the ball had already flown into the small penalty area!

But something happened that broke England's heart. With a bang, the ball hit the lower edge of the goal crossbar and bounced straight down!
Wang Xiaomin, who flew over, turned around and drove the ball that was still falling far away with his big feet!
The English players in the penalty area raised their hands to signal that the goal had been scored, but the referee rushed between them and ran towards the England half!

Wang Xiaomin's big foot is not only to clear the siege, but to counterattack with a long pass!
The ball flew to the middle circle, Zhuang Feng jumped high, grabbed the ball in front of Jin and swung the ball towards the England half!
Pei Wei, who started at the same time, stretched out his feet and knocked the ball forward. The ball flew past Terry, then got short, avoided Terry's outstretched hand, and chased after the ball!
The ball is divided!One-handed!

"God! Don't!" England's narrator uttered a horrible cry.

Pei Wei ran faster and faster. It was hard to imagine that he still had such ample physical strength before the end of the game. England's defenders were chasing behind him, but no one could catch up with him!
Taking the ball one step forward, Pei Wei was already close to England's penalty area. Robinson threw away the goal and fell down to throw the ball at Pei Wei's feet!

Pei Wei has experienced too much of this kind of situation. He unhurriedly raised the ball, picked it up over Robinson's body, and then jumped up to avoid the attacking Robinson!
Empty door!

"Goodbye! England!" Pei Wei said silently in his heart, and then swept the ball into the empty goal with his left foot!
*********************************************
PS: There is a poll about what to write in the next book, everyone go and have a look.

In addition, I recommend the new book by Si Yuke, the author of "I Am A Dou": "Golden Snake", ISBN 121000, I hope everyone will collect it, support it, and recommend it!
(End of this chapter)