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Chapter 991 Qualifications for the first volume of the Heart of the Seven Lion King (seeking a monthly ticket)
No one knows what is going on in Abang Raho's mind at this moment.Even he himself didn't know how this thought came up from the bottom of his heart.

Anyway, he now has a surge of energy in his chest.The European Cup final is not enough to satisfy him by running up and down for two laps. The team starts with eleven players, but only those who score goals can leave their names in the final.As a striker, he is born with an advantage over teammates in other positions, so what's the point of running for a few 10 minutes without doing anything?

To score a goal of course!
Must score!

Abang Lahuo re-entered the game. It can be clearly seen that he is more active than before, and he seems to no longer continue to be at the forefront, but withdraws from the opponent's penalty area and actively raises his hand Ask for the ball.

Twain was very satisfied with his change, so he did not continue to supervise the battle from the sidelines, but turned back to the coach's bench to ask for water.

Everyone in the coaching staff knew why he started Abanglaho and gave up Vaughn.But they can't tell the players the reason, because it is related to whether the team can win the game.

After 3 minutes, England's continuous offensive finally created a chance for Abanglahor.After receiving a pass from Wood on the edge of the penalty area, he broke into the penalty area and faced goalkeeper Amelia. He tried to bypass the opponent with the outside instep, but unfortunately the arc was slightly wider and went directly out of the far post.

This ball made the English feel sorry, and also shocked the Italians into a cold sweat.

But those commentators who opposed Abang Lahor's starting were still picking on him: "It's a pity! But if Vaughn is replaced, maybe he will make it..."

This kind of statement is completely irresponsible, because James Vaughan's shooting skills are not accurate to the millimeter. Shooting is a matter of luck. world wave.With bad luck, even a striker of Romario's level may miss an empty goal.What's more, in terms of competition experience, Abang Lahor is obviously better than Vaughn, because Nottingham Forest was often able to participate in the important competitions of the Champions League in the past few years, and Abang Lahor also won.Twain did not let Abang Lahuo start the game because of cronyism, but because Abang Lahuo really has the ability to start in such an important game.

The main reason for criticizing him in the media is that Abanglaho only scored one goal in this European Cup, which is really not commensurate with his status as a striker.On the other hand, his performance in the position of right midfielder is not bad.

Abanglahuo's shot failed to score a goal, and Twain stood on the sidelines applauding his performance just now.There is no problem with the use of technology, it's just a little bit of luck...

Abanglaho himself couldn't hear the commentators' evaluation of himself, and he found a place to use through this shot.

In the subsequent offense, Abanglaho appeared more in the ribs of the Italian back line-between the central defender and the full-back. This position made the opponent uncomfortable.It's a bit like a place that doesn't matter, and it's hard for anyone to go.

Wood also discovered this, and he had his own plans in mind.

It stands to reason that Rooney should be the main attacking point of the England team because he is physically strong, skilled and experienced.But these are just words and roadmaps on the tactical board. It is impossible for Rooney to get so many opportunities in the real game.Mitchell was suspended, and Vaughan, who performed well in the semifinals, was put on the bench by Twain. In the eyes of the Italians, Rooney was the most threatening person on England's front line, and they had no reason to let it go.

So in the actual game, Rooney received the most severe defense.

Just look at Criscito, who never leaves his foot, to see how risky it is to pass the ball to him...

Wood is not a machine, he has the right to modify the instructions entered before the game according to the situation on the field.Since Rooney's road doesn't work, let's change the road.He took aim at Abanglaho, who was sleepwalking before.

He didn't know why Twain didn't let Vaughan play, but he didn't think that Abanglahuo was incapable or qualified to start.And in his view, Abanglaho's previous sleepwalking performance is a big advantage. If he makes good use of it, he can get unexpected results from the Italians.

Because of his previous poor performance, the Italian defenders have relaxed their marking on him.Now the Italians must feel in their hearts that this Abanglaho is not a threat, right?

That would be great...

Wood ran up the pitch to join the attack and Gerrard passed the ball back to him.Wood sent the football directly to Abanglaho, who was in the ribs.Sure enough, when he received the ball, the Italian defenders did not jump up immediately.

Abanglaho took advantage of this time to quickly complete the turn and face the goal.

When Chiellini rushed over, he didn't bury his head and dribble the ball in, but suddenly distributed the football to the middle!

This move really surprised the Italians. Gerrard, who received the pass in the middle, took a long shot without hesitation!

Fortunately, Amelia was very focused and firmly pressed Gerrard's long-range shot with his feet on the ground.

But this attack made the Italians realize one thing-Abanglaho is still the guy who passes the ball to others, and he is definitely not England's main attack direction.

This has strengthened the idea of ​​Italian defenders focusing on Rooney and Gerrard.

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"Actually, our tactics in the first half were not suitable for Abanglaho..." Walker said to Twain who was standing on the sidelines. "He is more suitable for counterattacks. I think he should be more useful when we are ahead..."

"Most people think so, including the Italians." Dunn turned to Walker and shook his head. "Abanglaho's speed is too fast and too dazzling. Everyone has formed a fixed thinking about him. Including the current head coach of Nottingham Forest...but I don't think so. After so many years under me, if he still only knows With his speed, he would have cleared him out. He has another side, it’s just less noticeable. I’m going to use his lesser noticeable side to open things up for me.”

Speaking of this, Tang En laughed, "The Italian players now think so."

He pointed to the field for Walker to see.

Abanglaho's position retreated a bit, but none of the Italian defenders pulled out to keep up with the defense, and the Italian midfield defenders were also paying attention to Gerrard and Wood, who frequently inserted behind, and The other two wide players.

Abanglahuo was raising his hand to ask for the ball. He still didn't forget to turn his head around to check the situation around him. As expected, no one paid attention to him.He was slighted.

Abang Lahuo was angry at such treatment, but Tang En was laughing, and he was laughing happily.

"Lipi..." He glanced at the next door, "He is a very cautious head coach, but he didn't expect that I would let Abang Lahuo, who has a mediocre performance in this cup, start, so he must not be right. What kind of targeted arrangements does Abanglaho make. It all depends on the players' own judgment. You know, Des. Humans make mistakes, and they have their own ideas. This is beyond the control of the head coach... "

Under Lippi's repeated emphasis, the players of the Italian team gave the England team a high degree of attention, but the unplanned Abanglaho did not get the respect he deserved.Of course, his previous poor performance "helped" him.Nobody wastes time on someone who is out of form, and even George Wood's shot is more of a threat than Abbonlahor.

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Wood doesn't intend to tell his teammates what he thinks, and then let everyone pass the ball to Abanglaho.This is a gamble, the bet is that the Italians do not react so quickly. If the England team feeds the ball to Abanglaho and reveals his true intentions, he decides to do it alone.

Of course it's a risk.But as the metronome and core of the team, it is his job to choose when to take risks and when to be conservative.

Abanglaho raised his hand again for the ball, and Wood also passed the football.Then he rushed forward, as if he wanted to play "two over one" with Abanglahor. The Italian defensive players were really fooled. Whether it was Chiellini or Aquilani, they all set their sights on He, while ignoring Abanglaho who had already got the ball.

Abanglahuo, who caught the ball and turned around in one go, had no intention of passing the ball. He looked up and saw a road leading directly to the penalty area...

Just between Chiellini and Vital, in the flanks of their defense, there was a gap from which Abbonlajo looked into the penalty area.

After Abanglahuo made an illusion that he was going to pass the ball, he suddenly knocked the football forward and started it!

Chiellini was paying attention to Wood, while Vital was staring at "little tiger" Walcott. No one thought that Abanglahor would choose to bring himself a breakthrough!

His speed is really fast, in an instant, he has already rushed in, and at this time Chiellini started to turn around...

"Stop him!!" De Rossi yelled in panic.

Criscito rushed from the side, and he made a key prediction again, leaving Rooney behind and pounced on Abanglaho.It's all about the instinct of a good defender.

Abang Lahuo, who broke into the penalty area, was not polite, and shot directly with his foot.At this moment, Criscito came flying and shoveled him out with the ball!
"Penalty!" screamed John Mortensen.

"Nice defense!" This is the voice of the Italian commentator.

Abanglaho, who fell to the ground, thought he would hear the whistle of a penalty kick, but there was nothing. Criscito's tackle was kicked out by Chiellini who was driving back.The referee didn't say anything about Criscito's action. Abanglaho jumped up from the ground angrily, and roared at the indifferent line referee: "This is a foul! It's a foul!"

There are other English players who are as dissatisfied as him.Wood ran to the referee, pointed to the penalty area, and reminded him that Criscito's defense just now was definitely a foul.Rooney is also complaining about Abanglahuo, although when Criscito rushed to Abanglahuo just now, he made a gesture to let Abanglahuo pass the ball to himself.

The referee just waved his hand to Wood's protest, indicating that he was very clear and didn't say any more.

Tang En was also very angry off the court, but the person who endured his roar and slobber was the fourth official.

"Please trust the referee's decision, not every time you fall to the ground is a foul..." Facing the head coach who was described as a devil by the media, the fourth official lacked confidence when he said this.

"That's why I support the use of electronic eyes to replace referees! Humans make mistakes!" Tang En threw down these words and walked back angrily.He knew that no matter how troublesome he was, he would not return the penalty, and the referee's decision would not be allowed to be changed.Finding the fourth official is just to vent your dissatisfaction, holding your heart is not good for your health...

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England still didn't get a penalty, and the Italian escaped.They began to pay attention to the close marking of Abang Lahuo and no longer gave him the space to move freely.Any fool can see that the sleepwalking patient is gradually waking up.Not to mention that Lippi was dissatisfied with Italy's defensive performance off the court just now, reminding them to pay attention to the defense against Abanglaho.

They still believe that as long as Abanglaho is not given space to sprint and dribble, he is no threat.

Twain began to call Walcott by his name off the court. Walcott, who had returned from injury in the first half, was not active enough.

"Take more balls, what are you afraid of? Do more crosses...Low!"

"George! Go and cooperate with him... that's right, that's it!"

Walcott and Wood played a two-on-one on the wing and ran forward, and Wood sent him a pass overhead, bypassing Vital's defense.

After receiving a pass from Wood, Walcott made a bottom pass.Rooney grabbed points in the middle, but he obviously couldn't compete with the entire Italian defense alone.The football was pushed out by Chiellini.

Although this attack didn't work, Twain still applauded the players' performance off the court.

England fans were also applauding.Because the strong offensive shown by England has completely suppressed the Italian team.

The Italian commentator doesn't see it that way: "I think the current situation is in our favor. The harder the English attack, the greater our chances of winning. When Lippi decided to defend and counterattack, I was still worried about the England team. Not attacking, then none of us can win the game. Now, one side actively cooperates, and I think the game will be over in nine 10 minutes..."

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After Walcott and Downing added wide crosses, Abanglaho seemed to be the forgotten man again.He does not have excellent header skills, and he does not have an advantage in jumping for the top. Instead, Rooney frequently appears in front of the goal and competes with Italian defenders.

But Abanglahuo himself did not give up, he was still seeking opportunities to score goals.It's like a hunter patiently waiting for the rabbit to appear in front of him.

When Walcott broke through again with the ball, the Italian defenders were divided into two parts, one part to prevent him from breaking through the cross, and the other part to keep an eye on Rooney and Gerrard.

This time Walcott did not simply rely on speed to overtake, and then make a cross from the bottom.He made a fake move to cross, tricked Vital's center of gravity, but suddenly knocked the football through Vital's legs, and then used his flexible body to pass in front of Vital. bypassed.

"Beautiful people pass the ball!"

Walcott, who broke through Vital, made the Italian defense very tense, because their defense had already opened a crack.Walcott can either continue to break through by himself, or pass in now, or even hit the goal directly.

Chiellini rushed to Walcott. Although Rooney is very important, when defending, always remember that the player with the ball is the most dangerous.

Walcott passed the ball while he was catching up, not to Rooney or Gerrard, but to Abanglaho who was dragged near the penalty spot!
Abang Lahuo is not unmarked, Aquilani is right next to him.Seeing that he caught the ball, he stepped forward to interfere.

Abanglahuo swung his foot to shoot, and Aquilani threw his center of gravity out.

It's almost instinctive.Abanglaho didn't have the mind to think about why he received the ball and what he should do next.Seeing that Aquilani's center of gravity was shaken, he flicked the football to the left, out of the way.It just seems that there is more than one trouble...

Just out of the way of Aquilani, De Rossi appeared in front of Abanglaho again, blocking the angle of his shot.

Abanglahuo swung his foot again to hit the goal.De Rossi wasn't fooled this time, he stood still and didn't move...

"He should pass the ball! Rooney is asking for the ball!"

"The hesitant behavior will lead to the failure of this attack. He no longer has the angle and space to shoot..."

"Our defense was very successful, Abanglaho now either passes the ball, or waits to be intercepted!"

De Rossi thought that Abanglahor must be a fake move this time, but he didn't expect that when Abanglahor swung his right foot down, he actually hit the football...

It was a very stealthy shot. Abanglahuo poked the football with his toes when he was unable to exert force by swinging his legs on the spot. In order to exert as much force as possible, his body then leaned back and gave a boost.

The football, which was toe-pricked, flew straight between De Rossi's legs and flew towards the goal.

De Rossi's position blocked the angle of Abanglaho's shot, but he couldn't narrow the gap between his legs, and instead blocked the goalkeeper Amelia's sight.When Amelia saw the football flying towards the near post of the goal, it was too late for him to make any saves. He could only turn his head and send the football towards the goal, while praying in his heart not to enter the goal. It flew out by sticking to the doorpost...

It is a pity that the prayers of the Italians were not heard by God and his old man.The football flew into the goal against the goal post!
"What?" The Italian hadn't reacted yet. From the perspective of the stands, it seemed that the football flew out of the goal against the goal post and swept into the side net, giving people the illusion that the ball had scored.But they were stunned when they saw the referee's gesture - the referee pointed to the middle circle, which meant that the goal was valid!
"It's unbelievable! England took the lead!"

"Abanglaho! Yes! He scored the first goal of the final! He gave England the lead!"

"Facing the block of two Italian players, Abanglaho calmly shoots! Beautiful!"

At this moment, the commentators all changed their caliber and praised Abanglahuo's performance, and no one asked whether he was qualified to replace Vaughan in the starting lineup...

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On the sidelines, Tang En jumped up excitedly after seeing Abang Lahuo hit the football into the goal, and hugged Walker beside him.

Abanglahuo's goal relieved both himself and Twain of a heavy burden.Even if Abang Laho was replaced in the following game...or to the extreme, even if England lost the final, no one would question Twain's adjustment.

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After the goal, Abanglahuo was very excited. When he got up from the ground, he couldn't stand still and almost fell to the ground again.After staggering to the coach's bench, he and Tang En had a warm hug.He has to thank the boss, if he hadn't insisted on sending himself on the field, if he hadn't woken himself up by yelling off the field, then this European Cup final might be an eternal regret in his career for him.

Well now, he scored the goal, the regret is gone.He is a striker who scored in the European Cup final, and he can already hold his chest up and accept the scrutiny of others.

He proved with practical actions that he has the qualifications and ability to represent England in the European Cup final.No matter what Vaughn thinks, Abang Laho is a well-deserved starting striker at this time!

"Nice job, kid!" Tang En patted Abang Lahuo on the back and whispered in his ear.

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PS, one goal lead!Ask for monthly ticket rewards~~~~
(End of this chapter)