There is a belief called football

Chapter 280 Time seems to go back 16 years

Gerrard looked in the penalty area, he was about to drive the ball to the middle of the penalty area, where Welbeck was.

Lampard is in the front point, and "Gerrard" will not consider that point, and Rooney in the latter point is purely missing.

The referee blows his whistle and Gerrard takes a corner kick.

Gerrard kicked the ball with a strong "side spin", which felt like the ball was rolling down the steep slope quickly. If Hodgson hadn't fallen out with Crouch, if Crouch had been, then the threat of this corner kick would be even greater.

Although Gerrard's ball landed well and Welbeck was also strong and strong, everyone knew that England had only one spot in the penalty area. It was easy to defend without a sudden attack. Zhou Dun had already marked Welbeck from behind, and he took the lead in jumping in front of Welbeck.

Like a lion shaking his head, Zhou Dun pushed the ball out of the penalty area, and the ball hit Zheng Zhi in front of the penalty area. At this moment, "Martin Taylor" on the commentary felt nervous. From his perspective, he could see the whole situation. Now there are only 4 players in England's backcourt - right back "Johnson", two center backs, and left back "Bynes".

After Zheng Zhi took the ball, he didn't look up, and immediately sent it forward with his big feet. After Stan came, this feeling was too familiar, and he knew that "that person" would definitely appear there.

The pass of about 30 meters accurately found Li Qiao. Facing Johnson who was waiting on the center line, Li Qiao planned to stop the ball and pass.

It is difficult to stop the ball from a long pass. Li Qiao used an unconventional movement, stopping the ball with the outside of his calf and sending it forward at the same time.

When this action was performed, Taylor was even more worried. He seemed to go back in time at that moment and returned to France in 1998. At that time, England counterattacked, Beckham made a long pass, and Owen in front also used a similar action to stop the ball.

Just when he was in a daze, Shen Fangjian from behind "woke up" him, "Li Qiao dribbled the ball past Johnson, he was advancing at high speed with the ball, Lin Zhijian on the right was also cutting in at high speed, and Baines moved to his side. Li Qiao... Li Qiao has already reached the front of the penalty area, and Cahill is defending there."

"Li Qiao passed Cahill, and "Jagielka" came up behind him. Li Qiao flicked the ball with his instep and passed "Jagielka".

"The ball went in"! ! ! !

When the ball was scored, Shen Fangjian was so excited that he forgot that he was still commenting on the game. He patted Taylor in front of him and said loudly: "Martin, do you feel the ball?".

Of course, Taylor knew that this ball was too similar to the ball that "Irving" turned out to be famous in 98, but he didn't want to say anything at this time. He turned off the microphone and calmed himself down for dozens of seconds.

*****
There have been many "classic reenactments" on the football field. Messi reproduced Maradona's miracle of scoring 5 players in a row, and Alonso reproduced "Xakbe Beckham"'s famous "ultra-long-range lob" against Crystal Palace. However, it seems that no one has reproduced Owen's long-distance raid in 98.

After Li Qiao scored a goal, he rushed to the fans' stands excitedly, and the fans in the audience were also excited. Not only Chinese fans, but even England fans stood up and applauded Li Qiao's world waves.

The bench of the Chinese team had already stood up before the goal. They felt that the goal was interesting. When the goal was scored, they all rushed to the stand where Li Qiao ran.

Perhaps the referee also thought the goal was too exciting. Instead of calling the Chinese players to stop celebrating immediately, he gave the Chinese team an extra minute for the first time.

After the re-kick-off, the morale of the England team was obviously hit. This can be seen from the fact that Lampard passed the ball to Wilshere, and the pass went wide.

The old coach Hodgson stood up, but he was not in a hurry, but kept his hands in his pockets, shouting something on the sidelines.

Stan listened carefully, but he couldn't understand the strong British accent.

Morale is the most important thing on the court. After scoring the goal, the Chinese team defended more resolutely in the backcourt and played more decisively.

After several confrontations in the midfield, Hodgson seemed to have an illusion-"Which of our two teams plays in the Premier League?"

Hodgson felt that the Chinese team did not suffer at all in terms of physical confrontation, so he couldn't bear it anymore and called Gerrard over.

"Steven, step up the rhythm of the midfield, like we did before we conceded the ball, we can do it."

Gerrard nodded, but he was not very confident in his heart. England’s old problem is unstable mentality and lack of resilience. In world football, when we talk about Germany, many people will give a thumbs up, but when we talk about England, many people will always shake their heads instinctively. England feels like "A Dou".

Hodgson called Lampard again, "I don't care what conflicts you have with "Steven", you show me the best form in Chelsea in this game."

Lampard nodded resolutely. He took the initiative to ask for the start of the game. He could not live up to the expectations of the head coach.

*****
The goal happened in the 20th minute of the first half. After 5 minutes of sluggishness, the England midfielder regained its smoothness, and the players also came out of the emotions after conceding the goal.

"There must be two," Gerrard thought.

In the first 20 minutes of the first half, England mainly attacked Chen Fei on the right side of the Chinese team. Sterling broke through Chen Fei with a success rate of more than 50%.

Facing Sterling, who was always inaccurate, the England midfielder began to take the initiative to adjust the direction of attack, and instead began to attack the left side of the Chinese team - Qi Bing.

If Chen Fei still couldn't stand it occasionally, then Qi Bing was blown away by Welbeck.

The success rate of Welbeck breaking through Qi Bing can reach 80%, the main reason is not that Qi Bing's speed is not good, but Welbeck's body is too strong, Qi Bing can keep up with him, but he can't squeeze him.

But Welbeck is the same as Sterling, the breakthrough is very sharp, but the last cross is far from the standard, maybe at this time Hodgson will miss the former Beckham.

After 30 minutes in the first half, Hodgson had already warmed up the substitute players, especially Milner, who was expected to be played in the second half. Sterling and Welbeck would definitely withdraw one.

The offense was not going well, and Gerrard took the initiative to find two wide players and asked them to make an inverted triangle pass back to the penalty area as much as possible. Let him handle it. Rooney is not a striker who grabs points, and unnecessary crosses are a waste of offensive opportunities.

After Gerrard's adjustments, England's offensive threat was indeed much greater. The two black wingers broke through and passed back to Gerrard, and at the same time they had opened up the Chinese team's side defense. At this time, it was quite easy for Gerrard to handle the ball in front of the penalty area.

Seeing that the situation on the court was not good, Stan immediately signaled to the two defensive midfielders to let them protect the arc of the penalty area and not let Gerrard be so easy in this area.

A small adjustment by Stan has reduced the defensive pressure of the Chinese team, because the inverted triangle pass will cause more people in front and fewer people behind.For example, there are Rooney, Sterling, and Welbeck in the front, and Gerrard in the back. If Gerrard can handle the ball well, then such an offense is very threatening.

And once the inverted triangle pass is interrupted, it will be very embarrassing to be hit back.

After the Chinese team strengthened the protection of the arc of the penalty area, Sterling would see the players in white clothes every time he passed the ball, so his confidence in passing the ball was not enough.

*****
In the 37th minute of the game, another inverted triangle pass was made, but Zhang Linpeng of the Chinese team had already predicted it in advance. After he broke the ball, he handed it to Zheng Zhi. It was still the same. Zheng Zhi made a long pass to find Li Qiao.

Hodgson felt very uncomfortable. It seemed that history was about to repeat itself. Li Qiao ran forward after unloading the ball. Although England had an extra defensive player in the backcourt - Lampard, the Chinese team also had an extra offensive number. Ding Mu stayed in the opponent's half.

Li Qiao went forward for the ball, the fans in the stands, and the Chinese team's bench were all looking forward to another world wave, but at this time a pair of sneaky eyes had already focused on Li Qiao, and Johnson stepped forward to defend first. Just as Li Qiao was about to pass him, Johnson kicked Li Qiao directly on the shin. With a scream, Li Qiao fell to the ground, clutching his right foot in pain.

Faced with such a malicious foul, the entire Chinese team quit. Stan remained calm. Instead of protesting, he immediately asked the team doctor to enter the field.

When the broadcast camera moved closer, everyone saw a heart-wrenching scene, just like Ronaldo was injured back then, Li Qiao was already crying in pain.

After a while, Dong Zhou made a gesture to Stan to change players, and Stan immediately asked Zhang Xizhe to get ready to play.

A stretcher entered the field, and Li Qiao was carried out of the field on a stretcher. When he came to the sidelines, Stan immediately came up to ask about the situation.

"Tell the truth, be direct",
Dong Zhou said: "Fortunately, there is no problem with the knee, and the bones are not broken, but I don't know if there is a fracture. I need an MRI. I will accompany Li Qiao to the hospital for an examination."

After listening to Dong Zhou's words, Stan felt a little relieved. It is lucky that there is no problem with his knees. The most feared thing for professional players is knee injuries.Irving, Deisler, Ronaldo are all troubled by knee problems.

Stan didn't look at Li Qiao, he couldn't bear to face Li Qiao's pained look, "Dong Zhou, Li Qiao left it to you."

Dong Zhou nodded and left the court with the stretcher.

*****
The game continued, Rizzoli just gave Johnson a yellow card, and the Chinese fans booed loudly. Even "Martin Taylor" felt that Johnson's action was too big, but Rizzoli considered that the place of the foul was far from the penalty area, and Johnson's foul was in front of Li Qiao, so a yellow card was appropriate.

Faced with such a punishment, Stan didn't say a word, because if Li Qiao is fine, forget it, otherwise I can't spare you.

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