host must win

Chapter 705 The Powerful England
At 2006:6 on June 16, 0, domestic time, Franken Stadium.

With the whistle of the Brazilian Carlos Simon, the referee on duty, the world-renowned World Cup group stage officially started.

Because both opponents have won in the first round of the group stage, no matter who wins today's game, they will definitely advance to the knockout stage.Therefore, both sides are going all out to strive for a round ahead of schedule.

Since the Chinese team has many players who play in the Premier League, they are no strangers to the players in the opponent's team, so both sides exchanged greetings before the game, a happy and warm scene.But when the game really started, the painting style took a 180-degree turn.

The Chinese team, which took the lead in kick-off, unexpectedly took the initiative to press and press, trying to speed up the rhythm from the beginning, and strive to play a wave of fast-paced attacks.

But England seems to have been prepared for this. With the advantage of comprehensive strength, they squatted patiently in their own half of the court and used defensive counterattacks to deal with the Chinese team's offensive.

In the opening 2 minutes, after the two teams fought fiercely in England's half, the Three Lions took the lead in a threatening offensive. Lampard took the ball [-] meters away from the goal and swayed past the goal. Zhao Junzhe, the midfielder of the Chinese team who defended him, shot with his right foot.

The ball failed to hold down the ball and went higher than the goal.

And Lampard's long shot came from a pass from Beckham.

Yin Jun began to realize that there was something wrong with the script of the game. It did not follow the Chinese team's pre-match plan. England was obviously well prepared and was not afraid of the Chinese team's attack.

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In fact, the Chinese team robbed, but did not attack!
If it is said that Lampard's sudden long-range shot just now did not create much threat, then the subsequent counterattack made people feel the sharpness of England.

Gerrard passed to Beckham at the front of the penalty area, and the latter passed into the penalty area. Owen shoveled from seven meters in front of the goal.Although the ball slipped past the goal, everyone broke out in a cold sweat.

Everyone in the Chinese team also realized that the rhythm of the game was completely wrong.They couldn't grab the ball at all, but exposed their defense.

Just relying on the weak defense of the Chinese team, can it stop the counterattack of the ultra-luxury attacking group of Owen, Crouch, Joe Cole, Lampard, Gerrard and Beckham?

Alihan on the sidelines also realized the problem, especially when he saw the team captain Yin Jun shaking his head towards him, the Dutch coach realized that the game could no longer be played like this.

So, he quickly made adjustments.The Chinese team's attack failed, and the team entered the defensive counterattack stage ahead of schedule.

But even so, England seems to be hitting a snake with a stick, unwilling to let the Chinese team retreat easily, and slowly move forward.

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Soon, the Three Lions created the most threatening attack since the start.

In the 11th minute, Lampard crossed the top and passed into the penalty area, and Crouch headed the goal.Li Leilei blocked the ball in shock, but after Lampard stopped the ball with his chest, he volleyed directly.

Sun Jihai made a contribution in this defense. The right back of the Chinese team chased Lampard all the way. When he hit the goal in the air, he interfered with the England midfielder, forcing the opponent to miss the correct position and directly hit high again.

After the opening game, the expected rushing attack did not work out, but England created murderous intentions one after another.The Chinese team appeared very passive on the scene, especially the defensive pressure in the midfield was very high.Yin Jun, Zhao Junzhe and Zhao Xuri basically stayed in front of the defense line.

As the brain and offensive engine of the Chinese team, Yin Jun was forced to fully devote himself to defense. This relatively made the Chinese team lose the motivation to attack, making it difficult for the frontcourt offense to create a threat, and the first shot was delayed. arrival.

The Chinese team's first shot occurred in the No.18 minute.

Yin Jun dribbled the ball along the right to launch a counterattack, but could not get the support of his teammates. He was forced to the wing by Ashley Cole, and finally he could only kick the ball to Ashley Cole to earn a corner kick.

After Yin Jun sent a corner kick, Dong Fangzhuo headed the goal, but was saved by Robinson with one hand.

But 2 minutes later, England quickly launched a counterattack.Beckham dribbled the ball into the penalty area from the right and shot directly, but was blocked by central defender Zheng Zhi who returned to defend.

But 1 minutes later, England made a comeback. Gerrard once again crossed the penalty area diagonally. Crouch once again overwhelmed Li Weifeng with a header from close range. He wanted to hit a far corner, but failed to hit the goal. Pass.

England's continuous offense made the Chinese team feel tremendous pressure.Whether it was Crouch's suppression of the two central defenders, Owen's activeness, Beckham's sharp pass, or Joe Cole's breakthrough with the ball, England's offense allowed Manchester United to cope.

In the first 10 minutes, there was only one shot, which was really embarrassing.

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At No.201 minutes, England launched a fast attack in the frontcourt.

After Joe Cole got the ball on the left rib, he made a gesture to break through the bottom, tricked the Chinese team's right back Sun Jihai to turn around and retreat, and then turned the football to the middle, cutting inside!
Zheng Zhi, who was waiting in the middle, quickly stepped up and got stuck inside him, preventing him from entering the penalty area.At the same time, Zhao Xuri also came over to defend against Zheng Zhi.

Their attention was on Joe Cole, but the Chelsea winger suddenly tapped his heel while dribbling laterally, passing the ball to another England striker in the penalty area. Owen!

"Joe Cole... pass the ball! Owen! Be careful!" Huang Jianqiang exclaimed.

Because Zheng Zhi came up to defend Joe Cole, and another central defender Li Weifeng was competing with Crouch, which caused Owen who interspersed to his side to be in an unguarded situation!
Owen made some adjustments after receiving the ball, and shot with his kick!

At this very close opportunity, Sun Jihai, who had been swayed away by Joe Cole before, had come back from the side and was blocked by a flying shovel!
The football bounced off his feet, but neither the fans of the Chinese team at the scene nor the Chinese audience in front of the TV had time to let out a sigh of relief for the escape of the Chinese team, when they saw that the football was going wrong. Fly to the area where Crouch and Li Weifeng are.

Crouch overwhelmed Li Weifeng, who had performed well before, with a header from 5 meters in front of the goal to the top of the goal. England broke the deadlock 1:0!

"Ah! Alas!!" Huang Jianqiang and He Wei exclaimed in unison, and then sighed heavily at the same time.

Still dropped the ball...

(End of this chapter)