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Suker's goal made the game more intense.

England's counterattack after losing the ball was also very aggressive. They were unwilling to play so passively.

And in the previous few encounters, they knew very well that once Croatia pulled them into their rhythm, their winning rate would gradually drop.

The strength of the Croatian team lies in its comprehensiveness!

It is not outstanding in one aspect, but there is no short board, and each position is well polished.

"Press up! Press up!"

Lampard shouted loudly.

When the ball was passed to Sterling's feet, this guy started to attack Croatia's defense again.

But as in the previous situation, he dribbled the ball himself, and there was no possibility of passing the ball.

Vukojevic also followed Sterling closely.

To be honest, this guy's dribbling ability is really strong, his fake moves are very realistic, and he is also very flexible.

It is not an easy thing to keep up with him, but the good thing is that this guy is really unique and almost can't pass the ball, which also makes Vukojevic only need to follow him and don't need to pay too much attention to this guy's pass transfer.

Vukojevic drove Sterling all the way to the sideline.

Here, Srna also followed immediately, and the two of them directly formed a siege.

"Sterling! It was intercepted again!"

The British commentator was so angry that he slammed the table.

Once or twice is fine, but it is very annoying to be intercepted after dribbling several times in a row.

It's not that Sterling's dribbling is useless. When England needs a vertical breakthrough, it provides a lot of help in advancing.

But the problem is that this guy has to pass the ball when he advances!

The other teammates followed eagerly, but in the end, they couldn't get any hair.

"FXXK!"

Lampard also cursed after seeing the ball lost, turned his head and continued to retreat to defend.

Sterling's expression did not show any anger, but just spread his hands and shrugged, without any intention of reflecting.

On the other hand, after Croatia got the ball, their counterattack was very reasonable.

The ball passed to the midfield, and Modric distributed the ball according to the situation.

He would not pass every ball to Suker, but would judge the situation.

Suker's position was not good, and there were too many defenders, so he would not pass the ball.

After passing the ball to Perisic on the wing, Modric continued to run forward a few steps.

When he observed that no one was watching him, Modric reached out for the ball again.

When Perisic failed to break through, he passed the ball directly.

Modric received the ball and turned around in one go, but he did not move to the wing, but directly stuffed the ball along the rib area diagonally.

The next second, Suker started suddenly, and at the same time, England's full-back Johnson also turned around and chased.

Both of them rushed to the ball, but Johnson stood a little further forward and shoveled the ball out of the sideline in advance.

Suker took advantage of the situation and jumped up to avoid Johnson's tackle.

After landing, Suker turned his head and looked at Modric and shouted: "The pass is too small, the speed is not enough!"

Suker is confident that he can explode Johnson.

But the problem is that the runway provided is too short. It is estimated that Modric also subconsciously chose this passing route.

Compared with this shorter pass lead time, Suker prefers a longer lead time.

This allows him to give full play to his speed!

Modric also stretched out his hand to indicate his problem.

He is used to playing in Manchester United, where there are no extreme speed players like Suker, so Modric's pass lead time also needs to be slightly adjusted.

Now that he has returned to the national team, he needs to adapt to Suker's speed and lead time.

However, the ball still belongs to Croatia!

"England's defensive pressure is very high. They must limit Suker on the left wing, and at the same time pay attention to the impact of other lines."

The British commentator felt very bad. England's current defense highlights a sense of impetuousness.

It's not that England blocked Croatia's attack, but Croatia is still in an adjustment stage, so it is still playing back.

Once Croatia's feeling is gradually running in, then England's defense will suffer a heavy blow.

Bang!

"Welbeck crosses!"

Rooney, Sterling, and Sturridge are all moving towards the middle.

They wanted to find the best landing point.

But at this moment, a loud voice suddenly rose from the ground in front of them.

A powerful header directly cleared the ball.

"Simunic! Croatia's high center back, he grabbed a point accurately!"

Klausevich was excited.

At this time, the value of high center backs is reflected.

With Simunic's height and accurate judgment of the landing point, he can be called an air master on the Croatian defense.

Although his previous state has declined a lot, he has become confident again with his return to the national team.

And facing the starting lineup of this game, he performed more steadily.

The ball was firmly controlled by Modric. Under Simunic's header, England is currently moving forward as a whole, and it is definitely too late to return to defense.

Therefore, Modric wants to find a reasonable passing channel to directly form a counterattack situation.

Thinking about this, he saw a red and white figure moving forward.

At the same time, he was also pointing his finger forward.

Modric didn't even need to look closely, he knew who it was.

He just passed the ball sideways, and didn't need to make a precise landing point too deliberately, as long as he passed the ball to an empty position.

Next was Suker's job.

"Good shot!"

Seeing the ball flying high to the front, Suker was also excited.

He pushed the ground hard with his feet, and the whole person rushed forward like an arrow.

"Suker! Go!"

Klausovich shouted: "Croatia's counterattack!"

Croatia's counterattack was as fierce as fire.

Suker was sprinting in front, and Mandzukic, Perisic and others were chasing him slightly behind.

Rakitic and Srna were following behind.

On the other hand, in England, apart from the back line, there was only Gerrard in the back midfielder position.

Gerrard approached Suker quickly.

For a 34-year-old veteran, it was not easy to catch up with Suker's speed.

Even though Gerrard swung his arms frantically and increased his pace, the distance was still not shortened.

Seeing Suker slow down after receiving the ball, Gerrard immediately took this opportunity to get closer.

Just as he was about to get close, Suker suddenly stopped and wanted to get rid of him horizontally.

At this time, Gerrard could no longer control his center of gravity to complete the turn.

Suker was about to get rid of him, and Gerrard was in a hurry, so he could only reach out and grab Suker.

He grabbed Suker's jersey and refused to let go, and was dragged for two meters before his teammates retreated.

"Fuck you."

Suker turned around angrily and glared at Gerrard.

Gerrard felt bitter and knew that his behavior was problematic, so he did not refute it.

At this time, the referee had already run over and showed Gerrard a yellow card directly.

The tackle at the beginning was just a warning, but this time the pull was really beyond words.

"In order to limit Suker on the left wing, England really tried everything!"

In the 17th minute, Gerrard got a card.

This also made England's defense shake again.

This card will definitely make Gerrard a lot more honest, but the fouls committed by others one after another are unpredictable.

Not only can they not limit Suker, but England does not want to lose the game, so they can only use fouls.

"Hu~~~"

Suker couldn't help but exhale.

He knew that he might encounter many fouls in the World Cup.

After all, fouls are the most effective means when you can't limit yourself.

And how to avoid these is what Suker needs to consider.

The location of the foul this time is outside the penalty area, in the left rib area.

If you want to shoot directly, the distance is still a bit far.

For this reason, Suker gave up the free kick and ran into the penalty area to compete for the header.

Seeing Croatia's decision, England immediately understood. They sent a large number of troops to block Croatia's point contest, and Suker was naturally the top priority.

Modric stood at the penalty spot. He looked at the penalty area, lowered his head and pondered for a moment. When the whistle sounded, he decisively took the penalty kick.

"Modric's penalty kick, how to fight for this ball is a bit high, right?"

Klausich was stunned. If it was a cross, this ball was a bit too high.

Even Suker couldn't reach it with his full jump, and it was curved.

Whose cross ball curved!

So, there is only one conclusion, Modric ran towards the goal.

Modric also leaned his whole body to the left after the penalty kick, hoping that the arc applied to the ball could be circled back.

In fact, he was imitating Suker's set-piece.

However, compared with Suker's set-piece, this position is more difficult.

But this arc... is very similar!

The ball flew towards the dead corner far from the goal.

Joe Hart made a desperate save, cursing in his heart.

The arc of Suk's shot was exactly the same!

Was he going to fail here twice?

When the ball slipped through Joe Hart's fingers and flew behind him, he was even desperate.

But at this moment, with a ding sound.

The crossbar rejected the goal.

To be precise, it was the corner area between the crossbar and the right goal post. The dead corner could not be in the dead corner.

"Oh~~~ God!!"

Klausivic hugged his head with regret.

On the one hand, he was amazed at the quality of Modric's set-piece, and on the other hand, he regretted that he failed to convert this attack into a goal.

Modric also grinned with regret. He was just a little bit short, and the ball would have been there if the arc was wider.

Suk also looked at the goal, blinked his eyes, and then gave Modric a thumbs up.

It doesn't mean that scoring a goal is a good goal!

This kind of extreme footwork is also a good goal!

Although they failed to score, they put further pressure on England.

Two consecutive set-pieces, one directly scored, one accurately hit the goal frame, and both penetrated the goalkeeper's fingers. Let's see if England dares to take set-pieces.

At this time, the English players were a little confused.

Croatia can't let go forward, can't let go of the top, and can't let long shots.

Nowadays, even set pieces cannot be released.

In other words, they must make their defense extremely good, otherwise they will not be able to stop Croatia.

But with today's wavering defense, how can we stop this offensive?

"I thought we would make some changes in the intersecting offense and achieve better results. Unexpectedly, two consecutive set kicks were threatened. Now England did not dare to foul casually. Suker and Modric's The foot feels very hot, and if there are a few more set kicks, England’s goal will be kicked into pieces!”

"Moreover, England's defense can no longer hold up. Facing Suker's continuous attacks, Gerrard can only use fouls to stop Suker. This shows that apart from fouls, England can't find anything better. The solution!”

England really played very passively.

In every World Cup, England is highly hyped, but the games they play are unsatisfactory.

For this reason, many people also mocked England, calling them a hype team.

A player's worth is highly dependent on his British citizenship.

In fact, England is not weak, but it is not necessarily strong.

What's more, in this game, they faced Croatia!

They couldn't save face and put up a bus formation, so they could only be suppressed and kicked.

Croatia has retreated and they are staring at England's half.

The game time is almost 30 minutes, and their condition is gradually improving, and now they have become very good.

They also believed that it was time for the second goal.

What's more, under the continuous impact, England's defense was not stable enough at this time, which was a good opportunity to score.

All it takes is one good enough opportunity!

Bang!

England took a goal kick and the ball was passed to the full-back.

But after the full-back received the ball, he immediately passed it back to the goalkeeper.

There is no way, Croatia has already started to sprint forward and press high.

The English defenders did not dare to make mistakes at this time, let alone make moves, for fear of making mistakes.

After the ball was passed back to the goalkeeper, Joe Hart could only bite the bullet and kick the ball forward. Croatia, which was already full of troops in the midfield area, immediately entered the top battle mode.

However, no one touched the ball and they were all fighting. The ball was firmly stepped on by Simunic at the back.

Simunic stepped on the ball and England did not press forward rashly.

He had plenty of time to observe.

In fact, Simunic was a little ready to make a move at this time.

Don't forget, in addition to the high school defender's ability to compete for the top, he also has a precise long-distance passing footwork.

When he looked at Suk, the latter was also looking at him.

The two looked at each other, Su Ke was obviously stunned for a moment, and then turned to look at England's slightly lax defense.

"There's a chance!"

The moment Suk gave him a look of approval, Simunic became excited.

Of course, he didn't pass the ball blindly.

Instead, he pushed it forward to Modric and then made a gesture.

Modric also understood what Simunic was thinking and immediately started to operate.

Modric dropped deeper, increased contact with the defense, and at the same time continued to pass and receive the ball with the defense.

The England players took a quick look, weren't they trying to kill time?

"Press up! Don't let them slow you down!"

Lampard immediately shouted.

England's formation as a whole began to press forward.

Rooney rushed the hardest. Without any performance in this game, he was full of anger and ran rampant on the court.

But Croatia still passed and received the ball in an orderly manner.

At the moment Modric was surrounded, he passed the ball back to Simunic.

England immediately changed direction and attacked Simunic.

But the latter had already raised his head and looked towards the far end, and Su Ke was also ready to start.

"Suke!!——"

Simunic roared, got into a stance, and hit the ball with a long pass.

The ball jumped high and flew towards the gap in the England defense.

And Su Ke also started directly.

Since he stands forward, the distance is relatively short.

Johnson pulled and pulled, trying to pull Su Ke back.

But Su Ke was stunned and used Su Ke to overtake directly on the outside and squeezed to the front.

The rhythm of Johnson's feet was obviously messed up. In panic, he even tripped over himself and fell forward uncontrollably.

Suker took advantage of this opportunity to move inside again, not only avoiding Johnson's subconscious pull, but also completely getting rid of the defense.

"Suke!!! Breakthrough!!! -"

Kraussiewicz jumped up excitedly,

The fans in the audience once again burst into violent cheers.

Su Ke accelerated his feet and rushed to the ball's impact point. His whole body did not slow down significantly, but he turned sideways, raised his left thigh, and used his thigh to unload the ball.

The way this ball is played is so cool.

Not only is there no abruptness, but it also stops at an advance amount, so that Su Ke will not slow down and control the ball again.

And relying on such a detail, Su Ke accelerated again and avoided Cahill's tackle that risked a card.

At this time, Su Ke has arrived at the small penalty area.

At this time, Su Ke slowed down.

When he looked up, Joe Hart was obviously frozen.

He squatted down, bent his right knee inward to cover his crotch, and spread his hands to expand the defensive area.

He didn't know how Suker would shoot and at what angle.

But facing this situation, Suker calmly rubbed the ball.

The ball took a parabola, passed Joe Hart, and fell towards the side net on the far right side of the goal.

Another England central defender Jagielka rushed to the goal desperately. He jumped into the air and tried to hook the ball.

However, he missed the ball by a hair's breadth and could only watch the ball fall into the goal.

In the 34th minute, Croatia scored another goal!

At the same time, Suker also scored his second goal of the game, which was also Suker's 13th goal in the World Cup!

Suker is only two goals away from tying Ronaldo's World Cup goal record!

And after tying, it's surpassing!