Fox in the Penalty Area

Chapter 1975 "The Hand of God"

The players of the Chinese team finished celebrating and slowly returned to their own half.

Luo Kai lowered his head and carefully felt the touch from his left ankle every time he took a step.

His left foot fell heavily, and when he lifted his right leg, he shifted all his body weight to his left foot and took a heavy step.

There was no apparent discomfort from the ankle.

Only then did he feel relieved.

Fortunately, when I passed the ball just now, my ankle was up to the mark.

If the old injury chooses to relapse at that time, everything will be over...

Chen Xingyi, who was running back with his teammates, noticed Luo Kai's slightly strange running movements and the way he lowered his head, and quickly figured out why Luo Kai did this.

So he speeded up and ran to Luo Kai's side, and when he ran back side by side with him, he asked him: "How is it, is the injury okay?"

Luo Kai looked up at him, shook his head and said, "It's nothing."

"Hey, that's good!" Chen Xingyi grinned, "Thanks to your kick, otherwise I would have been scolded to death. Now that I scored the goal, I can say that I kicked it there premeditatedly." , ha! Don’t let your mouth slip in the post-match interview!”

Luo Kai was amused by Chen Xingyi's shameless look, he didn't say anything more, just ran back to the half court with Chen Xingyi, and then they parted ways when they crossed the halfway line.

One to the right, one to the left.

The wings of the Chinese team finally took off.

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When the Chinese team celebrated the goal wildly, the England coach Ryan Jackson on the sidelines couldn't care less about worrying about the ball, and couldn't care less about arguing whether the ball should exist or not.

He has already made a decision to make substitutions and adjustments.

But not to strengthen the defense.

Generally speaking, when the opponent equalizes the score and the momentum is in full swing, if you want to adjust, you should also strengthen your defense to avoid being scored by the opponent in a short period of time, thereby making a lore.

But Ryan Jackson did the opposite, stepping up the offense.

I have to say that this head coach is really different from most head coaches, so that people wonder if he has a good relationship with Leeds City head coach Tony Clark in private...

When the game just resumed, the England team completed the substitution.

Ryan Jackson replaced captain and midfielder Connor Kirk with young striker William Sutton.

In order to hurry up, Kirk did not run to give the captain's armband to the second captain Johnson Law, but simply put it on the arm of Pete Williams nearby.

Then run off quickly.

After being equalized by the Chinese team, the England team was not thinking about how to keep the tie, but **** the Chinese team before the end of the game.

So they can't waste time on substitutions.

Almost coincidentally, the Chinese team also made substitutions.

Zhang Qinghuan, who had a significant decline in physical fitness, was replaced.

He was replaced by midfielder Gao Ruimin.

Although Dillon removed a midfielder and replaced it with a defensive midfielder, it does not mean that this means a solid defense.

Because while replacing Gao Ruimin, he also pushed Chen Xingyi and Luo Kai to the front line.

In this way, the formation of the Chinese team has become a slightly strange 334.

Under normal circumstances, when people talk about the number of formations, the back line is at the front, such as 433, that is, four backs, three midfielders, and three forwards. 352, that is three defenders, five midfielders and two forwards. England played 451 in this game, which is four defenders, five midfielders and a single striker.

The current 334 of the Chinese team is definitely not 433 reversed. It is an upside-down configuration of three defenders, three midfielders and four forwards.

It is often when the head coach needs to fight for his life that the head coach will form such a bold formation.

It can be seen that Dillon also hopes to end the game in regular game time.

However, the two head coaches still maintain a sense of reason, because they each have a useless substitution quota on hand, which is prepared for possible overtime.

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Although Hu Lai scored the goal in the 84th minute of the game, it took some time to confirm whether the goal was valid, so it was not only six minutes before the end of the regular game.

According to the stoppage time principle of this World Cup, the final stoppage time may give a lot of time.

At least seven or eight minutes, maybe even close to ten minutes.

So there may be nearly fifteen minutes before the game really ends.

And this time is enough for both sides to score a goal.

Whoever can score at this time is the real lore.

After the game resumed, the two sides unanimously launched a fierce attack on the opponent's goal.

The first attack was the England team. Johnson Law rarely participated in the assist and pressed near the Chinese team's big penalty area.

Facing Chen Xingyi's shovel, he made a "fried ball", passed Chen Xingyi who had lost his center of gravity, and cut inside.

However, he was not able to continue to break through.

Facing Cai Shuyi's defense in the ribs, his first fake move didn't work, so Gao Ruimin who was next to him rushed over immediately.

Seeing that he was in danger of being double-teamed, Johnson Law temporarily changed his mind, turned halfway and used the outside instep of his left foot to push the football back.

Jay Adams and Xia Xiaoyu rushed towards the football at the same time, and in the end Adams was one step ahead and shot directly at the ball!

The football is like a cannonball, flying towards the goal of the Chinese team!

Very powerful and very fast!

So much so that the goalkeeper Lin Zhiyuan could only stand there and raise his hand out of conditioned reflex...

Fortunately, he chose his position well, and he was on the flight path of the football.

It's just that the speed with which he raised his hand didn't catch up with the flying speed of the football. It can be said that he collided with the football completely unexpectedly!

The football hits his hand, jumps up a bit, and ends up missing... the line!

"Adams shot! What a pity!"

"Shoot! Zhiyuan Lin! Great shot! He threw the ball away!"

Then the Chinese team fought back. Luo Kai took the ball from the side and cut inside, took two steps, and suddenly kicked and shot about 33 meters away from the goal!

The ball was missed despite goalkeeper Tom Walker flying sideways.

Eventually the football hit the post and bounced back. Cleared by England defender Bigfoot.

"Luo Kai... took a long shot! Hit the post! Ahh!"

He Feng yelled with regret, as did the Chinese fans in the stands, while the England fans were frightened into a cold sweat.

"This is the second time we've hit the goal post in this game... What's the matter with the goal at the Pirate Park Stadium? Don't you still recognize the owner?" Xie Lan in the stands frowned and muttered.

But she soon became logical and self-consistent. She slapped her thigh and suddenly realized: "It must be because the ball was shot by Luo Kai! This court doesn't recognize him!"

Hu Lixin couldn't laugh or cry when he heard it, and he couldn't help but remind her that the Chinese team's shot on the post in the first half was shot by their son...

In the 89th minute of the game, Carl Gregg cut in from the wing to the center, and then dribbled the ball into the penalty area.

Liu Yan faced him in the penalty area, then lost his balance and threw himself forward, but Greg half-kneeled on the ground to protect the football and his balance.

Then he got up quickly, facing Wang Guangwei who was up for grabs, and suddenly threw the ball out!

He wanted to catch Wang Guangwei by surprise.

But Wang Guangwei saw through it in advance, turned around and cut across the box, blocking between Greg and the football.

Greg couldn't stop the car and bumped into Wang Guangwei's back. Both of them fell to the ground at the same time, and the football was easily captured by goalkeeper Lin Zhiyuan.

Amidst the loud boos, the referee's whistle sounded.

William Sutton next to him raised his hands high, signaling Wang Guangwei to foul.

But the referee gave the opposite gesture - he fouled Greg for pushing someone behind and awarded the Chinese team a free kick!

"The ball is fine, Wang Guangwei didn't foul! His timing was very good, and he got ahead of Greg. When Greg strode the football out, he actually lost control of the football..."

He Feng explained to the Chinese fans watching the live broadcast.

Greg was very dissatisfied with the referee's penalty. After he got up from the ground, he ran to yell at the referee. The referee made a gesture to him, indicating that if he criticizes too much, he will be punished. Give him a yellow card.

Greg then closed his mouth, but the expression on his face was still displeased.

At this point in the game, if a penalty can be won for the team, it will be a lore chance, so every penny must be weighed.

That is, after England's attack, the fourth official held up the stoppage time sign of the game on the sidelines.

Seeing the stoppage time, the commentators from various countries in the commentary booth said one after another:

"Nine minutes of stoppage time are needed for this game! The two teams scored four goals in the second half, the time for celebration, the time for substitutions, and the time for VAR to intervene, nine minutes is reasonable..."

"Now both teams have the last nine minutes to change their fortunes!"

"Who would have thought that the match between England and the Chinese team would be so fierce... Before the game, everyone was more optimistic about England, but the Chinese team showed us their tenacious side!"

"Now I think it's normal no matter who wins and who loses in the end, but it's also a pity!"

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After the game entered injury time, the two sides also realized that there was not much time left in the game. If they did not want to play overtime, this was their last chance.

As a result, the offensive became more and more violent, and defense seemed to become less important.

Both sides' defenses are free, and it depends on who can catch it first.

The game time passed quickly in the back and forth between the two sides.

When the nervous fans of both sides finally let out a breath, they realized that there were only two minutes left in stoppage time.

"In the 97th minute of the game, the score was still 3:3. Overtime was getting closer... The head coaches of both sides also started calling more substitute players to warm up and prepare for overtime..."

The footage of the TV broadcast was also given to the coaches of the two teams, so that everyone can see how their respective preparations are doing.

But at this moment, the broadcast camera suddenly cut back to the field.

I saw Pete Williams send a through ball in the frontcourt!

The football passed through the gap between Luo Kai and Liu Yan. At the same time, Carl Gregg, who was on the wing, quickly cut in diagonally and got behind the Chinese team's defense!

"Oops! Watch out!"

"Danger!"

"Chance for England!"

The screams of the Chinese fans in the stands and the cheers of the English fans made the air in the stadium boil instantly!

Accompanied by screams and noise, goalkeeper Lin Zhiyuan rushed towards Greg like a torpedo!

As soon as Greg caught up with the football, Lin Zhiyuan had already slid over, he had no time to do other moves, he could only stab it!

Wasn't that how he stabbed the football into the Chinese team's goal in the first half?

But this time the football he stabbed was blocked by Lin Zhiyuan who rushed over with his body!

The football hit Lin Zhiyuan's attacking chest, bounced back, and rolled past the Chinese defender Liu Yan who returned to defend.

Liu Yan reflexively wanted to destroy the football, but when he kicked his legs backward, he missed the ball.

Can only turn around and watch the football fall to Pete Williams' feet!

At this moment, the Chinese team is in an empty state!

"Hey! Hey!" He Feng could only yell in a hurry, but he was speechless.

The screams and boos from the Chinese fans in the stands were even more deafening, as if a sonic attack could interfere with Pete Williams.

Luo Kai rushed to Pete Williams with all his strength, and was ready to foul-this ball, even if it was a foul, must not allow him to have a chance to kick it out!

But Pete's reaction was faster than he expected, and he stopped the flying football to his right without any unnecessary movements, then turned halfway around, and swung his foot to shoot!

At this time, Lin Zhiyuan had just gotten up from the ground, and was about to turn around and pounce back ~www.novelmt.com~ and it was completely too late...

Gao Ruimin, who returned to the penalty area, jumped up, looked up at the football, and reflexively... swung his arms upwards!

It seems that he wants to block the football with his hands...but his hands can't reach it, and the height is still not enough!

Under everyone's gaze, the football passed over Gao Ruimin's head, fell down, and continued to fly towards the goal behind him!

Judging from the height and trajectory of the football, it is impossible to expect the ball to fly off the crossbar. As long as there is no accident, the ball will definitely score!

The Chinese team... is going to be lore? !

Wang Guangwei, who had retreated to the door, saw the football was about to fly past him, he kicked the ground and jumped backwards, and at the same time he stretched out his left hand towards the football!

A standard goalkeeper side attack!

When he felt his fingers touch the football, he suddenly exerted force and pushed the football out sideways!

At the same time, he looked back and saw the football twirling and turning in an obvious arc, around the...back post!

Then he fell from the air and fell to the ground, keeping turning his head and looking back, motionless.

(end of this chapter)