Chapter 1979 The Brave Wins(1/3)
"Hulai!"
Under He Feng's loud shout, Hu Lai completed a shot in the penalty area, and then he was knocked out by George Birx.
The football was saved by Tom Walker in the air.
Chinese fans in the stands booed and roared.
They thought Birx committed a foul and the ball should have been a penalty kick.
Ever since Wang Guangwei was penalized for handball at the last moment, Chinese fans have been extremely angry and always want to find fault with England.
As long as players from both sides come into physical contact and a Chinese player falls to the ground, the Chinese fans in the stands will express their dissatisfaction with boos and curses.
Anyway, "FUCK" is not a difficult word. Which Chinese fan who can go abroad to watch football can't say it?
The referee was not disturbed or pressured by the Chinese fans. He insisted on his decision and did not call Birx a foul or give the Chinese team a penalty kick.
This ball was just a normal physical contact by Birx. The reason why Hu Lai lost his balance and fell out had little to do with how hard Birx used it. It was mainly because he had thrown away his center of gravity after jumping up and shooting.
, not wanting to maintain the balance of his body at all, he is naturally easily knocked away...
Hu Lai himself did not lie on the ground and roll around, asking the referee for a penalty kick.
After rolling around on the ground, he quickly stood up and called his teammates to take a corner kick.
After the overtime started, just as England head coach Ryan Jackson planned, the England team retreated and allowed the Chinese team to press forward and attack.
Therefore, the Chinese team's offensive was very fierce in the first half of overtime. However, because the English team had a bus in front of the goal, the Chinese team's offense was only loud and heavy, but it did not score any points.
After removing Zhou Zijing, England players can devote more defensive forces to Hu Lai, which also makes it more difficult for the Chinese team to score goals.
The first half is coming to an end, and the score is still 3:3.
Ryan Jackson is already thinking about adjustments for the second half of overtime.
He replaced the exhausted Jay Adams with Jimmy Stokes in the first half of overtime, continuing to maintain control of the midfield while sharing the pressure from Pete Williams.
If Peter's condition is difficult to recover for a while, then let Jimmy Stokes ensure the normal operation of the team.
But maybe the England players on the field were also starting to think about the counterattack in the second half, or maybe the brain could no longer maintain concentration for a long time after consuming a lot of physical energy.
In short, when Brad Pate cut in from the wing to the center to receive the ball, he failed to stop Jimmy Stokes' pass to him, which cost him more time to control the football.
After he gained control of the ball, Ou Yangjin and Cai Shuyi were already in front of him.
Pate was a little panicked and hurriedly passed the football to the middle, trying to pass it to his teammates.
There is indeed forward William Sutton who retreats in the direction of his passing, but Pate's passing force is slightly smaller - when passing the ball, he was still interfered by Cai Shuyi's personal tackle...
Qin Qi, who was originally defending on the line of the penalty area, made a decision the moment Pate passed the ball - he could not wait where he was, but had to actively attack!
So he stepped forward with one lunge, stretched out his legs and broke the Pate pass!
"Qin Qi! Beautiful steal! He was replaced just before the end of the regular game. He has full energy and powerful movements. This steal is very fast!"
After intercepting the ball, he passed the football to Xia Xiaoyu before Pete Williams pounced on him.
After passing the ball, he did not stay where he was or retreat, but continued to move forward resolutely.
When Xia Xiaoyu saw Qin Qi's advance, he passed the football back to him.
The two of them did a two-on-one and hit the wall.
England's center was almost empty.
After Qin Qi caught the ball, he strode towards the ball and rushed forward.
At the same time, the Chinese team's offensive players also quickly moved forward.
Despite running for 105 minutes - actually more than that, because there was injury time - everyone still gritted their teeth and pressed forward.
Qin Qi could continue to dribble the ball, but he did not do so. After taking two more steps, he chose to pass the football.
There were three routes left, center and right, and he chose the left route.
Because on the left is Chen Xingyi, and the one guarding Chen Xingyi is Johnson Law, who does not have the advantage in speed.
Of course, in this counterattack situation, we have to consider speed.
"Qin Qi goes straight to the front line!"
Chen Xingyi turned around and saw Qin Qi passing the football over. He couldn't help but give the opponent a thumbs up in his heart, and at the same time, he accelerated and ran.
In front of him was Johnson Law, who had already thought about throwing the football out without stopping it.
However, in order to deceive Lao, he decided to slow down slightly and make a gesture of stopping the ball. Then when Lao also slowed down to intercept the ball, he suddenly pushed the football out hard. Anyway, there was space behind him and it was wide enough to run a horse.
He could throw the football ten meters away in one breath, and if he tried to chase it, he would definitely not be able to catch up with him at his speed.
As a result, just when Chen Xingyi slowed down, he saw that Johnson Law had already turned sideways in advance, preparing to pursue him...
Apparently he had predicted Chen Xingyi's plan.
Hold!
Chen Xingyi's reaction was also very fast. After slowing down, he feinted and made a fake move to hit the ball in a straight line. Then he used the inside of his left foot to move the football laterally to the right. At the same time, he took advantage of the opportunity to slow down and turned around.
Cut the ball!
Walk!
Johnson Law didn't expect that Chen Xingyi would change his straight-line breakthrough into an inside cut. He had already turned around and could only continue to turn around and chase towards the middle.
By the time he came around, Chen Xingyi had almost rushed to him.
He reached out and pulled it.
It was opened by Chen Xingyi with a wave of his hand.
He tried to squeeze in with his body and interfere with Chen Xingyi's speed.
Chen Xingyi moved the football to the right side of his body and used his body to protect the football, but he did not squeeze away.
Johnson Law, once the world's top full-back, has never been so weak.
In this game, he was almost defeated by the young Chen Xingyi. As long as it was about speed, he basically never won...
But in those previous matches, even if he lost to Chen Xingyi, he still had his teammates in the middle who could help him defend.
This time... if he allows Chen Xingyi to break through, that kid can just dribble the ball into the penalty area and do it alone!
He can absolutely shoot.
And if England's centre-back comes to defend him, then the center is empty, so he can also pass the ball...
This time he has no way to retreat, and he must never give in!
Thinking of this, Johnson Law took action again, and this time he grabbed the back of Chen Xingyi's jersey. Even though the opponent waved back and slapped his arm, he did not let go.
At the same time, he shoveled it from the side and behind!
When Chen Xingyi used his body to separate the football, he knew it would be difficult for him to shovel the football, but he still shoveled it!
As expected, he didn't shovel the ball. Instead, he shoveled the inside of Chen Xingyi's right foot from behind, and then pushed Chen Xingyi out like a bulldozer.
When Chen Xingyi was about to forcefully accelerate, he first felt that his right foot did not step on the turf, but was moving uncontrollably. Then his upper body suddenly tilted to the left, tilting, and his entire body lost his balance.
"ah!"
He let out a scream reflexively, and fell flat on his back, rolling around awkwardly under the influence of inertia...
The Pirates Park stadium instantly erupted with boos that could pierce the eardrums!
"Foul! Foul! This is a behind-the-back foul! It's malicious! An immoral foul!" He Feng yelled indignantly.
Ten minutes ago, when Wang Guangwei blocked Pete Williams' shot with his hand, the England commentator criticized Wang Guangwei's foul as unsportsmanlike.
Now it’s the Chinese commentator’s turn to say the same lines…
And even more angry.
Because Johnson Law's foul not only destroyed Chen Xingyi's single goal, but also very likely injured Chen Xingyi!
This is much dirtier and more immoral than Wang Guangwei’s intentional handball foul just now!
From the perspective of a neutral fan, which foul is more disgusting? Of course it is this one!
"This ball..." Matthew Cox was stunned for a moment, and then a very bad thought came into his heart.
In his opinion, Johnson Law will not be able to escape with a red card.
Originally there was a numerical advantage, but now the numerical advantage is gone, and the morale is not as good as the opponent's... Are we, England, going to lose this game?!
Johnson Law, who committed the foul, got up from the ground and reflexively defended himself. He made a "ball" gesture with both hands to indicate that he had scooped the ball...
But his argument is obviously unconvincing and in vain - in the VAR era, such serious fouls will definitely be judged with the help of VAR video.
In fact, when the referee blew the whistle to stop the game and ran towards Johnson Law, the firm voice of the video referee team came from his earphones: "That was a very bad foul. He tackled the Chinese player.
feet!"
While running, the referee put his hand into his pocket. When he took it out again, a flash of red appeared in everyone's eyes.
"Red card! The referee sent Johnson Law off with a red card! That's no problem. Tacking someone from behind is 100% a red card!" He Feng changed the subject, "We hope that nothing serious will happen to Chen Xingyi and he will not be injured..."
To be continued...