Chapter 705 The Powerful England

Franken Stadium at 0:00 on June 16, 2006.

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

Because both sides won the first round of the group stage, no matter who wins in today's game, they will definitely advance to the knockout stage. Therefore, both sides are all trying their best to advance one round ahead of schedule.

Since there are many players in the Chinese team playing in the Premier League and are not unfamiliar with the players in the opponent's team, both sides were greeting each other before the game, and they were having a happy and warm scene. But when the game really started, the style made a 180-degree turn.

The Chinese team, which was the first to kick off, unexpectedly took the initiative to step forward and pressed and pressed, trying to speed up the pace from the beginning and strive to launch a fast-paced attack.

But England seemed to be prepared for this. With their comprehensive strength advantages, they patiently squatted in their half-court and used defensive counterattacks to deal with the Chinese team's offensive.

Two minutes into the game, after the two teams launched a fierce round of scrambles in England at the half-time, the Three Lions took the lead to a threatening offensive. After Lampard took the ball about 20 meters away from the goal, he drifted past the Chinese midfielder Zhao Junzhe who was defending him and shot with his right foot.

This kick failed to suppress the ball and was higher than the goal.

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

Yin Jun began to realize that the script of this game was not right and did not follow the Chinese team's pre-match planning ideas. England obviously had prepared for a long time and was not afraid of the Chinese team's attack.

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In fact, the Chinese team has a snatch, but no attack!

If Lampard's sudden long shot just now did not create much threat, then the subsequent counterattack made people feel the sharpness of England.

Gerald passed to Beckham at the front of the penalty area, and the latter passed into the penalty area, and Irving scored seven meters in front of the goal. Although the ball slipped past the goal, it made everyone sweat in a cold sweat.

Everyone in the Chinese team also realized that the pace of the game was completely wrong. They could not grab the ball at all, but instead exposed their defense line.

With the weak defense of the Chinese team, can I stop the counterattack of the super luxurious attack group Irving, Crouch, Joe Cole, Lampard, Gerald and Beckham?

Alihan on the sidelines also realized the problem, especially when he saw the team captain Yin Jun shaking his head at him, the Dutch head coach realized that the game could not continue to play like this.

So he quickly made adjustments. The Chinese team failed to attack and the team entered the defensive counterattack stage early.

But even so, England was like a snake hitting a stick, refusing to let the Chinese team retreat easily and slowly advance.

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

In the 11th minute, Lampard passed the ball over the top and passed it into the penalty area, and Crouch headed the ball. Li Leilei blocked the ball in shock, but then Lampard stopped the ball in his chest and volleyed directly.

Sun Jihai made a contribution in this defense. The Chinese right back chased Lampard all the way. When he volleyed, he interfered with the England midfielder, forcing the opponent to fail to hit the main position and directly hit the high again.

After the opening, the expected attack did not work, but was created by England one after another. The Chinese team seemed very passive in the scene, especially the defensive pressure in the midfield and backcourt was very high. Yin Jun, Zhao Junzhe and Zhao Xuri were basically defending in front of the defense line.

As the brain and offensive engine of the Chinese team, Yin Jun was forced to fully invest in defense, which made the Chinese team lose the offensive momentum, making it difficult for the frontcourt offense to create a threat, and the first shot was delayed.

The first shot of the Chinese team occurred in the 18th minute.

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

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

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

But one minute later, England made a comeback, Gerald made another pass from the penalty area, and Crouch once again beat Li Weifeng and headed the ball from close range, trying to hit a far corner, but failed to hit the right side, and the ball slipped past the goal again.

England's continuous offense made the Chinese team feel tremendous pressure. Whether it was Gao's suppression of two central defenders, Irving's activity, Beckham's sharp pass, or Joe Cole's dribbling breakthrough, England's offense allowed Manchester United to deal with it.

In the first twenty minutes, there was only one shot, which was indeed quite embarrassing.

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At the 21st minute, England launched a fast attack in the frontcourt.

After Joe Cole took the ball on the left rib, he made a move to break through the bottom, tricking the Chinese right back Sun Jihai to turn around and retreat, then pushed the ball into the middle and cut in!

Zheng Zhi, who was waiting for the battle in the middle, hurried up and stuck on his inside to prevent him from entering the penalty area. At the same time, Zhao Xuri also came to defend Zheng Zhi from front and back.

Their attention was all on Joe Cole. Unexpectedly, the Chelsea winger suddenly knocked his heel while dribbled horizontally, and passed the football to another English striker Irving in the penalty area!

"Joe Cole...pass! Irving! Be careful!" Huang Jianqiang exclaimed.

Because Zheng Zhi came up to defend Joe Cole, and another central defender Li Weifeng was competing with Crouch, this led to Irving, who was interspersed with him, being in an unguarded situation!

After receiving the ball, Irving made a little adjustment and shot!

At this critical moment, Sun Jihai, who had been shaken away by Joe Cole, had already been killed back from the side and blocked with a flying tackle!

The football bounced on his feet, but before the Chinese team fans at the scene or the Chinese audience in front of the TV could breathe a sigh of relief for the Chinese team, the football flew to the area where Crouch and Li Weifeng were.

Crouch beat Li Weifeng, who had performed well before, headed the ball into the top of the goal 5 meters in front of the goal, and 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 lost the ball...
Chapter completed!