Fox in the Penalty Area

"Pete gets the ball!"

Peter Williams, who has "peter." printed on the back of his jersey, received the ball from the team's right back Johnson Law from the wing, and made a posture of dribbling the ball in a straight line, deceiving him into facing him. Ou Yangjin quickly retreated.

As a result, he took a step back and found that the other party was standing still, so he quickly braked.

It's just that it was too late to pounce again. His body was frozen and he didn't recover so quickly.

He could only watch helplessly as Pete raised his right leg and then... passed the football into the penalty area!

Eh? Pass the ball? !

Ou Yangjin's hair stood on end - he thought Pete Williams would take a direct long shot, but he didn't expect it to be a pass!

To be honest, he would rather Pitt shoot directly from long range than pass the ball.

Because his back is to the penalty area, he doesn't know what is going on behind him. If Peter is passing the ball, it means that there must be a gap in the Chinese team's defense!

"Pete made a cross from a 45-degree angle!"

Wang Guangwei moved laterally from the center and rushed into the space on the right side of the penalty area.

On the last step, he rushed forward and stretched out his legs to block Marvin Stones!

Then, he felt the football hit his calf! "Wang Guangwei! Oh oh oh! Crucial defense! He appeared in the position in time at the most critical moment, and then stretched his legs to block Stones' shot!"

When He Feng said this, Yan Kang next to him let out a sigh of relief.

When he saw Pete Williams suddenly passing the ball into the penalty area, his heart was really lifted.

Afraid of conceding the ball at the start...

Then for the Chinese team, the remaining games will be difficult to play. Wang Guangwei, who made a key defense, did not blame his teammates for missing such a big gap. Instead, he raised his hands to his shocked teammates and shouted loudly: "Steady, don't panic!"

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It's been almost ten minutes since the game started.

During this period, the Chinese team's goal has been under tremendous pressure.

Unlike other strong teams, England did not adopt a defensive counterattack strategy.

On the contrary, they were very proactive in controlling the ball from the beginning of the game, and then based on this, they continued to put pressure on the Chinese team's goal.

Malvin Stones' strike was not England's first chance of the game.

Before that, the England team relied on Jay Adams' long shot to threaten the Chinese team's goal.

When the football flew out of the baseline, it was only about ten centimeters away from the Chinese team's goal post.

It scared many Chinese fans into cold sweats, and they exclaimed in the stands and in front of the TV.

The situation this time was also very dangerous. If Wang Guangwei hadn't appeared in time to block Stones' shot, Lin Zhiyuan might have faced a real test...

"Stones missed a great opportunity!"

England commentator Matthew Cox yelled regretfully from the commentary box.

"Wang Guangwei previously played for Eldrea in Serie A and has confirmed his move to Vesuvius. He is also the most famous and strongest player on the Chinese team's back line... Generally speaking, the Chinese team is still strong in offense and defense. Weak, Wang is not only the highlight of the Chinese team's defense, but he may also be the breakthrough point..."

Cox introduced Wang Guangwei to England fans. Because Eldrea did not participate in the European war during the four seasons that Wang Guangwei played, English fans may not know much about Wang Guangwei.

Many of them may have seen Wang Guangwei's game for the first time until today...

Judging from the data alone, the Chinese team's defense led by Wang Guangwei is actually performing well and has only conceded two goals in this World Cup so far.

There are few teams that have conceded fewer goals than them in the entire group stage. Apart from Italy, Brazil and Croatia, which conceded zero goals, Switzerland and Germany, which only conceded one goal, performed better than them.

but

These teams are all stronger than the Chinese team.

Italy and Switzerland focus on defense, so it makes sense that they concede fewer goals.

The data seems to be inconsistent with everyone's general feeling about the Chinese team's "strong offense and weak defense".

The reasons for this are complex.

The unity of the Chinese team players when defending is a very important factor.

In addition, their defense did not encounter a big test in the group stage, which is also a reason that cannot be ignored.

Italy focuses on defense, while Spain is notoriously weak up front.

The Nigerian forward has strong personal abilities, but lacks effective organization. The entire team was suppressed by the fierce offensive of the Chinese team.

Therefore, the performance of only conceding two goals definitely cannot represent the true strength of the Chinese team's defense.

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After blocking Stones' shot, Wang Guangwei called on his teammates to prepare to defend the corner kick.

In fact, the Chinese team players know what strategies and tactics England will adopt.

Because before that, Dillon's coaching staff told them that England would take the initiative to attack in this game.

After all, England played like this in the previous three group matches. Even ordinary fans can see it. If Dillon and his coaches can't see it, their annual salary of more than 10 million will be in vain.

However, England attacked at the beginning, which was somewhat beyond the expectations of the Chinese players.

This is one of the reasons why the Chinese team did not have the upper hand ten minutes into the game.

After the corner kick was taken, England center back George Birx grabbed the point and smashed the football towards the goal.

Fortunately, Lin Zhiyuan's position was very good this time, and he raised his hand directly to lift the football over the crossbar.

"Lin Zhiyuan! The first effective save in this game! England won consecutive corner kicks!"

"The England team's offensive is very strong. During this period, the boys of the national team must withstand it. Don't panic or be chaotic!"

Fortunately, after the second corner kick was taken, it was not hit by any player from the England team.

The football allowed the Chinese team's central defender Liu Yan to push out. Outside the penalty area, Zhang Qinghuan and Jay Adams competed for the second spot.

The two people were entangled and interfered with each other. In the end, although Adams grabbed the second goal, his header was not passed well and went to Xia Xiaoyu.

Xia Xiaoyu took the ball and passed it directly to Chen Xingyi on the left. The Chinese team counterattacked quickly!

In the absence of Luo Kai, Chen Xingyi's left wing is the main source of the Chinese team's offense.

Because of the England team's opening attack strategy, it is naturally impossible for their defense to remain intact, so as long as the counterattack is fast enough, the Chinese team can still get a chance.

Before Xia Xiaoyu caught the ball, Chen Xingyi had already seen that the latter would control the ball, because Xia Xiaoyu was the only contact point around the football at that time.

So Chen Xingyi started moving forward in advance. At the same time, he raised his hand to signal to Xia Xiaoyu: Give it to me, Xiaoyu, give it to me! Sure enough, Xia Xiaoyu handed over the football.

Chen Xingyi almost caught the football on the sideline, and then faced the England right back Johnson Law who was chasing him horizontally to block him. Chen Xingyi did not fight with him, but just blasted him!

He competes with the thirty-three-year-old Lao for speed!

Johnson Lao didn't expect Chen Xingyi to be so direct. Young people don't have martial ethics...

In the blink of an eye, he was squeezed behind Chen Xingyi.

But Johnson Law did not give up because of this. He was still trying to race against Chen Xingyi and constantly interfered with the latter, preventing him from dribbling the ball well.

Chen Xingyi's speed is good, but his physical confrontation ability is still poor, so after being interfered by Johnson Law, his speed was affected.

Seeing that he had no chance to completely get rid of Johnson Law in a short period of time, Chen Xingyi stopped entangled with him on the wing.

A sudden emergency stop!

Johnson Law was thrown away by half a body. then he

Turn to the middle!

In the middle, there is the tall center Zhou Zijing. Hu Lai was moved to the back.

In addition, Zhang Qinghuan and Xia Xiaoyu were both rushing forward desperately to participate in the counterattack.

The Chinese team's counterattack is definitely not relying on one or two people fighting alone, but an entire offensive system.

This gives Chen Xingyi more passing options when counterattacking. Chen Xingyi did not continue to dribble the ball. Although he could also dribble the ball, he was obviously not as fast as passing the ball.

Passing the ball can send the football to more threatening places faster! He passed the football to Zhou Zijing in the middle.

When the football was passed to Zhou Zijing, Hu Lai suddenly cut in from the back point of the wing, accelerated towards the goal, and looked like he was going to meet Zhou Zijing.

His cross-cutting movement attracted the attention of one of the few defensive players in the England team - Connor Kirk followed Hu Lai all the time, so that he didn't have much defense against Zhou Zijing.

And this is an opportunity for Zhou Zijing!

So Zhou Zijing adjusted after receiving the ball outside the free throw arc and took a long shot!

"Zhou Zi Jing————!!"

Accompanied by the roar of He Feng's drawn-out voice, the football skimmed the turf at low altitude, and then suddenly fell to the ground in front of the England goal and bounced forward!

This is a very high quality shot.

Fortunately, England goalkeeper Tom Walker was very focused, and Zhou Zijing's "forward swing" before shooting was slightly longer, so he guessed the intention of the shot.

So when Zhou Zijing shot, he jumped to his right, and then when the football fell to the ground and bounced forward, he saved the football from the baseline with one palm!

"Zhou Zijing! Beautiful shot! Walker made a great save! One minute ago, the England team got two corner kicks in a row, and now it's the Chinese team's turn to fight back! They also got a corner kick!"

"The game has only started for ten minutes, and it seems that both sides are playing very openly. England has fierce firepower and is the team with the most goals in the group stage of this World Cup, while the Chinese team is also strong in offense and weak in defense. When these two teams meet , this game may be a goal battle! "

In the commentary box, commentators from all over the world were excited.