Fox in the Penalty Area

Zhang Qinghuan raised his arm to signal his teammates. When the referee blew the whistle, he took a run-up and kicked the football from the corner flag area toward the goal!

Both Hu Lai and Zhou Zijing were tightly defended by English players in front of the goal.

As two people who have played and currently play in the Premier League, players in England are very familiar with them.

Wang Guangwei was also defended by English players because he is the captain of the Chinese team and the most famous of the three defenders of the Chinese team.

However, Zhang Qinghuan’s ball was not given to any of the above-mentioned people. The person who finally grabbed the point in the penalty area was another central defender, Liu Yan, who was good at headers and frontal defense!

Liu Yan got the point through the cover of his teammates!

He pushed the football towards the England goal, but it went over the crossbar at the last moment...

"Liu Yan! Good shot!"

Although it did not reach the door frame, commentator He Feng still spoke highly of it.

Praise was not only given to Liu Yan, who headed the ball in the end, but also to the entire Chinese team. In this counterattack and corner kick attack, they not only showed extremely high tactical literacy, but also showed excellent form.

The most important thing is that the Chinese team players were not intimidated by the England team's attack after the start.

Their performance was as good as ever, and there was no clue that this was the first World Cup knockout match in their lives.

This performance made everyone willing to ignore that Liu Yan's ball missed the goal frame, and gave the Chinese team unstinting applause and encouragement.

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After Liu Yan pushed the football out of the baseline, the two central defenders Wang Guangwei and Cai Shuyi immediately turned around and ran back.

After Liu Yan held his head in regret, he also turned around and retreated.

They are central defenders, so they cannot stay in the frontcourt and "hurt the spring and autumn". After ending the set-piece attack in the frontcourt, they must immediately

Return to his defensive position to guard against England's rapid attack.

Sure enough, when they retreated, England's goalkeeper Tom

Walker had already gone behind the goal and gestured to the ball boy to hand the football to him quickly.

The ball boy also knew very well. He immediately threw the football to Walker and then turned around to pick it up.

After getting the ball, Walker didn't even place the football on the line in the goal area. Instead, he casually put it on the ground and passed a long pass to his England teammates who were advancing.

Obviously, England's head coach Ryan Jackson specifically explained that the entire England team would act like this. After the Chinese team had just taken a corner kick, they quickly attacked collectively.

This England team is indeed different from those traditional strong teams. After changing the head coach, he did not take the usual path.

They play more aggressively and with more courage.

While all the players were rushing forward, Pete Williams was going backwards and retreated to receive Tom Walker's pass.

There are also people following him on the Chinese team. After all, Peter Williams is the core midfielder of the England team.

There's no way Dillon wouldn't have someone marking him.

But Dillon didn't designate a specific person to be responsible for guarding Pete Williams. Instead, he told the players whoever was closest to Pete to guard him.

The person closest to Pete Williams now is Xia Xiaoyu. So when Peter retreated to respond, it was Xia Xiaoyu who followed.

Before catching the ball, Peter turned around and saw Xia Xiaoyu. So when the football flew towards him, he did not stop the football at his feet.

Instead, when catching the ball, he turns sideways at the same time and stops the football laterally. At the same time, he moves laterally in the direction of stopping the ball.

With such a simple action, Xia Xiaoyu was left behind! "Beautiful stoppage!" England commentator Matthew Cox cheered Pitt.

At the same time as he got rid of Xia Xiaoyu, Pete Williams also completed his turn. He changed from facing away from the direction of the attack to facing the direction of the attack.

No need to make any more adjustments, he directly took off his foot and passed the ball diagonally, passing the football to the cloth on the right side.

Ladd Pate.

Brad Pett plays for the North London Wanderers and is a rising star who has risen rapidly in the Premier League in the past two years. He is fast, has strong breakthrough ability, and is a strong threat on the wing.

Although he is only twenty-three years old, he has already become the main force in the England team with his outstanding ability.

While Pate caught the ball, Chen Xingyi followed up.

He is fast, and Chen Xingyi is also fast. Chen Xingyi can entangle the opponent with his speed.

Pate tried after getting the ball, but failed. Seeing that there was no way to get rid of Chen Xingyi, he could only pass the football to the center.

Catching the ball was Jay Adams.

He had already seen the space in the Chinese team's defense before catching the ball. As the football rolled over, he stopped and quickly moved the football to the left after making a slight adjustment.

On the left, Marvin Stones is diagonally inserting into the left rib space of the Chinese team's penalty area.

After receiving a pass from Jay Adams near the baseline, he dunked the football back with his left heel while adjusting his body orientation.

The Chinese team's defense was also very good. Liu Yan followed up in time and appeared in front of Stones when he was adjusting the spike.

Stones made a slight adjustment and moved the football, as if trying to break through Liu Yan.

But Liu Yan remained unmoved and remained stuck in front of him. The forward who plays for Manchester United saw that he could not break through Liu Yan - he was not the kind of player who was good at dribbling the ball, so he chose to cross the center.

Appearing in the middle is the team's captain, midfielder Connor Kirk!

He inserted directly into the penalty area from behind in one breath, and after Stones pulled up, he played as a center forward!

But he is a midfielder after all, and midfielders are allowed to play in the midfield

If there is a flaw in ball control, it is not a problem if the ball is stopped a little wider.

But in the penalty area, if you stop a little wider, you will miss a scoring opportunity!

When he was dealing with Stones' pass, he stopped slightly, allowing Wang Guangwei who was following him to seize the opportunity and quickly destroy it!

After the football was scooped out by him, it hit Kirk's outstretched leg and flew out of the penalty area.

Ingle's left midfielder Carl Gregg, who happened to reach the edge of the penalty area, saw the football flying towards him, so he reflexively raised his left leg high and stopped the football that was about to fly over.

Then he raised his left leg again and shot directly! "Greg! Fight again!"

Cui Zexu appeared in front of him and blocked the hole of the gun with his body! The football hit his chest, bounced and refracted, flew sideways across the penalty area, and flew to the right rib on the other side!

There it was Pete Williams! "Pete! Shoot directly!!"

Pete Williams, completely unmarked, volleyed directly with his right foot without stopping the ball!

The football flew towards the Chinese team's goal like a cannonball! Although Lin Zhiyuan made a save, his action was still half a beat slow in front of Peter's powerful shot.

The football flew past him!

Then the wall hit the doorpost behind him.

Before anyone could react, the football bounced back to Pete Williams' feet!

But this time he was not unmarked. In front of him were two Chinese players who had just blocked him, Ou Yangjin and Cai Shuyi.

Losing his footing space, he chose to cross to Connor Kirk in the middle. Connor Kirk fired directly without stopping the ball!

Wang Guangwei rushed up to block his shot, and the football passed between his legs. However, when he was about to break through, Wang Guangwei's right leg, which was behind him, rubbed him, and he changed the line and turned back!

Greg, who had just shot outside the penalty area, had already entered the penalty area. When he saw the shot change, he immediately started to rush towards the football.

At the same time, Lin Zhiyuan also attacked from the goal and rushed towards the football! In the end, Greg was the first to poke the ball. He poked the football toward the goal. Goalkeeper Lin Zhiyuan, who struck in time, fell to the ground and blocked the bottom line with his body!

"Wow! It's so dangerous!

so close! "

It was only then that the Chinese commentator He Feng in the stands let out a sigh of relief.

England's continuous offensive just now frightened him so much that he could only make the most basic and simple explanations, and he had no time to say any extra words.

Fans from both sides in the stands exclaimed with every attack and defense.

It wasn't until the football flew out of the bottom line that everyone exhaled.

"This was England's best chance since the start of the game! But the Chinese team relied on their united defense to make them come back in vain!" He Feng, relieved, immediately praised.

"England's continuous attacks made the Chinese team's defense scramble!

Just play like this and we can break through their defense! "England commentator Matthew Cox did not criticize the England team's performance because they did not score this time.

Judging from the first ten minutes of the game, the England team performed very well and they quickly entered the game.

What is there to criticize about such a performance?

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"The pace of this game is a bit fast..." the Pirates fans in the stands lamented. Mantores Alvared said: "This is the style of this England team. If there is an opportunity to attack, they will quickly pass through the midfield and hit the football to the opponent's 30-meter area as fast as possible. It is completely opposite to Spain."

The companions sighed after hearing this.

Four years ago, when Spain won the World Cup by controlling the ball, everyone was praising their football as art and enjoyment.

But now, only four years have passed, Spain's possession of the ball has become a key factor.

The "culprit" for the senior team's elimination from the group stage is rubbish tactics.

"England is attacking so hard, won't the Chinese team concede the ball first?" someone suddenly asked.

"It's also possible that England conceded the ball first?" the companion replied.

This game was so open that it didn't matter who scored first.

If England scores first, can they take the initiative? If the Chinese team scores first, can the England team not come back? Looking at the posture of the two teams, they both look like they will not give up until they score a few more goals...

The game had only started for ten minutes, but everyone could smell the fishy smell in the air.

That's the unique smell when a rainstorm is approaching. Although the sky is clear in Madrid now.