Fox in the Penalty Area

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When the football was passed to Hu Lai by Chen Xingyi, in everyone's eyes, the ball was Hu Lai's scoring opportunity.

As long as he turns around and shoots, he might be able to score... No, it's very possible to score!

It is precisely because of this idea that England's players pounced on him desperately, completely ignoring the people around them.

Especially Chen Xingyi.

After Chen Xingyi passed the football to Hu Lai, he dodged Connor Kirk and made a diagonal pass toward the baseline.

At this time, Connor Kirk actually saw Chen Xingyi's forward response, but he did not choose to fight Chen Xingyi, but resolutely fought back against Hu Lai.

It was because in his heart, Hu Lai was a much greater threat than Chen Xingyi.

Even if Hu Lai really passes the football to Chen Xingyi, given Chen Xingyi's angle and his shooting skills, he may not be able to score the football into the goal.

But if Hu Lai is allowed to receive the ball in the ribs without restrictions, then the probability of him scoring is very high!

So they had to press Hu Lai and put pressure on him so that he couldn't easily kick off.

He would pass the football to Chen Xingyi, which is actually not too surprising.

Some English players should have considered this possibility. They just felt that they would rather let Hulay pass the football than let him shoot.

As a result, Chen Xingyi shot a very high-quality shot from a small angle.

This greatly exceeded the expectations of all England players...

So after they lost the ball, they didn't look at Hu Lai who was passing the ball, but instead looked at Chen Xingyi who was scoring the goal.

In this World Cup, Chen Xingyi has already sent three assists. He is the assist king of the Chinese team and also ranks high in the assist list of the World Cup.

He seems to give the impression that he is good at assists, but scoring goals is almost meaningless - he didn't score too many goals last season.

"Chen Xingyi! Chen Xingyi!!! Beautiful!! Beautiful! The Chinese team's offensive coordination was very beautiful this time, and Chen Xingyi's final shot was also very beautiful! The shot from a small angle caught Walker off guard! It's great! ! This is Chen Xingyi’s first World Cup goal in his career! The number of international players who have scored in this World Cup has also increased to four!”

He Feng has a small notebook filled with a lot of information or records related to the Chinese team.

When he needs it, he can quickly find relevant information at the commentary site and report it.

However, there is no need to write down the information about which Chinese team players have not scored in the World Cup.

Because of the two World Cups,

He has not accumulated enough goal scorers and his mind remembers them all.

Only two people scored goals in the last World Cup, Hu Lai and Luo Kai.

Hu Lai scored five goals and Luo Kai scored one goal.

Four people have scored goals in this World Cup. Hu Lai scored five, and Zhou Zijing, Wang Guangwei and Chen Xingyi each scored one.

The main goal scorer is still Hu Lai, but we have more and more players who can take the lead. It is no longer the case four years ago that Hu Lai can only fight alone on the scorer list.

Chen Xingyi was also very excited after scoring the goal. He obviously knew what this goal meant to him!

Scoring goals in the World Cup is not an easy thing.

There are many top stars who are better than me, but they may not be able to realize their dream of scoring goals in the World Cup until they retire.

Or for those strikers who score goals in the club as easily as chopping melons and vegetables, they may spend their entire career and be happy to score just one goal in the World Cup...

Whether you can score in the World Cup is not only related to ability, but also has a stronger relationship with luck.

Look at Luo Kai.

Four years ago, he scored a goal in his first World Cup appearance. This performance can be said to be very impressive, right?

The results of it?

So far in this World Cup, he has not scored a goal.

Why? Has he regressed from where he was four years ago?

of course not.

In fact, it's just bad luck. I was injured and couldn't guarantee attendance, so I haven't scored a goal yet.

This shows how difficult it is to score a goal in the World Cup.

Because no one can guarantee that they will be in good condition, good health, and have good luck in the World Cup held every four years.

And he, Chen Xingyi, has now scored a World Cup goal. What an amazing achievement!

When Chen Xingyi was thinking this, he deliberately did not think about someone's mean smile.

But he soon saw it.

Hu Lai rushed to him, opened his arms, and asked him excitedly: "Little Xingxing, was it okay if I passed the ball to you? Is it great?"

Chen Xingyi was too lazy to get to know this person, and Hu Lai's pass was really good, so he nodded repeatedly: "Okay, okay! Wonderful!"

"Fuck, little Xingxing, are you so excited? As for that? You even started meowing like a cat!" Zhang Qinghuan, who came a little later, didn't hear the previous conversation between the two people, and only heard Chen Xingyi meowing like a cat.

At such a happy moment, Chen Xingyi deliberately pretended not to hear Brother Huan's strange anger, but hugged Hu Lai hard, and then harder...harder!

When he let go again, Hu Lai's face was crimson and his breath was a little messy.

Then, before he had time to settle the score with Xiao Xingxing, he was pushed into the arms of his teammates by Chen Xingyi. So Hu Lai was hugged by others again.

This time even his hair and clothes were messed up.

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The Chinese team players were celebrating the goal, but the English players complained to the referee that Chen Xingyi had committed a foul when he counterattacked Brad Pate.

Instead of scooping the ball, he tackled the person.

Among them, Pate was very excited. He kept waving his arms and told the referee that he was kicked down by Chen Xingyi.

But to be honest, this is somewhat insulting to the referee's personal ability.

Although now with the help of VAR technology, the referee is not under much pressure to make decisions, but it does not mean that the referee has to be a puppet who only listens to VAR.

Chen Xingyi's counterattack is not a complicated scene. If the referee can't see whether there is a problem, then he is not worthy of refereeing the World Cup.

The complaints from the England players were nothing more than dissatisfaction with the loss of the ball.

From leading to being overtaken, everyone has a temper, and it is natural for people to be unhappy.

But if they insist on that issue and become more and more emotional, the referee will not tolerate them.

So he made it clear that he saw it clearly and warned the England players not to dwell on this anymore, otherwise don't blame him for being rude.

Yellow cards, red cards, whichever color you like, apply for it yourself.

After the referee showed his "black judge" momentum, the England players knew they could not continue the trouble and could only disperse in anger.

No matter how unhappy they are, they can only accept the fact that they are lagging behind the Chinese team in terms of score.

It was their second deficit of this World Cup.

Coincidentally, the opponents who fell behind twice turned out to be Asian teams - the other time was the first World Cup group match, and the South Korean team scored first.

However, after the Korean team took the lead that time, it did not bring them any good results. The enraged England team attacked with all their strength, like crazy. In the end, the South Korean team lost 1:5. They only played one group match and were almost eliminated.

And this time they fell behind again...

When the England players were besieging the referee, their head coach Ryan Jackson had already called Pete Williams to the sidelines for a face-to-face meeting.

It’s a very simple adjustment. After talking about it for a long time, it can be summed up with just one key word:

accelerate.

Pete Williams nodded, he knew what to do.

He was even quite familiar with it.

What to do if the team falls behind? Of course, it is to continue to strengthen the offense.

This is something he knows all too well in Leeds City.

Because that's who Tony Clark is.

When there is a draw, attack to take the lead.

After taking the lead, attack to expand the lead.

behind? Then we need to attack even more! Otherwise, how can we equalize the score and turn defeat into victory?

Anyway, no matter what situation you encounter, you only need to apply Tony Clark's universal formula "Offense × 4".

The so-called "Attack × 4" means "Attack, attack, in addition to attack, it is still a fucking attack!"

The tactics implemented by Ryan Jackson in the England team were less extreme than Clark's, but they were still attack-based. So Peter Williams, a midfielder from Leeds City, came to the England team and was able to play like a duck in water.

After all, he is familiar...

Mature!

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The elated Chinese team players finally ended their celebration and returned to their own half. England forward Marvin Stones was already waiting for them in the center circle with a football on his feet.

As for the other England players, they all returned to their respective positions.

Chen Xingyi scored the goal in the 56th minute of the game. There are still more than 30 minutes left in the game. Counting injury time, there might be 45 minutes left, a complete half. .

So even though the score is behind now, for the England team, it is definitely not the end of the world.

They still have enough time to catch up again.

Just after the kickoff, Pete Williams passed the football to Marvin Stones who rushed to the front.

While Stones was competing with Cai Shuyi for the top, he gave the football to Brad Pate who came in behind.

The latter drew an arc with the outside instep of his right foot outside the penalty area and hit the upper corner of the goal!

Then, amidst the exclamations of the Chinese fans and commentators, the outside of the corner where the goal post and the crossbar intersected flew out of the baseline...

"Wow! It's so dangerous!" He Feng was shocked. "England almost equalized the score just after conceding the ball! The Chinese team should be careful! Don't underestimate the England team! Once their offense gets going, it will be difficult to deal with it. ! I think the boys of the national football team must break away from the joy of leading during this period..."

In the TV broadcast, Brad Pate, who missed the opportunity, put his head in his hands, knelt on the ground, and then hammered the ground hard.

Finally he stood up and gave Marvin Stones a thumbs up.