The biggest fanatic in football

Chapter 653 This teammate can handle it!

October 12, 7:45 pm.

The HNK Rijeka football stadium, home of the Croatian national team, is brightly lit at the moment, but the stands are almost empty.

——They encountered UEFA's no-show penalty in previous games, and only a small number of English fans could buy tickets at this time.

As the new World Cup champion, England will accept the challenge of the World Cup semi-finals, Croatia, here.

Except for veteran goalkeeper Subasic and forward Mandzukic who did not play, the starting players sent by the "Grid Army" are basically the main lineup of the World Cup.

Forwards: Perisic, Rebic, Kramaric

Midfielder: Modric, Rakitic, Brozovic

Defenders: Pivaric, Vida, Lovren, Jedvaj

Goalkeeper: Livakovic

It can be seen from this 11-man roster that the cohesion within the Croatian team is quite strong.

Because among these 11 people, 8 actually have the word "Qi" in their names!

The other three misfits will obviously become the black sheep!

Facts also prove this.

Less than 10 minutes into the game, Lovren accidentally missed Kane's pass from the side, allowing Lee Polo to easily form a single shot and hit Livakovic's fingers with a low shot!

1:0!

Looking at the empty stands around him, Lee Polo was not in the mood to celebrate at all. He turned around and gave Kane a thumbs up as an encouragement.

This season, Kane has worked hard on his side-crossing skills and has gradually gained the trust of Coach Lee. In addition, Lingard has been affected by Manchester United's poor results and was recently dropped from the national team. Kane has finally successfully entered the starting lineup.

Although Kane's absolute speed is not top-notch, and he lacks the unreasonable passing ability of Sterling and Rashford on the wing, he has been tempered in the Premier League for a long time, and his physical fitness is still quite strong, and he can withstand ordinary confrontations.

It was difficult for him to stop advancing with the defense, but it also caused a lot of trouble for Croatia.

Conceding the goal at the beginning made Lovren immediately recall some unpleasant things.

For example, his Liverpool team was beaten by Chelsea led by Lee Polo just two weeks ago... 8 times!

One of the starting central defenders at that time was Van Dijk, and the other was himself!

This is because Lee Polo disdains to play against Lovren and focuses on his old teammate Van Dijk!

If Li Poluo wanted to take action, Lefulun's side would have been turned into a hornet's nest long ago!

【So fast, so powerful...】

[The guy Van Dyke faced before was so terrifying! 】

Lovren's feelings at this moment were a bit similar to Vegeta's volunteering to fight Majin Buu in order to give Kakarot time to charge up...

As a bystander, he only felt that Van Dyke (Kakarot) and Lee Polo (Buu) were fighting back and forth (slightly less so), but after becoming a person involved, he knew more clearly that Van Dyke (Kakarot) and Lee Polo (Buu) were fighting back and forth.

What tremendous pressure Decker was under at that time!

Lovren couldn't help but send his most heartfelt praise to that teammate:

【Virgil, you are the strongest person on earth! 】

With his admiration, Lee Polo broke through the double team of Lovren and Vida, received Chilwell's cross from the wing, and used a signature header to score again after 9 minutes.

Blast open the city gates of Croatia!

2:0!

-

"Ha... Huh..."

Modric felt a little uncomfortable.

His teammates, especially the two midfield partners, are definitely not weak.

Rakitic, who plays for Barcelona, ​​and Brozovic, who plays for Inter Milan, are both first-line stars with both offense and defense. Coupled with the "number one midfielder in the world" himself, this midfield lineup compares to England's midfielder.

——Henderson, Dyer, and Barkley, not only are not inferior in the slightest, but also have a stable pressure!

But it was these three rough guys from the Three Lions who, with their wide range of running and aggressive pressing, kept the midfielder of the Grid Army from organizing a threatening offensive!

Although England's midfield organization is almost non-existent, as long as they launch a successful offensive, Croatia's defense will be unable to hold up!

For example, in the 37th minute, faced with Rakitic's pressing, Barkley could only kick the ball out hastily. Although Walker from the right came in at high speed, he was unable to kick the ball in the right spot and could only sweep the ball away as if by luck.

Arrived at the middle road.

But he didn't expect that Lee Polo had already made a circle, waiting at the top of the penalty area, and hit the flying ball with a volley!

However, he still overestimated his shooting skills. He did not even fully master the long-range shot. Of course, the more difficult volley and long-range shot could not be officially included in his arsenal.

This volley kick was not surprising!

But some people are just so lucky. The ball that was kicked by him rubbed against Lovren's butt, changed its flight path by some mistake, and reflected off the uprights into the net!

3:0!

【Protruding(艹盘艹)!】

Looking at the ball jumping into the net, Lovren felt extremely depressed!

[Negative sentiment from Dejan Lovren, +555!]

-

In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again. After making adjustments in the midfield, Croatia's morale improved slightly.

Especially left winger Perisic was very active.

In the 56th minute, Modric got rid of the entanglement of Henderson and Barkley in a row, and found his teammate on the left with a scalpel through pass. The Sabers made a wonderful inward cut and wiped out Walker who was trying to hit someone.

Completed a powerful shot before Stones and Maguire blocked it!

Goalkeeper Pickford's vision was blocked by two tall central defenders, and it was too late to see the football!

1:3!

England, who suffered a counterattack, quickly retaliated. Henderson rarely sent a 40-meter lob pass. The ball accurately bypassed the home team's defense and gave Kane a chance to go to the meeting alone.

But Kane, who cut into the penalty area from the right, chose to cross the middle when he was about to shoot, allowing Lee Polo to easily push the shot into the empty goal!

4:1!

After scoring the goal, Lee Polo was not too excited. Instead, Kane, who received an assist, beamed with joy and rushed forward to hug Lee Polo!

Lee Polo, who completed his fourth major, patted Kane on the shoulder:

【...Can you deal with this teammate! 】

-

Seeing how sensible brother Kane was, Li Polo felt a little embarrassed, so he was also prepared to let his new little brother get some rewards.

But the plan always failed to keep up with the changes. Croatia, which was three goals behind, did not aggressively press forward. Instead, it gradually became conservative. It even gave up the battle in the frontcourt when England had the ball and chose to stick to the core area, leaving England to attack from the outside.

Attack difficulties.

But the penalty area was crowded with defensive players, and several of England's long-range shots came back in vain. Even Lee Polo, who was best at heading the ball, was surrounded and could hardly turn his head to shoot...

In the 78th minute, the ball was handed to Stones. The central defender took a look at his midfield teammate and decided that he might as well take a kick himself...

Captain Henderson was so anxious that he wanted to curse!

【This Stones is going to rebel!】

[He is a central defender who has just replaced Cahill and become the official starting lineup. What kind of offensive tactics does he know!]

Stones just wanted to roll his eyes:

[Isn’t it just Bigfoot looking for Li Polo? I still need to learn this? 】

[Even if you, Henderson, are at Liverpool, you are still doing a blue-collar job!]

[Southgate asked you to be the core of the midfield, isn’t it just for the sake of some big bosses? 】

【You don’t really think you are Hembrone, do you?】

I saw the football drawing an imperfect parabola in the air and flying towards the penalty area where Lee Polo was.

Stones couldn't laugh anymore.

Because his passing kick...the power is a bit too weak!

Perhaps, it may be because the stadium is empty today, the wind above the stadium is...too strong?

But what surprised Stones was that Lee Polo seemed to have anticipated this scene early on, and even withdrew from the penalty area a few seconds in advance, and just hit the falling ball with his head!

It was as if there were eyes on the back of his head. The ball went over Lovren's head and was caught by Kane who entered the penalty area from the right!

[This is...a special assist?]

Kane's little heart will tremble!

Facing the home team's goalkeeper, he held his breath and shot into the far corner!

5:1!

Lee Polo assists Kane and completely kills the game!

Kane roared with excitement after completing a pass and a shot.

He quickly ran towards Li Poluo, hugged him directly on the forehead and started to chew on him!

Looking at his excited teammates, Li Polo rolled his eyes:

[Although I really wanted to reciprocate the favor, the pass just now... was caused by my topspin header. Do you believe it? 】

(End of chapter)