Young Football Player

During the intermission, Hodgson arranged for Lee Chenglong to continue warming up on the sidelines, ready to appear immediately at the beginning of the second half.

Now Hodgson is really in a hurry. He fell behind 0:2 at halftime. Maybe the second half of the game will be ruined.

In the current death group, Hodgson's expectation is to qualify together with Italy, and it doesn't matter whether the group is first or second.

According to Hodgson's idea, a draw in the first game or a small loss to Italy are acceptable.

But if it is directly defeated by Italy, it will not work.

The rules for qualifying for the World Cup group, that is, the same points are given priority to compare the goal difference.

If you face Italy and suffer a disastrous defeat, then if you need to compare the goal difference with other teams, England will definitely suffer a big loss, or you will be suffocated in the group stage.

And even if the issue of qualifying is not considered, a disastrous defeat in such a world-renowned game as the World Cup is not good for his personal coaching career.

So Hodgson had to make a change and England had to make a difference in the second half.

While Jackie Chan was warming up outside, England's dressing room was a bit dull.

Two goals behind at halftime, of course no one will be happy.

In the end, Gerrard, as the team captain, stood up and said: "We have to make changes in the second half."

"After Bruce came on in the second half, we should play tactics around him, otherwise we will lose."

As soon as Gerrard finished speaking, Gary Neville stood up and expressed different opinions: "But our tactics all the time, Li is not the core..."

Gary Neville is currently the assistant coach of the England team and Hodgson's right-hand man, of course he has a say.

"So what? Are we just waiting to lose the game?" Gerrard immediately replied.

"Even a team like Schalke 04 can rely on arranging tactics around Bruce and finally win the Champions League. Why can't we play tactics around him?"

This is Gerrard's last World Cup, the last international competition.

After the World Cup, he will withdraw from the England national team, which he has publicly admitted in front of reporters.

At the same time, Gerrard is the captain of the team, so he is the last one who wants to lose.

He knows that it is difficult for this team to win the championship, but his requirements are not high, as long as he can reach the knockout round.

If in the last World Cup, you can't even get out of the group stage, it must be very uncomfortable.

At this time, Hodgson, as the head coach, has been sitting on the sidelines with his eyes closed, not knowing what he is thinking.

After warming up on the sidelines, Li Chenglong also went back to the locker room to see if Hodgson, the old guy, had anything to arrange.

It is currently 0:2 behind this score, which is very bad for England.

But for Jackie Lee, it is more "ideal".

Appearing in such a huge backward situation, as long as he is not beaten into a massacre, Li Chenglong will not take the blame.

But if he equalized the score or even reversed the game in the second half, then Li Chenglong will definitely get a lot of credit.

When Li Chenglong opened the door and entered, everyone in the locker room turned their heads to look at him, and the atmosphere seemed a bit uncomfortable.

"What's the matter? Did you get beaten up by the Italians?" Li Chenglong asked strangely.

"Bruce, we plan to entrust you with important tasks in the second half and arrange the offense with you as the core. Are you confident to lead everyone back to the situation?"

Hodgson didn't speak, but Gerrard, the captain of the team, came over to line up Lee Chenglong's shoulders and asked.

"I don't dare to say too much, but if we score one or two goals, let us not lose too badly. I am absolutely confident." embraced.

"That's fine, let's go, and fight the Italians again!"

Just like that, Li Chenglong was still a little ignorant, so he was dragged to line up to get ready to play.

"I lost two goals in the first half. This England team is the worst England I have ever seen." Before the start of the second half, the England commentator was still scolding.

"I think we are infinitely close to three points. In the history of the World Cup, England has never been two goals behind and equalized the score." The Italian commentator is very optimistic about the game.

"Before the start of the World Cup, everyone believed that the four biggest stars of this World Cup were Messi, Ronaldo, Neymar and Bruce Lee. Many fans joked that they were the four kings of this World Cup." Around the world The neutral commentary is talking about the topic of the Four Heavenly Kings.

"Among the four kings of the World Cup, Ronaldo and Messi have already participated in the World Cup, and their match will come two days after tomorrow, but it is the first time for Neymar and Li to participate in the World Cup."

"In the opening game of the World Cup, Neymar completed his debut with an outstanding performance of scoring twice. Today should be Li's debut day, but he is sitting on the bench."

"However, according to the news from the on-site technical station, the England team has applied for a substitution. Bruce Lee came on to replace Sturridge."

"In other words, Lee's World Cup debut is coming, but the situation he has to face may be a little bit bad. The England team is two goals behind..."

The second half of the game began, and Lee Chenglong made his debut, stepping on the big stage of the World Cup for the first time.

But as soon as Li Chenglong played, the Italian gave him a blow.

In the 47th minute, Italy's first attack created a corner kick. Pirlo took a corner kick. Marchisio headed the ball. Candreva followed up and pushed the ball on the goal post of England. .

"Follow your people!" Joe Hart yelled at Jagielka, who was about to be broken again.

"Fortunately, Candreva appeared in that position. A right-footed player hastily pushed with his left foot, so the angle was a bit off. Otherwise, we would be three goals behind." The England commentator also had some lingering fears.

Fortunately, after this risk-taking, England began to play what it should have.

In the 54th minute, Li Chenglong received a pass from Gerrard in front of the penalty area, changed direction and broke through De Rossi, and immediately shot a kick after entering the penalty area, but it missed the post.

Immediately after 3 minutes, Li Chenglong made a breakthrough on the right side of the front court and swept the ball into the penalty area with one kick.

Sterling, who hit the goal, was knocked down by Paletta in the penalty area. The England players went to complain to the referee, but there was no response.

Coincidentally, the referee of this game happened to be the one in the previous Champions League final, the Dutch referee Kupes.

"Bruce has been very active since he came on the field and caused trouble for the opponent continuously. Hodgson should let him start directly, so that we will not fall behind by two goals."

"Hey man, don't you forget that Bruce didn't start because of a nose injury."

England commentary also began to sing together.

Seeing that England was on the rise, Italy also responded quickly and made substitutions directly.

Veteran Thiago Motta came on and replaced Verratti.

This is a relatively conservative substitution. Verratti is a midfielder who plays as a guest midfielder, while veteran Motta is a standard midfielder and is much better defensively.

The purpose of Prandelli's substitution was obvious, to secure the three-pointer, but just after the substitution was over, the last thing he wanted to see happened. starter

In the 60th minute, Henderson scored the ball in the middle, and Li Chenglong took the ball to break through from the right. He confuses Chiellini with a pedal bicycle, and then directly accelerates to make a strong breakthrough.

"Bruce breaks through with the ball!!"

"Beautiful, he has passed!!" The England commentator shouted instantly.

Li Chenglong's cycling was actually just a slight trick to Chiellini, but he accelerated decisively and forced him to go past Chiellini, then cut inside into the penalty area, and immediately volleyed from a small angle.

The other players in Italy couldn't catch up, and Sirigu's reaction was a little slow. The ball flew past him, and he made a save. At this time, the ball had hit the side net at the end of the far post.

"goooooooooooooooal"

"Great job Bruce!!"

"Bruce forcibly broke through Chiellini on the wing, directly relying on his speed to forcibly eat the opponent raw, and then decisively cut inside to hit the goal!"

"It's England's first goal in this World Cup, and it's Bruce's first goal in the World Cup!"

"There is still time in the game, we still have a chance, England still have a chance!"

Score his first World Cup goal, but Lee didn't celebrate too much, just shook his fist at the cheering England fans in the stands, and then rushed into the net to pick up the ball.

The team is still behind the score and cannot relax yet.