Matthew Cox shouted, and then the football that was about to approach the goal was saved by the Chinese team's goalkeeper Lin Zhiyuan!
"Wow! Lin Zhiyuan made a wonderful and crucial save! During this period, the Chinese team was in constant danger in front of the goal! After losing the ball, the England team was like an enraged beast..."
He Feng let out a sigh of relief in the commentary box.
Lin Zhiyuan, who fell to the ground, rolled twice, then got up from the ground and shouted to his teammates: "Don't let them take off easily! Go up to block and interfere!"
In fact, Pete Williams didn't take the kick easily just now. Before he shot, a Chinese team player came up to interfere and block it, but it was just a little slow, allowing Pete to find the space to kick the shot.
Han Shuyu in the stands was so excited that he didn't dare to take a breath, and he was not in the mood to shoot a VLOG.
After the Chinese team took the lead, she, like Li Qingliang next to her, believed that I had the advantage. Then the Chinese team took advantage of the panic after the England team had just lost the ball, stepped up its offensive, and used Hu Lai's scoring efficiency to score another goal in a short time.
With one goal, the game might be won.
In fact, this is not only the idea of Han Shuyu and Li Qingliang, but also the beautiful idea of many Chinese fans.
But the actual game process was completely different from what they expected.
After conceding the ball, England burst out with huge fighting power. Not only did they not fall into chaos, but they started to counterattack!
Almost equalized the score from the kick-off.
Although Pate missed the goal, it greatly inspired and boosted the morale of the England players.
Eight minutes have passed since Chen Xingyi scored.
In these eight minutes, England, which lost the ball, had the upper hand and created more opportunities.
They play simple and direct. If there is a chance to shoot, they will shoot directly. They will not pass the ball back and forth outside the penalty area for a long time.
The midfielders and frontcourt players of this England team also have good long-range shooting ability, so they use Stones' running position and ball play to create opportunities, and other players insert long-range shooting attacks in the back row, which does not seem to have any technical content.
, but the threat is not small.
Just like Pete Williams' long shot just now.
But it scared the Chinese fans quite a bit.
If Lin Zhiyuan hadn't played well, he might have conceded the goal...
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Although Lin Zhiyuan's save was excellent, England also received a corner kick.
The corner kick was taken by Pete Williams. He raised his hands high, first saluted France, and then kicked the football towards the Chinese team's goal!
The football flew high, crossed the Chinese team's goal, and fell behind!
Because the main defensive force of the Chinese team, including the three central defenders, were crowded in front of their own goal, when they saw the football flying backwards, they all tried to run over and fight for the top.
So the originally crowded door was torn open.
Lugging behind is England's Connor Kirk!
He almost pushed the flying football towards the center near the baseline!
The defensive players of the Chinese team who just ran to the back point were caught off guard by this shot back!
George Birx in the middle jumped up to fight for a header!
And the person competing with him turned out to be... Xia Xiaoyu.
Whether in terms of height or strength, Xia Xiaoyu was completely crushed by Birx.
In fact, Birx did head over Xia Xiaoyu to complete the header.
Bang!
The football was on the line of the small penalty area and was headed toward the goal by Birx!
There was nothing Lin Zhiyuan could do about such a close header. Although he made a save, he was still half a beat too late!
"Birx!! Key header! Beautiful! He scored!" England commentator Matthew Cox was very excited. "We only fell behind for eight minutes and equalized the score! What a great job! Let's go!"
The Chinese team has also seen our tenacity!"
"Ah!!" He Feng, who was also in the commentary box, put his head in his hands and looked up to the sky and sighed. "I still lost the ball... Alas! When the England team's offensive was very fierce before, people were worried about the Chinese team's goal... Now
Sure enough... alas!"
He sighed again, not knowing what to say anymore.
Yan Kang next to him had a slightly better psychological quality: "Actually, it's not bad, but both sides are back on the same starting line. The most important thing is not to get into trouble!"
Through the TV broadcast signal and the monitor screen in front of him, he could see that after England equalized the score, some Chinese players had a trace of panic on their faces.
This is human nature. The lead is equalized by the opponent before it has been maintained for ten minutes. Anyone who takes the lead will be disappointed.
However, a good team can offset this impact in a short period of time and perform normally.
From this point of view, this England team is indeed an excellent team.
They did not panic after being overtaken by the Chinese team, but quickly equalized the score.
No wonder they are the number one favorite to win this World Cup and are the only team to maintain a complete victory in the group stage.
The previous England team always gave people the feeling of a "fake strong team", and their so-called "favorites" were just blown up by the English media themselves.
As soon as everyone mentions the England team, joy fills the air.
For example, in the last World Cup, the England team was very strong on paper, had a "captain midfielder" combination, was highly anticipated, and was considered the favorite to win the championship.
In the group stage, they were placed in a group with Mexico, the Czech Republic, and Egypt.
As a result, they only finished second in the group, allowing Mexico to take first place in the group...
So they, who were second in the group, encountered Germany when they just entered the top 16.
Then they lost 1:2 and were eliminated.
But the England team in this World Cup does feel like it has been completely transformed.
Not only the results, but also the changes in performance.
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Seeing the England team score, everyone in the living room fell silent from the previous excited shouting.
"It's okay, it's just a draw. With the attitude of both sides in this game, there will definitely be goals scored. We have a great chance!" Yan Yan loudly comforted his teammates.
Chu Yifan felt that Yan Yan was right. The two sides played so openly in this game, and goals would definitely be indispensable.
But just after losing the ball, he really couldn't be like Yan Yan, who immediately comforted people with confidence.
So did everyone else, so the reaction in the living room was not enthusiastic.
Against this background, Jiang Yin's voice stands out.
After Yan Yan said this, she immediately echoed: "Yes, Brother Yan is right!"
Then she discovered that she was the only one to stand up and express her support for Yan Yan, while everyone else looked at her, and her face gradually turned red...
Then there was a burst of laughter in the living room.
Everyone followed Yan Yan and Jiang Yin, and the frustration of the Chinese team losing the ball was slightly relieved.
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"well……"
Han Shuyu let out a long sigh.
"This is the first time in this World Cup that we have conceded two goals in a single game..."
She was very depressed.
If you, a fan, are so disappointed and unhappy, what should the players on the field do?
She just stared at the court in a trance.
England's players had finished celebrating and ran back to their own half.
The Chinese team players returned to their positions and waited for kick-off.
Zhou Zijing was still standing in the center circle with the football at his feet.
And Hu Lai is still standing on the edge of the center circle.
Seeing this familiar scene, Han Shuyu suddenly felt excited - could it be... could it be?!
But when she quickly turned her head and looked into the England penalty area and found Tom Walker standing on the goal line, her previous excitement cooled down again.
It is impossible to expect Hu Lai to score directly from the kick-off...
She stared blankly at the court again until she heard the referee's kick-off whistle.
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The England team, which had equalized the score, pursued the victory. After preventing the Chinese team's attack after the kick-off, they immediately launched a fierce offensive into the Chinese team's penalty area.
Greg made a cross from the left wing at a 45-degree angle.
For this ball, the Chinese team's center back was retreating, so it was not easy to defend against it.
Fortunately, Lin Zhiyuan struck out in time, rushed to the penalty spot, jumped high, and knocked the football away with one punch.
However, due to the overall forward pressure of the England team, the football played by Lin Zhiyuan fell to the feet of England's midfielder Jay Adams.
The latter saw that the goalkeeper of the Chinese team rushed out and was not in front of the goal, so he decisively lobbed the ball!
Lin Zhiyuan's reaction was also fast enough. As soon as he landed, he found that the second landing point was controlled by the England team, so he quickly retreated back to the goal.
During the retreat, he saw Jay Adams lob!
So he jumped back and stretched his arms as far as possible...
He touched the ball!
When Lin Zhiyuan touched the ball, he tried hard with his fingers to lift the football off the crossbar.
But he was too far away from the crossbar. Although he tried his best, he only managed to lift the football onto the crossbar...
The football hit the crossbar and bounced back!
At this time, Lin Zhiyuan was completely powerless because he hadn't landed yet...
The football hit the crossbar and bounced back, landing right in front of the Chinese team's goal. A huge empty goal was open to everyone.
Appearing in front of the goal is the Chinese team's central defender Cai Shuyi. He only needs to push the football out to make a clearance.
But this clearance is not easy - if he heads the ball directly, it will easily cause an own goal, so he can only throw the football to the side...
This makes it more difficult to understand.
In fact, when Cai Shuyi saw the football flying towards him, the image of him scoring an own goal flashed through his mind.
This made him hesitate.
Just when he was hesitating, Pete Williams leaped over behind him, passed him, and dived to the top!
Cai Shuyi's head pushed the football into the empty goal!
"Ahhhhh!" Matthew Cox screamed excitedly.
"Pete! Pete Williams! 3:2! We scored two goals in two minutes and exceeded the score again!"
Whether at the scene or in front of the TV, all Chinese fans looked at the scene in front of them in stunned silence.
