Under He Feng's loud shout, Hu Lai completed a shot in the penalty area, and then he was knocked out by George Birx.
The football was saved by Tom Walker in the air.
Chinese fans in the stands booed and roared.
They thought Birx committed a foul and the ball should have been a penalty kick.
Ever since Wang Guangwei was penalized for handball at the last moment, Chinese fans have been extremely angry and always want to find fault with England.
As long as players from both sides come into physical contact and a Chinese player falls to the ground, the Chinese fans in the stands will express their dissatisfaction with boos and curses.
Anyway, "FUCK" is not a difficult word. Which Chinese fan who can go abroad to watch football can't say it?
The referee was not disturbed or pressured by the Chinese fans. He insisted on his decision and did not call Birx a foul or give the Chinese team a penalty kick.
This ball was just a normal physical contact by Birx. The reason why Hu Lai lost his balance and fell out had little to do with how hard Birx used it. It was mainly because he had thrown away his center of gravity after jumping up and shooting.
, not wanting to maintain the balance of his body at all, he is naturally easily knocked away...
Hu Lai himself did not lie on the ground and roll around, asking the referee for a penalty kick.
After rolling around on the ground, he quickly stood up and called his teammates to take a corner kick.
After the overtime started, just as England head coach Ryan Jackson planned, the England team retreated and allowed the Chinese team to press forward and attack.
Therefore, the Chinese team's offensive was very fierce in the first half of overtime. However, because the English team had a bus in front of the goal, the Chinese team's offense was only loud and heavy, but it did not score any points.
After removing Zhou Zijing, England players can devote more defensive forces to Hu Lai, which also makes it more difficult for the Chinese team to score goals.
The first half is coming to an end, and the score is still 3:3.
Ryan Jackson is already thinking about adjustments for the second half of overtime.
He replaced the exhausted Jay Adams with Jimmy Stokes in the first half of overtime, continuing to maintain control of the midfield while sharing the pressure from Pete Williams.
If Peter's condition is difficult to recover for a while, then let Jimmy Stokes ensure the normal operation of the team.
But maybe the England players on the field were also starting to think about the counterattack in the second half, or maybe the brain could no longer maintain concentration for a long time after consuming a lot of physical energy.
In short, when Brad Pate cut in from the wing to the center to receive the ball, he failed to stop Jimmy Stokes' pass to him, which cost him more time to control the football.
After he gained control of the ball, Ou Yangjin and Cai Shuyi were already in front of him.
Pate was a little panicked and hurriedly passed the football to the middle, trying to pass it to his teammates.
There is indeed forward William Sutton who retreats in the direction of his passing, but Pate's passing force is slightly smaller - when passing the ball, he was still interfered by Cai Shuyi's personal tackle...
Qin Qi, who was originally defending on the line of the penalty area, made a decision the moment Pate passed the ball - he could not wait where he was, but had to actively attack!
So he stepped forward with one lunge, stretched out his legs and broke the Pate pass!
"Qin Qi! Beautiful steal! He was replaced just before the end of the regular game. He has full energy and powerful movements. This steal is very fast!"
After intercepting the ball, he passed the football to Xia Xiaoyu before Pete Williams pounced on him.
After passing the ball, he did not stay where he was or retreat, but continued to move forward resolutely.
When Xia Xiaoyu saw Qin Qi's advance, he passed the football back to him.
The two of them did a two-on-one and hit the wall.
England's center was almost empty.
After Qin Qi caught the ball, he strode towards the ball and rushed forward.
At the same time, the Chinese team's offensive players also quickly moved forward.
Despite running for 105 minutes - actually more than that, because there was injury time - everyone still gritted their teeth and pressed forward.
Qin Qi could continue to dribble the ball, but he did not do so. After taking two more steps, he chose to pass the football.
There were three routes left, center and right, and he chose the left route.
Because on the left is Chen Xingyi, and the one guarding Chen Xingyi is Johnson Law, who does not have the advantage in speed.
Of course, in this counterattack situation, we have to consider speed.
"Qin Qi goes straight to the front line!"
Chen Xingyi turned around and saw Qin Qi passing the football over. He couldn't help but give the opponent a thumbs up in his heart, and at the same time, he accelerated and ran.
In front of him was Johnson Law, who had already thought about throwing the football out without stopping it.
However, in order to deceive Lao, he decided to slow down slightly and make a gesture of stopping the ball. Then when Lao also slowed down to intercept the ball, he suddenly pushed the football out hard. Anyway, there was space behind him and it was wide enough to run a horse.
He could throw the football ten meters away in one breath, and if he tried to chase it, he would definitely not be able to catch up with him at his speed.
As a result, just when Chen Xingyi slowed down, he saw that Johnson Law had already turned sideways in advance, preparing to pursue him...
Apparently he had predicted Chen Xingyi's plan.
Hold!
Chen Xingyi's reaction was also very fast. After slowing down, he feinted and made a fake move to hit the ball in a straight line. Then he used the inside of his left foot to move the football laterally to the right. At the same time, he took advantage of the opportunity to slow down and turned around.
Cut the ball!
Walk!
Johnson Law didn't expect that Chen Xingyi would change his straight-line breakthrough into an inside cut. He had already turned around and could only continue to turn around and chase towards the middle.
By the time he came around, Chen Xingyi had almost rushed to him.
He reached out and pulled it.
It was opened by Chen Xingyi with a wave of his hand.
He tried to squeeze in with his body and interfere with Chen Xingyi's speed.
Chen Xingyi moved the football to the right side of his body and used his body to protect the football, but he did not squeeze away.
Johnson Law, once the world's top full-back, has never been so weak.
In this game, he was almost defeated by the young Chen Xingyi. As long as it was about speed, he basically never won...
But in those previous matches, even if he lost to Chen Xingyi, he still had his teammates in the middle who could help him defend.
This time... if he allows Chen Xingyi to break through, that kid can just dribble the ball into the penalty area and do it alone!
He can absolutely shoot.
And if England's centre-back comes to defend him, then the center is empty, so he can also pass the ball...
This time he has no way to retreat, and he must never give in!
Thinking of this, Johnson Law took action again, and this time he grabbed the back of Chen Xingyi's jersey. Even though the opponent waved back and slapped his arm, he did not let go.
At the same time, he shoveled it from the side and behind!
When Chen Xingyi used his body to separate the football, he knew it would be difficult for him to shovel the football, but he still shoveled it!
As expected, he didn't shovel the ball. Instead, he shoveled the inside of Chen Xingyi's right foot from behind, and then pushed Chen Xingyi out like a bulldozer.
When Chen Xingyi was about to forcefully accelerate, he first felt that his right foot did not step on the turf, but was moving uncontrollably. Then his upper body suddenly tilted to the left, tilting, and his entire body lost his balance.
"ah!"
He let out a scream reflexively, and fell flat on his back, rolling around awkwardly under the influence of inertia...
The Pirates Park stadium instantly erupted with boos that could pierce the eardrums!
"Foul! Foul! This is a behind-the-back foul! It's malicious! An immoral foul!" He Feng yelled indignantly.
Ten minutes ago, when Wang Guangwei blocked Pete Williams' shot with his hand, the England commentator criticized Wang Guangwei's foul as unsportsmanlike.
Now it’s the Chinese commentator’s turn to say the same lines…
And even more angry.
Because Johnson Law's foul not only destroyed Chen Xingyi's single goal, but also very likely injured Chen Xingyi!
This is much dirtier and more immoral than Wang Guangwei’s intentional handball foul just now!
From the perspective of a neutral fan, which foul is more disgusting? Of course it is this one!
"This ball..." Matthew Cox was stunned for a moment, and then a very bad thought came into his heart.
In his opinion, Johnson Law will not be able to escape with a red card.
Originally there was a numerical advantage, but now the numerical advantage is gone, and the morale is not as good as the opponent's... Are we, England, going to lose this game?!
Johnson Law, who committed the foul, got up from the ground and reflexively defended himself. He made a "ball" gesture with both hands to indicate that he had scooped the ball...
But his argument is obviously unconvincing and in vain - in the VAR era, such serious fouls will definitely be judged with the help of VAR video.
In fact, when the referee blew the whistle to stop the game and ran towards Johnson Law, the firm voice of the video referee team came from his earphones: "That was a very bad foul. He tackled the Chinese player.
feet!"
While running, the referee put his hand into his pocket. When he took it out again, a flash of red appeared in everyone's eyes.
"Red card! The referee sent Johnson Law off with a red card! That's no problem. Tacking someone from behind is 100% a red card!" He Feng changed the subject, "We hope that nothing serious will happen to Chen Xingyi and he will not be injured..."
Compared with Johnson Law being sent off with a red card, He Feng was obviously more concerned about Chen Xingyi.
He didn't get up immediately. The team doctor was already on the scene, and the stretcher was also brought up.
The Chinese fans watching this battle were frightened.
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“What the FUCK!!”
When Ryan Jackson saw Lao shoveling Chen Xingyi, he couldn't help but blurt out a curse word.
But he was not scolding Lao.
Because in that case, there was nothing wrong with Lao's foul. If he hadn't fouled, Chen Xingyi would have broken into the penalty area and gone straight in...
If I had to scold him, it would probably be Brad Pate who passed the football in a hurry.
If his pass wasn't intercepted by the Chinese team, where would all these things have happened?
But he wasn't scolding Pat either.
He was cursing this damn fate.
The only favorite to win three games in the group stage, but it was so difficult against the Chinese team in the round of 16!
Now that Johnson Law has been sent off, he has no substitution spot.
There was a gap in the defense line of the original four people, and he had to adjust quickly to plug this hole.
For this reason, he could only ask Brad Pate to withdraw as a temporary right back.
This will of course affect the quality of the team's counterattack, but there is no way...
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Johnson Law was sent off, but fortunately Chen Xingyi was injured during his foul, but it was not serious enough to continue playing.
"...Fortunately, he was shoveled out directly. When he made contact, he lost his balance and fell. So in fact, the inside of his right foot was not shoveled firmly, and no more serious injuries were caused. The situation was worse than when Luo Kai was there.
The injury in the Champions League was much better..."
Yuan Bo, the team medical leader of the Chinese national team, told the head coach Jorge Dillon standing next to him about Chen Xingyi’s specific injury through translator Yu Jintao.
At this time, the first half of overtime has ended, and the two sides are about to start the second half.
Chen Xingyi was not seriously injured, which is really good news.
But Dillon was still hesitant. He knew it couldn't really have no impact at all.
It's just that the Chinese team, which already has one player missing, will be really difficult if Chen Xingyi is taken off the field again.
But he must make a decision now.
Should Chen Xingyi be put down, or...
Seeing Dillon's hesitation, Chen Xingyi said to him: "It's okay for me, sir, I can continue to play. It was really painful at the beginning, but now it has recovered and it's not a big problem."
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When he said this, he pinched the edge of the front sole of his right foot with his hand, where he was shoveled.
It actually hurt a little when he pinched it, but his expression didn't change, as if he really didn't feel anything at all.
Even so, Chen Xingyi felt that he was very lucky because it was not his ankle that was injured.
If it's an ankle injury, it's estimated that not only will he be unable to play the remaining fifteen minutes of the game, but he will also miss an unknown number of games...
Dillon finally made the decision to let Chen Xingyi return to the court and play the remaining fifteen minutes of the game.
However, before letting him continue to play, Dillon still warned: "Don't force it, do what you can."
Chen Xingyi nodded, and then followed the other teammates onto the court.
The second half of overtime begins.
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When Cai Shuyi saw William Sutton swinging his right leg in the penalty area, he rushed forward regardless of his own safety. At the same time, he did not forget to put his hands behind his back to avoid giving the opponent a penalty kick.
The football was pulled out hard by Sutton and hit Cai Shuyi hard on the chest. While Cai Shuyi was knocked on his back and fell to the ground, it also bounced high and landed outside the penalty area.
"Danger! Cai Shuyi! Beautiful! He blocked Sutton's shot with his body!"
Outside the penalty area, Gao Ruimin and Pete Williams competed for the second goal. With his back to the frontcourt, he still made a difficult header and made a clearance.
However, England still got the football - Jimmy Stokes grabbed the ball, and without waiting for the ball to land, he passed the ball directly to the right and gave it to Brad Pate who came up with an assist!
He passed the ball here on purpose. Cai Shuyi had just been knocked to the ground for "blocking the hole of the gun" and did not get up immediately. That was the biggest hole in the Chinese team's defense!
At this time, you must not talk about sportsmanship with the Chinese team and take the initiative to kick the football out...
As long as the referee doesn't stop the game, of course we have to keep attacking!
"careful!"
"Danger!"
"Chance!"
Amid the exclamations of the commentators, Brad Pate dribbled the ball into the Chinese team's penalty area.
Cai Shuyi struggled to get up from the ground and wanted to rush to defend again.
But when he just stood up, a figure had already passed by him and ran towards Pat!
In addition, another figure retreated from outside the penalty area and also rushed towards Pate.
The two of them stood in front of Pate.
Seeing that a breakthrough was no longer possible, Pate wanted to cross the ball.
It was just that his hasty cross was blocked by the Chinese team player in front of him with his foot.
"Qin Qi blocked Pate's cross! Beautiful!"
Seeing Qin Qi block the football from the baseline, Cai Shuyi lay down on the ground again, pressing his chest with a painful expression.
Ou Yangjin, who rushed back to defend with Qin Qi, knelt half down beside him and asked with concern: "How are you, Lao Cai?"
Cai Shuyi waved his hand to him and said weakly: "Let me rest... take a breath..."
Qin Qi also turned around and asked him at this time: "Do you need a team doctor, Brother Cai?"
"No... no need." Cai Shuyi continued to wave his hand, "I'll just slow down, slow down..."
Just now, he was suffocated in the center by the front of the football and was a little out of breath. Actually, it wasn't a big problem. He just needed to take a breath and it would be fine.
When Cai Shuyi lay down to catch his breath, the English fans in the stands expressed their dissatisfaction with loud boos - they thought the Chinese team was stalling for time and Cai Shuyi was diving.
Although the slow motion of Cai Shuyi blocking William Sutton's shot with his chest was shown on the big screen at the scene, they chose to turn a blind eye.
Fans are like this, they won't care like a holy mother whether the opponent's players are in pain when the life and death of their own team is at stake...
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"A player on both sides was sent off with a red card. This game was really intense..."
"So far, six goals have been scored in this game, including 'bottom line unanswered questions', intentional handballs in the penalty area, and penalty kicks being saved... A game that combines so many elements can be called the best in the history of the World Cup.
A classic!”
"After the last fifteen minutes of overtime, players on both sides suffered from cramps, which shows how difficult the game was... Both teams have tried their best! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the World Cup.
Even the Chinese team, which is playing in the knockout rounds for the first time, can put England into such a difficult situation! There are no underdogs in the World Cup!"
"There are only five minutes left in this game... Will there be a penalty shootout? With the current situation of the two teams, if there is a penalty shootout, the England team might be in danger... On the one hand, they are originally
They are not good at penalty kicks. On the other hand, the mentality of their players is obviously affected..."
At the 115th minute of the game, the score still had not been changed.
And it seems that both sides are unable to attack.
After Chen Xingyi was injured by Johnson Law, although he could still continue to play, he actually no longer dared to run at full strength. After playing most of the time, he ran at a constant speed and rarely dribbled the ball.
After catching the ball, he always passes the football quickly.
The left wing, which was originally the most threatening attack of the Chinese team, was almost eliminated.
On England's side, Peter Williams was still somewhat affected by the penalty kick. Before he missed the penalty kick, he could not only organize the attack, send wonderful passes, but also shoot in person, threatening the Chinese team's goal. His performance
It was very active. Compared with before, it seems much quieter now.
Both teams are now missing one player. In the previous 90 minutes of the game, they played fast-paced football, and the physical exertion was naturally much greater than in ordinary games.
During this period, the England team once again took the initiative to shrink its formation and let the Chinese team attack.
On the one hand, it is due to physical strength, and on the other hand, it must be because of the hope of counterattacking the Chinese team.
Two minutes ago, they almost succeeded.
After Tom Walker caught Hulay's shot, he immediately threw the football forward and launched a quick counterattack.
As a result, the ball reached the center circle and was cut off by Qin Qi and Ou Yangjin.
Now when the Chinese team players take possession of the ball, the England team retreats to the thirty-meter area and sets up layers of defense in front of the goal to hinder the Chinese team's attack.
Even though they were very good at attacking before, they were also pretty decent when setting up a bus.
The Chinese team players passed the football back and forth without finding a better opportunity.
Seeing that the game time is getting shorter and shorter, from five minutes to two minutes left.
Everyone is passing the ball across or back. If the opportunity is not particularly good, they dare not pass forward.
Because once the ball is passed into the penalty area and the England players get the ball, they have a chance to counterattack.
It is very dangerous for them to counterattack at the end of the game.
If it really doesn't work, if you can't score a goal, you can't score. It would be nice to drag the game into a penalty shootout.
Anyway, the Chinese team prepared penalty kicks carefully before this game.
But Xia Xiaoyu didn't think so. He thought it would be best if the battle could be ended in 120 minutes. Entering the penalty shootout, the gap between the two sides was indeed smoothed. But now it is clearly the Chinese team that has the upper hand.
, what was wiped out was the advantage of the Chinese team.
It may not be a good thing if we really get into a penalty shootout.
After Xia Xiaoyu passed the football out, he kept observing the situation in the England penalty area.
Hu Lai just made a lateral move, but did not create any space.
Xia Xiaoyu turned around and pointed his finger behind him, signaling his teammates who were holding the ball in front to pass the football back.
Pull out the opponent's formation appropriately.
He himself also retreated.
The football was quickly passed to Qin Qi's feet.
As a central defender, Qin Qi was already standing on the center line when he received the ball, which shows how high the Chinese team pressed.
This will certainly be England's opportunity.
So the English players did press forward a little bit - they were actively creating opportunities for the Chinese team, allowing them to dare to pass the football forward.
Only in this way will they be more likely to steal the ball.
While Xia Xiaoyu ran back to meet Qin Qi, he kept looking back at the England team's penalty area and found that England's back line had indeed moved forward as a whole and had moved to the line of the penalty area.
And Hu Lai also retreated with them, retreating in front of the England central defender.
After retreating, he still raised his hand to ask for the ball from his teammates.
Xia Xiaoyu signaled Qin Qi to pass the football to him.
While receiving the ball, he completed a turn. As soon as he turned around, he directly kicked the football into the space behind the England team's back line with a long pass!
At the same time, Hu Lai, who was in front of Scott Wilson, suddenly turned around and thrust behind Wilson.
Wilson quickly turned around and chased after him.
"Xia Xiaoyu passed the ball directly! Oops, I'm a little impatient..." He Feng sighed when he saw the ball.
Because he had already seen that Xia Xiaoyu's pass was too big.
Even if Hu Lai can catch the ball, it is very close to the baseline. It is basically impossible to directly threaten England's goal.
Not to mention that under Wilson's personal interference, he might not be able to get the ball at all...
Hu Lai didn't care whether the ball was passed too far, he kept running forward while constantly looking back to observe the position of the football.
Xia Xiaoyu's long pass with a turned foot is indeed a bit big, but as long as it doesn't go out of bounds, he has to chase it.
Even if he can't threaten England's goal immediately, he can still put the football into England's penalty area. He can pass the ball to others and create a threat...
Sure enough, Hu Lai's forward penetration caused a chain reaction in the England team's penalty area:
Goalkeeper Tom Walker ran forward to block the near post.
England's players also returned to the penalty area.
Chen Xingyi, Luo Kai and Gao Ruimin all inserted into the penalty area, Chen Xingyi was on the wing, Luo Kai and Gao Ruimin were in the middle, ready to meet Hu Lai.
He definitely can't shoot directly from that position, he can only pass the ball out.
Finally near the baseline, Hu Lai caught the ball.
He easily stopped the football falling from the air directly on the ground.
At this time, he was probably only about ten centimeters away from the baseline, and his back was to the goal. Scott Wilson was behind him, but not close. This may be because Hu Lai is not a big threat in this situation, and he needs to be more careful.
He passes the ball or creates a corner kick.
So Wilson didn't press forward.
After stopping the ball, Hu Lai turned his head to observe. He first turned to the left and saw Chen Xingyi, who was responding on the wing, and also saw the England defensive players. He continued to turn to the left, and out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of Chen Xingyi in the middle.
Luo Kai and Gao Ruimin, as well as several English players.
He quickly turned his head to the right, and goalkeeper Tom Walker leaned against the near post, blocking the near corner tightly.
But there is a lot of space behind Walker...
After Hu Lai turned his head left and right, he suddenly raised his left foot and dropped his left shoulder, making a gesture of moving the football to the left.
This deceived Coster Wilson, who was behind him, to move to the left, further away from him.
Then Hu Lai suddenly turned back and turned to the right!
When he turned around, he also raised his left leg, directly lifting the football that was almost on the baseline!
The football soared into the air, not as a pass, but passed directly over the head of goalkeeper Tom Walker, then fell, hit the inside of the back post, and fell into the goal...
"Eh?" He Feng was stunned for a moment, and then said in an uncertain tone, "Eh? Eh... this goal... this goal was scored?!"
Then he came back to his senses and yelled like a different person: "Hu Lai! Hu Lai! Hu Lai!! Hat trick! Hey! Hat trick! In the 119th minute, this is a masterpiece.
Kill! China 4:3 England!"
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PS, the days of three consecutive updates are over. Although this game is not finished yet, the rest is just the end.
Moreover, I have completely exhausted my manuscript - I just finished writing this chapter last night. After getting up at noon today, after eating, I revised it again in the afternoon.
Because the update time is very close and time is tight, if there are any typos, you can mention them in the chapter description and I will correct them as soon as I see them.
The day of single updates will begin next, so you can save up first and spend the Spring Festival well, spending time with your family, or going out for fun.
Of course I will continue to write, save up my manuscripts again, and save some manuscripts for the next game. Otherwise, when it is time to update the next game, I will have to stop updating without saving the manuscripts. How embarrassing...
During the Spring Festival this year, I was just in good health and fearful of death, so I probably wouldn’t go anywhere. Except for going back to my mother’s house for a reunion on New Year’s Eve, I would stay at home the rest of the time.
Code writing will never stop, and this is also the last Spring Festival to accompany me and everyone.
Qidian held a "New Year's Letter to Readers" event before, but I didn't participate because I thought that after the seventh volume is over, I would like to save any summary and what I want to say to everyone in the summary at the end of the volume.
, it won’t be a long wait anyway.
So much was written about the match against England...
But I feel very comfortable writing, so just write as much as you like, and as long as you want.
I am very satisfied with this game. After all, it is a very important game.
Although the serialization period is very long, it is still very enjoyable to watch it in one go.
Well, I’m really sorry, I’ll have to update the order again starting from tomorrow…