Wang Guangwei surrounded the referee to defend, not because he wanted the referee to change the decision, but because he didn't want the referee to directly give Qin Qilai a yellow card.
As a central defender, receiving a yellow card just one minute into the game will greatly affect his subsequent performance.
Fortunately, the referee did not intend to give the card in the end. Perhaps he also took this into consideration - from the perspective of the viewing pleasure of the game and the home court advantage, if it was not a very malicious foul, he should not have given the home team's defender right at the start of the game.
Yellow card.
Seeing that the referee did not play his cards, Wang Guangwei did not continue to "debate" with the referee. His goal had been achieved.
After leaving the referee, he went straight to his center back partner Qin Qi and criticized him: "You are too impulsive, Xiao Qi."
Qin Qi defended himself: "I thought about it seriously. As long as I control the force of the impact on him, the referee will not give me a yellow card at the beginning. And... I have to make that idiot suffer. Didn't you see him?"
That expression before kick-off? Contempt!"
Wang Guangwei shook his head: "In that case, if you steal his ball directly and then we launch a counterattack, wouldn't it be better than if you knock him down in front of our penalty area and give the opponent a well-positioned free kick?"
Qin Qi was stunned. He just wanted to give Darren Hunter a blow.
But he completely ignored the threat that the free kick here would pose to his own goal...
Seeing the change in the expression on Qin Qi's face, Wang Guangwei further educated him: "And at that time, England's defense almost completely overwhelmed the midfield. If we can counterattack, we will threaten their goal."
"Uh...I was wrong, Captain Wang..." Qin Qi bowed his head and admitted his mistake.
Wang Guangwei patted him on the shoulder: "It's a good idea if you want to anger Hunter, but be careful not to bury yourself when you dig a hole."
Qin Qi nodded with a serious expression.
"Now go and form a human wall." Wang Guangwei gently pushed him out.
Qin Qi, who was standing in the wall, saw goalkeeper Lin Zhiyuan giving him a thumbs up: "Well done, Xiao Qi! Don't worry, they can't score this ball!"
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Many people believe that Qin Qi's foul was unwise, and instead gave the England team a good free kick opportunity.
No one among the commentators from various countries, including the Chinese commentators, felt that Qin Qizhi did the right thing.
Everyone is criticizing him, thinking that he is "impulsive", "reckless" and "unwise".
Even the head coach of the Chinese team, Qin Lin, immediately rushed to the sidelines and yelled at his son, while using his fingers to calm him down.
It's just that his son was busy provoking Darren Hunter at the time, so he didn't notice his actions at all.
"The game has just started two minutes ago. England now gets a very good free kick, about 289 meters away from the goal, in the middle..." England commentator Matthew Cox said as calmly as possible.
with his inner excitement.
On the pitch, England's number one free kick taker, Peter Williams, had already laid out the football after trying to put pressure on the referee to no avail.
In the stands and in front of the TV, many Chinese fans stared nervously at the area in front of the Chinese team's penalty area.
They were also worried that England would use this free kick to open the scoring.
Although they were very relieved to see Qin Qi knock down Darren Hunter - they all cheered at the time - but now they came to their senses and calmed down, they began to worry about the free kick again.
Among them, Wang Yuan in the stands was the most nervous.
If the England team really takes advantage of this free kick opportunity to score, then her son will become a "sinner"...
She clasped her hands together, clenched them tightly, and pressed them tightly against her chest, not daring to take a breath.
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Luo Kai stood in the human wall, covering his heart with one hand and covering his crotch with the other hand. At the same time, he stood on tiptoes to increase the height of the human wall as much as possible.
At the same time, his eyes went beyond Pete Williams, who was taking the free kick, and instead looked behind him.
He saw England's two centre-backs pressing forward further and basically stepping on the center line.
They are the last line of defense in England's formation.
Continuing to look into the distance, a few dozen meters behind the two central defenders is England goalkeeper Shim Dickinson.
At this time, Dickinson had also walked out of the penalty area and stood in front of the top of the penalty area.
In the entire half of the England team, there was just one person, very conspicuous.
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Williams placed the football and then stepped back to observe the Chinese team's wall.
Because it was close to the goal and in a central position, the Chinese team worked hard to defend this free kick.
They sent a total of seven people to form a human wall to block Williams.
The only thing is that there are no more people lying down behind the wall to block the ground ball.
I don’t know whether it was because he was too nervous and didn’t expect it or because of other reasons, but Williams felt that this was a point that could be exploited.
I got a free kick at the beginning and it was in such a good position that many people thought it was England's scoring opportunity.
Williams, who took the penalty, was calm and calm.
It's great to score goals, but if you can't score, it won't have a bad impact on the game.
So he looked back at the situation in the backcourt and found that the two central defenders were pressing up, so he asked Jimmy Stokes to retreat again. He also asked him to give a message to the two central defenders, telling them to position themselves backward.
Move it, don't press it too close.
Otherwise, if the Chinese team counterattacks, it will really penetrate with one pass.
After seeing Stokes running back and saying a few words to centre-back and captain Scott Wilson, Wilson and his centre-back partner Alistair Makama took a few steps back until they exited the center circle.
Just stopped.
Seeing this scene, Williams withdrew his gaze and turned to look forward again.
The Chinese team's human wall has been set up.
Then he turned his attention to the referee.
As soon as the whistle blew, Williams took a running approach and kicked his feet!
He planned to kick the football down from under the jumping Chinese team's wall and make a sneak attack!
But just as he started to run up, Hu Lai, who was not in the human wall but was standing next to him, suddenly started to move, rushed behind the human wall with a sliding shovel, and fell down on the spot!
So when Williams caught a glimpse of this scene out of the corner of his eye, he realized that the kick below might be a trap set by the Chinese team...
He immediately hesitated, and this hesitation was reflected in the final kick. He changed his mind temporarily and kicked the football instead of passing it under the wall.
But the kick wasn’t high enough…
The football hit the jumping wall!
England forward Darren Hunt in the penalty area raised his arm and signaled to the referee that the ball had hit a Chinese player and a penalty kick should be given!
However, the referee was not blind and did not fall into the trap.
Hunter just held the idea of hitting three goals if there was no date. Seeing that the referee ignored him, he did not continue to look for a sense of presence, but focused on football.
I saw the football bounce high after hitting the wall, but it didn't fly very far.
Players from both sides rushed towards the ball, trying to control it.
On the Chinese team's side is Ou Yangjin, and on the England team's side is Brad Pett.
The two of them rushed towards the landing point and then took off to compete for the top!
In the end, Ou Yangjin was slightly better at judging where the football would land, and he used Pate to pass the football to Chen Xingyi who was on the sidelines.
When Chen Xingyi stopped the ball, he consciously stopped the football forward so that he could take advantage of the situation and start speeding up.
But England's right back Lewis Bishop had noticed him in advance, so when Chen Xingyi started to speed up, he also accelerated from the ribs to the sideline and got stuck in Chen Xingyi's path.
As long as Chen Xingyi continues to dribble the ball, he can follow the trend and force him to slow down.
If it doesn't work, it can destroy the football from the sideline and delay the Chinese team's counterattack.
So when Chen Xingyi caught up with the football, all he saw was Bishop standing in front of him.
Although the Chinese fans in the stands were cheering loudly at this moment, they were all looking forward to seeing Chen Xingyi use his speed to get rid of Bishop and ride through the barrier alone.
But Chen Xingyi's mind was extremely calm at this time, and he did not choose to challenge Bishop.
Instead, he looked up at the middle road.
In the middle are the two center backs of the England team, and the two centers of the Chinese team, Zhou Zijing and Hu Lai, have not yet had time to step forward.
They are rushing forward...
Chen Xingyi looked further away again.
He saw nothing.
Behind the two English centre-backs, there is only huge space.
It was empty, with neither England players nor Chinese players.
But...it doesn't happen now, but that doesn't mean it won't happen in a while!
Chen Xingyi made a gesture of moving the football forward, which tricked Bishop into stepping back to make room for the pass.
Then he raised his left leg and kicked the football to the other side of the field!
The football flew past Bishop, flew behind the two central defenders of the England team, and passed low over the turf of the England team's half, drawing an obvious arc!
"Chen Xingyi... long pass transfer!"
"Chen! The Chinese team's counterattack is coming! Beautiful long pass!"
"Chen! Oh! Penetrating diagonal plug! He pierced the England defence!"
The commentators were so high up that they could not only see Chen Xingyi's pass, but also see a player wearing the red jersey of the Chinese team racing out from behind the England defense at the far end of the pitch!
So they all became excited.
Except for British commentator Matthew Cox.
He was exclaiming: "Danger! Danger! England is in danger!"
The cheers from the stadium were deafening, almost completely covering up his exclamations.
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It was not Luo Kai who blocked the football with his body, although the football was very close to him... The football hit Xia Xiaoyu next to him and bounced high.
Luo Kai didn't care about Xia Xiaoyu's situation. After landing, he rushed out like an arrow from a string!
The football is still in the air, and we don't know which side will eventually control it.
But that is not important at all to Luo Kai.
If the ball is controlled by the England team, the worst possible thing is to make a turnaround.
But if the ball is caught by your teammate, then you should rush forward as much as possible so that you have a chance to counterattack!
So he turned his head to look at where the football landed and rushed forward.
However, in order not to become the target that attracted the most attention of the English players, Luo Kai did not rush forward directly from the center, but first diagonally pulled away and went to the right rib.
This pull indeed put him into the double blind spot of the English defenders' vision and mind.
Luo Kai, who was pulling away, was still paying close attention to the situation on the other side. When he saw Chen Xingyi receiving the ball, he continued to move forward resolutely.
Then he saw Chen Xingyi raised his head toward him.
Although the eyes of the two people did not meet in the air, judging from Chen Xingyi's posture, he might not have seen himself either.
But Luo Kai still decided to suddenly cut diagonally to the middle at this time!
This is a tacit understanding developed through years of cooperation from the Olympic team to the national team.
Regardless of whether Chen Xingyi saw him or not, Luo Kai believed that Chen Xingyi must have seen the huge gap behind the England team's defense.
If Chen Xingyi wants to pass the ball, he should pass the ball into the space.
If he doesn't pass it...then the journey will be in vain.
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At the same time as Luo Kai made a diagonal cut, Chen Xingyi passed the football.
Luo Kai no longer turned his head to observe, but gritted his teeth and immersed himself in sprinting - since his frequent injuries, his speed is not as fast as before. Now he can only squeeze the energy in his body desperately to keep up with the English players.
With the distance, how can you still be distracted and look around?
"Luo Kai! Beautiful! Not offside! Not offside!"
He Feng shouted excitedly.
In his eyes, in the eyes of countless Chinese fans at the scene, in the eyes of those Chinese viewers in front of the TV, football and Luo Kai are going in both directions!
England captain and centre-back Scott Wilson was hot on the heels of Roque.
However, he is not good at speed, so even though Luo Kai is not as fast as before, it is still difficult for Wilson to catch up...
His only chance may be to stick to Luo Kai when he is slowing down to control the ball when he catches the ball!
However, Luo Kai did not slow down. After passing through the England team's defense, he turned to look to the left and waited for the football to fly towards him. After adjusting his pace, he used the outside instep of his left foot to move the football towards him while running and swinging his legs normally.
Go ahead!
Then he catches up without slowing down!
Wilson missed the point and was completely thrown away by Luo Kai!
Seeing this scene, the crowd burst into cheers!
No one expected that only three minutes into the game, the Chinese team would come to the meeting alone!
"Luo Kai! Opportunity! Single sword!!"
When He Feng shouted this, his voice even trembled.
But he didn't know it. At this time, all his attention was on Luo Kai.
England goalkeeper Dickinson abandoned the goal and rushed towards Roquet.
Now the team sport of football has become a one-on-one battle between Luo Kai and Dickinson!
They were like knights in the Middle Ages, riding on horses, holding out their spears, and charging at each other!
After Luo Kai took the football out, he looked up and glanced ahead to confirm the position of goalkeeper Dickinson.
When he saw Dickinson abandon the goal, he knew what he should do.
This kind of one-on-one confrontation between the forward and the goalkeeper is logically more beneficial to the forward, because he is the proactive one, while the goalkeeper can only passively accept it.
But in fact, not every single goal can be converted into a goal.
The principle is the same as "penalty kicks". The more "must score" a goal is, the easier it is to have an accident.
Forwards often think too much at this time, leading to hesitation and deformed movements.
But the goalkeeper can create miracles by putting all his efforts aside and putting aside all distracting thoughts.
Facing the attacking goalkeeper Dickinson and facing the perfect opportunity that might open the scoring for the Chinese team, Luo Kai was surprisingly calm!
When he was about to catch up with the football, he tilted his body sharply to the left, raised his right leg at the same time, and made a gesture of shooting with his right foot.
Goalkeeper Dickinson immediately fell to the ground to make a save, but he was cautious and did not really make all the moves because he had to be wary of Luo Kai picking the football over his head... This was a one-on-one match between the forwards.
This is my favorite move when facing a goalkeeper who abandons his goal.
Luo Kai's right foot swung down and he did hit the football. This was not a fake shot like a real dunk, nor was it the lob that Dickinson was guarding against...
But a push!
The football flew from Dickinson's feet to the goal behind him!
At this moment, Dickinson was half-kneeling on the ground. He had no time to fall to the ground. He could only turn his head and watch the football rub the inside of the goal post behind him and rush into the goal!