While the Chinese team is preparing for corner kick defense, England is also preparing for corner kick attack.
Pete Williams ran towards the corner flag area, preparing to take the corner kick.
At the same time, he looked back at Darren Hunter.
I found the expression on Hunter's face very ugly.
It is of course a pity to miss such an opportunity.
But the expression on his face was still too ugly.
Seeing this scene, Williams thought of Hunter's "obsession" with the Chinese team, so he stopped, took a few steps towards Hunter, and shouted his name loudly: "Hunter! Hunter! Hey!
Hunter!”
When Hunter heard the call and turned his gaze over, he raised his finger and pointed at his temple to signal Hunter to calm down.
Darren Hunter did not give Williams any feedback, and it was impossible for Williams to ignore the corner kick and talk to Hunter.
So after repeatedly reminding him to stay calm, Pete Williams turned around and ran towards the corner flag again.
Then the corner kick he took didn't go to Darren Hunter, but to the team captain and center back Scott Wilson.
Wilson did get a point, but under the defense of Qin Qi and Zhou Zijing, his header was unable to hit the target and was caught by Chinese team goalkeeper Lin Zhiyuan in the air - without even taking off his hand.
As soon as they saw the football in Lin Zhiyuan's hands, England's players immediately ran desperately towards the back half.
They were afraid that the Chinese team would hit them again and quickly counterattack.
The lesson learned in the first half was really profound.
You must know that the Chinese team is faster on the left wing.
Chen Xingyi and Peng Weijun, these two fast-paced attacks on the left, made England very afraid.
Sure enough, when he saw Lin Zhiyuan pounce on the ball, Chen Xingyi immediately turned around and withdrew from the penalty area, pulled diagonally to the side, and ran forward.
Fortunately, England reacted quickly enough, and their right back Lewis Bishop immediately went up to attack Chen Xingyi.
When Lin Zhiyuan got up from the ground, the penalty area was like a beach that had just ebbed, and all the England players had evacuated.
He wanted to take advantage of the fact that the English players had not fully returned to their defensive position and launched another counterattack. Maybe he scored again?
Why settle for a two-goal lead when you can have a three-goal lead?
He threw the football to Chen Xingyi.
However, facing Bishop's close defense, it was difficult for Chen Xingyi to control the ball.
He could only pass the football back to Peng Weijun who broke in.
Peng Weijun wanted to counterattack quickly, so he knocked the football directly to the center without stopping the ball or even adjusting.
He wanted to play a one-two with Ou Yangjin in the middle.
Unexpectedly, he failed to pass the ball accurately, Ou Yangjin ran past, and the football rolled behind Ou Yangjin...
Finally it fell to the feet of England player Jimmy Stokes who was returning to defense.
Pete Williams, who was originally running directly back from the corner flag area, immediately changed direction and asked Jimmy Stokes for the ball at the same time.
In fact, without him raising his hand, Stokes also noticed him and sent the football over in a tacit understanding!
Darren Hunter, who was also in the process of returning to defense, saw that the ball was back, turned around and ran towards the Chinese team's penalty area, also raising his arms to ask Williams for the ball!
"Stokes steals the ball! England's counterattack! Watch out!"
He Feng saw this scene in the commentary box and screamed three times.
Before losing the ball, the Chinese team was just preparing to counterattack. Most of the players had already pressed forward. There were actually not many people left in the backcourt.
The commentator's seat is high up, and he can see that the Chinese team's backcourt is now all empty!
The English fans in the South Stand also cheered loudly, and the sound decibels even suppressed the somewhat confused Chinese fans!
After Pete Williams received the ball, he saw Darren Hunter sprinting into the penalty area. The latter was still making gestures to him, telling him to quickly pass the football in front of him.
But Williams didn't do that.
Because he was worried that Hunter would be blinded by his anger and insist on dueling with Wang Guangwei, thereby missing the opportunity.
Now he just used Hunter to take away Wang Guangwei and got a chance to shoot!
When leading to the penalty area, Pete Williams took a long shot before Qin Qi came up!
The football passed under Qin Qi's raised leg and went straight to the lower left corner of the goal!
This is a very high quality shot!
But Lin Zhiyuan has been paying attention to Williams' movements - he left Hunter to Wang Guangwei, so that he could focus more on Williams holding the ball.
When he saw Williams taking a shot, he immediately jumped on the ground and fell to the lower left corner of the goal!
A single palm lifted the football over the bottom line!
"Oops! Williams' long shot was saved by Lin!"
England commentator Matthew Cox first felt sorry for Williams' failure to score, and then gave everyone confidence:
"Although there was no goal, this is a good sign! The Chinese team also started to make mistakes! As long as we can continue to apply pressure, their mistakes will increase!"
"Lin Zhiyuan! Beautiful save! Oh! What a danger!" He Feng let out a long breath.
"...The quality of Williams' shot is still very high! But Lin Zhiyuan is very focused, and this save is really great!" Li Qingqing gave Lin Zhiyuan a thumbs up.
Then she criticized Peng Weijun’s handling just now:
"Peng Weijun is too anxious, but there is no need to be anxious. And he should not pass the ball to the center. In this case, once the pass to the center is intercepted, our goal will be directly exposed to England's offensive firepower!"
While she was criticizing, Xia Xiaoyu on the court was loudly reminding her teammates:
"Don't be anxious! Steady! It's not us who should be anxious now!"
His words were not just meant for Peng Weijun.
On the surface, it was Peng Weijun's passing error that gave England a chance to threaten the Chinese team's goal.
But in fact, it was the overall impatience of the Chinese team that gave the England team an opportunity to take advantage of it.
If Lin Zhiyuan, after grabbing the football just now, had not rushed to throw it to Chen Xingyi, but had chosen to keep the ball in his own hands and observe it again, Chen Xingyi might not have interfered with the opponent's right back Bishop.
The situation of getting the ball.
Lin Zhiyuan also knew that this was his own problem, so he raised his hand and expressed comfort to Peng Weijun - if the ball was really lost in the end, then Peng Weijun would be scolded to death, which would make him take the blame for Lin Zhiyuan's original recklessness.
Fortunately, he saved himself and his teammates with his actual actions.
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Although Pete Williams' shot did not result in a goal, it earned the team a corner kick, which can be regarded as continued pressure on the Chinese team.
This will improve the morale of the English players.
Except Darren Hunt.
When Williams chose to shoot, he stopped moving forward in dissatisfaction.
When the football was saved by Lin Zhiyuan, although he got a corner kick, he still spread his hands and shouted to Williams dissatisfied: "Pete! You should pass the ball over!"
Because he still had to take a corner kick, Williams was too lazy to talk to Hunter. He turned around and ran straight to the corner flag area.
However, this time he did not kick the corner kick directly in front of the Chinese team's goal. Instead, he took a tactical corner kick, controlled the football at his feet, and reorganized the attack.
This time the Chinese team learned their lesson, they were not impatient and did not give the England team too many opportunities to take advantage of in defense. So the football was passed around, but England still did not find a good opportunity to attack.
Finally, there was a cross from the wing and the old trick of outflanking the ball in the middle.
Darren Hunter really hopes that England will play like this so that he can have a chance to face off against Wang Guangwei.
But this time he didn't get what he wanted.
Because Lin Zhiyuan attacked first and successfully confiscated the football halfway...
After getting the ball, Lin Zhiyuan did not drive the football quickly this time - he made a move to start a fast break, which made the England players retreat quickly like an ebbing tide. When he saw this, he hugged the football
Waiting for players from both teams to leave the penalty area.
After both players returned to their respective positions, Lin Zhiyuan threw the football out to Xia Xiaoyu, who was retreating to receive the ball.
Xia Xiaoyu receives the ball and does not rush to pass it forward. Instead, he penetrates through short passes and moves forward steadily.
Because of England's rapid retreat, the Chinese team encountered no resistance before advancing to the midline.
Only when it crosses the center line does it encounter some resistance.
The football returned to Xia Xiaoyu's feet again, but this time he did not continue to play steadily and short passes penetrated.
Instead, he suddenly changed his rhythm. After receiving the ball, he directly passed the ball diagonally to the wing.
It was given to left back Peng Weijun who was covering the side.
After receiving the ball, Peng Weijun tried to pass the ball forward, but instead passed the ball to Chen Xingyi who was in front to meet him.
Then he continued to accelerate and moved forward along the side road!
Peng Weijun, who pushed forward resolutely, attracted the attention of England right back Bishop, who had to retreat back.
In this way, the pressure faced by Chen Xingyi will be much less.
He dribbles the ball and cuts inside.
After taking two steps, he passed the football to center Zhou Zijing who was outside the penalty area to meet him.
Zhou Zijing turned his back to the goal, used his body to block the England center back Scott Wilson behind him, and used the outside instep of his right foot to move the football to the right rear of his body, where there was a gap.
Peng Weijun, who had just moved forward, did not run in vain, but appeared in the gap while crossing!
Bishop was left behind by his speed!
Seeing the Chinese team score the ball into England's penalty area, huge cheers broke out in the stands of Bailong Lake Stadium.
"Zhou Zijing...good shot! Peng Weijun!"
When Peng Weijun received the ball, Hu Lai also quickly rushed towards the goal.
Another England centre-back, Alistair Makama, clung to him and refused to let him have a chance to catch the ball.
Peng Weijun raised his strong left leg and swept the football toward the goal!
Hu Lai ran forward, but Makama was stuck on the inside of him, squeezing him outward with his whole body.
He has no shooting angle at all!
Luo Kai rushed back and shouted: "Leak!"
Hulay's body was tilted towards Makama and he was wrestling with the opponent. It seemed that he was completely unable to shoot.
Although he raised his left foot, he seemed to be obediently passing the football.
After all, he had no choice but to do this...
Noticing this, England midfielder Jimmy Stokes also accelerated towards the goal, preparing to intercept the ball missed by Hu Lai halfway.
But the football didn't roll over.
To be precise, when the football was about to pass, Hu Lai's left toe knocked him behind him, so he changed his line and turned towards... the back corner of the goal!
Makama, who was sticking to Hulay, was completely unaware of it. Although England goalkeeper Dickinson, who was blocking the near corner in front, saw the football, he could do nothing... he could only fall to the ground, turned his head and watched the football spinning violently on the turf.
A shallow ravine was plowed up, leading directly to the goal!
"HU!!"
"Hulai!"
"Hu Lai——!"
"HUUUUUUUUUU——"
The football was not fast, but no one could stop it. As everyone watched... it rubbed the inside of the back goal post and rolled into the net.
In the first few minutes of the game, there was a feeling that England was about to regain control of the rhythm. Unexpectedly, the Chinese team scored a goal in one attack!
Listening to the thunder in silence, the thunder just exploded during this ordinary attack!
