Chapter 175 Is this double standard okay?
England's change of formation quickly saw results, at least on the offensive end, their firepower was greatly improved.
Wu Jie no longer dared to go to the sideline to help defend at will, so this task was handed over to Chen Haonan.
But Chen Haonan cannot save two legs. Cunningham and Graham are the top wingers of this era, and there are not many people in the world who can limit them.
In the past two years, when Bayern met Real Madrid in the Champions League, there were also no restrictions on Cunningham's breakthrough. You can imagine the pressure that the Chinese team's defense will face.
In the 52nd minute of the second half, Cunningham faced Li Junwei, who was probably faster than himself, and used a speed change to get rid of him. Instead, he completed the inside cut more easily.
This is what Wu Jie is most afraid of seeing. Although Li Junwei is faster than Cunningham, who has been seriously injured twice, he has too little experience. Once he encounters fake moves and speed changes, he will be more likely to be in vain.
Cunningham cut inside and quickly entered the penalty area. Wu Jie and Zhu Bo surrounded him.
But at this time, they didn't dare to make a move easily, for fear that this guy would take the opportunity to fall to the ground.
The referee's favoritism towards England in this game was very obvious. They knew that a rash move would probably result in a red card + penalty kick.
But he didn't dare to take a shot, so Cunningham completed the pass in the penalty area.
Lineker's awareness of grabbing points was outstanding, and he used his excellent explosive power to get in front of Jia Xiuquan and get stuck.
Lin Yaodong's positioning is also outstanding. He accurately judged the crisis and successfully stood in a position that blocked most angles before Lineker's shot.
Lineker still chose to shoot, a close-range volley.
Lin Yaodong could hardly see the football flying towards him clearly, but his reaction was surprisingly fast. When he fell to the ground to save, he almost subconsciously stretched out his right hand and blocked the football with the heel of his palm.
However, the danger of the Chinese team is still not over. No one knows when Bryan Robson rushed to the goal. There was no Chinese team defensive player beside him, but the blocked football fell right at his feet.
At this moment, there is only an empty goal left in front of this "Captain Marvel".
Lin Yaodong hurriedly got up and wanted to return to the defensive position, but Robson had already completed the follow-up shot facing the empty goal.
Naturally, there was no suspense at this time. In the 52nd minute of the second half, the England team finally scored a goal through a wing attack and equalized the score.
Wu Jie, amidst the cheers of the England fans, immediately came to Li Junwei and comforted his teammate who was dejected after playing for less than ten minutes.
He now regrets letting Li Junwei play. It seems that the pressure generated by this kind of game is not something that Li Junwei can resist now.
These real players are not like his tools, who have hundreds of World Cup-level game experience when they debut. Just look at the failure of 22-year-old Lineker to become a forward for the England team.
But now that he is on top, he can only try his best to encourage this rookie to prevent his self-confidence from being completely destroyed.
In the second half, the English equalized the score as soon as they started. Naturally, their morale was high and they were ready to keep up their efforts and completely defeat the hateful Chinese team in one go!
At this time, solid defense, or start an attack?
Wu Jie quickly chose the second option because he knew that if he continued to choose to defend and counterattack in this situation, he would probably be unable to defend himself and counterattack would be out of the question.
This is different from his game at Bayern. At that time, his teammates were no worse than any opponent, so whether he could attack or defend, any choice made sense.
Now it's just the opposite. The overall strength gap between the two sides is too large.
Even if he and Chen Haonan retreated to defense with all their strength, they would at most be playing huddle tactics with the team. Basically just making up for their teammates would take all their energy. If they lose the ball again, it would be basically GG.
So he decided to put the burden on Lin Yaodong. He and Chen Haonan had to find a way to retaliate on the offensive end. Only by scoring another goal could they guarantee at least a draw.
This opportunity came quickly. After the England team replaced Kevin Keegan and Lineker, although the offensive end was full of firepower, their ability on the defensive end actually dropped a lot. This is what he chose to attack.
reason.
In the 62nd minute of the second half, the England team continuously passed the ball forward in the frontcourt, and finally moved to the wing to start the attack.
Graham dribbled the ball away from Lu Hongxiang, but his final pass deep into the penalty area was intercepted by Jia Xiuquan, who performed well today.
This defender who did not do well in Italy was one of the few players in the Chinese team who did not stretch his hips today.
Chen Haonan received the pass, first dribbled the ball past Kevin Keegan, broke into midfield and handed the ball to Wu Jie.
Wu Jie was quickly marked by two England players and immediately moved the ball to the wing.
After Shen Xiangfu got the ball, he still couldn't break through Viv Anderson's defense, but this time Lu Hongxiang got Wu Jie's instruction and simply attacked boldly.
This is a very risky move. If the full-back attacks, he may not be able to come back.
But now that the Chinese team's two full-backs are unable to penetrate the England team's defense, they can only risk increasing the number of attackers.
Lu Hongxiang has a unique skill in attacking. When Graham returned to defense, he did not expect that Lu Hongxiang, who had been beaten by him, actually had good offensive skills. He was almost knocked down by a fake move due to his carelessness.
Shen Xiangfu had already moved to the middle, and Lu Hongxiang was caught off guard by dribbling the ball all the way to the left penalty area and successfully kicked the ball to the middle.
Both Wu Jie and Zhao Dayu were outflanking the penalty area, but Liverpool's veteran defender Phil Thompson stood up at the critical moment and blocked the pass out of the baseline in time. The Chinese team only got one corner kick.
"Watch him!"
Hilton pointed at Wu Jie and loudly signaled to Terry Butcher that he must keep an eye on this dangerous person.
"Don't worry, I won't let him touch the ball!"
Terry immediately ran to Wu Jie and assured Hilton in English.
"You're kidding, if I take a corner kick, how can you not let me touch the ball? Even if I shoot, you can't stop me!"
Wu Jie sneered, saying this in a loud voice, and after saying this, he was ready to go to the corner flag area to take a corner kick.
"This bastard is not joking. He can really shoot the ball directly and leave someone standing behind the goal."
Phil Thompson's expression changed when he heard this. Wu Jie had scored a goal like this for his Liverpool team, and he immediately signaled his teammates to assign one person to defend behind the goal.
Hilton also hurriedly directed his teammates to reposition themselves, not daring to look down on Wu Jie at all.
They are confident of defeating the Chinese team today, but the only variable is this guy, and they must be extremely energetic against him.
Wu Jie was walking towards the corner flag area at this time. As he walked, he raised his hand to signal to Chen Haonan that he would take the corner kick this time.
Chen Haonan nodded and immediately walked to the court. It seemed that he was preparing to grab points in the penalty area.
The England players didn't pay attention and were still positioning themselves according to the instructions of Hilton and Phil Thompson.
But they forgot one thing. Chen Haonan's English is very poor. There are not many people in the Chinese team who can speak English. Besides, how can the Chinese team communicate in English?
The English did not think of this key. Instead, under the influence of Wu Jie, they were in a state of relaxation before tension. Everyone was concentrating on choosing defensive positions in order to deal with the upcoming corner kick.
But when Wu Jie just walked out of the penalty area, Chen Haonan suddenly turned around and rushed to the corner flag area, directly passing the ball to Wu Jie, who was also running back.
The English players had not reacted until this moment. Many of them were still thinking about how to deal with this corner kick, unaware that the attack had already begun.
Wu Jie easily received the pass in the penalty area and then used a Bergkamp move to complete the turn in a stylish manner.
At this time, the relaxed England players finally reacted, but they had no time to block Wu Jie's shot.
Not only that, all England players, including goalkeeper Hilton, have not yet entered a defensive position.
When Wu Jie quickly completed the shot, they were still standing in disarray in the penalty area, without any structure.
Hilton didn't even have time to make a save because he was still outside the small penalty area when Wu Jie shot.
All England players had confused expressions on their faces as they watched Wu Jie throw a ball from the left side of the penalty area that was not fast but with a huge arc, and easily shot the football from the top left of the goal.
The weirdest thing is that throughout the whole process, the England players stood there dumbly watching, unable to react at all.
"fxxk, they committed a foul!"
"Too cunning, can you play like a knight?"
"I didn't hear the whistle, this ball should be disallowed!"
When the England players saw that they had been teased again, everyone looked angry. After reacting, they all chased the referee to protest, hoping that the goal would be invalidated.
"Damn it, don't the Chinese have any other way to score goals other than using such despicable means?"
"Despicable, really despicable!"
"The Chinese are all cowards, they are not qualified to play in the World Cup!"
"The Chinese only know how to cheat and don't dare to compete with us head-on. They are the sick men of East Asia!"
The English fans at the scene even yelled and cursed. They had never seen such a cunning and shameless team. This was the second time they had used conspiracy and tricks to attack.
The Israeli referee looked at the celebrating Chinese players and secretly screamed "cunning"!
But this time he didn't hesitate and made a gesture that was effective for scoring a goal.
Because Chen Haonan had just asked him "if there is a corner kick", his reply was "ok".
Then according to the rules, Chen Haonan can tee off at any time.
Unless the referee thinks that there is excessive physical conflict between the two teams in the penalty area and proactively stops the game, then Chen Haonan needs his signal to kick off.
But there was no conflict between the players of the two teams just now, so Chen Haonan could serve at any time, and there was not even the slightest violation in this ball.
As for Wu Jie pretending to walk over and take a corner kick, that has nothing to do with this serve. He can go as he pleases.
This goal can only be said that the Chinese team is too cunning and they completely deceived the England team.
But the hero of this goal, Wu Jie, did not celebrate, because in his eyes, this kind of goal did have a bit of "stealing chicken" flavor.
But it would be too much to say "win without force".
In fact, both of his goals will be regarded as classic "tactical goals" by fans around the world in the future.
So why do foreigners use this kind of "tactical goal" to be "smart", "spiritual", "creative", "full of creativity", "Einstein on the football field", "the best corner kick in history", etc.
Positive review.
But when the Chinese do this, it immediately becomes "despicable", "shameless", "stealing chicken", "win without using force"?
Chapter completed!