Chapter 101 The fatal blow of Xiao’s arc. Higuain, the eternal sinner!

All the English players became even more cautious after being manipulated by Sterling. To exaggerate, they lost their courage.

Even seasoned veterans like Gerrard and Rooney pass every ball to others in the safest way. I would rather do nothing with a safe ball than make a mistake.

There were only two steps left to reach the peak. What seemed like a more exciting game turned out to be a not-so-wild carnival. After Sterling came off the field, England's long-pass attack became even more resolute.

Seventy minutes.

Xiao Wen chased the football across the half-court, and was once again entangled by Lavezzi on the right wing, fighting for a header. Neither of them could win, but the running midfielder Biglia opened the way with his right elbow.

, jumped up and pushed the ball out of the right sideline.

"Don't be complacent yet, kid." After seeing Biglia's header knocking the football out of bounds, Lavezzi grabbed Xiao Wen and lowered his voice in Xiao Wen's ear and said fiercely: "Wait until we score.

That damn winning goal, I will celebrate it in front of you."

Xiao Wen ignored this guy who was already completely excited. Among Argentina's frontcourts, Lavezzi was undoubtedly the worst. He just stared at Messi standing in the center circle. This was his first time with

The player at the top of the football pyramid today was playing against each other. Looking at Messi's face that could be slightly anxious, Xiao Wen narrowed his eyes.

At this stage of the game, both Hodgson and Savilia chose to compromise after the situation reached a deadlock. This was a decision that did not seem to have much of a problem. However, behind this calm compromise, there was silence.

Praying and hoping.

Johnson threw the ball to Xiao Wen. The ball was in the air. Xiao Wen bounced it to Johnson. With several people surrounding him, Johnson passed the ball directly back to central defender Cahill.

Cahill waited for Higuain to attack, then spotted Henderson, who had just replaced the exhausted Gerrard, and passed the ball over.

Unexpectedly, before the Argentinian could force him, he directly passed the ball to the left with a big kick. Welbeck chased after a few steps, jumped up, and the ball still passed over his head and went out of the baseline.

Lineker and Alan Shearer and others once again mentioned the nervousness of England players during their commentary.

The fans were also helpless.

"I panic when Henderson gets the ball, but I feel like he panics more than me (hiding his face in tears, hiding his face in tears)"

"Midfielders like these in England are not good at reading the game. They are shot and seen through as soon as they choose their positions. They should be regarded as assembly-line players participating in the offense, not as the brains."

"Nonsense, England only has one brain now, Xiao Wen!"

"Xiao Wen is the number one right winger in this World Cup, everyone else should step aside first!"

"Pull over and exit the sideline."

"Except for Xiao Wen, everyone else in England played like this. I don't know if the main players on the field are ashamed? I don't know if Hodgson on the sidelines is ashamed? I don't know if the FA uniforms in the stands are ashamed? Anyway, I don't.

Ashamed, I’m used to it, hehe.”

England fans are obviously able to hypnotize themselves when it comes to enjoying themselves in hardship, and even in such heart-wrenching moments, they can still laugh at themselves.

But soon, no one in England could laugh anymore.

In the 77th minute, Savilia waved his hand and Di Maria and Aguero came on!

On the football field, there are players in many positions who can kill the game, such as the central defender who hits the ball with his head, the full-back who makes an extremely accurate cross from the wing, and the midfielder who is as direct as Rui Costa.

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But there are always some things that belong to the professional category of offensive players and are more efficient. Di Maria and Aguero are undoubtedly the most familiar ‘killers’ among Argentine offensive players besides Messi.

Aguero stood on the sidelines, high-fived Lavezzi who was replaced, and then quickly rushed to the left side of the team's offensive direction.

Gently crossing himself on his chest, Aguero stood in front of Xiao Wen.

There are too many ties between Aguero and England. In recent years, his attack on Manchester City has made defenders in the British football world "fearful" for a long time.

If he is not injured in this game, he may be able to replace Higuain as the starting center.

Di Maria, another substitute for Enzo Perez, seems to be even more fearful to English fans. He and Messi are both players who can turn the world upside down with their own personal abilities.

In this World Cup, Angel seems to be the team's thigh. In the group stage and knockout stage, when Messi was strictly guarded, his outstanding performance helped the team reach the semi-finals.

In the key knockout match against Switzerland, Messi sent him a through ball and he completed the winning goal, which reminded everyone of the century assist that the old horse gave Caniggia.

If the Angels can start.

England fans felt a little lucky, but the appearance of two key figures at this moment made them nervous again after looking at their own bench.

The game continues.

Xiao Wen retreated more and more frequently and deeper.

Eighty-two minutes.

Argentina once again formed a siege.

Mascherano takes the ball.

Mascherano, who has gone through countless tough battles, is obviously much calmer than Henderson. He even slipped the opponent's forward in the center circle. After turning around, he took two or three steps before passing the ball to Saba on the right.

Leta.

Welbeck didn't hesitate at all. He still had enough physical strength to rush forward a few steps and made a sliding tackle!

As Manchester City's main right back, Zabaleta is of course very familiar with the tricks of these Premier League forwards, smashing the ball, flicking the ball, and then advancing forward before Welbeck got up in panic and chased back.

Messi, who was roaming in the middle, pulled slightly to the side, and Zabaleta passed the ball over.

Milner is still obsessed with Messi.

As the most talented dribbler on the planet, it is not very difficult to easily catch the ball and turn around in this level of pressing. Messi's movements are fast and stable, without any unnecessary details.

He took the ball with his left foot, half-turned, and then quickly shook his toes, and the football followed his body and rolled towards the front of the penalty area.

Make complexity simple!

Xiao Wen was still dumbfounded when he saw it with his own eyes. These movements seemed extremely simple. They were as simple as "just like this, like this, like this...and walk with the ball." It seemed like only four words. Just have feet.

But actually it's too difficult.

Studies have shown that Messi's cadence is as high as 4.4 Hz. In layman's terms, Messi can run 4.4 steps per second.

The most intuitive comparison is that Bolt, the 100-meter flying man, has a stride frequency of only 4.2 Hz, while sprinter Powell, who has the fastest stride frequency, is only 4.4 Hz.

In other words, Messi's running frequency has reached the level of a top track and field athlete. During this period, Messi still has to control the ball at his feet, which is difficult to imagine. You can also imagine how difficult it is to defend him.

Milner learned from Xiao Wen and got started.

beep!!!!

Mexican referee Rodriguez ran over quickly and took out a yellow card.

"Yellow card, free kick!" The impatient voice of his friend next to him came to his ears, and Maradona was also a little irritable.

This set piece is in a good position, Maradona thought, Messi, Di Maria, even Mascherano and that one

Mua! Maradona uttered a curse word. He didn’t want to mention that person at all! Although he was his favorite Argentine player before, he also worked as a marriage agency and handed over his daughter to him.

In his hands, he didn’t expect that it would end in divorce!

Maradona's eyes widened with anger, wishing he could go up and kick the free kick and kick the guy a few times.

It was another free kick. Xiao Wen's spirit was lifted. He walked to the penalty area and noticed that Joe Hart's face was bloodless above the goal line. The players from both sides wandering around in the penalty area began to look like people on the battlefield again.

He moved like a warrior.

On the line of the penalty area, Smalling and Cahill kept looking back at Joe Hart, moving the wall in an attempt to interfere with Messi's shot as much as possible.

Rooney looked at Messi silently on the other side of the penalty area where Xiao asked. Apart from him, Di Maria and Aguero were also standing before the football. But as these two people slowly took two steps outside,

Who took the free kick? The answer gradually became clear.

After Messi placed the football, he kept observing the scene in the penalty area to confirm whether there was any problem with the distance between the human wall. Before he could say anything, the referee walked over and signaled the English human wall to move back one or two meters.

Only then did he feel relieved.

At this moment, all the fans around the world stopped what they were doing and waited quietly for dozens of seconds to see whether the Argentines would revel or whether Messi would hold his head and sigh again.

In front of the TV, Beckham squinted and stared at the picture on the light screen. In the close-up shot, Messi, who had completely exceeded the running distance he averaged in Barcelona in the past, was obviously a little tired. When the camera turned again,

Joe Hart crouched with a wary look on his face. At this moment, Beckham felt a little nervous. It could even be said that he was even more nervous than when he was about to take the penalty kick against Argentina in the World Cup.

nervous.

"Calm down, calm down, I'm watching you from here, don't worry."

Cahill noticed that Joe Hart was too close to the left side of the goal. He couldn't help but turned around and shouted: "He will play in the short corner."

After hearing Cahill's voice, Joe Hart still hesitated and flashed back to the center of the goal line.

After a few seconds, the whistle sounded.

Messi raised his head and started running forward.

Xiao Wen turned around and followed the crowd towards the restricted area.

At this ball, Joe Hart suddenly rushed to the left side of his body, but the football flew into the stands.

Xiao Wen let out a long sigh of relief. This position may be a little far away for Messi, and he needs to use his strength to play. Or maybe he feels that he doesn't need to develop a free kick weapon at all.

In short, this goal made everyone break out in a cold sweat. Fortunately, the England fans survived after taking quick-acting heart-saving pills.

But Argentina's offensive frenzy did not stop.
To be continued...