The Argentine players, who had just finished training to adapt to the field, returned to the locker room and faced the news that the Chinese team was leading England 4:0. They all looked at each other and didn't know what to say.
Some of them even had this hallucination - have we collectively traveled to another world? In this world, the Chinese team is super strong and a T0-level team... So playing against England is like playing against a child, easy to handle.
Before the game, like most people in the world, Argentina's players also felt that this China-England battle would be a close match.
The Chinese team has the advantage of being the host, England is not weak, and they are very motivated to seek revenge.
This game will definitely be like Mars hitting the Earth, it will be very fierce and inextricable.
Maybe the two sides will be indifferent for 120 minutes, and in the end the winner will be determined by a brutal penalty shootout, which will hurt both sides and defeat the winners of Brazil and France in the semi-finals.
After they finished the training to adapt to the field, they returned to the locker room and took out their mobile phones to follow the progress of the game.
Many people were surprised when they saw the 4:0 score. They didn't expect the host Chinese team to be so vulnerable...
But if you take a closer look, you will see that the Chinese team leads England 4:0!
"Is the score wrong?!"
Some people asked such questions and exclaimed.
There was a commotion in the locker room, and then everyone clicked on the live broadcast of the game.
First pay attention to the score in the upper left corner of the screen.
Yes, it is indeed 4:0.
It was indeed the Chinese team 4:0 England.
Looking at the live broadcast of the game, the Chinese team took possession of the ball and launched an attack. They suppressed the entire England team within a 30-meter area.
In other words, the Chinese team is bombarding England indiscriminately.
In the face of the Chinese team's offensive, England had no power to fight back and could only be beaten passively.
At this moment, the Chinese team slanted the football from the ribs into the penalty area.
After Hu Lai took away England's defensive attention, Zhou Zijing inserted into the gap and then shot without stopping the ball!
The ball bounced out after being tackled by England goalkeeper Shim Dickinson while he was on the ground.
It triggered chaos in the England penalty area.
Although Hu Lai did not appear at the landing point, Chen Xingyi was there!
He took a shot and was blocked by Pete Williams.
As an offensive organizer, now Williams can only transform into a "defender" to help defend in front of the goal.
This shows how bad the situation in England is.
Seeing England's current predicament, some Argentinian players are very curious - how did the Chinese team lead England by four goals?
So they looked up the previous goal news.
"What? Leading in the first three minutes?!"
"What? Two goals behind in twelve minutes?!"
"What? Hu Mei scored twice?!"
"What? You just lost the ball and gave away points?!"
Amid repeated exclamations from his teammates, Nestor Farias did not continue looking at his phone, but instead glanced at Melli.
Melly, who noticed Farias's gaze, raised his head and asked him: "What's wrong?"
"Uh..." Being caught on the spot by the captain, Farias was a little embarrassed, but he still expressed his inner thoughts: "You don't look surprised at all, captain..."
Melly smiled slightly: "Would you be surprised if I said England is the weakest team in the quarterfinals?"
Farias showed a surprised expression as expected.
Meili continued: "The strength of this team is exaggerated by the media. How can they be the opponent of the Chinese team?"
"Is it because the Chinese team has Hu?"
Melly shook his head: "It's not just Hu."
Then his expression became serious and he said to Farias: "Nestor, you have to understand that this Chinese team does not only have Hu. They are also very strong as a team. And this is still playing at their home court.
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"But... I read on the Internet that playing at home is also a disadvantage for the Chinese team, because there are so many Chinese fans and they are so fanatical. They will also bring a lot of pressure to the team..."
"Ha... I heard for the first time that fan fanaticism is a drawback. Don't listen to the nonsense on the Internet. I don't know if we have a chance to play against this Chinese team. If there is a chance, we must not underestimate this team.
Team, otherwise England is the best example."
Farias nodded: "I won't."
Melly looked at Farias who answered him seriously and sighed in his heart:
The message I sent to Hu Lai had an effect...otherwise, how could the boy in front of me have undergone such earth-shaking changes?
Although he still can't change his stubbornness sometimes, most of the time he can listen to the truth.
Thinking of this, Melly laughed again: "But don't worry about the Chinese team now, our opponent tomorrow is the Netherlands."
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Joseph Drost saw Maxi Carey looking at the tablet computer very intently and frowning slightly at the same time, so he asked: "How is it?"
Kyrie raised his head and looked at the national team coach with doubtful eyes.
The latter added: "How was the match between China and England?"
Unexpectedly, Carey gave him a negative answer: "I don't know."
"Huh? Aren't you watching the match between China and England?"
Carey showed the tablet to Drost: "No, I'm watching videos of Argentina's previous games."
Only then did Drost realize that he had gone astray, and he laughed: "I thought you were also paying attention to today's first quarter-final."
"If there's anything to be concerned about, just wait until we reach the finals and then watch the video of the Chinese team's game." Carey shook his head.
After saying that, he continued to study the Argentina game video.
At this moment, a coach came over and couldn't hide the excitement and surprise in his voice: "The Chinese team leads England by four goals!"
Droste himself was startled, and then he glanced at Carey and saw that the latter seemed to have not heard anything at all, had no reaction, and was still staring down at the tablet screen.
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Being four goals behind was a fatal blow to the English players.
They realized that no matter how hard they tried, they could never turn defeat into victory. The game was actually over and they had been eliminated.
The remaining thirty minutes or so are just garbage time.
But for the Chinese team players, this is definitely not garbage time.
Already leading by four goals, they are still launching fierce attacks on England's goal.
It was agreed before the game that we were going to win beautifully, and that the win would leave the English speechless.
Now we are only leading by four goals, how can it be considered a beautiful win? I think the English people must still be unconvinced.
So keep working hard!
Xia Xiaoyu picked up the ball in front of England's 30-meter line. Hu Lai and Zhou Zijing were both in front of the goal. They retreated with England's back line.
Xia Xiaoyu didn't pass the football to the two forwards, he passed it to Luo Kai who was advancing on the right rib.
Luo Kai chased the football into the penalty area, then raised his right leg while running and shot directly!
England left-back Alan Morley tackles the football in an attempt to block it.
But he was a step too late, and the football flew towards the goal like a cannonball!
Goalkeeper Seam Dickinson fell to the ground and dove sideways, pressing the football down with the lower edge of his arm.
The football hits the ground, bounces high, and flies backwards.
After England's right back Bishop caught up with the football at the back point, for safety reasons, he pushed the flying football out of the baseline and gave the Chinese team a corner kick.
Seeing Bishop's handling, Matthew Cox in the commentary box loudly criticized: "This ball... there is no need to push it! There are no Chinese players behind Bishop! Other teammates don't know to remind them.
Just look at Bishop and give the Chinese team a corner kick for nothing!"
Indeed, this time the Chinese team did not have any players to attack the backcourt, so Bishop could have stopped the football.
Even if Bishop has no time to look back and doesn't know what's going on behind him, his teammates should remind him loudly, right?
Unfortunately not.
The England players, who were already four goals behind, seemed stunned and had not yet fully recovered.
At this time, almost ten minutes had passed since Wang Guangwei scored from a penalty kick.
The Chinese team received this corner kick, and the two central defenders Wang Guangwei and Qin Qi ran from the backcourt and took up positions in the England penalty area.
In the north stand behind the goal, the Chinese fans began to chant again: "The Kings score one more! The Kings score one more!"
After shouting twice, they even switched to English and shouted again... They focused on providing considerate service and would never allow English people to not understand.
Sure enough, England goalkeeper Shim Dickinson pointed at Wang Guangwei who came up and shouted to his teammates: "Keep an eye on him!"
When there were people in front of the England goal, Hu Lai did not go to join in the fun. He stood in the penalty area, closer to the front.
Although far away from the goal, he still has England player Pete Williams beside him to defend this familiar opponent.
As soon as the whistle blew, Xia Xiaoyu kicked the football into the penalty area.
Hu Lai, who was originally at the front point, quickly retreated laterally, and Pete Williams followed him and ran towards the center.
When running to the middle, Hu Lai made a move to cut in front of the goal, causing Williams to take a step back.
But this is just a fake move by Hu Lai!
He didn't go to the middle, but continued to move backward!
At this time, it was too late for Williams to follow him - Ou Yangjin was blocking his path.
He collided with the Chinese team's midfielder and could only watch as Hu Lai swung his right leg in the back unmarked!
The football flew over at this time...
Hu Lai, who was in a good posture, faced the ball and swung his right leg!
Jimmy Stokes rushed over, saw Hu Lai's action, jumped up, turned around at the same time, and used his body to block Hu Lai's volley!
But Hu Lai didn't volley. After swinging his right foot over, he gently tipped the football!
The football flew upwards, drew a parabola, passed Stokes' head, and flew straight to the back corner of the goal!
Dickinson originally planned to take off to save, but as soon as he made a preparation, he realized that the football was too high, and even if he took off with all his strength, he might not be able to touch the ball.
Such a height means that the football is likely to fly directly out of the baseline...
So he didn't take off at all, he just lay on the ground, raising his head and twisting his neck like a sunflower, watching the football... fall from the back corner of the goal into the net!
His knees weakened and he could no longer support his body, so he slumped to the ground.
"Hu Lai——!! Hahahaha!"
He Feng laughed.
"Hu Lai! Hat trick! This is the second hat trick in this World Cup! It's not over yet! This game is not over yet!"