Godfather of national football

Chapter 657 Battle against England (3)

Chapter 657 Fighting England ([-])

Ranieri frowned. He seemed to have encountered a little problem with this tactic, that is, it must be in a situation of even strength, such as with Argentina, where the two sides fight against each other. In this way, England has many opportunities to counterattack.

However, the Chinese team took the initiative to show weakness and did not confront England head-on. In this way, the Chinese team left little room for England to attack in the half.

Ranieri still has some understanding of the characteristics of his players, especially Sterling, who is fast but not good at small skills.

Lallana distributed the ball to Sterling. Facing Geng Chong, Sterling did some cycling, but his movements were very clumsy.

Seeing that Geng Chong didn't take a fake move, Sterling still used the old trick, that is, to use his speed to force his way.

Geng Chong saw the timing and stretched out his foot to block, but Sterling didn't go over, the ball was kicked out, bouncing, and finally reached Zhou Dun's feet.

Zhou Dun didn't observe, and directly hung his foot forward. Ranieri felt a little bit in his heart on the sidelines. Isn't this a Leicester City tactic?

Yes.

Li Guo has not watched the video for nothing these days. Leicester City basically does not counterattack through the midfield. Sometimes the goalkeeper kicks forward.

The ball flew across the half court, and Chen Gelin was competing with Cahill for speed. At this moment, Joe Hart hesitated, whether to attack or not.

In the end, Joe Hart made an attack. Halfway through the attack, Chen Gelin had already caught up with the ball. Joe Hart spread his body like a big crab, trying to interfere with Chen Gelin's shot as much as possible.

Chen Gelin poked the ball up with his toe, and the ball flew high, passed Joe Hart, and then flew towards the goal.

Li Guo had already celebrated in advance, but Ranieri did not give up. From the corner of his eye, he saw that Stones was still struggling to catch up. However, Chen Gelin seemed to be less powerful in picking the ball, and Stones still had the possibility of catching up.

In the end, Stones threw himself out and hooked the ball in front of the goal line, and the Chinese team's must-have goal was blocked.

After saving the ball, Stones slid into the goal, and Cahill and Walker stepped forward to high-five Stones.

"Hey guys, I seem to be caught in a net, please help me."

Cahill and Walker looked at it, and were also stunned. How could it be entangled like this? They tried with their hands, but they couldn't untie it at all.

This one can only be referred to the referee. The players of the two teams ran over to see it, and they were all happy, especially the Chinese players. At this time, Stones' right leg seemed to be wrapped in a zongzi.

Finally, the referee thought of a way, that is to cut the net first, and then tie it together again.

The fans in the stands were also happy. This was an unheard of spectacle. The game resumed after a delay of 10 minutes. However, this period of time will not be counted as stoppage time because the referee has already stopped the time.

*****

The goal was missed, and the field quickly recovered. In the tense game, both sides quickly forgot about the goal, but Ranieri didn’t, and he still had lingering fears. He always thought that Li Guo was just arrogant, and he was just the king of football in Asia where the level of football was very low.

Naturally, Ranieri didn't know that this was the Chinese's retaliation, so he called Cahill over and gave a few words.

"Pay attention to the Chinese team's counterattack, just like it did just now."

Cahill nodded.

In the end, Ranieri was still worried, "It's like Leicester City playing in the league. You should understand when I say this."

Cahill smiled: "Boss, I already understood."

Ranieri's forehead was sweating. He cared too much about the game.

******

Seaman, James, Green.

What do these names have in common?

During the preparatory meeting a few days ago, Li Guo specially let the players watch the highlights of the England goalkeeper's mistakes.

It seems that every big game is a nightmare of England goalkeeper mistakes, which has become a curse.

Li Guo felt that Joe Hart might do the same, so the Chinese players were asked to shoot more, no matter how outrageous the shots, because the England goalkeeper might surprise the Chinese team.

Zhou Dun took Li Guo's words to heart, so in the area 35 meters away from the goal, Zhou Dun raised his bow and arrow, and shot with his legs.

The ball is light and floating, as if floating in the air. Only those who have kicked the ball will know that it is because of too much force, the ball will rub against the air violently, forming an irregular trajectory.

This kind of ball is what Joe Hart is most afraid of. He is afraid that the ball will suddenly change the line, so a ball that was not a big threat, Joe Hart did not dare to hold it, but lifted the ball out of the baseline.

"The Chinese team won a corner kick. This is the first corner kick for the Chinese team in this game," Liu Jianhong said excitedly, because judging from past records, the Chinese team is still very good at corner kicks.

England returned to defense across the board. They also knew that the Chinese team was good at corner kicks. Fortunately, Liao Lisheng of the Chinese team was not there.

From Lin Zhijian's point of view, the ball still bullied the England goalkeeper, so Lin Zhijian kicked the ball around and floated. Joe Hart took a few steps and found that the ball floated more than he expected. He did not have the control of Neuer.

So he could only jump up and hit the ball, but Chen Gelin touched him lightly, a very concealed movement, just like that, Joe Hart did not touch the ball, and Joe Hart, who fell from the midair, was already shouting.

"Foul, foul!"

Qu Bo hit the ball into the empty goal after the point, and Li Guo really jumped up this time and took the lead!

But Li Guo was only excited for a while, the referee blew his whistle, and the bottom line referee clearly saw what happened.

Li Guo went in without knowing, "What's wrong?"

Seeing the referee's gestures and fouls by the attacking side, Li Guokong was happy and a little unhappy, but the Chinese team still gained a lot in these two times, that is, the weakness of the England goalkeeper was clearly exposed to the Chinese team.

Seeing Joe Hart's performance, Ranieri looked serious. He finally understood that Guardiola would abandon Joe Hart as soon as he arrived at Manchester City. It seems that this guy is really not reassuring, especially for the second ball. He could not hit at all, but Joe Hart chose the most stupid way.

Li Guo's personality is that as long as he catches the opponent's weakness, he must make full use of it, otherwise he will be sorry for the opponent.

Next, the Chinese team's passes were all hoisted high, which is to practice Joe Hart's basic skills. As long as Joe Hart makes a mistake, it is very likely that the empty goal behind him will be given to the Chinese team's striker.

Joe Hart is also popular. He finally got rid of the tradition of England's weak goalkeepers, but this game feels a bit beaten back to its original shape.

In this regard, Ranieri's response was the same as Li Guo's, that is head-to-head. Ranieri immediately asked the substitute goalkeeper to come out to warm up. The meaning was very clear. If you can't do it, then I will change the goalkeeper.

(End of this chapter)