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"Phew, this guy Chen Ran is finally going to make a move. I thought he was going to defend this match to the end."

"I didn't expect England to be quite stubborn today. They were able to defend until now without letting Argentina break the goal. It seems that Southgate has worked hard on defense."

"That's for sure. After all, Southgate has studied with Chen Ran for so many years. He knows Chen Ran's habits and characteristics of directing games."

"Now that Chen Ran has made a move, the next step is to see how Southgate responds?"

"That's right, the next game probably won't be as boring as before."

After the warm-up, Chen Ran called Higuain and Di Maria to his side.

"Gonzalo, Angel, tell the others after you two play, from now on, give me a left attack aimed at England."

"Especially with Messi and Aguero repeatedly attacking England's left-back Ashley Young and left-back Maguire. Understand?"

"Got it, boss!"

Soon, everyone saw that Chen Ran replaced Paredes and McAllister in midfield with Higuain and Di Maria.

Higuain and Aguero partnered as double forwards, Di Maria played left midfielder, and Messi returned to the right as right midfielder.

Mascherano moved forward and returned to his familiar defensive midfielder position, and was responsible for the defense of the center with DePaul.

Otamendi and Romero form a double central defender, and Argentina's formation has also changed from the previous 532 to the current 442.

The appearance of Higuain and Di Maria seemed to sound the horn of attack.

Argentina immediately focused on defense and launched a fierce attack on England's defense.

All of a sudden, under the sudden increase in pressure, England's defensive players couldn't help but feel a little flustered.

From the sidelines, Steve Holland sees Southgate's indifference to Argentina's change
De couldn't sit still.

"Gareth, shall we strengthen the defense on the field now?"

Turning his head and glanced at Steve Holland, Southgate shook his head slightly.

"Steve, it's better to be quiet than to move. The best defensive players on our team are already on the court. It's not good to temporarily replace a player who has not yet entered the game."

"But the game has now gone on for more than 10 minutes. I am worried that the physical fitness of these main players will gradually decline in the future."

"Well, Steve, now you arrange for the substitutes to start warming up. Once the players on the field are found to be exhausted, we can replace them immediately."

"clear."

Southgate is very satisfied with the performance of England's current defensive lineup on the field, so he is still a little bit reluctant to make substitutions and plans to wait.

In the end, it was because of this waiting that he was given a bolt from the blue.

After receiving the latest order from Chen Ran, who was brought to the field by Di Maria and Higuain, the Argentine team immediately adjusted their attack direction.

Ashley Young and Maguire sat on the left side of England, and they were immediately under fire.

After Messi returned to the right, Aguero was also arranged by Chen Ran as a striker on the right.

If it's just one person, Ashley Young and Maguire can barely cope with each other's help.

However, Messi and Aguero appeared here at the same time, so Ashley Young and Maguire could only fight on their own, and no longer had the energy to help their teammates check for gaps.

When the game lasted for nearly seven and 10 minutes, the 33-year-old Ashley Young couldn't keep up with Messi's speed at all.

And Aguero, who kept circling around Maguire, also made Maguire dizzy and a little confused.

On the sidelines, Southgate, who saw this scene, immediately realized the danger was approaching.

"Steve, hurry up and call Ross back, and use him to replace Ashley Young immediately!"

"Okay, Gareth!"

Steve Holland also knew that the situation was urgent. He yelled at the England substitute players who were warming up not far away, and called back Rose, the left back who played for Tottenham Hotspur.

Southgate's reaction was not unpleasant, however, he was still a step slow.

When the ball came to Messi's feet again, Messi used his super high frequency of movements to change directions continuously, directly shaking Ashley out of balance, and then directly dribbled the ball diagonally into England's penalty area.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Maguire rushed over to intercept Messi.

At this time, Aguero has also rushed over to meet Messi.

Without any hesitation, Messi passed the ball directly to Aguero, and then he himself bypassed Maguire and continued forward.

Finding that the ball was no longer with Messi, Maguire immediately turned around and went to intercept Aguero.

However, after Maguire turned around, Aguero had already received the ball. He didn't give Maguire a chance to rush over, so he pushed a through pass with the arch of his left foot and sent the ball again Passed back to Messi who was advancing at high speed.

The weight of this through pass was just right, and the ball instantly penetrated England's defense on the left and came to Messi's forward line.

Messi took advantage of the trend and went directly into the penalty area of ​​England.

Seeing that the situation was urgent, Stones, another England central defender sitting in the middle, had to drop Higuain, who was in charge of marking him, and rushed to defend, trying to block Messi's advancing route.

However, Higuain ran over with Stones at this time.

He used his body to constantly interfere with Stones, and also used the pick-and-roll tactics commonly used in basketball to abruptly block Stones behind him, leaving Messi an offensive channel.

Although Stones quickly went around from Higuain's side to the front, Messi still took advantage of this fleeting opportunity to rush forward one step ahead.

This time, in front of Messi, there is only England goalkeeper Pitford left.Although the other England players are trying their best to go here, they can't quench their thirst far away, and it's too late.

In desperation, Pitford had to abandon the door and attack.He spread his hands and feet as far as possible to expand his defensive area.

However, this conventional method has no effect on a super giant like Messi.

I saw Messi flicking his ankle lightly, and the ball drew a wonderful arc, passed over Pitford's head, and flew straight to the empty England goal.

"GOAL!!!!!!"

With Messi's lob shot, Argentina finally broke the deadlock and led England 1-0.

"Hahahahaha, Chen Ran didn't let Maguire go after all!"

"Nonsense, the aircraft carrier is so huge, and Chen Ran is not blind, how could he not see it?"

"Ahem, Maguire can't be blamed for the ball. Ashley Young was wiped out by Messi. How could he be able to defend Messi and Aguero by himself?"

"That is, don't look down on Maguire. In fact, he is not bad in other aspects except that his turning speed is a bit slow."

"The key now is, after being scored by Argentina, what will England do next?"

"Then there is no need to ask? It must be an all-out attack. This is the semi-final of the World Cup, only one step away from the final. If you don't work hard at this time, when will you do it?"

"That's where the problem comes in. If England goes all out to attack, with Maguire's turning speed, wouldn't Argentina be able to hit a counterattack with accuracy?"

"Fuck! It's really like this. Is this the effect Chen Ran wants to see?"

"Hey, now it's time to test Southgate."

On the sidelines, Southgate felt an indescribable frustration in his heart when he saw that he had taken all precautions, but Argentina scored the first goal.

He knew very well in his heart that many people, whether it was an assistant coach or a team member, did not agree with his extremely conservative formation for this game.

Taking a deep breath, Southgate forcibly pulled himself together.

The result of studying with Chen Ran for many years let Southgate know that as the head coach, he must not be messed up at this time.

If he is in a mess now, England's game will be completely hopeless.

"Steve, you go and call Rashford and Vardy back now, and replace Maguire, Ashley Young and Sterling with them and Rose later."

"Harry Kane as centre-forward, Rashford as left-winger, Vardy as right-winger. Rose replaces Ashley Young as left-back, Stones and Cahill partner at centre-back."

"The team's formation has also changed from 532 to 433. From now on, attack with all your strength!"

"Don't worry, Gareth. There is still plenty of time, and we will surely get the score back."

Seeing Southgate finally give up his extremely conservative 532-[-]-[-] formation, Steve Holland was immediately refreshed, and immediately turned around and ran to arrange a substitution.

Soon, fans all over the world saw that England immediately used up three substitutions after being scored by Argentina.

"Good guy, this Southgate is decisive enough to use up all the substitutions at once. Obviously, this is not leaving him a way out."

"There's no way out, it's already pushed to the edge of the cliff, and if you back off, you're really going to fall."

"Hahahaha, even Maguire has been replaced. It seems that Southgate has run out of patience with him."

"Now that the biggest loophole in England's defense is gone, it may not be easy for Argentina to break through England's goal."

"It doesn't matter. Anyway, it's already one goal ahead. For Chen Ran's team, it's enough."

On the sidelines, seeing that England began to attack aggressively, Chen Ran did not ask the Argentine players to shrink their formation and play defensive counterattacks.

Instead, he called Simeone to his side.

"Diego, go and tell the players on the field that the midfielder does not concede an inch and uses offense against offense. England cannot take the initiative in the game. Do you understand?"

"Understood, boss."

Many fans didn't expect that the game, which had been dull for most of the game, suddenly became exciting and intense when it came to an end.

The two teams fought off their backs in the midfield, sparks were shining.

At this time, Lingard, who was also silent for most of the game, suddenly broke out.

The guy started on the left of midfield and drove the ball all the way through.

First, he passed DePaul, and then dribbled the ball laterally at the front of Argentina's penalty area. After avoiding Mascherano's interception, he directly took a curve ball with his right foot.

The ball flew straight to the upper left corner of the Argentine goal. Goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez tried his best to fly to save it, but still failed to touch the ball. In the end, he could only helplessly watch the ball fly into his own net.

With Lingard's one-stop goal, England tied the score on the field to 1:1.

"Oh!"

This time, the entire England bench went into a frenzy.

In the stands, the England fans, who had been aggrieved for a long time, finally waited for the moment of elation.

"Lin Huang, as expected of Lin Huang, if you want to enter, enter the world wave!"

"When I was young, I didn't know Lin Huang, and I mistaken Melo for the king of the ball!"

"Huang Lin didn't score a goal just because he hadn't figured out the celebratory action yet."

"Could England be upset in this World Cup?"

"What are you thinking upstairs? England are just equalizing now."

"That's right. Don't forget that England's current opponent is Argentina coached by Chen Ran. Since Chen Ran became the head coach, there has been no record of being reversed in a major competition."

"That depends on what Chen Ran will do next."

Although Chen Ran was a little disappointed to see that England had equalized the score not long after, he didn't take it too seriously. He just scored one more goal.

After all, like Lingard's world-wave goals just now, it is hard to guard against.

Walking to the sidelines, Chen Ran loudly reminded the players on the field to cheer up and not be affected by the loss of the ball.Attack with all your strength and try to score another goal.

Then, he also silently turned on the system, gave Higuain and Aguero a "Level [-] Sight Card" respectively, and gave Mascherano a "Level [-] Recovery Card".

On the England side, after the equalizer, Southgate did not mean to shrink the formation, but commanded the English players on the field to continue to attack Argentina's defense.

He now intends to use the momentum of scoring to complete the miracle of reversal in one fell swoop.

Therefore, in this World Cup semi-final, in the first two-thirds of the game, both teams shrank back and played defensive counterattacks.

But at the last moment, the situation changed suddenly, and the two teams of Argentina and England started to fight against each other.

As time went on, when the game went into stoppage time and everyone thought it was going to extra time, Messi broke through the defense of newly replaced left-back Rose on the right flank and passed the ball in. England's restricted area.

In the penalty area, Higuain rushed to grab the forward position, grabbed in front of Stones, shook his head and attacked the goal, and the ball immediately flew towards England's goal.

Fortunately, Pitford's reaction was also dissatisfied. He jumped up on the spot and blocked the ball with a side throw.

However, due to the short distance, Pitford did not hit the ball far.

At this time, a small man rushed out from the rear point.

"boom!"