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Chapter 616 Matching Platini's 9th Goal

In the 66th minute, Hargreaves fouled Silva. The referee Brickley showed a yellow card towards Hargreaves and awarded a free kick.

"This free kick is about 25 meters away from the goal. It is entirely possible to score directly. This is Spain's opportunity! It is also Harvey's opportunity."

Harvey stood at the penalty spot, the referee Brickley's whistle sounded, Harvey ran up and shot, the football flew across a beautiful arc to the goal, James tried his best to jump up and catch the ball, but did not touch the football , Just when the English were desperate, there was a muffled bang. It was the football that passed between James' hands and hit the goal post.

England escaped unharmed.

This also shocked all the English people into a cold sweat. Terry, who is the core of the defense, immediately confessed to everyone that when forced to foul, pay attention to the occasion of the foul, and don't give the Spaniard too many set-pieces in a dangerous position. Opportunity.

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After the Spanish team equalized, their morale was high, and their offensive was wave after wave.Moreover, Aragones also specially told the players during the intermission that if the goal equalizes the score, try to make persistent efforts to score another goal, and use a strong offensive to destroy the fighting spirit of the English!
Therefore, the Spaniard's offense was very aggressive. The two full-backs Ramos and Capdrera actively assisted on both wings, taking turns to attack England's defense.

This made the England team very passive during this period of time, almost completely retreating, only parrying, but not fighting back.

In view of the fact that Harvey's free kick just now hit the post and almost scored, this also made the England players feel scruples, fearing that Spain would get a threatening set-kick opportunity, so England's defense is not as good as before. Even more rigorous, some defensive moves that I dared to make before, but because of timidity, I dare not do them.

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Spain played brilliantly, Cesc Fabregas sent the grounder, Silva tapped his heel and the ball was passed to Iniesta.

Iniesta knocked the football given to him by Silva to the left without hesitation, Capdrera assisted and received the football!

"A beautiful pass! After Spain equalized the score, they played with more and more confidence."

Capdrera kicked the football forward, took the ball quickly, and hoisted the football into the penalty area.

In the penalty area, Torres jumped high, grabbed the front of Brown, and headed hard. However, this time James performed well, jumped up, and firmly picked up the football in the air.

This time, the England fans gave James applause. In fact, in today's game, overall, James' performance was quite good. As for the goal just lost, it was not the goalkeeper's responsibility.

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The Spaniard's attack followed.

Xavi controlled the football. Facing Lampard's defense, he suddenly passed a diagonal pass. Ramos got the ball and quickly passed the football to Fabregas who retreated to ask for the ball. Fabre Gass passed the football to Harvey again, and Harvey immediately turned around and dribbled the ball forward for a certain distance, then passed the football to Silva.

Silva paused the football, and then raised his foot to hit the goal. Hargreaves rushed over in a hurry, but Silva just dunked the football, and then passed the football to the open space, where Villa suddenly stepped in. After receiving the ball, he didn't adjust, and didn't give the England defender time to pounce, just raised his foot and shot!

The football hit the England goal quickly against the turf.

James stretched his legs subconsciously, and the football was blocked by him from the bottom line.

corner kick!

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Ramos and Puyol also pressed forward to compete for the corner, which made England's defenders very nervous.Both men are excellent header players.

Harvey takes a tactical corner kick.He knocked the ball to Iniesta, the latter crossed the ball, Fabregas who got the ball split the ball, Capdrera came up, he took the ball forward a few steps, and then directly Send the football into the penalty area against the turf.

The football sticks to the turf.Fly to the restricted area at an extremely fast speed.Such a pass that flies into the penalty area against the turf is very dangerous, because in the penalty area, no matter who touches the football, it may cause the football to enter the net.

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England's defense suddenly became a mess.In the face of such a ball, all England players are a little bit cautious and dare not stretch their feet. They are afraid of scoring an own goal.

In the crowd of people in the penalty area, Villa suddenly stretched out his foot, trying to sweep the football into the net, but he failed to touch the football, and the football continued to roll towards the goal. James was in front of the goal. He dare not fall to the ground to throw this kind of ball.

The football kept sticking to the turf, and it slid quickly past the goal, but no one touched the ball. Just when the England players breathed a sigh of relief, near the baseline, Cesc Fabregas stopped the football, and then swung his right foot The football was passed into the penalty area.

Before all the English players could react, a figure leaped high and headed the goal, and James didn't even react at all.

The ball is in!
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"Iniesta passes, Fabregas splits, Capderera passes, the ball flies into the box... Villa... misses the ball...God Fabregas!! Pass ——Villa!!!!!! GOOOOAAAAL!!!" The Spanish commentator's lips fluttered up and down, like a machine gun, and the saliva splashed everywhere.At the end of the breathless commentary, there was that lifeless roar!

"GOOOOOOOOOAAAAAL!!! Great goal! From Villa! 2:1! 2:1!! Spain overtakes the score!!!"

Aragones was sitting on the seat. At this moment, seeing Villa's header scored, he jumped up from his seat, ran to the sidelines, and hugged his assistant coach with open arms.

At this time, the entire Spanish bench was full of joy.

"2:1! 2:1! Now we are leading! We are leading!" the Spanish commentator roared hoarsely, and he even cried a little bit in his voice. This was exciting, and we were behind 0:1 in the first half , Now, they reversed the score 2:1!If the game ends according to this score, Spain will reach the final again after many years. This is a remarkable result! !

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"It's unbelievable...Spain actually overtook the score, they did a great job!! England is in a great crisis!" The commentator opened his mouth, obviously still surprised by Spain's goal!
The Spanish players are still celebrating the goal crazily. In fact, their celebration has timed out. However, the Spanish players don't care, because they are leading the score now, and it is of course best to waste the game time.

Li Rui and Beckham found the referee Brickley together, protesting that the Spanish players celebrated a serious overtime.

After the intervention of the referee Brickley, the Spaniards ended their celebration and returned to their respective positions in the stadium amidst the cheers of the Spanish fans at the Ernst Hapoel Stadium.

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Mourinho's face was gloomy, he cursed a few words on the sidelines, and he didn't even have time to criticize the team's problems in this conceded goal.

Because it is already the 72nd minute of the game, England is 1:2 behind, and there is not much time left for England! !
Mourinho called Beckham to the sidelines, and asked him to encourage the players to cheer up, put all their energy on the game, and don't think about so many things, because, for the England team, this time is really It is impossible to waste any time: not counting injury time, the time left for England is less than 18 minutes.

This is less than 18 minutes, and it may be exhausted at any time.

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England immediately made substitution adjustments, and Mourinho used two substitutions at once.

Crouch came on, replacing Gerrard.

Walcott comes on, replacing Hargreaves.

England used a three-forward formation, give it a go!
As the game time passed, the score on the field was still England 1:2 Spain, which made the England players more and more impatient.

As Aragones imagined, the problem of poor mentality of England's players began to emerge.

At this time, England players all want to attack and are eager to score goals. However, affected by psychological factors, they appear frizzy in offense, and even start to look for the high point of Crouch, the most traditional long pass. All hope is counting on a "bamboo pole" who has never played for 1 minute in this European Cup. It is obviously wrong. Mourinho replaced Crouch, not to make Crouch the main offensive fulcrum of England. It's just out of the meaning of enriching England's offensive methods.

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The camera was on Mourinho, the 'madman' sullen, in fact.At this time, the role of the head coach is no longer so great. He has formulated tactics, but at this time, the players cannot implement them well, so what is the use.

The camera was also aimed at Li Rui. At this moment, the most critical moment, is the moment to show the importance of a star, a superstar! !
Li Rui lifted his jersey and wiped the sweat off his face, panting heavily.

He just took a long shot and it went slightly wide.

In fact, long-range shooting is one of the offensive methods with a relatively low effect. This is the method when there is really no other way!

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"Time is running out, we don't seem to have much to do! Is England about to be eliminated by the Spaniard? Will our lads perform a miracle? This is the first time we have reached the semi-finals after 12 years, The boys are only one step away from making history... Li Rui scored 8 goals in this European Cup, which is only one goal away from Platini's record of 22 goals in the European Cup for 9 years... Could it be Is this the end? This is really...fucking!!" As time passed, Lineker felt that his heart was almost drained, and he was extremely unhappy.

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In the 81st minute of the game, Spain also made substitutions. Alonso came off the bench and he replaced Silva. This is a signal to strengthen the defense.

After Alonso came on the field, he got the ball in the midfield. He tried to dribble past Lampard again, but was cut off by Lampard beautifully. Alonso immediately fought back. In the end, there was really no way. In order to prevent England from counterattacking, Lampard could only be pushed to the ground.

Referee Brickley showed Alonso a yellow card and awarded a free kick.

Beckham bent down to touch the football, and then quickly took a free kick. He swung his right foot and drove the football forward with a big foot.

Is this for a midfielder?
Just when everyone was wondering, people saw that Li Rui was rushing forward from the midfield towards the Spanish penalty area, as if a sharp dagger was piercing the enemy's heart!
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At this time, when Alonso dribbled the ball to attack, Spain all pressed out to attack. Now, many players have not had time to return to the defense.

"Back to defense!!" Puyol stood in the penalty area and shouted, calling his teammates to quickly return to defense.

Fabregas, who was closest to Li Rui, rushed over, intending to interfere with Li Rui and prevent him from stopping the ball properly.

The football fell, and Cesc Fabregas planned to destroy it, but he found that the football was gone. Where is the ball?Just now, Li Rui used the heel of his left foot, which was lagging behind in running, to pad, and the football flew up again, flew up from the top of the two of them, and landed in front of Li Rui. The football is unloaded and the ball is driven forward at high speed.

"Beautiful! His footwork is so gorgeous." Lineker applauded loudly!
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Then, Li Rui speeded up again, and with a shake of his shoulders, he left Fabregas behind. Fabregas is not a player who is good at speed. If he tried to speed up, he would not be able to keep up with Li Rui's footsteps!

At the same time, the distance between Alonso, who was chasing back all the way, and Li Rui was getting bigger and bigger!
"Damn! Doesn't that guy feel tired at all?" Alonso scolded angrily. He just came off the bench and has good physical strength. However, in his opinion, Li Rui, who has gone through more than 80 minutes, is now , The physical strength is even more abundant than the aliens... This guy should go to the triathlon, not to play football! !
"My God! His dribbling speed is as fast as running without the ball! Alonso and Cesc Fabregas can't catch up with him at all!" The Spanish commentator shouted in horror, "Urine test! After the game , check him out, God, he's still running like this!"

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"Stop him!!" Casillas was directing the team's defense.

Puyol confessed to Ramos and asked him to stay in the penalty area, and he rushed up by himself.Together with him, Harvey, who was desperately returning to defend, rushed towards Li Rui.

Looking down from the stands, Puyol and Harvey seemed to want to sandwich Li Rui into a biscuit.

close!
We met!
I saw that Li Rui's left shoulder sank first, and Harvey was surprised that he wanted to break through from the left side. Harvey immediately stretched out his legs to intercept.

However, Li Rui immediately flicked the football to the right with his right foot, and he wanted to break through from the right. At this time, Puyol immediately came up to meet him.

However, Li Rui snapped the football to the left!
Immediately, Li Rui's body tilted a little, and with an acceleration, he passed Puyol, but Harvey came up again.

I saw Li Rui suddenly stopped suddenly again, buckled his right foot, and then blocked it with his left foot. The football rolled straight between Harvey's legs.

Immediately, Li Rui started again, relying on amazing explosive power to rush over!
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Facing Ramos.

Li Rui suddenly stopped suddenly while dribbling the ball at high speed, and stepped on the ball on the spot, which made Ramos, who was rushing up, unable to brake in time, and rushed past Li Rui.

After Li Rui 'passed' past Ramos, he started again, allowing his body's explosive power to reach the extreme, and he reached the goal in the blink of an eye.

At this time, Iker Casillas started to attack, but Li Rui moved quickly, like an extremely fast leopard, he rushed in front of Iker Casillas, stretched out his feet, and the football fell from Iker Casillas's double Rolled between the legs.

Then Li Rui twisted his waist and wiped past Casillas, accelerated to catch up with the football, and then shot the football into the empty goal!

"GREAT!!! It's - Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo yeah!!!!"

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From the moment when Li Rui dribbled the ball in the opening game, Lineker stood up, and his shriveled heart began to revive again, and as Li Rui passed one Spanish player after another, he felt that he was the one who almost The fish that was dying of thirst suddenly rained on its body and fell into its gills! !

Breathing heavily! !
In the end, I saw Li Rui poke the football between Casillas' legs, then go around, push the empty goal, and hit the football in! !
Lineker yelled into the headset, almost hysterical, "Li Rui! Li Rui! Li Rui!!! He saved England!! He saved me! He saved you! He saved Mourinho saved everything!! 2:2!! We are still alive! The game has to go on! Because the champion is waiting for us!!”

Lineker roared so hoarsely that he almost lost his voice.However, he was very happy in his heart, very happy, so cool that he couldn't die! !

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In the 85th minute of the game, Li Rui made a long-distance attack and scored a goal, tying the score——

England 2:2 Spain!
Hear the tsunami of England fans from the stands at Ernst Happle Stadium, chanting:

Long live!Li Rui! !

Long live!God bless my king!
This is Li Rui's 9th goal in this European Cup. He tied the record of scoring 1984 goals in a single European Cup held by Michel Platini in the 9 European Cup in France!

What's different is that Platini's record is just history, and Li Rui still has the possibility to continue scoring...because England is still alive...

Because Li Rui is England's heaven!

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