The first time, the second time.
Chapter 350 Sterling rushed to the goal and the ball went into the net!
However, before the English fans could express their joy of the goal, a more dramatic scene happened in the next second:
Sterling, who had completed the flying header, could not stop his momentum and rolled into the Welsh goal!
As the saying goes, Sterling rushed to the goal and the ball went into the net!
“The ball goes in!”
“A perfect timing of passing and running!”
“Raheem Sterling scores with a header!”
“England lost one goal first, but they scored two goals in a row and overtook the score before the end of the first half!”
“It is worth mentioning that the one who assisted Sterling was Nanbo Seven Lingfeng!”
Even though Sterling’s shooting skills are not good, sometimes there will be some ridiculous and happy operations.
But don’t forget that his talent is one of the best even in the entire Three Lions!
His football IQ and awareness are still good.
Especially when he specifically told him to insert the ball into the back post, Sterling’s appearance in that place did not surprise Lingfeng.
However, what made Lingfeng feel very happy was that Sterling, after scoring the goal, actually stabbed the ball into the goal together with the person!
This reminded him of the player named Mao in the far east.
He couldn’t help but laugh out loud!
“Ahahaha.”
Fortunately, others only thought that the bright smile on his face was because the ball went in.
Not because of Sterling’s famous happy scene
In Ling Feng’s view, Sterling is the kind of player who can always bring you happiness, not just his unique duck running posture
Of course, he never thought that Sterling would score the ball in this way.
He is worthy of being the spokesperson for happy football!
Thinking so in his heart, Ling Feng also high-fived Rooney, and then ran to Sterling who was sliding on his knees in the corner flag area to celebrate.
After completing the celebration, Sterling also high-fived and hugged Ling Feng with a bright face, and did not forget to give a thumbs up:
“Wow, man, your pass was so accurate!”
“I told you a long time ago, just run to the empty space, and my pass will naturally find you.”
“You are so damn right!!!”
In the stands, English fans fell into carnival again!
Some waved their national flags wildly, some sang “God Save the Queen”, and then raised the international friendly gesture to the Welsh fans not far away and began to mock.
Even though they belong to the same United Kingdom.
However, England and Wales have never gotten along.
In the stands, fans from both sides began to curse each other, and all kinds of greetings such as “idiot”, “soft egg” and “bitch” flew everywhere. Security personnel also rushed to the scene to appease them immediately.
At the same time, witnessing the whole process of his team taking the lead, then being tied, and then being overtaken, the Welsh coach Coleman on the sidelines frowned, and he no longer had the calmness when the score was leading.
He never thought that in just fifteen minutes, England easily reversed the score!
And Coleman also saw the turning point of everything, which was the beginning of Ling Feng and Rooney’s position change!
After changing from the heavily guarded middle road to the right road, Ling Feng’s personal ability was completely liberated.
Compared with the narrow middle road, the side road has fewer defenders, which is more suitable for him to use speed to eat the defensive players alive.
And this number seven of the Three Lions is like a supercar.
Once it starts, it cannot be stopped!
Moreover, the terrifying thing about Ling Feng is not only his single-soldier blasting ability, but also his ability to contain the defense!
As long as Ling Feng gets the ball on the right, Wales must send two or three players to defend him in the zone.
One is responsible for close defense, and the other two keep a distance and assist at any time, so that it is possible to force Ling Feng to pass back or give up the breakthrough.
However, Ling Feng is not the only one playing on the field!
If I move the focus of defense to the left to limit Ling Feng, Rooney in the middle and Sterling on the left will be able to get more space and opportunities.
This is why the second goal happened!
It is also the role of superstars!
Wales has Bale, and England has Ling Feng!
On the other side, Hodgson, who witnessed his disciples overtaking the score, also got up from the coaching seat and came to the sidelines to applaud his disciples.
The look in his eyes when he looked at Ling Feng was full of
Appreciation:
You are worthy of being my favorite disciple!
Not long after the score was reversed, the referee blew the whistle to end the first half.
In this way, England returned to the locker room happily with a one-goal advantage.
During the short halftime break, Hodgson first praised his disciples for their calmness and unity after falling behind.
Then he also specifically praised the team’s two goals.
However, he did not forget to point out the areas where the players need to improve:
For example, Sterling should retreat more on the wing, and Vardy should intersperse the ribs more frequently to contain the opponent’s central defender.
Considering that the team is leading in the half, they can play steadily in the second half.
And Wales, who are behind, will definitely press out to attack, thus exposing a larger gap behind them.
At that time, Ling Feng’s penetrating pass can cooperate with Vardy in passing and cutting.
Therefore, Hodgson, who wanted to replace Kane, decided to let Vardy stay on the field for a while longer.
It’s not too late to wait until the 60th minute to change.
In addition to the offensive tactical arrangement, Hodgson also emphasized that when the opponent takes the ball and prepares to counterattack, the nearest personnel must double-team the opponent’s ball holder.
Especially Ramsey, the core midfielder of Wales!
After the first half of the game, Hodgson saw it clearly off the court.
Wales has limited ball points, namely Bale, Ramsey and Joe Allen.
Among them, Ramsey is the instigator of Wales’ rapid counterattack and has the ability to pass threatening balls.
Therefore, double-teaming him at the first time can not only slow down the opponent’s counterattack speed, but also allow other teammates to return to defense.
Ling Feng also deeply agrees with this.
Even though Bale is the absolute star player of Wales.
However, his role is still reflected in the containment of defense and the ability to advance when counterattacking.
And Ramsey is the true core of this red dragon!
. . .
Change sides in the second half.
Wales did not pounce immediately, but continued to retreat to the half court.
Seeing this, England was not in a hurry.
Anyway, it was not them who were behind in the score.
So, amid the shouts of Ling Feng and Rooney, the English players also patiently controlled the ball and did not launch an attack rashly.
As England controlled the rhythm, time passed bit by bit.
When the game time passed the 60th minute, the Welsh players finally couldn’t bear it and began to press forward.
This was forced.
Because if they didn’t press high, they couldn’t grab the ball from the opponent’s feet and launch an attack.
If they couldn’t launch an attack, it would be difficult to score.
However, this was exactly what England wanted!
As the entire formation of Wales pressed forward, a huge space was left behind.
And Ling Feng also repeatedly crossed with Rooney, came to the middle to pass the ball and pass through, and resolutely played behind.
This also gave Sterling and Vardy, who were counterattacking, two chances to shoot in just five minutes.
If the defender hadn’t flown to block the ball, goalkeeper Hennessey’s reaction to save would have been tested again.
At the same time, Wales also got some chances to control the ball and attack.
Unfortunately, under Hodgson’s instructions, England was more targeted on the defensive end.
Cutting off the connection between Ramsey and Bale became England’s most important defensive task!
In addition, Ling Feng was active on the right and had a large range of retreat, so Walker, the right-back who always had a large assist range, had no chance to get the ball and assist.
This also allowed him to stay in the backcourt and focus all his energy on the task of defending Bale alone.
You know, in the entire Premier League and even in Europe, there are very few wingers who can pass Walker one-on-one.
Perhaps it was Bale in his prime who was able to step on the colorful clouds and cook Walker away.
However, Bale, who was affected by the injury, did not have the courage of the past under Walker’s single defense.
Therefore, when Ramsey was double-teamed by Henderson and Dale and Bale was single-handedly defended by Walker, even if Wales got the opportunity to counterattack, it could not play an effective and smooth cooperation at the time of attack and defense transition.
England’s offensive was also wave after wave.
With the physical pressing and running defense, the physical fitness of the Welsh forward line and the two wingbacks began to decline.
The whole tight defensive formation also began to have gaps.
When the game came to the 67th minute, Hodgson also used the first substitution quota and replaced Vardy with Harry Kane!
And the appearance of Kane, a new force, soon brought significant results to England.
Although not as flexible and fast as Vardy
Vardy.
But Kane was still able to hold the ball in the fierce confrontation with the central defender in the penalty area.
This is his role as a center forward!
With the addition of Kane as a ball point in the penalty area, Ling Feng’s options for passing the ball on the right have become more diverse.
Previously, because Vardy had no height advantage, he could only pass a low ball across the goal.
Now, Kane, who is 1.88 meters tall, can not only rush to the front point to shoot, but also grab the first landing point of the cross under the interference of the opponent’s central defender, and complete the header!
This makes the combination of wing and center tactics more abundant and more difficult to defend.
Less than five minutes after Kane came on the court, Ling Feng sent a small diagonal pass with the outside of his foot on the right and sent it to Kane’s feet.
Kane turned halfway on the penalty area line, suddenly crossed his legs, let the ball slip from his feet, and completed the turn.
This non-stop pass was very beautiful, catching Ashley Williams off guard.
When he reacted, he found Kane stuck behind him, rushed into the penalty area, and was about to shoot!
“No! He must be stopped!”
In a flash, as the captain of Wales, his sense of responsibility drove him to the ground directly, and used his right foot to shovel the ball from the diagonal back.
However, Kane was on guard against this move!
Kane stepped forward with his left foot, just protecting between Ashley Williams’ outstretched foot and the ball!
This caused Ashley Williams’s shovel to hit his foot first, and then shoveled the ball down.
With a sound of “Ah”, Kane fell into the penalty area.
The next second, the referee blew the whistle and pointed to the penalty spot!
Penalty!
Rushing to the foul site, the referee did not forget to show the Welsh captain a yellow card!
The latter did not argue, but just sat on the ground, shaking his head helplessly, while tidying up the socks full of grass clippings.
Ling Feng stepped forward and pulled Kane up, saying with a smile:
“Good shot, this leak is very thoughtful!”
Hearing this, Kane also smiled back, “You passed it well”
Although this penalty was created by Kane, he still willingly picked up the ball and handed it to Rooney who came forward.
As the captain and the first penalty taker, Rooney took the penalty spot.
Facing Hennessey’s left and right jumping interference, Rooney’s face was as gloomy as water, and he made it in one fell swoop!
“Rooney scored the penalty steadily!”
“The British captain scored the second goal of this European Cup, changing the score to 3-1!”
“With this penalty, the suspense of the game was basically ended”
Even after England scored the third goal, the Welsh still did not give up.
It’s a pity that the gap in overall strength made them still in a situation of being forced to be beaten in the next ten minutes.
If Hodgson hadn’t used up the remaining two spots, replaced Rooney and Henderson, and called off the game.
Wales might have lost the ball again at the last moment.
Finally, with a long whistle from the referee, the game was over!
The score was fixed at 3-1!
In this much-anticipated British civil war, the stronger Three Lions still had the last laugh.
And Ling Feng, who made one assist and one goal in this game, was once again named the best player of the game!
After defeating Wales, the biggest opponent in the group, England’s qualifying situation is very good.
Won two consecutive group wins, accumulated six points, and ranked first in the group.
Wales and Slovakia in the same group both had one win and one loss, accumulated three points, and ranked second and third.
Russia, which lost both games, was eliminated early.
This means that in the remaining third round of the group stage, as long as England remains unbeaten in the match against Slovakia, it can lock in the top spot in the group and advance to the knockout stage!
After the game, Ling Feng also took the initiative to find Bale and exchanged jerseys with him.
Although both sides served their own masters on and off the court, and there was a very fierce war of words before the game.
However, everyone is a professional player and understands what is happening on the court, so they stay on the court.
“Man, you are too fast!”
Hearing Bale praise his speed, Ling Feng raised his eyebrows and asked:
“Haha, how does it compare with your speed?”
Hearing this, Bale also smiled, “You have to compete to know. When I was young, I was also very fast!”
“Then let’s play golf together?”
Hearing this, Bale was stunned.
Then, he thought of Ronaldo talking about the young man who passed the ball very well in front of him from time to time in the locker room, and his words were full of appreciation, so he was relieved.
Both of them are guests under Mendes.
They must have a good relationship in private.
So it is not surprising that Ronaldo told Ling Feng that he likes playing golf.
Thinking of this, Bale couldn’t help but smile:
“No problem!”
(End of this chapter)
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