Chapter 111: I got excited and thought I saw Beckham! [Four thousand words chapter]
As the score reached three to zero, the game had entered garbage time.
England failed to attack, and Peru was unable to fight back.
Finally, the game came to the last moment due to the constant passing and kicking of the English players.
When the referee blew the whistle to end the game, a pleasant system prompt suddenly came from Ling Feng’s mind:
[Ding dong! ]
[Achievement "Three Lions Debut" has been achieved]
[Achievement evaluation: B]
[Achievement reward: one free attribute point]
< br>【Ding dong! 】
[The achievement "The Three Lions' first assist" has been achieved]
[Achievement evaluation: B]
[Achievement reward: one free attribute point]
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After completing his first national team game, Ling Feng suddenly discovered that he had hardly sweated.
Is this the legendary "You fell down before I even started sweating"?
At this time, Cahill, who scored the third goal for his national team, also found Ling Feng who assisted him and gave him a big hug.
“The ball just passed was so beautiful, it was like it was hitting me on the head.”
Facing his teammates who were ten years older than him, Ling Feng just replied With a smile,
"Gary, you are good at pushing, you are very powerful, and the goalkeeper can't react at all."
After complimenting each other, Ling Feng suddenly felt that his relationship with Cahill had taken another step forward.
After the game, Ling Feng and Vardy, who made their debut for the national team, attended the post-match interview with Sky Sports reporters.
"First of all, congratulations to you for winning on your national team debut. What do you think?"
After that, the reporter handed the microphone to Vardy.
The latter was visibly happy and replied with a smile:
"Well, first of all, I am very happy to be able to play for the country, and I am also grateful that the coach can give me playing time."
After Vardy said this, the reporter took the microphone back and asked Ling Feng:
"Ling, you gave an assist in your first game, what an outstanding performance! Previously, you played in the FA Cup and the English Championship In your debut, you all gave assists. It seems that your debut and assists are very fateful."
"Haha, this is a good start for my national team career."
After the brief post-match interview, Ling Feng and Vardy returned to the locker room together.
On the way, Vardy suddenly said to himself and sighed:
"You assisted on your debut, but when will my first goal for the national team come."< br>
Obviously, Vardy is still feeling pity that he did not score on his first appearance with the national team.
Hearing this, the corners of Ling Feng’s mouth turned up, he hugged his shoulders and said;
"There is nothing worth bragging about scoring goals in the warm-up match. Scoring in the World Cup counts!"
However, this sentence made Vardy's mood even lower:
"The team There are so many forwards, and I only have the chance to play in the warm-up match. By the time the World Cup comes, I may have been sitting on the bench, so how can I score goals?”
“I don’t care about other things, and I can’t control them. Anyway, as long as we are on the court at the same time, I will pass the ball to you!”
“Just wait and eat the cake!”
Hearing what Ling Feng said, Vardy's eyes suddenly lit up and he stretched out his hand:
"It's a deal?"
Smiling, Ling Feng stretched out his hand and shook it tightly. Together!
“It’s a deal!”
The three-0 victory over Peru was not a surprise for England fans.
After all, England's nickname "King of Warm-Up Matches" is not for nothing.
If the warm-up match is also an important championship, England will definitely win the championship!
In this game, what pleased the fans and the media the most was the debut of Ling Feng, the "new Beckham", for the national team.
Although he only came on as a substitute for twenty minutes.
However, Ling Feng's solid performance on the court still earned him widespread praise from the media and newspapers.
"After Gerrard left the field, this young midfielder took over the midfield!"
"Unlike Wilshere, his skills at his feet are not gorgeous and agile, but simple and direct."< br>
"Ling Feng has taken on the offensive and defensive responsibilities of the midfield very well. Perhaps, he deserves a starting position."
Of course, fans and football commentators who called for Ling Feng to start the next warm-up match , the meaning is not to replace Gerrard's position, but to let Gerrard and Ling Feng partner in the midfield.
After all, in the game against Peru, Henderson's performance was quite satisfactory, and there was not much that stood out.
In this way, England can use Ling Feng's passing series to make the team's frontcourt offense smoother.
If the frontcourt can suppress the opponent in the half court, it can use offense instead of defense, reducing the pressure on the midfield and defense.
This view has also been recognized by many famous players in England.
Of course, many people feel that Ling Feng still needs to be familiar with the team's tactics and get along well with his teammates.
The midfield combination of Gerrard and Henderson is one of the best in the club.
Hasty changes may cause the midfield to lose control.
What's more, Ling Feng has only been on the scene for twenty minutes, so we can't draw a conclusion so quickly
Even if all parties have different opinions.
But it is undeniable to everyone that Ling Feng, an organizational midfielder who mainly focuses on passing, is extremely rare in the entire Three Lions.
This young man, less than nineteen years old, has a very mature style of play and is very creative in his passing.
There is no shortage of players in England's frontcourt who can score goals. Whether it is Sturridge, the Premier League's silver boot, Rooney, the Red Devils' No. 10, or Gerrard and Sterling, they all have the ability to attack the goal.
However, there are only three people who can continuously deliver cannonballs to them.
One is Ling Feng, and the other two are Wilshere and Lallana.
However, compared with Wilshere's playing style, Ling Feng's is more simple and direct.
The former likes to hold the ball at his feet, make breakthroughs, and then pass the ball; while the latter basically advances without the ball. When he sees an open space, he will pass the ball without hesitation. Provide comfortable passes to teammates.
Lallana's style is somewhere in between.
As for how to make a decision, it still depends on head coach Hodgson.
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The small test against Peru made the coaches and players of the Three Lions more aware of Ling Feng’s strength.
Back at St. George's Park, Ling Feng could feel the subtle changes in the attitudes of his teammates.
Almost everyone who meets him anywhere in the base will smile and say hello to him.
Some would also give him a fist bump, a hug, and a few words of greeting.
Six days after the first warm-up match, the Three Lions ushered in the second warm-up match before heading to Brazil.
The opponent is the "King of the Plateau" Ecuador, a South American powerhouse that has also entered this World Cup.
The home stadium of the Ecuadorian national team is Atahualpa Stadium in Quito, the capital.
This stadium with an altitude of 2,800 meters and thin oxygen has made many visiting teams miserable. It is one of the famous devil's home stadiums in the world.
Utilizing the home field advantage, Ecuador broke through in the preliminaries and entered the main round of this World Cup.
Speaking of which, England can also be regarded as the sufferer of Ecuador.
In the quarter-finals of the World Cup in Germany eight years ago, England faced Ecuador.
In that game, it was with Beckham's full moon scimitar that he was able to defeat Ecuador and advance to the quarterfinals.
It’s just that this time it’s not at Ecuador’s plateau home court, but at the Three Lions’ Wembley!
The Ecuadorian team also has stars that Ling Feng is familiar with, such as Antonio Valencia, one of the "Four Dark Kings" who plays for the full-faced Diablo King, and Enna Valencia, the future captain of Ecuador. .
Perhaps because he wanted to see the performance of other players, Hodgson made a comprehensive rotation of the starting lineup in this game.
Except for the goalkeeper, all the other ten players have been changed.
Since England wingers such as Theo Walcott, Lennon, and Chamberlain are either in poor condition or injured, the Three Lions' winger lineup is extremely thin.
Seriously speaking, there is only "Happy Boy" Sterling as an orthodox winger.
So, Vardy, who has good speed and impact, got the chance to start and still served as the left winger.
It is worth mentioning that Ling Feng also got the chance to start after coming on as a substitute in the previous game.
However, he did not serve as the team's attacking midfielder or central midfielder, but was placed as the right winger by Hodgson!
This arrangement not only surprised English fans and football commentators, but also left the Ecuadorian head coach somewhat confused.
You know, Ling Feng has never played as a winger before.
Although he has switched positions with Mahrez many times in the league and organized attacks on the right wing.
However, in England's tactical system, wingers need to break through and have explosive speed to tear apart the defense one-on-one on the wing and create threats.
Just these two things, Ling Feng has never shown superiority in the competition!
While everyone was puzzled, Hodgson and the England players were very calm.
Because only they know how powerful Ling Feng’s explosive power is!
After winning the first FA Cup championship in team history, Ling Feng gained six free attribute points.
Coupled with the two free attribute points for completing his first appearance with the national team and his first assist, he has eight attribute points at his disposal.
And Ling Feng added six of them to [Explosion], making it reach a terrifying 95!
Then, he added the remaining two points to [Speed].
Therefore, with his current explosive power, even if he starts from the wing, he can basically pass 98% of the full-backs in football!
Of course, after three meters, you will be caught up by your opponent due to the slow speed of the back range.
However, the three-meter lead was enough for him to pose on the court and then cross!
After the game started, all the fans and TV viewers watching the game were surprised to find that Hodgson's move was a stroke of genius!
Moving from the center to the right did not make Ling Feng feel any discomfort, but instead allowed him to give full play to his passing advantages.
Because, compared to the densely defended center, there are fewer defenders on the wings and more space.
And on the right wing, for Ling Feng, whose dominant foot is his right foot, the cross is more calm!
At first, the Three Lions, with almost all substitutes on the bench, suppressed Ecuador, whose entire team was full of black brothers, amid the loud singing of tens of thousands of home team fans at home.
Under Hodgson's instructions, the teammates were very willing to pass the ball to Ling Feng for organization.
Ling Feng's role in this game is not so much a winger, but a midfielder or wing playmaker!
This tactic of pulling the midfielder forward is actually a change in future football tactics.
Let the midfielder who does not have an advantage in speed but has excellent ball control and vision pull wide, and then send a cross to the forward, or knock back the inverted triangle inserted in the back, you can combine the side and midfield tactics Played to the fullest.
It can be said that Hodgson, on the premise of arranging tactics based on Ling Feng's technical characteristics, accidentally came up with the advanced tactic of "playing with the midfielder to the side" in advance!
The Blue Fox midfielder, the young man known as the "New Beckham", repeatedly gets the ball on the right wing and is the most threatening player in England.
Many older England fans looked in disbelief as they watched the black-haired young man wearing the No. 15 jersey pass out extremely precise crosses from the right.
They thought they saw the Three Lions captain who wore jersey No. 7 and led them to victory after victory!
However, compared with Beckham's 45-degree cross, Ling Feng's curved pass from the right wing was even more elusive.
Every time a cross ball appears in the area between the goalkeeper and the defender, it makes the Ecuadorian goalkeeper and defender extremely uncomfortable.
The goalkeeper does not dare to attack, for fear that if the ball is not confiscated by the attack, the opponent will hit an empty goal;
The defender did not dare to stretch his foot to intercept, for fear that he would miss the ball and instead let the ball fly towards his own goal.
Moreover, compared to Beckham, who is not very fast, Ling Feng's terrifying explosive power was fully demonstrated to the world for the first time in this game!
He only needed to move the ball forward with the instep of his foot, and easily passed the defensive player in front of him.
Then immediately cross the ball!
According to the statistics after the game, Ling Feng sent as many as seven threatening passes in this game!
And six of them were arcing passes from the right wing!
Four times he connected with his teammates, either with a header or a low shot from an inverted triangle.
In the end, he contributed two assists, helping the Three Lions defeat Ecuador 2-0, and he also became the best player of the game.
This victory delighted England fans and football people.
If we say that the last game against Peru was a complete victory, it was because there was an obvious gap in strength between the two sides.
And this time, facing Ecuador, who had a back-and-forth with the Three Lions in the World Cup, the Three Lions showed a dominant performance!
Ecuador was almost overwhelmed throughout the game, especially on the left wing, which was beaten by Ling Feng alone!
The total number of shots scored in the game was 13 for England and only 3 for Ecuador!
The most important thing is that they saw the shadow of Beckham in Ling Feng!
After the game, "The Times" directly used a photo of Ling Feng's cross during the game on the sports front page, and then paired it with a photo of Beckham's cross.
The title on the front page is full of gimmicks:
"The Three Lions have a new Beckham!"
(End of this chapter)