Chapter 115 We all have a bright future [4,000-word chapter]
Italy’s first goal was scored through a corner kick.
Candreva came to the corner flag area again, ready to take the corner kick.
However, the English players, who had suffered a loss, were already very energetic.
Not only did they use man-to-man marking in the penalty area, they also did not forget to guard against the opponent's long-range shots outside the penalty area.
Ling Feng and Rooney stood outside the penalty area, staring at Pirlo and Marchisio.
Seeing Motta, who came over to take over, being closely watched by Vardy, Candreva immediately gave up the idea of taking a tactical corner kick and directly crossed into the penalty area!
In the penalty area, Italy still has an advantage at the high point.
Chiellini and Barzagli are both central defenders over 1.85 meters tall, and Paletta even reaches 1.9 meters.
On the other hand, in England, Cahill is the only one in the team who is taller than 1.85 meters.
However, in terms of numbers, England still had the advantage.
The tallest Paletta and Balotelli, who scored the second goal, were followed by two players.
Moreover, the placement of Candreva's cross is not very good, it just went straight forward.
In the end, Chelsea defender Cahill jumped up first before Chiellini and pushed the ball out of the penalty area!
“Take the corner kick.”
"Cahill grabbed the first point!"
Under the gaze of tens of thousands of fans at the Amazon Arena and countless viewers in front of the TV, the ball flew right towards Ling Feng!
Ling Feng immediately stepped forward to catch the ball.
And Pirlo behind him, a little slower, followed immediately.
Facing the oncoming ball, Ling Feng's eyes narrowed. He did not choose to stop the ball with his chest, but let it fall to his thigh. He raised his right foot and picked it up!
Extraordinary challenge!
This light pick just passed over the heads of himself and Pirlo behind him!
At the same time, Ling Feng turned around gracefully and passed by Pirlo.
In the flash of lightning, Pirlo had no idea that Ling Feng was actually trying to pick the ball up in front of him. He just subconsciously wanted to reach out and use a tactical foul to interrupt his turn and advance.
However, he underestimated Ling Feng's explosive power!
As soon as he stretched out his hand, Ling Feng had already run out of his reach!
Why is this English boy so fast? !
At this time, Ling Feng, who had already reached the landing point below the ball, did not wait for the ball to hit the ground, directly raised his right leg, volleyed sideways, and hit the middle of the ball with a "bang" on the outside of his instep!
The next second, the ball flew out.
The entire ball, with a strong spin, flew through the air between the two Italian players behind and arrived at the left side of the large open space in the front court!
"Wow! Beautiful pass!"
"Long pass in the air!"
While the commentators and fans were still marveling at Ling Feng's pass and pass in one go. When the ball felt amazing, Damian and Parolo, who were staying in the backcourt, turned their heads to look in the direction of the ball with frightened faces.
I saw a white figure, desperately chasing the ball in the air!
It is Jamie Vardy who wears number 21!
In fact, when Ling Feng passed Pirlo with a pick ball, Vardy on the left wing had already started running forward.
At that moment, his mind only echoed Ling Feng’s words before he came on the field:
“Even if you run, if you can’t pass the ball, it’s my fault!”< br>
The deep tacit understanding accumulated with Ling Feng in the club allowed him to take steps without hesitation and sprint to the backcourt of Italy!
Because he knew very well that Ling Feng would definitely pass the ball in front of him!
The two Italian players at the end were full-back Damian and midfielder Parolo who had just come on as a substitute.
Looking at Vardy, who was already two positions ahead of him, Damian, who turned around and chased back, immediately raised his hand to indicate offside.
However, the linesman did not say anything.
Because, at the moment when Ling Feng passed the ball, Vardy just started to speed up, and his entire body was slightly behind the last defensive player!
Even though Damian and Parolo are desperately chasing back, Vardy is getting closer and closer to the ball.
The English coaches and players on the sidelines all stood up from the bench and stared at Vardy's courageous figure.
At the same time, Italy's goalkeeper Siligu also abandoned the goal!
In fact, when Ling Feng passed the long pass, Siligu realized that his opponent might counterattack with a long pass.
He originally planned to attack and destroy the ball immediately.
However, when he rushed out of the small penalty area, he was surprised to find that after the ball hit the ground, it suddenly slowed down and even rolled back!
What's going on? !
This ball will actually run back? !
Astonished, he couldn't help but pause at his feet.
With this hesitation, he discovered that Vardy seemed to be able to get the ball earlier than him.
Continuing to attack? Or go back to the door?
While thinking about this problem, he had already missed the best opportunity to attack, so he could only bite the bullet and continue to charge forward.
In the end, Vardy got the ball before him!
Facing Siligu who spread his arms and tried to expand the defensive area, Vardy had a stern expression and just raised it lightly with his toes.
The next second, the ball passed over Siligu's raised hands, drew a perfect parabola, and then fell into the empty goal behind him!
Witnessing this scene with my own eyes, tens of thousands of England fans in the Amazon Arena suddenly burst into cheers that echoed throughout the sky!
The launch of this wave of offense started with Ling Feng's stunning challenge and ended with Vardy's challenge.
With two lobs, he defeated Italy and scored!
“What a perfect counterattack!”
“Especially No. 15 Ling Feng’s every handling of the ball is simply impeccable!”
“This Eighty percent of the credit for the goal must be credited to him!”
Amid the cheers from the audience, Vardy did not choose to run to the corner flag area to celebrate. Instead, he turned around and ran, excitedly rushing towards Ling Feng who assisted him!
And Ling Feng also greeted him with a smile on his face.
The two jumped up and bumped into each other, then hugged each other!
"Ling! I scored! It's still in the World Cup!!!"
"I told you a long time ago, you just have to move, leave the rest to me!"
"Yes, I have never doubted this. Thank you, my friend."
After that, Vardy, who was very emotional, gave Ling Feng a big hug again.
At this time, other England players also arrived and surrounded the two!
“Well done! Jamie!”
“Good pass, Ling!”
"That pick-up ball was so cool!"
Looking at the English people celebrating wildly, whether it was the Italian coaching staff and substitute players on the sidelines, or the Italian players on the field, they all He showed a confused look.
Everything happened so fast, most of them hadn't even left England's penalty area when the ball entered their own gate.
What happened to the kidney? From Candreva's corner kick, to Ling Feng's pass and volley pass, and finally to Vardy's shot and goal.
England only had two players involved in the entire goal.
Moreover, the entire scoring process definitely takes no more than ten seconds!
Looking at Ling Feng, whose black hair was rolled into a bird's nest by Gerrard and others, Pirlo smoothed his long hair, his expression becoming more and more serious.
In fact, the moment Ling Feng passed him with the ball and flew past him, the midfield master suddenly realized that he was no longer twenty-five years old, but three years old. Fifteen years old!
At that moment, he even began to think about whether his physical condition could no longer keep up with the pace of young people, and should he consider retiring?
However, such thoughts only stayed for a short time before Pirlo was thrown out of the sky.
He hasn’t helped Juventus win the coveted Champions League title, so he can’t leave yet!
. . .
In the 86th minute of the game, Vardy received a long pass from Ling Feng and shot into the empty goal!
In addition to helping England equalize the score again, he also scored his first goal for the national team in his World Cup debut!
And Ling Feng also provided an assist again in his World Cup debut!
This assist made him the first player in football to provide assists in his debut in the English Championship, FA Cup and World Cup!
In his short career so far, he has provided assists in all the club and national team debuts he has participated in!
This is a record that will definitely be discussed after the game.
After England equalized the score again, Prandelli, who was frowning on the sidelines, waved his hand and used up the last substitution.
Replace forward Balotelli and replace him with defender Bonucci, directly turning the four backs into five backs.
Obviously, after England equalized the score, morale will definitely rise.
In order not to lose any more goals in the remaining time, Prandelli decided to keep the current score.
For England, a tie with Italy, the biggest rival in Group D, is also an acceptable result.
As a result, Hodgson also chose to use up the last spot and replaced Gerrard with Wilshere.
In the last six or seven minutes, England controlled the ball until the last second of stoppage time.
Beep~Beep~~Beep~~~
As the referee’s whistle sounded, the “English-Italian War” in Group D ended in a draw.
The coaches of both sides shook hands, and Prandelli said:
"You guys played very well, especially after the No. 15 came up."
Hearing this, Hodgson couldn't help but be stunned.
This boy, there is something in his words.
Does this mean that they didn't play well before Ling Feng came on the scene? !
However, this is indeed true.
If they play well, it will not be Italy that leads 2-1, but them.
Thinking of this, Hodgson just smiled and replied very grandly:
"I think so too."
In the end, he threatened the England goal many times during the game and scored a goal Balotelli won the best player of the game.
However, it is Ling Feng's outstanding performance in the game that is talked about by the majority of fans.
Especially the assist that helped the team equalize the score is worth replaying many times.
After picking up the ball, he made a long pass in the air and delivered a fatal blow.
The whole process was smooth and full of sports elegance and beauty!
You know, the one he passed was Italy's only true core and midfield master Pirlo!
Although Pirlo's physical fitness has never been very good, defense is not his strong point.
But who cares about this?
After this game, people will only remember Pirlo's shocking pass, and Ling Feng's dribbling, teasing Pirlo, and then sent out his first assist in the World Cup!
Perhaps because this assist was so exciting, Lingfeng took the initiative to find Pirlo and expressed his desire to exchange jerseys, and the latter readily agreed.
Moreover, after exchanging jerseys, Pirlo did not forget to use some accented English and asked Ling Feng:
"Young man, your passing is great, are you interested in coming to Juventus?" Tu Si plays football?"
Hearing this, Ling Feng couldn't help but be stunned.
Immediately afterwards, a sense of pride suddenly surged in my heart.
For Pirlo to invite me to join Juventus, does it mean that my performance has been recognized by this historical midfield master?
While feeling happy in his heart, Ling Feng did not forget to refuse:
“Thank you very much for your invitation, but I have no intention of transferring for the time being.”
"That's a shame"
Finally, the two hugged each other politely and said goodbye.
And this is the first and last confrontation between Ling Feng and Pirlo.
. .
With England and Italy shaking hands, all four teams in Group D have completed the first round.
It is worth mentioning that Uruguay, the South American powerhouse with the Premier League Golden Boot Suarez and French Ligue 1 striker Cavani, suffered an upset loss against Costa Rica in the first round.
Although Suarez did not play due to injury.
However, this result was beyond everyone's expectations.
Costa Rica, which was originally considered the weakest in the group by the outside world, unexpectedly occupied the top spot in this group of death!
England and Italy are tied for second place with the same points.
Uruguay, which lost in the first round, is at the bottom.
It is foreseeable that England will be even more difficult to play in the next game.
Because the Uruguayans will definitely fight to the death with England.
Because if they lose or draw again, they will push themselves to the edge of the cliff of being eliminated from the group!
However, the next game is about the next game.
In this single round of the game, Hodgson was quite satisfied with the performance of his disciples.
After returning to the locker room, Hodgson immediately applauded to express encouragement.
“Guys, a good game! We were tenacious enough to equalize the score, twice!”
“In this game, I saw the unity and hard work of the team, and Your spirit of never giving up!"
"The World Cup stage is reserved for those who are prepared. There are still two games left, so give it your best on the field!"
"Don't let yourself go. Leave regrets!”
Finally, under the leadership of captain Gerrard, everyone stood in a circle and shouted the Three Lions' cheering slogan in unison:
"England, forward!!!"
After the game, Ling Feng once again completed two new achievements, namely [World Cup debut] and [World Cup first assist]
These two achievements allowed him to gain two more points Free attribute points.
And he did not forget to take a photo with Vardy in the locker room, and then uploaded the photo to his personal social media account.
And the text read:
"Congratulations to my good brother @vardy for getting me my first assist in the World Cup!"
This game is definitely a professional match between Ling Feng and Vardy A match worth remembering in his career.
As the saying goes, you score goals and I assist, we both have a bright future!
(End of this chapter)