Chapter 546 Desperate Croats

Croatian captain Modric was very depressed. He had already switched from offense to defense to defend Li Qing, but England cheated and refused to pass the ball to Li Qing...

Head coach Dalic put his hands on his hips and stood in the home team's coaching area, shaking his head and sighing. His team had done its best, but was still scored by England.

The live broadcast showed Li Qing very interestingly. German Sky commentator Marcel Leif laughed and said: "The Croatians paid too much attention to Li's presence, which led to Rahim Sterling's lack of defense. The next game will be difficult for them." It will be a very difficult multiple-choice question to make a choice, whether to maintain a common focus on all England forwards, or to restrict Lee as always..."

"No matter how the choice is made, I believe it will be difficult for Croatia to beat England at home."

The next game was just as Marcel Leif predicted, the home team Croatia didn't know what to choose.

I continue to defend Li Qing, but I am worried that Sterling, who is in excellent condition, will perform a hat trick. Harry Kane has comprehensive abilities, can pass, shoot and break, and is very likely to score. However, they are afraid that Li Qing will suddenly break out.

The restarted game had to make changes to Croatia's defense. The threat created by Li Qing with the ball was so high that the Croatian players consciously focused on Li Qing, so that other English players received less attention. dropped significantly.

Croatia's strengthening defense against Li Qing can certainly inhibit Li Qing's personal attack with the ball, but the other English players are not in vain. Sterling and Harry Kane are the top players of their respective teams and are crucial in this game. Naturally, he wanted to take advantage of the opportunity Li Qing helped win to perform well in the second round of the group stage.

In the 29th and 34th minutes, Harry Kane and Henderson hit the goal post with two consecutive shots. Croatian coach Dalic had to adjust the team's overall tactics.

The multi-person defense against Li Qing gradually turned into a regional defense. As time went by, fewer and fewer Croatian defensive players guarded Li Qing. It seemed that the overall defense was much better, but in Dalic's view, the defense now is just The superficial prosperity will inevitably cause local imbalances once Li Qing exerts his strength, thus causing huge problems for the overall defense line.

But for Dalic, this is helpless. Who makes Li Qing's personal ability strong enough to threaten teamwork?

Facing such a superstar player, we can only pray and hope that his state will break out later.

Before the end of the first half, Li Qing used Alexander-Arnold to pass forward on the right side of the offense to catch the fake pass dunk. Suddenly, Modric cut inside. Modric, who was on defense, had no choice but to trip behind Li Qing, who had completed the breakthrough. Referee Bruchy's whistle sounded immediately, indicating Modric's foul and also showed a yellow card.

"Farke!"

Dalic cursed. Of course, he was not targeting Modric, but Li Qing. He seemed careless at first, but in the end he was moving like a rabbit and couldn't hold it back. Fortunately, the captain Aldridge stretched his foot and committed a foul. In time, otherwise Li Qing would directly enter the penalty area to face Vader one-on-one.

Compared with letting Li Qing enter the penalty area, fouling outside the penalty area is a very wise choice.

However, this idea was quickly replaced by another idea - Li Qing's direct free kicks are the best in the world. Giving free kicks from this position seems to be no different from giving away points.

The broadcaster gave Modric the straight-line distance between the foul spot and the goal - 24.5 meters.

The foul location was relatively to the right, which was just right for Li Qing to take a direct free kick with his left foot.

China Channel 5 commentator He Wei laughed and said: "Modric had no choice when he fouled, but the location of his foul was too close to the goal. For a top free kick master like Li Qing, it was simply equivalent to giving away points. "

Li Qing held the football and bent down to place it at the spot where the foul occurred. He stood there and looked at the goal through the moving wall, with a beautiful arc raised at the corner of his mouth.

The on-site director happened to give Li Qing a close-up shot of his face. The fans sitting in front of the TV could clearly see the evil smile rising from the corner of Li Qing's mouth. Countless female fans were excited and shouted in imaginative ways. Voice.

Goalkeeper Livakovic finally set up a wall under the interference of referee Bruchy and waited for Li Qing to take the penalty.

As a professional goalkeeper, he was very aware of Li Qing's super scoring ability, so he frowned and worried. He stood in the far corner of the player, tapping his feet in small steps, and looked nervously at the top of the wall.

At this moment, the referee Bruchy blew his whistle: "Beep~"

I don't know if it was an illusion, but Livakovic always felt like he heard a thump in his heart, and that uneasy feeling quickly swept through his body.

The foul spot was not very far from the football. Li Qing took a two-step approach, stepped forward with his left foot, and stood about 30 centimeters to the right of the football. His body's center of gravity tilted to the right, and his right arm was raised naturally to maintain balance. Kick the football with the inside of the instep of your left foot.

The football that rose from the ground was not particularly fast, but the height was just above the head of Kovacic who took off. It quickly slid into the sky, heading towards the upper right corner of the goal with an obvious arc from outside to inside.

Livakovic is not the world's top goalkeeper, and he is not even close to the second level in Europe. There is nothing he can do against Li Qing's very high-quality direct free kick. He stood at the far end of the goal and watched the fast-flying football. Didn't even react.

"Goooooooooooooal——"

Andy Gray's iconic drawl sounded throughout the live broadcast room.

"A cloud-piercing arrow, thousands of troops come to meet you!"

Juli TV commentator Zhan Jun shouted excitedly: "Li Qing used a wonderful direct free kick to help England expand the score to three goals before the end of the first half! The Three Lions are sure to win!"

"World wave! Absolute world wave! England will win another hearty victory!"

China Channel 5 commentator He Wei shouted: "With a three-goal lead in the first half, the home team Croatia has almost lost any hope of scoring points at home! Who would have thought that this year's World Cup champion Croatia would be unable to fight back at home?"

"Haha... Li Qing is still too capable. Coupled with England's overall excellent strength, it is a natural result to defeat Croatia, which has star players on both offense and defense."

Guest commentator Xu Yang laughed.

The English players were ecstatic, but Li Qing still looked disapproving, making it easy for his opponents to have the urge to hit...

Head coach Southgate was completely relieved. He led by three goals in the first half and the win was close to ten.

However, out of caution, he decided to be more careful in the second half to avoid headlines about Croatia's great counterattack.

The broadcasts showed the Croatian captain Modric, Rakitic, Kovacic, Perisic and others one after another. There was only one expression on their faces, and that expression was called despair.

They may have thought of this possibility before the game, but... what they never expected was that the plot would actually happen. Even if they lost to Spain 0:6 as a guest, they could lose three goals in half against England at home.