Chapter 548 Redundant

At 7 pm local time in Spain on October 15th, the Benito Villamarin Stadium, which can accommodate 52,500 fans, was nearly full. Players from both sides had also come to the stadium to warm up. The enthusiasm of Spanish fans was fully demonstrated at this time, such as Wave after wave of loud shouts like a tsunami.

With an hour left before the start of the game, Southgate and Enrique received each other's starting lineup.

The official lineup of the home team Spain is 433, with goalkeeper De Gea, defenders Marcos Alonso, Ramos, Nacho and Jonny, midfielders Thiago, Busquets and Saul, forwards Asensio and Rodri Go and Aspas.

Compared with the star-studded championship lineup in previous years, Spain is much weaker now. The midfield passing and control that it was good at in the past is even difficult to compete with teams like England for the midfield initiative. However, considering that Spain has passed its peak. The inevitable process brought about by the replacement of old and new students is that the results are difficult to stabilize, and they may even lose more than they win.

This... is what is called paying tuition.

The visiting team England made adjustments in three positions. Trippier, Winks and Rashford replaced Liverpool double stars Arnold, Henderson and Manchester City star Sterling respectively. The formation is still 433, with goalkeeper Pickford and defender Chilwell, Maguire, Joe Gomez and Trippier, midfielders Winks, Dier and Barkley, forwards Rashford, Harry Kane and Li Qing.

Liverpool head coach Klopp breathed a sigh of relief when he saw England's starting lineup. After the international match day, he will be a guest in the league. Although the opponent is a downstream team like Huddersfield, the impact of the FIFA virus cannot be ignored. They are afraid that players will be in poor condition due to excessive physical exertion.

In addition to Li Qing and Joe Gomez continuing to start, Henderson and Arnold both received valuable rest time.

Joe Gomez is a central defender and does not consume a lot of physical energy. Li Qing is a good player in England's quick counterattacks and Xiaoyao's physical fitness is also not very high, which allows the two to still retain good physical fitness after the international match day.

It was 8:45 pm local time, which was 2:45 am on the 16th in the Imperial Capital Four Rooms. It was a Champions League match time period. Although it was very late, there were still a large number of Chinese fans sitting in front of the TV. Or wait in front of the computer monitor for the game to start.

"Beep~"

With the whistle of the Turkish referee Cakir, the third round of the 2018-2019 UEFA Nations League A-Level Group 4 match between Spain and England at home was announced.

"aoaooaoaooaooooo——"

The Benito Vilamalin Stadium suddenly erupted into a loud roar as violent as a tsunami.

The home team Spain, which had a kick-off advantage, quickly organized a threatening attack. Countless commentators had to suspend the broadcast of the starting lineups of both sides of the game and switch to commentating on the real-time game.

It wasn't until Saul's long shot missed the goal post that the commentators on major TV stations turned their attention to the starting lineups of the two teams.

This game is the 27th confrontation between England and Spain in history. England had the upper hand with 14 wins, 4 draws and 8 losses in the previous 26 games. Although Spain has a poor away record against England, it has a clear home court advantage.

Spain has won all of its last four home games against England, and the last time England defeated Spain in an away game was in 1987. Therefore, Spain, which has the home field advantage, organized a group of threatening attacks with high morale.

The Spanish fans in the audience were positively affected by the outstanding performance of the players on the field, and burst out with huge cheers one after another, cheering for the players who were struggling on the field.

This is often the case in football matches. Players who perform well will be encouraged by the home fans. The fanatical home atmosphere can often bring spiritual blessings to the home team players, thereby giving back to the home fans in a better state.

England head coach Southgate's current appetite has been whetted by Li Qing's super form. Guaranteeing a draw and winning are no longer within his scope of consideration. He... wants to win!

Facing Spain's violent attack on Lan Zhan in the opening stage, standing in the visiting team coach's command area, he frowned, worried about the game, and always felt a little uneasy.

The psychological advantages brought about by Spain's continuous attacks are becoming more and more obvious. Spain's head coach Enrique feels more and more uneasy, as if something unacceptable will happen next...

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but turn his head to look at Li Qing, who looked like a headless fly, and muttered in his heart: "It's nothing special, so why do you feel so uneasy?"

"Is it the sequelae of having too much fun with my wife last night?"

Enrique nodded lightly, feeling that this possibility was very high.

But at this moment, Asensio's pass was intercepted by Joe Gomez who moved ahead of time. England switched from defense to offense. Saul and Busquets subconsciously approached Li Qing. Last month at the New Wembley Stadium The stadium left such a deep impression on them that they had to be careful.

Enrique's heart pounded, he took two steps forward and shouted hysterically: "Watch Li!"

In fact, there is no need to remind the Spanish defensive players on the field that their attention was focused on Li Qing. They never expected that England would be exactly the same as the first half of the last game when they beat Croatia as a guest. The football that switched from defense to offense did not give Li Qing any attention. Qingqing, Barkley passed directly to Rashford who was scratched at high speed on the left sideline.

Rashford is not as dexterous as Sterling, but has more speed and finesse in technique, while Barkley passes the ball ahead of time, which is just right for Rashford to move forward at full speed.

Jonny Castro, who plays for the Wolves, is no match for Rashford in terms of speed. When the position is not good, the distance between the two is getting farther and farther. In the end, he can only rely on the right center back Nacho to cover up.

Facing Rashford, who has good speed and skills, Nacho did not dare to attack easily and chose to fight and retreat.

Rashford, who came to the left rib of the attack thirty meters from the baseline, saw the opportunity and suddenly passed a fast low ball with his left foot. The football flew close to the ground behind Nacho and in front of Ramos on the far side.

Ramos's heart skipped a beat when he stretched out his foot but didn't touch the football. He turned around and saw that Li Qing, who had been blocked by him earlier and instead ran to the far end, was exactly the same as Rashford's pass...

"I go……"

If I hadn't stopped Li Qing from the beginning, would it have been...

In a flash, he had the feeling that his defensive actions were redundant.

However, there are no ifs in this world. Li Qing used his right foot to stop the football forward while running at high speed, and walked into the penalty area. Before De Gea could fully attack, he shot angrily from 16 meters away from the goal.

The football was like a cannonball, flying over De Gea's head before he could reach out to block it.

"Goooooooooooooooooal——"

As Sky TV commentator Andy Gray's iconic elongated voice sounded, the fanatical atmosphere at the Benito Villamarin Stadium was reduced to a minimum. The English fans who came from afar were ecstatic, dancing and expressing their feelings about Li Qingjin. The ecstasy brought by the ball.