Chapter 417 The Youngest Hat Trick?

"Gooooooooooooooooal——"

Accompanied by the iconic drawn-out voice of Sky TV commentator Andy Gray, the English fans in the audience raised their arms excitedly again, venting the emotional outburst brought by the widening score.

The huge cheers like a tsunami perfectly set off the disappointment of the Argentine fans, and every fan looked lost.

The Argentine players on the field were not much better, all of them had frowns and extremely solemn expressions.

The broadcast screen gave Messi a close-up shot of his face, and his unyielding expression showed a microcosm of Argentina's attack, which was very weak, but helpless.

England's defense was not particularly good, but the overall defense was very good, and coupled with the running without hesitation, his teammates could not find any opportunities at all.

If his teammates were Barcelona teammates, he would have absolute confidence in helping the national team equalize the score or even overtake.

Unfortunately, his teammates were not Barcelona teammates.

Mascherano, a former Barcelona teammate, was only a defensive midfielder and could not solve the offensive problem at all.

Aguero has a keen sense of smell in front of the goal, but unfortunately he can't deliver a surgically accurate pass. Di Maria's state has been declining since his transfer to Paris Saint-Germain. Lo Celso's ability is good, but the key is that he gave people a feeling of being unable to let go in this game, which is equivalent to saying that the offensive burden of Argentina is completely on Messi's shoulders.

Li Qing, who scored the goal, still had that helpless expression, and wanted to be punched twice, but the Argentine players had no way to fight back, and they had the capital to be arrogant.

There was not much time left in the first half, and England coach Southgate waved his hand, signaling the players to take a defensive counterattack, giving the initiative of the game to Argentina, which continued to score goals, leaving only Li Qing in the frontcourt as a counterattack point.

Angel, the commentator of Argentina's national sports, rolled his eyes and said speechlessly: "Gareth Southgate's tactics are really very rogue, don't you dare to confront our national team head-on with real swords and guns?"

If Southgate could hear Angel's commentary, he would definitely spread his hands and say: If there is a Li in your country, you can also be as rogue as me!

Argentina, without Li Qing but with Messi, played more cautiously. In order to avoid being counterattacked by Li Qing, the ball was mostly passed horizontally and back to the safe side. Therefore, the score on the scoreboard did not change until the end of the first half.

"The first half is over! England leads Argentina 3:1 at Spartak Arena thanks to Li Qing, a Chinese from China, scoring twice!"

Irmatov whistled, and the commentator of China Channel 5 shouted: "Argentina is two goals behind. Li Qing will have many opportunities in the second half. By then, he can surpass Pele and become the youngest hat-trick player in the history of the World Cup!"

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The fifteen-minute halftime break passed quickly, and the players of both sides returned to the court one after another. The on-site director showed a picture on the sidelines. He Wei, the commentator of China Channel 5, said in a deep voice: "Young player Pavon is standing on the sidelines. Argentina is preparing to make the first adjustment of the whole game. Who will be replaced?"

At this point, when he saw the red number [5], his voice rose by two degrees: "Sampaoli, Replacing Biglia with Pavon, is it to pull Lo Celso to the defensive midfielder position? "

"This possibility is very high. Lo Celso can attack and defend well, and there is no problem with the defense. Messi will be pulled to the middle and play as a number 10, and Pavon will play as a right winger. It seems that Sampaoli has some ideas and wants to use the breakthrough ability of the two wingers to create opportunities. "

Commentary guest Xu Yang immediately expressed his concerns: "Di Maria and Pavon have good breakthrough ability. But there is a lack of a center forward who can compete for the top in the penalty area. Aguero is very capable, but his dominance in the penalty area is not as good as the "little smoker" Higuain. "

The second half of the game was announced to start during the discussion between He Wei and Xu Yang. Argentina, which had the advantage of kicking off, played very directly. After the formation was dispersed, it was directly given to Pavon on the right. Ashley Young is experienced in the game and does not fall for Pavon's fake moves at all. In addition, Henderson made up for the defense. Facing the 21-year-old Pavon, there are many ways to defend, leaving Pavon, who has not experienced the baptism of high-level European football, with no way.

Pavon failed to bring pressure to England's left defensive line, and Messi, who was organizing the attack, had to hand the ball to Di Maria to see if he could open a gap on the left offensive line.

Compared with the experienced Ashley Young, Arnold is still relatively immature, but Southgate was more thoughtful before the game, and Dale and Kyle Walker made up for the defense in a very timely manner, and did not give Di Maria too good a chance to break through.

In the end, Argentina's attack still had to be completed by Messi himself.

However, Messi lacked space to break through with the ball, and England's attack, which turned into a steady counterattack, was very colorful.

For this reason, Argentina had three defensive players receive yellow cards within ten minutes of the second half.

Taking advantage of the dead ball opportunity, the live director gave Sampaoli a close-up shot of his face. The fans sitting in front of the TV could clearly see that his murderous face was very depressed, and he obviously didn't know how to make adjustments next.

The forward line brought by the full-member attack is unacceptable to the team's current situation. Once England scores another goal, it means that the game will definitely lose!

However, maintaining offense while taking defense into consideration also makes the offense lack of three-dimensionality and unable to provide sufficient support to the frontcourt players.

Headache!

In the 58th minute of the game, England made a substitution adjustment, and veteran Milner replaced Dell who received a yellow card for defending Messi.

A few minutes passed very quickly in high-level competitions. Twenty minutes into the second half, Sampaoli saw that the team's offense had not yet taken effect. He was ready to use the "little smoker" Higuain to replace Di Maria, who was not very effective, to increase the high point competition in the penalty area, so he stood in front of the coach's seat and patiently explained the tactics to Higuain.

At this moment, the referee Irmatov's whistle sounded, followed by a loud shout: "aoaooaoaoooooo——"

Sampaoli's heart "clicked" and he looked up, only to see Harry Kane fall in front of the top of the penalty area. The referee Irmatov ruthlessly gave Otamendi a yellow card, and immediately realized that the situation was quite bad.

Not to mention that the foul position was very delicate, Otamendi received a yellow card, which meant that except for the right back Salvio, all the defensive players now had yellow cards...

There were more than 20 minutes left in the game, and it was unknown whether the defensive players could hold on.

The team was two goals behind, and replacing different offensive players was the main theme.

Then, his eyes were attracted by England's No. 10 player, and the uneasiness in his heart instantly swept over his body.

At the same time, the commentator He Wei of Tianchao 5 raised his voice by eight degrees: "This position is very suitable for Li Qing to take the penalty. Will he contribute his third goal in this game? Will he surpass the king of football Pele again and become the youngest hat trick player in the World Cup?"