Chapter 426 The Limitations of the Butterfly Effect

The Argentine fans at the Zenit Arena in St. Petersburg were ecstatic. For them, as long as England did not lose to Iceland, the national team they supported would be able to advance to the knockout stage as the second in the group. As for the 1/8 finals against France, it was not something they should consider.

After all, the points difference was too big, and it was impossible to get the first place in the group.

The excitement of the Argentine fans soon subsided. It was not that England was behind Iceland, but... the defense made an active mistake. Mascherano pulled Balogun in the corner kick defense. The referee sentenced Nigeria to a penalty kick.

Moses, the penalty shooter, hit the target and helped Nigeria tie the game.

If the game ends with the current score, the team that advances to the top 16 will be the African Eagle Nigeria!

Even though England led Iceland 1:0 with Vardy's goal a few minutes later, the Argentine fans at the Zenit Arena were not happy, because the prerequisite for advancing to the top 16 was to defeat Nigeria.

In the subsequent game time, Argentina strengthened its attack for the right to qualify.

The Nigerians who learned the instant results of another venue became high-spirited and cheered one after another.

They know that they only need one point to advance!

At the Kaliningrad Stadium, the game was going on for 65 minutes, and the Nigerians became nervous.

Cahill gave a penalty, and Hiljusson scored a penalty to help Iceland equalize the score, which also gave the Icelanders a chance to qualify.

Although Iceland only had one point, Iceland's goal difference was -2, and Nigeria, which had 3 points, had a goal difference of -1, which means that Iceland could tie the goal difference with a small win, and surpass the goal difference with a two-goal win...

When Nigeria draws with Argentina, Iceland, which beats England by two goals, can qualify as the second in the group!

However, the high spirits of the Icelanders came to an abrupt end after five minutes. In the 72nd minute of the game, the English fans, Chinese fans and neutral fans who came to this stadium hoping to see Li Qing's performance got their wish, and Li Qing replaced Chick on the court.

He Wei, the commentator of China Channel 5, raised his voice by eight octaves: "Li Qing is really the one who has been long awaited! Will he continue to score in this game after having contributed six goals in this World Cup?"

"aoaooaooaooooooooo——"

Accompanied by the huge cheers from the Kaliningrad Stadium, Li Qing used the opportunity of a corner kick in the 81st minute to help England surpass the score again by 2:1.

Another minute later, Iceland's defense, which was eager to equalize the score, was empty, and the fans sitting on the scene were fortunate to see Li Qing's iconic one-on-one pass, helping England expand the score.

3:1

Zenit Arena was the first to know the score change of the Kaliningrad Stadium, but the Argentines in the audience were not happy. Even if England beat Iceland 100:1, it would not help their national team qualify.

Unless, win!

Perhaps God did not want to see the Pampas Eagles eliminated early in St. Petersburg. In the 86th minute of the game, central defender Rojo entered the penalty area and received a pass from Mercado to complete a very wonderful volley. The ball went into the net and Argentina surpassed the score again.

Fans sitting in front of the TV could feel that Messi was very excited. He jumped on Rojo's back and roared hysterically.

If the score of 2:1 can be maintained until the end of the game, Argentina will qualify as the second in the group!

In the game played at the Kaliningrad Stadium, Iceland stopped resisting and accepted the elimination in advance. In the game played at the Zenit Arena, Nigeria would not give up easily. They were only one goal away from qualifying.

So in the remaining game time, all Argentine players retreated until the end of the game.

When the Turkish referee Cakir blew the whistle to end the game, the Argentine fans in the audience burst into tears of joy, and the Argentine players led by Messi were ecstatic, venting the emotional outburst brought by the promotion.

However, for the Argentines, the real difficulty is still behind. They will challenge the favorite to win the championship, France, in the 1/8 finals.

A player who failed to make the 23-man World Cup roster can form a luxurious lineup of favorites to win the championship!

Of course, for the Argentines, there will be troubles later, but now... they should celebrate.

As the two games ended at the same time, Li Qing also scored eight goals in the 2018 Russia World Cup, setting a new World Cup group stage goal record.

In the words of the well-known media "The Times", how many records can Li Qing create for himself?

For this, Li Qing, who was interviewed by the media, just smiled and did not give a direct answer. It was not that he had no confidence, but he did not know which records in the World Cup had not been broken...

Unpopular records require a lot of searching to find, and the popular records are basically only Fontaine's 13 goals in a single World Cup. Judging from his current state of scoring 8 goals in three rounds of group matches, breaking the record is only a matter of time, unless England loses to Denmark in the 1/8 finals.

The entire England team took a flight to Nizhny Novgorod. The last round of group matches of Group E and Group F ended one after another. The afternoon games were two group matches of Group F. It can be said that both games had upsets, and they were exactly the same as Li Qing's impression.

Germany lost 0:2 to South Korea, which was the biggest upset of this World Cup. In another match in the same group, Mexico lost 0:3 to Sweden. The German team, which lost two of the three group rounds, was eliminated from the group with 1 win, 2 losses and three points.

Although Mexico lost to Sweden 0:3, they were still able to qualify from the group stage because of Germany's loss.

The shocking upset made some people happy and some people sad. The happy ones were the South Koreans, while the sad ones were the Germans. They had never expected that they would lose to the South Koreans who were not optimistic about them under such a good situation...

Of course, the sad ones were also the gamblers, or more precisely, the gamblers who spent all their money to bet on Germany to win.

The gamblers who tried to bet against the game were ecstatic, especially the netizens who listened to Li Qing's advice on the football emperor, who were simply very happy.

The odds were more than 100 times before the game and nearly 300 times during the halftime break, which means that 100 can become 10,000 or 30,000, which is a real overnight wealth.

Therefore, under Li Qing's status, a large number of fans continued to ask for dream predictions...

Li Qing naturally would not pay attention to the fans. He was just in a momentary mood when he posted his status.

At this point in the World Cup, Li Qing also knows that the butterfly effect he caused is really limited. Club teammate Salah should have lost all three games in Group A, but because of Salah's health, he achieved a good record of one win, one draw and one loss.

Emre Can was shortlisted for the 23-man German team, but Emre Can was not reused by head coach Loew. His central midfielder prefers to use Khedira to partner with Toni Kroos, which caused the German team to still be upset and fail to qualify from the group.

Croatia, which should have been in Group D, was drawn to Group G and still won two consecutive games, and advanced together with Belgium. Mane's Senegal has not had any accidents so far, and it depends on the last round.

It means that the butterfly effect brought by Li Qing in this World Cup is very limited.