Chapter 431: A Huge Harvest, Fighting in Brazil
The football rose from the left side of the penalty area, about half a meter away, and passed Eriksson at the edge of the wall with a clear curve of the inner instep of the left foot, and flew to the upper left corner of the goal like a rainbow.
Goalkeeper Schmeichel also knew that Li Qing would hit this corner, but in order to ensure that there was no mistake, he moved after seeing the football, but it was too late and could only declare that it was out of reach.
"Leeeeeeeeeeeee——"
"Li Qing! Li Qing! Li Qing!!"
The cheers made by the English fans, Chinese fans and neutral fans in the Nizhny Novgorod Stadium resounded through the sky.
This time, Li Qing did not make the iconic shrug to celebrate the goal. He opened his arms and stood there, waiting for his teammates to hug him.
Southgate, who was standing in the visiting team coach's command area, raised his arms and shouted. Now he was completely relieved. A three-goal lead basically meant that England had already stepped into the quarterfinals.
Maybe there are miracles in the world, but miracles have already happened to the Danish team once. That was in the 1992 European Cup in Sweden. Denmark, which qualified for the European Cup as a substitute, won the championship when no one expected it, shocking the world.
In addition, Denmark's overall strength is not strong, and only Eriksson in the midfield can be called world-class. Individual efforts can not significantly improve the shortcomings of the whole team, unless the players' strength reaches an extreme, such as Li Qing...
Li Qing scored twice, raising his personal goal number in this World Cup to 10 goals. England, which has almost advanced to the quarterfinals, has at least one game left. According to his goal efficiency, it would not be a big surprise to score two more goals.
Fans who have been following the top European events for more than a year know that Li Qing is getting braver and braver. The stronger the opponent, the better his personal performance. When the World Cup comes to the quarterfinals, the opponent will definitely not be weak. At that time, the minimum is two, and the minimum consumption is three. It is also very likely that he will score four goals in a hot state, surpassing the French star Fontaine in one fell swoop and creating a new record for goals in a single World Cup.
When we go one step further to the semi-finals, there will be two more games, with an average of two goals per game...
The commentators in the commentary booth dare not imagine that Klose, who set the World Cup total goal record, created the record of 16 goals in four World Cups, while Li Qing... may be able to do it in one World Cup...
England led Denmark by three goals at the Nizhny Novgorod Stadium. Southgate decided to call it a day and use reasonable conduction to consume the game time to avoid excessive physical consumption of the players.
The 2017-2018 season just ended a few days ago and entered the World Cup preparations. The players selected for the 23-man roster are the absolute main players of major clubs. They have participated in almost the entire season and are already very tired. The biggest feature of the tournament system is that the schedule is relatively dense, especially as the tournament enters the knockout stage, the schedule is more dense, and the physical requirements for the players are more stringent.
However, Li Qing is not within the scope of adjustment. In Southgate's opinion, Li Qing does not need to return to defense in the team anyway, and his physical energy consumption is very low. When the competition reaches the knockout stage, any problem may bring about eternal damnation. It is also a good tactic to keep Li Qing in the frontcourt as a nuclear deterrent.
Li Qing, who has already scored two goals in this game, has no intention of scoring again. Denmark's overall strength is not strong. If he scores again, he may be accused of scoring goals. He disdains to do so, so he passes the ball to his teammates more often.
Because Denmark's offense and England's forwards are not particularly strong in grasping the ball, the score did not change until the piñata blew the whistle to end the game.
In the end, England defeated Denmark 3:0 at the Nizhny Novgorod Stadium with Li Qing's two goals and Ali's goal, and advanced to the quarterfinals of the World Cup in Russia. Their quarter-final opponent is the winner between Brazil and Mexico.
According to the overall strength of the two teams, Brazil's advancement to the quarterfinals is a foregone conclusion, which means that England and Brazil are likely to meet again in the World Cup knockout stage after 16 years since the 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup.
Of course, the exact team England will face in the quarter-finals will be revealed in tomorrow afternoon's game. Brazil is indeed stronger than Mexico, but it does not mean that Brazil, which is strong overall, will definitely defeat Mexico and advance to the quarterfinals.
The World Cup is not short of upsets.
At the end of the game, the live director gave a close-up shot of England's No. 10 Li Qing. Obviously, he was officially selected as the best player on the spot for his two wonderful goals.
The World Cup is a carnival day for fans all over the world. There are endless posts, statuses and news about Li Qing on the Internet. Thousands of content about Li Qing pop up every second.
Those merchants who signed contracts with Li Qing are really laughing in their dreams recently. With England advancing to the quarterfinals of the World Cup, the exposure rate and the concentration of attention are very high. In addition, with ten goals in four World Cup matches as a gimmick, it can be said that Li Qing is now in great glory.
Especially Nike, which spent a huge amount of money to sign Li Qing has now become Nike's most famous decision. The Lee series of football shoes will be sold out as soon as they are launched, and there are still a large number of backlog orders. In addition, as long as Nike stores have Nike styles worn by Li Qing, they are all hot sellers.
Pepsi, Triumph Gum, Liji Automobile, Warwick P20, Anping Insurance and other companies have recently seen a sharp increase in sales. Such a growth rate has never appeared in the past. Therefore, more and more companies are trying to sign Li Qing as an endorsement, so that the agent Mendes has a happy trouble.
Back to the point, the whole world is full of news reports about Li Qing, but Li Qing, as the person involved, is alone and sleeps comfortably.
At noon the next day, the entire England team boarded a flight to Kazan to prepare for the quarter-finals at the Kazan Arena four days later.
The 1/8 final between Brazil and Mexico kicked off at 6 pm that day, and the entire England team watched this game about the quarter-final opponents in the multimedia room of the hotel where they stayed.
Both sides of the game played with all their main players. Perhaps considering the tolerance rate of the knockout stage, both sides played very carefully, and the score of 0:0 did not change until the end of the first half.
In the second half, the game changed suddenly, and Brazil strengthened its offensive. In the 51st minute, Neymar and William played a wonderful combination. William, who broke into the left side of the penalty area, sent a fast low ball. Mexican goalkeeper Ochoa and central defender Salcedo did not touch the ball. Neymar shoveled the ball into the empty goal at the far end of the goal.
In the following game time, Brazil, which was leading in the score, continued to control the initiative of the game. Before the end of the game, Neymar assisted Firmino to expand the score and kill the game.
At this point, Li Qing stood up and stretched: "If nothing unexpected happens, our opponent in the quarter-finals will be Brazil."
The English players all had black lines on their foreheads: "..."
The game reached the 90th minute, Brazil led 2:0, and if they didn't advance to the quarterfinals, would it be Mexico?
There was no upset. Brazil eliminated Mexico with Neymar's pass and shot, and met England again in the World Cup knockout match after 16 years.