Chapter 436: Outer Instep

England won a free kick in the backcourt. Arnold kicked the ball to the top of the penalty area. Harry Kane failed to control the angle due to the interference of Thiago Silva, and the ball flew to Sterling and Fagner.

Sterling is 1.7 meters tall and Fagner is 1.68 meters tall. The height difference between them is not much. This 50-50 ball fight finally hit Fagner's back of the head and went out of the sideline.

Then, Ashley Young threw the sideline ball.

Sterling held Fagner and passed the ball back to Henderson who was responding. Henderson faced Paulinho's defense and made a forward movement of his upper body to meet the ball. Paulinho took a step back to the defensive ribs in advance. Henderson let the ball pass and twisted his body back to the outside. Without making too many adjustments, he directly passed the ball to the right.

England's offensive core Li Qing has been pulled to the right sideline of the attack, waiting for the ball.

Marcelo felt a little timid when he saw the ball coming in the air. He breathed a sigh of relief when he noticed Fernandinho appeared in his field of vision while moving outward. In addition, Coutinho and William came over to assist in the defense. His heart, which had been in his throat, finally fell back.

Li Qing was very relaxed when facing Marcelo. He lifted and retracted his left foot and parked the football steadily on his left foot, just like a magnet tightly sucking a falling iron block. A burst of cheers suddenly broke out in the sky above the audience: "aoaooaoaooooooooo——"

Tianchao Channel 5 commentator He Wei changed the topic and raised his voice by eight octaves: "This ball was stopped beautifully!"

Marcelo focused and held his breath to defend Li Qing, keeping a safe distance of at least two meters, waiting for William and the two birds to come to assist in the defense. Coutinho was preventing Li Qing from pulling the ball back, and Fernandinho was wary of Li Qing cutting inside.

Amid the huge cheers from the whole stadium, Li Qing lowered his left shoulder and pretended to go inside. Marcelo and Fernandinho, who was defending, were both shocked, thinking of closing the door to defend.

Li Qing naturally did not go inside. He used the shaking of his upper body to gain the advantage of starting from the baseline. He used the inner side of his left foot to pass the ball to the baseline, making a gesture of overtaking from the baseline to enter the penalty area.

Everyone knew that Li Qing had super explosive power and it was impossible to catch up directly. Marcelo and Fernandinho had both experienced despair. They turned left while keeping a safe distance, and tacitly approached the place where Li Qing had to go inside.

Li Qing took a step forward with his right foot, stood on the right side of the football, about 40 centimeters away, raised his left foot, and hit the football with the outside of his foot.

Fernandinho and Marcelo, who were full of energy, watched the football rise from the ground. They didn't even have time to stretch their feet to block it. They could only watch the football draw a rainbow from the outside to the inside in the air.

Miranda and Thiago Silva were both ready to wait for Li Qing to cut inside or shoot. They didn't do a good job of defense at all. They watched the ball fly into the penalty area and then looked for Harry Kane in a panic.

At this time, Harry Kane had already jumped under the attention of the crowd.

Head shot!

"wwoowowoooooooooo——"

Accompanied by the hysterical exclamations of Brazilian fans in the audience, Harry Kane completed a high-level header in front of the penalty spot, and the ball changed its trajectory and flew to the far end of the goal.

At this moment, Brazilian goalkeeper Alisson rushed to the right like a spring squeezed to the extreme, and pushed the ball with his right fingertips. It was really like this, the ball deviated from the trajectory and rubbed the outside of the far goal post to the bottom line.

After landing, Harry Kane held his head with both hands, and looked at Alisson who stood up and felt incredible. This ball... was actually blocked?

With a beard, Allison looked very imposing, like Thor. He roared at the two central defenders who didn't look at the players at the critical moment, venting his dissatisfaction.

Miranda and Thiago Silva were in the wrong first, and they were also afraid of Allison's ferocious appearance. They took the initiative to hug and said that they would never make the mistake of watching the ball instead of the players again next time.

"What a pity!"

He Wei, the commentator of Tianchao Channel 5, looked at the slow-motion replay given by the broadcast screen and exclaimed: "Li Qing's left foot outside the instep cross is highly concealed and of very good quality, which is hard to defend. Harry Kane also made a beautiful header, but it's a pity that Allison was in great shape and turned the tide."

At the same time, Harry Kane gave Li Qing a thumbs up, indicating that he passed the ball beautifully.

Li Qing also smiled and gave a thumbs up in return, hoping that Harry Kane could send the ball into the goal guarded by Allison in the next game.

Allison saved Brazil, but Brazil coach Tite frowned, and wanted to see Li Qing with more fear.

The cross from the outside of the foot just now was very well executed, and it was definitely not improvised. In other words, Li Qing has the ability to use the outside of his left foot, but he doesn't use it very often. Then... the next defense will be troublesome.

In this way, the left-handed Li Qing can not only cut inside, but also send a wonderful cross with the outside of his left foot...

"Headache!"

Tite rubbed his temples with both hands, but he became nervous again after a few seconds. Alisson saved Brazil and kept Harry Kane's header away, but also gave England a corner kick opportunity.

Looking around, there are more tall guys in England.

Maguire, Stones, Harry Kane, Dier, plus Li Qing, who has already contributed a very exciting header goal in this World Cup, this first corner kick defense since the start of the game made Tite feel a little pressure.

As Li Qing ran into the penalty area, the pressure gradually turned into anxiety.

Except for goalkeeper Allison, who is 1.93 meters tall, the tallest player on the team is central defender captain Miranda, who is 1.86 meters tall, followed by Thiago Silva, 1.83 meters tall, Paulinho, 1.82 meters tall, and Firmino, 1.81 meters tall. Looking further, all of them are under 1.8 meters tall.

This means that Brazil's first corner kick defense was very passive, especially Maguire, who is 1.94 meters tall and weighs 100 kilograms, standing in the penalty area, like a giant standing there, even if he doesn't move, he can bring huge pressure to people.

Besides, Maguire can't move.

Therefore, Brazil's weakness of insufficient air defense was fully exposed at this time. The broadcast screen happened to be given to Li Qing. He Wei, the commentator of Tianchao Channel 5, changed the subject: "If I remember correctly, Li Qing scored a wonderful header against Argentina in the first round of the group. This time... facing Brazil with insufficient air defense, can he reproduce his peerless style?"

"aoaooaooooooooooo——"

The excited cheers of English fans rang out over the Kazan Arena.

Harry Kane did not help to score the first goal. He was eager to do so. Stones and Dale also followed suit. The only Brazilian players in the penalty area were Neymar and Fernandinho to defend the lazy-looking Li Qing.

Compared with Tite's abnormal nervousness, Southgate was full of expectations. I don't know why, but his eyes naturally looked at Li Qing.