Chapter 437 High-Altitude Bombing, the Sixth in History
Most of the fans in Kazan Arena looked at Li Qing. English fans, Chinese fans and neutral fans hoped that Li Qing could score a goal with a visual feast. Brazilian fans stared at Li Qing nervously, fearing that he would break his own goal like he did with Argentina.
Maguire, Stones and Harry Kane attracted most of the defensive attention in the Brazilian penalty area, but it did not mean that Li Qing was not defended. Fernandinho and Neymar were nervously marking him.
Brazilian stars Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Kaka, Cafu and other former world superstars in the VIP seats were all affected by the fanatical atmosphere on the scene and held their breath. Although they talked about Li Qing's remarks before the game, they felt a little guilty when the game started.
Ten goals in four games are the best evidence.
Arnold, who was preparing to take a corner kick, looked at the penalty area and raised his right arm. A very obvious gesture with tactical intentions immediately attracted the attention of Brazilian players. But as opponents, they did not know the real intention of Arnold's gesture.
To Harry Kane at the front point?
Or Maguire in the middle?
Or... Stones at the back?
Or, to Li Qing?
These four questions kept circling in the minds of the Brazilian players in the penalty area, until Arnold started to run up and then he calmed down and focused on the English players he should defend.
As Arnold's corner kick got closer and closer, the players from both sides got entangled in the penalty area, and some Brazilian players who were used to small movements even used the hugging movements used in wrestling. The English players were not the kind of people who would suffer when they were given the chance, and they also used fouls to profit from their next headers.
"Beep~"
The referee Ma Riqi whistled, and Arnold paused, and the action of kicking the ball with his right foot turned into pulling the ball forward to avoid a strain.
The live broadcast director gave a close-up shot of the referee Ma Riqi, and the commentator of Tianchao Channel 5, He Wei, said solemnly: "Both players' actions in the penalty area are very big, and Ma Riqi must warn each of them."
The biggest actions were those of Maguire and Miranda, and the hugging actions of the two were almost like the love between lovers. Harry Kane and Thiago Silva were not much better.
Faced with the warning of the referee Ma Riqi, the players of both sides were as obedient as elementary school students, very cooperative, and apologized to the opposing players from time to time, but when Ma Riqi retreated to the outside of the penalty area, he still did what he had to do.
"Beep~"
Ma Riqi sighed in his heart, and acquiesced to the actions of the players of both sides within the scope allowed by the rules, of course, the premise is not too much.
Arnold raised his right hand again to indicate that he wanted to take a corner kick, and the Brazilian and English players in the penalty area were entangled again, you pulled me, I pulled you.
At this moment, the seemingly lazy Li Qing suddenly started from the penalty spot, bypassed the unprepared Neymar, and ran towards the front point.
"Oops!"
Fernandinho was obviously confused by Li Qing's careless expression. He wanted to reach out but couldn't pull him because... Li Qing had strong explosive power and started quickly. When Fernandinho stretched out his right hand, Li Qing had already run one meter away.
Fernandinho, who made a fatal mistake again, could only pray to God instead, hoping that the ball was not passed to Li Qing. Even if it was passed to Li Qing, it would not threaten Alisson to guard the goal. According to his understanding of Li Qing's personal ability, Li Qing was not very good at heading the ball...
However, there is something called Murphy's Law in this world. The less you think about something, the more it will happen.
The Brazilian team's corner kick defense is basically man-to-man, which means that Li Qing, who got rid of Neymar and Fernandinho, was in a state of no one guarding.
Behind the goal is the gathering area of Brazilian fans. They clearly saw Li Qing get rid of the Brazilian defenders, and Arnold's corner kick seemed to go towards Li Qing...
NO!
Goalkeeper Allison's eyes suddenly jumped as the ball moved, and he pointed in the direction of Li Qing and shouted: "Damn it! Fak! Keep an eye on Li!"
Thiago Silva, who was standing at the front point to defend, suddenly saw a red figure flashing in his peripheral vision. The speed was so fast that it was shocking. The Arabic number '10' on the back of the jersey was particularly dazzling. He trembled in his heart: "Oops!"
None of the English players in the penalty area jumped. Their corner kick attack position was in accordance with the tactical requirements formulated by head coach Southgate before the game, in order to cover Li Qing. Now Li Qing was unguarded, and Arnold's corner kick was just right, which meant that... this ball... was almost certain!
Young man, score a goal!
"wowoowoowooooooooo——"
Li Qing, who came to the left corner of the small penalty area, used the inertia brought by his speed to jump under the gaze of the players on both sides. He stood out like a crane among chickens, unattainable. The Brazilian fans in the Kazan Arena burst into exclamations.
In sharp contrast, the English fans, Chinese fans and neutral fans subconsciously shouted loudly like a tsunami when they saw Li Qing jumping to the extreme: "aooaoaooaooooooooo——"
The shouts and shouts intertwined, like an extreme energy collision, causing the fanatical atmosphere hovering over the stadium to suddenly rise a few points, giving people a sense of déjà vu of a volcano about to erupt.
Goalkeeper Allison gradually felt more desperate. At the club level, he had been scored many goals by Li Qing while representing Roma. As for how many goals, he didn't want to think about it because... it was too cruel.
Li Qing jumped into the air, his arms naturally spread out, maintaining his body balance, like a helicopter suspended in the air. He paused for a moment, then twisted his waist and shook his abdomen, using the powerful waist and abdomen to drive his forehead to suddenly push the football that fell in front of him out.
The corner kick taken by Arnold was originally very powerful, and with the added power of twisting his waist and shaking his abdomen, the football flying towards the goal flew to the near corner of the goal at a faster speed. The goalkeeper Allison's pupils shrank suddenly, and his body almost instinctively jumped to the right, stretching his right arm.
The speed of the running football was obviously faster. Before Allison's right arm was fully stretched, he heard a crisp sound of rubbing the post in his ears, but the football did not bounce out of the post, but rubbed the inner edge of the left post into the goal and fell into the embrace of the snow-white net...
"Gooooooooooooooooooooal——"
Half a second later, the iconic elongated voice of Sky TV commentator Andy Gray sounded in the live broadcast room of Kazan Arena.
"The ball is in! The ball is in!"
The commentator of China Channel 5 shouted excitedly: "Only in the fifth minute of the game, Li Qing helped England score the first goal through a corner kick!"
"This ball is beautifully headed! A standard high-altitude bomber!"
Commentary guest Xu Yang said loudly: "Li Qing first taught the Argentine players a lesson, and now he has taught Brazil a lesson, but... the price of this lesson for Brazil may be unacceptable to them!"
"Oh-My-God!"
German Sky commentator Marcel Leif exclaimed hysterically: "This goal is Li's 11th goal in this season's World Cup! He is now tied with Jurgen Klinsmann and Sandor Kosci for sixth place in the World Cup history total scorer list!"