Chapter 448: Prepare for Both Situations

There is still one hour before the game starts. The Luzhniki Stadium, which can accommodate 81,000 fans, can be said to be full. Even if there are vacant seats, they are being occupied by fans at a visible speed, reaching the real meaning of full seats.

"aoaoaooaoaoooooooo——"

The fanatical atmosphere is indispensable before the game. The fanatical fans of the two teams create a tsunami-like violent cheering and cheering, which ignites the atmosphere of the first semi-final of the 2018 Russia World Cup in advance.

Compared with the English and Belgian fans, who each came with more than 20,000 fans, there are more neutral fans.

The World Cup is a festival for fans all over the world. In addition to giving some tickets to the participating teams, most of the tickets are for fanatical fans all over the world in order to stimulate the domestic tourism market.

With the rapid economic development and the improvement of the living standards of the people in China, there are more and more wealthy people. The quadrennial World Cup is naturally a festival that many wealthy Chinese people do not want to miss. In addition, there are Chinese people like Li Qing who are proud to participate in the World Cup, so they naturally have to go there in person to support it.

Therefore, a large number of Chinese fans holding Chinese flags appeared in the main and secondary stands of Luzhniki Stadium to cheer for England.

"Li Qing! Li Qing! Li Qing!"

England players came to the stadium from the player channel to warm up. When the familiar white No. 10 appeared in sight, a large number of Chinese fans in the main stand shouted Li Qing's name hysterically.

Li Qing stopped where he was when he heard the familiar Chinese language, turned his head and looked at the red that made him proud, smiling and raised his thumbs up.

Seeing Li Qing's response, the Chinese fans who greeted him felt very proud, and even felt that they had got their money's worth. The sound of the explosion became louder and louder, almost resounding throughout the Luzhniki Stadium: "aoaooaooaooooooooooo——"

A large number of reporters who came to the mixed zone in advance picked up their cameras and kept taking pictures of the handsome Li Qing, and the sound of "clicks" continued.

For this reason, Li Qing was also very glad that he had specially fixed his hair before warming up, and he was still handsome.

Belgium coach Martinez was busy making final tactical preparations in the locker room, and England coach Southgate was the same. Their respective assistants came to the sidelines to observe the mental state of the opponent's core players.

Henry, a former French international and Arsenal star, came to the sidelines as Martinez's assistant. He looked at Li Qing with a serious expression.

Li Qing scored 13 goals in the past five games, contributing 82.3% to England's goals. From a restrictive perspective, if Li Qing is well defended, it will be very difficult for England to score. The problem is that Li Qing has never been restricted since his debut, and his average goal per game is more than two.

Li Qing also scored only one goal in many games, but according to Li Qing, it was because the opponent was not strong enough. Scoring too many goals would be suspected of brushing the goal data. In order to avoid the media's random writing, he would only play 100% of his combat effectiveness when facing strong teams.

At this time, the head coaches of both teams got the starting lineups of their opponents. England still used the usual 343 formation, with goalkeeper Pickford, defenders Maguire, Stones and Kyle Walker, midfielders Ashley Young, Henderson, Loftus-Cheek and Arnold, and forwards Sterling, Harry Kane and Li Qing.

Belgium's starting lineup was 4321, goalkeeper Courtois, defenders Vertonghen, Alderweireld, Kompany and Meunier, midfielders Fellaini, Witsel and Dembele, Hazard and De Bruyne as double front midfielders, and forward Lukaku.

Interestingly, England's starting lineup for this game was the one with the lowest average age since the start of the World Cup in Russia, with an average age of only 22.3 years old. Except for Ashley Young, who was born in the 1980s, the other ten players were born in the 1990s, and Loftus-Cheek and Arnold were even born in 1996. However, the most abnormal one was Li Qing, born in the 2000s, the youngest player in this World Cup, and also the most dazzling star in this World Cup.

The World Cup semi-final between England and Belgium is attractive to Chinese fans. In addition to the presence of Chinese players like Li Qing, there are also foreign players who play in the Chinese Super League among the Belgian players.

Of course, Chinese fans are mainly concerned about Li Qing. Players who play in the Chinese Super League can only be said to be a sentiment, and there is no comparison at all.

Martinez frowned when he got the England starting lineup. He thought England would continue to use the starting lineup against Brazil. As a result, a key adjustment was made here in the midfielder. Chick, who had never started before, replaced Dale as the starting player and became the biggest surprise in the starting lineup.

Chick is 1.91 meters tall and weighs 88 pounds. He is not slow in attacking, has distinct characteristics, and is very good at dribbling, long shots and short passes. His shortcomings are insufficient cross ability from the wing and weak defensive enthusiasm. In other words, Southgate let Chick start the game entirely to let him display his talents on the offensive end!

"Does this mean to force an attack?"

Martinez frowned when he thought of this. If this is true, then England's attack will be as continuous as a tide.

With the cooperation of Sterling, Harry Kane and Li Qing, it is very likely that they will take the lead at the Luzhniki Stadium. When they are eager to equalize the score, England will use the defensive counterattack tactics. Li Qing will dribble the ball and counterattack many times to hit the target...

"NO!"

Martinez shook his head. It is definitely possible to score first against England, but it is more likely to lose the ball first.

However, after thinking for a while, he decided to make two preparations. If his team kicked off first, he would rush to start the game. If England kicked off first, he would focus on defense and counterattack.

England coach Southgate had a simple idea, which was to promote Li Qing to get the ball and score as much as possible. He sent Jurgen Kilson to cover Li Qing on the wing to give him a chance to challenge Vertonghen.

With Li Qing's super personal ability, it would be a piece of cake to break through Vertonghen.

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There were about ten minutes before the start of the game. The starting players of both sides stood in the player channel, waiting to play, and the substitutes went straight into the stadium and sat on their respective benches.

Many Belgian players played in the Premier League and were familiar with the English players. They naturally chatted with each other before the game.

The only Belgian player who played for Liverpool was goalkeeper Mignolet. Li Qing couldn't find anyone to chat with because Mignolet greeted him and went straight into the stadium. In the end, he just pulled Arnold to chat for a few words.

Before the World Cup semi-final between England and Belgium, Li Qing and Hazard have been the subject of data comparisons by major media around the world. Li Qing is a favorite, but Hazard is very annoying.

Who made him lag behind in all data?

The game is about to start, and the live director's close-up shots are naturally given to the core players of the two teams.

Li Qing stood at the back of the team with a calm face, while Hazard stood at the front of the team with his trademark frown, looking straight ahead.

After a while, the Uruguayan referee team led the players from both sides to the court from the player's tunnel.

"aooaooaooaoooooooo——"

When the players from both sides went to the entrance of the player's tunnel with the ball boys, a huge shout like a tsunami sounded over the Luzhniki Stadium.

He Wei, the commentator of Tianchao Channel 5, said loudly: "The players from both sides have arrived at the stadium, and the World Cup semi-finals are getting closer and closer to us! I wonder if the audience friends in front of the TV are as impatient as I am?"