Chapter 455: Salted Fish Head Coach

The substitutes entered the player tunnel one after another and came to the court to warm up with the ball to prepare for the second half. The fans in the audience were basically recovering. The whole 45 minutes of atmosphere creation consumed as much energy as the players on the field.

The major TV stations reviewed the first half that ended, allowing the fans in front of the TV to feel the highlights of Li Qing's single challenge against Belgium. Especially when the screen showed Li Qing's two wonderful goals, it made people wonder whether Li Qing's right foot was also his dominant foot...

After watching the two wonderful goals, Shao Shengyi, the commentator of the Imperial Capital Studio of Tianchao Channel 5, smiled and said, "I doubt that Li Qing's right foot is also his dominant foot. Let's take a look at his two shooting techniques. The movements are standard, like flowing water, and full of appreciation. The first goal is a violent aesthetic, and the second goal is the perfect control of the football with the inner side of the instep, a nearly perfect arc, and the goal is a perfect goal. The ball... is still easy for Li Qing. "

"He is about to enter the second half of the sixth game of this World Cup. Will he continue to score in the next game after having contributed 15 goals? Let's wait and see..."

At the same time, social platforms such as INS, Twitter, Facebook, and Dongqiudi commented on Li Qing's two goals in the first half. Most fans felt that Li Qing's two goals were intentional and not just luck. Some fans also thought that Li Qing might have concealed the characteristics of balanced ball handling with left and right feet in the past for the World Cup...

During the 15-minute halftime break, fans were arguing happily on social platforms.

In the visiting team's locker room, that is, the Belgian locker room, head coach Martinez believed that Li Qing's two long shots were based on luck. He found it hard to believe that a young player could deliberately conceal the characteristics of almost the same ability of his right and left feet for the key game of the World Cup.

Not to mention that he could play dozens of games the same day, even from the beginning of the World Cup to now, it is impossible that only our team has been closely guarding Li Qing.

In addition to Argentina's defensive weaknesses, which other team has poor defense?

Denmark is the best defensive team in the World Cup group stage, and Brazil's three lines are all world-class.

The most important thing is that Li Qing's second goal was not interfered by any defensive players. As a top professional player, even Messi could have scored a goal with a right-footed shot from that position.

However, in order to prevent any accidents in the second half, he asked the players to pay special attention to Li Qing's cut-in on the right. Once he came to the left, he would defend the cross and it would be difficult for him to shoot with his right foot. Therefore, he mainly interfered to avoid excessive physical consumption.

The 15-minute halftime break passed quickly, and the players of both sides returned to the court one after another to prepare for the second half of the game.

"Beep~"

The referee Cunha blew the whistle, and the second half of the first semi-final of the 2018 Russia World Cup was officially announced.

After the two sides changed sides, no one made adjustments to the lineup. It was obvious that they were quite satisfied with the performance of their players in the first half. The English players, who had the advantage of kicking off, followed the arrangement of head coach Southgate during the halftime break and advanced in a step-by-step manner.

Li Qing is the English offensive player that the Belgian defenders pay the most attention to, followed by Harry Kane and Sterling. Loftus-Cheek has a strong breakthrough ability, but he is too young. He is not stable enough in a World Cup semi-final. The second goal in the first half was due to his passing error, which led to Belgium's efficient counterattack.

"aooaooaoaooaoooooooo——"

The English fans at the Luzhniki Stadium were in high spirits, and they burst into huge cheers as violent as a tsunami.

Many times, the performance of the fans is linked to the performance of the players on the field. For example, when the fans are passionate and supportive, the players on the field will play their strengths to some extent. In addition, the English players have Li Qing's two goals to equalize the score, and the whole team is like chicken blood.

In the 48th minute, Harry Kane received a long pass from Li Qing on the right and headed the ball, forcing Courtois to make a wonderful save.

Three minutes later, Sterling suddenly cut inside from the left side of the attack, accelerated past Fellaini and Witsel, and completed a powerful long-range shot from the outside before the central defender Kompany could grab the ball. The ball quickly flew to the upper left corner of the goal. Goalkeeper Courtois gave up resistance, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out of the bottom line.

In the 54th minute, Li Qing seemed to pass the ball carelessly without stopping. The ball rolled quickly from the right side of the attack to the defensive gap between Kompany and Alderweireld. Harry Kane also ran to the right position, but unfortunately the shot was weak and Courtois caught the ball under him.

England's three consecutive shots were extremely threatening, and the cheers of the English fans in the audience became louder and louder. Belgium coach Martinez frowned and took advantage of the dead ball opportunity to make a tactical gesture to De Bruyne, indicating that the team should organize some threats to Pickford to guard the goal, otherwise England would likely overtake the score in the second half.

"England was able to quickly create continuous threatening attacks, largely because the Belgian midfield trio moved too slowly. I think... Martinez must be regretting not bringing Nainggolan with him because of his impulsiveness."

He Wei, the commentator of Tianchao Channel 5, said solemnly.

"Nainggolan will definitely be able to solve the difficulties encountered by the Belgian midfield, but Martinez also has sufficient reasons. Nainggolan is a thorn in the side, and bringing him to the World Cup will be a big problem..."

Commentary guest Xu Yang explained with a smile.

In the quarter-finals, Belgium scored three goals in a row after losing two goals. Martinez didn't want the situation that happened to the Sun Country to happen again in the Belgian national team he coached.

Two minutes later, the situation did not change significantly. Martinez made a decisive substitution. Carrasco, who played for Dalian in the Chinese Super League, replaced Fellaini with the 'puffy hair' to strengthen the attack on the English wing. The formation changed from the original 433 to 4231. The back line remained unchanged. Dembele partnered with Witsel, Hazard and Carrasco played as wingers, De Bruyne was responsible for threading the needle, and Lukaku was at the front.

The change in the situation brought about by the change in formation was quite obvious. De Bruyne, who was only responsible for threading the needle, could focus more on doing what he was good at. England coach Southgate also made adjustments very quickly. In the 61st minute of the game, Dale replaced Chick, who performed poorly, to strengthen the central defense.

As the number of defenders in England's middle lane increased, Belgium's offense was greatly affected. England, which had solved the problem on the defensive end, was gradually able to create opportunities from defense to offense, but its ability to seize opportunities was slightly lacking.

Tianchao Channel 5 commentator He Wei said in a deep voice: "England created a lot of opportunities in the second half, but ultimately failed to score. If the opportunity could be given to Li Qing, I think... the current score would have been reversed by England."

The implication was that the last shot should have been completed by Li Qing.

England coach Southgate naturally thought of this, but the Belgians were very focused on defense and did not give Li Qing an easy chance to shoot.

After a long while, he sighed, and the opportunity should still be created...

If Li Qing knew what coach Southgate was thinking, he would definitely complain: "Salted fish coach!"