Chapter 456 Right Foot Hat Trick
“aoaoaooaoooooooo——”
The fanatical atmosphere at the Luzhniki Stadium became more and more intense as the speed of the game increased. The deafening cheers resounded throughout the stadium. Even the neutral fans lost themselves in this irrepressible fanatic atmosphere and threw themselves into the creation of a fanatical atmosphere.
Dale’s appearance solved England’s central defense problem, and he played well from defense to offense. However, the last shot was not completed by Li Qing, which gave people a feeling of lack of meaning.
To put it simply, the shots completed by other players could not help England overtake the score in one fell swoop.
Taking advantage of the dead ball opportunity, the on-site director gave Li Qing a close-up shot of his face. The intention of this picture was quite obvious, that is, he hoped that Li Qing, England’s top scorer, could score again when the situation fell into a stalemate, helping England overtake the score and break the deadlock.
Neither side scored a goal. A certain reason was that the score was a tie, and both sides were a little reluctant, fearing that the situation would be difficult to clean up after it was broken.
Li Qing was very active in running during this period, and also tried to shoot and break through, but the effect was not particularly good, so he kept waiting.
In the 67th minute of the game, Hazard received a straight pass from De Bruyne and chose to stop and dribble, dribbling past Arnold's defense. Facing the backup defense of Dale, he did not slow down. He faked a shot and dribbled, then took a step sideways to the middle and shot.
Stones knew Hazard's offensive routine for a long time. Almost at the moment when Hazard dribbled away Dale, he pulled out to defend and used his body to block Hazard's long shot from the left side of the penalty area.
The ball bounced to Henderson who was back to the top of the penalty area. Witsel defended decisively and pushed Henderson from behind, but Henderson passed the ball to Maguire on the left side of the penalty area before falling.
The referee Cunha adhered to the principle of favorable offense and signaled favorable offense, and the game continued.
Maguire passed the ball to the left forward Ashley Young without stopping. Witsel saw that the referee did not blow the whistle, so he turned around to find Li Qing. Dembele had received a yellow card in the process of defending Li Qing before. If he committed a foul again this time, it would be a bit troublesome...
Dembele was carrying a yellow card, and he did not dare to make too big a move, lest the referee transfer the yellow card that should have been given to Witsel to himself.
Martinez, who was standing in the visiting team coach's command area, frowned and felt extremely nervous. This situation has occurred since the beginning of the game. Whenever England switched from defense to offense, Witsel was no longer in position, and Dembele, who was carrying a yellow card, obviously could not complete the defense of Li Qing, so... hope can only be placed on right back Munier and double central defenders Kompany and Alderweireld.
Ashley Young took the ball forward and looked up to see Li Qing running from the middle to the left front. Without any hesitation, he pushed the arch of his foot and passed the ball in the way Li Qing's gesture required.
Munier did not participate in the attack. He was in a good position. Seeing the ball rolling towards his defense zone along the ground, and Dembele on the left to assist, he was confident that he could intercept the ball and launch another offensive to surpass the score again!
Thinking of this, a smile appeared on his lips.
However, at this moment, Li Qing, who was originally running forward along the ball, suddenly braked on the spot, and the heel of his left foot suddenly buckled the ball to the right and rear. The ball rolled from the heel of his right foot along the ground to the front right, and the smile on Munier's face suddenly froze.
Li Qing's explosive power is second to none in the world football today. Few can compare with him. In addition, Li Qing's change of direction route and Dembele mean that Munier can only turn around to block the route, and Li Qing may not go to this route.
Dembele, with a yellow card on his back, twisted his waist and turned around, stretched out his hand to grab Li Qing's jersey, but he didn't dare to use too much force to avoid being warned by a yellow card. Moreover, he always believed that defense can be completed by the team. If he left Li Qing with a reckless foul, it would be irresponsible to the team.
But...
The teammates' assistance he imagined did not appear.
Li Qing changed direction from the left rib and accelerated towards the middle. He took advantage of the moment when Dembele let go and accelerated to dribble the ball to the arc of his own center circle.
According to Dembele's idea, when he pulled Li Qing's jersey, a central defender should come forward to put pressure on him, forcing Li Qing to make temporary adjustments, and then the remaining central defenders could make corresponding correct defenses according to Li Qing's change of direction. As a result...
No!
England's attacking players Harry Kane and Sterling quickly followed Li Qing on the left and right, ready to act as a receiving point to enrich the three-dimensionality of the counterattack.
Dembele's foul was not decisive enough, and he only pulled it slightly, which did not cause any impact on Li Qing.
"aoaooaooaooooooooo——"
Li Qing brought the ball to the arc of the center circle, and the English fans, Chinese fans and neutral fans in the audience cheered loudly.
Kompany and Alderweireld fought and retreated, complaining to Dembele in their hearts, you pulled Li Qing's jersey, why didn't you exert force?
Of course, despite complaints, defense still had to continue. Left-back Vertonghen did not return from the attack, Dembele was thrown behind by Li Qing, and Munier was still defending the right side, which meant that the responsibility of defending Li Qing head-on fell on Kompany and Alderweireld.
The two had played against Li Qing in many games in the Premier League, and were very afraid of Li Qing's speed and ability to change direction. This was the fundamental reason why they did not step forward decisively when Dembele reached out to grab Li Qing's jersey.
Without 100% confidence, they dared not step forward easily.
So, Kompany and Alderweireld chose to fight and retreat.
Li Qing took the ball across the center line in two or three steps and approached the two at high speed.
Kompany and Alderweireld looked at each other, without words. Their years of partnership in the national team allowed them to quickly understand each other's thoughts. Li Qing was left-handed, and he exposed the gap on the left side of the defense, forcing him to attack the right rib. At that time, Li Qing could only choose to shoot with his non-dominant right foot or dunk the ball back and wait for teammates to support.
No matter which method, it can maximize the interests of the team.
Li Qing was experienced in the game and immediately realized the defensive strategy of Kompany and Alderweireld. The corners of his mouth slightly raised, revealing a beautiful and evil smile.
Zhang didn't remember the two right-foot goals, so... another one!
Accept the sanctions!
Li Qing used the inside of his left foot to dunk the ball to the right front and accelerate!
"Sure enough, he is still young!"
"Fooled!"
Kompany and Alderweireld thought tacitly in their hearts.
Li Qing accelerated from the middle to the right side of the attack. Kompany and Alderweireld kept retreating as Li Qing quickly moved forward. In a blink of an eye, the three of them were about 30 meters away from the goal.
Martinez, who was standing in the visiting team coach's command area, nodded with satisfaction. The original tension had disappeared by half. Li Qing was left-handed, and it was obviously a very smart move to force Li Qing to the right side of the attack.
At the same time, Li Qing raised his right foot while running. Alderweireld knew that Li Qing was a fake move, so he did not lose his center of gravity during the retreat.
Sure enough!
Alderweireld was proud of his choice. Li Qing did not shoot with his raised right foot, but put it down quickly. The whole person continued to run to the right front along with the forward rolling of the football.
After running two more steps, when he was about 25 meters away from the goal, Li Qing raised his right foot again.
Alderweireld thought that Li Qing was still a fake move, so he chose to stick to the inside line and did not make any blocking moves.
However, Li Qing's right foot hit the lower middle part of the football hard, and the crisp muffled sound of the two suddenly exploded, and Alderweireld suddenly woke up.
"Boom~"
The football rose from the ground with great force and flew towards the goal at a high speed.
Goalkeeper Courtois did not expect Li Qing to choose a long shot with his right foot in the right rib of the attack, and was not well prepared.
It was not until the football flew to the same level as the penalty spot that he realized something, but... it was too late to make a save.
The football that did not rotate in the air was like a cannonball, hitting the snow-white net in the upper right corner of the goal at a speed visible to the naked eye...
The live broadcast room suddenly became silent, and no one knew what to say.
No one expected that Li Qing would score three goals in a game with his unfamiliar right foot, performing a hat trick!