Chapter 461 52 Years of Waiting

Martinez, standing in the visiting team coach's command area, put his hands in his pockets and half opened his mouth. In fact, as early as Li Qing received the pass from Harry Kane and dribbled forward at high speed, he knew that the result would end the game early.

But he didn't expect Li Qing to choose to assist his teammates when he had the opportunity to score five goals, and Milner was generous enough to pass the ball to the captain Harry Kane who was following up in the middle, allowing Harry Kane to push the ball into the empty goal.

It turned out that the whole England team was so united.

Even though Li Qing's personal ability was very strong, England's success was not due to Li Qing, but to the whole team.

If you think about it carefully, the whole England team has a clear division of labor. Li Qing is responsible for scoring goals, and other players are responsible for defense and assistance. If Belgium has a monster player like Li Qing, will it be difficult to win the World Cup?

"It's over."

Martinez closed his eyes in pain.

All the Belgian players on the field were lying on the field, covering their faces with their hands. When they were two goals behind, they didn't feel this desperate. Now... they have to accept being eliminated early.

England coach Southgate was ecstatic and rushed to the field with his arms open. Compared with the two-goal lead at the end of the second half, the last goal highlighted the role of the entire team in this World Cup.

Most of the goals in the past were scored by Li Qing alone, but now... it was Li Qing and the whole team who completed the quick counterattack.

Of course, it is very visually impactful to go into the dragon's den alone, giving people a feeling of being a lone hero, but the goal scored through the efforts of the whole team can make people see that the ceiling of this team will be higher.

Compared with the efforts of one person, the whole team is obviously stronger.

In the final analysis, football is a team sport.

Even as strong as Li Qing needs the cooperation of the whole team, otherwise it is difficult to score a real single-handed goal.

"aoaooaooaooaooooooooo——"

The English fans in the audience were ecstatic, and the cheers they created swept the entire stadium. Those fans who did not have tickets to enter the stadium cooperated with the fans in the Luzhniki Stadium in the open space outside the square to create a deafening and huge cheer.

In sharp contrast, the Belgian fans stared at the Englishmen celebrating wildly. Although they didn't want to die, they felt very uncomfortable, as if a needle was piercing their hearts.

The English players didn't celebrate the goal for too long, so there was no need for the referee Cunha to be angry. In fact, when the game reached injury time, Belgium, which was three goals behind, was already very close to being eliminated. The referee Cunha would definitely not be the bad guy. After all, the Belgians gave up the game, sighing and losing their fighting spirit. If they restarted the game in this state, they would not be able to score a goal even if they had 100 minutes.

While walking back, Captain Harry Kane put his right hand on Li Qing's left shoulder: "Li, thank you."

"Why thank me? It was James who gave you a selfless assist."

Li Qing was a little puzzled.

Harry Kane laughed dryly, without saying anything, and changed the subject: "It's time to prepare for the World Cup final."

"Yes, we can prepare for the final!"

Arnold, who participated in the World Cup for the first time, raised his arms and cheered.

At the same time, the audience sitting in front of the TV watching the England VS Belgium World Cup semi-finals included French coach Didier Deschamps and Croatian coach Dalic. Although their semi-finals have not started yet, there will always be a team that will meet England in the World Cup finals. Watching the two teams compete in the semi-finals in advance will have great positive significance for future games.

According to their watching process, England's overall defense is good, and the offense is overly dependent on Li Qing.

To defeat England, it is not enough to suppress Li Qing on the defensive end. You have to think of more ways on the offensive end. Getting more balls than Li Qing will be the biggest melody of this World Cup final!

Then, they tacitly watched the huge LCD TV in their respective rooms.

There is no more game to watch next, but if you want to meet England in the World Cup final, you have to beat your opponent in tomorrow night's game.

"Come on!"

Deschamps and Dalic whispered silently at almost the same time in different places.

The restarted game has no meaning. The Belgian players have no fighting spirit, and the English players don't want to attack anymore. Li Qing and Harry Kane are both ambitious players. It is impossible for them to bear the name of controversy for meaningless goals.

"Beep~beep~beep~~"

Accompanied by the Uruguayan referee Cunha blowing two short and one long whistles to end the game, the first match of the 2018 Russia World Cup semi-finals came to an end. England defeated Belgium 5:2 at Luzhniki Stadium with Li Qing's four goals and advanced to the final of the World Cup in Russia first.

"aooaoaooaooaoooooooo——"

The Luzhniki Stadium has completely become a sea of ​​joy for the English. Chinese fans and neutral fans have also fallen into extreme madness in the fanatical atmosphere, creating huge cheers like a tsunami.

"The game is over! The game is over!"

The commentator of China Channel 5, He Wei, shouted hysterically: "Congratulations to Li Qing! Congratulations to England! In this game, England reversed the European Red Devils Belgium 5:2 at Luzhniki Stadium with Li Qing's four goals and advanced to the final of this World Cup first!"

"The World Cup final after 52 years!"

Sky TV commentator Andy Gray said excitedly: "52 years ago, I was not born in this world. 52 years later, England has reached the World Cup final again. At this moment, I believe all English people will be proud of it!"

BBC commentator Lineker cried with joy: "52 years of waiting! 28 years ago, I failed all England fans. 28 years later, Li led us to the World Cup final! Long live! Great! If I have a daughter, I will let her marry you!"

The victorious England stadium raised its arms and roared to the sky. The substitutes standing on the sidelines rushed into the field to share this victory with the players on the field, which seemed to be a hearty but hard-won victory.

England's ability to reverse Belgium is directly related to Li Qing. It is not an exaggeration to say that he led England to defeat Belgium alone. Therefore, almost all players rushed to the most handsome boy to celebrate this hard-won victory together.

Head coach Southgate's excitement was fully vented in Harry Kane's goal. He was not so excited when the whistle sounded at the end of the game. He walked to the visiting team coach's command area and shook hands with the disappointed Martinez.

2:0 to 2:5, it was a huge blow to Martinez, but he was still quite gentlemanly as he had coached many Premier League teams. He shook hands with Southgate.

There was no need for him to deliberately make excuses. Southgate turned around and shook hands with other Belgian assistant coaches.

Although Martinez led Belgium to the World Cup semi-finals, which was already an overfulfillment of the task assigned by the Belgian Football Association, the score of 2:0 once gave Belgium the hope of advancing to the World Cup final in an epic way. As a head coach with a competitive spirit, he was somewhat unwilling.

The losing Belgian players walked straight to the player tunnel when the whistle sounded at the end of the game. Obviously, they felt ashamed to face the enthusiastic Belgian fans.