Chapter 471 IQ Suppression, First Record
Pogba's foul prevented Li Qing from shooting directly. Logically, this was a relatively successful defense, but French head coach Didier Deschamps frowned, feeling a little uneasy, and always felt that there was a risk of losing the ball.
Li Qing did look injured, but compared with long-range shots in open play, direct free kicks were obviously more threatening.
You should know that Li Qing has a free kick skill that is not inferior to a penalty kick, and the place where Pogba fouled was less than 30 meters away from the goal.
Then, the broadcaster gave the actual distance - 29 meters.
"Pogba gave England a direct free kick only 29 meters away! The position is on the right, where left-footed players can shoot directly."
He Wei, the commentator of Tianchao Channel 5, raised his voice eight degrees: "Whether Li Qing is injured or not, I feel that this direct free kick can bring more or less direct threat to Lloris. Who knows, it may even help England open the scoring!"
"What a coincidence!" Commentator Xu Yang said loudly: "I also want to feel this way. Even if Li Qing is really injured or has been injected with a closed wound, being able to play means that he can persist in the game. Since he can persist in the game, he must be able to score."
"So I can't understand why the French defenders let Li Qing get an easy chance to counterattack in that position. Li Qing scored an amazing 17 goals in this World Cup. , it is incredible that such a threatening player was not closely guarded. "
"The French team is just testing the edge of death! Even if Li is injured, out of respect for him, there must be two defensive players to defend him closely, right? N'Golo Kante's defensive ability is indeed very outstanding, but Li cannot be viewed from the perspective of a regular player. I bet! The French will definitely pay the price for their arrogance! "
BBC commentator Lineker shouted hoarsely: "Li! Use your 18th goal in the World Cup to tell the French that England is the world champion!"
At the same time, Li Qing placed the football at the foul site. French captain Lloris nervously arranged the human wall. Pogba, who fouled, felt a little regretful, but he had no choice. After all, he couldn't let Li Qing kick easily at that position.
Kante, who is known as the first defensive midfielder in the Premier League, is now very regretful. How can a player of Li Qing's level defend in a zone?
He has made up his mind that the next defense must treat Li Qing as a thorn in the eye no matter what!
Want to break through and score?
No way!
You want me to give up defending you, okay! You go!
Li Qing naturally didn't know what was going on in Kante's mind. He was thinking whether to use the skill [Superstar Moment] for the direct free kick in this position.
Using the skill now can certainly help the team score first, but the next game will lose the killer. Once a passive situation occurs, they can only rely on their outstanding personal abilities that everyone knows.
"What a headache!"
Li Qing automatically filtered out the overwhelming cheers and looked at the goalkeeper Lloris through the human wall.
As the captain of France, Lloris looked very nervous at this time, and his mood became more irritable. He kept asking the human wall to move left and right until the referee Pinata intervened and arranged the human wall slowly.
Finally, he handed the near end to the human wall to block, and went to the far end of the goal, which was about two meters away from the left goal post.
Except for goalkeeper Lloris who felt a little nervous, the five-man wall composed of Pogba, Giroud, Matuidi, Mbappe and Lucas Hernandez all took small steps, their eyes wandering all over Li Qing's body, as if they were looking at a beautiful girl.
"aoaooaooaooaoooooo——"
Accompanied by the huge cheers from the Luzhniki Stadium, the referee Pinata blew the whistle in his mouth: "Beep~"
Li Qing, who was still thinking, immediately concentrated and held his breath, and decided not to use skills for the time being.
He still had great confidence in the direct free kick at this distance, and... the French team's human wall was obviously going to let the ball go high this time.
Huh?
Defend against high balls?
Thinking of this, Li Qing's mind suddenly lit up, and he thought of the most cost-effective free kick plan.
Arnold took the lead in running up on the left, giving people the illusion that he was going to pass the ball to his teammates on the left side of the penalty area.
The French wall led by Pogba was not shaken at all. They stood still without even blinking. Arnold, who had completed the feint, felt a strong sense of humiliation.
Too much!
Obviously, no one would pay extra attention to Arnold at this time. Everyone's focus was only one, that is, Li Qing, who was concentrating and holding his breath to start the run-up.
Arnold looked at the French wall that was as still as a mountain, and thought proudly: Let you go first! I will humiliate you back after my big brother scores!
Li Qing took a four-step run-up. The first step was very short, and the last step was nearly one meter. The French fans in the audience subconsciously booed wildly, giving Li Qing who was about to swing his left foot: "wuwuuwuwuuuuuuu——"
The fans in the audience and the fans watching the live broadcast on TV all over the world focused on Li Qing who swung his left foot. The French players who acted as the human wall were concentrating and holding their breath, ready to bend their knees and jump.
Li Qing's left foot hit the bottom edge of the middle of the football, making a crisp muffled sound: "Boom~"
Pogba, Giroud, Matuidi, Mbappe and Lucas Hernandez all jumped up from the spot with all their strength, reaching the height they were satisfied with. If Li Qing chose to take a regular free kick, it would most likely be blocked by the French players with their heads.
The French wall, who were very satisfied with their own jumping height, had a smile on their faces, until... half a second later, the smile froze, replaced by a deep sense of humiliation, feeling that their IQ was perfectly suppressed.
The football did not fly into the air as imagined, but was close to the ground, like an arrow from a string, quickly passing through the sole of Mbappe's shoe in the middle and rolling rapidly towards the near corner of the goal.
Goalkeeper Lloris focused on the top of the wall, concentrating until he caught the football rolling quickly towards the goal close to the ground with his peripheral vision, and then he suddenly realized that his ideas were severely restricted!
Who said that a direct free kick must come from the top of the wall?
The fast-flying football rolled quickly on the watered grass with an obvious forward acceleration. By the time goalkeeper Lloris realized that he had to react, the football had already reached the same level as the penalty spot, and it was too late even if he reacted.
Lloris could only watch the football rushing forward close to the ground, crossing the small penalty area line, then the goal line, and finally hitting the snow-white net...
"Gooooooooooooooooooooooal——"
Sky TV commentator Andy Gray subconsciously prolonged his voice as he watched the football bouncing in the net.