Chapter 479: Time Is Running Out for the French Team

"A wonderful header!"

BBC commentator Lineker shouted almost crazily: "52 years ago, Sir Geoff Hurst used a hat trick to lead England to beat West Germany 4:2 in the final and won the first World Cup! 52 years later, Li used a hat trick to expand the score. Is this the reincarnation of 52 years? Will his three goals bring England a second World Cup championship?"

"aoaooaoaoooooooo——"

Accompanied by the huge cheers resounding through the sky of Luzhniki Stadium, Li Qing, who performed a hat trick, opened his arms and ran all the way to the right corner kick area of ​​the attack. He pressed his knees down, leaned back, and played a sliding kneeling celebration on the grass.

Next to him was his teammate Arnold who was also in a frenzy.

Other English players were obviously surging with adrenaline in the fanatical atmosphere of the scene, and they all rushed towards Li Qing who performed a hat trick.

Even the English players on the bench and in the warm-up area ran over frantically. Goalkeeper Pickford did not run over to celebrate with the whole team, but he stood there and cheered, venting the ecstasy brought by the score expansion again with the English fans who jumped up in the audience.

"The first person in the World Cup final! Former England star Sir Hurst performed a hat trick in the 1966 England World Cup final, including overtime. Li Qing completed it in 90 minutes of regular time. There is still a lot of time left for him. Maybe he can perform the first big four in the history of the World Cup final!"

He Wei, the commentator of China Channel 5, was affected by the fanatical atmosphere on the scene and shouted hysterically.

The Chinese fans and neutral fans in the audience danced and danced in such an atmosphere, excited like children. At this moment, they seemed to have turned into hardcore English fans for 30 years.

Li Qing's girlfriend Tong Shenbing pulled her best friend Ning Qing to shout hysterically, venting the emotional outburst brought by Li Qing's hat trick. Everyone was dazzled and ecstatic.

England coach Southgate was completely dominated by excitement. He appeared in the broadcast screen, waving his arms and shouting, punching the air several times, grinning, giving people a sense of déjà vu of Liverpool coach Klopp.

The entire Luzhniki Stadium was in absolute madness. England's famous players, the first sister, Prince William and others were unable to control their emotions and kept clapping, so that the French first brother stood there with a livid face.

Griezmann, who had just helped the French team narrow the gap, twitched his mouth slightly. This guy just saw the hope of equalizing the score and gave a blow to the head. Can he still have fun?

The on-site director gave a slow-motion replay, starting from Li Qing giving the ball to Harry Kane, until he scored a header. The process was full of visual impact and made people excited.

Especially the high jump after the high-speed forward insertion, the header shot was like a tomahawk dunk on the basketball court, which was full of viewing.

Then, there was a visual feast of goals from several different angles.

When the broadcast screen returned to the English players again, they were still celebrating selflessly, venting the pressure brought by the goal. Then the French players who appeared in front of the TV were all frowning and depressed. They finally scored a goal, but Li Qing, the pervert, hit them on the head again.

What the hell!

French head coach Deschamps spitted depressedly, and then spit on the ground fiercely, venting his strong dissatisfaction with the loss of the ball.

As a World Cup champion in his playing days, he did not lose his expectations for the game. Less than ten minutes into the second half, there was more than half an hour to equalize the score and overtake. However, as the game entered the second half, he had no extra time to consider defense, and offense was the king.

Before the game resumed, Tolisso replaced Matuidi to strengthen the creativity in the middle and share the pressure of Pogba's offensive organization.

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The French team, eager to score, was very targeted, that is, to use Giroud's high point to create opportunities first. Lucas Hernandez and Pavard were indeed not good at crossing, but they could not resist the continuous cross ball opportunities.

When the quantity reaches a certain level, it will produce qualitative changes. Simply put, a blind cat will meet a dead mouse.

Pavard made a 45-degree cross from the right to find Giroud who jumped high. Fortunately, England goalkeeper Pickford reacted quickly and dived sideways on the spot to block the ball out of the right post of the goal.

England also made adjustments when there was a dangerous situation that was enough to threaten the goal. Sterling, who did nothing in the first half, was replaced by Ashley Young.

England's formation changed from 343 to 352, or more precisely, 3511. Ashley Young and Arnold were on the left and right, Milner and Henderson and Dale were the central midfielders, and Harry Kane stayed in the midfield to assist in defense when defending, and Li Qing was in front of the striker to prepare for counterattacks.

When attacking, Li Qing and Harry Kane swapped positions. Compared with Harry Kane who was at the front of the striker, Li Qing's position became more flexible, and it was most appropriate to describe him as a free man in the frontcourt.

Ashley Young's appearance brought about a very obvious change. The defense on the left side restricted Pavard very obviously. In addition, Arnold's attack on the right side was very powerful, forcing Lucas Hernandez, who was on a yellow card, not to press too far forward, and more often kicked the ball at a 45-degree angle.

The farther away from the penalty area, the longer the pass will fly in the air, giving the English defenders more time to react.

The game time passed very quickly as both sides came and went. In the blink of an eye, it was the 65th minute. Deschamps made another adjustment to the lineup. Dembele, who had excellent footwork, replaced Giroud.

However, the effect of this substitution adjustment was not obvious. The French team, which lost its high point in the penalty area, could only threaten the English defense by penetrating through the middle, but England had enough defenders in the middle, and the French defensive players were worried that Li Qing would kill the game by switching from defense to offense, so they did not dare to support the offense.

The game fell into a stalemate. England coach Southgate made another adjustment. Defensive midfielder Livermore replaced veteran Milner, whose physical fitness had declined seriously, to increase the defensive activity of the midfield and not give Pogba and Tolisso any chance.

When the time came to the 70th minute, the live director gave the French coach Deschamps a close-up shot of his face. He Wei, the commentator of Tianchao Channel 5, said in a deep voice: "France is 1:3 behind England. There are only 20 minutes left. If they don't hurry up and score a goal to narrow the score, the championship of this World Cup will be completely out of France's reach!"

Why didn't Deschamps, who appeared on the broadcast screen, want to score?

It's just that the tactics he imagined were not implemented, and the English players did play very well on the defensive end, which resulted in the offensive line led by Mbappe, Griezmann, Dembele and Mbappe being unable to directly threaten Pickford's goal.

As Mbappe cut in from the left and shot over the crossbar, the game time came to 75 minutes, which is the most physically demanding time in a football match. Many players' physical fitness has reached the critical point and they need to spend some time to recover, otherwise it will be difficult to fully support the attack.

Tianchao 5 channel commentator He Wei said in a serious tone: "There is not much time left for the French team!"