Chapter 439: A Lob Shot From the Center Line to Expand the Score

Li Qing used the huge reaction force from the ground to jump high, jumped over Fernandinho, and stretched his right foot forward without slowing down. He dunked the football that was about to roll out of the right sideline after bouncing off the ground to the left front of his body.

Fernandinho was the last barrier in front of the Brazilian double central defenders. He was mainly responsible for defending Li Qing during the transition from offense to defense, even if it meant committing a foul, just to keep Li Qing in place as soon as possible.

Fouls were prepared, and the action was also made. Unexpectedly, Li Qing's reaction was so fast that he made the most accurate technical action in a flash, avoiding Fernandinho's fatal tackle during high-speed movement.

Standing in the home team coach's command area, the trick coach Tite was anxious. Marcelo was still behind in the attack, and Paulinho was in the middle. It was equivalent to saying that only the double central defender Thiago Silva and the Brazilian captain Miranda were left in front of Li Qing.

"wuwuwuuwuuuuuuuu——"

The Brazilian fans above the Kazan Arena subconsciously booed Li Qing who was dribbling towards Thiago Silva.

Paulinho returned to defense at full speed without any reservation, but his full-speed running was not as fast as Li Qing's dribbling speed. The distance between the two kept getting longer as time went by. Thiago Silva and Miranda looked at each other and chose to fight and retreat tacitly, waiting for the defense to steal the ball or foul opportunities.

Now if they rush forward to defend, there will be a large space behind them. With Li Qing's speed and skills, he can definitely complete the breakthrough, and then it will definitely be more trouble than gain.

Thiago Silva and Miranda are both players with rich game experience. The only drawback is that they are both older, close to 34 years old, and their physical fitness, speed, and explosive power are definitely not as good as Li Qing, so the two chose to fight and retreat safely.

Li Qing originally wanted to quickly dribble the ball across the center line, and then challenge the two central defenders Thiago Silva and Miranda, but with his broad vision, he noticed that goalkeeper Allison was standing relatively forward, still at the top of the penalty area, and was obviously preparing to see if he could provide backup defense for Thiago Silva and Miranda in the next period of time.

Tite was very nervous. It was definitely unrealistic to expect Paulinho to catch up with Li Qing. All his hopes were placed on the two veterans Thiago Silva and Miranda. He agreed with their choice of fighting and retreating. According to Li Qing's past scoring record, reckless defense is likely to lead to a loss of the ball. On the contrary, taking a safe defense method may still complete the defense.

He also thought of knocking Li Qing down in the center circle. The problem is that Li Qing is fast and flexible. Blindly going forward to commit a foul is likely to not even touch the person. Fernandinho is a lesson learned from the past.

Only when the distance between each other is appropriate can a foul be committed!

The Brazilian celebrities in the VIP seats were all staring at Li Qing intently, their hands clenched naturally without being able to help it. It was obvious that Li Qing's high-speed forward dribbling made them feel great pressure.

English fans, celebrities and wives were all full of expectations, while Chinese fans and neutral fans were excited and silently encouraged Li Qing, hoping that he could score a wonderful goal in this dribbling counterattack!

What did they come to the Kazan Arena for?

In addition to feeling the atmosphere of the World Cup, it was more to see Li Qing's scoring style!

Although he scored a wonderful header at the beginning, goals are always the more the better, and there is never too much.

At this moment, the on-site director gave Li Qing a long-range shot. The fans sitting in front of the TV could see that Li Qing, who was about to cross the center line, suddenly slowed down his forward speed and gently pushed the ball to the left with the outside of his left foot, just away from his body.

"What is he going to do?"

This is the thought of all the puzzled people.

England coach Southgate raised his eyebrows, just like Brazil coach Tite, and had no idea what Li Qing was going to do.

In his opinion, at this time, he should dribble the ball at high speed towards the Brazilian defensive half.

Even if he cannot score, he should dribble the ball forward as soon as possible, so as to cause the Brazilian players to commit fouls and get cards, paving the way for the smooth game later.

He Wei, the commentator of Tianchao Channel 5, changed his tone and said puzzledly: "Li Qing slowed down and adjusted the ball under his feet. What is he doing?"

"This is a great counterattack opportunity! Why did Li slow down? Is he waiting for his teammates to support him?"

Andy Gray, the commentator of Sky TV, said curiously.

"Oh-My-God!"

Marcel Reif, the commentator of German Sky, exclaimed: "Is he waiting for the Brazilian players to return to defense?"

Paulinho seemed to see the scene of the successful interception of the ball, gritted his teeth, and his speed actually increased by half a point at this moment.

At the same time, Brazilian goalkeeper Allison looked at Li Qing's adjustment, which looked like a precursor to a shot. He suddenly realized something, his pupils shrank, and he looked down at the ground, thinking: "Why am I still outside the top of the penalty area?"

Li Qing raised his left foot and kicked the ball with the inside of his instep. Since the distance from the goal was far enough, more than 50 meters, he used a regular long pass.

The kicked ball quickly took off and flew towards the goal. The fans in the audience who didn't understand suddenly realized that Li Qing slowed down to prepare for a shot!

"aooaooaoooooooooooo——"

English fans, Chinese fans and neutral fans shouted like a tsunami.

Most of the Brazilian fans who burst into booing forgot to make any sound as they looked at the football in the air, so that the whole stadium was filled with only the cheers from the English fans, the Chinese fans and the neutral fans, one wave higher than the other.

The pupils of England coach Southgate and Brazil coach Tite shrank suddenly, until they turned their heads to look at the position of goalkeeper Alisson. The former was full of expectation, while the latter had a hint of despair in his eyes.

Li Qing's footwork is world-famous, and no one dares to claim to be the first in accuracy. It was in this context that Tite became desperate.

The Brazilian celebrities in the VIP seats and the senior officials and national leaders of the Brazilian Football Association who were on the scene to supervise the game also had this idea. As officials of the football kingdom, they understand football better than many fans in the world.

Ronaldinho's mouth twitched slightly, thinking of the past 16 years ago, the 2002 World Cup quarter-finals, the goal of overtaking and lob...

The energetic Paulinho was like a deflated ball, staying in place, his eyes following the flight of the football to the goal, goalkeeper Alisson was retreating frantically, competing with the speed of the fast-flying football.

Obviously, his retreat speed could not be compared with the speed of the football.

The football flying over the penalty area began to fall, and Alisson retreated to the penalty spot.

"Damn it!"

Alison, who was one step away from the small penalty area line, gritted his teeth, jumped up, leaned back his upper body, and thrust his waist and abdomen upwards, using the huge reaction force fed back from the ground to jump high, but when he raised his right hand to the extreme, he was still more than ten centimeters away from the falling football, so there was a trace of sadness and despair in his heart.

The football did not go over the crossbar or hit the crossbar. It rushed towards the snow-white net about five centimeters away from the crossbar. In other words... Li Qing's lob shot near the center circle helped England expand the score in the 31st minute of the game.

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