Full-level pass, please call me the speaker of the Three Lions

Chapter 550: Surpass the aliens and strive for ten goals in a single session? !
As the teams with the first and second odds of winning the World Cup so far, the quarter-final between Brazil and England has attracted the attention of almost the whole world.

Considering the overall strength of the two teams and the importance of the game, many industry insiders and the media believe that this is a relatively conservative game.

Both sides will first focus on defense, then seize the opponent's mistakes and launch high-quality offense through the transition phase from defense to offense.

The closer the strength of the two teams is in a game, the more important it is to see which side makes fewer mistakes.

However, the progress of the game was beyond everyone's expectations!

After the game started, everyone saw the English players in white jerseys, like lions locking onto their prey, pounced towards the Brazilian position!

Kane, Rashford, Sterling, Ling Feng and others had sharp eyes and pressed collectively, like a group of strictly trained lions, full of murderous intent.

No one would have thought that when facing a strong team like Brazil, the young players of the Three Lions would take the initiative to attack and press high!

The Three Lions, who put themselves in a weak position before the game and showed weakness to the enemy, actually completely controlled the tempo of the game.

On the other hand, the Samba Army, whose coach was very confident before the game, took the initiative to shrink its formation, retreated to its own half, and launched a defensive counterattack!
Such a scene also left many people with a puzzled look on their faces.

What's happening here?
What happened to Brazil's promise to destroy the Three Cats with a violent offensive?

How did it become that the Three Lions pressed the samba dancers on the half court? !
Reverse Tian Gang? !
The Brazilian players were also a little confused.

Fortunately, Brazil's ability to pass the ball from the backcourt is still very reliable.

Thanks to the Brazilian's talent, the four players in this Brazilian defense line all have experience playing as wingers and forwards, and are very good at both receiving and passing the ball.

The two central defenders, Thiago Silva and Miranda, are both 34-year-old veterans with rich experience. They also understand that the most feared tactic of this high-pressure tactic is to
If the front court is too tight, there will be no space to pass the ball to the midfielder.

They did not dare to be negligent and directly passed the ball to the side, leaving it to the full-backs to deal with.

Once a pass error occurs, the entire formation will immediately shrink, leaving no chance for the Three Lions to seize the opportunity to counterattack.

In particular, the two defensive midfielders Paulinho and Fernandinho will get close to Ling Feng as soon as possible to prevent the Three Lions captain from getting the ball or launching an attack.

Under this targeted defensive arrangement, at the moment of transition between offense and defense, Ling Feng was indeed closely guarded by two Brazilian midfielders and could not easily get the ball.

After all, when they knew that other English players would definitely pass the ball to Ling Feng, Paulinho and Fernandinho only needed to block the passing route and did not need to defend Ling Feng at all.

In this way, England's counterattack could only be launched from the two flanks.

Even so, both Sterling and Rashford have the ability to dribble the ball and advance on the wing.

In addition, Ling Feng's erratic movement allows him to become the second supporting point and extend the offensive to the opponent's half.

In the eighth minute of the game, Brazil kicked the ball from the backcourt to the frontcourt. Dier overpowered Neymar and headed the ball to Sterling on the right.

The happy boy took the ball and looked at Ling Feng in the middle, and found that Paulinho had come from behind Ling Feng.

Although it was very clear that Ling Feng would definitely get the ball before Paulinho.

However, after hesitating for a moment, he missed the best opportunity to pass the ball. Then he pushed with the outside of his right foot, took his signature duck step, and quickly dribbled the ball forward!
Seeing Ling Feng roaming to the right, he passed the ball directly and continued

After a two-pass, Sterling has already slipped into the space on the right side of Brazil!
He did not take credit for himself, but attracted the central defender Milan to come over and block him, then he made a dribbling pass to create space and swept the ball directly in front of the goal with his right foot!

Kane, who was flanking the middle, carried the Brazilian captain Thiago Silva and tried his best to get down to the ground and kick!
Unfortunately, the ball was shot too straight and hit Alisson's arms and was ruthlessly confiscated.

However, this was also the first shot on target in the game.

Five minutes later, the Three Lions made a comeback!

He found that the two Brazilian midfielders were following him closely. Ling Feng was not a stupid wooden stake who could only move in the middle.
So he began to frequently roam to the two wing lanes.

The teammates didn't feel anything at all about Ling Feng's omnipresence and had already gotten used to it.

You know, whether in Manchester United or in England, Ling Feng’s role on the field is a free man in the frontcourt!

Unlimited tactical freedom!

Unlimited firing rights!

If he wants, he can appear on any inch of grass on the court!
Little-known fact: Ling Feng is the player with the highest average running distance per game in the top five leagues for two consecutive seasons!

An astonishing 15 kilometers run per game in minutes!

He runs 3 kilometers more per game than the second player with the most running distance in the top five leagues, his teammate Kante!

And he broke the single-game running record in the Premier League and even the top five leagues!

Among these runs, there are a lot of vertical turns, lateral movements, and dribbling!
His running all over the court was like adding an extra player to his team on both offense and defense, making it twelve against eleven!

The image that best reflects the amount of running he does on the court is that as long as the players in the midfield or frontcourt get the ball, Ling Feng will definitely appear in the open space around the player with the ball to provide support!
When counterattacking, he repeatedly dribbled the ball for dozens of meters, which is also a basic operation.

You know, football is always played by running!

With Ling Feng's active running and constant lateral pulling, the two midfielders of the Brazilian team were simply unable to defend themselves.

Follow him out, and the space in the middle will become larger.
If he doesn't follow out, Ling Feng will be able to form a numerical advantage with his teammates on both sides, and thus easily tear open his own side defense line.

With Ling Feng's ghostly movement, Brazil's double defensive midfielder blockade tactics was declared broken!
The balance of victory began to slowly tilt.
When the game entered the 28th minute, the situation on the field changed dramatically!
This round was an offensive opportunity for Brazil to control the ball.

Neymar received the ball in the middle and turned around. He just passed Henderson who was rushing towards him and wanted to speed up, but Ling Feng who was returning to defense stretched out his long legs and poked the ball away from the side and back.

The ball rolled for a while and landed at the feet of center back Maguire.

The latter made a horizontal pass to Walker on the right, then immediately stepped back to create space for the pass.

Walker wanted to take the ball forward directly, but when he saw Brazil's formation retreating quickly, he was not in a hurry and passed the ball directly back to Maguire.

After looking up and observing the running positions of his teammates in front, Maguire made a long pass!

This ball was aimed at the retreating center forward Kane.

Despite the crazy interference from Thiago Silva behind him, Kane still completed the jump.

Unfortunately, due to interference, he failed to head the ball to the front. Instead, the ball hit his head and fell behind Thiago Silva!

Just as the Brazilian captain turned around and raised his hand to signal his central defender partner Miranda to take control of the ball, he was surprised to see a white figure suddenly rushed out from between the two of them!
"what?!"

"careful!"

Accompanied by the exclamations of countless Brazilian fans in the stands, the white figure rushed towards the ball at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The huge number 7 behind him undoubtedly revealed the identity of this figure:
It was the captain of the Three Lions, Ling Feng!

Thiago Silva and Miranda, who were a little slow to react, immediately tried their best to chase after him. But how could two 34-year-old central defenders be faster than the 23-year-old who had been the fastest player in the top five leagues for two consecutive seasons? !

Ling Feng took only one step forward, and with the sound of his legs roaring like a turbo-accelerated supercar, he caught up with the ball, ahead of Thiago Silva and Miranda by two or three body lengths.

At this moment, in front of him is the Brazilian backcourt that is as empty as the sea!
"Single sword!"

Ling Feng’s first touch with the ball was to make soup!

Driving the ball into the heart of Brazil, Ling Feng observed that Brazilian goalkeeper Alisson was forced to attack the penalty area line. Then he had a flash of inspiration and made a clever shot with his right foot!

The next second, the ball drew an extremely elegant arc in the air, just passed over Alisson's raised fingertips, and then fell into the empty goal behind him!

Then, the whole stadium suddenly exploded and boiled!

"GOAL!!!"

"A lob shot!"

"Perfect arc!"

"It was Nanbo Seven who broke the lead for England! Ling~~~Feng!!!"

After scoring the goal, Ling Feng seemed very calm.

When he arrived in front of the stands, he simply raised his hands and pressed them, signaling the excited fans in the stands to calm down.

Then he patted his chest and pointed to the court.

That look seemed to be saying:

Don't get excited, I'm here!
"Ladies and gentlemen, with this wonderful goal, Ling Feng scored his ninth goal in this World Cup!"

"In this way, Ling Feng only has one goal left to score ten goals in a single World Cup!"

"Please don't change the channel, we may become witnesses of another great record!"

How difficult is it to score ten goals in a single World Cup?

In the long history of the World Cup, only three players have done this!
一个是1954年的匈牙利球员柯奇士（11球），一个是1958年的法国球员方丹，（13球），还有一个就是1970年的德国球员盖德·穆勒（10球）！

In recent decades, only Ronaldo, who scored eight goals in the 2002 World Cup, has come close to this record.

The Golden Boot winners of other World Cups all scored five or six goals.

Having scored nine goals in five games, Ling Feng's goal efficiency has surpassed that of the "alien" Ronaldo of that year.

It also means that if he scores one more goal, he will become the first player to score ten or more goals in a single World Cup in more than 1970 years since Gerd Muller in !

Also the youngest one!
. . .

After England took the lead, Brazil launched a crazy counterattack.

Especially Neymar, the team's offensive core, actively retreated to receive the ball.
In this game, the offensive core of both teams is the attacking midfielder in the number ten position.

However, compared to Ling Feng, who has a strong presence, Neymar seems to be struggling.

Like Ling Feng, he does not only operate in the middle lane.

He would also switch positions with Coutinho from time to time, go to the left side, and dribble the ball to break through and advance.

However, facing the defense of Walker, the Premier League's top right-back, he really couldn't gain much advantage.

In the middle, under the double-team defense of Henderson and Dell,

Moreover, as Ling Feng repeatedly returned to defense, he was repeatedly intercepted by Ling Feng, thus giving the opportunity for counterattack to the opponent.

More importantly, after losing the ball several times, his old habit of getting carried away came back.

That means you have to pass the opponent!
In fact, as the team with the most championships, the Samba Army has full offensive talent and many superstars in the frontcourt.

But there has always been a fatal weakness.

That means there is not enough teamwork!
Under the influence of their living environment and professional ethics, many Brazilian stars lack self-discipline and appear distracted and lack concentration on the court.

And football is always a team sport.

Compared with a team where one or several players play particularly well, a team that plays well as a whole, the latter has a greater chance of winning!

What's more, this Three Lions team has a monster who always plays super well.
Although Neymar is the offensive core of this Brazilian team, all frontcourt attacks revolve around him.

However, Coutinho used to be the core organizer of Liverpool, and his playing style also requires ball possession.

However, Coutinho and Neymar lack tacit understanding on the field.

Especially after Coutinho transferred to Barcelona, ​​he lost himself.

In addition, most of Brazil's frontcourt players like to dribble individually. Whether it is Neymar, Coutinho, Jesus or William, their team passing speed and interweaving enthusiasm are not as good as those of European powerhouses.

Too much individual dribbling will often slow down the rhythm and speed of the attack, giving the opponent ample time to defend.

Unless it is the peak Ronaldo or Ronaldinho, or someone with crazy personal abilities like Kaka, who can tear through the opponent's defense by himself.

Unfortunately, the closest player to this level in this Brazilian team is only Neymar.

From the current point of view, he doesn't seem to be able to perform well under England's double-team defense.

On the other hand, in England, Ling Feng is definitely the number one!
When attacking, he has absolute control!

Among the four players in the frontcourt, Kane is a very team-oriented player, and Rashford has been accustomed to cooperating with Ling Feng in the club.

The only one who was not so sociable was the "happy boy" Sterling, who wasted opportunities madly in the group stage.

However, under the "pressure" from the head coach and teammates, he also put away his desire for personal performance and served the team.

Under the command of Ling Feng, the "God" with a panoramic view of the entire stadium, the Three Lions' overall offense is more efficient and more lethal.

It’s time to run, pass, and shoot!
Offense and defense in football complement each other.

When the offense suppresses the opponent, the pressure on the defense will naturally decrease.

Of course, the reason why superstars are called superstars is because they have the ability to change the situation of the battle in an instant!
The only player in the Brazilian team who possesses such ability is undoubtedly Neymar!
When the game was in the 36th minute, Neymar's footwork was brilliant. He broke through in the middle and after a wall pass with Coutinho in the flank space, he rushed to the front left of the penalty area, causing Dale to foul and winning a free kick opportunity for the team.

Neymar took advantage of this free kick about 25 meters away from the goal and used a very tricky arc ball to directly break through Pickford's defense!
(End of this chapter)