Of course, Joe Hart can't really be blamed for this goal.
This kind of ball has excellent speed and angle, and also carries a falling world wave, making it almost impossible to catch it.
Not to mention Joe Hart, even top goalkeepers such as Buffon, Neuer, and Casey would not be able to save this shot.
It can only be said that Hart still used the debuff effect of his own talent [World Wave Background Board].
Ordinary goals cannot enter his goal, and often only unexpected world waves can penetrate his fingers.
Besides, which goalkeeper has not been targeted in the world wave? It’s just that Hart has been targeted more often.
Looking at Joe Hart who looked numb, Ling Feng had no choice but to hold back his inner smile and came to Hart:
"Qiao, it's okay! It's not your fault, you've done a good enough job!"
At this time, as the captain of the team, Gerrard also clapped, raised his arms, and encouraged his absent-minded teammates:
"Guys, cheer up! The score is just equalized, we just need to score one more!"
He has been in desperate situations where he was beaten three times, but now it was just an equalizer or something.
Football is actually very simple. As long as you score one more goal than your opponent, you can win the game!
With Ronaldo's shocking world wave, Colombia equalized the score in the 53rd minute of the second half.
The two sides are back on the same starting line again.
However, after equalizing the score, Colombia's morale soared, and every player seemed to be on fire to pursue the victory.
It seems that the England players have not yet reacted due to the impact of this world wave, and they are not very focused.
As Colombia pressed wildly in the frontcourt, Jagielka made a long pass in panic, but passed the ball to his opponent, easily giving up the ball.
Colombia, which once again gained possession of the ball, continued to launch a fierce offensive.
Seeing signs of losing control in the backcourt, Ling Feng quickly called on the two wingers to retreat to the midfield, changing the formation to 451, trying to withstand Colombia's onslaught as much as possible.
However, the house leaked and it rained all night.
In the 62nd minute of the game, England suffered another blow!
Rooney, who opened the scoring for the team in this game, accidentally strained his thigh while pressing the Colombian defender in the frontcourt.
Although he persisted on the field for a few minutes, he still sat down on the turf without confrontation.
After the referee stopped the game, Ling Feng came to Rooney immediately and said with concern:
"Wayne, are you okay?"
The latter just shook his head, touched the back of his left thigh, and replied helplessly:
"It must be a strain."
After that, he clenched his fist fiercely, smashed it on the grass, and cursed very unwillingly:
"What the hell!"
The team doctor entered the field with a medical bag, examined him carefully, and made a diagnosis of a minor thigh muscle strain.
The thigh was slightly strained. Although it was not a major injury, it would only take a week or two to recover quickly.
However, we definitely cannot continue to compete.
Seeing the team doctor making a substitution gesture, the anxious Hodgson had to turn around and discuss with his assistant.
"Who shall we replace?"
There are three forwards on the bench.
Welbeck, Lambert, Vardy.
At this critical moment of bayonet fighting, who should be sent on the battlefield?
Welbeck?
In the group stage match against Sweden in the European Cup, he scored the winner with a scorpion tail.
Lambert?
Send him up, and then let the two wingers pass the ball directly for a header bomb?
Or is it Vardy, who is a club teammate with Ling Feng and has a good understanding?
After thinking for a few seconds, he decided to put his treasure on Vardy!
In his opinion, Colombia's center back partner turns slowly and can use Vardy's impact to hit behind the defender.
Moreover, Vardy's pressing enthusiasm and aggressiveness are stronger than the other two.
The most important thing is that he and Ling Feng are club teammates and have a better understanding.
In the first round against Italy, it was Ling Feng's volley that allowed Vardy to score the equalizer and gain a valuable point.
Without that point, they might not be able to qualify!
After the discussion, assistant coach Livington waved to Vardy, who was warming up on the sidelines:
"Jamie, change your clothes and come on!"
Upon hearing this, Vardy's eyes lit up and he immediately responded:
"Yes, coach!"
He quickly ran back to the bench, took off his vest, put on his No. 21 jersey, and came to the sidelines.
Seeing the fourth official on the sidelines holding up the substitution card, Rooney came to Ling Feng and hugged him.
"Next, it's up to you."
Ling Feng didn't speak, but nodded firmly.
Amid warm applause, Rooney slowly walked to the sidelines and high-fived Vardy, who trotted into the field!
"England was forced to make substitution adjustments, replacing No. 10 Wayne Rooney and replacing him with No. 21 Jamie Vardy!"
"The 27-year-old Vardy has had a perfect season this season. Not only did he help Leicester City win the Championship and FA Cup, he also won the Championship gold with a record-breaking number of goals. boots"
"In the first round against Italy, it was he who helped the Three Lions equalize the score and gain a valuable point."
"Hodgson chose to play him because he obviously liked his impact and aggressiveness in the frontcourt."
As they ran past Ling Feng, the two high-fived.
Vardy, who came to the front of the formation, took a deep breath, but he couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart.
In the crucial knockout round of the World Cup, when the team's main forward was injured and the team was overwhelmed by opponents, the head coach chose to trust himself and put himself on the field.
This may be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!
He couldn't help but secretly make up his mind to perform well and shine his own light as much as possible on this great stage!
However, after Vardy came on, he had no chance to touch the ball at all.
Because, in the next ten minutes, Colombia still controlled the ball and kept suppressing England in the half.
Even so, he still resolutely carried out the instructions of the head coach, constantly running in the frontcourt, constantly pressing the players with the ball, and becoming the first line of defense for England's entire defensive formation!
Seeing this, Ling Feng also took the initiative to step forward and join Vardy in the pressure.
England's overall formation also changed from 451 to 442.
As the Leicester City twins exerted physical pressure in the frontcourt, Colombia's two midfielders did not dare to hold the ball for too long and released the ball as quickly as possible, resulting in many passing errors.
As a result, England's defensive pressure in the midfield and backfield has also been relieved.
Since Ronaldo was heavily guarded in the frontcourt, and both defensive midfielders were restrained by Ling Feng and Vardy, Colombia could only use the full-backs to pass the ball directly to the feet of the two wingers, placing their hopes on Cuadrado. And Martinez’s ability to tear open defenses.
However, under England's eight-man zone defense tactics in the midfield and backfield, Colombia's two wingers had to face two to three assisting defenses every time they got the ball, and there was not much space or opportunity for breakthroughs.
After a few attempts, the winger could only pass the ball back to the center and continue looking for space.
In this way, the game reached a stalemate.
Although Colombia held England back in the half, they were never able to create a good opportunity and could only continue to patiently control the ball.
England also gave away the ball and quietly waited for the opportunity to counterattack.
Until the 73rd minute of the game, Cuadrado tried to break through on the right, and then forced a pass, but it hit the foot of left back Bynes and bounced off the baseline.
Colombia received a valuable corner kick opportunity on the right side of the frontcourt.
When the situation cannot be opened in sports battles, set kicks are one of the ways to break the situation.
As a result, Colombia's two central defenders came to the penalty area from the backcourt, preparing to compete for the header.
Only two full-backs are left in the backcourt to prevent opponents from counterattacking.
Seeing this, Ling Feng, who returned to the top of the penalty area, couldn't help shouting Vardy's name:
"Jamie!"
Looking around, Vardy saw Ling Feng raise an eyebrow at him.
The tacit understanding established in each game made him immediately understand Ling Feng's intention and nodded.
Ronaldo took the penalty and hoisted the ball directly into the penalty area.
Colombian captain Yepez jumped up and, under the interference of Cahill beside him, hit the ball.
Only a "duang" sound was heard, the ball hit the crossbar of the goal and bounced out.
In an instant, there was chaos in the penalty area.
In the end, Gerrard returned to the front of the penalty area and kicked the ball to the left immediately.
And the moment Gerald made the rescue, Ling Feng had already started running forward.
Based on his judgment of the landing point of the high-altitude ball, he immediately sprinted towards the ball rolling to the left sideline with all his strength!
Seeing this, Colombian right back Zuniga, who stayed in the backcourt, also realized the seriousness of the problem.
Once Ling Feng gets this ball, the consequences will be disastrous!
His feet were faster than his thoughts, and he accelerated towards the ball without hesitation.
However, Ling Feng was faster in the short distance sprint!
Before the ball was about to slip out of the sideline, he stretched out his long legs to retrieve it and saved the ball.
However, Zuniga also killed himself in front of him.
Facing Suniga, who was blocking his passing route, Ling Feng directly pushed the ball out with his instep, followed by a soup!
"So fast!"
Seeing that Ling Feng was about to make soup next to him, Suniga had no time to hesitate and put the shovel directly from the side and behind.
His idea is simple:
For the victory of the team and for my country, even if the ball passes, you can't!
In this flash of lightning, just when Ling Feng was about to make a dodge, a system prompt suddenly sounded in his mind:
【Ding! 】
[Malicious shoveling action detected, the counter-injury card is triggered! 】
The next second, just as Suniga hit Ling Feng's ankle with a scissor shovel, a shrill scream suddenly sounded!
"ah!"
However, this scream did not come from the mouth of Ling Feng who was shoveled, but from the mouth of Suniga who released the shovel!
Ling Feng only stumbled a moment, then directly kicked forward and sent a through ball.
After Zuniga was shoveled, he curled up on the ground like a cooked prawn, clutching his right leg and ankle, with a look of pain on his face.
Witnessing the close contact between the two, the referee did not blow the whistle, but raised his hands forward to indicate that the offense was favorable.
Ling Feng sent a through ball at the end, accurately finding Vardy who successfully countered offside.
The latter gets a super single-handed opportunity.
Facing the attacking goalkeeper, Vardy did not live up to the trust of his coach and teammates and directly took a low shot.
The ball flew past Ospina's left armpit and went straight into the lower left corner of the goal behind him!
Suddenly, the stadium erupted into amazing cheers again!
"oh!"
"Nice counterattack! Nice shot!"
"It was just Jamie Vardy's first touch! He put England ahead again!"
"The score at the scene is two to one!"
Vardy, who came on as a substitute ten minutes ago, scored his second goal of this World Cup with his first touch of the ball!
This older forward who was only selected for the national team for the first time at the age of 27 and made his debut on the World Cup stage has become England's super substitute!
His goal helped the Three Lions once again take the lead in the crucial knockout round!
After the referee blew the whistle that the goal was valid, the Colombian players wearing yellow jerseys immediately swarmed in front of the referee like a swarm of swarms to protest.
In their opinion, after Ling Feng came into contact with Suniga, Suniga fell to the ground in pain, but Ling Feng was fine. Ling Feng must have committed some secret foul!
"He was on the wing just now, he must have committed a foul!"
"That's right!"
"This goal should be disallowed!"
However, the referee, who saw the entire tackle process clearly, just raised his hand to signal the Colombian players to stay away from him, and explained in a deep voice:
"I can see clearly that it was your player who tackled England's No. 15 player and injured himself!"
Finally, after the referee showed a yellow card to the emotional Zapata and Ronaldo each, the Colombian generals dispersed angrily.
"Jamie, great job!"
"I knew you could pass it on!"
"You two did so beautifully!"
Just as the Three Lions were celebrating this crucial goal, live broadcast signals from various countries around the world also began to broadcast the replay of the entire goal.
The replay begins with Gerrard clearing the ball, to Ling Feng making contact with Zuniga near the sideline, and finally to Vardy making a diagonal pass to surpass the last Colombian player and getting a single chance.
"Let's see what just happened on the wing."
Through replays, both the coaching staff of Colombia and England, as well as viewers around the world, will see clearly what happened on the wing.
In short, Zuniga tackled Ling Feng's foot from the side and behind, but did not cause any damage to the latter. Instead, he sprained his right ankle!
"oh!"
"This action is too dangerous. Fortunately, Ling was not injured."
"This is definitely a red card move!"
After watching the entire goal replay on the tablet, the Colombian coach and substitute players did not dare to complain to the fourth official.
Because this flying shovel is very dangerous and bad.
Fortunately, Ling Feng was not injured, otherwise, it would not be impossible for him to be directly eliminated.
Therefore, when Zuniga was carried off the field on a stretcher by the team doctor, the referee did not forget to give him a yellow card for his flying tackle just now.
Seeing this, Ling Feng, who had just celebrated with his teammates, had a calm expression.
But he couldn't help but laugh in his heart.
Let you shovel me!
Should!
Then, Ling Feng suddenly thought of something:
Zuniga seems to be the guy who injured Neymar in this World Cup, right?
Now that he is injured and off the field, will the incident of Neymar being injured by him not happen?
(End of chapter)
