After a 15-minute rest, the two sides changed sides and fought again in the second half.
Of course, England was not willing to lose in the semi-finals, especially when their opponent was Argentina, whom they hated the most.
Therefore, Argentina replaced Henderson with Rashford, replaced Walker with Vardy, and changed into a 334 attack formation. Moreover, left back Ashley Young is also a defensive back with a knife, which can be called 244.
The English are going to have to fight hard.
The lineup of up to eight offensive players improved England's offensive power a lot in the second half. As for Argentina, Messi, Di Maria, and Aguero can only make a limited contribution to the defense and can only provide general interference.
Fortunately, Argentina has Velarde in the backcourt.
His strong awareness, speed, physique, physical fitness, jumping, heading, defensive skills, etc. are all strong support for Argentina's backcourt.
In the 51st minute, Lingard broke through Mascherano and faced Salvio's interception, preparing to pass the ball across to Rashford, but Willard saw his intention in advance and intercepted it first.
In the 57th minute, Vardy hit the wall with Sterling on the left and then entered the penalty area and volleyed into the far corner. Goalkeeper Caballero standing at the near end of the goal had already surrendered, but Willard hit the horse in the back. He arrived and kicked the ball out of the penalty area with a rescue kick in front of the goal line.
In the 62nd minute, Harry Kane's volley from the penalty area was saved by the goalkeeper, and England got a corner kick. It was Willard again, who grabbed the first point in the corner kick and headed the ball out of the penalty area to clear the ball.
The powerful attacking lineup allowed England to attack wave after wave, but because of the presence of Willard, the thunder was loud and the rain was small, and they were never able to score a goal.
Argentina, on the other hand, is constantly looking for opportunities to counterattack. After all, England's formation is too high and there are too many gaps in the backcourt. How can we not take advantage of their counterattack?
Finally, when the time came to the 64th minute, Argentina got an excellent chance to counterattack. Originally there were only three defenders, but Ashley Young also penetrated outside the Argentina penalty area to participate in the attack. As a result, there was no shot and the ball was lost.
After seeing his teammates steal the ball successfully, Willard immediately used his superb awareness and speed to get rid of the English players around him and ran out of the gap. The defender Otamendi who took the ball also immediately passed the ball over.
Willard received the ball, turned around, smashed the ball away from Vardy who was counterattacking, and then passed a long pass straight into the England half.
Aguero rushed past defender Maguire like the wind, and was about to form a single shot to counter offside.
Although Aguero is not as tall as Maguire, he is not slow. Maguire, who turned slightly slowly, saw that he could not overtake Aguero and get the ball first, so he pushed Aguero from behind in desperation.
Aguero fell in response, the referee's whistle sounded, and Argentina won another free kick opportunity about 32 meters away from the goal.
This ball is a little far away, and Velarde's scoring rate from this distance is not ridiculously high. But for Argentina, this is still a pretty good scoring opportunity.
Because they have Willard.
The quality of Willard's free kick this time was also quite high, with a powerful kick that hit the goal with a speed of over 100 kilometers per hour.
Although the distance was a bit far, the ball was extremely fast and headed straight for the blind corner. Goalkeeper Pickford tried his best to save, but still missed the ball by a hair, and finally watched the ball go into the net.
"Oh, the ball is in!"
"hat trick!!!"
"Villade once again scored from a direct free kick, scoring a hat-trick and helping Argentina secure a 3-0 victory."
"With this score, with Argentina having Velarde, it is almost impossible for England to come back and come back."
"Let us congratulate Argentina and Velarde, they are about to reach the final of this World Cup."
"In the last World Cup, Argentina reached the final, but lost to Germany and Mario Gotze's overtime winner."
"But this time, Argentina not only has Messi, but also Velarde. If we reach the finals of two consecutive World Cups, we won't lose two consecutive World Cups, right?"
"Messi, who has already reached the pinnacle of personal honors, can become the king if he wins this World Cup. And although Velarde is still a little more junior and has accumulated fewer honors, with his strength, as time goes by As time goes by, there is basically no problem in becoming the world champion."
"Especially now, with this hat trick, Willard has raised his goals in this World Cup to 14, surpassing Fontaine and setting a world record for goals in a single World Cup."
"With such strength and such collective honor, it is only a matter of time before Willard becomes king."
Velarde and his teammates who scored the goal celebrated wildly, celebrating that they were about to win, about to enter the World Cup finals, and once again have the qualifications to compete for the championship.
After the score became like this, the English knew that they had lost. Not to mention that Argentina has Messi, Velarde, Di Maria, Aguero and other counterattack players. Even if they don't, even if it is another team, it will be very difficult for England to score three goals in a row.
Of course, the game is not over yet. Regardless of whether we can make a comeback in the end, we always have to work hard. What's more, the opponent is Argentina, and England can't surrender early before the game is over. Even if you lose, you must lose with ambition.
However, although England were still attacking on the surface, the 3-0 score did deal a huge blow to their confidence. In the remaining time, although England's attack continued, the threat was no longer what it was before.
In particular, Sterling, Lingard, and Rashford no longer pay attention to teamwork. They rush hard after getting the ball. They seem to want to rely on their personal ability to perform miracles, become national heroes, and even directly face the United Kingdom. They all dared to break through Ladd's attack.
Of course, the final result was that the ball was intercepted by Willard.
It can be said that England at this time has become a mess, without much technical and tactical level.
England naturally did not pose much of a threat to Argentina. Instead, Argentina scored again in the 76th minute.
This time it was Di Maria who scored.
Argentina leads England 4-0, a score that can make all English people despair. Not only did they fail to avenge their humiliation against Argentina in the World Cup, but they even posted a larger point difference, forming a new humiliation.
Finally, after three minutes of stoppage time, the referee blew the whistle to end the game. Argentina defeated its archrival England 4-0 in the semi-finals and advanced to the finals of this World Cup. They will compete with France for this World Cup. champion.
After the game, the Argentinian celebrated and interacted with the fans as if he had won the championship. The Englishman, on the other hand, left the field in despair. However, they cannot go home yet and have to compete with Belgium for third place.
