Football: The strongest post-zero generation

“aoaoaooaoooooo——"

Accompanied by the huge chant resounding from the Kazan Arena, Serbian referee Mažić led the players from both sides of the game into the stadium through the players' tunnel, and the frenzied atmosphere of the whole stadium was raised to the extreme, giving people a sense of being in a crater.

"The quarter-finals of the World Cup between England and Brazil are about to begin, the two teams have met four times in the World Cup in the past, three times in the quarter-finals, and the result was a victory for Brazil, so the fifth meeting, will the situation change?"

He Wei, the commentator of Celestial Empire 5, raised his voice an octave in a frenzied atmosphere, and at this moment he was an ordinary fan waiting for the start of the World Cup match.

As today's day is more special, it is FIFA's Anti-Discrimination Day, the two sides of the game salute first and then soldiers, and after the handshake session, they came to the official logo of FIFA to take a group photo, saying NO to racial discrimination!

At this time, the fans of the Kazan Arena clapped their palms vigorously, and thunderous applause resounded throughout the stadium, and the fans also supported the officials in this way.

There should be no discrimination in race!

After about a minute, the stadium lowered the volume, and the atmosphere in the stadium was at its lowest level since it was full, not that the fans were tired, but that they were ready to wait until the game started.

While the captains of both sides of the game, Harry Kane and Miranda, guessed the ball from referee Mažić, the broadcaster gave the starting line-ups, substitutes and yellow cards of both sides of the game.

England's starting line-up continued with the previous 343, goalkeeper Jordan Pickford, three centre-backs Kyle Walker, John Stones and Harry Maguire, midfielders Ashley Young, Jordan Henderson, Dier and Trent Alexander-Arnold, and forwards Raheem Sterling, Harry Kane and Li Qing.

Brazil started in a formation of 433, goalkeeper Alisson, defenders Marcelo, Miranda, Thiago Silva and Fagner, three birdies in midfield, Paulinho, Fernandinho and Coutinho, and forwards Willian, Firmino and Neymar.

The players were preparing for the game on the field, and England manager Gareth Southgate and Brazil coach Tite were both standing in the coaching area with solemn faces, obviously worried about the next game.

Although Southgate has a lot of confidence in Li Qing, he ...... The future race has not happened yet, everything is possible.

Don't be afraid of 10,000, just in case.

"Beep~"

Mažić saw the time, and as soon as he arrived in Russia, it was nine o'clock in the evening, and he used all his strength to blow the whistle in his mouth.

"Celestial Vision, Celestial Television, the match that is being broadcast for you now is the live broadcast of the second 1/4 match of the 2018 World Cup in Russia between Brazil and England, the Brazil team in the yellow shirt and blue pants is attacking from the left side of the broadcast screen to the right side, and the England team in the red shirt and red pants are attacking from the right side of the broadcast screen to the left side......"

Celestial Channel 5 commentator He Wei gave his trademark opening remarks, and the strange thing was that Firmino kicked the ball directly to central defender Miranda and then no English player grabbed it, giving people a feeling of slow reaction and half a beat.

Miranda, who received the ball, was visibly stunned, and all the maneuvers he had thought of before the game became useless at this time, and the English players who then ran across the halfway line made people feel like they, slow, as if they were not ready.

“aooaoaooaoooooooo——"

Despite this, the huge shouts of the fans in the audience quickly swept through the stadium, and the huge wave of noise was wave after wave.

Brazil captain Miranda waited for several days to see the England players come forward to defend, so he had to hand it to Marcelo on the left sideways, and the overall formation of the team dispersed, and the 433 formation was very obvious through the long shot of the broadcast screen.

The positioning of England players is different from the official formation, to be precise, England's attacking formation and defensive formation are different.

The attack is indeed 343, the defense is 5221, the two wing-backs Ashley Young and Alexander-Arnold are reverted to the back position, Henderson and Dier partner in the back two, Sterling and Harry Kane do the defensive work in front of him, and Li Qing, who has a super high goal efficiency, is at the front, bringing the most direct pressure to Brazilian central defenders Thiago Silva and Miranda.

The die-hard fans on both sides of the crowd were very nervous, fearing that their goal would be penetrated at some point, so they had to shout loudly to distract them.

As a result, countless fans sitting in front of the TV could feel the frenzied atmosphere of the Kazan Arena through the loudspeakers.

The Brazilian players who have the advantage of the tee are more careful in attack, and Neymar, who has always liked to show off his skills at his feet, is very well-behaved this time, and does not use fancy and dribble moves with the intention of humiliating the opposing defenders, he is more involved in the defensive positions of the England players through passes.

However, due to the lack of a top metronome player in the Brazilian midfield, the pace of the game was not easy to control, and after a dozen passes, Marcelo finally completed the cross from the left, Firmino could not jump at all under Maguire's pressure, and the ball was pushed out by Stones and flew towards the area controlled by Henderson.

England switched from defense to attack, Fernandinho quickly turned around and pounced on Li Qing, Neymar, Willian and Coutinho surrounded at the same time, not giving Henderson the ball and turning.

Henderson neither stopped the ball nor passed it back to his team-mates, kicking the falling ball backwards in front of his own goal, of course, blindly handling the ball and playing in the tactical direction set out by manager Gareth Southgate before the game.

The broadcast screen quickly changed as the football flew over, and the fans sitting in front of the TV saw Li Qing running to the football landing point at the same time with Fernandinho and Thiago Silva.

"Li Qing—"

He Wei, the commentator of Celestial Empire 5, saw Li Qing appear in the broadcast screen of Ao, and his voice suddenly rose an octave, only to see Fernandinho very decisively drag Li Qing to stop in place.

Referee Mažić blew the whistle and only awarded England a free-kick at the back, with no yellow card or header warning that England manager Gareth Southgate would have wanted.

In this regard, England captain Harry Kane was very dissatisfied and complained to Majic that Fernandinho did not foul Li Qing and had a chance to get the football.

Shrugging his shoulders, Mažić explained that even if Fernandinho didn't foul, it would be difficult for Li Qing to get the football because Thiago Silva was well positioned and closer to the football.

Li Qing covered his mouth coldly and said, "Mr. Cai Pan, you may not believe it, they can't stop me at all when I run." "

“......"

The corners of Ma Riqi's mouth twitched slightly, rolled his eyes, and said in his heart - Am I shameless?

So he didn't talk to Harry Kane and Li Qing again, turned around and ran straight to the front.

Li Qing: "......"

Harry Kane: "......"

Fernandinho is a player with a lot of experience in the game, and he has tested from the foul just now that the referee Mažić's blowing scale is relatively lenient, that is...... The next game can make up for the lack of defense with fouls!

Brazil coach Tite had a satisfied smile on his face, he was more worried before the game that the referee would be more strict, and the defense would not be easy to do at that time, but now it is good......

Southgate's brow furrowed, and he had a vague feeling that the game was going to be more difficult than he had imagined. _

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