Chapter 541 There is only one Beckham!!

Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany.

The opening match of the World Cup has been going on for more than ten minutes, and the score on the scoreboard is still 0:0, with neither team scoring a goal.

England took the advantage in the opening stages. Under the guidance of McLaren's tactical thinking, they put 80% of their energy into attacking. This situation even made the England fans in the audience feel unreal.

Is this the England team?

Is it really the England team that relies mainly on physical confrontation?

The attacking England team on the field now is nothing like the previous team that relied on physical confrontation and was good at defensive counterattacks. The players on the field, especially the midfielders, cooperated very smoothly. This wonderful performance made the fans overwhelmed.

Even English fans felt like they were in a dream at this scene.

In fact, this may seem incredible, but it is actually easy to understand.

Now this England team can really be said to be the New England team. Although there are only a few young players who have been replaced, Wang Li alone in the midfield has changed the England team's midfield playing style a lot.

There is no doubt about it.

The four midfielders Lampard, Beckham and Joe Cole are all Wang Li's former and current teammates. When Wang Li was on the court, Lampard and Joe Cole unconsciously began to use the playing style they used at Chelsea last season. Their running positions completely revolved around Wang Li.

Beckham is Wang Li's current teammate. They have been working together for a whole season and they have a very good understanding of each other.

It seems that the offense of this England team even resembles that of the Spanish team, but in fact, all the passes and attacks revolve around Wang Li, and Wang Li hardly makes mistakes. It is in this way that the team's offense appears so smooth.

In the smooth attack, Paraguay's defense suffered unprecedented challenges.

Before the game, Paraguay's head coach Anibal Ruiz emphasized that England's attack was sharp, but most Paraguayan players did not take it seriously.

In the teams of various countries in the world, the inheritance of a team's style is very serious. In their opinion, even if the England team completes a major change, its offensive ability cannot exceed that of teams like Brazil and Argentina. In the South American qualifiers, they were able to let go and fight hard against Brazil and Argentina, so what would they be afraid of when facing England?

But now, they have experienced England's offensive frenzy.

As the game progressed, Paraguay's situation became more and more critical. When all the English players entered the game state, Paraguay's defense line seemed likely to be breached at any time.

Another England attack.

This time it was Lampard who organized the attack. He dribbled the ball slowly in the middle, passed a Paraguayan midfielder, and then made a pass with David Beckham on the wing. He made a precise through pass to Wang Li on the right side of the penalty area.

During this period, Wang Li has been moving around near the penalty area. His purpose is to find opportunities for himself and to attract the attention of a large number of opposing defensive players. On the right side of the penalty area, he is the most threatening and can provide the greatest help to the team's offense.

Seeing Wang Li get the ball, two Paraguayan players immediately pressed forward.

They followed the coach's instructions and must not let the black-haired boy from England shoot at will. Although they didn't understand what threat such a long distance could pose to the goal, it didn't stop them from coming to defend Wang Li.

When Wang Li saw this scene, the corner of his mouth curled up.

Although Paraguay seemed to attach great importance to his defense, they are actually a South American team after all. There is obviously a gap between the degree of "importance" they understand and the cognition of European clubs. In other words, Paraguay still underestimated Wang Li, and they did not carry out endless and tight defense against him.

For example, now there are only two Paraguayan players coming to press.

Can two defenders from the South American professional league have any impact on the black-haired boy from England? The answer is obviously no. Seeing this scene, the English fans in the audience were all very disdainful. They were not worried at all that the black-haired boy on the field would lose the ball. Instead, they thought it was a good opportunity.

All the fans focused their eyes on the court, they felt that an exciting scene was about to happen.

Their guess was correct.

Facing the defense of two players, Wang Li gently used his toes to move the ball forward. Just when the two Paraguayan players thought he had made a mistake, he used his right foot to touch the top of the football to fix the ball. Then he jumped up, made a 360-degree turn on the ball, and gently brought the ball down with his left foot at the moment of landing. In this way, he forced his way through the two Paraguayan players.

Marseille slalom!!

Many fans in the audience remembered the whole word, but they shook their heads silently, because the action of the black-haired boy on the field just now, although very similar to the Marseille turn, was obviously more difficult than the Marseille turn. After all, he was passing between two players and had not been blocked.

This is really incredible.

In fact, when Wang Li took the penalty kick with his right foot, he used the body movements of Lingbo Weibu, which allowed him to pass between two players without being blocked. After passing the two players, he simply used his skills to pull the ball.

It sounds simple, but all the fans in the stadium found it incredible, and then there was crazy applause from the audience, and they all cheered for such a dramatic performance.

"Nice pass!" many commentators said at the same time.

The game on the field did not stop. Wang Li was still dribbling the ball. He rushed into the penalty area from the right. After meeting a Paraguayan defender, he turned around to protect the ball. Then he glanced at the opponent's goalkeeper's position. Before anyone could react, he turned his back to the goal and lightly kicked the football - the football flew over his and the Paraguayan player's heads and went towards the goal!

Surprise attack!!

No one expected that the black-haired boy on the field would shoot so suddenly. This was a real cold shot. Although it was just a lob shot, it was a very casual shot that no one could react to, including the opponent's goalkeeper Villar.

However, Paraguay was lucky as the ball hit the head of defender Menzur and flew over the crossbar, and they escaped.

There was a huge sigh from the audience. Whether they were England fans or not, they all felt sorry that the ball could not be scored.

As the game progressed, England's attack became more and more smooth.

Judging from the previous few attacks, Paraguay has no way to deal with England's attack, especially Wang Li's. It is only a matter of time before England scores a goal. The commentators from TV stations in various countries all think so, and the players watching the game also feel that Paraguay has no hope.

French Sports TV - "Paraguay's defense can't limit Allen Wang's performance at all. This game doesn't seem to have much suspense. The gap between the two teams is too big. As a second-tier team, Paraguay played like this, which is really surprising."

"We can see that England's performance is really good. I hope France doesn't meet them in the knockout round, otherwise it will definitely be a tough battle."

Whether it is a tough battle or not is that the French team's business, but now Paraguay head coach Aníbal Ruiz looks helpless.

Before setting off for the World Cup, Aníbal Ruiz set the goal for the team to draw with England and defeat the other two teams, so that Paraguay could easily qualify from the group stage.

He didn't force it, he just wanted to draw the game. Faced with such a start, as long as they could draw with England, Paraguay's situation would be very good.

But looking at the current situation, it is too difficult to tie the score. The most important thing is that Paraguay must defend the goal. If England scores a goal, it will be too difficult for them to catch up. Not to mention that Santa Cruz has been standing in the front court doing nothing for nearly ten minutes. The Bayern Munich striker has no chance at all because the ball cannot be passed in Paraguay's half.

As the game progressed, the gap between the two teams became wider and wider.

“This is not a level contest at all.”

During the break in the game, Zhang Jianxiang, a special guest of the Oriental Ancient Country Court TV station, commented: "Paraguay is no match for England. From the statistics of the game so far, England has a possession rate of 81%, 5 shots, and 3 shots hit the goal frame."

"Paraguay was the complete opposite. Their possession rate was only 19 percent and they had zero shots. The gap was too obvious. I think if there was any suspense in the game, it would only be if Wang Li didn't bring his shooting boots today."

But it's not just the media in ancient Eastern countries, almost all media in the world think so.

Perhaps they were right, it was too difficult for Paraguay to beat England, but no one expected that the first goal would be scored by Paraguay - to be precise, the goal was scored by the Paraguayan defender, and it was England that cheered because it was an own goal.

During an England siege of Paraguay's penalty area, Wang Li stood in the penalty area and attracted the attention of many Paraguayan defensive players. Then Beckham made a long pass to the penalty area. In the chaos, Wang Li did not notice where the ball hit. After that, the referee blew the whistle to indicate that the goal was valid.

The English team was confused. They were ahead but didn't know how. From the replay on the big screen in the stadium, everyone knew the reason: the goal was scored by Paraguayan midfielder Dos Santos.

In the chaos, Wang Li wanted to use the Light Steps to grab the ball, but the penalty area was too chaotic. In such a crowded situation, even if he wanted to use the Light Steps to find the best gap to receive the ball, it would take more than 1 or 2 seconds.

So he didn't catch the ball, but because of his interference, the Paraguayan players didn't know where the ball flew, and the football hit Dos Santos' shoulder directly and bounced into the goal.

England unexpectedly took the lead.

"Now, the score on the field has changed dramatically. England is leading 1:0. It seems that England is not only suppressing Paraguay in terms of strength, but also has very good luck."

Regardless of luck or strength, although the goal just now was scored by a Paraguayan player, it is still considered an England goal. What is important is not the process, but the result.

If we talk about the process, the biggest contributor to this goal must be England captain David Beckham!

The pass to the penalty area just now was so accurate. Although it was a little incredible that the pass turned into a goal, it is undeniable that the quality of this pass was very high. It is worth mentioning that up to now in the game, among the 22 players on the field, except Wang Li, Beckham has performed the best.

So far, Beckham has kicked four precise curve balls, two of which turned into shots and one turned into a goal. Such efficiency is really too high. This is not because of the strong strength of the striker, but more importantly, the quality of Beckham's curve balls is really too high.

For example, this time, England launched an attack from the right.

Several people in the middle were running forward following the rhythm of the players. The same was true for Wang Li. He ran forward in the middle of the penalty area, while scanning the right side, ready to receive the ball at any time.

On the right, Lampard and Beckham cooperated several times and finally brought the ball to the right side of the penalty area. Then Lampard passed the ball back to Beckham.

After Beckham received the ball, a Paraguayan player immediately ran towards him, but Beckham did not pass the ball in a hurry. Instead, he moved the ball forward and glanced in the direction of the penalty area. Then, just when the player was about to steal the ball, he swung his right foot and kicked the bottom of the football directly.

What is a real arc!?

Lampard can't do it, Joe Cole can't do it, even Wang Li now has to admit defeat after seeing this pass!!

The football drew an arc, passed the Paraguayan player in front of Beckham, and then drew another big arc, and rushed directly to the top of Michael Owen's head.

All the English golden boy had to do was to lightly tap the ball with his head - and it would go through the goal.

It seems that Irving is not in good shape today. This is the second time he has wasted an opportunity.

However, this could not cover up Beckham's brilliance - "David!! David~~~~~~~ Beckham!! He is a true genius. At the Allianz Arena in Munich, we saw his curve ball again. It was so beautiful. This time the pass fell directly on Owen's head. It was so accurate. However, the golden boy's shot was also very good."

Looking at this pass, Wang Li couldn't help but give Beckham a thumbs up.

Originally, Wang Li felt that he had surpassed Beckham in all aspects. The so-called "Beckham's free kick", which Beckham was good at, was not as efficient as his free kick, so he only had respect and friendship for Beckham, but did not feel how strong Beckham was.

But now, he knows that he is not as good as Beckham in one aspect, that is, accurate long passes in the air.

It should be said that the two are not comparable at all in this regard. Beckham's famous skills should not be underestimated. Such a precise arc long pass, probably only Beckham in the world can kick it.

Just as the fans were still marveling at Beckham's curve ball, England's next wave of attack began.

Perhaps the last attack gave several English star players the confidence to attack. After launching the attack, Wang Li ran around in the penalty area at any time to attract the attention of the defensive players, while Rooney, Owen and Joe Cole kept changing positions with the rhythm on the right, looking for opportunities to receive the ball.

As the game progressed, the Paraguayan defenders finally realized that the black-haired boy from the England team was really the biggest threat. In fact, he alone was even more threatening than two England players.

This is because Wang Li has not yet launched a powerful long shot. Just dribbling makes these Paraguayan players feel very difficult to defend.

However, this will obviously increase the opportunities for other England players.

Rooney and Owen were each marked by a Paraguayan player, and when Joe Cole cut in from the left, there was not even a player to defend him.

Paraguay missed someone!

It was just a small gap, and all the spectators in the stadium saw it, but most people didn't take it seriously. After all, there are always opportunities, but most of them are difficult to convert into scoring opportunities. This is the huge difference.

But this time, Beckham, who had just dribbled the ball across the center line, saw this scene.

After reacting, he moved the ball forward and, under the surprised gaze of Paraguayan midfielder Dos Santos, kicked the ball directly at the bottom of the ball. The ball spun in the air, drew a curved arc, bypassed the penalty area and rushed to the left.

Joe Cole stretched out his foot and easily took the ball off while running, then raised his right foot and shot with great force! !

The opponent's goalkeeper Villar subconsciously blocked the ball, but the ball had already flown into the net from his legs. The whole audience was in silence. Two seconds later - "goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooal!!!!!!"

"David~~~~~~Beckham~!~~~!!"

"Oh my god, this pass was at least 60 meters away, a wonderful long arc pass!! Beckham!! It's Beckham again!! England's captain performed so well in the game, he seemed to have found his form two years ago, his performance was definitely the best in the world!!"

"I'm so excited!! The Bayesian curveball is as good as its reputation!!"

"At this moment, I just want to say to the whole world, yes, there is only one Beckham in the whole world!! Only one!!"

“Beckham~~~~~~~~~~~!!!!!!”

Seeing this goal, the English fans in the audience were all extremely excited. They seemed to see the Beckham who had performed outstandingly at Old Trafford five years ago. He was the pride of the whole of England!

Now, has their Beckham found his former form? Is he back to his peak?

At this time, Joe Cole, the goal scorer, had a sad face. He had been forgotten by everyone.

(To be continued)