The lens gives perspective.

Except for Joe Hart, there was no one in England's half.

Gerrard passed the ball through to Sterling who was cutting in from the wing.

In front of the opponent's right back, Sterling blocked the football with his right foot, then dunked and tried to wipe it down. In front of the tall Greek defender, Sterling passed like a loach, and he was actually a little slippery.

The feeling of tofu.

Seeing Sterling about to rush into the penalty area, Tolosidis could only pull.

Outside the penalty area, on the left side, about 23 or 24 meters away.

The fans in the stands cheered and sighed.

all of a sudden,

The players from both sides pouring into the Greek penalty area formed a thick outline in the penalty area. The five-man wall of different heights resembled rugged rocks in the mountains. They defended the area and had sharp faces. These players of the Greek team looked like Real Madrid and Bayern.

The competition is as compact and tense as the players of the two teams in the World Cup group stage.

The five players acting as a human wall pulled each other and stared at Xiao Wen.

"Free kick, England, Greece, No. 7!"

Alan Shearer smiled and looked at the guest Teddy Sheringham who was invited to the studio today, "Teddy, don't you have anything to say?"

Sheringham shook his head, "Oh, what else can I say? I was standing there, watching Beckham swing the ball, and I was thinking, God, as long as this ball is scored, then I won't touch it for half a year.

Wife!"

"Hahahaha." Xi Zhi laughed wildly, "Damn it, you haven't become a middle-aged man at that time!"

"You know, Alan. After the game against Argentina, David turned from a hero to a sinner overnight. Even when he returned to Manchester United, he became the target of rival fans' anger in the away games that entire season, and was booed every time.

He became the captain of the national team in 2000, but the fans still refused to fully forgive him until that moment."

Silingham fell into memories,

In the 2002 World Cup qualifiers, England and Germany were in the same group. Before the final round of the group stage, they and Germany had 16 points, and England ranked first with more goal difference. The rules stipulated that the first place in the group could directly advance to the World Cup, and the second place qualified.

There's going to be a play-off round.

In that game, the expected easy battle was not as expected, Greece even took the lead twice! At the 90th minute of the game, England was still trailing 1-2, and a dramatic moment occurred in the 3rd minute of stoppage time.

England got a penalty kick opportunity in the frontcourt, about 30 yards from the goal. At that time, Germany, on the other side, had been tied 0-0 by Finland at home in the last group match. In other words, England could overwhelm Germany as long as they tied the score.

Qualify directly as the group leader!

It was the last minute of stoppage time, and the free kick was the last chance to equalize the game.

That bald Beckham, he seized this last opportunity and used his signature golden arc of his right foot after the run-up. The ball slid out of a beautiful arc and flew straight to the upper left corner of the Greek goal. The goalkeeper watched the ball enter the net without any reaction, 2-2! Beckham

The foot sends England to the World Cup in Korea and Japan!

"Compared with Xiao's free kicks and Beckham's, who do you think is better?" Alan Shearer asked.

"Both players are very powerful. To be honest, in people's minds, the more free kicks Beckham takes, the more powerful he is. But in fact, maybe this is because Beckham's career is longer than Xiao Wen's.

"The reason. I have watched almost all Dortmund Champions League games." Sheringham looked serious, "What shocked me a little is that in these crazy games, Dortmund obviously relied heavily on Xiao Wen's set kicks, although every team

They were all on guard, but he still maintained an excellent condition. Unbelievable, not to mention Casillas and Neuer, Courtois was also the best goalkeeper in La Liga last season! It was all his fault

Down with the dead souls!"

Their eyes fell on Xiao Wen's back in the long shot. Both Sheringham and Alan Shearer narrowed their eyes and clenched the water-based pens in their hands with their right hands.

The referee's whistle finally sounded.

Players from both sides of the penalty area began to rush, but everyone knew that Xiao Wen would definitely shoot the ball directly!

Santos, the Greek head coach on the sidelines, looked at Xiao Wen with a complicated expression.

Xiao Wen started to run, jumping slightly, swinging his legs, swinging his right foot rapidly like a whip and whipping the football in front of him hard.

The inside of the foot was kicked to the bottom of the side of the football, and the ball was kicked out in a straight line. After crossing the wall, it flew out in an arc that quickly rushed to the upper left corner of the goal. Finally, it hit the goal post with a heavy muffled sound.

Greek goalkeeper Karnezis gritted his teeth and flew up, but did not touch the football whose speed exceeded his saving limit. The clear sound of the ball hitting the post cruelly echoed in his ears.

While the football was still flying in the air, Sheringham's mind actually showed the scene of him standing next to Beckham in 2002, and the crazy celebration that year vaguely appeared in front of his eyes.

His eyes turned slightly red.

At this time, the ball came to a rest. In less than half a second, Alan Shearer's ecstatic voice suddenly sounded next to him!

"Perfect arc! An arc like Beckham! Clear and deadly!"

Everyone at the Pernambuco Stadium in Recife seemed to have forgotten to breathe at this moment.

Be in it.

They seem to have felt the embarrassment and helplessness that the Greeks felt over the years when someone mentioned the Baynesian arc, felt the ecstasy of the English fans after Beckham scored that free kick, and felt the visual impact of this perfect arc.

Impact!

Greek goalkeeper Karnezis hit the ground.

Everyone in the stands was sitting and standing, stunned.

This goal was scored.

Xiao Wen ran towards the bottom line, spreading his hands as if flying. When he was approaching the bottom line, he jumped up and waved his right hand fiercely. When he landed, his arms were fully extended, his legs were also parallel to his hands, and his whole body was in a posture of "Tai".

shape!

Seeing this, Sheringham murmured: "So... this is a tribute!... It's Beckham's celebration back then!... This is also a shocking free kick!"

Alan Shearer gritted his teeth: "Incredible! To be honest, before Xiao Wen didn't agree to come to Brazil, I thought England had no hope. It's not that I'm demanding! These players' ability to fight hard is really not good in the national team.

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Sheringham and Joe Cole both smiled.

But this is definitely true of everyone. Let alone the official matches of this World Cup, the warm-up matches against the weak teams before the World Cup were not very good.

"My God, Qiao Xiao, can you ask me?" Sheringham said with a teasing look on his face.

Qiao Cole said angrily: "If Xiao Wen can't do it, who can?"

On the court, Rooney screamed and jumped behind Xiao Wen, just like Hesky did back then.

Everything seems to be just a re-enactment of the scene.

And those old England fans who watched that game were in tears in the bar, in the living room, or by the Thames!

This is not a World Cup qualifying match, this is a World Cup knockout match. Although England is not in dire straits in this knockout match, the first person to stand up is often equally brave and fierce!

"Fake! No solution, no solution! Xiao!"

Rooney slapped Xiao Wen's chest crazily.

Gerrard, who rushed to the celebration, nodded crazily: "You are going to torture all the goalkeepers this year!"

Prior to this, England's free kicks were mostly handled by Rooney. In Rooney's absence, Gerrard and Lampard took over.

According to the rules of the industry, even if your free kick skills are good, and you are even in better shape than many people in the team, you still have to follow the basic law - the senior brother will take the kick.

But for England now...

Xiaowen is the best!

So good that neither Rooney nor Gerrard could think of competing with him for set kicks, including indirect free kicks, direct set kicks, and corner kicks.

"Maybe this guy can really take England to heights that no one has ever imagined?"

Gerrard thought silently. At this time, he still had goosebumps when he witnessed the arc that quickly slid over the Greek penalty area.

But it may no longer be that important how far you can go.

In Gerrard's view, Xiao Wen is a perfect player. Fortunately, he did not choose the United States... and

…

In the penalty area, Papastathopoulos shook his head and smiled bitterly. Although he told Xiao Wen with a smile during the pre-match warm-up that this game should be a little watery, Xiao Wen's facial expression was still peaceful when he saw it in the wall of people.

As calm as a stone in Dortmund, Papastathopoulos felt chilled.

When he was in Dortmund, who didn't see Xiao Wen's amazing footwork?

It was obviously an omen but for the goalkeeper it was sudden.

Xiao Wen's right foot was like a switch to the precise missile that was the football under his feet. Once the switch was turned on, the ball would roar away like thousands of times on the training ground.

He was so... steady and ruthless when he broke through the gate guarded by Weidenfeller.

However, this goal failed to arouse the ecstasy of Papastathopoulos in the past. After the start of the game, he withstood England's stormy attacks, which beat him to death. But this time, he finally got a goal.

A bullet hit his body.

Shocked, frightened, angry, and countless complex expressions appeared on the faces of other Greek teammates. All this happened so fast that they could not react at all. Even if there were players who reacted faster and jumped up quickly, they could not react.

He was defeated by Xiao Wen's extremely fast free kick.

Until this moment, many people were thinking before the game that England could be blocked by the iron barrel formation, and that young man could be blocked. For the first time, cracks appeared. Everyone was struck by the coldness shown behind the calmness of that young man.
To be continued...