The old man was beaten, and the old man was beaten.

Chapter 345 Isn’t the curse meant to be broken? !

After calming down his inner fluctuations, Ling Feng quickly accepted this fact.

Although the attributes opened were not satisfactory. But at least they were not his attributes that had reached 90 plus, which was acceptable.

Moreover, Balotelli’s penalty kicks were absolutely world-class!

At the beginning of his debut, Balotelli’s penalty kick success rate was astonishing-all the first 21 penalty kicks in his career were successful!

Perhaps it was because he stood at the 12-yard line and had enough time to think that Balotelli’s penalty kicks were so unsolvable.

As a man with a 100% penalty kick success rate, Balotelli’s penalty kick attribute reached an astonishing 99!

Ling Feng’s [Penalty Attribute], which was originally only 65, soared to 99 in an instant!

Then, countless skills and details of Balotelli’s penalty kicks flashed through his mind.

Although he is not the team’s first penalty shooter in the club and the national team for the time being, he can only enjoy it on the training ground.

However, with the bonus of Balotelli’s penalty kick attribute, his hit rate will definitely be greatly improved if he stands on the penalty spot in the future.

This is also a kind of improvement in strength!

Before the first group match of the European Cup against Russia, the British media began to exaggerate the importance of this game.

First of all, a good start is a good start for the Three Lions, who are aiming to win the championship in this European Cup.

Especially when the team is in a period of transition and there are many young people in the team, it is even more important.

Young people are full of enthusiasm, but lack experience.

It’s okay to play with the wind, but it’s likely to be defeated in an instant when playing against the wind.

Secondly, the black start of the European Cup has been a curse that has been lingering on the Three Lions for decades!

This may be their best chance to break this unbeaten spell!

England’s unbeaten spell in the first round of the European Cup has a long history.

This spell began in 1968.

Sir Ramsay, who led England to win the World Cup, led the team to the European Cup in Italy.

However, the “Three Lions” lost 0-1 to Yugoslavia in the semi-finals in their first game.

12 years later, England played in the European Cup again in 1980, but they only tied with Belgium 1-1 in the first game;

In 1988, the England team coached by Robson played in the European Cup again. This time their performance was even more disappointing. They actually lost three group matches and returned home in shame;

In the 1992 European Cup, the England team became the appetizer of the “Danish Fairy Tale”.

The Danish team, which temporarily replaced the Yugoslav team, had only 10 days of preparation time before the opening of the competition.

Even so, England still couldn’t beat their opponents;

In 1996, England, playing at home, made its debut at Wembley Stadium in this European Cup.

Venables’ team broke the deadlock with a goal from super striker Alan Shearer, but in the final stages of the game, England “dropped the ball” again, and Turkirmaz’s goal made the “noisy” Wembley Stadium suddenly silent;

In the 2000 European Cup, England faced the “golden generation” Portugal in its first match.

Although England scored two goals in the first 20 minutes of the game with the cross-field routine of both wings, it took the lead.

But Portugal, which recovered, controlled the game with its technical advantage, and finally scored three goals in a row, reversing the Three Lions.

More importantly, in this match, England lost not only the game, but also the confidence brought by the technical gap.

The time came to 2004, and the golden generation of England coached by the famous coach Eriksson played against the defending champion France in the first match.

England took the lead again, but they still failed to laugh to the end. The peak Zidane scored twice in the final stage to help France achieve a big reversal;

After missing the 2008 European Championships, the Three Lions still faced the French team in the first match of the 2012 European Championships.

Although the French team is no longer the “Gallic Rooster” in its peak period, England still has a hard time winning.

If the World Cup is included, the Three Lions’ first good start in international competitions can be traced back to the 2006 World Cup in Germany ten years ago.

At that time, the golden generation of the Three Lions defeated Paraguay 1-0 in the first round of the World Cup group stage.

Since then, whether it is South Africa in 2010 or Brazil in 2014

, England’s first game ended in a draw.

It is worth mentioning that in the first round of Brazil, it was Ling Feng who came on as a substitute and assisted his club teammate Vardy, who also came on as a substitute, to equalize the score, which allowed England to finally tie the score and shake hands with Italy.

And this time, Ling Feng, who has become the absolute core of the Three Lions, feels that the invincible curse and the black start in the big game are all bullshit in front of him!

“The ball is in!!!”

“Within less than three minutes of the start, England played the prelude to a goal in Marseille!”

“The goal was scored by this season’s Premier League top scorer, Jamie Vardy!”

“And the one who assisted him was England’s Super Seven!”

The Velodrome Stadium, which can accommodate 60,000 people, turned into a jubilant scene.

The English fans in the stands have long been excited and waving their national flags wildly.

And the Russian fans have an unbelievable look on their faces.

They never expected that their team would lose the ball soon after the start!

At this moment, live broadcasts from all over the world were replaying the fastest goal of this European Cup:

England controlled the ball, and midfielder Henderson passed the ball to Ling Feng in front.

With his back to the goalkeeper, the latter passed Russia’s midfielder Denisov with a pull-back pass and turned around.

Then, the Three Lions No. 7 advanced along the middle at high speed, and then sent a very comfortable straight pass to the ribs of the central defender and the fullback!

And this season’s Premier League Golden Boot Vardy, with a sudden counter-run and diagonal insertion, successfully countered the offside and entered the penalty area.

Finally, the England No. 11 took the ball and shot with his right foot without hesitation!

The next second, the ball shot out and penetrated the ten fingers of Russia’s patron saint Akinfeev!

Less than three minutes after the start, England took the lead!

Watching the scene where Ling Feng hugged each other after scoring the goal, and then rushed to the stands to celebrate passionately with the fans, Hodgson on the sidelines also smiled and applauded his disciples.

As the head coach of the Three Lions in this European Cup, Hodgson has a happy trouble.

That is the starting selection of the striker!

With the Premier League Golden Boot Vardy and Silver Boot Kane, who will start in the first game is a question.

In the end, after the discussion of the coaching staff, Hodgson finally chose Vardy, who has a higher degree of tactical adaptation and tacit understanding with Ling Feng!

It is worth mentioning that after the starting lineup was announced, many domestic media believed that Hodgson should let Kane start instead of Vardy.

Since Kane turned out, Kane has become the new hope of the Three Lions’ striker.

In the eyes of many people, Vardy’s big outbreak this season and winning the Golden Boot is just benefiting from the defensive counterattack tactical system of the Blue Foxes, plus the feeding of two world-class players Ling Feng and Mahrez behind him.

On the contrary, Kane of Tottenham, except for Eriksen, did not get much support.

Because whether it is Son Heung-min, Lamela, or Ali, they are all front-court players who attack the goal, and their assist ability can only be said to be average.

Therefore, it is not easy for him to score 25 goals in the Premier League.

It can be seen from this that Kane, who is younger and more talented, is of course the future of the Three Lions’ forward line!

In terms of age, Kane, who is younger than Vardy, is indeed the best candidate for the center of the Three Lions.

However, for tactical considerations, the coaching team headed by Hodgson believes that Vardy, who is faster and more flexible, will be more effective in dealing with Russia’s tall but slow defense line.

Vardy, who got the chance to start, was also very competitive. He did not disappoint him and thousands of fans, and also hit those media who were not optimistic about him before the game!

It is worth mentioning that Vardy’s first World Cup goal in the last Brazil World Cup also came from Ling Feng’s assist.

This time, Vardy’s first goal in the European Cup also came from Ling Feng’s assist!

As a striker, Vardy certainly knows how lucky it is to have a pass master like Ling Feng behind him.

So, he suddenly recalled that his agent persuaded him to transfer to Arsenal in the summer and seize the last chance to join a giant in his career.

“Fak! If Ling didn’t pass the ball to me, my goal efficiency would definitely be greatly reduced!”

“No! I can’t transfer away!”

“I must stay!”

After Vardy scored the fastest goal in this European Cup, England has firmly controlled the rhythm of the game.

With Henderson and Dell as double defensive midfielders, they

At the bottom, Ling Feng also recklessly pressed forward to participate in the attack, completely focusing on the attack.

Under Ling Feng’s organization and dispatch, the Three Lions took the initiative to speed up the passing rhythm, through the impact of Sterling and Vardy, combined with Ling Feng’s support in the middle, they took turns to ravage Russia’s aging defense line.

Even Rooney, who played as the right winger in this game, got the opportunity to shoot repeatedly.

In the 38th minute of the first half, the happy boy on the left broke through the ball and passed it to the middle.

Ling Feng received the ball at the front of the penalty area and pretended to shoot a long shot. After attracting the attention of the Russian defender, it was a fake shot and a real pass. He used the outside of his foot to send a small diagonal pass to Rooney who was inserted on the right.

After the captain of the Three Lions received the ball, he directly pushed the ball into the far corner of the goal!

“Wow!”

“Smooth cooperation!”

“This is England’s second goal!”

“The goal was scored by the England captain, Wayne~~~Rooney!!!”

This is also Rooney’s first goal in this European Cup!

After scoring, Rooney was very happy to point at Ling Feng who assisted him, and then high-fived and hugged him.

“Man, your pass is so comfortable!”

“Wazza (Rooney’s nickname), your shot is too tricky, isn’t it?!”

“Haha.”

The captain scored, and the other players also ran over to congratulate him.

With the end of the double German, the senior and popular Lu Xiaopang became the only leader of the Three Lions.

In the past season, he also applied what he learned from great captains such as Keane, Neville, Vidic, Beckham, etc. to the Three Lions.

Although Rooney is not a talkative person in the locker room. However, when necessary, he will stand up and say a few words. He is a straightforward person who speaks his mind.

Under Rooney’s affinity and leadership, the relationship between the players of this young and old Three Lions team is much closer than before, and the internal factional struggle is not as tense as before.

Perhaps the overall strength of the lineup is not as good as the golden generation of the past.

But the team’s cohesion is much better.

In the first half, England took a two-goal lead early with goals from Vardy and Rooney.

In the second half, England continued to suppress Russia and constantly threatened the opponent’s goal.

If Akinfeev had not made several wonderful saves, Russia’s goal would have been lost again.

In the 65th minute, Hodgson replaced Vardy with Kane, making a substitution and continuing to suppress the attack in the frontcourt.

Just ten minutes later, he received a cross from Sterling on the wing and scored with a header, expanding the score to 3-0.

And this was also the final score of the game!

In the end, with Ling Feng’s assists and two goals, England defeated Russia 3-0 in the first round of the group stage.

In this way, England’s 48-year European Cup unbeaten curse was easily broken!

After the game, Ling Feng, who made two assists and won the best player of the game, also responded to the unbeaten curse in an interview with reporters:

“Isn’t the curse meant to be broken?!”

Such a domineering and confident answer also won him the pursuit and recognition of the public and fans.

With the improvement of his strength, Ling Feng gradually showed his confident side.

In the eyes of English fans, such strong self-confidence makes people flock to him.

After all, people admire the strong.

The strong give people a sense of trustworthiness and peace of mind, which makes people follow.

Moreover, there are many gentleman-like players in England, but such confident and domineering players are still rare.

Ling Feng gives people the feeling that I know I am awesome, and I also know that I am strong.

So, I am not modest, I am just so awesome!

After getting off to a good start in the first game and breaking the long-term curse of not winning in the first game, the British media once again began to praise him in various ways.

Ling Feng, who dominated the midfield in this game, was the focus of praise!

95% pass success rate throughout the game!

Five key passes, two assists!

Five dribbles, five successes!

Compared to his slightly immature performance in the Brazil World Cup two years ago, after two years of experience in the Premier League, the fledgling Three Lions rookie has grown into the most trustworthy midfield core of the Three Lions!

Ling Feng on the field plays more easily and more like a leader.

His teammates are assured to hand the ball to him, and he didn’t even take a shot in this game!

He just focuses on how to use passes to connect the team’s offense and deliver the hot cakes to his teammates.

In Ling Feng’s view, the team is always more important than the individual.

As the core of the team,

Personal data should not be taken too seriously.

Of course, if a teammate really can’t score a goal, then for the victory of the game, he will also step forward and take on the responsibility of scoring a goal without hesitation!

This game is exciting for England.

Not only did they get off to a good start, but more importantly, under the leadership of Ling Feng, the Three Lions finally took full control of the game and defeated their opponents cleanly!

Whether it is ball possession, number of shots, number of opportunities created, or even number of corner kicks, all aspects of data are completely crushed!

You know, the opponent is not a European underdog like Liechtenstein or Luxembourg, but an Eastern European powerhouse Russia that once reached the semi-finals of the European Cup!

In the past, the Three Lions always had a luxurious lineup before international competitions, aiming to win the championship.

But when it comes to the game, they will lose all kinds of chains, and even have a big one.

And this time, the dominance they showed on the field can really be called a strong team!

(End of this chapter)


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