Chapter 300: Tough group No. 1

　　 On the afternoon of June 24, local time in Brazil, the final round of the World Cup Group D group match will start at the same time.
　　 The match between England and Costa Rica was arranged in Belo Horizonte, the fourth largest city in Brazil.
　　At the Mineiro Stadium in Belo Horizonte, Jackie Lee once again met Schalke’s teammate Navas.
　　 "Boss, I won't lose to you this time." During the warm-up before the game, Navas came over to write a letter to Li Chenglong.
　　 "Anyway, you have already been promoted, just let me fail once?"
　　 "No, we also have to fight for the first place in the group and prepare for the quarterfinals."
　　 Li Chenglong was joking with Navas when a middle-aged man in a suit and leather shoes came over.
　　 "Bruce, nice to meet you, I am Eduardo Lee."
　　 This guy is the chairman of the Chinese Football Association of Costa Rica. From the looks of it, he is a very standard Chinese, but his skin is a bit yellowish. Maybe the sun in Costa Rica is more abundant. First release https://https://
　　 "It's nice to meet you, Mr. Chairman."
　　 As two ethnic Chinese who are struggling in the football industry, they shook hands with each other and they met for the first time.
　　 At this time, the Chinese reporter on the sidelines was snapping a snap shot. Maybe tomorrow, the photo of the two of them shaking hands will appear on the pages of many Chinese media.
　　 The two teams were very friendly to each other before the game. After all, in the current group, it is basically England and Costa Rica who have joined hands to advance. This game is just to decide who can become the first in the group.
　　 As long as Costa Rica remains unbeaten, they will be the first in the group.
　　 In the case of England, you need to win to win the group first.
　　 After warming up and returning to the dressing room, Prince Harry of the British royal family also appeared here. He was here to cheer for England.
　　 "Guys, as long as we win this game, then we will have a good chance to meet a simple opponent in the top 16 and give us a better chance to advance to the top eight..."
　　 Harry is also a cliché, nothing new.
　　 But in the end he specifically mentioned Jackie Lee: "Bruce, you are the leader of the team, you should lead England to win."
　　 Harry’s remarks are regarded as a recognition of Li Chenglong’s status in the team.
　　 Most of the members of the British royal family are Arsenal fans, and Prince Harry is no exception.
　　 And Jackie Lee has the hat of a loyal Arsenal fan, this is what the two have in common.
　　 Time came to 2 pm, and the game between England and Costa Rica officially began.
　　 There is no change in the formation on the English side, it is still 4231, but two personnel adjustments have been made.
　　 First, Sturridge got the chance to replace Welbeck as the starting left midfielder.
　　Secondly, at the central defender position, Smalling replaced Jagilka and started with Gary Cahill.
　　 On the Costa Rica side, they used the 541 formation that defeated Uruguay and Italy.
　　 At present, the biggest star in the Costa Rica team is Navas. He is the latest Champions League goalkeeper and is undoubtedly the top card in Costa Rica.
　　 In addition to Navas, Costa Rica is the most famous striker Joel Campbell, he is an Arsenal player, but has been loaned out by Arsenal to exercise.
　　 In the previous game where Costa Rica defeated Uruguay 3:1, Campbell became famous in one battle, and his excellent performance of one pass and one shot was universally recognized.
　　 Speaking of it, Costa Rica’s tactics are actually very simple, defensive counterattack.
　　 But this simple tactic is very practical. As long as you can't break through the opponent's line of defense, you will always be threatened by counterattacks.
　　 After the game started, the Costa Ricans maintained their usual characteristics, solid defense.
　　 Costa Rica’s defensive integrity is indeed doing well, like a blender, it has been disrupting the England midfield, making England’s offense ineffective.
　　 Before, they lost Uruguay and Italy in this way.
　　 So throughout the first half, neither team had too many highlights.
　　 In the 24th minute, Li Chenglong passed the opponent's midfielder Boggs and defender Dias on the wing, and completed a small angle volley in the penalty area. This was a rare highlight of the entire first half.
　　 However, Navas, who is more familiar with Jackie Lee, was well prepared and blocked the goal in time to block Jackie's volley from the baseline.
　　 England can't break the opponent's defense, but fortunately, the opponent's counterattack is not very threatening. In this game, their counterattack core point Joel Campbell seems to be in poor condition and has been walking on the court.
　　 So, the two teams ended the first half with 0:0.
　　 During the intermission, Hodgson did not blindly ask everyone to win the game.
　　 After watching Costa Rica's defensive performance in the half, Hodgson already knew that this dark polo team can qualify from this death group early, and that is definitely their uniqueness.
　　 The current goal of England is to keep a tie and win. Only a tie can ensure England's qualifications.
　　 In another game at the same time, Italy and Uruguay also temporarily tied 0:0, but no one can guarantee what will happen in the second half.
　　 If England loses the game because they fight too hard, and Uruguay scores three consecutive goals in the second half, then England will face an embarrassing exit.
　　 So Hodgson arranged for everyone to be more conservative in the second half, first stabilize the defense and then talk about it, ensuring that qualifying is the first place.
　　 After the start of the second half of the game, the fans found that the game was still as boring as the first half, and the offensive desire of the two teams was not strong enough.
　　 So the commentators from various countries also said something off topic.
"If the score of 0:0 is maintained to the end, we can only qualify as the second team in the group. We will face the first team in Group C in the top 16. According to the current situation in Group C, the probability will be Columbia." The English commentator is most concerned about the issue of the top 16 opponents.
　　 "Although Colombia's performance in the World Cup has always been very mediocre, they are in very good form this year, and they have a tendency to become a dark horse..."
　　 The final rounds of World Cup Group C and Group D are both scheduled for today, but Group D is in the afternoon and Group C is in the evening, so the final situation of Group C is unclear.
　　 And currently in Group C, Colombia is the only one, while the other three teams Ivory Coast, Greece and Japan have the opportunity to compete for second in a group.
　　 This is also the reason why the English media has always emphasized the need to take the first place in the group.
　　 If you get the first place in the group, you can face the second place in the C group. No matter who you are, you will have a good chance to pass and advance to the quarterfinals.
　　 And if it is the second line of the group, the top 16 will face Colombia, which has the attributes of a dark horse, and that game will definitely not be good.
　　 In the commentator’s talk, the game time passed quickly.
　　 When the game time entered 80 minutes, Costa Rica and England both ran out of their three substitution places.
　　 This is almost an indication that both teams are quite satisfied with the current score and only hope that the game will end soon.
　　 and the players were replaced, this is to give them a chance to appear in the World Cup.
　　 But in this case, there was an opportunity on the court.
　　 In the 83rd minute, Li Chenglong casually shot a long shot from the frontcourt to the Costa Rican defender Duat to hit the bottom line. England got a corner kick.
　　 In the face of such a solid defensive team, set shots are often a good way to score goals, and England also pays a little attention to it.
Wilshere, who came on as substitute for Sterling, took a corner kick, and then Frank Lampard, who came on as substitute for Henderson, took the ball into the penalty area, and Milner, who came on as substitute Rooney, was very hard in the penalty area and he was being defended by the opponent. The player stabs his foot while pulling.
　　 Navas also reacted swiftly, lowered his cross-leg to block, and blocked the ball.
　　 But his luck was not so good, the ball happened to be blocked by Lee Chenglong.
　　 So Li Chenglong forcibly squeezed the Costa Rican defender Roy Miller in front of him~EbookFREE.me~ stepped forward and kicked and pushed the ball into the opponent's goal.
　　 "Goooooooooooal~~~~~~~~~~" The English commentator finally vented his depressed roar for most of the time.
　　 "Bruce Lee~~~~Super Bruce~~~~A beautiful back shot to score~~~~He has scored again!!"
　　 "In the boring half of the game, we relied on a corner kick and the Super Bruce made a supplementary shot and finally broke the Costa Rican goal!!"
　　 "This is basically a lore. As long as the score is maintained to the end, we will be number one in the group and we can have a simpler opponent in the round of 16."
　　 Amidst the cheers of the commentator, Jackie Lee rushed to the sidelines to accept the applause of the fans.
　　 There are only 55,000 people in the Mineiro stadium with a capacity of 60,000. This is the first time that the England team has not been able to fill up. It is probably because the importance of this game is not high.
　　 However, there were still a lot of English fans at the scene. They all stood up and cheered, cheering for Lee Chenglong who scored three consecutive games.
　　 Since Li Chenglong's goal occurred in the 83rd minute, there was not much time left in the next game. Costa Rica launched a wave of counter-attack and failed to work, and they gave up.ァ新ヤ~⑧~1~中文网ωωω.χ~⒏~1zщ.còм
　　 For a team like Costa Rica, being able to advance to the knockout round is a great honor. It doesn't matter whether it is first or second in the group.