Chapter 243 Horror! The Flying Golden Boy
September 8, 18:55!
The packed Wembley Stadium suddenly set off a storm!
Under the leadership of the referee on duty, 22 players from both sides each held a pink and cute little ball boy and stepped out of the player tunnel. In the 8th round of Group E of the 2008 European Cup qualifiers, England played at home against the Israeli national team. The fight is about to begin!
The Israeli national anthem echoed over the stadium. The players on the lawn, the coaches on the sidelines and about 1,000 Israelis in the stands stood up and sang the national anthem to the music with solemn expressions!
For the first time, more than 80,000 ardent England fans in Wembley Stadium were silent!
This is a kind of respect for the opponent and the self-esteem of the proud English gentlemen!
Then, the melody of "God Save the Queen" began to surge throughout the stadium, and the passionate chorus of 80,000 people was breathtaking...
The person commentating this game on the spot was the famous "English traitor" Sester, and his partner was the former England legendary center Gary Lineker!
"...Crazy Li finally announced his starting lineup, let's see if there are any surprises..." Sester began to warm up the game to the audience in front of the TV: "...the goalkeeper is from Aspen Don Villa's Carson, since Lee's second-term England squad was shocked, Carson became the starting goalkeeper. It was expected that the 22-year-old goalkeeper was better than the other two competitors after five rounds of the Premier League. The data produced is much more beautiful..."
"...The back line from left to right is Ashley Cole, John Terry, Rio Ferdinand and Gary Neville... Well, this defense is indeed the strongest lineup of the English team at the moment... Lineker continued what Sest had said: "The defensive midfielder is Owen Hargreaves from Manchester United. The forwards on both sides are Downing and Gerrard. Captain Beckham appears in the midfield position. The forward Online is..."
Next to Lineker, Sester was the first to exclaim: "Oh, God, Michael Owen? Is it really Owen? This is incredible. Although we all hope that Michael can appear on the court, but we must Knowing that due to injuries, he has only played less than 30 minutes for Newcastle in 6 games this season...
Just as the two commentators were jolting to heighten the atmosphere, the game on the field was about to begin!
Push - push - push~~~
The referee Ivan Bibank from Croatia blew the whistle to start the game!
The visiting team Israel national team kicked off first!
The center circle of the stadium!
Toto Tamuz, a 19-year-old youngster from Sporting Lisbon, knocked the football back and the two sides started a formal fight!
Huge cheers erupted from the stands again. After singing the national anthem, the fans shouted at the top of their lungs for a while, then sat back in their chairs with satisfaction and watched the game carefully!
Israel set up a 4-2-1-2-1 formation, with 19-year-old Tammuz standing alone at the front!
Liverpool's Benayoun and the 21-year-old winger Rafinov, who plays for Maccabi Haifa, are roaming on both sides. The other eight players all stay within their own half...
It seems that Israeli coach Kashtan is a bastard - he is determined to play defense with Crazy Li!
Since the result of the game was very important to both sides, both teams played cautiously at the beginning. After the Israeli team got the ball, they patiently moved forward in their own half. The defensive numerical advantage allowed them to easily avoid Irving and Rooney. The pressing!
In addition, Li Tongfan did not set up an attacking midfielder in this game, and the 4-1-3-2 formation also reduced the pressure on the Israeli team in their own half to a certain extent!
"...It seems that both Kashtan and Crazy Li focused their main energy on the defensive end. In the first three minutes of the game, the rhythm was relatively slow..." The dullness of the scene made commentator Cester unconsciously shift the topic to other topics. Side: "Gary, what do you think about Owen's starting lineup? I also noticed a problem. Chelsea vice-captain Lampard did not appear in the starting lineup for this game..."
Commentator partner Lineker shook his head: "To be honest, I also can't understand Crazy Lee's formation. The inclusion of Middlesbrough wingers Downing and Michael Owen in the starting line-up was unexpected, and Lampard's omission was even more surprising. It's surprising... In the first five minutes of the game, Irving touched the ball three times and Tangning touched the ball eight times. Such data can only be regarded as average... Wow, let's look at this offense first..."
The Israeli team suddenly launched an attack after a fall in the backcourt, which caused exclamations in the stands and interrupted Lineker's analysis of the game!
On the field!
Chelsea sweeper Ben Haim's through ball from the wing accurately found Benayoun. Liverpool Demon Blade did not stop the ball at the first time, but made a feint shot, leaned on Downing and then suddenly turned around, an extremely wonderful man-ball score. Too much torn apart the England team's defense...
Benayoun’s nickname is the Israeli Civet. Although this 1.73-meter-tall wide player is thin, he has excellent footwork. His sudden stop and change of direction ability in high-speed dribbling are first-rate in the Premier League. , is the top star of the Israeli national team!
After the ball passed and wiped out Downing, Benayoun stabilized the ball and slowly pressed forward!
England team left back Ashley Cole and Benayoun have played against each other many times in the Premier League. They did not dare to neglect, quickly stepped forward to compress the space, and firmly blocked the breakthrough route of the Israeli Civet!
Benayoun was not in a hurry to break through, but while observing his teammates' running positions, he pretended to pass the ball horizontally and cut into the middle of the court!
Ashley Cole rushed to steal!
Benayoun suddenly stepped on the ball and pulled it back, accelerated the ball, and broke through from the outside...
Oops!
If Benayoun broke through again, the left side of the England team would become a smooth road!
Ashley Cole had to reach out and grab Benayoun's jersey and pulled it hard... The cunning Israeli civet fell down...
Force~~~~
Free kick!
It was about 45 meters away from the England goal, but because the position was very close to the left side, the direct shot was not threatening, so Israel decided to take a free kick!
The free kick was Benayoun!
The Israeli national team left four defensive players in their backcourt, and the others rushed into the England penalty area to prepare for the response...
The whistle sounded, Benayoun made a beautiful arc with his left foot, and the football floated into the England team's penalty area!
Will this ball go in?
More than 80,000 Three Lions fans and more than 1,000 Israeli players in the stands all stood up from their seats nervously...
"...Benayoun's free kick went into the penalty area...Rio Ferdinand took the lead and headed the ball out, landing at David Beckham's feet. Rafinov pressed the ball at the first time, and Beckham had no way to pass it long, so he pushed it to Rooney on the right side of the court...Rooney asked a defender to tell the forward...the counterattack opportunity is here..."
On the court!
Rooney took the ball and moved forward at high speed along the left sideline of the court!
Before Benayoun took the free kick, the four defenders of the Israeli national team who stayed in the backcourt played a role. After Rooney crossed the center line, someone immediately came to block his forward route!
Rooney looked up and observed his teammates' running routes!
On the left side of the court, the former wind-chasing boy Owen rushed up like lightning!
Unfortunately, there were two Israeli defenders over 1.9 meters tall in front of him, ready to fight!
It was not a good opportunity!
But besides that, because Rooney's forward speed was too fast, no other teammates followed! Beckham in the midfield was not the kind of player Lampard would advance in the first counterattack...
After hesitating for a while, Rooney chose to pass the ball!
The football was like a white arrow, cutting through the sky from Rooney's feet, crossing most of the stadium, and flying towards Michael Owen's running route...
However, at this time, Owen had been trapped in the double team of two tall Israeli players!
"...Rooney chose to pass the ball? In this case, he could actually continue to dribble and break through. With his ability, he might even find a chance to shoot... What a pity..." The commentator Lineker was obviously a little disappointed: "... Owen was trapped in the Israeli muscle forest. If it was the previous Michael Owen, maybe... Oh, God, he flew up..."
Sester and Lineker were stunned by the scene in front of them...
The more than 80,000 fans in the stands were also shocked by what happened on the court, so that the fanatical fans did not send out the applause and cheers that they were best at at the first time...
What happened?
On the court!
In the eyes of Ben Haim, the core of Israel's defense, who was in disbelief, a stubborn figure that "flew" off the ground was clearly imprinted!
Michael Owen!!!
While running at lightning speed, Owen suddenly jumped up, as if a pair of invisible huge wings were inserted behind him. With the huge momentum of running, he jumped into the air and gently tapped the football over the heads of two Israeli defenders who were 20 centimeters taller than him...
Then, he gently "slid" forward about one meter...
Terrible air-staying ability!
Is this still the Michael Owen who has been injured frequently and hobbled in the past two seasons?
The whole audience was petrified!
"...Oh oh oh oh oh!!! Unbelievable, Michael Owen!!! The golden boy took off at Wembley Stadium..." The commentator Sester, who finally reacted, opened his chin with his hands and shouted: "... The defenders of the Israeli team had no time to chase back. God, the terrifying speed, this is the real lightning killer!!! The former him is back... He broke into the penalty area, only one defender was left, Rooney was asking for the ball on the other side..."
Boom~~~~
Until this moment, Wembley Stadium was like a volcano that had been brewing for a long time, and finally erupted!
Owen's wonderful performance made the fans' enthusiasm instantly enveloped every corner of the stadium...
On the court!
Owen saw Rooney raising his hand to ask for the ball, but at this moment he chose to do it alone, because a long-lost majestic power filled his limbs!
In two years, this was the first time that Owen was so confident when facing a defender!
His body was extremely flexible, and his knees, which were stiff due to injuries, also regained their youth!
It was a simple fake move, but Irving performed it while running at high speed, easily shaking off the center of gravity of the last Israeli player!
During this series of processes, Irving's feet didn't even touch the football!
Whether it was the opponent in front of him or the fans in the stands, there was only one feeling - fast!
Too fast!
Incredibly fast!
So fast that there was no time to react!
Looking at the defender in front of him staggering and falling in the penalty area like a drunk, Owen had no expression on his face and concentrated all his strength on his right foot!
Boom!
The instep hit the football!
In a trance, it was as if something had broken out of its cocoon and was reborn, shocking the soul!
The football turned into a white lightning, whizzed past the ear of Israeli goalkeeper Awat, and rushed into the goal!
This kick shot away the humiliation and ridicule of two years, three months, six days, 18 hours and 53 minutes!
This kick announced the return of a long-lost king!
At 19:08 on the evening of September 8, 2007, on the lawn in the center of Wembley Stadium, which suddenly became silent, the 28-year-old Michael Owen raised his right index finger high and proudly!
Like a triumphant war god, accepting the worship of believers...
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