July 1, Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow. England face their first opponent in the knockout round, Poland.

England recovered their main squad in this game, and after a break, Patrick and other main players were very fit.

From the very beginning, England launched a ferocious offensive in an attempt to steal the opening. In the 7th minute, the goal came.

Patrick slid his way through Poland's midfielders and fired a low left-footed shot into the bottom corner to score his fourth World Cup goal. The goal not only set half of the stands at Luzhniki Stadium on fire, but also brought summer to every pub in England.

It's real summer, with fiery breaths and cold beer, shouts and tears.

In the 17th minute, Patrick took a corner kick and Kane's header in the centre of the box was not on the head, but Smalling at the back post headed the ball in from close range.

Poland fell behind by two goals early and went on a rout.

In the 36th minute, Patrick scored another brilliant goal - he received a cross from Zixiang in the penalty area, stopped the ball in the air with a little force, and then picked up Polish central defender Glick with his left foot, and then slammed his right foot into the bottom corner.

The goal almost replicated Pele's classic goal in the 1958 World Cup final.

The whole world went crazy about it, and Amber immediately tweeted: "PatrickamberisGodlike!"

Patrick has scored five goals in three appearances in his first World Cup and has climbed to the top of the tournament's top scorer's list.

On 60 minutes of the second half, Patrick was replaced by Raheem Sterling and was greeted by a tsunami of cheers and applause from England fans halfway across the pitch.

All the England fans were chanting: pofus!

This is our genius.

In the following game, England scored the fourth goal of the game through Harry Kane. However, in the final period of the game, due to the slight lack of concentration of the Three Lions, Lewandowski and Kapustka pulled back two in succession, but it did not matter the overall situation.

England advanced to the quarter-finals of the World Cup with a score of 4-2.

In the next match, their opponents in the quarterfinals were revealed.

Brazil beat Italy with a score of 3:1. The trident of Gabriel Jesus, Neymar and Coutinho combined like tigers down the hill to score separately, while Italy managed only a consolation header from Leonardo Bonucci.

Brazil and England, the two teams will compete for a place in the last four.

At the 2002 World Cup in South Korea and Japan, it was the two teams who faced each other – Owen opened the scoring for the Three Lions, but Brazil relied on Ronaldinho's magic to turn the game around.

The rest of the story, as everyone knows, Brazil won their fifth World Cup.

And this match, which has been played up by the media early on, is the first direct confrontation between two super talents of the same age, Patrick Amber and Gabriel Jesus, in the World Series.

This has also become the most anticipated match in the quarterfinals.

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The atmosphere of the World Cup is everywhere, and because England's performance in this World Cup is so much to look forward to, the whole country, the whole city is in a festive mood.

It's like Christmas in the summer.

Lu Ling walked across the pitch and chatted with Harrington's lawn keeper about the World Cup, and when he got off work, he said he was going home to watch the game with a cold beer and she wished him a nice evening. After that they said goodbye.

It had just rained in the evening, and now the sun was shining on the lawn, and it was still a few hours before it got dark.

There are two rainbows in the sky, like twins. Lu Ling took out his mobile phone and took a photo and posted it on Instagram.

[Looking forward to England's match against Brazil, looking forward to the start of the new season.] 】

She looked at her last Instagram update, a long time ago. She's one of the few soccer coaches who uses social media, but there's not much content left.

About a minute later, Lu Linggang returned to the office and received a call from Patrick.

Recently, they occasionally chatted a few words on the hatspp, and neither of them talked much, and between the lines, both of them were quite hesitant. The same is true for this call.

"Hey. ”

"Hey. ”

"The rainbow is beautiful. I miss the summer in London when it rained several times a day. ”

"Don't you prefer a beach that's sunny all day?"

"Yes, but you're in London, Tina. ”

She smiled quietly, "I miss you too, Pat. ”

He was silent for a moment, then laughed and said, "I feel like I've drunk several cans of Red Bull to hear you say that." ”

“…… Tomorrow, good luck. ”

"If only you could kiss me. ”

"But I'm not there. She said, "Either way, I believe in you." ”

"Tina......

He seemed to want to say something.

Lu Ling interrupted him, "Anything, we can talk about it later." You should put all your attention on the game. ”

"Of course. "Actually, Patrick just wanted to ask if she could come and watch England play Brazil. She was too busy, he thought. This request makes no sense.

"So, soldier, let's get back to talking, I have to say it again, good luck!"

Hanging up the phone, Lu Ling made a few more calls.

If nothing else, tomorrow she will be in the stands at the Fisht Olympic Stadium. It's just that Pat doesn't need to know this. She would sit with Ian, and she asked Ian not to tell Pat.

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The next day.

Hans Bachmeier made his World Cup debut in extra-time as a temporary substitute for Manuel Neuer, who dislocated his shoulder, in Germany's big game against Spain, keeping a clean sheet against a formidable opponent and saving Koke's penalty in the shoot-out to help Germany qualify.

Among the three teams that are the first to enter the semi-finals, in addition to Hans's Germany, there are Argentina led by Messi and Correa, and France led by Pogba and Dembele. Brazil and England will battle it out for a final ticket to the last four.

Patrick Amber and Gabriel Jesus shared five goals in their previous fixtures. However, Brazil captain Neymar has also scored four goals and provided four assists in previous matches.

It's a collision between true geniuses. It's just that it's Patrick vs. Brazil's two super talents.

9 p.m. local time in Sochi, Russia.

The 47,659 tickets for the Fiste Olympic Stadium have been sold out. Countless eyes around the world are focused on Sochi.

A whistle blows, and the game begins.

Lu Ling's eyes kept moving with the situation on the field. It didn't take long for her to discover that England's centre-backs couldn't keep up with Brazil's nimble attacking trio.

John Stones and Chris Smalling are limited in their individual abilities after all. In fact, Lu Ling would like to suggest to Allardyce that Glenn Mitchell play the main team, but this is impossible. Despite Glenn's only appearance in the tournament, the group stage against Iran, Sam Allardyce will not replace his main centre-back partner. It's human nature.

Neymar dominates the ball as the heart of the team. In this cup, Jesus appeared as Neymar's deputy, although Lu Ling believes that Jesus's actual ability has surpassed Neymar, but she also agrees that Neymar, who is more experienced at this stage, is more suitable to lead the team.

Coutinho, Liverpool's young magician, roamed around the two, cooperating and sharing a certain amount of organisation and tandem work.

This is undoubtedly the most talented attacking group in this tournament and perhaps one of the brightest in the history of the World Cup. Perhaps in the 2002 World Cup, Ronaldo (Ronaldo), Ronaldinho, Rivaldo can be compared. And that year, Brazil lifted the Hercules Cup.

Lu Ling pondered. On the England side, only Pate is the real master. Ross Barkley, Yu Zixiang and others are good players, but they are only masters of first-class players.

England's attack soon became unsustainable, and they had to retreat. What followed was the restlessness of the England fans in the stadium – perhaps all the England fans in front of the television.

The initial excitement vanished, and now there was only an extremely suffocating sense of oppression.

Neymar started his dance moves. England's right-back, Kyle Walker, has been dizzy. After a blind kick, Neymar easily crossed the outside of the left flank.

He then immediately crossed to the corner of the penalty area. Coutinho moved quickly and then smashed the ball past Gabriel Jesus.

The moment Gabriel Jesus received the ball, his body shook twice left and right at breakneck speed. In that feint, the muscles and joints of the whole body seem to have come to life on their own.

Smalling was nailed in place.

Gabriel Jesus slipped into the box from the outside of Chris Smalling before adjusting to his right foot. Stones slid over to block.

But Jesus only faked it. Stones flew straight out of the line.

Gabriel Jesus then fired a tricky shot into the top corner.

The sixth goal of the tournament for the Brazilian talent.

The cheers of the Brazilian fans shook the stadium. In the 21st minute, England fell behind.

And the bannerman of the Three Lions, 21-year-old Patrick Amber, has barely performed for the time being. He was completely devoted to defense and rarely got into the front court.

This can't be done, Lu Ling thought to himself. She already had two or three options in mind. But Big Sam still didn't make any adjustments, just made the players increase their pressing.

This looting is loose and unorganized. Neymar quickly formed a one-on-one shot, but fired high. Three minutes later, Gabriel Jesus also had a good chance but shot wide.

England is already on the edge of a precipice.

Ross Barkley burst into the middle of the pitch, intercepted Casemiro's pass and sprinted towards Brazil's position at high speed like a train. The strong and tall Everton midfielder, rushing at high speed, used his shoulders to break through the Brazilian's defence, all the way to the right.

The lone dribble was cut off by Brazilian left-back Alex Sandro on the right flank, close to the corner flag.

But Sandro was whistled for a foul and England won a free-kick.

The attack inspired England fans, who chanted high from the stands.

Standing in front of the ball was Patrick Amber.

The position of this free kick is basically equivalent to a corner kick on the right side, slightly closer to the corner, and the angle to the baseline is less than 30 degrees.

Several of England's tall players, Kane, Ross Barkley, John Stones, and Chris Smalling all stood in the box, waiting for Patrick's pass.

Patrick stands in front of the ball and runs.

He glanced up at the goal. Lu Ling suddenly felt something.

It's not a pass.

It's a long-range free-kick lob from a super tight angle!

The ball spun violently and flew over the Brazilian penalty area, completely ignoring the England team-mates in the box, and then went straight into the top left corner of the Brazilian goal!

Everyone is crazy. The Brazilian fans were stunned.

They all know that Ronaldinho's super free-kick in the face of England in 2002 was more difficult than that.

And it's not a pass. As soon as the ball was kicked, Patrick raised his hands in the air.

The moment the ball flew into the top left corner of the goal, his raised hands clenched into fists.

It was a crazy goal that didn't seem to belong to this world. And it appeared on the highest stage of world football - the World Cup.

It was also Patrick Amber's sixth goal of the World Cup.

England equalized in the 34th minute.

After the goal and the England players celebrating on repeatedly, the camera showed Amber and the QPR manager at the moment of the goal.

These two people, one sitting in the box and the other in the stands.

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Late in the first half of the game, neither team could achieve anything. This ball made Lu Ling feel like she was back in her fan days, she opened a can of beer and nervously looked forward to the second half.

And going into the second half, both teams are becoming more and more cautious. It is still Brazil that has the upper hand.

In the 65th minute, a long pass from the Brazilian backfield was pushed back by England's central defender Smalling.

But on the drop point was Gabriel Jesus. This time, England's defender Eric Dyer came in quickly and tried to jam Jesus with his body.

Gabriel Jesus suddenly lowered his weight very low. Like a cat, he bent his knees, his waist sank, his arms open and his muscles tensed.

At the moment when Dyer rushed up and tried to make a reasonable charge with his shoulder, he found that he had lost his target, and he somewhat held back for fear of fouling. And Jesus suddenly met Dyer at this moment, and Dyer lost his balance and stumbled.

Gabriel Jesus unloaded the ball perfectly. Ross Barkley wants to come over quickly to make up for it. But Gabriel Jesus adjusted a little and immediately got up and shot!

Nearly 30 meters from goal, he touched the ball with the outside of his right foot. A scythe-like arc appeared.

Also in the curling ball, Patrick's goal was an inside arc, while Jesus was an outside arc.

The ball hit the underside of the crossbar and the post – and bounced into the goal line!

It was a perfect goal as well. It may not be as difficult as Patrick's goal, but it's still impressive.

Brazil once again exceeded the scoreline.

Sam Allardyce made an immediate substitution. Alli and Yu Zixiang were replaced by Marcus Rashford and Sturridge respectively.

England are de facto a front three.

Lu Ling's palms were a little sweaty. Normally, this is basically suicide, because the three centers are in the frontcourt, the offense and defense are unbalanced, and the whole team is cut off from the front and back.

Patrick began to walk in the middle. And it seems that not on the instructions of Allardyce, but on his own decision.

He dribbled the ball all the way to cross-cutting, passing one man and then taking the ball towards the box.

Sturridge's header hits the crossbar.

Two minutes later. Patrick dribbled the ball again, this time to the outside of the right, and then completed a right-footed cross. Kane's scramble was saved by Brazilian goalkeeper Alisson.

Two minutes later, Patrick forced Brazil down the middle to force Brazil to recoup before distributing the ball to Rashford, who was too anxious to find the ball on target.

Things in England suddenly and unexpectedly took a turn for the better.

Lu Ling stared at the screen. This formation is obviously out of balance.

But Pat single-handedly propped up the unbalanced formation. His dribbling, his breakthroughs, his relentless movement and receiving, taking the initiative to take the ball, connected the top-heavy England team.

This is the performance of the king.

Lu Ling's heart suddenly felt like crying.

If England are eliminated in this game, the only thing that will be remembered for future generations may only be Patter's goal.

But in fact, it is the performance of Patt who carries the team on his shoulders with his individual ability is even more precious - it is not inferior to the performance of any superstar in history at the World Cup.

Patrick completed eight dribbles and four passes in the final 20 minutes of the game to create great chances.

At the same time, Patrick's overall formation was forced to retreat due to Patrick's huge threat to Brazil's midfield, which protected England's defence and made Neymar and Jesus less comfortable.

But the score was still 1:2 behind.

In the 87th minute, Patrick cut inside laterally again, cutting from the right to the heart of the box.

Brazil's two centre-backs, David Luiz and Marquinhos, stepped up at the same time, while midfielder Casemiro also rushed up desperately and threw away all the other England players.

It's the best compliment for a player, a compliment from an opponent.

Patrick shook his left foot in the midst of the three of them and then grabbed Louis, who tried to force his way over, but fell to the ground. The other two Brazilian players couldn't reach Patrick.

Patrick then completed a powerful right-footed shot. Brazilian goalkeeper Alisson made a save but couldn't get his hands on the ball.

Marcus Rashford was quick to cut in – there was no one to defend him due to Patrick's previous attraction.

The Manchester United striker kept the ball out of the empty net.

England equalised near the end of the game.

Everyone, including Marcus Rashford, who scored the goal, and goalkeeper Joe Hart in front of his own goal, all rushed towards Patrick. He was crushed underneath by ten men.

In these twenty minutes of time, in the statistics, Patrick did not leave goal statistics, nor did he leave assist statistics. In the future, some people may look back on the goal highlights of this game, but people will only marvel at the subtle skill displayed by Patrick in this goal, but it is only after watching the game for 20 minutes that you realize that this is a great performance of his complete contrarian behavior.

Lu Ling was in the stands at the moment, her hands held high, and like everyone around her, she fell into madness. How glad she was that she was here. And beside her, Ian and Kate also hugged each other. Actually, the Scotsman doesn't care about England, he just rejoices for his best buddies. 166 Reading Network