Chapter 354: Warm Man Vardy
By the time the world was shocked by Jamie Vardy's long-range curling goal, the tide had changed and the balance of victory was tipping in England's favour.
Looking at the English players who were frantically celebrating their goals, the morale of the Portuguese side was extremely low.
Originally, conceding the first goal in the big game had a great impact on morale, especially Vardy's goal was so shocking that it simply knocked Portugal out of temper.
After the game resumed, Portugal attacked England in a wave, but they were not able to pose a mortal threat to England due to their lack of morale.
At the end of the first half, England returned to the dressing room with a one-goal lead over Portugal.
Jamie Vardy, who had just scored a super barb, was almost killed by his team-mate in the dressing room, and this jaw-dropping goal could well lead England to a victory.
Portugal has been recognized as a super team in recent years, and even England can't match the runner-up results of the European Championship.
A win over the mighty Portugal would see England reach the last four of the World Cup.
Although England has always been hyped as the favourites to win the World Cup, except for winning the championship on home soil in ancient times, the rest of the time they have not even entered the final, which is a great shame for England, which claims to be the originator of modern football.
The last time England was able to reach the semi-finals of the World Cup was back in the 90s World Cup, 16 years ago.
These 16 years are enough to sharpen an iron rod into a needle......
The interim boss made a substitution at half-time, with the more defensively Hargreaves replacing Frank Lampard, and England were in control of the game in the second half, and it is estimated that there will be few more opportunities to get forward.
When Vardy walked out of the tunnel, he was once again greeted with applause and cheers from the fans, and the sudden climax made Vardy feel extremely happy.
As a professional footballer, the pursuit of victory on the field is a personal pursuit, and the pursuit of personal honor can bring happiness to the fans at the same time, which may be the charm of football.
At the beginning of the second half, Portugal planned to take advantage of England's unstable foothold to attack the next wave, and unexpectedly launched an attack from the middle, almost causing the newly introduced Hargreaves to lose his position.
However, England's three lines retreated as a whole, and they quickly gained a foothold and slowly maneuvered with Portugal.
Unlike in the first half, the two sides changed their offensive and defensive positions, with Portugal moving from defensive counter-attacks to positional attacks, while England switched from pressing attacks to focusing more on defence.
After all, this is the quarterfinals, no one can afford to lose, and no one wants to lose.
Jamie Dardy is not in a hurry, the lead is England, and sooner or later Portugal has a desperate gamble, and then his speed will be useful again.
However, just when the two sides were fighting, the fans in the stands suddenly seemed to riot, making the players on both sides look around in unison.
After all, people are curious, they also have a herd mentality, and if something really happens somewhere on the pitch, they can deal with it in time.
At this time, everyone found out that a little boy wearing an England jersey didn't know when to rush into the field, he didn't run fast, but there were a few big men chasing behind him, and he ran very awkwardly.
The camera camera captured the scene in time, and all the fans watching the game also saw the little boy fans entering the stadium.
That's why the fans are heckling!
Where did this kid come from?
Where did the parents who accompanied him into the field to watch the game go, how could a little child rush into the field on his own, and what if something happened?
I'm afraid this is another story between an unreliable parent and a bear child!
If it were a grown man rushing into the field, even if he wasn't running naked, the players wouldn't bother and wait for the security guards to subdue him and drag him out of the field, and then the game would continue.
But now it's different, this is just a child who was chased by the security guards, and if the little boy was dragged out by the security guards, Vardy would feel unbearable.
So Vardy quickly ran over and picked up the little boy in the surprised eyes of others, and then made a gesture for the chasing security guards to stop.
"Little one, what do you want to do?" Vardy asked the boy softly with a smile.
The boy smiled with excitement as he picked him up, putting one hand around Vardy's neck and the other in the air, just as Vardy had done when he scored.
"I'm here to cheer you on, and of course, I want to play on the field like you!"
Vardy laughed, "Thank you so much, with your cheer, I feel like I'm running faster." But you're not what a good kid should do, you're going to get your parents in trouble! ”
The little boy was clearly unimpressed, put his arms around Vardy and was elated, and even began to sing.
At this time, the referee walked over and faced Vardy with a smile on his face.
Can we put the child down, this is still a competition!
Vardy knew what the referee meant, so he was escorted down the pitch by security guards until he reached the stands and found the boy's parents.
"Little guy, if you want to play on the pitch like us, then you have to train hard from now on!"
Touching the little boy's head, Vardy said very kindly.
As a result, the boy's father's mobile phone, Vardy hugged the little boy and took a selfie, and the bright smiles on their faces became a classic.
When Vardy re-entered the pitch, there was a round of applause from the stands, and both England and Portugal fans were very supportive of Vardy's caring approach.
"Competition on the football field is a constant theme, but there is no shortage of warmth on the green lawn."
"Vardy's approach is touching, maybe in his opinion, he just did what he should do, but what he didn't know was that he may have planted a seed in the heart of the little boy and set an example for countless people!"
"Maybe he's a tease, but he's definitely a caring tease, and that's important!"
The commentators and guests alike praised Vardy's approach, which may seem like a small thing, but it can be heartwarming.
The fans in front of the TV were also very touched to see this scene, and Vardy's image in their hearts became more and more full.
"I really didn't expect Vardy to be a warm man, I can't believe it!"
"Teasing and loving don't conflict with each other, but if only I were that little boy, I would have wanted to be hugged by Vardy!"
"Then you're so naughty, Vardy can't hold you a big guy who picks your feet over 200 pounds!"
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Jamie Vardy returned to the pitch to applause and apologized to the referee.
Whatever Vardy's reason was, after all, it was his fault that he was suspended for two minutes.
However, the referee also knows what adult beauty is, and if Vardy is given a yellow card for this, the fans can boo him as a dog, so he chose to open the net.
After the resumption of the game, the confrontation between the two sides became more and more intense, and as time passed, there was less and less time left for Portugal to counterattack.
England defended while not forgetting to use some small tricks that were not very technical but very effective, such as delaying time.
Vardy was delayed for nearly two minutes just now because of the entry of young fans, and in the eyes of his teammates, this is Vardy putting on a show, using this way to delay time, and others can't say that he is not, the means are very superb.
Your means are masterful, and mine is not weak!
So the England internationals showed their talents and began an endless show with half an hour left in the game.
Don't think that England's rough buddies are not good at acting, they were unwilling to be distracted before, but when they were willing to distract, it was really an eye-opener for the world.
After the physical confrontation, the frequency of the English players skyrocketed, and although not to the point of falling down at the first touch, it is definitely more exaggerated than you think.
The acting faction led by Hargreaves usually rolls over his ankles and screams after falling to the ground, as if he has just been hit by a big truck, which is extremely miserable.
Rolling two laps, pretending to be injured and making a pitiful look, his teammates besieged the referee's theory, and then the stretcher entered the field, and was slowly carried out of the field on a stretcher, at this time, at least a minute had passed.
And as soon as he was carried out of the field, he immediately became vigorous again, as if he had been smeared with black jade intermittent ointment, and the medicinal effect was magical.
After a few times, even if the referee was stupid, he knew that the English players did it on purpose.
Another example is throwing the sideline ball, Gary Neville walked over slowly, picked up the ball, rubbed his hands on the jersey, rubbed the ball again, shouted a few words to his teammates, estimated that the time was almost up, threw down the ball, motioned to his teammates to throw, and walked into the field again.
Hargreaves walked over like an old man on a crutch, repeated what Gary Neville had just done, and finally dropped the ball and walked away.
The ink was inked for a long time, but no one came to the free throw, and just like that, more than a minute passed.
The Portuguese players are about to cry, let's not play like this.
There was also a free kick from Portugal, and Gerrard stepped forward to move the opponent's ball backwards, indicating that this was the foul position.
As long as the opponent still has a small move forward, Gerrard immediately rushes to the referee and keeps protesting, as if the opponent has done something heinous.
In fact, his purpose is very simple, that is, to interfere with the referee and prevent the referee from blowing the whistle, so as to delay time.
All kinds of means came out, even Vardy was a little dumbfounded, he really didn't expect that this group of rough buddies would simply slip away from flying when they played tricks.
Of course, in fact, England is quite restrained, at least not too blatant, like Vardy in his previous life who saw him fall from the stretcher to the ground in order to delay time.
That's called real fighting! [.]