Chen Xi's sudden rush obviously caught Malblanco, who received the ball, a little off guard.

And Chen Xi's excellent explosiveness and speed didn't give Malblanco a chance to react at all!

directly broke the ball, and Chen Xi counterattacked on the spot!

Seeing Chen Xi break the ball, even though the two veterans Sheringham and Ferdinand were already very tired, they immediately accelerated to keep up!

Kidding aside, as long as this is flanked in place, it's a great chance to score!

Chen Xi's next performance did not live up to the trust of the two veterans.

When he faced Finnan at high speed after breaking the ball, he did not slow down, but directly slammed the ball forward, and then used his speed to eat the opponent raw!

Finnan even stretched out his hand to pull Chen Xi's clothes, but he couldn't stop him from rushing up.

Chen Xi broke through Finnan's defense again, and this time he didn't rush to cross. Instead, go to the penalty area with the ball!

Faced with this situation, the Fulham team only scored one defender to make up for Chen Xi.

Complementing the defense was Fulham centre-back Zat Knight, a young England centre-back who bears some resemblance to Tottenham's Gardner, who is also black, bald and, more importantly, more than 1.95 meters tall.

However, in Chen Xi's eyes, such a tall central defender is definitely the best object of play.

When dribbling the ball to the left side of the penalty line, Knight carefully defended it.

Chen Xi suddenly flicked the ball back with the outside of his right foot!

Do you want to cut inside? Knight judged.

At the same time, Chen Xi's left foot also kicked towards the ball, which also made Knight more sure of his judgment. So he hurriedly released his center of gravity, ready to separate Chen Xi from the ball through the card position.

However, Chen Xi's left foot did not kick the ball, but swiped it from above, and then suddenly used the outside of his left foot to slide the ball to the bottom line!

When the tall Knight tried to retract his center of gravity, it was too late.

After Chen Xi broke through Knight, he officially entered the penalty area and faced Van der Sar directly!

It's just that because he has now hit near the bottom line, the shooting angle is a little small, so Chen Xi didn't shoot, but quickly pushed the ball to the middle of the penalty area!

Van der Sar apparently judged that Chen Xi would do this, and he suddenly made a save in front of him, ready to stop Chen Xi's ball.

But it obviously took time for his tall figure to make such a fall to the ground, and at this time, Chen Xi's ball had passed under him and came to the goal.

At this time, anyone who stabs the ball can send it into the goal!

Sheringham and Ferdinand, who had already wasted several scoring opportunities before, naturally did not let the opportunity be missed again this time, and the two shoveled towards the ball almost at the same time, and in the end, Sheringham, who was closer to the ball, took the lead in tackling the ball and shoveled it into the goal!

Oh~~~ The sighs of the home fans were heard from the stands at Craven Farmer's Field.

Boom~~~ This was followed by the cheers of some of the home fans who came to the scene with the team!

After scoring the goal, Sheringham's first thought was not to celebrate, but to get up and rush towards Chen Xi!

"It's a beautiful pass! It's a one-stop service! Ha ha! Sheringham was clearly praising Chen Xi's one-on-one assist.

"Haha! Maybe you should tip me a hefty amount? Chen Xi, who was in a good mood, joked.

"Hey, it's good to be tall! Teddy's feet are a little longer than mine, otherwise the ball would be mine! Ferdinand also came up at this time and said with a regretful face.

While the Tottenham players were celebrating excitedly, the Fulham players were chagrined. Seeing that the first half of the game is about to end, but they conceded the goal, can they not be depressed!

Van der Sar, who had made many brave saves before, was even more depressed. He's done well enough, but his teammates are still a little weaker!

The elder Fan is starting to miss the solid concrete defence that preceded him during his time at Juventus. It's just that in his opinion, he is nearly 32 years old, and there may be no hope of returning to a giant team like Juventus when he is a player.

The two coaches on the sidelines also behaved differently at this time.

Fulham's France coach Tigana angrily kicked off a mineral water bottle in front of him when the ball went into the net. He was clearly unhappy with the goal he conceded in the final moments of the first half.

And Hoddle's face was full of surprises, leading into the locker room, and the second half was much better!

By the time Chen Xi and his teammates finished celebrating and returned to their own half, there were just over two minutes of stoppage time left in the first half.

Tottenham were clearly not going to let tragedy happen to them, with the score remaining 1-0 until half-time.

Chen Xi and his teammates entered the locker room with a relaxed atmosphere.

In the locker room at halftime, Hoddle also performed Chen Xi alone. In his opinion, Chen Xi's assist after the frontcourt steal is much more valuable than the assist in the usual offense!

Indeed, a steal like this in the front court can be said to be an opportunity at all. turned such an opportunity that was not an opportunity into a goal, Chen Xi naturally worked hard.

While praising Chen Xi, Hoddle also criticized the team's forward line for constantly wasting opportunities and the backline constantly giving the opponent opportunities. He also asked the team to seize the opportunity to counterattack when defending well in the second half, and strive to determine the victory as soon as possible.

After all, three days later, Tottenham still have a tough battle against West Ham United!

After the start of the second half, neither team made any personnel changes.

But it's not hard to see from the murderous look in the eyes of the Fulham players that these guys are certainly being criticized by their head coach Tigana in the dressing room.

Obviously, in the second half, the Fulham team, who were behind the score, stepped up their attack.

In addition to attacking on the wings, the rotation of Fulham's two central midfielders is also an important attacking tool for Fulham.

Five minutes into the second half, Junichi Inamoto came close to breaking the door for Tottenham with a long-range shot from behind.

Fortunately, Keller's condition is still brave, and he successfully defuses his extremely high-quality long-range shot.

Although the Fulham team is very aggressive, Chen Xi did not defend too deeply, because he knew that the threat he brought to the opponent by participating in the counterattack in the front court was far greater than the contribution he made to the defense!

Hoddle also acquiesced in Chen Xi's approach, because through these understandings, he also knew that Chen Xi's defensive awareness was really not good. This is also the reason why he highly praised Chen Xi's front-court steal in the first half.

In his opinion, as long as Chen Xi seizes a counterattack opportunity in the front court, this game will basically lock in the victory.

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