A Final with No Clear Favorite? From the Opening Whistle, Blades Were Drawn—Beep!
With a whistle from the main referee, the first half of the 2014 Brazil World Cup final officially began!
England Team, who kicked off first, showed no intention of probing their opponents and immediately launched a fierce attack.
Rooney played the kickoff back to Lampard, who received it in midfield without the slightest delay.
With a precise long ground pass, he pierced straight through Germany's two defensive lines and found Li Yufei up front.
In the very first second of the match, England bared all its fangs.
No conservatism, no cowardice, no probing—just a head-on clash with the German machine!
The entire stadium erupted instantly, the cheers seeming to blow the roof off Maracanã Stadium.
Li Yufei burst forward at high speed, instantly shaking off Schweinsteiger's close marking.
He brought the ball down steadily beneath his feet, his movement impossibly smooth and without a trace of unnecessary hesitation.
As Boateng, his former club teammate and a German defender, rushed in to challenge him, he deftly cut the ball and changed direction.
With a light shift in rhythm, he created half a body's worth of space to break through.
In just three seconds, Li Yufei charged forward alone and reached the edge of Germany's penalty area!
He Wei's voice instantly rose, his tone brimming with excitement.
"An overwhelming attack right from the start! England aren't holding anything back—they're going all-out from the opening whistle!"
"Li Yufei has entered berserk mode from the very start! His solo breakthrough is an enormous threat!"
Boateng knew full well how dangerous Li Yufei's Long Shot was and dared not give him even the slightest space, decisively throwing himself forward to block.
Li Yufei did not force the shot. With a flick of