Time ticked away, second by second. The 82nd minute, the 83rd minute, the 84th minute.
Germany national football team kept up their relentless high-pressure siege, their attacks in the final third coming wave after wave.
Ozil delivered successive surgical through balls, Müller wreaked havoc down the flank, and Kroos kept firing Long Shots from outside the box to apply pressure.
England Team retreated across the board, every player huddled inside their own half, scrambling desperately and clearing the ball with difficulty.
The tide throughout Maracanã Stadium had completely turned in favor of iron-blooded Germany.
Everyone was waiting for the equalizer to arrive.
But in desperate circumstances, there was always someone who stepped up to turn the tide.
That person was always England's captain in the white number thirteen jersey—Li Yufei.
In the 87th minute, the situation on the pitch changed dramatically once more!
England completed a nerve-racking clearance at the back, and Lampard calmly brought the ball under control near the edge of the penalty area.
Facing Germany's midfielders charging in frantically, he neither panicked and cleared the ball nor passed it blindly.
The battle-hardened veteran instantly read the situation and spotted the enormous space left behind by Germany's fully pushed-up formation.
His eyes narrowed as he suddenly sent a piercing grounded through ball forward!
Like an arrow loosed from a bow, the ball tore through Germany's two defensive lines and sliced precisely through the open space in the middle.
The speed, the power, the trajectory—flawless!
At the same time, Li Yufei burst into motion!
At a moment when everyone else was retreating to defend and their stamina was depleted, he still retained explosive acceleration at its peak.
He instantly shook off Hummels's close marking, surged forward at high speed, and charged alone into the heart of Germany's territory!
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