Li Mingyu, who performed very harmlessly throughout the game, received a cross pass from Pedri without anyone defending him.
The position where he holds the ball is about thirty-five meters away from the goal. Under normal circumstances, this distance is already within the shooting range of Li Mingyu.
Faced with this unguarded situation, Li Mingyu, who is in good health, would definitely try a long shot.
However, Li Mingyu, whose legs were filled with lead, knew that he must not waste the opportunity on himself.
Due to my physical condition and running status today, Riquelme's "Hidden Killing Intent" is always activated.
Li Mingyu feels that although he no longer has the speed to run and the strength to fight, his feelings about football have become more subtle.
When Pedri passed the ball, Li Mingyu could feel the intensity and angle of Pedri's passing through the touch of his right foot on the football. Moreover, Li Mingyu also saw at least four routes in his eyes for the passing route after stopping the ball.
When he saw the opponent's defensive players surrounding him, a mocking smile appeared on Li Mingyu's lips.
He has chosen the most suitable passing route.
Li Mingyu took a deep breath, made his body more stable, then turned sideways and kicked the football directly to the ribs of the penalty area.
This is an overhead pass.
Seeing Li Mingyu's pass, Argentina's defender in the penalty area quickly looked back to that side.
Fati!
The 19-year-old Fati, after a one-two with Pedri, rushed towards the baseline, but Pedri did not choose to pass the ball to him.
Fati can only stick to the back of the opponent's defense and start cutting in towards the middle.
Since his position was offside, Argentina's defensive player did not pay attention to him.
When Pedri passed the ball to Li Mingyu, everyone's eyes were on Li Mingyu, and no one paid attention to Fati.
Just when Li Mingyu caught the ball, Fati, who knew the ball well, quickly retreated to the same line as Argentina's back line.
When Li Mingyu plays the ball, Fati rushes into the penalty area from behind the defender at the same time.
Argentina's players looked at the linesman on the wing, but found that the linesman didn't give any indication.
At this time, it would be too late for the Argentina players to return to defense.
At the right post of the half-high goal, goalkeeper Martinez moved sideways at high speed, preparing to block the angle of Fati's shot.
Fati looked back at the trajectory of the football and spotted the position of Martinez with his peripheral vision. If he stopped the ball, he would lose the angle and timing of the shot. Therefore, he could only choose to hit the goal directly.
However, it is still too difficult to hit the goal directly with this ball. A half-high ball coming from behind you requires good body control to do it!
In the horrified eyes of all the fans, Fati stomped on the ground with his left foot, threw himself directly into the air, faced the football passed by Li Mingyu, made a very stretched sideways half-volley, and kicked the flying football hard with his right foot.
When goalkeeper Martinez saw Fati's action, he was so frightened that he quickly opened his arms and legs, trying to expand the defensive area and stop the trajectory of the football.
There is a "bang" sound, a "duang" sound, and a "pop" sound.
In the strange eyes of fans all over the world, the football finally bounced through the door of Argentina National Team.
Martinez covered his head and looked at the football rolling into the goal with a confused look on his face.
"The goalkeeper's own goal, this is the first time in the history of World Cup!"
Tencent Sports's commentator couldn't help but laugh out loud.
Fortunately, there is slow-motion replay, which allows everyone to take a closer look at how the ball was scored.
Li Mingyu's passing was perfect, and Fati's movement was just right.
A sideways half-volley, Fati's shot unexpectedly hit the ground.
The "boom" sound is the muffled sound made when the football touches the foot when Fati volleys.
After hitting the ground, it bounced between the legs of Martinez, who had jumped in mid-air and opened his body.
Just when everyone thought the ball would just bounce into the goal, a dramatic scene happened.
The "duang" sound was when the football rebounded and then hit the lower edge of the crossbar of the goal and bounced out.
Just when everyone was about to sigh that such a beautiful ball did not go in, the reversal happened.
The football bounced out and hit Martinez on the back of the head.
The "pop" sound was the sound of being hit on the head.
When Martinez was a little dizzy from being hit, the football rebounded again and rolled into the goal.
This goal made the instigator, Li Mingyu, look stunned from outside the penalty area.
This pass of mine went through Fati's volley, bounced off the ground, the crossbar, and the back of the head, and then bounced into the goal.
There are no more twists and turns.
After scoring the goal, Fati jumped up in joy and rushed outside the penalty area. Originally, he wanted to jump directly on Li Mingyu, but seeing Li Mingyu's frightened eyes, Fati still suppressed his inner impulse and hugged Li Mingyu tightly.
This time, it's Espanyol's turn to be happy.
Looking at Li Mingyu and Argentina who were surrounded in the middle, they looked solemn.
Sure enough, he is still Li Mingyu. No matter how bad his condition is, he is still Li Mingyu.
Many Argentina people felt regretful for a while. How could they despise Li Mingyu!
In the 23rd minute, Spain National Team equalized the score.
In the end, the goal was attributed to goalkeeper Martinez, an own goal.
This is also the first goalkeeper's own goal in the history of World Cup.
Martinez rubbed the back of his head. The rebounding ball just hit him unprepared. It was like someone suddenly hit your head from behind while walking on the road. The instant impact almost made Martinez faint.
Just now, Argentina's team doctor also came to the field and conducted a simple examination on him, mainly to see if he had a possible concussion.
Fortunately, Martinez was in good physical condition. He was just a little dizzy. After resting for a while, he was fine.
However, this feeling of being attacked by surprise made Martinez very unhappy.
Li Mingyu returned to his own half, feeling that his physical condition was much better, his head was not so dizzy, and his feet were much stronger.
Isn't it a flashback?
Li Mingyu thought unhappily.
After the restart, Li Mingyu actively participated in the defense.
Watching the Li Mingyu and Spain fans desperately defending, the fans shed tears.
Catherine in the stands had tears in his eyes.
The expression on Bella's face was also very worried. She didn't know what happened to her cousin today.
After several consecutive rounds of sprinting, Li Mingyu felt that his body was somewhat out of control.
Now Li Mingyu is persisting completely by relying on willpower.
Li Mingyu felt that his body really couldn't bear it anymore, so he said silently in his heart, "Use 'Dragon-Vigor Card'!"
A golden light flashed in the system space, a card was decomposed, and a mysterious force shrouded Li Mingyu's body in it.
Li Mingyu from the outside world suddenly felt that his body was instantly full of strength.
My waist is no longer sore, my legs are no longer painful, and I feel more energetic when walking...
Li Mingyu felt like he had returned to Peak Combat Power, and there was a burst of joy in his heart.
Li Mingyu looked at the fifteen-minute countdown in the system, and his heart tightened. He had to race against time.
However, before he could see where the football was, he heard a burst of exclamations from the fans in the audience.
Li Mingyu secretly screamed something bad, and quickly turned around to look into his penalty area, only to find that his goalkeeper De Gea rushed directly into the goal and got entangled with the net. It seemed that he ran into the goal at high speed and hit the net.
Li Mingyu Looking again, the Argentina player closest to the goal is Messi, but Messi just crossed the center line less than ten meters away!
But the football rolling in the goal cannot be faked, nor can the referee's gesture that the goal is valid be faked!
"Messi's lob reminds me of Beckham back then. I have to say that this lob should be the best goal for World Cup this year."
Through slow-motion playback, everyone can appreciate the beauty of this hanging door.
It was Spain National Team's offensive round just now. Spain National Team's lineup pressed forward. They only left two central defenders dragging around the center circle, always ready to return to defense.
Pedri's long shot outside the penalty area was blocked by the opponent's defender with his leg.
It was just a beautiful defense, but the ball bounced off the defender's legs and flew straight to the feet of Messi.
Next to Messi was Li Mingyu, who had just recovered blood, and was not able to pursue him immediately.
However, Spain National Team's two central defenders quickly surrounded Messi.
But what people didn't expect was that Messi had just crossed the center line. After taking a step forward, he looked up at Spain goalkeeper De Gea's position and found that due to Spain National Team's attack just now, De Gea actually walked out of the penalty area.
At this time, De Gea is running desperately towards his goal.
How could Messi not seize this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity?
I saw Messi volleying with his left foot directly before the two central defenders surrounded him. The football drew a beautiful arc directly from the midfield and flew towards Spain National Team's goal.
De Gea, who was so frightened that he couldn't care less, could only look back at the trajectory of the football while running towards the goal.
The football was just past the midfield, nearly fifty meters away from the goal, and De Gea ran from outside the penalty area to the penalty area, only 16 or 17 meters away. In the end, the football was even faster than De Gea and hit the goal.
It can be seen how powerful and fast Messi's hanging door is.
Messi stood near the center line, pointed his hands to the sky, and roared excitedly.
This goal is so important to Messi.
Not only did he help the team overtake the score again, but he also made his goal score this year World Cup catch up with Cristiano Ronaldo.
7 goals, compared to World Cup in previous years, this is already the winner of Golden Boot.
However, while Messi was celebrating, he glanced at Li Mingyu who was standing not far from him, his eyes filled with complicated emotions.
14 goals, even if he participated in five World Cup, the total number of goals now is only 13. This kid has only participated in one session, and he already has more goals than himself.
Although Messi has been watching Li Mingyu grow up, he did not expect that Li Mingyu's growth rate has exceeded his knowledge.
Are real monsters really so unscrupulous?
Messi looked at Li Mingyu's back and couldn't help but feel relieved. Fortunately, this monster is not in good condition today!
In fact, at this time, Li Mingyu's heart was on fire. He called on De Gea to throw the ball over quickly. He now needed to race against time to get into the game.
Fifteen minutes, almost a minute has passed now. I have done nothing but watched the other party celebrating.
Fortunately, the position of this goal is very good, it is in the midfield, so the players of Argentina are celebrating near the midfield. If they come back later, they will be there soon.
Seeing Argentina who had not come back for a long time, Li Mingyu became a little dissatisfied and protested to the referee.
The referee looked at Li Mingyu with some curiosity. Why is this kid so confident now? Wasn't he so weak just now that he was dying?
There was no need for the referee to urge, Argentina players slowly returned to their own half.
However, one and a half minutes have passed, and Li Mingyu is really distressed.
He has recovered his condition and can't wait to start the game now.
A little anxious, he went directly to the center circle and stood together with Morata.
Messi, who was standing outside the center circle, suddenly became alert. He was very familiar with Li Mingyu and Messi.
Suddenly, a picture flashed in Messi's mind.
No, he's going to make a sneak attack.
However, Messi is also a little unsure about his judgment, because today Li Mingyu's state is well known, and Li Mingyu has rarely been successful in dribbling.
Is it really a sneak attack?
The referee blew the whistle and Spain National Team kicked off.
Except for Messi, none of the other Argentina players noticed the difference in Li Mingyu.
"Start 'Assault'!"
Li Mingyu said calmly in his heart.
In an instant, a golden avenue appeared in Li Mingyu's eyes.
Morata passed the ball to Li Mingyu, and just when everyone thought Li Mingyu was just coming up to pass the ball, he actually started charge mode towards Argentina National Team's half.
Messi Because he plays the winger position, he stands on the center line on one side when kicking off the ball.
When he saw Li Mingyu's movements, he shouted loudly, "Lautaro, stop him!"