allendalepharm Chapter 535 Defeat Syria and take the initiative!
Chapter 535 Defeat Syria and take the initiative!
Soon, with the whistle of the referee, this game related to the fate of the two teams began.
The Longguo team won the kick-off first.
Zhang Yuning quickly kicked the ball to Wu Lei, who quickly passed back.
Due to the absence of Zheng Zhi, the position of the three midfielders of the Longguo team in this game is different from before. Hao Junmin stepped forward, Zhang Xizhe and Huang Bowen partnered as double midfielders.
Therefore, when the ball passed through Huang Bowen and then to Zhang Xizhe, the front trident was already approaching the Syrian defense line.
As soon as Zhang Xizhe stopped the ball, he saw Wu Lei rushing from the center circle to the gap between the opponent's right back and right center back. He immediately made a long pass with his foot on the ground and passed the ball to the frontcourt.
Although Zhang Xizhe was called a "sales midfielder" when he went to Wolfsburg, in fact, he still has his uniqueness in being able to have a place in domestic football.
First of all, he has delicate feet and reasonable handling of the ball. It can be said that he is one of the best midfielders in China in recent years;
Secondly, Zhang Xizhe has a wide range of activities in the midfield. He can not only play in the side midfield, but also in the center, which also gives him a certain coverage ability;
In addition, although his absolute speed is mediocre, Zhang Xizhe's acceleration at the start and change of direction is quite outstanding. When he has the ball, he can also take the ball forward and give a deadly pass at the end.
These characteristics of Zhang Xizhe were not enough in the Wolfsburg team at that time (or in the previous life)-after all, they were all competing with De Bruyne, Perisic and so on- But in the context of Asia, it is still somewhat useful.
This is also what Pan Yi likes about Zhang Xizhe. Today, he wants to use his skills to drive the offensive firepower of the Longguo team, and strive to break through the goal of Syria as soon as possible!
Now Zhang Xizhe's pass reflects his characteristics.
The ball arrives, the people arrive!
Then everyone saw that Wu Lei on the wing immediately picked up the speed and caught up with the ball in the middle in front of the two defensive players. He spotted the opportunity for the opponent's right back to grab the ball and directly poked the ball forward. He bypassed Syria's right back and quickly chased after the ball.
"A beautiful goal pass!!!"
"Wu Lei is very fast, and Zhang Yuning quickly intervenes in the middle..."
"The Dragon Kingdom team has a chance!"
But just when Wu Lei caught up with the ball again and adjusted to make a cross, the opponent's right center back Jaennett's return to defense was also extremely fast, and he directly blocked with his body. On the opponent's body, popped the bottom line, corner kick!
Today Syria played a traditional 4-4-2 parallel midfielder formation, and it was clear that they wanted to use defensive counterattacks to win the game.
And their two central defenders were also waiting for the frontcourt attackers of the Longguo team, so as soon as Wu Lei started, Jaennit followed and disrupted the attack.
"Just ten seconds into the game, the Longguo team won a left corner kick in the frontcourt."
"This is a pass from Zhang Xizhe and a surprise attack from Wu Lei."
"Wu Lei's running position has always been very good, and his sprint speed is very fast, but what is even more surprising is that his one-handed pass was very exciting. He didn't make any physical contact with the opponent's defensive player. Just get rid of the other party."
"It's a pity that Syria's central defender Jaennit chased back very quickly and blocked Wu Lei's cross in time."
"There was a corner in the first [-] seconds, let's see if it will happen this time."
"Zhang Xizhe will take the corner kick. In this Dragon Country team, Zhang Xizhe's footwork is relatively outstanding, so there should be no problem."
"Now several defenders including Feng Xiaoting and Deng Hanwen have rushed to the penalty area in Syria, and they are going to compete for this high point."
"Deng Hanwen is a central defender from BJ Renhe. He is only 22 years old this year. It should be the most surprising thing that he got the starting opportunity today. After all, he has not played a few official games on behalf of the national team before. He even It's just a player from the Chinese Premier League!"
"After all, on the bench, there are still players like Ren Hang and Micro Motion who seem more suitable to play...Okay, let's see if he will perform well now!"
Zhang Xizhe walked to the left corner without hesitation, gently put the ball on the corner stick, and then slowly retreated.
At this time, the high points of the Longguo team basically rushed into the penalty area of Syria. Zhang Yuning, Feng Xiaoting and Deng Hanwen were all the opponent's key targets. Among them, Zhang Yuning was at the front point, and Feng Xiaoting and Deng Hanwen were in the middle.
All I saw was Zhang Xizhe took a deep breath, made a gesture, and rushed towards the ball quickly.
A muffled bang was heard at the scene, and the ball was quickly taken out.
There was a commotion in the penalty area. Zhang Yuning rushed to the front point, while Feng Xiaoting quickly rushed to the back point.
After they blocked the Syrian defensive player with their bodies, it was tantamount to abruptly opening a gap for Deng Hanwen in the middle, and the latter even rushed to the small penalty area at the fastest speed, leaping high.
Zhang Xizhe's free throw landed precisely on top of his head!
Obviously, this is a cooperation that has been tempered countless times during training, and a skilled tacit understanding has long been established between the several players!
After the ball flew over, Deng Hanwen shook his head against the ball like a lion, and smashed the ball into the goal of Syria firmly! ! !
"The ball went in!!!!!!"
"Oh my god, within a minute of the game, the Dragon Kingdom took the lead in scoring the Syrian goal!"
"It's just unbelievable."
"In just 1 minute, we scored the first goal in the away game, [-]-[-]!"
"From Zhang Xizhe and Deng Hanwen's set-piece cooperation, these two national team players who are rare to get the starting lineup really have excellent performances!"
"We can see that Deng Hanwen, who scored the goal, has quickly rushed to the sidelines, and hugged the head coach Lippi tightly, uh, and hugged Pan Yi, who was also on the sidelines... He should be using this way to thank The coaching staff trusts him!"
"Indeed, even we have some doubts about his starting game, after all, he is too inexperienced. But it only took him less than 1 minute to shatter this doubt!"
"Sure enough, Lippi was right before the game. No matter which national team player he is, as long as he is called up to the team, it means that he is ready for the game!"
"Facts have also proved that even if half of the main players are replaced, the current national team can still maintain a strong offensive power!"
On the court, after Pan Yi managed to break free from the hugs of Zhang Xizhe, Deng Hanwen and others, he began to shout at the carnival players vigorously, forcing them to calm down and look at him.
"Hurry back to the game, hurry up, strike while the iron is hot, we must strive to win in one fell swoop!"
"Hurry up! Don't let them wake up!"
"While he is sick, kill him!"
Following Pan Yi's call, the players quickly returned to the court.
The pre-match strategy formulated by Lippi and Pan Yi was to launch an opening attack, allowing Syria to make a sneak attack before the defensive formation was organized.
Facts have proved that the effect is very obvious. After the opening, Syria was caught off guard.
Especially Deng Hanwen, because he had never played in a previous national team game, it was even more unfamiliar to the Syrian coaches and players, let alone any targeted defense.
Players like Wu Lei, Zhang Yuning, including Lin Liangming who didn't play today are well-known, but Deng Hanwen?
Who is this?I do not know!
And Pan Yi chose Deng Hanwen, on the one hand, because he is young and has room for growth, on the other hand, of course, because of his solid defense and strong assist ability. In addition to central defender, he can also play left back and right back. He has strong plasticity and is a rare player. All-rounder in defense.
Although his height is not outstanding, Deng Hanwen has excellent jumping ability and the ability to predict the landing point. When the opponent launches an attack with a long pass from the backcourt, he has the ability to fight for the first landing point and fight in the air.
When he was playing as a full-back, the main way on the offensive end was to use his sense of running off the ball, receive passes from teammates, and then complete crosses.
In fact, the quality of his cross can only be regarded as mediocre, so Pan Yi also asked him to use his strengths and avoid his weaknesses. Today he played as a central defender and used his ability to compete for the first spot, and it worked!
Such a goal not only gave a good start to today's game, but also filled the dragon country with fighting spirit, and also boosted Deng Hanwen's confidence.
Isn’t it just an Asian game?He can handle it!
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The game restarts.
Syria conceded the goal in just 1 minute of the opening, which made them a little at a loss.
Should we fight back, or continue to defend?
But soon, they discovered that this did not seem to be a multiple-choice question.
Because, the continuous offensive of the Long Guo team made them have to retreat in their own half. Where did the "counterattack" come from?
The three midfielders composed of Hao Junmin, Zhang Xizhe and Huang Bowen can all control the ball, and at the same time, they can sort out the scheduling and control the rhythm of the game, which quickly helped the Long Guo team firmly lock the ball.
Under their delivery of shells, whether it is the speed of Wu Lei and Yu Hanchao on both sides, or the height of center Zhang Yuning, they can all cause substantial danger to Syria's defense.
This also made Syria dare not press too much, but firmly defended its own half, and responded to the Longguo team's pass-and-control style with a rigorous and meticulous defensive formation.
Time passed little by little.
After playing for more than ten minutes, the Longguo team also began to actively slow down the offensive.
This is actually Lippi and Pan Yi's request before the game.
As long as you get a goal lead at the beginning, no matter if it is one goal or two goals, you will stop playing after 10 minutes. The advantage of this is to reduce the consumption of players and avoid being unable to keep up when Syria counterattacks.
At this time, Syria finally got rid of the chaos at the beginning, and began to free up its hands to fight back while defending.
However, the brand-new defense line of Longguo today seems to have been working together for a long time. They have a tacit understanding, and they have made the opponent's attacks invisible again and again.
This led to the entire first half, the Longguo team firmly locked the game situation.
The Long Guo team played more actively on the two sides. The left wing composed of Wang Shenchao and Wu Lei, and the right wing composed of Zhang Linpeng and Yu Hanchao, all played their due threats.
Of course, the attack in the center was hindered, more because Syria often hides all three lines within the 30-meter area of its own side when defending, which makes it difficult for the Dragon Kingdom to form a breakthrough in the center through passing and cutting cooperation and running without the ball .
But it's not a big problem now.
After all, with the ball in hand, the Dragon Country team is not in a hurry.
What made Pan Yi even more gratified was that when the team pressed forward as a whole and the ball-holding area advanced to the front of the opponent's 30-meter area, the success rate of passing and receiving in the frontcourt was even higher than before.
On the one hand, this is because three technical midfielders are used today, so the accuracy of passing will naturally be higher;
On the other hand, it is because Deng Hanwen and Feng Xiaoting have both assumed the role of the ball in today's defense line, especially the central defender position.
The central defender plays the ball, which can be said to be the mainstream trend of world football in recent years, and it is also a must-have ability for a team that focuses on passing and controlling.
Feng Xiaoting's own ability to play the ball is very good, while Deng Hanwen is more of a full-back in the league, and even has the title of "Longguo Ram".
When these two are paired together, there is no need to deliberately hand the ball to Feng Xiaoting's feet when the ball is played in the backcourt. Instead, both of them can deal cards forward when they see the right time, thus becoming more flexible.
"Syria's defense is very characteristic. If we hadn't caught them off guard in the opening attack, it is estimated that it would not be so easy to win this game."
Lippi suddenly said to Pan Yi.
Pan Yi also nodded slightly.
Judging from the performance of the entire first half, Syria's strength is indeed not weak.
Although the reputation of their players is far inferior to that of Iran and South Korea, and there is no player like Wu Lei who plays in the five major leagues, but all of them are very team-minded and have good tactical execution.
Having said that, they drew with South Korea and Iran in the first round of the game, and also defeated the Dragon Kingdom. If they don't have some strength, they can't just rely on luck, right?
"It's mainly the defensive position and the linkage between the players. It's done very well."
Pan Yi pointed to the court where a Syrian defensive player was guarding Zhang Yuning. The latter pulled to the left this time to catch the ball and go one-on-one with the opponent.
"Their defensive distance was maintained very well, and Zhang Yuning was not given an easy chance to get rid of it. This is certainly the role of targeted tactics, but the usual training is also indispensable."
In defense, it is very important to maintain a suitable distance. If it is too close, it is easy to get rid of it. If it is too far, it will give the opponent space and time to handle the ball. Therefore, according to the characteristics of different players, maintain the most appropriate defensive distance. This is homework.
Even to some extent, this point is worth learning and learning from the national football players.
"Yes." Lippi nodded appreciatively, and then patted Pan Yi on the shoulder, "Fortunately, you strongly recommended Deng Hanwen to start the game, which really has the effect of surprise, haha! Otherwise, the two sides will be in a stalemate now The state is a bit unfavorable to us..."
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Entering the intermission with a goal lead, Lippi and Pan Yi praised the international players in the locker room, and at the same time encouraged them to continue their efforts, and immediately adjusted their tactics for the second half.
This time, Gao Lin replaced Zhang Yuning directly!
Everyone knows that Zhang Yuning can be said to be Pan Yi's favorite general, but he still changed.
This is because under the current situation on the field, Zhang Yuning seldom gets the ball for the header directly, but often takes the ball in the middle or on the side to go one-on-one with the opponent's defender. This is not his strong point.
And among the current players in the Long Guo team who can play center, who is the best at this?
Of course it is Gao Lin.
The tall Gao Lin is good at his feet. His ball control and breakthrough are very threatening. At the same time, his passing awareness is also quite good, and he often assists his teammates in the frontcourt.
Why do Longguo fans call him "Sao Gao"?
That is to say, he is still very imaginative in the forward line, especially in some ball possession and passing situations.
Facts have proved that this substitution is correct.
After the start of the second half, the Longguo team opened up the situation in the middle.
Gao Lin's ability to hold and dribble the ball in the middle, especially his ability to push forward, still showed.
At the beginning of the second half, Gao Lin got rid of the ball in midfield and passed two people in a row, and sent the ball into the penalty area. Yu Hanchao almost grabbed a point to score.
This attack also shocked Syria into a cold sweat. Later, it also strengthened its strict defense against Gao Lin and Yu Hanchao, and even added a lot of small moves in the defense, and was sentenced to several fouls.
Although these fouls generally occurred far away from the goal, the Longguo team still got a lot of free kick opportunities in the frontcourt, which caused a lot of trouble for Syria's defense.
When the game time jumped to 60 minutes, after Wu Lei got the ball on the left side of the frontcourt, he wanted to rely on his personal ability to get rid of it but couldn't. After being fouled by the opponent, he got a free kick in the frontcourt.
Wu Lei quickly passed the ball and kicked it to Hao Junmin, who was also closely marked, and then passed it back to Zhang Xizhe who was lagging behind. Zhang Xizhe took a step to the right after receiving the ball. Directly transferred with a big foot, transferring the ball from the left to the right.
At this time, Zhang Linpeng was close to the right sideline. After stopping the ball with his chest, he dribbled the ball forward along the right sideline. Before the opponent's defensive player could step forward, Zhang Linpeng passed the ball forward with a big kick.
The ball went forward along the right sideline and fell to the right side, but Gao Lin, who was supposed to be standing in the middle, ran to the right sideway at some point.
This is where he runs better than Zhang Yuning!
After Gao Lin blocked an opponent's central defender with his body, he faced the ball that bounced off the ground. He gently released his right foot and stopped the ball toward the baseline, then turned around and chased after it.
At this moment, Gao Lin easily got rid of the defense of the Syrian central defender. After catching up with the ball, he made a low pass with his right foot and passed the ball into the penalty area.
However, Yu Hanchao, who was supposed to be the right winger, appeared in the penalty area like a ghost. Behind the left back from Syria, he caught Gao Lin's cross and pulled it towards the center. Rub your feet lightly against the ball.
Syrian goalkeeper Emma was standing tightly next to the right post, but Yu Hanchao's rubbed shot made the ball cross a beautiful arc and landed precisely on the left side of the goal.
The moment the ball hit the goal, the entire stadium erupted.
Everyone got carried away and jumped up, celebrating the goal!
"The ball is scored again!"
"Gao Lin, who came off the bench, played a very good performance. He assisted Yu Hanchao and scored Longguo's second goal of the game!"
"It's so beautiful! This goal, whether it was coordination with the ball or running without the ball, was really smart. Such coordination was really rare in the previous national team's offensive line."
"We have to feel and admire the transformation of the national team players by the national football coaching staff represented by Lippi and Pan Yi."
"Whether it is the main players or the substitute players who don't play often, they seem to have been sublimated!"
"We have every reason to believe that if we continue to play like this, the Longguo team will really become a real strong team in Asia!"
Not long after the goal, Lippi also made a substitution immediately.
He replaced Zhang Xizhe with Ren Hang. The purpose of this substitution was obvious, which was to strengthen the defense of the midfield.
At the same time, the team also began to retreat, focusing on stability. After all, the game has progressed to this point, and a two-goal lead, or even a one-goal lead is enough.
When the game progressed to the 80th minute, Lippi made the last substitution of the game, replacing Wang Shenchao with Zhao Mingjian.
This is also to strengthen the defense with a player with better physical fitness.
After this substitution, the meaning of the Longguo team to keep the victory has become very clear.
Syria launched a strong attack in the last 10 minutes, while the Dragon Kingdom team turned to defensive counterattack. As a result, Syria failed to take advantage. On the contrary, the Dragon Kingdom team got several good counterattacks, but unfortunately they were unable to catch them.
In the end, with the two goals of Deng Hanwen and Yu Hanchao, the Longguo team defeated Syria [-]-[-] "away" and won this crucial victory!