Du Zhenyu's dismissal became a turning point in the game.

Lippi, who had already formulated a substitution strategy with his coaching team in the coach's seat, hurriedly began to change his strategy, and Qi Ming, who was standing on the sidelines with changed clothes, was pulled back to the bench.

There was no time to comfort Du Zhenyu, who was sent off, and Lippi quickly arranged his substitutions.

Another central defender, Liming, was quickly shouted from the bench by Lippi: "Li, hurry up and prepare for the activities, now the team needs you." ”

Although Liming is younger than the 21-year-old Du Zhenyu who was sent off - he is the same age as Xiang Tiange and is only 19 years old - he has a lot of experience in the game, knowing that he has to play urgently, while changing his jersey, he is still jumping and stretching his body.

Because the general central defenders will warm up less on the sidelines, after all, this position is not a position that requires frequent substitutions, so the body is obviously inactive Dawn seized any time he had to warm himself up.

"After you go up, you still play the central defender and drag behind, you must be cautious in defense, stand at the set-piece, and listen to the command of captain Li Yun. Lippi quickly laid out his tactics against Dawn.

Lippi's personal translator is also the translator of the national team, and "Little Red Riding Hood" Awen Wenwen is quickly doing simultaneous translation.

Huang Jianxiang has also been paying attention to the situation on the bench of the Chinese team: "Qi Ming was ready to play just now, according to the situation, Xu Mingyu, who should have a little problem changing his physical fitness, must now be a central defender." Liming is also a 19-year-old player, and has firmly established himself as the main central defender in the Longteng team in the past two seasons. Now it's time for him to come to the rescue. ”

In fact, there are more experienced central defenders in the national team, including Feng Xiaoting, Mei Fang, Ma Yongli, etc., all of whom were not selected this time because of injuries, but now there are not only very experienced players like Longteng captain Lu Zhihui on the bench, but also how to be such a Mesozoic generation, Coach Lippi finally chose the youngest Dawn, which should have his own considerations. Su Dong introduced the reserve of the Chinese team's central defenders.

The Chinese team is planning substitutions, and when analyzing the substitutions, the Uzbekistan team solemnly arranged their best front-court free kick since the start of the game.

The position of Du Zhenyu's foul is very beneficial to the Uzbek side, less than a meter in front of the penalty area, slightly closer to the left side of the penalty area, which can allow players with good footwork to play wantonly.

At such a critical moment, the captain of the team, the golden left-footed free kick expert Jeparov, who took on this task himself, basically took all the corners and free kicks on the Uzbek side.

"The time has come to test Zengcheng. Huang Jianxiang said nervously.

It seems to know that the Chinese team has studied Uzbekistan's free kicks, and they did not engage in any bells and whistles free kick tactics, leaving Jeparov to stand alone in front of the ball, and the other players, except for two defenders in the backfield, are all involved in the attack.

At the Jiangcheng Sports Center, at this time, everyone began to boo desperately, trying to influence Deparov's mood.

The referee blew the whistle for the penalty.

"Zengcheng!" Huang Jianxiang roared loudly.

With Huang Jianxiang's roar, it was the crisp sound of the football hitting the goalpost, "Bang!".

"Well, this save is so crucial. Su Dong shouted excitedly, "Fortunately, this ball was gently supported by his fingers during the flight." Otherwise, go straight in. ”

Zengcheng, who saved the free kick, vented his nervous emotions just now, and shouted out with his fists clenched: "Ah!!hhhh

Du Zhenyu, who had red eyes and was still struggling to punish for his red card, was holding the edge of the entrance of the player's tunnel at this time, he was so hard that he didn't even feel his fingers a little white.

When the football hit the goalpost, Du Zhenyu suspected that his heart stopped beating for a second, and then saw the football fly out of the bottom line, and he had the right to breathe again.

The fans in the stands also seemed to be their own players after completing the shot, first "hissed", and then began to cheer desperately.

Chen Jiangfeng and his girlfriend hugged excitedly, and the monkey skin ball Old Man Tan waved the golden hoop stick in his hand and shook the banana fan, happy like a three-year-old child.

Li Xuepeng and Li Yun all high-fived Zengcheng to celebrate, or patted Zengcheng's body excitedly, giving him encouragement and praise.

Lippi, who was rarely excited, also applauded and roared at the field, making the players continue to tense their nerves because they would face a corner kick from the Uzbekistan team next.

Similarly, this corner also gave the Chinese team a dead ball opportunity to make a substitution.

The assistant referee held up a sign on the sidelines, the Chinese team changed No. 15 to No. 8, and Liming replaced the back player Xu Mingyu.

Xu Mingyu, who knew the tension of the game, did not hesitate, left the field quickly, and Liming stretched his body and rushed into his own penalty area while running.

As soon as Liming entered the penalty area, the Chinese team seemed to be a lot more relieved, because his height of 1.8.9 meters on the field, in addition to the goalkeeper, can be said to be arrogant, and his strength is also clear - no one looks more than him.

Jeparov, who took the corner kick, frowned at a speed that was invisible to the naked eye, he originally thought about another surprise corner kick, but now he has changed his mind.

Before the game, the head coach of the Uzbekistan team, Babayan, gave a special advice to Jeparov: "You are a veteran, I believe in your experience and ability. But I think they're also very familiar with you, and they know your habits of playing on the pitch, and if I'm not mistaken, they've played your kicks countless times and studied them countless times. ”

'This game is very crucial for us and our goal is to get three points. I want you to be able to use some unconventional technical set-up at a key moment on the pitch that suits the situation. Sometimes, your changes can have an unexpected effect on the team. ”

"The choice is yours. ”

Babayan's arrangements and reminders for him are still lingering, so his sudden direct plug before made the Chinese team send off a person.

The Uzbek coaching staff, who had put a lot of effort into preparing for the game, also collected the analysis and introduction of Jeparov by the mainstream sports media in China.

Among them, the 70% probability of Jeparov's corner kick is to choose the front point, which is a statistic that most media will mention when doing tactical analysis.

Before the game, Babayan specially compiled these materials and showed them to Jeparov to let him know the opponent's evaluation and analysis of him.

Before this corner kick, Jeparov had already planned to do the opposite and point after the penalty, but Lippi's substitution and Dawn's entry on the field cancelled his plan.

Seventy minutes have passed in the game, as a veteran Jeparov's physical consumption is very strong, want to bypass such a high point in the penalty area, the requirements for footwork and strength are extremely high, he doesn't want to because his corner kick is too weak, so that the Chinese team can easily push out of the penalty area and play a counterattack.

After observing for a while, Jeparov made a tactical code to his teammates in the penalty area - nodding back before playing.

By the time Jeparov sent the ball to the front point, the Chinese team's penalty area was already in full swing.

Xiang Tiange, who returned to the penalty area, defended very actively, Du Zhenyu was sent off just now, on the bright side, it seemed that Du Zhenyu himself did not defend against the opponent's striker, he really wanted to go back, Xiang Tiange attacked and did not come back, and the gap behind him was beaten is the main reason.

In order to make up for the mistake just now, he desperately carried Shomurodov at the front point, facing the incoming ball that was not too high and the opponent who had a more dominant height in height, and destroyed the football out of the bottom line.

"It's still a corner kick from the Uzbek side, a succession of corner kicks, the players have to be steady. Huang Jianxiang said with a nervous face, "There is a certain header advantage in the opposite penalty area. ”

Huang Jianxiang's header advantage refers to Klimetz, who is 1.93 meters tall, and his height is one centimeter taller than the tallest player in the Chinese team, goalkeeper Zeng Cheng.

At the same time, as a central defender, his header ability is very good, and in this round of 12, in the Uzbekistan team against Qatar, it was his header that helped the team beat the opponent 1-0.

Uzbekistan has also been highly valued for his role in set-pieces.

In the second corner, Jeparov really went straight to Klimetz in the middle.

In order to ensure that he could get around the front point a little, Jeparov's penalty shot was a little higher than the previous one, and at the same time a little more floating, so that the ball looked at who jumped higher in the penalty area.

Klimetz thought he would grab a spot at the first altitude on the field, but one man jumped even higher than him, and that was Dawn.

"Wow, Dawn jumped so high and he broke the ball out of the box. Su Dong cheered up Dawn vigorously.

Dawn's ball went out of the penalty area, but the danger did not dissipate, for this attack, Uzbekistan invested a lot of manpower, and there were three people standing at the edge of the penalty area, all ready to grab the second point.

After all, the second attack after a corner kick is a very common tactic to steal chickens when there is a chaotic run in the penalty area.

Denisov grabbed exactly that.

Of course, Lippi will know better about the tactics that Uzbekistan can think of, and in his corner kick defense tactics, the midfielder is specifically for this job.

Although Hao Junmin did not grab the second point, he did not give the opponent any chance, and got the second point outside the Denisov penalty area, the former posted it without hesitation, preventing the opponent from organizing the second attack, and at the same time, he also tried not to give him the opportunity to shoot with his feet, and bought time for his teammates in the penalty area to regain a defensive position.

After several consecutive feints failed to work, Denisov was gradually forced by Hao Junmin to the sideline.

In the end, when Denisov lost patience and prepared to make a strong attack, Hao Junmin stabbed the opponent's ball out of the sideline with a clean and neat position.

After this defense, Hao Junmin immediately stared at Denisov, and at the same time beckoned his teammates to come up to prevent the latter's quick shot from throwing the ball out of bounds.

Sometimes, the experience of the veterans is here.

Under the interference of the Chinese players, the fast service tactics of the throw-in did not work, and Denisov simply came up with his own trick - a strong throw-in throw-in.

Seeing that the Uzbek players also left the sideline and dared to go to the penalty area, Hao Junmin gave up the useless defense at the sideline and stood back at the front of the penalty area to continue defending.

"Be careful. Denisov's powerful toss is a very important attacking tool in front of the court, and he can turn a touchline ball into a powerful free-kick up front. Whether it is in the national team or in the Russian Premier League, he has had examples of indirect or even direct assists with hand-tossed balls. Our players need to be vigilant. Su Dong obviously made material preparations before the game.

Sure enough, Denisov took a lot of steps back, freeing up a lot of room to run.

"Header!" Zengcheng saved the ball. Huang Jianxiang exclaimed, "The first point was actually grabbed by the Uzbek side, and Klimets didn't prevent this point, and it was a corner kick from the Uzbek side." ”

"It's really hard to reproduce the ball thrown by a strong hand, and it's difficult to do targeted defensive training in training, and Dawn didn't guess the opponent's landing point just now, and Klimetz grabbed the first point. Su Dong obviously knows better.

The continuous siege of the Chinese team has given the Uzbek side a very big confidence boost, and the Uzbek fans in the stands, who have been silent for most of the half, also cheered with rare excitement.

However, then Jeparov's corner kick landed relatively poorly, he didn't bypass the front point at all, and was pushed out of the penalty area by Xiang Tiange, and Qin Minghao, who was guarding outside, drove the ball through the half with a big foot.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the defensive formation of the Chinese team pressed out, and no longer gave the opponent a chance to besiege.

Uzbekistan can only fight positional warfare in a step-by-step manner.

It was Jeparov who was responsible for organizing the offensive scheduling.

At this time, Jeparov, who was holding the ball, cooperated with Denisov on the left side to attack, and he tried to get rid of Hao Junmin several times in a row, but he was resolved by the opponent's immobile position, and then Wu Lei also retreated back to pinch Jeparov, he selected the ball hook from the opponent's feet, and the ball hit the opponent's calf and went out of boundary.

Jeparov fell to the ground and hurriedly waved to the referee, this was a foul, and he wanted another free kick in front, but the linesman next to the incident pointed to the Uzbek half with a smile.

This is a sideline ball from the Chinese team.

Denisov, who had already taken the ball and was ready to throw it with a strong hand, could only drop the ball in a huff and quickly return to the defense.

At this point, the gap in fitness between the two sides came out.

The Chinese team has been dominating the initiative on the field before, although there are many runs, most of them are effective runs, while the Uzbek side has a lot more ineffective runs in order to defend, even if the Chinese team has one less person on the field, the two sides look like they are evenly matched.

In the 76th minute, Babayan immediately started the second substitution on the sidelines, and the pure defensive defender Bikmaev, who was already too tired, was replaced.

"No. 4 Bikmaev is off the field and replaced by No. 10 Rashidov. Hmm, number 10, this is a striker and a midfielder?"