In the pre-match interview, Ambrish was very low-key: "Our opponents have top players like Pato and Ben Arfa, and there are double winners of the Golden Ball and Golden Boot at the World Junior Championships like Nie Jiang, and their midfield is also very strong. The game against them will not be easy and the competition will be fierce. But this Club World Cup means a lot to me, I played in the Club World Cup as a player and now we will try to do well and defend the dignity of the Mexican and Central American teams. ”

In contrast to Ambriche's modesty, América captain Sambueza was confident: "We all decided to perform at our best. Our ultimate dream is of course to win the title, we are really hungry for it and we want to make history. ”

"River Plate used to be my parent team and I really wanted to meet them in the final. That would be a fantastic thing and I will always be grateful to River Plate because I started my career there. So we're going to do everything we can to get to the final and it's a great opportunity for us. Sambuesa gave himself a reason to win.

Compared with the head coaches and players with different attitudes in the team, China is not very optimistic about the Longteng team.

Some media analyzed the number of international players of the two teams, and believed that the Mexican American team, which is dominated by the internationals of Mexico, Paraguay, Colombia, the United States, Argentina and other world-class teams, is much stronger than the Longteng team with Chinese internationals as the main body.

After all, neither Pato nor Ben Arfa has the status of an international player, and Roque Gil has never been selected for the Argentine national team.

The domestic media generally believe that when the Longteng team faces a team like the American team, the offense still has to rely on foreign aid, and the team's domestic internationals should do a good job of playing the role of sappers, obeying the overall tactics of the team, even if the ability is limited, they should also have the mind and ruthlessness that are unwilling to be subordinate.

The only thing they are looking forward to is whether the Chinese players can achieve a goal zero in the Club World Cup, as Guangzhou Evergrande scored four goals in three games in the 2013 Club World Cup, with goals scored by Conca (two), Muric and Elkeson, in other words, foreign players took all the goals.

In the end, the domestic media also held the good wish that "the ideal may also be realized", and said: "In the Club World Cup, people are not only remembered for wonderful shots, but also high-quality saves and successful defenses. Perhaps, the Dragons' internationals will be scouted for this. Perhaps, Nie Jiang can also suddenly use cold arrows to make a shocking kick. ”

In this regard, Zhang Sheng looked down on it a little.

Although the current Longteng team is also as the media said, it is a team that plays as a whole, but not only foreign aid is the protagonist in the team, aside from talented players like Nie Jiang, other players including Tao Wentao and Lin Feng They all have certain strength, and they are far stronger than Guangzhou Evergrande in history in 2013 and 2015.

Since Guangzhou Evergrande has been able to defeat the Mexican América team in history, why can't it itself.

Lin Feng is of course too self-conscious, but his spirit of not admitting defeat is correct, and compared to the Mexican American team, Zhang Sheng knows far more about them than his opponents.

Ambrich, the coach of América, said bluntly before the game that he didn't know much about the Dragons, "mainly through the game video, but we don't know much, we believe in our own strength." "But we have a lot of respect for the Dragons. They have a strong midfield, with Pato, Ben Arfa and Nie Jiang is also very good. ”

With mental arithmetic or unintentional, Zhang Sheng thinks that his winning rate is very high.

Of course, in an interview with the outside world, Zhang Sheng was much more low-key: "The strength of the opponent is very strong. The gap between our overall level and theirs is still very obvious. But we're going to try to win. ”

Soon, the match between the two sides is about to begin.

The match will take place at the Nagai Land Arena in Osaka, Japan, the home of J-League team Osaka Sakura, which can accommodate more than 47,000 people, but it is clear from the stands that there are far more Chinese fans than Americas fans.

For the World Club Cup game, there have always been rumors that CCTV will not broadcast it, but soon this rumor was refuted by CCTV, and the classic combination of He Wei and Xu Yang was also discharged.

When He Wei saw the starting list of the Longteng team this time, he was very surprised, because if it was arranged according to the list, it would be five guards.

From the starting list of the Longteng team, it can be seen that Ma Yongli, Lu Zhihui, Du Zhenyu, Xiao Yunfan and Wei Zhimin are all there. With their position in the Dragons, the first three are centre-backs and the last two are full-backs.

Such an arrangement really made He Wei unexpected: "The start of the Longteng team is a bit unexpected." The back five, are you ready to fight back?"

"It's understandable. Xu Yang also frowned, a little dissatisfied, "Considering that the opponent's strength is stronger than ours." The formation of the back five is not surprising. It's just that it feels a little too conservative, and the Dragons rarely play a back five, I don't know if the players on the field can adapt to this new formation. ”

Not only were the two commentators in China a little surprised, but Ambrish, the head coach of the Mexican América team, was also a little confused when he got the starting list of the Longteng team, because all the tactical arrangements of the American team were aimed at the Longteng team that played 4-2-3-1, but I didn't expect that now, the opponent has become a five-back formation.

From the starting list of the Longteng team, in addition to the five Chinese defenders, there are 4 foreign aides in the front field, namely Pato, Ben Alfa, Roque Gill and Chavez, and the only Chinese local player is Lin Feng.

Such a starting XI could be a 5-4-1, a 5-3-2, or even a 3-5-2, 3-6-1 formation. This game is about to start, and how to deal with the opponent's change of formation is a difficult problem.

In the end, Ambrish still chose to believe that the opponent was afraid of him, and the top five defenders were to stabilize the defense first, so in this way, as long as he insisted on his own style of play, regardless of the opponent.

"The other side seems to be afraid. Ambrish raised his spirits and encouraged his players, "No matter how many defenders we put up, we are better than them. The more conservative we play, the more opportunities we have to attack. As long as we stick to our style of play, the victory will definitely be ours. ”

In the locker room of the Longteng team, Zhang Sheng relieved the pressure on the players: "I think the other party definitely didn't expect our change of formation." No matter what they think, whether they think that we are afraid of them, or whether they think that we are conservative, one thing is certain, they must be inaccurate about our routines. We practiced hard for more than two weeks in order to beat them. ”

"Before the game, the manager of the opposing team said that he was not familiar with many of you. Zhang Sheng smiled teasingly, "It's time for him to get to know you." ”

Pato, who was sitting below, was the most thrilled at this time, because it was a rare moment to show his form on the world stage.

When the Brazilian team announced the new national team list, Tardelli, who played for Shandong Luneng in the Chinese Super League, was selected into the squad, which can be seen that in the Chinese Super League game can get attention, and Pato, who takes it as his responsibility to enter the national team to play the main striker, is even more hot - his ability is not worse than Tardelli, and his performance this season is far better than Tardelli, why can he enter the national team, and I can't enter.

Soon the match began with a long whistle from Swedish whistle Jonas Eriksson.

After the opening, He Wei was extremely surprised to see the positions of the Longteng players on the field, because the Longteng team did not play a conservative 5-4-1 or 5-3-2 but an extremely risky 3-5-2.

"Is this going all out to storm the first half?" He Wei said incredulously, "How to coordinate the back three and the midfielder is a very complicated issue. It's not easy to defend against you. ”

He Wei's words had not yet been explained, Xu Yang saw the situation on the field and shouted loudly: "Beautiful!"

At this time, the two forwards of the Longteng team, Chavez and Pato, pressed the two central defenders of the opposing side very hard, and the American team, which originally thought that the Longteng team was a single striker, was very uncomfortable with such a double striker and two midfielders.

America's left-back Samudio was clearly ill-prepared, and he was forced by Chavez to pass the ball to the feet of Xiao Yunfan on the right.

Xiao Yunfan, who was in the 30-meter area of the front court, immediately accelerated with the ball and rushed without thinking about it.

"The Dragons' break up front. He Wei also shouted loudly, "The Longteng team plays very actively, and the pressure in the front court is strong and orderly, this is the opportunity for the Longteng team." ”

At this time, the pressure of the 3-5-2 formation against the 4-4-2 formation is reflected.

When Xiao Yunfan rushed with the ball, the two fronts of the Longteng team, Pato and Chavez, pressed directly against the two central defenders of the American team, making them completely afraid to go up, and Lin Feng and Xiao Yunfan on the side were the local advantages of two people playing one fullback on the other side.

Seeing such a situation, Samudio could only run with Xiao Yunfan, and did not dare to rush up to grab Xiao Yunfan, because once the robbery was unsuccessful and he was passed, then his entire midfield would be completely empty, so Xiao Yunfan's next move was extremely dangerous whether he directly took the ball into the penalty area or easily passed the ball to the two forwards in the penalty area.

Samudio was able to prevent Xiao Yunfan from breaking through easily, but he couldn't prevent Xiao Yunfan's pass.

After seeing that Samudio was very steady, Xiao Yunfan decisively passed the ball to Lin Feng diagonally behind, and Lin Feng handed it to Xiao Yunfan with a non-stop return stopper, such a very simple two-over-one on the side made Samudio's efforts to defend come to naught.

After Xiao Yunfan got the ball, he directly made a beautiful inverted triangle return pass to Pato who ran over, and Pato shot directly in the face of the incoming ball without stopping the ball.

Pato's centre-back, Paolo Aguilar, couldn't keep Pato's shot at bay for such a short period of time, and when Pato's shot was complete, his foot was out to block, but it was too slow by this time.

Pato's shot was aimed at the top right corner of the goal, and by the time Mexican American goalkeeper Muñoz went to block it, the top corner of the goal was already difficult to prevent.

Pato's burst shot went straight past Muñoz's hand and into the back of the net.

Just two minutes into the game, the Dragons relied on the pressing of the front court to score a goal, which was a dream start.

"Xiao Yunfan dribbles the ball and is very fast. He Wei looked at the attack of the Longteng team expectantly, "Pass the ball, two over one, beautiful! Xiao Yunfan has entered the forbidden area, how to deal with it. Inverted triangle pass, Pato's shot, the ball went in! In the opening minute and 43 seconds, the Longteng team scored a goal from Pato. ”

"This attack is so beautiful. Xu Yang also said excitedly, "The 3-5-2 of the Longteng team, the number of midfielders has an absolute advantage, and the other party must not have expected such a change in formation and tactics." Coupled with the frontcourt pressure of the Longteng team, Pato's shot was so beautiful! ”

At this time, Pato on the field rushed to the sidelines excitedly and gave his flying kiss to Lu Shuang, who was watching the game in the box, while the other players of the Longteng team surrounded him excitedly.

Zhang Sheng also jumped up happily on the field with a smile on his face, and the other party was really not prepared for his changes.

"Coach Zhang Sheng seems to have worked the 3-5-2 formation. He Wei began to comment on the tactics of the Longteng team, "The two wingbacks attacked very highly, and Xiao Yunfan was in the opponent's defense thirty meters just now. Able to form a partial numerical advantage with his two center forwards and midfielders. The other party obviously did not think of preparing to deal with this. ”

Xu Yang also said: "In the last three rounds of the Chinese Super League, the Longteng team played this tactic, but it was not used in the AFC Champions League. It seems that Coach Zhang Sheng has been prepared for a long time. ”

"I estimate that the training camp of the Longteng team during this period is also practicing this tactic. He Wei said with a smile, "Soldiers are not tired of cheating, and Coach Zhang Sheng has a lot of hands." ”

After the goal, the Longteng team played more confidently and freely.

In the AFC Champions League, Zhang Sheng was like a god, easily guessed the opponent's tactical changes, and easily thought of a way to resolve it, and finally everyone easily won the AFC Champions League.

And now. It was Zhang Sheng's miraculous tactical change that allowed the team to take the lead against a strong team like América Mexico.

With such a manager who can tactically suppress the opposition, what reason is there for the players not to play with confidence?

The players on the pitch know very well that as long as they can execute the manager's tactical intentions, then they will definitely win.

For the team's backwardness, the head coach of the Mexican American team on the sidelines, Ambrish, regretted it very much, he should have thought a little deeper before the game, thinking that the opponent was afraid of 5-3-2, but he didn't expect that others played 3-5-2.

After glancing at Zhang Sheng in the coach's bench next door, Ambrish thought hatefully: "It's a cunning opponent." ”

Ambrish did underestimate his opponent before the game, putting on a more attacking 4-4-2 formation, usually according to his tactical arrangement, 4-4-2 or 4-1-3-2 against the weak team, 4-2-3-1 against the strong team, it seems that now it has to be changed.