For this free kick in the front court, the Chinese Olympic team attaches great importance to it.

The German Olympic team is now playing an effective counterattack by the Chinese team, not because their players are not strong enough, but because their cooperation is really not tacit.

The difference in quality between the two teams is evident from the German starters.

In this game, the eleven players who started the German team were all from the Bundesliga, and basically played in their own clubs to rotate or even play the main team, including several players in the Champions League team like Dortmund.

Like two central defenders, Ginter and Jule, a striker Brandt was later selected for the 2018 World Cup in Russia, and no matter how well the German team plays in the World Cup in Russia, at least a few of them can squeeze out countless other outstanding players and be selected for the World Cup squad, their hard power is undoubted.

To put it in a more visual way - the data in the system - to put it simply, this group of young players in the Bundesliga is generally more than 100 ability points, which is much stronger than many players in the Chinese team who only have more than 80 ability points.

When a weak team plays a strong team, set-pieces become the best chance.

Qin Minghao, who was standing in front of the ball, carefully observed the position in the penalty area of the German team, and drove the ball out, considering that several central defenders of the German team were not short, Qin Minghao passed the ball to the back point very smartly, instead of hanging directly to the middle.

The German side obviously has done an investigation into the Chinese team, Li Yun, who helped RB Leipzig be promoted from the Bundesliga to the Bundesliga last season, is the focus of their marking, and Zou Weijia is intuitively on the list of German team's defenders to take care of - after all, no one will ignore his 1.92 meter big man.

On the contrary, Nie Jiang, who was standing at the back point, was ignored by the German side through a clever run.

When Qin Minghao's ball passed, Nie Jiang just ran from the middle to the back point, and in the face of the incoming ball, Nie Jiang, who was basically unguarded, directly chose to meet the ball and volley, and the football hit the inside of the goal post after passing through the legs of the two German team defenders, and then bounced into the net.

The Chinese Olympic team took the lead in the game with a set-piece opportunity in front.

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At this time, it was more than three o'clock in the morning in China, and the cheers of the father and son ushered in Chen's mother's complaint: "Be quiet, if you don't sleep, others will still sleep." ”

At the same time, countless celebrations were staged in China's north and south, which was also the second goal of the Chinese Olympic team in the history of the Olympic Games and the first goal of the Longteng team.

This conceded goal can only be said that the German team is marking and leaking. Of course, this is also a common problem of teams with little run-in - offense may be done through the individual ability of the players and the coordination of the movement, but the defense is not.

The team's defense has always been a matter that requires both individual ability, personal experience, and tacit understanding between players, and it is not uncommon for the German team, who have only been training together for less than a week, to concede goals in set-piece defence.

After conceding the goal, the German team was very angry, and they did not expect to score a goal first by a weak chicken team like China, and they responded quickly.

In the eleventh minute of the first half, the German team's striker from Hertha Berlin used his speed advantage to eat Du Zhenyu raw, and the pass to Serke was one of the midfield cores of Schalke 04, Meyer, who is also the captain of the German Olympic team.

The German team's attack was the pass that Meyer used his individual ability to get rid of the Chinese team's defense in the midfield and sent the ball to Selke, who had successfully run diagonally.

In the end, it was one of the overage players of the Chinese team this time, and the goalkeeper Zengcheng made a meritorious service, and his save was able to pull the ball shot by Selc out of the bottom line, and the Chinese team escaped.

In the 15th minute, the Germans, who insisted on walking the ground and playing short passes, had another chance, and Arsenal youngster Gnabry on the left pulled a little space after a series of back-to-back kicks in front of the pitch, and he opted to shoot straight at goal.

The shot was powerful and sudden, Zengcheng basically gave up resistance, but fortunately, Gnabry did not aim at the star before shooting in order to pursue concealment, and the football flew directly off the goal and flew out of the bottom line.

Judging from these two consecutive shots, the German team still has a clear advantage in the individual ability of the players.

Rick Link on the sidelines made a gesture on the field, which means to press tighter, don't relax, and don't easily give the German players the opportunity to pass the ball or shoot.

By now, the players who have come from the domestic league to participate in this game can be considered to know the true strength of European teams.

As the best players in the Chinese Super League, they see the gap.

First of all, in terms of physical strength, the German players look thicker. This time, the German players are generally in the 1995-1996 age group, which means that they are younger than the 23-year-old requirement required by the Olympic Games.

Of course, there are many reasons for the difference in the strength of the body. First, the players of the German team are all white and black, and they are born earlier than the yellow Chinese players, and it can be said that they are almost completely developed at the age of 212; second, the players of the Chinese Olympic team are even younger, and players like Nie Jiang, who was born in 1998, are rare among all the players in this Olympic Games.

The second is the intensity of the confrontation and the pace of the game.

In the past in the Chinese Super League, the Longteng team is extremely confrontational, pay attention to the high-tempo of the rapid transmission, the players of the Longteng team are also proud of this style of play, and now to the confrontation with the German team, everyone found that the reason why their proud fast pass cutting can succeed in the Super League is not that they are too strong, but that the opponents of the Super League can not keep up with the confrontation and rhythm.

Now when we meet the German team, we realize that we must move faster, pass more accurately, concentrate more energy, and press more actively, so as to keep up with the rhythm of the opponent and not break the ball against the opponent.

Because many players have been sent to Europe to play in the Longteng team, the Longteng team generally thinks that playing in Europe is nothing, and I can play in Europe if I try my best, and now they know how difficult it is to play in Europe without a certain technical ability and a strong enough body.

In the 27th minute of the first half, Qi Ming's rush made a mistake in Bender's return pass, and Zou Weijia, who was on the front line, broke the ball halfway, and the Chinese Olympic team once again got the opportunity to steal and counterattack in the frontcourt.

"Chance, another break up front. Chen Jiangfeng seems to have seen the routine of the last goal again.

Just when Chen Jiangfeng thought that the Chinese team could expand the score again, the German team's central defender Jule quickly chased back, his speed was completely unthinkable that he was a player with a height of more than 1.9 meters.

When Zou Weijia wanted to adjust again and shoot again, Jule quickly shoveled, and his tackle behind the side first destroyed the football out of the bottom line, and then brought Zou Weijia down.

Jule carried a yellow card, but such a decisive tackle proved that this is a very decisive player with a big heart, and it is no wonder that he was later bought by Bayern to be trained as a core central defender.

Of course, Zou Weijia's lack of confidence in shooting at his feet also gave Jule such an opportunity.

The Chinese team, who wasted their chances, were quickly punished.

After only getting a corner kick in front of the court, the quality of this corner kick was also very average, but it was German goalkeeper Timo Horn who hit the ball into the midfield with both fists, and Meier took the ball and turned beautifully to get rid of the complete failure of Qi Ming's defense.

After getting the ball, Meier didn't carry the ball much, he distributed the ball directly to Gnabry on the left, who used his speed to rush directly into the penalty area, and then used a beautiful curling ball to the back corner of the goal, and after bypassing Du Zhenyu's body, flew directly into the goal.

The German Olympic team took advantage of the Chinese team's corner kick attack and invested a large number of personnel, and played a high-quality and rapid counterattack, making the score 1:1.

"Alas, that's the goal. Chen Jiangfeng complained in frustration, "These players in Germany are too strong and fast. ”

"It's fine. Dad Chen comforted, "There is obviously a problem with their defensive coordination, if it wasn't for Zou Weijia's slower speed just now, we would have taken a 2-0 lead." If the players of these national Olympic teams grab it fiercely, there will be a chance. ”

In the next game, the two sides did pay more attention to the competition for the midfield, the Chinese team used more runs to press, and the German team used strong foot technology to involve the Chinese team's defense.

In recent years, since Spain and Barcelona have frequently won championships, the pass-and-control style of play has become popular, and Germany is the most resolute and thorough learner.

Starting from the U16 national youth team, the tactical play of each youth team of the German national team is exactly the same, all of them play with foot skills and pass control.

The German Olympic team's choice of this style of play has both advantages and weaknesses.

The advantage is that the selected players have also been selected for the national team at all levels, they are more familiar with this style of play, and the weakness is also obvious, that is, the passing and control style of play is very particular about cooperation proficiency and tacit understanding, otherwise there will be a lot of mistakes.

Now the situation on the field is exactly like this, the Chinese Olympic team is basically dominated by Longteng team players, their cooperation is not overnight, many times there is no need to shout on the field, each other knows what to do.

Rick Link, as the head coach who has been bringing these players from the national junior team, is also extremely familiar with these players, what are the small characteristics of each player, what are the advantages and weaknesses, and he has been practicing under him countless times.

He can even sit in the coach's seat and direct.

On the other hand, on the side of the German Olympic team, their head coach Hrubesch stood on the sidelines from the first second of the game, constantly shouting and commanding on the field, even so, the backfield made two big mistakes in a row and was broken by the Chinese side.

In order to ensure that his defense is as little impacted as possible, Hrubesch chose to increase the intensity of the attack, and strive to press the fire to the midfield, while the Chinese Olympic team is fighting for every inch of land, not giving the German side the opportunity to pass the ball, the two sides of the style of play let the ball keep swapping in the midfield, the game is very lively, but there are not many opportunities to shoot.

Until the end of the first half, the score between the two sides was still fixed at 1:1.

At half-time, Ricklink was pleased with the scoreline, and there was nothing to ask for in a back-and-forth match with a German team that was combined with young talents in the Bundesliga.

When he was in a good mood, Rick Link began to praise the players and cheer them on.

On the contrary, in the dressing room of the German Olympic team, Hrubesch was very unhappy with the team, especially the backline.

Chinese football has never been heard of in Germany, except for the occasional news of Chinese Super League clubs throwing money on the news, and more often, it is regarded as a football desert.

In the plan of the German Olympic team, the Chinese team, like the Fiji team, is the object of the plan to score points for a long time, and Hrubesch even thought about taking the lead early and going to the bench early to increase the team's run-in chance, but he didn't expect the first half to be so difficult.

Throughout the first half, Germany took three shots on goal, and the goal scored was also a counterattack that relied on the opponent to press up and attack, and his imaginary wish to advance from the back to the front and then score through non-stop passes has never been realized.

Hrubesch first criticised the defenders to make them more focused and more accurate in their passes, but he also made demands on the whole team: "We can play more aggressively, we can play more physically, and I don't want to hear the media say after the game that we were held to a draw by a dark horse." I don't allow the word dark horse to appear on my opponents. ”

Hrubesch was qualified to say this.

A Hamburg legend, he has been leading Germany's youth team since retiring, first leading Germany's Under-19s to the European Championship in 2008. Many clubs did not let go of the Olympic Games, and the two brothers, Lars Bender, who played for Bayer Leverkusen, and Sven Bender, who played for Borussia Dortmund, were selected for the national Olympic team as overage players, and the two of them were willing to give up their vacations to participate in the competition, because it was Hrubesch who took them to participate in the 2008 U19 European Youth Championship, and both of them started this game.

Then in 2009, Hrubesch won the U21 European Youth Championship with Germany U21, in this U21 German youth team, there are Neuer, Hwedes, Boateng, Khedira, Ozil, Hummels, these players who have won the World Cup, and the others are mostly German fringe internationals.

It can be said that Hrubesch has cultivated a large number of German stalwarts and has a very high prestige in German football.

The players of the national Olympic team had to comply with the requirements of the old coach and had to work hard.