Ten minutes have passed in the second round of Group C group stage between the Chinese team and the Greek team, and surprisingly, the Chinese team still dominates the field, and the Greek team has fully retreated to the half.

In addition, the eye-catching thing on the offensive end of the Chinese team is not Hao Junmin, nor Wu Sanshi, nor Tang Zheng, who occasionally stepped forward to organize the attack directly, but Sun Jingbo, who started the game for the first time on behalf of the national team.

Both of his shots were dangerous and came close to finding the back of the net past Canezis.

Of course, Tang Zheng's role in the offensive end is also quite obvious, his midfield grooming and offensive organization make the Chinese team's midfield attack more simple and three-dimensional.

And Tang Zheng can often be seen on the defensive end, and his defensive completion rate has been the first in the game since the beginning of the game.

Tang Zheng shoveled the ball at Samaras' feet out of the sideline, and Jiang Zhipeng, who had missed the ball with a single knife before receiving the ball, returned to the defense, and he patted Tang Zheng's right shoulder before returning to his position to show his gratitude.

Yang 5 commentator He Wei's voice changed: "It's a pity that Jiang Zhipeng made a mistake after inserting a single knife, but he should remember his responsibilities more, as a defender, he should pay more attention to defense, and the instinctive reaction after the mistake is not the first time to retreat but regret, which is very undeserved, fortunately, Tang Zheng has a strong ability to read the game and has a prediction in advance." ”

"Definitely. Commentator Gong Lei nodded and said: "Jiang Zhipeng's job is to defend, followed by offense, and after the mistake, instead of wasting time in regret, it is better to actively return to defense and make up for the huge gap left by his front insertion, Tang Zheng and Zheng Zhi have a strong sense of supplementation, but it does not mean that they will arrive in time every time......

Fifteen minutes later, the Greek team's attack still did not improve, and they could only continue to defend passively.

Greek National Sports Television commentator Frizas Yekas watched the national team always defend passively and couldn't bear it: "Fernando Santos should instill more offensive intent in the team, the Chinese team's attack is not as simple as imagined, and the loss in the first round has told us that passive defense is impossible to win the game." ”

In fact, it is not that the head coach of the Greek team, Santos, is unwilling to let the players strengthen the attack, but as the game progresses, the pressure on the players increases, and there is no time to be distracted from the attack.

Before the game, they thought that the Chinese team would attack sharply, but they didn't expect it to be so sharp, and the rapid counterattack that the two wings are good at has not succeeded once so far, and they were strangled in the cradle early.

The central midfield combination composed of Tang Zheng and Zheng Zhi plays a huge role in both offense and defense.

The other two full-backs both had a lot of assists, and Sun Jingbo's interspersed runs in the front court, so that the Greek defenders could only focus on defending.

In the blink of an eye, five minutes have passed since the game, and the most interesting performance at the Dune Stadium is Sun Jingbo, who is playing for the national team for the first time.

Greece coach Santos's resume before the game was limited to playing for Barcelona B, goals, assists, starts, substitutes, and technical characteristics.

But the technical characteristics of the players are nothing more than those points, such as fast speed, ghostly running, superb shooting skills, etc.

But the specific characteristics, Santos's coaching team is ignorant.

Before the game, many football commentators and so-called transfers believed that Sun Jingbo, who was just over 18 years old, could not represent the Chinese team on the World Cup stage, and he entered the game squad more to feel the atmosphere of the World Cup, and the World Cup in Russia four years later was his stage......

There was still an hour before the start of the game, and the head coach of the Greek team, Santos, and his coaching team, who got the starting list of the Chinese team, did not have time to delve into Sun Jingbo's characteristics, after all, the aura of superstar Tang Zheng is too much to be underestimated.

In this way, the Greek team, which knew nothing about Sun Jingbo, was defending very hard.

And Sun Jingbo is naturally like a fish in water, and has become the object of praise from the commentators at the on-site commentary.

In the absence of a way, the head coach of the Greek team, Santos, can only ask the players to fully retreat and compress the offensive space of the Chinese team.

Breaking dense defense has always been a world-class problem, not to mention the Chinese team, which is not particularly strong in offensive ability.

The on-site director gave a close-up shot of the head coach of the Chinese team, Lippi, who could clearly be seen staring at the game intently, and from time to time frowning and turning around to have a brief exchange with his assistant Madaloni.

Obviously, he was worried.

The current situation is indeed in favor of the Chinese team, but in the long run, there are disadvantages and no advantages.

A long period of winning without scoring can give players a psychological implication that they will be difficult to find the back of the net, and they are likely to become more and more impatient as time goes on.

As the fulcrum of the forward line, Gao Lin has a strong ability to execute tactics and always executes the tactics arranged by head coach Lippi before the game, but Sun Jingbo, Wu Sanshi and Hao Junmin, who have relatively strong personal ability, began to be eager to try after the game entered 25 minutes and tried to shoot from a distance.

At first, the attempt did not attract the attention of the Greek defenders, but with Sun Jingbo and Hao Junmin shooting from 30 meters in the attacking third, the Greek defenders realized something, and they no longer gave the Chinese team too good long-range opportunities.

Since there is no good chance for long-range shooting, the dense defense can only rely on set-pieces, but the Greek national team players are tall and powerful, except for Tang Zheng, who has an absolute advantage in terms of height, other players can rarely have an advantage.

Therefore, the Greek team's defense seems to be precarious, but in fact, it has a sense of stability.

Greece coach Santos is very confident in the team's defence, and since taking over the team in 2010, the first thing to change is the defense, and he believes that as long as the defense is done well, the counterattack will come naturally.

It's just that Tang Zheng and Zheng Zhi, the mid-front combination, have a strong sense of defense and danger, as if they can be in place in advance before they are servants.

In fact, Santos also knows what the reason is, the team's offensive routine of rapid counterattack is very simple, and Lippi, who watched the game live in the last round, must have already deployed.

Although the team must win this round and get three points, it is also three points to score a goal to end the game in the event of a draw!

Such a cost-effective competition, why not?

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Lippi is a world-class coach, well-known all over the world, and his vision is vicious, where can he not see the Chinese players on the field playing more and more impatiently?

Therefore, he immediately stood on the edge of the command area and made a palm-down motion towards the players on the field, signaling the players to calm down.

At the same time, Tang Zheng also either made a double-palm downward pressure action after passing the ball, or signaled the receiver to pass the ball back, and Tang Zheng also had the consciousness to further slow down the offensive rhythm, pass the ball back, and signal his teammates to retreat a little back.

The offensive rhythm led by Sun Jingbo before is no longer suitable for the current game situation, because the defensive players of the Greek team are accustomed to the offensive style of the Chinese team, and the defense is twice the result with half the effort.

Tang Zheng has a lot of experience in the game, especially playing a defensive team, and he has a lot of experience.

Joining Real Madrid last summer, La Liga faced teams other than Barcelona, Valencia and Athletic Bilbao, which are attacking teams, and the other teams faced Real Madrid were all on the bus.

This was especially true in the past 2013-2014 Champions League, where many players opted to shrink their defence in order to keep their results at the bottom line.

As the core of Real Madrid's attack, Tang Zheng has a lot of experience in this regard, so he once again signaled his teammates to pull back in formation, forcing the Greek team's back line to move forward.

Forced by the contraction of the Chinese team's formation, the Greek team's back line had to move a few meters forward in order to ensure that it kept a distance from the midfield line.

Suddenly, the head coach of the Greek team, Santos, became a little nervous.

He remembers that the closest Chinese team came to scoring came from the formation recovery, leaving a space behind the back for the Chinese players to sprint.

However, at this moment, Kachulanis cooperated with Torosidis to cut off the ball at the foot of Wu Sanshi, and launched a wave of rapid counterattacks, and the captain Zheng Zhi decisively chose to foul when Tang Zheng did not return to the defense, and he also received the first yellow card of the Chinese team in this game.

Seeing this, Santos' eyes lit up.

He realised that it was possible for his team to score before the pre-match time came and win the game!

Jiang Zhipeng and Zhang Linpeng are the kind of fullbacks who like to assist, and if the central defense can get another chance to counterattack, it is bound to find a better opportunity to counterattack.

Of course, Santos did not impulsively ask the player to execute it at the first time, but pulled his assistant to discuss it for a long time before deciding.

Not far away, the head coach of the Chinese team, Lippi, noticed the change in Santos, but he didn't know how, and the answer could only be revealed slowly through the game.

The game came to the 30th minute, and because the Chinese team's formation retreated a few meters, the two sides fought more in the midfield.

In the words of Sky TV commentator Andy Gray, it's 'chaos'!

Most of the players on both sides are concentrated in the midfield, which means that a large number of players are concentrated in that small area of the midfield.

There's so much space, so many people, and the control of football changes very quickly.

Samaras extended his long leg with his right foot in the center circle arc and changed the passing route of Zheng Zhi's direct pass to Sun Jingbo, and Kachulanis and Wu Sanshi, who was actively defending, ran over at the same time.

Although Wu Sanshi has the advantage of speed, Kachulanis is stronger, he makes physical contact with Wu Sanshi in advance, and then puts a tackle on the run, and hands the ball to Koné who is running forward.

If Koné can get the football, he will have a great opportunity to attack!

The ball did roll towards Koné on the turf, but Koné did not turn around to catch the ball, but waited on the spot.

It was just like this, Tang Zheng, who had a strong sense of defense, went around from behind him and stabbed the ball away first, and then counterattacked on the spot.

You must know that the easiest thing to lose in a football game is not to counterattack, but to be beaten by the opponent in the process of counterattack......

It's deadly!

Because from defense to offense, the direction is forward, and at this time, it is absolutely fatal to be counterattacked by the opponent's broken ball!

The referee on duty saw that the football was not under the control of the Chinese players, so he resolutely blew the whistle and gave Kachulanis a yellow card.

The live director gave a close-up of the Greek head coach Santos, and he exhaled a long breath,

Fortunately, Kachulanis decisively fouled, if Tang Zheng was allowed to pass the ball, the consequences would be unimaginable!

However, the follow-up problems have also become more serious, and Kachulanis has played a considerable role in Santos's tactical system, receiving a yellow card before the end of the first half, and the rest of the game will be very difficult for him.

But then again, Kachulanis's tactical foul was fine, it was a sacrifice for the team as a whole, and it deserves to be commended.

The game continued, Feng Xiaoting took a free kick in the right side of the center circle arc, Gao Lin failed to win Papastathopoulos in the position, but the football pushed by Papastathopoulos was grabbed by Sun Jingbo, and he gave the ball to Hao Junmin on the right side.

The football soon came to the feet of Tang Zheng, who had a strong ability to read the game, and did not rush to pass the ball forward, but made reasonable use of the width of the field to involve the Greek team's defense.

The head coach Lippi, who was standing on the sidelines, was more worried that the Chinese team would have problems switching from offense to defense, but he was very confident in the selection of Tang Zheng and Zheng Zhi and did not interfere with Tang Zheng's offensive organization on the offensive end.

Greece coach Santos is now a little uncertain, and he doesn't know whether to defend with all his might, after all, there are less than ten minutes left in the first half.

But in his head, there was another voice,

As the game time decreases, there is a risk that the Chinese team's attention will drop.

With a little utilization, it is quite possible to score the decisive goal before the end of the first half.

Because...... He believes in the team's tenacious fighting spirit, and as long as he scores a goal, he will definitely be able to hold on until the end of the game!

The process of the game was the same as in the first few minutes, the scramble gathered near the midfield, and Tang Zheng, as a superstar, had to do the dirty work and make up for the team's offensive and defensive holes by running at any cost.

Yang 5 commentator He Wei praised without hesitation: "Tang Zheng's professionalism is really incomprehensible, as the most creative midfielder on the offensive side of world football, he should have paid more attention to attacking, but with a strong sense of responsibility, he often cares more about defensive ......."

Between the words, the Greek team switched from defense to attack, and the Chinese team rarely did not press high, but retreated to the half.

Koné, who had the ball, was a little confused, but didn't care, he took the ball forward to organize the attack.

Koné, who had a wide field of vision, took the ball forward and saw Samaras sling in the open space, and he did not hesitate to pass the ball.

However, as soon as the pass was completed, he regretted it, and the central defender Feng Xiaoting suddenly stepped forward and appeared on the running route of the football.

Feng Xiaoting handed the ball to Tang Zheng at the first time when he broke the ball, and Tang Zheng handed it directly to Wu Sanshi on the left with his back to the Greek goal......

The referee on duty ran to Kachulanis with a serious expression, and Greek coach Santos, who was standing on the sidelines, realized that the situation was not good.

Kachulanis, with a yellow card on his back!

Sure enough!

The referee ran up to Kachulanis and pulled out a yellow card, then a red card from his trouser pocket!

Two yellows turn into one red!

In the thirty-ninth minute of the game, there was a major turning point!