Chile's home match against the Chinese team ended 0:0 at half, which was somewhat unexpected, after all, the overall strength of the Chilean team playing at home should be superior, even if the Chinese team has world-class superstar Tang Zheng in charge.

Football is a team sport.

The process of the game is more in line with the overall strength of the two sides, the Chilean team fully occupies the initiative, and the Chinese team is passively on the defensive.

However, Tang Zheng's ability is super strong, and the ability to intercept, fill, tandem, organize, transition and long pass in the midfield is very outstanding, so the Chinese team can still bring a certain threat to Bravo's goal in the limited time of possession.

Fifteen minutes into the half-time break were still in full swing at the Chilean National Stadium, with players from both sides returning to the pitch for the second half.

Tang Zheng and Sanchez, former River Plate teammates, hooked shoulders and laughed.

But as the referee blew the whistle, the two entered the game again, and the frequent physical confrontation caused the fans to subconsciously sound huge cheers.

In addition to the speed vs. biao, the most resonant thing in football matches is the fierce physical confrontation.

Although Sanchez is not tall, he has stable strength in the lower game, and he does not fall behind in the physical confrontation with Tang Zheng, and sometimes he can even achieve a certain advantage with his dexterous body.

Of course, Tang Zheng must have his own defensive experience to grow into a world-class star, and he knows how to defend against an offensive player like Sanchez who is excellent in speed, strength and skill.

Moreover, Sanchez's technical characteristics have long been formed, and Tang Zheng knows the roots, so he can get twice the result with half the effort in defense.

So Sanchez's performance did not improve significantly after the start of the second half, so that the head coach Sampaoli stood in the command area of the home team and frowned, and then turned his head from time to time to communicate with his assistant.

Five minutes before the start of the second half, although the Chinese team was passively defensive, Yan Junling's goal was not tested.

As the game progressed, Sanchez gradually gave up on individual breakthroughs and opted instead to cooperate with his team-mates.

Soon, he found that the team's attack was becoming more and more stable, and Tang Zheng chose to abandon a wide range of activities in order to avoid mistakes in the core area, so as to ensure the safety of the central defender.

After all, Zheng Zhi is old and his running ability has greatly decreased, and the young Tang Zheng must shoulder greater defensive responsibilities.

Yang 5 commentator He Wei watched the Chinese team continue to defend, and said in a deep voice: "Too much defense is not suitable for the current Chinese team, there must be an attack, Lu Liang and Wu Sanshi are good counterattack weapons, and Artemisia Junmin also has a strong counterattack organization ability, so should Lippi let Tang Zheng's position be advanced?"

As soon as the words fell, Zhang Linpeng poked the ball passed by Vidal to Sanchez out of the sideline on the right side, and the referee blew the whistle to signal the sidelines to request a substitution, and the broadcast screen instantly followed.

No. 3 Cai Huikang stood on the sidelines, and the red display number was No. 19, which means that it was the captain Zheng Zhi who was replaced.

He Wei's voice changed: "Oh? Pure defensive midfielder Cai Huikang replaces captain Zheng Zhi? Does Lippi want to strengthen defense? In fact, it is completely understandable to replace the veteran Zheng Zhi, the game has passed an hour, and now there is still a week before the first game of the group stage of the Chinese team's first Brazil World Cup, and Zheng Zhi, who is preparing for the World Cup after participating in the Chinese Super League, needs to rest well......

In fact, the reason why Lippi removed Zheng Zhi was not only due to Zheng Zhi's physical condition, but also because he wanted to continue to inspect the players, and the official 23-man squad had not yet been submitted to FIFA, and the 26 players brought in had to eliminate three of them.

Cai Huikang's ability is good, but his form has not been stable recently.

Lippi's tailor-made formation for the Chinese team is 4231, Tang Zheng and Zheng Zhi are the first choice for these two positions, and the substitutes have Wu Xi and Zhao Xuri, who can attack and defend well.

If Tsai is unstable, he won't be able to win the 23-man squad.

It is worth mentioning that Zheng Zhi handed over the captain's armband on his left arm to Tang Zheng before leaving the game, and he served as the captain on the field.

However, this picture is the result of the imagination of many fans, and now Tang Zheng is extremely famous all over the world, and the relationship within the team is very harmonious, and they all admire Tang Zheng.

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Less than a minute after the substitution was completed, the Chinese team lost the ball.

Vidal inserted the ball and organized the attack forward, Tang Zheng made up for it, if Zheng Zhi was there, he would keep a safe distance from Tang Zheng, so as to make up for the vacancy behind Tang Zheng, but Cai Huikang had just come off the bench and had not yet found the feeling of the game, so he didn't realize it.

Vidal pushed with the arch of his right foot, and the football was given to the back of Tang Zheng's side, that is, the vacuum between Tang Zheng and Cai Huikang.

Vargas retreated to respond, Cai Huikang stepped forward to defend too late, Vargas did not stop the ball to Sanchez, and then quickly turned around.

Sanchez faced the goal, but instead of taking the ball forward, he pushed the ball forward with the arch of his right foot into the forward path where Vargas turned forward.

"Whoa—"

Suddenly, the sky above the National Stadium resounded with the huge chanting of Chilean fans.

Cai Huikang is not tall, but the tonnage is very heavy, and the turning speed is slow, and even the fans behind Vargas have not been pulled.

Feng Xiaoting had to leave his defensive zone and defend Vargas head-on.

At this moment, Valdés stopped the ball with his right foot and paused slightly, and the outside instep quickly gave the ball to Feng Xiaoting's original position.

Sanchez was alert, slotting diagonally into the box from the right flank before receiving a pass from the outside of Vargas's right foot and slotting it into the box.

Even though Yan Junling gave up the goal at the first time, he could not save the team, and Sanchez's right-footed low shot went through the crotch to score.

1：0

Lippi stood in front of the away team's coach's box and shook his head, Cai Huikang is a first-class defensive midfielder in the Chinese Super League, but it is not enough to look at it on the international stage.

The body is strong enough, but the ball quotient can't keep up, and I don't know what it really means to be a defensive midfielder.

There are many things in football that cannot be taught, and the players need to understand them themselves.

This is also the fundamental difference between an average player and a good player.

Obviously, Cai Huikang has been eliminated from the World Cup 23 squad by Lippi.

Cai Huikang, who made a mistake in defense, realized something, he turned to look at head coach Lippi, and then shook his head and smiled bitterly.

As the captain on the field, Tang Zheng walked up to Cai Huikang, patted him on the shoulder, and comforted: "You have just come on the field and have not yet found the rhythm of the game, I believe that Lippi will not make up your mind about your performance so early, after all, you are the top midfielder in the domestic league, as long as the game is not over, you have a chance to win it back, you know?"

Cai Huikang looked up at Tang Zheng, his sincere eyes all conveyed hope, so he nodded vigorously: "I know." ”

After the score fell behind, the Chinese team continued to make personnel adjustments, and Yang Xu and Yu Chao replaced Gao Lin and Lu Liang to continue to inspect the players.

In Lippi's heart, Gao Lin and Lu Liang no longer need to be investigated, they both have the ability to appear in the World Cup.

Although Lu Liang is still very young, he has a lot of experience in Europe's top leagues, and even has an amazing performance in the Champions League 1/4 finals, and his ability is incomparable to domestic players.

Gao Lin has no experience playing in Europe's top leagues, but his performance in the forward position is incomparable to other domestic players, plus Lippi has coached Guangzhou Evergrande, so he knows Guangzhou Evergrande player Gao Lin's ability very well.

Although other positions of the Chinese team are still being adjusted, Tang Zheng has always stayed on the field.

Because in Lippi's tactical system, Tang Zheng is irreplaceable.

Anyone can be replaced, but Tang Zheng can't.

Lippi's offensive adjustments are obviously to deal with the situation if Colombia falls behind in the second round of the World Cup group stage, but the overall weak Chinese team is forced by defensive pressure and has no time to organize an effective attack.

However, as Cai Huikang entered the game, his interception ability in the midfield gradually showed.

Even many times, when Tang Zheng had no time to defend, he was able to complete the defense alone, which made the head coach Lippi who watched the game from the sidelines very surprised.

You must know that he has completely denied Cai Huikang when the team conceded a goal, but if Cai Huikang's performance can continue to be stable, he can definitely bring it.

Compared with Wu Xi and Zhao Xuri, Cai Huikang's pure defensive ability is stronger, and he will not do things outside his ability, which is the most important trait of a defensive midfielder.

In the 70th minute of the game, Chile made continuous substitution adjustments, and core players such as Vidal and Sanchez were replaced one after another.

For Chilean head coach Sampaoli, the Chilean team will also need to look at other players.

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With the successive departures of Chile's main core level players, Cai Huikang's defensive ability has gradually been reflected.

Defense and offense are closely related, the defensive pressure is slowly decreasing, and Tang Zheng's focus can finally be placed on the team's frontcourt offensive organization.

His work is no longer limited to transitions and controlling the tempo, and he is starting to increase the forward pressure.

It is true that the Chilean national team is stronger than the Chinese team, but this is based on the overall gap between the strongest teams of the two teams.

Now Chile's core players have been off the field continuously, and the overall strength has decreased significantly, but the changes in the Chinese team are not particularly big.

Compared with the strongest lineup, the current lineup is not much worse, after all, Tang Zheng is in the middle.

Tang Zheng, who is fully defensive, can become a world-class defensive player, but what really makes the world know him is his outstanding offensive ability.

The defence can remain unbeaten but cannot win.

Cai Huikang can ensure the safety of the central defender in front of him, and Tang Zheng can rest assured to support the frontcourt attack.

Yu Chao's offensive ability cannot be compared with Lu Liang, but he has rich experience in the game and his crosses are more accurate.

Yang Xu's comprehensive ability in the center position cannot shake Gao Lin's position in Lippi's heart, but he has a high-altitude advantage that Gao Lin does not have.

Although Yang Xu's body is not strong enough, he is good at using his body and is very accurate in judging the landing point of football, which can become the fulcrum of the frontcourt attack and make the Chinese team's offense more three-dimensional.

In the blink of an eye, the game came to 80 minutes, and the Chinese team controlled the game under Tang Zheng's active running, and even suppressed the home team Chile for a time.

During this time, Tang Zheng got two long-range shots, and the quality was very high, forcing Bravo to make consecutive wonderful saves, which made the home fans subconsciously create a huge exclamation of "oh oh".

Yang 5 commentator He Wei was obviously very happy, and he said excitedly: "The Chinese team's attack is slowly threatening Bravo's goal under the organization of Tang Zheng, and I believe that the Chinese team will definitely be able to equalize if they continue this attack!"

But it was very unfortunate that after Yu Chao forced a breakthrough on the left side and was cut off, the Chilean team launched a quick counterattack.

With Tang Zheng in the front position, it was obviously too late to chase back, and Cai Huikang's speed was slow, Aureliana received Isla's precise pass to break through Feng Xiaoting, and then scored with a low shot into the far corner from about ten yards on the right side of the penalty area.

2：0

He Wei, who also had hopes for the Chinese team's attack, sighed: "The reason why strong teams are called strong teams is because they can grasp the limited offensive opportunities. ”

It is not difficult for Chinese fans sitting in front of the TV to hear the depression in He Wei's words, after all, the Chinese team has an advantage during this time.

The most threatening shots of the Chinese team all came from Tang Zheng, which means that with the departure of core players such as Lu Liang and Hao Junmin, only Tang Zheng can create a threat for the Chinese team, and other players have limited ability and cannot seize opportunities.

Because during this time, Tang Zheng passed good balls to Yang Xu and Yu Chao, but they were all squandered due to lack of ability when the opportunity appeared.

Time is passing minute by minute, and the Chinese team is behind Chile by two goals, so even if the defense is at risk of losing the ball, head coach Lippi still signals Tang Zheng to attack boldly, and Cai Huikang is responsible for protecting the football and acting as Tang Zheng's temporary contact point and bodyguard.

The Chilean coach looked at the passive game situation and did not adjust the defense, but strengthened the attack, hoping to suppress the Chinese team with the attack.

Fighting at home, and with the advantage of strength, there is no reason for the Chinese team to show off here!

However, just when the Chilean team made adjustments, there was a problem with the defensive line, Tang Zheng assumed a true pass thirty yards from the goal, right-back Zhang Linpeng inserted it at high speed, and the central defender Medel, who was dragging at the back, did not realize that he thought Zhang Linpeng was offside, and raised his right arm to remind the linesman that Zhang Linpeng was offside, but the linesman did not raise the flag!

Other words...... No offside!

Zhang Linpeng's assist ability has been greatly enhanced after two seasons of training in Porto, and the stop ball inserted at high speed is just right, which also lays the groundwork for his next high-quality crosses.

By the time the entire Chilean team's back line realized that it was too late for Zhang Linpeng to successfully counter offside, Zhang Linpeng's cross from the bottom line and the sideline of the right penalty area was very crisp, and he passed the football to the penalty spot.

Yang Xu ran over the head at the front post, but he attracted two central defenders to attract enough firepower for Wu Sanshi to stay on the field.

In addition, in the past, Zhang Linpeng's crosses chose to sweep vigorously to the middle of the penalty area, so the Chilean back line was not well prepared.

Wu Sanshi was known for his ghostly movement in Basel, where he ran right into Zhang's pass lane and then finished with a shot unmarked.

Bravo reacted very quickly, but was too close and limited in height and reach to miss the football.

The football hung in the lower right corner of the goal, and the Chinese team pulled one back.

Then the game restarted, and the Chilean team gradually controlled the game with the adaptation of substitute players, but Tang Zheng's defense was in place, coupled with Cai Huikang's excellent performance, the score of 2:1 continued until the end of the game.

Although the Chinese team finally lost to Chile and ushered in two consecutive defeats in the warm-up matches before the start of the World Cup, from the perspective of the game process, Chinese footballers and fans are full of confidence in the prospects of the Chinese team in the World Cup.

Tang Zheng, who is in hot condition, can lead the Chinese team forward.