Chapter 025: Something to Worry About Is Coming!
In the 44th minute of the game, the Chinese team expanded the score to 2:0 with Lu Liang's goal, and the Chinese fans at the Brisbane Stadium were excited like children, and the hysterical catharsis burst out of their hearts.
The South Korean fans in the anti-viewing stand were overflowing with sadness.
When the Chinese players vented their feelings for the goal, the live director first gave a close-up to the extremely lost Korean player, and then to the head coach of the South Korean team, Stillik, from his face It is not difficult to see a microcosm on the field.
The passively defensive South Korean team was finally extended to two goals by the Chinese team before the end of the first half, and if there is no way to change this unfavorable situation in the next game, narrowing the score will not only become a luxury, but it may even be possible for the Chinese team to score more goals.
Although Stillich wanted to change the situation, he couldn't think of a good solution.
And now that we are approaching the end of the first half, it is certainly too late to adjust anything, and we can only hope for the fifteen minutes of half-time.
After a fifteen-minute break, the players have calmed down, and then make tactical adjustments, which may have the effect of getting twice the result with half the effort.
Thinking of this, Stillik explained a few words to his assistant, and then walked towards the players' tunnel.
This scene happened to be keenly captured by the on-site director, and the CCTV 5 commentator He Wei changed his voice and said suspiciously: "The head coach of the South Korean team returned to the locker room in advance when the Chinese team expanded the score, does this mean that he is extremely dissatisfied with the performance of the Korean players?"
At the same time, there was a burst of exclamations from the stands, and the South Korean players on the field subconsciously turned their heads to look at the sidelines, and they found that the head coach Stillik was walking towards the players' tunnel with his back to him.
Suddenly, they felt as if they were feeling a deep displeasure from head coach Stillik.
In fact, if you think about it, the 0:2 deficit at halftime is very different from the pre-game prediction......
Before the game restarted, the fourth official stood on the sidelines with an electronic card holding up a minute of stoppage time to remind everyone in the audience that there was still one minute left in the first half.
Hevey's attention then shifted from Stillik's early return to the dressing room to get back into the game: "A minute of stoppage time is a bit less, but considering that this is the first half of stoppage time, it is understandable that referee Ilmatov is careful about the time, because it was the second half that decided the outcome of the game. ”
"Beep~"
With the whistle of the referee on duty Ilmatov, the game between the Chinese team and the South Korean team restarted, but the South Korean team, which was two goals behind, did not show a tough attitude of equalizing or even narrowing the score, and played very casually, as if it was an exhibition game.
Fortunately, the Chinese team took the initiative to retreat to the half court with a two-goal lead and maintained the current score until the end of the first half.
A minute passed quickly, and the first half ended with a whistle from referee Ilmatov, and the two sides walked to the players' tunnel one after another.
The difference is that the Chinese players are smiling, and the South Korean players are frowning, as if they lost the game.
The broadcast screen was specially given to the smiling Chinese players, and it is not difficult to see from their facial expressions that they are very satisfied with the 2:0 lead, especially Lu Liang, who helped the Chinese team score the second goal, and he raised his arms from time to time while walking to the players' tunnel to vent the continuous excitement brought by the goal.
Immediately, the live director gave the Korean genius Son Heung-min a close-up shot that was pushed to his face.
His handsome face looked so decadent that countless Korean female fans sitting in front of the TV were distressed.
But...... This is a football game of national glory!
If the South Korean team in the second half cannot reverse the unfavorable situation faced in the first half, let alone equalize, the backline will be happy without conceding a goal.
Obviously, Son Heung-min hoped that the team could turn the defeat around in the second half and turn defeat into victory.
But...... He's just a player, one of the eleven players on the pitch.
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Chinese coach Li Tie closed the locker room door, and the huge chanting from the Brisbane Stadium came to an abrupt end, and the head coach Lippi took out the tactical board, in addition to focusing on telling the defense to concentrate, but also to seize every opportunity to attack, and strive to kill the game early.
Tournament games are often the most physical test of the players, basically one game every three days, which is very demanding on the physical requirements of the players, if you can kill the game early, then the players can focus more on the control of the football.
Although the current backfield players of the Chinese team are not very good at their feet, their midfield passing ability is very good, and they even suppressed the uncrowned king South Korea team in last year's World Cup in Brazil.
Coupled with the growth of Lu Liang and Sun Jingbo, they can further strengthen the control of the Chinese team's midfield after retreating to the midfield.
It's not that the Chinese team's midfield control can wrestle with the world's strongest teams, it can only be said that the Chinese team's current midfield transmission ability can compete with the Japanese team, which has quite delicate skills at the feet.
Getting back to the point, the South Korean players who returned to the away dressing room had a sluggish look on their faces, and the German head coach Stillik, who was not good at inciting players, shook his head, because he had no choice but to adjust himself through the fifteen minutes of the half-time break.
What he has to do is correct the failed tactics set up in the first half.
The fifteen-minute half-time break passed in the blink of an eye, and players from both sides came to the field again through the tunnel one after another.
The mood of the Chinese fans in the stands was very high, and the 'Dragon Team Fan Club' played a huge role, shouting at the Chinese players who walked into the stadium: "The Chinese team will win!
South Korean fans, who were in opposition to the Chinese at the start of the first half, looked sluggish, with the exception of a few South Korean fans who still had some illusions about the game, and most of the South Korean fans thought the game was over, even if it was only 45 minutes later......
"Beep~"
Not long after, the referee Ilmatov blew the whistle to signal the second half of the second 1/4 final between the Chinese team and the South Korean team to officially begin.
With the South Korean team, which had the advantage of teeing, there was a certain increase in mood compared to the malaise at the end of the first half, and the play was a bit of a pursuit.
Of course, it's just a bit of a pursuit.
In addition, the Chinese team in the second half did not choose to press high, but retreated to half-court defense.
Not many people noticed the faint smile on his face as he stood in the home team's coach's command area, and he tapped his head as he watched the game unfold.
As he predicted at halftime, South Korea began to pursue possession and a little more patience in attack, so the Chinese team's defense in the second half was dominated by zone compression, especially to control Ji Chengyong and Son Heung-min.
After the baptism of Su Chao and the Premier League, Ji Chengyong's physical confrontation has been significantly strengthened, and Artemisia Junmin and Zheng Zhi cannot be compared with Ji Chengyong in terms of body, but the physically strong Tang Zheng can perfectly crush Ji Chengyong.
Even Tang Zheng still has extra thoughts to pay attention to Sun Xingmin, who has a somewhat eye-catching performance, and assist the defenders to complete the defensive work.
The first five minutes of the second half passed in the blink of an eye, and unlike most of the first half, South Korea had plenty of time on the ball and China retreated to the half-court defense.
As a result, the South Korean fans at the Brisbane Stadium seemed to see hope of narrowing the score and equalising again, but the South Korean coach Stillick, who was in the area of the visitors' coaches, was still frowning and his brain was constantly working, hoping to solve the problem of attacking without points.
It seems that the South Korean team seems to have reversed the unfavorable situation on the field, but the fact is just an illusion, and the increase in the possession time of the Korean team is the Chinese team that takes the initiative to reduce the time of possession, so the scene will appear that the South Korean team has the advantage.
The Chinese team looked passive in the first five minutes of retreating to the half-court defense, but in fact they were more than flexible.
As time passed, Chinese fans sitting in front of the TV slowly discovered that the Chinese team was not suppressed by the South Korean team, but a strategic change.
Ten minutes into the second half, the Chinese team returned to the right path and controlled the pace of the game.
As a last resort, the South Korean team can only seek substitutions and adjustments, hoping to reduce the score by changing players.
In the 58th minute, the South Korean team took the lead in making substitutions, and the 34-year-old veteran Cha Duri replaced the right-back Kim Chang-so, who was not in good physical condition.
But it's a pity that the effect of this substitution adjustment is not obvious, Che Duri's game experience is correct, but he no longer has the explosiveness and speed of his youth, and there is no way to complete the defense in Lu Liang's continuous disguise.
To defend Lu Liang, you still have to rely on the assistance of midfielders.
The German stood on the sidelines and frowned because his substitutions didn't work as well as they should.
And he also realized that the Chinese team's attack seemed to have a certain inducement, because the football had not been passed to the feet of Sun Jingbo on the right side for a long time.
Now most of the players on the field have inertial thinking, thinking that the Chinese team's attack is bent on opening a gap on the left side, and when the time comes, the football will successfully move from the left side to the right side, it will be an absolute disaster!
With a sense of trepidation, a few more minutes passed the game, and what Stillik feared didn't happen, so his attention shifted again.
Cheldury came on and failed to make a difference at both ends of the pitch, and Stillik felt the team needed to make another substitution to solve the problem.
In the 63rd minute, the South Korean team made another substitution adjustment, and Jang Hyun-so replaced Lee Ting-hye.
At the same time, Yang 5 commentator He Wei talked about his doubts: "Stillik actually replaced a striker with a midfielder who leaned towards defense, which ...... Do you want to use the number of midfielders to snatch control from the Chinese team?"
Stillik's intentions were indeed to try to wrest control with the number of people in midfield, as Howy had suspected.
However, in many cases, it is not possible to make up for quality with quantity, and Jang Hyun-so has just come off the bench because it takes time to adapt, and it is difficult to take on the big responsibility.
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The game came to 70 minutes, the score was still 2:0, and the Chinese team was ahead.
The Chinese fans at the Brisbane Stadium were very happy during this time, as their cheerful laughter and cheers were always in the air above the stadium.
Taking advantage of a dead ball opportunity, the live director gave the head coach of the Chinese team, Lippi, a close-up shot that was pushed to the face.
This picture is somewhat meaningful, the South Korean team has made two substitution adjustments, but the Chinese team is still holding still.
But the Chinese fans sitting in front of the TV were not panicked at all, and they saw in the face of head coach Lippi the confidence that the Chinese team did not have before.
I won't move if the enemy moves!
You have to change your tactics, you can!
I'm so confident, I won't change!
"The game came to the 70th minute and the South Korean team played very hard to try to close the score......"
As soon as Yang 5 commentator He Wei's voice fell, Ji Chengyong, who received the football, did not hesitate to pass the ball to Son Xingmin, who was pulled to the left sideline.
However, as soon as the football passed, he regretted it, because Zhang Linpeng, who had been paying attention to Sun Xingmin, suddenly went around the front defense.
Sun Xingmin suddenly realized something and subconsciously wanted to protect the ball, but Zhang Linpeng stabbed the ball out first.
Sun Xingmin, who wanted to protect the ball, did not touch the football, but kicked down the leg that Zhang Linpeng dragged behind.
Referee Ilmatov saw it, but considering that the football rolled towards Sun Jingbo, he put the whistle in his mouth and did not sound it.
This is the quality of an international referee – in order to keep the game flowing, offensive moves that are conducive to attacking should be encouraged!
Sun Jingbo pretended to retreat to get the ball, and deceived the Korean team's left-back Kim Jin-so to have a move to find contact, but Sun Jingbo suddenly let the ball back and turned around against Kim Jin-so's body.
Kim Jin-so originally wanted to pull Son Jing-bak, but when Yu Guang saw the football rolling from his left, his first reaction was to stretch out his foot to block the ball.
Many times people's feelings are wrong, coupled with the slow frequency of kicking due to the decline in physical fitness, Kim Jin-so did not touch the football.
By the time he realized that he should go to pull Sun Jingbo, it was too late, and he only dragged an invisible cloud of air.
South Korea's defender Ji Chengyong didn't have time to think about it, he rushed to Son Jingbo, who received the football and went forward to get close to the halfway line.
Sun Jingbo was very smart and did not choose to blindly dribble the ball by himself, but noticed that when Ji Chengyong pounced, he used his right foot to pass the ball to Tang Zheng, who was unmarked in the arc of the middle circle of his side.
"Beautiful pass!"
With the shouting of He Wei, the commentator of Yang 5, Tang Zheng, who was unmarked, received the football.
It was too late to stop and chase Tang Zheng on the spot, Jin Yingquan should pay attention to Gao Lin's condition, Guo Taihui, who had no task for the time being, greeted him, and Che Duri, who came off the bench in the second half, made up for the defense.
"Whoa—"
As the distance got closer, the frenetic atmosphere at Brisbane Stadium became more and more frenetic, and even many excited Chinese fans jumped excitedly.
Tang Zheng, who has a strong ability to read the game, did not show off his footwork, and he pushed the ball with his left foot to attack his right rib.
A through ball over 30 meters!
The on-site director switched the camera for the first time, and He Wei, the commentator of Central 5, suddenly changed his voice and shouted: "Sun Jingbo!!"
At the same time, South Korean head coach Stillik, who was standing in the command area of the away team's coach, subconsciously took a step forward and broke a sentence: "Damn it!!"
Gao Lin's running position attracted Kim Young-kwan to the middle, and left-back Kim Jin-so was thrown off by Son Jingbo, which means that the left defense of the South Korean team is paralyzed!
The left side of the defense, which he had been worried about, finally had a problem!