Chapter 321: Defense!

"Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info here is the second round of the 2014 Brazil World Cup Asian Qualifiers Top 10 Group B for your broadcast, and I and Zhang Luzhang are responsible for the commentary. The game was played by the Japanese team at home against the Chinese team, a few days ago both teams defeated the opponent with the same game, and the two teams were temporarily ranked first in the Group B standings, so this round of matches between the two teams also attracted the attention of many Asian media, who can dominate the top of the standings? Ninety minutes later, we will know the answer. ”

Liu Jianhong was in the CCTV broadcast room and explained to the fans in front of the TV with sophistication. Although many Chinese fans don't like him very much, since Huang Jianxiang left CCTV, most of the national team's games are narrated by Liu Jianhong, and occasionally other commentators make cameos, but this is not a lot.

His partner is still an old acquaintance Zhang Lu, Liu Jianhong said: "Director Zhang, do you have any thoughts on the current Chinese team?"

Zhang Lu nodded slightly and said, "If you only look at individuals, this Chinese team should be called the strongest Chinese team at present." There are many players who play in Europe, Zhang Shujie and Li Mu have just won the Serie A title, and Ma Junqiang has won the Premier League title, which was unimaginable before. However, football is an overall sport after all, and the Japanese team is not weak, Shinji Kagawa and Keisuke Honda are all very powerful players, they are at home again, and the Chinese team will not be too easy if they want to win. ”

"Well, Director Zhang's analysis makes sense. We saw that both teams had already played, now let's move the camera to the pitch. ”

Yokohama General Stadium, the players of the two teams rushed in, divided into two columns and stood on the court on one left and one right, and then took a group photo and played the national anthem, after completing this series of indispensable ceremonies, the Chinese players went up to shake hands with the Japanese players who stood in a row, and then the captains of the two teams, Makoto Hasebe and Zheng Zhi, picked sides, and the Chinese team was away and chose the right to kick off.

Zhang Shujie stood at the center circle point, the ball was at his feet, and Li Mu was by his side. The referee looked at his watch, and as soon as the time was up, the whistle sounded.

Zhang Shujie knocked the ball to Li Mu, and Li Mu passed back to Zheng Zhi. It's almost the opening of all games, getting the ball to the midfield and then slowly organising the attack.

"Now the game has begun. In the first half, the Chinese team kicked off first, and the Chinese team discharged a 352 formation in this campaign, with the goalkeeper being No. 1 Ma Junqiang, the three defenders being No. 5 Du Peng, No. 13 Yan Tao, and No. 17 Chen Fanyu; the five midfielders were No. 8 Zhao Xu, No. 11 Zheng Zhi, No. 21 Yu Dahai, No. 15 Yang Dong and No. 7 Zhao Wenkang; and the two forwards were the well-known No. 9 Zhang Shujie and No. 10 Li Mu. Among them, Zheng Zhi, the oldest in the data, is the captain on the field, and the 'twins' still did not start this game. ”

Liu Jianhong paused for a while, and then continued: "The formation of the Japanese team is 4231, the goalkeeper is No. 1 Kawashima Eiji, the four defenders are No. 5 Nagatomo Yuto, No. 15 Yasuyuki Konno, No. 22 Maya Yoshida and No. 6 Atsuto Uchida, the two backs are No. 7 Endo Hohito and No. 17 Hasebe Makoto, the three forward midfielders are No. 10 Shinji Kagawa, No. 4 Keisuke Honda, No. 9 Shinji Okazaki, and the forward is No. 8 Ryoichi Maeda. Although the Japanese team has only one striker, Shinji Okazaki is actually half a striker, and Shinji Kagawa and Keisuke Honda also have strong offensive ability. ”

As soon as Liu Jianhong introduced the players, the Chinese team made a mistake, Yu Dahai wanted to pass the ball to Li Mu, but the first kick did not pass, and bounced back to his feet, he whimsically passed Shinji Okazaki, who was back to the defense, but Shinji Okazaki easily cut off the ball and passed it to Keisuke Honda.

Keisuke Honda also kept the ball and passed diagonally to the left with his foot, and Shinji Kagawa took the ball. The Japanese team successfully transferred the left side with only two passes, Zhao Wenkang defended, but saw that Yang Dong had come up, in order to prevent the two from squeezing together, Zhao Wenkang retreated a little and followed the forward Nagatomo Yudu.

Yang Dong, as a defensive midfielder, is quite good among domestic players, but to enlarge Asian football, it is a little poor, Kagawa Shinji has achieved great success in Germany, and it is not very difficult to break through Yang Dong.

Yang Dong was shaken away by him, and was about to pursue, when Shinji Kagawa totoed, and the ball went over Chen Fanyu's head and fell to the feet of Maeda Ryoichi.

There is only one defender on one side of Ryoichi Maeda, and 23 meters in front of him is the goal of the Chinese team. Liu Jianhong said in a sullen voice: "Japan has a good chance, the Chinese team has to hold it!"

Ma Junqiang shouted in front of the door: "Yan Tao, stop him!"

Yan Tao waved his hand, and his huge body pressed towards Maeda Ryoichi, and quietly grabbed his clothes. Maeda wanted to speed forward, trying to shake off Yan Tao. However, Yan Tao's speed is extremely fast, and he is the fastest horse in Vidis's team, and in the Chinese team, he is second only to Zhang Shujie.

Originally, Maeda Liaoichi had already distanced himself from Yan Tao at the moment of sprinting, and he was also happy in his heart, as long as he went a little further, he would be able to break into the restricted area and go to the meeting alone. However, Yan Tao followed with a few steps, catching up with Ryoichi Maeda and squeezing the Japanese striker aside.

Maeda Liaoichi was unstable in his body, he hadn't entered the penalty area at this time, he barely stabilized his body, and he chose to shoot without looking at the goal, Yan Tao's right leg stretched, the ball hit his leg, and rebounded, Keisuke Honda rushed up with a burst shot, and the ball was high above the crossbar.

Ma Junqiang applauded Yan Tao, Yan Tao played a major role in this clearance, and it seems that Maeda Liaoichi, who has been playing in Japan, is not as good as Yan Tao, who is in Europe.

Liu Jianhong said with a smile: "Yan Tao successfully resolved this crisis, he is only twenty-one years old this year, but in this summer, he has transferred to Ajax, which also affirms his strength from the side." ”

Zhang Lu laughed before he said: "Yan Tao can now be said to be the Dinghai Divine Needle on the back line of the Chinese team." I believe that as long as he is there, Chinese fans will be relieved a lot. ”

Ma Junqiang kicked the goal, Yang Dong fought for the point, but unfortunately put the ball to the side of Hasebe Makoto, Zheng Zhi went to force it, Hasebe Makoto made the ball to Endo Baoren, Zhao Xu rushed up to grab the ball again, and Endo Baoren did it back to Hasebe Makoto.

"It was only five minutes into the game, and the Japanese team had already had two shots on goal, and the Chinese team had no shots on goal. Now the Japanese players are in possession of the ball in the midfield. Liu Jianhong said unhurriedly.

Zhang Lu continued: "Judging from the first few minutes, the Chinese team seems to be a little unable to stabilize the midfield, which also leads to Zhang Shujie and Li Mu not getting any opportunities. However, it is still early in the game, and we are also looking forward to the performance of the Chinese team. ”

Japan continued to attack, led by Japanese star Keisuke Honda, and the defender in front of him was Chinese midfielder Zhao Xu.

Among the Asian players, Keisuke Honda's skills are already outstanding, at least in the face of Zhao Xu, the pressure is not great, and the two are not at the same level at all. Zhao Xu couldn't stop him. After Keisuke Honda passed him, he took a few more steps and tucked his right foot diagonally, trying to give the ball to Ryoichi Maeda.

Shinji Okazaki, Shinji Kagawa and Makoto Hasebe in the middle have already stepped in to support, and the two full-backs have also run forward, and almost all the midfielders of the Chinese team have returned to defend and retreated to the 25-meter area of the backfield. Zhang Shujie stood in front, looking at the situation behind, and couldn't help frowning.

If it is reasonable to say that Yu Dahai and Zhao Wenkang, the left and right wing-backs, are ready to defend, but why did the three people in the middle also retreat to within 25 meters? In this way, the middle will be empty, and the front and rear fields will also form a disjoint.

Zhang Shujie believes that Zheng Zhi should not have withdrawn so deeply. In this game, Zheng Zhi played as a front midfielder, and when the Japanese team did not attack on all fronts, Zheng Zhi did not need to retreat to the front of the penalty area like a midfielder, because he needed to connect the midfield.

"Jie Zai, I'll go back and answer!" Li Mu shouted at Zhang Shujie.

Zhang Shujie nodded: "Okay." ”

Li Mu retreated from the middle line, Zhang Shujie also withdrew a little, and the Chinese team finally maintained the consistency of the midfield. Ryoichi Maeda didn't take advantage of the confrontation with Yan Tao, couldn't get up and shoot, and had already passed the ball to Shinji Kagawa.

Zhao Wenkang waved his hand to Chen Fanyu, meaning that he should keep an eye on Nagatomo Yudu, and Kagawa Shinji would greet him by himself.

The current Shinji Kagawa is better than Zhao Wenkang in terms of fame and strength, but Zhao Wenkang is not afraid, he will play for Benfica next season, and he will also meet a stronger opponent than Shinji Kagawa in the Champions Cup.

Shinji Kagawa had heard of Zhao Wenkang, but he didn't know much about it, and when he saw Zhao Wenkang stopped in front of him, his first reaction was not to pass him, nor to pass the ball, but to flash out of the gap.

The Japanese midfielder is in the left corner of the penalty area, which corresponds to the right of the Chinese team. Shinji Kagawa made a feint to shoot the goal, trying to trick Zhao Wenkang into turning his back, only then could he dunk it. But Zhao Wenkang is not a fool, at this distance and at this angle, it is impossible for any defender to completely turn his body back, just turn sideways.

Zhao Wenkang didn't care whether he was shooting real or fake, he shrunk his hands within his body, turned half sideways, and kept his body center of gravity to prevent fraud.

Shinji Kagawa really didn't shoot, he dunked the ball and dunked it to the side. He saw that there was a gap and was about to shoot, but Zhao Wenkang stretched out a kick first and poked the ball out.

The ball stabbed at Zhao Xu's feet, perhaps Zhao Xu was a little unprepared, he didn't expect the ball to come to him, he didn't control the ball, he barely stopped, and was snatched away by Keisuke Honda.

The player that the Chinese team finally got was lost, but because of Zhao Xu's carelessness, he lost the ball. Keisuke Honda was overjoyed that his long-range shooting could not have been better than in a position facing the goal and less than 20 metres away.

He flicked the ball and adjusted to the most comfortable position, but it was only after a brief delay that he saw a large shadow come closer, and then his body felt a weight press down from above. He didn't know who this person was, but when he looked down, he saw a "13" number printed on the left trouser leg of the other party's pants.

At this critical moment, he left Maeda Ryuichi to make up for the loopholes left by Zhao Xu. As it turned out, he was doing the right thing.

Yan Tao, who is 1.86 meters tall and weighs 97 kilograms, pasted Keisuke Honda, who is 1.82 meters tall and weighs only 74 kilograms. The height difference is four centimeters, the weight difference has reached twenty-three kilograms, and Keisuke Honda, who is carrying the ball, is already a little bent, Yan Tao pressed down, and the result can be imagined.

Keisuke Honda fell to the ground, and the ball went under Yan Tao's feet. Yan Tao didn't stop, and quickly took it out to the periphery. Keisuke Honda looked at the referee with his hands and shouted, "Referee, he fouled!"

The referee ignored it, just raised his hands flat, and the game continued. Keisuke Honda was also helpless and stood up on his own.

Yan Tao didn't take it far, so Zhao Wenkang raised his hand and shouted, "Yan Tao, give it to me!"

Yan Tao saw that the requested player was Zhao Wenkang, who was the most trustworthy of the five midfielders of the Chinese team, so he passed the ball over without hesitation.

Nagatomo Yu is running back. Cho stopped the ball, and Yuto Nagatomo also ran in front of him, trying to stop him from passing the ball to the striker. But Zhao Wenkang doesn't only use his right foot to make long passes.

He took advantage of Nagatomo's unstable body and suddenly changed direction to the left, and at the same time hit the ball with the inside of his right foot, a beautiful inward cut, which made Nagatomo lose his best defensive position. Such a simple and wonderful action caused Liu Jianhong to shout: "Beautiful!"

After dodging Changyou Youdu, Zhao Wenkang rubbed his left foot, and the ball flew straight to Li Mu!

In the tenth minute of the game, Li Mu finally touched the ball for the first time. The Chinese team has been tired of defending before, so Li Mu does not have too many bright spots, not only him, but Zhang Shujie rarely has a moment on camera. But now, the Chinese team withstood two difficult defensive tasks and finally managed to send the ball to the 30-meter area in the front court.

In front of Li Mu is Zhang Shujie, who is also the most dangerous person in the Chinese team in the eyes of the Japanese!