The locker room of the Chinese team.

An Rong was reminding the players not to ignore Senegal and pointed out several dangerous players on the other side.

"First of all, Mane, I think you've all heard of it. Li Mu, Ma Junqiang, and Liang Xiran should be very familiar with him, and the three of you and him all play in the Premier League and have played against each other. Sadio Mane is fast, he is a wide attacker at Liverpool and also at the national team. Pay attention to his speed on the wing, fortunately our full-backs are very fast, but in terms of speed, there should be no fear of Mane. ”

Without waiting for the players to speak, An Rong added: "The second is Apanou Ndiaye, who is the only creative player in Senegal. As a midfielder, he will be the most important part of Senegal's attacking play, so be careful. And Diouf, who cannot be underestimated. ”

After looking around the locker room, An Rong continued: "Our formation is still 442, as for the tactics...... This time, we give priority to the transmission and control! We have practiced a lot of this set of 442 formations, and the transmission and control tactics have not been played, and you are already very familiar with them. When attacking, it is necessary to combine the middle and the wing, and when defending, take regional joint defense, and try to retreat everyone to the half, including Zhang Shujie and Li Mu. ”

The two nodded, An Rong looked at the time, and said, "There is still a lot of time left, you can discuss it on your own, if you don't understand something, feel free to ask me." ”

The team members began to talk in a whisper, and Zhang Shujie asked Li Mu, "How do you feel?"

Li Mu moved his ankles and said with a smile: "It feels very good." ”

"That's good. Your previous injury is something that all Chinese are worried about. ”

"Now, it's fine. ”

Zhang Shujie smiled and turned his head.

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Senegal locker room.

Cisse explained the team's tactics with a little nervousness, especially the defense! He didn't know how strong the Chinese team's attack was, especially the two people on the front line. If Cisse wants not to lose this game, how to limit the play of Zhang Shujie and Li Mu will be extremely crucial.

"Don't be marked, I've seen too many footage of their games, and one-on-one defense can't stop them at all. Defend with zone defense!" Cisse drew two circles in the names of Zhang Shujie and Li Mu. He, like An Rong, wants to adopt zone defense in defense, and if the opposing offensive players cross and change positions, the defenders will be easily taken away, and the formation is easy to mess up. Therefore, in many games of modern football, it is rare to see the man-to-man tactic.

"No matter how the two of them swap places up front, as long as you go to any of your defensive positions, stick them up, and make sure that there are people around you to protect them, which is extremely important. ”

The players nodded in understanding. Cisse added: "Attacking us is mainly on the wing, avoiding their interception in the middle. The defensive quality of our midfielders, you know, their full-backs like to assist and they leave gaps in the back and that's going to be our chance. Once the flanks are played, you don't have to rush to cross when you reach the back, you can play the ball in front of goal in an inverted triangle situation, and if it goes well, it will cause chaos in their penalty area and we will be able to find a good opportunity to score. ”

Cisse's tactics worked in theory, only how effective the players were in execution was known during the game. Cisse also understands the familiarity of Chinese players with each other, and he formulates his tactics as defensive counter-attacks, which is to quickly play from the back to the front and achieve the best results in the shortest time.

The game was about to start, the players of both teams all walked out of the locker room, the main players stood in the players' tunnel, lined up in two columns, and the substitutes went to the bench first, and the head coach also went to the coach's box.

Ma Junqiang stood at the head of the Chinese team queue as the captain, and Tang Ling stood behind him. Because Zhang Shujie is the vice captain of the national team, he is also standing at the back of the team as when he first debuted, and Li Mu is in front of him. This way seems to have become a habit for the two.

The queue moved slowly as the referee on duty walked out, and soon, Zhang Shujie walked out of the players' tunnel with the footsteps of his teammates, and he saw a large five-star red flag spread out on the stands, gently shaking under the breeze.

After the players of the two teams took a group photo, they stood in a row, and the national anthem began to play on the live radio, first of all, the Chinese team, and the familiar "March of the Volunteers" resounded on the stadium, stirring in the hearts of every Chinese.

"Arise, you who do not want to be slaves, and build our flesh and blood into our new Great Wall......"

Every Chinese fan present stood up and sang along with the radio, which far exceeded Senegal's, and could be heard word by word outside the stadium.

"We are all united, brave the enemy's artillery fire, advance, advance, advance!"

When the national anthem is played, the captains of the two teams pick sides. The fans in the stands also began to get busy, and the Chinese Fans Association, led by Xiong Kui and Pan Yongcheng, is the most powerful support group for the Chinese team.

In the first half, the Chinese team chose the venue, and Senegal got the right to kick off. Behind the billboard behind Senegal's goal, Liu Fang set up a camera, and now he is an official reporter of "Sports Weekly", and he didn't follow Chen Hui like before, but when he first joined, Chen Hui gave him a lot of help, so now he sees Chen Hui will also call "Brother Hui", and the two keep in touch at any time.

His mobile phone rang suddenly, and when he took it out, it was Chen Hui calling, and he connected: "Brother Hui." ”

"Haha, Liu Fang, I saw you. Hey, don't twist your head around looking for me, I'm here in the press gallery, you can't see clearly. ”

Liu Fang smiled: "Brother Hui, the game is about to start, don't you make a good record?"

"Shen Hao will do it. Don't worry about me, it's you, this isn't the first time you've been a front-line reporter, there won't be pressure, right?"

"It's okay, Brother Hui, I'm fine. ”

"That's good, I didn't misunderstand you. Let's not talk about it, the competition is about to begin, and you, as a photojournalist, can't miss a single shot. ”

"Well, okay, let's talk about it later, Brother Hui. ”

After hanging up the phone, Liu Fang saw that Senegalese striker Konate was already standing in the center circle, and the other players were also standing in their own positions, Liu Fang took a deep breath, and at this moment, the referee blew a whistle, and Konate passed the ball to Kouyate, and the game officially began!

(End of chapter)