Chapter 1055: They're Mainly Defensive
Xu Zhixin's pass was pushed out by Cardona, and the referee blew the whistle for the end of the first half. He Wei said: "Now the first half of the game is over, and the Chinese team is temporarily 0:1 behind Colombia. Chinese fans don't have to worry, there are still 45 minutes left in the game, and I believe that the Chinese team will further strengthen its offensive in the second half. ”
The players of the two teams walked out of the stadium and walked to the locker room, the 0:1 on the big screen outside the field was a little dazzling, but fortunately there was a second half, and the Chinese team did not have a classic battle of falling behind in the first half and turning the tables in the second half, so the Chinese fans are still calm.
In the locker room of the Chinese team, An Rong did not show any nervousness, and the expressions of the players were not flustered, everyone was a person who had seen the world, and they would not be in a hurry because they were one goal behind.
"Well, although we are lagging behind now, I don't blame you. Three balls hit the frame, and I don't know what to say except for bad luck. Colombia's style of play is evident and they should play mainly defensively in the second half to hold on to the 1-0 score. So, I just need to attack boldly. ”
An Rong knows very well that in fact, Colombia is afraid of the counterattack ability of the Chinese team, so once it takes the lead, it will never dare to leave the backcourt behind, and this kind of play An Rong has not encountered. Not only him, but also AC Milan's Inzaghi and Real Madrid's Zidane have also encountered it, and the reason is that these teams' counterattacks are too sharp, and it is inevitable that the backfield will be vacated after attacking, so these counterattack-based teams can seize the opportunity to score.
An Rong said again: "In the second half, you just have to press up and fight, but Liang Xiran, you have to pay attention to the backcourt at any time, in case they steal another one." ”
The tactics of the Chinese team are already obvious, which is to strengthen the attack. On the Colombian side, as An Rong guessed, Pekerman did put defense first, but this does not mean that they will not attack, they wait for the loopholes in the backfield of the Chinese team, and then use the two wings to quickly step forward, and then invert the triangle to pass to the middle, then Falcao and Ronaldo can get the opportunity to score.
The idea is still very good, but the difficulty of implementing it is unknown. In any case, Colombia now has the advantage, and in Pekerman's eyes, it doesn't matter if the attack doesn't hit, as long as you don't concede the ball.
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In the stands, Xiong Kui and Pan Yongcheng were discussing which way to use in the second half to boost the morale of the Chinese team. Xiong Kui is in favor of this approach, but someone needs to take the lead, and the fan association has a few people who sing very well, and Xiong Kui can call them over and lead the chorus.
The key is what song to choose, most pop songs will definitely be eliminated, Xiong Kui suggested, like the 2002 South Korea-Japan World Cup Chinese team in the last group game, choose to use "Singing the Motherland" or "Red Flag Fluttering" and other effects should have some effect. As for the time of the chorus, Xiong Kui thinks that it is more appropriate to start about ten minutes after the opening, when the team members have already run a lot, and it is almost the time when the body is warm.
The players walked out of the players' tunnel, and in the second half, the two sides exchanged courts, with the Chinese team attacking from left to right and Colombia attacking from right to left. He Wei said: "The second half of the game is about to start, and there seems to be no substitutions on both sides, so it should be the same as the lineup in the first half." ”
Xu Yang said: "In the second half, An Rong may use the attack to suppress Colombia as he did at the end of the first half. Because Colombia's attacking means are actually not many, and even very monotonous, Ronaldo is not an organized midfielder, he is biased towards attacking, and what Colombia lacks is this kind of organizational midfielder. ”
"Yes, in terms of organizing the attack, it is estimated that Pekerman is very envious of the Chinese team. Speaking of this, He Wei laughed, and Xu Yang also laughed.
The referee blew the whistle, and at the start of the second half, Falcao passed the ball back to Ronaldo, who in turn gave it to Moreno, who in turn passed it to Sanchez. At this time, the Chinese team consciously pressed, and they wanted to compress the space of the battle in the opponent's half, causing the opponent the greatest defensive pressure.
Under the pressure of the Chinese team, Colombia quickly lost the ball, Chen Zihua snatched the ball from the feet of Sanchez, and then passed it to Xu Ziyi, Xu Ziyi took advantage of the game to start, Colombia's defensive formation has not yet been fully formed, there is still a little space in the backfield, Xu Ziyi seized this opportunity, a kick to pick up the pass to the back of the Colombian defense, Li Mu inserted the ball, fortunately, Murillo first rubbed the ball with his head, causing Li Mu to move a little more to the side to receive the ball, it was the deviation of this point, so that Li Mu lost the best shooting angle, but Li Mu knocked the ball to the middle, and dribbled the ball horizontally, and shot with his right foot one meter outside the penalty areaOspina pounces the ball out of the baseline with one palm.
Pekerman was a little startled on the sidelines, the offensive efficiency of the Chinese team was too scary, and they were caught by them just a little bit of a gap, if Xu Ziyi's ball could be passed a little higher, then Li Mu would talk to Ospina alone.
This small episode strengthened Pekerman's determination to defend, and he believed that no matter how powerful the attacking team in the world is, it will be difficult to find an absolute chance to score in the face of an iron bucket of defense. But Pekerman also has a few details to pay attention to, such as when one of the four people Zhang Shujie, Li Mu, Chen Zihua, and Xu Ziyi swims outside the penalty area, they must send someone to post it to prevent their long-range shots. In addition, the defense of free kicks, whether it can shoot or pass, Pekerman absolutely cannot give the Chinese team, so he asked the players at halftime to be within 25 meters, and must not foul, otherwise......
There is no way to take a corner kick, as long as the Chinese team can shoot, there is a possibility of getting a corner kick. At this time, the Chinese team is going to take a corner kick. Zhao Wenkang drove the ball to the penalty area, this time Colombia finally did not let the Chinese team grab the first point, Ospina attacked, knocked the ball out of the penalty area with both fists on the heads of Zhang Shujie and Tang Ling, Huang Yu outside the penalty area stopped the ball, he saw that the Colombian players did not press up so quickly, so he knocked Liang Xiran.
Liang Xiran passed back to Ma Junqiang who rushed out of the penalty area, Ma Junqiang and then gave Xu Zhixin on the left, this back and forth, the Chinese team put the place of control of the ball closer to the backfield, theoretically there should not be so many people in the Colombian penalty area now, but when Xu Zhixin took the ball and looked at the penalty area, he found that there were still many Colombian players standing inside. Not only that, but the entire Colombian formation was dragged behind, and there was no intention of pressing.
In the press booth, Chen Hui saw this situation and said: "It seems that Colombia is really planning to hold this 1:0!"
(End of chapter)