After the warm-up, the players from both teams returned to their respective dressing rooms. An Rong said to everyone: "Argentina is mainly in possession, we don't have to surround them all, they want to control the ball, let them control, we play defense." Xu Ziyi, your position is a little back, Tang Ling, I need you to pay attention to the right side when you have time. ”

The two nodded, but did not speak. They all understand what An Rong means, and the purpose of doing this is to focus on Messi.

In other aspects, An Rong has not changed much, and everyone understands the offensive idea. It's just that An Rong made an additional arrangement for Li Mu: defense. It's not about letting him defend, it's about being directly involved in the defense, which hasn't happened in previous games. Zhang Shujie's side An Rong is still the same as before, he does not need to participate in the team's defensive system directly, just assist the midfielders.

An Rong reminded Yuan Chengye a few words individually: "In this game, you replaced the role of Tang Ling before, how he did it, you have to do it." We've been training a lot in the past few days, and you've probably seen a lot from the bench because our wide attack is very important. ”

Yuan Chengye said: "I know, An Zhi." ”

In Argentina's locker room, Sampaoli's requirements for the team are very simple: specialize in the right side of the Chinese team! Although Messi is not a winger in this game, according to his playing style and Sampaoli's tactical arrangement, Messi can move to the left side at any time, that is, the right side corresponding to the Chinese team.

"Leo, Tang Ling, the right wingback of the Chinese team, was pushed to the middle of this battle, and the position he left was replaced by Yuan Chengye, a substitute player, with your ability, there should be no problem in breaking him. ”

Messi smiled and nodded: "I will do it, sir." ”

"In addition, we have to control the ball and suppress the Chinese team. At the same time, we should pay attention to their counter-attacks, at the national team level, I think China's counter-attacks are the best in the world, their forwards and midfielders are very efficient, so we must do our best to prevent their counter-attacks! When the Chinese team counterattacks, it is necessary to form a press in the midfield!

"Understood!" the players said in unison.

"Defensively, regional defense, don't think about using people to see Zhang Shujie and Li Mu, no one can watch them, I don't want others to destroy their prestige, many of you have fought with them, and you know better than me about their foot skills. ”

After looking around, Sang Baoli said, "Okay, I won't say much about the rest, you can arrange your own time." ”

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The game was about to start, and the players of both teams also walked out of the dressing room, with the main players standing in the players' tunnel and the substitutes going to the dressing room first. In this game, Ma Junqiang returned to the starting line-up, put on the captain's armband again, and stood at the head of the queue. Zhang Shujie, who served as the captain in the last round, stood at the end of the queue, and for so many years, he has become accustomed to standing like this.

The queue began to move slowly, and Zhang Shujie also followed the footsteps of his teammates, slowly walking out of the players' tunnel and into the court. The captains of the two teams, Ma Junqiang and Messi, picked the side and chose the ball, Argentina kicked off first in the first half, and the Chinese team chose the venue.

It's going to be quiet in the auditorium, and everyone is waiting for the game to start. Wang Shihan stood in front of his seat, looked at Zhang Shujie, took a deep breath, and then sat down.

Icardi stood in the centre circle, waiting for the kick-off, and Messi stood outside the centre circle. Zhang Shujie and Li Mu stood at both ends of the middle circle, at the junction of the middle line. The referee was watching the time, and a few seconds later, a loud whistle echoed around the pitch and Icardi knocked the ball to Messi, who then played Dybala.

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"CCTV, CCTV, audience friends, good morning, you are now watching the second game of the 21st Russian World Semifinals, which is played by the Chinese team against Argentina, and is narrated by He Wei and Xu Yang. Wearing a white shirt and white shorts is the Chinese team, and wearing a navy blue shirt and navy blue shorts is Argentina. In the first half, the Chinese team attacked from the right side of the screen to the left, and Argentina attacked from the left side of the screen to the right side, and the first team to kick off was the Argentine team. ”

Now Argentina are in possession of the ball, and the player in possession is none other than their biggest player: Leo Messi!

Messi, who is only 1.69 meters tall, is very technical, his feet are very fast, and his body has a low center of gravity and is very flexible, so the defenders are not very good at defending him. I saw Messi rushing towards the Chinese team's half with the ball in a diagonal line, Chen Zihua and Xu Ziyi formed a closing trend for him, and Messi didn't bring too much. The game has just started, the formation of the Chinese team's midfield and backfield is very strict, no matter how good Messi's dribbling is, if he continues to bring it in this scene, it can only be brought into the dead corner, so he passed the ball to Icardi, and Icardi did it to Dybala.

Xu Yang said: "Messi showed his footwork at the beginning, although it is the opponent of the Chinese team, we still have to say that Messi's skills are really exquisite." ”

"Definitely. Now let's take a look at the starting lineups of both sides. The Chinese team is the very familiar 442, goalkeeper Ma Junqiang, defenders Huang Yu, Yan Tao, Tang Ling and Yuan Chengye, midfielders Xu Zhixin, Xu Ziyi, Chen Zihua and Zhao Wenkang, and forwards Li Mu and Zhang Shujie. Liang Xiran was suspended for this game because he received a red card in the last round, and An Rong pushed Tang Ling to the middle, and Yuan Chengye played right back. ”

He Wei paused for a moment and continued: "Argentina's formation is 3412, goalkeeper Romero, defenders are Otamendi, Fazio, Rojo, midfielders are Mascherano, Joaquín Correa, Guido Rodriguez, Paredes, forward Dybala, forwards Icardi and Messi. ”

Argentina's squad is really strong, especially the midfielders, although many people are famous, but their strength should not be underestimated. Regardless of the fact that they only have three defenders, Sampaoli has two midfielders, Mascherano and Paredes, one is good at defense and the other is good at playmaking, plus B2B Rodríguez and an attacking midfielder Joaquín Correa, Argentina's midfield can be described as both offensive and defensive.

Of course, in the eyes of many people, especially Chinese fans, the most powerful midfielder in the world is none other than the Chinese team. But these are all on paper, and if you can go all the way from the group stage to the semi-finals, who is really much stronger than whom, and who is how much weaker than whom? In this team sport, the team is always greater than the individual. Only by working together can we ensure victory.

(End of chapter)