Chapter 473: The First Battle in Chile
As the captain, Sanchez always had a shallow smile when he shook hands with Zhang Yuan, and that smile looked extremely hateful in Zhang Yuan's eyes, because he felt that such a look seemed to be a kind of contempt!
"You're a three-inch ding! wait and see how proud you really are?!" Zhang Yuan said secretly. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Sanchez did say this in his heart: "I finally have a chance to step on you today, see how you eat!"
But Sampaoli will not be so optimistic or careless, in any case, the Chinese team is rushing into the World Cup, the strength of the team may not be as good as Chile, but the possibility of an upset is not ruled out, and from the analysis of this group, Spain and the Netherlands are difficult to deal with, only the Chinese team is the kind of team that the other three teams are like to score points, and Sampaoli has to work hard to ensure that the 3 points can go smoothly into Chile's pocket, neither can become 1 point nor become 0 points.
Therefore, with the referee's whistle, the Chilean team played very cautiously, slowly becoming familiar with the Chinese team's playing style and finding out China's strength.
On the Chinese team's side, there is nothing to say, first of all, it is deployed in the midfield, and a double back is set up, intending to strengthen the interception ability, the Chinese team actually has one thing compared with the Chilean team that is not at a disadvantage, that is, the body.
The confrontation is not a loss, but the Chilean team is very cautious at the beginning, the pass is fast, the running position is more flexible, and rarely gives the Chinese team such a hard chance, maybe Sampaoli has actually recognized the weakness of the Chilean team.
Zhang Yuan did not stand still on the front line, but kept retreating to participate in the team's defense, and in the face of the turtle shell of the Chinese team, Chile did not kick the first shot on goal for a long time.
If the Chilean team was a little bold at the beginning, it should actually be able to receive miraculous results, at that time the players of the Chinese team only played, they themselves have not experienced any major baptism, they seem a little nervous, there were a few small mistakes in passing and receiving the ball, but the Chilean team did not carry out the tactics of high pressing, did not seize such an opportunity.
Zhang Yuan is not nervous, after all, he has seen the battles that should be there at the club level, although the World Cup is only once every four years, but for a person who has been mentally prepared, Zhang Yuan has nothing to ask for in the three games of the group stage but to break the embarrassment of zero goals for the Chinese team.
The first shot was actually the Chinese team, yes, yes, it was the Chinese team that completed a shot first, in the 10th minute, Zhang Yuan received a pass from Zheng Zhi, forcibly wiped Vidal, and came a long-distance shot more than 30 meters away, the power is quite large, but this distance is a bit far, and Bravo's reaction time is still relatively sufficient, Bravo jumped up unhurriedly and took Zhang Yuan's shot off steadily.
Bravo's height is average among goalkeepers, and this kind of average is also in those years, if you follow the trend of modern goalkeepers, he is actually short, only 184, similar to Casillas, good bounce, quick reaction, good at saving in front of the goal.
Zhang Yuan's not embarrassing and embarrassing hanging shot made Bravo secretly despise in his heart, are you looking at Lao Tzu is easy to bully?!
Zhang Yuan still has a little regret on his face, Vidal didn't carry Zhang Yuan just now, although he knows Zhang Yuan's details, but he is really not Zhang Yuan's opponent when he really resists, fortunately he is not fighting alone, he makes trouble for Zhang Yuan, and other teammates have formed a situation of encirclement against Zhang Yuan, and Zhang Yuan can only choose to make a kick in a hurry.
In the 13th minute, the Chilean team launched an offensive, they hit the right side with a very sudden long pass in the midfield, Isla took the ball directly to Sanchez, Sanchez was intercepted by two people on the right side of the penalty area, but he reversed in this small space, quietly pushed the ball sideways, Vargas shot in the middle, was blocked by the Chinese team's central defender Li Wei, but the ball was blocked by Sanchez's range, Sanchez was quick to shoot, accurate hit.
It was their first shot of the game and it went in!
Zhang Yuan scolded in his heart, this dog still scored!
Zhang Yuan behaved a little stupidly, Chile still has a chance to hit the Chinese team's penalty area, and there are still people in it to fight for points, but it is difficult for the Chinese team to do this, one is that the offense will not invest a lot of troops like the Chilean team, on the other hand, it can only be said that the ability is limited, and the awareness of running position needs to be improved, Zhang Yuan's running position is really good, but if there is no help from his teammates, then he is not so arrogant.
The Chinese team suffers here, the offensive quality is not high, and the defense will produce some loopholes under the opponent's flexible running position, the Chinese team did a good job just now, but it was still seized by Sanchez, his ability is really strong.
After the game restarted, the Chinese team still continued the tactics just now, the tone of this World Cup is like this, defense, whether it is leading or behind, it is defense, don't blame the Chinese team for conservative tactics, no way!
There are only three expectations of the fans, one is to see if they can score one point, the second is to see if they can score one, and the third is to see if they can lose less.
If you lose one, the domestic media will greatly praise the Chinese team, which is called a pity! But if you lose more than 4 fucking things, it will be a fiasco, and the Chinese team will definitely be criticized for nothing!
In the 2002 World Cup, the Saudi team was beaten 8:0 by the German team, and then the Saudi team became the object of ridicule of many Chinese people, do you think this is funny? !
Based on this characteristic of the fans, it's okay to lose, you can't lose too much, just don't become a laughing stock, this is the consensus of the Chinese team, including Zhang Yuan, of course.
So on the pitch he doesn't dislike his team swinging the bus, he's also a member of the bus, and he's on the front line of the defense at the moment.
Not to mention, as soon as the turtle shell of the Chinese team is laid out, the Chilean team is really right, the Chinese team is particularly careful in defending Sanchez, Zhang Yuan told his teammates to concentrate, don't just look at the ball and not look at people.
Sanchez has nothing to do for the time being, although he is small, he is still quite strong, but as I said just now, the Chinese team is not at an obvious physical disadvantage, Sanchez has been encircled several times, and there is no way to divide the ball.
The Chinese team's style of play is even more simple and direct, the defenders of the Chilean team are generally not tall, the fighting dog Medel is only about 1.72 meters, and his partner Gonzalo Jara is only 1.78 meters and less than 1.8 meters.
Such a center-back combination may be able to use its outstanding bounce against other strikers, but it will not work in front of a striker like Zhang Yuan.
So in the first half, you can often see a scene, Zhang Yuan and them huddled together, one against two, sometimes even able to pass the ball to his teammates, some even he jumped very high, and the referee made excuses that he elbowed.
But the problem of the Chinese team is that they don't dare to have too many troops on offense, Zhang Yuan can fight for the top, but the ball can't come back, and the effect of this advantage is not very useful in the first half.
At the end of the first half, Chile led China by one goal, a score that was obviously not very satisfactory to Sanchez, but he couldn't help it, and that's the case, in front of the bus, his performance was also greatly reduced.
At halftime, Fu Gui, Zhang Yuan and Zheng Zhi all said that we should be patient, in fact, the performance in the first half was very good. The Chinese fans in the stands also agreed, which is to say that the Chilean team does not have too many opportunities, which is not only because the Chinese team can calm down to defend, but also because the Chilean team is actually very dependent on Sanchez's play to a certain extent, and the overall performance is not very good.
At halftime, Fu Gui mainly said how to defend and how to attack in the second half, the focus of the attack is set-piece tactics, the Chinese team can not play a lot of ground tactical offense, Zhang Yuan is frequently fighting with the opponent with his height and body, in this case, the actual speed advantage is difficult to play, and the two central defenders of the Chilean team are short and have the advantage of being short, flexible in the next handicap, and fast turning, Zhang Yuan may be caught up and broken by them if he is a little uncomfortable in receiving the ball.
Therefore, at halftime, the Chinese team explained the main set-piece tactics, and the Chinese team occupied a certain advantage in terms of height, so in the second half, the Chinese team had to create more opportunities like this, how to create it, Zhang Yuan made a sudden attack with the ball alone, and he didn't believe that the Chilean players did not foul.