Chapter 568: Asian Cup (5)

Perrin thinks this is useful, according to his observations, the reason why North Korea lost to Uzbekistan is because of the improper tactical response, the North Korean team obviously wants to get a good start, the posture is not low enough, always want to press Uzbekistan a head, as a result, Uzbekistan took the lead in giving up the ball, firmly playing defensive counterattacks, one hit and one accurate, and the big score came out like this, Peilan's arrangement is to put the Chinese team in a weak position first, and not let Uzbekistan play the counterattack that he is good at, Let them fight offensive battles.

On the afternoon of January 14, the battle for the right to qualify early was still raging at Brisbane Stadium.

Uzbekistan is very pragmatic, but when it comes to Perran, a coach who has long planned to give up the ball, Uzbekistan also has to fight a positional war, but they are very cautious, because Zhang Yuan's deterrent power in the front court is relatively large, and they dare not put too many troops in the front court, for fear of getting the same consequences as Saudi Arabia, and they will not be able to attack, but will be counterattacked by several attacks by the opponent.

Uzbekistan also doesn't play English football, they are used to attacking from the ground, making full use of the wings, their formation is also 4231, but they were forced by the Chinese team's long pass and had to change their approach.

Some people say that the physical fitness of the Chinese is poor, but in fact it is not as bad as imagined, and the Uzbek attack line does not have the upper hand against the Chinese team, and even some are below, so they rely more on the attack on the ground.

The two sides have not achieved anything for a long time, and there are few shooting opportunities, and Perrin has an acceptable attitude towards maintaining a draw in this game, after all, there is still one more game, even if it is also drawn, the Chinese team will qualify with five points.

Such a knockout game is undoubtedly a very defensive idea for Perran.

Uzbekistan doesn't have the same idea, of course, this game is about who is more patient and who is more patient.

The Chinese team's defense today is also very well organized, and the tight formation is not without benefits, Uzbekistan has not been able to find a good opportunity to score for a long time, but they are very cunning and suddenly began to change.

In the 22nd minute, Kapadze knocked in the middle, Akhmedov pulled Zhang Xi in front of the penalty area on the left, although Zhang Xi turned around and stretched out his feet to intercept for the first time after Zhang Xi fell to the ground, but Akhmedov's right-footed long-range shot after dodging the gap touched Zhang Xi's leg and refracted, the ball drew a tricky high parabola, the ball crossed the Wang Lei who struggled to save and entered the far corner of the goal, Uzbekistan led 1-0, and Akhmedov scored against the Chinese team in two consecutive Asian Cups.

This goal is completely a routine, Akhmedov began to change his personal ability, the Chinese team's defense is still in place, Zhang Xi was shaken for a while, the first time still made an interception, if he is a little luckier, this goal is impossible to score, so this goal is a bit of a luck problem.

Perrin was speechless by the goal, and he really didn't blame his players, because the players really did their best, and he could only pass on the words to the players through the translator, and don't take it to heart to continue to stick to his tactics.

Zhang Yuan was very disappointed, but like Perran, he really didn't blame his teammates, it was normal for Zhang Xi to be erased, if he didn't stretch out his feet to intercept Akhmedov's shot, it wouldn't have caused much trouble to Wang Lei, but Zhang Xizhen, who stretched out his feet, was not wrong, he made his own choice, but he was a little unlucky!

Steady, steady!

After a game, the mentality of the Chinese team is undoubtedly much better, and they are no longer panicked after losing the ball, and still follow their own rhythm, Zhang Yuan worked hard to retreat, narrowed the distance with the midfield, and tried to play with the midfield, but the Uzbek players are also very cunning, in order to block the pass to Zhang Yuan for the purpose, often at the cost of fouls, to prevent the contact between Zhang Yuan and his teammates, they obviously learned the lessons of Saudi Arabia in this regard, and did not dare to relax in the slightest.

For a time, the Chinese team also had nothing to do with Uzbekistan!

Perrin was also at a loss to see such a scene, Uzbekistan began to frequently reverse the ball in the midfield after scoring a goal, unwilling to easily lose the ball, and the Chinese team did not adopt high-level pressing tactics, and there was no effective way to consume time and tactics.

It's time for something to change! Perrin secretly made up his mind that the team must attack in the second half, otherwise the Chinese team will definitely be directly killed by Uzbekistan, and Perrin still has some courage when it is time to gamble.

At half-time, Perrin made tactical adjustments, and instead of asking the two full-backs to focus on defence, they were asked to aggressively attack the Uzbek wings and relieve pressure on Zhang Yuan in the middle.

As for the midfielders, he pointed out that their focus is still on defense, and when defending, pay attention to the density of defense in the front of the big penalty area, he is not worried about Uzbekistan's wide crosses, which has proved ineffective in the first half, he is more worried about Uzbekistan's penetration in the middle, long shots in the front of the box.

As Uzbekistan wished, the Chinese team significantly strengthened its offensive in the second half, and the two wings began to move forward frequently, trying to attack the wings.

Such an intention is exactly what Uzbekistan wants, but they also forgot that in the first half they stopped the Chinese team by fouling in the midfield, but now that they are in their backcourt, is this foul too dangerous?!

In the 55th minute, the Chinese team, which strengthened its offensive, got a free kick opportunity on the left side of the penalty area, and this set-piece, about 26 meters away from the goal, was an ideal penalty position for Zhang Yuan.

At this time, Uzbekistan seems to have remembered Nima's, and they also have a free kick master in the team!

But now it's too late to regret it, Zhang Yuan has taken two set-pieces today, each time the quality is very high, so that Uzbekistan's goalkeeper Nesterov is very worried, this time he knew that Zhang Yuan would attack the goal directly, and made a prediction in advance, but he still failed to save the ball, he paid more attention to the upper corner of the goal frame, but Zhang Yuan kicked a falling leaf, fell rapidly, and hit the bottom corner of the goal.

Zhang Yuan waved his fist excitedly, to say that this game he felt more aggrieved than the last game, Uzbekistan has a lot of experience in learning to deal with him, but there are no teammates around him to help contain the attack, he was greatly disturbed, his feet were kicked out of bruises by Uzbekistan players, and the team doctor also dealt with it at halftime.

He is eager to give Uzbekistan a little color, Nesterov is guessing him, he is not guessing Nesterov!

It was such an attempt, the Uzbek players seemed to have learned a lesson, as if intervening Zhang Yuan seemed to be shrinking, the Chinese team simply continued to insist on the offensive posture, Zhang Yuan stood more deadly, just in the front area of the penalty area, as if waiting for the opponent's foul.

Under the influence of such a mentality, Uzbekistan was seriously affected, and soon a few minutes later, it was not Zhang Yuan, but Gao Jun who cut into the middle of the side, suddenly shot with his feet, and played a world wave, Nesterov failed to block the football into the net, and the Chinese team completed the overtake.

Uzbekistan is a little like waking up from a dream at this time, the players began to fight back frantically, Perrin saw such a change, and immediately began to shrink the formation, leaving Zhang Yuan alone in front to play counterattack, but told the wings to provide Zhang Yuan with the necessary support, counterattack to speed up.

The Chinese team's defensive state today is much better than on the field, stunned to put Uzbekistan out of temper, more and more impatient they paid a heavy price in the 81st minute, Zhang Yuan took the ball near the center circle, all the way through the pass, even Uzbekistan four, staged an original Longtan show, staged a brace to help the Chinese team expand the lead to two goals, Uzbekistan has been completely desperate so far.

The rest of the game also went into garbage time, and with the referee's whistle, the Chinese team won their second group stage victory, and they qualified for the group ahead of schedule.