Chapter 168: Showdown with Japan

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After the football and basketball Olympic teams both defeated the Italian team, football only had the semifinals and finals to play, and the basketball group stage only had one game with Lithuania.

Football enters the semi-finals, and the next opponent of the Chinese Olympic team will be the old rival Japan.

With the rise of the Japanese team in the eighties and nineties, their investment in football has also increased greatly, with the professional training of foreign coaches and technical style characteristics, as well as strong domestic support, in the new century, the strength of the Japanese team has made great progress, and many very outstanding young players have emerged, such as Junichi Inamoto, Shunsuke Nakamura and Hidetoshi Nakata, etc., although the Japanese team continues their usual weak forward, but they have a very good strength in the midfield, You can see it from the performance at this Olympics.

Japan defeated South Africa and Slovenia 2-1 in the group stage, losing Brazil by one goal to finish second in Group D and advance to the quarterfinals, before eliminating the United States on penalties in the quarterfinals to advance to the semi-finals of the Olympic Games for the first time in history.

In East Asia, China, Japan and South Korea football in the nineties had a strange circle, that is, the South Korean team restrained the Chinese team, the Chinese team restrained the Japanese team, and the Japanese team repeatedly defeated the South Korean team, which is actually related to the style of the team, the South Korean team is tenacious, strong morale, and repeatedly defeated the Chinese team before Liu Han joined, with a psychological advantage, at the same time their physical fitness and physical fitness are better than domestic players, the Chinese team in the nineties has a group of very good center players, although the technology is still relatively rough, However, the Chinese team was very dominant in the Japanese team with poor physical fitness, and the header alone gave the Japanese team defenders a headache, so the Chinese team at that time had the nickname of China's "head team".

But now, with the gradual rise of the Japanese team's post-80s and quasi-post-80s players, the advantage of the Chinese team is gradually declining, and the delicate technique of the Japanese team is gradually due to the fact that the Chinese team has the upper hand when they play against each other.

However, now that the two Asian teams meet in the semi-finals of the Olympic Games, it is actually the Japanese team that has a big headache, because they are very worried about the existence of Liu Han, such a superstar who can get the best player, the best midfielder and the golden boot in the Champions League is a great headache for the Japanese team.

Troussier, the current head coach of the Japanese Olympic team, is now thinking about how to deal with Liu Han in the semi-finals, but he finds that he simply has no good solution.

Trussier thought about all his midfielders in his mind, and he found that no one can guarantee a certain defense of Liu Han, in Trussier's view, the Chinese team should not still stubbornly adopt a defensive strategy in this game, Liu Han will definitely come to the front, which means that the Japanese team will be under great pressure on defense in the game.

Horton really did not intend to let Liu Han stay in the back position in the game of the Japanese team, judging from the current team's performance, although Zheng Zhi is still a little inexperienced in defense, but he did a good job in the back position, and Zheng Zhi completed the tandem task of the midfield and the backfield in the group stage against Morocco, so Horton decided to let Liu Han return to the front midfield position in the Japanese game, be fully responsible for the team's offense, and suppress the Japanese team through strong attacks. This makes it difficult for the Japanese team to play their technical characteristics in midfield.

On September 26, the semifinals of the Sydney Olympic Games football competition were fully launched, and the Chinese team was still sitting in Sydney to face the opponent Japanese team.

The Chinese team used a midfield diamond-shaped position in this game, Liu Han in the forward position, the front line is a combination of Zhang Yuning and Li Jinyu, Zhang Yuning performed very well in the last game against Italy, assisted Liu Han to score a golden goal in extra time, it can be said that he is now the first choice of the team on the front line, and Li Jinyu has also won the trust of the head coach by virtue of the tacit understanding between himself and Liu Han.

Liu Han didn't have any special feelings for the Japanese team, but he still noticed a special dislike for the Japanese team by his teammates, which seemed to be innate, even if Zhang Yuning, who had less words in the team, said things like "kill little Japan" in the locker room.

With the whistle of Mexican referee Posito, the game officially began.

The Japanese team put on a 352 formation, and the double back configuration seems to be aimed at Liu Han, but the position of defensive midfielder Junichi Inamoto seems to be a little forward, not quite like a special one to deal with Liu Han, looking at the midfielders of the Japanese team, only one meter tall and seventy-eight kilograms of Junichi Inamoto seems to have the strength to fight against Liu Han, and the other players do not look like Liu Han's opponents in terms of size, Troussier's arrangement makes Horton and the Chinese team players a little incomprehensible.

However, after the start of the game, the purpose of the Japanese team was clear, Junichi Inamoto has been in front of Liu Han, responsible for intercepting the pass to Liu Han by the Chinese team players, and Ming Shenzhihe is stuck behind Liu Han, Trussier intends to fundamentally prevent Liu Han from touching the ball.

The tactics of the Japanese team played a certain role after the start of the game, and the Chinese team repeatedly wanted to pass to Liu Han after the kick-off, so that Liu Han could organize the attack, but it was destroyed by the meaning of the Japanese team, and the Japanese team did not rashly launch an attack after the ball was broken, but kept looking for the flaws of the Chinese team in the midfield, and they left only Naotai Takahara alone on the front line, which basically could not threaten the door of the Chinese team.

Liu Han began to consciously retreat after sensing the intentions of the Japanese team and no longer stayed in the front court, but the Japanese team did not seem to care about the formation of the midfield at all, and Junichi Inamoto and Ming Shenzhikazu have been following Liu Han.

In the first ten minutes of the game, the Japanese team organized an attack and formed a shot, while the Chinese team did not get a chance to shoot, and the Japanese team's possession rate began to rise, and their technical advantage in the midfield gradually showed, Nakamura Shunsuke, Nakata Hidetoshi and Miura Haru composed of a central midfield combination are very delicate players, and the cooperation between them is also very tacit. (To be continued.) )