36. Beat the water dogs

Shao Jiayi, the captain of the Chinese team, looked up and looked around, there were many Chinese faces in the audience today, and their voices made him tremble all over.

The honor that I failed to win seven years ago must be brought back to my country today.

He stretched out his right hand, held it high above his head, and displayed his thumb in front of the audience, while his left hand patted the red flag on his chest vigorously.

This immediately sparked another wave of noise.

"Goode!" He signaled to his little brother, "It's your turn." ”

Qin Gude squeezed his eyes at him and stood on the middle line again.

The Japanese team kicked off for the second time, and they were a little flustered after conceding two goals in a row, and the players could not reach a complete tacit understanding of attack or defense, and there was a bit of a disconnect between the midfield and the back for a while.

"Although the 2-0 score can't make us completely relaxed, the players should be able to get rid of the nervousness and fully play their normal level, and the audience can also enjoy the players' performances with a more relaxed mood," Zhang Bin took out the roster for the third time, "Now we can also take a look at the starting ...... of both sides Yes! ”

This time Zhang Lu didn't interrupt him, what interrupted him was the sudden sound of war drums in the stadium.

The Japanese team advanced quickly, but the central and backfield did not follow in time, especially Jungo Fujimoto, who was almost walking around the center circle, only to watch as the trio of Ryoichi Maeda, Shinji Okazaki and Keisuke Honda rushed into the heavy encirclement of the Chinese team.

"Nice tackle!" Zhang Lu applauded, "Peng's prediction is very accurate!" ”

**Peng did not choose to clear the siege with a big foot, but took the ball out of the danger area and handed it to Zhao Xuyang with a short pass, who then transitioned to the organizer Shao Jiayi.

As soon as Shao Jia looked up, he saw Qin Good, who had already crossed the middle line, and his left foot immediately hit the back of the football.

The arc of the pass was small and not too high, but he was confident that he could break through Japan's low defence.

Although Nagatomo Youdu's height was only less than one meter seven, his reaction was extremely fast, and when Qin Gude was still five or six meters away from him, he immediately chose to turn around and chase back.

"Oops, Nagatomo Youdu has made the best choice, he stuck the shortest line for Qin Gude to chase the ball......" Zhang Lu just sighed, but immediately changed his tone again, "Qin Gude didn't slow down!" There is no change of direction! He crashed directly into Yuto Nagatomo's side! No fouls! ”

Nagatomo Yuto only felt as if a train was passing behind him, and the whole person was directly swept to the ground by the strong wind, and rolled on the turf three times in a row before stopping.

Dizzy, he barely raised his gaze, only to see that the rushing red train used another smash to shake off his teammate Maya Yoshida, and passed the football along the right side of the penalty area into an inverted triangle, and the Chinese team had at least four players near the penalty area......

"Hao Jun's volley from inside the penalty area!" Zhang Bin jumped up from his seat, "Doorpost!" ”

Japanese goalkeeper Eiji Kawashima only felt his heart stop beating for a moment, only to see the black and white ball bounce high back into the penalty area.

"Yang Xuri! Upside down golden hook! Zhang Bin's voice broke at this moment, "Wonderful goal!" ”

Yang Xuri, who had completed the goal, fell heavily to the ground from mid-air, and a sharp pain came from his lower back, but he swung his fist hard at the sky.

The clear blue sky was immediately completely covered by several black shadows, and Shao Jiayi, Hao Jun, and Yang Xuri jumped directly on him.

"The Chinese team members stacked Arhats in front of the Japanese goal, hahaha!" Zhang Bin smiled very heartily, and then he finally remembered something, "Now we can take a look at the list of starters on both sides, the goalkeeper of the Chinese team Yang Zhi, the four defenders from left to right are Rong Ritian, Du Weifeng, ** Peng, Li Xuepeng, Zhao Xuyang as a single back, the midfield is led by captain Shao Jiayi, Artemisia Jun and Qin Gude are on the left and right, Yang Xuri and Qu Jiangbo are on the front line, except for Zhao Peng who can't play because of injury, this should be the strongest lineup we can send." Zhang Bin reported the starting list of the Chinese team without breathing, but found that his partner did not answer, so he had to continue to report the list of the other side, "The Japanese team started today's goalkeeper Eiji Kawashima, and the back line from left to right is Yuto Nagatomo, Yasuyuki Konno, Maya Yoshida, Atsuto Uchida, and the midfielders are Baoto Endo, Keisuke Honda, Jungo Fujimoto, Makoto Hasebe, and the forwards are Ryoichi Maeda and Shinji Okazaki. Coach Zhang, will Shinji Kagawa's absence cause some difficulties for Japan? ”

"Of course," Zhang Lu came back from deep thought, nodded in response, "Compared to Kagawa Shinji, Fujimoto Jungo's ability is definitely worse, and today is his first start, and the tacit understanding with his teammates is far inferior to Kagawa, when the Japanese team launched an attack just now, he neither actively participated in the attack, nor assisted in the defense, and paid a lot of responsibility for the third goal conceded." However, the core of this Japanese team is still Keisuke Honda, who is also a forward midfielder who can pass and shoot, and his form will directly determine the team's table. ”

"However, judging from the current table, Honda has almost no eye-catching appearance on the field, and it was rumored that he was the biggest favorite to win the best player in this Asian Cup, and I am afraid that it will fall short after this game." As a commentator, Zhang Bin has no consciousness of maintaining objectivity.

"Oh, that's it," Zhang Lu thought for a moment and asked slowly, "How many goals and assists does he have in total?" ”

"I'll take a look, I scored a penalty in the second round of the group stage, and I didn't do anything else, but he also missed a penalty, haha......" Zhang Bin laughed unceremoniously, "Can such a table be called the best player?" ”

In the midst of the two men's jokes, Japan had already made a substitution: tall defender Taiki Iwamasa replaced absent-minded midfielder Jungo Fujimoto, the former being pushed to the position of Maya Yoshida, while the latter became the midfielder in front of him - in the final 15 minutes of the first half, Japan put on a defensive line-up with two midfielders and dragged the game into the break.

When the Chinese players walked into the locker room with a relaxed face, Gao Hongbo poured a basin of cold water on their heads: "Do you know the night in Istanbul? ”

"With a three-goal lead in the first half, the Milan players opened the champagne at half-time and started to celebrate, you all know the rest of the story, right?"

Of course, they know that this is the most dramatic Champions League final of the first decade of the 21st century, and one of the craziest reversals in football history, with AC Milan once again in the background.

Everyone understood what the head coach meant, and they put away the smiles on their faces and returned to their seats, listening to the coach's tactical arrangements while receiving massages and relaxation from the medical staff.

"Yang Hao is ready to warm up, replace Qu Jiangbo, and we will also change to double backs." Gao Hongbo looked at the two players whose names were named by himself, and the veteran Qu Jiangbo did not express any dissatisfaction, but just nodded.

'The centre-backs are not allowed to walk out of our half, the two full-backs are not allowed to attack at the same time, so there are at least four people in the back besides the goalkeeper, so leave the attack to the team-mates in front. He first told the defenders, and then gave Zhao Xuyang an additional order, "You consume a lot of body in the first half, and then focus on intercepting in the midfield, and hand over the work of running a wide range to Yang Hao." ”

"Jiayi, as well as Xiao Hao and Xiao Qin, you can increase the long shot in front of the penalty area, but you must reduce the mistakes of dribbling the ball, never blindly go it alone, and at the same time pay attention to providing protection for the backfield, and counter-rob on the spot after losing the ball, at least you can't let the opponent play a quick counterattack," Gao Hongbo gave the latest instructions to the attacking players, "Yang Xuri, you don't need to retreat to defend, just nail me to the rear of Japan and involve their defense." ”

Seeing that his disciples understood his intentions, he also left the tactical board, returned to his seat and closed his eyes to recuperate, recovering a little - the first half was so smooth that he was a little surprised, but he always warned himself in his heart that he must not be careless, otherwise he would become a laughing stock forever.

A team with high morale, unprecedented unity, but no less understatement, will never leave any holes in front of their sworn enemies.