[382] Concrete defensive counterattack

Due to the ease of playing on the continent and adapting to the climate and diet, the Uruguayan and Bolivian teams arrived late. Whether it was intentional or not, they were placed in a slightly larger hotel, separated from the Chinese football team from a socialist country.

After four days of acclimatization, the members of the Chinese national football team basically felt comfortable with the environment of Kurtiba.

On June 24th, the hotel's radio was broadcasting the opening match live, and the football commentators of the Brazilian National Radio were as excited as if they had taken medicine, and they were speaking on the radio at the speed of a machine gun.

Team leader Huang Zhong, who couldn't understand Portuguese, walked to the double room where head coach Li Fenglou lived with him: "Lao Li, according to you, how are our players adjusting now?" Is the excitement out? Can I race? I mean, can you win? ”

Li Fenglou listened to the loud radio sound coming from downstairs of the hotel, and was also nervous by the atmosphere of the scene, and said: "Judging from the situation of entering the Brito Ladder Stadium to adapt to the venue yesterday, the physical condition of the players has been adjusted, and the fatigue of the journey has basically disappeared. In addition, you have also watched our training, and in general, although there has been no training during the journey, the tactical feeling is better, which may be due to the fact that everyone has not stopped discussing tactics on the way here. Besides, although the taste of Brazilian food is strange, there are beef boiled black beans every meal! Butter mashed potatoes! Everyone's nutrition is absolutely fine! ”

The afternoon sun shone in through the open and ventilated window, and it could be clearly seen that the team leader Huang Zhong was a little nervous, his face was not sweating under the hot sun, and his face was a little pale and cold.

Huang Zhong said: "Tomorrow's first match in Group D is Bolivia vs Uruguay, this group is the same as Group C, there are only three teams, we have a bye, just in time to study the opponent carefully!" I have already received the ticket issued by the organizing committee, and it is a good position behind the rostrum! Tomorrow we will all sit down and take a good look and use our brains seriously! Everyone takes notes, and tomorrow night, we'll have a team-wide study meeting. ”

"Good!" Li Fenglou looked happy and agreed.

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The next day, the mighty Uruguay team won 8-0 against Bolivia.

After dinner, the whole team gathered in the room where Li Fenglou and Huang Zhong lived.

Li Fenglou spoke first: "How about it, let's talk about our own opinions, let's gather all our opinions, and strive to fight in a targeted manner in the next game." Especially the Uruguayan team, which was the winner of the Shijie Cup in 1930! ”

Fullback Zheng Deyao's Shanghainese Mandarin: "Uruguay's team played 2-3-5, the attack was very strong, the passing route was simple but accurate, and the defensive action was extremely rough!" But I noticed that they were very fine with their feet in passing and receiving the ball! The ball is very stable!

Every time the five of their strikers rushed into the Bolivian penalty area, the Bolivian team, which also played 2-3-5, was all in chaos and didn't know how to defend it. Uruguay's two wingers are very capable of crossing, with low passes and 45-degree lobs each splitting! Their centre-forward is tall and, obviously, very strong, with the two inside forwards between the winger and the centre-forward often pulling back from deep in the box to get crosses, and this tactic goes straight to four goals!

Obviously, under the premise that the tactics of both sides are the same, the comparison is individual ability. Bolivia's average players are not as average as Uruguay, and they are also weak in terms of height and physical strength, so it is normal to lose like this, and this game is the kind that we usually see most often, and we can't defend it, and we can't attack it. ”

"Yes, yes, I also agree with Deyao's statement, that's it, then the Bolivian formation was messed up, the striker was obviously in a hurry to get the ball, but he was still standing in front of the play, only two wingers dragged to the back to help defend, and as a result, after losing the side attack, it was even more difficult to play, and he could only keep kicking forward. However, the Uruguayan defenders are very tall, stronger than the Bolivian strikers, and the feet are particularly dark, which makes the Bolivian strikers unable to get the ball at all. Chen Chengda, the avant-garde of the organization, said.

Back Zhang Jie said: "Yes, I also agree." ”

"I agree with that." Winger Shi Wanchun said.

Next, the players spoke one by one, explaining their views on the two teams.

Zuihou, head coach Li Fenglou summed it up: "First of all, we have to affirm that Uruguay has always been a strong team. ”

After a pause, he raised his voice and said:

"But we're not vegetarians either! Next, let me talk about my tactical arrangement!

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After a post-game research meeting, Li Fenglou's heart was even more confident.

On June 28, the first game of the Chinese team finally came.

Brito Stepped Stadium, China vs. Uruguay!

When the Chinese team appeared on the field to warm up, the audience erupted in applause, and the audience erupted into a "Zena!" Ole! Ola! Amigo! Cheers and greetings. It seems that the team leader Huang Zhong's pre-game press and public relations are still effective.

After a short warm-up, the competition officially began after a coin toss to choose the venue.

At first, the audience was still fascinated by the beautiful and fashionable football jersey and the fiery red patent leather sneakers of the Chinese team, but after a few minutes, the audience began to worry.

In the audience, a bearded man said: "Are the Chinese just starting to learn football?" ”

A young man on the side said: "Yes, I'm really worried about them, why are they all standing in their own half, and the weishenme center is shrunk in the midfield?" That guy should be dragging the opposing defender back. ”

A well-dressed middle-aged man interjected: "Poor Chinese, they probably want to lose a few fewer goals, right?" ”

Zuihou, a beautiful Brazilian girl, concluded: "I hope they don't lose too badly, I've heard that they flew tens of thousands of miles to get to Brazil, and that would be pitiful." ”

But surprisingly, the Chinese team's compressed half-court tactics were very successful, and the intensive plastic surgery made the Uruguayan team like a dog biting a turtle, with nowhere to put its mouth.

As soon as the two best strikers of the Uruguayan team, Schiafino and Gigia, appeared in the penalty area, there were Chinese players firmly attached to them, carrying their backs with their chests, and other players were bound to come up to help with the robbery. The Chinese midfielders stood on the ball line of the players and cut off their ball routes.

The Uruguayan players found that the side could not be opened, and the Chinese team had two central defenders and two full-time full-backs, who were almost near the bottom line and had no chance to cross at all. What's worse is that the two wingers of the Chinese team are not forwards at all, they do not stay in the attacking position, and they will actually run to the corner of the big penalty area to help the fullbacks defend.

This is because Li Fenglou found from the book "Statistics of Modern Football Tactics" that a 45-degree cross is an offensive method with the lowest success rate.

As the game progressed, the Uruguayan team became more and more irritable and the number of fouls increased. In order to increase the attacking power, in addition to the five forwards in the front, three midfielders also pressed to the front of the Chinese team's penalty area, and the two central defenders directly pressed through the half and stood in the arc of the middle circle. The plastic surgery of the Chinese team was densely pressed into the shape of a flying saucer. Goalkeeper Zhang Banglun desperately and loudly commanded all the players to assist in defense.

In the audience, the bearded man said in surprise: "The Chinese use a new formation, it seems to be a 4-4-2 or 4-5-1 personnel distribution, and when defending, they have almost seven defenders!" The two wingers are also full-backs, the midfield is like a diamond, and the forward defender who is dragging behind is simply a forward central defender! ”

The young man beside the beard had an unbearable expression, and shook his head repeatedly: "Don't the Chinese have no intention of attacking at all?" They almost treated their penalty area as if it were the entire stadium, and it was a wrestling match. ”

The middle-aged man who was still dressed in a modest suit even in the heat said: "I've seen a 1-9 9-9 striker attack, but I've never seen a whole team defend." But I can feel that the defense arrangement of the Chinese is fantastic, they are not chaotic, everyone has their own defense zone in the restricted area.

At this moment, suddenly the Chinese team's central defender Wang Zhengwen broke the ball.

This time, central defender Wang Zhengwen did not open a big foot, but handed it to Zhang Jie, the right front midfielder, without the Uruguayan player grabbing.

Zhang Jie did not hesitate after stopping the ball, and kicked straight behind the Uruguayan players and retreated sharply from the center Guo Hongbin.

Center forward Guo Hongbin returned but did not stop the ball, knocking it to Chen Chengda, an organizational defender who was running forward on the left.

After Chen Chengda took a step to the left after receiving the ball, he did not hand it to the left winger Fang Suqiu, who was inserting on the left, but suddenly stuffed the ball into the gap and kicked the ball diagonally in front of Xiangyou behind the Uruguayan central defender.

Just when the Uruguayan team was surprised why the Chinese team wanted to kick blindly, Li Chaogui, an internal striker who had been cruising around Chen Chengda, who had been participating in the defense before, and responded to it, no longer knew when he rushed to the right side and appeared behind the Uruguayan team like lightning -- anti-offside!

Dressed in a bright red robe and red combat boots, Li Chaogui was like a light horse, he strode like the wind, spread his feet and rushed towards the gate of Uruguay.

At this time, the audience was excited, frantically cheering for the Chinese team, when there is no national team, the psychology of football audiences is always biased towards the weak.

The Brazilian girl who hoped that the Chinese team would not lose too badly shouted excitedly: "Chinese! Awesome! Run fast! You're one-on-one! Ole !! Zener guy! ”

On the sidelines of the coach's seat of the Uruguay team, Uruguay coach Juan López, who was still sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai and waiting for the goal to come, stood up nervously, he didn't expect that the Chinese team's style of play was actually this way of hiding needles! After the ball was broken, there was a strange rapid run on the entire wings and in the middle, and everyone was running! I don't know which way they're going to attack! There's no specific organisational process, there's no passing to the guy, just kicking into the gap. It's hateful that there are always players running to get the ball, what kind of tactic is this?

Li Chaogui rushed towards the goal with the ball quickly, and the goalkeeper of the Uruguayan team had already abandoned the goal, which was an iron gate for Zuihou who prevented him from scoring.

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