"Zhang Yuxi, Zhang Yuxuan, Zhang Yuxuan!"

"Su Mao Zhen, Su Mao Zhen, Su Mao Zhen!"

"Sun Jihai, Sun Jihai, Sun Jihai!"

Seeing that the team could play a decent offensive, the fans came up and shouted their names to whoever got the ball.

Although Zhang Lu and Liu Jianhong handed over the microphone to Huang Jianxiang, they couldn't help but sigh in their hearts: "It's really changed!" ”

"In the past, the fans always shouted Ou Chuliang, but now the fans can even shout the name of the striker!"

In fact, Italy is still in control of the game.

Several defensive midfielders controlled the ball firmly, making it almost impossible for the Chinese players to grab the ball.

Most of the game was played in the Chinese half, and the ball was at the feet of the Italians.

However, Italy's problems are still obvious, with a deserted right and a sluggish left, making it difficult to play a decent attack.

In fact, Italy, as the world's top team, has been studied by opponents for their style of play and style.

This season, Juventus, Inter Milan and Lazio are not flying on both wings, but "right and left".

Two or three players with the ability to access the right side are placed in the midfield, and the attack from the midfield to the opponent is launched from the right side. Those with strong interception ability, offensive and defensive skills or strong organizational skills on the right side are inside, and the dribbling winger on the right side stimulates the side corridor, rushes to the heart of the opponent, and then transitions to the left side, allowing the left-leaning number 9 and a half to relay, which is simply a unique scenery in Italy this season, where left-footed players are not abundant.

Italy has done 80 percent of the way in this offensive step, but the final no.1 and a half no.1 has not been decided.

Di Matteo is not a No. 9 and a half, but he frequently appears in this position, how can Italy's attack play smoothly, how can it pose a threat to the Chinese team?

If it weren't for the strong individual ability and the high quality of the whole team, Italy might have to play against the Chinese team.

Even so, Italy shows its strength to the whole world.

Although their attacks were delayed on the left side in the end, the Chinese defenders on the other side did not dare to move easily.

Wu Chengying, General Fan Da and Ma Mingyu could only watch from a distance as Sun Jihai, Peng Weiguo, Li Tie and Xu Hong and others at the far end formed a simple encirclement and flanking attack on their opponents on the right flank. More often than not, however, the players were simply struggling with the Italian's succinct and nuanced short passes.

"The Chinese team has done a very good job!" In front of the TV, Zagallo said to the assistant coach on the side: "The performance of this Chinese team has exceeded the imagination of the whole world, and no one expected that they could force Italy to such a point." ”

'Don't look at Italy attacking and keeping the ball most of the time, but they rarely have the chance to threaten the goal.

"Although the Chinese team's style of play is simple, it is very effective to a certain extent. And the players are basically going all out, Italy wants to break through their defense with all their might, and they have to consider the consequences of their own air defense and being counterattacked by the opponent from the side. ”

After all, he is the coach of the Brazilian team, and Zagallo's vision is still very poisonous.

If the old Maldini does not change the status quo, the weaknesses exposed at both offensive and defensive ends alone are enough for Italy to be beaten by opponents of the same level!

As the champions of the last World Cup, Brazil actually had no opponents in Group A. What's more, they have already won three points in the opening game, so the Brazilian is not worried about qualifying from the group.

Brazil, meanwhile, have gone 22 consecutive group stage games without defeat, having lost their last World Cup group stage defeat back in 1966 when they lost 3-1 to Portugal.

Therefore, Brazil is likely to top the group, and their opponent in the round of 16 is the second in Group B.

Looking at the grouping, no one thought that Italy would play Brazil in the round of 16. However, today's opening game of the Blue World Cup surprised fans, and their performance today may really be a chance to miss the second place in the group. In this way, the champions and runners-up of the last World Cup will meet in the round of 16, which will definitely detonate the attention of fans.

"I can't go on like this!"

Old Maldini was starting to get a little anxious.

An attack just now was unsuccessful, and the defenders of the Chinese team quickly handed the ball to the side.

This time, it was Wu Chengying who inserted at high speed, and after attracting two defenders, he also went straight to the side and gave the ball to Ma Mingyu, who was sprinting from the out-of-bounds.

"Horses, horses, horses!!"

Seeing that Ma Mingyu still had the energy to observe the position of his teammates in the middle, the fans shouted loudly again.

Boom!

Ma Mingyu's low cross was of high quality, but it was a little too big and passed the ball to the back of the goal.

There are no Chinese players here, and there are no Italian defenders.

The ball landed in the clearing, slashed past Pagliuca's goal, and rolled to the other side.

Because Ma Mingyu passed directly with his left foot, the ball shook in front of the Italian goal and did not pop directly out of the bottom line.

Looking at the ball bouncing out of bounds, Costa Kuta chased two steps before giving up. Instead, he walked and watched the ball roll out of bounds little by little.

But at this moment, a red figure suddenly flashed on the screen.

"It's Sun Jihai!" Huang Jianxiang let out a low sigh.

The red-robed young man's legs are like hot wheels, his thumb is bent and attached to the inside of his palm, and his four fingers are erected forward. The hairstyle was messed up by the air current, but he still ignored it and ran towards the front with his head down.

"Sun Jihai, Sun Jihai, Sun Jihai!!" The fans chanted too.

Although Sun Jihai has not yet touched the ball, his "100-meter sprint" is worthy of the cheers of the fans.

Seeing that a Chinese player was chasing the ball, Costa Kuta subconsciously raised his arm again and ran towards the ball.

But after running two steps, he stopped again.

"He can't get the ball."

Swish!

Burst!

Accelerating to the extreme, Sun Jihai shot himself out in the final moments when the ball rolled out of the sideline, his right leg stretched out and his toes tightened.

Ahh!!h

With a loud roar, Sun Jihai left a two-meter-long scratch on the court behind him.

Boom!

The ball rolled out of play was blocked by a leather shoe, and Maldini Sr. stopped the naughty ball at his feet with his right foot.

Sun Jihai, who had fallen to the ground, turned around and got up, looked at the ball at the feet of old Maldini, blinked his two little eyes, didn't say anything, turned around and ran towards the backcourt.

His jersey and shorts were already soaked in sweat and then covered in grass clippings and mud.

The white trouser lines on both sides were stained with yellow-brown sweat, and the two socks were also long and short, barely wrapping the shin guards.

Sun Jihai's young and immature face was deeply engraved in the heart of old Maldini, and for a moment he suddenly wanted to ask what the name of this young man with "SUN" on his back was, where he played, and whether he was interested in developing in Serie A.

Fullback Maldini Sr., a wingback like Sun Jihai, who has speed, ball control and crossing skills, has seen a lot in Italy, and some are even younger than Sun Jihai.

is such a player, not only defending actively on the left side of Italy, but also repeatedly defusing Italy's offensive; He also repeatedly sprinted on the right side of the Chinese team to create killing opportunities.

He's not that good!

Why is it so effective?

Looking at Sun Jihai's face that was neither happy nor sad, neither humble nor arrogant, old Maldini was clear, completely clear.

Everyone felt that the ball was going out of bounds, and even Costa Kuta tried to chase it twice in a row but gave up. But only Sun Jihai still accelerated and ran, sprinting desperately, and finally tried his best to tackle the ball.

Although he failed in the end, his hard work is rare in Italy.

There is no shortage of talented youngsters in Serie A.

Looking back at the bench, the one is called Alessandro. Bender. Piero's guys even "strife" over Baggio's shirt at Juventus, but did the elder Maldini dare to put him in the starting line-up?

Admittedly, Piero has some of the best talent and talent in the world, and even Juventus just won the Serie A title.

But the ups and downs in mental quality and form have always been a common problem for players of Piero's type, which is why the elder Maldini pressed him to the bench.

But what if Piero is like the young man of the Chinese team in front of him?

Concentrate on playing on the pitch, always work so hard, always work so hard. No extra thoughts, just want to kick every kick well.

If Piero is also as single-minded as Sun Jihai, how can there be any problem of "psychological quality" and "state"?

The strength is not enough, work hard to make up!

The elder Maldini suddenly realized that although today the Chinese team is recognized as a weak team by fans all over the world; But after today, the youngsters in their squad will definitely appear in the major European leagues and slowly make their mark until they shine.

Raising his eyes to look at the fiery red of the Chinese team, old Maldini sighed: "Looking at it this way, there are still many young people like 'SUN' in the Chinese team!" ”

Facing Costacuta, who came to throw a throw-in, the elder Maldini did not give him a good face. After picking the ball to the opponent on tiptoe, the old Maldini scolded harshly: "Why don't you chase it?" You've started it twice! ”

"With the distance between you and the ball, if you speed up, you'll definitely catch up with the ball!"

"In that situation just now, if the ball was really intercepted by that Chinese player, do you think what the consequences would be?"

"Why the hell aren't you chasing it?"

Two questions in a row, Costacuta wanted to explain. But when the words came to his lips, he still swallowed them.

All the explanations were pale under Sun Jihai's desperate shovel.

Costa Curta is already a famous player in Serie A, but what he lacks is Sun Jihai's spirit of "not abandoning and not giving up".

Ignoring the manager's reprimand, Costa Kuta tossed the ball straight to Maldini.

Sun Jihai turned around and ran to his defensive position after the failure to intercept the ball, and with the current level of the Chinese team, there is no way to press Italy in the front, and there is no need for this.

Maldini made a few combinations with his teammates after winning the ball, and the ball came to the Chinese half again.

Old Maldini let out a long sigh, and his heart became tangled.

At that moment, he suddenly felt the urge to replace Costa Kuta.

The reason why the Chinese team's long ball counterattack is rarely offside is due to Costacuta's position behind. And looking at his "luck" mentality just now, how can he play in the World Cup in this state?

But if he really had to be replaced, the elder Maldini had another problem.

Is the second substitution still going to the defender?

Is it necessary to replace a centre-back who is not obviously at fault and is full of energy and fitness?

Even if his performance was a little flawed, the opponent in this game did not need the Italian defenders to defend hard, so Maldini Sr. had to consider the necessity of a replacement for Costacuta and the benefits of the substitution.

Baggio and Vieri are both world-renowned strikers who have performed well on the pitch and have also created a goal crisis. But with these two excellent strikers yet to score, are the frontcourt personnel going to move?

If so, who will be replaced? And who will it be replaced?

Maldini Sr.'s brain didn't go as fast as he did when he was a player, or rather he had more to think about as a national team manager.

With such a delay, time slipped away quickly.

Finally, when the two sides kicked a point, the elder Maldini couldn't sit still.

"Oh, Italy has changed!" Huang Jianxiang was a little surprised, "Italy took the lead in substitution!" ”

Huang Jianxiang's words were a little flawed, because Italy had already played a substitution card in the first half.

Everyone knows that Cannavaro's fate was a complete accident, and Italy was forced to make a substitution.

But now, the elder Maldini can no longer accept the situation on the field and make substitutions. In this way, it is more advantageous for Ladd and the Chinese team, who have three substitutions.

"Replaced by No. 16 Robert. Di Matteo, replaced by No. 14 Luigi. Di Biagio. ”

'It's a player from Roma in Serie A and he's in the midfielder's position.

"Did the elder Maldini try to strengthen the defense by putting him on the pitch?"

Huang Jianxiang's speculation is not unreasonable, the bald Di Biagio is completely a sapper-type player. His selection has a lot to do with Antonio Conte's injury and Collini and Kripa entering a career low and being washed into the second division. Olivier has yet to take the lead in Bologna, while Marocchi, who switched from left midfield to midfield, is ageing, and the others are either a little young or a little wasted.

Every player has good and bad form in their career, but it was a great misfortune to have a slump in form in the season leading up to the World Cup!

On the contrary, when no one else can't, Dibiasio arrives.

As soon as Di Biagio came on the pitch, the overall situation in Italy changed.

First of all, Baggio took the initiative to serve as the No. 9 and a half candidate, and the attack on the left side became no longer dragged, and many dangerous ground and high-altitude balls were also passed into the Chinese team's penalty area one after another.

What changed significantly was China's goalkeeper Ou Chuliang, who was involved in defending four Italian crosses in a row for four minutes after Di Biagio came on.

Two of them were knocked out of the box by him with a single punch, one was hit by him at the feet of his teammate, and one was firmly saved by him.

When the final inverted triangle cross was pressed under Ou Chuliang, this time Ou Chuliang did not quickly get up from the ground.

He needs to control the tempo on the pitch and get his team-mates to adapt to Italy's sudden onslaught as quickly as possible.

There was a missing attacker on the left, but Italy's attack became sharper.

That's not a good thing!

With that extra person in a deeper midfield position, the Chinese team's counterattack will be more hindered.

The ball was thrown by Ou Chuliang at the feet of General Fan, who looked up at his teammates and handed the ball to Wu Chengying.

But after Wu Chengying and Ma Mingyu passed the ball several times in a row, they found that they couldn't find a breakthrough and handed the ball back.

General Fan had no choice but to transfer the ball to the other side, at the feet of Sun Jihai.

But the same is true here.

In the past, Di Matteo would not retreat to such a deep place when defending, but now that the "gap" in the game is blocked by Di Biagio, it is not so easy for the Chinese team to take the ball through the midfield.

After the ball passed three times and fell down a few times, Peng Weiguo leaned his back against Albertini and suddenly turned around, wanting to break through the opponent with speed.

But after two steps to the ball, he was quickly overtaken by his opponent.

Albertini's defense was very effective, and instead of chasing the ball, he aimed at Peng Weiguo as a person.

After severing the connection between Peng Weiguo and the ball, Dino Baggio managed to get the ball smoothly.

Such a successful defence is not uncommon in Italy and is arguably one of the highlights of today's football.

The offense was blocked, and the defense was in crisis.

Ladd began to turn his gaze to the sidelines, where there were several warm-up substitutes.

It's time for a change!

Ladd thought about it for a moment, beckoned Shen Si to his side and instructed: "Shen, your task is to take the initiative to fight and take the initiative to ask for the ball!" ”

Ladd said two "initiatives" in a row, and continued to advise: "You have to withstand the pressure and help two more wing teammates to attract firepower." The field of vision is broader, and the transmission is deeper. ”

Rade's Mandarin is not very good, but a few key words are still deeply remembered by Shensi.

Participating in the World Cup for the first time, the Football Association called for a nationwide selection of "young adults" to join the team.

This "young adult" is defined in football as under the age of 27.

Shen Si, who currently plays for Shanghai Shenhua, is just 25 this year and has been called up to the national team for the first time.

Last year, Shenhua won the runner-up in A, and Shensi was rated as a midfield engine and a real man in football, which is enough to see his ferocity at the defensive end of the midfield.

In addition, Shensi also had a free kick mastery. In his own words: "My free-kicks are world class! ”

Although this is a joke, a player like Shen Si who joins the team must have two brushes under his feet.

After a few words of advice, there was finally another dead ball in the field.

At the reminder of the fourth official, the managers of both sides played the substitution card.

"Eh, it's another change!" Huang Jianxiang was still surprised this time.

The substitution of the Chinese team is reasonable, because this is the first substitution after all; But what's going on in Italy?

Old Maldini fought to the death? Or are you planning to fight on your back?

Isn't he afraid of another Cannavaro-like situation?

Or does he have absolute confidence in his final adjustments and in the team?

Huang Jianxiang couldn't guess so much for a while, so he could only briefly introduce it.

"The Chinese team replaced No. 8 Peng Weiguo and No. 21 Shensi."

"Shensi currently plays for Shanghai Shenhua and is one of the most relied upon playmakers in the team.

It seems that the series of attacks blocked just now still have an impact on the Chinese team, and Ladd's substitution intention is also obvious, which is to strengthen the attack. The Chinese team, which could not attack, could only be reduced to a stepping stone for Italy to advance in the end. ”

Huang Jianxiang guessed correctly, if you want to get a good result, or to get points in Italy, it is not advisable to defend blindly all the time.

Seeing that the Chinese team's defensive counterattack and the side bottom could not be played, Ladd immediately changed Shen Si to the court to adjust.

Such a decision can be said to be decent, but what about the substitution of the old Maldini?

Looking at the numbers holding each other in the camera, Huang Jianxiang felt bad.

"In the 69th minute of the game, Italian coach Maldini Sr. had already emptied the substitution card in his hand."

"This time it was No. 15 Angelo who was substituted. Di Livio, replaced by No. 20 Enrico. Chiesa. ”

"Old Maldini has changed to a striker, Italy is going to attack!"