Chapter 132: Dead Knock

Although the first game of the Olympic Games drew with the strong Nigerian Olympic team, everyone's attention to the national Olympic team has reached a new level.

But in the second group game, the national Olympic team still lost to Belgium.

Although the players of the national Olympic team were very tenacious in this game and fought fiercely, the main defender Zeng Chi was injured and could not continue to play.

It still couldn't save the result of the team's loss.

The score was 0:1.

Even if you don't stay up late to watch the game, just from this score, you can see how tenacious the Chinese Olympic team is.

Therefore, after losing the game, there was actually no one in the domestic media to criticize the national Olympic team, and social media was full of all kinds of praise and comforting voices, thinking that the players of the national Olympic team played at a high level and style.

They can walk away with their heads held high.

However, for the national Olympic team itself, losing this game means that their goal of qualifying from the group is almost impossible to achieve.

In the first round of the group stage, the Chinese Olympic team drew 2:2 with Nigeria, while the Argentine Olympic team and Belgium drew 1:1. At this time, it is not clear who can qualify from the group and who will be eliminated and go home.

In the second round, the Chinese Olympic team lost 0:1 to Belgium, and Argentina defeated Nigeria 1:0 to get three points.

As a result, Belgium and Argentina are both one win and one draw in this group, with four points tied and in the top two of the group.

The Chinese Olympic team and Nigeria, the two brothers and sisters, both accumulated one point and ranked third or fourth.

Nigeria will take on Belgium in the final round of the group stage, and they will have to win to have any hope of qualifying for the group – or just hope.

The same is true for the Chinese team, which has to beat the Argentine Olympic team if they want to qualify from the group. But how easy is that?

You must know that Argentina has Melly Banega in the team.

Now that everyone in world football agrees that Meli will become one of the greatest players in football in the future, the talent he shows now has blinded many people's eyes, and all the players of the Chinese Olympic team can hardly be seen under his dazzling light.

What does the Chinese Olympic team do to fight with others?

Is it all about passion?

Therefore, after seeing the Chinese team lose to Belgium, many people think that the Chinese Olympic team's journey to the Olympic Games should be over.

Unless the Chinese team defeats Nigeria in the first game, fans can still have a little thought, hoping to draw Argentina in the last game, and it may not be impossible to defend the bus intensively throughout the game.

Now, there's no need to think about what you have and don't.

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"It's a shame...... Lost to Belgium and had no hope of qualifying......"

"If only I could beat Nigeria......"

"It would be nice to draw with Nigeria, but to win? I think it's good to play like this. Nothing to regret. ”

On the training ground, the players of the women's football team discussed the match of the national Olympic team that ended last night while doing recovery training.

They also played their second group game yesterday, but almost no one cared about them.

After all, after winning the game yesterday, they have already qualified for the group in advance, and they really don't need to think about their own affairs.

The overall atmosphere was relaxed during today's recovery session, and even the coaching staff did not stop the players from chatting while training.

Xu Wen, who was doing back and forth training with Li Qingqing, lowered her voice and said, "Qingqing, what did I say before?" How can it be so easy to qualify from the group......"

Li Qingqing also sighed.

'Don't sigh, it's good that they can do that, Hulay also scored in the Olympics. For the men's team, this is a historic breakthrough. ”

"It's not enough, Wenwen." Li Qingqing shook his head.

"Why isn't it enough?"

"It's not enough for the world to remember him."

Xu Wen opened her mouth wide and almost couldn't control her voice: "Are your expectations of Hu Lai too high, Qingqing?" I know he used to be your high school classmate...... But think about it, how many years has it been since he started to get into football and learn to play football from an ordinary high school student? In less than six years, he was already scoring at the Olympics. This is already super genius, okay? ”

Li Qingqing was stunned by what Xu Wen said, and her body reflexively caught the ball passed by Xu Wen, but she did not pass it back directly, but stepped on it under her feet. She recalled how she looked when she first met Hu Lai at Dongchuan Middle School, like a puppy that no one wanted, being ostracized and driven away everywhere.

At that time, even I didn't think that he could become such a powerful character as he is now.

At first, she just hoped that Hu Lai would be able to enter the school team smoothly through her own training.

And what he has achieved now has indeed exceeded her expectations by much, much.

So she smiled at Xu Wen: "You're right, Wenwen." He's already powerful. ”

I'm still comforting and comforting him on WeChat......

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In the noisy conference room, Hu Lai received a WeChat message from Li Qingqing: "Are you convenient now?" ”

He looked at his teammates and replied, "With your teammates." ”

"Oh, forget it."

"What's wrong?"

"I wanted to give you a video."

"Ah, it's inconvenient now, we're waiting for the meeting, and the guidance will come in a while."

"Hmm. In fact, I just want to ask you, after losing to Belgium, what will you do with your goal of qualifying? ”

"What else can I do? and Argentina to the death. ”

"But they have Meli......"

"We still have Hulai!"

Li Qingqing couldn't help laughing when she saw this sentence in WeChat.

"I also said comfort and comfort, but I don't think I need to." She replied with a smile on her face.

"No need for comfort, big heart. Guidance is here. ”

"Okay, let's have a meeting."

After Li Qingqing's words were sent, she really didn't receive a reply from Hu Lai, so she also put down her phone with a slight smile on her face.

She had nothing to worry about.

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"Let's take a look at the footage of Argentina's first two games today." Shi Wuyun took the remote control of the projector and said to all the players in the conference room. "Since we have the last game against Argentina, of course we need to get to know the team well. Argentina is very strong, but it is not so strong that some people outside say that they dump us ten streets or anything...... Melly Banega is the strongest player in their squad, but they also have only one Melly Banega, and the gap between the others and Melly is just as big, and overall, they are not as scary as the outside world advertises. That was evident in their 1-1 draw with Belgium......

As he spoke, he pressed the remote control and showed everyone the video of the match between Argentina and Belgium.

'We've played against Belgium and you should have a very intuitive idea of what the Belgian players are capable of. So the match between Belgium and Argentina should give us some inspiration. ”

The room fell silent, and everyone stared intently at the game on the projection screen.

It's a re-edited collection by the coaching staff, leaving out a lot of useless information and allowing players to focus on what the coaches want them to see.

“…… Normally, when facing Meli, the defending side will be in a dilemma - either send more men to defend Meli, but then the rest of the country will be empty of troops, allowing Argentina to find a vacancy. That's how Belgium conceded a goal. Either that, or keep the defense intact, but there is no way to use more people to restrain Meli, so you can't prevent Meli who has excellent personal ability......"

In the footage, Meli suddenly cut inside with the ball from the left wing, relied on his excellent starting speed to shake off the Belgian player who defended him in an instant, and then dribbled diagonally to the middle of the field.

Then facing the Belgian central defender Amaniaz Jacob, he only flicked the ball with his left foot, and dodged Jacob's foot that reached up to break the ball, forming a breakthrough.

This Amaniyaz Jacob, the Chinese Olympic team has just played against him, and he has a tough defense and outstanding ability. In the game, it caused a lot of trouble for the Chinese team's forwards.

But in the video, in the face of Merry's assault, he is so easily ......

Someone in the room couldn't help but exclaim.

Meli Banega, who is recognized as the best of the young people in the world, is truly powerful.

He's not tall and definitely not fast, but he's very quick on his feet, which allows him to always come first and react before his opponent can make a move.

So it's often very simple to get him past his opponent with a single button.

And the players who were passed by him still don't understand how they were passed.

In the video, Meli cut a hole in the Belgian defence after passing Jacob, and after attracting the Belgian defenders, he passed the football to his team-mate in the vacancy, who scored the goal.

'So when we defend Meli, don't just focus on him, otherwise it's like the goal we conceded in Belgium. We're going to shrink it, like a palm, spread out, with a slit between our fingers. ”

Shi Wuyun raised his right hand, spread out his five fingers, and showed it to the team members.

"These gaps will be exploited by Meli and Argentina. But if we shrink up and clench into a fist...... Where are the gaps? Shi Wuyun clenched his palms into fists, "When we are defending, we must shrink the defense like a fist, and don't give them too much space in key places...... If we concede a goal in midfield, the person who concedes the goal must be the first to counter-attack. But remember that the main purpose of the counter-attack is not to break the ball, but to delay the opponent's offensive advance, if you can entangle the opponent so that they can't pass forward, then it is a successful counter-attack. Others had to go back to full speed and fall into their positions...... You can let them on the side lane appropriately, but the middle lane must be strictly guarded......"

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"Let's take a look at the video of the opponent in the next game."

The head coach of the Argentine Olympic team, Rodried Rosas, is also showing his players a video of the Chinese team.

However, the players of the Argentine Olympic team sitting below were a little unconcerned, and some people were still whispering: "The old man is too serious, right?" Do you still need to care so much about playing a Chinese team? ”

"They can't even win Belgium, can they beat us?"

Although Rosas couldn't hear the players whispering, he could tell what they were thinking from their nonchalant faces.

This annoyed him a little.

So he ordered Melly Banega: "Melly! ”

Melly stood up blankly, he didn't whisper anything, and he didn't know why the manager wanted his name.

"Can you score five goals in a row in less than nine minutes?" Rosas asked.

Melly shook her head, "I haven't done that, Mr. Rosas. ”

"Very well, sit down, Merry." Rosas was kind to Merry.

After Melly sat down, he turned to the other players, and immediately changed his face: "What even Melly can't do, there is one person in the Chinese team who can do it!" It's their main striker, No. 14, Hu! This is our opponent for the next game! Who are you to look down on people here?! ”

Everyone was stunned by the head coach's scolding, and they didn't dare to take a breath. Some people who had not been sitting properly before also adjusted their sitting posture under the pressure of the head coach and sat honestly in their positions.

"Because Belgium won against China, do you think we can win for sure? I tell you, not necessarily! If you still play like this, you may not be able to win! Everyone has to give me the weight of this game! Watch the video now! ”

He pressed the play button, and after a brief black screen, Hulai appeared on the TV screen.

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"Argentina are very strong, but they also have their own problems, one is that they rely too much on Meli in attack, and a lot of times their attacking system is like Meli tearing apart the opponent's defense on his own and then distributing the ball to other people. The other aspect is in their defense. Shi Wuyun continued on the video of the game.

"Argentina play in a 343 formation, and if the wingers can't get back in time, the three centre-backs have to be spread out to cover the entire backline, even with the help of the midfielders. In addition, their left centre-back Sandiego Sweeney is their weak link at the back. This guy's style of play is a bit rough, and there will be some mistakes that shouldn't be made. So we have to keep putting pressure on him in the game and forcing him to make mistakes......"

Shi Wuyun paused the game screen and pointed to the Argentine No. 3 player on the projection screen.

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"Sweeney, you're going to keep my head above head during the game!" Rosas poked his fingers in his temple and shouted to Santiago Sweeney. "Protect your area and don't give the other party a chance!"

"Don't worry, sir. I promise you won't make a mistake! Santiago Sweeney, who was named, had an unnatural expression, but he still stood up and answered the manager loudly.

After he sat down, his teammates around him squeezed at him, making him very unhappy.

But in front of the head coach, he couldn't say anything, so he could only stare back fiercely.

On the stage, head coach Rosas was still saying: "I emphasize again, don't underestimate the enemy, don't underestimate the enemy. It wasn't luck that the Chinese team was able to draw Nigeria. If you despise your opponents, you will pay the price! ”