Afterwards, Zhuo Yang also laughed at himself for being stupid at the time, because if the Chinese team wanted not to concede a goal in the World Cup, the only way was not to participate.

The good feeling of leading only lasted 20 minutes, and the score became 1:1, and Zhuo Yang and Jie Shuai did not blame anyone for this conceded goal. Whether it's being cut off, losing position, or failing to commit a foul, it's not because the players are not dedicated, it's just because they're capable.

In the final analysis, football is a technical job, and if you can't reach it, you can't reach it. Although it can sometimes be like a strong team, just like the difference between a scholar and a scumbag, the scumbag scored an unprecedented 99 points just because the test paper was simple and lucky, while the 100 of the top student was because the paper was only 100 points. If you naively think that the distance between a scumbag and a top student is only 100-99=1, it can only mean that your IQ is suitable for happiness.

For the Chinese team, the 20 minutes of stormy pseudo-strong team attack is the upper limit of today's ability this year, but the 20 minutes of standing still are not the upper limit of Paraguay.

was extinguished by the conceded goal, and the Chinese team began to really interact with Paraguay, and the disadvantage of personal technical and tactical ability was revealed. Under the leadership of Zhuo Yang, the Chinese team still maintained an offensive posture and dominated the game as much as possible, while Paraguay was the most skilled national team in South America in using defensive counterattacks.

And, as it turned out, Paraguay was also the best team in the entire South Africa round of 32 to defend and counter-attack.

The essence of the Chinese team is in the midfield, and the area of competition with opponents for control also basically takes place in the midfield category. The 3-6-1 formation is actually a pseudo-strikerless variant, with a dense midfield to shorten the distance between each other, and a midfielder's numerical advantage and aggressive movement to protect the back.

In order to maximize the strength of the midfield, it is necessary to actively retreat from the nominal single striker, to be able to defend and to be able to attack and score.

But now Li Jinyu can no longer provide retreat support to the midfield, in fact, he can't do this job before. But for the sake of his goalscoring ability, the national team can only settle for the second, giving up part of the midfield benefits in exchange for the only scoring ability other than Zhuo Yang.

Otherwise, it will be like during the top 10 matches, and you can only rely on Zhuo Yang to score.

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Zhuo Yang's foot wind is still not smooth, and his condition is obviously not adjusted to the best, his 6 shots on goal in the first half are thrilling enough, but it is only a false shock 6 times. For Zhuo Yang's level, there is no such thing as 'quite threatening', either score or not score.

The first 20 minutes of the first half were not normal for both sides, but the last 20 minutes were the real thing. China had a slight advantage in possession, but Paraguay was a little more threatening on the counter-attack. Fortunately, there was no danger, and the score of 1:1 was maintained until halftime.

The boss was in no hurry to make changes, but Martino clearly had more ideas, replacing attacking midfielder Aureliano Torres with Paraguay's most recognizable star Santa Cruz at the start of the second half, in a 4-3-3 formation, and the remaining three midfielders were all defensive attributes.

Martino is very old and spicy, although the Chinese team's midfield can not scare him, Martino still decisively gave up the entanglement with the Chinese team in the midfield. You fight yours, I fight mine, the only duty of the three defensive midfielders in the second half is to block Zhuo Yang.

Of course, Rijkaard doesn't understand this, but he has no choice, the black swan can't cook without rice, so he can only rely on Zhuo Yang's own ability to break difficulties, anyway, he is used to it.

As a result, Zhuo Yang launched an anti-strangulation operation with difficulty.

In the 61st minute of the second half, in order to defend Zhuo Yang, who was not 100%, Cáceres and Riveros had already received yellow cards. In the face of such a suffocating blockade, Zhuo Yang is indeed used to it, and his coping method is not unusual, relying on the torture of time to drag down the opponent.

Just a few more minutes of fighting, and the opponent will inevitably show his flaws. But at this moment, something happened on the field again.

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Either blowing or black, either praising or stepping on, this is the group habit of the Chinese people. The same is true for the Jianlibao youth team that year.

After the sharp turn from the expectations to the great disappointment, the Chinese fans poured endless ridicule at the Jianlibao youth team back then, and in order to achieve the purpose of extreme contempt, Sun Jihai, who was eliminated in the selection, became a tool for media comparison.

It is said that Sun Jihai was eliminated because of bone age, whether it is scientific is unknown, but Sun Jihai's subsequent achievements surpassed all Jianlibao peers, which is an indisputable fact.

In the early years, Sun Jihai was also obsessed with being eliminated, and after he became developed, he said some words that were proud, such as 'It was my luck not to be selected', 'Thank you to the person who eliminated me back then', and he was indeed confident and frivolous at that time.

In the 2002 South Korea-Japan World Cup, Manchester City fullback Sun Jihai was the most well-known and star-studded player in the main squad of the Chinese team, and the Chinese people pinned high hopes on him. However, in the first game, Sun Jihai was tackled by Costa Rica's Solins in the 17th minute, and in the 26th minute, he could no longer hold on and left the field, and withdrew from the World Cup.

I'm embarrassed to be cheeky and say that I lost to Brazil and Turkey, but the domestic media believe that the biggest reason for the 0:2 loss to Costa Rica is Sun Jihai's injury. Since then, including Sun Jihai himself, the general remark in China is that 'if Sun Jihai hadn't been injured, that game would have been 2:0 for the Chinese team', and everyone was convinced of this view.

After the 2002 World Cup, Costa Rican centre-back Mauricio Wright, who had recently scored a header from the Chinese team at the Gwangju Stadium in South Korea, came to Shenyang to play in the First Division.

Wright is clearly a very good player, saying: "Sun Jihai is a very good player and I am very impressed with him. The players in world football who can change the situation on the field by themselves should be at the level of Maradona. It's a pity that Costa Rica doesn't have such a player, and neither does the Chinese team. ”

Manchester City full-back Sun Jihai rarely receives a yellow card in the Premier League, but his flamboyance and recklessness in Asia contrasts sharply with his humility and prudence in the Premier League, having been banned from the AFC for a year.

After returning to the Chinese Super League from the Premier League, Sun Jihai was full of popularity, red and yellow cards did not stop, and the weightlifting that had traveled through the big scene was nowhere to be seen.

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The goal conceded in the first half, Sun Jihai was responsible, and he barely broke through when he was seriously obstructed, resulting in a break. But to tell the truth, the Chinese team lost its midfield position at that time, but whenever it was counterattacked, it would be like that. Sun Jihai is not broken, and sooner or later someone will be broken, but it just falls on his head.

Sun Jihai blamed himself and was quite annoyed. Therefore, when the 'culprit' Morrell who steals him in the first half brushes his ribs in the defense area on this side for the third time and throws him out of the stumbling, Ji Hai couldn't hold it back, and a flying tackle chased him straight from behind.