Chapter 306: Individual vs. Collective
For a long time, the Japanese team has always liked to use some players who are physically fit and flexible at the feet. For example www.biquge.info Yuto Nagatomo, who plays for Inter Milan, and Atsuto Uchida, who plays for Schalke 04, are more representative figures.
However, Tomoaki Makino, who played as the right wingback in this game, did not seem to meet the "employment standards" of the Japanese team's fullbacks.
Although Tomoaki Makino, who is just over 1.80 meters tall, is not very tall. But his weight of 78 kilograms, and his physical strength, which is clearly a notch higher than that of his other Japanese teammates, make him not at a significant disadvantage in terms of physical confrontation even when it comes to keeping close to European and American players.
Not only that, but Tomoaki Makino, who looks very powerful at first glance, is actually a defensive player who is good at "playing with his brain". Although he has a strong physical quality that is rare for Japanese players, he also does not lose the characteristics of Japanese players who are good at "using small movements behind the scenes" when pressing closely on the target.
Under normal circumstances, in Asian games, with Yu Dabao's height of 1.83 meters and his weight of 80 kilograms, when he appears in the left winger position, the opponent's fullback is in a close-range state, if he does not use some "small movements" to interfere with him, Yu Dabao is likely to be able to force a breakthrough just by virtue of his physical strength.
However, before Feng Quan came off the bench in this game, Yu Dabao, who was arranged by Fu Bo in the left winger position, was obviously at a disadvantage in several direct confrontations with Makino Tomozhang on the left side of the frontcourt.
First of all, in the face of Makino Tomozhang's close pressing, Yu Dabao's advantage in physical strength is almost negligible. Moreover, even if he did not fall behind in terms of strength, Tomoaki Makino did not forget to use "small moves" in defense.
Because of this, except for a penalty for the Chinese team at the beginning of the first half of the game, Yu Dabao basically did not play his due level at other times. Moreover, when Yu Dabao made that penalty, it was not Makino Tomoaki who defended him.
The reason why Tomoaki Makino was able to successfully limit Yu Dabao's attack was entirely due to the superb on-the-spot adaptability of the Japanese team head coach Alberto Zaccheroni.
Although Yuichi Komano has a relatively balanced ability to control the ball with both feet, the defender role on both wings can be very competent. However, as a more "traditional" full-back, Komano prefers to pass the ball to his team-mates in the middle of the attack, rather than cutting inside when he dribbles near the penalty area, as is the case with the double captain of Germany and Bayern Munich, Lahm. Therefore, if it is played on the right side, Komano Yuichi is obviously more dangerous in attack.
Therefore, at the beginning of the game, Zaccheroni, who played according to the "normal routine", naturally put Komano Yuichi on the right side.
However, Yuichi Komagino, who is only 1.71 meters tall, even if he uses all kinds of "secret moves" when defending Yu Dabao, Yu Dabao, who has a clear advantage in height and strength, can still "crush" his defense.
On the other side of the side defense, Tomoaki Makino was also clearly at a disadvantage when facing Qu Bo, who was flexible and explosive.
So, just after China's Wang Yongbo scored a penalty in the opening stage, Zaccheroni immediately reversed the positions of the two fullbacks of the Japanese team.
Although Komano Yuichi's defense of Qu Bo can only be regarded as "decent", Makino Tomosho after switching positions has very successfully limited Yu Dabao's play.
It's a pity that when Feng Quan replaced Yu Dabao in the left winger position, the "nightmare" belonging to Makino Tomozhang finally began to be staged......
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Although it wasn't until three minutes after Feng Quan came off the bench that he finally got his first chance to touch the ball. But his first attack made everyone present deeply understand why even though Feng Quan missed the league preparation period for the new season because of his participation in the Moscow Athletics World Championships, Atletico Madrid Club still did not hesitate to buy it.
Quite simply, the value of 23 million euros is really great value.
Due to Feng Quan's high-speed breakthrough after winning the ball on the side, it has long been well-known in international football.
Once the wind is allowed to get the ball smoothly, then the only fate that awaits the defender is to be passed.
Therefore, when Feng Quan received a pass from Zheng Ji on the left side of the front court, Tomoaki Makino, who was in charge of marking him, immediately habitually tried to defend from behind Feng Quan.
However, when Makino Tomosho was less than a meter away from Feng Quan's "back", Feng Quan's outstretched arms behind his back "blocked" his way.
Even if Makino Tomozhang took advantage of the referee's view being blocked, he secretly stretched out his right arm and pushed it to Fengquan's waist, but he couldn't get close to the opponent for half a point.
Immediately after that, Feng Quan, who stopped the ball firmly at his feet, first made a gesture to turn to the left. When Tomoaki Makino adjusted his center of gravity and was about to block his breakthrough line, Feng Quan suddenly knocked the ball with the inside of his right foot, and the ball passed between Makino's legs.
Although with Feng Quan's physical flexibility, he can complete the crotch piercing at the same time, and then complete the action of turning to the right, so as to deftly avoid Makino Tomozhang's marking, and continue to break forward.
However, when Kazequan sat on the bench, after seeing Tomoaki Makino using his physical strength and various "hidden small actions" to torture his teammates many times, he was ready to "teach him a good lesson when I play".
So, when Feng Quan successfully completed the crotch piercing, he did not turn in the opposite direction to the center of gravity of Makino Tomozhang, but chose to carry it head-on with the other party's body.
The next moment, just when Tomozhang Makino, who was "prepared", tried his best to crash into the wind that passed by the left side of his body, but as if he had hit a wall, he was knocked by the other party.
Immediately afterwards, first with skillful ball control skills, and then with a strong strength advantage "double humiliation" of Makino Tomoaki's Fengquan, before the opponent had time to stabilize his body, he had already taken the ball to the front of the Japanese team's penalty area. And before the opponent's two central defenders stepped forward to block, they completed a heavy bombardment.
Unfortunately, due to the fact that he had not yet found his best condition not long after his debut, Feng Quan's heavy bombardment shocked the goalkeeper of the Japanese team in a cold sweat, but in the end it was slightly out of the goal.
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Although Feng Quan's wonderful individual performance failed to knock on the door of the Japanese team in the end, Zaccheroni, who has an experienced coach, immediately adjusted the personnel on the field.
In the 21st minute of the second half, Zaccheroni first fanned Takahiro Hara with a midfielder and replaced Hotaru Yamaguchi, who was weak defensively. And before Takahiro Ogihara came on the scene, Zaccheroni deliberately instructed him to "get as close to the right side as possible after his debut, and be ready to help Tomoaki Makino defend at any time".
At the same time, Zaccheroni also asked the team's right winger Genki Haraguchi and forward midfielder Yojiro Takahagi to step up the press for Zheng Ji in order to cut off the connection between Fengquan and his teammates in midfield.
Sure enough, after some adjustments by Zaccheroni, under the interference of the two players on the other side, Zheng Zhi, who was in charge of the midfield organization and scheduling of the Chinese team, it was difficult to smoothly deliver the ball to Fengquan's feet.
Even though Feng Quan's physical fitness is outstanding, and the skill of his feet is enough to be called a world-class standard. But with his teammates unable to get the ball to his feet, he is no threat in attack.
But in the same way, when the Japanese team focuses most of their defensive energy on Kazequan alone, it will inevitably affect the team's left side defense.
Seeing the problem, Fu Bo immediately instructed Zheng Zhi to shift the team's offensive focus to Qu Bo's side on the right side.
Didn't you Japanese put the center of gravity of defense on Feng Quan's side? Then we'll pass the ball to the right.
As a result, when the Japanese team's defensive center of gravity was seriously "right/tilted", the Chinese team was on the left side of the opponent in a row, and through beautiful cooperation, it tore apart the opponent's side defense three times.
Unfortunately, due to the poor accuracy of Qu Bo's crosses, the Chinese team was never able to create a real threat in front of the Japanese team's goal.
Although Qu Bo cleverly chose to cut inside to the middle after breaking through Komano's defense for the third time. However, due to the disadvantage of physical strength, under the close interference of the central defenders who came from the opponent's defense, he finally put an anti-aircraft gun at the front of the big penalty area.
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At the beginning, when Zheng Zhi shifted the focus of the Chinese team's attack to the right side, Feng Quan's mood actually felt "happy".
Although Feng Quan likes to see in the game, the helplessness of the opposing defender after being passed by himself, and the refreshing feeling of cutting inside to break through the opponent's goal after breaking through the opponent's defense. But compared to these "honors" that belong to him, Feng Quan hopes to help the team win through his own efforts.
Moreover, even if his performance in the game is not as impressive because the opponent focuses on his own defense, as long as the other teammates in the team can "profit" from it and ultimately help the team win, Feng Quan himself will be very happy.
In fact, in the final stage of the second half of the Bundesliga last season, several teams weaker than Hamburg tried to suppress Hamburg's attack by curbing the wind, just like the Japanese team today.
But whenever this happens, whether it is Dutch star Van der Vaart or Croatian star Badelli as the core of Hamburg's playmaking, they will shift the team's attacking focus to the other side of the pitch in time.
In this way, it will not only help the team take advantage of the opponent's defensive openings, but also help Feng Quan relieve the offensive pressure.
After all, each team has only 11 players, and if you pay the price of 2 or 3 defenders in order to limit the performance of one player, you will inevitably have to take care of one or the other in a certain area of the stadium.
Of course, even if Feng Quan is willing to create an advantageous situation for the team in a certain area through his own "sacrifice", he must have teammates who have the ability to "send football into the opponent's door".
So, after seeing his teammates squander excellent offensive opportunities three times in a row, Feng Quan finally decided to change the tide of the battle with his own strength......
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Although for the collective sport of football, no matter how strong the individual strength is, it still needs to rely on the strength of the team as a whole in order to maximize its own strength. So as to achieve the purpose of helping the team win.
But for two teams whose overall strength gap is not very obvious, if one of the teams has a superstar who is significantly higher than the other players on the field, or even two grades. So as long as the "aura" on the "superstar" flashes once or twice, it is enough to change the trend of the whole game, and even directly determine the outcome of the game.
And Feng Quan is obviously the "superstar" who belongs to the Chinese team.
When Qu Bo once again took advantage of the gap on the left side of the Japanese team, successfully broke through the defense of Yuichi Komagino, and then crossed into the penalty area, he directly "passed" the ball to the opponent's central defender, helping the Chinese team win a corner.
Feng Quan unexpectedly did not appear at the top of the Japanese team's penalty area according to Fu Bo's instructions, but quickly ran to Fu Bo, who was standing in the coach's command area on the sidelines. And, after exchanging a few words with the other party, he returned to the area where he should have been.
At the same time, at the same time that Feng Quan ran to the opponent's penalty area, Fu Bo immediately followed Feng Quan's "suggestion" and asked the team's assistant coach to inform Sun Ke, who had excellent running ability, to warm up.
In the 33rd minute of the second half, when Sun Ke completed the warm-up activities according to the instructions of the assistant coach, Fu Bo replaced Yu Dabao with him.
When Sun Ke came on the field, Feng Quan ceded his best left winger position to the opponent, and at the same time appeared in the position between the forward midfielder and the central midfielder.
Although attacking in the middle lane is not Feng Quan's best method, after coming to the middle lane, his activity area will undoubtedly increase a lot. In this way, it will be more difficult for the Japanese team to send a special person to guard it, or use the means of forcing Zheng Zhi to achieve the purpose of blocking the connection between him and Feng Quan.
In fact, as early as the final stage of the Bundesliga last season, when Feng Quanxiang Hamburg's head coach Fink and the team's midfield core Van der Vaart revealed that they had made the "Ballon d'Or" their ultimate goal, the two of them suggested to Feng Quan at the same time, "Then, you must have the ability to play all positions in the midfield".
Van der Vaart, in particular, suggested that Feng Quan watch more footage of Brazilian star Kaka, who played for Milan at his peak, in his spare time. After all, a more physical and faster Feng Quan is not suitable to be a midfield commander of a team.
Therefore, with his speedy speed, tearing apart the opponent's central defense line is undoubtedly the best choice to develop to the middle.
After coming to the middle, Feng Quan immediately showed the ability to break through with the ball that made the Japanese team's defenders feel "collapsed......