Throughout the World Cup, the Chinese team's itinerary has been along Brazil's Atlantic coast all the way south.

First in Recife, then in El Salvador, the team moved south to São Paulo, the venue for the World Cup semi-finals, on the night of the Netherlands.

If the Chinese team is lucky enough to reach the final, it will travel to Rio de Janeiro, not far northeast of São Paulo.

But this is too far away for the Chinese team.

Being able to enter the semi-finals is already something that everyone in the team can't believe, so that the whole country is jubilant, the whole world has caused an uproar, and within the team, there are also discussions.

The team's consumption is very large, from the group stage to the quarterfinals, each game is desperate, the schedule is very intensive, the physical requirements for the players are very high, and there is even a saying that when it comes to the semi-finals, it is not only a contest of skills and tactics, but more importantly, the confrontation of the team's willpower.

During the World Cup, Queiroz's training has always been relatively relaxed, focusing on recovery, proper practice of skills and tactics, and mainly defense, which is the key factor for the Chinese team to get to where it is today.

As the outside world said, the national team is also very clear that the most important thing for the team to reach the semi-finals is the two big chips.

One is Yang Yang, and the other is the overall defense.

It can be said that these are the two legs of the Chinese team, and if they lose any of them, the Chinese team will fall to the ground.

The World Cup is in the final stage, and the playing style of each team is basically clear.

The Germans are still playing steadily, Loew put on a wonderful elephant dancing scene for the German team, bringing a pass-and-possession style to the German tank, while Brazil are more aggressive on home, and Scolari, the gold-medal coach who once led Brazil to the World Cup title, is now also aiming for the title.

As early as the group stage, many media believed that Brazil, Argentina and China were three teams with superstars and extremely dependent on superstars, and these three teams all entered the semi-finals, which has to be said to be a very surprising thing, which has triggered heated discussions among media and fans around the world.

Now, the Chinese team led by Yang Yang has met Argentina led by Messi, and the final of the World Youth Championship in the Netherlands in 05 was repeated in the World Cup nine years later, and both teams were formed with the same team as nine years ago.

Germany and Brazil also participated in the World Youth Championship nine years ago, but there are very few players left in Brazil today, and Germany has none left, only China and Argentina.

What's more, everyone believes that the contest between Yang Yang and Messi started at the World Youth Championships.

Therefore, many Messi fans hope that Argentina can defeat the Chinese team in the semifinals, or even a bloodbath, so that Messi can avenge the hatred of the past years and raise his eyebrows.

Compared with the strong team Argentina, the dark horse of the Chinese team is generally not optimistic, even if they have Yang Yang, but the difference in strength is too great, the Chinese team can rely on luck to break through the Netherlands, but if you want to break through Argentina again, it is as difficult as the sky.

You know, in the game against the Netherlands, Sneijder hit the post twice, and that luck was really unlucky.

If it weren't for the two hit posts, the Dutch team would have ended the battle in 90 minutes, and it would not have been left until overtime at all, let alone Yang Yang's last-minute stunner.

But the same luck is not possible a second time.

The attitude of the domestic media is also relatively tolerant, believing that the team can break into the top four, which is already a huge success, and it can even be said that it exceeds the expectations of domestic fans by 10,000 percent, and the national team should not be criticized at all.

The media in Japan and South Korea have adopted a pessimistic attitude, all of them believe that it is impossible for the Chinese team to break through the Argentine hurdle, and the semi-finals are the limit of the Chinese team.

At the earliest, some Japanese and South Korean media thought that qualifying from the group was the limit of the Chinese team, but then they entered the quarterfinals, and they said that the quarterfinals were the limit of the Chinese team, and now they have entered the semifinals, and they still say so, which makes the domestic media and fans feel funny.

The reason is very simple, they are red-eyed and jealous.

The national team in São Paulo did not pay attention to the reaction of the foreign media and fans, because they were really busy, but judging from the increasing number of media and fans, they could feel the attention of the outside world to the Chinese team.

This situation is very similar to the World Youth Championships in the Netherlands, where they attracted more and more media and fan attention through match after match, and finally rushed to the final and beat Argentina to win the title.

Media from all over the world, especially from China, as well as countless overseas Chinese, and even countless fanatical fans who have flown from China to Brazil to cheer for the national team, they let the national team be received by fans of the highest standard no matter where it goes.

This kind of heroic treatment makes the international players in the team all high-spirited.

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Upon arrival in São Paulo, Queiroz began to focus on "cage tactics".

The so-called cage tactic is that he wants to build a cage specifically for Messi, put the most dangerous player in Argentina, and then imprison him.

If you look at this World Cup, among the best players in Argentina, Messi is well-deserved, but several other players should not be underestimated, one is goalkeeper Romero, his performance is also very good, midfielder Mascherano, he is the anchor of the Argentine midfield.

Another is Messi's partner in the front court, Di Maria, who is known as the best performance in the Argentine team, and even the player who did not lose to Messi at all, which made Di Maria, who had just experienced a peak season of his career, completely transformed into the world's top winger.

But for the Chinese team, there is a big piece of good news, that is, Di Maria was injured in the game against Belgium, and it is almost certain that he will miss the game against the Chinese team.

Although there are stars such as Aguero and Higuain in the Argentine team, Di Maria is known as Messi's best partner, and his absence will be a big weakening of Argentina's attack, and a big benefit for the Chinese team.

Of course, this benefit is only a small reduction in the gap from the original big cut.

Queiroz hopes to create a cage for Messi in Di Maria's absence, making it difficult for him to play effectively in the game, because he believes that as long as Messi is contained, Argentina's attack will be greatly reduced.

In turn, he believes that Argentina will do the same, they will want to limit Yang Yang, because freezing Yang Yang is equivalent to disintegrating the offensive threat of the Chinese team, then Argentina will be put into the attack without any worries.

It was clear to everyone that Yang Yang was the only hope for the Chinese team to win.

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After the end of the day's training session, Yang Yang did not continue to practice.

This is a change he made during the World Cup, in order to get back to fitness and form as soon as possible.

But he didn't leave the training ground directly, but walked in front of Queiroz and the coaching staff.

"Playing Argentina, I'm thinking, should we make something different?" Yang Yang suggested meaningfully.

"Change?" Queiroz was a little curious, "You tell me what you think." ”

"I've watched all the matches of Argentina at this World Cup in the past few days, and I found that they have been playing badly all the time."

After a pause, Yang Yang got a nod of approval from Queiroz, and continued, "In the group stage, the first game was played against Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the first two minutes were an own goal sent by the opponent, and the second game was played against Iran, they didn't score until the end of the game, Messi scored the finale world wave, and the third game played Nigeria, Messi scored in two minutes, but a minute later, Nigeria equalized, and then Argentina was also slow to score. ”

'In the knockout stages, it was 0-0 in the first game against Switzerland and Belgium in the quarter-finals, and Higuain scored in eight minutes, but we all know that it was a very, very coincidental accident.

Queiroz and the coaches around him nodded in unison, and Yang Yang's analysis made sense.

Higuain's goal was indeed a coincidence, because it was suddenly in front of Higuain after the pass was folded, which no one expected, and Higuain seized this opportunity.

After taking the goal lead, Argentina played passively and Belgium had the advantage.

In a way, it was the lazy Argentina team that defeated the even more lazy Belgium.

"Judging from the several games in this World Cup, Argentina did not invest much in the opening game, and there were many mistakes, except for Messi's goal, the other two opening goals were coincidences, or direct mistakes by the opponent."

What a smart manager Queiroz is, he immediately guessed what Yang Yang meant.

"You want to open the game?" The Portuguese eyes narrowed, and a flash of brightness flashed.

This is a very bold idea.

"If we play the way we played in the previous games, we don't have a chance of winning." Yang Yang said what he thought.

Queiroz nodded, how could he not know?

This is the World Cup semi-final, who doesn't pay attention?

If it still uses the tactics of defending and counterattacking, Argentina will not give the Chinese team any chance at all.

Even, to some extent, being able to cross the Netherlands is already the luck of the Chinese team.

Sneijder's two mid-posts and Yang Yang's finale stunner all had a certain element of luck.

Against Argentina, it would be absolutely foolish to continue to pin your hopes on your opponent.

"Grab a wave and get a goal and we have a chance." Yang Yang judged with great certainty.

As long as the Chinese team has a goal in hand, Argentina is bound to change its tactical play, and the next trend of the situation will be completely out of Argentina's control, which is the only chance for the Chinese team to win.

Continue to defend and wait for the opportunity to counterattack, Argentina will not give the Chinese team such a chance at all, and the Chinese team may not be able to defend it.

It's just that China is playing Argentina, and the difference in strength is so huge, is it too risky to start the attack?