Chapter 4 (33) (Part II)

Wei Honglin's interception on the wing was unsuccessful, and the Dalian left full-back smoothly advanced to the left side of the Yafeng penalty area, and he can now calmly observe the situation in the box; It was only at this time that the Yafeng players found that there was no one to defend this area, and the right fullback had been attracted to the edge of the small penalty area by a Dalian player, and Zhuang Xian, who had the captain's armband wrapped around his arm, immediately shouted to his teammates to go up to defend; The right full-back, who realized that he had been deceived, also went up, and he wanted to make up for his mistakes, but he forgot the Dalian player he had been following; The centre-back immediately filled his place, but it inevitably left the other opponents with a route and opportunity......

Because of the adjustment of defensive objects and defensive areas in turn, there was a brief confusion in Yafeng's entire back line;

Opportunity! Dalian's left full-back did not hesitate to pass the ball to his teammates who came up in front of the penalty area;

After only one pass, the ball was transferred to the other side of the penalty area by Dalian Dongwei's players;

But Yafeng's back line needs the tacit cooperation of two or three people to adjust the defensive focus to this direction, which is almost half of Yafeng's players in the penalty area; At the same time, two Dalian strikers are outflanking one in front and one in the back, one left and one right, and a midfielder is also waiting for an opportunity in the middle of the penalty area - there is no Yafeng around him to contain him;

Zhuang Xian, who only glanced at the situation, could no longer care about the teammates who commanded him, nor the protection of the middle, and now he didn't have time to think about other things, he had to stop the Dalian striker who was close to the small penalty area first......

Thankfully, the goalkeeper of Yafeng always kept an eye on the Dalian player who was waiting for the opportunity in front of the penalty area in the left and right movements, and the moment the opponent touched the ball, he immediately made the correct judgment on the shot, so he stood in front of the goal without moving a place, and easily held the ball in his arms.

This is the end of Dalian Dongwei's extremely threatening attack.

The goalkeeper immediately ran two steps and threw the ball to the right wing-back who was not decisive in the defense just now; The right wing-back immediately passed to Wei Honglin; Wei Honglin advanced with the ball, and when he was close to the halfway line, he moved the ball to the left through his partner; Zhou Jian moved forward along the wing, and Dalian Dongwei, who was still attacking just now, had not had time to establish a complete defensive line, and their full-backs had to retreat while jamming Zhou Jian's possible cross route;

Zhou Jian was very fast, and he was clever enough to make a beautiful one-two with Franco, getting rid of the Dalian defender who tried to intercept him, and then he took the ball into the penalty area; He didn't choose to pass the ball immediately, but maintained the pressure of cutting inside along the sideline of the penalty area, he knew that in this case, the opponent usually would not make too fierce defensive movements, he could only run with him, while protecting the goal behind him and restricting his passing route, now he doesn't need to be in a hurry, when he is almost to the bottom line, the opponent will be more anxious than him, the opponent's long-term training and positional sense will make him feel that his team's entire defense line is very far back, which means that Yafeng will have more room to move to complete the attack, So he will definitely press up, and as long as he can pass the ball to his teammates, the chances will be magnified countless times in an instant......

'A good defender usually does that – the further back in the defence, the more space and opportunities the opponent gets, the more threat he has, so even if you don't have a chance, his instinct will drive him to come forward and defend. Zhou Jian remembered that these were what Gao Jinsong said when everyone was playing cards. As for why he said this while playing cards, he really couldn't remember.

The opponent really gave up his original position and moved closer to him as Gao Jinsong said;

The Dalian players, who had been sticking to Franco, had to give up their defense against Franco and chose to block Zhou Jian's most threatening passing route first; A Dalian central defender had no choice but to hand over Gao Jinsong to his teammates to deal with alone, and he came to follow Franco; Yafeng Gao Jinsong, who was very aggressive in defending in the penalty area, must have been a little nervous, and another Dalian player immediately filled the position left by the central defender......

What happened just on the back line of Yafeng is now staged in the defense line of Dalian Dongwei, but the tactical literacy and tacit understanding of the Dalian players are obviously higher than those of the Yafeng players, and the continuous adjustment has not brought obvious chaos, and the integrity of the defensive formation has been maintained;

Just before Zhou Jian was surrounded by two opponents, at the moment when he was about to pass, Gao Jinsong suddenly paused, then changed direction and moved in another direction; The two Dalian players who had been following him continued to move backwards by inertia, but they immediately understood that they had been fooled, and they immediately changed their route, but after all, it was a step too late, and a clear and recognizable shooting angle had flashed between Gao Jinsong and the goal, and they moved while loudly warning their teammates around them, hoping to get their protection; At this moment, Dalian Dongwei's complete and orderly back line was torn out of a huge defensive hole in the middle, and Wei Honglin, who followed up, was already close to the penalty area;

Zhou Jian managed to pass the ball before being squeezed out of the bottom line, and the ball was handed to Franco, who was instantly unmarked - and he shot immediately! He also has a shot angle, and he is very tricky, and the goalkeeper of Dalian Dongwei, who is nervously watching Zhou Jian's every move at the near post, will definitely be caught off guard by this shot!

Although the Dalian central defender who came up to fill in failed to stick to Franco in time, he appeared in time for Franco's shooting route, and he immediately destroyed the ball out of the penalty area;

This is just stupid! Gao Jinsong, who watched Franco shoot, roared angrily in his heart. Damn Franco, why don't you put on a shooting pose and leak the ball to Wei Honglin in the middle?!

But he didn't have time to blame the selfish Uruguayans, Yafeng once again gained control of the ball on the periphery and reorganized the attack, but this time they couldn't have the same good chance as just now, and now they had to face the Dalian people's well-layered defensive fortress, and this was the positional battle they were not good at.

Yafeng's attack was quickly dismantled, and control of the ball fell to Lian Dongwei, who can now slowly press Wuhan Yafeng back into their own half through successive passes, and then patiently look for opportunities. Controlling the tempo of the game and looking for opportunities to create opportunities in a single gallop and a loose and tight game is what they do best.

Wuhan Yafeng's head coach Cheng Dexing has been standing on the sidelines of the field for a long time.

The camera of a nearby TV station often turned the camera to look at him, but to the disappointment of the TV station's director, the expression on Cheng Dexing's face has not changed since the start of the game. When Wuhan Yafeng had an absolute advantage in the opening ten minutes, Cheng Dexing was such a cold and serious face, when Dalian Dongwei stood on his heels and gradually pulled back the situation on the field, Cheng Dexing was still this rigid appearance without the slightest joy and anger, Dalian people's very threatening shot did not make him a little nervous, Yafeng's beautiful counterattack and Franco's tricky shot won the cheers and applause of the fans, but Tie Shuai's face was as if it was really made of iron, neither excitement nor nervousness, Not even the corners of his eyes and eyebrows fluctuated in the slightest, just quietly chasing the ball with a deep gaze all the time.

The Dalian attack was once again stopped, Wei Honglin broke the ball in midfield and immediately handed it to Franco; But Franco only touched the ball when he was knocked into the grass by a Dalian player; The control of the ball is back in the hands of the Dalian people, and the game is back to the original rhythm;

Cheng Dexing, who was expressionless, turned around and returned to his seat.

The assistant handed him a cigarette. He didn't answer. In fact, he didn't even see the cigarette roll handed by his assistant, his eyes were only on the game, only the players running back and forth on the field and the ball up and down. The assistant lit a cigarette for himself, and glanced at Cheng Dexing quietly under the cover of the smoke. He knew that the more Cheng Dexing remained quiet, the more he proved the seriousness of the situation - if the game was still under his control, even if he didn't take the cigarette, he would at least shake his head or wave his hand. The difficulty of this game must have far exceeded Cheng Dexing's pre-estimate, and his mind was all on the game, so he turned a blind eye to the cigarettes he handed over.

Wuhan Yafeng once again advanced to the front.

There are Yafeng players on the left, center and right lines. Among the five attacking players, Zhou Jian, Gao Jinsong and the right midfielder are in front, facing the entire Dalian Dongwei backline, Franco and a Yafeng are behind, followed by three Dalian midfielders. According to their respective positions on the field, there are five attacking players and seven defenders, forming a very clear two levels. In terms of numbers, Dalian people have some advantages, but from the perspective of offensive and defensive relations, Wuhan Yafeng has the absolute initiative - five attackers at two levels can easily make Dalian people's defense line full of holes by running and interspersing......

But this time Yafeng's attack was not as complicated as the last one.

After Zhou Jian got rid of his opponent, he did not choose to cut inside but resolutely went to the bottom, obviously, he hoped to complete the cross by going down to the bottom and let Gao Jinsong complete the attack; The opponent, who attached great importance to his crosses, immediately sent men to deal with him, a central defender threw away Gao Jinsong and pounced on Zhou Jian, and the full-back who was thrown off by Zhou Jian also rushed over from the other direction;

But Zhou Jian, who was resolutely down, immediately stopped the ball when he saw that there was only one defender left next to Gao Jinsong, then adjusted his posture and immediately crossed-

Many fans sitting in front of the TV let out a sigh when they saw the close-up shot of Zhou Jian's pass, how much time did this player have to adjust his left and right feet at such an important moment......

- Gao Jinsong, who had only one player to defend, easily grabbed the position. When the central defender of Dalian Dongwei dropped him, he decided that Zhou Jian would choose to cross in time, and he was ready to grab the point. Now all he has to do is jump up and scramble for the ball in the air and get it where it's supposed to be......

At the moment when Zhou Jian raised his foot to cross, the central defender who threw away Gao Jinsong turned back, and only a slight glance at him knew what he should do next - he did not go back to assist his teammates in defending, nor did he retreat to block Zhou Jian from outflanking the goal, he pounced on Franco, who had just nimbly escaped the entanglement of the opponent;

Gao Jinsong's header landed just right, and the follow-up Franco stopped the ball with his chest, and he can now take two steps to choose to shoot or step forward to choose to break through, either option can cause a lot of trouble for the opponent; But at this time, Franco saw the Dalian Dongwei central defender with a fierce face and a fierce face, it was obvious that this guy no longer cared about the danger of eating cards and being penalized, and he would do his best to protect the goal behind him;

Before his toes were about to touch the ball, Franco finally chose to jump, but he still couldn't completely avoid the Dalian central defender who was blocking on his back, and after tripped over something at his feet, he fell to the lawn with a; The Dalian Dongwei centre-back didn't let out a howl of pain until he was sure he had broken the ball out of the danger zone, and rolled on the ground with half a clear shoe print on his thigh and several bloody cuts cut by the spikes.

The referee immediately blew the whistle to stop the game and ran over. Franco squeezed his shoulders, spread his hands, and looked at the referee innocently, while he also used his eyes and gestures to show several Dalian players who looked bad that this matter had nothing to do with him, he had done his best, and he didn't mean to step on people - you have to believe me, the kind Franco is a very dedicated professional player, and I can't do that kind of dirty thing.

But none of the Dalian players around him could understand his Spanish, and Franco's incomprehensible English only understood the word "no". What do you mean by "no"? You say "no" brother to spare you? Seeing that the referee had already gestured to the side of the field to let the team doctor come on the field, several angry Dalian players even pushed and surrounded Franco, and strongly asked the referee to send this bastard foreigner out of the field.

Several Wuhan Yafeng players hurriedly came over to persuade, Wei Honglin also explained to the referee that Franco definitely did not mean to do this, he had jumped up to avoid Dalian Dongwei's central defender, and the foot that stepped on him was also because he couldn't control himself when he landed, and that kick was not stepped on, Franco had just fallen down when his foot just touched the body of Dalian central defender - this situation is at most a yellow card warning. Of course, Wei Honglin didn't dare to make an idea for the referee, he was just stating a fact, and he also hoped that the referee could respect the facts.

The referee didn't seem to hear what Wei Honglin said, but just watched the team doctor of Dalian Dongwei check the player's thigh with a blank face, and then warned the guys who were still moving towards Franco with a stern gaze.

The referee's move made it difficult for Wei Honglin. He was a little far away from here, because of his line of sight, he didn't see the whole thing clearly, only to see Franco suddenly jump up, and then step on his opponent's thigh, and then the two fell together. He scolded his mother in his stomach. Even he didn't know who this curse was aimed at, but he continued to excuse Franco. His explanation was very cumbersome, and it was those few sentences over and over again, and when it came to the end, even he was a little bored with himself, but he was afraid that the referee would be unhappy for a while and pull out a yellow card and a red card towards Franco, and he didn't dare to stop in his mouth. At the same time, he was also a little surprised, why did this kind of thing come to him today? In the past, this kind of thing has always been Zhuang Xian's appearance, and there have been slight changes in the last three or five games, but there is not much change, for example, the dispute in the backfield is usually the captain Zhuang Xian who comes forward to explain to the referee, and the dispute in the midfield seems to be all Gao Jinsong to negotiate with the referee, but today Gao Jinsong has not come forward until now...... Thinking of this, he suddenly thought of a more strange thing, Gao Jinsong, who was not even clear about the identity of the main force, came forward to do this, and no one in the team came out to say a sour word......

He caught a glimpse of Gao Jinsong in the crack. The guy sat on the grass, untied his shoelaces and retied them, took off one of his shoes and knocked them upside down on the ground several times, and then put them on slowly, moved the shin guards and stretched the socks, and finally looked at his half court like no one. From beginning to end, he didn't even glance this way.

Something is wrong with this? Wei Honglin's mind immediately turned this thought.

Although he couldn't figure out why Gao Jinsong was acting like that for a while, Wei Honglin still kept his mouth shut.

This Dalian central defender has already stood up with the help of the team doctor, limping back and forth for a few steps, although the blood on his legs is very long, but the wound is only red and not purple, it doesn't seem to be too much of a problem.

The referee didn't give Franco a card or call him over for a verbal warning, but just waved his hand to the team doctor to leave the field and announced that the game would continue. Regarding such a result, the team members who made the most trouble in Dalian Dongwei had no intention of arguing, which made Wei Honglin feel that things must be different from what he thought.

When he ran past Gao Jinsong, Wei Honglin asked in a low voice: "What the hell is going on?" ”

Gao Jinsong replied with a sneer: "The penalty is gone." ”

Wei Honglin's eyes widened and asked, "What?" What penalty is missing? ”

Gao Jinsong didn't explain to him in detail, just spat and said angrily: "Even his mother's ball is someone else's!" He stared at Franco, who had just run past, the muscles in his cheeks throbbing, and his eyes almost burst into flames. But he didn't catch up and kick that bastard bastard. After a while, he let out a sigh of relief, pursed his lips and never spoke again.

Wei Honglin, who was full of doubts, had to go back to his place first. Hey, there's no urgency, he will say hello to Gao Jinsong at halftime.

His own team members were injured and fell to the ground, and the head coach of Dalian Dongwei walked to the side of the field for the first time, and when the team doctor treated the players urgently, he kept anxiously standing on tiptoe and stretching his neck to look over there. It wasn't until the injured team member was able to move around the pitch again that he was relieved to return to his seat.

He didn't worry much about this game. The difference in the strength of the two teams is obvious, even if Wuhan Yafeng is the home team, even if Yafeng's head coach Cheng Dexing was the head coach of Dalian Dongwei before, but if Yafeng wants to win Dalian Dongwei, it is not very likely. Judging from the current situation on the field, Yafeng, who is at an absolute disadvantage in the midfield confrontation, is difficult to have the opportunity to bring any threat to his team, and even if there is a threat, the foreign striker who is in an erratic position can take the initiative to resolve it for them - he has done this two or three times in the first half. Speaking of which, he also has to thank this foreign aid, if it weren't for his position so weird that even his teammates can't figure it out, Dalian Dongwei is likely to concede the ball in the first two minutes - Yafeng center's straight pass is full of aura, and the timing of their left forward is also just right, fortunately, their shadow striker will run to the forward position, otherwise Dongwei's backline to make an offside tactic fails, where is the team still have a chance to master the rhythm of the game?

He glanced at the Yafeng center, who had been wandering alone in front of and behind the halfway.

Gao Jinsong. He remembered the name of the center. A little guy who only appeared in the A League this year is only twenty-two years old, but as soon as he appeared, he broke the league's fastest goal record, it seems that the little guy's luck is really good, it is said that there are still a few clubs desperately courting him, it seems that he should have some real skills. He remembered Gao Jinsong's straight pass again. The straight ball is really good, the timing is good, the penetration is strong, the key is that the ball came without warning, almost didn't see him make any big moves, the ball jumped out from under his feet, this ability really makes people dare not underestimate him. It's a pity, the midfield behind him is too poor, the organization is not organized, the scheduling is not scheduling, and the chaos is so chaotic that he can't stand it as the head coach of the away team, and he still hasn't figured out whether their position is a striker or a midfielder? He couldn't help but laugh when he thought of it. Needless to say, this weird "4-4-1-1" or "4-2-3-1" formation must be a new tactic made by Cheng Dexing, who has always advertised himself as a master tactician, but no one can say whether this new tactic will work, but it is the real scourge to let his players be confused - one of their two backs is organizing, and the foreign striker is also planning, how can a person have two brains at the same time? Their two wing-backs are probably going crazy with questions in their heads right now, and they don't quite understand whether they should stay in shape with the foreign strikers or keep in touch with the two midfielders.

Probably to confirm his guess, not far away, Zhou Jian used a very rude move to push his opponent outside the court during the tackle. His very excessive action immediately provoked the referee and brought himself a stern verbal warning, but the look on his face revealed his inner thoughts - he didn't think he had done anything wrong. And he also glared fiercely at the Dalian team members who made him suffer.

His movements and demeanor revealed his inner thoughts, and he was now on the verge of making a mistake on impulse, but this obvious signal did not attract the attention of his teammates, and no one came to take his place, even if it was a temporary replacement, which could calm him down a little. But the two players who spoke effectively in the midfield didn't notice this situation. Wei Honglin is position is far away and doesn't know what's going on here, but Gao Jinsong is seizing this short opportunity, using gestures, eyes and words to tell Franco, who has been cruising in front of him: Go back to your position!

The experienced Dalian player continuously provoked Zhou Jian as soon as he kicked off, and then fell to the grass exaggeratedly in Zhou Jian's back-tackle.

- It's time to dig the cards this time, right?

The referee still showed mercy and only gave Zhou Jian a yellow card.

The head coach of Dalian Dongwei smiled and watched his players tease their opponents. As a manager, he never encouraged his players to do these little moves on the pitch, but as a head coach, he never stopped his players from doing these small actions. Looking at Zhou Jian's face full of resentment and unwillingness, he was very happy, and at the same time he was also very dissatisfied with the referee's tolerance. He also happily turned his face to look at the home team's dugout. Far away, the sun was very big, and the stainless steel bracket on the edge of the coach's bench shone with a dazzling light that people dare not look at in direct sunlight. He withdrew his gaze and returned his attention to the game. As Cheng Dexing's old rival and acquaintance, he was quite emotional-Lao Cheng's luck was so bad that he missed Sichuan Hongsheng, which anyone could treat as a soft persimmon......

Zhou Jian's senseless yellow card did not sound the alarm for the Yafeng players, and in less than two minutes, another defender on the side was also shown a yellow card by the referee for the same reason. The player didn't defend himself to the referee at all, and left with his neck in his hands. The Dalian team members, who were still covering their ankles on the ground a moment ago, immediately got up, pretended to take two steps on the grass, bent down again in pain, and then ran happily than anyone else.

Gao Jinsong still did not communicate with the head coach. In the first few games, he usually went to the referee to find out the situation, or to say good things for his teammate who made a mistake, or to explain to the manager the reason for his teammate's foul, in short, he would try not to give the referee a bad impression of Yafeng's rough style. When he turns around, he will comfort and encourage his teammates, and if his teammates' mistakes are stupid, he will even scold them a few times - what his teammates need most at this time is to talk to them with them, even if it is a few unpleasant words, so that they will not become more uncomfortable because of their mistakes.

But he didn't have time to deal with it now, he was uncomfortable enough.

His discomfort was caused by his position on the field. He is the front-line player in Yafeng's new "4-4-1-1" strategy, and this position determines that he cannot go back to assist the defense, otherwise the team will lack a sharp player; He also rarely gets the ball in midfield, because he has an extra Franco behind him who is in charge of the organization, and the guy sucks the ball through like a black hole; The worst thing is that in the attack, the players on the two wings don't seem to be able to understand their position in the formation and the role of tactics, they are sometimes wingers, sometimes they are forwards, and he is always worrying about his position - Zhou Jian They are forwards, his main role is to grab points and compete for the ball, is to attack too much, but if Zhou Jian is a winger, he has to expand his range of activities in the penalty area to attract more defenders and create opportunities for them...... But the question is, what position are those two guys playing? Winger or wing-back? Is it "4-4-1-1" or "4-2-3-1"?!

No one can answer this question, not even Cheng Dexing, who came up with this tactic.

He designed this tactic to take advantage of Franco's technical skills and dribbling, which was also verified during the three days of training, and under Franco's organization and planning, the main players were able to achieve a very clear advantage every time, and the number of goals scored was also ideal. I don't know if Yafeng's substitutes deliberately curry favor with the head coach, or whether these substitutes are really different from Dalian Dongwei's main strength, and the things that have worked well in training have been unrecognizable on the field......

What's wrong on both sides? Cheng Dexing asked himself.

It dawned on him where his mistake was. He shouldn't have a striker to organise the attack, even if it's just a shadow striker. The playmaker can only be a midfielder, whether it is a midfielder or a midfielder, the position is not important, the important thing is that he is a midfielder, so that he can have enough space to observe and schedule. He now leaves Franco to organise the attack, but he has clarified the tactical definition of his shadow striker, and combined with the physical and psychological pressure of the game, the two wing-backs have now completely confused their sense of position and role.

He made an unforgivable mistake!

No! He didn't make an unforgivable mistake!

He immediately dismissed the idea in his mind.

He didn't make one unforgivable mistake, in fact, he made two unforgivable mistakes!

He only now realized that Franco, this Uruguayan, he does not have a clear view of the overall situation and a cool enough mind, how can this kind of person be the core of organizing and scheduling attacks?

But it's not Franco's fault, it's the fault of him as a manager. It was his lack of thoughtfulness and rigor in formulating his tactics that caused the current situation to be passive, so he would not blame Franco for it.

Now he needs to find a practical and effective way to reverse the situation.

There must be a way, and Wuhan Yafeng's "4-4-2" formation is a good alternative.

He stood up and prepared to walk to the edge of the field and tell his team to change their tactics. But he immediately saw the footage of the television camera that had been hovering around the bench of the coaches of the two teams. Although his face was silent, he really hesitated in his heart. At this time, if he stood up and walked to the edge of the field and hurriedly adjusted his tactics, what would others think? Will he leave a laughing stock?

He looked up at the electronic clock standing on the high wall at the far end of the stadium. There were less than four minutes left in the first half, and with stoppage time, it would not have been more than six minutes.

He sat down again.

The camera camera captured him standing and sitting, and the observant director immediately inserted this image into the live broadcast of the game.