Chapter 291: "Atypical" Chinese team
At 7:20 p.m. on June 11, there were still 40 minutes left before the warm-up between the Chinese team and the Dutch team began. The 11 players who entered the starting list www.biquge.info pen ~ fun ~ pavilion walked in the direction of the players' tunnel one after another, and received the final deployment of head coach Camacho before the game in the players' locker room.
Looking at the 11 teammates who walked towards the players' tunnel, Feng Quan couldn't help but smile wryly and shook his head.
Although he had known the news that he had been excluded from the starting list as early as a day ago, Feng Quan couldn't help but feel a little disappointed at this time.
Perhaps, only an old stubborn like Camacho would do the stupid thing of putting the only world-class player in the team on the bench. In fact, if this game were like the Bundesliga, where each team was only allowed to report 18 players, the old Spaniard would not even give Feng Quan a chance to sit on the bench.
However, it was Camacho's stubbornness that he lost his last chance to save himself.
Today's Camacho, the wisest thing to do is to follow the instructions of the leaders of the Football Association, conform to the public opinion of the majority of fans across the country, and set Fengquan as the tactical core of the national team in the absolute sense.
Although Feng Quan's strength alone is not enough to make a qualitative leap in the overall strength of the national team. But at the very least, in an Asian game, Feng Quan alone can contain the energy of 2 or 3 defenders on the opposing side.
Even in the national team, Feng Quan could not get the strong support of other teammates in the midfield as he did when he was at Hamburg Club, which affected his breakthrough power to a certain extent. However, if Feng Quan can transmit the ball in time when he is surrounded by many people on the opponent, it can create a gap for other teammates, so that the Chinese team can occupy a numerical advantage in other areas of the field. In this way, the overall strength of the Chinese team can also be improved to a certain extent.
It's a pity that in the eyes of the stubborn Camacho, he doesn't need a player like Feng Quan who is good at "fighting alone". Because whoever is in his team must strictly enforce the tactical discipline he has set down, and no one will be privileged.
Therefore, even if Feng Quan scored a terrifying 22 goals in 21 games, it will still be difficult for Camacho to get into the eyes.
That's right, Feng Quan's performance in the game is indeed easy to give people the impression that he likes to fight alone. However, when he is surrounded by multiple opponents, he rarely chooses to force a breakthrough without thinking, and will instead pass the ball to a teammate in a better position. Otherwise, he would not have been named the assist leader of the Bundesliga last season with 14 assists.
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After seeing the somewhat lost expression on Feng Quan's face, Yu Hanchao, who also did not enter the starting list, walked to Feng Quan's side with a powerful volley to send the football under his feet into the goal, and then patted the opponent's shoulder hard.
"Forget it, Daquan. Anyway, I won't be able to see that stubborn guy in the next training camp. Yu Hanchao said in a flat tone.
"Uh...... Brother Chao, you suddenly gave me such a moment, and it almost scared me out of a heart attack. Since Feng Quan's attention was not on Han Chao's body, he was really startled by the other party's sudden shot.
"Hehe, seeing that you were so stunned looking at the players' tunnel just now, I guessed that you must have felt uncomfortable because you didn't make it to the starting list." Yu Hanchao said with a smile.
After all, Yu Hanchao, who was still smiling a moment ago, couldn't help but show a trace of loneliness on his face.
Despite Yu Hanchao's sudden start and skillful dribbling skills, he is definitely the best among domestic wing attacking players.
However, for similar reasons as Feng Quan, although Yu Hanchao almost never missed the national team's training camp, it was always difficult to get Camacho's reuse.
"Speaking of which, the two of us can be regarded as sympathetic." Feng Quan shook his head helplessly.
"Alright, don't think about those unhappy things. Anyway, the next time I am in the training camp, I won't be able to see the stubborn old Spanish man. After a pause, Yu Hanchao continued: "That's right, Daquan. It seems that the two of us haven't played at the same time except when we were training, right? ”
"That seems to be the case. I remember that it was after Brother Chao was injured and hospitalized that Coach Ma invited me to join the Hongyuan team. Feng Quan nodded.
"yes. By the time my injury healed, you had already gone to Hamburg in the Bundesliga. After a pause, Yu Hanchao turned his head to look at Feng Quan and said seriously: "After watching a few CCTV games of your hamburg team, I am a little envious of South Korea's Son Xingmin, who can become a wing partner with you." ”
Although Yu Hanchao did say this from the heart, a trace of embarrassment still appeared on Feng Quan's face.
Perhaps, there is a certain gap between Yu Hanchao's comprehensive strength and Feng Quan's teammate Sun Xingmin when he was in the Hamburg team. However, his sharp personal breakthrough is still quite fearful.
In fact, if Camacho can match Feng Quan and Yu Hanchao, these two players will be sent out at the same time, even a world powerhouse like the Netherlands will have a lot of headaches when defending them.
"Hehe, Brother Chao, maybe we can play together today......"
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Because the overall strength of the Chinese team is significantly weaker than that of the Netherlands, the runner-up of the World Cup in South Africa, Camacho's starting lineup, except for Zheng Zhi, the core of the midfield organization, and Gao Lin, who is on top of the striker, are almost all composed of "defensive players".
Although Yu Hai, the starting left wing-back of the Chinese team, once had the reputation of "Chinese Robben". However, after returning to China, Yu Hai's ability to break through on the side cannot make people see the slightest shadow of "Robben", but is more like a "defensive fullback".
In addition, as he gets older, Yu Hai even often plays a cameo role in the back of the club he plays for.
However, as a "defensive fullback", Yu Hai's defensive enthusiasm and tactical literacy are obviously higher than those of players in the same position in China. And this is also thanks to his unsuccessful overseas experience.
Perhaps, it is precisely because of Yu Hai's defensive enthusiasm and strong tactical execution ability that he won Camacho's favor.
And Sun Ke, the right forward of the Chinese team, although the enthusiasm of defense and tactical execution ability are not as good as Yu Hai. However, Sun Ke's relentless and aggressive running (in the 2012 Chinese Super League season, he averaged more than 13,000 meters per game) and his accurate crosses after good wide breakthroughs also made him quite popular with Camacho.
So much so that when Liu Jianhong, a senior commentator on the sports channel of the national television station, got the starting list of the Chinese team, he couldn't help but complain: "Alas! Let's hope this game doesn't show up as a half-court drill for the Dutch team......"
Not only that, but when some fans who watched the live broadcast of the game through the Internet, they also expressed their dissatisfaction after seeing the starting lineup of the Chinese team.
"It's just a warm-up game, and it's not a top 10 match in Asia, so why care so much about winning or losing......"
"It is always said that the Chinese team is 'weak'. How can offensive players get a chance to work out if they do this as a whole? ”
"China is ranked 95th in the world, and the Netherlands is ranked 5th in the world. Even if all 11 players of the Chinese team are defenders, will they be able to prevent the World Cup runners-up from scoring? It is better to die a tragic death than to live in humiliation......"
Unlike the "conservative" of the Chinese team, the Dutch team, which suffered a heavy defeat at Euro 2012, was replaced by Louis van Gaal, who led the team to the World Cup final in South Africa.
The Netherlands team's starting line-up for this game was missing two world-class midfielders, Wesley Sneijder and Van der Vaart. However, the Dutch team, which has "Peter Pan" Robben, Robin van Persie, and "Butcher" de Jong (NigeldeJong), also showed enough importance for this game.
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At 20 o'clock in the evening, with the referee's whistle, the match between the Chinese team and the Dutch team finally began.
Although the strength of the Chinese team is obviously not on the same level as the Dutch team, the Dutch players, who have not yet recovered to their best condition after a long trip just two days ago, did not immediately launch a fierce attack on the hinterland of the Chinese team. It only relied on the frequent running position in the midfield and the skillful passing and cutting coordination to find the vacancy of the Chinese team.
On the other hand, the Chinese team, which is dominated by "defensive players", not only did not shrink in their own half from the beginning of the game, as some "professionals" and fans expected, but launched a ferocious pressing in the Dutch team's half.
saw the Chinese team under Cama George, in the face of the World Cup runner-up, a rare "man". Whether it is the fans in the stands of the Capital Workers Stadium or the spectators sitting in front of their own TVs and computers, they can't help but cheer for the players of the Chinese team.
In fact, in this kind of friendly match with little significance of winning or losing, even if the game is lost by a large score, as long as they can give full play to their characteristics, the fans will not complain too much about them. After all, the difference in strength between the two sides is there.
Perhaps, the tactics of retrenching and defending can barely help China lose a few fewer goals, and even force the opponent to draw with some luck. However, such a seemingly "glamorous" result has no practical significance.
The Chinese team under Gao Hongbo not only drew with the powerful German team in 2009, but also defeated the European powerhouse France the following year with tenacious defensive counterattack tactics.
However, the Chinese team, which was "evenly matched" with the world's strong opponents in the friendly match, returned to the Asian arena and found it difficult to win in the confrontation with the first-class Asian teams.
The reason for this result is that the Chinese team may be able to obtain a "relatively satisfactory" result by relying on "opportunistic" methods when facing strong European and American teams. However, when facing Asian opponents, because the difference in strength between the two sides is not very obvious, the opponent will not besiege the Chinese team like Germany, France and other world powerhouses.
As a result, the Chinese team, which lacks sufficient organizational skills in the midfield, will find it difficult to score goals in sports battles.
In fact, if the Chinese team can stick to its established style of play no matter what opponent it faces, like the neighboring Japanese team, I am afraid that there will not be the embarrassing situation of missing the Asian finals of the World Cup qualifiers for many years.
Therefore, when facing a world powerhouse like the Netherlands, the boys of the Chinese team actually had a "rare" "man", which really made the majority of domestic fans excited.
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In the 9th minute of the first half of the game, right forward Sun Ke received a pass from defender Zhao Xu on the right side of the front field.
After holding the ball firm, Sun Ke first prepared to cut inside. When the center of gravity of the Dutch team's right wing-back Gregoryvander Wiel shifted slightly, Sun Ke suddenly accelerated and rushed towards the baseline.
Although Sun Ke did not completely shake off the equally slow Van der Wiel, he managed to send a low cross to the front of the goal area less than 2 meters from the baseline.
Gao Lin, who was the team's arrowhead, held Sun Ke's cross steady, and raised his arms to keep Alan Heitinga at bay. However, under the close pressure of the opponent, it was difficult for Gao Lin to complete the turn in the direction of the team's goal.
In desperation, Gao Lin had to pass the ball back to the feet of Sun Ke, who stepped forward to answer.
At the same time that Gao Lin returned the ball to himself, Sun Ke had already observed the situation in the penalty area in advance. Therefore, when the football rolled within its control, Sun Ke, who had already noticed that there was a vacancy at the back of the Dutch team's goal area, directly rubbed the ball there with the outside of his right foot.
The next moment, Zheng Zhi, the core of the Chinese team's midfield, appeared at the position of the football landing point like a divine soldier, and then completed a very beautiful head-shaking attack.
Immediately afterwards, when Liu Jianhong, who was extremely emotional, just shouted: "Beautiful!" And then when he was cheering for Zheng Zhi's "opening score", the football flew high and over the crossbar in disappointment......
Although, whether it is the fans in the audience or the vast number of viewers waiting in front of the TV and computer, they all feel sorry for Zheng Zhi's waste of this great opportunity. However, I am still satisfied with the performance of the Chinese team in the opening stage.
Moreover, when Zheng Zhi wasted that great opportunity, he even let everyone see again the hope of the Chinese team to defeat the world's powerhouses.
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Although Zheng Zhi's great opportunity to waste is regrettable, the team's excellent performance in the opening stage and the enthusiastic support of the audience that followed it. It still made the team leader Cao Jingwei and the members of the Chinese coaching staff very happy.
However, what is somewhat discordant is that the Spanish coaching team led by Camacho is in stark contrast to the reaction of Cao Jingwei and others......