Chapter 408: Scheming

The Dragon Nation team is in the Copa America, after all, it is a guest status!

This match with the Argentine team is only a semi-final, and it is not too much interference due to external factors.

If the Dragons can defeat Argentina and meet Brazil in the final, the situation of the game is still the same as this one, and the interference of off-field factors will inevitably increase.

The organizing committee of the America's Cup will not be willing to let a team that invites a full number of players to win the Copa America!

If that happens, the South American Football Confederation will lose face!

The face of South American football will also be greatly damaged!

Mexico have reached the final of the Copa America twice as an away team, and both ended as runners-up, and if it is understandable to lose to Argentina led by Maradona in the final of the 1993 Copa America, then the loss to Colombia in the final of the 2001 Copa America is inevitably a bit of a conspiracy theory.

In the 90s, Mexico was the strongest team in their history, having won the 1999 Confederations Cup, and in the final of that Confederations Cup, Mexico defeated Brazil!

In the 2001 Copa America, the host country was the champion Colombia team.

Of course, these situations are just speculations by fans, and what the specific situation is, except for the parties at the time, no one else knows.

The Dragons don't have time to focus on these things now, and they can concentrate on preparing for the second half of the game.

Argentina will certainly not rest on their laurels, and after the start of the second half, they will definitely launch a more fierce attack!

The Dragon Country team doesn't have a very good way to deal with this, only gritting their teeth and persevering, if they can hold on for one more second, and they can exhaust the forty-five minutes of the second half, it is a victory!

At halftime, the commentators in the studio behind the National Television Sports Channel offered suggestions for the Dragon Team, but even Lippi didn't have any good ideas, let alone them, and there were only a few words "solid defense" over and over again.

The defense of the Dragon Country team in the first half was very good, and there was no room for improvement in the second half.

In the first half of the game, the Argentine team has actually threatened the goal of the Dragon Country team many times, if it weren't for the help of the goalpost, plus the goalkeeper of the Dragon Country team, Yan Junling, today's state can be called brave, and the Dragon Team would not have known how many goals were scored by the Argentine team.

Lippi's approach for the Dragons was to change the formation from 4-5-1 in the first half to 5-3-2.

Changing from two centre-backs to three centre-backs can further solidify the defence.

As for reducing the midfielder by two, it will not have much impact on the Dragon Team, because in terms of midfield control, even if there are five people in the Dragon Country Team in the first half, they can't compete with the Argentine team, and the five midfielders are actually doing defensive work.

The addition of a striker is a more unexpected move, and it also shows Lippi's old spiciness, decisiveness!

Through the first half, Lippi has fully realized that the Dragons cannot survive the second half 100% by defense alone, and in order to win this game, the Dragons themselves must make changes.

Shen Feng was alone in the front court, although he made great contributions to the success of the Dragon Team's defense with his personal ability, but after the Argentine team became familiar with the Dragon Team's counterattack routine, Shen Feng's role was getting smaller and smaller.

During the halftime break, the Argentine team will definitely make special arrangements for Shen Feng to further limit his play in the second half.

Shen Feng must be completely stared at to death, and the situation on the field of the Dragon Kingdom team will be even more difficult.

Although when counterattacking, among the other players of the Dragon Country team, there will be teammates who will assist and provide some help to Shen Feng, but at most they can only beat the side drum, and their role is extremely limited.

Shen Feng needed a more powerful helper.

Therefore, at the beginning of the second half of the game, Lippi replaced Wu Lei on the field and formed a double striker with Shen Feng.

When defending, Shen Feng and Wu Lei, one person needs to withdraw to the middle line to participate in the defense, and there is still only one person left in the frontcourt, but when attacking, the two of them will shoot at the same time to form two offensive points on the Argentine team's defensive line.

Although Wu Lei's personal ability is inferior to Shen Feng, the Argentine team does not dare to take him as lightly as other Dragon Country players.

Vure's performances in La Liga last season have earned him that respect.

Although Wu Lei only scored one goal for the Dragon Country team in the previous game of this America's Cup, his importance in the Dragon Country team is not all reflected in this goal.

The forward combination composed of Shen Feng and Wu Lei can still be among the best in the star-studded Copa America, not much inferior to the Argentine team.

The change in the formation of the Dragon Country team exceeded the expectations of the Argentine team, making the tactical arrangement of the Argentine team during the halftime almost useless.

After the start of the second half, although Shen Feng was focused on guarding and his range of activities was further limited, there was an extra thunder by his side, which made the counterattack of the Dragon Kingdom team more threatening.

Wu Lei was able to gain a foothold on the Argentine team's defensive line, providing Shen Feng with a stable fulcrum and ball point, and the tacit understanding between the two of them could also make their cooperation produce some wonderful chemical reactions, which involved a considerable part of the Argentine team's energy.

The front, middle and back lines on the football field are not separated, but are very closely related to each other.

Argentina's energy is more involved in the defensive end, and there will be less money to be invested in the attack.

With Shen Feng and Wu Lei's active disturbance in the front court, the pressure on the defensive line of the Dragon Country team was reduced a little bit compared to the first half.

As the game time passed, the impatience of the Argentine players became more and more uncontrollable, which further affected their performance on the field.

With only 20 minutes left in the game, Argentina couldn't wait any longer and had to make a desperate bet.

However, their all-or-nothing bet has not yet achieved results, but the Dragon Nation team has seized the opportunity first.

In the seventy-third minute of the game, after Shen Feng received a long pass from his teammates in the backfield, he rampaged forward with the ball, and hit the front line of the Argentine team's big penalty area.

The shot was certainly not threatening, hitting the Argentine defender and deflecting off the back of the net.

However, Lady Luck once again favored the Dragon Country, and the ball that had been changed its route happened to fall at the feet of the unguarded Wu Lei, who did not waste this opportunity and scored the second goal of the game for the Dragon Country team.