On the football field, blindly defending and trying to win with defense is often counterproductive.

In the first leg of the contest with the Australian team, the reason why the Dragons were able to keep a clean sheet was of course due to their tight defense, but several sharp counterattacks also contributed to it.

It was precisely because of those counterattacks that threatened the Australian team's goal that the Australian team did not dare to blindly attack anymore, and had to divide part of its energy and put it on defense, so that the defense of the Dragon Country team could have a chance to breathe and adjust, and the formation was kept relatively neat.

In this game, because in the fifth minute of the opening game, the Dragon team took the lead in the score, which changed the mentality of the players on the field of the Dragon team, and they only wanted to use defense to keep the current score and defend a victory, and the strength of the counterattack was greatly reduced, which could not cause enough pressure on the defense of the Australian team, so that they could put more energy into the attack.

In the first half, the players of the Dragon Country team were still relatively physical, more focused, and the strength of the defense could still be raised, leaving not too many opportunities for Australia to take advantage of.

By the second half, the Dragons' players had reached a critical point in terms of fitness, and as the end of the game approached and their concentration began to fall short, the intensity of the defense was bound to drop, and it would be impossible to keep Australia's offensive outside the 30-meter threat zone as it is now.

The starting lineup of the Dragon Country team, on the whole, is still a little older, the old captain Zheng Zhi who sits in the back is already over 37 years old, and Huang Bowen, who is partnered with him as a double back, is also over 30 years old.

Moreover, the Longguo team, a lineup with Evergrande players as the main structure, consumed a lot in the previous league.

The state, under the willpower and mental stimulation, can still be maintained, but physical fitness is an unavoidable practical problem.

In the last game, the starting lineup of the Dragon Kingdom team did their best, although there were no cramps in the game, but after the game, all the players, including Shen Feng, received a long professional massage to relieve muscle fatigue.

Then flew over the ocean from the home stadium of the dragon country to the away game in Australia, although it was not affected by too much time difference and climate, but it also caused a certain consumption of the players' energy.

The short preparation time of four days was not enough for the players of the Dragon Country team to fully recover their physical fitness.

Although such a problem also exists on the Australian side, relatively speaking, it has a greater impact on the Dragons in the away game.

The Dragons are now afraid that under the continuous pressure of the Australian team, they will collapse in the final stage of the game, allowing the Australian team to equalize and overtake the score, and the "black three minutes" incident in history will be repeated here.

Lippi, the head coach of the Dragon Country team, was keenly aware of this problem, came to the sidelines, and gestured to the disciples on the field to put the defense line forward, not blindly defending, but also taking into account counterattacks.

However, the Australian team is now eager to equalize as soon as possible, investing a lot in the attack, and exerting a lot of pressure on the Dragon team.

Even Shen Feng, who did not need to participate in the defense according to the coach's tactical arrangement, saw that the opportunity was not good, and took the initiative to return to the backcourt and participate in the defense.

Although the situation faced by the Dragons was difficult, the players had the support of the desire to win, and they were able to hold on until the end of the first half, and did not allow Australia's attempt to equalise to materialize.

After a short intermission, the two teams returned to the field, exchanged venues, and continued to fight.

At halftime, the Australian team obviously made tactical adjustments to the situation on the field, and in order to achieve the tactical intention, at the beginning of the second half, they made continuous substitution adjustments, replacing a high school striker with a height of more than 1.9 meters.

In the positional battle, the Australian team faced the bus formation set up by the Dragon team, there was no good solution, and if they wanted to equalize as soon as possible, they could only hope for set-piece tactics such as corner kicks and free kicks.

Sending in a high striker to improve the team's ability to compete for headers, forming a fulcrum in the Dragons' penalty area, hoping to provide some help to the Australians' current unfruitful attack.

The high-school striker replaced by the Australian team has rough skills at his feet and is very slow, but he is tall and strong, and his confrontation ability is very strong, in the words of He Wei, "standing in the box of the Dragons is like a wall".

In the adjusted tactical system of the Australian team, there is no need for his foot skills, he does not need to run more, but he can rely on his physical advantage to grab the first landing point when the Australian team passes the ball to the penalty area of the Dragon Country team, or form an attack by himself, or make the ball to his teammates.

The Australian team's simple and clear tactical adjustment, after the start of the second half of the game, played a significant effect, so that their efficiency in the attack, greatly improved, and threatened the goal of the Dragon team several times in a row, fortunately, the goalkeeper of the Dragon team Zeng Cheng concentrated, high and low block, to protect the goal.

On the side of the Dragon Country team, at halftime, head coach Lippi also repeatedly emphasized to the players that they could not blindly defend and wait for an opportunity to counterattack.

The players of the Dragon Country team, after the start of the second half, originally wanted to carry out some counterattacks, but due to the tactical adjustment of the Australian team, there was a storm in front of their goal, and the players consciously or unconsciously focused on defense.

In the 55th minute of the game, the Australian team finally seized an opportunity in a corner kick tactic, the corner kick was issued, and the high school striker who was replaced in the second half grabbed the first landing point in the crowd, and the header rubbed back, and the teammates who were ambushed at the back point faced the empty goal and easily pushed the shot.

1：1。

After 50 minutes of hard work, Australia finally equalised.

Although the equaliser was achieved, the Australian team did not let this rest because this game, if it ended with such a scoreline, the Dragons would still eliminate them with the advantage of away goals and win the two-legged play-off.

Their tactical adjustments have paid off, so they naturally take advantage of the victory to chase and make persistent efforts, hoping to overtake the score and win the game!

On the side of the Dragon Team, there was a difference in the thinking of the players on the field, some players wanted to keep the current score and win the game with the advantage of away goals, and some players wanted to score another goal through counterattack and win the game through victory, so that the Dragon Team fell into chaos after the score was equalized.