Chapter 242: Fighting Uruguay to the Death (6)
One side focuses on defense, and the other side is not very resolute in attack, and the process of the game is completely unwatchable for ordinary fans.
The Dragon Country team and the Uruguay team, in the opening stage, seemed to be playing very lively, you came and went, but the focus of the competition was basically in the midfield, which did not pose much threat to the goals of both sides, and there was no specific content in the game, and there was a serious lack of sight.
Especially for those pseudo-fans and fake fans who have just come into contact with the sport of football who watched the last game of the Dragon Country team, the opening of this game is very boring, not exciting at all, and it makes people drowsy.
However, the game of football has such a charm - it is often inadvertently that a scene that can determine the pattern of the game.
The turning point of this game came in the 23rd minute of the first half, when the Dragons made a mistake in the defense, which was grasped by the Uruguayan team, and Suarez completed the last kick that pierced the ten fingers of the goalkeeper Zeng Cheng of the Dragons.
1:0。
Uruguay took the lead.
It was Suarez's 52nd goal for Uruguay and his sixth at the World Cup.
The score was ahead, and the Uruguayan team's heart that had been hanging in the air finally let go and behaved more calmly on the field.
The Dragons did not immediately change their tactics because they were behind in the score, and still based themselves on defense first, preventing Uruguay from further extending their lead.
The latter part of the first half of the game, and then evolved into an offensive and defensive battle between the two teams, the two teams of midfielders launched a fierce fight, although on the whole, it is the Uruguay team that is the main attack, the Dragon team is the main defense, but because the Uruguayan team has taken the lead, so the offense did not do its best, retaining some energy, to guard against the counterattack of the Dragon team.
The defense of the Dragon Country team is not only passively beaten, but also patiently looking for opportunities to counterattack.
Shen Feng, who is at the top of the current scorer list in this World Cup and leading alone, was closely guarded by the Uruguayan team in this game, although he ran actively in the first half of the game, and the running distance was among the best among the 22 players on the field, but there were not many opportunities to really touch the ball, and he did not pose too much direct threat to the Uruguayan team.
In the entire first half, Shen Feng only completed two shots on goal, and these two shots were also the only two shots of the Dragon Country team in the first half, both of which were long-range shots 30 meters away from the Uruguayan team's goal.
It's not that Shen Feng doesn't want to get closer to the goal of the Uruguayan team, but under the tight defense of the Uruguayan team, Shen Feng is unable to do this.
However, Shen Feng's two long-range shots were of good quality, all of them were within the range of the goal frame, one was destroyed by the Uruguayan defender's sideways, and the other forced the Uruguayan goalkeeper to make a flying save.
In the first half of the game between the Dragons and Uruguay, except for the goal of the Uruguayan team, other aspects were lackluster.
Both teams have put a lot of effort into defense, although the Uruguayan team has a clear advantage in strength and has the initiative in the game, but it did not attack aggressively, and behaved very cautiously in the game, strangling the counterattack of the Dragon Country team in the cradle, and not giving the Dragon Country team a chance to threaten their goal.
The Dragon Country team invested very limited troops in the counterattack, almost relying on Shen Feng alone to find and create opportunities in the front court, under the focus of the Uruguayan team, Shen Feng can really not do much.
In the Rostov-on-Don stadium, more than 30,000 Dragon Country fans gathered together, and under the leadership of some fan organizations, they could still cheer up and cheer for the Dragon Team all the time, or sing in unison for their own amusement, or play personal waves or something.
Thousands of miles away in the Dragon Country, there are three or five friends gathered together to watch the fans are okay, the game is not interesting, friends can chat, drink, spit and complain, it is not difficult to pass the time.
For fans who watch the game alone, the time is more difficult.
True fans who can understand the game and have a certain ability to read the game process can also analyze the tactical layout of the two teams, and confirm it with the interpretation of Zhu Xiaoyu and Yang Chen, the commentators of the game.
In the face of this kind of boring game, the most difficult thing is those pseudo-fans and fake fans who don't understand the ball.
Especially those fans who don't have the habit of staying up late, just to support the Dragon Country team, support Shen Feng, or have a common topic to talk about with friends the next day, many of them really fall asleep.
However, although people are asleep, the live broadcast on the TV and mobile phone has been on, which can be regarded as contributing to the live broadcast of the World Cup.
After a short half-time break, the Dragons and Uruguay changed sides to fight again.
At the beginning of the second half, the two teams were not in a hurry to make personnel adjustments, and their respective tactical arrangements did not change at halftime, so in the first ten minutes of the second half, the game was still anxious and the situation was still deadlocked.
In the 60th minute of the game, the Longguo team took the lead and replaced Zheng Zhi with Li Xuepeng.
Zheng Zhi, who is about to turn 38 years old, played the whole game in the last game with the Russian team, and his physical consumption was very large.
Before this match with Uruguay, the Dragon Country team had six days of rest, one day more than the Uruguay team, but Zheng Zhi's physical fitness still did not recover to 100%.
In addition, Zheng Zhi ate a yellow card in the first half of the game, which made him inevitably affected when he made defensive moves again.
Zheng Zhi's role in this Dragon Country team is still very great, in order not to affect the next game with the Egyptian team, replacing Zheng Zhi off the field in advance to rest, it can be said that it kills three birds with one stone - since Zheng Zhi has more rest, he has more physical strength to deal with the next decisive battle; It can also prevent Zheng Zhi from fouling and eating cards again, two yellows for one red, resulting in a suspension for the next game; In addition, the physical Li Xuepeng can also maintain the defensive density of the Dragon Country team.
This is a alignment adjustment that has little direct impact on the Dragons' tactics.
Ten minutes after the game, the Dragon Country team made a second substitution, replacing Hao Junmin with Park Sung, although this was still a counterpoint substitution, but it sounded the horn of the Dragon Country team's counterattack.