Chapter 170: Against Wales
The so-called "front-line duel" between Bell and Shen Feng is nothing more than the self-congratulatory of the Dragon Country media.
Although Shen Feng has made outstanding achievements in the Dragon Country Team and Jianye Team in the past year, he not only helped the Jianye Team win the double championship of the Dragon Super League and the FA Cup, but also helped the Dragon Team advance to the World Cup finals for the second time in history!
But in international football, Shen Feng is still a little-known nobody.
Although Bale failed to lead the Welsh team and stood out in the European zone of the World Cup qualifiers, he has already made a name for himself in international football, and is one of the top strikers in international football today, as early as 2013, when he joined Real Madrid, he was worth as much as 91 million euros, and since joining, he has helped Real Madrid win the Champions League four times, and after renewing his contract with Real Madrid until 2022, the liquidated damages are as high as 500 million euros, and his worth is at least more than 150 million euros!
Although Shen Feng performed well in the past season, and in just one year after his debut, he has become the most valuable player among the players in the Dragon Kingdom, but now his value is only 2 million euros, which is far from Bale!
Of course, worth doesn't tell the whole story.
Shen Feng's comprehensive strength, although at present, has not reached the height of Bell, but the gap between the two is definitely not as big as the difference in value!
Bell is a well-deserved world-class superstar, Shen Feng's comprehensive strength, relatively speaking, has also touched the edge of the world's first-class forwards, and has reached the world-class standard in terms of "speed" and "running without the ball".
Therefore, from this aspect, it is not an exaggeration to say that the biggest highlight of the game between the Dragon team and the Welsh team is the showdown between Shen Feng and Bale!
Although the Dragon Cup is only a commercial friendly match, and the Welsh team does not have the pressure to prepare for the World Cup, they still sent the strongest squad of the team.
The Welsh team is currently in the team, except for Bale, the other players are not very famous, but the strength should not be underestimated, most of the players in their team are currently playing in the Premier League, known as the first league in international football, although they are all in the middle and lower reaches of the Premier League, but to be able to gain a foothold in the Premier League, has been able to show their strength.
It is not for nothing that Wales is ranked 21st in the latest FIFA rankings, a full 20 places ahead of the 41st of the Dragon Nation team.
This game is the first meeting between the Dragons and Wales teams in history, but after the opening, the Welsh team did not test the Dragons as usual, but came up and attacked, showing confidence in their own strength.
In this game, the Dragon Country team also played with the main force, discharging a 5-4-1 pure defensive formation, and only Shen Feng was at the front on the front line, but when the Dragon Country team was defending, Shen Feng also had to retreat to his own half, participate in defense, and help his teammates share the defensive pressure.
On the back line, the Dragon Country team is lined up with three backs, Zhang Linpeng is on the left, Feng Xiaoting is on the right, and Zheng Zhi is in the middle; two fullbacks, namely Li Xuepeng and Wang Shenchao; In midfield, Lippi sent Hao Junmin, Zhao Xuri, Zhang Xizhe and Yu Hanchao.
Sitting on the goal line is still Zeng Cheng, the No. 1 national gate of the Dragon Country Team.
This lineup was interpreted by the Dragon Country media as basically the main lineup of the Dragon Country team to go to the World Cup in Russia.
This is a very obvious aging lineup, among which the oldest Zheng Zhi is almost thirty-eight years old; Feng Xiaoting and Zhao Xuri, who were born in 85, are both thirty-two years old; Zeng Cheng, Hao Junmin and Yu Han Dynasty, both born in 87, have also reached the age of 30; Li Xuepeng was born in 88 and is about to turn 30 years old; Zhang Linpeng and Wang Shenchao were both born in 89.
In this lineup, only Zhang Xizhe and Shen Feng are post-90s, and in addition to this year's World Cup in Russia, they can also play another World Cup.
The above nine people, including Zhang Linpeng and Wang Shenchao, will find it difficult to hold on to the next Qatar World Cup in 2022.
This year's World Cup in Russia is the last World Cup they can participate in, and if they miss it, they will miss the World Cup at all!
Now, they are in the lead on the World Cup stage, but this position is not 100% secure, and they need to make sure that they are healthy and free of injuries in the next few months, and secondly, they need to maintain good competitive condition.
Plus, meet Lippi's tactical requirements!
This match with Wales is a big test for the Dragons to test their new tactics for the World Cup in Russia, and how well they perform in this game will greatly determine whether they can be taken to Russia by Lyspor.
Therefore, after the start of the game, the players of the Dragon Country team, not because they were older than their opponents and their strength was much worse than their opponents, they were conservative and gave up, and they behaved very positively.
Although the Welsh team relied on its own strong strength to control the situation on the field at the beginning of the game and pressed the defense of the Dragon team, the Dragon team was not discouraged and resisted very tenaciously.
In the first 20 minutes of the game, the ball was basically in the half of the Dragon team, and even if it was kicked to the front by the Dragon team, it would be quickly passed back by the Welsh defenders and continue to attack.
Comparing the possession rate of the two teams, the Wales team has more than the two parts of the Dragon Nation team, with a shot ratio of 6:0; The ratio of teleportation threat balls is 8:0; Corner kick ratio 3:0; 171:37 ratio of passes; The ratio of crosses is 6:0......
In all match statistics, Wales have the advantage across the board, only in terms of the number of fouls, the Dragons have to deal with their opponents, and they have already received a yellow card.
In the game, the Dragon Country team was in an absolutely passive situation, and under the pressure of the Welsh team, there was almost no power to fight back!
However, in terms of the specific game situation, the Dragon team was not as vulnerable as the game data showed, although after the start of the game, the defense line was compressed by the Welsh team in the defensive third zone, almost losing its elasticity, but the defense of the Dragon Country team was basically leaky, and did not leave too many opportunities for the Welsh team to take advantage of.
Of the six shots made by the Welsh team in the first 20 minutes of the game, only one hit the goal, and was easily confiscated by Zeng Cheng because the angle was too positive, and the other five shots were all wide of the goal frame - either they put an anti-aircraft gun or were cleared by the defenders of the Dragons.
Therefore, the goal of the Dragon Country team, during this period, seems to be in jeopardy, but it is actually solid!