The Dragons and the Russian team have never met in history, and the earlier meetings date back to the Soviet era, but that is no longer representative.

Therefore, the current Dragon Team and the Russian Team are relatively unfamiliar with each other, according to the routine of general football games, after the game starts, they should first test each other, find out the reality of the opponent, and then decide the next tactic.

However, the Russian team relied on its identity as the host and strong confidence in its own strength, and after the start of the game, it directly attacked the defense line of the Dragon team.

Russia's economy, although there has been no improvement in recent years, but their football, the level of development has improved rapidly, talented players emerge in an endless stream, the domestic league is also doing well, the Russian Premier League has now become the sixth largest league in Europe, after the traditional five major leagues, surpassing the once prosperous Eredivisie, as well as the Portuguese Super League.

Although the players of this Russian team, like the Dragon Country, most of them are from their own leagues, but their personal strength and game experience are indeed above the Dragon Country Team.

For example, CSKA Moscow, the traditional giants of the Russian Premier League, are regulars in the Champions League and often play against the big teams in Europe's top five leagues.

The Champions League, as one of the most competitive competitions in international football, is not comparable to the AFC Champions League.

Therefore, although the current FIFA ranking of the Russian team is much behind the Dragon Team, it is very strong in front of the Dragon Team and full of confidence in its own strength.

This Russian team, under the tutelage of the current head coach Cherchesov, is very integral, with outstanding individual ability and outstanding foot skills, which makes the team's passing and cutting cooperation very tacit.

In the previous warm-up match, the reason for the consecutive defeats was mainly in the investigation of players, the practice of formation, and the tempering of tactics, the real strength of the team was not as bad as the results of the game showed.

Before the start of the World Cup, the coaching staff of the Dragon Country team conducted a fairly detailed study of the video footage of the Russian team's games in the past two years in order to find their weaknesses.

Not to mention, this Russian team really has a weakness that can be exploited by the Dragon Country team - the offensive ability is not strong, especially not good at breaking the dense defense!

Although the players of this Russian team are tall, have a strong impact, and are not weak in physical confrontation, in the face of the opponent's big bus formation, it is like a giant who is tied hand and foot, and his strength cannot be used wantonly.

And dense defense is the essence of the core of the new tactics of the Dragon Country team!

Therefore, in the face of the Russian team's large-scale attack, the Dragon Country team behaved unhurriedly, according to the pre-match arrangement of the coaching staff, the players in the midfield and backfield, each performing their duties and their own positions, were not frightened by the fierce offensive of the Russian team, and behaved quite calmly.

In terms of individual skills and physical confrontation, there are indeed some gaps between the players of the Dragon Team and the players of the Russian team, but this gap, under the close cooperation and mutual defense of the players of the Dragon Team, has not exposed loopholes in the defense line of the Dragon Team.

Although the Russian team's offensive was fierce, it had little effect and did not pose much threat to the goal of the Dragon team.

The defense line of the Dragon Country team, although it was retracted very far back, but the pressure was not as great as imagined, especially after the start of the game, the midfield and backfield players of the Dragon Country team were very focused, all of them were distracted, and they were engrossed in the game.

The reason why it looks quite passive on the scene is actually a tactical arrangement of the Dragon Country team, in line with a saying in the ancient art of war of the Dragon Kingdom, that is, in "retreating as advance", shrinking the defense, to relax the opponent's vigilance, make the opponent paralyzed, and then wait for the opportunity to counterattack.

This can be seen from Shen Feng, who was at the forefront of the Dragon Country team, after the start of the game, he kept cruising in the front court and did not retreat to his own half to participate in the defense.

Although Shen Feng has not had a chance to touch the ball for nearly ten minutes after the start of the game, the pass given to him by his teammates is either too big or destroyed by the defenders of the Russian team first, and his running seems to be doing useless work, but in fact, this is part of the pre-game tactical arrangement of the Dragon Country team.

The Dragon Country team itself, although it did not set too high goals for its trip to the World Cup, and put its mentality very low, has always claimed that this time is just to experience the atmosphere of the World Cup, increase knowledge, increase game experience, and the most important thing is to recognize the real gap with other teams!

But in fact, the Dragon Country team has the belief of winning in the three games of the group stage!

Any team, when they come to the World Cup stage, will not say that they just have the mentality of coming to travel around, and they want to go as far as possible!

The Dragon Nation team is no exception!

The reason why the mentality was so low before the game was that it was a way to decompress yourself, and secondly, it was also a relatively clear understanding of your own strength - you are indeed a weak team in the top 32 of the World Cup!

Third, it is also necessary to set off smoke bombs to paralyze the opponent.

The new tactics formulated by the Dragon Country team for this World Cup, although it is a very conservative defensive counterattack, the drill formation, and the defensive 5-4-1, but in the "defensive counterattack", there is not a "counterattack"!

Although there are not many troops deployed in the counterattack, and the routine arranged is also very simple, within the Dragon Country Team, Shen Feng, who shoulders the heavy responsibility of the Dragon Country Team's counterattack, is full of confidence!

This kind of confidence does not come out of thin air, but the ability that Shen Feng has shown in previous competitions and training, which gives the big guy enough confidence!

The Russian team obviously conducted a careful study of the list of players of the Dragon Country team before the game, and has a certain understanding of Shen Feng's role in the Dragon Country team.

In this game, a very targeted arrangement was also arranged for Shen Feng, no matter whether Shen Feng took the ball or not, there would be at least one defender of the Russian team around him to mark him closely.

However, the pre-game arrangement is not a panacea.

The on-field situation of the football game, anytime, anywhere, is changing, the tactical arrangement of the coaching staff, the pre-game arrangement, at the technical level, are all good, but in the game, the players have to be discounted!

In the absence of fundamental errors in the tactical arrangement, the less the team plays at the tactical discount, the greater the probability of winning the game!

Those so-called world-class teams, in addition to the individual ability of the players, are also very important, in terms of tactical execution, they also have excellence!