Chapter 116: Afternoon Tea

The first half of the game ended in an atmosphere that seemed to have reached some kind of tacit understanding between the two sides, and after 45 minutes, the score did not change at all, it was still 0:0.

For the result of the draw, the Dragon Country fans can accept it, but the Dragon Country fans have a lot of complaints about the game process of the Dragon Country team's lack of progress.

Some fans who have high hopes for the Dragon Country Team, but have repeatedly gained disappointment and despair, so they recalled those bad memories before and began to vent their dissatisfaction with the Dragon Country Team on their personal social platforms.

What made the fans of Longguo even more dissatisfied happened at the beginning of the second half, when Shen Feng was replaced by Lippi in advance without warning.

Shen Feng in the first half of the game, regarded as one of the few bright spots in the lackluster performance of the Dragon Country team, with his personal active running, flexible running, and active scramble, he got two good shooting opportunities, but unfortunately one shot was too positive, confiscated by the goalkeeper of the Honduras team, and one was slightly off the post.

Even Longguo fans who don't know how to play can see that as long as Shen Feng can maintain such a game state in the second half, it will be a matter of time before he scores goals!

Now, Lippi actually replaced Shen Feng, who was the most promising to help the Dragon Country team score, out of the field in half a game early, which made the Dragon Country fans Zhang Er's monk scratch his head.

Liu Jiayuan asked, "Coach Xu Yang, in your opinion, what is Lippi's real intention to make such an unexpected substitution adjustment at the beginning of the second half?" ”

Xu Yang talked eloquently, "Through the first half of the game, we can see that the Dragon Country team has reservations in this game and does not do their best, this should be Lippi's pre-game tactical arrangement, that is, to ask the players of the Dragon Country team to collect and play!" ”

"The reason why he arranged such tactics in this game is understandable, our players have just finished a long season, and there is basically no physical reserve at all, and it is a tenacious willpower to continue to play!"

"Moreover, before this game, our players experienced another long-distance flight that lasted more than 20 hours, and those who have made this long-distance flight should understand that this experience is a double torture for people's physical and mental strength!"

"So, after our players arrived in Honduras, a couple of training sessions were basically focused on recovery, without any high-intensity training."

"However, in the only few days, it is impossible to fully recover the physical condition of the players, young players like Shen Feng, as well as players like Wu Lei and Zhang Xizhe who are at the peak of their careers, the physical recovery is relatively faster, and the physical condition should be restored to 70% to 80% before the game starts."

"For old players like Zheng Zhi and Feng Xiaoting, it is good that their physical condition can recover to 50%!"

"This should be the fundamental reason why Lippi's tactical set-up is conservative in this game, because the physical condition of our players is simply not enough to support them in a fierce high-confrontation match!"

"And, because the format of the World Cup qualifiers intercontinental play-offs is a two-legged system, a draw away from home is acceptable to us!"

"Just like the previous match between the Dragon Country and the Australian team, we drew with the Australian team at home, and the Australian team was able to accept that result, because they believed in themselves, and after returning to their home stadium, they could rely on their hard power to defeat the Dragon Country team and win the final victory!"

"Of course, we all know the final result, the Dragon Country team is at the home of the Australian team, mainly anti-away, and finally drew 3:3 with the Australian team again, with the advantage of away goals, eliminated the opponent, and advanced to the current intercontinental play-offs."

"Now, our situation is down from before, we are the superior side, if we draw away, the only thing we need to guard against is to return to the home stadium and be scored by the opponent, so that the opponent can get the advantage of away goals."

"However, we should believe that our team, our players, can finally beat our opponents and advance to the World Cup finals with the attention of the home fans and the whole country!"

"Lippi is in good condition now, Shen Feng is replaced, the purpose should be two, the first is to prevent Shen Feng from being taken care of by the opponent in the second half and being violated and injured."

"Shen Feng's importance to this Dragon Country team now, I don't need to say more, as long as he stands on the field, even if he doesn't score, he can play an absolute role in pulling back and creating offensive opportunities for his teammates."

"Therefore, ensuring that Shen Feng is not injured is the most important task of the Dragon Country Team!"

"Second, it should be that Lippi has decided to put the decisive battle of this two-legged duel on the home side of the second leg!"

"In fact, fans can think like this, in the away stadium thousands of miles away, to win the game and lay the foundation for promotion, how can they defeat the opponent in their own home stadium, under the witness of tens of thousands of fans, and advance with their heads held high, come happily?"

"Therefore, I think that it is not a stupid move for Lippi to replace Shen Feng at this time, and then he should also replace Zheng Zhi to rest and prepare for the home game in a few days!"

After Xu Yang's Amway, the fans of the Dragon Kingdom who were watching the live broadcast of this game accepted Lippi's substitution adjustment to a certain extent.

The game lasted for more than ten minutes, and when Lippi replaced Zheng Zhi in advance as Xu Yang expected, there was no commotion among the fans of the Dragon Kingdom.

In the second half of the game, after making continuous substitution adjustments, the situation on the field has not changed much, and the focus of competition between the two sides is still concentrated near the midfield, and each other's goals have not posed much threat.

The usual tactics of the Honduran team are defensive counterattacks, and if the Dragons take the initiative to attack, they will play more comfortably.

As a result, the tactics used by the Dragon Country team in this game are also defensive counterattacks, even if the field is superior, they are cautious, never blindly attack, and control the ball at their feet as much as possible.

By the end of the game, the possession rate of the Dragon Country team was as high as 70%, but there were not many offensive opportunities created, and only five shots were completed in the whole game, including two of Shen Feng's feet.

The Honduras team was even worse, the number of shots on goal in the whole game was only two, and they were all long-range shots outside the penalty area, and all of them were put into anti-aircraft guns, so that Zeng Cheng, the goalkeeper of the Dragon Country team, could almost sit in front of the goal and have afternoon tea.