Chapter 237: Fighting to the Death in Uruguay (1)
After missing a chance to win in the first round and being equalized by Russia in the last minute of stoppage time, the Dragons want to qualify from the group and advance to the round of 16, and the result of this match against Uruguay is crucial!
If you want to grasp the initiative to qualify from the group before the final round of matches with Egypt, the Dragons must at least ensure that they cannot lose in this match against Uruguay!
If this game is lost to Uruguay, then the Dragons will be forced to win when they face Egypt in the final round.
The Egyptian team has basically been out of the group ahead of schedule after losing to Uruguay and Russia in the first two rounds that have ended, but their strength should not be underestimated.
Even if the Dragons drew 5:5 with Russia in the first round, they didn't dare to say that they were completely sure to beat the Egyptian team.
Therefore, it is crucial to grab points in this game against Uruguay.
Although it is a point grab, the tactics of the Dragon Country team, compared with the first game, do not need to make too many adjustments, and they can still implement the strategy of defensive counterattack.
In fact, for a weak team, when facing a strong team whose strength is obviously superior to itself, defensive counterattack is the most practical and effective tactic, and there is no one!
Some strong teams, when facing more difficult opponents, will also choose this tactic to show the enemy weakness.
Although after the goal battle with the Russian team, there is no mystery about the defensive counterattack tactics of the Dragon Team, and the routine of the Dragon Team in that game will definitely be studied by the Uruguayan team and the Egyptian team over and over again in the past few days.
However, one of the benefits of defensive counter-attacking tactics is that they are not afraid of being studied, and the users of the tactics only need to do their job, fence up, and wait for the enemy to come in.
Even if the tactical routine is thoroughly studied by the opponent and affected more, it is still in the counterattack, in terms of defense, the bus formation is not afraid of research, unless it is a self-chaotic formation, otherwise there is basically no solution.
Although Uruguay has world-class strikers Suarez and Cavani, in the first meeting between the two teams, they did not take advantage of the defensive counter-attacking tactical system that the Dragons had not yet honed at the time.
After playing against the Dragons in the Copa del Oroguay three months ago, the Uruguay team must have been carefully studied and analysed in the past few months.
However, in the past few months, the Dragon Country team has not been static, nothing has been done, after these months of running-in and tempering, the Dragon Country team's current defensive counterattack tactical system, compared with three months ago, has become more tacit and impeccable.
In addition, the Uruguayan team is studying and analyzing the Dragon Team, and the Dragon Country team is also studying and analyzing the Uruguay team.
This Uruguayan team is really extraordinary, if the previous Dragon Team meets them, basically the only choice is to disarm and surrender.
However, the current Dragon Nation team has many differences from the previous Dragon Nation team!
The biggest difference is naturally that the current Dragon Country team has Shen Feng's sharp knife on the front line, and the stubborn disease of "Feng Weakness" has been cured, and it has become "Feng Li"!
In addition, the coaching staff of this Dragon Country team is also very different from the past, Lippi's international coach status is a championship - including the Champions League championship and the World Cup championship - accumulated without a little water!
Moreover, Lippi, who has coached in the Dragon Super League for several years, has a very thorough understanding of Dragon Country football, and is also familiar with the ability and technical characteristics of this group of players in the Dragon Country Team.
In addition, the Dragon Country team successfully reached the World Cup finals and achieved unexpected results in the much-anticipated opening match.
Although the result of that game ended in disappointment, it still has a high training value for this Dragon Country team, which did not have much experience in major competitions before.
The most important point is that the process of that game gave the players of the Dragon team more confidence and allowed them to step on the World Cup stage with more confidence.
Moreover, the collapse in the final stage of the first game also made the players of the Dragon Country team hold their breath in their hearts, wanting to use better performance in the later games to justify themselves!
The Uruguayan team can be regarded as hitting the muzzle of the dragon team, count them unlucky!
This match between the Dragons and Uruguay has a huge advantage for the Dragons, which is made by enthusiastic Dragons fans.
The venue for the highlight match between the Dragons and Uruguay is the Rostov-on-Don Stadium in Rostov-on-Don.
The Rostov-on-Don Stadium is a new stadium built to host the World Cup and has a capacity of 45,000 spectators.
After the World Cup group stage schedule of the Dragon Country team was announced, the tickets for this game became the target of the Dragon Country fans.
Tickets for this match were sold out two months before the start of the World Cup, and it was the first of the 64 matches in this World Cup to be sold out.
According to incomplete statistics, at least 30,000 of the 45,000 tickets for this game were purchased by Dragon Kingdom fans through various channels.
In addition, the fans of the Dragon Kingdom who did not grab the tickets did not give up, and before the official start of the game, they were still trying to buy tickets from the hands of fans from other countries who had tickets in their hands.
According to the prediction of the Dragon Country Fan Organization, at least 35,000 Dragon Country fans will attend the game to cheer for the Dragon Country team.
And the number of Uruguayan fans attending the stadium may not even be a fraction of the number of Dragon Country fans.
With their enthusiasm, the fans of the Dragon Country have turned the Rostov-on-Don Stadium into the home of the Dragon Country team!
As the twelfth person of the team, the fans can bring more motivation and motivation to the team while putting pressure on the team!
Pressure, the current Dragon Country team is no longer worried, having the experience of the last game, the off-field pressure of this game with the Uruguay team is simply not worth mentioning for the Dragon Country team!
The last game was the opening match of the World Cup, the opponent was the host, and there were even national leaders in the stands @ sleeves to watch the game in person, and the pressure gathered in many aspects can be imagined.
This game is naturally of great significance to the fans of the warring sides, but for fans of other countries, it is just an ordinary World Cup group stage, and the attention has taken a sharp turn compared to the previous game.
In addition, the Dragon National team's side of the team who came to supervise the battle also changed from the national leader @ sleeve to the chairman of the Football Association, and the level difference is not half a star.
All in all, the pressure felt by the Dragons in this game came entirely from themselves, and the pressure exerted from the outside was almost negligible.