Chapter 77: Tactical Adjustments

As soon as the game began, the Qatar team fell behind by one goal, and the tactics formulated before the game had lost their meaning in this situation.

For the current Qatari team, losing one goal is losing, losing two goals, three goals, the same is a loss!

Moreover, with the strong fighting spirit and confidence of the Dragon Country team, even if the Qatar team shrinks its defense and sets up a bus formation in front of the goal, it is unrealistic to keep the current score.

In this case, it is better to let go of your hands and feet and fight to the death with the Dragon Team, even if you still lose the game in the end, but being able to score one or two goals for the Dragon Team is not a loss of face for the Qatar team.

However, the players on the field of the Qatar team, at this time, the thinking is not very unified, some players have the above ideas, but there are also players who still want to abide by the coach's tactical arrangements, and wait until the first half, after halftime, listen to the coach's arrangement, and then make adjustments.

The disunity of thought, falling on the pitch of the Qatar team, behaved a little bit in and out, leaving more opportunities for the Dragon team.

After restarting the game, five minutes later, the Dragons made a comeback, this time it was Yu Hanchao who attacked from the right, and then crossed at 45 degrees to find Shen Feng and Xiao Zhi who were ambushed in the Qatar defenders.

Shen Feng was originally the focus of the Qatar team's defensive players, and after scoring a goal in the first minute of the opening game, every move made the Qatar team's defenders tremble, and they couldn't wait to send two people to mark him face to face.

Faced with this situation, Shen Feng did not recklessly, but according to the arrangement of the coaching staff, his chances were not good, so he turned to help his teammates contain the opponent and create opportunities for his teammates to shoot.

This time, Shen Feng rushed diagonally to the left before Han Chao passed, causing a commotion in the entire defense line of the Qatar team, and three Qatar defenders followed him.

Xiao Zhi, who stepped forward with him, made a criss-cross run with him with a heart, and when Yu Han Dynasty passed, Xiao Zhi was in an empty position, within five meters of him, and there were no defenders of the Qatar team.

It's just that Yu Hanchao's pass is not very effective, it is a half-high ball, which makes it more difficult for Xiao Zhi to deal with, and there is no way to directly head the goal, so he can only stop the ball first and then make adjustments.

With this adjustment, the defenders of the Qatar team have woken up and pounced.

Xiao Zhi barely pulled out a vacancy, shot with his feet, kicked the ball, grazed the Qatar team's goal post, and flew out of the bottom line.

The Dragons missed a good opportunity to extend their score.

In the rest of the first half, the Dragons had many chances to be just one line away from scoring, but in the end, they missed the goal for one reason or another.

During this period, Shen Feng also completed three more shots, two of which were saved by the goalkeeper of the Qatar team, and once he was inaccurate and put an anti-aircraft gun.

Throughout the first half, the Dragons had a total of 13 shots on goal, six of which were within the range of the Qatar team's goal; The Qatar team only had two shots on goal, and they were all long-range shots, which did not pose any threat to the goal of the Dragon Country team.

However, this time, the Dragons were not very lucky in scoring goals, with thirteen shots on goal and only one goal returned.

The first half of the match between the Dragons and Qatar ended with the Dragons leading by one goal.

At the same time, there was also good news in the other two venues, South Korea and Uzbekistan played a 0:0 draw in the first half; Iran and Syria also played to a 1:1 draw in the first half.

If these three games end with the current score, then the points of the Dragon Country team will jump to the second place in the group in one fell swoop and get a direct ticket to the 2018 World Cup finals in Russia!

However, the score of 1:0 is not safe, it is obvious that after the Qatar team has gone through halftime, the team's thinking will inevitably be unified, and in the second half of the game, it is bound to create more trouble for the Dragon team.

Moreover, the South Korean team, the Uzbekistan team and the Syrian team, obviously will not be tied up and give up the direct promotion ticket to the Dragon team, and they will definitely do their best in the second half of the game, and the draw has no meaning for them, whether they win or lose, they have to fight for a result.

On the side of the Dragon Country team, of course, it can't relax, and now the Dragon Country team is only slightly dominant in the promotion situation, and it is far from the time to celebrate.

The reason why the Dragon team has not been able to continue to expand the score in the first half of the game is actually related to the fact that the first goal came too early and too easily, which has a certain relationship.

In this game, the Dragon Country team was ready to play a tough battle, but in the first minute of the opening game, the score was ahead, and the mentality of the players inevitably fluctuated.

As soon as the mentality fluctuates, it is inevitable to think more and think more, and when you deal with the ball at your feet, you will inevitably drag the mud and water, and you will not be happy, which will lead to the opportunity in front of you, but you can't grasp it.

Just like the opportunity Xiao Zhi got, if it was replaced by the Dragon Country team without a score lead, or even when the score was behind, he would definitely not choose to stop the ball to adjust, but to head the goal as soon as possible, although it would be very difficult and the posture would be very awkward.

And if he can deal with that ball in the first place and not give the Qatar defenders a chance to make amends, the final result may be two things.

The attack and shooting behind the Dragon Country team also mostly have such a problem of seeking stability, anyway, the score is already ahead, and the players want to shoot with their feet in the case of full preparation and greater grasp, and the result is often to miss the best time to shoot.

In fact, on the football field, except for penalties and set-pieces, it is impossible to be fully prepared for the sports war attack!

Shen Feng's header was also a knee-jerk reaction in a hurry, and the action was not sufficient, but he was lucky enough, and he accidentally went to the dead corner and scored a goal.

In view of this, Lippi repeatedly stressed to the players of the Dragon Country team at halftime that when attacking, they must be resolute and not squander opportunities like in the first half.

At the beginning of the second half of the game, the Dragon Country team took the lead in personnel adjustments, replacing Ren Hang and Jiang Zhipeng, who had stronger blocking ability, and his apparent attitude was obviously not satisfied with the current score.

However, after the start of the second half, it was the Qatar team that took the lead in blowing the horn of attack.

At halftime, the Qatar team did make tactical adjustments, and at the beginning of the second half, taking advantage of the unstable foothold of the Dragon team, they attacked aggressively and threatened the goal of the Dragon team in a short period of time.