Chapter 103: The Gap
It is unfair to others for the outside world to attribute the Chinese team's rush into the World Cup to Yang Shaotian, at least for the old coach He Qingyuan.
The old man can be called the living fossil of Chinese football, witnessed the ups and downs of Chinese football, accompanied Chinese football through the darkest years, and finally spent five years of hard work to build this team.
Although the outside world calls this Chinese team the golden generation, and the name of what is the strongest in history is shrouded like money, the old coach is brighter than anyone else.
Asian football is second-rate in world football, while Chinese football can only be regarded as first-class in Asian football, so he is very pragmatic to create a set of counterattack tactics for the team.
It is more realistic to abandon all flashy offensive routines for the Chinese team, such as flying with both wings and penetrating in the middle, based on defense, and looking for opportunities to sneak a bite of the opponent.
Switzerland is definitely the fastest rising star in European football in recent years, the country has a small population, no league to compete with Europe and the United States, and no top stars enough to dominate the game, but his national team has been standing in European football for many years, and the results are quite stable and outstanding.
With a reasonable age structure, experience and drive, and a record of beating opponents by six goals in qualifying, progression is just a basic task for them.
As for the Chinese team? Fish belly only.
With such an idea, they naturally played very boldly, and after ten minutes of temptation, they began to press hard, as if they wanted to settle the battle in the first half.
And this is undoubtedly exactly what the Chinese team wants.
In the eighteenth minute of the game, the Swiss team captain Lichtena wore the crotch past the Chinese team's back Chen Jiaxuan, and then quickly passed the ball to the right side.
The Swiss team's front-court players rushed directly into the penalty area.
Sharich made a short pass, and Zheng Hai, who was chasing after him, hurriedly stretched out his foot to seal the bet, who knew that Sharich was just a feint, and gently buckled Zheng Hai to clean up again.
The Swiss fans in the stands gave him a round of applause for his right winger, a young player who plays for Stoke City in the Premier League and is one of the few famous stars in the Swiss squad with quick action and excellent small skills, having long had experience with the likes of Bayern Munich and Inter Milan.
Central defender Tang Junyue quickly supplemented the defense, and Chen Jiaxuan quickly returned to the defense to guard the opponent's center.
Sharich faced Tang Junyue directly, his right foot dangled on the football, and then his left foot quickly flicked the ball to the left, and even the person took the ball to Tang Junyue's right side and resolutely rushed over.
Tang Junyue was shaken by his first feint, although he didn't lose his center of gravity, his reaction was still half a beat slower, and he watched Lang flash past him.
The box was full of players from both sides, and whether Long flashed out of an angle to hit the ball himself or opted for a pass, it could lead to a goal.
But before he could make a decision, Zheng Hai made a third kill and poked the ball out from the side.
Chen Jiaxuan touched the ball before Lichtena and immediately drove out of the box.
The threat was lifted, and the Chinese team had palpitations.
"Sharich almost single-handedly pierced the Chinese team's defense, fortunately Zheng Hai did not give up and made up for it at the last moment, which is exactly what our fans want to see, maybe there is still a gap between our technical and tactical strength and others, but we have to show our attitude, fight tenaciously, and never give up."
"Look at this ball, the counterattack of the Chinese team is coming, Yang Shaotian gave the ball to Lin Shengjian, and he and two forwards went straight into the Swiss team's penalty area, many players of the Swiss team have not returned to defense, and it is currently a four-on-four situation."
Lin Sheng's arrow, as his name suggests, is as fast as an arrow off the string, and he entered the Swiss half as soon as he lay the ball, passed a kick to the ball before the opponent's defender approached, and handed the offensive baton to Yang Shaotian.
Yang Shaotian caught the ball steadily, faced the Swiss defender who was waiting for him to fake a real pass, and handed the ball to Su Nian's feet.
Su Nian was also followed by a defender, who adjusted the ball slightly with his outside foot, and then stuffed it in front of Zhou Peng.
Zhou Peng's shooting strength was weak, and his physical confrontation was not strong, but his movements were flexible, his start was fast, and he caught up with the ball in front of the opponent's defender.
"Zhou Peng single-handed! Face the goalkeeper! Push! Duan Xiang shouted three times in a row, making the fans across the country excited.
It's a pity that Zhou Peng's shot close at hand rolled out of the goalpost by a millimeter.
The Swiss defender and goalkeeper breathed a sigh of relief, while Yang Shaotian and Su Nian looked at him in disbelief.
Zhou Peng patted his head in annoyance, spat fiercely, then stretched out his thumb to Su Nian, and finally walked back slowly.
Countless sighs came from the mouths of Chinese fans around the world.
He Qingyuan also sighed secretly.
I didn't take the first opportunity, and it was a difficult game.
Just as he expected, the Swiss team was shocked by the Chinese team in a cold sweat, began to slow down the pace, steady and steady, the Swiss defenders led by Lichtener no longer rushed forward easily, the two wings repeatedly staged wonderful one-on-one breakthroughs, the Chinese team was completely suppressed, precarious.
The difference in strength between the two sides is clear at a glance.
This is a comprehensive gap in technical ability, tactical literacy, on-the-spot mentality and tournament experience, which is revealed in the true form of the golden generation of Chinese football that some Chinese media have written that "there may be a gap with England, but the number of wins and losses with Switzerland is five to five".
The difference in strength was quickly reflected in the score.
"It's Sharic's breakthrough again, the Chinese team's side was turned upside down by him, maybe this is the role of talented players, their individual combat ability is often the most effective key for the team to open the door to victory, and the star players in our team should also stand up and lead the team out of the predicament."
The star player in Duan Xiang's mouth naturally refers to Yang Shaotian, his performance in this game is very flat, or the opponent's targeted defense against him is very successful.
And once a team's tactical core and spiritual leader are restricted, the team is not far from defeat.
Sharic left Deng Hai behind him for the nth time with a simple human ball, cut inside into the penalty area, and faced the heavy gambling interception of the Chinese defense, he did not go it alone this time, but hung the ball cleanly in front of the goal.
The Swiss striker jumped high and sent the ball into the door of the Chinese team with a powerful header swing.
The whole country of Switzerland rejoiced, and all the Chinese fans fell into silence.
"The Swiss team took the lead with a header at the end of the first half, and the Chinese team cannot sit still, they must quickly adjust and try to change this unfavorable situation in the second half."
Duan Xiang's wish is good, but unfortunately the reality is cruel, Switzerland's goal seems to destroy the confidence of Chinese players, making their performance worse and worse, and almost offered an own goal before the end of the first half, if it weren't for the Swiss striker who was a little unprepared in the face of the big gift that fell from the sky, and kicked the ball into the arms of Chinese goalkeeper Luo Wei, the score may have been 2:0.