Chapter 604: Claws
Even if he didn't enter the game in the way he was most accustomed to, Li Liang was still nervously observing and thinking at high speed.
He also remembered Lippi's words: "...... If you compare, the individual ability and overall strength of the Korean team are indeed above us, but they are by no means without weaknesses.
Having played 5 games, their backline has also conceded 6 goals.
So Lee, they will definitely press out and play away from home, using high-intensity midfield pressing to protect their defence.
You will definitely attract their attention, please find a way to create more time space for everyone......"
Being able to wear the jersey of the national team is undoubtedly the existence of a dragon and a phoenix among all the football players in this hot land.
Now the 11 national team players in the infield, including Li Liang, are all equipped with unique skills and extraordinary skills.
However, their opponent is the formidable and almost impenetrable South Korea.
From the beginning, Li Liang has found that almost all his teammates seem a little restrained, and their performance on the field, especially the speed of their foot movements and reactions, is more or less discounted than in training.
In addition to being overly nervous, Lee understands that this is due to the Korean team's aggressive overall style of play.
Football is an extremely complex system engineering, with 22 people playing against each other as a whole on a field of more than 7,000 square meters, and unpredictable variables fill 90 minutes.
At the moment, every international player reacts differently to pressure, but if one person is out of order, the others will have to share more of the pressure, which shows that the overall level is not getting the most out of it.
In the communication between Lippi and Li Liang in the past few days, he accurately expressed the emergence of this dilemma: "...... Our line-up and the impact of the opening game will definitely catch them off guard, but when the Koreans get used to it, we will have our first dilemma......"
Another mistake from a teammate made a passing error, and South Korea counter-attacked on the right flank of the Chinese team immediately after a quick break, as they did in the first leg.
The left wingback of the South Korean team, Kim Jin-so, boldly pressed like a winger, and took advantage of the fact that Zhao Linpeng, who assisted, did not have time to return to the defense and directly faced the Chinese team's central defender Meng Fang who was making up the defense, and flashed a gap left and right!
In the midst of an exclamation, Li Liang's heart tightened, and he saw that Meng Fang was shaken so that he obviously lost his center of gravity!
Kim Jin-su decisively crossed with his left foot, but fortunately, the ball flew out of bounds directly in the air with a little more power.
Stillik clapped on the sidelines and turned to give a thumbs up to the assistant coach Che Dury.
Although he still didn't understand why Li Liang provoked the Chinese team as widely predicted, as Cha Duri said, the South Korean team always gradually gained the advantage against China.
After the opening assault, the players of the Chinese team gradually exposed the characteristics of not being good at holding the ball, slow passing and cutting speed, and inefficient running without the ball under the pressure of their own players - the game continues at this pace, and the South Korean team will be able to control the situation steadily.
He Wei was a little anxious: "Our team members are still old problems, and they are starting to panic in the face of the South Koreans' compulsion!" ”
Xue Yang on the side remembered that both legs were shaking: "At this time, you must hold the ball, don't worry, such a blind pass is very easy to make mistakes."
The South Korean team has a lot of counterattacks like this, which is definitely not a good thing for us! ”
Li Liang has already seen the problem, the vast majority of his logarithmic teammates can't fully exert their skills in the high-speed confrontation! There are very few people who can do it without deformation in the face of pressing action!
In short, you can't play the kind of quick forward play that Lippi wants to see.
The internationals are not without tacit understanding with each other, but the reaction time and space left by the Koreans are obviously not enough to play the tactics designed by Lippi!
Li Liang already knew what he had to do. Lippi's words he now fully understood: "...... Lee, you must help everyone win more time and space to come out! ”
The goalkeeper of the Chinese team, Zheng Cheng, kicked the goal kick with a big foot, Li Liang rushed to the landing point in front of the 30-meter area of the South Korean team and jumped up to the top, and Ji Chengyong, who was 1.86 meters tall with him, was taken aback, he didn't expect Li Liang to grab the ball in front of him and give it to another Chinese midfielder Hao Jingmin who responded on the side!
The stadium erupted in cheers immediately, but the surprise of the home fans was not over.
Li Liang immediately sprinted diagonally to the sideline after landing, and his running position was completely close to the connecting line of the two central defenders of the Korean team, Jang Hyun-so and Hong Zheng, which made the Korean players immediately nervous!
Ji Chengyong, who was closest to Li Liang, immediately turned around and pursued, and Gao Mingzhen, who was originally in charge of marking, hesitated a little - did he also go to chase Li Liang or "greet" Hao Jingmin, who had already controlled the ball?
Jin Zhenshu in front of Hao Jingmin pounced directly without hesitation, Wen Lei suddenly saw the opportunity and immediately started to run forward along the right line-
Li Lianghe's oblique running position not only brought away Ji Chengyong, but also successfully withdrew the gap for Wen Lei's insertion!
Lippi, who was sitting on the bench, suddenly clenched his fists - this is exactly what he wants to see! Madanilo, De Rosso, Pezzotti and others have already stood up excitedly!
Hao Jingmin, who was still in control of the ball when he heard Wen Lei's shout, immediately looked up, and he saw that Wen Lei almost ran out of a chance that was close to a single knife! Hao Jingmin immediately launched a low-level ball with extremely fast ball speed with his right foot, passing between Gao Mingzhen and Jin Zhenshu, Wen Lei was desperately accelerating towards the ball, and he was about to catch up with this excellent opportunity-
The linesman on this side stood tall and raised the side flag, and the referee who had been paying attention to the linesman immediately blew the whistle to signal that the Chinese team was offside.
The fans in the audience were excited, and they all roared, until they saw the defense of the big screen, and they all sat down helplessly.
The coaches all waved their hands in annoyance and sat down, and Lippi looked motionless as usual.
The moment Hao Jingmin's pass was displayed on the big screen, Wen Lei, who was accelerating, had obviously surpassed Hong Zheng, who was dragging at the end, by one more body, which was undoubtedly offside.
South Korean goalkeeper Kwon Chun-tae yelled at Kim Jin-su and Gao Ming-jin, Kim Jin-su bowed his head and waved his hand to his teammates in apology, but Gao Mingzhen spread his hands angrily, he thought that the ball was not all his responsibility.
Seeing Wen Lei's lightning plug in, Stillik's heartbeat was almost stopped, but fortunately, the linesman saved him.
The German yelled anxiously in the command area, pointing to his eyes to signal his teammates to concentrate.
Madanilo shook his head and sighed: "If only this pass had been 0.1 seconds earlier!" ”
Lippi spoke: "Don't blame anyone, they've reached the limit!" ”
Li Liang hurriedly returned to the defense, and he shouted as he ran: "Brother Hao! ”
Hao Jingmin, who was still annoyed, turned to Li Liang, his heart was hot, and he saw Li Liang giving him a thumbs up while running.
This time, Gao Mingzhen didn't dare to relax anymore, he followed Li Liang closely and did not leave an inch, and Ji Chengyong kept an eye on Li Liang while moving.
Li Liang's run just now made these South Korean players vigilant, and they felt that the red No. 17, who had not been visible before, seemed to have finally begun to show his claws and fangs.