Liu Ruofan's appearance caused a burst of cheers from the fans at the scene. With his impressive performance in the U23 Asian Cup at the beginning of the year, his popularity among fans is also very strong.

After cheering for the ceremonial collective circle, the teammates all smiled with encouragement and envy for this newcomer who made his debut. As soon as he entered the national team, he could gain the trust of the head coach, and he got the opportunity to play in the face of a strong opponent, and most of the international players present did not have a smooth road as Liu Ruofan.

Zheng Zhi, as the captain and spiritual leader, came over to encourage the new players who had just come on the field, and then flashed to the side, Wen Zhihao and Liang Xin followed closely, and Liu Ruofan came out, and he definitely had to come over to encourage him.

Wen Zhihao's eyes narrowed slightly, looked at Liu Ruofan, and suddenly issued a "warning": "Just play normally, don't take away the halo of the protagonists of me and Lao Liang." ”

"How so!" Liu Ruofan smiled.

Of course, he knew that as long as the team could win, Wen Zhihao would not care about this, and the purpose of such a joke was just to worry that he would be nervous on his debut, a means of decompression without a trace. When he was first called by Madaloni to prepare for the game, he did think a lot, and he had some gains and losses, but now he does feel better.

On the Japanese side, Halilhodzic chose to stay put. In the first half, the team's control of the game was no problem. The reason why there was no goal, he thinks that it is just that the European internationals are more tired, and they are not tacit enough to run in with each other, with the overall tactical literacy of this team, after the buffer of the half, continue to control the initiative in the second half, and it is only a matter of time before the goal of the Chinese team is broken.

However, at the beginning of the second half, the Chinese team suddenly changed its game strategy, and even the central defenders began to press locally with the ball, which made the Japanese team a little uncomfortable.

In the first half, the Japanese team's back line was basically not tested, and now the sudden change of rhythm of the Chinese team has completely achieved a surprising effect. Maya Yoshida has excellent confrontation ability, but the speed at his feet is a little slow, Wen Zhihao almost steals and passes to Yu Dabao to directly threaten the opponent's goal, but unfortunately Wen Zhihao even grabbed the pass in the second, Yu Dabao was offside.

While lamenting it, He Wei also affirmed the Chinese team's proactive strategy in the second half: "Although the defense of the Chinese team in the first half is very reassuring, this is the normal state of the Chinese team, and only offense can win the game." ”

Halilhodzic found that the Chinese team was trying to turn the tide of the game, and immediately made a targeted substitution, Shibasaki Yue, who plays for Getafe in La Liga, came on to replace the underperforming striker Genki Haraguchi, although the strength of the forward line was weakened, but the strength of the midfield was further strengthened.

The effect of substitutions was very obvious, the Japanese team made full use of the width of the field through skillful passing, and pressed back the Chinese team's emerging offensive momentum, and ten minutes after the second half, the situation returned to the old way of the first half. And the Chinese team's defensive pressure is even greater, and several attacks have formed a threat in front of the Chinese team's goal. I saw everyone break out in a cold sweat.

"Dangerous...... Oh, what a hanging! The Chinese team's defense needs to be changed, and Shibasaki's individual ability is different from the average Japanese player. This is a dangerous person who has scored twice against Real Madrid! It must be taken care of. ”

He Wei hit the nail on the head. To be able to score twice against Real Madrid in the 2016 Club World Cup final and drag Real Madrid into extra-time is a good indication of Shibasaki's threat.

Although Wen Zhihao's performance of beating Barcelona twice, Chinese fans will not be as envious as before. And Getafe, which Shibasaki is playing for now, is not at the same level at all compared to Atletico Madrid. But when the two represented the national team against each other, not only did everyone have no sense of superiority at all, but they felt more and more nervous.

The danger in front of the Chinese team in the last few minutes has mainly come from the formation of a quick and effective connection with Keisuke Honda after several individual breakthroughs against Zheng Zhi. Zheng Zhi is experienced, but after all, the age is there, a thirty-seven-year-old veteran, the explosive power of continuous emergency stop and restart is difficult to fight with less than twenty-six years old, it is Shibasaki Yue who is the year of fighting, and the Japanese team was frustrated in front of Liang Xin, and began to concentrate on attacking Zheng Zhi's defensive area. It is expected that the midfield of the entire Japanese team will not have the slightest loophole unless the old captain is given another ten years of youth.

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Although the midfield's defensive line was opened, the Chinese team's state and momentum reached its peak in the confrontation that continued to defend and left the opponent helpless, and Feng Xiaoting and Zeng Cheng, the defenders and goalkeepers who have cooperated for many years, made the Japanese team's attack futile again and again.

Halilhodzic has already made an obvious move to kick the mineral water bottle in anger, and the ball control advantage is so obvious that it is still 0:0! At this time, he secretly said in his heart, this is the worst national team I have ever coached as a striker!

If it had been before, Chinese fans would have laughed at Halilhodzic's thoughts. What now...... Still laughing and not saying a word......

The Japanese players scratched their heads on the field, and a strong sense of strangeness came over them.

This is the Chinese team that the coach told us from a young age that is like a weak chicken?

I suddenly felt as if I had been deceived for many years!

The long-term mindset of the Japanese team players is not wrong, and they can only blame themselves for not being sharp enough in attack, "helping" the Chinese team to find a sense of defense little by little in frequent running.

However, this is not the real Chinese team. To be able to counterattack in the round of 12, defense is a big factor. Wen Zhihao only conceded four goals in the six round of 12 games after his return, but the bigger change is that the Chinese team scored 14 goals in these six games! Offense is the real progress of this Chinese team.

Because Wen Zhihao's role is the most obvious, the attention from defense to attack is basically focused on him, in fact, the central defender Feng Xiaoting's ability to shoot the ball is also very strong, and the ability to attack from the back is one of the best among domestic defenders.

The Chinese team broke up a central penetration of the Japanese team at the edge of the penalty area, Feng Xiaoting won the ball and turned quickly and passed the long low ball directly to the midfield. The Japanese team attaches great importance to Wen Zhihao, and the two players are sandwiched back and forth to prevent Wen Zhihao from receiving the ball.

Wen Zhihao didn't plan to do it one-on-two, his heel subconsciously knocked to the back of the diagonal back, and then turned to his left side, Liu Ruofan, who was behind Wen Zhihao's oblique, did not have Wen Zhihao's treatment, a defender in front of him was attracted by Wen Zhihao, and another midfielder Yosuke was staring at Yin Hongbo. There were no Japanese players who were marking him within ten meters of him.

When he first received the ball, Liu Ruofan was stunned for two seconds, it was too unexpected!

However, the sudden cheers of the audience made him react quickly, striding forward with the ball, and every cell in his body became active because of extreme excitement. He saw an opportunity to make a difference on his first appearance for his country.

As Liu Ruofan moved forward, five Chinese team players quickly pounced on the key positions of the opponent's defense line and stuck their positions, and in a short moment of attack and defense, the Chinese team quickly seized the advantage of counterattacking.

"What a ball! Five to three in the frontcourt! The counterattack is pushed quickly, how does Liu Ruofan choose? ”

The fans in front of the screen gritted their teeth, staring wide in anticipation of the Chinese team declaring whose home stadium it was with a goal.

Pressed by Japan for most of the game, it's time for us to fight back.