Chapter 283: The Japanese team's counterattack
Japan fell behind in the first half and lost to Huaxia away from home, and Japan didn't feel anything, but this is a home game, and the importance of this game is self-evident.
If Japan loses this game and Australia wins, Japan will basically say goodbye to qualifying directly for the World Cup, which is unacceptable to Japan.
Fortunately, the Chinese team only scored one goal in the first half, and the Japanese team still has a lot of hope.
At half-time, the worse news came, Australia had scored, so Japan would only be able to beat Huaxia, otherwise they really wouldn't have the slightest chance.
How the Japanese team will play this game, there have been many people who have made suggestions before the game, thinking that the Japanese team should attack quickly and score goals quickly.
If you play the ball quickly, it means that it is easy to play, and the first half of the game also confirmed this, the Japanese team is not suitable for this kind of attack, they still want to be able to hit the ground and penetrate with short passes.
Shunsuke Honda is a standout Japanese player in Europe and one of his best performances so far, having played in both Serie A and the Premier League, before joining Espanyol in La Liga last season, but unfortunately he was unable to play against Goldwind.
In everyone's comments on who is Asia's No. 1 football star, Goldwind was elected as a deserved, which made Shunsuke Honda very unhappy, he felt that Goldwind did not have the slightest ability, and his strength was not very strong, and the only thing that could show his hand was free kicks and speed.
Goldwind's success at Atletico Madrid is all due to Atletico's own strength, and Shunsuke Honda feels that he can also succeed if he is at Atletico Madrid.
Because Goldwind is no longer playing in the club, Shunsuke Honda has no way to compare with Goldwind, and if he wants to beat Goldwind, he can only rely on the games of these national teams.
Especially now, as long as Shunsuke Honda can help the Japanese team win this game, he will be the hero of the Japanese team.
How to play in the second half? The coach of the Japanese team has already made a decision, that is, not to be in a hurry, to play steadily, but in the first half, he was too anxious, and the characteristics of the Japanese team did not come out, so there were problems of this and that.
Although the Japanese team is now behind, there is still time, let alone an equalizer, and it is not difficult to win the game.
And the head coach of the Japanese team also feels that the current offensive means of the Chinese team are not very many, they mainly rely on Jinfeng's counterattacks and set-pieces, and Jinfeng's set-pieces also rely on counterattacks.
Therefore, the best way to strangle the attack of the Chinese team is to control the football at your feet.
"The Japanese team is back to the old way of playing." Huang Huo saw that the Japanese team had actually changed their style of play, which was the style of play they had always liked to use.
"The Chinese team should pay attention, the Japanese team's style of play is quite dangerous." Fan Feng reminded.
Indeed, the Japanese team controlled the football at their feet, constantly using the pass to mobilize the defenders of the Chinese team, as long as the Chinese team had the slightest problem, they could send the football to the goal.
It is impossible for people not to make mistakes, and the defense of the Huaxia team did not have the slightest problem, but after being controlled by the opponent for such a long time, the Huaxia team was also very anxious.
"Don't pounce too hard." Before Huang Huo's words fell, Tian Ya knocked down Shunsuke Honda in a steal.
"Shunsuke Honda has very delicate footwork, but his weaknesses are also obvious, his physical confrontation is too poor, and he can't fully adapt to high-intensity games." Fan Feng said very impressively.
However, the referee still decisively awarded Tian Ya a foul.
"It's not a very good foul." The set-piece was in a very good position, aimed directly at the goal, and it was a good opportunity for Shunsuke Honda.
Shunsuke Honda's free-kick footwork is still quite good, and he has repeatedly staged free kicks to score goals.
Standing in front of the ball, Shunsuke Honda looked at where Wang Lei was standing, and with a slight force under his feet, the football rushed towards the dead corner of the goal.
Wang Lei's performance was very good, seeing that the ball flew around the human wall in the direction of the goal, he immediately pounced, but after arriving in front of him, he judged that the ball should be out of bounds, so he stopped his steps.
Sure enough, the ball grazed the upright and went out of the bottom line.
"Don't say it, this shot is still very accurate, a little bit off." Huang Huo was almost scared out of a cold sweat, if Shunsuke Honda scored this goal, the two sides would return to the same running line, and Huaxia's overall advantage would be gone.
Shunsuke Honda also looked a little annoyed, shook his head secretly, and summed it up, next time to pay attention to a little bit.
Here, the Chinese team obviously also recognized the strength of the Japanese team, so they also adopted a very interesting tactic, that is, possession.
Since the Japanese team chooses to control the ball, the Huaxia team also controls the ball, anyway, the Huaxia team is now in the leading position and can afford to spend it.
Finding that the Huaxia team also began to play ball control, the Japanese team felt very hurt, and they could only go forward and desperately grab the ball.
Jinfeng easily passed the two opponents with the ball, and Huaxia now has a high advantage compared with the Japanese team.
Glancing at the opponent's penalty area, Jin Feng unceremoniously passed the ball and accurately found the player in front of him.
"Han Peng's header hits the goal, oops, this ball is on the right point." Huang Huo shouted regretfully.
"This is the advantage of the Huaxia team, high-altitude bombing." Fan Feng gave a thumbs up for this attack.
Looking back, it was the Japanese team attacking again, they still penetrated with short passes, and the Huaxia team kept pressing, but the Japanese team just didn't mess up, and every time they were able to pass the ball safely in front of the Huaxia team.
It was Shunsuke Honda again, he took the ball at the edge of the penalty area, and just as he was about to kick out, Tian Ya's reaction was extremely fast, and he broke the ball when he went up.
Shunsuke Honda was in a hurry, and went up to prepare to compete with Tian Ya for the position, but how could his small body be compared with Tian Ya, and he was directly squeezed by Tian Ya.
"Drop!" The whistle blew, and the referee blew for a foul on the Chinese team.
"Ah, this goal should be reasonable, right?" Huang Huo asked uncertainly.
"Of course it's reasonable, Shunsuke Honda has no chance to get the football, so this ball can be said to be a miscalculation." Fan Feng said very dissatisfied.
The Chinese players are also extremely dissatisfied, the position of this set-piece is very good, if the Japanese team is given this opportunity, it is very likely to be equalized.
The referee ignored the protests of the Huaxia team and firmly ruled that it was a foul.
Because it is the home of the Japanese team, the Chinese team is also helpless.