040 Scourge Water
The head coach of the Uzbek team is Horton, who has a unique position in the history of Chinese football, he may not be an excellent head coach, but he brought the advanced concepts of international football and the tactics that were quite advanced at that time to China, which is the first time that Chinese footballers really open their eyes to the world.
The team led by Houghton emphasized formation, emphasized positioning, and was very rigorously organized, in Chinese military terms, "stubborn and dumbfounded." "But with these Uzbek players, it is difficult for them to defend against a tall, strong center forward with excellent headers like Zhang Yi. Offensively, Horton's side were more unimaginative, and frantic sieges were enough to break up their attack. It is not difficult to win against these players in China, not to mention Lu Hai's dream simulation game.
The Saudis are a different style entirely, their players are very skilled, almost the best in the Asian range, but the desert nomadic nature makes them more inclined to go it alone. The Chinese team against the Saudi team, as long as they maintain a good position in defense, do not grab, try to force the ball to the sides, prevent them from breaking through, and ignore their passing. Their crosses, with the cooperation of China's tall and strong central defenders and goalkeepers, can hardly pose a threat to the Chinese goal. Defensively, the loose defensive formation makes the Saudi team particularly afraid of teams with fast offensive speed, and they are even more afraid of a strong center like Zhang Yi.
This is also the reason why Lu Hai must Zhang Yi participate in training, Zhang Yi is the nemesis of these two teams, and Zhang Yi's play determines the number of goal difference of the Chinese team.
Lu Hai was fully prepared and confidently waited for the match between the Chinese team and Uzbekistan, but as soon as the game began, Lu Hai knew that his plan was all in vain. After kicking off, the Uzbek tried to attack once, and after being cut off, he did not hesitate to retreat into his own half, and all the players retracted into the penalty area except for a striker near the center circle.
Horton carefully studied the match between the Chinese team and the South Korean team, and he believed that the 9:0 score was certainly a difference in strength, but there were also factors that the Koreans did not want to play against the Chinese team. It measured the strength of both sides and decided to defend this game with all their might, 0:0 is a major victory for the Uzbek team, and losing only one or two goals is not a loss.
Today, Yang Yi brought the classmates in the class to watch the game of Lu Hai, and when they warmed up before the game, the Chinese players saw this group of beautiful women, and they became hot in their hearts one by one. In order to show themselves in the game, the attacking players only cared about carrying the ball by themselves, and the team cooperation was completely forgotten by them, and Zhang Yi only received 3 crosses in the entire first half. Fortunately, the defenders were just as hot, and Uzbekistan did not threaten the Chinese goal.
Returning to the locker room with a score of 0:0, the young players who realized that they were in trouble did not even dare to come out. Lu Hai looked at them, looked at them for a while, and Lu Hai smiled. Hearing this weird laughter, the players just hated that there was nowhere to hide.
Lu Hai laughed for a while, didn't say anything, and walked out of the locker room with his head shaken.
Zhang Yi was not affected in the first half, he saw a lot of beauties, and these few firewood girls who had no breasts, no buttocks, and were not fully developed could not affect him, but his teammates didn't pass the ball to him, and he couldn't help it. He said, "Think about how you will play in the second half." Zhang Yi also walked out.
Lu Hai was next to the door of the locker room, leaning against the wall, and when he saw Zhang Yi coming out, he pointed to the locker room. "How's it going inside?"
"There's no problem, it's just a matter of mentality, just adjust it."
"Hey, Zhang Yi, do you think I'm not suitable to be a head coach. Asian Cup against Japan, I want to motivate you, Zhang Yaokun fouled when he came up, and the Japanese team also scored; On the field against South Korea, I was like a big enemy, I played with the preparation of my life, squeezed the players hard, and used the strength to kill the cow, but as soon as I got on the field, I found that the Koreans were chickens; In this game, I used beautiful women to motivate the players, and this is the result. How I always miscalculate! ”
"Pull it down! Who in this world can understand everything, you are flattening and kneading, playing and pulling, and you have trained this group of players to the death of you, and the national team is going to become Lu Jiajun. If you don't sit in this position, you see who dares to sit. Except for you, who can this group of arrogant soldiers listen to? ”
Zhang Yi thought for a while, "Your training level and the level of building your team are all superb, and this command ability is indeed incomparable with yours." You'll have to think about the on-the-spot command in the future. ”
The Uzbek players were quite happy at halftime, they watched the match between China and South Korea, and they were all frightened, even Brazil and South Korea couldn't play this score! And the South Koreans didn't even have a serious shot on goal in the whole game. They have no opinion on the stubborn tactics arranged by head coach Horton, and they can lose less if they defend to the death, and it is purely uncomfortable to go out to play against the attack. At the end of the first half, they didn't let the Chinese score, and they were already satisfied.
Horton was also happy with the scoreline, but he knew that the second half was not easy to play. The reason why the Chinese players are distracted, he also saw that although there are many people in the stands, a group of beautiful women with flowers and branches are still very conspicuous, and even the broadcast camera gave them several close-ups. This kind of thing doesn't need to be said by the manager, the players can understand it after a 15-minute break.
Horton told his players why they were distracted in the first half, and the ease on the faces of the Uzbek players was gone.
Sure enough, the Chinese team in the second half and the first half were like two teams, there was no senseless dribbling, the attack was not impatient or impatient, and it was clearly organized. Uzbekistan tried their best to resist, but still conceded two goals in a row in the 67th and 71st minutes. In the end, he lost 0:2. Both of these balls were Zhang Yi's headers.
But when he left the game, the Uzbek players looked relaxed and did not show any frustration. On the contrary, the players of the Chinese team looked solemn, and they were worried about whether their head coach was still angry. If you just look at the faces of the players on the field, you will feel that the score is reversed.
In the early morning of the second day Beijing time, the South Koreans, who had changed their new coaches, lost 0:2 to the Saudi Arabian team away from home, so that after two rounds of battles, the Chinese team won both games, accumulated 6 points, scored 11 goals, conceded 0 goals, and won 11 goals, ranking first in this group; Saudi Arabia has two games, one win and one draw, accumulating 4 points, scoring 3 goals, conceding 1 goal, and winning 2 goals, ranking second; Uzbekistan has two games, one draw and one loss, total 1 point, scored 1 goal, conceded 3 goals, goal difference -2 goals, ranked third; South Korea lost both games, accumulated 0 points, scored 0 goals, conceded 11 goals, and won -11 goals on goal difference, finishing bottom of the group.