Chapter Ninety-Seven: A Long Time to Conquer (2-in-1 Chapter)
Soon, a Chinese reporter came to ask Zhang Shu what he thought about the next match. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Shunsuke Nakamura? I haven't played against him, but I know him and he's one of the top players in Asia. But I have the confidence to defeat him. Zhang Shu's answer was decent. He is not familiar with Shunsuke Nakamura, who has just moved to Serie A this year and has been playing for Yokohama Mariner in the RBJ League. And Zhang Shu has been a professional player for less than a year, and he has just played a game in the national team, and he has never played against Nakamura.
But this does not prevent Zhang Shu from understanding Shunsuke Nakamura. Every Tuesday afternoon, the coaching staff will use video footage to help the players review their last game, as well as analysing their opponents for the next game.
In the analysis of the Brescia coaching staff, Shunsuke Nakamura, who is the core of Reggina, will be the key target.
Therefore, Zhang Shu fully understands the strength of this RB person.
But Zhang Shu's remarks were reported by the Chinese media and became "Zhang Shu does not care about Nakamura, and bluntly says that he will easily defeat his opponent." ”
When these words reached the ears of RB media, they naturally made them very unhappy. Zhang Shu's recent performance is indeed good, but our Nakamura strength is not weak. Speaking of which, Nakamura has become the core of Reggina, and Zhang Shu is still taking turns as a substitute in various positions in Brescia, what qualifications do you have to look down on Nakamura.
Naturally, they also went to Nakamura to ask what they thought of Zhang's words.
"I'll make him remember me after the game." Shunsuke Nakamura's answer was as polite as most RB people, but anyone could hear the murderous spirit in his words.
RB media are very satisfied with Nakamura's response that is neither arrogant nor humble, what is the demeanor of a general, what is politeness and courtesy, such a player can be called a player with good character and skills.
They commented in the newspapers. In the face of Zhang Shu's rude and rude provocation, Nakamura showed strong self-confidence and gambled on the dignity and glory of rb football! Let's move towards victory! Nakamura! ”
Regardless of the outcome of this match, at least judging from the pre-match media exchanges, the media in both countries showed their own unique style.
Fortunately, the Chinese media did not translate the words of the RB media to Zhang Shu, otherwise in the face of such a critical comment, I really don't know what kind of response Zhang Shu would make.
"CCTV, CCTV, good evening to the audience, here is the 22nd round of Serie A brought to you by the sports channel, I am the host Huang * Jian* Xiang, today is still me and Zhang Coach to explain for you."
On February 23, Italian time, Brescia sat at home in Riga Monti to meet the challenged Regina. CCTV once again abandoned the Serie A giants and put the game on the sports channel.
"The biggest attraction of this match is that both teams have players from East Asia, namely Shunsuke Nakamura of Reggina and Zhang Shu of Brescia. This match is also known as the Asian derby of Serie A by the Chinese and Japanese media. ”
"We saw that the athletes from both sides had already entered the line-up, with the home team Brescia wearing the blue and white jersey, the Chinese teenager Zhang Shu wearing the number 28 shirt in the starting line-up, and Regina's Shunsuke Nakamura also making the debut."
"Zhang, I'm here with the confidence that I will win, let's win or lose with dignity." When shaking hands, Shunsuke Nakamura said to Zhang Shu. Even if he said it in Italian, Zhang Shu still felt a rush of RB hot-blooded sports comics.
Zhang Shu finally suppressed his desire to complain, but it was just a league! Why does it feel like a World Cup final when you say it in such a tone?
Is it really good to be so secondary? Are you going to say that the two of us are destined rivals?
He thought about it for a while, and decided to follow the locals and respond to the other party's challenge in the form of comics.
"Kouji, kouji, kouji, kouji~~ If you want to fight, I will fight, although you are so strong, but you are not enough to class, today I am going to kill you to scum!"
He made a declaration of victory in the manner of a strong man.
Although that is said, in fact, the two of them have no chance to play against each other at all, Zhang Shu is still arranged by Mazzoni in the left midfield position in this game, and Shunsuke Nakamura is the forward midfielder, so the responsibility for restricting Nakamura does not belong to Zhang Shu.
Shunsuke Nakamura is a typical RB technical midfielder, his left-footed skills are superb, and his typical Brazilian footwork is praised by many. At the same time, he has a wide field of vision and an excellent sense of the ball, not only can he create scoring opportunities for his teammates with clever passes, but also has the skills to take free-kicks worthy of world-class players.
However, Shunsuke Nakamura's characteristics are distinct, and his disadvantages are also obvious. With a weight of only 68 kilograms, he suffered greatly in the confrontation, and his physical weaknesses also made him questionable and criticized, which led to his omission from the final squad for the 2002 World Cup.
"Shunsuke Nakamura is entangled in Apia and it looks like he's in trouble." Huang *Jian* Xiang commented.
In today's game, Mazzoni allowed the hard-hitting Appia to mark Shunsuke Nakamura closely. Under Appia's unreasonable physical confrontation, it became very difficult for Shunsuke Nakamura to get the ball, let alone organize the attack.
"Appiah is such a good player! Brescia's ability to get so many draws this season despite a large number of injuries in the front line is inseparable from Appia's stable performance. Watching Appia squeeze away Shunsuke Nakamura with one arm and counterattack with the ball on the spot, Director Zhang couldn't help but sigh.
"That's right, there is news that Juventus are very interested in him and want to use him as a replacement for Davies, an older Dutch boar with an overpaid annual salary."
With Nakamura frozen by Appia, Regina's attack came to a standstill, and Brescia easily took the initiative on the field.
When Brescia's front line is complete, their attacking power is actually very strong.
The tall and muscular Toney is at the front, and although he looks like a centre-forward who is known for his headers, he is actually not bad at his feet. At the same time, he also has enough forward awareness.
Needless to say, Baggio, the reason why Brescia dared not to have a forward midfielder was because of his existence. When he drops back, he's a midfielder who can link Brescia's midfield together and organise the team's attack. And when he dribbles forward, he becomes a dangerous shadow striker, who can score on his own and pass the ball to the most dangerous places to form an assist.
Even if he is neither organized nor dribbling and disappears from the pitch for a while, his opponents will not dare to take it lightly, and he can turn into an assassin in the box at any time, hiding behind Tony, ready to strike a fatal blow at his opponent.
For Brescia's opponents in the past, how to contain Baggio's play at the back will be the biggest key to their victory over Brescia.
But now they have another target to focus on.
Zhang Shu's in-cut on the left flank was on full display in the last game against Roma, and when Brescia was unable to open up the situation for a while, Zhang Shu's wide break became an important weapon to disrupt the opposition defence.
With the exception of players like Cafu, one-on-one defense can hardly form an effective limit on Zhang Shu. As a result, in order to curb Brescia's surprise attacks on the left flank, the central midfielder often needs to pull the side to help his teammates defend, and the result is that Baggio in the middle will inevitably leave more room to move.
In the seventeenth minute of the game, it was Zhang Shu's breakthrough on the side that attracted Regina's midfield, and then he passed the ball to Baggio in the middle. The unmarked Baggio calmly sent a through ball, and Toni understood that he would insert into the penalty area, but unfortunately in the face of the attacking goalkeeper, Tony's shot was blocked by the opponent with his chest.
"Oops! What a chance! Huang *Jian*Xiang shouted regretfully, his "goal" had slipped to his mouth, but he had to swallow it hard. However, he quickly adjusted his mood and praised Zhang Shu for his role in the attack.
"In fact, we can already see from this attack that Reggina's defense is now shaky, and it only takes a little more power for Brescia to score. I think they should attack more from the left side. Director Zhang analyzed.
The Brescia players thought the same way. Pep Guardiola was rotated for this game, so Baggio once again took on the dual core of attack and playmaking. In order to save physical strength, he handed over more balls that needed to be broken through to Zhang Shu for processing.
In the 34th minute, almost the same cooperation as before, Baggio passed the ball to Zhang Shu and stepped forward, Zhang Shu passed Reggina's fullback and passed the ball to the line of the big penalty area near the bottom line, Baggio followed up and pushed, and Regina's goalkeeper Berardi made great efforts to save the ball from the bottom line.
In the 36th minute, Baggio took a free kick from a tight angle, and the football was knocked out of the bottom line by Berardi.
"Brescia is now in an awkward state of being out of the ordinary. The team has to solve the problem of the last last kick as soon as possible."
Brescia's siege of Reggina has been going on for almost 40 minutes, and every time they shoot, the two CCTV commentators get excited. Seeing that the first half was about to end, Huang *Jian*Xiang and Zhang Lu finally calmed down from the constant excitement.
It's a dangerous time, and the dominant side won't want to give their opponent a breather and will certainly step up their last-minute attacks.
But in Italy, a long period of failure is the most dangerous thing. Countless teams are unconsciously pressing higher and higher in the siege of the opponent, and finally blocked by the opponent's counterattack.
Huang Jian Xiang is afraid that Brescia will also suffer such an end.
Zhang Shu received a pass from his teammate on the wing again, and he slowly moved forward with the ball while observing Regina's defense.
The opposing goalkeeper seemed to be in good form today, and every shot was always turned away by him.
It seems that ordinary shots can't be done, and you have to find a way to make the opposing goalkeeper unable to show his strength.
Thinking so, he suddenly accelerated and ran towards the middle of the court.
"Zhang Shu is leaning on the middle road." Huang Jian's tone was calm. It wasn't an inside cut, and the place where Zhang Shu turned to the middle was near the center circle, far from the goal. As a wide player, it is not a good option to move too early into the middle. It is much less difficult to break through on the wing than in the middle, so generally the wide players will dribble the ball until they are close to the corner of the penalty area before cutting inside. And Zhang Shu, who leans towards the middle lane in the middle circle, doesn't seem to be a big threat.
Sure enough, he was quickly stopped by Regina's midfield.
Seeing Zhang Shu turn to the middle before, Baggio decisively switched positions with Zhang Shu and ran to the left side where there was no one, giving Zhang Shu enough room to move.
In the face of Regina's two backs, Zhang Shu made a breakthrough feint, and deceived himself into standing on the right and moving half a step to the left, completely blocking the tiny gap between the two.
But Zhang Shu didn't break through, he flicked the ball with the outside instep, and the ball flew from Regina's two back midfielders to the right baseline.
"Straight stopper!" Huang Jian's voice raised slightly, and it was no longer as smooth as before.
Bacchini received a pass from Zhang Shu before the ball went out of the line, he looked at the penalty area, raised his foot and prepared to cross directly.
"This way!" Before he stepped out, he heard Zhang Shu's voice, and when he looked up, Zhang Shu had already rushed into the forbidden area.
Too late to think too much, Bacchini pushed the ball back.
"Good chance!" Huang *Jian* Xiang roared out.
Zhang Shu started to cut forward from the moment he passed the ball to Bacchini and now he had run to the near post to the right of the penalty spot. The two midfielders who were defending him just now had been left behind him. Facing the ball back from Bacini, Zhang Shu raised his right foot.
"Block him!" Reggina goalkeeper Berardife commanded loudly. Zhang Shu's position was too close to the goal. Let him shoot in that position without interference, and he can't be sure that he will be able to save.
The two midfielders couldn't be counted on, but the two centre-backs pounced.
In order to increase the chances of his own successful save, Berardife also moved to the front post early.
Football is getting closer and closer, and Berardife is ready to save the team again.
He stared at Zhang Shu's feet, as a goalkeeper, he couldn't wait for the opponent to shoot out before reacting, it would definitely be too late. The moment the opponent's foot touches the ball, it is necessary to predict the path of the opponent's shot through the opponent's contact position.
But Zhang Shu's right foot kicked out but couldn't touch the ball. He's like those players who miss shots, throwing out his leg and only kicking a ball of air.
The ball rolled between his legs.
Regina's two centre-backs had already lost their centre of gravity in order to block Zhang Shu's shot, and they could only watch the ball roll in front of them and towards the back post, just like goalkeeper Berardife.
The back point was empty, only Tony was standing, except for the soccer ball bouncing towards him, and in front of him, there was only an empty goal from Nuoda.
There was no suspense, and he easily blocked the ball into the goal.