The Chinese team's defeat of Mexico did not cause anyone's surprise, but the Chinese team conceded goals in two consecutive warm-up games and became a topic of media hype following the World Cup.

Fans who pay attention to the preparation of various teams for the World Cup know that the current Chinese team is full of offensive ability, Ailo is the top scorer in Europe, striker Gao Lin is the top scorer in the Bundesliga, Hao Junmin is the second scorer and top assist king of Schalke 04, Zhang Xizhe is the assist king of Paris Saint-Germain, and has contributed fifteen goals in all competitions, which can be said to be a modern forward with full offensive ability.

The attacking line made up of these four players is enough to cause panic in any team, especially captain Iroh's excellent form and put a lot of pressure on the three teams in Group G.

A total of thirteen goals were scored in the three warm-up games before the World Cup, an average of more than four per game, and it was a very terrifying offensive ability, but it was such a team with a terrifying attacking ability for ten minutes that had frequent problems in the last two warm-up games.

Compared to their ability to score goals per game, perhaps conceding one goal per game is not worth paying attention to.

But don't forget, this is a quadrennial feast - the World Cup, for every fan who participates in the World Cup, is a huge motivation, even eager to play 120% in every game, any loophole will be infinitely magnified.

Of course, Guardiola's mention of this point in the face of the media after the game is naturally to avoid the important and light, and he does not want the media to infinitely magnify the problems of the Chinese team's backline, and it will not be good to cause the overall downturn of the backline at that time.

Although Guardiola's evasive answer did not succeed in attracting the attention of the media, and eventually the media focused on the problems of the Chinese team.

In this regard, Guardiola has no way, who will make the current Chinese team the most competitive team in the World Cup under his tutelage?

As an absolutely competitive team, it is naturally the focus of the media, otherwise how can their selling points be accepted by fans?

How will it be profitable then?

The next day, the media following the World Cup analyzed and dissected the goals conceded by the Chinese team against the England team and the Mexican team, and came to the conclusion that it was...... After the Chinese team took the lead, the back line was prone to defensive attention.

Now the Chinese team's double back combination is Huang Bowen and Wu Xi, the two are the kind of organizational midfielders who focus on attack, and both have a strong ability to insert back, which is easy to cause them to go up and come back half a beat slowly.

In this regard, the English media has analysed quite well, as a similar situation occurred in the England national team during the 2006 World Cup - the German problem between Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard.

In fact, Pep Guardiola once had an ideological struggle here, according to the combination of modern football's back, it is basically an organizational back-back and a professional defensive back-back combination, one is dedicated to organizing attacks, the other is dedicated to defense, and the latter escorts the former.

If you follow this line of thinking, it is undoubtedly the wisest choice for Wu Xi's partner Zhao Xuri.

But the problem is that Zhao Xuri's offensive scheduling ability is very poor, which is contrary to the Tiki-Taka tactics played by the Chinese team now, so in terms of selection, Guardiola is more inclined to Huang Bowen's partner Wu Xi.

Just this choice will appear in the first two warm-up games of the Chinese team in the World Cup, in the process of switching from offense to defense, there is a lack of defensive concentration, if it is not for the forward line, then this fatal hole will become particularly obvious.

Originally, Guardiola had decided to use the back combination of Wu Xi + Huang Bowen in the World Cup, but under the overwhelming reward of the media, he hesitated.

In addition, when Zhao Xuri was interviewed by the media, he expressed in a subtle way that he could be qualified for the main position, which made Guardiola more pressure......

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At the same time, Portugal coach Paulo Bento, who was preparing for the World Cup in Buenos Aires, Argentina, looked at the newspaper in his hand, his eyes lit up, and he seemed to see an opportunity to beat China in the first game of the World Cup.

Opportunities are reserved for those who are prepared, so Paulo Bento immediately called his assistant Pontes to his office to study the feasibility of the latest tactics.

In response, Paulo Bento has adjusted his training tasks for today, and has changed it to physical coach Arjones to lead the team in recovery training.

After almost four hours of intense study, Paulo Bento and assistant coach Pontes came to an agreement.

He decided to strengthen his control of the midfield in the first match against China in the World Cup, that is, to remove a defensive midfielder and add a playmaking midfielder.

Of course, this choice carries a certain risk, because the Chinese team's midfield control ability is too strong, if Portugal fails to maintain a consistent defensive rhythm, it is very likely to be broken by the Chinese team's attack in the middle, and then there is a high probability of defeat......

Despite the risks, Paulo Bento decided to make a tactical change.

Because on the football field, there is a certain amount of risk that comes with it, and there is an equal chance of a surprise.

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The 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil was played at 6 p.m. local time on the 12th of Brazil, with the host country Brazil and Croatia playing against each other.

However, before that, the latest team to arrive in Brazil attracted the public's attention, Portugal, which was in the same group as the Chinese team, arrived at 3 o'clock in the afternoon of the 11th local time in Brazil, which means that the Portuguese team was the latest team to arrive in Brazil.

However, Portugal's arrival in Brazil at the latest was not too much dissatisfaction, after all, their first match against China was played at 2 o'clock in the afternoon on the 16th, after all, there were still four days before the game time, enough for them to adapt to the new water source stadium in Salvador, Bahia.

It is worth mentioning that the appearance of Portugal's star Cristiano Ronaldo when he arrived at Campinas Airport, as a rare handsome star in world football today, naturally became the focus of attention of major media.

Wearing a baseball cap, he stepped off the plane lightly, judging from his expression, there was no pressure at all, you must know that he and Iello ended in defeat in all competitions, so the media speculated that Cristiano Ronaldo's mood was worried......

But they guessed wrong, and it was clear that Cristiano Ronaldo was in a great mood!

also greeted the fans who took the opportunity from time to time......

Of course, there is a certain reason why Cristiano Ronaldo is in such a good mood.

And for this reason, we have to mention the tactical changes of Portuguese coach Paulo Bento......