"Anyway, when I heard your answer, I suddenly felt a lot more at ease. Lao Huang finally concluded: "This is probably the role of professionals. ”

Jiang Qi didn't expect that he would be regarded as an authority one day, "uh...... The director told us that the starting list ahead has come out, so let's take a look at it first. ”

Lao Huang has already received the list of both sides, "The Chinese team's start tonight: the goalkeeper is still Liu Yunfei, who has always performed well, in the semi-final against Iran in the last game, he saved the opponent's key penalty, and I hope to continue to play well today." ”

"Guard line...... Hey! Left fullback Sun Xiang, central defender Zheng Zhi and Li Weifeng, originally a few days ago there was news that the big head was injured and was likely to miss the final, but now it seems that the recovery is very timely, the right fullback is a little weird, the old man did not use Zheng Bin and Wei Xin, who rotated in front of him, but Sun Jihai, who has been criticized by the outside world for not finding a place in his tactical system. ”

As he spoke, he turned his head to look at Jiang Qi, obviously wanting him to reveal some of his inner story.

The rookie head spread his hands, "You should ask Ali Hahn this question after the game." ”

This decision was indeed made by Lao Han himself, but the objective premise was that Wei Xin and Zheng Bin had a minor injury, and the other was not in good shape in the training the day before. For such an all-rounder player, the old man originally thought a lot, but in the end, the effect of every attempt was not good enough, and the idea that had been wavering did not change due to accidental factors.

couldn't see any inside story, Lao Huang had to continue to read the list, "There is no change in the midfield, Zhao Junzhe and Shao Jiayi are in the middle, Yan Song is on the left, Li Ming is on the right, this midfield combination has an excellent performance in this Cup, both hardness and creativity." ”

His evaluation is very pertinent, Zhao Junzhe and Shao Jiayi were both selected in the best team of the Asian Cup in the end, which is enough to prove the role of these two players, although Li Ming is a veteran, but he contributed a key goal in the final in his previous life, Yan Song is at his peak at this time, and he has a certain skill in the sudden pass on the left side.

"On the forward line are veterans Hao Haidong and Li Jinyu, who played with injuries."

If the only shortcoming of the national team in this cup tournament is to calculate that there is only the forward line, although Hao Dong is not old, how can he have too many injuries, Li Jinyu is not in state, and the emperor has not played his own characteristics at all on the court several times, and the key shots in the key finals are simply flying, which is extremely disappointing......

"At the same time, we also got the starting line-up for the Japanese team. Goalkeeper Noho Kawaguchi, defenders Makoto Tanaka, Tsuneyasu Miyamoto, Ryo Kaji, Yuji Nakazawa, midfielders Koji Nakata, Shunsuke Nakamura, Mitoju, Takashi Fukusai, and forwards Takayuki Suzuki and Keiji Tamada. Lao Huang read the list in one breath, "What do you think of the performance of the Japanese team in this Asian Cup?" ”

Jiang Qi pouted, "Zico always emphasizes how many of our main players have not been able to come for some reason, but in fact, the skeleton of the entire Japanese team has not moved, look at the list of acquaintances...... Therefore, the stumbling of the Japanese team all the way in front of him was just a prevarication, not a problem of unorganized personnel, but a lot of problems in the tactical system that have not been solved. ”

"So what do you think is the problem with the Japanese team, and how can we take advantage of their shortcomings?"

"The Japanese team likes to play possession, but the offensive efficiency is not high, on the one hand, their forwards have no fulcrum role, and they can't effectively create space with running pulls, and the two fullbacks also lack the ability to advance in depth, so the Japanese team's current possession play is more just brushing the data of possession."

"Your words remind me of the quarter-finals between Japan and Jordan, where the Jordanian defence once made it impossible for Japan to attack, and the only way to threaten the opponent's goal seemed to be set-pieces, and even then, in the final penalty shoot-out, it was a thread." , Lao Huang patted his head.

Jiang Qi nodded in agreement, "This game is a microcosm of the current Japanese team, as long as the defensive system is effectively organized, you will find that their threatening offensive means are actually very single, if you really want to count, Shunsuke Nakamura's set-piece is almost their only weapon." ”

"So what about our advantage against Japan?"

"Perhaps...... Physical confrontation, let's ......", Jiang Qi's answer was not very affirmative.

With the whistle of Singapore's nameless referee, the workers' stadium began to boil, and the Asian Cup final, which everyone was looking forward to, began.

Lao Jiang did not mention that another advantage of the national football team compared with the Japanese team is the spirit and attitude, Ali Hahn's words he did not hear, but after the start of the game, the rookie coach can also fully feel that today's team is more open and more positive than the previous day's training.

Some of the effects of grinding the gun in the formation have also appeared, such as the weaving of the defensive system when facing the opponent's possession, the position is more stable, and the restrictions on the opponent's space are more in place, and these details are no longer rough.

The AFC replaced referee is very tight, and the penalties for both sides are very strict, which is the only helpless place for Jiang Qi, under such a scale, it is obvious that the Japanese team is more advantageous, and the offensive set-piece is an important weapon for their survival, and the defense will weaken the physical advantage of the Chinese team players to a certain extent, but fortunately, from the judgment of the first ten minutes, the principle mastered by the referee is quite balanced.

After watching for more than ten minutes, Lao Huang frowned and said: "The Japanese team really can't find a good way to attack, and even the forward delivery of football is not very smooth...... But we couldn't find a better way to hit our opponents. ”

"Set-piece ......", Jiang Qi speculated, "When the two sides can't achieve results by conventional means, they can only try to rely on this special form of attack and defense, and maybe the outcome of this game will depend on set-pieces." ”

As soon as his words fell, the Japanese team forced a breakthrough on the left side and won a free kick, at this time not only the commentator Lao Huang around him was nervous, but Jiang Qi himself was even more nervous. Since the start of the game, the two sides have been very successful in the defensive limitation of the 30-meter area, although the Singaporeans have blown a lot of set-pieces, but most of them are too far away, the threat is not great, and the long distance will cause the football to slide in the air for a longer time, which is more favorable for the defenders to judge the landing point and marking, and now this set-piece is different, it is already on the edge of the 30-meter area, but the position is a little off, the threat level is greatly improved, and it is also a critical moment to test the results of the national team's special training.

Standing in front of the ball, it was Shunsuke Nakamura, and in front of him, Zhao Junzhe and Shao Jia formed a two-person wall to set up a limited obstacle to his passing angle.

For the defense of set-pieces, Jiang Qi formulated a strategy after discussing with the coaching staff of the national team to try to control the first landing point as much as possible, and pay attention to the peripheral players in the defense.

The height of the Japanese team players may not be dominant, but Shunsuke Nakamura's control of the landing point and the running position of the receiving point are the characteristics that they can repeatedly achieve in the set-piece attack, and the control of the first landing point can almost cut off this wave of attack, and pay attention to the peripheral players are Japanese players who often have an advantage in the second landing point, or even the third landing point, their running is very active, so we should pay more attention to those peripheral players who have running space in front of them, Don't let your defenders' attention be drawn to where the ball lands.

It seems quite simple, but in fact, the defense of set-pieces is very complicated, and many teams suffer from set-piece defense phobia to varying degrees, even if it is a European giant, it will be scored continuously by different teams with set-piece means in a certain period of time, like a terrible infectious disease, which is difficult to contain.

Therefore, Jiang Qi was very nervous at the moment.

Nakamura's set-piece was quick and spinning, and the ball swerved to the sideline near the penalty spot and looked like it would eventually pounce on the corner flag, while at the far point in the same direction there was already an ambush at the far point to leap high and ferry the ball down the middle.

This kind of tactical arrangement is obviously carefully designed by the opponent, using the far point to make a transition, not only to make up for the physical disadvantage of the players, but also to use the landing point to pull the defensive formation of the Chinese team, so as to achieve the purpose of chaotic battle. Grabbing points in the chaos is more in line with the characteristics of Japanese players, in terms of FM values, although Japanese players have slightly lower data on their height, bounce and other physical talents, but the balance of this data will be higher.

Only this time, the Japanese player who was far away was not jumping alone, but jumping together with a Chinese player in a white jersey...... Seeing such a scene, Lao Jiang immediately breathed a sigh of relief, this time the defense was half successful.

Sure enough, under the interference, the Japanese player's starting height was not enough, and the ball rubbed against his head and flew out of the bottom line, and the set-piece attack failed.

This set-piece is a microcosm of the offense and defense of both sides of the field, the Chinese team's control and tightness of the landing point, Shunsuke Nakamura changed the penalty route several times and did not have a good effect, and the Chinese team's set-piece, although the Japanese team is not physically advantageous, but various interference methods emerge in an endless stream, and the effect is also unsatisfactory.

Time went all the way through the half in this stalemate and then all the way to the end......

"Is there another penalty in this game?" , Lao Huang rubbed his nose, "In that case......"

"Or we will have the advantage, Japan went through a penalty shoot-out that was not too successful, and there will be a lot of psychological pressure...... We just need to let go of the baggage, well, we can only look at the old man's means in this regard. ”

Just when the stopwatch was about to reach 90+, Zheng Zhi suddenly grabbed the ball from the midfield and successfully broke the ball, and then plugged it straight into ...... Shao Jiayi received the ball and accelerated directly to the right wing of the Japanese team!

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