"-Beep!!"

With the whistle of Serbian referee Majic, captain Ailo stepped on the football at his feet to Gao Lin next to him, and then naturally ran forward, Gao Lin, who had the ball at his feet, did not choose to take the ball forward by himself, but kicked the ball to his teammate Zhang Xizhe who was standing in the middle circle of his side without stopping.

Cristiano Ronaldo and striker Almeida started violently on the spot, like two sharp arrows rushing towards Zhang Xizhe who took the ball, hoping to cause Zhang Xizhe to make a mistake through sudden acceleration, but the 23-year-old Zhang Xizhe had a very clear mind and did not make a mistake because of Cristiano Ronaldo and Almeida's pressing, but stepped forward with his left foot, his body turned sideways, and kicked the ball to Huang Bowen on the right with his right foot.

At the same time, CCTV commentator He Weicai belatedly gave CCTV's traditional lines: "CCTV, CCTV, welcome to watch the live broadcast of the 20th Brazil World Cup in 2014, the first round of the group stage of Group G The match between the Chinese team and the Portuguese team has begun, the Chinese team is attacking from right to left in the first half wearing a white jersey, and the Portuguese team is attacking from left to right in a red jersey, and this game is the first appearance of the two teams in this World Cup......"

Cristiano Ronaldo stopped on the spot, his CR7-printed sneaker spikes left a deep mark on the turf, and he turned and rushed towards Huang Bowen, who was holding the ball.

Likewise, the same is true of Almeida's choice.

However, Huang Bowen's upper body did not move, his right ankle shook, and directly kicked the football given by Zhang Xizhe back to the central defender Feng Xiaoting.

Seeing this, Cristiano Ronaldo and Almeida did not continue to sprint, but chose to run forward slowly, and the overall formation of Portugal slowly preced.

Gao Lin was at the front, raising his right hand to ask for the ball, what he didn't notice was that the guard line led by Pepe moved a small step forward as a whole, and it was a little late for Feng Xiaoting to give a long pass when he saw this vacancy, and the assistant referee on the sidelines raised the side flag to signal that Gao Lin was offside.

Immediately afterwards, referee Majic also blew the whistle in his mouth.

Gao Lin, who had just finished taking the ball and turning, heard the sudden whistle, and turned his head to look at the first assistant referee with a confused face, but he clearly remembered that he kept a distance from the last defender Pepe, even if there was a mistake in judgment, it was at least parallel, right?

However, the slow-motion replay given by the on-site director gave the truth, the Portuguese backline pressed forward neatly before Feng Xiaoting passed, which means that Feng Xiaoting, who passed the ball, did not grasp the timing well, resulting in Gao Lin taking the ball offside......

Of course, Gao Lin, who then put his energy into the game, didn't know, and he thought it was a misjudgment by the linesman.

Coach Pep Guardiola doesn't think so, he just thinks that the Chinese team's attack is a bit simple, and it is unreliable to find a striker with a direct long pass from the central defender, the success rate is not high, and it is normal to fall into the offside trap.

But in the next two consecutive attacks, Gao Lin and Ailo both fell into the offside trap arranged by the Portuguese backline, which made the manager on the sidelines Guardiola realize that this was not accidental, but intentional by the Portuguese backline.

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Portugal did not forget to attack while shrinking their defence, and the attacking left flank of Cristiano Ronaldo and Coentrão was a great threat, and the chemistry that the two of them developed at Real Madrid showed in the first five minutes of the game.

If it weren't for the right-back Zhang Linpeng's experience in defending the attacking combination of Cristiano Ronaldo and Coentrão during his time at Real Madrid, it is estimated that this game would have made him tired enough.

In addition, Pep Guardiola has a targeted deployment before the game, when Portugal's attack is inclined to Cristiano Ronaldo's direction, the midfielders have to help defence, and the central defenders have to make up for it in time, because Cristiano Ronaldo and Coentrão are very fast.

This is also the reason why Feng Xiaoting was deployed at right wing-back in this game.

Therefore, the Chinese team's attack fell into the offside trap and Portugal's attack was difficult to achieve, resulting in a stalemate in the game, with both sides attacking and defending each other, but there were no attacking opportunities that really threatened the opponent's goal.

There was no way to open up the game, which gave Pep Guardiola a bit of a headache on the sidelines, and he didn't expect Portugal to choose such a risky defensive approach before the game, knowing that as long as the pass and reception were agreed, it would be a wonderful attack.

But...... Portugal's strategy for this game was very correct.

Compared with many teams that play a pseudo-433 formation, the Chinese team's 433 formation has become much more real, and the two wingers Ailuo and Hao Junmin are very open when attacking.

Although this kind of positioning can give them a chance to go heads-up for a while, the problem is that Portugal's defense in the middle does not allow midfielders to do this, so many long passes that should have been completed by Wu Xi or Huang Bowen have been initiated by central defenders, so the strikers forget their own positions while caring about the ball......

After another three minutes, the Chinese team's attack did not improve, so Guardiola took advantage of a long-range shot from the edge of the penalty area to fire an anti-aircraft gun and called Wu Xi to his side.

Pep Guardiola's latest adjustment is very simple, that is, to make the scattered formation compact, from 433 to 451, that is, the two wingers are recycled into the two ribs of the center Gao Lin.

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With Gao Lin's cover in the forward line, the defenders who originally defended Ailo and Hao Junmin on the side did not dare to step forward blindly.

In addition, Ailuo and Hao Junmin, who are hidden behind Gao Lin, have more space to sprint, especially Ailuo, whose every run can attract the attention of the Portuguese defenders and create better opportunities for his teammates.

"Pep Guardiola is really a world-class coach, his on-the-spot adjustment ability is really strong, when the Chinese team's attack frequently fell into the offside trap, he decisively chose to shrink the formation and shorten the distance between the players......"

Soon, Paulo Bento came up with a solution.

In order to keep the backline at bay for Ailo and Hao Junmin to take the ball forward, Paulo Bento asked the defenders to play close to each other as soon as they entered the 30-metre zone, not giving them any chance to accelerate forward.

Of course, Paulo Bento also continued to demand that the players in the middle not allow Zhang Xizhe, Wu Xi and Huang Bowen to easily pass the ball to the forward line, that is, to use active running to cut off the connection between the Chinese team's midfield.

However, in the tenth minute of the game, Paulo Bento's wishful thinking was still broken by the tacit cooperation of the Chinese team in the frontcourt.