Chapter 618: Battle of Croatia (1)
After playing 10 minutes in the first half, Liu Jianhong looked at the possession rate of both sides, and the Chinese team was 25%, which was the lowest possession rate since Li Guo took charge of the national team. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
"The last time I saw the national football team's possession rate of 25% should have been when Mr. Song Shixiong was commenting," Liu Jianhong said with a smile.
Although it is very passive, on the field, the back line composed of Mu Fei, Zheng Zhi, Gao Zhunyi, and Geng Chong is still very solid, and Croatia did not get the opportunity to shoot directly in the penalty area.
On the Croatian side, the players also have a bit of a casual feeling, only need 1-0, they are the top of the group, only one 0-0, they can also ensure the group qualification, these superstars of European football know how to adjust their physical condition.
Fifteen minutes have passed, Croatia has a feeling of speed, passing has decreased, breakthroughs have increased, Perisic has the ball on the left side, he did not choose to pass, but to face Mu Fei.
Mu Fei thought to himself, my captain is not in vain, Perisic stepped on a bicycle, and then stepped on it again, Mu Fei did not eat a feint, Perisic was ready to break through, the outside of his left foot flicked the ball, Perisic was ready to go outside.
Mu Fei half-turned, he couldn't let go of this ball, and was ready to fight with Perisic for speed, and the two of them fought for speed on the sideline.
Perisic was shocked, he has seen a lot of excellent fullbacks in European football, and in the European Cup two years ago, he even broke up Spain's fullbacks, but this Mu Fei pestered him.
Before the bottom line, Perisic stepped on the ball, Mu Fei also braked the car, Perisic made a few more coquettish feints, but Mu Fei was unmoved.
At this point, Rakitic had already moved over and Perisic played a pass to Rakitic.
Although it is a substitute, football is a system, and when this system matures, each player is like a program.
After so many years, Li Guo has built the Chinese team into what he wants, and he just needs to give orders.
So when Li Guo asked everyone to defend all, the defense line composed of 11 people was not so easy to break through.
Γacic was on the sidelines, with his hands on his chest, and he felt that he was underestimating the Chinese team, which had no attacking power but was not bad defensively.
Tacic pressed down with both hands to calm down the players on the pitch and not shoot just outside the box and pass the ball a little more.
Modric was originally a midfielder, but seeing that the situation was not opened, Modric unconsciously pressed me up and reached the position of calming down with Rakitic.
There were more people, and the Chinese team's defense was also stretched, and Modric suddenly distributed the ball to Rakitic after attracting two defenders.
Rakitic was ready to pass the ball, but Mandzukic didn't run, so Rakitic simply shot himself.
After the ball was kicked out, Rakitic shook his head first, the ball played with no power, Mandzukic didn't even have the desire to grab the second point, and the Chinese players also turned around and ran forward, just waiting for Yan Junling to pick up the ball and attack.
But at this moment, the situation suddenly changed, and there was a commotion in the audience, and the referee pointed to the middle circle, "What's going on?" β
Mu Fei turned his head and was stunned that the ball rolled into the goal of the Chinese team.
"How is that possible?"
Everyone didn't know what happened at that moment just now, and the goalkeeper Yan Junling knelt on the ground and covered his head, looking extremely annoyed.
Li Guo saw clearly, maybe he was too nervous, Yan Junling got out of his hand when saving the ball that was not a big threat, and the ball crossed his hand and rolled into the goal.
The Croatian players were not ecstatic about the unexpected goal, but just celebrated very simply, and on the Chinese team's side, Zheng Zhi, Gao Zhunyi, and Feng Xiaoting all ran back, and their teammates comforted Yan Junling.
"It's okay, get up."
Yan Junling was annoyed in his heart, he finally started once, but he performed so badly that he deserved to be a substitute.
Li Guo knew Yan Junling's mood at this time, but unexpectedly, Li Guo not only did not comfort Yan Junling, but also asked Wang Dalei to come out immediately to warm up.
The meaning is very clear, Li Guo will not sympathize with a player who performs poorly, you either prove yourself in the next games, or just give me down.
This scene, the players on the field saw it, especially Yan Junling, Li Guo didn't take care of him, but let him quickly get out of the shadows, anyway, at most, he was replaced, what else?
"You don't have to comfort me, I'm a professional footballer."
Everyone didn't talk nonsense, ran back to their positions, and the Chinese team kicked off in the center circle.
For this game, Li Guo is basically laissez-faire, does not interfere too much, it is not important to win or lose, the important thing is to train the troops.
Pu Shuang took the ball in the front court, and Croatia's defender Vida stepped forward to defend, Vida's image is very distinctive, blonde and long-haired, but he looks very strong, and he looks like a very fierce kind of player.
Vida showed his quality at the European Championship two years ago, and his defensive interception area was huge.
Pu Shuang is not afraid of this kind of big man, he had already thought about what to do before receiving the ball, only to see Pu Shuang make a flower foot pass, which was too unexpected by the other party, and Vader did not make a second defensive move.
The ball was passed to Gico, the two have become a golden partner, full of tacit understanding, Kiko under the close defense of Giorluka half-turned and swept away, the ball was firmly held by Croatia's "high" goalkeeper Subaquic.
Although he didn't score, Li Guo still smiled, and the players on the field would use their own brains, which was very good.
Zhang Yuning saw that Pu Shuang and Ji Ke had formed a cooperation, and was unwilling to be lonely, so he stepped forward and said, "Brother Pu, pass me a ball too." β
Pu Shuang felt that the formation of a triangle was more threatening, so he said: "Yes, but it's up to you whether you can catch it or not." β
Zhang Yuning nodded.
Soon, the ball of the Chinese team came to the feet of Pu Shuang again, and this time the Croatian players prepared in advance, knowing that he would pass to the big tall man in front.
Zhang Yuning on the side wanted to run, but he didn't know how to run, he didn't know anything about Pu Shuang's passing habits, so he couldn't send a WeChat message to ask first.
And Zhang Yuning couldn't run too fast, otherwise he would be offside, and Zhang Yuning simply walked forward slowly.
Just when the Croatian players thought their defense was foolproof, Pu Shuang suddenly passed the ball behind the Croatian defenders.
Zhang Yuning, who was taking a walk at this time, saw the opportunity and quickly plugged in, and a person suddenly appeared in front of him.
As a result, the linesman did not raise the flag, and Zhang Yuning had already cut in.