Chapter Eighty-Nine, The Soul on the Field
It can be said that in all echelons, the Saudi team and the Chinese team are old rivals.
Although the strength of this original Asian iconic team has declined in recent years, compared with our national football team, which has also not made much progress, the Saudi players still have a certain psychological advantage.
The same is true for the national Olympic team.
Even though it was just a friendly match, the Saudi Olympic players didn't get into the game quickly, but their good physical flexibility and foot skills still gave them a slight advantage on the field.
Qu Jing on the bench could deeply feel the efforts of his teammates on the field.
Xu Xin, Zhang Ning, and Xie Pengfei in the front court ran very actively when Wang Qiuming instigated the attack again and again. Although they may not be able to get a pass, even if there is an opportunity to open up space for their teammates, they will still run without hesitation.
Through these two days, Wang Qiuming has made some progress in gaining insight into the timing. But the awareness on the court still relies on superb passing, and Wang Qiuming obviously needs to improve at this point.
So this has created a situation, sometimes it is clear that Wang Qiuming and Xu Xin, Zhang Ning and others have just the right timing of passing, but because of the slight lack of grasp of the accuracy of the pass, it still delays the great offensive opportunity.
On the contrary, the Saudi Olympic team frequently used excellent coordination and long pass transfer to play a few threatening attacks on the counterattack. This caused huge pressure on the backline led by Li Hang and Shi K, especially Li Hang, who and another midfielder, Zhao Yuhao, were very difficult to intercept the opponent's attack, and as a last resort, they continued to use tactical fouls to delay the opponent's attack, and soon, they each carried a yellow card.
Fu Bo immediately replaced Zhao Yuhao with the Qu Jing, so that he could adjust the rhythm of the offensive and defensive ends.
After Qu Jing came on the field, he did not rush to organize the offensive, but cooperated with his teammates to play with frequent passes and play in a small area - isn't your Saudi team delicate footwork, then compare footwork.
He did this not out of the blue, but he found that most of his teammates tend to subconsciously reciprocate when facing opponents of Saudi Arabia's level. How to say it, it seems that subconsciously admitting that his skills are not as good as others, and when others attack, regardless of the front, middle and backfield, the first choice is defense.
This inevitably made him a little "angry", so as soon as he got on the field, he put the main offensive means on the short pass, anyway, it was a friendly match, winning or losing was not the goal, the important thing was that he had to adjust the psychology of his teammates!
He kept running and passing the ball in the middle and right areas he was responsible for, and then encouraged Xu Xin, Wang Qiuming, Xie Pengfei and Zhang Ning to attack through gestures and passes.
Because of his reassuring control of the ball, even Li Hang will seize the opportunity to press into the Saudi team's penalty area.
Although the offense may not be the best defense, after Qu Jing came on the field, the national Olympic team's bold attacks in a row still significantly alleviated the defensive pressure caused by the Saudi team's attack just now.
The situation on the field is changing rapidly, one is the other, when the national Olympic team's offense is booming, the Saudi Arabian team's defensive end also feels huge pressure, watching the opponents are in a hurry, which further inspires the morale of the players of the national Olympic team.
After Qu Jing brought his teammates into the offensive rhythm, he began to consciously move his position back slowly, he was mainly responsible for intercepting the opponent's counterattack, and handed over the needle-threading organization to Wang Qiuming.
"What a good player", Zhao Xu, who was outside the court, watched Qu Jing's performance after coming on the court, and couldn't help but sigh to Fu Bo.
"Yes, as soon as Qu Jing came on the field, these players not only seemed to have played chicken blood, but also played very clearly, and everyone seemed to know their purpose. He's more of a reinvention of the team and a makeover of the players' performances. You said that we trained for half a day, it is better for him to command the ...... with his feet", Fu Bo also stared at the performance of the players on the field for a moment, although there was still some frustration, but a team can have this kind of player, it is like a treasure for him.
If the revitalization of both offensive and defensive ends can be attributed to the individual ability of the players, but the practice of encouraging teammates, mobilizing teammates and even changing teammates on the field like Qu Jing can be called personal charm.
He is like an elegant conductor, the ball is a beating note, and the running and receiving of his teammates form a wonderful symphony that is pleasing to the eye.
The match ended up with a 2-0 victory. But if you watch the whole process, the national Olympic team has lost at least four or five chances to expand the score. The players who had a slight advantage seemed to have collectively climbed a level, not only mentally relaxed, but also played particularly heartily in the second half of the game.
"It's so enjoyable to kick this ball, this fucking is called kicking!" Xu Xin waited for the referee's whistle to blow and threw himself on Qu Jing's back, and then waved his arms and shouted loudly as if venting.
"Brother Qu, don't you like to listen to what I said, I wondered, why did we play so easily as soon as you came up, is this because what?" Wang Qiuming, like the other team members, came over, looking puzzled.
"Show your timidity, let me tell you why, what we kicked at the beginning is called disorder, you look at the opponent's attack to scare us, I can't wait to shrink in the penalty area to defend. Looking at Brother Qu again, it is called an orderly and staggered one. Not only let us know where the ball should be, but also know where we should be, I think Brother Qu is called the soul! Since being liberated into the midfield by Qu Jing, he has become more and more like a fish in water, and he has simply regarded Qu Jing as a god, and he has not controlled or concealed his praise at all.
"Damn, are you trying to destroy me? I didn't participate much in the back at all, it's all the opportunities you created in front of me, okay", seeing that the more his teammates talked, the more outrageous it became, Qu Jing hurriedly motioned for them to stop.
But anyone with a discerning eye can actually see that even if Qu Jing is not directly involved in most of the attacks, his scheduling on key passes is really indispensable. Moreover, he is very effective in intercepting and destroying at the back, so that everyone can be so carefree in the front court.
"I'm fair, Yu Hao, don't be happy to listen to it, you are also proud of Qiuming, everyone has seen it, Brother Qu is a watershed when he is not on the field, if you want me to be angry, anyway, Brother Qu kicked this ball, if you don't accept it! Yes, coach", Li Hang originally wanted to continue to be "fair", but when he saw Fu Bo coming over, he shrank his neck and quickly turned the words around.
"It's all good, give praise. Especially the psychological state, it can't be compared with the past, so I don't need to say anything else......."
"Keep it up!" When Fu Bo said this, the team members shouted this sentence in unison, and when they saw this slogan, they had been tempered thousands of times, or they would never have been able to achieve such uniformity.
This gave Fu Bo, who always seemed to be expressionless in front of the players, a rare smile on his face, and then he waved his hand: "Have a good night's rest, tomorrow we will go to Doha ......"