Chapter 13: Offense or Defense
Rumble!
"The ball went in, the ball went in, the ball went in, Chen Tao, Chen Tao from Jinde, scored the first goal of the China Youth Team in this game, and it was also his fourth personal goal in this World Youth Championship, helping the team to pull back a city, 1-2, although the China Youth Team has one less person to fight, but they used sharp counterattacks to teach the Brazilians a good lesson, Chinese also play football! Well done! ”
With Huang Jianxiang's roar, the stadium of Willem II erupted in earth-shattering cheers.
The moment the football hit the net, the Chinese fans in the stands jumped up and screamed.
The depression that had been held back for nearly half was all vented at this moment. More than 10,000 Chinese fans shouted in the stands: "Youth team, come on!" The youth team, the ......"
Of course, they didn't forget the person who surprised them, and after cheering for the Chinese youth team, they shouted in unison: "Chen Tao, one more!" Chen Tao, one more ......"
Listening to the shouts of the fans, Yu Liang, who was sitting on the bench, looked at Chen Tao in the stadium with some envy.
Although he enjoyed such treatment in the last game, Yu Liang is still not satisfied, if he can, he hopes to be the focus of attention, just like Chen Tao at this moment.
Tens of thousands of people chanted and bowed to worship, which is indeed an exciting thing.
Yu Liang admits that if it were him, the celebration might have been a little crazier.
But for Chen Tao, this seems to be a common thing. Chen Tao, who is known as Jinde Yishao, has been playing in the top domestic league with the team as early as two years ago, and has a huge fan base, and he has long been ******** such a scene. So after scoring the goal, he just ran to the sidelines, waved his arms at the fans a few times, and then returned to the field. The whole celebration is not very long, one could even say a little short. Perhaps, he was a little impatient to help his team equalize.
When Chen Tao and the others returned to the field, the game continued with the referee's whistle......
Chen Tao's goal, to a large extent, relieved the pressure of the youth team, after all, there is a big difference between the disadvantage of one goal and the disadvantage of two goals! However, that doesn't mean their next game will be easy, on the contrary, it will be even more difficult as the goal has angered the proud Brazilians.
Although all this was not expected by Krauchen, he had no intention of adjusting his tactics. In his mind, there is no way out for the youth team except to attack!
After the start of the game, Chen Tao pulled from the left to the middle, and Lu Lin moved to the position of the striker, forming a four-three-two formation, or a four-two-three formation, relying on the front four people plus two wingbacks to assist in the attack, there is not much problem, but in defense, the problem of insufficient midfield thickness was immediately highlighted.
Although there are Gao Lin and Lu Lin's defense, in the face of the attack of the Brazilian youth team, the defense of the midfield is still stretched. It often only takes a few passes for the Brazilians to tear through their hastily organised and fragile defences.
If the first 30 minutes of the first half were a test of the nerves of the defenders, then the last few minutes of the first half were a test of the nerves of the goalkeeper.
In just a few minutes, the Brazilian had a total of six shots on goal, basically one shot a minute, and each one was of decent quality. Relying on Yang Cheng's high and low gear, and God and his old man's blessing, the youth team finally survived.
When the whistle blew at the end of the first half, the players of the youth team were secretly relieved, and then sweated profusely, dragging their tired bodies towards the locker room.
Standing on the sidelines, Krauchen was also very anxious, and immediately after the end of the first half, he arranged for substitutes to warm up, and then went to the locker room with an interpreter.
"Boys, you have done a great job, you have behaved worthy of your clothes and the flag on your chest! Chen, your goal is fantastic, Gao, it can't be separated from your passing......"
Krauchen, who returned to the locker room, praised every player on the field, including Cui Peng, who was sent off.
"But our last few minutes were terrible!" At this point, Crawford observed the expressions of the players, and many of them had dark clouds written on their faces, and it was clear that they did not agree with Crowchen's statement. "Yes, I know, we have a very reasonable reason because we have one less person! Is it? But can this be a reason for our poor performance? Team, team, I always emphasize to you that we are a team, no matter how many people are on the field, we are a team, we do everything for this team! Cui's thing happened, what we should do is to minimize the impact of Cui's departure, so each of us should increase our running, but have you done it? ”
Seeing that many players lowered their heads, Krauchen took a sip of water and continued: "As I said, no one can stop you from moving forward, the Germans can't, and neither can they!" If they can score, we score more goals and don't forget, we've scored 12 goals so far in the group stage. Forty-five minutes left to score goals for us, let's show the world with our feet that Brazilians are not scary! I have only one request for you, run, move, spread, and destroy your enemies in motion! ”
In the silence of the dressing room, there was no response from the players.
But Krauchen was unimpressed, because he had already seen the desire to win in the eyes of the players.
"Have a good rest! The children! ”
With a satisfied smile, Crowchen left the locker room.
Now all he has to do is think about how to adjust after scoring or being scored.
……
In the stadium, the substitutes of both sides are doing some warm-up activities.
As with the warm-up before the start of the game, Yu Liang practiced shooting there alone after making a few passes with his teammates, and although he still hasn't read a hint of information from Crawford, he still hasn't given up on celebrating his birthday with a goal.
"Just give up! To be honest, with your conditions, it is already great to be able to enter the national youth team, why bother so much! Looking at Yu Liang's shot, which was ridiculously off, King Dong shook his head and said. He didn't mean to belittle Yu Liang, in his eyes, Yu Liang was just a defensive material, and he could only look at the dirty work and tired work.
Yu Liang smiled faintly: "Big heart? I don't have a big heart, I just want to score a goal in the game! Is this a big deal? ”
After speaking, he asked for a ball from King Dong, and then shot with his foot again, watching the ball smash on the post, he smiled with satisfaction: "Look, it's not very far from the goal!" As long as you want to, you will always succeed! ”
King Dong listened to Yu Liang's words, glanced at him, and then passed the ball under his feet, lowered his head and thought there.
The fifteen-minute break passed quickly, and under the urging of the staff, Yu Liang had no choice but to end his shooting practice and returned to the sidelines with his teammates.
The main players of both sides also walked out of the tunnel at the right time, and the second half of the game was about to start.
……
"Welcome back, fellow spectators, the second half of the game is about to begin. With a goal from Chen Tao, the youth team ended the first half of the game 1-2. However, the youth team, which has one less person to fight, was completely pressed by the Brazilian youth team in the last few minutes, and I don't know if Crawford has any specific adjustments in the midfield! Well, the game starts, the Brazilian kicks off in the middle circle, let's take a look at the second half of the game......"
Brazil's youth team, with one more man, as in the first half, immediately pressed all the way to attack at the beginning of the game, and all they need now is to extend the score and lay the foundation for victory.
The defense of the youth team is already relatively weak, and now there is one less person to fight, although the players follow Crouchen's requirements to increase the running to make up for the disadvantage of one less person, but it is still unable to withstand the attack of the Brazilian youth team.
Within three minutes of the opening period, the Brazilian had two threatening attacks.
Once from the right, Raphinha stepped past Yuan Weiwei and sent the ball to the penalty area, and Sobis's shot was blocked by Yang Cheng.
Another time was from the middle, Renato's pass found Bobo at the edge of the box, Bobo passed the ball with his heel, and Gabriel cut into the box and fired wide of the post.
In the face of the Brazilians' onslaught, the Chinese youth team immediately recycled the formation, leaving only Chen Tao as the arrow of the counterattack in the frontcourt.
There was nothing wrong with the selection of players, and it is true that a dense defense can cause a lot of problems for the Brazilian's attack, but that is not what Crouchen wants to see.
"Press out! Press it out! Press it out......"
Watching the Brazilian calmly control the ball in the middle of the youth team, Crouchen shouted directly, pushing forward with both hands. But the effect was very little, after the players of the youth team heard Crowchen's shout, they just pressed out a little, and the gap behind them was taken advantage of by the Brazilians, and they had to choose to retreat.
The players' helpless choice made Crowchen frown.
Now he has to make a choice, either sacrifice the defense and strengthen the attack, or strengthen the defense and fight back.
Rumble!
Just as Krauchen hesitated, the Brazilian made a tackle in midfield and launched a counter-attack.
After Roberto broke the ball, he passed straight to Gabriel at the front of the penalty area, Gabriel kept knocking on Sobis, and after Sobis and Santos on the side burst into the penalty area, he hit the goal directly.
This shot with a hint of arc, around the far corner, although Yang Cheng made a correct judgment, but he was not able to save the football.
When watching the football bypass Yang Cheng's fingertips, Crouchen felt that his heart seemed to be more relaxed. Because at this moment, he can let the players unleash their attacks. But when the football flew out of the bottom line by grazing the post, Crouchen hesitated, whether to strengthen the attack or strengthen the defense, it seemed that it became not so clear!