Chapter 603: Fighting Nigeria (4)
When the half-time whistle blew, the whole stadium burst into boos, which were given to the referee, because the Chinese fans were the most, and everyone expressed their dissatisfaction with the penalty for the rope. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ο½iqugeγ ο½ο½fo
Of course, the Nigerian players were not satisfied, they felt that the referee awarded one penalty less, that is, Moses was knocked down by Mu Fei.
So the referee is not a person inside and out, and both sides are dissatisfied with him, but he himself doesn't care and leaves the court with a smile.
In the locker room, the players of the Chinese team are generally tired like dogs, on the one hand, it is the sequelae left after the first game, and on the other hand, Nigeria's style of play is simple and rude.
African players are sometimes so unreasonable, and it is not the first time that an Asian team has suffered a loss on the World Cup stage.
Li Guo is thinking about it, without Fang Suo, what will the Chinese team do?
It stands to reason that one offensive player should be reduced and a defensive player should be added, such as Gao Zhun Yi.
But Li Guo still wants to win, so the offensive players can't be reduced. But the opponent's attack speed is so fast, can one Zhou Dun do it?
Zhou Dun also seemed to understand the coach's thoughts, and he proposed: "Head, you must add a back midfielder, you must hold down Nigeria's attack, otherwise once the opponent accelerates, even if you add another central defender to the backline, it is useless." β
"I know, but Chen Green, Qu Bo, Lin Zhijian, and Liao Lisheng can't be removed, I'm very embarrassed, if you have any ideas, just say it."
Zhou Dun nodded, "Let Li Heng defend in advance, the back line is enough for three people, and the defense is not about the number of people, but about the reasonable configuration." β
This sentence woke up Li Guo, yes, the defense doesn't really care about the number of people, Italy is as solid as playing a back three.
Li Guole said: "Give you a credit." β
Li Guo thought for a while, and then took the small tactical board in front of Li Heng, "You play two positions in the second half, the back and the center back, depending on the situation." β
Then Li Guo simply said a few situations, the situation on the court is ever-changing, Li Guo can only give examples of what he can think of temporarily, at this time, it depends on the player's ability to understand, which is also the difference between excellent players and ordinary players.
Li Heng nodded after listening, he basically understood that as a defender who plays in Europe, he also needs to play at the back occasionally, so there is no big difficulty.
Li Guo and Chen An communicated, but they didn't expect the second game to be so difficult, it seems that the old saying that arrogant soldiers will lose, it really makes sense.
After winning Portugal in the first game, Li Guo was also a little proud, feeling that the Chinese team is now a world powerhouse, but the first blow came so quickly.
Chen An said: "I think a draw is acceptable, the most important thing is not to lose any more personnel, injuries, red cards or something really can't hurt." β
"Chen An, on the football field, you set your goal to a draw, then the final result can only be a loss, isn't there a lot of tragedies where the Chinese team qualifies after a draw?"
Chen An nodded, "I'm still not as good as you in this regard." β
"You, you're all going to be the head coach, it's time to grow up."
As soon as these words came out, the first thing that felt bad was Li Guo, "It's over, I said that I missed my mouth," Li Guo forgot that he was in the locker room at this time, and there were so many players.
Sure enough, Mu Fei reacted greatly, "Is Chen An going to be the head coach?" Where are you going? β
Everyone has seen it, Li Guo and Chen An are like wooden people, what should I do? Hurry up and think of an excuse.
Li Guo looked at Chen An, Chen An looked at Li Guo again, Li Guo reacted quickly, "National Olympics, yes, National Olympics." β
"Isn't the National Olympics a Magat belt?"
"Yes, but Magath's contract is coming soon, this is a secret of the Football Association, and I recommended Chen An to replace Magath."
"I see, I was shocked, I thought Chen An was going to take over," Mu Fei laughed first after speaking, and the others also laughed.
Chen An looked at Li Guo and admired it in his heart, this nonsense will come as soon as he opens his mouth, talent.
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In the Nigerian dressing room, head coach Hernot Rohr was calm and satisfied with the first half, conceding a goal as an accident, the best game he has played since leading the team, which should be a normal performance for the African Eagles.
"These guys just don't have much motivation, but the level is really good, and they are all the main players in the Europa League."
But HΓΆnnott Rohr is not prepared to continue to motivate his players at half-time.
Hernot Rohr pointed to the tactical board, there were 11 members of the Chinese team on the tactical board, and Hernot Rohr nodded Zhou Dun.
"The villain next to him was sent off, even if he is Barcelona's, it is useless to watch, and the second half broke Zhou Dun, exposing the Chinese team's back line to us."
As a player at this level, you know that once you lose a strong midfield defence, then the players in the backline will be very uncomfortable or even unable to defend, which is why the top midfielders are so expensive.
Mikel nodded, "It's not that hard. "The others also nodded, 1-1, Nigeria has one more person, the players still have confidence.
"Okay, I won't say more, you are stars, you know what to do, in short, one thing, win, you have to win!"
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On the commentary seat, Liu Jianhong and Li Zibing had two more people around them - Li Weifeng and Yang Chen, which was a special program during the intermission.
"Big head, did you think before the game that the game would be so tough?" Liu Jianhong asked.
Li Weifeng shook his head: "The people in the football circle I have contacted in the past few days, whether domestic or foreign, should not be optimistic about Nigeria. β
Yang Chen added: "But the situation on the field is indeed different, Nigeria's strength is very good, especially that Moses, just like a small motorcycle, several opportunities are rushed out by him." β
"What about the second half? Do you have any suggestions? β
Li Weifeng has worked with Li Guo, he first said, "As far as I know, Coach Li is a very, very smart kind of head coach, his motivation at halftime is particularly ingenious, I have seen it, so I don't worry about the fighting spirit of the Chinese team in the second half, in terms of specific tactics, I think Coach Li must be better than us." β
Yang Chen also said: "I agree, I think I believe in Director Li." β
After all, according to past experience, questioning Li Guo is nothing more than self-inflicted humiliation, and Liu Jianhong no longer asks.
At this point, the half-time break was almost over, the music in the stadium stopped, and the Nigerian players were the first to run.
Then the Chinese team, the first to come out was Li Guo, the audience burst into applause, Li Guo also waved at the stands, obviously in a good mood, not affected by the unfavorable situation in the first half at all.