At 8:35 p.m. on July 16, the two matches of the third round of Group A of the Asian Cup officially started in Thailand.

In order to ensure that one game, the state, mentality, etc., of both teams, are not affected by the result of the other game, and the two games are played at the same time.

The match between Hong Kong and Iraq was played at the Rajamangala National Stadium; The match between Thailand and Australia was played at the Pachagasai National Stadium in Bangkok.

Rajamangala National Stadium.

The match between Hong Kong, China and Iraq has already begun, and the game has just begun, and Hong Kong, China, has no temptation, and it pressed towards the Iraqi half.

Hong Kong, China has shown a very strong attack!

The insertion of two full-backs made half of Hong Kong's formation fall on the Iraqi half, and from the perspective of the situation, Hong Kong, China broke through the Iraqi half in one fell swoop and launched a suppressive attack, and their strong style of play was somewhat unexpected.

Gao Jixian, the commentator of Super Sports S Channel, was surprised, "Hong Kong, China is playing very openly today!" ”

Gao Jixian's tone was surprised.

Other media outlets, fans were also surprised.

Recalling the game in Hong Kong, China, in the first game against Australia, they almost retreated to the backfield, without any intention of pressing forward, and the three fronts were piled up in front of the goal, obviously trying to hold the goal, playing very passively, and seeing nothing else except defense.

In the second match against Thailand, Hong Kong, China's performance was 'better'. They fought with the Thai team in the first half, and although they were also passive in the second half, it was related to the Thai team's full press.

The opponent of the last game is Iraq, according to the analysis of strength, Iraq is obviously stronger than Thailand, the pre-game media analysis of the game, basically that Hong Kong, China will continue to play with defensive counterattacks, to deal with Iraq's offensive. This at least ensures that the goal is safe, and for Hong Kong, 'a draw is a victory', and a draw is enough to qualify as top of the group, so there is no reason for them to take the risk of fighting Iraq.

This time they guessed wrong.

Many media reporters all shook their heads with a wry smile and sighed, "This young coach is really out of the ordinary!" ”

Their analysis of the strength and competition of Hong Kong, China, has not been correct since the beginning of the Asian Cup.

Wansheng's thinking and the media are completely different.

It's good to defend and counterattack, but it's a very passive style of play, no matter how good the defense is. It's a bit unrealistic to always expect to be able to hold on for 90 minutes, and at the same time score goals completely 'by luck', and he can't let the team continue to play like this, so what about the quarterfinals and the semi-finals? When you encounter strong teams such as Japan, South Korea, Iran, Saudi Arabia, etc., and you still want to hold on for 120 minutes, and then drag it to the penalty shootout and decide the winner with a penalty kick?

With this style of play, there are chances of winning. But not too high.

Therefore, it is very necessary for the team to exercise its offensive ability, when the team has a certain offensive ability, then if the defense is good, the team is expected to score.

As long as there are goals. The hope of winning will grow.

Iraq is a good opponent to train into, they are slightly stronger than the Thai team, and they are also a team that dares to fight.

Wansheng's consideration is to hope that the game can be used to achieve the role of 'training', so that the team can play an offensive football. Let's take a look at how many chances a team can win if they play head-to-head with a strong team.

Although there is data on football training masters. But what will happen to the specific situation, no one who has not fought head-on is not clear.

For this reason, Wan Sheng struggled for a long time when arranging the formation and tactics, because this game is still somewhat important, after all, if he loses the game, he will meet the Japanese team in the quarterfinals, Japan is not an easy opponent to deal with, and he is not very sure that he can win.

However, after thinking about it carefully, Wansheng was relieved.

It's good that Hong Kong, China can go further, but for him, what is the difference between the quarterfinals and the semi-finals?

Even if he staggered the Japanese team and defeated Vietnam to reach the semi-finals, he would definitely have to meet other strong teams, and this kind of 'cowardice' will greatly reduce the team's hope of winning, and everyone in the team, including himself, has no specific concept of how much the team plays head-on, so there is little hope of winning naturally.

Therefore, this training is still very necessary.

There is nothing to say in terms of arranging tactics, Wan Sheng is planning to let the team fight with Iraq, and it is an offensive fight, which can be seen in the frequent insertion of two full-backs, and at the same time, in terms of arranging the formation, he still refers to the 'arrangement' in the football training master system.

The 'Formation System' can clearly demonstrate the strongest offense and strongest defense of the Hong Kong team.

After several adjustments, Wansheng chose a formation that focused on attacking from the wings.

This set of formations mainly plays two wings, the main offensive means is the periphery of the long pass, the player in front of the goal to grab the point, and the British long pass rushing style of play is somewhat similar, but it is not the same, because the periphery of the long shot is also a very important offensive means of the team, and because the strength of the team is still much worse than Iraq, so there is more opportunity in the periphery, but the football is passed to the penalty area, and it is difficult for the frontcourt players to rush over to grab the position.

Then, the offensive purpose of the wing is mainly to advance and attract the defense.

Before the game, Wan Sheng told all the players, "...... When it comes to the game, you don't have too much burden, this game is training, whether we lose or win, it is an acceptable result. You go out into the game and do your best to play according to your own ideas and what you are good at. "It's about letting all the players play more freely and at the same time decompressing the players, so that when there is no pressure, they will play better.

So as soon as the game started, the players in Hong Kong, China were very relaxed, and this relaxation was reflected in the game, which was to have a good performance.

In fact, the atmosphere of the competition was also very relaxing in Hong Kong.

In the first two games, the first match against Australia, even many Thai fans in the stands supported Australia, because Australia has a lot of stars, and they don't have any famous players.

Not to mention the second game, the home of the Thais, Hong Kong, China completely became the away team.

This one was different from Iraq.

Iraq is not the home team. They don't have any very famous stars, and after two legs, Hong Kong, China performed better and scored more points, so the fans in the stands who supported Hong Kong were no less than those who supported Iraq.

After the first two 'away' games, the atmosphere was much better.

As a result, the players from Hong Kong, China, played better, and they quickly got into the game, and continued to push towards Iraq as a whole according to the tactical requirements before the game.

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As the head coach of Iraq, Vieira is still mentally prepared for the strength of Hong Kong, China.

Before the start of the Asian Cup. He, like everyone else, thinks that Hong Kong, China is a team that is no threat, but now any team must face up to Hong Kong, China, Vieira has studied the two games in Hong Kong, China, in which Hong Kong, China has shown solid defensive ability, naturally Vieira did not expect that the opponent in this game actually completely attacked, and put on a posture of attacking against Iraq, and attacked very quickly? Even if it's a little mentally prepared. Vieira didn't expect Hong Kong to play so extremely.

Iraq was caught off guard at the beginning!

Patrick Vieira couldn't help but stand on the sidelines, directing the team's defence, while also keeping an eye on Hong Kong's backfield, where there was no shortage of space. Just pass the ball and it will be a good opportunity for Iraq to score.

He had been thinking so.

Although he shouted about the team's defense, the corner of his eye kept paying attention to the other half of the field.

But Vieira soon regretted it.

In the 7th minute of the game, Hong Kong, China launched an attack from the left flank. Fullback **** Hao stepped forward to receive Huang Zhenyu's pass, and sent the ball directly to the penalty area line.

This accurate pass, which spanned more than 30 meters, gave Zhuo Zhuo a good chance. But Zhuo Zhuo didn't shoot at the first time, because he still had Iraqi defenders in front of him, so he handed the ball to Chen Zhaoji, Chen Zhaoji was not in a good position, after he received the pass, it was difficult to turn around and look for opportunities, and he kicked the ball in a hurry.

Originally, Iraq thought that the offensive was over and that the crisis had been resolved, and when they were relieved, they saw a Hong Kong, China directly waving its foot at the ball.

Shot!

A powerful volley from 30 meters out of the goal!

The fans in the audience exclaimed.

At the same time, in the Super Sports S channel, Gao Jixian also shouted, "Shoot!" Liu Quankun! "I saw the football turn and almost stick to the turf and rush to the right side of the goal.

Just now, seeing the return pass of the opposing striker, Iraqi goalkeeper Sabri was also as relieved as everyone else, who would have thought that the next moment the football would rush in front of him.

It's too late for him to react!

The ball had already rushed in from the right side of the goal and Sabri made an almost symbolic save, but by the time he got into position, the referee had already pointed the ball towards the centre circle.

“1：0！”

"Hong Kong, China, Liu Quankun! It was a very powerful shot! Beautiful! The ball is in! ”

"The game was only 7 minutes into play, and Hong Kong, China was already ahead of Iraq!"

With the shouting of the commentator, all the fans who supported Hong Kong, China cheered in unison, they originally thought that it would be difficult for Hong Kong, China to beat Iraq, after all, it was too difficult to win continuously, and the strength of Hong Kong, China was indeed not as good as Iraq, but what I didn't expect was that Hong Kong, China played so openly, and suppressed Iraq at the beginning, just the scene of the game made them very excited, and in just 7 minutes, Hong Kong, China also scored, which is unimaginable.

Even Japan's NTV TV commentator Itsunori Onodera, who has always had opinions on Hong Kong, China, said when he saw the goal, "Hong Kong, China's performance seems to be better than one game!" ”

Those who hear this sentence think about it carefully, and this is really the case.

If you don't look at the opponent, just analyze the game itself, the first game of Hong Kong, China played very passively, and it did rely on a little luck to win, and in the second game, they played with a good voice, and this one they actually pressed Iraq to play at the beginning, as if Hong Kong, China was a strong team, and Iraq was a weak team.

The game seems to be reversed.

However, Seroza, the commentator of Bangkok TV in Thailand, still commented very neutrally, "...... Hong Kong, China seems to have suppressed Iraq and scored a goal, but in fact, their style of play is still very rough, not more delicate than the Iraqi players, their advantage is that they dare to fight, and they are more with a momentum to play. ”

Even if Wansheng heard this, he must have agreed very much.

Hong Kong, China is fighting again with a momentum!

In fact, it can be seen from the playing style and cooperation of Hong Kong, China, that they do not have any exquisite coordination, the passing is straight and straight, and the tactics are quite simple, but this can only be said that Hong Kong, China has poor technology, and many times poor technology is not a very big disadvantage.

Wansheng's tactics are to make the team play this kind of targeting!

The fight is simple, the fight is tough, and the fight is open.

To achieve these three points, Wansheng believes that the team and the Asian strong team still have a hard time.

For example, in the goal just now, the team didn't have much cooperation at all, that is, the big foot on the side passed to the middle, and the two forwards made a small cooperation, and then passed the ball to the back, Liu Quankun got the opportunity and scored the ball directly.

This simple combination, combined with the player's play, is enough to produce a goal.

If it is against a strong European team, this kind of simple cooperation will definitely not be put on the table, and it will not be able to really play at all, but Asian teams are not world-class, and the vast majority of defenders do not have such a good awareness, and simple tactics can also be played, which also leaves room for the team to play.

For the team's performance so far, Wansheng is still quite satisfied.

However, the game has just begun, there is still a long way to go, and when Iraq gets used to it, the team will not play so easily.

A goal is nothing, the next time is the key.

Will the team be able to withstand the pressure and sustain the offensive under Iraq's attacking pressure? This is crucial.

It's okay to be scored, it's okay to lose a game.

What Wansheng hopes to see is that the team can withstand the pressure and maintain the offensive, at least not the opponent will not attack at all once suppressed.

That's what he wants to see in the game.

Only by doing this, can the whole team have more confidence in the game against strong teams, and at the same time, they will play more openly, and will not be completely unable to play because the opponent suppresses them.

It's easy to say, but it's hard to do.

Every team plays downwind football, but it's only when there's a headwind that you can see a lot of things. (To be continued.) )