Chapter 31 Celebration of the Whole World
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After another year of training, the young Bai Jiajun has matured and has become the undisputed number one centre-back in China, with his Shanghai Oriental team conceding just 0.4 goals per game in the Chinese Super League, even in the more high-level AFC Champions League. And Bai Jiajun's characteristics can form a distinct complement to Du Wei, and it stands to reason that he should be the first choice for the main central defender, but the head coach of the national football team, Stano, has never forgotten the game when the Shanghai Oriental team's backline was blown up by Inter Milan at the end of 2009 in the Club World Cup
In that game, in the face of the Inter Milan team that far exceeded their own strength, the Shanghai Oriental team could not do it even if they wanted to, and once their formation was pressed back, Bai Jiajun's height disadvantage was completely exposed, plus the Inter Milan team even after Gao Jun left, the strength of the two penalty areas was still extremely strong, and as a result, the Shanghai Oriental team swallowed five bullets in the first half alone, and finally lost with a score of 1:7, and Bai Jiajun was also replaced at halftime
Considering that the opponents of the Chinese team in this World Cup will not be weak, even if it is a relatively weak participating team, it is difficult to completely press them with the midfield control of the Chinese team, after all, the strength of the Chinese team is mainly concentrated in the front field rather than the midfield, so after thinking about it again, Stano finally decided to choose Zhao Ming, who has more balanced characteristics, to partner with Du Wei to start. As for Bai Jiajun, he will only be sent on when the Chinese team is behind and needs to attack, and although he is not qualified to play as a starting full-back and midfielder due to physical reasons, he is a good choice as a substitute
Unconsciously. Nine of the starting lineups of the South African World Cup Chinese team discharged by Stano are "Oriental" players, which is probably an unprecedented miracle in the history of world football. But the main position of these players is not won by relationship or even money, but they do have the strength of other domestic players, and they also meet the tactical requirements of Stano, plus Gao Jun's prestige in domestic football is too great, so even the media and fans who are dissatisfied with it. can only be directed at the club that has missed talent, but no one is embarrassed to be cheeky enough to directly criticize Stano's starting list.
Generally speaking, it is not a good thing for the head coach of the national team that the main players of the national team are from the same club, because there are factions in the national team, and too strong a faction can shake the authority of the national team manager. But Stano didn't care about this, because the Chinese national team has the absolute core and soul of Gao Jun, and it was impossible for him to have much dominance over the national football team, anyway, he was just a part-time worker, and he could lead the team to get good results and further promote his fame. And Stano has a good personal relationship with Gao Jun. Football philosophy and tactical ideas are also very similar, as long as the latter is always fully supported, even if the Oriental system dominates the national team, Stano does not have to worry that his requirements for the international players will not be able to be implemented. And Stano did not choose Zeng Cheng from the Oriental Department in the position of the main goalkeeper, but chose Wang Dalei, who played for the rival Huhua team in the same city of the Oriental team, also out of public intentions
In fact, Stano also considered using oriental players for the goalkeeper position, in order to maximize the tacit advantage of the Chinese team, but Zeng Cheng's foot skills and attacks are not as good as Wang Dalei. The judgment of the landing point of the high-altitude ball and the instantaneous explosiveness were also inferior, so Stano finally chose the latter. Because when Bai Jiajun was not up, the speed of the two central defenders of the Chinese team was not enough (Zhao Ming's speed was barely enough in Asia. When it comes to the World Cup, it is not enough, it can only be used as a traditional central defender. Therefore, it is necessary to have an attacking goalkeeper to deal with the ball behind the enemy, and if Bai Jiajun is on the field, the Chinese team's air defense will be weakened, and the goalkeeper needs to have a strong air supremacy. Therefore, Wang Dalei also has more advantages.
Of course, even now, Wang Dalei's stability is still not as good as Zeng Cheng, who was considered a "strong team goalkeeper" a few years ago, but although the strength of the Chinese national team has been reborn, it has not reached the point where it can qualify steadily. can only strive for good results with the attitude of "fighting", so Wang Dalei's advantages of being good at saving dangerous balls are precious, which is enough to make up for his relatively poor stability. Besides, after all, the current Wang Dalei has been honed by at least a season of high-level competition, and his stability is much stronger than when he first debuted, and he is a big-hearted player who can play well the more pressure he has, and the high-profile stage of the World Cup is likely to inspire his best state
There is no doubt that at least the main lineup of the Chinese national team in the South Africa World Cup has reached the level of the world's second-rate strong team, and although the thickness of the bench is relatively weaker, there are also many returnee players such as Artemisia Junmin on the bench. Fortunately, after the baptism of the second anti-gambling and anti-crime storm, most of the leaders who indiscriminately interfered with the national team have been removed, or even accompanied by a prison behind bars. And this is also the bottom line of Gao Jun's expectations for the results of this World Cup, although after the results of the World Cup in South Africa came out, most of the domestic media were not optimistic about the prospects of the Chinese team
Even if the butterfly effect caused by Gao Jun's crossing has become bigger and bigger, and the development speed of Asian football is faster than in history, there are still only four "Asian teams" that have advanced to the main stage of the World Cup in South Africa, the difference is that the Chinese team has replaced the position of the historical South Korean team in Group B, and the South Korean team has been pressed to the second place in the group by the Chinese team, thus replacing the historical North Korean team into Group G, and has to snatch a place from the powerful Brazilian team or Portugal team to qualify for the group, which is almost an impossible task
The Chinese team's group opponents are Argentina, one of the South American giants, Nigeria, the "African Eagles", and the Greek team, which has created a "Greek myth" in the European Cup.
In addition, the Chinese team in this World Cup has an unknown advantage, that is, although there are many bad reviews in history, it is objectively conducive to the play of East Asian players (the lighter the football, the more the weakness of East Asian players is avoided, and the history of the South Africa World Cup, Japan and South Korea both advanced to the top 16 and this has a lot to do with this. South Africa's World Cup ball "celebrates all over the world". And it is worth mentioning that because of Gao Jun's foresight as a traverser, the international players have more or less adapted to this new ball in advance, and they will definitely take advantage of it in the World Cup.
Among the many Chinese internationals, the best adaptation should be the players who play in the Bundesliga, J-League and Chinese Super League, because these three leagues all use this kind of football half a year in advance, and other players have the opportunity to use this new ball in the national team warm-up match, but the effect is certainly not comparable to the league change, but it is still much more advantageous than those players who have not been exposed to this new ball at all.
In general, the current German team has the highest adaptability to "universal celebration", because most of their international players play in China, followed by the Japanese team, because although the Japanese national team has many foreign players, but the most go to the Bundesliga, and there are still many core players still playing in China. Compared with these two national teams, although most of the players of the Chinese team are playing in those three leagues, the most important front four are not there, in addition to Yu Hai and Rong Hao, the two main players, which has a considerable impact, especially the soul of the team, Gao Jun, because of the style characteristics, the impact is much greater than that of other players
Because the "universal celebration" is too light, so the line when flying in the air is a little erratic, which has a great impact on the accuracy of the shot, but at the same time will increase the difficulty of the goalkeeper to save. On the one hand, the probability of a shot off the target increases, and on the other hand, Gao's shot is almost insoluble for the goalkeeper, so it is almost completely impossible to benefit from it. Therefore, when other players use this kind of football to shoot, it can only be said that the stability of seizing the opportunity will be greatly affected, but the total goal rate will not drop significantly, and Gao Jun has suffered a big loss in vain.
For this reason, Gao Jun also thought of some ways to make up for it, such as kicking the ball more when shooting, increasing the proportion of long-range shots, and practicing the fallen ball, etc., but they could not completely make up for the loss, with Gao Jun's repeated training to make estimates, his average shooting scoring rate in the game may drop by two or three percent, even if the factors of long-range shots and free kick scoring are increased, Gao Jun's unparalleled goal ability will be weakened by more than one percent. Of course, compared to those strikers who only started to get into contact with new goals on the eve of the World Cup, the impact of this success is relatively small
Fortunately, in addition to him, almost all other offensive players of the Chinese team will benefit from this light ball, especially Deng Zhuoxiang, who is good at shooting with falling leaves, has worked hard to practice free kicks, just waiting to show his skills in the World Cup. (To be continued......)