Chapter 67: The World Cup Begins

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In any case, most reporters still don't dare to go too far with Gao Jun, a popular student whose fan base is getting bigger and bigger, but they are not so polite to the national football coach Alihan. After asking regular questions such as Feng Xiaoting's injury, a reporter soon asked sharply, "Li Leilei's performance in this game seems to be very unstable, I don't know what you think?" ”

"Li Leilei played very well in this game, if it wasn't for him, we would have conceded more than four goals in this game in the face of the strong attacking power of the French team." Alihan did not hesitate to choose the calf guard.

But the reporter continued to ask, "But in the final stage of the game, his judgment continued to make mistakes, and his mentality seemed to have lost his coolness, such a performance may not work in the World Cup, right?" Does the national team have to think about giving other people a chance? ”

"These bastard questions of yours are the ones that are going to make him lose his cool! The World Cup is only a week away, and you're telling me to change the goalkeeper now? After listening to the translation, Alihan was so angry that he hated to strangle the reporter, but he could only hold back his anger and continue to defend Li Leilei, "Those two mistakes were actually not strict, and the goal was only conceded because the French team's ability to seize opportunities was too strong." ”

"France had a total of 29 shots on goal and only scored 4 goals, so where is the ability to take chances?" , The reporter's continued fault finding finally made Alihan lose his composure, and he stiffened his neck and shouted, "Next!" ”

But the problem is that the next reporter who was named to ask questions was not good, and he asked directly about Alihan's words, "As you know, the French team had a total of 29 shots on goal in this game. However, the Chinese team only had 10 shots on goal and had less than 35% possession, which shows how passive they were during the game. Although the national football team was lucky to win this game in the end, I was worried about the prospects of the national football World Cup, after all, we can't always count on such good luck today, if the national football team's defense is still so bad. I'm afraid it's not good."

Another Chinese reporter reiterated the "Gao Jun dependence" that it is impossible to cure at present, believing that the national football team now almost relies on Gao Jun to score goals, and once Gao Jun is targeted to death, the national football team is afraid that it will immediately fall into a goal drought.

Alihan was completely too lazy to talk to him about this, and directly refused to answer, and then glared and pointed his hand and said, "Next!" ”

Other reporters have affirmed the table of the national football team, but basically they only praise the table of the players, but none of them praise Alihan's arrangement and substitutions. The old man was so angry that his face turned blue, although he knew that he had a bad relationship with the media before, but it was so bad that he didn't understand it until now

The leaders of the Football Association are all very happy about the national football team's warm-up match to defeat the French team, but this is not a good thing for the national football team. The leaders not only came to the team frequently to pretend to observe the training, but also constantly pointed fingers during the period, which interfered with the normal training of the national football team

And the negative impact of the warm-up game against France is not limited to that. Gao Jun stabbed the French team five times in a row, which is indeed very cool, but it also makes the three opponents in the group pay full attention to the Chinese team, especially Gao Jun himself, who will be more closely watched. This is really not a good thing for the national football team, which relies on Gao Jun to attack YanzhΓ²ng. For Gao Jun himself, it will definitely greatly increase the difficulty of his goal.

Although the French team also attached more importance to Gao Jun in that warm-up match, out of the self-esteem of the world champion, they only adopted the conventional marking tactics of a full-length stare at the back and a central defender to assist in the defense, and because it was a warm-up game. Nor did he black-footed the high army. But after this surprise victory, when it comes to the World Cup, Gao Jun will almost certainly be confronted with more targeted tactics and various unconventional methods, and it will be much more difficult for him to score.

"You have to increase the proportion of attacking with the ball, which is the most flexible and difficult to be completely blocked, even if you can't get a shot on goal, you can support your teammates. It's just that under the pressure of the World Cup, whether they can withstand the pressure and stay calm when shooting, I'm really a little worried", Gao Jun communicated his thoughts with Alihan, Alihan thought so, so he mainly practiced Gao Jun in the training in the past few days before the start of the World Cup, Gao Jun is responsible for auxiliary work, to create shooting opportunities for teammates routine, although the time is limited, the effect will not be too great, but in Gao Jun's words, it is the so-called "grinding guns, not fast and light." This is the same reason as taking extra penalties to prepare for a possible penalty shoot-out

Compared with offense, the biggest problem of the national football team now is actually defense, originally 343 is an extreme formation of attacking instead of defending, and now Feng Xiaoting is suddenly injured again, and the main lineup on the back line must be changed, which is inevitably more worrying. However, at this time, it is too close to the World Cup, and it is too late to change the main formation, and everyone can only hope that the new three-back combination will not drop the chain in the World Cup.

On June 9, local time, the much-anticipated 2006 World Cup in Germany finally opened, and in the subsequent opening game, the host German team will face the weakest opponent in the same group, Costa Rica. Since the first match of the Chinese team will not start until three days later, Alihan has enlightened to adjust the training plan for the day, so that everyone can watch the whole opening game and release the huge psychological pressure

Since last year there was George. A number of football legends such as Best passed away, so before kick-off, the audience observed a minute of silence. However, it didn't take long for the fans to be fully mobilized after the game started

Amid the frantic shouts of the home fans, the Germans quickly took the initiative on the field, with Lahm and Schweinsteiger on the left particularly active. Less than six minutes after the start of the game, Lahm pulled a world wave from the corner of the penalty area, and the ball drew a perfect arc in the air and bounced into the inside of the far post into the net, helping Germany take a 1-0 lead, and the German team got off to a very smooth start!

"This kick is really beautiful, when do you have such good shooting skills." , Gao Jun turned his head to look at Rong Hao, and said with emotion without hesitation, "Lahm is very good now, but German players are often late bloomers, and they are likely to be even more powerful in the future." ”

"I've always felt that a full-back has a rare chance to shoot once, and it's not cost-effective to spend too much energy on shooting skills. I haven't gotten to the point where I can't practice other skills, so where is there such extra work? Besides, if it's just a long-range shot, my skills are actually not too bad, but the close-range shot is not reliable", Rong Hao shook his head and replied, he has always been a very assertive teenager.

"That's just as well." , Gao Jun nodded and said with a smile, he was actually looking forward to Rong Hao's rapid growth, otherwise he would not have said what he just said.

It wasn't long before Germany's centre-forward Klose managed to burst into the box from an offside position, but Costa Rica goalkeeper Porras was on the spot to save the ball at his feet, and Germany's Schneider met the ball from outside the box, but it went over the crossbar.

"If the ball had come from the army just now, it would have gone in, Klose is a traditional center forward after all, and his speed is a little worse." , Hao Junmin commented. It is said that Gao Jun is far more than one player with this speed in the Chinese national team, but his ability to grasp the single knife ball is not below Klose, but he can't find a second person, so it's no wonder that Hao Junmin only thought of him at the first time.

Gao Jun smiled with some emotion after hearing this, "It can't be said that way, if Klose is fast, the opponent's defensive strategy will definitely be different, and the German team may not be able to send this straight stopper." And do you realize it? In the last World Cup, Klose would not have had the skills to be involved in such a combination, but this time it was completely different, and he has become a modern centre-forward with excellent technique at his feet. Klose is now 28 years old and still able to improve, which shows how hard he usually trains and this professional attitude is worth emulating."

In the 11th minute, Germany's Frijns crossed diagonally from the right, and Klose pressed two defenders in the middle of the box to fight for the first point to complete the goal, but his header was slightly wide of the far post. Rong Hao suddenly shouted, "It's worthy of being a 'K God', this air supremacy ability is really not covered!" The header just now is also quite beautiful! It's a pity that it's just a little bit off! ”

Gao Jun just smiled after hearing this, he knew very well that the favorite teammate of a traditional offensive fullback like Rong Hao, who has a strong crossing ability, is the air domination center, but Gao Jun's ridicule has not had time to exit, and the situation on the field has changed abruptly, and the Costa Rican team, which has been passive before, suddenly played a beautiful anti-offside position, and Wanchope pushed it into the net in the big penalty area, and the score was 1:1!

The 4,000 visitors celebrated the crucial goal like crazy, while the home crowd was clearly a little hit.

"Very nice running and straight plugs, just right for us to learn. Although the overall strength of our team is still a little worse, as long as the counterattack is good, we can still break through any opponent's goal. Gao Jun first praised the Costa Rican team, but then immediately said, "But a conceded goal can't beat the German team" (to be continued......)