Chapter 61: FA Cup Final (Part I)

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And Alihan and Gao Jun are both more dignified, especially the former, after all, even if Gao Jun fails, there will be another chance, anyway, he is still young, and if Alihan fails this time, it is inevitable that he will get out of class

Because he did not cooperate with the interference of the leaders of the Football Association in the national football list, and refused to reuse the stars praised by the media and many fans, even if Alihan led the Chinese team to the first Asian championship for the first time in history, his coach's seat was still very unstable, as long as there was a barely plausible excuse, he would immediately be besieged by a crowd and pushed off the position of national football coach. So even if it's the group of death, he has to qualify, there is no second way to go

Although the players and fans of the Eastern team have generally regarded the FA Cup championship as a bag after the semi-final elimination of Shandong Qineng, the FA Cup final was held at the Changsha Helong Stadium on December 18, 2004 (at this time, the FA Cup final was still held in a neutral venue, and the winner was a decisive match. After the whistle sounded to start the war, everyone found out that the Sichuan Guancheng team was not as easy to deal with as they thought

Although the ranking in the Chinese Super League is not high, the strength of the Sichuan Guancheng team is not weak, but in the Chinese Super League game, it was imprisoned by the shackles of "real morality" and could not be fully played, and the morale of the players was also low, but there was no such constraint in the FA Cup, and the players were willing to do their best for honor and bonuses.

In addition, the Oriental team is now famous, and the Sichuan Guancheng team no longer has to fight against each other for the face of the Chinese Super League team, and once they are determined to put the bus in front of the goal, the Oriental team's attack will inevitably encounter great obstacles, after all, the Xichuan Guancheng team is also an old Chinese Super League team, and the defensive intensity is far from comparable to the Chinese Super League team. In addition, Feng Xiaoting, the backbone of the Sichuan Guancheng team, is the national youth teammate of most of the main players of the Oriental team, and is more familiar with their characteristics and is very targeted when defending, which further curbs the attack of the Oriental team.

What's worse is that the opponent's rat is not out of the hole, and the Oriental team must take the initiative to press the attack if they want to win, and in the case of the overall forward pressure of the Oriental team, the lack of single defense ability of the two central defenders is completely exposed, and the tactics of the Sichuan Guancheng team to quickly pass the guò midfield weakened the role of Corne's large-scale sweep in a certain way, and it didn't take long after the game started, the Oriental team was the Sichuan Guancheng team used a quick counterattack to take the lead in scoring a goal. Fortunately, Ribery, who has improved rapidly in the past six months, took advantage of a personal breakthrough to win a penalty in first-half stoppage time, which was hit by Gao Jun, and it was only then that he struggled to equalize the score.

At halftime, the players of the Oriental team were rightfully reprimanded by Director Xu, and some players even cried on the spot. However, the spirit that everyone couldn't raise because of the light enemy before was finally concentrated, and the active counter-attack after the front court player lost the ball reduced the threat of the Sichuan Guancheng team's rapid counterattack on a large distance, and Gao Jun continued to pull the side as frequently as in the last ten minutes of the first half after the start of the second half, and this change in tactical details made the Sichuan Guancheng team even more headache

In this game, the reason why the Sichuan Guancheng team was able to completely freeze Gao Jun was because they desperately adopted the three-person trap tactic, and the three people who always followed Gao Jun within a few meters could intercept almost all the balls passed to Gao Jun, and no matter how powerful Gao Jun's shooting and passing were, he had to receive the ball first, and he was so tightly defended that he couldn't get any chance at all

However, this tactic also has huge hidden dangers, and three people are always sent to keep an eye on Gao Jun, and the other offensive players of the Eastern team undoubtedly have much more room to play. However, due to the fact that in this game, the Sichuan Guancheng team is desperate to defend and counterattack, and the defense line is very backward, often eight or nine people shrink in the 30-meter area of their own backfield, plus those three can also take care of a little defense outside the circle, so the space that other offensive players of the Oriental team can get is not too big. Besides, the ability of other players in the Eastern team to grasp the opportunities is far inferior to Gao Jun, even if they get a few shots, it may not be fatal, so the problem is not very big.

But once Gao Jun pulled the side, the Sichuan Guancheng team fell into a dilemma, if the three people did not follow, Gao Jun was free, and if he followed the side, then the middle lane was completely missing 3 people, the space was too big, the first half was precisely because the Sichuan Guancheng team sent people to follow the past to guide zhì in the middle of the gap was Ribery with the ball into the penalty area, which caused the equalizer penalty.

Therefore, in the second half, the Sichuan Guancheng team can also be regarded as eating a trench and growing a wisdom, if Gao Jun pulls the side, they will only send one person to follow the past, plus one person to assist in defense, with Gao Jun is not even the top domestic dribbling breakthrough ability, "1 + 1" configuration is enough to prevent it from cutting inside with the ball, as for the cross, you can't prevent it and don't have to defend it, anyway, Gao Jun's cross level is not particularly good, plus the Guancheng team has a numerical advantage in the middle of the penalty area, so Gao Jun wants to cross, so let him pass well

But Gao Jun naturally has his reason for doing this, indeed, Gao Jun has not been practicing crosses for a long time, and the technical level is second-rate in China, but Gao Jun clearly knows that Feng Xiaoting, the backbone of the Sichuan Guancheng team, has a height of 1.87 meters, and his air dominance is very tragic. However, Ribery and Corgne, who are excellent in bounce ability, cut in from the back row, and even if the crosses are not accurate enough, Gao Jun believes they can grab the opportunity to head the goal

The players of the Guancheng team did not come up to press, Gao Jun calmly crossed from the right side, and the ball reached the back point and scored! The ball is in! It was Xue Lin, who beat Feng Xiaoting, who was taller than him, to score a header at the back point, and the score became 2:1, and less than 20 minutes passed in the second half, and the Oriental team achieved a reversal! CCTV commentator Huang Jianxiang shouted excitedly, and then made a brief comment on the tables of the players on both sides, "Under the unconventional strict defense of the Guancheng team, although Gao Jun has never had the opportunity to shoot by himself, he has reflected his value through guò assists. And Xue Lin's table is also very good, although he is only 18 years old now, he already has a strong physique close to that of European players, although Feng Xiaoting is taller, but the size is too different, and there is no way to fight for the header"