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Within a few days, the final rounds of the other groups were also lost, and as Gao Jun expected, the Chinese team successfully avoided the dark horse Uruguay, who won the World Cup in South Africa after finishing first in Group B, and their opponent in the quarter-finals will be Mexico, the second place in Group A. To be honest, the strength of the Mexican team is not weak, and the Mexican team is not weak in every World Cup, but perhaps because of the problem of player selection, this team has always lacked height and hardness, Gao Jun believes that as long as he makes full use of this, it will not be difficult to win.

Judging from the three group games, the height of the Mexican team's backline is indeed very problematic, the two main central defenders are only 1.82 meters and 1.80 meters tall, and the two fullbacks are only 1.74 meters and 1.70 meters respectively, and what is even more strange is the main goalkeeper of the Mexican team, No. 1 Oscar. Perez, who is only a pitiful 1.72 meters tall, is definitely a dwarf among goalkeepers, and he is now 37 years old, he is still a fat man, and the bounce is obviously not much better, and the hole in this air defense is too big

What makes Gao Jun more confident is that the Chinese team just has a world-class air superiority, Xie Wenjun is 1.90 meters tall among the three forwards in the front court, and he also has a world-class strong physique and amazing bounce, and the header technique has also made great progress in the past two years, and has also reached the world-class level

Gao Lin is 1.85 meters tall and Gao Jun is 1.80 meters tall, and like Xie Wenjun, the two are also excellent center forwards with both extraordinary strength and excellent headers. What's even more rare is that. The three strikers are also very good at their feet, especially solid fundamentals, and can still top high-quality headers even when they are close to interference, so it will not be easy for Mexico to rely on the small movements that Latin American teams are good at to disrupting the headers of these three people. And because they have great skills on their feet. Therefore, if the Mexican team goes all out to concentrate on air defense, and does not pay enough attention to the foot pass of the Chinese team, it is inevitable to concede goals, compared to the monotonous high ball tactics, the "combination of open and ground" is the most terrible, and the good news is that the current Chinese team in front of the Mexican team just has the conditions to implement this offensive strategy

The head coach of the Chinese team, Stano, also saw this heavy weakness of the Mexican team, and in order to further expand the air superiority of the Chinese team's attacking group in the front, he also moved Yu Hai to the left winger position. Gao Jun retreated slightly to hit the front waist. In this way, although the Chinese team still has a formation of 433 on the surface, it is actually 424 that is more extreme than the 343 formation!

After Yu Hai's premise, there was a vacancy in the back position of the Chinese team, and it stands to reason that Cai Huikang, the first substitute in this position, should be played, but Stano considered that Cai Huikang's physical flexibility was too poor, and it was difficult to prevent the fast and flexible attack of the Mexican team, and then consider the needs of the attack. He finally made a decision that stunned everyone

"What? Let Du Wei serve as the back? Gao Jun was taken aback when he heard Stano's idea. But he still quickly figured out the intention of the head coach, although Du Wei is tall, but at least much more flexible than Cai Huikang, and his header can definitely rank in the top three in the team, imagine that the Mexican team is already struggling to deal with the indiscriminate bombardment of the Chinese team's front four. If Du Wei inserts a header from the midfield at this time, the success rate will be frighteningly high. And under this attack method, Du Wei is almost certainly unmarked when he attacks the door, so his weakness that is slightly insufficient in strength can be avoided, and in the case of no interference. The accuracy of his header is not even inferior to Gao's

And if you consider it from another angle, if Du Wei continues to serve as a central defender, in the face of the Mexican team's small and fast attack, it is difficult to give full play to his characteristics of strong air supremacy and frontal interception, but the weakness of large defensive action and slow turning and chasing will be fully exposed, far less useful than Zhao Ming and Feng Xiaoting, who are faster and more flexible, and cannot be compared with Bai Jiajun, who was born to kill the fast technical flow team. But if Du Wei is put on the bench because of this, his header that could have posed a huge threat to Mexico from set-pieces will be useless, which is a pity.

Now that Stano is arranged, he can have both, anyway, even if he is passed by someone in the midfield position, it is not as deadly as the central defender. And Du Wei often played in the back because of the position competition in the Shanghai Oriental team, and his foot skills are also very good (it was originally very good, but after arriving at the Shanghai Oriental team, he practiced more because of the style of play, and he was even better than a few years ago.) There is no problem with adaptation. However, Gao Jun also has a concern about Stano's arrangement, "Du Wei's ability is no problem, but his physical fitness, under the intensity of the World Cup, I am afraid it will be difficult to play the whole game in the back position!" ”

"It's okay, it's okay, because I didn't plan to let him play the whole game, I can still afford a substitute spot, and when we win, then we can send Zhou Huakai, who is better at ball control and scheduling, but slightly less defensive, to the court", Staro laughed when he heard this, and immediately expressed his wishful thinking.

"You are very confident in winning this game, but you should have such confidence", Gao Jun thought for a while, and finally expressed his support, and he also had some expectations in his heart, "Maybe this game will become a classic battle in the history of world football?" However, if he doesn't play well, Stano's position as coach will definitely not be kept, and I can't see that his gambling is still quite big! ”

In the final round of the group stage of the World Cup in South Africa, the Asian team was better than the previous round, but only two teams finally qualified, China and Japan. One of the most frustrating was Australia, who were robbed of second place by Ghana after a 2-1 win over Serbia, a second-tier European powerhouse, to take the group stage to four points. Although the South Korean team, which was divided into the group of death, showed consistent tenacity in the case of early exit, and unexpectedly drew 2:2 with the Ivory Coast team with "Warcraft" Drogba, but this still could not change the outcome of their elimination in the group stage

Japan, on the other hand, were the best Asian team outside of China, beating European giants Denmark 4-0 in their final group game, increasing their group stage points to six points. However, with the favourites in the same group, the Netherlands, winning all three games in the group stage and accumulating nine points, Japan can only retreat to second place. However, the Japanese team has a good grouping, their opponent is the same as in history, the traditional powerhouse from South America is Paraguay, but as long as the Japanese team can continue its current excellent form, it is not absolutely impossible to have a chance in the quarterfinals, and they have successfully dragged the game to a penalty shootout in history, and now the stronger Japanese team may really be able to put a satellite!

And the Japanese team still has a little advantage, even after their wild victory over the Danish team, the media around the world are still generally more optimistic about the Paraguayan team to advance, which invisibly relieves the pressure on the Japanese team, and Takeshi Okada can continue to "play the pig and eat the tiger". The Chinese team is too amazing because of the table in the group stage, European bookmakers have generally adjusted the odds, and the media of various countries are optimistic that the Chinese team will break through the Mexican team, and the domestic media and fans are looking forward to this game, which has caused a lot of pressure on the national football team

Perhaps it is precisely because of such high expectations that Stano's strange formation naturally attracted an uproar among more than 20,000 Chinese fans in the stands, and Liu Jianhong, a famous CCTV football commentator who was responsible for hosting the live broadcast of the game, expressed his worries bluntly, "Wait, it's not right!" Judging from the positions of the players on the field, the formation of the Chinese team has changed a lot today! It seems that Yu Hai left winger, Gao Jun changed to play in the front midfield, and Du Wei, who played in the center back before, appeared in the position of the back waist, I really didn't expect the national football team to make such a huge change in this game, is it too risky for Stano to do this? Or is it because he lacks confidence in his team that he is taking the risk of adopting such a 'chic'? Mexico's players are generally a little shorter, but football, especially the high-level World Cup, is not guaranteed to win with a header alone."

"Fortunately, the starting lineup has not changed much, which is a blessing in misfortune, and if the situation is not right, it can be changed back immediately." , the guest Gong Lei was also a little worried, but as a football insider, he still helped Stano defend a few words, "And this adjustment is indeed very targeted, if it really works, this game should be won very beautifully"

"I hope that as you said, I'd rather be wrong, and I still hope that the national football team can win this game and advance to the quarterfinals!" , Liu Jianhong shook his head a little disapprovingly after hearing this, but he still barely squeezed out a smile and said, and his words full of affection for Chinese football inadvertently brought back a lot of popularity for him among fans, of course, this is the story of the future (to be continued......