Chapter 70: The Worst Start

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The players resolutely executed the targeted tactics they had arranged before the game, which certainly pleased Hiddink, but what reassured him was that the referee's scale was as lenient as ever, without this premise, his strategy of letting the players resolutely foul Gao Jun when they had no time to retreat was too risky

Seeing that the referee didn't even give a yellow card, Ali Handen, the head coach of the Chinese team on the sidelines, roared loudly, and was naturally warned by the fourth official. Fortunately, the referee on duty in this game didn't seem to be just stingy with violent fouls, and the national football players who couldn't help but reason with him were only verbally warned, otherwise the Chinese team's losses would be greater.

Gao Jun moved his limbs after getting up, and felt that it was no big deal, so he was relieved, but he still couldn't help but glance sideways at Hiddink on the sidelines, and thought to himself, "It is worthy of Hiddink, who has long had an in-depth understanding of the referee's law enforcement habits, and firmly believes that (Gao Jun misjudged here) that he will not change his penalty scale in the World Cup, which is indeed beyond my reach now." I've been familiar with the characteristics of the referee, but I think he's going to change a little bit when he comes to the World Cup, so I think I'm taking it for granted."

Although there are not many authentic defensive players on the field, there are so many big men crowded the penalty area in the case of a comprehensive retreat, and it is difficult for the Chinese team to attack, so many big men can only repeatedly fall back and forth in the midfield.

Two minutes later, a somewhat breathless Hao Junmin forced the ball to break through and tried to tear apart the Australian team's defense. As a result, an Australian player was suspected of foul collision and disrupted the step point with the ball, and another Australian player nearby immediately rushed up to intercept the ball, and then directly made a long pass to their player who stayed in the front court.

Although Australia's players have a clear advantage in height and strength, if they play a simple long ball and hang, the success rate is still not much higher. Therefore, Hiddink's requirement is for the players up front to take advantage of their height and strength to take the ball and immediately pass it back to their team-mates who are plugged in, and then cooperate with them to score goals. Although this style of play still has the shadow of a long pass, the threat is obviously much greater. And it's worth mentioning that the style of English football is not only based on the iconic high striker, but also on the fast wing (Beckham's is actually a very rare alternative), so once Australia's quick counter-attack is played, the threat cannot be underestimated

Although Xu Yunlong's height is not very good, his strength and bounce are quite outstanding in the national football team, but he is not as tall as the Australian striker Yosua, who is 1.94 meters tall. Kennedy stood together, and suddenly became a completely unsightly little guy. Joshua. Kennedy used his overwhelming strength and height to easily squeeze Xu Yunlong behind him, and stopped his teammate's long pass to protect it steadily. Then calmly knocked back to Cahill, who had cut in from the back of the middle, who took two steps forward and fired a powerful shot from the edge of the penalty area that bounced into the net on the inside of the post! Australia scored on their first attack, and Hiddink on the sidelines hugged his assistant coach with excitement, and now the game was playing exactly according to his script, as if Hiddink had seen the goddess of victory beckoning to him

The head coach of the Chinese team, Ali Han, was pale, but he held back his anger and did not reprimand his players. Because the Australian team's counterattack just now really hit the goal of his 343 formation, Yu Hai went to target Viduka, the most threatening offensive core of the Australian team. Zheng Zhi's height and strength are not as good as Xu Yunlong, so he can only let the latter keep an eye on Yosuya. Kennedy, there is no better choice, and there are as many as three players who are full throttle forward when Australia counterattacks, including Colwill, a world-class star with incredible speed, and Cahill, who only has a single back on the field, is actually unavoidable

Even the two commentators of CCTV saw this. Huang Jianxiang unceremoniously bombarded Alihan immediately after conceding the goal, "The weakness of the 343 formation has been completely exposed, the players can't be blamed for this goal, the head coach Alihan has to take full responsibility, if it weren't for his stubborn insistence on changing the formation to 343." This goal is not conceded at all. ”

'The key Australian coach is Guus Hiddink, and as a Dutch coach he knows all too well the strengths and weaknesses of the 343 formation. Alihan's way to deal with counterattacks is to let the frontcourt players counter-rob on the spot, and resolutely foul when necessary, but the Australian team will pass the ball long as soon as the ball is broken, even if we foul, the referee will not blow the game out of consideration of the favorable principle, so it will not stop the Australian team's rapid counterattack at all", guest Zhang Lu's analysis was more thorough, but he also unabashedly gave sharp criticism to Alihan, "Of course, if the height and strength of the three defenders of the Chinese team are stronger, Hiddink's strategy may not be effective, but doesn't the use of anachronistic formation tactics regardless of the characteristics of the existing players show that Alihan is an unqualified manager? ”

However, Alihan on the scene did not hear this, and he did not make adjustments immediately, but let the players on the field strengthen the attack, although the 343 formation has obvious loopholes in the defense, but as long as the attack is fully opened, it is enough to cover up, and the previous warm-up match with the French team is a good proof.

And Alihan believes that although the foul tactics of the Australian team have caused a great obstacle to the Chinese team's attack because of the relaxed referee scale, the Chinese team can also use this to create as many set-piece opportunities as possible, and the Chinese team's set-piece scoring ability has always been very strong.

The players of the national football team resolutely carried out the instructions of the head coach, and Hao Junmin's unexpected lateral dribble also managed to win a well-placed free-kick opportunity for the Chinese team, but Shao Jiayi's shot went high and the ball fell to the Australian again

Compared with the resoluteness of the counterattack, the Australian team is obviously more cautious in attacking the position, but because of the opponent's obvious air superiority, the Chinese team is not easy to defend. In the 7th minute, Australia's Neil threw a throw-in vigorously, and the goalkeeper of the Chinese team, Li Leilei, rushed to attack, but was killed by the unusually tall Joshua. Kenedy nodded the ball in front of him, and the outflanked Cahill volleyed the ball into the empty net to give Australia a fantastic start, and their first two shots were both scored, and the score is now 2-0!

After celebrating passionately with Cahill, who scored a goal, Joshua continued to make great contributions. Kennedy unexpectedly walked towards Gao Jun, then held his head high, pointed to the scoreboard and sneered at Gao Jun, "How is it?" Don't think that if you get the best in the Bundesliga, it's amazing! ”

"This guy really holds a grudge! However, I've seen a lot of situations where I'm two goals behind, and it's too early to get complacent! Gao Jun just tilted his head, ignoring the guy who was obviously a little villainous, but his fighting spirit became higher and higher. At the beginning, Dynamo Dresden forced Sua. Kennedy's transfer and departure is indeed Gao Jun's construction, but in the case of the club's financial crisis, the player still wants to wait for another half a year after the contract expires to leave as a free agent, which is also not very kind, not to mention Yosua. Kennedy ended up going to Nuremberg in the Bundesliga, and it can never be said how much he was wronged

After Australia scored their second goal, Hiddink opened his mouth wide and high-fived his assistant coach twice in quick succession to celebrate, a smooth start that even he didn't expect. Now Hiddink has completely relaxed and feels that the fight is almost certain to be won.

As for the Australian fans in the stands, they were even more excited, singing the Australian national anthem and making a crowd wave, and actively encouraging the neutral fans on the field to join them. This irritated the Chinese fans from all over the world in the stands, and almost all of them turned their eyes to the young man who had not shown anything in the stadium so far, and in such a difficult situation, it seemed that only this miracle boy who had created countless miracles could turn the tide

Under the pressure of falling behind by two goals, Alihan finally used the time before the kick-off in the center circle to adjust the formation on the field, retreating Rong Hao and Sun Jihai to the fullback position, Zheng Zhi pushed forward to the back position, and the formation of the Chinese team changed from 343 to 433

However, Alihan's practice of changing the formation on the spot was criticized by CCTV commentator Huang Jianxiang, "Alihan realized that the problem was good, but now he is still in the game, and suddenly made such a big adjustment to the back line, isn't he afraid that there will be chaos and the opponent will have a chance?" ”

Maybe today's Chinese team is really unfavorable, Huang Jianxiang's worries soon became a fact, in the 9th minute, the Australian team's striker Aloisi unexpectedly chose to turn around after receiving the ball with his back in the counterattack, and then took advantage of the chaos of the Chinese team's back line all the way into the Chinese team's penalty area to push the net, expanding the score on the field to 3:0 that no one wanted before the game!

Prior to the goal, Aloisi had made three successful individual breakthroughs, which was a rare performance for a power striker. Aloisi's brilliant performance was also a microcosm of Australia's fiery form in this game, with three goals on goal from three shots, which is a terrible efficiency! (To be continued......)