Chapter Seventy-Two: Finding Weaknesses

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Zhang Linpeng is a good candidate, he plays in the back and even better than Cai Huikang, but Hiddink believes that the more important right centre-back position needs him more, so he would rather use a newcomer in the midfield position, after all, the consequences of mistakes in the back position are not as serious as the mistakes of the central defenders. As a result, the 21-year-old Xinjiang player Maimaiti was lucky to become the main defender of the national football team, which also broke the history of the national football team that no Xinjiang player has ever played the main team.

In fact, among the major ethnic minority autonomous regions, Xinjiang is the most suitable for the development of football, Tibet is too high altitude, the population is small, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia and Guangxi have no football tradition, only Xinjiang has a large population, and there are many people who like to play football. In addition, most of the locals in Xinjiang do not like to study, so professional football has become one of the few ways for them to get rich, and at the same time, with the care of special national policies, even the children of the poor in Xinjiang are at least fed and clothed, and the nutrition required for high-intensity sports can be guaranteed

However, despite such good conditions, Xinjiang has always been a backward region in domestic football, mainly because of the lack of a professional youth training system, the talent of children can be easily abandoned, and there are no scouts to find out. It was not until after Chinese football entered the dark ages, after most of the traditional football youth training bases were destroyed, the average quality of domestic young players dropped significantly, and Xinjiang people developed earlier due to dietary structure and ethnicity, and the Chinese Football Association began to strictly investigate the age of young players. At first, it was the national youth, then the national youth, the national Olympics, and later even the national team began to appear Xinjiang players.

Under the example effect. The number of football schools in Xinjiang has increased rapidly, and now some really powerful lads are finally emerging, and Maimaiti is one of them. Although he is still very young, Maimaiti's body is already very strong, not even under Zhang Linpeng, who is known for his physical strength, and he still has abundant physical fitness. Although his skills are still relatively rough, his style of play is tough enough to be an iron gate in midfield.

However, it may be due to cultural customs, or the influence of the low level of general education, Xinjiang players also have some common weaknesses, so even if the Xinjiang youth team was once invincible in domestic youth competitions, there are still not many Xinjiang players who can fully grow up.

First of all, there is the problem of early development, as mentioned above, early development of players because of their obvious physical advantage in the youth team, but it affects the improvement of technique and awareness. Generally speaking, it is difficult to make a big deal. Although there are two exceptions in the current national football team, they are all special circumstances that cannot be replicated, Xie Wenjun's physical fitness is too BT, reaching the world's top level, which is rare in China, and at the same time, there is always Gao Jun, the big brother who has always pressed on his head, makes him never dare to be complacent, and he went to the Premier League giants Arsenal team at a very young age to receive the training of the famous coach Wenger, such congenital conditions and opportunities are very rare; As for Gao Jun, the traverser. Needless to say, that's not even more so.

Coupled with the fact that it may be the influence of a low level of education, Xinjiang players generally have poor self-discipline. Like those South American stars, after a little fame, it is easy to indulge in lustful dogs and horses, and waste their talents early, and few can eventually become great. In addition, Xinjiang players generally have poor tactical discipline and disobedience to discipline, so few football managers like it. This also affected their development.

However, there are always exceptions, and it is by overcoming these problems that Maimaiti can grow into one of the best defensive midfielders in China at this age, but it may be due to age, another common flaw among Xinjiang players that he has not been able to avoid. That's poor emotional control. Speaking of which, this is also a common problem for domestic defensive players, but the problems of Xinjiang players are even more serious than those in the mainland.

Corne naturally didn't know this, he just saw that Maimaiti was relatively young, so he thought of this possibility, and then deliberately did a test, deliberately disgusting Maimaiti with various small actions in the confrontation, and found that this kid's temper was really very bad, and immediately remembered Zidane, who impulsively caused the French team to lose the World Cup, and suddenly had an idea

"This action should not be bought and maiti, teammates have been in place, even if they are passed by the other party, it is not a big deal, there is no need to use such a dangerous action, now not only give the opponent a very threatening free kick opportunity, but also received a yellow card, it is really not worth it!" , He Wei frowned and criticized the young Xinjiang boy.

And the guest Xu Yang said bluntly, "Fortunately, we are the host, if it is an away game, this kind of action is likely to directly receive a red card." Even if it is a yellow card, the impact on the defensive midfielder is also quite large, this position often needs to be fouled, and if you don't do it well, you will receive another yellow card, and then two yellows and one red will be sent off. Even if you pay attention to your actions after that, it will inevitably affect your performance."

The commentators saw the problem, and the national football coach Hiddink on the sidelines naturally saw it, and he immediately signaled Lyon on the bench to start warming up, but before Lyon could play, the Chinese team was hit again, Corne used the free kick opportunity to break through the Chinese team's goal, and the score on the field was 1:1, and tens of thousands of Chinese fans in the stands were suddenly silent

"Alas, whatever you're afraid of, this French team's set-piece is really not ordinarily powerful!" , He Wei sighed with a look of chagrin.

"That's the difference between us and the best teams in the world! Although we can barely compete with them by all means, but what we need to do our best to do, people can easily do", Xu Yang bit his lip and said, and then couldn't help but euphemistically criticize Maimaiti's senseless foul just now, "In a battle with such a team, we can't make any mistakes, otherwise we will definitely be punished, I really don't want the team's efforts to be ruined by one or two players' brains."

It was not a pleasant experience to be equalized before the end of the first half, even Gao Jun couldn't help but turn a little dark for a while, but he was still amazed by the wonderful free kick shot, "Corgne's free kick seems to be more powerful than the last time we met, obviously Zhang Bin has a great advantage in saving long-range shots, and there is no problem with our human wall, Benjamin is always improving!" Maybe all the players who debuted late are like this, and they have more stamina, right? ”

Considering that Maimaiti was carrying a yellow card and his mentality was obviously a little unbalanced, Hiddink decisively replaced him with Lyon at halftime, but this was not a counter-substitution, but let Lyon replace Zhang Linpeng in the right central defender, and the latter replaced the vacancy left by Maimaiti after he went off the field.

Seeing the Chinese team make such adjustments, Corne was disappointed, but also quickly found a new weakness. Although he thinks that his strength is above the Chinese team, but he can reach the semi-finals, how can he have two brushes, not to mention the host, so the French team has carefully investigated and analyzed every player of the Chinese team before this game, and Corgne is therefore very familiar with the characteristics of Lyon, understanding that although the central defender is tall and strong, he is slow to turn and is more afraid of speed-type players.

Corne immediately instructed his team-mates to play more from behind and focus on Lyon's side. Although Benzema, the core of the French team's forward line, is not as fast as Franck Ribery at his peak, his speed, agility and dribbling skills are definitely more than enough to deal with this kind of tall and clumsy traditional central defender.

The move worked, and Benzema quickly used the high-speed forward to get rid of Lyon's entanglement and get a chance to hit the goal, but fortunately, Yu Hai, who was delayed, came over in time to fill in and interfere, and finally did not let the Frenchman succeed. And Yu Hai also let Leon and Bai Jiajun flexibly switch positions, where Benzema goes, Bai Jiajun will follow him, so that he will not have a loophole to exploit

Under Bai Jiajun's defense, Benzema, the offensive core of the French team, quickly lost fire, and such a wonderful performance won him the applause of tens of thousands of Chinese fans in the stands and the high praise of CCTV commentator He Wei, "After Bai Jiajun returned to China, although he has been performing steadily and well, because the level of the Chinese Super League is far inferior to La Liga, public opinion has always thought that he is in decline, but judging from his current performance, Bai Jiajun is still the one Fast Killer', as long as the opponent's height and strength are not stronger than him, it will be difficult to pass Bai Jiajun's level."

Although the guest Xu Yang also praised Bai Jiajun's performance, he was not as optimistic as his partner, "Benzema's strength is not weak, and his weight is nearly ten pounds more than Bai Jiajun, but in this kind of ground ball confrontation, Bai Jiajun is short and has a low center of gravity, and this gap is not enough for Benzema to eat hard with his strength." However, if the French team breaks through the cross from the other side and allows Benzema to rush up and outflank the shot, Bai Jiajun's absolute strength is worse after all, and he may not be able to block it. I can think of that, and the French should want to do it too, right? ”

Although Benzema was still a little unwilling to admit defeat and wanted to continue to compete with Bai Jiajun, Corgne, as the leader of the team, quickly made the decision to change the offensive line. However, Corne's idea had not yet had time to be implemented, and the Chinese team, which had been relatively passive since the start of the second half, suddenly played a very threatening and rapid counterattack! (To be continued......)