(a)

The warm-up match was scheduled for Wednesday evening, at the Genoa training ground, as an internal training match without any media invited...... Oh, except that Jin Xiaomeng is a special case.

Gasperini set up two line-ups, with all substitutes in the first half and five main players in the second half, to see who is in good form from the bench, and then plan the lineup and tactics for Sunday's home game against Bari.

The two sets of lineups in the first and second halves have different tactics, the full substitute lineup uses the traditional 3-4-3 formation, playing all offense and defense, and after replacing the five main players, they will make adjustments between "catching the sea tactics" and "twin tower tactics".

Genoa's starting lineup in the first half was the back three Bonetti, Dainelli, Chico, the double back Halgia and Milaneto, the left and right wingbacks Mesto and Zucurini, the two forwards Scully and Palacio, the tactical support point is the center forward Boskonicovic, and the captain of the field is the 35-year-old Milaneto.

Baggio's lineup was 3-5-1-1, with Su Weiquan behind in the starters, and Xie Jiaqiang and Zhai Tingfeng as the two central defenders respectively, without putting Garson and Chen Zhuo in the backline.

The two wingbacks on the left and right are still arranged Guo Jianbang and Ouyang Yaochong, two Tottenham trial players, and when playing against Genoa, Baggio did not use the configuration of two backs and one forward, but arranged three backs, Lin Zhijian, Chen Zhuo, Xu Deshuai, and the double forwards are Chen Zhaoqi and Garsen.

(b)

In addition to Chen Zhuo, the level and tactical literacy of the other players on the field of the Hong Kong team should basically be the level of the Genoa reserve team. Including Manchester City's reserve team's Xie Jiaqiang and Hamburg's reserve team's Lin Zhijian. Garson is slightly better and is also at the level of Genoa's first-team substitutes. Dutch Olympian-level Jung Aping did not come here today.

Therefore, the static strength on the field now, the Hong Kong team is inferior to Genoa's full substitute lineup.

The only thing that can compete with Genoa's substitute lineup is the back three arranged by Baggio, Chen Zhuo in the middle, Lin Zhijian and Xu Deshuai on the left and right sides of Chen Zhuo respectively, according to Chen Zhuo's arrangement to the side and recycle, twice destroyed Scully and Palacio's rib attack.

"Well done! That pigtail is the striker of the Argentine national team. Messi's teammates. Xiao Xu's shovel is very handsome! Like your name! Chen Zhuo praised his teammates loudly.

Gasperini shouted Milaneto's name from the sidelines, signaling to the left and right.

"Jianbang! Yao Chong! Pay attention to the side, they have to go to the side, Deshuai. Andre. You two stand closer to the side! Chen Zhuo promptly commanded Xu Deshuai and Andreas to adjust their positions. Andreas is also the German name of Lin Zhijian.

“haode！ Sean, this sabotage is good! Ting Feng, seeing Sean's movements, didn't. That protective move of his zuihou, you go back to Sean after the game and ask him to teach you the essentials of this move, so that you can avoid getting hurt! Chen Zhuo praised Xien Xie, also known as Xie Jiaqiang, and asked Zhai Tingfeng to pay attention to Xie Jiaqiang's jishu movements.

"Yes, yes! Attaboy! After my ......" retreated, he destroyed the ball out of the sideline with a big foot, Chen Zhuo patted Su Weiquan's shoulder and praised: "That's good, you don't have to be in a hurry, you just stick to him, so that he can't make jishu moves, your teammates will definitely make up for the defense in time, believe in your teammates, believe in your team!" ”

For Su Weiquan's performance, Chen Zhuo is praising him, Baggio is also more satisfied, Serbian international Boskjankovic is half a head taller and stronger than him, in the confrontation between the two, although Su Weiquan did not fight for the first landing point, but through close pressing, Jankovic had no way to turn around and make shooting adjustments, and there was no obvious pulling action in the entire defensive completion process, until Chen Zhuo returned to the defense in place, and destroyed the ball before Palacio responded, and completed a successful defense of Genoa's attack.

Under Chen Zhuo's command, the Hong Kong team's defensive line played well, and Genoa's repeated attacks failed to form a final threat.

(c)

"Well done! Good kick, Jianbang, you now understand the usefulness of physical training! The German kid against you can sprint at that pace in the 90th minute, will you be able to withstand it then? Go ahead and pay attention to the reasonable distribution of physical energy! Chen Zhuo had already followed up to the wing, but under Zucurini's pressing, Guo Jianbang's ball failed to pass, and Zucurini's defense brought out the sideline.

"Oops! Ouyang, look at this ball, you make an emergency stop, and then pass it horizontally, remember to use your afterglow to observe when dribbling the ball, although it is still very good to pass just now, but such a haode opportunity, it is too wasteful! ”

Chen Zhuo kept commenting and pointing, he followed up the running position to the right, and once again failed to get the pass, Ouyang Yaoming changed direction and accelerated, getting rid of Mesto, but before passing the ball, he did not observe the situation on the field, Garson and Chen Zhaoqi both helped Chen Zhuo pull out the gap through the run, Gasperini was already angry and shouted on the sidelines, but Ouyang Yaoming's pass was really inexplicable.

Chen Zhuo still encouraged, but Baggio was obviously much more stern, and in the 20th minute, when right wingback Ouyang Yaoming wasted a chance, he was replaced by Baggio.

Baggio has repeatedly stressed to the players that for a weak team like Hong Kong, defensive counterattack is their only way to win, and in each game, there are likely to be only one or two opportunities to counterattack, and the rest of the time is passively beaten, so the passing of the two wing-backs is crucial, and no waste and mistakes are allowed!

This is also the style of Italy, for Italy, who have integrated defensive counter-attacking tactics into their bones, players who waste opportunities for no reason are by no means tolerated!

Replacing Ouyang Yaoming with punishment and replacing Ju Yingzhi, Baggio's arrangement is very simple, participate in every defense that he can participate in, and be able to quickly settle down and participate in the attack when there is a counterattack opportunity, and don't waste any offensive opportunities.

(iv)

It is true that there are too few opportunities to counterattack, and Ju Yingzhi has been defending most of the time after coming on the field. cooperated with Xu Deshuai to close the door, and Zhai Jianbang in the back carried out the "sweep".

Under the command of Gasperini, Genoa further strengthened the attack on the wings, Palacio and Scully were all pulled to the wings, Genoa's midfielders transmitted to the left and right corners as soon as they got the ball, with Palacio and Scully fully pulling on the two wings, and Mesto and Zucurini followed up.

With Hong Kong posing little threat to Genoa, centre-back Chikau and midfielder Halja have assisted Hong Kong in the half to suppress the attack.

However, the Hong Kong team was originally beaten and accustomed to the style. When facing teams such as China, Japan, South Korea, North Korea and West Asia. They all adopt the "tiger does not come out of the hole" turtle defense, and they have long formed a habit of taking a cold bite when they see the opportunity.

Now, after Baggio has strengthened himself with a double defender and a back three, his ability to defend intensively has increased dramatically. He was attacked by the Genoa team for 45 minutes and still kept the goal without conceding. But the Hong Kong team is also in danger in front of goal. The starting goalkeeper Liang Xingjie saved at least four dangerous balls and performed very well.

It's just that the Hong Kong team's ability to grasp the counterattack opportunity is still very poor, and Chen Zhuo's two passes to the left and right in the first half were not coordinated in the end. And Chen Zhuo's through ball to the middle, Garson and Chen Zhaoqi ran to the heavy position again......

From Baggio's point of view, he was not disappointed, on the contrary, the strengthening of the defensive system made Baggio feel very gratified, this is just a little more than a week of joint training, the effect has been good, at this rate, until the end of the 28-day joint training period, the defensive ability of the entire Hong Kong team will be improved with the gradual improvement of the defensive system!

(5)

In the second half, Gasperini changed the formation to the "twin towers", changing five players at once, namely Lucatoni, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Kaladze, Ranocchia and Veloso, replacing Scully, Jankovic, Palacio, Milaneto and Bonetti, adjusting the lineup to 4-4-2.

There are more Caradze back-row follow-up assists on the wing, more Veloso in the middle, and Ranocchia can also launch a long pass in the backfield.

Kaladze pulled back on the side, Mesto took the ball on the side, Lucatoni ran away from Xie Jiaqiang and squeezed Chen Zhuo, and Van Nistelrooy scored easily under the interference of Zhai Tingfeng and Su Weiquan.

Although goalkeeper Liang Xingjie reacted, Ruud van Nistelrooy's header drew an arc in the air to the back point, and although Liang Xingjie tried his best to stretch, it was still out of reach.

This was just the beginning, five minutes later, Genoa made a comeback, Veloso attracted Chen Zhuo in the middle and separated, Zucurini broke through Ju Yingzhi, Xu Deshuai and Zhai Tingfeng from the right side in a row and then crossed, Lucatoni once again bumped into Xie Jiaqiang to interfere with Su Weiquan, and Ruud van Nistelrooy scored twice unmarked.

Next, Baggio transferred Chen Zhuo back to the position of dragging the central defender, and asked Su Weiquan to play the marking central defender, which was changed to a three-marking and double back configuration, and the Hong Kong team stabilized its position in the next 15 minutes.

However, Gasperini also made adjustments at the same time, Chen Zhuo withdrew from the back to the central defender position, the Genoa team began to press forward, the two fullbacks began to cut inside, the two fullbacks began to pull to the side, and Vanney, who was more familiar with Chen Zhuo, began to make a "tactical wall" to contain Chen Zhuo, and soon Lucatoni got the ball in the penalty area, and he shot and scored after being easily freed under the sandwich of Su Weiquan and Xie Jiaqiang.

Next, Baggio moved Garson to the midfield position, adjusted the entire lineup to 4-5-1, and all the players, including Chen Zhaoqi, withdrew to the half-court defense, and finally stumbled to hold on to Zuihou for more than ten minutes without conceding another goal.

The biggest highlight of the game came from Zhai Tingfeng, in the 88th minute of the game, Chen Zhuo and Vanney scrambled to protect the ball and handed it to Zhai Tingfeng, when everyone thought he would destroy it with a big foot, he didn't expect Zhai Tingfeng to dribble the ball all the way from the side, Karadze and Mesto did not retreat from the left side, giving Zhai Tingfeng a chance, he ran with the ball for more than 70 meters and feinted to shake Dainelli, but unfortunately Zuihou hesitated when he hit the goal or passed the ball to Chen Zhaoqi, The counterattack was disrupted by Ranocchia and Dainelli.

In the whole game, the Hong Kong team exposed many problems on the offensive end, in terms of defense, the Hong Kong team players obviously could not play a flexible system combining zone defense and man-to-man defense, and it was easy to be torn open by the opponent, and when the defensive system was torn apart, the players' individual ability could not be compared with the opponent.

The team also improved, for example, after the game, everyone knew that the tactical system was broken, and when Baggio explained all kinds of supplements that were in place and not in place, everyone was able to quickly understand and accept them.

Another point of the biggest improvement is physical fitness, until the end of the game, the players of the Hong Kong team did not have cramps and could not run, and even Zhai Tingfeng could run more than 70 meters in the 88th minute, which was unimaginable in previous games!

(f)

Through this game, Baggio also saw that even with the addition of Chen Zhuo, Garson, Lin Zhijian and Xie Jiaqiang, the Hong Kong team is just at this level, and what kind of tactical system can make it stronger, that is Baggio's skill! It's nerve-wracking.

It's just that these things are now a headache for Baggio, and Chen Zhuo, who returned to the Genoa team on Thursday, is still busy preparing for the home game against Bari on Sunday night.

"It's good news Patton, Friday's game, Kevin confirmed that he can participate, this week's Dutch national team squad, Kevin was not able to be selected, he made the final decision to join the Hong Kong team, Mr. Huo has already started the registration process, if there is no accident, Kevin can officially represent the Hong Kong team in the Asian Games and the Asian Cup." Baggio revealed the news to Chen Zhuo after the game.

Chen Zhuo is also very happy, there can be a Dutch Olympic team central defender to strengthen, the Hong Kong team's defensive system has added a bit of hardness, if Chen Zhuo, Garson, Xie Jiaqiang, Lin Zhijian and Rong Ah Ping are put in the middle and backfield, and after a period of running-in, there should still be some certainty in dealing with Asian teams.

"Oh, Robert, have you considered putting Ah Feng on the side to try it......" Chen Zhuo thought about Zhai Tingfeng's use and suggested to Baggio. (To be continued......)