Chapter 34: Death on Messi

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Because the victory has been decided, in order to save body to deal with the next game, the Chinese team took the initiative to slow down the pace, but still firmly controlled the ball at their feet, although the Greek team wanted to counterattack several times to save face, but like a fist in the cotton did not exert strength, and the final score of 7:0 remained to the end.

Such an exaggerated score not only made a good start for the Chinese team's journey in this World Cup, but also caused a sensation in the entire world football world, although the strength of the Greek team is not too strong, but after all, it is also a European team, and the Chinese team was able to win such a big score, which really shocked the media of various countries. The official website of the AFC praised the Chinese team's performance and encouraged other Asian teams to play well like the Chinese team and win glory for Asian football.

Speaking of which, although even if the Australian team is counted, there are only four Asian teams participating in this World Cup, it may be the influence of "universal celebration" football, or it may be that Asian football has indeed developed to a small peak, and the South Africa World Cup in history is the best performance of Asian teams, provided that the South Korea and Japan World Cup are excluded from taking advantage of the home field and even getting the help of black whistles.

In this time and space, due to the fact that the North Korean team that was lucky enough to enter the World Cup in history did not have such good luck, the overall strength of the Asian team is much stronger than in history, in addition to the Chinese team, which far exceeds the level of the same period in history, due to the butterfly effect caused by the crossing of the high army, the strength of the Japanese team is also stronger than when it played the World Cup in South Africa in history

According to the "barrel principle", a team's shortcomings often affect the team's strength more than its strengths. The Japanese team has always produced excellent midfielders, and the lack of strength in the two penalty areas, especially in the middle of the penalty area, has long plagued them, so when the Japanese team is at its peak, it is not the strongest midfield. It's a period of good goalscorers and strong centre-backs.

Although in the history of the 2010 summer of the World Cup in South Africa, Tanaka Doukawang, a tall and strong mixed-race central defender, has also become the main force in the Japanese team's backline, but this time and space became famous earlier and has been fully exercised Tanaka Doukasa King is obviously more mature than this time in history, and in recent years, many losses on the Chinese team have also objectively sharpened the psychological quality of the Japanese internationals, so that Okada Takeshi's anti-counter tactics have a more solid foundation.

However, the bigger difference is the scoring ability of the Japanese national team to reach the peak in advance in this time and space. Historically, the Japanese national team did not have the strongest offensive ability in history until around 2012, because at that time, Shinji Okazaki, the most efficient goalscorer in the history of Japanese football, had been fully trained in the Bundesliga, and Shinji Kagawa, who was known for his goalscoring ability despite the problem of midfield, was even more prosperous at that time.

These two players plus Keisuke Honda, who has made a name for himself in Europe, basically solved the dilemma of the Japanese national team's "weak forward", making the Japanese national team truly the undisputed Asian hegemon, and even the old enemy South Korea team has been defeated by the Japanese team many times. In the historical World Cup in South Africa, Shinji Okazaki was not yet fully mature, and Shinji Kagawa did not even enter the 23-man registration list, and the Japanese national team could only rely on set-pieces and Keisuke Honda's personal ability to score in the game. Although it also achieved breakthrough results in the end, it mainly relied on a tight defense.

The situation in this time and space is very different, although Gao Jun's original construction of Saburo Kawabuchi did not have an immediate effect, but it still allowed Shinji Okazaki and Shinji Kagawa, two players who are good at scoring, to emerge earlier, and now both have established themselves in the Bundesliga, and they are only one step away from their peak form. In addition, full-back Yuto Nagatomo, who entered the top five leagues a few years earlier than in history, is now far more mature and experienced than the same period in history, which has greatly enhanced the attacking power of the Japanese national team compared to the historical team.

Maybe that's why. Japan's 3-0 win over the African Lions of Cameroon in their opening game of the group stage thrilled the Japanese media and fans. There are even many people who think that the gold content of this game is more than the first win of the Chinese team 7:0, but in the past two years, because of the grouping, the Chinese and Japanese national teams have not had the opportunity to play each other with the strongest lineup (neither side has called overseas players in the East Asian semifinals), which makes the media and fans in Japan somewhat "forget the pain of the scars", and began to shout arrogant slogans similar to "Japanese football is the first in Asia".

Obviously, the whole Chinese team doesn't think so, but no matter what. The Japanese national team's excellent performance in the first round of matches still caused some pressure on everyone, but this is not necessarily a good thing after the Chinese team has just won a shocking victory. After suppressing the complacency that sprouted after the first win, the Chinese team can prepare more seriously for the second game of the group stage against Argentina

Compared to the excellent performance of the Chinese team in the first match against the Japanese team, the result of the first match between the South Korean team and the Australian team was somewhat unsatisfactory. Among them, the South Korean team lost by one goal, and the Brazilian team, which has obviously not yet entered the game, can at least explain in face. The Australian team lost 0:4 in the first game, and it was inevitable that their morale would be ruined, but who told them to be unlucky enough to meet a German team that restrained themselves in style and was the best at bullying the weak?

Although the unexpected victory in the first game surprised everyone, but for the second game of the Chinese team, most of the media and fans are extremely unoptimistic, even if it is domestic, after all, the Argentine team is one of the two South American heroes, almost every World Cup is the favorite, and the king Maradona became the head coach with his unparalleled high prestige to suppress all kinds of contradictions within the team, so that the big stars of the Argentine national team can devote themselves to the game, This has a huge impact on South American teams, who often fail to perform at their best in the game.

However, both China's head coach Stano and the team's leader Gao Jun are determined to compete with Argentina in the second game and try to beat each other to win the group in order to fight for a more favorable opponent in the knockout stage. On the one hand, Maradona's tactical level is low and he is still stuck in the era of relying on the individual ability of his stars to decide the winner, and on the other hand, the Argentine team's current style of play is too dependent on Messi, and now the Chinese team has a "secret weapon" that can limit his play in a large range

"I really can't imagine that the Chinese team will have such a starting lineup today", Huang Jianxiang, the host of the CCTV football program who was responsible for commenting the second game of the Chinese team in the World Cup in South Africa, was surprised after seeing the list of starting lineups announced before the game, "Today's formation of the Chinese team is 442, the striker is No. 19 Gao Jun and No. 11 Xie Wenjun, and the first game played the center position of the center in this game to play the right forward, which should be more focused on offense, and the left forward is played by Yu Hai, which should be more focused on defense." In the middle of the midfield are two backs, one of which is the main Yang Hao who can't be beaten, and the other is very unexpected, it is actually Bai Jiajun who came on the bench to play the central defender position in the last game, what does Stano think? ”

After all, the guest Zhang Lu was a little more professional, and took the lead in thinking of a possibility, "Do you want Bai Jiajun to focus on Messi?" It seems that there is indeed this possibility, the height of the two is about the same, Messi's cadence advantage is difficult to play in the face of Bai Jiajun, and the speed and start are not cheap, and Bai Jiajun's prediction and tackle are a must"

Huang Jianxiang is not as optimistic as his partner, but his eyes can't help but reveal expectation, "It is estimated that it is still a little difficult to completely restrict him alone, after all, Messi is now one of the best players in the world, and with Bai Jiajun's physical fitness, it is estimated that he can follow Messi for 70 minutes at most." However, with Bai Jiajun's technical characteristics, it is indeed much better to target Messi than other players."

As soon as the game began, the idea of the two was confirmed, as soon as Messi entered the half of the Chinese team, Bai Jiajun would immediately lean in. At first, Messi didn't care about this little Chinese man who is still playing in the Chinese Super League, but less than 3 minutes after the game started, Bai Jiajun used an accurate and decisive grab to successfully break the ball from Messi's feet, and the Chinese team immediately launched a quick counterattack!

Yang Hao's straight plug was very resolute, and the ball was handed to Yu Hai on the left, and he crossed it directly! Oh! Gao Jun's header was just a little bit close! He looks very regretful, but the attack just now is still very beautiful, let's applaud the boys of the national football team, and look forward to their better performance", Huang Jianxiang grabbed his hair in annoyance before he had time to be happy, but he still fully affirmed the performance of the national football team.

And the guest Zhang Lu also praised the national football team, "After all, the opponent is the Argentine team!" The fact that the national football team can create such a threat in the first attack is already a very satisfying example. ”

Just when the Chinese team and their supporters were deeply regretting the missed opportunity for this attack, the Argentine team was shocked into a cold sweat, especially Messi, as the starting point of this counterattack, he felt a deep responsibility. But to Messi's disappointment, when he looked to the sidelines of his manager Lao Ma for some guidance, the latter only gave cheap encouragement (to be continued......