Chapter Thirty-Seven: The Wonderful Confrontation (I)

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"Wang Dalei did a good job!" After Huang Jianxiang applauded excitedly, he spoke highly of Wang Dalei's world-class save, "This save is really valuable, if the Argentine team scores at this time, it will only be one behind us, and there is only one goal advantage into the second half, and the result of this game is difficult to say."

And the guest Zhang Lu still had a solemn face, "I can't relax now, the Argentine team still has a corner kick." ”

But the Chinese fans in the stands have already begun to chant "Hi! Hi! Wang Dalei! Paying tribute to him alone, Wang Dalei, who was inspired, was even more excited, even under unprecedented pressure, he still bravely struck out of the penalty area from Argentina's well-landed corner. The referee blew the whistle for the end of the first half, and the Chinese team triumphantly entered the second half with a two-goal lead.

During the intermission, the two commentators of CCTV not only reviewed and evaluated the Chinese team's table in the first half, but also looked forward to the second half, both of them believed that although the Chinese team's table in the first half far exceeded expectations, but the second half should not be careless, especially for Messi, even if he can prevent him from shooting, you have to be careful of his passing. And Bai Jiajun's well-known physical problems made the two commentators even more worried.

Since even the commentator has thought of it, how could Stano, as the head coach of the national football team, not think of it? At half-time, he made an important personnel adjustment, replacing the central defender Du Wei, who has always been highly valued by him, while Bai Jiajun returned to his best central defender position, forming a new central defender partnership with club teammate Zhao Ming, and at the same time, the team's formation was also readjusted back to the 433 formation that shone in the first game. The center forward position is reserved for the shortest of the trident, Yu Hai and Yang Hao form a double back, but the substitute who appeared in the front position is not the more valued martial arts king, but Deng Zhuoxiang, who is now playing in the J League

Stano naturally has a reason for such an adjustment, Bai Jiajun has consumed too much body in the back position in the first half. Only by switching to central defender will he be able to hold on until the end of the game. Although it may be dangerous to no longer revolve around Messi, the first half of the game has fully confirmed the weakness of the Argentine team's lack of air dominance in the frontcourt, so that Du Wei will become worthless if he continues to stay on the field, but Bai Jiajun can give full play to his strengths and become the core of the Chinese team's defense on the field. In Stano's view, a Bai Jiajun who can give full play to his strength at 100% may not be worth less than staring at Messi again for twenty or thirty minutes

As for adjusting the formation, change it back to 433. On the one hand, it is to cooperate with Bai Jiajun's adjustment to return to the central defender position, but the more important reason is that Stano has now thoroughly seen the essence of this Argentine team's strong central cadres, especially the weakness of the air defense ability of the back line, and decided to no longer wait for opportunities conservatively, but to defeat the opponent with attack after attack! This will not only make Stano more famous, but also help to boost the confidence of the international players, which will be very helpful for them to play well in the future

did not replace the king of martial arts, but chose Deng Zhuoxiang. It is a very targeted arrangement made by Stano according to the characteristics of the Argentine team's backline, and the players in the Argentine team's backline are generally not tall. Even the tallest No. 17 Honas. Gutierrez is also thin and tall, and he has no advantage in strength and air dominance, mainly relying on flexible footwork, excellent prediction, fierce and accurate tackles and various small actions common in South American football. There is also a long-range shot and a free kick Deng Zhuoxiang is better. Anyway, under the deterrence and containment of the Chinese team's forward trident, even the Argentine team is difficult to draw out manpower to entangle Deng Zhuoxiang, and just like Shunsuke Nakamura at the peak of the year, as long as no one interferes closely. Tang Zhuoxiang's strength is absolutely world-class

As for why Gao Jun was allowed to play the center, but put the two big men on the side, this is actually a special tactic inspired by Gao Jun, and now it is found that the Argentine team just meets the conditions, so he simply tries to use it, anyway, even if it is not easy to use in actual combat, it is very convenient to change it back, and it only needs Stano to shout loudly on the sidelines

However, after the start of the second half, Messi, who had been given more freedom, was quickly active, he first burst into the penalty area after two consecutive one-to-one with Aguero in the 47th minute, and shot with his feet before Bai Jiajun came up to intercept it, although it was only a goal, but it still scared the Chinese fans in the stands into a cold sweat. Less than three minutes later, Messi took advantage of his sharp breakthrough to create a direct free-kick opportunity in a good position

Although Yang Hao is also very flexible, his explosiveness and speed are too different from Messi, and there is no way to reach out and pull after being rid of him, but it is also quite dangerous to give the Argentine team a chance to take a free kick in this position. Fortunately, the referee did not give a yellow card this time, otherwise the loss would have been even greater", Huang Jianxiang frowned and said with some concern, but his expression quickly changed suddenly, "Messi started to run, he shot by himself!" Da Lei is good, he saved Messi's shot! It's dangerous, it's dangerous, if this goal is scored, the shape of the Chinese team will be too disadvantageous."

"Messi's strength is still a little bit worse, this free kick is a little far from the goal, as long as our own defense is not a problem, in fact, there is not much danger." Although Zhang Lu's expression was obviously more relaxed, he also expressed concern about the Chinese team's on-field appearance, "But it's still dangerous to give Messi freedom all the time, I don't know why Stano made such a big adjustment, but at least from the first few minutes of the second half, he seems to be a little too risky"

To be honest, the Argentine team's tidal offensive still made the national football coach Stano on the sidelines also feel a lot of pressure, but just when he began to hesitate to make further adjustments, the Chinese team played a very beautiful quick counterattack

In the 51st minute, Deng Zhuoxiang received the ball near the top of the arc of the center circle and suddenly stuffed the ball to the right side, and Xie Wenjun, who understood it, was like a lightning bolt and rushed forward at high speed through the Argentine team's defense, catching up with the ball and making a cross to the bottom, but unfortunately the rotation was a little stronger, so the landing point was relatively backward. Gao Jun, who had already seen the problem when the ball just flew up, did not run back, but turned around by mistake and poked the ball back with his toes, and Deng Zhuoxiang, who had run to the top of the arc of the penalty area, did not stop the ball when he saw this, but chose to shoot directly at the ball, only to see the ball draw a strange arc in the air, bypassing the fingertips of the Argentine goalkeeper No. 22 Romero and flying towards the goal

Seeing the moment he slipped the ball, Romero was almost desperate, but soon heard the sound of "bell", and immediately realized that the ball hit the door frame, and quickly glanced at the football to find it, and then rushed over desperately to hold the ball for the first time, only to find that it was out of reach and tried his best to retract his foot so that he lost his balance Gao Jun pressed under him, which looked quite wolf

Despite this, Romero got up and threw a grateful look at Gao Jun, just now as long as Gao Jun retracted his feet a little slower, he would kick him, with Gao Jun's foot strength, he would be injured nine times out of ten, and Gao Jun would not be taken for this, as long as he said that his reaction was a little slow. And some expert fans in the stands also saw the doorway, and began to applaud in unison to praise the sportsmanship that Gao Jun had just shown

Stano on the sidelines also applauded, but it was not just because of Gao Jun's sportsmanship, he knew very well that if the Chinese team was not in good shape, Gao Jun often didn't even care about his own safety when fighting for the ball, how could he care about the safety of the opponent, and now Gao Jun has such spare time, which shows that in his opinion, the current dominance of this game is still in the hands of the Chinese team. After thinking about this, Stano decided to trust his players and put aside the idea of making adjustments on the field for a while.

On the other hand, although the Chinese team's attack fell short, it fully proved their huge advantage on the right flank. Argentina's left-back No. 17 Honas. Gutierrez had never played as a defender before, but Lao Ma insisted on putting him in the position of fullback in the Argentine national team, both in defensive skills and defensive awareness, and it was his lack of marking just now that allowed Xie Wenjun to pass through the Argentine team's defense so easily to get the opportunity to cross the bottom.

And when the Chinese team found a weakness and concentrated their attack on the left side of the Argentine team, Honas. Gutierrez's weakness of insufficient strength was also quickly exposed, his height reached 1.88 meters, only 2 cm shorter than Xie Wenjun, but his weight was more than 20 pounds shorter, and Xie Wenjun also had the advantage of muscle type and thick skeleton, with stronger explosive power and lower center of gravity. Gutierrez has the upper hand when he is one-on-one, and even when he is dribbling with the ball at his feet, Xie Wenjun can easily eat his opponent, let alone grab position

In this case, the Argentine captain of the single midfielder in this game, No. 14 Mascherano, could only run to the left flank frequently to help the defense, but in this way, the two Argentine central defenders inevitably fell into a situation of isolation (to be continued......