(a)

In Kasimov's impression, this Hong Kong team is not so fragile, which is also everyone's impression of the Hong Kong team that appeared after Baggio took charge, they dared to fight in the three European Open warm-up matches, except for the left and right wing-backs who are a little too thin, the players on the entire central axis have a certain ability to resist impact.

Quasimodo is also well aware of the weaknesses of the Central Asian team. After the disintegration of the Soviet Union, Uzbekistan completely changed the national system, and the physical engineering brigades at all levels, as well as the physical engineering teams of the army units, the railway corps, and the coal and oil mines, all of which were previously funded by the state, were cut down after being changed into a "democratic system" and changed to a market model, especially football, following the example of Japan, South Korea, and China, and embarked on the road of professionalism.

It's just that in the process of learning from China, Japan and South Korea, the Uzbekistan Football Association is more inclined to China and wants to take a "shortcut" to let some people get rich first. Specifically, through a large amount of investment, the top league will first flourish, drive the ball market to prosper, and wait until each club is profitable, and then follow the Japanese and Korean models to build a college-age reserve team, a high school-age reserve team, and a junior high school-age reserve team, and then popularize elementary school-age football nationwide. This is the "China model".

Compared with the "top-down" of the Chinese model, the Korean model and the Japanese model are "bottom-up" starting from laying the foundation, South Korea has been engaged in football since the sixties and seventies, and the rise of Japanese football Jihua started from the popularity of their animation comic "Football Player" in 1980, and has not seen any improvement for more than ten years. It has always been the defeat of South Korea and China, but China has become extremely popular in just two or three years after its professionalization in 1994, so Uzbekistan has decided not to consider Japan's slow model after examining these neighbors.

The start of professionalism is not much different from the time in China, and the damage shown by this kind of "castle in the sky" is also the same as that of China, basically the same as China, after about ten years of professionalization, when the players after the "privatization of the national system" before are all old, and there is no national system. The club did not have time to engage in various echelons due to economic reasons. The rate of decline in football throughout Uzbekistan is very noticeable.

Like Chinese football, it quenches its thirst for short-term interests, hoping to attract the attention of capital and stimulate the enthusiasm of the ball market through the good international results of the youth team. Therefore, overage players are constantly used to participate in the competition. Constantly let the players get good results in the youth competition in advance by strengthening liliang, strengthening physical fitness and strengthening tactics......

So this Uzbek team in 2010. and the team that won the championship in the 1994 Asian Games, it is completely incomparable from the Jishu side, it is a bunch of rough brothers who are rampage with Liliang. Relying on speed to gamble on whether Zuihou's kick is accurate or not, the team's number one star Shatskikh is also 32 years old, and when Shatskikh retires, Uzbekistan will undoubtedly fall to a lower bottom!

Blowing a foul on Uzbekistan in three minutes and showing a yellow card, this penalty scale also set the tone for this game, for Liliang and Uzbekistan, who played 60% of the team, this is undoubtedly a big stick in the head!

(b)

Fortunately, the opposition point is far away from the goal, forty-three or four meters, and almost more than a meter next to the sideline, in this position, Chen Zhuo's direct shot to score a success probability is very low.

It's like shooting a three-pointer, the 50% shooting rate near the three-point line is already very high, and if you go one meter outside, it may drop to 25%, and if you go one meter outside, it will only be 10%, and then you can only rely on Meng. The same is true for free-kicks in football, and the percentage of shots is even lower because there is still a goalkeeper there.

In terms of height, Uzbek players are generally above 1.8 meters, with an average height of several centimeters taller than the Hong Kong team, and they also have a certain advantage in defending high-altitude balls, which is also one of the reasons why they use set-pieces as a means of scoring goals.

Chen Zhuo served, Zhai Tingfeng, Guo Jianbang and Ouyang Yaochong, three players who had no height advantage, were responsible for making up shots on the periphery, as well as using their speed to defend against the Uzbekistan team's long pass counterattack, and the other six players all squeezed into the opponent's penalty area, and as the referee whistled, Chen Zhuo hoisted the ball into the penalty area.

"Toot ~~~" The referee whistles again!

This time it was a signal for Garson to foul him, and when he was scrambling for a header, Garson knocked an Uzbek central defender away in the air to create space for Chen Zhaoqi.

The Lebanese referee in this game still enforced the law very strictly, and the whistle blew very tightly for fouls on both sides.

Uzbekistan was about to serve quickly after putting down the ball, Chen Zhaoqi ran over and kicked the ball away, preventing the opponent from sending a free kick quickly, and buying time for his teammates to return to defense, which caused an argument between the players on both sides, and the referee ran over and gave Chen Zhaoqi and the No. 4 central defender of the Uzbekistan team a yellow card each......

In the first 5 minutes, the referee issued 3 yellow cards, which are completely different from the previous game!

And this kind of harsh penalty scale is also what Baggio needs, basically this opening 5-minute test has met Baggio's expectations.

(c)

In the next 15 minutes, it was the siege of No. 8 player Yeparov and the restriction of No. 9 player Nasimov, first consolidating the defense and disrupting Uzbekistan's offensive deployment.

It was exactly the same as the start of the previous game, the formation was still 3-5-2, and the siege of Yeparov at the back was also completed by three players, Garsen, Chen Zhaoqi and Chen Zhuo, forcing the Uzbekistan team to make a long pass in a hurry, and the midfielders and backfielders formed a triangle defense system nearby to encircle Nasimov.

However, there was a mistake when marking Nasimov, which gave Shatskikh a chance to break through, just like the pre-match analysis, Shatskikh's power in possession is far inferior to his off-ball running and grabbing shots, in the face of Rong Aping alone, Shatskih actually made the ball bigger!

In the end, under the protection of Rong Aping, goalkeeper Liang Xingjie confiscated the ball, and the audience gave warm applause after exclaiming.

Defending is defending, but in terms of attack, the Hong Kong team doesn't have much chance.

Because he clearly knows the problems of his team's left-back, for the Hong Kong team's sharp right forward Ouyang Yaochong, Uzbekistan coach Quasimodo used another left-back who is not as fast and assistive as Denisov in this game, sacrificing Denisov's left side assist to deal with the right midfielder Ouyang Yaochong's fast attack on the side.

The left-back wearing the No. 14 jersey is also conscientious in defense, for Ouyang Yaochong's breakthrough, he firmly implements the arrangement of letting the ball go and not letting people go, and at the same time pays great attention to skills, implements personal interference and delay for Ouyang Yaochong, and leaves the ball to the central defender to destroy. This kind of cooperation also made Ouyang Yaochong's breakthrough several times unsuccessful.

Ouyang Yaochong was repeatedly frustrated on the right flank, Kwok Jianbang was also taken care of by the opposing defenders on the left, and the fast horses on both wings of the Hong Kong team ran into the stumbling blocks set by Uzbekistan.

It seems that Quasimodo has also done in-depth research on the Hong Kong team led by Baggio, and at the same time regards the Hong Kong team as the opponent he wants to win the most in the group.

In the other match of the group that ended in the afternoon, the UAE defeated Bangladesh 3-0, the same score as Uzbekistan beat Bangladesh, who have been eliminated early after two defeats.

For Uzbekistan, the pressure on them in this game is greater than that of the Hong Kong team, Hong Kong will not hurt even if they lose this game, the next game against Bangladesh, the weakest team in the group, I believe that the strength of the Hong Kong team can also win easily, and the Uzbekistan team can advance if it wins this game, if it loses this game, it will be necessary to fight to the death in Zuihou UAE team to have a chance to qualify.

Compared with the next game against the United Arab Emirates, Kasimov feels that this game is more confident against the Hong Kong team.

(iv)

After encountering obstacles through Yeparov, Kasimov directed Nasimov to retreat to the midfield from the sidelines, and the central defender made a long pass directly to the midfield to find Nasimov, and Nasimov then passed diagonally or through the penalty area to find Shatskih, and Nasimov and Shatskikh formed a breakthrough or created a set-piece from the two points, trying to quickly open the situation in a simpler and more direct way.

To put it mildly, if not to put it mildly, then there is nothing else to do in Uzbekistan.

According to Baggio's pre-match arrangement, in addition to the deployment of heavy troops at these three key points, other offensive points can be "closer", and the two marking central defenders and Rong Aping, the dragging central defender, will deal with them.

Throughout the first half, the two sides went back and forth, and there were no special chances.

At the beginning of the second half, neither side made any personnel changes, but Hong Kong launched a fierce attack through two flanks as soon as possible, as if they wanted to take the lead and break the deadlock as soon as possible.

In the second minute of the second half, Hong Kong's Au Yeung Yiu-chong counterattacked quickly on the right side, and his shot from a small angle on the right side of the penalty area was blocked by the Uzbekistan goalkeeper who fell to the ground.

In the subsequent corner kick, Chen Zhaoqi scrambled for the landing point of the corner kick sent by Chen Zhuo, but it was high above the crossbar under the interference of the opposing player, and the two sides switched offensive and defensive rights.

Immediately after the 5th minute, the Hong Kong team handed it to Chen Zhuo after a steal in the middle, Chen Zhuo's long pass was hoisted into the penalty area, and Chen Zhaoqi headed the goal, which was touched by the Uzbek defender.

In the subsequent corner kick, Chen Zhaoqi scrambled to the first landing point and hit the goal with a header, but unfortunately the ball was slightly off.

The passive situation of four shots on goal and two corners in five minutes also made Kasimov decide to make adjustments to change the current unfavorable situation.

Left wing-back Denisov and winger Urunov were both on the sidelines, with Kasimov trying to make two substitutions at once, and Baggio calmly watching Kasimov's intentions. (To be continued......)