At the Rajamangala Stadium in Bangkok, the match between Australia and Hong Kong, China is underway.

Wan Sheng stood on the sidelines, not at all moved by the situation.

He just watched the game carefully, and when he had the opportunity, he used a shouting voice to remind those players who made mistakes in running on the field, such command did not have much effect, but he had to do it seriously if it had a little effect.

On the other hand, Australian coach Alexander-Arnold did the opposite, sitting in the dugout with his arms in his arms, a gesture that felt like he was full of confidence.

As a result, many media believe that "...... You can see at a glance who wins and who loses. ”

Soon, the first half of the game was over.

Until then, Australia still failed to break through the Hong Kong team, and the half ended 0-0, and the two sides entered the dressing room to prepare for the second half of the game.

At halftime, Wan Sheng also reminded the team's defense again, "If you want to continue to defend for a while, you must hold the goal." ”

Then he mentioned some problems in the first half, "Don't run too far on the two wings, just be careful not to let them pass the ball in front of the goal easily, pay more attention to the middle, in the second half I guess they will choose to replace Cahill, this player must be more careful, don't let him get up in front of the penalty area......"

Wan Sheng said carefully.

Since the Australian team has a lot of players playing in the English league, their overall style of play is influenced by the Premier League players, and some are more focused on the style of the English team, with long passes and long shots being their most threatening means.

It is not easy to score goals with this method, but the key is that the ability of the Hong Kong players is generally worse than that of the Australian players, so the direct style of play is very effective.

So he constantly emphasizes the defense in the middle and in front of goal.

After emphasizing the defense, he started to talk about the attack, and the Hong Kong team's attack mainly relied on the attack of Zhuo Zhuo in the front court, Zhuo Zhuo Zhuo is the best striker of the Hong Kong team.

Zhuo Zhuo was a black Cameroonian player, but in 2005, he renounced his Cameroonian citizenship. Thus applying for a HKSAR passport to represent the Hong Kong football team in international football competitions.

He received a HKSAR passport and became a permanent resident of Hong Kong.

He has played for Hong Kong Yuyuan Club in the Hong Kong First Division League, and was selected in the Hong Kong Football Star Awards for seven consecutive years from 2001 to 2007.

The most outstanding feature of Zhuozhuo is its speed.

In half a month of preparation training, Wansheng asked Zhuo Zhuo to do the most training, which was about shooting ability.

He is the heart of the team's goals, and his counter-attacking skills rely on the coaching skill of 'fast rushing' bonuses. Coupled with Zhuo Zhuo's speed, he can threaten the opponent's goal.

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In the 77th minute of the game, most of the game time passed, but the score of the two teams was still 0:0.

Under strong Australian pressure, the Hong Kong team defended passively for the whole game.

At the beginning of the game, many fans were still enthusiastically cheering for the two teams, and more fans supported the Australian team, because Australia has many internationally renowned stars, while the Hong Kong team has few famous players. But now, the enthusiasm of the fans has waned a lot, and many fans have 'booed' to show their dissatisfaction with the game, because the game between the two sides is really lethargic.

Listen to the cries of the fans in your ears. Wan Sheng stood still on the sidelines.

He was completely unaffected.

Compared to the shouts of tens of thousands of fans in the Premier League, the fans at Rajamangala Stadium are much worse, and this 'boo' doesn't matter at all, what is more important is the result of the game. In this match with Australia, a draw is the minimum requirement!

If you want to qualify from the group, it is crucial to play the first game. What's more, the team met the strongest team in the group, Australia.

If you can play this game well, you can build confidence in the players in the team, and it is precisely because the opponent is strong that the victory or defeat of the game is more important.

All along, the Hong Kong team has left the impression of 'the last in Asia', or 'semi-amateur team', even some Hong Kong players think so, this is actually very dangerous, if everyone looks at the team like this, then even if the team has the strength, it is difficult to play well, whenever the game is difficult, the players will think, 'our strength is poor, it is normal to not be able to play the opponent', there is no fighting spirit, there is no confidence, and it is naturally difficult to win the game.

So the result of this game is crucial.

So far, the team's performance has been okay, 0:0, the team is still very good defensively, but the defense alone will definitely not win the game, and the Hong Kong team has not shown anything in attack.

Wan Sheng also frowned because of this.

The main thing is that the team's offensive performance is very poor.

During the half-month preparation period, the Hong Kong team not only trained the defense, but also invested some energy in the attack, which was mainly concentrated on a few players in the frontcourt, such as Chen Weihao, Chen Zhaoji, Zhuo Zhuo, Jiang Shihao, these frontcourt players, have done some training in personal offensive ability, coupled with the addition of coaching skills to the frontcourt offense, according to the strength, the team will not play so badly whether it is a normal offense or a counterattack - so far, the team only has a pitiful three shots on goal, and has not played any threat.

"Something has to change." Wan Sheng thought.

After such a long game, Wansheng also saw some problems, in several good counterattack opportunities, the team is always the backfield and the front court 'fault', such as Zhuo Zhuo's several front-court breakthroughs, each time no one followed, even the football could not pass to Zhuo Zhuo's feet, and several midfielders did not keep up with the run.

This is a serious problem.

Wan Sheng has seen that this is actually related to the ability of the players, Zhuo Zhuo's speed is very fast, whenever he rushes up, the players in the backfield can't keep up, several midfielders are in the defensive position, it is difficult to keep up with the first time, there are also some problems with the passing from the back to the front, and the team has not played a continuous direct pass at all.

The problem is in the midfield!

The 'fault' between the front and back courts makes it impossible for the team to counterattack at all.

Wan Sheng realized that he had overlooked something, and the only good news was that the team's defense was playing well, and the chain defense was working.

Watching the game, Wan Sheng fell into thought.

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"It's now the 80th minute of the game and Australia still haven't scored. Hong Kong have only had three shots on goal so far and have not posed a threat, and they have been forced by Australia to huddle at the back. Judging from the past games, it seems that the Hong Kong team just want to defend until the last minute, and they have done a good job in terms of scores......"

"But it's hard to win by defending alone, and maybe Hong Kong is just hoping to get a point. In terms of strength, being able to get a point against Australia, the strongest team in the group, is also a success for the Hong Kong team. 'The score was still 0-0 and Derby County, who were playing at home, had been defending and looked like from the start of the game. Derby County were going to keep the goal, they didn't even think about attacking, so were they going to fight for a point at home? Judging by the scoreline, they did a good job......"

Japan's NTV TV commentator Itsunori Onodera commented with a little irony.

But for Hong Kong fans, this explanation is still acceptable, after all, no one expects the Hong Kong team to win, as the 'last in Asia', Hong Kong, can get a point on Australia, it should indeed be content.

As a result, many Hong Kong fans are still cheering for the team.

As for the game, it was hard. There's no way to threaten the Australian goal, they don't care so much.

Some media outlets think so too.

"If the game ends 0-0, it will be a win for Hong Kong and they will get a point from the group. Considering yesterday's Group A game, where hosts Thailand and Iraq also drew with each other, Hong Kong's point was crucial as they kept their hopes of qualifying from the group alive......"

Despite saying so. But so far, no one thinks that Hong Kong can qualify from the group, because Hong Kong has only shown defensive ability, and there is nothing to say about attack. Defensively alone, all three games were drawn, and three points were not enough to qualify.

At this time, Wan Sheng was still standing on the sidelines watching the pizza.

More than 80 minutes passed, and the game was in the last ten minutes, and he already knew why the team's counterattack always didn't play well.

It's not the same in the game and in training now.

Several of Australia's midfielders are very capable, including Cahill, Colwill and other stars, their individual ability is more than one grade stronger than the players of the Hong Kong team, even if there is a football trainer's ability attribute bonus, it is not enough to make up for the gap between the two, so several midfielders of the Hong Kong team are suppressed very backward, and their running position is difficult to keep up with the team's sudden change of offensive situation, so there is a fault line in the midfield.

In a team's formation, the connection between the back and the front has become poor, so it is difficult to get the ball to the front when there is a sudden counterattack.

It's a difficult problem to solve, unless you fight with Australia for the initiative in midfield, you have to sacrifice a certain amount of defense if you want to play comfortably in attack.

It is obviously very unrealistic to fight for the initiative in the midfield with Australia, the gap between the two teams is a bit big, and it is difficult to take the initiative even if they work hard; Sacrificing a certain amount of defense is also unacceptable to the team, they have defended for more than 80 minutes, and if Australia is allowed to score a goal now, then the game will not be played at all.

So, the only option became, adding a direct big foot pass from the back to the front.

Wan Sheng glanced at the bench and beckoned to a tall player with short hair and leanness, "Liu Quankun, go warm up!" ”

Liu Quankun, 24 years old, made his debut in Dalian Shide, playing as a central defender, as well as a full-back and defensive midfielder, playing for Hong Kong A football league team Kitchee.

Last summer, Liu Quankun was just selected for the Hong Kong team.

In the Hong Kong team, no older player like Zhuo Zhuo, Liu Quankun is just a newcomer, and this time he entered the Hong Kong team, he even doubted whether he could have playing time.

So when he heard Wansheng shouting his name, Liu Quankun was stunned for a moment, and when his teammates pushed him, he reacted, and the coach let him warm up!

Liu Quankun suddenly felt a little excited.

He's finally able to play like his teammates on the field.

Liu Quankun warmed up for a minute, Wan Sheng beckoned him to come back, and then told him seriously, "When you get on the field in a while, if you have the ball, you will pass forward, pay attention to Zhuo Zhuo, or someone else's position, I hope you can use a long pass to find opportunities for the team." ”

Liu Quankun nodded fiercely after hearing this.

Just now he wondered why the coach asked him to play, technically speaking, he is not better than others, and he is only a newcomer to the team, he thinks that in another two years, when he is 26 or 7 years old, he can become the main choice of the Hong Kong team.

Now he knows the reason for his appearance - far EasTone telecommunications.

Due to his strength, his long-range passing ability is still very strong, such as direct long passes from the back to the front, he can play very accurately.

Now that ability has helped him get a chance to play.

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Including stoppage time, there were only ten minutes left in the game.

A lot of people were cheering for the Australian team, and the game was dull for a long time, and most local Thai fans still wanted to score a goal, after all, the 0-0 game was not very good, and the Hong Kong team wanted to score, and the chances looked really slim.

In the comments of the media, it is generally believed that the Hong Kong team has played well.

But what they showed was only defense, constant defense, and it seemed that this game was an offensive and defensive drill between Australia and Hong Kong, Australia was attacking all the time, and the Hong Kong team was always defending.

In terms of situation, Australia has the advantage across the board.

But this is the official competition.

In official matches, the score determines the winner and Australia must score goals if they want to win, and Hong Kong seems to have only two options - a draw or a loss.

Japan's NTV TV commentator Onodera Itsunori couldn't help but sarcastically say, "Wansheng's success in Europe depends on gorgeous offensive football, but we didn't see this in the Hong Kong team, maybe he just wants Hong Kong defense to score a point, and he doesn't have any idea of trying to win." Before the opening of the Asian Cup, Wan Sheng gave a public interview, saying that the goal of the Hong Kong team is to win the championship, but obviously that is just talking, what we see in the Hong Kong team is only passive defensive ......"

At this time, Liu Quankun had already occupied the sidelines.

Soon the fourth official signaled the Hong Kong team to make a substitution, Liu Quankun replaced Chen Weihao, this substitution did not cause any comments, for most media and fans, the Hong Kong team does not have any players worth paying attention to, Liu Quankun, Chen Weihao, it doesn't matter who plays, anyway, they are not the players to be watched.

Wan Sheng has some expectations.

This is actually a gamble, only a few minutes of gambling, after more than an hour of observation of the game, Wan Sheng believes in his own judgment, Liu Quankun may not be able to score a goal, but it will definitely make Hong Kong's counterattack more threatening.

As long as the counter-attack is more fluid, the substitution is successful.

Then for the next matches against Thailand and Iraq, the Hong Kong team can also perform better, and the hope of qualifying from the group is greater. (To be continued.) )