Chapter 1241 - A Sleepy Game
Only the Chinese team broke the upset in the quarterfinals of the World Cup, and the next six games were all uneventful, Mexico lost to the stronger Argentina, the Netherlands defeated another dark horse Slovakia 2:1, Brazil beat the American brothers Chile 3:0, Germany beat England 4:1, but England was very resentful, Lampard's shots were over the goal line one meter, but the referee was stunned and did not see it, Portugal lost 0:1 to Spain in the competition of the Latin faction in Europe. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 Another Asian side, Japan, were also unable to make history of their own, losing on penalties against Paraguay and missing out on the quarter-finals.
After the quarter-finals, the quarter-finals are as follows: China vs Uruguay; Netherlands vs Brazil; Germany vs Argentina; Spain vs Paraguay.
The Chinese team actually reached the quarterfinals, which was not expected by the Uruguayan team before the game, and they did not conduct a serious study of the Chinese team, in fact, if there is no Chinese team, Uruguay is barely a dark horse, because in addition to Forlan and Suarez, the team is only Villarreal's Godin, Juventus's Caceres, Napoli's Gargano, Monaco's Perez, Lazio's goalkeeper Muslera and these people are not famous, The absolute workhorses are Godin and Perez.
However, the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and Uruguay is also a two-time World Cup champion in ancient times, and it seems disrespectful to call them dark horses, and the Chinese team has become the only dark horse in the quarterfinals.
The Chinese team has suffered a heavy defeat to Germany, a big victory over Ghana, a draw with Serbia, and a small victory over the United States, relying on the magic weapon of defensive counterattack, defense depends on the accumulation of numbers, and counterattack depends on Chen Yu's personal ability, but their quarter-final opponent Uruguay is also a team that defends and counterattacks.
In the group stage and quarterfinals, Uruguay drew 0:0 with France, defeated South Africa 3:0, defeated Mexico 1:0, defeated South Korea 2:1, and in four games, Uruguay only conceded one goal, and its defensive ability was much better than that of the Chinese team, which did not concede a goal in only one of the four games, and conceded six goals in the other three games.
Uruguay not only defends well, but also has two world-class strikers in attack, Forlan and Suarez, and there is no ambiguity at all when it comes to scoring, in four games, Uruguay has scored 6 goals, and the Chinese team has conceded 6 goals but only scored 6 goals.
Of the six goals scored by Uruguay, Suarez scored 3, Forlan scored 2, Perez scored 1, and among the 6 goals scored by the Chinese team, Chen Yu scored 5 goals alone.
Before the start of the quarterfinals, the Chinese team was known as the weakest dark horse in history, few people were optimistic about the Chinese team to advance, and the world's three major bookmakers were also unanimously optimistic that Uruguay would let the Chinese team score a goal. Even the coaches and players of the Chinese team themselves admit that Uruguay is stronger than the Chinese team, and Uruguay is more likely to advance.
However, Uruguay is a famous football veteran in South America, they are not as honest as African brothers, in the face of the outside world and opponents poured a mouthful of poisoned milk, they refused to drink, Fran and Suarez continued to pour poisoned milk into the Chinese team, saying that a Chen Yu can make the strength of the Chinese team two grades, this quarter-final China and Uruguay are standing on the same starting line, who advances is normal, Uruguay is ready to play a penalty shootout.
After the start of the game, the Chinese team found that Uruguay was really very pragmatic, and may really be ready to play a penalty shootout, after the opening they put up a half-court defensive formation like the Chinese team, when attacking, only Suarez, Forlan and midfielder Cavani rushed through the Chinese team's half, and everyone else was guarding in their own half, it seems that their fear of Chen Yu's counterattack has been deeply rooted in the bone marrow, and they would rather play ugly than give the Chinese team a chance to counterattack, if it really plays a penalty shootout, Their goalkeeper Muslera is a good player, saving penalties from Cassano and Campagnaro to help Lazio win the Coppa Italia last season, while China's goalkeeper Zeng Lei is clearly much worse.
Facing Uruguay, China fell into a dilemma for the first time in this World Cup, attack, their attack power is really not enough in front of Uruguay's defense, Chen Yu alone is impossible to break through Uruguay's solid defense, defense, Uruguayans also tear off their faces in the half of the defense, if the Chinese team also defends in the half, then the game will definitely become extremely ugly.
The coach of the Chinese team on the sidelines was also embarrassed, before the game, they positioned themselves as the weakling, and the tactic was to play the most proficient defensive counterattack, but they didn't expect that Uruguay, which was stronger than the Chinese team, actually defended and counterattacked, to attack or not to attack?
Head coach Forado glanced at Yin Shengtie, Yin Shengtie said: "We can't attack, our strength is not enough, if we attack, the defense will be beaten into a sieve by Forlan and Suarez." ”
Guo Zuojin smiled bitterly: "If we also defend, the game will be too ugly." ”
Yin Sheng Railway: "As long as you can advance, it's ugly, it's ugly, I'm afraid that you can't advance, and we're only afraid that we can't punish Uruguay for penalties." ”
Forado actually wants to attack in his heart, he is the coach of the former Yugoslavia, and his blood is the gene of attack, but in the Chinese team, he is less than half of the family, whether it is offensive or defensive, he doesn't fully count if he says it.
After observing the situation in the venue again, Forado said: "Let's take a look first, and see who can't hold their breath first." ”
Yin Shengtie and Guo Zuojin felt that what Forado said made sense, so they both acquiesced to his decision.
On the other side, on the coach's bench in Uruguay, Tavares looked indifferent and stoic, different from the hesitation of the coaching staff of the Chinese team, Tavares made a decision before the game, that is, to defend and counterattack, even if the scene is ugly, Uruguay has not entered the top 4 of the World Cup for 40 years, as a former World Cup champion, Uruguay hopes to revive the prestige of the year for a long time, but has not been able to do so, this World Cup is simply a godsend, the group stage met the muddy French team, Uruguay was lucky to win the first place in the group, and in the quarterfinals, they met the South Korean team that was worse than themselves, and easily advanced to the quarterfinals, but they did not expect to meet the weaker Chinese team in the quarterfinals.
Ten minutes passed, the Chinese team and the Uruguayan team each defended their own half to play defensive counterattack, only the forwards and one or two defenders on both sides harassed in the opponent's half, which was not an offensive at all, and in the ten minutes of the game, neither side once entered the opponent's penalty area, nor did they shoot a shot.
The fans in the stands felt that the tournament was nameless, and it was normal to play cautiously because it had reached the quarterfinals.
Twenty minutes have passed, the situation on the field is still almost the same as the first ten minutes, everyone Chen Bing confronted the opponent in front of the goal, just not attacking, the only difference is that the forwards on both sides may also feel that the field is too ugly, take the ball and shoot, it is considered to have three shots, but the three shots are not threatening, and they are easily resolved by the goalkeeper.
At this time, the fans in the stands were a little bored, and they all said that the two teams were really too conservative, and for twenty minutes, there was not a decent shot on goal, and if they continued to play like this, unless the opponent played an own goal, how could they score.
Thirty minutes have passed, the situation on the field has not changed, the only thrilling point is the Chinese team in the backfield pass error, Suarez steals the ball, and Forlan launched an attack, but they invested too few troops, under the siege of five or six players of the Chinese team, in the end only got a free kick opportunity, Forlan also kicked away.
At this time, the neutral fans booed, and the fans of Uruguay and the Chinese team were unable to applaud, there was no suspense at all in such a game, there was no risk at all, and they were a little unbearable to look at it directly.
The commentator at the scene joked helplessly: "Is this the most unenterprising game since the World Cup, if you play like this for 90 minutes...... No, it's 120 minutes, and I think some fans will fall asleep, so instead of wasting their time like this, it's better to just hit a penalty to decide the winner. ”
Uruguayan coach Tavares on the sidelines still looked like he didn't care about himself, and despite the thunderous boos in the stands, he resolutely ignored it, just to play a defensive counterattack.
Forado was a little breathless, and he said to Yin Sheng Railway: "It can't go on like this, we won't take advantage of the penalty shootout." ”
Yin Shengtie and Guo Zuojin discussed fiercely for a while, and finally thought that if they attacked, it was better to play penalties to win more, Uruguay's Forlan and Suarez's attack power was too strong, if they hit the counterattack of the Chinese team, I am afraid it would be a hit and an accurate, it is better to wait for the end of the first half to discuss how to play in the second half.
Thirty minutes after the game, Chen Yu was also confused on the field, this is the most helpless and funny game he has played since he participated in the professional game, not to mention participating, even if he watched the game video, he has never seen such a game, from the perspective of strength comparison, such tactics are the most beneficial to the Chinese team, but the tactics of defensive counterattack are also the most beneficial to Uruguay, there is nothing wrong with both sides taking the most beneficial tactics for themselves, the mistake is that both sides adopt such tactics, the scene is too ugly, and the injured are the fans watching the game, The fans of the Chinese team and Uruguay are okay to say, because of their own interests, they have to watch it with their noses, and neutral fans are afraid that they will scold their mothers a long time ago.
What should I do?
Chen Yu kept asking himself as he swam through the crowd in Uruguay.
This is the quarterfinals of the World Cup, after this hurdle is the semi-finals, which is the best result in Asian history, Chen Yu does not believe that the Chinese team will have such good luck next time, he decided to continue to play like this, if he still can't win the game, he decided to take the risk of skipping the consciousness of the king of the ball, and Uruguay to give it a go.