After the celebration, Pan Yi and Lippi discussed how to play after taking the lead.

The mentality before and after scoring is not the same, which is actually a point that the coaching staff is more worried about.

Sometimes in the stalemate of the draw, the tactics assigned by the coach are often able to be executed by the players, but once this balance is broken, the players will be a little timid under the psychological fluctuations, but they will not be able to prevent well.

"Let's go back to 4-3-3 first, the players are more familiar with this formation, and 3-4-3 is still biased towards attacking." Pan Yi suggested.

Lippi nodded: "That's right, at least hold the first half first, and then adjust the situation in the second half." ”

The two hit it off.

The high degree of unity of tactical thinking, coupled with mutual understanding, is the main reason why these two world-class managers can live together in one team.

As everyone knows, the current Pan Yi is only a technical advisor to the Dragon National Team in name, but in fact he often exercises the authority of the head coach, which can be said to be the identity of a "double talker".

Once the head coach is unhappy with such a situation, he must establish his so-called own authority and take his own style of play as the lead, then the contradiction will definitely appear.

In world football, why is the two-manager model rarely used? That's why. A team must still have a final word, otherwise you don't know when it will be just ripping off.

Pan Yi has the impression that around 2000, the Swedish national team implemented a dual-head coach system, and it did not achieve much success.

But in the current Dragon Nation team, there is no such nonsense.

It is because of the mutual trust between the two sides that Lippi is willing to let Pan Yi directly exercise his powers, and Pan Yi will not be too arrogant, and many tactics will be implemented after discussing with Lippi.

Now that a consensus has been reached, Pan Yi immediately stood on the sidelines, reverted the players to a 4-3-3 formation, and reminded them to concentrate and defend well in the final stages of the first half.

"Forget about that goal, just like before, play well!"

After conceding the goal, the Iranian team will definitely launch a crazy counterattack, after all, they can't lose in front of hundreds of thousands of people.

This is also understood by the players present in the Dragon Kingdom.

So, under Pan Yi's reminder, Zheng Zhi returned to the back position to assist Huang Bowen and Wu Xi in defense, while Zhang Linpeng and Jiang Zhipeng on both sides also retreated from the wingback position and honestly nailed to the backline.

And the Iranian team immediately launched a crazy counterattack against the Dragon Team, which immediately increased the defensive pressure on the Dragon Team.

Not to mention the three midfielders and the back four, even the three forwards in the front field had to actively retreat to participate in the defense.

In the end, all 11 players of the team were closely deployed in their own half, forming three lines of defense to withstand the Iranian team's attack.

This is also the bus swing tactic that the Dragon Country team often practices in training!

Because everyone knows that in Asia, the overall strength of the Dragon team is not strong, especially behind Japan, South Korea, Iran, Australia and other strong teams, when they encounter them, they often have to defend first.

Therefore, all kinds of defensive tactics, whether it is quick defense, flexible defense, or only defense and no counterattack, border defense and border defense, have gone through a lot of practice.

In this way, the dragon team can flexibly switch various postures during the game to deal with the impact of various ways.

This Iranian team has a strong forward line, but they are better at attacking and running and shooting, which means that they need more space.

But now the three lines of the Dragons team are tightly arrayed, and they do not easily give the Iranian team room to attack, which makes it difficult for Iranian players to get opportunities.

Especially for the defense of Iran's midfield, the Dragons are a top priority, which makes it difficult for Iran to organize an effective attack within the 30-meter area of the Dragons, and more can only play on the side and then cross through the wing.

However, in a dense defensive state, it was difficult for Iran's wide crosses to get opportunities in the Dragon team's penalty area, and Feng Xiaoting and Mei Fang both firmly locked the air supremacy and repeatedly pushed the ball out of the danger zone.

Coupled with injury time, after nearly ten minutes of hard fighting, the Dragon Country team still held on!

The referee finally blew the whistle for the end of the first half.

With Wu Lei's goal, the Longguo team temporarily took the lead 1:0.

But in the last ten minutes of the first half of the game, the one-sided situation on the field made all Dragon Country fans feel a little uneasy.

In the face of such a strong Iran, can the team withstand such pressure? Can you keep this advantage? ——

"The first half is over."

After both teams returned to the dressing room, the TV screen also switched to the live broadcast room.

He Wei and Xu Yang began to analyze and summarize the situation of the game in the first half, and at the same time predicted and guessed the trend of the game in the second half.

He Wei said: "It should be said that the performance of the Dragon Country team in the first half was indeed quite good. Especially when I played for about 30 minutes, I suddenly changed the formation to 3-4-3, which made the opponent a little unresponsive, and then scored a goal, and now I have the advantage. ”

Xu Yang nodded and said: "Yes, in this game, our players played their own technical and tactical level, played their own style, and showed a good mental outlook. ”

He Wei asked: "Now that we are ahead, how do you think we should play in the second half?" ”

Xu Yang thought for a while and said, "Uh...... We're still going to kick out our stuff. In away games, there are many difficulties, the team is under a lot of psychological pressure, and it is not easy to play, so it is not easy to play your own things. ”

He Wei: "...... Okay, Director Xu is right. In the last ten minutes of the first half, Iran's onslaught put us under considerable pressure. It is foreseeable that the second half of the game will be more difficult as the Iranian team will certainly attack more with all their might. I don't know what Lippi and Pan Yi would think, but if it were me, I might adjust my tactics and further strengthen the defense. What do you think? ”

Xu Yang nodded again: "Yes, defense is very important, especially away from home." We still have to persevere, as long as we hold on to the end, the victory will be ours! ”

He Wei: "Okay. I think Lippi could replace a striker, otherwise it would be too dangerous to use a 4-3-3 or 3-4-3 to withstand Iran's attack now. ”

Xu Yang: "The national team coaching staff definitely has their ideas and has a very good plan, the game will be very difficult, but ......"

He Wei: "What do you say?" ”

Xu Yang: "Time is running out for the Iranian team!" ”

He Wei: "......"

——

In the away team's locker room, the national football players were gasping and resting.

The long journey away from home, coupled with the hot weather here, has put the physical fitness of the national football players to a severe test.

At the end of the first half, the Iranian team's strong attack, under the desperate defense, the international players were also under tremendous pressure, each of them did their best, and the physical consumption was very large.

Although the advantage of leading by one goal made the players' faces relatively relaxed, as for whether they could hold on to this one-goal advantage in the second half of the game, in fact, no one has a bottom in their hearts.

After all, the strength of the Iranian team is indeed very strong!

At this time, Lippi and Pan Yi pushed the door and came in.

All eyes were on them.

The players know that the two leaders of the national football team have discussed the tactics, and now it is time to inform everyone.

Sure enough, Pan Yi quickly spoke: "Iran's offensive in the second half will definitely be more intense, so we need to make adjustments at halftime." ”

Then, Pan Yi took a few steps forward and patted Lin Liangming's shoulder: "You go down and rest, we need to strengthen the midfield." ”

Lin Liangming nodded.

Pan Yi means that the team is going to play 4-4-2.

The next striker, the last midfielder, and then put Zhang Yuning and Wu Lei in the middle, to engage in a high and fast one.

Under this choice, it is obviously the most suitable to remove Lin Liangming.

Because Wu Lei is the fastest, he also poses the greatest threat to his opponent in counterattacks;

Zhang Yuning, on the other hand, can play the role of a bridgehead, and his suppressive effect on Iran's central defender in the first half was also obvious.

As for Lin Liangming, the technique is indeed good, but whether it is speed, height, or strength, it is not so outstanding.

Then, Pan Yi walked to Cai Huikang again: "You prepare, go up in the second half, and play with Zheng Zhi in the back." ”

Cai Huikang, like Wu Lei, is from Genbao Football Base, but he is tall and strong, a tank player in the midfield, and a full-time defensive midfielder.

Now to replace him on the field, it is to give full play to his characteristics of fierce defensive interception and good sense of filling positions, to assist Zheng Zhi to do a good job of interception in the midfield.

At the same time, Wu Xi and Huang Bowen will stand in front of the two backs and play the position of full-back, with Huang Bowen on the right and Wu Xi on the left.

After Pan Yi ordered the substitutions, he began to move the chess pieces on the tactical board so that everyone could clearly see the tactical changes in the second half.

Then there are the special instructions for the strikers:

"Zhang Yuning, you still have to be at the front and involve their two central defenders."

"Wu Lei, your position should be retreated a little, probably a shadow striker position. When attacking, you swim around Zhang Yuning, control the second landing point, or give full play to your speed advantage, and hit directly behind you when you have the opportunity. ”

"Also, you two have to be careful to press their midfielders when you defend, especially Ibrahimi. If possible, cut off the link between Ibrahimi and Muntazeri and not allow them to take the ball in stride at the back. ”

In Iran's 4-3-3 system, Muntazeri is the role of a centre-back.

Although he is not particularly tall and his ability to fight for the top can only be described as average, he is more flexible, and his passing and ball playing ability is also excellent, and many of Iran's threatening counter-attacks have come from his feet.

Ibrahimi in midfield is arguably the heart of Iran's midfield playmaker, and he often drops back to receive the ball from the central defenders, so the connection between the two players is crucial to Iran's midfield playmaking.

If the Dragons can start with the forwards pressing and interfere with their backcourt system, it will be very helpful for the team to quickly establish a solid defensive formation.

And Zhang Yuning and Wu Lei listened to Pan Yi's words, and they also said that they had received them.

For the tactical instructions of the coaching staff, they just listen!

And Pan Yi's calm and confident voice also made the players feel at ease.

Coaches know what they know, and they naturally know it in their hearts! ——

"Welcome back, audience friends. Now you are looking at the second half of the second round of Group A of the Asian qualifiers for the World Cup in Russia. ”

"In the first half that just ended, the Dragon Country team took the lead with Wu Lei's goal, which made all our Dragon Country fans feel excited."

"However, in the close ten minutes after the goal, the Dragons were completely suppressed by Iran and played very hard, which also caused us a little worry."

"Obviously, our coaching staff is aware of that. At half-time, they made a direct adjustment, replacing winger Lin Liangming with midfielder Cai Huikang. Looks like it's going to turn 4-4-2. ”

'It's obviously a sign of strengthening the defence. This is very sensible, after all, in Iran's 100,000-person stadium, in such a difficult environment, after leading by one goal, defending well is the first priority. ”

"And the Iranian team also made a substitution! Azmoun came off the bench and he was replaced by striker Guchanejad. This means that their formation will not change, and it should still be a set of attacking 4-3-3. ”

"Azmoun is a player who broke into the Russian Premier League alone at the age of 18, playing for Kazan Ruby and Rostov-on-Don in succession, and now he has made a name for himself and is the team's top scorer."

"Azmoun isn't physically strong, but he's very light and very good with the ball. During the dribbling process, Azmoun is still very fast, he can judge the opponent's defensive center of gravity in high-speed movement, and can grasp the gaps in the defense in the second moment, and his right foot is very good. ”

At the same time, as a striker, Azmoun can also see where his teammates are moving, using his excellent vision and passing ability to create good opportunities for his teammates. It can be said that his comprehensive ability is still relatively strong. ”

Of all the techniques Azmoun has, he uses headers less, but that doesn't mean headers are his weakness, as the 1.86m still has a certain advantage in the aerial battle with the average defender. It's just that because the player's speed and ability to combine man and ball are very good, many times he doesn't need to be a standing center. ”

"Oh, looking at Iran's position on the pitch right now, the fierce Taremi is separated from the winger Jahanbakhsh, who plays for AZ Alkmaar in the Eredivisie, while Azmoun is in the center of the field."

"The Dragons were in good control of Iran's high ball in the first half and Queiroz obviously noticed that, so it looks like they're going to change their attacking routine."

"Don't look at Taremi's height, he is also very sharp as a winger; Jahanbakhsh, on the other hand, is well-known in the Eredivisie, excelling in dribbling and speed, as well as the strong physical confrontation ability of the Persian nation. ”

"It seems that the competition between the coaches of the two teams can be described as a needle-to-needle, each with its own ideas and ideas."

"Okay, let's focus on the field, the second half is about to begin!"

In He Wei's commentary, the referee blew a whistle, and the second half of the game officially started.

The Iranian team, which was one goal behind, was really eager to equalize, and took the lead at the beginning of the second half, launching a fierce attack on the Dragon Country, and had the opportunity to eat the Dragon Country team in one go.

At the start of the second half, the Dragons retreated and stayed within 30 metres, forming a tight defensive formation in a 4-4-2 formation, or more precisely, a 4-4-1-1.

Especially in the middle of the frontcourt, Zhang Yuning is responsible for suppressing the Iranian central defenders, especially Montazeri's ball, while Wu Lei often presses and clamps Ibrahimi.

This is a countermeasure to the way Iran is attacking.

What is Queiroz's favourite attacking style?

Rather than widening the width of the attack and controlling the tempo of the attack, Queiroz will deliberately avoid the rhythm control that the Iranian team with relatively rough technical skills is not good at, and try to play to the physical confrontation and high-speed attack that the Iranian players are good at.

In a quick counter-attack, in order to get the ball carrier to face the opponent's goal as quickly as possible, the attacking player will focus on the middle of the field.

For example, when Azmoun eats the ball, Taremi and Jahanbakhsh on both sides will quickly get closer and concentrate their forces to break through the middle to target the holes in the opponent's defense.

This is also to better play the role of Azmon.

Last season's Russian Premier League also had a Leicester City-style "myth", with the underdog Rostov winning the championship with the 21-year-old Azmoun as the team's number one striker.

He has a strong ability to move around in a small area, excelling in dribbling, penetrating, speed and shooting, and as long as the middle can give him enough support, he has a chance to break down the Dragons' goal.

But now Pan Yi has let his players defend the middle early, and after cutting off Iran's wide cuts and passes in the midfield, it makes Azmoun look a little isolated.

As a result, Iran often cannot find their forward teammates smoothly when attacking the front, and can only use long-range shots from the perimeter to apply pressure.

But Zeng Cheng's performance in this game was as steady as ever, and he didn't receive such a long-range shot one by one.

However, although the Iranian team is a bit of a scoreless, their well-trained when switching from attack to defense also makes the counterattack of the Dragon Country team unable to play for the time being.

After all, in addition to the stable output on the offensive end, on the defensive end, in addition to continuing their traditional fierce style of play, the Iranian team has gradually developed stricter tactical discipline under the tutelage of Queiroz.

When the Iranian team loses possession, they will not move the whole formation back, but directly do the counter-attack on the spot.

Midfielders like Shaojie and Ibrahimi will press in areas that are further up front than their position.

Even if the opponent's attack passes through the pressure zone, the penetrated defender will immediately chase back and shrink the formation, making it difficult for the opponent's attack to flow smoothly.

In addition to team pressing and non-stop pressing, the Iranian team also often used fouls to stop the Dragons' advance.

In the 50th minute, in order to block a counterattack attack by the Dragon Country, the Iranian team carried out two three-person traps, and finally used a foul to stop the most threatening attacker of the Dragon Country, Wu Lei, from advancing with the ball.

In fact, the number of fouls they committed was very impressive.

From the round of 40 to the round of 12, the total number of fouls committed by the Iranian team ranked first among all teams, not only surpassing strong teams such as Australia, but even the South Korean team, which is also known for its fierce style of play, had nearly 50 fewer fouls than the Iranian team.

And their fouls often appear in the opponent's backfield, and they don't easily give the Dragon team a chance to take a free kick in the frontcourt, and it is even difficult to get a yellow card.

Because of this, although the dragon kingdom can also launch a counterattack after destroying the opponent's attack, it is always quickly killed and dies without a problem.

As a result, the scene has reached a stalemate.

"The current situation is favorable for the Dragon Nation team."

He Wei explained:

"Because now the Dragon Team is the leading side, and if the situation continues to be stalemate, the other party will only become more and more impatient, and we are not panicking at all."

"And the premise of such a favorable situation is the adjustment of the formation made by Lippi and Pan Yi at halftime."

"After removing Lin Liangming, although he sacrificed a major contact point in the frontcourt, he was replaced by Cai Huikang, whose strong body was enough to compete with the Persians, and thus stabilized the defense."

"At the same time, the intensification of the defense in the middle has also left Iran's forward line with no room to play. Of course, after doing so, the attack power of the dragon kingdom also weakened, resulting in a much smaller counterattack threat than in the first half. ”

"But it doesn't matter, we're the leading side anyway, right?"

Xu Yang hurriedly answered: "That's right. That's the way it is in football, the leading side has to pay attention to the defense, and at the same time the lagging side has to strengthen the attack. But be careful, the defensive side is generally always ready to attack, and the stronger side will also pay attention to the defensive ......"

He Wei: "...... Well, let's move on to the game. ”

As He Wei said, as the game fell into a stalemate, the time was passing minute by minute, and the mood of Iran became more anxious.

Especially after playing for more than ten minutes in the second half, the number of fouls committed by Iranian players increased significantly, and the foul actions began to increase, which is a concrete manifestation of their mood on the outside.

Especially the two midfielders who were more defensive today, Ezzatolahi and Ibrahimi.

Longguo's targeted defense, especially Cai Huikang's mixing in the midfield, has severed the connection between the Iranian team's midfield, causing them to fight separately and the offensive effect has been greatly reduced.

At this point, Iran's midfielders will have to press hard, try to get the rhythm back and re-establish their passing network.

In the stable defensive system of the Dragon team, it is difficult for Iranian players to easily break the ball from the opponent's feet, and they can only foul in desperation.

However, the Dragon Country players don't care about their opponents, the more anxious you are, the less I can rush!

As the time passed, whether it was the thousands of Dragon Kingdom fans on the scene or the hundreds of millions of fans in front of the TV, a thought came to everyone's mind:

In this game, the Dragon Country team may really be able to win!