Soon, with the referee's whistle, the match that was related to the fate of both teams began.

The Dragons won the tee off first.

Zhang Yuning quickly kicked the ball to Wu Lei, who quickly passed it back.

Due to Zheng Zhi's absence, the three midfielders of the Dragon Country team in this game were different from before, Hao Junmin burst forward, and Zhang Xizhe and Huang Bowen partnered in the double back.

Therefore, when the ball passed through Huang Bowen and then passed to Zhang Xizhe, the front trident was already close to the Syrian backline.

As soon as Zhang Xizhe stopped the ball, he saw Wu Lei rushing diagonally from the middle circle to the gap between the opponent's right fullback and the right central defender, and immediately made a long pass to the ground and passed the ball to the front.

Don't look at Zhang Xizhe when he went to Wolfsburg, he was called a "sales midfielder", but in fact, he can have a place in domestic football, and he still has his uniqueness.

First of all, he is delicate with his feet, and he handles the ball more reasonably, and can be said to be one of the best skilled midfielders in China in recent years;

Secondly, Zhang Xizhe has a large range of activities in the midfield, not only can he play as a side midfielder, but also in the center, which also allows him to have a certain ability to cover;

In addition, although his absolute speed is average, Zhang Xizhe's acceleration at the start and change direction is still outstanding, and he can also take the ball to move forward when he has the ball, and finally give a fatal pass.

These characteristics of Zhang Xizhe were a bit unsightly in the Wolfsburg team at that time (or in the previous life) - after all, it was De Bruyne and Perisic who competed with him at that time - but in Asia, it is still somewhat useful.

This is also what Pan Yi likes about Zhang Xizhe, today he wants to use his skills to drive the offensive firepower of the Dragon Country team in the front court, and strive to break through the Syrian goal as soon as possible!

Now Zhang Xizhe's pass reflects his characteristics.

The ball is here, the people are here!

So everyone saw that Wu Lei on the side immediately got up, just caught up with the ball in the middle of the middle in front of the two defenders, and saw the opportunity of the opponent's right fullback to grab it, and directly poked the ball forward, and he bypassed the right fullback of Syria and quickly chased the ball.

"A beautiful man scored a !!"

"Wu Lei's speed is very fast, and Zhang Yuning, who is quickly plugged in in the middle lane......"

"The Dragon Nation team has a chance!"

But just when Wu Lei caught up with the ball again and adjusted to cross, the opponent's right central defender Jainnett's return speed was also extremely fast, and he directly blocked with his body, Wu Lei's left-footed cross hit the opponent's body, popping up the bottom line, a corner kick!

Syria fielded a traditional 4-4-2 parallel midfield formation today, with a clear intention to win the game with a counter-attack.

And their two central defenders were also waiting for several attackers in the front court of the Dragon Nation team, so as soon as Wu Lei started, Jainnet followed and sabotaged the attack.

"Just ten seconds into the game, the Dragons won a corner kick on the left side of the field."

"This is a pass from Zhang Xizhe, a surprise attack from Wu Lei."

"Wu Lei's running position has always been very good, and the speed of sprinting is very fast, but what is even more surprising is that his time he passed the ball was very exciting, and he didn't make any physical contact with the opponent's defenders, and directly threw off the opponent."

"It's a pity that Syria's central defender Jainnet is also very fast to chase back and block Wu Lei's cross in time."

'We got a corner just ten seconds into the game, so let's see if we have a chance this time.'

Zhang Xizhe came to take this corner kick. In this Dragon Country team, Zhang Xizhe's footwork is relatively outstanding, and there should be no problem with this. ”

"Now several defenders, including Feng Xiaoting and Deng Hanwen, have rushed to the Syrian penalty area, and they are going to compete for this high point."

"Deng Hanwen is a central defender from BJ and is only 22 years old this year. His chance to start today was probably the most surprising of all, as he had not played a few competitive games for his country before. He's even just a player from the Central League! ”

"After all, on the bench, there are still players like Ren Hang and Gao Zhunyi who seem to be more suitable to play...... Okay, now let's see if he will do anything good! ”

Zhang Xizhe walked to the left corner kick area, gently put the ball on the corner cue, and slowly retreated.

At this time, the high point of the Dragon team basically rushed into the Syrian penalty area, Zhang Yuning, Feng Xiaoting and Deng Hanwen are the key targets of the opponent, of which Zhang Yuning is in the front, Feng Xiaoting and Deng Hanwen are in the middle.

I saw Zhang Xizhe take a deep breath, and after making a gesture, he quickly rushed to the ball.

I heard a muffled bang at the scene, and saw the ball quickly kick out.

There was a commotion in the penalty area, Zhang Yuning grabbed the front point, and Feng Xiaoting quickly rushed to the back point.

After they blocked the Syrian defenders with their bodies, this was tantamount to pulling a gap for Deng Hanwen in the middle, and the latter rushed to the small penalty area at the fastest speed and jumped high.

Zhang Xizhe's free throw landed on his head accurately!

Obviously, this is a cooperation that has been honed many times in training, and several players have already established a skillful tacit understanding!

After the ball flew over, Deng Hanwen shook his head against the ball and smashed the ball into the Syrian goal!!

"The ball is in!!!!"

"Oh my God, less than a minute into the game, the Dragons took the lead in breaking Syria's goal!"

"It's unbelievable."

"It only took a minute for us to score first away from home, 1-0!"

"With the set-piece cooperation from Zhang Xizhe and Deng Hanwen, these two national team players who can rarely get a start really have excellent performances!"

"We can see that Deng Hanwen, who scored the goal, has quickly rushed to the sidelines, hugged the head coach Lippi tightly, uh, and also hugged Pan Yi, who was also on the sidelines...... He should be thanking the coaching staff for believing in him in this way! ”

'It's true that even we were a little skeptical about his starting line-up because he was so inexperienced. But it took him less than a minute to shatter that doubt! ”

"Sure enough, Lippi was right before the game, no matter which national team player, as long as he is called up, it means that he is ready for the game!"

"Facts have also proved that even if half of the main players are replaced, the current national team can still maintain a strong attacking power!"

On the field, after Pan Yi finally broke free from the hugs of Zhang Xizhe, Deng Hanwen and others, he began to shout vigorously to this group of players in the carnival, forcing them to calm down and look at themselves.

"Hurry back to the game, hurry up, strike while the iron is hot, we will try to win the game in one fell swoop!"

"Hurry, hurry! Don't let them wake up! ”

"Take advantage of his illness and kill him!"

With Pan Yi's shouting, the players quickly returned to the court.

The pre-match strategy formulated by Lippi and Pan Yi was to launch an opening attack, so that Syria could sneak up on the situation before the defensive formation was organized.

And it turned out that the effect was very obvious, and after the opening, it directly hit Syria by surprise.

Especially Deng Hanwen, because he has never played in the previous national team games, is even more unfamiliar to the Syrian coach and players, let alone any targeted defense.

Wu Lei, Zhang Yuning, including Lin Liangming, who didn't play today, are all famous, but Deng Hanwen?

Who is this? I don't know!

And Pan Yi chose Deng Hanwen, on the one hand, because he is young and has room for growth, on the other hand, of course, because of his steady defense and strong assist ability, in addition to central defenders, he can also play left back and right back, strong plasticity, is a rare all-rounder.

Although his height is not outstanding, Deng Hanwen has excellent bounce and anticipation of the landing point, and when the opponent launches an attack from the back court, he has the ability to compete for the first landing point and aerial confrontation.

When he's playing at full-back, the main way to play in attack is to use his off-ball running awareness, receiving passes from teammates and then completing crosses.

And the quality of his crosses can only be regarded as average, so Pan Yi also asked him to play central defender today, and give full play to his ability to compete for the first landing point, and the result worked!

Such a goal not only made a good start to today's game, made the Dragon Kingdom full of fighting spirit, but also strengthened Deng Hanwen's confidence.

Isn't it just an Asian game? He can handle it!

——

The game resumes.

Syria conceded a goal in just one minute of the game, leaving them a little confused.

Should we fight back, or should we keep going?

But it soon became clear to them that it didn't seem to be a multiple-choice question.

Because, the ensuing offensives of the Dragon Country team made them have to retreat to their own half all the time, where is the "counterattack" there?

The three midfielders composed of Hao Junmin, Zhang Xizhe and Huang Bowen can control the ball, and at the same time, they can also sort out the scheduling and control the rhythm of the game, and soon helped the Longguo team firmly lock the ball.

Under their delivery of shells, whether it is the speed of Wu Lei and Yu Hanchao on both sides, or the height of Zhang Yuning in the center, they can all pose a real danger to the Syrian defense.

This also made Syria dare not press too much, but held their own half steadily, and responded to the passing and control play of the Dragon team with a rigorous and meticulous defensive formation.

Time passed bit by bit.

After playing for more than ten minutes, the Dragon Country team also began to take the initiative to slow down the offensive.

This is actually what Lippi and Pan Yi asked before the game.

As long as you take the lead in the opening game, whether it is one goal or two goals, you will play after ten minutes, and the advantage of this is to reduce the consumption of players and avoid the time when Syria counterattacks and has no way to keep up.

At this time, Syria finally got rid of the chaos at the beginning and began to free up their hands to play some counterattacks while defending.

However, the new backline of the Dragon Kingdom today is like working together for a long time, and it is very tacit, turning the opponent's attacks into invisible again and again.

This led to the entire first half, the Dragon Country team firmly locked the game situation.

The two wings of the Dragon Country team played more actively, the left wing composed of Wang Shenchao and Wu Lei, and the right wing composed of Zhang Linpeng and Yu Hanchao, all played their due threats.

Of course, the central attack is blocked, more because Syria often shrinks all three lines within 30 meters of their own side when defending, which makes it difficult for the Dragons to form a breakthrough in the middle through cross-cutting and running without the ball.

But now it's not much of a problem.

After all, with a ball in hand, the Dragon Country team is not in a hurry.

What makes Pan Yi even more pleased is that when the team as a whole presses forward and the ball control area advances to the front of the opponent's 30-meter area, the success rate of passing and receiving the ball in the front court is even higher than before.

On the one hand, this is because of the use of three technical midfielders today, and the accuracy of passing will naturally be higher;

On the other hand, it is because in today's backline, especially in the central defender position, Deng Hanwen and Feng Xiaoting have taken on the role of the ball point.

The central defender plays the ball, which can be said to be the mainstream trend of world football in recent years, and it is also a must-have ability for a team that focuses on passing and controlling.

Feng Xiaoting's own ability to play the ball is very good, while Deng Hanwen still plays fullback more in the league, and even has the title of "Dragon Country Ram", and there is still work at his feet.

With these two together, there is no need to deliberately hand the ball to Feng Xiaoting's feet when the ball is played in the backcourt, but both of them can move forward when the time comes, so they also become more flexible.

"Syria's defense is very distinctive, if we hadn't caught them off guard in the opening game, it is estimated that this game would not have been so easy to win."

Lippi suddenly said to Pan Yi.

Pan Yi also nodded lightly.

Judging by the performance throughout the first half, Syria's strength is indeed not weak.

Although their players are far less famous than Iran and South Korea, and there are not even players like Wu Lei who play in the five major leagues, they are all very team-minded and have good tactical execution.

Having said that, they drew with South Korea and Iran respectively in the first round, and also defeated the Dragon Kingdom, if you don't have a little strength, you can't just rely on luck, right?

"It's mainly about the positioning when you defend and the interplay between the players, which is really good."

Pan Yi pointed to the pitch where a Syrian defender was following Zhang Yuning, who this time pulled to the left to receive the ball and played one-on-one with the opponent.

"Their defensive distance is maintained very well, and Zhang Yuning is not given a chance to get rid of it easily, which of course has the effect of targeted tactics, but the usual training is also indispensable."

In defense, it is very important to maintain the right distance, too close, easy to get rid of, too far, and give the opponent space and time to handle the ball, so according to the characteristics of different players, maintain the most appropriate defensive distance, this is a homework.

Even to a certain extent, this point is worth learning and learning from national football players.

"Yes." Lippi nodded appreciatively, and then patted Pan Yi on the shoulder, "Fortunately, you recommended to me to let Deng Hanwen start, and it really had the effect of a surprise soldier, haha!" Otherwise, the two sides will now be in a stalemate, which will be a bit unfavorable to us......"

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Heading into the break with a one-goal lead, Lippi and Pan Yi praised the internationals in the dressing room, while also encouraging them to keep up the good work, and immediately adjusted the tactics for the second half.

This time, it was Gao Lin who directly replaced Zhang Yuning!

Everyone knows that Zhang Yuning can be said to be Pan Yi's favorite general, but he still changed it.

This is because in the current situation on the field, Zhang Yuning is rarely able to get the ball directly on the field, but often takes the ball in the middle or on the side to one-on-one with the opposing defender, which is not his strong point.

And who is the best player in the Dragons squad who can play as a central striker?

Of course, it's Gao Lin.

The tall Gao Lin is known for his foot work, his ball control and breakthrough are very threatening, and his passing awareness is also quite good, often assisting teammates in the front court.

Why do Dragon Kingdom fans say that he is "Sao Gao"?

That is to say, he is still very imaginative in the forward line, especially in some situations of possession and passing.

As it turned out, the substitution was the right one.

At the start of the second half, the Dragons opened up in the middle.

Gao Lin's ability to take and dribble the ball in the middle, especially to move forward, still showed.

At the beginning of the second half, Gao Lin took the ball in the middle of the field and got rid of two people in a row, sent the ball into the penalty area, and Yu Hanchao almost grabbed the point to score.

This attack also shocked Syria into a cold sweat, and then it also strengthened the strict defense of Gao Lin and Yu Hanchao, and even added a lot of small actions to the defense, and was also sentenced to several fouls.

Although these fouls usually came away from the goal, the Dragons were able to get a lot of free-kick opportunities up front, causing a lot of problems for Syria's defense.

When the game time jumped into 60 minutes, after Wu Lei took the ball on the left side of the front court, he wanted to rely on his personal ability to get rid of it, but he couldn't, and after being fouled by the opponent, he got a free kick opportunity in the front court.

Wu Lei quickly passed the ball out and kicked it to Hao Junmin, who was also closely guarded, and passed it back to Zhang Xizhe, who was dragging behind, and after Zhang Xizhe received the ball, he took a step to the right side, and directly transferred the ball from the left side to the right side.

At this time, Zhang Linpeng stuck to the right sideline, stopped the ball with his chest, dribbled the ball forward along the right sideline, and grabbed the ball before the opponent's defender stepped forward, and directly passed the ball forward with a big foot.

The ball went forward along the right sideline and fell to the right, and Gao Lin, who was supposed to be standing in the middle, didn't know when he had run to the right side.

This is where his running position is stronger than Zhang Yuning!

After Gao Lin blocked one of the opponent's central defenders with his body, he faced the ball that bounced back after landing, lightly unloaded his right foot, stopped the ball to the bottom line, and then turned around and chased after it.

At this moment, Gao Lin easily got rid of the defense of the Syrian central defender, and after catching up with the ball, he crossed a low flat ball with his right foot and passed the ball into the penalty area.

Yu Hanchao, who was supposed to be the right winger, appeared in the penalty area like a ghost, and behind the left fullback of Syria's defense, he caught Gao Lin's cross, and pulled it to the middle, rubbing his right foot against the ball.

Syria's goalkeeper Emma was standing tightly on the right post, and Yu Hanchao's shot made the ball cross a graceful arc and landed accurately to the left side of the goal.

The moment the ball hit the goal, the whole stadium was in a state of flux.

Everyone jumped up and celebrated the goal!

"The ball is in again!"

"Gao Lin, who came on as a substitute, played a very good performance, and he assisted Yu Hanchao to score the second goal of the game in the Dragon Kingdom!"

"It's so beautiful! This goal, whether it is with the ball or running without the ball, is really too smart, and this kind of coordination is really very rare in the previous national team's offensive line. ”

"We have to sigh and admire the transformation of the national team players by the national football coaching staff represented by Lippi and Pan Yi."

"Whether it's the main players or the substitutes who don't play often, they seem to have been sublimated!"

"We have absolutely reason to believe that if we continue to play like this, the Dragon Country team will really become a real Asian powerhouse!"

Shortly after the goal, Lippi made a substitution as well.

He replaced Zhang Xizhe with Ren Hang, and the intention of this substitution is obvious, that is, to strengthen the defense of the midfield.

At the same time, the team also began to retreat to focus on stability, after all, the game went on to this point, and a two-goal lead, or even a one-goal lead, was enough.

When the game reached the 80th minute, Lippi made the last substitution of the game, replacing Wang Shenchao with Zhao Mingjian.

It's also about strengthening the backline with a player with better fitness.

After this substitution, the meaning of the Dragon Country team to hold on to the victory is also very clear.

Syria launched a strong attack in the last ten minutes, and the Dragons switched to defensive counterattacks, but Syria failed to take advantage, but the Dragons got several good counterattacks, but unfortunately they couldn't catch them.

In the end, with the two goals of Deng Hanwen and Yu Hanchao, the Dragon Country team defeated Syria 2-0 "away" and won this crucial victory!