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【Match Performance】

[Event: World Preliminary Tournament Asia Round 2 Match 2 (Top 12 Match 2)]

[Strength: Grade A]

[Time: September 7, 2021]

[Venue: Khalifa Stadium, Doha]

【Position: Goalkeeper】

[Current remaining number of deducible times: 7]

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In this game, the national football coach Dapeng expected that Japan would attack, and he also knew that Mori Baoyi would definitely arrange targeted defensive tactics according to Zheng Yaxin's technical characteristics, and even arranged special personnel to mark the defense, so that the Chinese team could not play in this game, and then swallowed a loss.

But I didn't expect Japan's tactical play to be so aggressive, and it adopted a full-court crazy pressing + high-pressure style of play.

From the very beginning, the Japanese players did not hesitate to run physically, covering almost the entire stadium, to press and force every Chinese player with the ball.

Despite the pre-match preparations, the Chinese players struggled to cope with the menacing opponents, and in less than three minutes of the opening period, Japan had two chances to shoot on goal, both of which flew off the crossbar.

If it weren't for the fact that Zheng Yaxin's goalkeeping ability in front of the goal was very rebellious, Dapeng would have been shocked into a cold sweat.

It seems that after the upset loss to Oman in the first round, the pressure on Mori's shoulders was indeed very high, so he had to adopt a more aggressive, even desperate tactical play.

Dapeng shouted loudly on the sidelines, directing the players to take advantage of the situation to adopt the tactics of shrinking the defense and waiting for the opportunity to counterattack.

The Japanese team continued to maintain a high-pressure pressure on the Chinese team, making it almost difficult for the national football players to pass through the midfield.

Basically, if you don't pass three feet, you will be stealed.

The whole team, from front to back, from Exxon to Wu Lei to Kim Jingdao to other players, and even Zheng Yaxin, who was standing in front of the goal, was forced by the Japanese team more than once.

The Japanese team ran wildly, pressing the 11 members of the Chinese team (including the goalkeepers) in the backfield with 10 people (not counting the goalkeepers), and the scrambling was in a hurry.

Everyone can feel that the Japanese team fought hard in this game.

But football is not something you can win if you fight hard.

The most important thing is to distribute physical strength reasonably.

The opening robbery does look very oppressive and aggressive, but how long can you keep it up? Five minutes? Ten minutes? It's only fifteen minutes.

What do you do when you can't keep up?

Zheng Yaxin didn't know the plans of the Japanese team coach.

However, depending on the situation, Mori wanted to break through the Chinese team's goal in the first fifteen minutes, and then shrink back to defend while recovering his physical fitness.

This style of play is not very clever.

Zheng Yaxin often sees this style of play in the Champions League.

In the 2009 Champions League final, the defending champion Manchester United adopted a high-pressure style of play at the beginning, holding Barcelona and besieging it frantically for 10 minutes, and even shot at the post at one point, making Barcelona in front of the goal. But in the 10th minute, Barcelona only relied on a counter-attack and Eto'o scored with ease.

It took United the entire game to get the goal back.

In the 2011 Champions League final, Manchester United played against Barcelona again in the Champions League final, and still adopted this opening style of play, 1-1 in the first half, and then in the second half, the Manchester United players couldn't run at all, and were tossed back and forth by the Barcelona players like monkeys. In the end, Manchester United lost again 1-3.

Looking at Manchester United's two Champions League finals, we have to mention Ferguson's tactical mistakes.

You know, how can a top team be overwhelmed by your 10-20 minutes of high-pressure play?

If Manchester United had been more pragmatic and had lowered their profile, defended solidly, and waited for opportunities to counter-attack, as Inter and Chelsea had done against Barcelona in those two years, they might not have lost to Barcelona in a row (see the 2009 Champions League semi-finals, Chelsea's two draws against Barcelona, and the 2010 Champions League where Inter eliminated Barcelona and Chelsea eliminated Barcelona in 2012).

Under the premise that countless coaches have verified how to beat Barcelona, Manchester United still goes their own way and fights against Barcelona, which is the main reason for the defeat.

Not knowing your own strength is the most deadly.

The perspective returns to this game.

Wherever the ball is, the players of the Japanese team will appear like dogs chasing frisbees.

This gives people a false feeling, the Japanese team is really strong, and the Chinese team is not an opponent at all, and they can't even hold the ball.

However, in the eyes of connoisseurs, they have seen the huge hidden dangers exposed by the Japanese team.

The Japanese team played so hard, didn't they plan to play the whole game?

You know, the football game is 90 minutes long, just start running so hard, don't wait until the second half, after 15 minutes, the Japanese team will probably not be able to run, what will happen then?

However, the Japanese team seemed to have no scruples, and still pressed frantically at high pressure, showing an unprecedented determination to win.

At first, the national football coach Dapeng thought that the Japanese team's high-pressure scrambling for five minutes would be almost enough, but five minutes later, the Japanese players were still running fiercely and still pressing all over the court.

By the tenth minute, the Japanese team still showed no signs of stopping, and the Chinese team was still pressed in the half, the formation was very flat, and there was only defense and almost no power to fight back.

There was a lot of noise in front of the national football team, and the Japanese team kept getting shooting opportunities.

But they were all resolved by Zheng Yaxin one by one.

It looks like Japan will score at any moment.

The Chinese team was very embarrassed on the field.

But Dapeng saw an opportunity from this embarrassing scene.

Sure enough, by the fifteenth minute, the Japanese team's pressing efforts had begun to weaken, showing signs that it could not be maintained, but it was still trying to maintain a high-pressure situation.

But there is already a strong crossbow, and it is difficult to wear the smell of Lu Min.

Dapeng has been standing on the sidelines from the beginning, focusing on directing the players to defuse wave after wave of Japanese attack, and patiently waiting for the opportunity to counterattack.

In the first fifteen minutes, Japan had at least six or seven shots on goal.

If it weren't for Zheng Yaxin's high resistance, the national football team would have fallen behind with a high probability.

Fortunately, Zheng Yaxin is very powerful, and the current score is still 0-0.

And Dapeng finally waited for the opportunity for the national football team to fight back.

In the 16th minute, the Chinese team won the ball in the backfield, Jiang Guangtai didn't look at people, and directly hit the ball to the front court with a big foot.

Wu Lei and Exxon, who had been stepping on the middle line and waiting for a counterattack, immediately slapped their horses to kill, Wu Lei took a cushion on his chest, Exxon got the ball and rushed forward, and in a blink of an eye he hit the front of the Japanese team's penalty area.

The two central defenders of the Japanese team, Tomiyasu Kenhiro and Yoshida Maya, hurriedly followed Exxon, Yoshida Maya also dragged and interfered with the side, and Tomiyasu Kenhiro was responsible for shoveling and grabbing.

But Exxon avoided Tomiyasu's tackle with a light lob, who quickly lifted his leg and pinned Exxon.

Before Exxon lost his center of gravity and fell to the ground, he quickly sent a diagonal pass to Wu Lei on the other side.

Running to the principle of attacking advantage, the referee hesitated, did not blow for a foul on the Japanese team, but stretched out his hand to signal the attack to continue.

Wu Lei stepped forward at the fastest speed, grabbed ahead of the Japanese team's right-back Muroya Cheng, and entered the big penalty area, forming a single knife trend.

The Chinese fans inside the Khalifa Stadium instantly held their breath.

This is the first threatening counterattack of the national football team in this game, and even the first time to break into the Japanese team's penalty area.

The previous few counterattacks were all stifled by the Japanese team in their own half.

And this time, the physical fitness of the Japanese team players obviously couldn't keep up, and the defenders' reactions and backlashes were obviously a step slower, and they were directly broken through by Exxon.

Japan's goalkeeper Shuichi Gonda quickly met the ball, lowered his center of gravity, spread his arms, and expanded the defensive area.

At the same time, he quickly moved small broken steps, making a posture to prevent Wu Lei from wearing his crotch.

At this critical moment, Muroya, who had just taken a step slower, chased Wu Lei's side with extreme speed, and before Wu Lei raised his foot to shoot, he directly stuck to Wu Lei with his body, and carried him away, and then the whole person pressed on Wu Lei's body, and both fell into the penalty area.

Wu Lei lost his balance and fell directly into the Japanese penalty area, then sat on the ground and stretched out his hands to signal to the referee, and the Japanese team fouled.

At this time, Shuichi Gonda stepped forward, grabbed the ball that had lost control, and drove it out with a big foot.

He is very experienced with this kind of ball.

At this time, kicking the ball out of the penalty area immediately will divert the referee's attention, don't hold the ball in your arms and wait for the referee to give a penalty.

There was an uproar in the Khalifa Stadium!

Because it is the home stadium of the Chinese team, there are very many Chinese fans in the stadium, almost dozens of times that of Japanese fans.

This puts some pressure on the referees.

Is it a penalty?

Everyone looked at the referee.

I saw the referee wave his hand at Wu Lei, who fell to the ground, indicating that this was not a foul.

It was a reasonable collision.

Suddenly, boos rang out in the stadium.

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