Chapter 498: The Future Is Yours
The group stage of the Olympics is also played in three games, and then the points are looked at, and the top two in the group advance.
Points are promoted, when the points are the same, the goal difference will be looked at, and the goal difference will be the same as the red and yellow cards.
In this case, the coaches of each team are naturally thinking about various tactics of horse racing, especially for the teams in the same group as Argentina.
Although it is true that there will be upset games in football, the reason why upsets are upsets is because of the number of times.
What's more, Japan was beaten 6-0 by Argentina in the first game.
For Belgium, even if they lose this game, as long as they are not scored too many goals by Argentina, their chances of advancing are very good.
In this context, the tactical arrangement of the Belgian coach is naturally based on defensive counterattacks.
"Defending and counterattacking, I still want to experience the feeling of attacking against him."
There was a commotion outside the player's tunnel, standing in the passage, looking at Chen Mo, who was touching the little caddy's head next to him and chatting with Messi, De Bruyne's eyes were full of admiration and desire.
Yes, worship and desire.
Chen Mo has been famous for four years, and has won three Champions Leagues in four years, and now Chen Mo's reputation can be said to be in full swing.
Children all over the world who play football, especially him De Bruyne, who plays as a winger but has always had a heart for midfield, have more or less admiration for Chen Mo.
But the age gap between the two is actually not too big.
Chen Mo is 87 years old, De Bruyne is 91 years, and the difference between the two is more than three years old.
When I was studying, I felt that there was a big difference in the first year of high school, but after entering the society, there was a difference of ten years, so it was also squatting together, smoking and bragging.
For Chen Mo, De Bruyne belongs to yes and admire, and wants to do it.
Not only De Bruyne, next to him, Hazard also swept his eyes to Messi from time to time.
If De Bruyne admires Chen Mo more, then he Hazard, an extraordinary maniac, naturally prefers Messi's style.
Chen Mo naturally felt the gaze of the two little guys of the Belgian team, and he was actually secretly observing De Bruyne.
Yes, secretly observe.
It's not something like fencing.
Since right-back reinforcement Zambrotta and Arsenal's back line is no longer lame, Arsene Wenger is now mainly concerned about midfield.
Now Arsenal's main three midfielders are Chen Mo, Rakitic and Xiao Ma.
Strictly speaking, this lineup can be regarded as a strong defense and weak attack.
Xiao Ma and Rakitic do not have too strong offensive organization ability, and although he Chen Mo has strong offensive organization ability, if he encounters a team with very strong defensive ability in the midfield, he will still play very uncomfortable, and at the same time, because it is a complete single core, the opponent is also easier to target.
Arsene Wenger was initially prepared to bring in Yaya Toure.
Yaya Toure is a typical beast waist attribute, although his organizational ability is not strong, but he can press up to help Chen Mo share part of the pressure when attacking, which is the most suitable for the current Arsenal staffing, but unfortunately, Yaya Toure is unwilling to bear the infamy of [join if you can't beat].
With no suitable midfielder to find a suitable candidate, Arsene Wenger had to find a way to find a way in Rakitic's position.
Two options.
One is the all-round central midfielder who stood at the back of the left midfield at that time, took on part of the defensive tasks, and at the same time took on the operation of the entire central midfield.
Rakitic is playing in this position now, and there is no problem in defense, but his ability to organize and pass and advance with the ball is not top-notch, and Chen Mo is often required to come back to respond, and as soon as Chen Mo retreats, Arsenal's offensive firepower will decline.
However, this kind of player is difficult to find, or a midfielder who can organize, defend, advance and shoot from a distance will not be willing to drag back to be a blue-collar worker, and Modric went to Real Madrid because he wanted to be the core.
As a result, Wenger's direction of finding people has become the second type - two guns in the midfield.
In the inverted triangle position, there is only a little brother hanging in the back, and Chen Mo is matched with a forward with strong offensive ability in the front court, and he will engage in pure firepower suppression.
Originally, the candidate for this position was Nasri, but unfortunately Manchester City spent 30 million euros two weeks ago, plus a weekly salary of nearly 200,000 pounds to take Nasri away.
can only buy people, so some time ago, Wenger talked to Chen Mo through many phone calls, including Muller, David Silva of Valencia, and De Bruyne.
Yes, we talked about De Bruyne.
It wasn't Wenger who mentioned it, but Chen Mo who mentioned it.
De Bruyne is now only playing in the second line of Genk, and he is playing as a winger, with Arsenal's current winger configuration and Wenger's current coffee position, it is naturally difficult for Wenger to pay attention to De Bruyne, who is still small and transparent.
But Chen Mo is different.
Although the pressure of the Olympic men's football team is not great, Chen Mo will still study the opponent before the game, which is his habit that he can't move.
And when Chen Mo saw the video of De Bruyne playing in midfield in a game
To be honest, Chen Mo felt very amazing.
It can be seen that after all, he has been playing as a winger and playing in midfield, but De Bruyne showed a lot of things in that game.
has a wide field of vision, a strong sense of space and position, and is a winger, or an in-cut winger, the foot work is more delicate, and the physical fitness is not bad, and what makes Chen Mo feel amazing is the most.
De Bruyne's penetrating ball is really sharp.
There were some penetrating balls that directly pierced the defense line, even if Chen Mo saw it at the time, he couldn't help but get excited.
And even more crucially, De Bruyne is not strictly a playmaker like Modric, Xavi Pirlo, but a chance-creator similar to Messi in the national team and Miami in the later period.
In the team's playmaking phase, De Bruyne doesn't need much of the ball, more of a running position off the ball, and only when the opportunity comes out, he needs the ball to send a scalpel pass.
That's why, many of De Bruyne's classic passes are on the left and right flanks, even to the wingers, and then pull out a big arc to feed the striker.
You must know that even if Chen Mo's running ability is to play as a winger, he will rarely appear on the side.
Because Chen Mo needs to organize the whole team, he has to stay in the middle of the formation most of the time.
However, it is not a bad thing that De Bruyne does not need too much ball control in the organizational stage, on the contrary, it also means that De Bruyne and him Chen Mo can coexist to a certain extent!
Chen Mo is strong, but he does eat the ball, after all, only more passes can better control the whole team, and De Bruyne eats less ball!
Chen Mo stood slightly back to organize the tandem, De Bruyne stood forward to send the penetrating ball, and after De Bruyne's threat increased, Chen Mo could also get more space and take the whole team to the top!
When the time comes, he Chen Mo left midfielder, De Bruyne right midfielder in the opponent's arc corner position to deliver cakes, on top of Bale, Lewandowski, Di Maria three forwards to eat cakes!
It's the same with Counterattack!
De Bruyne, who debuted as a winger, has a strong ability to promote, and when the time comes, he Chen Mo and De Bruyne will double the door in the middle, and then there will be a forward trident hanging on it.
Who can stop this firepower!
But
After all, De Bruyne's understanding is still seen from the game video, what is the strength of this little guy, whether it is worth digging, and we have to see the actual situation of the game later.
Thinking in his mind, soon, with the announcer's prompt sound, Chen Mo also trotted onto the field with his teammates.
Not surprisingly, as soon as the commentator came out of the players' tunnel, deafening cheers poured into the cochlea.
The surrounding stands were crowded, and everyone was shouting excitedly, especially in the stands next to the players' tunnel, the screams of several girls were so hung that Chen Mo's eardrums were punctured, and even a girl directly lifted the jersey and jumped and jumped.
Some children are not suitable, Chen Mo covered Messi's eyes behind him for the first time, and the result naturally caused the whole team to laugh and Messi's eyes.
There is no doubt that in this game against Belgium, the whole team was relatively relaxed.
However, it's just that I'm more relaxed off the field.
As they stepped on the turf, the photographer came with a camera on his shoulder, and Chen Mo and others, who were wearing blue and white jerseys, immediately changed into serious faces.
Chen Mo is the captain, and he went directly to the referee to toss a coin with the Belgian captain Kompany, but in the process of tossing the coin, Chen Mo looked at Kompany twice.
There is no other reason, mainly in the current transfer market, and it has been rumored that this Belgian midfielder, who looks a little like Ma Yun, but is 1.9 meters tall, is about to join Manchester City.
And Kompany is also the core of the Belgian team's defense, with a sharp tackle and a strong style of play, which is also an opponent that needs to be focused on.
However, that's just the focus.
Soon, as the tossed coin landed on the back of the referee's hand, the two sides also decided the right to kick off.
Wearing a black and yellow striped jersey, Belgium possessed the ball from right to left.
The opponent kicked off the ball and returned to the back of the center circle, Chen Mo sorted out the captain's armband on his left arm, and at the same time looked up to observe the Belgian formation.
Not surprisingly, after Argentina crushed the Japanese team in the last game, Belgium decisively adopted a 541 defensive counter-attacking formation in this game.
To be honest, this formation is actually quite restrained by Argentina.
The back five can effectively contain Argentina's 424 four forwards, and at the same time, the four midfielders can completely cover the edge of the penalty area, but there are a lot of people on the defensive end, and Belgium will have more difficulty and fewer opportunities when counterattacking.
"It seems that they are ready to win if they lose less."
There is no doubt that as soon as this formation came out, Chen Mo probably understood Belgium's thoughts.
It's best to be able to play a counterattack, and if you can't play it, then let them Argentina score a few less.
The facts were similar to Chen Mo's thoughts, and with the referee's whistle, under the watchful eyes of everyone, the game began.
At the beginning, Belgium directly looked for Hazard on the left side, who immediately chose to one-on-one with Barcelona right-back Zabaleta after getting the ball, but in Chen Mo's eyes [sure enough], the other Belgian players did not press to make space for Hazard.
The winger's breakthrough is not a hard burst, it needs the help of other teammates to create one-on-one space, and now the Belgian team does not press.
It is clear that Belgium simply do not want to, or to be more precise, Belgium simply do not dare to ask for the ball, after all, attacking with the ball will leave a large amount of space behind them.
Without his teammates to help contain him, Hazard naturally couldn't open up on the left wing, and in the end, when he tried to force Zabaleta on his bicycle, Hazard was tackled by the little pony who helped defend to complete the steal.
Under the 424 formation, Chen Mo is the absolute organizational core of the team, and as soon as he completed the steal, Xiao Ma was going to find Chen Mo as soon as possible, but as soon as he raised his foot, he found that De Bruyne was glued to Chen Mo's side.
And not only De Bruyne, but also another Belgian midfielder and 541's single striker also assisted in the defense of Chen Mo.
Three defenses and one!
Rao is personal ability gap is very large, but in this case, Chen Mo is not so easy to get the ball, no surprise, seeing that Chen Mo can't get the ball, Xiao Ma didn't stick the ball, and directly distributed the ball to the central defender Otamendi.
Chen Mo can't get the ball!
Seeing this scene, the Belgian generals' faces were a lot more relaxed, but De Bruyne, who was closest to Chen Mo, shook his head left and right for the first time, and when he found that Messi and Di Maria had no signs of retreating at all, he frowned.
"Their lineup says it's 424, but many times Messi and Di Maria will retreat to 433, although Chen Mo didn't have a chance to get the ball in that case just now, but as long as Messi and Di Maria retreat, there is space. Why didn't they pull back? β
Argentina's reaction was somewhat unusual, and De Bruyne, who couldn't figure out what the problem was, frowned, but it didn't take long for him to know why.
Messi and Di Maria don't need to retreat!
Because they can't keep an eye on Chen Mo!
It is impossible for the Belgian striker to keep retreating to stare at Chen Mo, the striker has been retreating, then he doesn't even have to fight back, Argentina directly pressed all four backs, and Belgium played even more uncomfortable at that time.
Without a three-man package, Belgium can only adopt the tactics of one person defending and one person assisting in defense.
He Kevin De Bruyne was the one who defended at the top, but the problem was
Can't catch Chen Mo!
Chen Mo's running position is very ghostly, and the time difference between catching him De Bruyne and swinging his head is often Chen Mo is still by his side before turning his head to observe, and Chen Mo has already run away when he turns around!
"He's a hundred times scary on TV!"
In the third minute of the game, when he shook his head again to look at the position of his teammates, he turned around the next second and found that Chen Mo had run away, and Brother Xiao Ma had already sent a pass!
De Bruyne was shocked in his heart and immediately caught up, but unfortunately, in three minutes, he hadn't caught a little bit of Chen Mo's movement rules, but Chen Mo had already understood his movements.
Without any hesitation.
People in the right area of the middle line, diagonally facing the direction of the corner kick on the left side of Belgium, looking at the ball from the little horse brother in front of the left, looking at De Bruyne rushing in front of the right, Chen Mo directly lowered his shoulders to the right to lead the ball to the bottom.
The action is very realistic, De Bruyne rushed halfway, and subconsciously tilted his center of gravity to the left, but just when his center of gravity deviated to the left, Chen Mo pulled back his upper body with his abdomen, and at the same time pushed the ball towards the outside of De Bruyne's foot with the instep of his left foot, and at the same time kicked the ground with his right foot!
The center of gravity of a feint shook, coupled with the explosion of speed, in the cheers of the fans in the audience, Chen Mo directly shook off De Bruyne and advanced along the middle with the ball!
Seeing Chen Mo get rid of De Bruyne, the Belgian right midfielder, who had been assisting in the defense in the back, moved sideways to fill in for the first time!
But, it didn't work!
It's not just Chen Mo who is advancing with the ball, because Belgium's 451 formation doesn't put too much pressure on Argentina's backline, Argentina's two fullbacks are already very high, and as soon as Chen Mo starts, these two fullbacks also start to step forward at the same time!
Fly with both wings!
At the same time, left winger Di Maria retreated, Aguero closed the penalty area and Higuain to form a double center, and right winger Messi retreated!
The two fullbacks crossed the bottom, and there were two center forwards standing in the middle, while Di Maria and Messi also retreated to the top of the penalty area to the left and right of Chen Mo, who broke through in the middle, as a wingman!
Seven attacking players, and at this time, Belgium only has five defenders and a right midfielder who runs with Chen Mo!
Seven to six!
How can this be prevented?
looked at Chen Mo who rushed forward, saw Messi and Di Maria in front of the left and right front, felt Higuain and Aguero on the left and right, and Kompany in the middle of the back five directly numb!
Chen Mo has a strong long-range shooting ability, and when he rushes to the top of the arc, he must top up the position, but the problem is that as soon as he pushes out, Higuain and Aguero will get a big chance!
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Higuain and Aguero both have central defenders on the outside, and as soon as he Kompany comes out, there is no defender in the area between the two central forwards!
This is tantamount to helping Argentina create a deep space for passing, as long as Chen Mo divides the ball to Di Maria or Messi, these two can easily send a through ball to Higuain or Aguero!
But the problem is, if you don't go out, Chen Mo is about to rush to the top of the arc!
Chen Mo, Messi, Di Maria, can shoot from a distance!
In the midst of the lightning, Kompany, who was still a rookie, took a step forward, trying to create a little difficulty for Chen Mo slightly, and it was this step that he directly turned into Maguire.
Without any hesitation, the moment Kompany took a step, Chen Mo directly hit the right straight plug to distribute the ball to Messi, and the next second "bang".
Without stopping the ball, facing the pass sent by Chen Mo in front of the left, Messi swept directly with his left foot, and in Kompany's desperate gaze, the ball grazed his left foot and sent it to Aguero, the left center.
Kompany is 1.9 meters tall, Maguire is 1.94 meters, the two are about the same height, both belong to the aircraft carrier turn, when Kompany turned to chase Aguero, Aguero has already swept with his right foot in front of the goal!
As the ball went into the net, the whole court instantly boiled.
Score in three minutes!
This ticket is worth so much!
When Aguero rushed to the corner kick and threw his fist excitedly, the whole audience also resounded with a uniform cheering of "Argentina that~".
However, in addition to cheering on Argentina, some Belgian fans are also mocking Kompany for turning too slowly.
Kompany was indeed slow to turn, but it was not his problem, the real problem was that the Belgian midfielder did too badly to defend at the top of the arc and went straight to Kompany.
No matter what Kompany's reaction to this goal, as long as Argentina scores, they can only be scolded in the end.
If you push it out, you won't be able to catch up when you turn around.
If you don't top it out, you will definitely be scolded for defending it again.
Kompany was also very uncomfortable, listening to the boos, he just bent down to sort out his tights, and on the other side, looking at Chen Mo and others celebrating at the corner, De Bruyne's eyes did not have much loss, but flashed with some thoughtful looks.
"Always can't keep an eye on it. Is it a speed issue? β
"No, no, no matter how fast he is, he can't throw me that far away at once."
"He can only start it at the same time as I shake my head, and only then can he get that much space! So. He's deciphering my rhythm?! β
"Can you decipher me in three minutes? What a monster he is! β
At the thought of this, De Bruyne only felt goosebumps creeping up his back, but soon, he suppressed this kind of youth training and began to think about countermeasures in his mind.
Yes, just like when the sixteen-year-old Chen Mo faced Zidane for the first time, he felt that Zidane was a monster.
Now, four years later, the teenager who was once in the second line of Barcelona and other opportunities has also grown into a goal for the next generation to look up to and catch up.
De Bruyne's thoughts, Chen Mo naturally didn't know, it was not too surprising to score a goal against Belgium, after celebrating with Aguero and others on the sidelines, he smiled and gave Klee and Kaoru Tsukichi in the stands a flying kiss, and then returned to wait for the serve amid the cheers in the sky.
However, as the game resumed, Chen Mo still noticed a change in De Bruyne.
"This guy has an idea?"
When he wanted to use De Bruyne's habit to get rid of it again, but before he could start it, De Bruyne's head turned back, and the corners of Chen Mo's mouth hooked up a faint smile.
"This guy is a good seedling, and he can give the old man a mouthful when he turns around."
Some appreciation, but not to the point of exaggeration.
In Chen Mo's view, learning to read the other party's action habits is actually just the beginning, and top stars can do it.
The key is how far we can go.
However, as the game progresses deeper and deeper, and as De Bruyne's state becomes more and more devoted, Chen Mo's serious appreciation is also getting stronger and stronger!
However, that didn't change the outcome of the game.
The gap between Belgium and Argentina is too big, and as time goes by, Argentina's offensive begins to rise wave after Chen Mo, Messi, Di Maria and others fully understand Belgium's tactical play.
In the seventeenth minute of the game, Di Maria suddenly retreated to receive Chen Mo's through plug, and at the same time, Higuain retreated from the center forward position to try to get the ball at the top of the arc.
Without any hesitation, Di Maria hit the top of the arc with his left foot, but when Kompany reached out to break Higuain's left foot that touched the ball, Higuain's left foot went straight above the ball!
Leak!
The ball went straight through Higuain's crotch and to Messi's feet on the right side of the adduction arc!
Kompany's top shot directly led to a gap in the Belgian back line, and he didn't hesitate to face the rolling ball Messi picked up his right foot and fired a volley!
Stick to the ground!
Ground slash against Mexico!
The ball went straight out of Kompany's gap and into the bottom left corner of the goal, the goalkeeper had already save, but his vision was blocked by the defender, and it was a shot from the 20-year-old Messi!
Powerful!
In the end, the goalkeeper could only watch the ball roll into the net.
2:0 in the seventeenth minute, Belgium still played a 541 pure defensive and anti-formation, and there was not much ability to attack with the ball at all, and there was no doubt that the suspense of the game had disappeared as Messi rushed to the corner to celebrate.
However, after all, whether or not they can qualify will most likely depend on goal difference, as Argentina's attack began to become more and more fierce, Belgium's defensive actions became more and more brutal.
In the end, when Belgium received 18 fouls and paid the price of four yellow cards and two red cards, the score was fixed at 4-0.
A game for fans of both sides. In fact, they are all very satisfied with the big victory.
The Argentine fans are happy here, while the Belgian side feels that they have conceded two fewer goals than Japan and have a better chance of qualifying.
Accompanied by the cheers of the fans, Chen Mo also hugged and exchanged jerseys with De Bruyne, who was kneaded to the point of wilting, on the field.
Originally, I wasn't going to beep anything, but seeing De Bruyne's somewhat numb eyes, Chen Mo, who threw the opponent's jersey on his shoulder, walked back and patted De Bruyne on the shoulder and gave a thumbs up.
"Come on, the future is yours."