Chapter 123: Convincing the Head Coach
At the end of the first round of the Toulon Cup, the host of Group A, France, drew 1:1 with Turkey, Argentina beat Ukraine 3:0, and Brazil in Group B narrowly defeated Germany 2:1, and China and Brazil tied for the first place in the group.
In the second round of the game on June 6, the Chinese team ushered in the group top showdown with the Brazilian team, even if it is only the Brazilian national youth team 2, this team is also star-studded:
Goalkeeper: Giulio. Cesar
Defenders: Lucio, Edmilson, Roque. Júnior
Defender: Marcos. Ason-san, Ze. Elias
Left and right fronts: Wagner, Denilson
Forward: Deco
Forward: Ricardo. Oliveira, Giovanni. Gomez
Seeing the list of players of the Brazilian national youth team, Li Bern knew that this game was not easy to play, and the main opponent's back line was the main force of the Brazilian national team in a few years. Don't look at it as a 3-center-back style of play, that's because the control of the midfield is strong, the defense is not so much pressure, and in addition to Roque. Júnior is a little slower, Lucio and his old rival Edmilson in the South American Club Cup are both masters who can insert assists, and it is not much hope to use speed to bully other 3 central defenders.
No matter what, you have to fight anyway, I don't have to say.
The process of this game is not much different from what the teenager expected, if it is the lineup of the Chinese team in the World Youth Championships, let alone a draw, it is also certain to win this Brazilian national youth 2 team Li Boen. Of course, I hope that the draw for the World Youth Championship will not meet the Brazilian national youth team 1, the 2 teams are already here, the 1 team counts, and now Ronaldinho in Gremio is definitely in the start, so it is really unstoppable.
In this game, the Chinese team ruled out a 5-4-1 formation, and only used corner kicks and free kicks to create a few offensive attacks in the first half, and basically the Brazilian team was attacking. In the 23rd minute of the second half, Brazil finally seized the opportunity to score a goal by Deco, and then in the 31st minute, Brazil won a free kick in front of the penalty area on the right side, and Roma's main defender in 2000, Asunsan, won the championship in 2000. Finally, 5 minutes before the end of the second half, Li Bourne made a steal in the backfield, and a straight kick penetrated the opponent's midfield barrier, Yang Chen inserted it at high speed, shook off Lucio with a feint, and shot from the top of the penalty area, a dead corner! finally pulled back a goal, which also shows that the national football team still has the strength to fight, if the midfield can be stronger, maybe there will be more opportunities to defend and counterattack.
In the second round, the German team and Spain were both back-to-back, and the one who lost could basically buy a ticket home. As a result, the German team once again showed the world their iron and blood in their bones, trailing Spain 0:2 for 80 minutes, and when there were only 12 minutes left in the game plus injury time, first Frijns broke the ball at the back, and an overhead was given to Asamoah on the side, the speedy winger shook off the Spanish team Capdevilla's defense and drove straight into the opponent's penalty area, and the central defender Amo pulled down the little black brother with a hot brain, and won himself a set of red dots. Deisler scored a spoon and the goal boosted the Germans' morale. Then the game entered the 91st minute, the German team held the ball in the midfield, and the referee was already looking at the watch frequently. The German suddenly accelerated the pace of the game on the wing, hitting the wall three times in a row, and finally Asamoah broke through the defense on Capdevilla's side again, and the ball was raised at the bottom line, and Casal, another central defender of the Spanish team in the middle, was fighting with the German striker for a header, when suddenly a dark shadow rushed behind him, grabbed the ball in front of the two and smashed the ball into the goal, Almunia didn't even react. It's Frings! At this time, the referee also blew the whistle for the end of the game. The whole German team frantically pressed Frings under them.
After two rounds of matches, the Brazilian team in Group B won all two games with 6 points and 2 goal difference to lock in a qualifying place in advance, the Chinese team ranked second with 1 win, 1 loss, 3 points and 0 goal difference, and Germany and Spain each accumulated 1 point at the bottom. Given that Argentina in Group A also won two games to lock the first place in the group, the Brazilian team should not release water in the match with Spain, after all, if the Chinese team defeats Germany, then the Brazilian team will have to go to the final with Argentina.
As a result, at the pre-match mobilization meeting, the Chinese coaching staff began to teach the traditional again: "We only need to draw with the opponent to get the right to qualify from the group." Hearing this familiar sentence, Li Boen said decisively: ......
When the head coach was still loudly instilling the concept of winning the game to the players, Li Bourne stood up and interrupted the other party's speech: "Lao Chen, I think if we target a draw, this Toulon Cup will basically come to an end."
Because Chen Yiming and Li Boen are too familiar, including the current transformation of the Hongyuan team, which is also carried out at the suggestion of the teenager, he didn't care that his speech was interrupted by the teenager, but raised his own questions. The teenager took over the topic and said: "The current situation is indeed that we only need to draw with Germany in the final round of the group stage to enter the semi-finals of this competition. But how many such losses have we suffered in Chinese football, Lao Chen, you are clear, first of all, the mentality of the players on the field will be affected, the draw is 0:0 under everyone's understanding, which shows that we will focus on defense, but the problem is that it is difficult to ensure that there will be loopholes in the blind defense, so look at how many so-called 'black three minutes' the national football team has experienced in the past. As a result, Mr. Wang denied this idea on the spot in the locker room, since the lead means that the opponent is not as good as you, why stop the offensive and give the opponent a chance to breathe? Secondly, our last opponent is Germany, if we lose then Germany will definitely get a place in the qualifiers, and we will have to go home. Everybody knows what the Germans are best at, and when the situation is unfavorable, they will definitely attack wildly, and I dare to pack a ticket just to defend us, we will not be able to hold it."
Lao Chen thought about it carefully, there was a high probability that the boy's words would become a reality, so he slapped his thigh and said fiercely: "Okay, just listen to you, let's play ball control, seize the opportunity to play defense, Spain has gnawed down, and the Germans will not be stronger than Spain in technology!" Lao Tzu doesn't seek stability anymore, it's not my style in the first place, anyway, if it's really not as good as others to lose, I didn't play according to the above required tactics to win, I have this pot on my back!"
In the end, Lao Chen was persuaded by the teenager and decided to have a tough match with the Germans in the last game of the group stage.