Chapter 154: Stalemate stage

"Eh, it's dangerous... be careful! Oops!"
Seeing that the football was scored by Juan Vega, He Feng let out a long sigh-he still lost the ball.
Before this corner kick, he had a dangerous premonition.
He had hoped that he was unreasonably worried, but he did not expect it to be true.
The Mexican players celebrated after the goal, and the shouts in the stands of the Provincial Sports Center were much smaller than before. Many Chinese fans closed their mouths in disappointment and pain when they saw the loss, and they couldn't make any sound.
In front of the Mexican coaching bench on the sidelines, head coach Alfonso Leides rushed out of the coaching bench and shouted, celebrating the goal passionately.
As a head coach, it's really a very accomplished thing to see that his adjustments take effect so quickly.
In front of the Chinese team's coaching bench, the head coach Jorge Dillon covered his mouth as if talking to the assistant coach Kili Sequeiros beside him.
In fact, it was Sequeiros who said to Dillon: "Mexico's high position press is very thorough..."
Dillon shook his head slightly: "No way, we have just begun to take over this team, and training has just begun..."
He is not looking for excuses to shirk responsibility, there is indeed no way.
We have done everything we need to do, but football training is a long process. It is impossible to say that only one week of training time can make the team reborn and achieve the effect of training for one year. That is unscientific.
This time the China Cup China team has shown a change, and this is the most important thing.
It proves that Dillon's new tactics and ideas designed for the Chinese team are correct. Once this point is clear, just continue in this direction.
The so-called beginning of everything is difficult, in fact, it means that I don’t know what’s wrong at the beginning.
In case the direction is wrong, the harder you work, the more you fail.
For Dillon’s coach Xu, the China Cup is a good opportunity to verify the direction.
Through the semifinals with South Africa and the first half of the final with Mexico, Dillon has actually got the answer he wanted.
Although he said "no way" on his lips, Dillon immediately asked Yu Jintao to go to the sidelines to speak to the somewhat frustrated and lost Chinese team players.
"Don't panic! Think about training! Why do we train so hard! Isn't it just to cope with this kind of scene?!"
Almost all of the ball training of the Chinese team has added confrontational elements.
Don’t they just hope that the Chinese team’s players will be able to maintain their composure and play normally when they encounter such a press in the game?
Although the training time is still relatively short, changes have also taken place. The Chinese team is not only at a loss and powerless in the face of pressing as before...
After Yu Jintao shouted loudly, he returned to the coach's bench and drank his saliva first, and then put on a throat lozenge to protect his throat.
This is already a basic operation for him, and the familiar can no longer be familiar.
When Dillon was coaching at Dashun Golden Arrow, he needed to serve as an assistant coach as an interpreter, that is, going to the sidelines and yelling to convey the intentions of the head coach Dillon to the players on the court.
So as a football coach's translator, it's not just as simple as being a translator.
At the very least, it's more vocal than ordinary translation...
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After Mexico equalized, of course, they will take advantage of the situation to launch a fierce attack on the goal of the Chinese team, hoping to make another city in a short period of time.
After all, they scored a goal after only three minutes in the second half. The head coach said there were seven minutes left in ten minutes, so why can't we score another goal in these seven minutes?
Now this goal has shaken their confidence, and another goal will completely destroy their fighting spirit!
But the scene they had imagined did not appear.
After the Mexican players tasted the sweetness in the high position press, they continued to press like this.
They thought they could force the Chinese team to make mistakes again.
How can I think that the Chinese team has withstood this time.
Although still a little embarrassed...
For example, facing Mexico's high position at the beginning, the Chinese team could only kick forward with a big foot and try to keep the football away from the penalty area.
Although this prevented Mexico from stealing directly in the frontcourt, the Chinese team actually had no way to counterattack and was still pressed by Mexico.
Fortunately, the Chinese team has two skilled players in the midfield-Zhang Qinghuan and Xia Xiaoyu.
Especially Zhang Qinghuan, he can still rely on his own skills to deal with Mexican midfielder Juan Vega.
Will not be completely passively beaten.
During this time, the Chinese fans and commentators He Feng and Yan Kang in the stands were also very nervous.
Yan Kang kept repeating: "You must stand up, you have to stand up! Mexico's high-ranking press cannot continue forever! Their physical fitness can't stand it either!"
Yan Kang echoed: "That's right! The brave wins if you meet on a narrow road! At this time, if you can withstand it, you will see the sun!"
The Chinese team finally withstood.
Mexico's crazy high press didn't last long, even less than ten minutes.
After all, they have played half the game and their physical fitness is not so good.
If it were the first half, they might be able to keep pushing for 20 minutes at a high position.
Now they have to save some energy for later games.
Seeing that the team's high position is unsustainable, the Chinese team used the pass and cut to open the gap, and even hit the 30-meter area. Head coach Alfonso Ledes waved his hand and the Mexican team looked like The ebb tide is generally taken back.
The stone that was pressing on everyone's heart was moved away, making people feel lighter.
"They have withstood the test." Translator Yu Jintao said to Dillon upon seeing this.
Dillon was expressionless, or said calmly: "This is just the beginning, Yu."
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Dillon's judgment was correct.
The next game both sides entered a stalemate.
The slowing Chinese team continued to attack Mexico, just as they did in the first half.
But the Mexican players who equalized the score were very stable. The most important thing is that they know that the high position press is effective for the Chinese team, so they don't worry.
After they have a good rest, they will come to the high position to fight, maybe they will be able to get another city...
With this idea, Mexico played very calmly.
In addition, the overall strength is inherently higher than that of the Chinese team, and the Chinese team's offense has nothing to do with them for a while.
There are some opportunities for both you and me, but they are not particularly good opportunities.
As the game time passed, the score did not change, and it was still a 1:1 tie.
Alvarez is very active and wants to score, but he is on the right, and Wang Guangwei happens to be the opponent.
This is a difficult role.
Wang Guangwei, who is 1.86 meters tall, is neither short enough to completely lose air defense advantage, but also high enough to affect his speed and flexibility.
In the face of Alvarez, who is flexible at his feet, he is calm and calm. He doesn't take his feet easily. Instead, he sticks to the opponent and uses his physical strength to constantly squeeze against the latter, making it difficult for him to control the ball.
But when he judged that he needed to make an interception, his actions were steady and ruthless, and he never hesitated or dragged his feet.
Alvarez, the striker who scored seven goals in the Europa League and ranked first in the scorer list, was temporarily dumb in front of Wang Guangwei.
This surprised him himself.
Occasionally, he would successfully get rid of Wang Guangwei, but was quickly blocked by other Chinese team players, Wang Guangwei was able to return to organize the defense.
The overall defense of the Chinese team is better than Alvarez imagined. They are not fighting on their own, but are closely connected.
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Dillon raised his wrist on the sidelines to check the time, the 68th minute of the game.
The score is still 1:1.
Since the first high-position press, Mexico has not yet another high-position press.
But Dillon knew that within a few minutes ~EbookFREE.me~Leides would surely make Mexico pressure again.
By then, the Chinese team will be very dangerous.
Because of physical fitness.
The high-intensity training made the Chinese team players generally fatigued. After the semi-finals, the physical problems became more serious.
Therefore, in the remaining twenty minutes, he must be substituted and adjusted to stabilize the physical fitness of the Chinese team.
Otherwise, it may be taken away by Mexico and completely washed away.
However, the substitution... means that it is difficult for the Chinese team to create any more opportunities on offense. After all, this lineup on the field now is the strongest lineup of the Chinese team.
Whoever changes it has an impact on strength.
Substitution adjustment means that the Chinese team will strive to keep a 1:1 tie in 90 minutes, and then the two sides will directly hit the penalty kick.
Whether or not to win the championship depends on luck...
Jorge Dillon didn't think about the gains and losses for too long before he made the decision-substitution and adjustment.
Although the offense will be affected after the substitution, there is still a chance to drag the game into a penalty shoot-out.
But if there is no substitution, it is very likely that you will not be able to sustain the penalty shootout...
He asked the interpreter Yu Jintao to call right back Bai Di, who was warming up.
Judging from this candidate, he is ready to replace Luo Kai.
The formation remained the same, still 352, but replaced the wing guard Luo Kai with a better defensive full-back, strengthened the defense, and held the 1:1 tie.
On the coaching bench next door, Mexico coach Alfonso Ledes got up from his seat again and walked to the sidelines.
He is ready to give orders to the Mexican players on the field to make them press for a high position again.
Taking advantage of the critical moment when the physical fitness of the Chinese team is declining... to their lives!
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(End of this chapter)