Vol 4 Chapter 41: Four hundred thirty three to three hundred forty three

The new water source stadium is a large stadium capable of accommodating 55,000 fans. Like most World Cup stadiums, it is renovated on the basis of the original football stadium construction, increasing the capacity of fans while meeting FIFA minimum requirements.
There are exactly two hours before the start of the game. The new water source stadium has basically been filled by the fans of both sides. The red Chinese fans and the orange Dutch fans Jinghe are distinct, occupying about 4/5 of the entire stadium stands.
The remaining 1/5 fans are occupied by local fans and other fans. They are called neutral fans.
Their arrival is to feel the enthusiasm of the World Cup atmosphere, but also to see the style of world-class superstars such as Tang Zheng, Robben, Van Persie, and Sneijder.
No matter what purpose they came to the new water source stadium, in short, to add to the fanatical World Cup atmosphere, cheer for the two sides of the fighting game to cheer.
At the same time, the third quarter-finals at the Brasília National Stadium has ended, Argentina with Higuain's lightning goal in the eighth minute of the first half finally defeated the European Red Devils Belgium 1: 0 to become the third A national team advanced to the semifinals.
The end of the Argentine coach Sevilla and the players are more concerned about the quarter-finals of the Chinese team and the Netherlands, because the winner between the two teams will be Argentina's opponent in the semifinals.
In fact, many people knew the results of the Chinese team and the Dutch team before the quarter-final match began. The overall strength of the Dutch team is obviously stronger than the Chinese team, and the Chinese team has a lot of luck to advance to the quarterfinals.
If nothing goes wrong, Argentina's opponent in the semifinals is likely to be the uncrowned king of the Netherlands.
Nonetheless, the target of Argentine star and captain Messi is Tang Zheng.
In today's world football, it is no longer Cristiano Ronaldo who is actually regarded as an opponent, but Tang Zheng.
Cristiano Ronaldo can score a lot of goals a season, but only Tang Zheng can serve as both the Terminator and the Creator.
Such an opponent deserves attention.
Even if the Chinese team eventually lost to the Netherlands, Messi thought he could see Tang Zheng's technical flaws.
The Chinese team missed the quarter-finals because captain Zheng Zhi won the second yellow card of the personal World Cup in the 1/8 finals. Tang Zheng will wear the captain's armband to participate in the first quarter-finals in the history of Chinese men's football.
Less than ten minutes before the start of the game, the staff of the new World Cup water stadium in Brazil knocked on the locker doors of both sides of the game to remind them that the game was about to start.
The Chinese players in the visiting team's locker room slowly stood up from the seats, preparing to walk out of the locker room.
"Cappa ~"
At this moment, Tang Zheng suddenly clapped his hands, and everyone looked at it, including head coach Lippi and assistant coach Madaloni.
When everyone's eyes came to look, Tang Zheng's serious expression changed, and he extended his right hand, palm down, and smiled: "Brothers, give yourself a go."
, Wu Xi, Yan Junling, Lu Liang and other teammates followed one by one and extended their right hands, stacking on the back of the previous teammate's hand, even head coach Lippi and his coaching team also stacked up.
Tang Zheng said, "This game is very likely to be our last game in the World Cup! So we don't need to think about it and play our best level. I know many people want to play in a better environment. The ball, get better salary treatment, the World Cup is your best stage! Play well, believe in yourself! "
The voice just fell, and the voice jumped octave abruptly: "Come on !!"
"Come on!"
The other team members were in high spirits and shouted with passionate cooperation.
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In the player channel, in addition to the substitute players and coaches going straight to the court, the eleven of the two teams' starters stayed in the player channel, waiting for the referee team leader to enter the field.
Before the starting players of both sides enter the field, the players of both sides have a relatively free time.
The live guide is very professional, the first time to the player channel.
The Chinese team Hao Junmin and the Dutch team Huntelaar were teammates in Schalke 04. Not many Huntelaar did not make their debuts. Their encouragement was simple. They hugged each other and chatted casually.
Tang Zheng has been a teammate with the Dutch players, but there are many opponents.
Robben, Huntelaar, Van Persie, and Blind have all played opponents with Tang Zheng, but Van Persie and Blind have fewer encounters and have little interaction with each other.
Huntelaar and Robben played the most games with Tang Zheng, especially Robben. As a Bayern Munich player, he participated in most of the German national derby, but these games are a bit unbearable for him.
In fact, Huntelaar is not much better. Schalke 04, as Dortmund's derby opponent in the Ruhr area, has a terrible record.
However, the relationship between Robben and Tang Zheng was quite good. The two of them also knew each other well before the game started. Tang Zheng patted Robben's shoulder, Robben patted Tang Zheng's waist, with a smile on his face, as if There are endless conversations.
Lippi and Van Gaal, who met in the player channel, also shook hands with each other, but they were obviously not as relaxed as the players, and their expressions were very rigorous. After a simple handshake, they separated from the mouth of the player channel and walked to their respective coach seats.
The broadcast screen was given to Tang Zheng and Robben. As the substitute players on both sides walked to the court, the conversation between the two stopped abruptly and returned to their respective queues.
Tang Zheng was standing at the front of the team, his head was standing tall, and he felt the enthusiasm of his face. He took a deep breath and murmured, "Come on!"
Shortly afterwards, Mexican referee Marco Rodriguez and the members of the referee team signaled that both players could enter the court.
"Aoao"
When the players on both sides of the game appeared on the new water source stadium, a huge deafening cheer rang from the court.
The red ocean and the orange ocean are diametrically opposed, but the fans sitting in front of the TV experience the enthusiasm unique to the World Cup.
The match between the Chinese team and the Dutch team is at 4 am Beijing time, but there are many fans waiting in front of the TV or computer, hundreds of millions.
In particular, Costa Rica was eliminated in the 1/8 finals, and the historic quarter-finals. CCTV ’s propaganda was unprecedented, so this quarter-final received great attention.
The Chinese fans at the new water source stadium are extremely proud of the Chinese players on the field. With the general progress of football, the Asian team has not entered the quarterfinals for a long time. The Chinese team reached the quarterfinals against this background. The sense of superiority has been unprecedentedly supplemented, and attention has naturally increased.
From a few years old to a white-haired old man, they are all concerned about the quarter-finals of the Chinese team and the Dutch team.
The players from both sides entered the court and played in a row centered on the American referee team, and then played the Chinese national anthem "Volunteer March", then the Dutch national anthem "Ode to William" ...
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Players of both sides took a final photo before the game. On-site commentators commented on the lineup of the two sides of the game. The Chinese team officially reported a gap with the previous one. Unexpectedly, they chose the more aggressive four-three-three formation.
Of course, whether it is a real four-three-three formation, you still have to wait until the game starts to make a decision.
In terms of the starting lineup, the Chinese team has three position adjustments compared to the 1/8 final.
The goalkeeper did not change, or Yan Junling, left-back Li Xue replaced Jiang Zhipeng, Liu Jian and Feng Xiaoting who came back from the ban, and served as the right back. And Wu Sanshi.
The formation officially given by the Dutch team is a five-two-three formation, but according to the usual play style of the Netherlands team in this World Cup, it is a variant of the three-four-three formation.
Goalkeeper Silessen, five defenders are Blind, De Vry, Vlar, Indi and Kuyt, double midfielders are Sneijder and Venaldum, three forwards are Depei, Van Persie And Robben.
Tang Zheng, who played for the first time as the captain of the Chinese team, won the right to pick the coin and guessed the right to kick off.
It doesn't really matter in the selection of the half, because the kick-off at 5 pm local time in Brazil will not cause the so-called yin-yang situation, which means that the players will not be affected by the sun.
However, Tang Zheng was still very cautious in choosing the half. He chose the direction of the offense to face the north stands of his fans, which is equivalent to making the Dutch team's attack at the beginning of the first half face the south stands of the fans.
If the general captain would definitely start the game at the halftime where both players stand now, a small number of captains would consider that the game should be defended first at the beginning of the game. Behind them, the local fans will cheer and cheer, which will definitely be more effective.
And in the second half, changing sides and then attacking the direction of the face of the passionate fans of the local fans will also be of great help to the attack.
But Tang Zheng went the other way, letting the Dutch attack in the first half to face their fans!
Of course, Tang Zheng's idea is very simple. The game is a 90-minute battle. The task assigned by coach Lippi before the game is more aimed at defense.
Although the overall strength of the Dutch team is very strong, Lippi and his coaching team believe that Van Gaal's coaching of the Dutch team will certainly not make a big offensive. If the first half can hold the score of 0: 0, the second half is in the cry of Chinese fans It is not impossible to continue to hold the draw, and it may even drag the game into a brutal penalty shootout.
In the last two practice sessions of the Chinese team before the 1/8 finals and 1/4 finals, Lippi was conscious of allowing players to practice penalties, apparently to prepare for possible penalty shootouts.
"Beep ~"
With the whistle of the referee Marco Rodriguez on duty, the final quarter-final of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil kicked off at the new water source stadium.
"Aoao"
Van Persie just kicked the ball to Robben, and a huge loud voice from Dutch fans sounded over the new water source stadium.
"Ooooo"
The Chinese fans in the stands did not let much, almost subconsciously blurted out, creating a deafening booing sound, given to the Dutch players who kicked off.
Most of the Dutch players are not the players who are familiar with the world. They are not affected by the off-site factors at all. They still pass the strict tactics arranged by the head coach before the game to pass and cut the position to create opportunities.
Like most of the media speculation before the game, the Dutch team with an overall strength did not take a strong attack, but a tentative attack.
The Chinese team's game tactics are very simple, first defend, and then seek opportunities to fight back.
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"The game has been started for five minutes. The Netherlands has adopted the Chinese team to choose a solid offensive approach. Of course, this is directly related to how well our players are doing defense. Cai Huikang's attack is criticized, but the role of the defensive end is still very obvious. His body and interception function are most clearly reflected. Tang Zheng, who is the captain of this game, has strong reading ability, timely defense, and there are no loopholes in the middle defense ... "
As soon as the game reached the fifth minute, central 5 commentator He Weina explained the game patiently with a hoarse voice.
Dutch national sports television commentator Van Vincent is obviously very dissatisfied with the Dutch team's offense, he blamed: "The Chinese team fully retired at halftime. We should attack with all our strength instead of worrying about the Chinese team's counterattack. Don't forget that the high pressure is us The reason for Gao Ge's aggressive progress is that you shouldn't be afraid of losing the ball. It is easy to get back. Although the tentative offensive will also be easy to get football from the offense to the defense, the offensive threat cannot be compared with the quick counterattack after the successful high-level oppression. Be bolder! "
In fact, it cannot be said that Van Gaal is not bold enough. He can only say that he admires the careful driving of the ship for thousands of years ~ EbookFREE.me ~ The game has reached the quarterfinals, the team has no retreat, because losing is eliminated, even if the Netherlands team is stronger However, the world football has never lacked the cases of weak to strong.
To use old-fashioned words to describe football as round, anything is possible!
In the group stage, the Chinese team had a game from leading to falling, and then from backward to reversing. In the last game, facing the powerful Colombia, they could even draw two goals in a row even if they lost two goals. The head coach is again Silver Fox Lippi, Van Gaal has to be careful!
In addition, Tang Zheng, who did not hesitate to run physically at the beginning of the game, gave Van Gaal a very dangerous feeling. He was more worried that the space behind the three, four, and three formations was being used. Lu Liang and Wu Sanshi were very fast.
The Netherlands team that used the three, four and three formations in this World Cup can be described as brilliant and has achieved unprecedented success. If you have to find a formation defect, it is that the absolute speed of the two wingbacks is not fast.
Kuyt may have been very fast when he was young, but all his physical qualities at the age of 34 have declined to varying degrees.
Blind is young, with strong reading ability, accurate long pass, and chasing speed is a problem.
In summary, Van Gaal finally decided that the beginning of the game should be stable, and then look for the Chinese team's defensive defense through the players' feelings and the tactics arranged before the game.
In the first five minutes of the game, Robben, one of the three World Cup breakthrough kings, has not tried it once.
Because Tang Zheng had a very high placement rate, he often appeared in Robben's field of vision when Robben was about to accelerate the breakthrough, so that Robben was disturbed, so he gave up the breakthrough and changed to cooperate.
Robben's breakthrough in the left and right was originally one of the most important tactics in Van Gaal's tactical system. Now Robben's "dare" breakthrough means that the Dutch team's offense has weakened a lot.