Vol 4 Chapter 17: Turning point!

In the second round of the Group C round of the Chinese team and the Greek team in the past ten minutes, it is surprising that the Chinese team still has the advantage of the scene, and the Greek team fully retreated to the half.
In addition, the offensive end of the Chinese team is not that Hao Junmin, nor Wu Sanshi, nor Tang Zheng who occasionally advances directly to organize the offense. Instead, it is Sun Jingbo who played for the first time on behalf of the national team.
His two shots were extremely threatening, almost breaking Kanezis' goalkeeper.
Of course, Tang Zheng's role on the offensive end is also quite obvious. His combing and attacking organization in the midfield makes the Chinese team's midfield and frontcourt offensive easier and more dimensional.
And on the defensive end, Tang Zheng can often be seen. His defensive presence rate has been the first in the game from the beginning of the game to the present.
Tang Zheng shoveled the ball under Samaras's foot out of the sideline. Jiang Zhipeng, who had missed a single-handed ball before receiving the ball, was back in place. He patted Tang Zheng's right shoulder before returning to the position to thank him.
Yang Wei's commentator He Wei's voice changed: "It is a pity that Jiang Zhipeng made a mistake after plugging in a single knife, but he should remember his responsibilities more. As a defender, he should pay more attention to the defense and the mistakes after the mistake. The instinctive reaction is not the first time to retreat but regret, which is very undesirable. Fortunately, Tang Zheng has a strong ability to read the game and has a pre-judgment in advance. "
"Really." Explaining Guest Palace Lei nodded: "Jiang Zhipeng's job is to defend, followed by offensive, and instead of wasting his time on regret after the mistake, it is better to return to the defense and make up for the huge empty space left by his forward. Tang Zheng and Zheng Zhi have a strong sense of defense, but it does not mean that they will arrive in time every time ... "※※※
Fifteen minutes later, the Greek team's offense has not improved, and can only continue to passively defend.
Greek national sports television commentator Friezas Yekas watched the national team always passively defending, and couldn't bear it: "Fernando Santos should instill more offensive intentions into the team. The Chinese team's attack is not as simple as expected , The first round of loss has told us that passive defense is impossible to win the game. "
In fact, it is not that the Greek coach Santos is unwilling to let the players strengthen the offense, but that the pressure felt by the players as the game goes deeper and they have no time to distract from the offense.
Before the game, they thought of the Chinese team's offensive sharpness, but they didn't expect it to be so sharp. The two sides were good at fast counterattacks. They have not succeeded once now, and were strangled in the cradle early.
The combination of Tang Zheng and Zheng Zhi's center-forward combination, whether offensive or defensive, plays a huge role.
The other two full-backs have a large assist range, plus Sun Jingbo's interspersed running position in the front field, so that the defensive players of the Greek team can only focus on defense.
In the blink of an eye, in the past five minutes of the game, the most noticeable performance of the Dune Stadium was Sun Jingbo who played for the national team for the first time.
The Greek coach Santos's resume against Sun Jingbo before the game was limited to the Barcelona B team, the number of goals, the number of assists, the first few games, the bench, technical characteristics.
But the player's technical characteristics are nothing more than those points, fast speed, ghosting in running position, superb shooting and so on.
To be specific, Santos ’coaching team is ignorant.
Before the game, many football commentators, so-called transfers, believed that Sun Jingbo, who had just turned 18 years old, could not appear on the World Cup stage on behalf of the Chinese team. He entered the game roster more to feel the atmosphere of the World Cup. The World Cup in Russia four years later Is his stage ...
Greece coach Santos and his coaching team, who got the Chinese team starting list one hour before the start of the game, did not have time to delve into the characteristics of Sun Jingbo. After all, superstar Tang Zheng's aura is too much to be underestimated.
In this way, the Greek team who knew nothing about Sun Jingbo was very hard.
Sun Jingbo, naturally like a fish, became the object of praise from commentators on the scene.
In the absence of a solution, Greek coach Santos can only ask players to fully retreat, compressing the Chinese team's offensive space.
Breaking through intensive defense has always been a world-class problem, not to mention the offensive ability of the Chinese team is not particularly strong.
The live guide gave the Chinese team coach Lippi a close-up shot. From the broadcast screen, Lippi stared at the game clearly, and frowning from time to time to turn around and briefly communicate with his assistant Madaloni.
Obviously, he was a bit worried.
The current situation is indeed beneficial to the Chinese team, but with a long-term perspective, there are disadvantages and no benefits.
Failure to score for a long time will give players a psychological hint that it is difficult to break the goal, and it is likely to become more and more irritable as time passes.
Gao Lin, who is a fulcrum of the strike line, has a strong ability to execute tactics and always follows the tactics arranged by the coach Lippi before the game. I'm eager to try, try a long shot.
At first, the attempt did not attract the attention of the Greek defensive players. As Sun Jingbo and Hao Junmin shot continuously within 30 meters of the attacking three zones, the Greek defensive players realized what they did not give the Chinese team too. Good long-range opportunities.
Since there is no good opportunity for long shots, the dense defense can only rely on the positioning ball, but the Greek national team players are tall and powerful. Except for Tang Zheng's absolute advantage in height, other players rarely have an advantage.
So the defense of the Greek team seems to be precarious, but in fact it has a sense of stability as Taishan.
Greek coach Santos is very confident about the team's defense. The first change since taking over the team in 2010 is defense. He believes that as long as the defense is done, the counterattack will come naturally.
It's just that Tang Zheng and Zheng Zhi have a strong sense of defense and danger in the combination of the center and avant-garde, like being able to get in place without a prophet.
In fact, Santos also knows the reason for this. The team's offensive routine of quick counterattack is very simple. Lippi, who watched the game in the last round, must have already deployed it.
Although the team must win the game to get three points, but in the case of a tie to score a goal to end the game is also three points!
Why not such a cost-effective game?
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Lippi is a world-class coach, well-known around the world, with a sharp eye, where can't I see the Chinese players on the court playing more and more impatiently?
So he stood on the edge of the command area for the first time, making a double-push move towards the player on the court, beckoning the player to calm down.
At the same time, Tang Zheng also made a double-push action after passing the ball, or signaled the receiver to pass the ball back, and Tang Zheng also consciously further slowed down the attack rhythm, passed the ball back, and signaled his teammate The formation retreated a bit.
The offensive rhythm previously brought by Sun Jingbo is no longer suitable for the current game situation, because the defensive players of the Greek team are accustomed to the offensive method of the Chinese team and defending with less effort.
Tang Zheng's game experience is quite rich, especially playing defensive team, quite a lot.
Joining Real Madrid last summer, the teams facing La Liga apart from Barcelona, ​​Valencia and Athletic Bilbao several advocating teams, the other teams facing Real Madrid are placed on the bus.
In the past 2013-2014 UEFA Champions League even more so, many players choose to shrink defense in order to ensure the lower limit of the score.
Tang Zheng, who is the core of Real Madrid's offensive, has great experience in this respect, so he once again signaled his teammates to pull back, forcing the Greek team to defend the premise.
Forced by the shrinking formation of the Chinese team, the Greek team's rear line had to go a few meters to ensure that it kept its distance from the midfield line.
Suddenly, the Greek coach Santos became a little nervous.
He remembered that the Chinese team's closest attack came from the formation recovery, leaving behind the defense line a space for the Chinese players to sprint.
However, at this moment, Catchuranis cooperated with Torossidis to break the ball at the foot of Wu Sanshi and launched a quick counterattack. Captain Zheng Zhi decisively chose to foul when Tang Zheng did not return to the position. Eat the first yellow card of the Chinese team in this game.
Seeing this, Santos' eyes brightened.
He realized that it was possible for the team to finish scoring before the time scheduled before the game and then win the game!
The recovery of the Chinese team formation will inevitably increase the use of the two sides while winning the offensive space. Jiang Zhipeng and Zhang Linpeng are the kind of full-backs who like to assist. If the center defense can get a chance to fight back again, it will definitely find more Good opportunity to fight back.
Of course, Santos did not impulsively ask the players to execute, but he took his assistant to discuss for a long time before deciding.
Not far away, Chinese coach Lippi noticed Santos ’changes, but he did n’t know how to change, and he could only reveal the answer slowly through the game.
The game came thirty minutes, and because the Chinese team retreated several meters, the two sides competed more in the midfield.
In the words of Andy Gray, the British Sky TV commentator, it's "chaos"!
Most of the players from both sides are gathered in the midfield, which means that a large number of players are concentrated in the narrow area of ​​the midfield.
The space is so large, there are so many people, and football control changes very quickly.
Samaras extended his right foot and long legs in the mid-circle arc to change Zheng Zhi's direct pass to Sun Jingbo's pass. Kachulanis and actively defending Wu Sanshi ran over at the same time.
Although Wu Sanshi has a speed advantage, Kachulanis is stronger, he makes physical contact with Wu Sanshi in advance, and then puts the shovel in motion and hands the ball to Kone who runs forward.
If Kone can get football, he will definitely have a great opportunity to attack!
The football did roll against Coronet, but Coronet did not turn around to catch the ball, but waited in situ.
It was just such a wait that Tang Zheng, who had a strong sense of defense, walked forward from behind to poke the ball away, and then counterattacked on the spot.
It is important to know that the easiest thing to lose in a football game is not the counterattack. It is the opponent who stole the ball and hits himself to counterattack during the counterattack ...
This is fatal!
Because the direction is forward from the defense to the attack, it is absolutely fatal to be counterattacked by the opponent at this time!
Katulanis, who had just finished stealing the ball, had to choose to knock down Tang Zheng. When the referee saw that the football was not within the control of Chinese players, he decisively blew his whistle and gave Katulanis a yellow card.
The live guide gave a close-up shot of Greek coach Santos, who exhaled a long breath,
Fortunately, Katchulanis fouled decisively, and if Tang Zheng passed the ball, the consequences would be disastrous!
However, the follow-up problems have become relatively serious. Katzuranis played a big role in Santos's tactical system. He won a yellow card without ending the first half. The next game will be very difficult for him.
But then again, Katzuranis' tactical fouls are not a problem, they are sacrificed for the team as a whole and are worthy of praise.
The game continued, Feng Xiaoting opened a free kick on the right side of the middle of the arc, Gao Lin failed to win Papasta Sopros in position, but Papasta Sopros' football was snatched by Sun Jingbo , He gave the ball to Hao Junmin on the right.
Football soon came to Tang Zheng's feet. With strong reading ability, he did not rush to pass the ball forward, but used the width of the court reasonably to involve the defensive strength of the Greek team.
Lippi, the head coach on the sidelines, was more worried that the Chinese team would have problems with the transition from attack to defense, but he was very confident in the selection of Tang Zheng and Zheng Zhi and did not interfere with Tang Zheng's offensive organization on the offensive end.
The Greek coach Santos is now a little bit uncertain, he does not know whether he should fully defend, after all, the remaining time of the first half of the game is less than ten minutes.
But in his mind, there is another voice,
As the game time decreases ~ EbookFREE.me ~ the attention of the Chinese team may decline.
With a little use, it is very likely that a decisive goal will be scored before the end of the first half.
Because ... he believes in the team's indomitable fighting spirit, as long as the goal is scored, it will definitely be able to stick to the end of the game!
The process of the game was the same as the previous few minutes. The competition gathered around the midfield. As a superstar, Tang Zheng had to do dirty work and make up for the team's offensive and defensive loopholes by running at all costs.
Yang Wei's commentator He Wei praised without hesitation: "Tang Zheng's professionalism is really difficult to understand. As the most creative midfielder in the offensive end of the world football, he should have paid more attention. Offensive, but with a strong sense of responsibility, he often cares more about defense ... "
In the interim, the Greek team was turned from defense to offense. Rarely did the Chinese team oppose oppression but retreated to the half.
Kone, who took the ball, was a little puzzled, but he didn't care. He took the ball forward and organized an attack.
With a wide vision, Kone took the ball forward and saw Samaras slanting into the air, he did not hesitate to pass the ball.
However, he regretted it just after the pass. The central defender Feng Xiaoting suddenly stepped forward and appeared on the football running route.
Feng Xiaoting gave the ball to Tang Zheng at the first time after stealing the ball. Tang Zheng turned directly to Wu Sanshi on the left with his back to the Greek goal. Running to the general Cachulani had no choice but to choose to knock down Wu. Three stones ...
The referee on duty ran to Kathuranis with a serious expression, and the Greek coach Santos, who was on the sidelines, realized that the situation was not good.
Kathuranis, you can carry a yellow card!
as predicted!
The referee ran in front of Kathuranis, first took out a yellow card, and then took out a red card from his trouser pocket!
Two yellows become one red!
The game reached the thirty-ninth minute, a major turning point!