Vol 5 Chapter 297: Defense, defense, defense!

Time passed quickly, and three days passed in an instant.
The opening ceremony of the 2007 Asian Cup was held in Bangkok, Thailand. It was very embarrassing that the heavy rain on this day destroyed the festive atmosphere. First, the heavy rain affected the attendance. Only less than 20,000 fans entered the stadium that can accommodate 65,000 spectators; Secondly, due to a sudden rainstorm, the opening ceremony was postponed by 20 minutes and shrunk by 30 minutes. As a result, the 70-minute opening ceremony was shortened to 40 minutes.
At the opening ceremony, the only bright spot was the wonderful performance of Thai Hou Tata-Yang. Her passionate Asian Cup theme song "I Believe" conquered the audience.
After the opening ceremony, there is the opening battle,
The Thai team's home game against Iraq has become the focus of all media attention.
Only 6 minutes into the opening, the Thai team had a good chance to take a penalty, Su Songjit took the easy penalty. The lagging Iraqi team counterattacked heavily, and Thai goalkeeper Kosin performed eye-catchingly, defusing the opponent's attack many times.
Until 33 minutes, the Iraqi captain passed to the penalty area, and Younis jumped high and then rubbed the ball to equalize the score.
In the second half of the game, the Thai team gradually took the advantage, but in the face of tough opponents, they finally failed to rewrite the score, the 1: 1 score has been maintained to the end.
The first opening battle of Group A ended and Thailand drew Iraq.
This result is very beneficial to the other two teams, Australia and Hong Kong. Whoever scores three points against the two teams will be able to occupy a favorable position.
The match with Australia is also on the same course, but Hong Kong is not optimistic. They were considered 'definite to lose' from the beginning, because they are the last in Asia, and Australia is the top team. Calculate, just look at the lineup, Australia's 23-man roster, a total of 19 people from overseas leagues, including 7 players from the Premier League. Enough to form most of the main lineup.
Among these seven Premier League players, Viduka, Coville, Cahill and goalkeeper Schwarzer are the absolute main forces of the Australian team. In a sense, this Australian team. It is an "England Second Team" composed of Premier League players.
And the Hong Kong team?
In addition to the head coach Wan Sheng is very famous, all players are almost unknown.
The gap ... is too big!

In the media's coverage of the first day of the event, the next day also came soon. Before the match between Australia and Hong Kong, Wan Sheng attended the press conference.
At the press conference. Journalists gathered.
This is due to Wan Sheng's identity. As the top coach of European clubs, Wan Sheng has a lot of appeal to the media. In this regard, he is stronger than Australian coach Arnold.
But Arnold is more confident, because he is the coach of Australia, Australia has many excellent stars, their strength is not better than the Hong Kong team, so even if the opponent is Wan Sheng, he did not pay attention to the game in.
"Our goal is the championship!" Arnold has always said, "We take this Asian Cup very seriously. We have done a lot of preparations and preparations, and now this team is Australia's strongest, we will stick to the championship All the way close! "
Arnold has always emphasized the championship as if they have reached the final.
Wan Sheng sneered at this, when did he get angry at the press conference?
Seeing that Australia and Hong Kong are about to play, the Australian head coach has been talking about the topic of the championship. He has never said about the group stage or the game at all. This is really not a matter of thinking about himself and the Hong Kong team!
Wan Sheng suffocated his stomach. Speaking directly to the media, "If you let me say, Australia will not say the champion, it is very difficult to qualify for the group!"
"I have watched a lot of media reports about the situation in Group A and so on. Those are completely different from my opinion. I think the best chance for Group A to qualify is the Hong Kong team, followed by Iraq, followed by Australia, this ranking It should be rearranged as I said! "
"So they don't say they are champions, consider how the group will appear first!"
Hear these words. The media reporters on the stage immediately wanted to refute. They now know why the European media commented that the Chinese people used words like "arrogant" and "arrogant". It turned out to be true. What is the big deal for the Hong Kong team? An end of Asia! Dare to say that the best hope for qualifying in Group A? Not afraid of flashing your tongue!
But Wansheng did not give them a chance to refute, "I know what you are going to say, but I will use the game to prove everything!"
He said confidently that he left the venue after speaking, leaving behind a group of media that looked incredible at each other.

Wan Sheng is more than just talking, he is very confident.
The strength of the Hong Kong team is indeed very poor, and the capabilities of each player are not very good, but after this half-month of training, the players in the team still have some improvement, plus the attribute bonus of the football training master system, the current The Hong Kong team cannot be said to be the best in Asia when it comes to their personal abilities, but they are always second-rate. If they are on the field, with the addition of a lot of coaching skills, they can definitely compete with the best Asian teams.
In addition, the improvement of the team is not only the player's personal ability, but the improvement of tactical application has given Wan Sheng enough confidence.
It is not easy to beat the Australian team in this game, but it is also difficult for Australia to win!
Before the game, Wan Sheng was in the locker room and gave the players a final encouragement. "We have persisted in the training for half a month. The hard work in it will be known to each of you! However, you persevered!"
"You can stand up to now, you are all excellent! Some of you asked me why I didn't arrange a warm-up match. I didn't answer it, but now I tell you, it's not necessary, we don't need to use warm-up to prove anything, Without warming up, there is no team that understands us, so we are mysterious. Now, the opponent has no knowledge of us at all, so we have a better chance! "
"This game is the first 'warm-up match' for us!"
"The opponent looks down on us and thinks we are the last in Asia! But I think we are one of the best teams in Asia! We are the most promising team in Group A. That's how I told the media. I don't want to be caught after the game. Think it is arrogant, do you understand? "
"When you come to the game, don't think that the opponent is a star, don't think that the opponent is Australia. It's a strong team, how much stronger than us, that doesn't make sense. At the level of training, I believe we will be the final winner!"

"Before the game. Hong Kong coach Wan Sheng made a rant. He said that the Hong Kong team in Group A has the best chance to qualify, while the Australian team is worried about the qualifying for the group. This is simply the biggest joke in the Asian Cup this year!"
Japan ’s NTV TV commentator Onoji Wudian said in a disdainful tone,
Australia is the strongest team in the Asian Cup. Their lineup is more gorgeous than the Japanese football team, and Cahill, Viduka and other big-name stars The supporting Australian team is simply a strong European team. They are the most powerful contenders for the Asian Cup champions. But Wan Sheng thinks that Hong Kong has the best chance, which is really funny. Even if he is a world famous, he is so confident. It's arrogance. "
At the same time as the explanation, a close-up shot of Wan Sheng appeared on the TV screen. Wan Sheng in the lens stood seriously watching the game on the sidelines.
The Onoji Wudian knew very well about Wansheng. He knew that Wansheng was very successful in coaching English football. But he has a lot of great Japanese empire in his mind, and he is jealous of such a successful Chinese. He thinks that the success of football should be Japanese. Now he seizes the opportunity and says, "If he is just so arrogant, it is likely His success is all due to luck, otherwise it is difficult to explain how he is so ignorant! "
This is tantamount to publicly expressing disdain for Wansheng.
The game seems to be proceeding according to his ideas. From the beginning to the present, Australia has been suppressing the Hong Kong team's attack. The Hong Kong team was attacked a little bit breathless. They have been defending and defending all the time, giving the impression that they have no resistance at all.
However, what he did not realize was that Australian players were playing very sullenly.

this match. Australia sent a 352 formation, with veterans Viduka and Strijovsky at the top. The five midfielders were Emerton, Bresiano, Kewell, Wilkshire and Grera, defenders. Neil, Kisnobo, Qiulina, goalkeeper Schwarzer.
In addition to Cahill sitting on the bench, this is almost the strongest lineup Australia can make.
Australia attaches great importance to the game.
This is the first time Australia has participated in the Asian Cup. After they were placed in the Asian region, they hoped to win the Asian Cup to establish Australia's position in the Asian team, so that their 'Asia No. 1' is true, and the team's head coach Arnold includes all players. And they all attach great importance to the first game.
There is a saying in China, "A good start is half of success." With the first victory, the team can take the first step of success. Their goal is to win the Hong Kong team to announce the arrival of Australia. .
As a representative player in Australia, Vimak Viduka's emphasis on the Asian Cup is evident.
Viduka was born in Melbourne in 1975 to a family of Croatian descent. As a teenager, he entered the prestigious Australian Sports Academy, showing extraordinary talent, especially his strong body and amazing explosive power and strength. At that time, his classmates in the sports academy, and later tennis famous "Australian Cannon" Philippsis pride himself as a Greek descent, and actively challenged Viduka with a penalty kick. Philippesis saved the penalty but broke his arm because of too much shot power.
At the age of 17, Viduka started playing for the Melbourne Cavaliers with a strong Croatian background, helping the team win two National Football League (NSL) championships, and he was crowned the top scorer many times.
However, the Australian League organization was not perfect at the time, and Viduka was difficult to further improve his level here.
In 1995, Croatia ’s first president, Franjo Tudjman, visited Australia from the former Yugoslavia. He appreciated Viduka's football talent and invited him to join the Croatian team Croatia Zagreb (now Dynamo Zagreb). In the next three years, he scored more than 50 goals in the league, helping Dynamo Zagreb to win the domestic league championship and cup championship for three times, and also performed well in the European War. However, since the introduction of Viduka was Tudjman's personal idea, he never consulted the head coach. Once Viduka is in poor shape, fans will grab the braids of his affiliates, and sometimes he even becomes the target of political struggle. And life in Croatia, which was not completely out of the shadow of the war at that time, also made Viduka often worried. Fans' attacks and psychological pressure made it difficult for Viduka to go out for dinner. Even after his transfer to the Super League Celtics in 1998, he was once troubled by psychological problems, and he left the club without a kick.
But once the psychological problems were solved, Viduka revealed his nature of scoring machine.
Shortly after the start of the 99-00 season, Celtic's top scorer and Swedish star Henrik Larsson severely broke his leg. Viduka provoked the burden of the team's goal.
Viduka showed his comprehensive quality this season. With a height of 1.8 meters, he can not only use his body and height to score points, but also have a strong air superiority. Even more valuable is that his foot skills are not bad. There is also a strong ability to protect the ball, can create opportunities for companions. This season he scored 27 league goals and crowned Su Chao's top scorer.
In 2000, Xavi Duka moved to Leeds United for £ 6 million.
Under Ollie ’s account, Viduka and his compatriots Kewell and Bridges, Alan Smith, Robbie Keane and other players formed a formidable attack line for the young guards. Breaking into the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League made outstanding achievements.
In the 00-01 season, Viduka scored 22 goals in various competitions. It also includes the only four yuan against Liverpool. In the following years, Viduka could guarantee double-digit league goal efficiency every season, but the club's financial situation and record were getting worse.
Leeds United was relegated in the 03-04 season. Viduka, as the last player to be sold, moved to Middlesbrough in the summer of 2004.
Viduka's first season at the Riverside Stadium was plagued by injuries. After all, a player like him who relies on his body to eat and often takes the ball under his feet must be guarded by a black foot.
However, since 2005, he has returned to a steady goal rate and once helped Mitchell reach the UEFA Cup final in 2006.
In the same year, Viduka participated in the World Cup with the Australian national team for the first time. As the captain, he played all four games, but unfortunately did not score a goal.
"Yes, we are the favourite to win the Asian Cup. But the popularity does not mean that we can relax our vigilance."
Although in the warm-up match with Singapore on June 30, he won two yuan to help Australia beat their opponents 3-0, but for Viduka, Australia ’s first Asian Cup tour can only be lifted by the championship trophy. Be considered a success.
As the captain of the Australian team when he participated in the German World Cup last year, Viduka, who is 32 years old this year, is undoubtedly still an icon of Australian football. However, just before the start of the Asian Cup, coach Arnold nearly lost the strong striker from the Premier League Newcastle team.
In the early morning of June 15, Viduka issued a statement that he was about to withdraw from the national team. Concentrate on playing in the club. However, also on June 15, after being persuaded by various parties including Arnold, Viduka withdrew his national team retirement statement, indicating that he is willing to represent the national team in this Asian Cup.
For Viduka's "backfire." Coach Arnold is undoubtedly the happiest one, because in his tactical system, Viduka, with physical and experience advantages, is a well-deserved core player in the Australian team's frontcourt. "Viduka first decided to retire, but after a while After consideration. He has decided to put on the national team jersey again. I did not show him any attitude. This is entirely his personal decision. Of course I am very happy about this and welcome him back to the national team. "
According to Arnold, the reason why Viduka has retired is not related to his just joining the Newcastle team. "Joining Newcastle has caused Viduka to face a series of problems, which is what he has always worried about. But for the country Team, Viduka has always been faithful. When he knew that the Australian team needed him to make a big difference in this year ’s Asian Cup, he chose to stay with us. "
Viduka continued to stay in the Australian team, undoubtedly for the championship, but for the first group match, like Australian teammates, Viduka did not pay much attention.
In Viduka's view, the only thing the Hong Kong team should be valued is their head coach Wan Sheng. He has been playing in England and is no stranger to Wan Sheng. He knows how strong Wan Sheng's coaching ability is.
Despite this, Viduka doesn't think that Wansheng's coaching of Hong Kong for half a month can bring any surprising changes to the Hong Kong team, even for these half months. The strength of the Hong Kong team has improved, but that is ... rose to second-rate in Asia?
This is already terrifying!
But the second-tier Asian teams are still unable to threaten the Australian team. They are an international team, which is not comparable to the average Asian team.
This is Viduka's idea. It is also the idea of ​​all Australian players. However, after 30 minutes of play, Viduka feels different.
He kicked very depressed.
From the beginning of the game to the present, Viduka has been defended very tightly, taking the ball every time in the frontcourt. He always faces at least two players. Even if the Hong Kong team has poor strength, it is still difficult to get rid of the two players. As a result, he has not found a good opportunity in front of the door.
Other Australian teammates are not much better.
Just like Gao Jixian, the live broadcaster of the Super Sports S channel, said, "In the first 30 minutes, Australia has achieved a comprehensive advantage. They have great advantages in ball control, passing and receiving, but so far they have No goals scored, five shots. Only one shot within the frame. "
"The Hong Kong team has invested a lot of energy in defense. Their efforts make it difficult for Australia to find a good opportunity in the frontcourt. Viduka is very tightly defended. The Australian star has a little trouble and he can hardly get rid of this kind of targeting. Sexual defense. "
While the commentator commented on the game, Australian coach Arnold was also surprised by the situation.
No goals were scored in 30 minutes, in fact it was nothing.
There are 90 minutes in a football game. Often in a game, one goal is likely to determine the outcome, although Australia has not scored. But the situation has always been under control, football has always been at the feet of Australia, but the problem is that Australia has not found many good opportunities in the frontcourt.
Arnold noticed. The Hong Kong team demonstrated a first-class level of defense.
If it is just an ordinary Asian team, each player tries hard to play the game, work defense, and try not to let Australia break the goal. This is actually nothing, but the Hong Kong team has also made it difficult for Australia to find opportunities in the frontcourt. This is completely different. They have not only played hard, but also done quite well in defensive tactics and play.
If you only look at this hard-to-defense team on the field, no one can think they are just the last in Asia.
Arnold couldn't help but look to the young Chinese on the side. It was absolutely incredible that he could bring this level to an Asian football team in half a month.
Quite professional defense, even if the Hong Kong team has a big gap with the Australian team, it still brings a lot of resistance to Australia's offense. Often they must handle the pass in the frontcourt carefully because the Hong Kong team Players run very frequently, and each player has a clear division of labor. In addition, most of their energy is devoted to defense. It is very difficult for any team to break through this orderly and dense defense.
What now?
Arnold has frowned.

On the other hand, Wan Sheng is quite satisfied with the current situation.
Although the Hong Kong team has no counterattack, it is a bit chaotic on offense, but after only half a month of training, it is quite good to do this ~ EbookFREE.me ~ After all, Hong Kong is only the end of Asia, the strength of players is generally low, and Australia is basically Can't compare.
He hopes that the team can continue to insist, as long as the training results are displayed, he believes that this game is still a fight.
At the same time, the media who were dissatisfied with Wansheng or the game began to evaluate the game. Their dissatisfaction lies in the passive defense of the Hong Kong team.
If it is only passive defense, it is really nothing. No one will think that the Hong Kong team can launch a large offensive around Australia in the halftime. But the key is that the Hong Kong team's defense has blocked Australia's offensive. This seriously affects the game's "appreciation."
"Before the game, Wan Sheng said that the Hong Kong team is the most promising team in Group A. He seemed very confident, but we did not see what he said in the game. We only saw the Hong Kong team constantly defending, Defense! "
"Do they want to rely on defense to win?"
"Many European media commented on Wan Sheng, saying that he was completely a very utilitarian head coach, only because of the offensive football he played, so he could not highlight it, but now we see this on the Hong Kong team."
"But he is obviously too arrogant. He actually thinks that the Hong Kong team has a chance to qualify for the group. This is totally whimsical!"
"In this game, Australia is using constant offensives to tell him: That is simply delusion!"
"The result of the game is already doomed, Australia will definitely win, they are only one goal away ..."
"There is little hope for the Hong Kong team in such a passive game." (To be continued.)
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