Chapter 446 Kangaroo's Set-Piece Attack
[1:0? Awesome! Is this still the Chinese national football team I know? ][I found that the play-offs attracted many people who no longer watch football. Let me tell you a piece of news: the current head coach of the Chinese national football team is Mourinho]
[The Kangaroos are worse than expected. How did they get third place in the group? I don’t think it will be easy for them to play against Syria at this level.]
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[Fuck, Mourinho is starting to park the bus, is it so stable? ]
[Awesome, a national team match directly put Mourinho under a lot of pressure, haha]
In the picture, Zheng Zhi began to retreat from the midfield position, and Gao Lin and Wu Lei in the front also began to move back. The Chinese national football team had a very obvious intention of parking the bus.
However, this bus is a little different from the one Mourinho used at Inter Milan and Chelsea.
This is 541. Mourinho left Jiang Yuan in front as a center forward, which shows that the Chinese team has not completely given up the attack, but is just seeking stability.
It can be seen from the change in formation that Mourinho is under a lot of pressure now.
This is his first season coaching the Chinese national football team. In his first season, he is tasked with leading the national team to the World Cup, and there are 14 billion people behind this national team.
If you succeed, you are a hero, and Mourinho wants to be that hero!
"Come on, Wu Lei, come on!"
"Jiang Yuan!"
Less than 4000 fans in the visiting stadium shouted the names of the home team players, hoping that this would make the players play with more passion.
"Go back, go back, go right back!"
Jiang Yuan put his hands behind his back, and after seeing the signal, Zheng Zhi also put his hands behind his buttocks. This is a secret signal within the Chinese national football team, meaning not to attack yet.
Kruse dribbled the ball to the wing and Liao Lisheng quickly followed him, but he was immediately driven away by Jiang Yuan.
"I'll do this!"
After saying that, Jiang Yuan ran directly to Cruze.
The reason why Mourinho played 541 instead of 550 was to allow Jiang Yuan to break away from defense and save energy for attack.
However, Jiang Yuan felt that he was in good shape, so he came back to participate in the defense.
"Kruse, one-on-one against Jiang Yuan, okay, now we can see how much of Jiang Yuan's million euros worth is related to defense."
"Kruser, I can't pass, hahahaha"
"Jiang Yuan's speed in starting this move was too fast!"
"Because of this physical advantage, Jiang Yuan can actually be considered a half-back. Like Kyle Walker, he can stick to the offensive players!"
"Kruse has no choice but to find cooperation with his teammates!"
"Milligan runs over to take a look, Cruze passes the ball out!"
"The Chinese team reacted very quickly. The moment Milligan got the ball, Liao Lisheng targeted him!"
"Hey, this is what we talked about before, Mourinho's bus tactics, it can very well restrict opponents who are stronger than you. Hehe, if you stick to the opponent, the opponent will have no chance."
The two commentators from CCTV each have their own strengths, and on the table in front of them is a pile of information that has been prepared long ago.
This game is very important. In order to give new and returning fans a good viewing experience, we must be fully prepared!
Mourinho's bus effectively restricted Australia's attack. In the 28th minute of the first half, Australia controlled 81% of the ball possession, but only had 3 shots and only 1 shot on target.
Although the Chinese team had a low ball possession rate and fewer shots, both of Jiang Yuan's shots hit the goal frame.
Although they played defensively, the Chinese team had one more shot on target than Australia!
The camera turned to Mourinho. Although they were still leading by one goal, the Portuguese had a serious expression.
The most fatal drawback of the bus tactic is that it consumes a lot of physical strength. The players of the Chinese national football team have improved their endurance a lot after training, but it is still unlikely for them to play the entire game on a bus like Atletico Madrid.
The Portuguese are thinking.
Before the game, he estimated that he would abandon the bus tactics after the first half, but the actual situation of today's game was beyond Mourinho's expectations.
Australia is weaker than expected, which means that perhaps the Chinese national team can play bolder.
Mourinho was ready to try to let the players switch back to an offensive style of play in the 35th minute, but at this moment, Australia got a set-piece opportunity in the frontcourt.
The set piece came from Zheng Zhi's defensive foul on Australia's left side.
This was an indirect free kick, a little far from the goal.
Jiang Yuan quickly ran into the penalty area and met up with the other players. Goalkeeper Zeng Cheng stood beside the post and gave instructions to the outfield players to take a position.
"Just keep an eye on him, keep an eye on him!"
Feng Xiaoting emphasized it, and Jiang Yuan and Lecky, whom he was responsible for defending, looked at each other, and it was obvious that they were ready.
Snapped!
"Mooy's free kick is sent into the penalty area!"
"This ball has a little topspin, the Chinese team should be careful..."
"The ball is in!"
"Oh my God, Juric, center forward Juric's header!"
"The ball is in!"
"Australia's open play attack didn't work, but they succeeded in their first set-piece attack!"
"The score is now 1:1!"
I rely on!
Jiang Yuan held his head with both hands, while Feng Xiaoting and Zeng Cheng stared at each other.
"You're blocking his position."
"He had a fake move before he ran!"
Feng Xiaoting explained.
Jiang Yuan realized that Australia's set-pieces were professionally trained.
Knowing that the Chinese national team would park the ball in a bus formation, the Kangaroos didn't even think about breaking through the Chinese team's goal through mobile warfare!
Mourinho shook his hands angrily, turned around and looked at Brown who was sitting on the bench.
According to the match records they collected, Australia did not come up with any strong set-piece tactics during the group stage of Group B of the top 12...
Good guy!
These things are specially prepared for the Chinese team!
clap clap clap!
"It's okay, don't be nervous, we can just play a mobile game!"
Jiang Yuan and his teammates emphasized it, and Mourinho also shouted a few words into the field at the same time.
A draw was not the result the Chinese team expected to see.
Australia's mobile warfare is much weaker than imagined, so why bother playing bus football?
Play offense!
"Hiss, the Chinese team is feeling a bit uncomfortable right now. The mobile warfare tactics they practiced so hard were directly broken by Australia's set pieces."
"It's like this. If the Chinese team wants to win now, they can't keep playing like a bus. Well, here they come! Gao Lin and Wu Lei are standing forward. This should be the signal for the Chinese team to attack!"
Australia used set-piece tactics, and the Chinese team hurriedly changed their formation. The game finally became tense.
In the 35th minute, the Chinese team regained possession of the ball.
41%, although not as good as Australia's 59%, is already pretty good.
"Go forward and pinch it!"
Postecoglu shouted outside the court that Australia's tactics for this game were specially designed.
First, they used the set-piece tactics to score a goal, and then began to suppress the Chinese team's midfield when the players' morale was high.
No matter how many millions your striker is worth, as long as the midfield is restricted, the striker will be helpless.
Biic, Juric, and Matthew Leckie rushed forward at the same time. Hao Junmin and Liao Lisheng were under great pressure. If they couldn't pass the ball, they could only pass it back.
It was very dangerous to continue playing like this. Liao Lisheng wanted to pass a threatening ball to Gao Lin in the frontcourt, but it was intercepted by Kruse who rushed up.
"woww!"
The home team fans in the stands began to cheer. Kruse took the ball and made a simple adjustment. After finishing, he passed the ball to Juric in front. "I'll do it!"
Zheng Zhi took the initiative to run over and wanted to interfere with Juric, but the problem was that Juric was more than 1 meters tall and stood there like a pillar, and could not be moved no matter what he did.
"Jurić! Stay in position and pass the ball to Bić on the side. Australia's coordination is good."
“Hiss, it feels like Australia’s rhythm suddenly picked up after the goal!”
"Biichi, go to the baseline!"
"Deng Hanwen is close to him, but Biic is not in a hurry. He passes the ball to the full-back first, and the full-back cuts inside!"
"Take a long shot!"
"Wow, that was a close call!"
Yulman shot from the far corner, the ball hit the post and finally hit the face of the photographer outside the field.
"wowww!!!"
"Ole Ole Ole!"
"Ole Ole Ole..."
Yulman's long-range shot announced the beginning of Australia's rhythm, and the home team fans in the stands were directly excited.
"Fuck..."
Mourinho gritted his teeth, the Portuguese's mood was beginning to feel a little off.
Not only Mourinho, but Brown on the bench also felt the pressure. He typed on the computer screen and then deleted it, and couldn't write a sentence for a long time.
"Open up the width! Jiang, open up the width!"
Mourinho waved towards the field: "Lei can go back to play in midfield! You have to see the situation, run to the front when attacking, and don't hesitate when making decisions, don't hesitate!"
call……
Now it is in front of the Chinese team's goal. Zeng Cheng is standing in front of the goal preparing to kick the ball out, and Jiang Yuan is running back and forth in the Australian half to observe.
Jiang Yuan feels a little uncomfortable now, because there are at least three Australian defensive players standing next to him!
Snapped!
Bigfoot out!
The first penalty kick was taken by Hao Junmin who jumped up and passed the ball to Wu Lei!
Wu Lei passed the ball to Zheng Zhi, but Zheng Zhi was immediately pressed by the opponent's players and had to quickly pass the ball back to Wu Lei.
"Wu Lei gets the ball! This is a chance for the Chinese team! The right side is open!"
"Wu Lei! Hey, Wu Lei fell to the ground!"
"This is a foul! Didn't the referee blow the whistle? The referee didn't say anything!"
"Degenek used his body to push Wu Lei away and grab the ball. He made obvious movements with his hands, but the referee didn't say anything!"
The Chinese fans in front of the screen were completely shocked by the red card.
Collision and pulling together are not considered fouls. The scale of today's game is even bigger than that of the Premier League!
Australia's counterattack was initiated by Degenek. Gao Lin raised his foot to try to knock the ball down from the air, but failed.
"..."
"The ball goes in! Hiss—"
"Kruse made a reverse triangle pass, and Matthew Leckie scored."
"Australia has taken the lead!"
"Oh my god, this..."
The live broadcast room of CCTV-5 was eerily quiet, and the two CCTV commentators fell silent.
I was originally ahead, but now I’m suddenly behind.
Who can bear this!
The Australian players were celebrating near the corner flag. Jiang Yuan ran to the referee Fagani to complain: "They got the chance to counterattack by committing a foul. It was obviously a foul, right? That number 2 pulled down our player."
Faghani rejected Jiang Yuan's complaint.
“This was not a foul”
"..."
"Fuck!"
In the camera, Jiang Yuan walked away angrily.
Degenek's foul just now happened to be at a critical point between objective and subjective, which is the most uncomfortable thing.
You can say he committed a foul, but you can't directly conclude that it was a foul.
The Chinese team could only swallow this loss.
Wu Lei was silent for a while. Jiang Yuan and Zheng Zhi ran over and said, "It's okay, it's not over yet. It's just a small problem."
After the next goal was scored, the game was already in the 42nd minute. Because the referee hardly blew the whistle, there was probably not much extra time in the first half.
If the Chinese team wants to find an opportunity, they must seize the time!
"Come on, give it to me directly!"
Jiang Yuan shouted for the ball, and Liao Lisheng passed the ball accurately to Jiang Yuan.
Jiang Yuan first took a quick observation, and after confirming the opponent's position, he dribbled the ball forward and passed it between Kruse and Degenek.
This way of passing the ball was a bit violent, but Jiang Yuan's kick was indeed effective. Australia's defense was broken up, and Milligan and Degenek were in a panic and didn't know what to do.
Standing in the middle and observing, Jiang Yuan is now more of an attacking midfielder who organizes the attack than a winger.
Wu Lei moves to the side and passes the ball directly!
After completing the pass, Jiang Yuan started to run towards the right baseline, while Jiang Zhipeng stood in Jiang Yuan's original winger position.
"The Chinese team moved their main offensive players to the right, hoping to gain a short-term numerical advantage over Australia."
"The one with the ball now is Wu Lei, Jiang Yuan has already gone down the flank! Liao Lisheng and Hao Junmin are both moving to the right!"
Jiang Yuan waved to Wu Lei, who ran forward with the ball, but for some reason he didn't pass the ball.
"Spread it!"
Jiang Yuan urged loudly, and Wu Lei hesitated.
There was an Australian defender between him and Jiang Yuan, so he was not sure if he could pass the ball accurately.
Jiang Yuan threw the ball away again, and Wu Lei, who couldn't wait any longer, passed the ball straight to the goal.
Fortunately, Wu Lei's pass was not intercepted by the Australian players, but it was still a little crooked, and Jiang Yuan had to slow down to complete the control of the ball.
Oh shit!
Cursing inwardly, Jiang Yuan, who had already slowed down, knew that he had no chance to pass the ball, so he just stood there.
Wu Lei and Liao Lisheng began to move towards the middle.
Snapped!
The cross was passed to Gao Lin!
Gao Lin heads the ball directly!
"what!"
Mourinho held his head outside the field.
Gao Lin's header hit the post and flew out!
This ball is just a little bit short!
hiss--
Jiang Yuan took a deep breath and was not very satisfied with Gao Lin's header. However, Jiang Yuan also knew that everyone was under great pressure in this situation, and it was easy for Gao Lin and Wu Lei to perform like this.
"It's okay, come on, come on, you can kick it, you can kick it!"
The rest of the first half was basically a performance by the Chinese team. Gao Lin and Jiang Yuan took turns to head the ball, but one missed and the other was offside. The Chinese team still failed to equalize the score before the end of the first half.
"The referee has blown the whistle, so the score in the first half is fixed at 1:2, and Australia, playing at home, is leading by one goal!"
"Australia's set-piece tactics caught China off guard. The Chinese team needs to discuss their next countermeasures during the halftime break!"
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(End of this chapter)
