knife guard

Chapter 1211

The individual abilities of the players in the Chinese team are indeed very average. Except for Li Huan, the other players are the main players in the second-tier European leagues. However, they have an obvious difference compared with other national teams. Most of the players in the Chinese team are stars. The football school students, Yu Tong, Xu Yang, Gu Tianyuan and Xu Bin, the four absolute main players are still the players of the second team of Atletico Madrid. The tacit cooperation between them is to the point where they know what the other party wants to do and what they are doing even with their eyes closed.This is completely unmatched by other national teams, and it is also Li Huan's biggest reliance in this World Cup.

Paraguay also wanted to use offense to win the game. They obviously didn't expect the Chinese team to have such a strong offensive power and cooperate so well. They were not mentally prepared, and they were beaten a little at the beginning, and Li Huan, an idle defender, helped the Chinese team Solved the long-standing problem of finishing the goal, and Paraguay was not wronged at all for conceding the ball.

After scoring the goal, the Chinese team did not continue to attack, but directly contracted the defense. No matter how good their physical fitness is, they could not hold up to the full-court press. Besides, they are not the only one game, and their physical fitness must be allocated reasonably.

The Chinese team handed over the offensive initiative to Paraguay and maintained a halftime press. The game became a test of Paraguay's attacking ability.

In the past ten minutes, they were crazily pressed, and it was difficult for the ball to pass halftime. Immediately, they changed to their own halfcourt and hardly saw the players of the Chinese team. On the contrary, Paraguay was a little uncomfortable. His own half-court fell, and he didn't see the Chinese team pressing. After Paraguay confirmed that the Chinese team made a surprise attack, they were determined to play intensive defense.

Now is the time to test Paraguay's attack power.

Paraguay had the confidence to defeat Spain before, and then had the advantage of Turkey, who was out of the game. They also let go of their hands and feet to attack. Attackers such as Santa Cruz, Valdez, Odigoza, and Santana rushed into the penalty area of ​​the Chinese team. , using the small skills and small cooperation of South American players to charge the Chinese team's goal.

Since the Chinese team regards this game as the final, their research on Paraguay is also extremely detailed. The players on the field are familiar with Paraguay's main players, and understand their strengths and weaknesses. Manually encircle and suppress Paraguay. If one person can't do it, two people will go together. Even if they meet big-name players like Santa Cruz and Valdez, the two of them can't defend themselves. The offense was killed in the cradle.

Paraguay attacked with all their strength for 10 minutes, but they couldn't help the Chinese team's crowd tactics. Their forward strength is very strong, but their midfield creativity is average, and their ability to control the ball is far from the opponents of teams like Spain. Under double-teaming, the striker can't play his power, and the midfielder can't seize the fleeting opportunities like masters like Xavi and Iniesta. If you want to break through the Chinese team's defense, you can only rely on luck.

Li Huan knew that he had made the right bet after only watching for 5 minutes. Paraguay had an excellent record, but their offensive power was mediocre. Their goals only showed their power during the counterattack.

When the game hit 23 minutes, Paraguay won a free kick in the frontcourt.

Because the referee Webber is from England, his law enforcement is very rough, and small physical contact is generally ignored by him. Paraguay only got a free kick in a good position in the frontcourt until now.

Paraguay's set-pieces are very good and they are their magic weapon. They scored a total of 5 goals in the World Cup in South Africa, 3 of which came from set-pieces.Since Chilavert's era, they have relied on set kicks to score. Goalkeeper Chilavert has become the team's top scorer, mainly relying on free kicks.

The current coach Arce is a master of free kicks living in the shadow of Chilavert. Most teams have the power to take free kicks. After he took office, he also did not lose the tradition of free kicks in Paraguay. Carried forward, free kicks are flexible and changeable, making opponents unpredictable.

The Chinese team also has a deep study of Paraguay's free kicks. They dared to foul at the front of the penalty area, so they have a way to deal with Paraguay's free kicks. Players like Cruz, Valdez and Odigoza are staring at each other. In short, they must fully occupy the space and give full play to their advantages in numbers.

Santana drove the ball to Odigoza's position, wanting Odigoza's header to fly into the back point, and then Valdez got rid of the defense and shot.

But Odigoza was defended by two people. He wanted to jump but couldn't jump up. He barely touched the ball, but he didn't ferry to the position he wanted, and flew directly out of the baseline. The Paraguayan's free kick failed.

The successful defense of the free kick this time made the Chinese team foul more boldly. In the 30 minutes of the game, the Paraguayan finally had a two-two chance at the front of the penalty area. When Valdes was about to rush into the penalty area, he was caught by Yu Tong. Pulled down, Weber again awarded a free kick and gave Yu Tong a yellow card.

This free kick is just a little outside the penalty area line, which is definitely a good opportunity for Paraguay.

Chilavert in the stands stood up and shouted "Kids seize the opportunity!" Paraguay fans also shouted, let Paraguay equalize the score as soon as possible, and the backward situation will only be more unfavorable to Paraguay in the second half.

Since the Chinese team had a dense wall of people before the free kick, it was difficult to penetrate, and the Paraguayans played a tactical free kick.Santana swiped to avoid the human wall, and Santa Cruz followed up and fought.

However, Li Huan's reaction and speed were extremely fast. Before Santa Cruz's shot was completed, Li Huan's body blocked the hole of the bullet.

Seeing that Paraguay failed to seize two excellent free kick opportunities, Arce on the sidelines and Chilavert in the stands shook their heads, wishing they could play in person. Now Paraguay's free kicks are varied and threatening , but there is no free kick master like Chilavert and Arce who can single out the goalkeeper. If Chilavert is there, he can at least grasp one of these two opportunities. After all, it is not Saint Cassie standing in front of the Chinese team. Not Butters, but the little-known Zong Cheng.

The Chinese team hugged and encouraged each other. Set-pieces are an important tactic to break through the dense defense. Paraguay's set-piece failure greatly increased their confidence in winning.

After this free kick was blocked by Li Huan, the morale of the Paraguayan players was a little low. As time went by, they also became a little impatient, and there were more inconspicuous long-range shots, but the players of the Chinese team were not afraid. Other long-range shots can be blocked as long as they can be blocked, and if they can't be blocked, they can shoot at will. If you have Li Huan's ability, you can go in casually, but they just don't pull out to defend.

Duan Xuan, the commentator of the Chinese team, saw that the Paraguayan players were at a loss, and couldn't help laughing: "Now Paraguay has finally tasted the pain of the iron barrel team. They should understand the feelings of the Spaniards at that time. The Chinese team is doing it in their own way." Also heal his body."

Zhang Luyin, who was partnering with Duan Xuan in the commentary, said with a smile: "Paraguay is impatient now, and there is a lot of space in the backcourt. If the Chinese team sneaks up one more time, Paraguay will be able to fight wild geese all day, but get pecked in the eye by geese."

Arce is also aware of the emptiness in his backcourt. Paraguay's defense is good because they are densely deployed in the backcourt. Now there are only two central defenders in the entire half. No matter how strong their defensive ability is, they cannot defend against two second-rate forwards. attack.

"Hold on! Hold on!" Arce yelled. It's not time for a big attack yet. Even if Paraguay loses, they still have a chance to qualify. The goal difference is also very important now. You can't be caught by China just because you are eager to win. The team sneak attack one more.

Of course, the Chinese team did not forget the counterattack. The defense without a counterattack was the original Chinese team, so it always played black for 3 minutes. Even if the counterattack of the Li Shi Chinese team was not the sharpest among the top 32, it must have the highest success rate.Li Huan's ability to seize opportunities is astonishingly abnormal. Even if he is given a 30% chance, he can turn into a [-]% goal.In fact, Li Huan's abnormality can be seen from the direct free kick. Generally, the direct free kick scoring rate within [-] meters is [-] to [-]%, but Li Huan is [-]%.

However, Paraguay's attack was too tight in the front, and the vigilance in the backcourt was very high. The Chinese team never got a chance.

After 10 minutes, the vigilance, concentration and physical fitness of the Paraguayans declined, and the Chinese team counterattacked more and more.

When the score reached 35 minutes, Yu Tong sent a good long pass in the backcourt, but Xu Yang's speed was too slow and was destroyed by the defender.

In the 38th minute, Li Huan made another precise long pass. Xu Yang and Zhang Dong formed a two-on-two chance. However, Paraguay's defensive ability is really amazing. Xu Yang and Zhang Dong were defended by Da Silva and Veron He had no temper and didn't even get a shot.

The two threatening counterattacks of the Chinese team frightened the Paraguayan players. They retracted the defense line to stabilize the situation, and then attacked by Xu Tu. It is too dangerous to be counterattacked by the Chinese team. If it is Li Huan who rushes up below , Paraguay is afraid that the general trend is over, and they take it back, hoping that the Chinese team can press out and attack, so that they will be more comfortable in counterattacks.

Paraguay took back, the Chinese team is happy to see the result, they don't attack, they don't control the ball, the ball is either handed over to Li Huan, or the big foot is driven to the frontcourt, without the footwork of Spain and Brazil, the ball control is equal to their own back If you play with fire, you may burn yourself.

So there was a strange scene on the court, neither side wanted to get the ball, the ball was as hot as coals, and everyone would make a long pass at anyone's feet, letting the teammates in front fight for it, the tactics were extremely single.

The Chinese team led by one goal, so naturally no one said anything, but Paraguay was regarded by the commentators as conservative, cowardly, and not enterprising. The fans of the Chinese team also booed Paraguay.

(End of this chapter)