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Chapter 278

"No. 19 minutes in the second half."

Ding Yu smiled and said to the two assistant coaches: "Although a ball was conceded, they still recovered a point within the time I set... It seems that we still have hope in this game."

"Did you think there was no hope?" Chi Shangbing asked, frowning.

"Without this goal, I really thought there was no hope." Ding Yu nodded and said, "As the game draws to a close, the Germans will be more difficult to deal with, especially when they are ahead."

"Now the time until the end of the game is not too much, but the difference of one goal is not too much, as long as we have a little luck..." Xu Genbao said.

"Compared with luck, I believe in the ability of the players." Ding Yu smiled: "The goal just now was not my tactical arrangement, but they came up with it spontaneously. They were able to customize such an excellent tactical arrangement in such a short period of time. Their self-regulation ability on the court is too good! This makes me more happy than the victory."

Xu Genbao and Chi Shangbing looked at each other, and then slowly nodded—Ding Yu's tactic during the intermission was to hit the ball behind more, but the players were able to come up with a long pass to paralyze the opponent when a goal was invalid, and then suddenly switch to the ground to achieve a miraculous effect. This was spontaneously thought up by the players and resolutely implemented in the game!

The reason why this Chinese youth team, mainly composed of players playing overseas, was able to achieve such outstanding results in this World Youth Championship is not only because of their outstanding strength, but more importantly, they know how to think on the court.

Ding Yu stood up and called Hu Gandang: "Let the players recover for a while... After losing the ball, the German team will definitely launch an attack. We will overcome the attack during this period first, and then we will fight them to the death!"

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The German team, which was recovered by one point, launched a counterattack without any hesitation. Other teams may become inconsistent when their two-goal lead is recovered by one point.

The well-prepared Chinese youth team began to shrink their defense. Even Dai Guangming also joined the defensive camp to help Hu Gandang fill the position. Only Long Bisheng and two people around him were left in the frontcourt ready to counterattack at any time.

With enough defensive players, the defense line of the China Youth Team was no longer exhausted in the first half. Eight people participated in the defense enough to prevent the opponent from finding a gap. In the end, the attack was completed by Toni Kroos' long-range shot. Under the interference of Hu Gandang, the long-range shot flew high over the crossbar.

"Counterattack! Suppress them back!"

Wu Bufan quickly passed the ball to Huang Zhenghong in front of him while shouting loudly.

Huang Zhenghong distributed the ball to Hu Gandang in the middle, but Hu Gandang did not pass the ball to Dai Guangming who was further forward to organize the attack like in the previous game, but took the ball forward and walked forward directly!
Dai Guangming acted as if he knew that Hu Gandang would come up directly. Instead of waiting to catch the ball, he rushed to the position parallel to Long Bisheng and played forward, putting all the responsibility of organizing on Hu Gandang.

Marin withdrew back to defend Hu Gandang, but he was only 1.7 meters tall and was not good at defense. It was obviously unrealistic for him to stop Hu Gandang from dribbling.

Bender didn't wait for Hu Gandang to enter the 30-meter zone, and immediately left Dai Guangming to meet him. He had already caught Hu Gandang twice and stepped in, but he was marking Dai Guangming's loss.

Without Dai Guangming, there will naturally be other defenders to defend him. No matter how good Dai Guangming's skills are, no matter how good his organizational skills are, he is no threat without the ball at his feet. But this Hu Gandang has a pretty good long-range shooting ability, and his through ball ability seems to be pretty good.

Before Bender came up, Hu Gandang immediately sent a through ball. When Dai Guangming was rushing forward, Long Bisheng had already slowed down and retreated to respond. Just in time to receive the pass from Hu Gandang, he slightly stopped the ball under his feet, and then immediately sent a back ball!

Long Bisheng retreated, and the players behind him stepped in to play two-for-one, which was a common tactic used by the China Youth Team.

Coplin, who was closely chasing behind Dai Guangming, took the risk to tackle the ball on the ground and cut off the ball halfway. The ball changed direction and rolled into the penalty area. Mikel, who attacked, got the ball.

"It's a pity." Hu Gandang muttered, immediately stopped and turned to run back, raising his arms and shouting: "Return to defense!"

There were not many players in the middle of the half, and the players of the Chinese youth team immediately ran back like a tide. Long Bisheng, Dai Guangming and others stayed in the frontcourt to harass. After the German youth team passed the ball into the frontcourt, the defensive formation of the Chinese youth team was ready again.

"It's a mature team, too."

Hrubesch looked at the undisturbed formation of the Chinese youth team in surprise. Now the Chinese youth team is still one point behind, and there are only about 20 minutes left before the end of the game. Under such circumstances, they are not in a hurry to get back the score, but hold on to prevent the German team from expanding the score again. This kind of calmness is also rare, especially in the youth team game.

"So what? We're still one goal ahead, and that's our biggest advantage!"

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Leading by a goal more than 20 minutes before the end of the game, this advantage is not too big, but it is not too small. You must know that more than one-fifth of football games end with a score of [-]-[-]. This allows the German youth team to control the entire situation on the field with ease in the next game.

Under the command of Hrubesch, the German youth team began to become extremely patient every time they attacked. They were embarrassed to shoot the ball back and forth with less than 75 kicks. After [-] minutes of the game, Hrubesch even used another defensive midfielder. Lars Bender's twin brother Sven Bender replaced the striker Nagy, and the formation was also changed to [-]!

This time, Hu Gandang's back row would not have a very good effect. With two midfielders, the German youth team's defense at the front of the penalty area became stronger. Even if the twin brothers did not have a magical spiritual connection, they also had a tacit understanding that other people did not have. The two brothers guarded the German youth team's penalty area as airtight!
"It's impossible to fight like this!"

Xu Genbao said anxiously to Ding Yu: "Time is running out! And they are starting to focus on defense now. The two defensive midfielders are defending Dai Guangming and Hu Gandang who is in the middle. The two wings are also very strict. The two central defenders are defending Long Bisheng. Now we have to increase the offensive points!"

What Xu Genbao said was the truth. As the end of the game approached, the German youth team began to focus on defense. With so many big men in the backcourt, as long as the defense was shrunk, it would be almost like an impregnable wall. There was only Long Bisheng in the penalty area. Of course, it is much easier to defend. With the sideways and the middle lanes all suppressed, perhaps only adding a forward can have the effect of fishing in troubled waters, creating chaos and trying to equalize the score.

Chi Shangbing also nodded in agreement with this old opponent. Although his tactical style is very conservative, the current situation is obvious. If he continues to be conservative, he will only be smothered to death by his opponent.

"I really want to do this." Ding Yu smiled wryly and pointed to the substitute players of the German youth team who were warming up: "The coach is not an idiot. If I put on a striker to strengthen the attack, they will immediately put on a full-back with excellent defensive ability, and all the members will withdraw...by then, even a fly will not be able to fly in the penalty area! You two, let's wait. Now they don't have such a dense defense in the penalty area. Forward! Then what I consider is not to drag the game into a penalty shootout, but to completely resolve the battle within 10 minutes!"

Xu Genbao and Chi Shangbing were a little startled, they never expected that what Ding Yu was thinking at this time was not how to get back the score, but victory!This ambition seems to be a bit too big, but it is completely pinned on the sudden outbreak of the players. Isn't this a gamble?

It's nothing more than gambling in the usual games, but in this World Youth Championship final, he still bet like this?Are you kidding me?
In another 10 minutes, when the game enters the last few minutes, even if he switches to a striker to strengthen the attack, it may be too late!

"You're taking a risk!" Chi Shangbing couldn't help but roared in a low voice: "You're risking the honor of the whole team! How can this be done? If you place all your hopes on the players, what do you want our coach to do?"

"Don't forget, even if we put on a striker now, will we be able to equalize the score? Even if we equalize, will we win the penalty shootout?" Ding Yu gritted his teeth and said, "The German national team has only lost one penalty shootout in the World Series so far! Their nerves are like steel! Instead of pinning their hopes on luck and penalty shootouts, it's better to take a gamble! If the score is equalized before 85 minutes, I have enough confidence to overtake the score in the remaining time! It's a bet, and I'm sure I'm betting too!"

Ding Yu bared his teeth and smiled: "I don't want the runner-up! Losing in the penalty shootout is better than losing in 10 minutes! I believe in them!"

Seeing Ding Yu grinning, Chi Shangbing and Xu Genbao couldn't speak.

(End of this chapter)