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Chapter 374

In the locker room, the expressions of the Chinese team players were relaxed, but this game was not so easy.

The tactics of the Japanese team are similar to those of the Chinese team. They are all four-four-two diamond-shaped midfield formations. The goalkeeper is Eiji Kawashima. After Kawaguchi Nouka and Narasaki Masahaki retired from the national team, this goalkeeper who played for Kawasaki forward became the first goalkeeper of the Japanese national team.

Among the four defenders, the right back is Yuki Abe, a veteran of the Japanese national team, and his free kick skills are quite good. The left back is the 21-year-old Torajiro Ito. To my brother who was selected for the Japanese national team.The front midfielder is the current Japan's No. 22 star Keisuke Honda, and the double forwards are Takayuki Morimoto and Shinji Okazaki.

In this lineup, there are three players under the age of 23, and five players under the age of 27. In terms of age structure, it is quite good. There is no lack of vigor or experience. At the same time, the cooperation between them has been going on for a certain period of time.

After the start of the game, the Japanese team quickly took advantage of the midfield by relying on tacit cooperation and delicate short passes in the midfield. The Chinese team's midfielder was not inferior to the opponent in terms of personal strength, and even surpassed it by a bit.

Although the scene seemed a bit passive, the players of the Chinese team did not lose their positions. Dai Guangming continued to rely on his personal breakthroughs to cause trouble for the opponent's defense line.

The stability of the middle lane made the situation of the Chinese team look dangerous, but there was no real damage. However, Ding Yu was a little surprised that the side lane, dominated by old players, seemed a little unable to support the opponent's impact.

The Ito brothers are one on the left and one on the right. The elder brother who plays the right midfielder has a very good attack. Although Du Zhenyu is a battle-tested veteran against him, he is not very good in defense.

The Japanese team's forward midfielder Keisuke Honda is not a player who is good at organizing offense. His characteristics are a bit like Mintal, and his scoring ability is his best one. Therefore, the Japanese team's organization is done by the midfielder Makoto Hasebe.

Seeing that the Japanese team suppressed the Chinese team with their excellent skills and cooperation, Ding Yu shouted from the sidelines: "Don't fight with them in the middle! Play long balls! Disrupt their rhythm!"

His shout reminded the players of the Chinese team that now that the opponent's skills and the tacit understanding of the midfield have the upper hand, it is naturally not a good way to fight with the opponent in the midfield. In the past 10 minutes, the Japanese team has an absolute advantage.

Shinji Kagawa dribbled the ball along the sidewalk and sent the ball into the penalty area under Xu Liang's defense. Takayuki Morimoto took the ball and turned around forcefully to try to break through Li Jie's defense.

Hu Gandang got the ball first, turned around and dodged Honda Keisuke's interception, and then did not pass the ball to Dai Guangming in front, but directly passed the ball up the frontcourt with a big kick.

Long Bisheng wandered around the frontcourt for a long time. He originally planned to go back to help defend, but was called back by Ding Yu and asked him to wait for the response in the frontcourt, so he could only cruise back and forth in the middle circle. At this time, seeing a long pass from the backcourt, his spirit immediately lifted.

Looking up, Long Bisheng immediately judged the landing point of the ball, and immediately ran two steps forward, Tanaka Bamboo Hat King came up to meet him, Long Bisheng blocked him behind, looked up at the ball, kept backing away, and at the same time squeezed the opponent with his body so that he couldn't take off smoothly.

The Japanese national team has always had a tradition of using foreign players, and these foreigners who join the Japanese national team are often from Brazil. After Santo, the only Brazilian player in the Japanese national team is King Tanaka.

However, as soon as Long Bisheng resisted it, King Tanaka's bamboo hat found that he couldn't move. When he was about to use his strength again, Long Bisheng jumped up, easily stopped the ball with his chest, and then immediately dunked the ball back, turning around and passing by King Tanaka's bamboo hat!
When turning around with the ball forcibly bumping into the opponent to make the opponent lose his balance and get rid of the opponent's defense smoothly, this is something Long Bisheng has done extremely skillfully. This kind of action that is infinitely close to fouling but will not be recognized as a foul by the referee can just give full play to Long Bisheng's strengths.

The defenders of the Japanese team who returned to defense raised their hands to signal that Long Bisheng had fouled, but the referee did not indicate that Long Bisheng took two strides, immediately crossed the center circle line, and rushed towards the Japanese team with the ball.

Although his speed is not fast, his basic skills are quite good, and his running speed with the ball is not much worse than running with empty feet. With his height and long legs, it is not easy for others to catch up with him. Another defender of the Japanese team, Kazumichi Takagi, is slower than him. Seeing that Long Bisheng might be able to drive straight in with the ball, the left back of the Japanese team, Ito Torajiro, chased him back at a very fast speed. Immediately hit it.

As expected of the word "tiger" in his name, Ito Torajiro is as vicious as a tiger on the field. Although he is only about 1.8 meters tall, he collided violently with Long Bisheng without fear. Long Bisheng was hit so hard by him while running, and his feet couldn't help being confused. He stepped on the ball with one foot and fell into the penalty area.

"Penalty kick!" The Chinese fans in the stands shouted, but although the referee blew a foul and gave Tora Ito a yellow card, he only awarded a direct free kick on the line of the penalty area.

Ding Yu shook his head. The referee’s penalty was fairly accurate. Just now, Ito Torojiro’s foul was just a little outside the penalty area, but Long Bisheng fell into the penalty area. With his physical fitness, he was knocked down by this guy who was nearly [-] centimeters shorter than him. This is a rare thing. Although Long Bisheng was running without defense, it is quite surprising.

"How is it? Are you okay?" Dai Guangming asked Long Bisheng in a low voice. Long Bisheng shook his head, a little unconvinced. If he hadn't stood still just now, how could his opponent knock him down!

This free kick was not scored, the distance was too close. Although Gao Junmin's free kick was very good, he couldn't go around the wall.

The ball was cleared to the right, and this time it was Ito Tortaro who got the ball—the elder brother of the Ito brothers. Although he was four or five centimeters shorter than his younger brother, he was even more brave—after receiving the ball, he rushed forward with the ball regardless of whether there was a teammate in front of him.
"Damn, this kid is quite arrogant!"

Huang Zhenghong, who stayed in the backcourt, greeted him. He had always been a little afraid of fast wide players, but he was not at all afraid of a player like Ito Kotaro, who played more with his body. It should be said that the Ito brothers were also somewhat incompatible with the traditional style of the Japanese national team. I don’t know if it was because Takeshi Okada planned to inject a tough factor into the Japanese national team.

Seeing Huang Zhenghong coming up to meet him, Ito Kotaro was not afraid at all, but stabbed the ball behind Huang Zhenghong, and then immediately accelerated to rush past Huang Zhenghong!

Huang Zhenghong's reaction was not slow, and Ito Khotaro's speed was not that fast either. He immediately turned around and Ito Khotaro ran abreast, and at the same time kept hitting the opponent with his body, interfering with the opponent's inability to accelerate smoothly.

Originally, this approach was the best way to deal with attackers who were faster than him, but this time it didn't have any effect. Huang Zhenghong only felt that he had no reaction when he bumped into the opponent. Instead, he slowly began to surpass himself.
Ito Kotaro jumped over Huang Zhenghong's body, then turned his head to stare at Huang Zhenghong, mumbling something in his mouth. Although Huang Zhenghong didn't understand, he probably knew that it would not be a good word, so he immediately stared back.

"It seems that this Japanese team is not easy to deal with." Ding Yu frowned and thought on the sidelines. In the past, the Chinese team used to bully the Japanese team with their bodies most of the time. The Japanese team insisted on following the path of Brazil's technical flow. The team's overall skills are better than the Chinese team, but they are not as good in physical confrontation.

"Maybe this will be a difficult game." Ding Yu thought in his heart.

(End of this chapter)