Rebirth 1994: Football Situation

Chapter 256 A Powerful Warm-Up Opponent

After a long flight, the Chinese team arrived in the Netherlands, where they will face their first warm-up match opponent in Europe, the Dutch national team.

The Orange Tornado Dutch team has always been a powerful team that will never be ignored in world football. Although they have never won the World Cup, they will be the favorites to win the championship before the start of any World Cup.

As early as when the group draw came out, the Chinese Football Association had already started to contact warm-up opponents everywhere. Benitez's request was that it must be a relatively strong team, and the second was to have a style closer to the three opponents in the group. Teams that are similar to Denmark and South Africa are easy to find, such as Sweden and Jamaica that have already warmed up, and Norway and Monaco that are about to warm up. If you want to find a team with similar strength and style of play, there are really not many teams.

Although the French team failed to enter the World Cup in 94, their strength is definitely a popular candidate for this World Cup championship. There are not many teams that can match their strength, let alone their tactics. The closest ones, Pei Wei counting and counting, are only a few European teams such as Italy, Spain, and the Netherlands.

Originally the Football Association thought that this was not a big problem, just find another team to make do with it, but it was unanimously opposed by Benitez and Pei Wei-the warm-up before the World Cup is very important, the Chinese team The most realistic task is to play well in the group stage, and we will think about it later-it will definitely be of great benefit to warm up with a team with a similar style to the group opponent in advance.

Pei Wei remembered the only time the Chinese team had qualified for the World Cup before he was reborn. After being assigned to the three teams of Brazil, Turkey, and Costa Rica, no one took it seriously. The opponents in the warm-up match are also inconspicuous-Portugal and Uruguay. Although these two teams are good, their tactical play is fundamentally different from that of the Chinese team's opponents. Losing three games in a row in the World Cup, in Pei Wei's view, the loss was due to not knowing the opponent's situation at all!
Although the possibility of the Chinese team winning the French team in the French World Cup is infinitely close to zero-but losing is one thing, how to lose is another.

Just like in the 02 World Cup, losing to Brazil without a temper, so that people are not willing to exchange jerseys with us after the game-that is tantamount to losing all the pants, but if you work hard, let Brazil It is also very difficult to win. Although it is also a loss, the status of Chinese football in world football is obviously much greater.

For France, Pei Wei also hopes to cause a little trouble for France, at least to leave an impression on the world's top teams-the Chinese team is a tough nut to crack.For the current Chinese football, the most important thing is to be able to establish a positive image in the World Cup.

Just when the Chinese Football Association was at a loss, a big pie fell from the sky-the Dutch national team took the initiative to contact the Chinese team, hoping to play a warm-up match with the Chinese team before the World Cup.

It turned out that the Dutch team was in the same group as the South Korean team from Asia in the group stage. They didn't know much about Asian football. Entered the finals of this World Cup, so the Dutch Football Association contacted the Chinese Football Association.

The Chinese Football Association immediately agreed to this request—just kidding, such a warm-up opponent is very difficult to find. The Netherlands is definitely a strong team at the same level as France. Although the style is different from France, they both pay attention to technology and offense. European Latin faction, what's not happy about being able to find such a team?
In this way, after the Chinese team arrived in Europe, they immediately ushered in the strongest warm-up opponent.

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"This Dutch team is really strong, especially led by Guus Hiddink, the iron-fisted coach." After watching the video of the Dutch European qualifiers, Benitez shook his head: "Their biggest problem before was Internal friction, but obviously, Hiddink has done a good job. The current Dutch team is a united team. This kind of team is the most terrifying. As long as they are lucky, it is not impossible to win the cup this year. "

"Yes, it's really strong." Pei Wei shrugged his shoulders: "Bergkamp, ​​who was rejuvenated at Arsenal, the genius Kluivert, the number one winger in Europe Overmars, the all-round fighter Kecu, There are the De Boer brothers, Davis, Seedorf...Which one is not the absolute main force of the major European giants? Even the defending champion Brazil dare not say that they can win this lineup...You say, we will fight against them and win How likely is it?"

"I never predict the outcome before the game, because that would be too stupid." Benitez said with a wry face.

Pei Wei smiled. Although Benitez said that he would not predict the score, Pei Wei also knew that with the current strength of the Chinese team, it would be impossible to gain benefits in front of the Dutch team, which was in a real match. Now the Chinese team has a lot of outstanding players among the Dutch players. Unless the opponent takes it lightly, a tie is also a luxury.

But in the warm-up match before the start of the World Cup, how could the Dutch team not play with all their strength?

On May [-]th, the Philips Stadium, which can accommodate [-] fans, was packed. Although it was just an insignificant warm-up match, the Dutch fans still had a lot of enthusiasm for the warm-up before the start of the World Cup. They wore uniform Dutch The orange jersey of the national team has been shouting loudly since before the game started.

Although the locker room facilities at the Philips Stadium are very good, and the sound insulation is also very good, but in the locker room, the singing of the Dutch fans outside still faintly penetrates into the locker room.

"There are still twenty minutes before the start of the game! Why did they start singing! Are all Europeans in such a good spirit?" Gao Feng said to Hao Dong strangely: "When Yun Jia played the game, I felt that Yun Jia The fans are crazy enough, I think this group of Europeans are even more crazy!"

"It's normal. The fans in the Netherlands have always been known for their passion." Hao Dong said noncommittally: "The fans in Germany are calmer than them. The most terrifying thing is some fans in the UK. Football hooligans... those guys are the ones. A real madman."

"Okay, don't discuss this." Pei Wei clapped his hands, and the locker room fell silent: "Football hooligans have nothing to do with us, and that's not what we should care about... What we need to pay attention to now is that in this game What can we learn from the game... The attack power of the Dutch team can be regarded as the number one in Europe, and they have the best attackers in the world, so the first thing we need to do in this game is to defend."

While Benitez was talking to Pei Wei, Pei Wei translated: "Goalkeeper Ou Chuliang, four defenders Xie Feng, General Fan, Zhang Enhua, Wu Jiying, three midfielders in midfield, Gao Gaoxian, Li Gang, Sun Chenghai, Front midfielder Nie Fei, forward Hao Dong and Gao Feng. The Dutch team is best at attacking from the side, so we must pay attention to the defense of the side. After stealing from the backcourt, give the ball to Nie Fei, and he will organize the attack. The two strikers must go up and cannot be completely suppressed by the opponent, speed is our strength, so we must make the most of this strength!"

"Understood!" The players replied in unison. After the past two years of various competitions, the players have already had a preliminary understanding of their own strength. Even the Swedish team, which can only be regarded as second-rate in Europe To be able to beat myself three to one, and to be arrogant with this kind of strength is simply looking for death.

Pei Wei is very relieved, at least there is no one in the Chinese team like the guy who said "I will stare at Ronaldo to death" later on. Self-confidence is important, but it must not be blindly confident. Only by understanding the gap can real progress be made.

Seeing that the players were about to set off, Pei Wei suddenly remembered something, grabbed Nie Fei and told him: "Don't perform too well, it's just fine... Dutch midfielder Davies is very fierce, be careful Got hurt by him, understand?"

Nie Fei nodded.

Pei Wei knew how important Nie Fei was in Benitez's tactical system.He is the driving button of the offensive and defensive transition. In the counterattack, his quick breakthrough and one-kick ability are irreplaceable in the Chinese team. Although Peng Weiguo surpasses Nie Fei in the overall situation, he does not have Nie Fei's speed. In the World Cup, the most basic tactic of the Chinese team is defensive counterattack, and Nie Fei is playing the role of a commander.

If Nie Fei is injured... then Benitez and Pei Wei will have nothing but to cry.

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The game passed 10 minutes. During these 10 minutes, the Chinese team has been defending and the Dutch team has been attacking.

At the beginning of the game, the Chinese team put on a defensive posture, fortified layer by layer in their own half, and tried to form a numerical advantage in some areas to pinch the opponent, so that the Dutch team's offense could not be played smoothly.

"Their head coach is very smart." Hiddink looked at Pei Wei who was standing next to the Chinese team's coaching bench and kept shouting to the field - he regarded Pei Wei as the head coach of the Chinese team: "At least We didn't attack well and with those two strikers and the midfielder running around all the time, it would be dangerous if we lost possession."

"I don't think their defenders have the ability to stop our ball." The assistant coach Rijkaard next to him shook his head: "Although our offense has not been effective for the time being, their defenders' defensive energy is also very exhausting. Big, I don’t think they can hold on for too long.” (To be continued, if you want to know what happened next, please visit www.CMFU.COM, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!)
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