Rebirth 1994: Football Situation

Chapter 417
Choosing this almost "ugly" defensive counterattack tactic requires a lot of courage in itself.

If you win, then everything is easy to say, although there will be some beautiful fans who think that this style of play itself is a kind of blasphemy against football, but the football world is a world where the winner is king, and no one will be in such a thing If the entanglement is too long, history will only record the Chinese team's feats of entering the semi-finals and even further relying on correct tactics.

But - if they lose, Milu and the Chinese Olympic team will be criticized unanimously, so that they lose their impression points in the world. It may not matter to the players, because they are implementing the tactics of the head coach, but for the players For Milu who arranged such a tactic, I am afraid that even the Chinese Football Association will not show him any good face.

In other words, Milu can completely allow the players to play the so-called "violent" game, without fear, launch a fierce attack against an opponent whose strength is obviously superior to his own and who is good at defensive counterattack, and then the opponent is simple, effective and sharp. The counterattack broke the goal again and again, and was beaten into a sieve. Maybe he could score the last goal that is irrelevant to the outcome through continuous offense, and leave an impression of defeat for the world-but if the Chinese Olympic team takes With such a tactic, it would be equivalent to giving up the slightest possibility of entering the semi-finals.

Milu has 1 reasons to choose such a tactic-the task arranged by the Football Association has been completed, and every step he takes next is the icing on the cake. He can use such a beautiful departure to end the Olympic team's Olympic journey, because No one will blame him for losing the game. Everyone knows how strong the Italian Olympic team is. After Spain and Brazil were eliminated, they have become the biggest favorites in this Olympic Games. They even eliminated Brazil and the defending champion. Cameroon and Chile are not as good!

However, Milu chose a reason with only faint hope, a path that once he fails, he will lose all the previous wins. From this point of view, Milu is a pure football coach. Soccer coach with team going forward.

The rest of the first half almost became an offensive and defensive practice battle. Italy mastered almost most of the offensive and ball possession time, and also created quite a few shooting opportunities. It was just bad luck and the Chinese team's defense. The goalkeeper Jiang Hai, who is in great form today, made several wonderful saves, so that he could not break through the gate of the Chinese team.

Before the end of the first half, Italy created a total of [-] shots, but only [-] of them were within the range of the goal frame, including a goal post. I have to say that the Chinese team's defense is very good.

In terms of offense, the Chinese team had only three shots, including a far-fetched long-range shot. Only one shot was within the range of the goal frame, and it was easily cracked by Abbiati.

Although the cheers from the Chinese fans at the scene were still there, there were many more sighs—who would be happy to see the team they supported being beaten to shame by their opponents?You know, in the entire first half, the Chinese team can even count the number of times they entered the opponent's half with their fingers. Most of the time, Chinese fans can only applaud for a successful defense of the Chinese team.

However, despite the embarrassment, when the referee blew the whistle for the end of the first half, their goal was still accomplished-they did not allow Italy to score, and the score remained firmly at zero to zero.

After seeing the referee blow the whistle to end the first half, Milu let out a little breath. Although the Chinese Olympic team defended very tenaciously, a little luck is needed on the football field, because an occasional change In such a situation, I am afraid that there is no good way for the gods. Fortunately, it seems that the Chinese Olympic team seems to have got rid of the bad luck in the group stage, and the luck is not bad.

Milu patted the shoulders of the off-field players with a smile on his face, and then told them to enter the locker room to rest as soon as possible. After the players ran into the player tunnel, Milu chatted with several assistant coaches and walked away. Entering the player tunnel, everyone can see that he is very satisfied with the first half of the game, or he is very satisfied with the score.

But obviously, the Chinese fans were not satisfied with the situation on the court—at least the Chinese fans at the scene were not satisfied with the situation on the court, so after the intermission, Milu, who had just walked out of the locker room, and the Olympic team The players saw several large slogans on the stands where the Chinese fans were.

These large slogans were obviously rushed out temporarily. More than a dozen white jerseys of the Chinese national team were pasted with large characters on red cloth, and the dozen or so fans around here are now all shirtless. It is obvious that these lovely fans They donated their clothes without hesitation, and the red letters on the white background let Milu and the others see clearly: "I would rather die vigorously than live poorly!"

"To be honest, I can understand the feelings of the fans." Milu smiled bitterly and said to the players and assistant coaches around him: "However, in some cases, being alive is the most important thing-because only when you are alive, you will have a better life." Infinite possibilities are waiting for you to realize, what does that Chinese saying say?" He turned his head and asked Lin Cheng.

"It's better to die than to live." Lin Cheng replied interfaced.

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After the start of the second half, the offense of the Italian team was significantly enhanced, and the level of pressing in the frontcourt was also significantly enhanced. It seems that the Italian Olympic team really does not want to continue the situation in the first half. From the first half of the game It can be seen that the Chinese team is determined to carry out the defense to the end. When Italy is attacking, it often consciously passes the ball back to lure the Chinese Olympic team to come out and grab the offensive space, but the Chinese Olympic team Except for the three offensive players in the frontcourt, everyone else stayed firmly within their one-acre three-point field, and just couldn't come out. It seemed that the opponent was really determined to delay until a penalty kick was taken.

After receiving Tardelli's instructions, Italy's offense became more ferocious. The two full-backs, Zanzi and Cirillo, who seldom stepped forward to assist in the first half, also began to frequently press for assists, leaving only two defenders in the backcourt. Central defenders Ferrari and Grandoni are responsible for defending the opponent's counterattack.

Under the unreserved attack of the Italian Olympic team, the defense of the Chinese Olympic team suffered a greater impact than in the first half. After all, Italy is not good at all-over attacking, which does not mean that they will not attack. After getting enough support, their frontcourt offensive stars such as Pirlo, Zambrotta and others got more opportunities to perform.

The physical strength of the players of the Chinese Olympic team can't keep up, so being pressed and beaten by the opponent in this way, the physical consumption is second, and the psychological pressure is even more unbearable.

But now, they can only grit their teeth and support it.

No. In the 701st minute, Li Wei sprained his ankle after a fight for a header and was forced to leave the field. Zhu Guosheng took his place after an emergency warm-up, and the Chinese team made things worse.

The Chinese players insisted, at least until now, they still have hope, as long as Italy fails to score, they still have a chance.

No.708 minutes, the opportunity finally came.

Pirlo swayed past Li Gang beautifully, and then sent the ball into the penalty area before Zhao Junzhe rushed up. Zhu Guosheng, who had just played not long ago, used his strong body to support Ventola, and rushed the ball out of the penalty area in front of the opponent!

Zheng Zhi received the ball, and Maresca and Zanqi rushed towards him immediately. Everyone thought that Zheng Zhi would kick the ball with a big kick, but he chose to break through by himself!
Zanqi, who was used to kicking off the ball with his big foot when he was closing in on Chinese players, didn't even check. Zheng Zhi cleverly stabbed a ball through the crotch and swayed over. What's worse was that he lost his balance and chased from behind Zhu Guosheng. The coming Maresca collided with each other, and both of them temporarily lost the chance to defend Zheng Zhi.

Zheng Zhi, who passed by the opponent, saw a wide field of vision. He immediately took the ball across the half court, and then Zanetti came up to defend the previous high-altitude ball and passed the ball up the frontcourt!
Zhang Yulin jumped high, grabbed the ball in front of Grandoni, and Nie Fei rushed forward, received the ball in front of Gattuso, and then passed the ball without stopping!
Hao Dong started at the same time, and rushed past Ferrari's defense at the moment Nie Fei passed the ball, single-handedly!

The Chinese team's first threatening attack in the whole game!
Hao Dong's acceleration at 30 meters was very good. After losing the opportunity, Ferrari could only catch up closely behind him, but could not narrow the gap with Hao Dong!
Seeing that Hao Dong was about to break into the penalty area, Ferrari had no choice but to tackle Hao Dong from behind, on the line of the penalty area!

The referee blows his whistle, red card! No.80 minutes, the Italian team played one player less!
The huge boos from the Chinese fans sounded, and it was given to Ferrari with a frustrated face!
Direct free kick!On the right corner of the penalty area, a direct free kick almost sticking to the line of the penalty area!

Nie Fei stood in front of the ball, and Italy formed a wall of four!

Everyone thought that Nie Fei would shoot directly, but he didn't!

Nie Fei sent a beautiful curve ball with his right foot, which went straight to the back!

Zhang Yulin and Hao Dong in the middle of the penalty area attracted all the attention of the opponent's defender, but the ball was not passed to them!

Zhu Guosheng jumped high from the back point, unguarded, he ruthlessly pushed the ball towards the upper left corner of the goal!
Abbiati's save did not touch the ball!The ball exploded into a snow-white spray in the net!

At the same time, the cheers of the Chinese fans filled the entire stadium!

Off the court, Milu shook his fist fiercely. It was the first time he lost his composure and hugged all the players on the bench one by one!

"We succeeded! Our tactics worked!"

(End of this chapter)