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When the referee blew the whistle to end the first half, both the Chinese fans and the French fans sighed softly with satisfaction and slight regret.

The score in the first half was two to two. In any game, such a score is considered a big score. After all, in many games, one goal can determine the winner, let alone four goals...

It's just that the offense played well, but it didn't take the lead, which inevitably made fans on both sides feel regretful.

Chinese fans are more satisfied, while French fans are not reconciled.

This attitude seems to be reflected in the two head coaches. When walking into the player tunnel, Des was thinking hard while walking, while Gao Yuan's expression was much more relaxed.

"For the Chinese team, the draw in the first half is indeed a good achievement. Of course, for France, this may not satisfy them. What France needs now is to reverse the unfavorable situation in defense, otherwise, The two sides exploded at each other, which is not good for France."

That's exactly what Des was thinking, the ESPN commentator commented.

Although the French team will not be afraid of exchanging blows with the Chinese team, this approach makes them less sure of winning. What good is it for France to get entangled with the Chinese team and roll in the mud?
However, Des’s headache is not for nothing. The performance of the players who did not lose the chain gave him enough time to think about it, and his experience itself is also very blocked. During this period of time, it really made him come up with A good way.

"We did a good job offensively in the first half, but defensively, we still need to improve."

In the locker room, Des looked at his players and said something with a smile.

Des has a good prestige in the national team. He was the captain of the French national team when he played football, and he is also very popular in China. As the No.1 French football player who won the World Cup as the captain, this status alone is enough Let the young players have enough awe of him.

Therefore, the players can still listen to his words. France has never lacked top players. However, they need someone who can suppress the different voices in the locker room. At the same time, they need a core that convinces everyone, so that they can achieve Good results.

The current French team already has such conditions.

After hearing what Des said, the players of the French team raised their heads and looked at Des curiously. They didn't know what the head coach would do. The height advantage of the Chinese center was too great, and his tonnage was too heavy. At the same time, the movement of the feet is also very flexible. Under such circumstances, there is no solution for the two wings to make accurate crosses.

"Our defensive strategy in the first half was actually problematic. We paid too much attention to the middle. Whether it was Bu Qingyun's goal or the center's goal, those are actually not important. Bu Qingyun's goal is the Chinese team's goal. The initiation of the offense, the center forward's goal, is the end of the Chinese team's offense... There is another link between the initiation and the end."

Some players with dull minds may not have heard anything, but players like Boba and Greeman with a flexible mind and an excellent overall situation sensed it immediately: "You mean...their cross from the side?"

"That's right, it's the cross from the side. If they can block their cross from the side, then no matter whether it's Bu Qingyun's goal or the center forward's goal, the threat will no longer exist! So, in the second half, if they don't If we change our tactics, we will block the crosses from their wings!"

After saying this, Des immediately began to arrange-"When attacking, the tactics remain the same. When defending, Menneldi, you don't have to worry about other things. Hold their right winger. His cross is very good." Excellent, but slow, just don’t give him a chance to get the ball, keep up with him, you are much faster than him.”

Menneldi nodded, it is not difficult to do this.

Then Des turned to Mbappel: "Their left back, I will leave it to you... I know that your defensive ability is average, but what you have to do is also very simple, just hang around that short guy, whether it is Speed, height or strength, you are above him, block him, and make your contribution in defense!"

Mbappel is not too willing to do this kind of thing, he is still young, and what he desires is offense rather than defense. However, Des arranged for him in this way, so he has to do it, so he also nodded and did not express Come out with different emotions.

"Then coach, what should the Chinese team do if they change their tactics in the second half?" Boba asked another question.

"That's a very good question." Des laughed: "If they change their tactics, they have to change their players and replace them with more flexible players... The high center forward is the biggest threat only in such an environment, and if If there are substitutions, then we don’t need any special tactics, just play as usual, overall, we have an advantage, we just need to use this advantage, that’s enough!”

What Des said made the players of the French team nod again and again—yes, that’s it. The equal score in the first half was not because the strength of the Chinese team was similar to theirs, but because their tactics were difficult for us to deal with. If they attack, then it is only natural that we have the advantage!
You must know that although Gao Yuan thinks that as long as he can qualify in the group stage, no one can say what kind of ranking he needs to get in order to be able to meet a weaker team in the knockout round. In the past, there were only two teams. When qualifying, what group's No.1 often meets what group's No.2 is arranged in advance, the coaches can prepare in advance, and now there is one more No.3 with the best results to qualify. In this way, the grouping seems very chaotic, even if you want to prepare in advance, you can't do it.

Therefore, Gao Yuan doesn't care what the group is, as long as he can qualify, although France can accept it, but as a seeded team and a world-class team, they can't face it.

What's more, if they beat the group's biggest opponent, the Chinese team, in the first round, they will be able to look easier in the next two rounds.

Under such circumstances, they naturally want to win the game. Under this premise, even if Mbappel doesn't want to defend, he has to obey orders.

While Des was instructing the tactical arrangement for the second half, Gao Yuan was praising the players in the locker room.

"Your performance in the first half was very good! This is enough to prove that we have excellent strength! Compared with the top teams in the world, we are not inferior at all... Yes, we don't need to belittle ourselves, we are the world One of the best teams in the world, the championship in the Confederations Cup is not accidental, but we already have such strength... So in the second half, continue to play in the way we are used to, without too much pressure. The group The competition is just a warm-up with relatively high scale and relatively high gold content, and the real test will come in the knockout stage."

Gao Yuan's words caused the players of the Chinese team to burst into laughter—these words were really uplifting—the group stage is just a warm-up, and the knockout stage is the test...Damn, if this word spreads, everyone will think that the Chinese team has really Arrogance has reached a certain level, but in the eyes of the Chinese team players, this is the attitude they should show!

"In the second half of the game, the French team should have found a way to deal with us."

After the players quieted down, Gao Yuan added with a smile.

"No way, our tactic is perfect, how could it be easily deciphered!" Zuo Feng expressed his puzzlement.

"Don't treat everyone else as fools, okay... Our tactics are perfect, but there is nothing surprising. It is nothing more than passing the ball from the center and passing from the wing. It's just that we have more suitable players and execute the tactics better. It's just thorough, they only need to send two players with quick reaction and physical confrontation to entangle you and Wan Lishan, so that you can't get the ball, and there is no room for crossing... Then what should we do?" Gao Yuan laughed.

Zuo Feng was taken aback.

Wan Lishan looked at Bu Qingyun.

"Don't look at him... No matter how well he grasps the timing of the pass, he must pass the ball in an open space. The speed reaction and confrontation of the two of you are not particularly good, and the French team does not lack such skills." Players, they may stalk you to death, in that case, Dong Lin's greatest role in the penalty area will be gone." Gao Yuan said with a smile.

"That's a problem."

Dong Lin nodded honestly. Of course, he is not only good at grabbing points with headers, but one thing he knows very well is that in front of the world's top defenders, he has the most advantage in the aspect of headers.

As for other things such as pulling out of the penalty area to make the ball, forcing a turn to shoot, and making a fulcrum in the frontcourt... It's not that he can't do it, but he doesn't have any advantage in front of top defenders.

Looking at the players who were contemplating one after another, Gao Yuan smiled again.

"What do you have to worry about? This is not our main tactic. If they attack our tactic in the second half, we will return to the original offensive tactic. Even in a face-to-face confrontation, we will not at a disadvantage."

The players nodded one after another. Now their confidence is indeed very high. Even if they face head-on head-on, they are confident that they will not be worse than any other team!

"Showing a good state, but without pressure and not overdrawn, this is our goal in the group stage. As long as we can achieve these points, we will not have any problems when we qualify from the group. The whole world knows what our true strength and the level we can explode on the court look like!" Gao Yuan said confidently.

"No problem!" The players of the Chinese team waved their fists one after another.

Yes, the group stage is just about qualifying. It is enough for us to perform at our normal level. What pressure do we need?

To play easily and enjoy the game, that's what they will do next!