Green giants

Back in the locker room, Chen Yaodong gathered the players for a brief meeting, mainly to clarify the style of play in the second half.

Judging from the situation in the first half, Saudi Arabia's level is indeed very high, and it faintly surpasses the Chinese team in terms of personal ability. However, in the first half, the Chinese team's tactics were implemented more resolutely and lower body.

Saudi Arabia started the game a little too much, trying to suppress the Chinese team on the scene. As a result, except for the useless ball possession rate, it did not bring any substantial impact. On the contrary, the Chinese team got a lot of opportunities through counterattacks.

In addition, after the Chinese team strengthened their midfield fight, they got the ball, and Li Tianxiang and Zhang Boyuan's cross-running successfully tore through Saudi Arabia's defense.

In Chen Yaodong's view, Saudi Arabia, which fell behind in the second half, will inevitably strengthen its offense, and his side will focus on defense.Of course, if there is an opportunity, we must resolutely fight back quickly. Chen Yaodong specifically explained that Zhang Boyuan must spare no effort to disturb the Saudi defense line, and he will make a substitution before his physical strength is exhausted. Li Tianxiang is the sharp knife in the frontcourt.

As long as they endure the opening 20 minutes, the physical strength of the Saudi players will inevitably decline, and then it will be their chance.Of course, the prerequisite is to be able to maintain the score advantage, at least not to be overtaken. In the case of the same record, the Chinese team has a goal difference advantage.

In the studio, Duan Xuan and Zhang Lu were also analyzing the situation in the first half.

"The result of the first half was acceptable overall."

"That's very acceptable. Now we are leading. We were also first in the group in a draw."

"That's right, now Saudi Arabia has to score two more goals than us. The main purpose of this game is to fight for the first place in this group."

"Indeed, Uzbekistan should be played first in the group, and South Korea should be played second. South Korea is not easy to mess with. Now the team's Lee Dong-joon and Choi Young-ik have all experienced in Europe. South Korea's style of play is also very tough, while China has always been fearful of Korea. statement."

"Then the first place is really to be fought. Although it doesn't mean that I dare not play against South Korea, the key is to make it to the semi-finals and win the World Youth Championship."

"Yes, South Korea can stay until the semi-finals. By then, they will have already won the World Youth Championship tickets, and the pressure can be reduced."

"Yes, the last time the Chinese team entered the World Youth Championship was in 05. Oh, it's not easy."

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At the beginning of the second half, the Saudi team raised the intensity of the game as soon as they came up, and made a high-position press in the audience. Suddenly, the Chinese team was a little flustered, and the formation also changed a little.

Fortunately, Chen Yaodong had already made preparations. The national youth team resumed the four-back system at the beginning of the game. At the same time, the two midfielders also retreated to strengthen the guards in the penalty area. This will withstand the Saudi attack.

Although they haven't scored a goal for the time being, the Saudi team seems to have hit the chicken blood and kept attacking the Chinese team's penalty area. Obviously they are eager to score a goal through pressing.

For a while, the Chinese team's penalty area was turbulent. Fortunately, the Chinese team's defense line was generally tall and burly, and the high balls played by the Saudi team basically ended in failure.

As for the penetration of the ground, the Chinese team, except for Zhang Boyuan, has devoted themselves to defense. The current half court can really be called overcrowded.

The Saudi players can only try long-range shots. I have to say that Aoweilan's footwork is still good. Several long-range shots are quite threatening. However, the Chinese defense line commanded by Yang Xu is a bit airtight. Almost all shots are blocked by the back line. After blocking it, there are very few who test the goalkeeper.

But the effort should always be rewarded. Finally, in the 73rd minute, Saudi Arabia's long shot hit Jiang Sheng's body and entered the net. It came from Wa Desiri.

Now the Saudi players' offense is even crazier. They believe that if they stick to this style of play, it will be a matter of time before they score another goal.

But the Chinese team did not panic. The score was equalized in Chen Yaodong's imagination, and the players were just waiting for the coach's next adjustment.

The first team to change is the Saudi team, which has the advantage of continuous attack. Due to the high-pressure press, the physical exertion of the players on the field far exceeds that of the Chinese team. The two midfielders intend to continue to take advantage of the field.

Chen Yaodong saw that Saudi Arabia had used up all the substitutions, so he made his own adjustments. He replaced Zhang Boyuan who was out of breath with Chen Ao, and replaced Huang Wenzhuo and Liu Yuanbo with Li Ang and Cai Jing. The decisive battle between the two sides began .

After the substitution, the Chinese team continued to defend firmly, and the players who stayed in the frontcourt changed from Zhang Boyuan to Li Tianxiang.

Li Tianxiang strolled around the halftime in Saudi Arabia and found that Ka and Tari's reactions were more than a beat slower than in the first half. It seemed that Zhang Boyuan had exhausted his physical energy.As for Nehrut, the slow turn made him doomed to lose his pace.

Now I need to wait for the ball from the midfielder. I should have an advantage here, Li Tianxiang thought.

Li Tianxiang didn't have to wait for a long time, Wu Jin's pass came to his feet accurately.

After receiving the ball, Li Tianxiang took the ball without any hesitation and charged towards the Saudi defense line.

A full-back on the Saudi side began to chase back, but the two central defenders on the defensive line did not lose their position. Obviously, this was not an absolute opportunity.

Li Tianxiang didn't care so much. He had faced such a situation more than once in the Chinese Premier League. Since the coach trusted him and his teammates exhausted the opposing defense by doing dirty work, he couldn't back down.

Li Tianxiang's speed has risen. Looking at the wide space in front of him, if there is no accident, Ka and Tali will interfere with him immediately, and the big Nehrut should be able to assist in defense. As for the goalkeeper, he should It is not possible to come and attack.

Then, as long as he crosses the defense line, he can form a single-handed attack. Facing the single-handed opportunity, Li Tianxiang will rarely make mistakes.

Going straight, Li Tianxiang gritted his teeth and thought that the counterattack would be delayed in disguise, and in this way, the goalkeeper would have time to react. Once the goalkeeper decided to attack, he was not sure that he would be able to deal with the three opponents.

Kahe Tari was a little surprised when facing Li Tianxiang who was advancing at full speed, but he quickly stabilized his mind. He had a numerical advantage on his side. As long as Nehrut cooperated with him to block Li Tianxiang's incision point, he could only submit obediently .

But this time, Ka and Tali made a mistake in their judgment. He never thought that Li Tianxiang, who was not strong, chose to fight himself.

The moment the football flew past, Li Tianxiang slammed into Kahe Tari's shoulder hard. Li Tianxiang rushed towards his own restricted area with his body crooked.

Damn.Ka and Tari scolded, if they were in the first half, they would not be out of position in this way, but now they have lost the physical strength they had just started.

The moment Li Tianxiang squeezed through Ka and Tari, his body lost his balance, but he quickly adjusted his state, and here he showed his amazing coordination.

Soon, only the goalkeeper was left in front of Li Tianxiang. With the single-handed experience in the first half, Li Tianxiang didn't think there was anything special about the Saudi goalkeeper.

He simply faked a volley, and the Saudi goalkeeper couldn't wait to make a save. At this time, Li Tianxiang only needed to push the ball into the other side of the goal.

Li Tianxiang still made the right choice, the ball rolled straight to the Saudi gate, Li Tianxiang did not watch the football into the net, but rushed directly to the corner flag area to celebrate.

Such a move instantly ignited the audience.