super storm

Chapter 1197 The Only Hope

During the entire World Cup, the Chinese team's itinerary has been all the way south along Brazil's Atlantic coast.

First in Recife, and then in El Salvador in the knockout round. On the night after the Dutch match, the team headed south to Sao Paulo, the venue for the semi-finals of the World Cup.

If the Chinese team is lucky enough to enter the final, it will go to Rio de Janeiro not far northeast of Sao Paulo.

But this is too far away for the Chinese team.

Being able to enter the semi-finals is something that everyone in the team can't believe, so that the whole country is jubilant, and the whole world has caused an uproar. Inside the team, there are also discussions.

The consumption of the team is very high. From the group stage to the quarter-finals, every game is desperately fighting, and the schedule is very intensive. The physical requirements of the players are very high. There is even a saying that in the semi-finals, it is not just a contest of skills and tactics, but more importantly, a confrontation of the team's willpower.

During the World Cup, Queiroz's training has always been relatively easy, focusing on recovery, proper skills and tactics, and mainly defense. This is the key factor for the Chinese team to get to where it is today.

As the outside world said, the national team is also very clear that the team can enter the semi-finals, the most important thing is two chips.

One is Yang Yang, and the other is overall defense.

It can be said that these are the two legs of the Chinese team. If any one is lost, the Chinese team will fall to the ground.

The World Cup has reached the final stage, and the playing style of each team is basically clear.

The German team is still playing steadily. Loew let the German team stage a wonderful scene of elephant dancing, bringing the German chariot a pass and control style of play, while Brazil, which is fighting locally, is more aggressive. Scolari, the gold medal coach who once led Brazil to win the World Cup, is now also determined to win the championship.

As early as the group stage, many media believed that Brazil, Argentina and China are three teams that have superstars and are extremely dependent on superstars, and these three teams have entered the semi-finals. It has to be said that it is a very surprising thing, which has triggered heated discussions among media and fans all over the world.

Today, the Chinese team led by Yang Yang met Argentina led by Messi. The World Youth Championship final in the Netherlands in [-] was repeated in the World Cup nine years later, and both teams were formed with the same team nine years ago.

Both Germany and Brazil also participated in the World Youth Championship nine years ago, but Brazil's World Youth Championship players are now running out, and Germany has none left, only China and Argentina.

More importantly, everyone believes that the contest between Yang Yang and Messi started during the World Youth Championship.

Therefore, many Messi fans hope that Argentina can defeat the Chinese team in the semi-finals, or even a bloodbath, so that Messi can avenge the hatred of the past years and feel proud.

Compared with the strong team Argentina, the dark horse of the Chinese team is generally not favored. Even if they have Yang Yang, the gap in strength is too great. The Chinese team can pass the Dutch hurdle by luck, but it is as difficult as heaven to break through the Argentine hurdle.

You know, in the game against the Netherlands, Sneijder hit the post twice, so his luck was really unlucky.

If it weren't for the two center posts, the Dutch team would have ended the battle in 10 minutes, and would never have stayed in overtime, let alone Yang Yang's last-minute lore.

But it is impossible for the same luck to appear a second time.

The attitude of the domestic media is also relatively tolerant, thinking that the team's ability to break into the semi-finals is already a huge success, and it can even be said to have exceeded the expectations of domestic fans by [-]%, and the national team should not be criticized at all.

The media in Japan and South Korea adopted a pessimistic attitude, all of them believed that it was impossible for the Chinese team to pass the Argentine level, and the top four was the limit of the Chinese team.

At the very beginning, some Japanese and Korean media believed that qualifying from the group stage was the limit of the Chinese team, but then they entered the quarterfinals. They said that the quarterfinals were the limit of the Chinese team.

The reason is simple, they are just jealous and jealous.

The national team far away in Sao Paulo did not pay attention to the reaction of foreign media and fans, because they were really busy, but judging from the increasing number of media and fans, they could all feel the importance attached to the Chinese team by the outside world.

This situation is very similar to the World Youth Championship in the Netherlands. This is how they, through each game, attracted more and more attention from the media and fans, and finally rushed all the way to the final and defeated Argentina to win the championship.

Media from all over the world, especially from China, as well as countless overseas Chinese, and even countless fanatical fans who flew from China to Brazil to cheer for the national team. They make the national team receive the highest standard of fans wherever they go.

This kind of heroic treatment makes all the international players in the team have high morale.

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After arriving in Sao Paulo, Queiroz began to focus on practicing "cage tactics".

The so-called cage tactic is that he wants to build a cage specially for Messi, put the most threatening player in Argentina into it, and then imprison him.

If you look at this World Cup, among the best players in Argentina, Messi is well-deserved, but several other players should not be underestimated. One is the goalkeeper Romero, and his performance is also very good. The midfielder Mascherano, he is the pinnacle of the Argentine midfield.

There is also Messi’s partner Di Maria in the frontcourt. He is known as the player who performed the best in the Argentine team and did not even lose to Messi.

But for the Chinese team, there is a big piece of good news, that is, Di Maria was injured in the game against Belgium, and it is basically certain that he will miss the game against the Chinese team.

Although there are stars such as Aguero and Higuain in the Argentine team, Di Maria is known as Messi's best partner. His absence will greatly weaken Argentina's offense, but it will be a great benefit for the Chinese team.

Of course, this kind of advantage is just that the gap has narrowed a little bit from the original one.

Queiroz hopes to create a cage for Messi in the absence of Di Maria, making it difficult for him to perform effectively in the game, because he believes that as long as Messi is contained, Argentina's offense will be greatly reduced.

Conversely, he believed that Argentina would do the same. They would want to limit Yang Yang, because freezing Yang Yang would be tantamount to disintegrating the offensive threat of the Chinese team, and Argentina would go on the offensive without any worries.

Everyone knows that Yang Yang is the only hope for the Chinese team to win.

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After finishing the one-day training session, Yang Yang did not continue to practice any more.

This is the change he made during the World Cup, the purpose is to restore his physical fitness and state as soon as possible.

But he did not leave the training ground directly, but walked in front of Queiroz and the coaching staff.

"To play against Argentina, I was thinking, should we make some changes?" Yang Yang pointedly suggested.

"Change?" Queiroz was a little curious, "Talk about your thoughts in detail."

"I have watched all the matches of Argentina in this World Cup these days, and I found that they have not started well."

After a pause, Yang Yang got Queiroz's nod and continued to say, "In the group stage, in the first game against Bosnia and Herzegovina, the opponent scored an own goal in the opening 2 minutes. In the second game against Iran, they didn't score until the end of the game. Messi scored the finale. In the third game against Nigeria, Messi scored in 2 minutes, but Nigeria equalized the score after 1 minute. After that, Argentina also struggled to score."

"At the knockout stage, the first game against Switzerland was zero to zero, and the quarter-finals against Belgium. Higuain scored in 8 minutes, but we all know that it was a very, very coincidental accident."

Queiroz and the surrounding coaches all nodded in unison, and Yang Yang's analysis made sense.

Higuain's goal was indeed a coincidence, because it suddenly appeared in front of Higuain after the pass appeared in a deflection.

After taking the lead, Argentina played passively and Belgium had the advantage.

In a way, it was lazy Argentina beating even lazy Belgium.

"Judging from the few games of this World Cup, Argentina did not invest much in the opening game and made many mistakes. Except for Messi's goal, the other two opening goals were all coincidences or direct mistakes of the opponent."

What a smart head coach Queiroz is, he guessed what Yang Yang meant at once.

"Do you want to start the attack?" The Portuguese narrowed his eyes, and a flash of light flashed.

This is a very bold idea.

"If we still play according to the previous games, we have no chance of winning." Yang Yang expressed his thoughts.

Queiroz nodded, why didn't he know?

This is the semi-finals of the World Cup, who doesn't pay attention?

If you still use the flat and steady counterattack tactics, Argentina will not give the Chinese team any chance at all.

Even, to a certain extent, it is the Chinese team's luck to be able to cross the Netherlands.

Sneijder's two center post, Yang Yang's finale lore, these all have a certain element of luck.

Facing Argentina, it would be absolutely foolish to continue to pin your hopes on the opponent.

"Take a wave and strive for a goal, and we will have a chance." Yang Yang judged with certainty.

As long as the Chinese team has a goal in hand, Argentina will inevitably change its tactics, and the next situation will be completely out of Argentina's control. This is the only chance for the Chinese team to win.

Continue to defend and wait for the opportunity to counterattack. Argentina will never give the Chinese team such an opportunity, and the Chinese team may not be able to defend.

It's just that China is playing against Argentina, and the gap in strength is so great. Is it too risky to start the attack?

(End of this chapter)