super storm

Chapter 174 Transformation

When the loud "March of the Volunteers" sounded in the stadium, Yang Yang stood in front of the bench, put his right hand on his chest, and sang the national anthem with his teammates, coaches and players on the field.

At this moment, Yang Yang was full of excitement.

It was the first time he wore a bright red jersey with the national flag on it, and a sense of pride arose spontaneously.

He is very clear that wearing this jersey, he is no longer just fighting for himself, nor is he fighting for the Football Association or the national team. He is representing 14 billion Chinese people going abroad and playing on the field.

He also secretly vowed in his heart that the game can be lost and defeated, but he will never lose face to the Chinese.

In the stands behind him, hundreds of Chinese students studying in France and Europe came to the scene spontaneously. They all played the Chinese team cheering banner, and many of them were still shouting for Yang Yang.

But tonight, Yang Yang will sit on the bench to watch the first half of the game.

For this reason, Yang Yang specially accepted an interview with the national TV station before the game, saying that he proposed it on his own initiative and explained the reason.

After China's national anthem was sung, it was the turn of Colombia's national anthem to be played.

Yang Yang noticed that their players also stood in awe, which also confirmed a sentence.

Football is a war without gunpowder.

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Since the Toulon Cup is a competition for the youth team, according to the tradition, the game only lasts 10 minutes, with 10 minutes in the first half and [-] minutes in each half. Yang Yang sat on the bench to watch the game in the first half.

The starting formation of the Chinese team is [-]. This formation is characterized by balance. Although it also has wings, it is very different from Yang Yang's [-] formation in Ajax.

The right winger, as the name suggests, is more forward, more like a striker, while the right midfielder is more in the back position, and has to undertake some defensive tasks, especially when the team turns from offense to defense, the right midfielder must actively return to defense.

To Yang Yang's surprise, although the players of the national youth team traveled long distances to Toulon, they performed very hard in the game, dared to fight on the court, and actively used their speed to open up the situation.

Colombia is also not to be outdone. Both teams played very aggressively, and the offensive and defensive transitions on the scene were very fast.

This is not difficult to understand. After all, it is a youth team, and the overall technical and tactical content is still much weaker than that of the adult team.

The Chinese team played more holistically and defended better, while Colombia was aggressively attacking, but it was mainly concentrated in the middle, lacking effective side attack, and the style of play was relatively simple.

The players of the national youth team had a lot of running and pressing in the midfield, which made Colombia very uncomfortable and made mistakes frequently. The most deadly one happened in the second minute of No. 20. After stealing the ball, the No. 11 forward Zhu Ting of the Chinese team passed three defensive players in a row and volleyed at the front of the penalty area, but was bravely saved by the opponent's goalkeeper.

However, 9 minutes later, the Chinese team's defense made a mistake and failed to clear the opponent's long pass. The opponent's NO.

The first half ended at zero to zero.

During the intermission, head coach Tie Sheng affirmed the team's performance in the first half, but at the same time encouraged the team to make persistent efforts, thinking that although Colombia's individual strength is higher than that of the Chinese team, but the overall strength is not strong, the Chinese team still has a chance.

Therefore, taking advantage of the halftime break, Tie Sheng replaced Chen Tao as the main offensive player. This player is also good at playing on the right. He played as a right midfielder with good speed and foot skills. The coaching staff hoped that he could open a defensive gap on the right.

But after the start of the second half, Colombia also adjusted its tactics and began to actively invest in the midfield press to catch the Chinese team's pass and catch errors.

Especially in the first minute, Colombia steals the ball and sends a long pass to the frontcourt. Three offensive players cooperate to attack the penalty area in succession.

Fortunately, goalkeeper Guan Zhen played well and blocked the ball with a single punch, resolving a crisis.

Tie Sheng couldn't sit still anymore.

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"come on!"

"Thank you!"

After Yang Yang shook hands with his teammates on the sidelines, they patted each other on the shoulders and replaced the team's forward Wancheng.

This is the arrangement made by the head coach Tie Sheng to Yang Yang. After playing, he can act as a free agent in the frontcourt, allowing him to play, and the rest of the team will try their best to cooperate with him.

Yang Yang quickly ran into the arena, and when he passed his teammates along the way, he could feel the inquiry and doubt in their eyes.

They don't know each other well, and they are not familiar with each other. They just met each other during the pre-match meeting in the afternoon and introduced each other.

They are too unfamiliar with Yang Yang.

Why didn't Yang Yang treat them like this?

In the past at Ajax, the tactical system of the youth team and the first team was very close, and he could achieve a seamless connection, but he only had a general understanding of the current style of play of the national youth team, and he was still very unfamiliar.

Columbia obviously also knows about Yang Yang, and they are quite afraid of this Chinese player who just scored the lore goal in the Champions League final a few days ago. After Yang Yang played, they began to consciously strengthen their defense against Yang Yang.

But after all, it was the youth team. From Yang Yang's point of view, the opponent's defense had a lot of gaps, and it was easy to run out of the gaps.

The first touch on the field came from a pass from a midfielder. At that time, Yang Yang retreated and brought out the defensive player. When he was about to turn around and go forward quickly, his teammates passed the ball directly to his feet, which caused him to get stuck in a series of subsequent actions.

After stopping the ball, Yang Yang was resisted by the defensive player behind him and had no choice but to pass back.

The second pass was a bit better. Chen Tao's diagonal pass from the right was not enough in advance. Yang Yang was forced to slow down and stop the ball before suddenly accelerating.

The next few cooperations were still not smooth, and there were several mistakes. Not to mention being counterattacked by Colombia, even Yang Yang himself was quite tired from playing. He didn't think it was a problem with the ability of his teammates, but that they all lacked running support.

It's not that the players don't run. On the contrary, everyone runs very actively, but they don't run around the teammates who are holding the ball to form an effective contact point.

If there are not enough receiving points, the ball holder will have fewer options to play the ball, and naturally there will be more mistakes.

In addition, there is another point that when teammates pass the ball, they seldom consider the receiver's next move. They just want to pass the ball to their teammates without considering other things.

Yang Yang himself used to be like this, so he can understand the mood of his teammates at this moment.

It's not that they work hard, it's not that they don't want to pass the ball well, it's that they don't know how to do it.

Thinking of this, an idea came to Yang Yang's mind. Since Colombia values ​​him so much, he might as well be responsible for attracting defensive attention and creating opportunities for his teammates to open up the defense.

Just took this opportunity to use Colombian players to practice their own stop.

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After changing his thinking, Yang Yang still ran very aggressively, and every time he ran to the opponent's empty space to catch the ball, attracting the attention of the defender, and then passed the ball to his teammates in the weak defensive area.

Yang Yang's change immediately caused a significant change in the situation of the Chinese team on the field.

As the saying goes, the name of a person is the shadow of a tree.

Yang Yang's achievements in Ajax were reported in detail by the domestic media. The players of the national youth team all admired this teammate who was two years younger than him, which made them all inclined to pass the ball to Yang Yang.

Therefore, after Yang Yang changed his role, he immediately revitalized the team's offense in the midfield.

When the game progressed to No. 60 minutes, Yang Yang suddenly ran to the empty space on the right to catch the ball.

Chen Tao immediately passed the ball over, and Yang Yang stopped the ball to his side and rear, turned around and chased after the ball.

This sudden move immediately surprised the Colombian defensive players. Three defensive players around him rushed towards him at the same time, naturally missing Chen Tao on the right.

At this moment, Yang Yang suddenly made a straight pass and sent the ball precisely to Chen Tao's oblique front.

Originally, Chen Tao was still hesitating whether to run over to meet Yang Yang, but he didn't expect to see the ball pass out. He was so surprised that he didn't have time to think, and he chased the ball as fast as he could.

Chen Tao chased the ball, and gradually felt a sense of enlightenment. When he caught up with the ball, he clearly saw that there were no defensive players around him, and there were already teammates ambushing in the penalty area.

The next thing was a matter of course, Chen Tao crossed the penalty area on the right side of the penalty area, the forward Zhu Ting near the penalty spot quickly followed up, pushed the ball into the goal of Colombia, [-]-[-]!

The audience burst into applause.

Hundreds of fans who made a special trip to cheer for the Chinese team danced with excitement.

The hero of the goal, Zhu Ting, rushed towards Chen Tao and hugged his teammates forcefully, while the other players of the Chinese team also jumped on him.

This goal is really important to the Chinese team.

Yang Yang also ran over to congratulate his teammates on the goal, which made Zhu Ting and Chen Tao a little flattered, especially Chen Tao, who looked at Yang Yang with a hint of doubt in his eyes.

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After the Chinese team opened the scoring, Colombia began to be a little anxious and invested heavily in the offensive end. However, the Chinese team itself is good at defensive counterattacks. Coupled with the single offensive characteristics of Colombia, it is not difficult for the Chinese team to defend.

The defense has stabilized, and the counterattack has begun to work.

No. 608 minutes, the captain's right defender Liu Yu stepped forward to assist, and Yang Yang raised his hand to ask for the ball. After stopping the ball, he took two steps horizontally.

The ball hit the goal of Colombia again, two to zero.

If the first goal just now was not obvious, then Yang Yang's role in Hao Junmin's goal was fully reflected, especially his passing vision, which ensured that the team can suddenly transfer the ball from the right to the left, catching the opponent by surprise.

Only 5 minutes later, after Yang Yang received the ball on the right side of the front of the penalty area, he got rid of the defender and passed the ball to the right side of the penalty area. Chen Tao cooperated with the captain's right defender Liu Yu who assisted him.

Three to zero!
(End of this chapter)