super storm

Chapter 558 It's Him Again!
As early as the end of the 80s, Japan launched a mighty football reform.

Starting from the Japanese Prime Minister, government departments at all levels have attached great importance to the development of football projects, which has triggered an unprecedented football boom in Japan. Ten years later, in the World Youth Championship, the Japanese team entered the final of the World Youth Championship with a record as the node.

This represents that Japan has begun to rise in an all-round way in Asian football and has begun to usher in a harvest period.

Nearly ten years after the World Youth Championships, Japan has performed better and better. In 2000, it won the Asian Cup in Lebanon. In [-], it lost to the host China in the final and missed a precious opportunity to defend its title.

But no one denies the strength of Japan.

Backed by Japan's stable youth training system and football industry, Japan's overall competitiveness has been continuously improving.

After Troussier coached Japan and unprecedentedly helped Japan reach the top [-] in the Korea-Japan World Cup, Japan is committed to learning from Brazil, and the head coach has always been inclined to the technical stream.

But this does not mean that Japan is blindly learning from Brazil, because everyone knows that a very terrible thing about Brazil is that they pay too much attention to the individual and underestimate the whole. This is a deadlock in Brazil over the years.

Whenever the Samba Army wins the championship, it often solves personal and overall problems well, such as the World Cup in Korea and Japan.

Japan learns from Brazil and respects the individual skills of players, but at the same time they pay more attention to the integrity of the team.

Teamwork is the most important part of Japan. The individual abilities of players who have an advantage in the Asian region enable Japan to accurately play the ball and move at high speeds, which enables Japan to play a more holistic pass-and-control style of play.

In Asia, the Japanese national team has excellent individual ability and strong integrity, which makes Japan a veritable strong team in Asia. In this Asian Cup, Japan performed very well.

Two wins and one draw in the group stage, a one-to-one draw with Australia in the quarter-finals, and a penalty shootout final.

In the four games, the overall strength of the Japanese team has left a very deep impression on people.

But more importantly, this team has few glaring weaknesses and flaws.

The only problem is that the three-five-two play they insist on will cause their defense on the wing to be slightly weak.

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Before the semi-finals, the coaches of both sides looked forward to this game.

Osim said that he hopes to lead the Japanese team to wash away the humiliation in Beijing three years ago. He firmly believes that the team can continue the outstanding performance of the previous four games and freeze the offense of the Chinese team, especially Yang Yang.

"There is no doubt that Yang Yang is the world's top star. He has a much higher personal ability than other Asian teams. Only by limiting him can it be possible to limit the offense of the Chinese team. I think we are ready."

Alihan's words also indirectly agree with Osim's remarks. He believes that Yang Yang is the key to this game, because he has been in a very good state recently, and activating Yang Yang's offense in the frontcourt will be the key to the team's victory.

But at the same time, the Dutch head coach also said that the team's defense will be a big test, because the overall offense of the Japanese team is still very strong, which will put considerable pressure on the Chinese team's defense.

Alihan said in an interview with the media that the Chinese team has also insisted on passing and controlling for the past four years. He is eager to compete with the Japanese team in terms of technology and ball control.

"I believe that in Asia, we will not lose to any team!"

But it turns out that Alihan's remarks before the game were just smoke bombs.

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Yang Yang, Gao Lin and Chen Tao, this is the trident of the Chinese team.

Shao Jiayi, Zheng Zhi and Zhao Junzhe, this is China's midfielder.

The back line is still the combination of Sun Xiang, Feng Xiaoting, Li Weifeng and Sun Jihai.

Obviously, Alihan didn't intend to grab the ball with Japan, because he knew very well that he couldn't grab the ball at all, so he could only use double midfielders like Zheng Zhi and Zhao Junzhe to be responsible for intercepting and stealing.

Even in the first 10 minutes of the game, the Chinese team didn't even make a decent attack.

The Japanese team's ball possession rate reached an astonishing 70.00%. Eight, the scene can almost be said to be one-sided.

It was not until the No.204 minute that the Chinese team got a very good chance.

After Gao Lin made a steal in the frontcourt, he passed the ball to Yang Yang, and Yang Yang kicked the goal suddenly after getting rid of the defender.

This shot was blocked by the Japanese team defender Yuji Nakazawa from the bottom line and failed to threaten the goal, and the subsequent corner kick failed to create another threat.

But only 2 minutes later, it was Yang Yang who took the ball from the left and got rid of it. He was fouled by the Japanese defender and won a free kick in the frontcourt.

The real turning point of the game happened in No. 304 minutes. After Yang Yang took the ball from the left again, he faced the double-teaming of two Japanese defensive players. He decisively dribbled the ball and forcibly cut inside.

Suddenly, Yang Yang bounced the ball accurately and landed from the double-teaming of three players.

Gao Lin blocked the Japanese central defender Kaji Ryo with his body, and did not catch it knowingly. Instead, he turned around and hit the ball with a volley, which pierced the goal of the Japanese team and broke the deadlock on the field.

But the good times don't last long.

After the Chinese team took the lead, the Japanese team launched a crazy counterattack.

Yang Yang repeatedly reminded his teammates to pay attention, but in the end there was still a mistake. He missed a corner kick and was seized by the Japanese team to score.

Japanese central defender Yuji Nakazawa, who had not prevented Yang Yang from passing the ball before, scored with a header.

After the Japanese central defender scored a goal, he ran past Yang Yang deliberately and provocatively, and his celebration was also very insolent.

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During the intermission, Alihan reviewed the game in the first half and adjusted some of the team's tactics.

After changing sides to fight again in the second half, the Chinese team suddenly launched a wave of rushing attacks.

Only 1 minute later, after receiving a pass from Sun Xiang on the left, Yang Yang stopped and passed the ball in one go. Chen Tao finally caught up with Yang Yang this time and made a calm shot.

The Chinese team once again exceeded the score!

Then the Japanese team launched a counterattack again and won corner kicks one after another.

After the Chinese team took the lead for 10 minutes, the Japanese team took advantage of a corner kick again and evened the score again!

Two to two!
No one expected that the Japanese team, which has always been known for its technology and pass control, performed so bravely in this game.

People who don't even know it must think that the Korean team is playing against the Chinese team.

Because of this style of desperate and bloody fighting to the end, it has always been a traditional characteristic of the Korean team.

After pulling two goals in a row, the Japanese team seemed to have sensed an opportunity and began to press the overall formation.

Coach Osim also started to make substitutions to further strengthen the team's frontcourt offense.

The Chinese team retreated steadily and had to retreat repeatedly.

Alihan had to replace Shao Jiayi with Zhao Xuri, trying to stabilize the team's midfield.

Then he replaced Chen Tao with Cui Peng, pulled Zheng Zhi back to the back line, and formed a three-center back with Feng Xiaoting and Li Weifeng. The two full-backs, Sun Xiang and Sun Jihai, pressed forward appropriately.

As for the frontcourt, the two forwards Yang Yang and Gao Lin are left.

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In the continuous siege, the Japanese team frequently got chances, which made the Chinese team very embarrassed.

Even Gao Lin, who was at the front, had to actively retreat to the midfield and participate in the defense.

The strength gap between the two sides is obvious. The Chinese team is the same as three years ago, and the overall strength is still not as good as Japan.

But after being trained by Ali Han, the defense of the Chinese team has also improved a lot in the past few years, especially after going through the test of the World Cup, the players' confidence is obviously stronger.

The entire back line, except for Li Weifeng, is all foreign nationals, Sun Xiang and Feng Xiaoting both play for the Eredivisie. Among them, Feng Xiaoting played as the main central defender for the Eredivisie giants Feyenoord and performed very well. Sun Jihai even played for Manchester City in the Premier League.

In addition to the midfielder, Zheng Zhi who plays for Mainz, and Zhao Junzhe who plays for the Celtics in the Soviet Super League...

The strength of the Chinese team's midfield and backcourt is not bad. It is not easy for the Japanese team to break through if they are really stable in defense.

The two sides attacked and defended, and the game time quickly entered 10 minutes.

The Japanese team's three-back style has natural flaws in the side defense, and the Chinese team's counterattack also intentionally or unintentionally hit the side, especially Yang Yang's left side, which is given the heavy burden of counterattack.

After changing to three backs, Sun Xiang and Sun Jihai also performed more actively on the two wings, especially Sun Xiang.

This move finally played a role in the No.803 minute.

The Chinese team stole the ball in the backcourt. After Zhao Junzhe stole the ball, Zheng Zhi quickly passed it back to Feng Xiaoting. The latter sent a long pass to the left side of the frontcourt.

After Sun Xiang plugged in, he passed it back to Yang Yang who plugged in.

After receiving the ball, Yang Yang suddenly accelerated, using his personal ability, under the double-teaming of two Japanese team defenders, directly rushed into the penalty area, and used a wonderful pendulum to dribble past Yuji Nakazawa, who was celebrating arrogantly in front of him just now, suddenly smashed the ball inside, and hit the goal with a right-footed arc near the left side of the penalty spot.

This is a shooting area that he is very used to and very sure of.

After the ball crossed a beautiful arc, it almost brushed the angle between the goal crossbar and the post, and crashed into the Japanese team's goal.

After Yang Yang scored the goal, he didn't celebrate with much fanfare, as if he had just completed something he was accustomed to. He smiled and spread his hands, with an expression of no big deal.

In front of Yuji Nakazawa, he seemed to see the eyes of the Japanese central defender breathing fire.

The final three years ago also came from Yang Yang's outstanding performance, especially the handball, which caused the Japanese team to lose their mentality. They were completely defeated by the Chinese team and missed the championship.

Unexpectedly, after three years, it was him again!

(End of this chapter)