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Chapter 1124 The Whale in the Sky
As soon as the game started, everyone discovered what Jordan's tactics were in this game.

Either defensive counterattack, or shrinking defense, only letting go, no counterattack.

At the beginning of the game, the entire Jordanian team retreated to their own half. When the Chinese team attacked, they were even overwhelmed within the 30-meter area.

Obviously, Jordan's tactic is to stick to it. Relying on the advantage of numbers in the backcourt, they will hold the tie until the end of the 10-minute game, and then keep it until the end of the 120-minute game.

Then the game was dragged into a penalty shootout.

The reason why they will adopt such a tactic is because Rong Guang's personal ability will be weakened to the maximum only in the penalty shootout.

No matter how strong he is, he can only score one goal, which is only one point in the penalty shootout, but the penalty shootout is five rounds.

In addition, one of the Jordan team's reliance is their goalkeeper Shafi.

The goalkeeper can be said to be the biggest star of the Jordan team, and also the strongest.

He represented Jordan in the Asian Cup for the first time when he was 22 years old, and it was also the first time that the Jordanian national team participated in the Asian Cup.

With his outstanding performance, the Jordan team broke into the quarterfinals.In the end, it was eliminated by Japan with very despicable means.

This is his second time participating in the Asian Cup. In the first game of the group stage, he ran into his old enemy Japan.

The goal he guarded was not broken by the Japanese team until the No.901 minute, and finally drew with the Japanese team 1:1.Jordan failed to avenge their hatred, but was able to draw with the Japanese team with stars such as Kagawa Shinji, Nagatomo Yuto, Hasebe Makoto, Honda Keisuke, Endo Yasuhito, Uchida Atsuto, Okazaki Shinji, etc. Jordan's performance is still very surprising.

Sophie has a nickname called "The Whale of the Sky", which refers to his movement of hopping the ball in the air like a whale jumping out of the sea and rushing towards the sky.

Because of his large size, it is also apt to describe him as a whale.

He may become the only person who can pose a threat to the Chinese team in this game.

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Although Jordan adopted such a tactic, the Chinese team did not take this opponent too seriously.

Among the top eight teams, Jordan's strength may be the weakest.Inspired by Gao Hongbo's words, the players of the Chinese team were thinking about the semi-finals.

According to the arrangement, the Chinese team will face the winner of Australia and Iraq after reaching the semi-finals.The players of the Chinese team hope to meet Iraq, because they just defeated Iraq in the warm-up match of the Asian Cup. If they can meet Iraq, it means that they have a great hope of entering the final.

Facing the shrinking Jordan, the Chinese team bombarded indiscriminately.

After the start of the game, Rongguang continued his playing style in the last game against Uzbekistan, hiding himself behind the scenes, passing the ball more to his teammates, and running to create opportunities for his teammates instead of shooting himself.

Since the opponent is not too strong, then treat this game as a warm-up match to train the team.

Now, the running-in of every game is very important, because they can't run to the finals to run-in the team, right?
In the 8th minute, the Chinese team got a good chance. Rong Guang's through pass penetrated Jordan's defense line. Gao Lin successfully turned offside, received the ball behind the defense line, and then he shot directly!

The fans of the Chinese team in the stands couldn't wait to cheer, and the Chinese fans in front of the TV and computer also yelled "the goal has been scored" in advance.

However, the football shot by Gao Lin was blocked by Sha Fei, who blocked the angle of the shot, with her toes, and the football finally missed the goal!

"Gao Lin's shot... oops! Shafei!" Liu Hong shouted in frustration, holding his head in his hands.

At that time, the players of the Chinese team didn't take Shafei's save seriously. Anyway, the game had just started, and there was still plenty of time.

Gao Lin also just looked up at the sky.

Then the Chinese team continued to besiege Jordan's goal.

But as the game time passed, they gradually discovered that the Jordanian goalkeeper Shafei had become an insurmountable wall for them...

Whether it was Gao Lin, Deng Zhuoxiang, or other players from the Chinese team, their shots all failed again and again in front of Shafei.

Shafei took high and low blocks, and frequently attacked, turning the entire restricted area into his defensive area.The Chinese team was very uncomfortable with Shafei's performance.

The result is that until the end of the first half, the score on the big screen has not changed, it is still 0:0!

According to technical statistics, the Chinese team had all shots in the first half, and six of these shots hit the goal frame, but none of them scored!
At the same time, in Jordan's closing statistics, Shafei made six saves, while China's goalkeeper Zeng Cheng made two saves.

The difference is obvious.

When the first half ended, Liu Hong still couldn't believe that the Chinese team had such a fierce offensive that they didn't score a goal... He thought that it seemed that any chance would score a goal.

The overall performance of the Chinese team in this game was much better than that in the first half against Uzbekistan. The players cooperated with each other tacitly, and they were often able to play exquisite cooperation that made people overwhelmed.

But these cooperations can't help the Chinese team break through Jordan's gate.

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During the intermission, Gao Hongbo didn't rush to adjust his tactics because he didn't score in the first half, and let Rong Guang be the main attacker. He asked the team to continue to play according to the tactics of the first half.

Rong Guang did not raise any objections.

The two of them have the same idea. In this Asian Cup and in the subsequent World Cup qualifiers, this situation will definitely be encountered frequently, especially as the Chinese team’s performance in the Asian Cup is getting better and better. There will definitely be some teams that will choose to defend instead of fighting against the Chinese team when facing the Chinese team.When the Chinese team lacks space and time inside and outside the opponent's penalty area, how should they play?
So this match against the Jordan team is a good opportunity to exercise the Chinese team and increase everyone's experience in dealing with this situation.

Of course they can let Rongguang solve the problem quickly, but that would lose the meaning of training the team. Why should they train them from the beginning? They might as well let Rongguang finish the Asian Cup alone.

The change in mentality made Gao Hongbo less utilitarian now.

On the other side of the dressing room, Jordan coach Adnan Hamad was also encouraging his players.

"You guys did a good job in the first half! Or it should be said to be very beautiful! But don't forget that a football game is divided into two halves, and a good performance in the first half may also be ruined by lax mistakes in the second half. We must continue to maintain this state in the second half, stick to overtime, and then stick to penalties!"

Before this game, the Jordan team specially practiced penalty kicks. He believes that he must be more prepared than the Chinese team in terms of preparations for the penalty shootout.

The Chinese team must rely on their glory, thinking that the battle can definitely be resolved within 10 minutes, maybe they didn't prepare for a penalty at all!

After the halftime break, Shafei came out of the locker room with his gloves in his hands. He was also very satisfied with his performance in the first half. He felt that his state in this game was simply the best since he participated in the competition. He had the confidence to block anyone's shot. Even if Rong Guang shot by himself, he would dare to let the opponent return without success!

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After the start of the second half, neither side made any adjustments.

It is normal for the Jordan team to not adjust. They played this tactic very successfully in the first half, and there is no need to change the tactic.

But the Chinese team didn't make any adjustments, so people couldn't understand it.

Everyone knows that the Chinese team wants to make them look more like a team, but that is when there is no danger.In the last game, didn't Rong Guang do this after helping the team score a goal first?

And now, how do you do it when you have to advance, will you be suspected of playing with fire?
Is it too big?

Shouldn't Rong Guang solve the problem quickly at this time, and then play slowly?

Since when did the Chinese team have the qualifications and ability to take the knockout rounds seriously?

These people can't figure it out, but it's actually very simple.

After Rong Guang scored the goal, Jordan's tactics will definitely not be the same as they are now. Then it will lose the meaning of training the team in a specific environment, and Jordan's opponent will lose its value.

Therefore, Gao Hongbo and Rong Guang did not intend to exert their strength in the second half. They still played step by step according to the original tactics.

However, Gao Hongbo did not tell his players about this consideration, nor did Rong Guang disclose it to them.

Just like military training, if you tell them it's just a drill and no one will die, you'll never get the troops ready for real war.Only by not telling them that this is an exercise but an actual combat before the exercise can they gain experience and grow their capabilities.

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In the second half, the Chinese team stepped up their offensive efforts and bombarded the half court around Jordan.

However, Sophie's performance was even better, trying to keep the door open.

He seems to be the type of keeper who plays well under pressure and when you attack more he plays better.

In 5 minutes, the score was 0:0.

No.605 minutes, the score is still 0:0.

No. At 70 minutes, the score was still 0:0.

Seeing that the players of the Chinese team could not break through Jordan's goal, they became a little impatient.

And Jordan seemed to be getting closer and closer to their goal of a penalty shootout.

At this time, Rong Guang decided to end it all.

The exercise is coming to an end.

(End of this chapter)