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Chapter 1135 Japan is proud of

When the referee blew his whistle, the flashing lights in the stands were loud, and the cheers from the fans became louder, and the game officially started!

The Japanese team kicked off first, and they used this opportunity to firmly control the football at their feet, and they were not in a hurry to advance.

Zaccheroni has studied the tactics of both teams.

Although Gao Hongbo's Chinese team has switched to controlling the ball since he took office and learned from Barcelona, ​​they are monks halfway. How can they compare with Japan, the Asian leader, in terms of ball control?

Japan has decided their football style since the 90s—learn from Brazil, the country with the most Japanese immigrants, insist on ground coordination, and follow the route of technical flow.This is also very in line with the characteristics of the Japanese, because the Japanese are generally short, thin, and lack of strength. If you use your body to fight against an opponent on the football field, it is completely hitting a stone with a pebble.This is the reason why the Japanese team could not beat the Chinese team at the beginning, but the physical fitness of the Chinese team players is too good.

The Japanese should give full play to their advantages, such as short stature and flexible feet, so it is most appropriate to take the path of technical football.

Today's Japan has been on this road for almost 20 years.

In terms of skills at the feet and ball control, Zaccheroni is confident that no team in Asia can match Japan.

Japan has accepted the football style since elementary school football. Their football is from elementary school to middle school. In universities, professional teams, and national teams, they all pay attention to foot skills and ball control.

Such a uniform and consistent football style naturally brings about the result that Japan is the best team in Asia to play possession.

Playing possession in front of Japan, the Chinese team is tantamount to playing tricks.

In order to defeat the Chinese team, there is actually a very simple way, that is, try not to let the Chinese team get the ball, control the football to the Japanese side, and let the Chinese team control the ball as little as possible.

Possession of the ball is extremely precious to Japan.

So it is impossible for them to rush to end this possession with a shot that does not know what the result will be after the kick-off.

If they want to shoot, they have to be more than [-]% sure to do so.Otherwise, it will just hand over possession of the ball to the Chinese team easily.

This is the final, it doesn't need to be so beautiful, intense and exciting, the Japanese team doesn't need to play a classic and great game against the Chinese team.

They just need to be able to beat the Chinese team.

The advantage of ball possession tactics is that you can advance, attack, retreat and defend.

Control the football at your feet, you can slowly organize the attack.

At the same time, controlling the football at your feet can minimize the danger and prevent the Chinese team from gaining the ball close to their goal.And it can also delay the game time, leaving less time for the Chinese team to score goals.This is also a safe and active defensive strategy.

So in this game, the Japanese team's tactic is to maximize their best ball control.

Use the ball to suffocate China and grind China to death.

The Japanese team only needs one goal in this game. As long as there is one goal, they will be able to beat the Chinese team.

So 5 minutes after the start of the game, the Japanese team kept passing the football back and forth, but did not take a shot.

Football is still at their feet.

The commentator of the Japanese TV station kept praising the skills and cooperation of the Japanese players.

"... Hasebe passed the football to Endo, Endo turned around and passed the football to Honda... What a wonderful pass, the football bypassed the Chinese team player who was grabbing..."

"Zaccheroni's tactics are right. We use our skilled coordination and foot skills to mobilize the players of the Chinese team, make them exhausted, and consume energy in vain in this unnecessary running..."

"One pass in a row! The Japanese internationals played fantastic football! This scene really reminds me of the kind of drills the team often does in training... Ha!"

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The Japanese players and even the two players passed back and forth many times, making the Chinese player who was robbed like a monkey being walked.

The Chinese fans in the stands booed and cursed, and of course the curses were ugly words.

They are expressing their dissatisfaction in this way.

The commentator of the neutral country was also a little surprised. He didn't expect that this much-anticipated final would start like this - Japan didn't want to make progress at all, and they fell in the middle and backcourt when they got the ball.

"The Japanese team's playing like this is a bit...too deceiving!" Liu Hong was very unhappy.In his opinion, this approach of the Japanese team is a bit too frivolous, not like what should be done when facing an opponent in a final.

He felt that the Japanese team looked down on the performance of the Chinese team and contemptuous of their opponents.

But he wronged the Japanese players and Zaccheroni.

On the contrary, this is why the entire Japanese team attaches great importance to the performance of the Chinese team!

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Five minutes into the game, the Japanese team didn't have a single shot, and the football was still under their control.5 minutes into the game, the Japanese team finally completed their first shot of the game.

This shot was indeed very threatening. Under the continuous passing of the Japanese team, the Chinese team's defense finally had a loophole.

The Japanese team seized the loophole, and Makoto Hasebe sent the ball into the space. Forward Keisuke Honda quickly inserted it and then kicked and shot.

As a result, the ball went slightly wide of the goal, which shocked many Chinese fans into a cold sweat.

"Honda Keisuke shot—! This shot is so dangerous!" When Liu Hong said this, everyone could clearly hear the fear in his tone.

When Keisuke Honda inserted into the penalty area and received a pass from Makoto Hasebe, he was really shocked, and his heart was in his throat.

At this time, he didn't care about scolding the Japanese team for humiliating China... If the goal is really scored, then even if the Japanese team humiliated you, there is nothing you can do.

Seeing this, Gao Hongbo left his seat and came to the sidelines.

At the beginning, he also thought that the Japanese team played that way because they looked down on China, but now he suddenly discovered that in the seemingly meaningless back and forth of the Japanese team, there was actually a hidden murderous intention.

The Japanese team intends to tear open the Chinese team's defense by passing the ball, so that the defenders of the Chinese team will be numb in this continuous passing, and then the space will come out...

If the Japanese team played like this, it would be really difficult for the Chinese team to break the football from their feet, because the Japanese players’ foot skills are obviously better than those of the Chinese team, and they have been playing this kind of football since they were young, and they are already very familiar with it.

The Chinese team is still unable to do this.

It is not fast for them to coordinate with Rong Guang.

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Zeng Cheng, the goalkeeper of the Chinese team, passed the football to Zhao Pengju, the defender who came up to meet him.
He almost dropped the ball!
He couldn't turn around at all, and it would be nice to be able to cover the football.

At this time, he can only pass the football back again.

Just like that, Zhao Pengju caught the ball again.

But when he thought about passing the football again, he froze.

Because he found that in front of him, as long as he might pass the ball to a Chinese player, there is a Japanese player around him.

As long as you change the football from the past, the opponent will definitely go up and press the player who receives the ball.

Even further away, he has his own teammates, but then he can only send the football up with a long pass.

But in Gao Hongbo's team, long passes are prohibited.Gao Hongbo's tactics require a quick ground connection when passing through the midfield, instead of directly passing the football from the backcourt through the midfield with a big foot, and passing the football to the frontcourt.

Therefore, players of the Chinese team seldom attack with long passes directly from the backcourt during the game.This is why Gao Hongbo always felt uncomfortable with the existence of Rongguang, because the existence of Gao Hongbo may make his tactics meaningless-with a striker like Rongguang, it is too easy for the defenders to directly find Rongguang with a long pass from the backcourt, and then enter the mode of watching the show.

Because he seldom practiced in normal training, or never practiced attacking long passes from the backcourt, even if Zhao Pengju wanted to make long passes directly to Rongguang, he was not sure that he could accurately send the football to Rongguang's feet.

For a moment he was in trouble.

But he can't be trapped for too long, because he is a central defender, the longer he holds the ball, the Chinese team's goal will be threatened.

This is also not in line with Gao Hongbo's tactical requirements. Gao Hongbo's requirement for the team in the backcourt is to focus on safety, and the defenders should not stick to the ball.

Now, the players of the Japanese team saw that Zhao Pengju didn't seem to know how to pass the ball, so they rushed forward suddenly, trying to break his ball.

Zhao Pengju had no choice but to pass the football to the side.

He passed the football to Zhang Linfan.

Zhang Linfan could only pass the ball forward forcibly. He passed the football to Hao Min, but Hao Min couldn't control the ball at all when his back was facing the attacking direction and a Japanese player was closely behind him.

Japan in the stands cheered the fans.

The fans of the Chinese team frowned and worried.

"The Japanese team's foul kick, the Chinese team is in trouble now, they can't even pass halftime..." The tone of Liu Hong's words immediately made many Chinese fans in front of the TV ring their familiar Liu Hong... It is really the original formula, and it still has a familiar taste...

Seeing the Japanese team regain possession of the ball, Zaccheroni, who had been standing on the sidelines since the start of the game, finally walked to the coach's bench.

Whether it is the possession tactics with the ball or the high-position press tactics without the ball, their players have executed very well.

He can breathe a sigh of relief, go back to the coach's bench, sit down and drink a sip of water.

(End of this chapter)