Football No. 10: God's Perspective

Chapter 296 Confronting the Netherlands
De Ligt, the auction house, Van der Beek, these are Wang Po's teammates in the Eredivisie Ajax team.

The core of the team, Van Dijk, is Wang Po's old opponent in the Premier League.

Wang Po is no stranger to the Dutch team.

Of course, the head coach of this Dutch team is also a famous existence, and that is the famous star De Boer in the player era.

The Dutch team in the past always gave people a gorgeous impression, and the total defense in the early years was even more impressive.

Today's Dutch team is more like a team with strong defense and weak offense.

In this country, the world's top strikers such as Cruyff, Van Baster, Kluivert, Van Nistelrooy, etc. were born.

It's a pity that the current frontline talent is withered, but because of the defense led by Van Dijk and De Ligt, it has become the most stable part of the Dutch team.

Looking at all the participating teams in the World Cup, this defensive combination is also the first-class existence.

Facing the teammates who used to fight side by side with his Ajax team, Wang Po's thoughts went back to that summer.

"Long time no see, my God." Seeing Wang Podericht with a warm and innocent smile, he has not changed in any way as he was 19 years old.

Even though they haven't seen each other for many years, there is no sense of strangeness between the two of them.

Talking about the appearance of fighting side by side back then, 4 years have passed.

For Dericht, although Wang Po has only one year of experience with their teammates, but this kind of memory is immortal, for which they are grateful.

It was precisely because of Wang Po's arrival that they completed a radical change.

This is true for De Ligt, as are Van der Beek, De Jong and others.

"Boss!"

All the youngsters of the Dutch team shouted in unison.

As soon as these words came out, Wang Po's Portuguese teammates were all stunned, and they all looked at Wang Po in confusion.

"Perform well, and don't embarrass our Ajax team." Wang Po smiled reassuringly. "Be careful, you know me, and I will not show mercy when I play."

"Of course, we will also look for you well."

Dericht covered his mouth and looked at the big brother Van Dyke, and said with a smirk.

Let's fight, brother.

"beep"

The referee blew his whistle, and the World Cup knockout round officially started.

In this game, Dutch coach De Boer did his homework before the game, especially on the defensive end.

In this game, their only priority is to ensure that they don't concede the ball first and defend the Portuguese team's offense. This is their advantage, and their strengths and weaknesses.

With the existing personnel collocation, the defense is precisely one of the strongest points of the Dutch team. Using the collocation of players and the team's tactical system, they carefully deployed their defense line. For this reason, they even sacrificed the sharpness of the counterattack, so that the game has basically been half-court offensive drills for the Portuguese team.

The scene was extremely passive, but there is no doubt that the Dutch coach De Boer's tactics were successful. At least the Portuguese team's offense basically did not pose any threat to the Dutch team.

On the high-altitude ball, when the 41-year-old old man Ronaldo faced the strong Van Dijk and De Ligt, he had lived up to the bravery of jumping against the sky. The high-altitude ball competition again and again was wasting Ronaldo's physical energy.

Without the containment of the center, under the intensive defense, the breakthrough on the side is not smooth. Even if there are a few occasional flashes of inspiration, it is just a person breaking into the penalty area, and there is no room for passing and shooting.

In this case, B Fei's creativity is obviously not at all, and the weakness of Qi's poor dribbling is infinitely magnified. There is no way, another midfielder B-Silva makes more use of his dribbling and foot ability to carry out local small-scale blasting tasks, creating sporadic vitality for the team, but he is still far from scoring goals.

"beep"

The drowsy first half of the game finally came to an end.

The fans of both teams were trapped by this boring game.

This is the rhythm of the knockout round?It's not intense at all, on the contrary, it's terribly conservative, and the game is terribly ugly.

"When did the Dutch team start this kind of "ugly football"?"

"The Dutch team set up the bus."

"How cowardly!"

……

Although various voices dismissed De Boer's tactics, football finally spoke out. It takes courage to change tactics in such a stalemate.

After all, this is a knockout match in the World Cup. The winner is determined by one game, and the error tolerance rate is only within a short 90 minutes. In such a game, it is always right to be cautious and conservative.

"We have to play more patiently on the offensive end. We have scoring ability and opportunities. Brothers, stay focused."

Despite his advanced age, even if he is no longer used in the past, Cristiano Ronaldo still has undisputed leadership in this team.

Just a few words brought all the team members together.

"Fight, Portugal."

Wang Po was the first to step forward and put his arms around Ronaldo's neck, shouting.

There was an overwhelming response, and all the Portuguese teammates responded one after another.

"beep"

The final 45 minutes of decisive battle came.

At the beginning of the second half, the Dutch team continued the main defense strategy of the first half, and they were still hoarding heavily on the defensive end.

Defend the bus.

This is still a headache for Portugal.

At the same time, Portuguese coach Santos made personnel changes, and B Fee was replaced.

This is a player with outstanding strengths and weaknesses. In this kind of dead-end battle, his strengths are not easy to play out. On the contrary, his weaknesses will be infinitely magnified. Various high-risk passes will give the Dutch team a chance to counterattack. This hidden danger must be eliminated.

After the start of the second half of the game, Wang Po took over more of the game, and the control and handling of the ball seemed very reasonable under his feet.

And B-Silva, Guedes, and Ronaldo are more of a function of wingman, air cut, and support.

It has to be said that the defense of the Dutch team is very strong, and Wang Po has failed several times.

However, for an offensive player, he can make countless mistakes, but as long as he succeeds once, it is enough.

Yes, this opportunity was finally found by Wang Po. In the 79th minute of the game, there was an unremarkable scene. Just when everyone was about to fall asleep, there was a sudden thunder.

Facing the area encircled by 4 defensive players in the local area of ​​the Dutch team on the wing, he suddenly started, used continuous changes of direction to break through the encirclement, entered the penalty area, and De Ligt came to defend.

Wang Po is very familiar with Pang De, and the latter is also the same. The momentary eye contact between the two has actually begun to fight wits and courage.

Wang Po made a feint of smashing the ball. Unexpectedly, Pang De didn't hesitate at all, and the corners of his mouth raised inadvertently, looking a little smug.

Wang Po couldn't help but smile too.

(End of this chapter)