Greenery on the back

Chapter 507 Walking the way of others, leaving them nowhere to go

On the day when Huaguo's college entrance examination kicked off, one-eighth of the World Youth Championships were all over.

The host France, together with Brazil, Argentina, Italy, Portugal, Belgium, Japan and the Chinese team, entered the next knockout round together.

It is quite a good record for two teams from Asia to advance.

Yue Feng and Uchida Maren congratulated each other, and they both secretly rejoiced that the two teams were not in the same half, and there was no need for an Asian civil war before the final.

The Hua Guo team is in the half area, and the other three teams are Brazil, Italy and Portugal, each of which is a difficult nail to touch.

According to the competition system, the opponent of the Chinese team in the quarter-finals is the Italian team. With the revival of Serie A, the Azzurri have also come out of the trough and are currently in full swing.

Since it was Italy, when Zheng Zhi started preparing for the battle, the first thing he found was Yue Feng.

Yue Feng frowned as he looked at the star-studded Italian U20.

He has dealt with 80% of the people here, especially the players of the Inter Milan youth team, which directly accounted for half.

Among the starting guards in the first few games, almost the entire team of Inter Milan such as Biraghi and Caldirola were moved up.

Even the goalkeeper Bardi also served as the second goalkeeper.

These people won the UEFA Champions League with Yue Feng last year. Their defensive ability is obvious. Coupled with the tacit cooperation with each other, they will naturally all fall into the eyes of the Italian National Youth Team.

In addition, Inter Milan midfielder Thiago and striker Ribeiro also appeared in the squad.

Atalanta, which is also famous for its youth training, has several midfielders such as Andra and Marocco recruited.

And AC Milan contributed two giants with one offense and one defense: Philip, who is good at grabbing points and anti-offside, and the goalkeeper Mazzarope, known as "New Buffon".

Yue Feng locked himself in a room with head coach Zheng Zhi and assistant coach Dong Fatzi and studied the Italian team all morning.

"The opponent is a defensive team and is good at playing defensive counterattacks. Their defenders are all from Inter Milan's youth training, so they still play in a 352 formation." Fatty Dong pointed to the opponent's formation first.

"However, Italy with three defenders is also the essence of chain defense." Zheng Zhi said: "When they defend, they will become 532. Five defenders combine zone defense and man-to-man defense. It is difficult to pass together. the wall."

"That's right, Italy only conceded one goal in the group stage, and in the knockout round against Spain, they only allowed the opponent to score one goal." Fatty Dong added.

Of the 24 participating teams, Italy has done the best defense.

Fatty Dong squeezed his fleshy chin, and suddenly remembered the words he often said: "Offense wins the game, defense wins the championship."

"To deal with Italy, it seems that we have to play three forwards. Yue Feng, or you will still play left midfielder this time?"

Zheng Zhi frowned. With the team's current forward ability, it is difficult for two forwards to break through the opponent's defense.

Therefore, he planned to form a 433 formation to strengthen the attack, and let Yue Feng and Chu Long lead the five attackers in the midfield to forcibly break through the opponent's chain defense.

"Director Zheng, we can't focus on attacking and neglect defending. The opponent's striker is also very dangerous." Yue Feng interjected.

"Ribeiro is a player of Brazilian origin. He can make the ball, pass the ball, has speed, and has body. And Philip is like a cunning fox, with a strong anti-offside ability. I have played against them many times, and I know the opponent's attack power very well. powerful."

Zheng Zhi smacked his lips after hearing this, "Then what do you think? The opponent's defense is so strong, it is difficult for us to score goals with just two forwards. If we can't score, we will lose 0-0 until the penalty shootout."

Zheng Zhi was right, Mazzarope was a goalkeeper. Although the Huaguo team had a goalkeeper as strong as Great Wall, he was still slightly inferior to Mazzarope.

"Both offensive and defensive are comprehensive. Isn't this the end of the calf? Could it be that we can't get past the hurdle of Italy?"

After Fatty Dong complained, he couldn't help but think of the Italian national team around 2000.

That Italian team has both offense and defense. It needs forwards and forwards, iron guards and iron guards, and goalkeepers and goalkeepers.

"No, the Italian team has a weakness." Yue Feng waved his hand and said, "They don't have a strong midfielder. Although Thiago plays as a defensive midfielder, his defensive interception ability is average, and Andra and Marocco are also strong offensively. Defensive player."

"I watched Italy's previous games. Although they played defensive counterattacks, they didn't have a good organizational link."

"After switching from defense to offense, the ball is either passed directly from the backcourt to the frontcourt, or relies on two sides to seek a breakthrough."

"Italy conceded few goals, all relying on their goalkeeper and defenders, otherwise they would have been blown up. Their midfield weakness is what we can take advantage of."

As long as there is a weakness, the opponent is not monolithic and has the possibility of being defeated.

After hearing this, Zheng Zhi's eyes lit up, "Then let's play 4231 and fight them in the midfield. We will definitely not win."

As the saying goes, whoever wins the midfield wins the world.

Zheng Zhi's 4231 formation is equivalent to the opponent's 352 in midfield.

And he put the three sons in Europe, who are also the three most powerful U20 players in Huaguo, in the midfield, which is about to surpass Italy in this respect.

"I suggest that tactically, we should play defensive counterattacks like Italy. They are going on the side, and we should also strengthen the side attack and suppress the opponent in the same position." Yue Feng pointed to the tactical board.

"Okay," Zheng Zhi agreed with Yue Feng, and then walked to the tactical board, "Let's go their way and let them have nowhere to go."

"That's right," Fatty Dong also echoed, "This is called the way of giving back to others."

Although the three of them have decided on their tactics, whether they can successfully restrain their opponents depends on their performance on the field.

After all, playing a defensive counterattack against Italy is like playing a big knife in front of Guan Gong, wielding an ax in front of Lu Ban, and talking about artistic life in front of Mao Zedong.

On June 2031, 6, the Huaguo college entrance examination has ended.

In France, which is separated by 6 time zones, a quarter-final of the World Youth Championship is being played between China U20 and Italy U20.

The Italian team walked in the player tunnel wearing blue and white jerseys, while Yue Feng and the others were still dressed in tomato scrambled eggs.

"Hi! Yue!"

Ribeiro, who was wearing No. 10 battle uniform, saw Yue Feng, he shook his tall body and greeted Yue Feng, while the slightly wretched No. 9 Philip beside him also smiled at Yue Feng.

Immediately afterwards, Caldirola led the defenders of the Inter Milan youth team to high-five Yue Feng one by one, talking and laughing.

"Our captain is popular." Wu Di whispered from behind.

"You don't understand, many of these people can enter the Italian National Youth Team because of Yue Feng's glory." Chu Long said proudly.

"Bright? What kind of light?" Wu Di asked puzzled.

(End of this chapter)