i don't want to be king

Chapter 366 Syria Must Be Taken

Before returning to China, Li Liang had already done a lot of homework in preparation for the call-up to the national team.

For the first opponent, the Syrian team, as he got to know him better, he felt more and more unbelievable.

Due to the continuous domestic war and for safety reasons, Syria's home court must be placed in a third-party venue approved by FIFA. The draw with South Korea was held in Malaysia.

In other words, Syria is playing the top 12 match without a home court.

The monthly salary of Syria's head coach Eman Hakim is equivalent to about 2000 RMB, and the monthly income of the main players in the team is equivalent to about 1300 RMB.

Their training uniforms are knockoffs of Nike, and even competition uniforms often have broken numbers.

There are also reports that the only country in the top 12 that does not have a charter flight is Syria.In order to save money, they first consider the fare when flying long distances, and for this reason they choose cheap economy class with a long time and many transfers.

In the first round, the Uzbekistan team, which is located in the capital Tashkent, will challenge the Uzbekistan team. The Syrian team will start from Damascus, first fly to Beirut, and then fly to Dubai, UAE.

Then went from Dubai to Moscow, from Moscow to Dushanbe, Tajikistan, then the team set off again to Almaty, Kazakhstan, and finally flew from Almaty to Tashkent.

A total of 6 transfers were made during the entire voyage. For professional players, such a long flight is simply a disaster.

Li Liang also saw that the trip to Chang'an by the Syrian pair "only" required four transfers.

After the Syrian team successfully advanced to the top 12, each player received a bonus of RMB 310...

In addition, Li Liang also noticed that the Syrian team is now ranked 114th in FIFA, which is also the highest ranking of the team in the past two years.The current ranking of the Chinese team is 78th.

What also puzzled Li Liang was that facing such an opponent, Gao Bohong still chose the defensive 532 formation.

Against the recognized team's weakest opponent at home, but also to play 532?What about the 4231 that I practiced for so long?
And at Tianjiang Airport, the team leader Gao Bin seemed confident in winning Syria. Li Liang couldn't help but think, how can he win?Counterattack?
If Syria does not press out to play, can it defend 3 points?

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On October 10, the game that domestic fans have been looking forward to will finally start at the Qinxi Provincial Sports Center.

Li Liang took the bus with everyone to the stadium, and he saw that under the brilliant lights, the outside of the stadium has become a sea of ​​red.

Li Liang couldn't help his blood boil at first, but soon realized that he was also a spectator in this game.

After entering the arena, the stands were almost full, and enthusiastic fans from all over the world had already gathered in the stadium.

Everyone still remembers that the national team was lucky enough to enter the top 12 after defeating the strong enemy Qatar in the first half of the year. Chang'an is also known as the "blessed land" of the national football team.

Accompanied by Gao Jianxin, Li Liang sat in an inconspicuous corner of the VIP seats. Facing the crowd of fans asking for autographs, Li Liang promised everyone that this is not appropriate now, and he will definitely do it after the game is over. Sign everyone.

Counting the game against Nice, this is the second time I have sat in the stands and watched my teammates play.

Li Liang was angry and funny, and realized that he had flown all the way back from the stands of the Allianz Rivera Stadium in Nice to the stands of the Qinxi Provincial Sports Center.

The game is about to start, and the national team has a 532 formation to deal with the visiting team's 4411.

Goalkeeper No. 12 Ge Chao replaced the injured Zhong Cheng in the starting lineup. Feng Xiao, Zhao Linpeng, and Cheng Hang served as the three backs, with Xu Hai and Zhang Mingjian on the left and right.

This is also what makes Li Liang puzzled. Why not use Jiang Peng, the official left back of the team, and let Xu Hai, who plays a full-back, be the left back?
The three midfielders are played by Zhang Xinzhe, Hao Jingmin and Hong Bowen, and the strikers are played by Geng Lin and teenager Jiang Yuning.

At the beginning of the game, the national team followed the pre-match deployment, emphasizing that ball control should be based on ground passing, and took the initiative on the field after the opening.

In the majestic chorus of "Singing the Motherland" by more than 5 fans, all the players of the national team were very active.

But soon, Li Liang discovered in the VIP seat that there was a big difference between the state of his teammates and the training.

In the 14th minute, Jiang Yuning pulled the ball to the right, passed the defense of the opponent's full-back Al Ayan, and made a low pass. Hong Bowen, who followed up, appeared in time on the rolling route of the ball on the right side of the penalty area.

Gao Jianxin immediately jumped up like the audience around him. Li Liang didn't move at all. At this moment, he was very surprised. Hong Bowen, who often hits the world wave in training, why did the ball stop like this? !

Hong Bowen made an emergency stop and stopped the ball with his left foot in front of him. The Syrian midfielder Haji, who was defending him, made a misjudgment and completely lost his position, but Hong Bowen stopped the ball too much!

Even though the distance was very far, Li Liang could see very clearly that Hong Bowen had to make another adjustment. Even so, he still had enough time and space to complete the shot.

But Hong Bowen's shot was disappointing.When the opponent's back was two meters away from him, he shot with his foot, and the ball flew high over the crossbar.

The fans exclaimed loudly, and then applauded enthusiastically. Everyone was very satisfied with Hong Bowen's momentum.

Others may not be able to see it, but Li Liang's eyes can observe very clearly - Hong Bowen's movements are very stiff when he shoots, his leg swing is not fast enough, and his force is not decisive and resolute.

The most important thing is that Hong Bowen's body has been leaning back during the entire shooting process. Usually, only when passing the ball in order to ensure the stability of the final touch action, will he control the body's center of gravity backward.

If the ball is too close to the body, the center of gravity will be pressed down as much as possible when hitting the goal with force, the waist and abdomen should be folded as much as possible, and the shooting leg should be pushed back as much as possible, so as to gain enough distance to increase the speed of swinging the leg.

Soon Li Liang discovered that Hong Bowen was far from alone, and his teammates were all acting in a very abnormal state of excitement.

In the 20th minute, Zhang Mingjian made a wonderful change of direction on the right, passing Syria's left midfielder Karfa and left defender Al Ayan in succession.

But Li Liang found helplessly that Zhang Mingjian, who was completely free from the defense, immediately swung his legs and completed the cross amidst the cheers of the audience, but during the whole process, Zhang Mingjian never raised his head!
This means that after he completed the breakthrough, he didn't even want to observe the positions of his teammates in the penalty area...

Such an aimless pass was easily destroyed by the active central defender Al Saleh.

After Syria withstood the national team's three-axes, it stabilized its position and immediately launched a counterattack.

In the 34th minute, Syria's midfielder Hribin was on the right. After receiving the pass from the right midfielder Almavas, he directly used his speed to break through Xu Hai, who had a problem with his position. Tadi outflanks the shot and misses out of bounds.

Li Liang gasped, Xu Hai's positioning error was almost fatal.

The Syrian team began to frequently lead the war to Xu Hai's defense zone, and gradually regained the initiative with highly targeted attacks.

At the beginning stage, the national team could still take advantage of the possession of the ball, but after playing, the Syrian team gradually regained the initiative.At the end of halftime, neither side achieved anything.

Gao Jianxin regretfully said to Li Liang: "What a pity, we should have at least 2-0 in the first half!"

The defense of this Syrian team is impressive, their positions are very secret, the overall movement is extremely tacit, and there are no obvious loopholes in the cooperation between several defenders.

Most importantly, Li Liang found that the eyes of these Syrian players were extremely tough.

There is both the indescribable aura he has seen in the eyes of the Maldives players in the video, and there is also a familiar, indescribable thing.

The 15 minutes of the intermission passed quickly, and Gao Bohong finally took the lead in making adjustments. He replaced Hong Bowen with left back Jiang Peng, and brought Xu Hai back to the midfield.

Li Liang shook his wrists and sighed. The so-called "surprising" play in the first half not only failed to "win", but achieved nothing.

Adjusting like this now is actually negating his own tactical play in the first half.

What are you doing so early?
(End of this chapter)