i don't want to be king

Chapter 368 Battle of Tashkent

What's it like to be on a shipwreck?
On the night of October 10th, on the bench of the away team at the Benyudko Stadium in Tashkent, I believe that many members of the national team have experienced this kind of despair that pervades the bottom of their hearts.

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Before the game, the outside world agreed that the national team's style of play, mentality, and competitive state had serious problems, and the previous praises turned into one-sided accusations.

At the press conference after the 0:1 loss to the Syrian team, Gao Bohong admitted frankly that the strength of the national team is actually relatively weak among the top 12. The players did not perform well in the game. The control of foreign aid has led to the fact that I can only use these untrained players.

Gao Bohong's gaffe-like speech even aroused strong dissatisfaction from the reporters in the audience, and there were actually abusive voices at the press conference!
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Gao Bohong, who has no way to retreat, has made up his mind completely, and will attack in the Tashkent game no matter what!He finally adjusted the formation back to 532 from 4231, which was criticized by public opinion in the first three games.

Goalkeeper Ge Chao, who made a fatal mistake in the last game, was abandoned and replaced by another substitute goalkeeper Yan Zhi.

On the defensive line, the 35-year-old veteran Du Wei replaced Zhao Linpeng, who had been suspended for accumulative yellow cards, and partnered with Feng Xiao as a central defender.The left and right full-backs are Cheng Hang and Zhang Mingjian.

Cai Huigang, who hadn't played in the first three games, unexpectedly started with Hao Jingmin as the double midfielder, Su Ke and Chen Dong were on the left and right sides, and Jiang Ning, who also didn't play in the first three games, played behind Wen Lei who came forward.

Under the huge pressure of public opinion, Li Liang finally entered the 23-man roster for the first time and appeared in the national team's substitute list.

Li Liang is very familiar with this feeling. After all, his first big field game, the first game in the Haicheng Ten Thousand People Stadium, the teaching match with the Silver Dragon Youth Team against the national team, and his first appearance in Monaco, I all started as a substitute.

In the tactical class, Li Liang had a preliminary understanding of Uzbekistan players, and he recognized one of them with a total rating of 78, which was the left back No. 19 Denisov who played for the Lokomotiv Moscow club in the Russian Super League.

There is also a midfielder with a total rating of 77 who plays for the Krasnodar club in the Russian Super League, and captain Ahmedov on the No. 9 field.

Both appeared in the starting lineup, and they were the only two gold card players out of 22 players on the field.

At the beginning of the game, the national team faced an opponent whose strength was stronger than their own in all aspects, and finally began the battle for redemption.

The home team was more cautious in the opening stage and was not in a hurry to attack, and the national team was able to play several effective cooperations.

In the 14th minute, Su Ke, who was in charge of the front midfielder, injured his knee in the fight with the opponent's full-back Hashimov. He obviously couldn't hold on anymore. After entering the field, the team doctor immediately gestured to Gao Bohong for a substitution.

Li Liang immediately began to organize his jerseys and prepare to warm up - this is what he learned when he was a substitute in Monaco - once an accident occurs on the field and needs to be temporarily adjusted, the substitutes will consciously prepare to play, even if the coach finally replaces them not myself.

Li Liang, who had already got up, looked at the dumb teammates on both sides, and found that he was the only one who was ready for warm-up.He shook, but sat down helplessly.

Big Bear has warned him more than once not to be too different in the national team.

In the case of a fairly normal opening game, the midfielder Su Ke was accidentally injured and left the field, which was a heavy blow to Gao Bohong.

He was at a loss for a moment, and the huge psychological pressure made him unable to think calmly.He discussed nervously with his assistant Zheng Bo, and they considered several adjustment plans, but they didn't consider Li Liang, who happened to be able to play Su Ke's position!

Li Liang looked at the coach eagerly, he really wanted to go up and ask them to replace him!In Monaco, I have adapted to all positions on the attack line except the forward striker in the 4231 formation!
Gao Bohong finally decided to send left back Jiang Peng. He and Zheng Bo gave Jiang Peng some advice, but Jiang Peng was at a loss for the complicated tactical arrangement.

Li Liang felt a great disappointment, and he even regretted that he hadn't boldly recommended himself just now.

After losing to Syria, Li Liang suffered extremely.It is hard for him to accept being excluded from the list, but compared with witnessing the defeat of the national team as a bystander, it is obvious that the latter has brought him more and greater pain.

He talked with Daxiong on the phone. Of course Daxiong knew Li Liang’s feelings, so he couldn’t stop comforting him. Li Liang asked Daxiong: “Brother Xiong, you always tell me to be a good person in the national team. ball?"

Da Xiong said: "Being a good man can make you enter the competition!
Liangzi, unless you have absolute strength, the national team cannot do without you!Otherwise, when everyone's strength is not much different, if you are not good at being a human being, you will have no chance!
No matter how lofty you are, even if you have the strength to start, you will still not be given a chance to play.If you can't even play the game, how can you contribute to the national team? "

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Well, be human first!Seeing the back of Jiang Peng running to the field, Li Liang gritted his teeth fiercely.

Uzbekistan gradually figured out the national team's style of play, and began to attack boldly.

In the 22nd minute, Ahmedov got rid of veteran Du Wei's defense in front of the penalty area and scored the ball. Midfielder Bikmayev made a slight adjustment on the right side of the penalty area and shot directly out of bounds.

On the 19th, Denisov became more and more active on the left. He simply stayed in the half of the national team and completely acted as a winger.

In the 25th minute, Denisov faced Chen Dong's pressing on the sidewalk, and after shaking, he dexterously completed the pass through the crotch. Chen Dong had no choice but to pull his opponent down.

Li Liang took a deep breath. He found that compared with the tense expressions and stiff movements of the Chinese team members, the home team players became more relaxed as they played. It felt...just like the state of the national team when they faced the Silver Dragon youth team in his impression. Same.

This means that through these 25 minutes of testing, the opponent has already believed that in today's game, the Chinese team will definitely win!
In the 31st minute, Ahmedov, who was in great shape, went deep into the penalty area and made an inverted triangle pass near the bottom line after a beautiful breakthrough from the left midfielder Cai Huigang and Chen Dong. Sergeyev's close-range left foot shot was strictly Wisdom blocked it with his feet, and the national football team escaped!
In the 42nd minute, Hashimov made a pass from the right, and Ahmedov shook his head in the middle and went out of bounds.

Watching Uzbekistan's continuous attack on the gate guarded by Yan Zhi, Li Liang became more and more nervous. He knew very well that once Uzbekistan's attackers found the "sight target", the national team would be really in danger.

The half-time whistle blew by the referee temporarily helped the national team out of the woods.

Li Liang stayed on the court to warm up with other teammates. When standing on the court, his brain kept thinking about the first half of the game. If he was on the court, how would he deal with an opponent with superior overall strength and personal ability?
After the first half of the game, Uzbekistan has fully understood the strength of the Chinese team. They launched a continuous onslaught at the beginning of the second half, and it seems that they are determined to win the game.

In the 48th minute, Ahmedov split in front of the penalty area again. Shomurodov passed the ball from the right side of the penalty area to the goal. Jepalov, who outflanked from behind, was only less than half a step slower, and the ball was thrilling. Slide the door out.

Before the international footballers recovered from this dangerous situation, in the 50th minute, in a panic, Du Wei made a header from the backcourt and gave it to Sergeyev, who immediately passed the ball forward Shomurodov.

After receiving the ball, Shomurodov made a wonderful pass into the penalty area. Bikmayev followed up and kicked a diagonal shot. The ball hit the inside of the right post and bounced into the goal, 0-1!

It was at this time that Li Liang felt as strongly as everyone else that the "ship" was beginning to lose control and was sinking unstoppably.

(End of this chapter)