Godfather of national football

Chapter 106 Pride is the Devil

For this Uzbekistan team, the Chinese fans are basically face-blind and don't know anyone.

Li Guo took a look, and only knew two people. One was Ismailov, who later played for Changchun Yatai, and the other was the bald midfielder Heinrich. Of course, Uzbekistan also had Japarov, whom Chinese fans are familiar with, but he was injured in the top 10 match and did not come to Shanghai.

After the game started, as expected, all Uzbekistan players stayed in their own half, and 11 players were tied into an iron bucket, a veritable iron bucket formation.

After 5 minutes in the first half, Allardyce laughed.

"What are you laughing at, Big Sam?"

"Oh, I'm sorry Li Guo, this game is very interesting, you know, I have always been on the side of the bus in my career, and I have never met an opponent who is on the bus."

Li Guo scratched his head and laughed, "Big Sam, it's also the first time I've met a team with a bus. It's a new problem for me."

As a fan, Li Guo knows that breaking the dense defense is a worldwide problem. This time it is his turn to encounter this problem. What will happen?
When the game reached 10 minutes, the Chinese team hadn't scored yet. The fans were a little anxious, because the appetite of the Chinese fans has grown up now. Don't they think that playing against a team of Uzbekistan's level in Asia is not a matter of scoring every minute?

But in fact, football is not that simple. In the South American qualifiers, there will often be an embarrassing scene where Argentina plays against a team like Venezuela or Bolivia. They attack hard in 90 minutes, but they just can't score. This may be the reason why football is so fascinating. The strong may not necessarily win the weak.

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"How can we cut melons and cut vegetables against South Korea, but we haven't scored yet against Uzbekistan at our home court?" A buddy in the stands was talking to himself.

"You thought it was basketball, and the scores kept going up," said another fan.

"Tch, tell me, is our strength an instant kill for Uzbekistan?"

"Well...it should be,"

The buddy clapped his hands together, "Isn't it over? I'm not too demanding in this game. It's always safe for us to win five."

The people around laughed when they heard it, knowing that this guy is a layman and a fake fan, they ignored him and watched the game by themselves.To be honest, the scene is really worrying right now.

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When the game reached 30 minutes, the score was still 0-0. The Chinese team had 80% possession of the ball, but they created very few shooting opportunities.

Several familiar offensive routines in the Olympic games could not be played, such as a through pass to Chen Gelin from the midfield.

This trick worked well in the Olympics, but today Uzbekistan shrank back and did not give the Chinese team a chance to fight back.

In addition, the Chinese team's sharp wings in the Olympics are also impressive, but the problem is still the same. Today, Uzbekistan's half-time traffic was congested, and there was no room for the Chinese team's wings to fly.

Li Guo looked at it, and he was also frowning. He finally understood why the football circle hailed breaking the dense defense as a world-class problem.

In fact, there is a good way to break the dense defense, that is, the high center forward smashes in the opponent's penalty area, referred to as the center blossom, but the problem is that the Chinese team does not have such a high center forward.

You may find it strange that the Chinese team has it!Isn't that Gao Lin?In the Olympic finals, Gao Lin was used as a center forward in the front.

But now and then, Argentina's defense line is not high, but Uzbekistan's defense line is about the same height as European teams. Gao Lin has a height advantage in Argentina's penalty area, but there is no advantage in Uzbekistan's penalty area.

To give a simple example, Gao Lin is about 1 meters, Chen Green is 85 meters, but the opponent's central defender Ismailov is 1 meters. This gap is indeed quite big.

The advantage of the Chinese team is speed, but this cannot be brought into play today, and the Chinese team is not the opponent of Uzbekistan, and the game is very difficult.

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"Feng Xiaoting, get up and warm up,"

Feng Xiaoting was stunned for a moment, thinking: "I'm a defender, and now the Chinese team is not good at attacking, why ask me to get up and warm up."

But Feng Xiaoting got up and warmed up without saying a word. Li Guo was preparing for the second half. If he really couldn't score, he would push Yin Di to the forward line, replace Chen Gelin and replace Feng Xiaoting.

Of course, that was a last resort. Under normal circumstances, Li Guo would not take such a risk, and this is the home court of the Chinese team.

Chen An walked over and said, "Li Guo, when we were in Leverkusen, we played some Eastern European teams in the Champions League. The opponent was like Uzbekistan today. They will stick to the end. I guess this game will not be easy. You have to be prepared."

"Well, this game is very difficult. In a football game, there are 11 opponents who are single-minded. Look at the opponents. From forwards to defenders, they defended seriously today. Such a team is very powerful."

After halftime, the Chinese team returned to the locker room. Shen Rui was very depressed, "I can play this kind of game for 10 consecutive games without getting tired, and there is no chance for me to run."

Everyone else is happy. This kind of game is easy but easy. You don't need too much running, you just need to pass the ball, and you can play like Barcelona unconsciously.

When everyone was joking, Li Guo didn't intervene. Robin Dutt then made tactical arrangements, strengthening long-range shots and high-altitude passes.

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In the second half, Hao Junmin strengthened the lob in the midfield, which is very deceptive like a small ball in tennis.

Hao Junmin saw the timing, rubbed the ball and sent it into the penalty area. Chen Gelin was also in place. When he was about to jump up to compete for the top, Uzbekistan center back Ismailov jumped high and pushed the ball out of the penalty area.

Chen Gelin kicked over a piece of lawn angrily. The 20cm height gap made Chen Gelin look helpless in the Uzbek penalty area.

Li Guo made a decisive substitution, replacing Chen Gelin with Feng Xiaoting, and Yin Di pushed into the opponent's penalty area. This was the last fight.

After the Chinese team made adjustments, Yin Di still created some threats in the Uzbek penalty area, but there was no fatal threat.

In the end, the score was 0-0. The Chinese team failed to win at home in the top 10 match. After the game, the Chinese team was booed by the audience. This should be the first time that the Chinese team was booed by the home team fans after Li Guo took office.

But Li Guo still led the whole team to the stands to pay tribute. When interviewed in the mixed interview area after the game, Li Guo expressed his regret.

"Director Li, what went wrong in today's game?"

"I don't know, but it must be my responsibility. The players played according to the pre-match tactics. They have no responsibility. I have to go back and sum up. I hope the next game against Iran will have a good result."

(End of this chapter)