Godfather of national football

Chapter 356 First Battle against Chile ([-])

Duan Xuan was squeezed into the small commentary booth. There was only a small monitor in front of him. The area of ​​the entire commentary booth was not as big as a primary school student's desk.

Putting on the earphones, Duan Xuan watched the players of the Chinese team enter the field, and then the national anthem sounded. His heart warmed up, and he hummed softly.

This emotion is instinctive. If you have watched the 2002 World Cup, you will understand that the moment the national anthem is played, you can't sit still.

After the national anthem was played, players from both sides took their positions. Duan Xuan introduced the starting lineup of the Chinese team.

Goalkeeper - Wang Dalei
Defense line - Mu Fei, Zhou Dun, Yin Di, Geng Chong
Back waist - Fang Suo

Avant-garde line - Lin Zhijian, Zheng Zhi, Liao Lisheng, Qu Bo

Forward - Chen Gelin
"For the formation of 4141, Director Li only arranged one defensive midfielder today, which is a bit strange. Let's take a look after the game starts. I guess Zheng Zhi will come back."

But in fact, Li Guo's idea today is 4141. Zheng Zhi needs to go up when attacking and come back when defending.
It doesn't matter, when he is not physically fit, Li Guo can replace him at any time, and the formation can also be changed at any time.

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After the opening game, the Chilean team launched a stormy attack, and the madness of South American football was undoubtedly revealed at this moment.

Unlike Argentina and Brazil, although teams like Chile and Uruguay are slightly inferior in technology, they are stronger in confrontation.

The formation of the Chinese team was quickly flattened, and they retreated to their own 30-meter defense zone. All the players took the ball with one kick.

Zheng Zhi took the ball with his back at the front waist, and was just about to breathe a sigh of relief when the opposing player, Francisco Silva, chopped his foot on Zheng Zhi's ankle. Zheng Zhi felt his eyes go dark, and fell to the ground, clutching his ankle in pain.

The referee immediately ran over and gave Silva a yellow card, and then stopped the angry Chinese player. The Chinese player had every reason to be angry. The opponent's actions were too brutal, but the referee just gave a yellow card.

After the dispute was quelled, the game continued, but the Chinese team still couldn't open the three lines, and the opponent's rhythm and passing were higher than the Chinese team.

In this way, Chen Gelin took the initiative to retreat, otherwise, if he was too far away from his teammates, he would not be able to pass the ball to him even if he counterattacked.

After Chile's opening pressure for a while, the rhythm also slowed down, and the Chinese team took the opportunity to pass the ball forward to Chen Gelin.

Chen Gelin lacked the support of his teammates around him. After he got the ball, he could only fight alone. In a non-threatening situation, Chen Gelin pulled the sole of his foot and made a Cruyff turn, which stunned everyone.

If Park Shuang made such a move, then it's fine, but Chen Gelin?Even Li Guo on the sidelines was stunned, let alone the Chilean player defending Chen Gelin.

Chile's three defenders PK China's single striker was originally appropriate, but Chen Gelin's god-level moves tore through Chile's defense line.

Chen Gelin ran forward with the ball, and the Chilean defender was desperately chasing it back. Li Guo was concerned. The formation of the Chinese team was too flat, which made Chen Gelin's sprint distance too far, about 40 meters. When he rushed to the penalty area, he probably exhausted his energy.

Sure enough, Chen Gelin shot the goal without entering the penalty area, because he felt that he could not run anymore. The ball was hit with a lot of power, but the distance was too far. Bravo had enough time to prepare, and the ball was hugged without causing any great threat.

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But the ball still annoyed Sampaoli. His players were all passed by Chen Gelin with one move, like idiots. If the sprint distance was not too far, the Chilean team might be behind.

Sampaoli immediately gestured and asked one of the three guards to delay protection to form a defensive depth and avoid being completely broken by others.

In fact, this ball made the Chileans understand that the Chinese team is as threatening even if they fight alone, which makes Chile's coercion and pressing not so pure, because they are also afraid of being counterattacked by the Chinese team.

It just so happened that 15 minutes into the first half of the game, the Chilean team began to retreat, stabilize the midfield, and changed their style of play.

Li Guo looked at his watch. The time was almost up. Many teams would choose coercion at the beginning of the game, but this was like Cheng Yaojin's three-axe.

The Chilean team began to attack around Sanchez, handing the ball over to Sanchez for him to break through and pass.

Sanchez and Zhou Dun's first PK ended with Zhou Dun's foul in front of the penalty area. Chile got a free kick in front of the penalty area, and Sanchez shot high.

But then the PK between the two became more stalemate. Sanchez used his speed to force Zhou Dun, but Zhou Dun's position was better. Chile's offense looked very good, but in the end it was always stuck at Sanchez.

Sangpaoli admired Zhou Dun's defensive predictions very accurately, and Sanchez's speed was an advantage, but the way forward was always blocked by Zhou Dun, which was very difficult.

Sanchez is the kind of player who is very calm, not blind. Since he failed in the heads-up, he and Vargas admire him. If you play one against two, it will be useless for you to block Zhou Dun's position.

But Sanchez has teammates, and so does Zhou Dun. Fang Suo pays great attention to the protection in front of the penalty area, restricting Vargas, making it difficult for him to even get the ball.

The game became evenly matched, with each other attacking and defending. The Chinese team relied on Chen Gelin alone, and Sanchez seemed to have lost his coordination with his teammates.

Sanchez faced Zhou Dun with the ball again, and Sanchez was very uncomfortable when Zhou Dun squeezed him. Suddenly Sanchez remembered that he was already in the penalty area. He had an idea and suddenly changed the line under his feet, just like the car in front of him suddenly changed lanes on the highway.

Then no matter whether Zhou Dun touched him or not, he fell on Zhou Dun. The Chilean players collectively raised their hands to complain to the referee. The Chinese team fouled. This is our penalty.

Zhou Dun knew that he had not fouled, so he asked Sanchez to get up, but Sanchez was sitting and packing his socks, but he couldn’t get up. He wanted the penalty kick, but he was also guilty, but he forgot that there were baseline referees in the World Cup in Brazil. The referee didn’t see the ball clearly, but the baseline referee did.

After communication, the referee gave Sanchez a yellow card, the gesture was very clear, flop!Sanchez smiled wryly. He explained that he did not flop, and Zhou Dun ran over to shake hands with the referee. Good decision!
Sampaoli also had a wry smile on his face. He touched his bald head and thought in his heart, is it really okay to take the No. 5 of the Chinese team?
(End of this chapter)