Godfather of national football

Chapter 358 First Battle against Chile ([-])

There was heavy panting in the locker room, and the players felt more tired this game than the one in Bolivia.

The 1-1 score looked pretty good, but Li Guo went mad, "We conceded the ball like fools, we could have done better and ended the first half with a 1-0 lead."

The big guy had a dark face and knew that Li Guo was right. After he scored a goal, he got carried away and was played like a fool in the end.

Li Guo looked at Fang Suo, and was going to scold a few words, but after thinking about it, he decided to forget it, Fang Suo finally made a change.

The opponent's players are experienced, despicable and tricky. Such an opponent is difficult to deal with, and even involves things other than the football field, such as life experience. Obviously, the players of the Chinese team are seriously insufficient in this regard.

Li Guo knocked on the tactical board, signaled everyone to look over, and then painted yellow on the space on both sides of the restricted area.

"This is the breakthrough space for our offense, pass the ball to these two places, and use the speed of Lin Zhijian and Qu Bo to attack the opponent."

The player nodded. This is indeed a good way. The Chilean team's wings are short, while the Chinese team's two wings are very fast.

"But we couldn't pass the ball in midfield," Liao Lisheng said.

Li Guo shook his head, "That's the problem you have to solve, not what I should consider as a coach."

This sentence seems to be overbearing at first glance, but it is also very reasonable. The coach is responsible for teaching you how to do it. As for the specific pass, it can only be figured out by the players themselves. If you can’t do it, the coach can only replace you and replace it with a stronger one.

Li Guo just emphasized his tactics, leaving the rest of the time for the players to rest. At the same time, not far away, in the locker room of the Chilean team, Sampaoli also lost his temper.

He confronted Bravo first, "What the hell, what a stupid goal that was, you didn't even need to strike."

Bravo lowered his head and had nothing to say, his attack was completely missed without any excuse.

"Our opponent is Spain, but now we can't even deal with the Chinese team. Boys, show the state of the club. I know you have just finished a season and are very tired, but now you are wearing the national team jersey. You represent the country."

Sampaoli tried to use words to motivate these players. He knew that the first match of the World Cup was difficult, and he also knew that the Chinese team was not so easy to deal with, but the goal of the Chilean team was there, and he couldn't help it.

Sampaoli stretched out an index finger on each of his left and right hands, asking the two forwards to cooperate more, "When your teammates get the ball, don't stand still, run up and cover for your teammates."

Players at this level actually don’t need a coach to teach him how to play football. Sampaoli is more of a speech-like speech, keeping the players excited and eager for victory within 15 minutes.

*****
Coming out of the player tunnel, Zhou Dun met Sanchez again, but this time the two did not say hello. The tension of the game made them temporarily forget their friendship off the court.

Ten minutes after the start of the second half, the Chilean team's ball possession rate reached 10%. Li Guo didn't care about the ball possession rate. The football Li Guo pursued was not pass-and-control play.

An attack by the Chilean team was blocked, and Liao Lisheng passed a big kick to the Chilean team's half. The ball was aimed at Chen Gelin.

The Chilean team's defensive players are ready to fight, two to double-team and one to defend behind. This way, it should be foolproof. Even if Chen Gelin turns Cruyff around again, the Chilean team will not be afraid.

But an astonishing scene happened again. Chen Gelin didn't play the cards according to the routine again. He ran over the ball, didn't take the ball, but let the ball pass.

Is it a stop error or an intentional miss?
Just when the Chilean players were wondering, Lin Zhijian from the wing stepped in at high speed. In this way, the Chilean players fully understood what the Chinese team wanted to do.

Bravo attacked, Lin Zhijian passed Bravo at a very small angle and then pushed the goal, but Bravo's last effort made Lin Zhijian shoot at an angle that was too small, and finally the ball hit the side net.

The audience sighed for a while, not only the Chinese fans, but also the Chilean fans. This goal made the Chinese team regret and the Chilean team was afraid.

Sampaoli touched his bald head again. The Chinese team's offense looked terrible, with no technical content at all. It was just a big foot. Why did it pose a threat every time?The Chilean team, with such a high ball possession rate, couldn't create a few chances.

In the end, Sangpaoli felt that the Chinese team is probably a weak team and has been beaten for a long time, so it has a strong ability to resist. Sangpaoli has also coached clubs before, and he knows that many teams in the lower reaches of the league are quite strong in fighting ability.

Sampaoli gestured, asking the midfielder of the Chilean team to continue to relax and give the Chinese team a little room to move. This is called leading the snake out of the hole.

But the players of the Chinese team just didn't come out. They seemed to be saying, I am very satisfied with the 1-1 match. Of course, Li Guo is also satisfied. After all, Chile is a strong team, but Sampaoli is not satisfied even if he is beaten to death.

Sanchez split the side with one kick, gave the ball to Dias on the side, then turned and ran forward. This time he deliberately bypassed Zhou Dun and ran to Yin Di.

It has to be said that Sanchez's running position is very ghostly, and he can always find the space keenly. Dias just passed the ball back to Sanchez. Facing Yin Di, Sanchez made a fake shot and made a real dunk.

After knocking down two Chinese players with the same move one after another, Sanchez faced a big empty goal and pushed his arch. Sanchez was ready to celebrate in advance, but what was unexpected was that a red figure in front of the goal slid over the lawn, hooked the ball, and knew it was Zhou Dun without looking.

It turned out that when Sanchez was running, Zhou Dun had been staring at him intently. Finally, when Sanchez shot, Zhou Dun was able to make advance moves to prevent Sanchez from scoring. ,

Sanchez smiled helplessly. He gave Zhou Dun a thumbs up, which meant that I convinced you. Zhou Dun also smiled at Sanchez. The two had PK many times, but Zhou Dun had an overwhelming advantage.

Seeing that the players on the field seemed to be under a curse, Sampaoli thought of a sentence, changing players is like changing a knife, maybe it should be changed, maybe the offense will improve, and Sampaoli also wants to beat the starters.

(End of this chapter)