Godfather of national football

Chapter 440

Brisbane Stadium.

In the first round of the Group B group match, the match between the Chinese team and the Saudi team is about to start, and Chinese fans account for the vast majority of the scene.

China is not far from Australia, and it only takes a few hours to fly here. In addition, after the World Cup in Brazil, the fan organization in China has become more and more mature, so there will definitely be a lot of Chinese fans coming to the Asian Cup this time.

In this game, the Chinese team's starting lineup has changed a lot, especially the formation. Li Guo knows that 4231 will gradually become unpopular, and the future trend will be 433.

Some people say that 433 is the best formation for offensive and defensive balance, but it is not necessarily the case. The theory of football is always developing. Maybe 442 will make a comeback in a few years, just like everyone learned from 442 after the Manchester United dynasty.

Li Guo made up his mind to use the Asian Cup as a test field to test his new ideas. The starting lineup of the Chinese team today is,
Goalkeeper - Wang Dalei
Defense line - Mu Fei, Zhou Dun, Li Heng, Geng Chong
Midfielder - Lin Zhijian, Zheng Zhi, Liao Lisheng
Forwards - Chen Gelin, Ji Ke, Qu Bo

There must be a price for innovation, otherwise everyone will innovate. The Chinese team changed the 4231 that has been used for many years to 433. First of all, the cooperation is not so tacit.

For so many years, 4231 has formed a fixed position on the court. Players can roughly know who is standing in what area without looking at it.

However, after the formation change, the inertial thinking did not change all of a sudden, and the Chinese team's passing was obviously stuck.

There is also Chen Gelin. In the World Cup, he was the single arrow of the Chinese team and was at the forefront. Now that he has moved to the side, the bridgehead of the Chinese team is Ji Ke. This is also a challenge for Chen Gelin.

The Chinese team played for 10 minutes, and there were many problems. At this time, the Saudi team felt that the opportunity had come, and the Chinese fans were also suspicious. They didn't understand why the Chinese team had to change their formation when 4231 played so well.

Li Guo has advanced knowledge, but this cannot be explained. The only proof can only be the results on the court.

At 20 minutes into the game, the score was still 0-0. The confidence of the Saudi players increased greatly. Like the donkeys in "The Donkey's Skills", they became more and more courageous. The Saudi players who had been huddled in their defense zone slowly began to cross the half.

Seeing that they could not lose the wind, Saudi Arabia simply overwhelmed the formation. Before the game, the head coach had been instilling a concept in the players, that is, the Chinese team, like us, are professional players, and they are not overpowered. Why should we be afraid of the Chinese team.

But the players are afraid, it's like Evergrande met Barcelona in the Club World Cup, and they were afraid in their hearts, but after 20 minutes of the game, the players completely believed the head coach's words, the Chinese team is by no means a scourge.

Stuck on the court, the fans certainly hope that Li Guo will give up the ridiculous 433 and return to the 4231 formation immediately, and let us have a good time by beating the opponent like chopping melons and vegetables.

But Li Guo will not change, even if he pays a greater price, and the price will come soon.

The defense players of the Chinese team have always been accustomed to having a strong Fang Suo in front of them. Fang Suo will intercept 70% of the threats, and the rest of the work will be left to the defenders. But today it has changed.

This put a lot of pressure on the defenders of the Chinese team. Finally, Li Heng made a mistake. He fouled in the penalty area and the referee blew a penalty.

It's no wonder Li Heng, if it is in the Premier League, such a small move is reasonable, but in the Asian Cup, such a physical confrontation becomes a foul.

With a penalty kick, all the players on the Saudi bench jumped up, as if they saw the best chance to face the Chinese team.

In fact, even the Chinese fans secretly rejoiced that their opponent won a penalty kick, which would wake Li Guo up. People miss the glory and don’t like change. Everyone likes Fang Suo and Zheng Zhi’s double midfielders, that’s the taste of China.

No. 9 Hazaz of the Saudi team stood in front of the ball. Wang Dalei kept staring at Hazaz with a cold light that could not be provoked.

Wang Dalei was a player who participated in the World Cup penalty shootout, and it was like a baptism, making Dalei more domineering.

Of course Hazaz knew it too, so he trembled a little before taking the penalty kick. Wang Dalei kept yelling at his opponent, telling him to hurry up.

Hazaz lowered his head and didn't look at the goal. He waited for the referee's whistle and Hazaz started to run.

Hazaz kicked a half-high ball, which was Wang Dalei's favorite ball. Dalei swung sideways and firmly pressed the ball under his body.

The Saudi players couldn't believe their eyes, and the cooked duck flew away. It is difficult to have a second chance like this.

After missing a penalty, the Chinese team did not give the opponent any chance. At the end of the first half, Ji Ke scored two goals in a row.

The ebb and flow of the football field is obvious. If Saudi Arabia scores a penalty, the player may feel like a chicken blood, but if Hazaz fails to score a penalty, the Saudi player will suddenly be like a defeated rooster.

In the second half, Li Guo replaced three players in a row, Zheng Zhi, Fang Suo, Qu Bo, and Shen Rui. For the last spot, Li Guo replaced the goalkeeper to let the substitute goalkeeper feel the atmosphere of the Asian Cup.

But something went wrong when changing the goalkeeper. Many people may not know the meaning. In one of the Bundesliga games in 2009, Wolfsburg played Bayern at home. When the victory was already decided, Wolfsburg coach Magath replaced the goalkeeper. Immediately, Bayern captain Van Bommel became angry.

So when Li Guo replaced the main goalkeeper in the second half, the Saudi coach applauded and booed Li Guo, expressing his dissatisfaction, but Li Guo didn't expect that changing the goalkeeper would have such an effect. In fact, Li Guo just wanted to give the players a chance.

But Li Guo did not do anything against the rules. The opponent was too glassy. The referee warned the Saudi coach. The final game ended 2-0. The Chinese team defeated the opponent in the first match without bloodshed.

Although the effect of the change was poor, the result was good. After the game, the Saudi coach refused to shake hands with Li Guo and left the field angrily. The Saudi players did not have any communication with the Chinese players, let alone exchange jerseys.

But now the Chinese fans are very old, they boo the Saudi team, booing their impoliteness, because in general no matter what, shaking hands after the game is etiquette.

Li Guo waved: "Go, pay tribute to the fans."

(End of this chapter)