Godfather of national football

Chapter 464 Fighting the United Arab Emirates ([-])

Newcastle Stadium, Australia, the first semi-final is about to start.

This game is very important, there are a lot of celebrities on the scene, the host coach Postkoglu, the chairman of the AFC, and the vice chairman of the AFC all came to watch the game.

Before the game, the outside world paid attention to how the lineup should be arranged in the absence of two generals of the Chinese team.

Li Guo also gave the answer.

Goalkeeper - Wang Dalei
Defense line - Mu Fei, Zhou Dun, Li Heng, Geng Chong
Midfielders - Lin Zhijian, Zheng Zhi, Hao Junmin
Forwards - Liao Lisheng, Ji Ke, Qu Bo

The midfielder Li Guo chose Hao Junmin, but Postkoglu didn't quite believe it. According to his information, the Chinese team's better defense is Chen Deng or Feng Xiaoting. It seems that Li Guo still underestimated his opponent.

In the UAE, the names of their players are too long and they are not well-known. In fact, we can focus on two players. One is No. 10, Omar, who is known as the Gulf Messi, and the other is No. 7 Mabhut.

After the game started, Sun Jihai on the sidelines immediately felt a familiar smell, yes, the former Saudi football.

During the 1997 World Cup qualifiers, Jihai and Saudi Arabia met, especially in the away game, and Saudi Arabia left a deep impression on Jihai.

Now Saudi football is dead, and UAE football has inherited the Saudi style.

The style of football is related to the national character and environment of a country. For example, football in Northern Europe is destined to be tough, while football in Southern Europe is destined to be technical.

And what about Gulf football?
Between the two, if it was more than 10 years ago, their body is not as good as the Chinese team, and their technology is not as good as the Japanese team.

So they play skills in the competition with China, but they work hard when they play against Japan. The Chinese team has also suffered a lot in West Asia.

Ji Hai walked up to Li Guo, "Head, be careful, we have suffered too much from the West Asian teams."

Every time the older generation of players went to West Asia to play the World Cup qualifiers, they would feel very uncomfortable, and Jihai has never forgotten it.

Li Guo patted him, "Don't worry, I understand."

*****
After the start of the game, the UAE copied the tactics of the previous game, and everyone retreated, leaving only Omar and Mabhut in front.

Ali's wishful thinking should be to make the Chinese team anxious. In that case, they will take the opportunity to steal one, just like dealing with the Japanese team.

He is very confident in his team's skills. Although these kids all play football in the UAE, the coaches they used from the beginning of the youth training are all invited from Europe, so the basic skills are very solid.

"If we compete in technology, we will not lose to the Chinese team," Ali thought.

Li Guo looked at Ali, then at the stadium, and smiled.

Li Guo remembers the Australian Asian Cup in his previous life. There were two very strange games. In the quarter-finals, the United Arab Emirates beat the Japanese team, and in the semi-finals, Australia beat the UAE again. But in fact, the gap between the Japanese team and Australia is not that big. Why is that?
It's very simple. The United Arab Emirates are not afraid of teams with good skills, but they are especially afraid of teams with good health, so Li Guo stopped playing skills with his opponents today.

"Is this still the Chinese team? A long pass at the beginning of the game?" Duan Xuan explained.

Uncharacteristically, the Chinese team did not need to cooperate delicately to pass through the midfield, but directly hoisted into the penalty area when they had the opportunity, allowing Ji Ke to compete for the top.

Simple and rough football is very suitable in front of the UAE. When the game reached 10 minutes, Ji Ke smashed the goal of the UAE.

Hao Junmin made an oblique pass to the penalty area, and Ji Ke had absolute control in the penalty area. He jumped high, and at that moment he remembered the feeling of abusing people in Tahiti. The physical fitness of the UAE is very similar to that of the Tahitians.

Ji Ke topped a contra-angle, the ball flew into the goal, and the Chinese team led 1-0.

Mahdi Ali's face was livid. He never thought that the game would be like this. He carefully studied all the previous games of the Chinese team. The football of the Chinese team is a technical football based on small cooperation.

He also formulated a lot of tactics in training, specifically cutting off the through ball of the Chinese team's midfielder, but in the end Li Guo went uncharacteristically and played traditional English football directly. This... what is this?
"Why don't you follow the routine?" Mahdi Ali looked at Li Guo, with countless question marks in his heart.

Li Guo looked at Mahdi Ali's dumbfounded look, and guessed nine out of ten, and said with a smile in his heart: "You probably don't know that there is a rule in the Chinese Art of War that soldiers never tire of cheating."

Ji Ke was celebrating, and the UAE players were muttering in their hearts. They already felt that there was something wrong with the tactical formulation before the game, and the plot was not right.

However, Mahdi Ali is still an excellent coach. He changed his formation immediately, and the UAE players pressed out to surround Omar. This situation can only be more possession of the ball.

*****
After the re-kick-off, the entire UAE team surrounded Omar. It has to be said that Messi in the Gulf is not boasting. Omar's ball-handling skills are really good.

Hao Junmin was grabbing the ball, and Omar got rid of the defense with a fake move. This time, the Chinese fans are missing Fang Suo. If he was there, then Omar would not be so easy to pass.

Omar went to the front of the penalty area, made a fake eye movement, looked at the number 7 on the right, but passed the pick to the forward.

The UAE striker missed with a poke shot.

Omar's series of actions won the applause of the scene. The camera showed Postkoglu, who laughed and applauded. Omar's actions just now felt like a master. This guy is very talented in football.

"Mu Fei," Zhou Dun shouted at Mu Fei, pointing behind him, Fang Suo is not around, the central defenders will be a little tired, and the more important thing is the defense of the full-backs.

Not to mention, Omar has a Brazilian feel when holding the ball. The three midfielders of the Chinese team, Liao Lisheng, Zheng Zhi, and Hao Junmin, are really hard to grab.

The midfielder can control the ball, but the Chinese captain's pass and lob tactics are misfired. Li Guo is in deep thought. It seems that he underestimated the opponent. Mahdi Ali still has two brushes.

When Mahdi Ali saw the goal, he regretted it in his heart. If you know this, I will not shrink back. I respect the Chinese team too much.

"Zheng Zhi, be rough with that shaggy head, he's afraid of physical confrontation."

Li Guo knows that it is impossible to deal with Omar without some mud on your shorts. In the absence of confrontation, Omar's success rate of possession is [-]%.

Soon, the midfielder of the Chinese team stepped up their pressing, and Omar's turnover rate immediately increased, and the UAE's offense got stuck.

Mahdi Ali became anxious when he saw it, and quickly waved, "Pass the ball faster, pass the ball faster."

(End of this chapter)