Football: The immortal legend on the green field

This match not only attracted the attention of European media, but also Asian media at the pre-match press conference. The issue of Shen Bin's "treason" was at its hottest. It was outrageous enough that more than a dozen Chinese media came, but the scene was still suppressed by the Korean media. Unlike the Chinese media, South Korea was hyping up the "Korea Derby"!

There are no more than ten South Korean players playing in Europe. In this match, there are three South Korean players in the lineups of both teams, which is rare.

Things are changing, come to my house this year!

Facing a strong opponent is not an excuse to sit back and wait for death. After all, Martins is an old coach who has been in professional football for decades. Although he has never commanded a team as a head coach and has never eaten pork, he has seen countless pigs run.

When facing a strong team, the best strategy for a weak team is to defend and counterattack, using an iron bucket formation to force the opponent out of the penalty area.

Moreover, his counterattack was not a passive counterattack hiding in the penalty area. He arranged five players in the midfield. The intention was very clear, which was to start intercepting the ball in the midfield, strive to minimize the opponent's threat to his own goal, and seize all the opponent's mistakes and opportunities to counterattack. It is not necessarily possible to score, but as long as the opponent's defenders are cautious and dare not press forward, it will be fine.

Our striker's ability to seize opportunities is really poor, so the goal of this game is to maintain a draw. I hope we can hold on until the penalty shootout.

The starting lineup was finally finalized. Contrary to outside speculation, he pushed left-back Bruno Sterling to the left forward position, and veteran Gomez replaced Bruno as left-back.

The time was almost up, so Martins asked Brewer to ask the players to get in the car.

Shen Bin quickly washed his face and got into the car with his teammates.

The bus closed its doors and slowly drove towards the stadium.

A fierce battle was waiting for them there.

Although there was still an hour before the game, the Maastricht Arena had already opened its doors and fans lined up spontaneously to check their tickets, singing songs praising PSV and waving flags and scarves.

Li Yan, a reporter from Sports Weekly, and his assistant Cheng Guo were also among them. Li Yan just kept looking around, while Cheng Guo sang along with the others. He was indeed a die-hard PSV Eindhoven fan.

Because they were facing the second-tier team Haarlem, all the fans firmly believed that PSV Eindhoven would win, and the last game was just delayed until now by Neeskens using despicable means.

They ignored Ebsen's malicious injury. If they are not biased, can they still be called fans? In this regard, all fans in the world are the same.

Although the match is scheduled to be held at a third-party venue, North Brabant Province where Eindhoven is located is the second largest southern province after Maastricht. The city of Eindhoven is only 50 kilometers away from the competition venue, and it only takes half an hour to drive to the stadium, which is no different from playing at home.

Most of the fans of Harlem Athletic are college students studying in the university town. It is not the weekend, so it is impossible for them to give up their studies and travel 200 kilometers to watch a game. Besides, the tickets for this game are very expensive, so there is no need for students without income to buy them.

Li Yan looked to the west and found the fans of the home team. Their red color was almost drowned out by the huge red and white striped shirts. There were not many of them, only about a hundred of them, and they entered the stadium holding the flag of Haarlem Athletic. Even their faces did not show much expression, and they seemed to be worried about the fate of the team.

Before the game, both teams warmed up on the court for twenty minutes. The teams completed various warm-up exercises under the leadership of assistant coach Brewer. Li Yan spotted Shen Bin and Deng Zhuoxiang wearing the No. 10 jersey among the players of Haarlem Athletic who were warming up. Li Yan was excited. Could it be that Shen Bin and Deng Zhuoxiang were going to start together today?

Not to mention anything else, just the photo of Deng Zhuoxiang playing on the field wearing the No. 10 jersey sent back to China is enough to make domestic fans excited for a while, because that is the No. 10 that represents the absolute core of the entire team!

The warm-up goal of Haarlem Athletic was right under the stands of Haarlem Athletic fans, so they won a lot of applause. The players were very active and did not give up just because they were facing a strong team.

Although Haarlem was also warming up on the field, everyone except their own fans ignored their presence. Except for the less than 1,000 Haarlem fans, the nearly 30,000 fans in the stadium were singing praises for PSV Eindhoven and cheering for the team.

After the warm-up, both sides went into their respective locker rooms to make final preparations.

Gerard Feinberg had said everything he needed to say the day before, and the tactical board was a mess, so he just said to all the players: "Break them in the first ten minutes, and then keep the pace of the game firmly in our hands."

Martins was busy explaining his tactical arrangement to the players. "In this game, Shen Bin and Tiote formed a double defensive midfielder. After the start of the game, they should focus on defense. The players on the field should complement each other. The rhythm of the game is controlled by Shen Bin. When to use counterattack to delay the opponent's attack and when to counterattack all the way should be under Shen Bin's command.

Bruno and Gular, don't attack yet. Assist the two wingers in defense first, so that you can leave space for yourself to attack. When defending, leave only Howard in the frontcourt. Deng Zhuoxiang can roam in the midfield, no more than 10 meters away from Shen Bin, ready to receive Shen Bin's pass at any time.

I hope everyone will actively fight for the ball in the midfield and try to keep the opponent away from the goal. Play more savagely and don't be afraid of fouls. If you still want to play technical football against PSV, you will only lose face in the end! ”

"Tiote, you have a wide running range, so please take care of Shen Bin. After all, Shen Bin is still a little weak in the confrontation. You two should guard the middle of the midfield and force the opponent to pass the ball to both sides.

Always pay attention to the opposing captain, No. 6 Van Bommel. He has a very strong ability to score goals. If he comes up, you should stick to him and keep an eye on him, and don't give him the chance to shoot easily.

The two opposing forwards are a combination of one tall and one fast. Huntelaar is known for his speed. We have already seen his strength in the last game. Gural, Huntelaar is left to you. Keep a close eye on him. He is not as fast as you. He will be your main competitor for entering the national team throughout your life. I hope that from now on, you will defeat him in the competition.

Girard did not arrange for the more skilled Brazilian Jose to play, but instead arranged for Kezman, who had just joined the team and was 193 cm tall. I guess he wanted to use a strong center forward to overwhelm us right from the start, so the center backs had to be extra careful. ”

All that needed to be said had been said, and all that needed to be done had been done. Martins looked at the tactical board that had been painted over beyond recognition, waved his hand, and said, "Go!"

The big screen at the scene began to introduce the starting lineups of both teams. The first one introduced was the starting list of the visiting team PSV Eindhoven. Korean reporters noticed that the names of Lee Young-pyo and Poutinhoven appeared in the starting list, and they all cheered.

But when the starting lineup of Haarlem Athletic was introduced, Lee Dong-guk, who was hailed as a rising star by Koreans, was not on the list. Instead, two Chinese appeared on the list.

Wasn't it supposed to be a Korean derby? How did it become a China-Korea match?

"Martins! You ah..."