Grass roots glory

Chapter 142
"This is the first appearance of Gao Hongbo taking over the national team. The Chinese team chose 4-2-3-1 in formation. It can be seen that Gao Hongbo's coaching philosophy is based on defense and counterattack, but with Zhou Tiancheng as a B2B type, A midfielder with a strong ability to turn up and down, what is the specific tactical routine of the Chinese team? In other words, how many roles Zhou Tiancheng can play in this may determine the performance of the national team in the Asian Cup qualifiers. "

When the two sides were picking sides on the court, He Wei looked forward to this new national team and put Zhou Tiancheng's role very high, but to be honest, this is not an exaggeration.

Xu Yang added: "If Director Gao has carefully studied the Schalke 04 games, he must know that giving Zhou Tiancheng full midfield freedom is the correct way to unlock his maximum ability."

But 5 minutes before the opening, Zhou Tiancheng's position was always in the midfielder position, and the activity area did not extend a step towards the opponent's half.

It's not that Gao Hongbo restricted his space of movement. In fact, Xu Yang's words were very clear to Gao Hongbo. However, after the opening game, the Iranian team relied on their overall strength to launch several consecutive offensives from the midfield. Zhou Tiancheng could only focus on defense first. , Once he presses up rashly, the running ability of another midfielder Zhou Haibin cannot cover the entire midfield horizontally at all.

Facing the obviously stronger Iran, Gao Hongbo's debut 4-2-3-1 formation includes the strongest group of players in all domestic lines.Especially in the midfield, apart from Shao Jiayi, the starting two wide midfielders are Hao Junmin and Qu Bo.Especially in the 2001 World Youth Championship, Qu Bo knocked on Argentina's goal with his speed, and with this stunt, he was selected for the Chinese team's 2002 World Cup squad, and he almost had the chance to join the Premier League Tottenham Hotspur.

So when Zhou Tiancheng joined the Chinese team, most of the media still expected the national team's offensive ability.At least facing any defense line in Asia, it is not without opportunities to knock on the door.

But in the opening paragraph, the trouble for the Chinese team is that the position between the midfielder and the midfielder is too far away. The Iranian team is close to the position of the Chinese team's midfielder, and it is difficult to pass the ball to the feet of the two wide players. As soon as Zhou Tiancheng took the ball, at least three players focused on him. One player made direct physical contact with him, and the others gradually narrowed the encirclement. Although this did not cause too much trouble for Zhou Tiancheng, the strength of the Iranian team It is still one or two grades behind the Bundesliga, but it is still very difficult to form a quick transition between offense and defense in the first place.

Iranian team coach Guterbi watched Zhou Tiancheng fall into a tight siege, and nodded with satisfaction at the players' resolute execution of their tactical intentions. He knew very well that Zhou Tiancheng could not be allowed to pass the ball quickly and give full play to the speed advantage of the Chinese team's frontcourt, otherwise he would have to Big trouble.

Gao Hongbo stood on the sidelines with a calm expression.The current situation was within his expectations.He also knows that Zhou Tiancheng has faced this situation more than once in the Bundesliga, and he believes that the Iranian team's pressing will not be difficult for Zhou Tiancheng.

But confidence is one thing. Gao Hongbo still called out the forwards Qu Bo and Hao Junmin on both sides to recover, and approached the middle to respond.He would definitely not let Zhou Tiancheng fight the pack of wolves alone.

Facing Iran for the first time, Zhou Tiancheng was slightly surprised that Asian teams can still press with such intensity. Even for him, it is very difficult to get rid of the entanglement with technology in a small area.

However, as Gao Hongbo estimated, Zhou Tiancheng faced this kind of double-teaming many times, and the Iranian team's confrontation could not destroy his body's center of gravity, so this was not a problem for him.Zhou Tiancheng controlled the ball with his feet like a sucker, and at the same time, his upper body was consciously hanging on Mozhali, his defensive midfielder. Mozhali was ten centimeters shorter than Zhou Tiancheng, and his core strength was also weaker. Overlord's way of bowing hard was against him, he could only push subconsciously, and Zhou Tiancheng fell to the ground, which was of course a foul.

He Wei couldn't help but praised: "Zhou Tiancheng's ball quotient is indeed very high. Although the foul in the backcourt did not bring direct benefits, he resolved the opponent's He Wei by serving a set kick. The Chinese team's offense can continue smoothly through this. "

Having seen the determination of the Iranian team to defend himself, Zhou Tiancheng did not intend to head-on if it was not necessary. He tried his best to pass the ball to the side, especially relying on the speed of Qu Bo's side to attack.

After 10 minutes, the Chinese team at home started their first wave of threatening offensive. After Zhou Tiancheng made a steal in midfield, he only took the ball forward two steps, and saw that Qu Bo on the right had rushed to the frontcourt near the restricted area. According to Qu Bo's speed, Zhou Tiancheng gave a chasing ball, which was close to the bottom line, and Qu Bo rushed to the right place to pass directly.

"Hey! The Chinese team counterattacked, and the Iranian team's left defense has been completely torn apart!"

Gao Lin in the middle lane has already outflanked the middle lane very diligently, but Qu Bo's sprint speed is amazing, and the footwork of the cross is just...

"Hey! What a pity, Qu Bo's cross went directly to the bottom line."

Qu Bo turned around and gave Zhou Tiancheng a sorry thumbs up. Zhou Tiancheng smiled slightly and shook his head slightly.

Even Qu Bo himself thought that Zhou Tiancheng shook his head to mean that it was okay, but in fact Zhou Tiancheng's real thought was: it is really unreliable to spit it out after feeding it to the mouth.

If this kind of ball is replaced by Asamoah or Farfan, there is no need to pass it, and it will change to an inside cut and rush in.

But Zhou Tiancheng had to encourage him: "It's okay, the speed is very sharp."

With the first wave of attack, the Chinese team gradually started to attack on the field. Five minutes later, there was another counterattack of the same kind. Zhou Tiancheng accelerated his first step to pass Mozari. The front court formed a three-on-three opportunity. Qu Bo rushed At the same time, one hand was raised high, signaling Zhou Tiancheng to pass the ball to him. Zhou Tiancheng paused, and quickly glanced at the position of Hao Junmin on the other side. Then the Iranian players did not expect that Zhou Tiancheng chose to change directly. Xiang accelerated, and waded through a midfielder of the Iranian team's midfielder.Now you can directly face the central defender.

The Chinese fans at the scene immediately cheered, and He Wei shouted again: "Beautiful! This time Zhou Tiancheng chose to kill the penalty area by himself! The opponent probably didn't expect Zhou Tiancheng to be so flexible in handling the ball."

"Zhou Tiancheng adjusted quickly. He is very confident in his ability. Although it is risky to go it alone, the opportunity is at his feet."

Xu Yang's words are actually Zhou Tiancheng's thoughts at this time in a more straightforward way.

Instead of wasting the opportunity by feeding these unreliable teammates, Zhou Tiancheng thinks he should do it himself.

Playing against a strong team, the opportunity is as expensive as gold, but you can't afford to squander it.

(End of this chapter)