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Chapter 356 A Little Troubled (Second Watch for Tickets!)

Qatar coach Mechu has been strengthening a training content these days, the rapid advancement of midfield siege and counterattack.

In the first game against Uzbekistan, which is a European style that advocates physical confrontation, Qatar's specialty was completely restrained, which made Mechu's expression after the game very ugly, especially when the team couldn't even defend Uzbekistan's long-range shots. It made him feel that facing the Chinese team might be very bad.

He just got the latest information about the Chinese team from the assistant coach. Naturally, the video of Zhou Tiancheng winning the Puskas Award was directly intercepted by the coaching staff.

"Bruno, it seems we have to pay more attention to Zhou Tiancheng."

When Mei Chu saw Zhou Tiancheng's goal, his eyelids twitched. Although he knew that such a goal had an element of luck, he had a deeper fear of Zhou Tiancheng's long-range shooting ability: the reason why the team strengthened The pressing in the midfield was actually mainly a targeted arrangement he made after watching Zhou Tiancheng's goal highlights.

He attaches great importance to the match with the Chinese team. If he wants to get a better ranking in this group and avoid meeting the Japanese team in Group B too early in the knockout round, he must win the Chinese team.

But he looked at the team's defensive team and frowned.Even the team's training interception success rate is not high. It seems that when it comes to the game, there must be other arrangements.

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On the side of the Chinese team, due to the uniform regulations of the AFC, the team is a little more relaxed about the media, but it is only in accordance with the most basic standards of each training class, and only open to the outside world for 15 minutes.The coaching staff still attaches great importance to the secrecy before the game.The time to understand the team is limited, but the reporters' concerns are surprisingly consistent.

They all want to know whether Gao Hongbo will play a more prominent role in Zhou Tiancheng in this game.Especially now that he has just won the Puskas Award.Everyone is curious whether the team's tactics will revolve around his individual ability.

However, during the training time they saw, the team did not involve any tactical training, and only opened up the warm-up part of the team.

Gao Hongbo also played tricks in the pre-match press conference. He said: "The game against the host is a rare opportunity to exercise, and there will be the most fanatical atmosphere. It is very important to every one of our players, including the entire team. It was an excellent experience.”

Well, it's training again...

The Chinese reporters couldn't laugh or cry, but everyone felt a little more expectation in their hearts.

The real tactical secrets are always only in the locker room.

Gao Hongbo closed the door and emphasized the strategy of this game with an aggravated tone: "We must seize the initiative to start the game. Regardless of whether they are the host, the West Asian team is actually not as difficult to play as you imagine, but you have to win the game. Show your courage and beat their madness! Yang Hao, Zhao Xuri, the task of the two of you today is to protect Zhou Tiancheng, advance and retreat with him, as long as you see any defensive player shoveling him, you two You two must go up first. Today you are Zhou Tiancheng's shield, understand?"

The two were stunned for a moment. They had never received such a task in their careers. It was quite new. They glanced at Zhou Tiancheng. Zhou Tiancheng smiled at them and shrugged, his meaning was obvious: don't look Me, I didn't tell the coach to do that.

Gao Hongbo noticed the expressions of the two, and emphasized again: "Remember your responsibilities. Your task is to ensure that Zhou Tiancheng goes into the offense without any worries. Do what you should do well, and that is your contribution to the team."

Gao Hongbo suddenly raised his voice. He was really worried that if the team had the upper hand, the two would not be able to resist the urge to attack, but this was not their task for this game.It is enough to have a brain in midfield.

The atmosphere at the Khalifa Stadium is quite terrifying. Looking around, there is a white wave of Qatar's home stadium, and the stadium is filled with cheers with strong Middle Eastern characteristics.

"Whooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo"

The voices from the almost full audience were not high-pitched, but rather low-pitched. It sounded like they were trapped in the Valley of Wild Wolves, and the pack of wolves were roaring in warning of hunger and thirst.

Zhou Tiancheng shook his shoulders, the sound of cheering made him feel... quite fresh.

The referee Dorki from Iran blew the whistle to start the game. Qatar took advantage of the first kick-off and began to quickly attack the Chinese team's defense.The arc in the middle circle directly released a long pass with a clear goal, trying to find the striker arrow Sebastian.This is their big weapon in the frontcourt, a naturalized player originally from Uruguay.

However, after being cleared by the Chinese team's central defender Zhao Peng, the pass was passed to the feet of Yang Hao who responded, but under the interference of the opponent's strong defense, Yang Hao stopped the ball a little too much and was intercepted by the opponent. He quickly took advantage of the opponent's forward The moment he hit the ball, he subconsciously stretched out his foot and blocked the opponent's path.

Under this shovel, the opponent fell to the ground in response, and the referee Duoji's whistle sounded immediately, showing a yellow card to Yang Hao.

Yang Hao shrugged his shoulders, feeling that he was wronged, and went forward to appeal to Duoji, but he ignored it at all.

Although Liu Jianhong also felt that the yellow card was too harsh, as a commentator, he had to ensure that he tried his best to restrain himself and focus on the players, so he said: "You still have to pay attention to your actions when defending. This is just the beginning. Yang Hao This action applied for a yellow card for myself, which is too worthless, and it left a hidden danger for the defense."

But it's not over yet. Less than 5 minutes later, another midfielder Zhao Xuri received a yellow card warning when he was guarding against the opponent's counterattack.

This time even Gao Hongbo on the coach's bench was not calm, and went to the sidelines to protest against the fourth official with his arms open.

The reason for his excitement is very simple, this is just the beginning, 10 minutes have not passed, two defensive midfielders received a yellow card, can this play continue?In the position of the defensive midfielder, a yellow card can have a greater impact than a central defender.

Zhao Xuri also covered his head. He was the one who really felt wronged. No one knew better than him that he had touched the ball cleanly. The opponent's body was only stumbled when he fell due to the inertia of the tackle. on his feet.

He seemed a little excited, and rushed forward to argue with the referee, but Zhou Tiancheng quickly pulled him away when he saw something was wrong.

"Calm down, calm down, you can't fight back, don't do this."

"Damn it, the dog's black whistle!" Zhao Xuri cursed secretly, spat on the lawn, and stood back to his position indignantly.

At this time, Liu Jianhong also felt a little angry, and questioned in a questioning tone: "This...according to this scale, is the referee going to send off two or three people today? If this is the case, the game will not be good."

In fact, he and his partner looked at each other in private, and they were very worried. They both knew that it was clearly aimed at the Chinese team.

Not to mention winning, judging from this opening, it is a bit troublesome to keep a draw today and get out of the whole body.

(End of this chapter)