Glory Greenery

636 Octopus and Bear's Paws Can't Have Both
The excitement of the Chinese team because of Yang Mo's first goal in the World Cup lasted until the referee intervened, and it finally ended.

After the game resumed, the Nigeria team kicked off in the middle circle.

But with Yang Mo's goal, after taking the lead in less than 4 minutes, the Chinese team has already gained a tactical advantage at this time.

Originally Lippi's tactic for the Chinese team was to rely on Yang Mo's personal ability to fight back.

After all, in terms of frontal combat capability and overall technical level, there is still a gap between the Chinese team and Nigeria.

Although Nigeria's world ranking is not as high as the current Chinese team, in fact, no one knows that most of the Chinese team's current ranking is due to Yang Mo.

Without Yang Mo's deterrent power in the frontcourt, it is estimated that he will be beaten back to his original shape immediately.

After the game started, Nigeria chose the rhythm of attack, which is a good proof of this point.

Although Nigeria is eager to equalize the score, as long as Yang Mo stays in their half to create pressure, Nigeria has no way to ignore it.

So on the field, there was a very ironic scene.

Nigeria obviously wanted to attack, but because of Yang Mo, the midfielder was hesitant and afraid to move forward.

Such a situation directly led to the disconnection of Nigeria's midfield connection and greatly reduced offensive power.

The midfield ability of the Chinese team is average, and they can still cope with such a Nigerian team.

Run more aggressively, fight harder, and Nigeria will have no way to beat the Chinese team for a while.

In this game, Nigeria played conservatively, but now it is threatened by Yang Mo, and it is even more difficult to score goals.

In this way, Nigeria was in a dilemma, and the Chinese team did not care about the backcourt. Not only did they fail to achieve results, but they were found by the Chinese team again and again.

In the 9th and 7th minute of the first half, Nigeria's number [-] left midfielder, Moussa from CSKA Moscow, took advantage of his speed to pass Sun Jihai on the right, and then made a decisive cross.

In the middle, No. 9 center Emenik from Turkish giants Fenerbahçe was harassed by Sun Xiang when receiving the ball, and his shot missed. Zhou Haibin broke his big foot and sent the ball to the frontcourt.

Where, with the cooperation of Zhang Xizhe, Hao Junmin received the ball, dribbled the ball across the half court from the right, and then passed the ball obliquely to Yang Mo in front of the penalty area in Nigeria.

Facing the double-teaming, Yang Mo jumped up and forced his way through. The moment he landed, he put his left foot on the ground. When he finished catching the ball, he had already scored a goal for Nigeria.

Seeing such a scene, the Nigerian fans felt desperate, while the Chinese fans cheered.

Everyone felt that with Yang Mo's ability, the ball had been won.

But at this moment, Nigeria's No. 13 left-back Oshaniwa rushed over from the side, and before Yang Mo, who received the ball, could adjust his posture, he intercepted with a horizontal shovel.

In this situation where the ball has not been completely controlled, no matter how powerful Yang Mo is, he can only lie down helplessly.

The moment Yang Mo fell, the Chinese fans in the stands exploded.

Immediately afterwards, Hao Junmin who came from behind rushed to the referee on the spot, indicating that this was a foul and a penalty kick should be awarded.

Yang Mo, who was brought down, got up and followed to protest to the referee.

However, when the referee Carlos from Spain faced the protest of the Chinese team, he waved his hand and said that Nigeria's tackle was very clean and there was no foul.

Although Yang Mo protested, he failed to change the referee Carlos' decision in the end.

But this time, although Carlos let Nigeria go, Nigeria's good luck did not last long.

Only 6 minutes later, the Chinese team used Nigeria's offense to launch a counterattack again. This time, Yang Mo was surrounded by four Nigerian defenders and knocked down. The referee decisively awarded a free kick.

The position of the free kick is quite good, and Yang Mo, who took the penalty, chose to hit the goal directly.

A pretty standard curve ball, although the ball is as beautiful as a textbook, it is not unexpected enough, and it is finally caught by Enyeyama.

Sure enough, with only 80 free kicks, it was still impossible to make a final decision.

After the level of the professional player training system reached LV30, it became extremely difficult to upgrade. Most of the Premier League season, cups, Champions League, and leagues were played in multiple ways, but Yang Mo still did not allow Yang Mo to fill up his experience bar.

This also made it impossible for Yang Mo to use free kicks as a trump card in the World Cup.

But it doesn't matter if you don't score a free kick, as long as you follow the current rhythm, there will never be fewer chances to score.

Sure enough, just after 35 minutes of the game, the Chinese team found a second chance.

And this opportunity was not created by counterattack.

After playing against Nigeria for half a game, the mentality of the national team players has gradually adjusted. Under the leadership of Yang Mo, there are some signs of daring to fight.

Especially the few overseas players, their cooperation has become more and more skillful.

Zhang Xizhe distanced himself from the attack in the midfield and gained a bit of calmness in the Bundesliga Wolfsburg. He seized the opportunity to make a through pass and sent the ball to Yang Mo's feet.

After Yang Mo received the ball, he dragged a group of Nigerian defensive players and ran diagonally to the left. Using his personal skills and deterrence, he tore apart Nigeria's defense.

Seeing the opening in the middle, Yang Mo did not go to the black alone, but chose to pass the ball decisively.

At this time, Hao Junmin, who came forward through Nigeria's gap, passed the ball at Yang Mo with a volley.

"Hao Junmin... knock at the door!"

"Oh! It's such a pity that the ball stinks!"

Hearing Liu Jianhong's lament, he knew that Hao Junmin's knock did not enter the door.

Hao Junmin's seemingly powerful volley, but hit a plane with the characteristics of the national team, did not even touch the crossbar, which made Nigeria's goalkeeper Enyeyama break out in a cold sweat in vain.

"Yang Mo involved four Nigerian players by himself. The Nigerian goal is unguarded. It is really a pity that this goal can be scored as long as it is square."

"I think that in this situation where the Chinese team is dominant on the field, whether the tactics of the head coach Lippi can be more offensive. No matter how you say this player, Wu Lei is also the third scorer in the Eredivisie. It’s a bit too conservative to put them on the bench in the big competition.”

As soon as Director Tao said this, many fans nodded secretly.

Although Wu Lei's current performance in the Eredivisie is much worse than that of Yang Mo back then, he is still the third top scorer, and it would be a waste to put him on the bench.

Besides, Hao Junmin's defensive ability is really average, and there is no difference between Wu Lei and Hao Junmin in defense.

In fact, when Director Tao said this, Lippi on the sidelines was also thinking about this issue.

The Chinese team failed to seize several opportunities in the first half, but none of them had much to do with Nigeria's defense.

The main reason is that Yang Mo lacks a helper in the frontcourt. The offensive ability of the starting frontcourt players is really difficult to cooperate with Yang Mo.

Wu Lei can match well with Yang Mo.

But if Wu Lei is replaced, if too much power is invested in the frontcourt, what should we do in the middle and backcourt?
Compared with Hao Junmin, Wu Lei is now training in the Eredivisie, more like a pure striker.

Thinking left and right, Lippi fell into thinking.

But considering that it is only the first half, Lippi has no choice to make any changes immediately, or wait until after the intermission.

On the other side, who is more anxious than Lippi is actually Nigeria's head coach Stephen Casey.

Attack, in vain.

Defense is dangerous.

Obviously, he wanted to take care of both sides, but he didn't do well on both sides.

You can't have both.

Now, offense or defense, he must choose one.

Otherwise, they can only die slowly under the tactics of the Chinese team.

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