World's No.1 Football Manager

Chapter 357 Evenly matched
As soon as the game started, Sao Paulo showed its own football style.

Their forward speed is not fast. When the ball reaches the feet of each player, they are used to taking a few times. This is rare in modern football that emphasizes overall and speed.

If two or three people in a team play like this, it will definitely disrupt the overall rhythm of the team; but if everyone plays like this, the rhythm will be unified instead.

Most of the time the ball is running slowly under the players' feet, but that doesn't mean they can't get up fast.

In fact, almost everyone of Sao Paulo's stars has extremely strong personal abilities, and can suddenly dribble the ball forward at any time, or pass a scalpel-like through ball forward.

It is this sudden change of rhythm, listening to thunder in a silent place, is the easiest to catch the opponent by surprise.

What's more, they still have Pato on the front line.

The former "European Golden Boy Award" winner was once regarded as Pele's successor.Although he is now in his 30s and far from reaching the height expected at the beginning, he is still the most expensive player in Sao Paulo.His speed, agility, flexibility and creativity are among the best in the game, and he is the key to the team's speed change.

In the 17th minute, the Sao Paulo team played their best routine.

After several touches by several players, the ball came to the feet of midfielder Hernanes.

Hernanes, nicknamed "The Prophet", took the ball in the midfield and dribbled it around a few times seemingly ordinary, but in fact he was always observing the running positions of his teammates.

Suddenly, he suddenly made a long pass without warning, and the ball flew precisely behind the DB defense line.

Forward Pablo Felipe had been waiting for the opportunity to fly to the point where the ball fell.

But DB's defensive line is not a vegetarian either. Among the three central defenders, Qu Saidao is at the end, and he plays the role of protecting the defensive line in the middle.

Judging the ball's landing point in advance, before Felipe, he jumped high and made a header to clear the siege.

The ball was pushed out, but the second landing point was predicted by Pato in advance.

The ball was pushed to Pato's feet, and he unloaded the ball and made a coherent assault in one go.

Ricardo rushed over to block, but Pato, running at high speed, suddenly touched his foot and pulled the ball past Ricardo.

Even the speed of running did not slow down in the slightest.

Another central defender, Batur, hurried over to assist in the defense, because he was afraid that Pato would use his flexible body skills to pass again, so his center of gravity was kept very low.

The defensive player lowers the center of gravity, which can avoid being dunked by the opponent to the greatest extent, but it will also slow down the starting speed of the defensive player and cannot keep up with the opponent's sprint.

The experienced Pato saw Batur's flaws at a glance, his body swayed slightly, and he looked like he was going to smash the ball, but it was actually a fake move, and suddenly rushed forward with the ball.

Batur was not good at speed, so he started with all his strength after being surprised, but he was already slow, and was left behind by Pato.

At this time, the defensive center back Kusai, who was in charge of protecting the defender, had rushed over and stood firmly in front of Pato.

Pato was intercepted by Qusay in front of him and chased by Batur and Ricardo behind him. It seemed that there was nowhere to escape.

But while Pato was running at high speed, he suddenly knocked the ball to his heel behind him.

This was beyond everyone's expectations, and the ball was passed from the crotch of Ricardo who was chasing back.

broken!

The DB defense trio knew something was wrong, because the three central defenders were all attracted by Pato, and they had no defense against the others!
Sure enough, there was a gap in the middle of the restricted area.

Sao Paulo midfielder Everton da Silva rushed to the ball and pushed the ball.

This completely unguarded shot was like a penalty kick, pushed from an extremely tricky angle, straight to the upper right corner of the goal.

The ball is in!
The Morumby Stadium, which can accommodate 8 people, boiled instantly!

Sao Paulo fans shouted and roared excitedly.Since the regular season, their home team has been stepped on by DB and cannot stand up, which makes them depressed for the whole season.

In their hearts, it is not that Sao Paulo is not as good as DB, but the damn competition system, which determines that opponents in the same group cannot directly compete, so the team has never had a chance to defeat the opponent one-on-one.

Now, at the end of the season, in the final match, Sao Paulo can finally give DB some color!

After losing the ball, Gao Yuan was a little annoyed and roared loudly on the sidelines.

It's not that he can't accept losing the ball, but he is a little angry that the team didn't organize the overall defense well.

The reason for adopting the 3-5-2 formation is to take into account the opponent's sharp attack and worry that the defense line will be penetrated, so 3 central defenders are used.

Now that the three central defenders are all on the line, it is true that Pato did not form a direct attack, but the midfielder and the two wingbacks did not recover the protection in time, and were taken advantage of by other opponents.

The ball, the defensive midfielder and the wing back all have unshirkable responsibilities.

However, in the two-round competition system, conceding goals in away games is not the end of the world, the key is to score goals.

DB's strategy in the away game is to defend and counterattack. Although there are loopholes in the defense, the counterattack is not bad.

According to the deployment before the game, Gao Yuan focused his offense on the two wing backs.

In this game, DB's two defensive midfielders Zhou Yong and Caen are both defensive players, and the midfielder He Xiaoke is more like a terminator than an organizational player.

Therefore, the heavy responsibility of connecting the front and back courts and delivering shells to the offensive line fell on the shoulders of Liao Lei and Shao Jie.

DB's counterattack principle in this game is to play "fast".

The general process is: the defensive midfielder or defender completes the steal, and then quickly hands it to the two wing backs, who quickly push the ball to the frontcourt, and then seek cooperation with the frontcourt trident to complete the goal.

This set of minimalist offensive routines is very in line with the simple and fast overall advancement of modern football, in sharp contrast to Sao Paulo's tedious and slow offensive rhythm.

In the 32nd minute, Zhou Yong and Caen's double defensive midfielders worked together to "close the door", stealing the ball from the opponent's midfielder Neves, and then quickly split the side. The left wingback Shao Jie got the ball and strode forward.

Since it was the stage of transition from offense to defense, Sao Paulo's formation was somewhat scattered, and the defenders were unwilling to foul easily, so Shao Jie was able to advance about 30 meters away.

Advance from the backcourt of the own side to the frontcourt of the opponent.

At this time, Alves, the opponent's right back, blocked Shao Jie.

Facing the once best right back in the world, Shao Jie didn't dare to push him too hard, and hurriedly crossed the ball to He Xiaoke who responded in the middle.

As soon as He Xiaoke got the ball, Hernanes posted it.

The "Prophet" was paid 900 million euros for playing in the Super League, while He Xiaoke never played in the Super League for a day.However, this does not affect He Xiaoke's fighting spirit and performance. As the "back wave", he has the consciousness to shoot the "front wave" to death on the beach.

He Xiaoke evaded Hernanes with a V-shaped pull on the sole of his foot. After flashing through the gap, he quickly slid the ball forward and obliquely to Jola.

At this moment, the ball has come to the front of the penalty area.

This is the favorite area of ​​Jorah, who is good at dribbling.

In this area, he has a lot of options, he can dribble horizontally, advance in depth, seek cooperation, and even shoot directly.It's true that the sea is wide enough for fish to leap, and the sky is high for birds to fly.

I saw Jorah's figure swaying, with plum blossoms under his feet, dodging among the defenders, and soon came out of the gap between several defenders like a loach.

Seeing that the situation is not good, the veteran Juanfran rushed over to help defend and block.

But after all, he is already a 35-year-old veteran, and he has long lost the bravery of the Atletico Madrid iron guard. He is old and his legs are old. Although he worked hard, he was a step slower after all. After completing the breakthrough, Jorah shot the ball straight into the net.

The ball is in!
The score was tied at 1:1.

(End of this chapter)