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Chapter 333 Team USA

China's schedule in Group C of the World Cup group stage is the first match against the US team.

The second game against Brazil, the third game against Italy, in short, every game is very difficult to play.

Needless to say, Brazil is a five-star Brazil, a traditional strong team, the runner-up of the 21 Copa America, and the Italian team is the champion team of the 21 European Cup. .

In short, the Chinese team can be said to have no advantage against any of these three teams, but if you have to choose one, Wang Yi will definitely choose the US team.

Relatively speaking, although the U.S. team has many stars playing in Europe, there are also many players who play in the major leagues of the United States.

They have more players with 80 points than the Chinese team, but there are not necessarily as many players with 70 points as the Chinese team. The question is, can their top card Pulisic be counted as a player with 90 points?
Pulisic's performance at Chelsea in the 2021-22 season can be said to be mediocre. He only played 20 times in one season.

The player who wasn't even a starter at Chelsea was the top player of the US team, and Wang Yi instantly felt that the US wasn't scary anymore.

"Actually, if you want to talk about the top card, it should be Pulisic, but if you want to talk about the player with the best form last season, including this season, it should be Reina. He switched to play right winger in Dortmund last season. He played 45 games this season. Dortmund ranks first in the number of appearances in the team, the number of starts is also the first, and the playing time is still the first. He scored 11 goals and assisted 13 goals. It can be said that the data of the double double is very eye-catching. He is It should be paid attention to, in fact, I think he can surpass Pulisic to become the new top card of the US team."

Wang Yi listened to Andri, the assistant coach of the coaching staff.

Andre has been paying attention to the US team for almost a year, and knows every player of the US team like the back of his hand.

Today's football not only fights on the field, but also collects intelligence off the field.

Andrew continued.

"The position of the goalkeeper, the U.S. team brought three players this time, Horvat of Bruges, if nothing else, he should be the No. 3 goalkeeper of the U.S. team. He was the main goalkeeper in Bruges last season. The No. [-] goalkeeper is David Ochoa of Real Salt Lake City, the third goal should be the captain of Manchester City's Steffen, and he only has three goals in Manchester City, so this World Cup should not have many chances to play."

It was also a meeting this time, and Lippi directly said, "Does Horvath have any technical characteristics or other information?"

"Horvat is a tall goalkeeper with a height of 194cm. His dominant foot is his right foot. He has average ability to play the ball. He is better at catching high balls and headers. He is a little weak when facing ground balls. , but there were no penalties in the group stage."

Lippi nodded after listening, and looked at Wang Yi.

Wang Yi looked at the big screen in the conference room when Andre was speaking, and at this time, another assistant coach, Fell, was simultaneously playing Horvath's highlight content.

So everyone watched, not too long, about 10 minutes, the highlights of Horvath's performance in Bruges in the past two seasons.

"Indeed, as Andri said, Horvat was a little slow to get off the ground. The striker of Ghent hit a ground ball before, and the speed was actually not fast, but Horvat reacted a little slower. The ball went into the net under his armpit and that was a point of concern."

As soon as Wang finished speaking, he also set the tone for the goalkeeper of the American team.

"Next is the US team's defense. In this World Cup, the US team has brought a total of 8 defenders, Brooks from Wolfsburg, Cannon from Boavista, Durst from Barcelona, ​​and Henk McCann. Qi, Miazga from Anderlecht, Ream from Fulham, Anthony from Fulham, Yedlin from Galatasaray. Among them, the central defender partner from Fulham should not Surprisingly, the U.S. team is the center back combination of this World Cup. The two are the center back combination at the club. This kind of partner also cooperates tacitly. Brooks is the left back and Durst is the right back. The others will be substitute players for the time being. This kind of starting The lineup can be seen from the previous World Cup qualifiers. These starting players have been starting since then, and they were substitutes at that time. Now it is difficult to become a regular in the World Cup."

"Next is the midfielder. The U.S. team only brought 6 midfielders this time. There are three in their domestic league, Acosta from the Colorado Rapids, Liecht from the Los Angeles Galaxy, and Yuri from the San Jose Earthquake. The three are players who have played in Europe, and there are many players who have played for giants. Valencia's Musa, Leipzig Red Bull's Adams and Juventus's McKennie. The US team has been playing 433 in the previous qualifiers. The formation, and the three players who play in the European League have always been the main midfielder. Among them, McKennie can be said to be the core figure of the midfielder. He was on loan at Leverkusen last season. He performed very well, he is also the player who played the most minutes in Juventus this season, and he was the best player in the three league games, so it can be said that he is in very good condition."

"Finally, there are strikers, and we also recruited 6 people. These 6 people have played in the European League. The two most famous are Reina and Pulisic. The rest of Weah played in the European League. Lille, Aaronson played for Red Bull Salzburg, Sargent played for Werder Bremen, and Sabaceu played for Young Boys in Bern. Among them, Weah played as a center forward, Pulisic played as a right winger, and Ray played as a right winger. Reina played left winger, this is such a position, but this is also the position of the previous qualifiers. Reina played right winger in Dortmund last season. It can be said to be very good. Baller was listed as the only two world-class players in the Bundesliga last season, so it is not ruled out that Reina will play the right winger in the end and Pulisic will play the left. The situation of Pulisic in the past two seasons , played less time at Chelsea, and his performance was far worse than that of Reina in Dortmund."

After listening to Andri's speech, Wang Yi looked at Lippi.

Lippi already had an idea in his mind.

"In fact, judging from the lineup, the United States is indeed stronger than us, but our strongest point is much stronger than them, and our weakness is just a little worse than theirs. In the same comparison, the players we play in Europe There are more than them. This game will definitely be very difficult. The US team played very tough physical confrontation when they played in the qualifiers in Central and North America. Therefore, the first thing we have to do in this game is not to get injured, and the second is to fight back. The opportunity. The rest depends on the play of the time."

(End of this chapter)