Godfather of national football

Chapter 225 Fighting Qatar ([-])

The two football teams, with 11 members, were taken apart for a physical fitness test. They may be similar, but why are the things shown on the field so different.

Why is it so tiring to play against Barcelona?
This reminds me of Nan Murong in "Dragon Babu". Before others make a move, he knows what the next move is.

The same is true of Barcelona's football. Their level is higher and their ability to read the game is stronger. If you don't pass the ball, they know where you are going to pass it. Therefore, playing against Barcelona will make the opponent feel very tired.

This is also the case in Qatar now. Players like Sebastian and Fabio could control the game by passing and controlling the ball, but in front of the Chinese team, which has a better ability to read the game, the ball is always lost.

The ball is moving on the Chinese side, while the people are running on the Qatari side, so the physical energy of the Qatari side soon reached a critical point, and the accumulation of lactic acid made the muscles a little disobedient, so the Chinese team took the opportunity to speed up.

Lin Zhijian took the ball from the wing, feinted a shot in front of the penalty area, and then did not directly go to Ji Ke in the penalty area, but passed the ball in an inverted triangle to Fang Suo in front of the penalty area.

Fang Suo, a rough man, worked hard, dribbling the ball directly into the penalty area of ​​Qatar, and hitting the side net with a burst shot.

With a sigh from the audience, Qatar escaped again.

A person can persist for a while when his throat is strangled, but after all, he persists for a short time. Metsu is well aware of this truth.

He changed the formation to 451, leaving only Sebastian cruising around the center circle, and the others lined up in two rows to form two human walls as a barrier to the Chinese team.

After all, they are professional players. Once the two walls were blocked, the Chinese team's offense was not so sharp, but Qatar also sacrificed a lot. Simply put, they completely sacrificed their offense.

If you have watched a boxing match, you will know exactly what this means. You can hold your head and be beaten for a while, but you will become more and more passive.

Li Guo looked at it and suddenly smiled. He thought of a person, Pu Shuang.

"Pu Shuang, get up and warm up."

In the first half, under Qatar's strict defense, neither side scored any more goals in the end. When the South Korean referee blew the whistle to end the first half, the audience booed loudly.

*****
In the locker room, Metsu was giving a speech, talking about French football, ideas, and dreams, but the players just wanted to drink water.

"One point is my bottom line."

Everyone nodded, knowing that this is indeed the bottom line, without a point, there is nothing.

"Although the Chinese team is very strong, they are also human. After the physical decline in the second half, their offense will slow down. They already have three points in their pockets. They will not fight us desperately. They won Uzbekistan in the last game. They are still the first in the group. Why bother?"

Everyone thinks it is right, players are not perpetual motion machines, why not if they can be lazy?It really made Qatar anxious, and it is not good for everyone to shovel you.

Metsu finally said: "Play more on the side. The Chinese team has a double midfielder, and the defense in the center is relatively tough. We must make full use of the width of the court to move back and forth."

*****
In the second half, the Chinese team replaced Zheng Zhi with Park Shuang. As soon as he played, he stepped on his bicycle in front of the penalty area and got a free kick.

Qatar formed a wall of 7 people, but Shen Rui's full moon scimitar cut through everything, and the ball went into Qatar's goal.

Once the ball was lost, the Qataris were like a defeated rooster, without even the last fighting spirit.

In the 63rd minute, Ji Ke scored with a header.

In the 86th minute, Park Shuang shot and scored.

But when the final whistle sounded, the score was fixed at 4 to 1. The Chinese team qualified ahead of schedule, while the Qatar team was eliminated early.

This was a cruel ending. More than 3 Qatari fans stayed there for a long time.

Some young players in the Qatar team were covering their faces and crying. They could not accept such a cruel fact for the time being.

The Chinese players also ran over to comfort the Qatari players. There are only a few games in the cup, and they will be very passive if they lose one game. Maybe the Qataris will understand at this time that when they lose to Uzbekistan, everything is doomed.

Li Guo quickly ran up to catch up with Metsu, and he was going to be interviewed in the post-match mixed interview area with the Frenchman.

Facing Metsu, the Qatari reporter expressed regret, "We did not create a miracle."

Maybe it’s the open-mindedness of the French. Metsu didn’t cry. “That’s how the football world is. You pay, but you don’t necessarily get anything. I learned a lot from this game. The Chinese team has a better integrity. They controlled the game from beginning to end. I am convinced that I lost.”

"Are you leaving?"

"Leaving? Football? Of course not! But leaving Qatar? I think I will. I hope the next head coach of Qatar can do better than me."

At this moment, Li Guo interjected: "I think you should keep him. He is a good coach, but he is not Harry Potter. He can't just wave a magic wand and solve everything. But if you give him a few more years, I think Qatar will become a real strong team."

But obviously local tyrants are impatient, no one cares what Li Guo said, Metsu is destined to be one of the many passers-by in Qatari football.

"There was no bloodshed, can I describe the first two games like this?" asked the Chinese reporter.

Li Guo chuckled: "I think the Chinese team's Asian Cup should start from the knockout stage. The difficulty of the group stage is indeed too low."

After two consecutive victories, Li Guo finally couldn't be humble anymore, his proud temperament was beyond words, and the smile on his face became brighter and brighter.

"I want to ask an untimely question about the first goal conceded."

"There are some balls in football games that cannot be helped. For example, if we are the first to concede the ball, even if I send two goalkeepers, we should not be able to save it."

"About Park Shuang, the fans love him so much, his skills are gorgeous, why didn't such a player start?"

"Pretty can't be eaten, Zheng Zhi has a stronger control over the rhythm of the game, Park Shuang still needs to be sharpened, and I will not send a player just to please the fans."

*****
Taking the bus from the stadium to leave the Khalifa International Stadium, a group of red Chinese fans were still waiting on the road. They knew that it was impossible to see the players, and the only thing they could see was the black glass of the bus.

In the crowd, Li Guo saw the little fan who wanted to sign autographs before the start of the game. He had already put on Zhou Dun's jersey. Because the jersey was too big, it looked like a stick insect on him. He was also shouting at the bus.

Although I can't hear it, but the shape of my mouth seems to be "Zhou Dun...Zhou Dun..."

Li Guo smiled knowingly, this is the inheritance, maybe 10 years later, he will also enter this team.

"I should really ask what his name is," Li Guo thought to himself.

(End of this chapter)