Godfather of national football

Chapter 289 Fighting Italy ([-])

After the game started, Marchisio made a certain threat with a long shot after dribbling the ball in the frontcourt.

Then the scene was a little calm, Li Guo was observing the formation of Italy, Italy is a 4231 formation, and the same is true for playing and Brazil.

But Li Guo couldn't understand it, because according to the situation on the pitch, the position of the Italian midfielder was not the 4231 that Li Guo was familiar with.

The most important thing in the 4231 formation is the two wingers, the so-called two wings flying together, such as Chelsea's Duff and Robben in the past.

Later, Bell and Ronaldo of Real Madrid.

Although the configuration of the Chinese team is not good, it can basically achieve the speed of the two wingers, but now let's look at Italy's starting lineup.

Goalkeeper - Buffon

Defense - Maggio, Barzagli, Chiellini, De Sciglio

Midfielders - De Rossi, Pirlo
Avant-garde line - Montolivo, Marchisio, Aquilani

Solo striker - Balotelli

Prandelli let Montolivo and Aquilani play two wide.But speed is not their advantage, so Li Guo doesn't understand.

With the improvement of his ability, Li Guo seldom needed Allardyce to guide him, but the situation before him reminded Li Guo of Allardyce.

Allardyce is actually a system rooted in Li Guo's brain, so as long as Li Guo moves these thoughts, then Allardyce will know.

"Li Guo, my friend, you finally think of me?"

"Hehe, Big Sam, you are a senior consultant, how dare I bother you?"

"hypocritical."

"Okay, don't gossip, I don't understand now."

Allardyce already knew Li Guo's doubts, so he said: "Italian football has its own tradition. In fact, both offense and defense are chain-like, not individual."

Li Guo seemed to understand a little bit, but he was not clear.

Allardyce then said simply: "You just need to know that when Italy is attacking, it is also defending."

Then Allardyce disappeared, and Li Guo pondered what Allardyce said in his heart.

Soon, Li Guo realized what Allardyce said in reality. He saw Italy concede the ball in the frontcourt, and the Chinese team got the ball in the backcourt.

Montolivo fought Geng Chong for about 2 seconds. Although the Chinese team did not lose the ball, the chance of a counterattack was completely gone.

Li Guo understood that no matter what formation Italy forms, the 11 people are a whole, just like a chain.

Therefore, in the qualifiers in Europe, Italy is often not weak when it is strong, and not strong when it is weak. For example, if it encounters some big fish, Italy will win one or two opponents, but it will not lose when it encounters a strong European team.

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At 15 minutes into the first half, the possession rate of the two sides was basically 2-[-], and the Chinese team led by [-] percentage points.

Li Guo took a look at Prandelli, the latter looked very calm, it seemed that he was still very satisfied with the operation of his team.

The Chinese team still has the old idea, just like the second half of the Brazilian team, let Park Shuang, who has better control of the ball, take the ball more, and his teammates then insert.

But today, after Park Shuang took the ball, it was like being covered by an invisible net. Whether you look left or right, you are all blue players.

Park Shuang even thought in his heart: "Where are my teammates?"

After a little hesitation, De Rossi posted it, and pressed Park Shuang to his own half. Park Shuang half-turned to protect the ball, and was about to pass the ball to Lin Zhijian, when Pirlo hit halfway, the ball was cut off.

This is the Italian midfielder. Their ability to read the game is even stronger. When De Rossi was fighting Park Shuang, Pirlo was predicting what Park Shuang was going to do next, and Park Shuang did choose to cross Lin Zhijian.

After stealing the ball, Pirlo raised his foot and was about to pass Balotelli straight, but after observing that Balotelli had fallen into the offside trap of the Chinese team, Pirlo pushed the ball lightly and gave it to Marchisio.

*****
"Italy is really fighting like a mountain." Li Guo thought to himself.

This reminded Li Guo of the story of a frog boiled in warm water. This is how Italy plays. For example, in the semi-finals of the 2012 Euro Cup, the German team played against Italy at the beginning, but suddenly, the Italian team made a long pass from the backcourt, and Balotelli dribbled the ball straight into the goal and scored.

I remember that when Italy scored a goal, the German goalkeeper Neuer was still in a daze, and the whole of Germany might be in a daze.

But Li Guo doesn't like this method. He respects offensive football, looking for the opponent's loopholes and killing them quickly.

Li Guo has been looking at Lin Zhijian, the ball was given to Lin Zhijian, under the cover of Fonso, Lin Zhijian took the ball and went straight to the Italian defender De Sciglio.

I have to say that there is still a gap between the Italian left backs and Zambrotta's era.

Lin Zhijian speeded up and made a strong charge, but he didn't completely get rid of it. When he got near the bottom line, Lin Zhijian swept his kick in the middle.

This kick is neither like passing the ball nor like shooting, except that it is more powerful.

But the ball passed through the entire penalty area and reached Qu Bo on the other side. All the players on the bench of the Chinese team raised their buttocks, ready to rush out to celebrate, because Qu Bo was only about 10 meters away from the goal.

But then Qu Bo slapped his arch, his teammates sat down again, and the ball flew directly.Qu Bo scratched his hair with a regretful look on his face.

The goal was indeed difficult, but Li Guo felt that a player of Qu Bo's level should still score.

Feeling regretful, Qu Bo gave Lin Zhijian a thumbs up, saying that the pass was good, but in fact only Lin Zhijian knew that he was not passing the ball at all, but he couldn't get rid of De Sciglio, and he didn't want to lose the ball.

Since the first half, Chen Gelin is the most depressing member of the Chinese team. Italy's protection of the core area of ​​the defense area is impeccable. Let alone Chen Gelin, it is difficult for his teammates to pass the ball to him.

So he can only hang around in front, but that's it, Chiellini still takes care of him, and makes small moves from time to time, which makes Chen Gelin feel very annoying, and Chiellini's purpose is to anger the opponent.

Suddenly for some reason, Chiellini fell to the ground, Li Guo looked over, Chen Gelin was beside him, and Buffon was complaining to the referee, pointing at Chen Gelin.

Li Guo was worried that Chen Gelin would be irritated by his opponent because he was not calm, but according to Li Guo's understanding of Chen Gelin, it should not be.

The referee certainly didn't see the ball clearly. He ran to the referee at the bottom line, and the hearts of the players in the Chinese team were suspended.

(End of this chapter)