Godfather of national football

Chapter 357 The first match against Chile ([-])

Some people describe football as a war in a peaceful age, which is actually true. In the era of cold weapons, siege is either a quick attack or a war of attrition.

Sampaoli controlled the Chilean team's 5 midfielders to form a barrier to suppress the Chinese team. This is the situation that will inevitably appear in every game-stalemate.

Any goal scored by either side will break the deadlock. The Chilean team consumes the physical energy of the Chinese team players by back and forth. Of course, Li Guo cannot let the opponent get what he wants.

It is necessary to press out and push the opponent's offensive players out of the Chinese team's 30-meter defense zone, otherwise the ball will always dangle in front of the Chinese team's penalty area, and it is unknown when a goal will be scored.

In the case of less technical skills, the Chinese team had to consume more physical energy to press up. With twice the usual running, the Chinese team moved the midfield line forward by about 10 meters. Seeing the changes in the Chinese team, Sampaoli yelled at the players on the field, "Press back, press back."

After a fierce fight, Liao Lisheng fell to the ground, and the Chinese team won a free kick, which was of course not a threat, just past the center line, 45 meters away from the goal.

The ball was kicked by Zheng Zhi, and Zheng Zhi swung the ball on the ground. It is difficult to have any chances with such a far free kick. The biggest effect is to pause the game and let his teammates rest and catch their breath.

Zhou Dun, Chen Gelin, Lin Zhijian and others had already run into the penalty area of ​​the Chilean team. Zhou Dun gestured for Zheng Zhi to kick a high ball.

Zheng Zhi also understood that this kind of ball would rather be kicked directly out of the baseline than to be stopped by the opponent and hit his own counterattack.

The referee whistled, Zheng Zhi kicked the bottom of the ball after a run-up, the ball flew high, and the Chilean team was crowded with people in the penalty area, all fighting for positions.

Bravo took a few steps and was about to jump up to pick the ball up, but he missed it, which is a rare mistake. On another look, the ball flew into the goal.

Zheng Zhi in the distance didn't know what happened, but his name was played on the big screen, and he was the one who scored the goal.

The ball passed by so many players, from the Chinese team and the Chilean team, but in the end, no one actually touched the ball, and the ball flew into the goal.

After reacting, Zheng Zhi was very excited. He rushed to the sideline to celebrate, and his teammates were also very excited. The ball was picked for nothing. Even the goalkeeper Wang Dalei ran over to celebrate with his teammates.

The referee came over to urge a few times, but the Chinese players were still in extreme excitement. Li Guo felt that this was not good. It was still a long time before the end of the first half, and it couldn't be like this now.

"Children, don't get dizzy, the game is far from over."

After Li Guo's reminder, everyone began to restrain their emotions and ran back to the court. Li Guo glanced at him, Wang Dalei was still drinking water on the sidelines, and said to Feng Xiaoting with a smile: "I saw the ball the most clearly just now, you don't know..."

"Da Lei, what are you doing! Do you want me to move you a chair so that you can sit comfortably and chat?"

Wang Dalei stuck out his tongue, looked embarrassed, and ran back quickly, it's not a good thing for a goalkeeper to be too excited.

Just when Wang Dalei ran to the penalty area line, the ball flew over his head and flew into the goal, and then the referee blew his whistle to signal the Chinese team to kick off.

The players of the Chinese team immediately surrounded the referee, our goalkeeper was not in place, how could the opponent kick off?

But the rules stipulate that most of the players are in place, and it doesn't matter whether the goalkeeper is in place or not. In a Bundesliga game, the German goalkeeper Bout was directly lobbed for a goal because he was too excited after scoring a goal.

But the Chinese players couldn't accept it. The boys suffered from inexperience, especially Wang Dalei, who was so excited.Wang Dalei personally explained to the referee that he was drinking water, but the referee did not listen to the explanation. In this way, the Chinese team lost a goal inexplicably and was equalized by a spike.

The player looked up, and it was Vidal of the Chilean team who "stealed" the ball. Everyone knew that the ball was fine, but they couldn't accept it. This feeling was like being stolen, and they felt angry.

Li Guo knows that the players still lack World Cup experience. In South Africa, there are at least veterans such as Sun Jihai and Li Weifeng. But now the Chinese team is all a group of post-90s, and they don't know the dangers of the world.

Li Guo called Zheng Zhi over, "Calm down their emotions, don't be tricked anymore."

There are good and bad in the youth army. Li Guo began to worry that the players would be overly emotional, and that would not be a loss of a ball.

Vidal, the core of the Chilean team, was very cunning. He could see that the Chinese team was becoming irritable. He just slowed down the rhythm, making the Chinese team players have nowhere to use their energy.

After the Chinese team lost the ball, they wanted to speed up the tempo and score another goal, but the Chilean team took their time. Li Guo smelled a dangerous signal.

Sure enough, Fang Suo, the midfielder of the Chinese team, stepped on Vidal's foot during the fight, and there is no doubt about a yellow card.

Vidal stood up after rolling twice on the lawn with a smirk on the corner of his mouth. He wanted to get Fangso down, and he had already succeeded 50%.

At this time, it depends on the control of the head coach. Li Guo yelled loudly and called Fang Suo over, "You are an idiot. They just want you to kick him and give you a yellow card. Are you an idiot?"

Fang Suo lowered his head, Li Guo continued to scold: "I can't control it, I'd rather replace you earlier and use your brain, you know?"

After being scolded by Li Guo, Fang Suo calmed down. He knew that if he did that again, his trip to the World Cup might end early.

Fonso is a defensive midfielder, and the defensive task is already very heavy. In addition, after receiving a yellow card, Chilean players took turns to tease him. This is despicable, but it is also court wisdom.

But Fang Suo didn't fall for it again. Every time he defended, he stuck it up, kept a certain distance, and then handed it over to Zhou Dun or Yin Di, and never tackled in his own defense zone.

"Framed" Fonso failed, and the Chilean team resumed their offense. The first half was almost over, and the opponent's offense also looked like fighting and retreating.

The Chinese team was not conservative either. They counterattacked as soon as they got the ball and passed the ball behind the Chilean team, but the threat of Chen Gelin's stirring up alone was still limited.Interestingly, in terms of yellow cards, the Chilean team led the Chinese team 2-1.

In the 45 minutes of the first half, the players from both sides played fiercely, but the kicks were still clean. After a symbolic 1-minute stoppage time, the first half was over, and the players of the two teams rushed to the player tunnel. This first half consumed a lot of physical energy.

Both parties need to cool down for 15 minutes.

(End of this chapter)