i am gun king

Chapter 359 Planning and Visiting

Back at the hotel, head coach Ji Dong was still drawing the tactical board in his room. After all, the opponent in the final was the Brazilian Olympic team led by Neymar!he is thinking

Because this Chinese team is not without weaknesses, it's just that they were too strong before, and their weaknesses were covered up.

But in reality, no team is perfect.

This Chinese National Youth Team is no exception.

They are indeed outstanding among the many participating teams in this Olympic Games, but it does not mean that they must stand out from the crowd.

The weakness of the Chinese team is their defense.

This sounds strange. The three group matches were just a defensive line that lost 1 goal because of Zhao Chao's mistakes. How could it be a weakness?
But this is true again.

The Chinese team's air defense capability is indeed their weakness, but the top three teams were all intimidated by China's strong offense, and they didn't expect this at all.

Despite this, Mexico's centre-backs used their height to pose a threat to China in the final game.

It's just that those opportunities were never seized.

The Mexican head coach discovered this problem after carefully studying the video of the Chinese team's game.

And high-altitude bombing happened to be something that I could play.

This allowed him to see the dawn of defeating the Chinese team.

I don't compete with the Chinese team in the midfield, and I don't compete with the skills at my feet, just play simple and rough.

Bomb the Chinese team's defense with aerial balls.

After the game started, they did, and they really caused trouble for the Chinese team...

The Chinese team's central defenders Feng Tingxiao and Zheng Tao struggled to face such a high-altitude bombing.

The Chinese fans in front of the TV felt nervous for the first time in this tournament.

They were even a little worried that this team would get carried away after qualifying from the group stage... Didn't the media report that the Chinese team's preparation atmosphere was very relaxed before the game?
Could it be that he was blown up to the sky, so he lost his mind?

If this phenomenon really happened to the Chinese team, it would not be surprising...Chinese football has this tradition.What they are best at is "winning arrogance and defeating discouragement".

Although it was able to break into the top sixteen, it was already the same as the previous China Youth Team's performance in the World Youth Championship.

However, anyone who watched these three games would probably not be willing to stop at the top [-] like this.

They are definitely not the only ones who are not willing to stop here.

Center Zhang Hang also saw that the Chinese team's defense was facing a crisis.

If the Mexican team continues to attack like this, it will lose the ball sooner or later.

But I am not a defender, and I can't always go back to defend with headers, so I can't directly solve the problems that the Chinese team's defense is facing now.

But that doesn't mean he has nothing to do.

He's a striker, he can score goals.

Don't they all say "the best defense is an offense"?

Then I will use offense to solve the defense problem!
Cheng Tong took the ball in the frontcourt. When he saw Zhang Hang, he waved to him and asked him for the ball.So a long pass

The head coach has reminded them more than once that the defense of the Chinese center must be "inseparable" during the game, otherwise it will be meaningless.

Now they are really inseparable!
Zhang Hang ran to the football, looking like he had little chance of getting rid of the two Mexican players behind him.

At this moment, Zhang Hang raised his right foot, made a motion to pass the ball, and swung his foot to kick the football.

Passing the football back, and then turning around and running without the ball, this is a common method for many players to get rid of behind and let go.

After he passes the football, he should immediately turn around and insert behind the defensive player.

The two Mexico youth defenders knew right away what to do.

Seeing Zhang Hang kicking the football, the two of them quickly turned around and retreated—since they were not as fast as Zhang Hang, they could only move ahead of him. Otherwise, when Zhang Hang turned around and they followed suit, they would have been thrown away for a long time...

But after they turned around and retreated, they didn't find Zhang Hang following up.

The two of them slammed on the brakes one after the other, only to realize that Zhang Hang hadn't moved!
The right foot he kicked out was just a feint. In the end, instead of passing the football back, he stepped on the football and stopped the football in place.

When the two stopped in surprise and looked back, they saw Zhang Hang stepping on the football and turning around to face them.

Then they saw Zhang Hang smiled at the two of them, and before they could realize the meaning of the smile, he threw the football out suddenly, and then accelerated to chase the ball!
He rushed past the two of them!
And the two defensive players of the Mexican youth team didn't react at all...

"Beautiful!! Zhang Hang's breakthrough was unexpected! The two people he tricked retreated first, but he himself did not move. This immediately opened up the distance between him and the other party, allowing him to turn around and make moves calmly!" Huang Jianqiang applauded.

After breaking through the two Mexican players who had been following him all the time, Zhang Hang was like a fish swimming into the sea, swinging his body in the water to his heart's content, hitting the water and crossing!
He increased his speed, and the Mexican players rushed forward, trying to stop Zhang Hang.

Zhang Hang made a fake move to shoot from a long distance while running. Right in front of him, three defenders of the Mexican youth team tried various methods to prevent Zhang Hang from scoring at the same time.

The two fell directly to the ground and raised their legs to shovel. One of them jumped up and turned 180 degrees in the air, blocking Zhang Hang's long-range shot with his back.

But Zhang Hang was just a feint.After swinging his feet, he didn't shoot, and after his feet fell, he turned the football to the right. Seeing this scene on the sidelines, he gritted his teeth, leaned back slightly, clenched his fists, and his body was tense. The whole person was extremely nervous...

Then he saw the Chinese team winger Zhang Zichen, who broke into the penalty area, swung his right leg again in front of the attacking goalkeeper, this time it was no longer a fake move.

The football went straight between Adler's legs and rolled into the goal behind him...

"The ball went in!!!!" Huang Jianqiang raised his arms and shouted.

In front of the TV, countless Chinese fans are doing the same actions as him.

They jumped off the bed, the sofa, the chair..., stood on the ground, leaned back, and raised their arms and shouted: "Pretty--beautiful--!!"

"When the Chinese team encounters problems, you can always expect him to stand up. This happens every time, and he has never disappointed! This is the No. [-] of the Chinese team, the well-deserved core-the Chinese team!"

On the TV, Huang Jianqiang is desperately touting the Chinese team.

But no one finds these words disgusting.

At this moment, they even hope to hear Huang Jianqiang say more of these things and praise the Chinese team more.

Praising the Chinese team makes them feel good too.

The Mexican head coach was tense just now, but now he looks like a deflated ball.

Finally lost the ball...

He firmly believes that as long as the Mexican team is given some time, it will definitely be able to break through the Chinese team's goal.He had never doubted this until now.

But he didn't expect that the Chinese team would score first before that...

Leading and being led are two completely different states.

The impact on the players is also different.

In the case of leading, the morale of one's own players will be high, which is good for the next game.

And now, it is the state of being led...

The players of the Chinese team were celebrating the goal, while the Mexican players were stunned.

The Mexican coach bets they must have thought of those horrible rumors about the Chinese team.

The goal of the Chinese team is not only as simple as helping the Chinese team take the lead, but more importantly, it is very beautiful.

It will remind the players of the Mexican team how terrifying the offense of the Chinese team is, and their outstanding performance against those strong teams...

They'll realize...that they're taking on a seemingly invincible giant!
This is definitely not a good thing!
He wants to boost morale, but there is not much he can do on the sidelines. Football is not like basketball. You can apply for a timeout and let the head coach directly face the players and explain in detail.

It is completely meaningless to rely on him to yell once or twice on the sidelines.

So you have to wait until halftime to adjust.

And now the game has only started 7 minutes...

The first half is still long...

What if you lose the ball before then?
But if the defense is recovered like this, it will not be easy to score goals... It seems that the defense of the Chinese team is about to be crushed...

hateful!

The Mexican head coach thought about it and finally made a decision.

This decision is in line with the characteristics of the youth team players-he did not ask the whole team to recover the defense, but continued to let the players attack.

Since we can't prevent the Chinese team from scoring goals, then simply don't put all our energy on him.You can score our goals, and we can score yours!

Go on the offensive!Let's see who is afraid of whom!

The Mexican team did score a goal in the continuation of the attack. In the No. 403 minute, they used a cross from the side to bomb the Chinese team's goal.

But that's not something to be happy about.

The Mexican coach did not celebrate the goal very excitedly, but just stood on the sidelines and applauded the players, indicating that they did a good job.

It's really not worth his joy.

Because before this goal, the Chinese team scored another goal...

That's two minutes from No.30.

Wu Yulun was tripped when he broke through from outside the penalty area, and China won a free kick.Cheng Tong took the penalty, and the football went around the wall and fell into the goal. Adler missed the save and the football flew into the goal.

So now the Mexican team is just turning the two-goal deficit into one goal...

"Cheng Tao! Scored twice from the free kick! Well done! The Chinese team does not only rely on glory! It does not only rely on glory!" Huang Jianqiang applauded Cheng Tao who scored the goal.

Rong Guang also gave Cheng Tao a thumbs up after scoring the goal: "A beautiful arc!"

Cheng Tao was praised by Rong Guang and smiled happily.

Yes, the rest of our youth team are not moths who just lie down and enjoy the benefits of glory!There is not only one glory for our Chinese youth team!
Everyone ran over and hugged Cheng Tao, Rong Guang was no exception.

A group of players wearing Chinese team jerseys hugged each other tightly, looking like a whole...

No, they were originally a whole!
The Mexican head coach stood on the sidelines, staring blankly at the Chinese players embracing and celebrating their goals.

He realized that the Mexican team had lost the game.

This Chinese team... is actually more than just glory.

When the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, the score was fixed at 3:1. The Chinese team defeated the Mexican team and broke into the Olympic final in a historic way!

When the final whistle sounded, the Mexican coach took the lead in walking to the coaching bench of the Chinese team.

Then he reached out and took Ji Dong's hand.

"Congratulations." The Mexican head coach said with a polite smile, "You have a very good team."

He didn't say any polite words, the players of the Chinese team who were cheering and embracing in front of his eyes... It is indeed a very good team all the time!

Ji Dong was not humble either, he nodded: "Of course, Your Excellency. This is an excellent team, everyone is excellent. I am very happy to coach them!"

"I wish you good luck and go further!" The Mexican head coach blessed the Chinese team and left.

And Ji Dong walked onto the field quickly, celebrating the victory with his players.

Thinking back on this scene, Ji Dong knew that the next step would be difficult!
And then the phone rang,
Li Yuxin and two assistants rushed to Jingwang and arrived at the hotel where Brazil was stationed.

There was already a phone call before. When the three of Li Yuxin arrived, many reporters gathered at the scene. They all took pictures of the meeting between Li Yuxin and Ji Dong, but they couldn't follow Li Yuxin into the hotel.

"'I am very optimistic about China. You are the biggest hope to win the championship this year, but your biggest competitor is Brazil!" Li Yuxin said with a smile.

"'The Samba Army?" Ji Dong asked with a smile.

The current German team has many disciples of Li Yuxin, such as Ballack, Link, Schneider, Frings, Kyle, Deisler, Fritz and Klose. Among them, Klose performed very well in this Olympic Games, not losing the limelight to Zhang Hang at all.

"'They can always surprise people!" Li Yuxin commented on his former disciples.

Ji Dong smiled and did not comment, but in the mind of any head coach, Brazil has always been a strong opponent.

After chatting with Ji Dong for a while, Li Yuxin was approved to visit the players in Brazil.

He took two assistants, accompanied by the Brazilian team leader, and walked through the rooms one by one.

Hearing of Li Yuxin's visit, the Chinese players have been waiting for a long time.

The first thing Li Yuxin saw was Zhao Jian. This midfielder who supported China's backbone performed very well in this Olympic Games.

"'After the Olympics, take a good rest for a while, adjust your condition, and then return to the team!" Li Yuxin ordered lightly.

Zhao Jian had already heard the news of Li Yuxin's announcement to stay in the team. While admiring him, he also knew that he should not let his head down, so he nodded, "'I understand, boss!"

Li Yuxin encouraged with a smile: "'I see your performance is very good, continue to maintain this state in the new season, and do a big job in Serie A!"

Zhao Jian nodded heavily.

"'Haha, boss!" Wu Yulun's voice came in.

Seeing the Brazilian central defender and Zhang Hang running over to visit, and Li Yuxin's old subordinate Dede in Kaiserslautern, he also mixed into the Brazilian national team, and the whole room was noisy for a while.

"'Xiao Niu, I'm back!" Li Yuxin looked at Zhang Hang and said.

Zhang Hang was a bit afraid to look at him at first, but quickly raised his head, nodded and said, "'Boss!"

"'Have you enjoyed it?" Li Yuxin asked.

Zhang Hang smiled and nodded, "It's very enjoyable!"

"'Remember, the duty of a center forward!" Li Yuxin said harshly.

Zhang Hang nodded with a smile, and he promised to call Figel immediately.

Needless to say, although Li Yuxin has only personally coached a few players, this Chinese Olympic team actually has all his proud disciples,
When Li Yuxin arrived, the young players came to say hello one by one.

When Li Yuxin saw Zhang Zichen with a toothy face, he comforted the Brazilian, because in the past game against England, although he scored a goal, he was also sent off due to a red card.

"'Undoubtedly, you already have all the technical and tactical qualities to become the most outstanding football star in the world. You are like a magic elf on the football field. You are really amazing, just beyond words!" Li Yuxin praised Zhang Zichen very much.

The Brazilian star's free-kick that tricked Lehmann into it was a classic.

"'Thank you for your appreciation, head, you are also the star I admire the most!" Zhang Zichen replied.

"'A red card is not the end of the game. Geniuses always make mistakes and make progress. Maradona also got a red card in the Olympics. David Beckham also got a red card in the World Cup. As a result, you saw that they both achieved a brilliant career. I believe you can too!"

Knowing that Li Yuxin was encouraging him, Zhang Zichen kept nodding, "'Thank you very much, boss!"

Afterwards, Li Yuxin chatted with him a lot, and even joked about his multiple suspensions. Zhang Zichen is also a very talkative person, chatting with Li Yuxin endlessly, which left a deep impression on people.

Compared with Zhang Zichen's talkativeness, Dong Di is very humble, polite and gentle.

"'When the opportunity comes, you must seize it, Dong Di, have a little confidence in yourself, you will definitely be able to do it!" Li Yuxin encouraged with a smile, and he gave the best compliment to the 19-year-old without hesitation, thinking that he would not lose to anyone.

In the hotel where the Chinese Olympic team lived, Li Yuxin had a good chat with a group of Brazilian stars. He not only gave them some advice, but also answered their questions.

For example, he thinks that it is best for Zhang Zichen to stay in the Portuguese Super League for a year or two.

"'You don't lack anything, you have all the conditions to become a top star in the world, but you have to overcome two thresholds, first, sufficient and sufficient tempering; second, a more mature and stable heart, this is the threshold for you to enter the top players, if you overcome it, you will become the best player in the world!"

Zhang Zichen was very grateful for Li Yuxin's comments. Although Li Yuxin didn't say anything, he understood that he was afraid that what he said was that his final red card was unnecessary. His slightly reckless and childish behavior would become a stumbling block for him on the court.

Just like this game, he was supposed to be the best player in the game, but the final red card ruined his hope.

As for Dong Di, Li Yuxin suggested that he should bravely accept the challenge.

"'Humility and introversion is a very good character, but on the court, you have to show enough aggression, you have to be confident and brave to accept all challenges, especially when the opportunity comes, you have to seize it desperately, because the world of football is always a world of the weak and the strong!"

Gathered with the Chinese players for more than two hours, and then had dinner together, and chatted for a long time during the dinner.

(End of this chapter)