extraordinary coach

Chapter 359 Meeting the European Red Devil
In this World Cup, Brazil's promotion to the quarter-finals can be quite easy.

It can also be said that the Brazilian team has been quite lucky since the start of the World Cup.

Not to mention that there is no strong enemy in the group, and they were lucky enough to avoid their old opponents.

After entering the top sixteen, they met the mediocre Mexican team.

Some people couldn't help but say that the Brazilian team was almost all the way to the quarterfinals.

However, the ease of the Brazilian team and the good luck along the way also came to an end.

In the next quarterfinals, their real test came.

Because they met a very powerful opponent, the European Red Devils - the Belgian team.

The Belgian team was considered a second-tier team for a long time.At the bottom, the world ranking was only five places higher than the Chinese team.

But today's Belgian team is quite different.In the latest world rankings, the Belgian team ranks third in the world.This is only behind the second Brazil team and the first German team.

Well, the German team has gone home.have nothing to say.

But this also shows that the Belgian team is the highest-ranked opponent Brazil has encountered in this World Cup.

With the world No. [-] already home, the matchup between the No. [-] and No. [-] in the world is definitely an 'early World Cup final'.

And because of this, it can also be said that Brazil and Belgium are the most unlucky favorites in the quarterfinals.

Among the other six teams in the quarterfinals, except for the French team, there are almost no strong teams.

In other words, the England team can barely be regarded as a pseudo-strong team.The rest of the teams from Russia, Sweden, Uruguay, and Croatia, in the eyes of most people, came to accompany the prince to study.

"Hey, the Brazilian team and the Belgian team are really unlucky. They even met in the quarterfinals."

"If they meet opponents other than the French team, they can almost easily reach the semi-finals."

"This is the World Cup final in advance. The winner is most likely to be the final champion of this World Cup."

Such a powerful two teams met in the quarter-finals, which is unavoidable.

However, compared to the German team, the Brazilian does not have any psychological baggage for the Belgian team.

在此前的历史上两队总共只交手过四次。其中除了在1963年4月的友谊赛中以5比1大胜对手外，比利时队其余3场比赛都输给了巴西队。

The last and only major confrontation between the two sides was in the Korea-Japan World Cup 16 years ago, when Brazil won 2-0.

Facing such an opponent whose confrontation record has completely fallen behind, the Brazilian team should say that they have a great psychological advantage.

Therefore, both the members of the Brazilian team and the fans are full of confidence in this game.

"Judging from the historical record, our Brazilian team definitely has the advantage."

"From the perspective of strength and world ranking, our Brazilian team is also stronger."

Indeed, from all aspects, it is really the Brazilian team that has the advantage.

The Belgian team's previous promotion road is not as smooth as the Brazilian team.

In the previous knockout round of the top [-], the Belgian team was almost dragged into overtime by the Japanese team.

In fact, in this game, the Belgian team has been in a very unfavorable situation.Not only did they fail to score in the first half, but they were also two goals behind the Japanese team.

If it weren't for the second half, they were catching up and Chadley scored a lore in the No. 904 minute.

In that game, whether the Belgian team will go home early is really hard to say.

Judging from that game, the Belgian team still has a lot of problems.

Therefore, in the eyes of many people, the Brazilian team has a higher winning percentage in this quarter-final match.

"The Belgian team was almost eliminated by the Japanese team in the previous game. Their performance is not worthy of their world ranking."

"Judging from the comprehensive situation of both sides, the Brazilian team has a higher probability of winning."

The outside world is really optimistic about the Brazilian team, and the gambling company also opened a handicap for the Brazilian team for this game.

And the famous Brazilian Pele also came out to speak again.

"Belgium has too many problems. We don't have that in Brazil. And it's when morale is high."

"So, in my opinion, as long as the Brazilian team plays normally like the previous game, then the Brazilian team will win!"

"Come on, Brazil. I'll be there to watch the game."

Both inside and outside of the Brazil team are full of confidence, and they seem to think that the Belgian team is settled, but Sun Yi is very worried.

No one knows better than him the true strength of the Belgian team.

Most of the main players of the Belgian team played in the Premier League, and Sun Yi had gone to watch their game against the Japanese team before.Sun Yi really knows the strength of this team.

To put it bluntly, the head coach of Belgium, Roberto Martinez, doesn't know the Belgian team better than Sun Yi.

Don't look at how the Belgian team stumbled in the game against the Japanese team, but as long as they can display their original strength normally, it will be terrifying.

Sun Yi is really afraid of the Belgian team.

"Don't underestimate our opponents. Belgium is definitely the strongest opponent we have faced so far."

"Remember, in terms of absolute strength, we actually have no advantage against them."

"As long as they play normally, it's definitely going to be a tough fight."

"Therefore, I ask everyone to pay attention to the Belgian team both psychologically and in action. And they must be mentally prepared to fight hard."

Sun Yi began to build up the mentality of the players when they were training and preparing for the game.

It's just that many players didn't seem to listen.

"Don't worry, coach. With our strength, we can definitely defeat them."

"Didn't you say it a long time ago? Our goal is the championship. We will definitely not fall in the quarterfinals."

"It's really not that we look down on them. As far as their performance against the Japanese team is concerned, they are definitely not our opponents."

The attitude of the players made Sun Yi frown.

"Confidence is a good thing. But never underestimate any opponent."

"A great man in our country once said that strategically we must despise our opponents, but tactically we must pay attention to our opponents."

"So, against Belgium, we can no longer play like we did in previous games. We need to change tactically."

"Reduce unnecessary breakthroughs and increase the speed of advancement. Defenders must do a good job of defense. Don't easily press up and participate in the offense without taking the lead."

Sun Yi said so, and he did so.

In order to prepare for the Belgian team, he used closed training in subsequent training.

It also requires the Brazilian team to continue to practice tactics specifically for the Belgian team in training.

It can be said that Sun Yi has made sufficient preparations for this early final.

(End of this chapter)