Ultimate Demon Sword

Chapter 205 Gemini (Second update on the weekend!)

Liang Xin returned after a training session, and naturally occupied the position of a starting midfielder.As soon as the game started, he made two consecutive steals from Goodley, who had played for the Chinese Super League, and gave the Chinese team two chances to counterattack on the spot in the frontcourt, which attracted a lot of cheers from the scene.Seeing this scene, Lippi nodded secretly in his heart.In this training session, his biggest purpose is to inspect Liang Xin.After all, he doesn't have much time to play in the national team. Although his ability is undisputed, how to integrate his interception attributes into the team's existing tactical system, especially with Wen Zhihao's quick-witted style, will be a major issue for Lippi's coaching staff in the next six months.

With Wen Zhihao around, the Chinese team's offense has a stable firepower guarantee, but facing the strong European and American teams in the World Cup, the national team's defensive end is not a small problem.The current defensive ability can only be regarded as Asian-level at best, but the World Cup national team may have to face a world-class attack group.The abilities of other players have basically reached the ceiling after Lippi's long-term stimulation.In Lippi's view, only Liang Xin still has plasticity.Those who win the midfield win the world. Lippi's positioning of Liang Xin is the Gattuso of the Chinese team.Wen Zhihao is the Pirlo of the Chinese team.

Of course, it is certainly not up to the level of these two masters who are excellent in offense and defense in the midfield, but Lippi must harden the waist of the national team and provide sufficient protection for the defense.You can't always rely on Wen Zhihao to control the tempo and fight with the opponent to solve the problem.In recent World Cups, the tendency to fight for defense has become more and more obvious. In the 2006 World Cup Golden Boot Klose only scored 5 goals. In the 2010 World Cup Golden Boot Thomas Muller also scored 5 goals. In the last Brazil World Cup Golden Boot James Rodriguez won the title with 6 goals and has become a top demon star all over the world.It is enough to show that a top competition like the World Cup is a stage for defensive counterattacks, and the first priority is to secure the fence of the defense line. The 02 World Cup against Costa Rica was a lesson. The Chinese team put their energy into the confrontation with their opponents and wanted to take down the weakest opponent in the group. As a result, they couldn't attack for a long time.

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Since it is a warm-up match, the head coaches of both sides encourage the players to show their abilities. The scene is very open, and both offensive and defensive ends are based on the personal performance of the players, which is of little value from a tactical point of view.

In the 4-3-3 formation, Wen Zhihao plays the role of a forward attacking midfielder, and has sent extremely penetrating passes to the opponent's dangerous areas many times. However, the striker Gao Lin of the national team and Wuqiu Wang are completely two extremes.The martial arts king can run out of the shooting space, but the quality of the key shot... After seeing the finishing ability of Saul, Vietto and others, Wen Zhihao spread his arms and wanted to utter a national curse.But he looked at his captain's armband, and finally there was only a sigh.

It's not easy to be a nanny in the national team. With this group of disgusting pig teammates, you can spit out the cake stuffed in your mouth.Wen Zhihao suddenly thought of what would be waiting for everyone after the game if Simeone was on the sidelines and saw his players squandering such opportunities that grandmas could score several times.

"Wen Zhihao's pass was very good, but Gao Lin and Wuqi Wang wasted the opportunity. However, it is understandable. After all, most players have finished playing in the Chinese Super League, and their bodies have entered a state of vacation. The five major leagues are still in the early stages of the season, and Wen Zhihao's physical condition is still on the rise."

He Wei looked at the contrast between Wen Zhihao and other players in this way to find reasons for the Chinese team's delay in scoring.

Wen Zhihao also saw that there was a problem with the striker's state, and compared to Serbia's defense, the overall strength was indeed much worse.

Since the striker is unreliable, then get out of the way, and I will do it myself!
Wen Zhihao has an excellent ability to blast the world with one kick. Before he started to work alone, he had a gesture exchange with Liang Xin. The two opened a channel from the left side of the Serbian midfielder through continuous passing and running. Wen Zhihao brought the ball to the front of the penalty area. Ikovic fully stretched his body, touched the ball with his fingertips rubbing against the post, flicked the post, and the ball fell back into the penalty area.

"Ah! The long-range shot was saved! ... And, and!"

He Wei saw a red figure at the far end of the camera rushing away to the ball, it was too late to regret that Wen Zhihao's long-range shot could not be scored, and the chance of a follow-up shot was right in front of him.

The figure that suddenly appeared in the camera was Liang Xin!

Facing the half-empty goal left by Wen Zhihao's shot, how could Liang Xin refuse such a big gift and shoot the ball into the net before Ivanovic.

"Good goal! Liang Xin's first goal for the national team, the Chinese team leads!"

Wen Zhihao immediately ran to Liang Xin, and congratulated him: "Congratulations, the first goal. After the game, treat me."

Liang Xin did not get carried away: "You have half of the credit for this goal. First win the game and then talk about it. Let's have a drink after it's over, what a joke!"

Serbia's world ranking is as high as 38th, which is a bit higher than the 59th of the Chinese team. Even without the star Matic, the overall strength is still stronger than the Chinese team.Newcastle striker Mitrovic No. 403 minutes close range shot to equalize the score.No. [-] national gate Yan Junling blocked twice in a row, but faced with Serbia's third consecutive blow, there was nothing he could do.

From this conceded goal, we can also see the weakness of the Chinese team. With Wen Zhihao and Liang Xin, the midfield has become the strongest link, but the strength of the defense cannot keep up with the improvement of the midfield.
In the 60th minute of the game, Liang Xin and Wen Zhihao reproduced the continuous passing in the midfield. This time, after passing through, Wen Zhihao attracted some attention. Wen Zhihao cut in from the middle by relying on speed, and shot through Stojkovic's crotch with a low shot. The ball rolled into the middle of the goal.

However, the hard-earned advantage was not maintained to the end. Mitrovic headed the ball from close range in the No. 70 minute, locking the score at 2:2.

Although they didn't win, He Wei still praised Wen Zhihao and Liang Xin's cooperation by name: "The ability and awareness of the two European players is a level higher than other teammates. It can be predicted that if the Chinese team wants to make a breakthrough in the World Cup in Russia, it depends on the performance of these two. According to the current popular saying, Wen Zhihao and Liang Xin are the two thighs of the national team."

Judging from the evaluation of the media after the game, Liang Xin, who broke the national team's scoring shortage, was excellent both offensively and defensively in the midfielder position, and was active in running, got the unanimous highest score.

On the second day, major domestic media overwhelmingly positively commented on the results of the game.

"The most valuable tie! The secret weapon of Liang Xin's transformation into Lippi..."

"It's still easier to use returnees! Two returnees scored two goals, and the World Cup in Russia depends on them."

"The draw is hopeful, the strongest twin stars in the history of the national team are combined, is the dream of scoring goals in the World Cup still far away?"

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(End of this chapter)