Ultimate Demon Sword

Chapter 258 A Different Chinese Team

The French coach Didier Deschamps did not hesitate to deploy all the main players. In the 4-2-3-1 formation, Koscielny partnered with Barcelona central defender Umtiti on the defensive line, with Pogba and Bakayoko in midfield. The three attacking frontcourt players were Griezmann, Mbappe and Matuidi, and the forward arrow was Giroud.

Among the 11 starting players, all of them are from the top four giants of the five major leagues. The total value of the 11 players is close to 1 million euros!It is enough to crush any strong team, even the Brazilian team led by Neymar, who is worth No. 2.2 in the world today with [-] million euros, is probably not as starry as the French team.

The reason why the French team is considered to be the favorite to win the World Cup can be seen from this aspect.Although football games do not judge heroes based on their worth, what stands behind their worth is their strength.

And the Chinese team is much shabby here.Wen Zhihao is the only one worth tens of millions of euros.Due to his performance in the Champions League and La Liga for most of the season, the latest valuation on the "Transfer Market" website has risen to 1500 million euros, and as Atletico Madrid's two-line championship momentum is getting stronger and stronger, Wen Zhihao's price will continue to rise.

As the second most expensive player in the Chinese team, Liang Xin is priced at 550 million euros on the "Transfer Market" website.The value of other players is also in the range of 100 million to 150 million. This is the return of the Chinese team to the World Cup, which will increase the value of everyone.

The total value of the 11 players on the Chinese team is close to 4000 million euros, which is even less than the fraction of the rival French team.The gap is obvious.

The reality is here, both the media and the fans are very optimistic about this game.As long as the national team plays some bright spots and exerts its due strength, no one will be harsh.

Do not seek peace, but strive for light abuse!

Lippi chose a 5-3-2 formation in this game, requiring all players to participate in the defense. Even Wen Zhihao, who has never had special requirements on the defensive end, Lippi also told him to do his best.As for the offensive end, use more long passes to instigate, and just give the ball to the forward line.

The tactics were indeed conservative, but Lippi took it for granted.The Chinese team invited the French team to warm up to simulate the German team.The iron-blooded style of the German chariot is famous all over the world. Facing the super oppression of the world champion, the Chinese team will only have a pragmatic choice of shrinking across the board.It is very necessary to get used to the rhythm of placing the bus in advance.

Taking advantage of the opportunity of kick-off first, the Chinese team also played a tentative attack on the French team.But then the Chinese team began to recover across the board, and the French team started the siege mode.

It can be said that the Chinese team retreated very thoroughly today, which is different from the first game against the Japanese team.The vicinity of the middle circle was completely abandoned, and the first line of defense was arranged 35 meters in front of the penalty area.Zheng Zhi, Liang Xin and Wen Zhihao actually form three defensive midfielders, and five defenders densely protect the vicinity of the penalty area. The two counterattack points in the frontcourt are Martial Arts King and Liu Ruofan. Except for Wen Zhihao, the two are currently the fastest and most likely to create opportunities in an instant.

The Chinese team's position on the court is actually close to 8-0-2, with eight people defending and two people attacking.

In Lippi's coaching career, no opponent has forced him to use such a formation that almost gave up attacking.When Lippi decided to set up this way before the game, even Madaloni had an expression of discovering the new world. It was the first time he had seen such a straightforward situation of being subdued after working with Lippi for so many years.But he knew better that it was impossible.

The French team's pressure on the Chinese team has always been extremely high. Even if Wen Zhihao returned to the midfielder position, the eight-man defensive system was still difficult to stop the opponent's offensive wave after wave. The gap between the yellow race and the black race was intuitively reflected on the field.The French team's double defensive midfielders Bakayoko and Kanter's skills are indeed relatively rough, but they rely on crushing collisions and forcefully dribble the ball to open up the Chinese team's defense. Wen Zhihao and Liang Xin feel powerless in front of this pair of black wind and double evil.

All skills are paper tigers in the face of absolute power.In the past, Wen Zhihao felt that this was something that a brash man who played football and didn't use his brain would believe.Now he finally experienced the pain of being powerless to stop with all his skill.

Although they continue to be passively beaten, the overall defense of the Chinese team has not been broken up. The midfielder and back line, the full-back and the central defender still maintain efficient coordination.Although the scene was not good-looking, the national team still played something different.

At least the tactical discipline of this team has rarely appeared in the national team in the past ten years.And there is a high level of mutual trust among the players.Everyone has seen from the camera more than once that the young fullback Deng Hanwen was passed, and after other teammates helped to clear the siege, the nearby teammates would gather around to communicate and encourage in a timely manner, unlike in the past, the old players would blame the young players, and the bosses would shirk responsibility and even fight among themselves on the field.

The most extreme example is that Fan Zhiyi, the former captain of the national football team, directly cursed the young international footballer Liu Yue in the 1996 Asian Cup.As a result, Liu Yue's international career has gone up and down since then, and he even retired early and changed his career as a commentator.

Deng Hanwen is luckier than Liu Yue. Lippi's national team does not look at qualifications or ability, and is willing to give young people opportunities.

Every player in the Chinese team, whether young or veteran, worked hard on the field, but the gap in strength is difficult to make up for through hard work.This eight-man defense withstood a group of world-class attackers for four to 10 minutes, but conceded two goals in the last 5 minutes of the first half.

The first conceded goal came from a one-on-one PK error between Wen Zhihao and Griezmann.Griezmann turned offside in the frontcourt and won a single shot. Wen Zhihao did not suffer in terms of speed, but after all, defense is not his strong point. He lacks experience and skills, and was deceived by Griezmann's false shot.Zeng Cheng was also shaken, and Griezmann just pushed Zeng Cheng's opposite direction to score.

The second goal had nothing to do with Wen Zhihao. Mbappe directly scored with a one-on-three explosive shot in the penalty area. This is the hard power of the European golden boy.

Falling behind 0:2 at halftime, the fans were relieved that the loss was not too much.

But some people are still worried. At 0:0, everyone may still have a little illusion about the game, but two goals behind, it is obvious that the overall situation has been decided. Will the players let go of this breath?Will it crash in the second half?
No wonder everyone is suspicious. The previous Chinese team could collapse like a cliff when they were leading. "Black 3 Minutes" and "Golden State Doesn't Believe in Tears" are proofs.

But the performance of the national team once again corrected everyone's mentality of looking at people through the door.Not only did there not collapse, but after Lippi replaced Hao Junmin and He Chao, the defensive aggression became stronger, and there were unexpected gains.

No. In the 707th minute, the Chinese team counterattacked. After Hao Junmin came to the frontcourt with a change of rhythm, he took advantage of Kanter's slack and got a kick outside the penalty area.

This kick of Feixian detonated the stands of Nanning Olympic Sports Center, and also made countless Chinese fans roar emotionally in front of the screen.

PPTV commentator Huang Jianxiang often bursts out golden sentences in the commentary, and this time is no exception.The fans directly heard him shouting in the live broadcast: "Did you see it? This is the current Chinese team! Never give up, never give up the chance to win. When victory becomes a habit, the criticized national team will eventually become history. Who else does not support such a national team? Don't love? All distrust can be shut up! Let all doubts go to hell!"

Most fans are not as violent as Huang Jianxiang, but they can also tell right from wrong.The Chinese team is indeed different from the past, full of positive energy on the court.

But the fans who are parents are having a hard time—it will be hard to find negative teaching materials when educating their children in the future!

(End of this chapter)