Chapter 186: Know yourself and know the enemy
"...Chen Xingyi dribbled the ball from the wing and passed people! Beautiful!"
The excited voice of the commentator came from the TV.
Chen Xingyi on the screen did indeed make a beautiful passing move - he first pretended to continue to bottom, and his body leaned forward, but suddenly he stopped suddenly, and when he stepped out with his right foot, he just stepped out of the football. It crossed over and took a false shot.
Then he gently pushed the football inward with the outside instep of his left foot. Before the second defensive player from Daming Middle School stretched out his foot to destroy it, he slammed the football forward with the inside of his left foot, causing the opponent to miss.
At the same time, Chen Xingyi jumped up and dodged the full-back of Daming Middle School who was defending frontally, then twisted to avoid the second Daming Middle School player who rushed up, then caught up with the football and dribbled the ball towards the penalty area!
Huge cheers came from the speakers of the TV, and screams mixed with them could be clearly heard.
After passing two Daming Middle School defensive players, Chen Xingyi dribbled the ball into the penalty area.
Facing the third Daming Middle School player who came up to defend him, he raised his left foot to shoot, tricking the opponent into turning around and using his body to block it. But when his left foot came down, it was not a shot. Instead, he used the instep of his outside foot to gently move the football sideways and get out of the way of the opponent.
Next, before the fourth Daming Middle School defensive player rushed up to block him, he decisively took a shot!
The football made an arc, bypassed the fingers of the Daming Middle School goalkeeper, and flew into the goal from the inside of the far post!
"Oh! Beautiful! Chen Xingyi scored his second goal of the game!"
In the huge cheers, even if the commentator was hoarse, his voice was almost drowned.
"Here I go, this ball is really beautiful..."
"Chen Xingyi's brainless fans are really annoying, but Chen Xingyi's abilities are indeed outstanding..."
In front of the TV, the players from Chongwen Middle School were also impressed by Chen Xingyi's goal.
With such a performance, even opponents can't find fault.
"It seems that there is no suspense that Shuguang High School will reach the finals of this year's national competition. This time, we must succeed in revenge!"
"Don't think about the finals yet, we still have the semi-finals with Dongchuan Middle School." Marin, who had been silent in the room, suddenly said.
His teammates wanted to say something, but as soon as they opened their mouths, they thought of what head coach Xu Fengjiang said during training yesterday afternoon, and they immediately closed their mouths again.
At this moment, there was a knock on the door outside the room, and the person who opened the door quickly called out: "Coach?"
The other Chongwen Middle School players who were crowded in the room to watch the game heard this and quickly got up from their beds, chairs, and carpets, and turned their attention to the door.
Sure enough, they saw head coach Xu Fengjiang standing at the door. After scanning around the room, his eyes fell on the TV. On the screen, the Shuguang High School players were celebrating a goal, and the commentator's voice came from the loudspeaker. Voice: "...At the fifty-seventh minute of the game, Shuguang High School led Daming Middle School by two goals, and the situation was great..."
Hearing what the commentator said, the Chongwen Middle School players in the room were a little embarrassed. After all, during training yesterday afternoon, the head coach criticized them for only caring about Shuguang High School and not paying attention to their opponents in the semifinals.
But this time, Xu Fengjiang did not criticize the players, but said: "Stop watching the game and come to the conference room for a meeting."
After saying that, he did not stay any longer, but turned around and left. At the same time, in the corridor outside, the voice of the assistant coach knocking on other people's doors was heard: "It's a meeting, it's a meeting! Assemble in the conference room!"
The Chongwen Middle School players in the room all looked at captain Marin. Marin picked up the remote control and turned off the TV: "Let's go to the meeting!"
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In this small conference room, the players from Chongwen Middle School were packed to the brim. In order to accommodate more people, everyone even moved the tables and chairs so that everyone could stand.
Only in this way can the whole team of Chongwen Middle School be crammed into the team.
Everyone standing now is looking at the projection screen in front of them, which is the video of the Dongchuan Middle School game edited by the coaching staff of Chongwen Middle School.
From the first game against the previous No. 4 People's Middle School, to the second round against Qinchuan Middle School, and finally a 5:2 victory over Qingyang No. 1 High School in the quarterfinals.
Head coach Xu Fengjiang is the only one sitting at the table, operating a laptop.
Combined with the video of each game, I will explain to you why Dongchuan Middle School won and why their opponents lost.
"The mistake Renmin Middle School made was to underestimate Hu Lai too much. To be honest, this mistake was very stupid. Hu Lai was also the top scorer in the Andong Provincial Qualifiers. But considering that Sun Yiming, the head coach of Renmin Middle School, A fan of the 'midfield winning' theory is not incomprehensible. He paid the price for underestimating Hu Lai. If they could pay more attention to the defense of Hu Lai, maybe the final result would be different..."< br>
"The only reason why Qinchuan Middle School lost the game is that it was not as strong as Dongchuan Middle School. If Dongchuan Middle School hadn't been very excited about the game, the score would never have been 2:1. As for Qingyang No. 1 High School... A very stupid example, you should take it as a warning, this is to ignore the ball Although the game was very intense, the players from Qingyang Yigao were all fools. They did not consider their own physical fitness or the changes in the rhythm of the game, and blindly accelerated and attacked their opponents, thinking that they relied on their blood. That’s ridiculous!”
When Xu Fengjiang said this, he snorted disdainfully.
Among the three opponents of Dongchuan Middle School, the one with the lowest evaluation by Xu Fengjiang was Qingyang Yigao, even though the highlights of this game after the game were the most popular and watched on the "Goal" website.
Fans love goal battles, but for the head coach, such a goal war means the head coach's dereliction of duty.
"Of course, everyone has seen the consequences of this. Qingyang Yigao let Hu Lai score five goals by himself. If Hu Lai really wins the top scorer in this national competition, then he will be the best What should be thanked is the stupid Qingyang Yigao, because the goals he scored from this opponent are enough to make him the top scorer..."
There was a burst of laughter in the conference room.
"Okay, let's go back to our game against Dongchuan Middle School. Hu Lai is Dongchuan Middle School's top scorer, and he definitely needs to focus on keeping an eye on him. But it's not enough to just keep an eye on Hu Lai. When Dongchuan Middle School attacks, As a whole, from the full-backs to the midfielders, and finally to the forwards, everyone will be involved. If we only defend Hu Lai or Xia Xiaoyu, it will be useless," Xu Fengjiang said with a serious expression.
When the head coach talked about business, the laughter in the conference room gradually disappeared, and everyone listened intently to the head coach's speech.
"So to deal with them, we have to give full play to our overall advantages, not to confront them in certain positions, but to confront them as a whole. For example, in view of the characteristics of their two full-backs who like to provide assists, we Just play on their wing, and when the full back comes up to assist, just play in the space behind him. On the one hand, this way we can easily create offensive opportunities. On the other hand, it can also force their full backs to not dare to attack. This is equivalent to reducing our defensive pressure in disguise..."
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"The characteristic of Chongwen Middle School is its strong overall strength."
In the conference room, Li Ziqiang was introducing their semifinal opponents to his players.
There are many small conference rooms like this in the Asian Games Village this time. It is no longer necessary to reserve a conference room in advance and then queue up to use it, as was the case at the last national competition.
"In terms of overall strength, there is no doubt that this team ranks first among all participating teams. Especially this time, their players are more mature. Judging from this competition, their captain goalkeeper Ma Lin's performance is much more stable than in the last national competition. The zero goals conceded in sports matches so far speaks volumes for him. They don't have a particularly outstanding star player like Chen Xingyi on the three lines, but relying on their strong overall strength, they can always easily control the rhythm of the game and lead their opponents by the nose. This started from their defeat of Changchun in the quarter-finals. You can see it at Tan Foreign Language High School. There is another evidence..."
Li Ziqiang operated the laptop mouse, and the names of multiple players appeared on the projection screen.
"These are the players who scored goals for Chongwen Middle School in this competition. There are six players in total. And their team scored a total of eleven goals. These six players include forwards, midfielders, and defenders. There are direct set pieces. Scoring, there are also set-piece points, and normal sports goals... It can be said that both the scorer and the scoring method are very scattered and even. ”
The players from Dongchuan Middle School looked up at the names and numbers. Eleven goals, six players. The two who scored the most goals both scored three goals. One person who scored two goals scored one. There are three people playing the ball.
"Although we are also attacking and defending as a whole, Chongwen Middle School is a more mature and complete overall offense and defense. Their offense and defense are integrated. When attacking, the full-backs are required to press. When defending, both forwards must retreat to their own 30-meter area to participate in defense. . There are no loopholes to exploit when playing against such a team, and it is impossible to expect them to attack us like Qingyang Yigao in a moment of confusion.”
"In addition, Chongwen Middle School is very good at controlling the ball. They are good at controlling the ball with short passes. Even goalkeeper Marin rarely drives the football directly to the frontcourt with a big kick. Instead, he chooses to pass the ball to the defender or the midfielder who retreats. players, and then transition to the frontcourt through passing..."
When Hu Lai heard this, he almost blurted out: Isn't this Barcelona?
But fortunately he held back, otherwise the focus in the conference room would have shifted to him, because everyone would ask him "Which team is Barcelona?"
How will he answer then?
Although Hu Lai quickly closed his mouth, his small movement was still caught by Li Ziqiang, who had been paying attention to him, so he called Hu Lai's name: "Hu Lai, what do you have to say?"
Now Hu Lai became the focus of attention in the conference room...
"No, no, coach, I have nothing to say..." Hu Lai waved his hands repeatedly.
"No, you have something to say." Li Ziqiang stared at Hu Lai.
"Uh..." Hu Lai knew that he couldn't escape today, but it was impossible for him to express the true thoughts in his mind just now. Fortunately, he got wise and pretended to be embarrassed and said: "Actually, I just listened to what you said, coach, about their goalkeeper also making short passes, and I thought about it. Can Shen Yulin and I press their goalkeeper during the game, forcing him to Ball error..."
When Li Ziqiang heard Hu Lai's words, a surprised expression flashed across his face - he really wanted to use the topic to make everyone correct their attitude by calling Hu Lai's name.
Unexpectedly, Hu Lai actually thought out something instead of just making jokes and talking nonsense.
This kid can think of something useful despite his random thoughts all day long?
Many teammates' eyes lit up when they heard what Hu Lai said. Shen Yulin even puffed up his chest and looked at the head coach.
But Li Ziqiang shook his head: "The idea is good, but it is very difficult to implement. If you and Shen Yulin interfere, it will be of no use. Because the opponent does not only have one or two points for the ball, they have the ball in the backcourt There are a lot of points, you go to the middle to force the horse Lin, Marin can quickly move the football to the wing. If you press Marin from the wing, he can pass the ball to the center. Even if you and Shen Yulin can control two ball points, Chongwen Middle School still has more. Multiple release points to choose from. ”
"What if we press forward as a whole?" Hu Lai asked.
"Then our back will be empty. The opponent can completely use their skillful passing and cutting cooperation to quickly pass the football to the space behind us. They must be better at this than us, but we may face inconsistent thinking and pressure. We didn’t grasp the timing well and wait for the situation. To put it bluntly, we didn’t conduct targeted training before, and it’s not easy to change our playing style now.”
"Oh, okay..." Hu Lai originally brought up this topic just to deal with the head coach's question. Since the head coach rejected his proposal, he didn't bother with it.
However, if he fell into Li Ziqiang's eyes like this, he might be misunderstood instead.
Li Ziqiang thought that he was a little disappointed because his proposal was not adopted, so he praised and comforted him as a rare encouragement: "But it is not easy for you to think of this. If the situation allows it during the competition, you can You can also try to force Marin.”
Hu Lai nodded: "Okay, coach."
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The cheers in the stadium were like thunder. Chen Xingyi ran towards the corner flag area amidst the thunderous shouts, and then performed a handsome kneeling move, causing his female fans in the stands to scream.
Chen Hantang immediately jumped up from his seat, waved his fists toward the court, and cheered loudly: "Well done, son!"
When he sat back in his seat, Xue Chaoyu, who was sitting next to him, smiled and congratulated Chen Hantang: "The hat trick in the semi-finals of the national competition is indeed a hero out of a boy! Mr. Chen, you have raised an outstanding son! ”
Chen Hantang tried his best to behave modestly: "No matter what, he still has the ability. I didn't do anything, I just brought him into the door of football..."
Hearing this, Xue Chaoyu laughed loudly: "Mr. Chen, please don't be modest. I am really looking forward to Chen Xingyi's future in our Golden Arrow!"
"I'm looking forward to it too, Manager Xue!"
The two middle-aged men both set their sights on the figure who was already surrounded by teammates in the center of the crowd. (End of chapter)