Chapter 327 Efficient Pie-Eating Machine
Guo Junfu stared at his mobile phone. He was browsing the East Asian Cup album on the "Goal" website.
Here is a summary of all the news about the East Asian Cup, as well as various statistics about the East Asian Cup.
Among the four teams, the Chinese team currently ranks first with six points and two consecutive wins.
The Japanese team ranked second with four points with one win and one draw. The South Korean team had one loss and one draw, ranking second from the bottom with one point.
The North Korean team, which has not won a game, is ranked last.
Looking at it this way, the Chinese team actually hopes to win the East Asian Cup.
Seeing this result, Guo Junfu couldn't help but want to cover his face.
He still remembered that when the training camp just started, he went to talk to Hu Lai specifically because of his "big words".
The conversation between the two people at that time could be said to have ended unhappily.
When he finally left, he said: "Let's not mention the World Cup. Even in this East Asian Cup, the championship is not that easy to win!"
Thinking about it now, today's results are like a slap in his face.
They actually really... hope to win the East Asian Cup?
Of course, there is still no horoscope.
But the situation is already very good. In the last East Asian Cup match, as long as the Chinese team draws with the Japanese team, they will win the championship.
Yes, there is no need to beat the Japanese Olympic team, just a tie with them.
A draw will win the championship.
Guo Junfu frowned when he thought of this.
It sounds like a curse...
Qualifying after a draw, but not qualifying has happened many times in the history of Chinese football.
"Whatever happens if it's a draw" is really a curse.
And with the strength of the Japanese team, it will not be easy to tie them.
The Korean team tried their best but only tied with them...
Speaking of the Korean team, Guo Junfu suddenly thought, we defeated the Korean team 3:0!
The Korean team tied with the Japanese team, so why can't we also draw with Japan?
When he thought of this, Guo Junfu suddenly felt confident.
Thinking again, who gave him this confidence...
Hu Lai.
Speaking of Hu Lai, Guo Junfu really had mixed feelings in his heart.
At first he thought he was an arrogant or clownish clown.
Later, he discovered that Hu Lai had real qualities in training and warm-up matches, and his view of him changed. He felt that although this person was a bit crazy, he was not just a person in name only, and he was still qualified to play in the Olympic team. Earned a place in it.
And now, he has overturned all his previous views on Hu Lai. What does it mean to be "qualified to win a spot on the Olympic team"? With this performance, it’s no problem to go directly to the real national team, okay!
Even after the game against the South Korean team, he made another wild statement in front of reporters, describing winning the East Asian Cup and being the top scorer in the East Asian Cup as "small goals." This time, both on the Internet and in the media, it turned out that No one calls him "arrogant" or "grandstanding" anymore.
Even Guo Junfu himself didn't think there was anything inappropriate in what Hu Lai said, and he even felt that he said it well.
Didn't Park Guixian call out these two goals in advance before the game?
We have now defeated the Korean team 3:0. Speaking of this goal, it is already very low-key and very pragmatic.
Thinking about it now, why is it because we are low-key and pragmatic... It is entirely because Hu Lai who said this just completed a hat trick in the game and did something that no Chinese player could do in the previous 41 years.
raving?
When he has this ability, he will naturally be qualified to talk wildly.
Because what he said may not be "crazy words".
Now think back to what he said when he first joined the training team.
World Cup...
Guo Junfu still didn't dare to think about winning the World Cup, but he suddenly had more expectations than usual for the Chinese team to reach the World Cup finals...
Maybe, maybe, what if, what if, it's possible... you really go in?
In the second game, the Chinese team played North Korea, Hu Lai also scored a goal in his first appearance, which fully demonstrated that his performance was not a flash in the pan.
Guo Junfu has been observing Hu Lai's performance.
In the game against North Korea, because Hu Lai had already worn a hat in the game against the South Korean team, his opponents must be on guard against him, and he would not be able to take advantage of others who are not familiar with him to pretend to be a pig and eat the tiger.
Therefore, in fact, the game against North Korea best reflects Hu Lai's true level.
North Korea is also a strong team on the football field, and their national system also has their advantages in cultivating talents.
Hu Lai was indeed heavily targeted by his opponents during the game.
Most of the time, it's hard for him to even get a shot.
In the entire first half, he only had one shot, and it didn't hit the goal frame.
Guo Junfu thought at the time - it's over, the Internet doesn't know how to criticize Hu Lai's performance in the first half at this time...
As a result, until he was replaced in the 76th minute, he only had three shots in total, one in the first half, and the number of shots in the second half was twice as many as in the first half, reaching two!
And then...a goal.
Three shots and one goal helped the Chinese team defeat North Korea 2:1 and win two consecutive East Asian Cups.
Guo Junfu discovered that Hu Lai is really a very efficient shooter. He does not need himself or other teammates to constantly pass the ball to him during the game to create shooting opportunities for him.
On the contrary, he can always seize those few shooting opportunities and convert them into goals.
As a midfield organizer, Guo Junfu simply likes this type of shooter.
After all, sometimes you feed the cake into the forward's mouth, and the forward can spit out the cake and say: "Bah! A real man doesn't eat what he comes to eat!" That really makes Guo Junfu who feeds the cake very helpless and angry - what the hell are you doing? If you tell me if you don't want to eat the cake, I won't feed you. Isn't it a waste of food to spit it out if you don't eat it? ! Now that the country is calling for saving food, you still waste it like this. It’s a waste of money!
But he could only complain like this in his heart. He couldn't feed the cake and then stab it into the stomach with a wooden stick, right?
This game also made Guo Junfu realize that Hu Lai is the kind of forward who is difficult to target. Unless you don't give him a chance in the whole game, he may seize the only chance and convert it into a goal. ball.
What is the saying?
"He was invisible for the whole eighty-nine minutes. You couldn't see him. But when you saw him, he scored."
Hu Lai is such a forward.
Not to mention how much psychological pressure it will bring to you when such a forward who is good at seizing opportunities and finding openings is always moving in your defense during the game...
No one can guarantee that they will not make a single mistake in the ninety-minute game. It is not a big deal to make a mistake normally, but against Hu Lai, making a mistake will cost your life!
So even though the North Korean team played very tenaciously in this game and scored a goal, they still lost the game.
Their defense was pretty good, and they only gave Hu Lai three chances to shoot in the whole game, but they still lost the ball in the end...Who do you want the North Korean players to talk to for reason?
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"We must pay attention to their No. 14." In the hotel conference room where the Japanese Olympic team is staying, the Japanese team coach Koichi Sato is holding a meeting with the team.
They only had a draw with the South Korean team yesterday. This draw made the Japanese team fall behind the Chinese team in the East Asian Cup.
If they still want to win the championship, there is no other way but to defeat the Chinese team in the last game.
If there's a tie, you can only go for the runner-up spot.
"I just watched the video of the match between the Chinese team and the North Korean team. What do you think of this number 14?" Sato Koichi pointed to the close-up shot of Hu Laite on the big screen and asked.
Tatsuya Sugiyama raised his hand: "I feel like he is a forward who is very good at catching opportunities. His skills are not too outstanding, and his physical confrontation is average, but his ability to run without the ball and find open spaces is very good. Coach."
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Sato Hikaru nodded very satisfied with Tatsuya Sugiyama's answer: "Observe very carefully, Sugiyama. What else can you see?"
Sugiyama Tatsuya frowned. He felt that when the head coach asked this, there must be something else that he hadn't noticed, but what exactly it was... He felt that he had observed it very carefully. The man named "Hu" was running without the ball. What the Chinese striker is best at is his biggest advantage.
When he was watching the game video, he even had this idea - if our Japanese Olympic team had such a forward, coupled with my passing, I believe we can win many goals against our opponents in every game!
Sato Koichi found Sugiyama Tatsuya frowning and lost in thought, but decided to give his favorite general a hint: "Have you noticed how many shots he shot in this game?"
Hearing these words, Sugiyama Tatsuya raised his head suddenly, then shook his head and said: "Sorry, coach, I didn't pay attention to this data, I didn't count..."
Sato Koichi raised three fingers: "Three shots. In seventy-six minutes of playing, three shots and one goal. What does this mean?"
"He is very efficient!" Sugiyama Tatsuya almost blurted out.
"Yes, he is very efficient in front of goal!" After finishing speaking, Sato Koichi turned to the whole team, "You usually don't just focus on those players who like to make tricks with football, and don't always think that they can only beat a few people with the ball. The player who enters a world wave is the most threatening player. I will tell you now, the most threatening player is like him.”
He pointed back at the frozen writing of Hulet on the projection screen.
"Use the fewest shots to complete the most goals! Efficient forwards are what every team in today's football dreams of! Why did the Korean team stumble against the Chinese team? It's because this idiot Li Anren didn't realize this. ! His mind was filled with thoughts about Xinyan, Guan Xinyan... What's so great about Guan Xinyan? He just runs a little faster. This talent is amazing! He scored three goals with five shots against the Korean team; he scored one goal with three shots against the North Korean team. So what a terrifying efficiency we have to do next? Completely freeze him during the game! Make sure he can’t even shoot!”
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"In the game against the Japanese team, we will not use a full-court press, because it is useless, but it will also provide opportunities for the Japanese team."
Shi Wuyin said at a tactical meeting for all team players.
"The Japanese team is good at controlling the ball. They use midfielder Tatsuya Sugiyama as the core to pass and advance. Our pressing played into their hands. In this game, we mainly used defensive counterattack tactics and deployed three three-dimensional defense tactics. After returning to the center line, starting from the forward line, blocking them layer by layer, compressing their passing space, especially those around Sugiyama Tatsuya..."
Combined with PPT, Shi Wuyin explained specific tactics to the players.
Because a draw can lead to the championship, Shi Wuyuan's tactics this time were a little conservative.
But no one can be wrong. After all, facing an opponent like the Japanese team, you can only be conservative if you don't want to be conservative. With the current strength of the Olympic team, pressing out to attack the Japanese team can only be a dead end.
Guo Junfu is also an offensive organizer, but in terms of strength, he is still worse than Sugiyama Tatsuya.
Even if there is a striker like Hu Lai, after these two games, is the Japanese team coach Koichi Sato an idiot and still can't see the importance of Hu Lai?
So in the third game, it is completely conceivable how much defensive resistance Hu Lai will encounter in the game.
Shi Wuyin's strategy was to strengthen the defense, which would frustrate the Japanese team's offense and at the same time dampen their spirit.
Then make adjustments based on the situation on the field.
If the Japanese team wants to win the championship, it must attack with all its strength. Then it will be the opportunity for the Chinese team to counterattack.
Of course, if the Japanese team is worried about the Chinese team's counterattack and does not dare to press out to attack, then Shi Wuyin does not mind slowly dealing with the Japanese team and finally gets a 0:0 score, which can still win the championship.
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After the tactical meeting, the players returned to their rooms.
Hu Lai was chewing on the name of the head coach of the Japanese Olympic team that he heard in the tactical meeting.
"Koichi Sato... Does this name sound familiar?"
His soliloquy was heard by Wang Guangwei: "Of course I am familiar with it. He is the Japanese defender who scored the Chinese team's ball with his hand in the final of the 2004 Asian Cup, causing the morale of the Chinese team to collapse."
"Shall I go? Doesn't it mean that enemies are extremely jealous when they meet?"
"It has long since stopped becoming popular. Eighteen years have passed..." Wang Guangwei sighed, "No matter how much hatred and resentment you have, if you can't avenge it, don't mention it again. It will only embarrass yourself."
The huge gap in strength between Chinese football and Japanese football caused hatred to accumulate. At first, everyone was filled with indignation and clamored for revenge.
As a result, it was later discovered that revenge could not be achieved at all, and gradually no one said anything anymore, because by repeatedly using his wounds to make excuses, it was himself who was embarrassed, not the enemy.
Hu Lai also understood this helplessness. He sighed: "This East Asian Cup is actually a repayment of old scores, right?"
"Don't think so much. Whether it's an old score or not, it has nothing to do with us, Hu Lai. Don't bear the burden of history."
Hu Lai snorted: "My ability to shake off the burden is at a historical level."
Wang Guangwei smiled when he heard this, he believed it. (End of chapter)