Chapter 665 Trident of Youth
The Abu Dhabi National Stadium, which can accommodate 30,000 people, is packed with people. The game has not started yet, and there is no empty seat in the stands.
Just like this, people continued to pour in from various entrances.
Even further away, you can even see people on the roof of the stadium!
The Chinese reporters in the media gallery couldn't help but gasped when they saw this scene: "Good guy...are all the fans from the United Arab Emirates here?"
"This is the impact of that incident... The collective sense of honor of the UAE people has been successfully stimulated. Originally, the UAE people were not that interested in coming to watch the game. We can turn this place into our home court..."
A colleague next to him immediately retorted: "I don't think it has anything to do with Hu Lai. Even if it didn't happen, it would be difficult for us to turn this place into our home court. Unexpectedly, in order to restrict us, the UAE only allocated us 1,800 tickets." Tickets? What’s enough for 1,800 people to come in?”
Everyone looked at the stands and talked. Although among the large white figures, the Chinese fans in red were very eye-catching and easy for them to see at a glance, red is indeed not the mainstream in the stands of this stadium.
Just like a few red plum blossoms in a white snow, scattered and unable to form a climate.
"But now everyone is united in wanting to defeat us. Didn't their captain Saleh say so? They will beat the Chinese team at home..."
"There's nothing else I can say except this. You can't say that we don't have the confidence to win at our home court, right? Of course it's difficult to play away games. Whether or not Hu Lai and the reporter's incident happened will not change this. Instead of worrying about Hu Lai, The opponent’s fighting spirit has been aroused, so it’s better to think about how Shi Wuyin’s young lineup will deal with their first top-12 match.”
As soon as this statement came out, the Chinese reporters in the media gallery fell silent.
Away games are inherently difficult to play, and Shi Wuyin temporarily replaced so many players and recruited several young players with no experience in the national team. This is not a warm-up match, this is not a friendly match, and it is not the East Asian Cup or Asian Games used for training. It is playing in the top 12 matches as soon as it comes. It is burdened with the heavy pressure of the Chinese team to qualify for the World Cup, as well as the ardent expectations of hundreds of millions of fans across the country.
This is a hell of a start.
No wonder everyone is worried about it.
Although in the first round of the top 12, the Chinese team defeated the United Arab Emirates at home.
But now it is an away game, an away game for a West Asian team. Sometimes it is not just the strength of the two teams that affects the result of the game, but also other things...
Unless you have the strength to absolutely crush your opponent, making it difficult for the opponent to do anything small.
Does the Chinese team have one?
We are all reporters who often cover the Chinese team's games. Judging from the Chinese team's training during this period, it is obvious that this Chinese team is not strong enough to crush the UAE in the away game.
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"Don't think so much. No matter how much the media hypes it, it's just a football match. It's impossible because it's the top 12, so the game time changes from 90 minutes to 120 minutes. It's also impossible because it's a top-12 game. It's the home ground of the United Arab Emirates, so if they score one goal, they can beat us and score two. A goal... We have beaten them at home, and we will definitely beat them on the road. The most important thing is to believe in ourselves. Since we can participate in the top 12, we are definitely not a weak team, at least we are the best in Asia. One of the twelve teams..."
In the visiting team's locker room, Shi Wuyin was mobilizing the national team players before the war.
But in Hu Lai's eyes, it always feels a little bit inconsistent...
That’s not to say that Coach Shi’s prestige doesn’t apply to the national team. After all, before retiring, he was once a well-known forward in Chinese football, one of the top players in history. With such a status in the world, even if he has retired for many years, he still has some residual power. If you say a few words in the locker room, no one in the national team will listen.
The national football team did give Shi Wuyuan enough face, and they all listened to the coach's speech attentively and attentively.
Hu Lai felt that the violation was because Director Shi waved goodbye to them so emotionally after the Olympics. It felt like he would never see them again.
Unexpectedly, it didn't take long for them to meet again, and Director Shi was still his head coach. This is a bit... fun. I wonder if Director Shi will remember the situation when he ordered the Olympic team to disband when he saw those familiar faces at this time?
What is the difference between the head coach of the Olympic team and the head coach of the national team?
Through observation, Hu Lai discovered that some changes had also occurred in Director Shi.
That's normal. After all, the methods of managing a group of young guys on the Olympic team are definitely completely different from managing the various people in the national team.
He could see that Director Shi was still trying to adapt to his new role. It could be seen from this pre-match speech that Director Shi was not as comfortable as he was with the Olympic team.
After all, this is the first national team game led by Shi Shi.
Are you a little nervous, Director Shi?
Hu Lai entered the system space and looked at his points and locker.
In the end, nothing was done and I exited the system space.
Although this is Director Shi’s first national team game, even though Uncle Yong told him that Director Shi cannot lose any of the next games...
But Hu Lai still feels that if I still want to cheat the weakest team in the group, it’s just the UAE, isn’t it a bit... giving the UAE too much face?
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"CCTV, CCTV, audience friends, welcome to watch the top 12 match between the Chinese team and the United Arab Emirates... This game kicks off at 11 o'clock in the evening domestic time, and it has already entered the evening in Abu Dhabi. The temperature is lower than during the day... This is the first game for former Olympic team coach Shi Wuyin to coach the Chinese national team. In this game, he made a surprising starting lineup for Chen Xing, who was selected for the national team for the first time. Yi and Luo Kai started in this game..."
The voice of the commentator He Feng came from the TV.
In front of the TV, Wang Guangwei's father, Lao Wang, breathed a sigh of relief - fortunately, his son was sitting on the bench. If someone really had to take the blame, it would definitely be Chen Xingyi and Luo Kai.
The wife next to him said disappointedly: "Those two have started, why can't our son start?"
"The center back position is special and requires stability. The center back pairing of Yao Huasheng and Mao Junzheng have been together for many years. How can they change easily?" Lao Wang, who was heartbroken, patiently explained to his wife.
At the same time, there is also a lot of discussion on the Internet about Shi Wuyin's starting lineup.
Although Shi Wuyin recruited six newcomers who had never played for the national team before, fans really didn't expect that he would change the entire starting striker combination of the national team.
Let Gao Chen, Zeng Yuanzheng, and Xu Yi, who have always been relied upon by the national team as strikers, sit on the bench and make way for Luo Kai, Chen Xingyi, and Hu Lai.
I won’t talk about Hu Lai. Although this is also his first start in the top 12, what is his performance in the Premier League? What makes you unworthy of starting for the national team?
The main arguments and concerns centered on Luo Kai and Chen Xingyi.
Before this game, everyone was guessing the Chinese team's starting lineup, and they felt that in all likelihood it would not be much different from before. The several young players Shi Wuyin recruited were mostly to give the older players a sense of crisis during training, telling them that if they can't, someone from me can take over at any time.
But no one thought that Shi Wuyin didn't do this at all, and just let the young people take over...
This is the final stage of World Cup qualifying!
Wouldn't this be a bit too much?
Many Chinese fans are nervous and feel that Shi Wuyin is destroying his future.
Wouldn't it be better to play it safe?
Isn’t it a good idea to take Xu Tuzhi?
Is incremental reform bad?
The TV broadcast showed Shi Wuyuan, who was already standing in front of the Chinese team's coaching bench. He and all his colleagues on the coaching staff were standing in front of the coaching bench and singing along with the national anthem being played live.
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After the necessary procedures are completed, with a whistle, the game officially begins.
The UAE took advantage of the kick-off opportunity and took the lead in attacking the Chinese team's goal.
From the moment the football was kicked out, huge cheers erupted from the scene.
The sound from nearly 30,000 UAE fans was deafening, making people feel the pressure of the away game even through the TV screen.
This makes fans even more worried.
After all, the national team has always been criticized for its poor mental quality.
Under such huge away pressure, it is a dream to expect them to perform abnormally, and it is difficult to perform normally!
Amid everyone's worries, the UAE's offensive has ended.
They failed to form a shot and were intercepted by the Chinese team when they passed the ball back and forth in front of the penalty area.
After intercepting the ball, the Chinese team seemed to be hesitant. Center defender Mao Junzheng did not pass the ball forward after receiving the ball, but chose to pass it crosswise to full-back Qu Lu.
This action made Shi Wuyuan, who was sitting on the coaching bench, suddenly stand up, walk to the sidelines, yell, and use gestures to ask Qu Lu to pass the football forward.
In Shi Wuyin's tactics, he divided the court into three lines and nine areas. Safety is required in the backcourt, and defenders should not make unnecessary movements, especially back-and-forth kicking.
For the midfielder, he requires quick ground passing and receiving to organize the offense, instead of directly kicking the ball forward in the middle and backfield. After all, Hu Lai was in front of him, and it was a bit uninteresting to fight with the opponent's defender for the first landing point. In addition, with an organizational player like Zhang Qinghuan in the midfield, Bigfoot's usual long passes to find the center are a waste of Zhang Qinghuan's ability.
When attacking in the frontcourt, he requires individual performance, especially near the penalty area, encouraging players to boldly surpass others, boldly cooperate with others in a small area, and make bold moves.
In this regard, he is somewhat similar to Zhao Kangming.
Now seeing that the players on the field are not playing according to his requirements, he seems very anxious.
At the same time, Zhang Qinghuan quickly moved closer to Qu Lu's wing and asked him for the ball.
But the UAE players also followed him, making it difficult for him to catch the ball.
Chen Xingyi, who was here, saw this and did not run forward, but turned back to meet Qu Lu.
Then he reached out and asked Qu Lu for the ball.
"Brother Qu!"
When Qu Lu heard his shout, he hesitated a little and passed the football to him because there was no better place to throw the ball - Zhang Qinghuan was even more inappropriate. If it was further away, he would be afraid that the transmission would be interrupted.
But just when he passed the football, he saw the United Arab Emirates' right back rushing up behind Chen Xingyi. It seemed that he wanted to take advantage of Chen Xingyi's unpreparedness and go around him from behind. ball.
"Careful!"
Qu Lu only had time to shout like this before he saw Chen Xingyi, who was catching the ball, turn slightly and let the football pass from the right side of his body. But the opponent's full-back passed him from his left!
Immediately afterwards, Chen Xingyi completed his turn, left his opponent behind, caught up with the football he let pass, and started a counterattack with the ball!
"Hey, beautiful! Chen Xingyi is very smart now! The Chinese team's offense!"
He Feng roared.
Chen Hantang, who was in front of the TV, waved his fist: "Come on, son!"
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Chen Xingyi was dribbling the ball and speeding along the sideline. He could feel the wind blowing on his face and ruffling his hair.
When he returned to Dashun Golden Arrow from Flash Star, he was called by head coach Dillon to talk to him alone for a long time on the first day. Dillon asked him if he wanted to play in Europe, and he said yes without hesitation.
Then the head coach laughed and said to him: "Then I will ask you according to the standards of European football in normal training and games. Remember the first point, never stand still and play in the game. Even when catching the ball, you must prepare your body to immediately connect to the next action. This will make your explosive advantage more obvious..."
That's what the head coach said, and that's exactly what he did.
For this reason, he suffered a lot at the hands of this old man.
But when he used his dexterity to dodge his opponent and immediately counterattacked with the ball, it was as if the sins he had suffered before had turned into sparkling experiences, integrated into his body, and become an instinct of his body.
He feels that his rhythm on the court is indeed faster than before!
The UAE fans in the stands seemed to be intimidated by Chen Xingyi's breakthrough and momentum. After a brief moment of astonishment, they booed.
None of these sounds could disturb Chen Xingyi. To him, the hissing was as ordinary as the wind noise on the highway and not worth paying extra attention to.
Soon his dribbling was blocked by the opponent, and he did not continue dribbling. Instead, after making a fake move to break through in a straight line, he passed the football horizontally to Zhang Qinghuan, who was a little behind him.
He didn't even turn around to find Brother Huan's position before passing the ball. Instead, he simply relied on the tacit understanding he and Brother Huan had developed in the two seasons of Flash Star, guessing that Brother Huan should appear in that position at this time, and then he Pass the ball.
Zhang Qinghuan was indeed there.
When preparing to catch the ball, he did not look at Chen Xingyi, but looked up and looked ahead.
Because of Chen Xingyi's running with the ball, they had almost reached the opponent's 30-meter area.
Hu Lai is in the middle, while Luo Kai is on the far right.
Seeing Zhang Qinghuan looking up, Hu Lai in the middle suddenly accelerated and sprinted diagonally towards the left rib of the penalty area.
His run took away the UAE captain, centre-back Ali Saleh, who was guarding him.
So much so that another UAE center back, Saeed Akbery, had to step into the middle to help defend.
Seeing this scene, Zhang Qinghuan already knew what to do.
At the same time, Chen Xingyi's pass also rolled to his feet. He did not stop the ball, but directly rubbed the football with the outside instep of his right foot, cutting an arc, and let the football go straight to the far right side. !
There, Luo Kai accelerated and rushed forward, swung his feet and shot!
Bang!
UAE goalkeeper Abdullah Al-Fassel raised his arms almost reflexively, and the football hit his clenched fist and jumped off the crossbar...
"Beautiful - ah!!" He Feng couldn't help shouting when he saw Zhang Qinghuan passing the football to Luo Kai instead of Hu Lai. When he saw Luo Kai's shot saved by the opponent's goalkeeper, he sighed.
"It's okay!" Yan Kang quickly comforted He Feng and also comforted the fans in front of the TV. "Although the goal was not scored, it was the first attack of the Chinese team in this game, but it showed us a lot of things! First of all, our offense is more threatening than the UAE! Secondly, the two young players who made their debut this time! The performance in the offense was very good! The worrying situation of being unable to move due to tension or pressure did not occur! He shot the ball directly without stopping, although the shot was a bit on target. But such a performance is commendable for a young person making his debut!”
In the broadcast footage, Luo Kai held his head in his hands and regretted that he failed to score his first goal for the national team.
But he didn't forget to turn around and give Zhang Qinghuan a thumbs up, indicating that the ball was passed well.
Zhang Qinghuan also gave him a thumbs up, indicating that he shot the ball well.
In front of the coaching bench, Li Zhifei saw Shi Wuyuan jumping and turning around after Luo Kai's shot was saved.
He thought Xiao Shi was regretting Luo Kai's failure to seize this opportunity, but he saw Shi Wuyuan grinning through gritted teeth, his eyes shining.
"It can be done, Lao Li!" (End of Chapter)