Chapter 922 This is the World Cup
During the halftime break, although the Chinese team lost the ball, Shi Wuyin did not criticize the team.
Instead, he praised the team's performance at the beginning and end of the first half.
He does this to build confidence in the players.
After all, the gap in strength is not that easy to make up, and one or two more training sessions will not help. Based on the current foundation of the Chinese team, if you want to perform well quickly, you have to rely on mental strength.
Praise them more and boost their confidence. This approach is particularly useful for Chinese team players.
After all, many of them have been scolded all the time - in the past, it was normal for the Chinese team to be scolded when they lost, but the problem was that they were also scolded when they won.
Some people may wonder, how can you get scolded for winning?
That's just the way it is.
If the Chinese team is a weak team and wins less goals, it will be scolded, "It's so difficult for a rookie to win, and it's a waste to play! Forget about disbanding!" If it wins more goals, it will be scolded, "Haha, the national football team is such stinky garbage." You can win against a team with 190 players." Or someone said: "China. The national football team's 7-0 victory over the Asian powerhouse Guam took a solid first step towards the 'iconic cause of building football into a sports power in 2035'. 29,222 people witnessed this historic moment of the national football team. One-fifth of Guam’s population”
If the Chinese team wins against a team with similar strength to itself, they will be scolded, "If you can't win, you should die. What's there to be happy about? The national football team is only good at this!"
What if the Chinese team wins against a strong team? People who scold would say, "The opponent didn't play the main force," or "The opponent underestimated the enemy," or simply, "Just blow it if you win by luck, and get carried away. No wonder Chinese football is so bad!"
All in all, in short, as a spittoon for the Chinese people to vent their emotions, everything Chinese football does is wrong.
Of course there are some people here who hate iron and are heartbroken.
But there are also some people who really don’t want Chinese football to improve, because after Chinese football improves, they will lose the spittoon and bedpan for spitting and excretion. Then won’t they have to produce and sell their phlegm and feces in the future? So when they think of this, they firmly hope that Chinese football will be worse. If it gets worse, it is best to continue to be like this.
Fortunately, as the Chinese team enters the World Cup, fewer and fewer people with such ideas show up - every time they show up, they will be scolded in turn.
But it is also true that Chinese players have been scolded indiscriminately in the past. This will have a certain impact on the players' psychological state - no one can be confident and self-reliant when being scolded all the time, otherwise it will not make parents more Praise your children instead of scolding them...
Now Shi Wuyin is here to tell his players that they played very well, even if they lost the ball, it was still very good.
"...Just keep playing, don't think too much! Concentrate, just play the game!"
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The players of the Chinese team were praised and affirmed by the head coach during the halftime break. They were full of enthusiasm and prepared to fight Algeria in the second half.
But just at the beginning of the second half, they were stunned by a blow to the head...
Five minutes into the second half and the 50th minute of the game, midfielder Gao Ruimin kicked Algeria captain Sedery in an attempt to grab a ball, then fell to the ground clutching the toe of his right foot with a painful expression.
At that time, He Feng exclaimed: "Gao Ruimin seems to be injured... I hope there will be no problem..."
However, when the team doctor came on stage to check, Gao Ruimin was still not able to stand up, and everyone felt a little nervous.
Then I saw the team doctor making a substitution gesture to Shi Wuyuan on the sidelines.
"It seems that Gao Ruimin can't hold on anymore. This is really...the Chinese team was already lagging behind, and now they have injured their main midfielder...it rained all night!" He Feng lamented.
Gao Ruimin also covered his face with his hands and was carried on a stretcher.
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"Fuck!" Li Zhifei couldn't help but cursed when he saw this scene.
But Shi Wuyuan next to him said to him: "Old Li, call Xia Xiaoyu over."
Li Zhifei quickly turned around and walked to the bench, and then hooked at the bench who was paying close attention to the situation on the court: "Xia Xiaoyu!"
Xia Xiaoyu, who was wearing a substitute vest, was stunned for a moment. It wasn't until Zhou Zijing patted his back hard that he woke up from a dream, stood up from his seat, and walked up to assistant coach Li Zhifei.
Behind him, Zhou Zijing had a complicated expression.
He knew that Xia Xiaoyu was about to play, his first appearance in the World Cup!
But his appearance this time was due to Gao Ruimin's injury... This is not a good thing for the Chinese team. Just when the team is preparing to counterattack, it has to be forced to make substitutions because of player injuries. This will disrupt the head coach. arranged.
This game... our chances of losing have increased!
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"The Chinese team is going to make substitutions. The young player Xia Xiaoyu who plays for Anton Shining Stars is standing next to the head coach Shi Wuyuan. He should be replaced to replace the injured Gao Ruimin..."
On the TV, Xia Xiaoyu was doing simple stretching exercises on the sidelines. During the halftime break, he and other substitute players stayed on the court to warm up under the leadership of assistant coach Li Zhifei. The second half had just begun, so he did not No need to warm up, just do some simple stretching.
While he was stretching, head coach Shi Wuyuan was standing next to him, leaning over and giving him instructions.
In front of the TV, Xia Xiaoyu's family and relatives all cheered - although Gao Ruimin's injury was not a good thing, for them, of course, they were still happy that their child could play in the World Cup.
Commentator He Feng continued to introduce Xia Xiaoyu: "...Xia Xiaoyu, like Hu Lai, Chen Xingyi, and Luo Kai, are all professional players who have participated in national competitions and graduated from high school. In the first team of Anton Shining Stars In the two and a half years he has been playing football, he has always Learning next to outstanding players like Qin Lin and Zhang Qinghuan, he has made rapid progress. Now he, Zhang Qinghuan and Morikawa Junpei form the midfield triangle of Anton Shine. After Hu Lai left the team and Qin Lin retired, he supported Shine. Star..."
Yan Kang added: "However, unlike Gao Ruimin who is good at defense, Xia Xiaoyu's characteristic is to organize offense. After all, in Flash Star, he has Morikawa Junpei who is good at defense. So if he plays, the Chinese team's tactics will have to be adjusted accordingly. , Jiang Wanqing should take on more defensive tasks..."
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On the sidelines, Shi Wuyin was saying to Xia Xiaoyu: "...Actually, it is no different from what you are doing in Flash Star. In Flash Star, you are surrounded by Morikawa Junpei, but in the national team, you are surrounded by Jiang Wanqing. So you still follow your habits. The way you play, my requirements for you are basically the same as when you were in Flashing Star, assist Zhang Qinghuan in organizing the attack..."
Xia Xiaoyu nodded while listening.
But his heart is actually beating very fast, and the heartbeat is even louder than the head coach's voice, which can be compared with the noise at the scene...
He never expected that his first World Cup match would come so quickly, which caught him a little... off guard!
I'm about to play?
I'm about to play?
I'm about to go...
"Xiaoyu? Xiaoyu? Xia Xiaoyu!"
Xia Xiaoyu came back to his senses, looked at the serious assistant coach Li Zhifei in front of him, and said quickly: "Coach, I understand it all, just like I played in Flashing Star!"
Li Zhifei looked back at Shi Wuyin, who nodded. He looked back at Xia Xiaoyu and patted him on the shoulder: "Stay awake! Get ready to play!"
Xia Xiaoyu stood up from the ground, took off his substitute vest, and walked towards the fourth official who was already on the sidelines.
Behind him, Li Zhifei frowned and whispered to Shi Wuyin: "He is too nervous..."
"There is no way, Lao Li. We have no one else available at the defensive midfielder position. If we change the formation, there will be more problems." Shi Wuyin said.
On the bench of the Chinese team, there are three midfield substitutes, Lou Jiarong, Huang Yao and Guo Junfu, but none of them play as defensive midfielders: Lou Jiarong is a central midfielder who prefers to be an offensive midfielder. If you ask him to delay, he will Can't help but run forward, thereby losing position; Huang Yao is a full-back and can also play part-time as a full-back and winger. He is brought here because of his versatile attribute of being able to play multiple positions. Needless to say, Guo Junfu is the same type of player as Zhang Qinghuan, and is not suitable to replace Gao Ruimin. vacancy below.
The only real defensive midfielder is Xia Xiaoyu.
Although he is also an organizational midfielder. But at any rate, he was trained as a defensive midfielder in Flash Star, and his position on the field is also a serious midfielder, so he can still take care of some defensive work.
He can also let Lou Jiarong play, but in that case the Chinese team's tactics will have to be adjusted. At this critical moment, Shi Wuyin still hopes to make as few major adjustments as possible.
Li Zhifei naturally understood what Shi Wuyuan meant, but he was still worried about Xia Xiaoyu.
Although Lin Zhiyuan and Zhou Zijing are sometimes disgusting, at times like this, they have to have such personalities to make people feel at ease...
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Soon the Chinese team completed the substitutions. Gao Ruimin had already been carried off on a stretcher and was undergoing simple treatment. Xia Xiaoyu ran onto the field without anyone high-fiving him.
After such an episode, the game continued.
But the reason why the Chinese team was beaten was not just Gao Ruimin’s injury...
After Xia Xiaoyu came on the court, he seemed to have not entered the game state yet and made a small mistake in handling the ball.
This did not bring any disastrous consequences to the team, but it made Odeh on the opposite side keenly aware that this childish-looking Chinese player might be a breakthrough in their defense.
So under his leadership, Algeria took advantage of the sudden substitution of the Chinese team and continued to launch attacks in the direction of Xia Xiaoyu.
Not only him, but winger Hadgaoui and forward Devno were also moving closer to Xia Xiaoyu. The three formed an offensive group and took turns charging towards the position guarded by Xia Xiaoyu.
Finally, in the 62nd minute, they took advantage of Xia Xiaoyu's mistake and easily broke through the Chinese team's midfield defense and faced the back line.
Then Oede sent a wonderful through ball, Devno used his speed to get into the penalty area, received the pass and shot!
Although Lin Zhiyuan attacked to block the ball, he still let the opponent hit the football past him...
The football flew into the Chinese team's goal for the second time!
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The Xia family members, who were cheering for Xia Xiaoyu's appearance just now, fell silent at this time.
Not only them, countless Chinese fans also fell into deathly silence in front of the TV.
Especially those who imagined before the game that the Chinese team could defeat Algeria and lay the foundation for qualifying from the group realized that their fantasies were just soap bubbles in the sun. They looked wonderful, but they were burst with just a prick.
This is the World Cup...any opponent is stronger than they imagined.
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PS, the third update is completed, we will continue the third update tomorrow! (End of chapter)