Chapter 1061: Behind the scenes
After seeing the Chinese team replace a full-back with a center, Motegi Hiroto in front of the Japanese team's coaching bench was stunned for a while, as if he didn't understand why Dong Jianhai made such an adjustment.
When the team needs defense, a defender is replaced and a center is added.
There's no way he could let Zhou Zijing play as a central defender, right?
It's not like they don't have a substitute center back - Mao Jun is sitting on the Chinese team's bench.
Later, when Hiroto Motegi saw the players changing positions on the Chinese team, he finally understood what the Chinese coach, who was five years older than him, was thinking.
"He actually wants to use offense instead of defense, use offense to push back our offensive?" Motegi Hiroto said to himself on the sidelines. "I admit that the Chinese team's offense is good, but their defense is worse. Nine times out of ten, they will concede the ball before scoring..."
The assistant coach next to him said: "I heard that Dong Jianhai has been criticized in China, and such adjustments are not his style at all. He may be eager to respond to those criticisms of him in this way, right?"
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Motegi Hiroto curled his lips: "No matter what he thinks, he is just seeking his own death. Let the players on the field take advantage of the Chinese team's just-made drastic formation adjustment to strengthen their offensive and catch them off guard." ! I don’t believe they have practiced such a large-scale personnel change in advance, they will definitely make a lot of mistakes! ”
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Motegi Hiroto is right, the Chinese team has indeed not practiced the current formation and tactics before this game.
But they are not completely confused, they are completely unfamiliar with the new position and new formation.
First of all, Luo Kai is relatively comprehensive and can play on the wing or in the middle. His physical fitness is no problem at all for playing a center. If there were no Hu Lai, he might be the official center of the Chinese team.
He also played as a center forward in the national team and the Olympic team.
Changing Chen Xingyi to the right side will have no impact, because he is a player who can play on both sides - few people know that Chen Xingyi's advantageous foot is his right foot, but he is also good with the opposite foot.
In the past, in the Olympic team and the national team, he often switched positions with Luo Kai, so it was no problem for him to go to the right. It's just that this time Dong Jianhai asked him to move back a little further and change from a winger to a full midfielder, just in time to form the wings of the midfielder with Qu Lu who was lifted up from the left.
Qu Lu is a full-back but has stronger offensive attributes. In games, he often plays from the full-back position to the frontcourt and becomes a full-midfielder. Now let him play as a left midfielder, and there is nothing uncomfortable for him.
The only one with some hidden dangers is Jiang Wanqing. He played as a defensive midfielder in Shanhaimen and the national team as a defensive midfielder. He has no experience as a central defender.
Both the defensive midfielder and the central defender are responsible for defense, but the specific requirements for defense are different. Therefore, we cannot simply think that because he can play defensive midfielder, he will definitely be able to adapt to the central defender position.
But there is no way, it is impossible for everything to go as planned.
So even though he knew there were hidden dangers in this position, Dong Jianhai still made such an adjustment resolutely.
Because he needs to prioritize offense, not defense.
This is a gamble in the first place. When gambling, how can one wait until everything is safe and prepare countermeasures for all possible situations before placing a bet?
Once you buy and leave, it’s up to God whether you win or lose.
A close-up shot of Dong Jianhai appeared in the TV broadcast. He was still standing on the sidelines expressionless, his mouth slightly open, staring at the court intently.
Just looking at this honest face, one would never have guessed that he had just made a crazy gamble that no one had expected.
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After Zhou Zijing came on the field, he formed a double center with Luo Kai, which gave the Chinese team two points in the frontcourt to compete for headers.
As a result, the Chinese team's offensive method became simpler - directly kicking the ball from the backcourt to Zhou Zijing and Luo Kai.
In this way, they don't have to worry too much about the Japanese team seizing and exploiting the space behind them after attacking.
Soon they used this pattern to play a threatening attack - Xia Xiaoyu found Luo Kai with a long pass from the backcourt, and Luo Kai nodded the football to Chen Xingyi on the right rib with his head.
After receiving the ball, Chen Xingyi did not use his speed to force a breakthrough. Instead, he quickly passed the ball at a 45-degree angle and passed the football into the Japanese team's penalty area.
There, Zhou Zijing used acceleration to jump high during the sprint and hit the ball towards the top!
It was difficult for Yamayama Kengo to head the ball to clear the ball during the pursuit, so he could only try to interfere with Zhou Zijing. But the ball still allowed Zhou Zijing to hit the goal frame.
If Nobuo Nishiguchi hadn't made a wonderful save, the goal might have been scored!
Seeing this ball, Dillon said to Jin Tao: "Actually, Dong can definitely let Zhou start. After all, his header ability is a huge threat to the Japanese team. But I understand him, because without making major changes in tactics and formation, In the case of adjustments, if Zhou is allowed to start, who will be removed from the starting lineup? ”
Yu Jintao nodded in agreement. Zhou Zijing has been Hu Lai's substitute in the national team. If he is to start, wouldn't he have to replace Hu Lai?
How dare Dong Jianhai... Hu Lai is the top scorer of the Chinese team. In the life-and-death battle with the Japanese team, he first put the top scorer on the bench. Is that crazy?
So Dillon is right. Without adjusting the team's formation and tactics, Zhou Zijing's position is actually very embarrassing...
This column center who scored nine goals and assisted five times in the Chinese Super League last season can only be used as a substitute in the national team. It has to be said to be a "waste" in a sense.
But there is no way, there is indeed no place for Zhou Zijing in the offensive system created by Shi Wuyin. After all, this system is based on the trident composed of Hu Lai, Chen Xingyi and Luo Kai, and emphasizes speed and flexibility. Among them, Hu Lai is the core of the Trident, and his status is unshakable.
Zhou Zijing has no chance of winning if he wants to compete with the Premier League Golden Boot and World Cup Golden Boot for the starting position.
No head coach would give up Hu Lai and choose Zhou Zijing as long as his brain is clear.
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Hu Lai moved his position back because after Zhou Zijing came on the court, he no longer had to be at the front to attract the Japanese team's defensive forces as before.
He thought that he could try a few long-range shots, maybe they would work wonders.
Even though the current Chinese team players are aroused by the bloody spirit of head coach Dong, Hu Lai knows very well that, generally speaking, the Chinese team is at a disadvantage.
And after changing the formation, no matter how you analyze it, everyone can adapt to multiple positions. After all, this 343 formation has never been played by the Chinese team before, and there is still a lack of tacit understanding of cooperation and inability to adapt to the new formation.
If you can't score another goal soon. Director Dong will lose this huge gamble and lose even his underpants...
So score the goal as quickly as possible, the sooner the better!
So when the Chinese team once again passed a long pass from the backcourt to the frontcourt, Hu Lai did not rush forward - some forwards would run forward when they were anxious, and then expected their teammates to pass the football. Come here, come here... No matter how you look for it, you can get the football to him.
But in fact, doing so is of no use and can only waste physical energy again and again. It's not that the closer you are to the goal, the greater the threat.
Hu Lai did the opposite this time and retreated from the center.
Luo Kai jumped up in front and hit the ball. He also chose to push the football back instead of rubbing it forward.
The football was pushed back to Zhang Qinghuan's feet.
As soon as Zhang Qinghuan caught the ball, Japanese midfielder Kazuya Kudo rushed up from behind and stretched his feet to try to steal the ball.
And Zhang Qinghuan made a beautiful V-shaped pull, and Kudo Kazuya, who stretched out his foot to steal the ball, missed the ball.
He couldn't stop the car and rushed forward, while Zhang Qinghuan passed the football diagonally forward to Zhou Zijing, who was pulling back to meet him.
Zhou Zijing moved his head left and right to observe before catching the ball. He first pretended to turn to the wing, which attracted the full-back Yoshitoki Kiyota who was next to him to step forward and try to steal the ball from him. Even if you can't break it off, you can stick to him and interfere with him, preventing him from easily getting the ball in the frontcourt.
But Zhou Zijing quickly turned back. He gently knocked the football to the left side of his body with the inside of his right foot and turned around at the same time!
In this way, Kiyota Yoshitoki was blocked behind him.
It is no longer possible for Kiyota Yoshitoki to steal the ball. More importantly... he made Zhou Zijing complete his turn!
If the defensive player makes the center turn around, there will be big trouble!
Zhou Zijing turned to face the attacking direction, and he moved the football forward!
Central defender Takehiro Nakaoka is right in front of Zhou Zijing's attack with the ball. At this time, he must go up and try to steal the ball. He cannot let Zhou Zijing continue to lead him - if he takes two more steps forward, he may be able to enter. The opponent's shooting range allowed him to shoot directly!
Hu Lai, who had retreated before, started to turn around and run forward when Zhang Qinghuan passed the ball to Zhou Zijing, but he did not run fast and did not let himself steal the limelight from Zhou Zijing.
So now even Kengo Yamayama is turning his attention to Zhou Zijing, turning his body sideways in that direction, paying close attention to the duel between Nakaoka Takehiro and Zhou Zijing.
Be prepared at any time. If Takehiro Nakaoka fails to stop the opponent, you will immediately go to help.
As for the space behind him, Kengo Yamama left it to Eiji Kawasaki, the left back who came from the center.
Of course, when Kenwu Shanshan turned to Zhou Zijing, he didn't forget to glance at the middle to confirm Hu Lai's position.
He found that Hu Lai hadn't pressed forward yet, and was still walking a distance in front of him, looking unhurried...
But just when Shan Qianwu turned around and looked away, he didn't see Hu Lai, who was originally walking slowly and slowly, suddenly speed up and rush forward!
Zhou Zijing is also about to meet Takehiro Nakaoka.
I saw him using his left foot to gently move the football to the right, and at the same time moving his body laterally, as if he wanted to try to pass someone.
Takehiro Nakaoka quickly moved laterally and continued to get stuck on the inside of Zhou Zijing. He took another step forward and planned to steal the ball!
At this moment Zhou Zijing suddenly sent a through kick!
The ball was passed into the space behind Takehiro Nakaoka, and the football quickly passed in front of Yamayama Kengo. He didn't even have time to stretch out his foot to destroy it!
At the same time, Hu Lai sped up behind him and ran towards the penalty area like a gust of wind!
"Zhou Zijing... through the ball! Good shot!!"
The Chinese fans in the stands cheered loudly.
"Hu Lai!!"
Kengo Shanshan turned around and saw the back of No. 14 of the Chinese team, already about two meters in front of him...
Even if he wanted to foul and shovel...it was too late!
He could only watch Hu Lai run into the penalty area, catch up with Zhou Zijing's pass, and then raise his right foot in the face of the attacking goalkeeper Nobuo Nishiguchi...
Nishiguchi Nobuo rushed to his left side and Hu Lai's right side.
But instead of shooting, Hu Lai flicked his ankle and dunked the football to the other side!
Immediately afterwards, the person jumped up and lightly passed over Nishiguchi Nobuo's legs!
"Hu Lai!! Hu Lai!! Hu Lai——!!"
Amid He Feng's elongated roar, Hu Lai became the player closest to the goal.
He caught up with the football and chose to push with his left foot when facing the huge empty goal.
The scene that the Japanese least wanted to see happened...
The football rolls into the goal!
Hu Lai scored twice, and with another victory, the Chinese team re-extended its lead to two goals!
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