Chapter 1517 Dare to show the sword
Before Zhang Qinghuan caught the ball, he turned around and saw Junpei Morikawa behind him.
This kid really did what he said on WeChat that day, going all out and staying with him, as if he had turned into his shadow.
Under such circumstances, it is almost impossible for Zhang Qinghuan to stop the ball and turn around.
He had played with Junpei Morikawa for several years at Anton Flash Stars, and he knew the strength of this Japanese middle school player very well.
In addition, Junpei Morikawa has now gone to the Premier League to receive training.
The rhythm and intensity of physical confrontation in Premier League games are very high. The defensive midfielders trained in this kind of game are not bad in defensive ability.
Let alone Morikawa Junpei.
Luo Kaidu, who played as a winger in Tramed, has more or less developed some defensive abilities, so now he can play as a winger, a full midfielder, and even a full-back in the Chinese national team...
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In order not to be intercepted by Junpei Morikawa, Zhang Qinghuan quickly moved the football while catching the ball.
Sure enough, as soon as he passed the football, there was a violent impact behind him - Junpei Morikawa's whole body was pressed against him.
The force was so great that Zhang Qinghuan staggered and jumped forward two steps.
As Junpei Morikawa said, he really went all out and left no energy behind.
It has to be said that Junpei Morikawa's aggressive defense would not be suitable for previous Chinese players.
On the one hand, the intensity is higher, and Chinese players must control the ball in physical confrontation. This requires a lot of their ball control ability.
On the other hand, many Chinese players lack the habit of looking back and observing in advance, and do not even know that the opponent's defensive players are coming behind them. If the ball had been stopped slightly, or if it had been relaxed, Morikawa Junpei might have intercepted the ball directly from behind.
But Zhang Qinghuan is not too worried about such problems now.
After more than two seasons of training in Europe, he is already very close to a European player in terms of physical fitness and consciousness.
The pressure brought to him by Junpei Morikawa is just one of the situations he encounters every week in games.
Junpei Morikawa made a huge improvement after studying abroad, but Zhang Qinghuan didn't just go abroad to live his life.
How can a player who can play as a midfield playmaker in a La Liga team be an ordinary player?
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Xia Xiaoyu received the ball from Brother Huan, and he was no longer in the midfielder position.
In fact, the ball passed to Brother Huan just now was passed by him.
After the pass, he did not stay behind, but actively pressed forward.
Because he knew that Brother Huan, who was targeted by Morikawa Junpei, needed his support.
Sure enough, he received a reply from Brother Huan as soon as he went up.
When Xia Xiaoyu caught the ball, Japanese national team midfielder Tatsuya Sugiyama rushed up next to him.
Xia Xiaoyu did not rush to pass the ball, but stopped the football first, and at the same time used his body to separate Tatsuya Sugiyama and protect the ball.
Although Sugiyama Tatsuya is the midfielder who organizes the offense, he also has a defensive task in this game, which is to entangle Xia Xiaoyu.
The Chinese team has a dual core in the midfield. Junpei Morikawa is responsible for freezing one of the cores, Zhang Qinghuan, and the remaining core, Xia Xiaoyu, is handed over to Tatsuya Sugiyama.
Xia Xiaoyu is the defensive midfielder and Sugiyama Tatsuya is the front midfielder. The two can be considered a "match".
After protecting the football, Xia Xiaoyu did not struggle with Tatsuya Sugiyama in the middle. Instead, he used his hands to get rid of each other and moved the football to the left wing.
As soon as Chen Xingyi, who was on the sidelines, received the ball, the Japanese team's right midfielder Akira Fukuzawa came up to him, denying him any space to develop with the ball.
Chen Xingyi did not dribble the ball. After he stopped the ball, he passed the ball forward to center Zhou Zijing who had retreated to the wing.
Zhou Zijing received the ball with his back to the attacking direction. Behind him was Japanese team center back Takehiro Nakaoka, who stayed close to him and prevented him from turning around.
Zhou Zijing used his physical advantage to hold Nakaoka Takehiro and pushed the football horizontally.
Pass to Zhang Qinghuan who stepped forward to respond.
Of course, beside Zhang Qinghuan, Morikawa Junpei is still with him.
The two men started fighting when they didn't catch the ball.
Junpei Morikawa put his hand on Zhang Qinghuan's shoulder, and Zhang Qinghuan used the opportunity of swinging his arm to knock his arm down continuously.
In this constant entanglement, they ran to the landing point of the football.
Then Zhang Qinghuan stepped directly over the football... He didn't catch the ball!
The football was leaked behind him.
There is Luo Kai who cuts inside to the middle!
After receiving the ball, Luo Kai faced a head-on interception from another midfielder Tsunoda of the Japanese team. He chose to split the ball and pass the football to Xia Xiaoyu who was on the wing.
Xia Xiaoyu made a direct pass from a 45-degree angle!
The football flies towards the Japanese team's goal!
"Xia Xiaoyu passes... Hu Lai!"
Accompanied by the shouts of the commentator He Feng, Hu Lai and Japan team captain Yamayama Kengo jumped to the football at the same time!
Then amidst the exclamations of the home Japanese fans, the two collided with the football!
Despite the interference from Yamayama Kengo, Hu Lai still managed to top the ball with his more accurate grasp of the ball's placement.
The football was pushed toward the goal!
The Japanese goalkeeper Nobuo Nishiguchi jumped into the air and fought hard to save the ball!
The exclamations of the home fans turned into gasps for relief.
"Nobuo Nishiguchi made a key save! It's a pity that the Chinese team failed to score a goal in such a beautiful attack!"
He Feng shouted regretfully.
"Although we didn't score a goal, after the game started, the performance of the boys of the national team was very good. At the home court of the Japanese team, we did not have any stage fright. Instead, we actively attacked and even had the upper hand on the scene!" Yan Kang said as Commentators see more positive things to appease Chinese fans.
And this is not considered a "funeral event" for him.
The performance of this Chinese team in this game is really eye-catching - yes, although the Chinese team is already performing very well, facing the powerful enemy Japan, their approach of showing off their swords at the beginning still made many Chinese Fans were a little surprised.
At first, everyone felt that after all, this game was at the home court of the Japanese team, and the Japanese team was also stronger in terms of overall strength, so the Chinese team should defend and counterattack.
The Chinese team, with Chen Xingyi and Luo Kai, two fast wingers, does have strong counterattack capabilities.
While many Chinese fans still put the Chinese team in a weaker position than the Japanese team, the players of the Chinese team have already taken the lead in charging the Japanese team.
This scene made many Chinese fans dream back to the Asian Cup at the beginning of last year.
In the quarter-finals of that Asian Cup, the Chinese team also actively attacked the Japanese team's defense zone after the opening game.
But that game was played at a neutral venue after all.
And now it’s the Japanese team’s home court!
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The TV broadcast cut to a close-up shot of the Japanese team's coaching bench. In the shot, Carlisle, the head coach of the Japanese team, was sitting on a chair with a serious look on his face.
Obviously he also realizes that the current situation is not good for the Japanese team.
He looked at his watch and saw that the game had only started twenty-five minutes.
During this period, most of the time, the Chinese team had the advantage.
Although he can't see the technical statistics, he knows that the Chinese team must have a higher ball possession rate.
The dual-core midfielder of Xia Xiaoyu and Zhang Qinghuan does have a great advantage in controlling the ball.
Even if he specifically arranged for Junpei Morikawa and Tatsuya Sugiyama to attack their two playmakers, the Chinese team could still rely on tacit passing, cutting and running to open up the situation and deliver the football to dangerous areas.
Just like this attack just now.
Starting from Xia Xiaoyu passing the football to Zhang Qinghuan in the backcourt, he passed the ball seven times in a row, from the center to the left, from the back to the front, from the left back to the center, and then from the center to the right.
This also includes the cross-positioning of players, and the thinking is very clear.
Everyone knows what they should and can do.
Such an offense was rarely seen in previous Chinese teams. In the past, once they attacked the frontcourt and passed the ball more than four times in a row, they were very likely to make mistakes.
"The tacit understanding of these Chinese players is beyond imagination..." Carlisle said to himself.
The assistant coach next to him heard this and said: "Many of them have played in a team before, including U23... This group of players has good continuity. They have been in the club, U23, and national team. All playing together.”
"I know." Carlisle nodded, but he did not completely agree with the assistant coach's words. "I mean, even taking that into account, their coordination is much better than normal."
The assistant coach remained silent, he didn't understand why.
Carlisle turned his attention to Jorge Dillon who was standing on the sidelines: "In a limited time, he was able to integrate this national team to this point. Dillon is truly a famous coach..."
Dillon, who was standing on the sidelines, watched the game going on on the field, with a calm expression on his face, but secretly exclaimed in his heart:
Although I don’t know why, it feels like the team has been playing together for a long time...
It looks like there’s really something going on today! (End of chapter)