Wang Ai and Messi have never really met each other in La Liga for two seasons and four games. In the past two seasons, Depor’s Wang Ai’s main opponent was Barcelona’s Ronaldinho, and
Not Messi, who is still thriving under his wings.
However, at the World Youth Championship, the two most outstanding young players in today's football finally led their respective national teams to meet head-on. Therefore, this game attracted far more attention than the other game between Nigeria and Morocco.
Semifinals.
No one knows that Messi will stay at Barcelona forever, so buying the right young players is a huge and high-yield investment in itself. Although there is not much change in terms of ratings, among the viewers on the other side of the computer and TV,
There are more and more professional football people.
The game started at 8 o'clock in the evening. Lao Gao no longer held back in this game and sent out his best players. Gao Lin and Dong Fangzhuo partnered as forwards, Wang Ai and Chen Tao played as attacking midfielders, and Zhu Ting and Gao Junmin
They play as left and right wingers respectively, Zhao Xuri and Zhou Haibin play as double midfielders, and Feng Xiaoting and Zhao Ming play as double central defenders.
This is an extremely surprising and extremely offensive formation. Hao Junmin and Zhu Ting, who serve as the left and right wingers, are both offensive players.
Even Wang Ai didn't expect Lao Gao to play a duel with the Argentine, and he had to play hard in the middle, which was even more unexpected.
Seeing the Chinese in such a formation, the head coach of the Argentine team was also startled, but he calmed down immediately. He trusted his defensive players and even more trusted the attacking lineup composed of Messi, Aguero and Fernando.
Regardless of whether it is playing offense or defense, Argentina has no reason to scare the Chinese.
However, within a few minutes, he lost his composure. Before the game, he warned captain Zabaleta and allowed him to adjust his position according to Wang Ai's position, but Wang Ai hit the midfielder.
Instead of the left and right fullbacks, his arrangement did not work.
The tall Paretta seemed to have stiff joints and was clumsy in front of Wang Ai, while the flexible Biglia could not bear Wang Ai's body. In the first three minutes, Wang Ai successfully scored.
This time's goal relied on the tacit cooperation of the brothers Wang Ai and Chen Tao. Chen Tao made a diagonal pass from the corner of the penalty area but suddenly passed back. Wang Ai leaned against Paretta, passed the football and suddenly turned around.
Catch up with the left foot volley.
Of course, Gao Lin's sudden movement in the penalty area was also crucial.
After the restart, the Chinese team's offensive was still very fierce. Dong Fangzhuo and Gao Lin were both in good health, and the impact on the opponent's defender was very uncomfortable. Chen Tao and Wang Ai frequently kicked off the outside of the penalty area, and their footwork was extremely precise.
At the end of the day, the powerful Argentine youth team was actually suppressed. Although Messi was unwilling to launch several counterattacks, his teammates could not keep up and there was nothing Messi could do.
It wasn't until the 30th minute of the first half that the Chinese team's offensive eased slightly, but just when the Argentine team was about to slow down and counterattack, Wang Ai actually scored again. This was a direct free kick created by Gao Lin, in the goal
On the right, Wang Ai took the penalty, sliding through a wide arc and the football flew into the far corner of the goal.
In today's football, he is the only player who maintains a direct free kick shooting rate of more than 40%. Direct free kicks are still Wang Ai's trump card and the Chinese team's trump card. Many goalkeepers have summarized relevant experience and have achieved certain results, such as
From the distance of Wang Ai's run-up, we can probably judge the free kick technique he chooses, but where the football lands is still under his control. Just like the Beckham-style free kick just now, Wang Ai usually chooses the near corner.
But this time I chose the far corner.
Leading by two goals, the Chinese team began to shrink its formation, and Argentina began to attack fiercely. Messi found that the opponent was very tightly marked, so he began to assist Aguero and Pablo. In the 40th minute of the game, the youngest Aguero
He received a low pass from Messi in front of the goal and hit the target with a sweep shot.
With a 2:1 lead, the Chinese team returned to the locker room. Lao Gao made the second major decision of the game, which was also a decision that the outside world could not understand or guess: Chen Tao and Wang Ai withdrew to the side.
route, switching to playing left and right full-backs respectively! Dong Fangzhuo switched to playing shadow forward and got behind Gao Lin. Zhu Ting and Hao Junmin approached the middle.
Although this changed the extremely weird 244 in the first half back to 442, the two attacking midfielders suddenly changed to full-backs, which is nonsense.
So after the Chinese team came out in the second half, it immediately attracted all kinds of exclamations.
A series of "I don't understand" popped out of the mouths of commentators from various countries.
This was Wang Ai's first time in a defensive position, but soon, people discovered the beauty of this arrangement. Chen Tao and Wang Ai are both delicate, strong, and fast players, and Chen Tao can defend himself.
, Wang Ai is not very good at it, but it is not completely incompetent. With the support of midfielder Zhou Haibin and central defender Feng Xiaoting, it is barely enough.
But the most important thing is that Wang Ai's position is on the right side of the Chinese team and the left side of the Argentine team, which is exactly in the direction of Messi.
Through observation in the first half, Lao Gao was already convinced that Messi would be the biggest threat to the Chinese team. With Zhao Xuri and Zhou Haibin, no one could guard him. At this time, he thought of Wang Ai. In defensive skills,
, blocking position and so on, Wang Ai is indeed average, but Wang Ai is physically stronger than Messi, has a higher foot frequency, and is very fast. He can act as a fill-in behind Zhou Haibin, connecting the Chinese team's midfielder and central defender defensively
Add a line of defense to prevent Messi from quickly hitting the ball and breaking through.
From Milu to Xu Genbao, from Lao Gao to Lao Liu, all Wang Ai's coaches have taught him defense. At the same time, he has also had head-to-head confrontations with Ronaldinho, Pirlo and other players, so he has rich experience. It's strangled.
Messi is equivalent to killing half of Argentina.
At the same time, the full-back position can also provide assists and even directly hit the goal.
Therefore, arranging Wang Ai to play as a central defender will easily delay things as a defensive midfielder. Playing as an attacking midfielder and coming back to defend specifically will also easily impact the position of the two defensive midfielders. Therefore, Lao Gao unexpectedly arranged for Wang Ai to play as a full-back. According to the skills of the defender
Analyzing the characteristics, Wang Ai is technically aware.
Except for the Chinese coaching staff and Wang Ai, no one could have guessed this special arrangement, not even the Argentine head coach. It was not until fifteen minutes into the second half that Messi showed no performance and Argentina's offense was weak.
So, he moved Messi to another direction to avoid the harassment of Zhou Haibin + Wang Ai, but on the other side were Zhao Xuri + Chen Tao, one fierce and one clever, not much worse than here. Especially after Wang Ai's special training
His teammates are well aware of Messi’s technical characteristics.
The Argentine team was helpless and its offensive organization became messy. It could only rely on the individual flashes of talented players to threaten the Chinese team. Under Lao Gao's frequent on-the-spot dispatching and command, dangers continued, but in the end they persisted.
When the final whistle blew, the Chinese team members, who were soaked in sweat, realized that they had defeated Argentina with a score of 2:1 and advanced to the final!
This chapter has been completed!