When the Japanese team scored just now, it was Tsutomu Ito who faced Yao Huasheng, but now it is Masato Hirokawa who faces Yao Huasheng.
Compared with Tsutomu Ito, who does not have an advantage in size but is more flexible, Masato Hirokawa, who is 1.84 meters tall, is stronger and has stronger impact.
The Japanese team may think that Masato Hirokawa, who is stronger, is the most suitable candidate to deal with Yao Huasheng who has an injured shoulder.
His method of dealing with Yao Huasheng was simpler and cruder, which was to directly collide with the captain of the Chinese team with his body.
If Yao Huasheng is healthy, he won't be afraid of dealing with Hiroyuki Masato.
But isn't his shoulder injured now?
So it seems more strenuous than usual.
But no matter how hard it was, Yao Huasheng still gritted his teeth and fought hard with the opponent.
Masato Hirokawa caught the ball in the penalty area with his back to the goal. He squeezed back hard. After feeling that Yao Huasheng's center of gravity behind him was unstable, he turned around and shot!
As a result, he swung his foot and the football hit Yao Huasheng's leg and bounced out!
Hirokawa Masato looked with some surprise at Yao Huasheng who was half-kneeling on the ground after being beaten. Wasn't he knocked away by him?
"Hu Lai!" Yao Huasheng shouted at Hu Lai outside the penalty area and waved to him to signal him to come over.
Hu Lai ran over: "What's going on with Captain Yao?"
"You translate for the Japanese. Just say that he can't even carry an injured person like me, so that's all." Yao Huasheng pointed at Hiroyuki Masato and said to Hu Lai.
Hu Lai was stunned for a moment, wondering: "Captain Yao, I was paid to eat watermelon..."
"Stop talking nonsense! Speak quickly!" Yao Huasheng didn't want to play tricks with him.
"Hey, okay, okay..." Hu Lai nodded and bowed. When he turned to face Masato Hirokawa, he straightened up, raised his head slightly, looked at the other person, and said in fluent Japanese:
"Our captain said, you can't even deal with him who is injured, so you should apply to be replaced as soon as possible and let your head coach be replaced by a capable person, lest you become the historical sinner of the Japanese team losing the game!"
Hirokawa Masato was already feeling annoyed that he had missed an opportunity. When Hu Lai said this, feeling the obvious sarcasm and disdain in the other person's tone, his face suddenly changed and he glared at Hu Lai: "What did you say?"
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Hu Lai took a step forward and was almost in front of the other party: "What do you want to do?"
Masao Yonezawa, who was next to Masato Hirokawa at this time, quickly pulled the former away: "Calm down, Masato!"
Seeing this, Hu Lai turned around and said regretfully to Yao Huasheng: "Captain Yao, the Japanese are too cunning. I am not fooled. I am ready to lie down..."
Yao Huasheng couldn't laugh or cry: "I asked you to translate, but I didn't let you add drama without permission!"
"Oh, wouldn't it be better if there was one less person among them?"
"Then how stupid do they have to be to be fooled by this? Okay, don't worry about it." Yao Huasheng waved his hand.
"But Captain Yao, what's the use of just mocking him like this?" Hu Lai didn't understand.
"Do you think he's angry?"
"I'm angry, but not so angry..."
"That's enough." Yao Huasheng nodded, "If Masato Hirokawa can keep staring at me in the next game, my goal will be achieved."
Seeing Hu Lai blinking, Yao Huasheng explained: "Compared with Hirokawa Masato, who has poor shooting skills and is stubborn, it is more troublesome for me to deal with the flexible Nuo Itō."
Hu Lai suddenly realized when he saw the bulge on Team Yao's shoulder. The injury to his right shoulder made Team Yao less flexible, so compared with Masato Hirokawa who could only rely on his body, Tsutomu Ito was indeed a troublemaker. The Japanese team's goal was
Ito Nujin, this is definitely not a coincidence.
He rolled his eyes and said, "Commander Yao, do you want me to teach you a few more words in Japanese? When you face Masato Hirokawa, chat with him to ensure better results."
Yao Huasheng pushed him away: "I can't learn!"
"Hey, it's very simple, Captain Yao. The first sentence is 'Baga'..."
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On the other side, Masao Yonezawa asked Masato Hirokawa: "What did Hu Lai say to you, Masato?"
"He told Yao Huasheng what he said, saying that I can't even deal with the injured Yao Huasheng, so I might as well ask for it!" When Masato Hirokawa repeated these words, his tone was still full of indignation.
Masao Yonezawa was a little surprised: "No way? Could it be that Hu Lai was talking nonsense?"
"Why not? Zhengnan, you don't know that Yao Huasheng hates us! Have you forgotten Senior Bei Dao?"
Hearing this, Masao Yonezawa was stunned for a moment, and then his expression became solemn.
Kitajima Seiya, the former Japan international, was the Japanese player who was tackled to the ground from behind by Yao Huasheng during the game.
What Yao Huasheng paid was a red card, an additional suspension of five games, and a fine of US$50,000. Kitajima Naruya was seriously injured for three months because of a tackle by Yao Huasheng, plus a recovery period, and he was away from home for half a year.
Arena.
That rough foul caused Yao Huasheng to be criticized in China and Japan for being unsportsmanlike.
Of course, Yao Huasheng later explained why he did that and the foul was wrong, but he did have hatred for Japanese football. Then the Chinese public opinion changed subtly, and Yao Huasheng's rough foul was quickly dismissed and ignored.
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Japanese public opinion is even more excited that the other party did it on purpose! How can this be done? It is simply extremely shameless!
Yonezawa Masao, who understood this past incident, immediately felt that the words just spoken from Yao Huasheng's mouth were extremely normal...
This person really didn't like the Japanese team, so he taunted Masato Hirokawa during the game.
Especially... when they looked at Yao Huasheng, the latter noticed their gaze and grinned at them, which seemed to corroborate what Hu Lai had just said.
"I will let him know the consequences of doing this." Masato Hirokawa whispered as he stared at the smiling Yao Huasheng.
"Don't be impulsive..." Yonezawa Masao still advised.
"I'm not impulsive, Masao. Director Motegi also said that we should target him. Since he took the initiative to provoke, then I can't ask for it!"
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Ito took the ball at the front of the Chinese team's penalty area. Facing the pursuit and interception of Wang Guangwei and Jiang Wanqing, he distributed the ball to Masato Hirokawa in the middle, and then pushed forward himself.
Trying to have a one-on-one with Hirokawa Masato but hitting the wall.
But Masato Hirokawa did not pass the ball back, but took the football in another direction.
"Be careful! Masato Hirokawa dribbled the ball into the penalty area!"
The person in front of him is Yao Huasheng!
Yao Huasheng followed up and got stuck on the inside of Hirokawa Masato, preventing him from easily taking a shot.
Masato Hirokawa raised his foot to pretend to shoot, but after a false shot, he continued to carry the football forward and diagonally to the other side.
His flicker made Yao Huasheng pause for a moment, and when he started up again, he was pulled back half way!
The shooting angle that Hirokawa Masato wanted has come out. He swings his right leg and prepares to shoot.
But as soon as he raised his foot, Yao Huasheng tackled it down decisively, just in time to poke the football out before he could shoot!
When Hirokawa Masato swung his right leg down, the football had already deviated from its original position. The instep of his outside foot rubbed against the ball. He failed to shoot the football towards the goal, but cut off the baseline... He himself also lost his balance and fell to the ground.
When the Japanese fans in the stands saw their player lying in the penalty area, they collectively shouted: "Foul! Penalty kick!!"
Hao De, who was very close, quickly raised his finger to indicate to the referee that Yao Huasheng had not committed a foul.
Yao Huasheng himself seemed very confident. He stood up and glanced at Masato Hirokawa lying on the ground. He was not panicked.
Sure enough, the referee did not call him a foul, nor did he even award a corner kick to the Japanese team. Instead, he pointed to the Chinese team's small penalty area and signaled the Chinese team to kick the ball.
"Well done, Yao Huasheng! He didn't even give the Japanese team a corner kick!" He Feng was full of praise. "This is the captain of our Chinese team! A trustworthy central defender!"
As soon as Masato Hirokawa looked up, he saw Yao Huasheng's contemptuous eyes. He was filled with anger and slapped his hands on the turf angrily.
Hu Lai saw this scene outside the penalty area and called out in his heart: Good guy:
Sure enough, Jiang is still very old, Captain Yao really let this devil stare at him and beat him...
Moreover, Captain Yao was right. When he dealt with Masato Hirokawa, it was not too difficult and he could really withstand it.
If the ball had been played by the more flexible Itonu, he would have been able to shoot the ball towards the goal before Yao team could tackle it, posing a great threat to Hao De.
Masato Hirokawa is physically stronger than Tsutomu Ito, but his movement rhythm is relatively slower.
How else can we say that Yao was able to become Asia's top central defender at the peak of his career?
Although the previous Chinese team's results were not very good, it does not mean that all Chinese team players are trash.
Yao Huasheng took over as the captain of the national team after Qin Lin retired from the national team. If he didn't have two skills, why would he become the captain of this team?
In fact, Yao Huasheng can be regarded as a "big name" in the whole of Asia. Of course, part of the reason for this is that he deliberately injured the former Japanese international player Kitajima Shigeya, which is notorious. But his own quality is also very high, aside from
That intentional foul showed that Yao Huasheng's defensive ability is not low and he is definitely a top-notch central defender in Asia.
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Although Masato Hirokawa encountered some setbacks with Yao Huasheng, the Japanese team's offensive did not slow down.
Even more violent.
When Itonu caught the ball in the penalty area and was about to dodge Wang Guangwei like he had dunked Yao Huasheng, the latter remained unmoved and let Itonu "show his eyes to a blind man", which was all in vain.
At the same time, he also lost the shooting angle, but this does not mean that the Japanese team's offense ends here.
The reason why the Japanese team is strong is that their offense is not a "one-and-done deal", where success or failure is inevitable, but there is always a backup plan.
Using their strong midfield and overall strength, they can make the offense like a wave, wave after wave. You can withstand the first wave and the second wave, but you may not be able to withstand the third wave and the fourth wave.
Wave.
Therefore, Itonu failed to find a chance with Wang Guangwei and was not discouraged. Instead, he passed the football to Masao Yonezawa who came in behind.
"careful!"
Following He Feng's exclamation, Masao Yonezawa shot low in the penalty area!
The football hit Jiang Wanqing's leg and bounced out. The second ball was controlled by the Japanese team's midfielder, and they organized another attack.
This time it was initiated from the wing and passed to the center. Wang Guangwei pushed the football out before Tsutomu Ito and Masato Hirokawa.
Kazuya Kudo just outside the penalty area took a long shot!
Hao De flew across the body and knocked out the football with both fists!
The football is not out of bounds and the game continues. The Japanese team is still besieging the Chinese team!
On the scene, it looked like the Chinese team's goal was like a small boat floating on a stormy sea, which could be overturned at any time.
The Chinese fans who watched were afraid to take a breath, for fear that if their breathing was slightly louder, it would affect the flight trajectory of the football on the field.
The fierce offensive of the Japanese team also prompted Dong Jianhai to take the lead in making substitution adjustments.
He replaced right back Bai Di with Zhou Zijing!
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"Zhou Zijing is about to come on, he will replace...Eh? Substitute right back Bai Di?!" He Feng was shocked when he saw the substitution number plate held up by the fourth official.
He Feng was surprised when he saw Zhou Zijing running back from the warm-up area, looking like he was about to play.
He originally thought that when the Chinese team was beaten by the Japanese team and only led by one goal, Dong Jianhai should strengthen its defense. So it was only right to replace the defensive players.
Who would have thought that he would have to replace him with a center.
Who will be replaced?
He Feng took a guess and finally felt that Chen Xingyi was most likely to be replaced.
After all, Hu Lai will definitely not be able to play. In comparison, Luo Kai has more comprehensive abilities and can play on the wing or in the middle.
As a result, now he was severely slapped in the face by Dong Jianhai and was replaced by the team's full-back Bai Di!
The previous center, the next defender, where is the substitution adjustment to strengthen defense?!
"Ah, this..." In front of the TV, Shi Wuyin's wife exclaimed, and then she didn't know what to say because she couldn't understand it either.
She glanced at her husband and found him staring at the TV screen in a daze.
So she asked: "What is Dong Jianhai doing?"
It took several seconds before her husband replied to her. It was very simple, just two words:
"Desperately."
The wife couldn't understand it even more: "But now we are in the lead..."
"If we don't fight hard, this lead may not be maintained."
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"After center Zhou Zijing was introduced and full-back Bai Di was replaced, the Chinese team's formation also made adjustments... Jiang Wanqing seemed to have retreated to the back line, forming a three-centre defender with Yao Huasheng and Wang Guangwei. Qu Luqian mentioned the left side of the midfield
...It seems that the position of the forwards has also changed..." He Feng looked at the position of the Chinese team players on the field and analyzed, "Luo Kai and Zhou Zijing appeared at the front, Hu Lai was behind them, and Chen
Xingyi went to the right side..."
"Good fellow, the world has changed so much..." Yu Jintao said with emotion.
Dillon in front of the TV couldn't understand He Feng's Chinese commentary, but he could still see the changes in the Chinese team's formation.
"This is a very risky but respectable adjustment by Dong. He knows very well that he cannot defend. But if he attacks, as long as the Chinese team can score another goal, all problems will be solved. But if it fails,
If the Chinese team equalizes the score with the Japanese team, the Chinese team is likely to collapse. At that time, all the responsibility for losing to the Japanese team in a good situation will be borne by him as the coach."
After speaking, he sighed: "It's really hard for me to believe that this is an adjustment made by the head coach who didn't even dare to change the tactics and personnel left by his predecessor... He is not the kind of person who is in his thirties.
A forty-year-old young commander."
Yu Jintao pointed out: "In fact, Jorge, from the very beginning of this game, his style was inconsistent with Dong Jianhai's habits..."
"You Chinese are very particular about epiphany. Maybe Dong has had an epiphany?"
Yu Jintao shook his head, he didn't know either.
"Dong's adjustments are similar in some aspects to the tactical transformation of the Chinese team that I originally envisioned. It's really amazing that he and I actually thought of the same thing! I now feel that he may really
He can continue to coach your national team... If this Asian Cup can allow him to find a new path suitable for the Chinese team, then the scolding will be worth it."
Jorge Dillon looked at the ongoing game and said to himself.
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