"The Chinese team tried to cooperate on the wing... Chen Xingyi and Xia Xiaoyu played a one-two! Well done!"
When Chen Xingyi received the pass from Xia Xiaoyu, he threw the football forward and dodged the Mexican player who came up to tackle it.
Huge cheers erupted from the stadium stands.
Mexico's reaction was also very quick. Someone immediately came up to block Chen Xingyi's route of dribbling the ball forward along the wing.
Chen Xingyi did not struggle with the opponent here, but passed the football sideways.
He gave it to Xia Xiaoyu who came to pick him up.
Xia Xiaoyu quickly transferred the football to Zhang Qinghuan, who was already in the middle.
Zhang Qinghuan tried to pass the ball directly to Hulay, who had already started running. As a result, the football was intercepted and destroyed by Mexican center back Jose Tona after the ball was passed.
"Oh! What a pity!" He Feng sighed, and then said immediately, "But it doesn't matter! The quality of the Chinese team's offense is very high! Toner also took a huge risk to tackle. Because if he didn't tackle, Zhang Qinghuan would have
The pass will penetrate the Mexican defense. And it is possible for him to make a tackle..."
Although the Chinese team's attack failed, thunderous applause erupted from the stands after the initial sigh.
This is the way fans use to encourage the team.
After all, the Chinese team performed really well on the field.
Facing Mexico, they were still able to create such an opportunity. And this was not an opportunity created accidentally. Opportunities like this did not happen once or twice after the game started.
In this China Cup, Mexico is the well-deserved number one team.
The strongest among the four teams.
Looking at the entire world of football, Mexico can be considered a "strong team".
In the latest FIFA standings, the Mexican national team ranks 17th, which is higher than the ranking of the Asian hegemon Japan, which is ranked 28th.
As for China, FIFA ranks 50th and fifth in Asia.
It can be said that Mexico is a huge catfish in Asian football.
So when everyone saw that the Chinese team and Mexico played back and forth in the first half, not falling behind at all, many people were overjoyed. The progress shown by the Chinese team in the last game was not because the South African team was not strong.
, it is not a flash in the pan, nor is it their illusion!
This team has indeed improved in all aspects!
Of course, the mentality of the players in Mexico that participated in the China Cup and the Mexico in the World Cup are still different, so the performance cannot be simply equated.
But despite this, Chinese fans are also very happy.
The characteristic of Mexican football is that the players have good skills and are quick and agile, but their bodies are not very good. They have the delicate skills of South American players and the overall coordination of Spanish football.
Such a team will be very scary if they are allowed to play smoothly.
Even strong teams like Brazil, Argentina, Germany, and Italy will fall at the feet of Mexico.
Therefore, Dillon's strategy for the Chinese team, generally speaking, is to use the numerical advantage in the midfield to disrupt Mexico's offensive cooperation.
At the same time, use the Chinese team's offense to suppress Mexico so that they cannot attack unscrupulously.
To put it simply, it means that you must be able to defend but also be able to attack.
It sounds simple, but it is not easy for the Chinese team.
The Chinese team in the past was somewhat one-sided.
Either they attack with all their strength and ignore the rest. Or they shrink their defense and those who are suppressed can only rely on occasional counterattacks from the two wings.
The effects are not very good.
But now the Chinese team is already a bit like that.
Although it's still just a prototype.
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The Chinese team was able to play back and forth with Mexico mainly because Hu Lai was in particularly good condition today.
Why did Jose Tona take a huge risk in the tackle just now?
Logically speaking, defensive players' priority should be safety, not risk. It is easy to get the limelight by doing some cool defensive moves, but it is easier to fall into trouble.
But in the situation just now, if Tona hadn't done this, Hulay would have caught the ball behind him.
By then, there is no need to worry about whether to be in the limelight or to fail, because it will be too late!
That's why he had to do this, risking a tackle in the middle. Judging from the slow motion, if his feet had been shorter or stretched slower, he would have really missed the ball.
It has to be said that although Zhang Qinghuan's kick was eventually blocked, the level of the pass was very high.
You must know that when he did this, there was actually a Mexican player beside him, but he just didn't stick to him.
But with someone around him, Zhang Qinghuan was still able to send such a precise pass calmly and calmly.
This is actually the result of his training in La Liga.
The pace of La Liga is faster than that of the Chinese Super League. In the past, when he played in the Chinese Super League, he could wait to observe and think after receiving the ball, and then decide what to do next.
If he continues to play like this in La Liga, he won't even be able to hold the ball. He must think about what to do next before catching the ball, and decide what to do while catching the ball.
It has to be said that although initially after Shi Wuyuan left office, Dillon was not able to take over the team immediately. Instead, he was transferred to Dong Jianhai for half a year. It seemed like a loss for the Chinese team. But now, it is actually the opposite.
Probably the best arrangement.
Not to mention that after the failure of the Asian Cup, it poured cold water on all those who were too arrogant before, making them more accepting of some of Dillon's methods.
As for Dillon himself, if he had taken over the team after the World Cup, the changes he envisioned might not have gone so smoothly, and the public opinion environment would never have been as relaxed as it is now...
After all, the Chinese team at that time still had only two players, Hu Lai and Luo Kai, who had played in Europe for a long time. Zhang Qinghuan, Chen Xingyi, Wang Guangwei and Xia Xiaoyu had just gone to Europe, and they hadn't even adapted to the environment. That way.
How could they adapt to Dillon's tactical requirements and training intensity?
If the current Chinese team had not been supported by players living in Europe, it would never have been able to perform as well as it did.
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Although Hu Lai didn't catch the ball, he turned around and gave Brother Huan a thumbs up, praising him for passing the ball well.
He was in good shape in this game. Maybe it was Dillon's words before the game that made his blood boil.
Dillon was able to inspire them with "Singing the Motherland", obviously he fully understood the importance of this song.
A foreigner can do such a meticulous job, how could they, the native Chinese, realize that they are not even as good as a foreigner?
Wouldn’t that mean foreigners look down on them?
So Hu Lai has been very active since the game started.
Regardless of whether he had a chance or not, he would run up and down Mexico's defense, running with no regard for physical strength. Even if there were some balls that he clearly had no chance, he would still rush forward and try.
In the 12th minute of the game, Zhou Zijing resisted the Mexican central defender outside the penalty area and then turned around and shot.
The shot was so powerful and heavy that Mexican goalkeeper Salvador Manrquez couldn't fully catch it and let it go slightly.
Fortunately, his second reaction was very quick. He immediately jumped up from the ground and put the football under him again.
As a result, as soon as he pressed the football, Hu Lai rushed forward and kicked the football!
If Manriquez had not already controlled the ball, he was afraid that if he kicked the opponent he would be called into the goalkeeper, so he quickly stopped his kick in time.
Manriquez was lying on the ground with his head lowered and didn't see this scene at all, so he didn't feel anything special.
But it made other Mexican players break out in a cold sweat.
Especially Jose Tona, who is responsible for defending Jule.
That's really just half a second from when Manriquez pounced on the ball to when Hulay collected his foot, which is half a second.
If Manriquez had been just half a second slower, the football would have been stabbed into the goal by Hu Lai!
Everyone has heard of Hulay's reputation before this game and knows that he is a forward who is very good at catching and seizing opportunities.
I also watched his game videos.
But for them to establish a specific feeling in their hearts, it's not just as simple as watching game videos.
You still have to go on the field and actually compete.
This confrontation made the Mexican players very nervous.
Otherwise, why did José Tona take the risk of making a tackle just now?
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Dillon sneered: "There are some stupid views in Europe that Hu can only score goals and tactics are of little use. Seeing how one Hu can make the Mexican defense so nervous, who dares to say that tactics are of little use?"
I think their minds are rigid, as if they cannot meet the tactical requirements of the head coach. If they do not complete specific tactical tasks, it is not considered to be tactically useful... Hey! In fact, I don’t need to assign any tasks to Hu Lai, he only needs to
Playing on the court has already played a great tactical role!"
He said this to his assistant coach Kily Sequeiros.
Sequeiros also laughed: "My friend told me that the King of Madrid seems to be interested in Hu again..."
"It seems that Xavi Sanchez is not an old fool."
"But they had a chance to win Hu for no more than 10 million euros..."
Dillon laughed: "Kili, isn't this the normal operation of the Kings of Madrid? If they can't buy players at high prices, how can they prove that they are the team that the best players want? The best players can spend only one thousand
Want to sign it down?"
Sequeiros was stunned for a moment and then started laughing too.
The atmosphere in front of the coach's bench was so relaxed, naturally because judging from the scene, the Chinese team was not at a disadvantage, and everyone was very satisfied with the performance of the players.
At the same time, because the Football Association did not give them any goals before the game, they had no pressure and no need to worry about gains and losses.
Of course, although the Football Association did not set goals for the coaching staff, Dillon still set goals for the team, hoping that the team would win a championship.
Of course Mexico is very strong and it will not be easy to defeat them. But it is precisely because of this that Dillon has to specifically set his goal to win the championship.
Because he wanted to see if these young people could do it.
In fact, he won't be disappointed if he can't do it, let alone criticize the players, but if he can do it... he will have more confidence in the future.
After all, he is leading and coaching this team not just to participate in the World Cup!
Three years later, the 2030 World Cup happened to be held in his native Spain. For him, this could be considered a homecoming.
As the last job in his coaching career, he certainly hopes to have a successful ending for himself.
More importantly, he also had some resentment about leaving his first-line coaching position, being idle at home, and finally having to come to distant China to coach...
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