Sun Yonggang felt his cell phone vibrating in his trouser pocket, so he took it out and saw the latest battle situation popped up:
Dongchuan Middle School 2:0 Renmin Middle School, scorer: Hu Lai (29,54)
This guy scored again?!
Sun Yonggang was in a daze holding his cell phone.
Then he turned his attention to the stadium where the match was taking place at this time, his eyes were a little complicated.
The second half of the game between Shuguang High School and Haihe No. 3 Middle School has begun. After adjustments at halftime, the format of the game has changed. Shuguang High School has become more and more courageous and has completely taken the lead.
But in fact, if we look closely at tactics, formations, and personnel, Sun Yonggang doesn't see any adjustments.
The players at Shuguang High School are just more motivated and focused...
Just five minutes before Hu Lai's goal, Chen Xingyi had already scored twice, helping Shuguang High School take the lead again.
He shook his head slightly.
If Sun Yonggang hadn't known that the two games were being played at the same time, it would have been impossible for the players on the field to know what was happening in the other field. He would really have thought that these two people had done it on purpose...
Although... it stands to reason that with Chen Xingyi's reputation, past record and strength in national competitions, how could Hu Lai be qualified to compete with him?
But Sun Yonggang had such a ridiculous idea.
Maybe it's because he once heard the two teenagers arguing with each other at the airport...
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In the stands of Lingnan Polytechnic's football field, Chu Yifan's other three roommates were all staring at the field in stunned silence.
Just now, the No. 14 striker from Dongchuan Middle School once again completed his weird celebration in front of everyone present.
And his teammates swarmed in and surrounded him for the second time.
"Haha, I'm willing to admit defeat!" Chu Yifan clapped his hands and laughed in the stands, "Thank you brothers for the hospitality!"
The three roommates frowned, shook their heads and said, "This is impossible...how did this goal just go in?"
"Isn't this diving dive too exaggerated? I used a diving dive directly from the penalty spot to score a goal... Why do I feel that this goal is more likely to be scored?"
Chu Yifan said with a smile: "Don't worry about whether he scored the goal or not. The fact is that even though Renmin Middle School had the upper hand, it was Dongchuan Middle School who scored the goal. Don't waste your time!"
The three roommates looked at each other and sighed in unison. After treating Dachu one by one, they would probably have no choice but to eat instant noodles...
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Li Ziqiang still had an expressionless look on his face. Even though his team was already two goals ahead of the top four People's Middle School in the last national competition, he didn't look like he was laughing in the sky because of his excitement.
In fact, his most violent action was just getting up, walking out, and waving his fist after Hu Lai scored.
But the expression on his face was always tense, and even became tighter after scoring a goal - he was clenching his back teeth and punching.
His face was tense, but Li Ziqiang was actually very happy inside, or felt a sense of accomplishment.
Since Luo Kai left, he has been bent on building a team that meets his expectations.
For this reason, after returning from the national competition last year, he asked the first- and second-year high school players who stayed in the team to do more basic physical training, mainly physical training, which was actually laying the foundation.
Without sufficient physical foundation, the integrated offensive and defensive tactics he envisioned were destined to be just castles in the air.
The arrival of Xia Xiaoyu and Chen Rui after the first year of high school was an unexpected surprise, but it also made it easier to implement his ideas.
Originally, in Li Ziqiang's plan, even if there was no one like Xia Xiaoyu, it wouldn't be a big trouble. After all, it is said that offense and defense are integrated, so naturally the offense must rely on the strength of the entire team, not a single individual.
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So having Xia Xiaoyu is good, but not having Xia Xiaoyu is not a problem either.
As for Hu Lai, it is the most important part of this tactic.
Unlike Sun Yiming, the head coach of Renmin Middle School, the players of Renmin Middle School, Chu Yifan's roommates, and others, they believe that Xia Xiaoyu is the core of the team.
On the contrary, in Li Ziqiang's heart, Hu Lai is the core of this team.
Because without him, all Li Ziqiang's previous arrangements would be just a joke. After all, no matter how you integrate offense and defense, there always needs to be someone who can put the football into the opponent's goal, right?
Can others do it, such as Shen Yulin?
In fact, it works, but it is not as easy to use as Hu Lai... In other words, it works sometimes and not sometimes.
In fact, even if Luo Kai comes, I'm afraid he won't be able to match Hu Lai's scoring ability.
There are many tactics, no matter how exquisitely designed, if the goal cannot be scored in the end, then all the previous designs will be in vain.
After all, all tactics must be supported by goals. If your team cannot score goals, it will be difficult to sustain in the game. Even Jiaxiang High School, which is good at defense, must have someone like Xu Gaofei who is good at counterattacks.
forward.
It's just that in today's football, it seems that scoring goals is no longer the task of the center. In many tactics, the center and even the forward are just a part of the team's tactics. The more important role is to contain and defend. Use your own running position
Contain the opponent's defense and create opportunities for teammates coming up behind to create gaps.
The "Forwardless Formation" has been popular in world football for a while. You can tell what it means just by looking at the name. You can score goals without a striker.
In the past twenty years, under the impact of the popularity of various tactical ideas, centers have been required to be more comprehensive and versatile. Even a center may not be able to shoot or score goals, but he must not be able to pass or take the ball.
He doesn't know how to protect the ball and won't involve movement... In other words, even if this center can't even score double-digit goals in a season, as long as he can get back in place when the team is defending, he can open up when attacking.
If he defends, provides assists to his teammates, and connects the frontcourt, he is a good center.
As for scoring, it is usually done by various central midfielders, wide midfielders, or wingers in the midfield. The center forward only needs to hold up the opponent's defender.
Under this trend of thought, the cultivation of center talents naturally follows this direction.
Some people score single-digit goals in a season, but because of their excellent physical fitness, they can always get back to the defensive position in time, and they can also faithfully implement the head coach's tactics. They start to strangle the opponent's organizational midfielder in the frontcourt to get the ball. On the one hand, they provide for the ball.
The team's defense is stable, and on the other hand, it can also help the team to counterattack on the spot after counterattack. Therefore, he can be the main center of the wealthy team.
Some people only score very few goals in a season, but because of their outstanding tactical role, they can still take the blame after losing, so they are naturally the main force of a wealthy club without any worries.
Li Ziqiang is not saying that these centers are not good, but these tactics are not good. For example, the overall offensive and defensive tactics he plays are actually one of the more popular tactics.
Some centers are indeed a very important part of the tactics. If there is no center to contain the opponent's defense in front, if there is no center to serve as the bridgehead of the team's offense, the results of those teams will be greatly reduced.
But Li Ziqiang just thinks that everyone is too extreme, as if a center that is not comprehensive enough is not a good center and cannot be used.
In the final analysis, doesn’t football still depend on who scores more goals? So if there is a center who can score goals, why can’t he use it?
Moreover, those European giants and world football powers have all kinds of outstanding talents. They can afford to play without a striker. What about other teams?
Just like the Chinese team.
Nowadays, the Chinese team is suffering from the lack of outstanding forwards. Even when facing some weak teams, it is often difficult to score a goal for dozens of minutes.
Moreover, the overall strength of the Chinese team's midfield and backfield is really not strong in today's Asian football. Without a forward who is particularly good at scoring goals, how can it be possible to achieve good results? After all, when you are
When the overall strength is not dominant, if the attack continues for a long time, the morale of both sides will naturally wax and wane. The Chinese team will become more impatient as they fight, while the defensive team will become more confident as they defend.
If we encounter an opponent whose strength is almost the same as the Chinese team, or even better than the Chinese team, then the poor scoring ability will become a fatal flaw.
Therefore, the head coach of the Chinese national team has also implemented a "no striker formation" before. On the one hand, he may really want to keep up with the mainstream of world football, but on the other hand, he may be because there are really few players in Chinese football who can score goals.
The forwards are forced - there are no forwards available. What is the point of not playing a "forwardless formation"?
Of course, the result of doing this is naturally a failure, because the powerful players use the "forwardless formation" because their midfielders are strong, and the Chinese team uses this simply because the forwards cannot score goals... but the midfielders are not strong either.
Even though he is strong, what good results can come from playing without a striker?
So after seeing Hu Lai's ability, Li Ziqiang already made a decision in his mind. In Hu Lai's sophomore year of high school, he straightforwardly announced his position as the core of the offense to the entire team, telling everyone clearly what he was going to play.
This kind of football, and then everyone can work together in this direction. Lest anyone question and challenge his authority and waste everyone's time and energy.
He simply and decisively surprised the sophomore and junior high school players - everyone still remembered how the head coach looked down on Hu Lai. However, they didn't expect that after the head coach changed his mind, he seemed to not remember it at all.
It's the same as my previous attitude towards Hu Lai.
Li Ziqiang doesn't care what others think of him. He only cares about whether his tactics can be implemented and observed, and whether he can succeed.
In the Anton Cup, he has actually been testing this tactic to see how it works.
And the end result is naturally surprisingly good.
Hu Lai became the top scorer in the Anton Cup, and Dongchuan Middle School also successfully defended the Anton Cup championship and once again won the right to participate in the national competition.
Among them, the 3:1 victory over Jiaxiang High School was Hu Lai's masterpiece - as the main center, he was collectively targeted by Jiaxiang High School. Under such circumstances, Hu Lai could still seize the few opportunities.
, scored a goal.
This person is not like Luo Kai. His football is not fancy or good-looking, or even a little unremarkable, but it looks like an ordinary dagger. It looks ordinary in order not to attract attention, but in fact it is extremely sharp.
One stab could easily kill someone.
Li Ziqiang turned his head and glanced at Sun Yiming, who was standing stunned on the sidelines.
He has learned about the resume of the head coach of Renmin Middle School and knows that he is a head coach who believes in the "midfield winning theory" and believes that the midfielder is the most important part of a team. A strong midfielder will make the team stronger.
A weak midfielder means a weak team.
Logically speaking, that's true... After all, the midfielder is both offensive and defensive. A strong midfielder can advance, attack, retreat or defend. It reduces defensive pressure and can directly score goals without the need for a forward with strong scoring ability.
But if Hu Lai's "ordinary" dagger is ignored because of this, that would be a big problem.
Li Ziqiang once thought that although Hu Lai had great talent, his foundation was too weak to be useful. So he did not regard Hu Lai as a member of his team at the beginning. At that time, he recruited 16 new people. Originally, he was recruiting 10.
Among the five people, Hu Lai's name at the end was clearly added on the spur of the moment by Li Ziqiang... I thought that this kid would definitely not be able to survive the basic training he had assigned and would leave on his own initiative.
As a result, this kid not only survived the somewhat difficult basic training he arranged, but also progressed like a rocket, from coming on as a substitute in the Anton Cup for the first time to scoring three goals in the national competition.
; From being a freshman in high school who could only score goals by playing clever tricks, to being able to carry the captain of Jiaxiang High School to complete the goal in his sophomore year... This progress was so rapid that Li Ziqiang's worries about his "weak foundation" were thrown out of the window.
Now that the foundation is solid, Li Ziqiang no longer has the previous prejudice against Hu Lai, and naturally wants to fully exploit his abilities.
From the national competition in his freshman year of high school to now, his efforts on Hu Lai have finally paid off.
He doesn't know where Dongchuan Middle School will go in this national competition, but facing all kinds of opponents, he will always be more calm than last year.