She finally found Uncle Yong's name and called him.
"Hello? Uncle Yong, is it convenient for you to talk now? Is it convenient? That's good... I just want to ask you what happened to Qing Huan's injury... Didn't you say it's not serious?"
Sun Juan sounded anxious. She didn't dare to let her husband know that she was worried about his injury for fear of affecting her pregnancy. So she could only call her husband's agent, Uncle Yong.
On the other end of the phone, Uncle Yong's voice was also a little helpless:
"Qing Huan told me that it is indeed not serious, or it does not mean the same as 'serious' in our understanding. According to our understanding, it is still an injury to the right knee. If it is serious, we should withdraw from the World Cup directly. But
... His right knee only hurts when he exerts force. There is no problem in walking normally... The team doctor has checked and there is no fluid accumulation in it, which means that the situation has not worsened to the point where we are worried..."
Sun Juan said anxiously: "But we have missed the semi-finals, isn't it serious?"
"Qing Huan told me that the reason for not letting him play in the semi-finals is to let him have a good rest. In this way, he might be able to catch up with the next game."
"Next game?" Sun Juan was stunned for a moment, and then realized that after reaching the semi-finals of the World Cup, regardless of winning or losing in the semi-finals, there will be two games:
Either the finals or the third or fourth place finals.
After reacting, she was still worried: "There are only three or four days between the semifinals and the next game. Is this time enough for him to recover enough to play?"
Yong Jun was silent for a few seconds and then replied: "I don't know either...but that's all I can think of now."
Of course, such an answer could not comfort Sun Juan, but she also knew that Uncle Yong did not lie to her. Ever since her husband's injured right knee started to hurt again, things had not developed as she had hoped.
Although she was not in a high mood, she still expressed her gratitude to Uncle Yong: "Thank you, Uncle Yong. I will ask you to take more care of Qing Huan..."
"Why are you so polite, Juan'er? Just rest at home and don't worry about this. And your side is also very important. Once you are well, Qing Huan can concentrate on recovery, training, and preparation for the competition."
"I know……"
After hanging up the phone, Sun Juan still sighed.
The principles were those, but she still couldn't help but worry about her husband.
She knew that this was the last World Cup in her husband's career, and he would not have the chance to come back four years later. If there was any regret in this World Cup, it would be a lifelong regret.
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"News: The Chinese team announced that Zhang Qinghuan will miss the semi-final against Brazil due to injury!"
"...The Chinese national team has just officially announced that Zhang Qinghuan cannot participate in today's training due to injury. Not only today's training, but also tomorrow's game - Zhang Qinghuan's name has been excluded from the Chinese team's game roster. This means
For tomorrow's semi-finals, Zhang Qinghuan can only cheer for his teammates in the stands..."
After Joao Costa Cavell read the message translated through the Brazilian media, he looked at the head coach Pedro Garcia: "Is this a smoke bomb for the Chinese team? Pretend that Zhang cannot play, and then play in the game
Then suddenly send him out when the time comes?"
Garcia laughed: "You're overthinking it, Joao. You can't fake whether he is on the squad or not. This has to be reported. If he is on the squad, wouldn't it be exposed? If he is really not on the squad of the Chinese team,
On the roster, what’s the point of discussing whether it’s true or not? Anyway, if you’re not on the roster, you’re not qualified to play. Besides…”
Garcia paused here, thought for a while and then continued: "If the Chinese team really wants to put up smoke bombs, why choose a player who is already difficult to play in the game? Why not say that Hu was injured in training and is not sure about the semi-finals
Can he start? Wouldn't that make us more doubtful?"
Cavill also felt that he had been too sensitive just now.
Since the quarter-finals, Zhang Qinghuan seemed to have been sidelined by the Chinese team's head coach Qin Lin. In the quarter-finals, he was only allowed to play for a while during the last garbage time, and his performance was mediocre.
Players like this should not be the center of attention.
"Don't pay attention to this kind of news, otherwise they may throw out a lot of junk news to interfere with our preparation rhythm." Pedro Garcia said to his assistant, "At this stage of the World Cup, the Chinese team's tactics and
The starting lineup is relatively fixed, and we can all guess what lineup they will use in the game."
When he said this, the Chinese team's starting lineup for this game was already written on the whiteboard in front of him and other coaches.
This is what they speculated.
The formation is 4222.
The goalkeeper positions include Lin Zhiyuan, left center back Wang Guangwei, right center back Qin Qi, left back Peng Weijun, and right back Yuan Da.
The two central midfielders are Ou Yangjin and Xia Xiaoyu.
The two of them are positioned deep in the midfield, between the defensive midfielder and the central midfielder.
The two "2"s in front of them are Chen Xingyi on the left and Luo Kai on the right.
The last two "2"s are Hu Lai and Zhou Zi Jing.
This is the starting lineup for the Chinese team's semifinals speculated by the Brazilian team's coaching staff.
This is actually easy to guess. You can guess it even without watching the past five games.
Because this is the strongest lineup that the Chinese team can currently field.
Playing against Brazil in the semi-finals, Garcia didn't believe that Qin Lin, his opponent, would dare to make any reservations in the lineup.
This lineup has proven to be very effective in the first five games, so why change it?
The only time the starting lineup was changed was in the quarter-finals, from their usual 4222, which was 442, to 352.
As a result, the Chinese team played very average in the first half of that game.
Qin Lin returned to 4222 during the midfield adjustment. The Chinese team's offense finally exploded with power. Hu Lai and Zhou Zijing each scored a goal. The Chinese team defeated Burkina Faso, the weakest team in the top 16, 2:0.
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Therefore, Garcia believes that Qin Lin will not do anything new in such an important semi-final. He should stick to the strongest formation and personnel configuration, which is safer.
"But I think we need to prepare more plans." Pedro Garcia continued. "If we fall behind in the game, how can we adjust to prevent the Chinese team's offense and strengthen our offense?"
The coaches looked at each other, frowned one by one, and began to think about the questions raised by the head coach.
Seeing that the coaches were silent, Garcia simply announced the answer himself: "I think this can be done to strengthen our defensive configuration in the middle..."
As he spoke, he wrote the name of one of his players next to Hulay's name.
Then he wrote two more names standing side by side between this name and the center line.
These three names form a triangle.
When the coaches saw it, their eyes gradually lit up.
"This is a good idea!" Assistant coach Cavell was the first to agree.
This is indeed the optimal solution for the current personnel configuration of the Brazilian team.
"The main thing is to keep an eye on Hu and cut him off from other Chinese team players." Garcia concluded. "As for the other Chinese team players, let our players who play against them solve them. Those are routine problems, and Hu is an unconventional one."
The problem."
Everyone nodded in agreement.
This host country is not weak, but being able to reach the semi-finals in one go is not a reflection of the true strength of this team.
This credit comes more from Hu Lai.
If there is no Hulay, the host country can survive and reach the top 16, which is almost the same - because they cannot meet Burkina Faso as the first in the group, but they may meet the Netherlands in the top 16 as the second place in the group.
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But because of Hu Lai, a super efficient shooter, the Chinese team was unstoppable and reached the semifinals.
Therefore, the Chinese team with Hu Lai and the Chinese team without Hu Lai must be treated separately.
Unconventional means must be used to deal with Hu Lai.
This certainly does not mean that the Brazilian team will take it lightly and not take it seriously when dealing with the Chinese team without Hulay.
In fact, they will still go all out.
Using conventional means to treat the Chinese team that excluded Hulay is already a performance that the Brazilian team attaches great importance to.
What's more, they have even considered the situation of falling behind the Chinese team in the game and prepared a plan. Don't they pay enough attention to the Chinese team?
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Ding Gaoyi sighed: "Alas..."
Qin Lin turned to look at him: "What's wrong?"
"Actually, after seeing Qing Huan's performance in training yesterday, I really considered changing to 352 in tomorrow's game and letting Qing Huan start. Maybe I can catch the Brazilian team off guard..." Ding Gaoyi explained.
Originally, I wanted to prepare an extra set of offensive tactics to facilitate adaptability during the game.
However, Zhang Qinghuan's spiritual energy returned during training yesterday, which made Ding Gaoyi feel a little bit ready to make another move.
Because he knows very well that the Chinese team's tactics and lineup will definitely be thoroughly studied by the Brazilian team, unless they underestimate the enemy...
But will they underestimate the enemy?
how could it be possible……
I guess they can even guess their own starting lineup.
Ding Gaoyi wanted to take things by surprise.
Qin Lin can completely understand Ding Gaoyi's regret, because he thinks so too. However, as a head coach, he feels that the risk of suddenly reorganizing his life is too great: "It's better not to say goodbye. If there is another first-half match with Burkina Faso,
The situation, we may not be able to correct it this time..."
Ding Gaoyi also understood: "But even if we continue to play 4222, if Qing Huan is not injured, we will have more room for maneuver in the game. Now... what if the offense is unfavorable in the game and cannot penetrate the Brazilian team's defense? What will they do?
That Neto Leira is known as the 'best midfielder in the world', the best defensive midfielder after Ramirez."
Qin Lin said: "That's why we have to emphasize the importance of Zhou Zijing in training. He has to fight with the Brazilian team's defensive players to open up space and create opportunities for Hu Lai and others. Why should we emphasize it in training?
Many details including Zhou Zijing? Since we can’t take things by surprise, let’s do what we have to the extreme. I believe we can still not fall behind against the defending champion.”
Ding Gaoyi laughed: "Otherwise, you are the head coach, with this structure, this confidence..."