After losing the ball, Shi Wuyin quickly stood on the sidelines and shouted to his players: "Don't panic! Don't panic! Hold on! Recover the defense and defend until the end of the first half!"
Then he stood on the sidelines, trying to bring confidence and strength to the players and stabilize their morale.
However, when the game restarted, he found that the players were not panicked by losing the ball.
They quickly followed Shi Wuyin's instructions and began to shrink their defense to prevent Nigeria from having a chance to expand the score.
Whether it is defenders such as Wang Guangwei and Liu Yan, or goalkeeper Lin Zhiyuan, they are all trying their best to block the Nigerian players' shots with their bodies.
Seeing this, Shi Wuyuan turned around and walked back to the coaching bench. He sighed to Li Zhifei who was sitting there: "Old Li, these young people are so good..."
"Well, I thought they would panic after losing the ball... but it turned out not to be the case. From the beginning of the game, I noticed that these players were not nervous. Faced with unexpected situations, they behaved very calmly...
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“So Lao Li, if we just lose three group matches and then go home... I’m really not willing to do it.”
“What can you do?”
"Since Nigeria has focused its defense on Hu Lai, we can let Hu Lai continue to be the bait, and then create opportunities for Chen Xingyi and Luo Kai. Similarly, if Chen Xingyi and Luo Kai can attack Nigeria's
If the goal poses a threat, it can also free Hu Lai."
Li Zhifei thought for a while, then nodded: "It's feasible. But we must hold on first and don't continue to concede goals. If we fall behind by two goals, I'm afraid the team's morale will collapse..."
"I'd better continue to stand on the sidelines." Shi Wuyin said, turned around and walked back to the sidelines, standing at the edge of the coach's command area, watching the game intently.
Under his watch, the Olympic team really withstood Nigeria's offensive in the remaining ten minutes.
And not only did they withstand it, they even tried to fight back.
In the 41st minute, Chen Xingyi received a long pass from Wang Guangwei from the backcourt, ran for dozens of meters with the ball, and finally completed a shot with a horizontal dribble at the front of the penalty area. Unfortunately, it missed the baseline and failed to score against Nigeria.
's goal poses a threat.
After running so far, he ran to the edge of the penalty area and suddenly stopped and changed directions to escape. The physical loss was too much, which caused the movement of the final shot to be deformed and unable to stabilize.
Although he has staged similar counterattacks in the Chinese Super League, the feeling between the Chinese Super League and the Olympic Games is obviously different. Almost all members of the Nigerian Olympic team play in European leagues at all levels and are by no means comparable to ordinary Chinese Super League teams.
Therefore, the same process consumes more physical energy.
Chen Xingyi, who missed the ball, fell to the ground after finishing the shot, but he still struggled to get up to see the result.
After seeing the ball miss the baseline, he yelled in annoyance and lay down again, his chest heaving violently. It could be seen that playing in the Olympics for forty minutes was indeed more tiring than playing in the Chinese Super League for forty minutes...
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Although Chen Xingyi did not score a goal, the Olympic team still maintained the score of 0:1 and only conceded one goal before entering the halftime break.
Back in the locker room, as soon as the door was closed, head coach Shi Wuyin apologized to the players: "I'm sorry, I misjudged the situation and thought that the opponent would underestimate the enemy... But in fact, I didn't. I made a mistake, and I want to apologize to them."
Everyone apologizes..."
Hu Lai raised his hand when he saw this: "Director Shi, you don't need to apologize, it's me who should apologize!"
“Why are you apologizing?” Shi Wuyin felt strange.
"I asked the opponent's defender. It turned out that it was because their coach showed them a video of me scoring five goals in nine minutes that they guarded me so strictly... So the responsibility lies with me to provide guidance..." Hu
Lai replied.
Chen Xingyi next to him couldn't hold it back: "Are you bragging yourself in a different way? 'Ah, I'm sorry, because I am too strong, that's why my opponents are targeting me'... Listen to what you said
Is that human language!"
Other players in the locker room were amused by this scene.
The low pressure caused by conceding a goal in the first half seemed to be dissipated in the locker room.
Seeing this scene, Shi Wuyuan breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and also laughed: "I also think Hu Lai that you are praising yourself in disguise."
“I was unfairly accused by Shi Shi... I would rather be looked down upon by them. You see, I shot a shot in the first half and it didn’t hit the goal frame... The opponent is so dark and tough!” Hu Lai cried out.
"Speaking of this, we must adjust our strategy in the second half of the game. Hu Lai, you have to be the bait. Use your opponent's tight surveillance on you to create opportunities for your teammates." Shi Wuyin said with a serious expression.
Hu Lai also put away his playful smile before, straightened his back and replied: "Don't worry, Shi will guide you, I know what to do."
Shi Wuyin is very satisfied with Hu Lai's attitude. He does not feel that just because he is the top scorer of the Olympic team, he should have unlimited firing rights and that the whole team should serve him. After some players become the core, they feel that the whole world should
Surrounding him, if he gives up some of his power, it will be like killing him, even if he is killed. If there is no better replacement for such a person, the coach can only hold his nose and admit it.
If there is any other choice, I will kick him away...
Shi Wuyuan turned to the other side and called the names of Chen Xingyi and Luo Kai: "You two should change positions more frequently during the game to disrupt the opponent's defense and create opportunities for yourself or others. In addition, you two should change positions more frequently during the game to disrupt the opponent's defense and create opportunities for yourself or others. In addition, you two should exchange positions with each other.
They need to be closer together so that they can use quick passes and cuts to tear apart Nigeria's defense."
“Understand and give guidance.”
“No problem, let me guide you.”
Two people answered at the same time.
Shi Wuyin looked at Guo Junfu again and warned him to pay close attention to the positions of Chen Xingyi and Luo Kai during the game. Once there is space, he must pass the football in time. He can try more through balls. There are some risks.
But it's worth the risk.
Of course, if there is a passing error, we must actively counterattack on the spot in the frontcourt. If we can't catch the ball, we must cause a foul. In short, we must not let Nigeria counterattack.
After all, judging from the first half of the game, Nigeria's front lines are also full of fast horses.
Once African players get angry and let them play crazy, they will be in trouble.
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At the same time, in Nigeria's locker room, their head coach Kane Roger was praising the performance of the team's defense: "You did a great job in the first half! The defense against Hu was successful! Facts have proved that China
He is the core of the team's offense. Once he fails to perform, the Chinese team's offense will be finished! Boys, our offense must be more proactive in the second half! We must not only win, but also win more goals! This
This is our best chance to get a goal difference! You can’t expect to get enough goal difference against Belgium and Argentina, right?”
The players in the locker room burst into laughter.
The rules of the Olympic group stage are that when there are teams with the same points, the goal difference will be compared first. If the goal difference is the same, then the total number of goals will be compared. If the total number of goals is the same, the wins and losses of the teams with the same points will be compared.
relation.
Nigeria head coach Kane Roger is very clear that if he wants to emerge from this group of death, it is not enough to just win, he must strive for a goal difference, so that he can take the upper hand when fighting for the final right to qualify.
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Looking at the opponents in the group stage, only the Chinese team is the best target to earn a goal difference.
So it is necessary to get enough goal difference from the Chinese team so that Nigeria can have a chance to qualify from the group of death.
Because he played well in the first half, head coach Roger quickly finished what needed to be said, and the rest of the time was for the players to relax.
Daniel Moses finally got a chance to ask his backline partner Kennedy Omero: "Hey, man, I see you were talking to that bastard in the first half, can you understand what he's saying?"
"
“Why not? He speaks English.”
“Oh my God...he actually speaks English? What did he say to you?”
“He’s begging me for mercy!” Omero grinned triumphantly.
“Begging for mercy? Are you kidding me?” Moses didn’t believe it.
"Of course not! He told me personally that he asked me to guard their No. 9 player, saying that was the most threatening player in his team and asked me to stop staring at him."
“Their No. 9?” Moses thought for a while. The No. 9 was indeed quite active in the first half, but it seemed like that.
He curled his lips: "He should be lying to you, brother."
"Of course he was lying to me, and I easily saw through his little tricks. So he only had one shot in front of me in the first half, and it didn't hit the goal frame!" Omero raised a finger.
He said proudly, "In the second half, I will let him not even have this shot!"
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"Let me tell you, in the second half you must unite closely around me as the core, so that we can have a chance to tear apart their defense." On the way from the locker room to the court, Hu Lai walked towards Chen Xingyi and Chen Xingyi.
Luo Kai explained.
“That’s what you said, Hu Lai. But why does your words sound wrong? I wonder where I’ve heard it before...” Chen Xingyi frowned.
“Xinwen Lianbo?” Luo Kai said.
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Chen Xingyi suddenly realized: "Oh, yes, yes! Hu Lai, you are very ambitious..."
While he was teasing Hulay, he saw several Nigerian players walking up from the side. One of them kept his eyes firmly fixed on Hulay next to him.
Hu Lai also noticed this look. He raised his hand to greet the other party, then pointed at Luo Kai and Chen Xingyi beside him, and said in English: "Let me introduce, these two are the most threatening players in our team.
Compared with them, I am rubbish!"
Kennedy Omero heard Hu Lai say this and grinned widely: "It's useless, Hu, you can't fool me. You are the most powerful person in the Chinese team!"
After he finished speaking, he saw a helpful expression on the other person's face.
I thought to myself how could such a clumsy method possibly deceive me? Naive!
“Hu Lai, why did you tell the other side our halftime tactics?” Chen Xingyi’s English level was average, but he still understood the general meaning of what Hu Lai just said.
“Hehe, little Xingxing, do you think the other party will believe what I say?” Hu Lai asked him.
Chen Xingyi frowned, not knowing how to answer.
“Do you believe what I say?” Hu Lai asked again.
Chen Xingyi shook his head reflexively: "I don't believe it."
Hu Lai slapped his hands: "That's it! You don't believe me, do you think they will believe me?"
Luo Kai snorted from the side: "Chen Xingyi knows you, so he doesn't believe it. His opponent doesn't know you, so he might believe it."
Hu Lai sneered at him and said: "I asked them to strengthen their defense against you in the first half, but they didn't believe it either."
Luo Kai was speechless.
While they were talking, the three of them had walked out of the tunnel and onto the court. He Feng, the on-site commentator, saw the three of them walking and talking about this scene, so he guessed: "I don't know what Hu Lai, Chen Xingyi, and Luo Kai are talking about.
Are you discussing how to play in the second half... I hope the three of them can be more closely connected in the second half, and with their tacit understanding, they can find a way out for the Olympic team's offense!"
“Eh? That Luo Kai is also my son’s high school classmate, right?” Xie Lan suddenly said in front of the TV, “Why have I never heard my son talk about it? Isn’t the relationship bad?”
Hu Lixin glanced at her and said, "Then he never told you that Li Qingqing was his classmate, right?"
“Uh…” Xie Lan was speechless.
“Let’s watch the football, don’t think about all the messy things that you have and don’t have.”