During the halftime break, although the Chinese team lost the ball, Shi Wuyin did not criticize the team.
On the contrary, he also praised the team's performance at the beginning and end of the first half.
He does this to build confidence in the players.
After all, the gap in strength is not so easy to make up, and one or two more training sessions will not help. Based on the current foundation of the Chinese team, if they want to perform well quickly, they must rely on mental strength.
Praise them more to boost their confidence. This approach is particularly useful for the Chinese team players.
After all, many of them are actually the former Chinese team who were always scolded. It is normal to be scolded when they lose. The problem is that they are also scolded when they win.
Some people may wonder, how can you get scolded when you win?
That's the truth.
If the Chinese team is a weak team and wins less goals, it will be scolded, "It's so difficult for a rookie to win, and it's a waste! Forget about disbanding!" If it wins more goals, it will be scolded, "Haha, the national football team is such stinky garbage.
You can also win a team outside the 190th place." Or be irritated: "The Chinese national football team defeated the Asian powerhouse Guam 7:0, taking a solid step towards 'the iconic cause of building football into a sports power in 2035'.
The first step. 29,222 people witnessed this historic moment of the national football team, which is one-fifth of the population of Guam."
If the Chinese team wins against a team with similar strength to itself, they will be scolded, "If you can't win, you should die. What's there to be happy about? The national football team is only good at this!"
What if the Chinese team beats a strong team? The scolding people would say, "The opponent didn't play the main force," or "The opponent underestimated the opponent," or simply, "Just brag if you win by luck, and get carried away. No wonder Chinese football is so bad!"
All in all, in short, as a spittoon for the Chinese people to vent their emotions, everything Chinese football does is wrong.
Of course there are some here who hate iron and are heartbroken.
But there are also some people who really don’t want Chinese football to improve, because after Chinese football improves, they will lose the spittoon and bedpan for spitting and excretion. Then won’t they have to produce and sell their phlegm and feces in the future? So
When they think of this, they firmly hope that Chinese football will be worse. If it gets worse, it is best to continue to be like this.
Fortunately, as the Chinese team enters the World Cup, fewer and fewer people who hold such ideas show up, and every time they show up, they are scolded in turn.
But it is also true that Chinese players were scolded indiscriminately in the past. This will have a certain impact on the players' psychological state. No one can be confident and self-reliant when being scolded all the time. Otherwise, parents will not praise them too much.
Instead of scolding your own children at every turn...
Now Shi Wuyin is here to tell his players that they played very well, even if they lost the ball, it was still very good.
"...Just keep playing, don't think too much! Concentrate and just play the game!"
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The players of the Chinese team were praised and affirmed by the head coach during the halftime break. They were full of enthusiasm and prepared to fight Algeria in the second half.
But just at the beginning of the second half, they were hit hard and dizzy...
Five minutes into the second half and the 50th minute of the game, midfielder Gao Ruimin kicked the Algerian captain Sadeli in an attempt to compete for a ball and then fell to the ground, clutching the toes of his right foot with a painful expression.
At that time, He Feng exclaimed: "Gao Ruimin seems to be injured... I hope there will be no problem..."
However, when the team doctor came on stage to check, Gao Ruimin was still unable to stand up, and everyone felt a little nervous.
Then I saw the team doctor making a substitution gesture to Shi Wuyuan on the sidelines.
"It looks like Gao Ruimin can't hold on anymore. This is really...the Chinese team was already lagging behind, and now they have injured their main midfielder...It rained all night long!" He Feng lamented.
Gao Ruimin also covered his face with his hands and was carried on a stretcher.
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"Fuck!" Li Zhifei saw this scene and couldn't help but cursed.
But Shi Wuyuan next to him said to him: "Old Li, call Xia Xiaoyu over."
Li Zhifei quickly turned around and walked to the bench, and then hooked at the bench who was paying close attention to the situation on the court: "Xia Xiaoyu!"
Xia Xiaoyu, who was wearing a substitute vest, was stunned for a moment. It wasn't until Zhou Zijing patted his back hard that he woke up from a dream, stood up from his seat, and walked up to the assistant coach Li Zhifei.
Behind him, Zhou Zijing had a complicated expression.
He knew that Xia Xiaoyu was about to play, his first appearance in the World Cup!
But his appearance this time was due to Gao Ruimin's injury... This is not a good thing for the Chinese team. Just when the team is preparing to counterattack, it has to be forced to make substitutions because of player injuries. This will disrupt the head coach.
arranged.
This game... our chances of losing have increased!
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"The Chinese team is going to make substitutions. Xia Xiaoyu, a young player who plays for Anton Shining Stars, is on the bench of head coach Shi Wuyin. He should be substituted to replace the injured Gao Ruimin..."
On the TV, Xia Xiaoyu was doing simple stretching exercises on the sidelines. During the halftime break, he and other substitute players stayed on the court to warm up under the leadership of assistant coach Li Zhifei. The second half has just begun, so he did not
No need to warm up, just do some simple stretching.
While he was stretching, head coach Shi Wuyuan was standing next to him, leaning over and giving him instructions.
In front of the TV, Xia Xiaoyu's family and relatives all cheered. Although Gao Ruimin's injury was not a good thing, for them, of course, it was better to replace him.
My children are happy to be able to play in the World Cup.
Commentator He Feng continued to introduce Xia Xiaoyu: "...Xia Xiaoyu, like Hu Lai, Chen Xingyi, and Luo Kai, are all professional players who have participated in national competitions and come out of high school. They are in the first team of Anton Shining Stars.
During the two and a half years of playing football, he has been learning from outstanding players like Qin Lin and Zhang Qinghuan, and has made rapid progress. Now he, Zhang Qinghuan, and Morikawa Junpei form the iron midfield triangle of Anton Shining Star.
After Lai left the team and Qin Lin retired, he supported Flashing Star..."
Yan Kang added: "However, unlike Gao Ruimin who is good at defense, Xia Xiaoyu's characteristic is to organize offense. After all, he has Junpei Morikawa who is good at defense next to him in Flash Star. So if he plays, the Chinese team's tactics will have to be adjusted accordingly.
,Jiang Wanqing should take on more defensive tasks..."
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On the sidelines, Shi Wuyin was saying to Xia Xiaoyu: "...Actually, it is no different from what you are doing in Flash Star. In Flash Star, you are surrounded by Morikawa Junpei, and in the national team, you are surrounded by Jiang Wanqing. So you still follow your habits.
The way you play, my requirements for you are basically the same as when you were in Flashing Star, assist Zhang Qinghuan in organizing the attack..."
Xia Xiaoyu nodded while listening.
But his heart was actually beating very fast, and the heartbeat was even loud enough to cover up the head coach's voice, which was comparable to the noise at the scene...
He never expected that his first World Cup match would come so quickly, which caught him a bit...off guard!
I'm about to go on stage?
I'm about to go on stage?
I'm about to go...
"Xiaoyu? Xiaoyu? Xia Xiaoyu!"
Xia Xiaoyu came back to his senses, looked at the serious-faced assistant coach Li Zhifei in front of him, and said quickly: "Coach, I understand everything, just like I played in Flashing Star!"
Li Zhifei looked back at Shi Wuyuan, who nodded. He looked back at Xia Xiaoyu and patted him on the shoulder: "Stay awake! Get ready to play!"
Xia Xiaoyu stood up from the ground, took off his substitute vest, and walked towards the fourth official who was already on the sidelines.
Behind him, Li Zhifei frowned and whispered to Shi Wuyin: "He is too nervous..."
"There is no way, Lao Li. We have no one else available at the defensive midfielder position. If we change the formation, there will be more problems." Shi Wuyin said.
On the bench of the Chinese team, there are three midfield substitutes, Lou Jiarong, Huang Yao and Guo Junfu, but none of them play as defensive midfielders: Lou Jiarong is a central midfielder who prefers an offensive midfielder. If you let him delay, he will
Can't help but run forward, thereby losing his position; Huang Yao is a full-back, and can also play as a full-back or winger. He is brought here because of his versatile attribute of being able to play multiple positions; Needless to say, Guo Junfu, he and Zhang Qinghuan are
This type of player is even less suitable to fill the vacancy left by Gao Ruimin.
The only real defensive midfielder is Xia Xiaoyu.
Although he is also an organizational midfielder, he was trained as a midfielder in Flash Star, and his position on the field is also a serious midfielder, so he can still take care of some defensive work.
He can also let Lou Jiarong play, but in that case the Chinese team's tactics will have to be adjusted. At this critical moment, Shi Wuyin still hopes to make as few major adjustments as possible.
Li Zhifei naturally understood what Shi Wuyuan meant, but he was still worried about Xia Xiaoyu.
Although Lin Zhiyuan and Zhou Zijing are sometimes disgusting, at times like this, they have to have such personalities to make people feel at ease...
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Soon the Chinese team completed the substitutions. Gao Ruimin had already been raised by the unit price and was undergoing simple treatment. Xia Xiaoyu ran onto the field without anyone high-fiving him.
After such a small episode, the game continued.
But it wasn’t just Gao Ruimin’s injury that caused the Chinese team to suffer...
After Xia Xiaoyu came on the court, he seemed to have not entered the game state yet and made a small mistake in handling the ball.
This did not bring any disastrous consequences to the team, but it made Odeh on the opposite side keenly aware that this childish-looking Chinese player might be a breakthrough in their defense.
So under his leadership, Algeria took advantage of the sudden substitution of the Chinese team and continued to launch attacks in the direction of Xia Xiaoyu.
Not only him, but also winger Hadgaoui and forward Devno were moving closer to Xia Xiaoyu. The three formed an offensive group and took turns charging towards the position guarded by Xia Xiaoyu.
Finally, in the 62nd minute, they took advantage of Xia Xiaoyu's mistake and easily broke through the Chinese team's midfield defense and faced the back line.
Then Oede sent a wonderful through ball, Devno used his speed to get into the penalty area, received the pass and shot!
Although Lin Zhiyuan attacked to block the ball, he still let the opponent hit the football past him...
The football flew into the Chinese team's goal for the second time!
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The Xia family members, who were cheering for Xia Xiaoyu's appearance just now, fell silent at this time.
Not only them, countless Chinese fans in front of the TV also fell into deathly silence.
Especially those who imagined before the game that the Chinese team could defeat Algeria and lay the foundation for qualifying from the group realized that their fantasies were just soap bubbles in the sun. They looked wonderful, but they were burst with just a prick.
This is the World Cup...any opponent is stronger than they imagined.
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PS, the third update is completed, we will continue the third update tomorrow!
