"Director Shi asked me to organize the attack?" Xia Xiaoyu stared at Lou Jiarong in front of him with wide eyes.
The latter had just been replaced and found Xia Xiaoyu with Shi Wuyuan's latest instructions and told him what Director Shi meant.
"Well, Director Shi asked you to play like a star." Lou Jiarong did not explain any more, but patted the young man on the shoulder: "Come on!"
After saying that, he returned to his seat.
Zhang Qinghuan is the organizing midfielder. As an attacking midfielder, his main task is to organize the offense, dispatch from the center to the two wings, or be directly responsible for the final pass.
Lou Jiarong is not this type of midfielder. He cannot even be regarded as an attacking midfielder, but an attacking midfielder.
His offensive ability is greater than his organizational ability.
Long-range shooting and running into the penalty area as a shadow forward are his specialties.
He can also help with the passing transition, but if he is required to sort out the team's offense and deliver exquisite passes like Zhang Qinghuan... it is not impossible, but he will definitely not be as good as Zhang Qinghuan.
So when he decided to replace Zhang Qinghuan with Lou Jiarong, Shi Wuyin had already made the decision to let Xia Xiaoyu organize the offense.
Xia Xiaoyu played as an attacking midfielder in high school, but switched to playing as a defensive midfielder in Flash Star, but still retained his strong organizational and offensive attributes.
It seems that he and Zhang Qinghuan exist at the same time, and there seems to be mutual influence and interference.
But this has never happened once.
In Flash Star, Zhang Qinghuan is the well-deserved core organizer, while Xia Xiaoyu is responsible for being a metronome, a hub for offense and defense transitions, and the final decisive pass is given to Zhang Qinghuan.
When Zhang Qinghuan is restrained by his opponent or is in poor condition, Xia Xiaoyu can also move forward from the midfielder position to organize the attack.
Because Morikawa Junpei is a pure midfielder, he doesn't have to worry about his opponent taking advantage of the space behind him after he steps up.
This is Anton Shining Star's current midfielder triangle. It is also the reason why Shining Star can still reach the upper reaches of the Chinese Super League rankings without Qin Lin and Hu Lai.
Returning to this game, Shi Wuyin asked Lou Jiarong to play. On the one hand, he wanted to strengthen the team's long-range shots outside the penalty area and give him an extra firepower point in the middle. On the other hand, he naturally hoped to use Lou Jiarong to contain Sai Deli and provide Xia Xiaoyu with more opportunities.
The latter inserts to create opportunities to avoid direct head-to-head confrontation between Xia Xiaoyu and Sateri, who are not dominant in physical confrontation. At the same time, if Sateri really goes to defend Xia Xiaoyu, then Lou Jiarong will be liberated and can give the ball to him.
Tactics are just like that, they are not complicated. But no matter what the tactics are, if they cannot be implemented, they are just words on paper.
The key to this adjustment lies in Xia Xiaoyu. Whether he can realize Shi Wuyuan's tactical intentions is directly related to the quality of the Chinese team's offense.
"Aren't you afraid that Xia Xiaoyu will be under more pressure if you do this?" Li Zhifei asked Shi Wuyin off the court.
Shi Wuyin covered his mouth and explained to his partner: "Then I have no other way. This is our only feasible adjustment idea at present. If Xia Xiaoyu can't stand it... then he can't stand it. It's the same if he can't stand it.
It's normal, after all, he is still young, this is also the first World Cup in his career, and he was temporarily substituted in a hurry... No matter from which point of view, it is understandable that he did not perform well."
"Then you still..."
"But if he can withstand it, Lao Li... If Xia Xiaoyu can withstand such a test, then we don't have to worry about who will replace Gao Ruimin in the next two games."
Although the final examination results have not yet been released, and there is no final conclusion on the extent of Gao Ruimin's injury, the two coaches have already considered the worst case scenario, and are thinking about how to arrange their troops on the basis that Gao Ruimin will definitely not be able to play the remaining two group matches.
Set up the formation.
Li Zhifei also knew Shi Wuyuan's helplessness, so he sighed and said nothing.
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On the court, Xia Xiaoyu turned to look at the coaching bench on the sidelines and saw Coach Shi and Assistant Coach Li standing together, seemingly talking about something.
I didn't expect that they would give me such an important task.
But...can I do it well?
Putting a hand on Xia Xiaoyu's shoulder, he turned around and saw Jiang Wanqing's face.
"Although I am older, I can also do what the Japanese Junpei Morikawa can do. So when it's time to attack, just go forward actively. Don't worry about what's behind you, I'm here."
Jiang Wanqing said this to Xia Xiaoyu.
Xia Xiaoyu turned his head and looked sideways at the captain of the Mountain and Sea Mariners. As opponents in the league, the two of them had collided with each other in real games. Every time they met in the league, both sides would fight with sparks.
But now, opponents in the league are patting themselves on the shoulder and saying that they want to defend themselves...
Xia Xiaoyu was in a trance.
"Stop thinking nonsense. I know you are a player who plays football with his brain, but sometimes thinking too much is not a good thing." Jiang Wanqing noticed Xia Xiaoyu's absence and reminded him.
"Don't say sorry, be more confident!" Jiang Wanqing finally patted Xia Xiaoyu on the shoulder, then turned and ran away.
Xia Xiaoyu looked down at his right shoulder, which had already been patted by Brother Hu and Brother Jiang.
But it’s actually more than that…
Before he came on the field, assistant coach Li also patted him on the shoulder and sent him to the fourth official.
When Lou Jiarong, Brother Lou, conveyed the instruction to himself, he also patted himself on the shoulder.
Every tap on the shoulder means that others have high expectations for him, and it means that the burden on his shoulders is getting heavier again.
But if you think about it from another angle, does this also mean that everyone has added BUFF to me?
BUFF icons one after another fill the BUFF bar...
Thinking of this, he raised his head and looked ahead.
Xia Xiaoyu, you have been strengthened, come on!
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Durand raised his wrist and looked at his watch. There were still fifteen minutes left before the end of the ninety-minute game.
The score was 2:1, and his team led the Chinese team by one goal.
Now he reaches a crossroads and must make a choice.
Taking advantage of this time, the Chinese team's physical fitness is declining - from previous games, it can be felt that the running ability of the Chinese team players has declined. The 75th minute of the game itself is also a bottleneck period for physical fitness - strengthen
Attack and try to score another goal to seal the victory?
Or should we shrink our defense and hold on to this goal advantage until the final whistle?
Just when he was hesitating, the Chinese team's midfielder Jiang Wanqing entangled Ode on the field, and Wang Guangwei looked at the right opportunity from the side and stabbed the football out.
Xia Xiaoyu came up to catch the ball. With his back to the direction of attack, he tried to move the football to the left, but suddenly turned back and used the outside instep of his left foot to move the football to the center.
This caught the Algerian midfielder Hadgaoui off guard, who came up to defend him, and was knocked out of a channel.
"Oh, beautiful!" He Feng and Yan Kang shouted excitedly.
The Chinese fans in the stands also applauded Xia Xiaoyu's excellent escape.
Amidst the cheers, Xia Xiaoyu completed his turn and led the football forward.
Seeing this, Lou Jiarong in front quickly opened the angle and led Algeria's midfielder and captain Sadeli to the far end.
Xia Xiaoyu continued to dribble the ball along his ribs, until Algeria's left back Brett Hakas pounced on him to intercept him, and then he passed the ball to Chen Xingyi who was on the sidelines.
Chen Xingyi's side suddenly had no defensive players. He dribbled the ball forward and went straight to Algeria's 30-meter area!
The cheers in the stands became louder and louder.
"The Chinese team launched a counterattack!"
Hadgaoui, who had been passed by Xia Xiaoyu just now, was struggling to catch up and run towards Chen Xingyi. At the same time, Algeria's central defender Benjamin Sadri also quickly ran to the side to cover the defense.
In the middle, only Mousavi is left to follow Hulay.
Chen Xingyi still passed the football into the penalty area.
But it was not passed to Hulay, because the latter took Mousavi to the front point, but the football flew to the middle.
There Luo Kai came in diagonally from the ribs and made a diving header!!
"Luo Kai——!"
Algeria's left back Ahmed Jassimi originally came to the center to fill the gap left by Mousavi.
But at that time, he was only focusing on the ball and completely forgot about Luo Kai.
When he saw Luo Kai coming to him and jumping to head the ball, it was already too late!
He could only watch helplessly as the football was pushed towards the goal by Luo Kai!
Fortunately, Samari was very focused and swooped down!
The football was lifted by him and hit the crossbar, then bounced back...
In front of the goal, Lou Jiarong and Satelli rushed towards the football together. The former kicked the ball, but due to the interference of the latter, it kicked outside the goal frame...
"Oh! What a pity!!" He Feng and Yan Kang both held their heads in their hands and leaned back in the commentary box.
But they quickly pounced back: "But it doesn't matter! The Chinese team played very well offensively this time! Although there was no goal, this is what we want to see! Just play like this! Give full play to our two wings
Speed advantage!”
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"Xia Xiaoyu handled the ball very well this time. This is his normal performance in Flash Star. When switching from defense to offense, his foot skills can ensure that he controls the ball. Then his excellent vision and overall view, as well as COSCO
The accurate passing of the ball from a distance allows him to send the football to where it should go... The exhausted look before was not the performance he should have!"
Qin Lin, who was watching the game with his wife and son in front of the TV, raised his eyebrows and smiled when he heard the commentator say this.
Indeed, this kind of performance is worthy of the things I taught him!
"Brother Xiaoyu, come on!!" Qin Qi danced excitedly in front of the TV.
Although it was almost six o'clock in the morning and she still had to go to school, her mother still allowed Qin Qi to watch the live broadcast with them in order to cheer for the Chinese team, and most importantly, to cheer for the brothers she spent time with day and night.
The worst case... the worst case is that I have to take a leave of absence from school.
Maybe today, many people in their class... no, the whole school will ask for leave.
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"Well played!" Jiang Wanqing gave Xia Xiaoyu a thumbs up and shouted at the same time.
"Kick like this, Xiaoyu!" Chen Xingyi also turned around and slapped Xia Xiaoyu and shouted.
Hu Lai, who was in the distance, also patted Xia Xiaoyu on the shoulder.
Xia Xiaoyu knew what this meant.
BUFF, add BUFF.
So he smiled at Hu Lai.
Brother Hu, your blessings are really useful!
Where he couldn't see, there was a white light that extended from his body and was linked to Hu Lai in the distance.
He thought that Hu Lai's adding BUFF was just a rhetorical technique, but Hu Lai really meant adding BUFF in a literal sense - when Xia Xiaoyu was substituted, Hu Lai exchanged his points for a [Lingxi Card] and used
on him.
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Durand discovered that the Chinese team actually wanted to equalize the score at the last moment, so he made up his mind to recycle and play defensive counterattack!
So he made corresponding gestures on the sidelines to remind the players to adjust.
At the same time, the head coach of the Chinese team Shi Wuyuan also shouted to the court: "Don't slow down! Increase the speed! Keep rushing!"
The phrase "failure is acceptable" must be a self-comfort when you really lose the game.
Before the game was over, he still wanted to give it a try - even if he couldn't win, don't lose.
On the bench behind him, many Chinese team players stood up and stared nervously at the court.
"Bite your teeth and hold on!"
"Fight them!!"
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"Come on, Xiaoyu!!" Zhou Zijing stood up from his seat wearing a substitute vest and cheered for his teammates on the Olympic team.
I thought that the offensive launched by Xia Xiaoyu just now made the Chinese team’s momentum rise again!
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PS, the second update is here, there will be another update at 6pm!