1282 Buddhist War
The Dutch team's main focus on preparing for this semi-final is still on studying their opponents.
After all, the World Cup is approaching its end, and there is nothing to adjust to. It is more practical than to study more opponents to make targeted deployments than to strengthen training.
Regarding the personnel of the Chinese team, Guo Xuantu was originally a secret move, but it was exposed when he was playing in England in the quarter-finals. Regardless of whether Situ Yunbing had a temporary intention to bring Guo Xuantu with him when he went to the World Cup, he did make great contributions to the team at a critical moment. In the eyes of his opponents, he had been planning for a long time and determined that the legendary young coach had a trump card hidden under his command.
After the main attack group injured three people and was unable to appear, Guo Xuantu was naturally the target of the Dutch team's focus on blockade, so he would not give him more room to play.
Especially, basically, Guo Xuantu will not be given space to contact and cooperate with his teammates.
The Dutch team's offense was relatively monotonous and had no lethality.
Depp and Bellwin have excellent personal dribbling skills, but in terms of technical and tactical levels, they tend to fight alone, and it is difficult to achieve a delicate cooperation with their teammates, creating enough surprises for the Chinese team.
De Jong, Druen and Van Denbeck are mostly passing and receiving the frontcourt in the Chinese team. In addition to the occasional threat of Druen to the front of the penalty area, De Jong and Van Denbeck are still very cautious. After all, they also have the important task of assisting in the backcourt defense on their shoulders.
The pace of the game is not fast. Both teams try to seize the opportunity to play fast breaks as much as possible. When there is no good chance, they pass more balls. It seems that the quality of the game is not high.
The final result of the football match is pyramid, but the excitement may not be, especially in the competition, because the teams become more cautious as they get to the back, and both sides are afraid of losing!
The atmosphere of the Sports City Stadium is always fanatical, and it is the World Cup semi-finals. Fans are very involved and always have high enthusiasm.
In the 21st minute of the game, Berwin received a pass from Druen to the right in front of the penalty area and directly shot, testing Shen Jingjie.
The football flew straight above the near corner of the goal, and Shen Jingjie quickly moved two steps and saved the ball wonderfully out of the bottom line!
The Chinese fans cheered and greeted the audience, but Situ Yunbing's expression on the sidelines did not change at all.
In fact, the Chinese team's offensive opportunities in this game seemed to be more than in the previous game, because the England offensive was more fierce in the last game, which made the Chinese team defend most of the time.
However, the Chinese team's offensive level was orderly in this game. Huang Bozhou and He Haolai worked together to ensure the offensive organization. There were no unexpected rhythm changes and amazing wonderful passes, which could definitely allow the Chinese team's offense to hit the front line smoothly.
But the problem lies in the fact that after the Chinese team attacked the front line, the Dutch team basically adopted static defense. They did not need to run too strongly and actively, and there was basically no big problem in defending the Chinese team's players one-on-one defense.
Especially if the attack starts from the right, Huang Zichang is like a child bullied by an adult in front of Blinder.
Although Guo Xuantu seems to have a stable ball control on the left, he will occasionally make some fancy breakthroughs and get rid of them, it is difficult to get into the 30-yard area in front of the door!
And it is impossible for him to connect with Wu Lei.
The goal is too obvious!
The Netherlands advanced to the semi-finals of the World Cup by defending their defense. I have to say that they are lucky because they do not have a strong offense. Whether they can win the game depends on luck.
It can only be said that the Netherlands, which has been invincible in this World Cup, is indeed a tough life!
Situ Yunbing's goal in this game is actually very clear. Under the premise of playing defensive counterattack tactics, there are no hidden killing moves on the offensive end. As for the shocking killing moves of life-threatening, you must first look at what card you have in your hand and what card your opponent has.
If the Dutch team can be patient with the Chinese team to the end, even if they are in a good position, they will stand in the penalty shootout in the roulette to see who will have a stronger life!
In short, the opponents that the defensive counterattack teams are most afraid of meeting are not strong teams that hold high the offensive football banner, but are afraid that they will not reveal their weaknesses in tactics. Then the following depends on the changes in each other's mentality. If anyone can't hold back, then the tactics of defensive counterattack will naturally be self-defeating. Whether the one who is desperate to turn the world or digs his own grave depends on the final result of the on-the-spot performance.
Depp and Berwin fought hard and wanted to make a fuss in the Chinese team's penalty area, but naturally they overestimated their own abilities and ended up in a desperate situation.
Ronald Coman frowned slightly on the sidelines, but he was not anxious.
In fact, every game of the Netherlands made him tremble. After all, most of his opponents played more exciting than the Netherlands. The content of the game was absolutely ironic. There were no need to trace back to the Dutch team in the Cruyff era. In 20 years, there were not many teams that could play better than the Netherlands. In other words, in the past 15 years, after Van Marvik took over the Dutch team coach, the Dutch team's style of play had undergone essential changes. In 2010, the Netherlands won the runner-up in the World Cup. Four years later, Van Gaal led the team. The Netherlands team did not play beautifully, but entered the semi-finals of the World Cup. In the last World Cup, the Netherlands team was absent.
The Dutch team also didn't play very well in this competition, but the record was excellent, which obviously caused a loud slap from many idealists.
Competitions often have this characteristic: those who play well may go home earlier, while those who play ugly can pass the hurricane.
So even if the Dutch team's offense is inefficient and threatened, Ronald Koeman would not be anxious to get angry. If he would be anxious about it, the Dutch team would have gone home long ago.
I can only say that this is a very normal but dull reaction.
He expects the team to change its offensive mode.
It is obvious that in the context of no regular center, it is not realistic for the Dutch team to make trouble in the Chinese team's penalty area.
So he gestured to the players in the frontcourt of the team and strengthened the long shot!
Forget the permeability attack.
If you don't have that strength, don't force it.
After his adjustment, the Dutch team began to launch long-range shots.
In the 31st minute of the game, Druen took a long shot from about 30 yards away from the goal. Although the football hit the goal range, Shen Jingjie was well prepared because the distance was too far. After moving, he confiscated the ball directly in a standard save posture.
Such performance made Chinese fans feel relieved. It seems that the Dutch team is not threatening!
Sometimes the content of football matches is not unfathomable.
A brief comparison of the attack groups between the Dutch and England can draw a conclusion at a glance.
Sancho Gastlin's winger combination is definitely stronger than the combination of Depp and Berwin, whether it is horizontal or vertical, it is definitely better than the combination of Depp and Berwin, not to mention that England has a center to restrain the Chinese team's defense.
Even though the Dutch team's midfield organization ability seems to be stronger than England's only Barkley is the only one.
But regardless of the ability of De Jong and Van Denbeck to penetrate the penalty area, at least in terms of defensive awareness and technical and tactical responsibilities, they cannot shine on the offensive end. Druen is a rising star in Serie A, but his position is not high in the Dutch team. Simply put, he is not the core. If he had Sneider's position in the Dutch team back then, the Dutch team's offensive strength would be improved a little further.
But unfortunately, whether it is the rebellious Depp, Berwin, who has gained a foothold in the Premier League, or De Jong, who is working hard in Barcelona next to him, Druen has already gotten behind in terms of fame.
Ronald Koeman was once betrayed by many relatives in Ajax, so he has become very cautious when dealing with the relationship within the team. Even if he intends to support Druen as the core, he has to worry about the expressions of others. It is not uncommon for the Dutch team to go to the competition to have internal strife.
A particularly important point is that it may not necessarily bring Drunen right to the Dutch team's offensive strength to a higher level. It is correct to improve it, but it may not necessarily be transformed.
It is better to have less than more things.
In fact, the reason why Koeman is so Buddhist is that the Dutch team's performance is now beyond expectations.
Originally, the Dutch team had weak attack power, and the outside world predicted that the Dutch team would be able to reach the quarterfinals, but unexpectedly, they passed the hurdles and came to the semi-finals.
Although people are not easily satisfied when they go to a high place, they are naturally looking forward to reaching the finals now. But everyone knows that no matter whether it is the Chinese team or the Dutch team, they can still hold their heads up and their chests even if they fall here and go home.
Koeman is really not afraid of losing to the Chinese team, so naturally there is not much pressure.
With Martino and Southgate taking over, Mexico and England were in the forefront. If such a Chinese team eliminated the Dutch team, the Dutch team would not end up being criticized by words.
What ranking can the Dutch team, which is inherently deficient, end up getting? After entering the quarterfinals, it is no longer possible for them to do it by working hard.
The right time, place and people are indispensable.
Koeman doesn't have to fight with fate, and there is no need to compete with him.
After more than 20 years of coaching, if you still can’t see through this level, it would be a waste of time.
Therefore, the Dutch team does their own duties well and working hard is just the duty. Whether they can go further will be natural.
The Dutch team's change of playing style is quite resigned to fate. Situ Yunbing naturally could not know Koman's thoughts, nor could he tell whether the opponent would keep his subordinates and then go all out in the second half.
Chapter completed!