Chapter 11: Provoking My End
Chapter 101: The end of arguing me
Mexico is a technical team with simple and fast playing style. Their overall technical level is very high. This can be seen from the fact that they have not lost any disadvantage in the game against Brazil. Not all teams can do such a situation with the team that is hailed as the best in the world.
But Sweden is different from Mexico. Of course, they do have the best skilled players in the world, but overall, they rely more on their own bodies.
Before Li Yun, Sweden was a team that relied on its body to make a living. There were few outstanding players on the team. Their style of play was called simple and rough, with no art of football or aesthetics at all.
With the emergence of Li Yun, Ibrahimovic, Lyonberg and others, Sweden finally had several players with good skills. But this cannot change the fact that their overall skills are rough and their tactical styles are simple. Compared with Mexico, Sweden's overall technical level is much worse.
But with Li Yun, Sweden can always make a person with good skills and better skills than the opponent's team. Even if Sweden has only two or three people who can perform well in the whole game, it can make Mexico, which has performed well in the whole team, at a disadvantage.
This is the current situation in Sweden. Although everyone knows what kind of team they are, and only a few of them have outstanding skills and extraordinary abilities, they just cannot resist the Swedish offensive. The reason is very simple. The individual combat capabilities of those Swedish people are really too strong!
In this game, I knew that several Swedish super players could not stop them, and simply gave up deliberately defending these people. He focused on the team on offense.
The Mexicans are good at controlling the ball and controlling the rhythm. Lavolpe believes that as long as they can control the ball and not easily be robbed by Li Yun and others, they will be able to compete with some in Sweden in this game.
And as the game began, the Mexicans completely entered this state.
With quick ball output and concise cooperation, Mexico uses this skillful way of playing to keep the ball under their feet, and it is difficult for Sweden to snatch the ball away. Although it is difficult for Mexican players to break through Sweden's defense due to physical gaps, Sweden also finds it difficult for them to get an offensive opportunity.
"These guys are really hard to deal with. They won't let go after getting the ball!"
After 6 minutes of the game, Williamson, who replaced Ibrahimovic, never got the ball, which made him very depressed. This situation was simply impossible for Ibrahimovic in the past. Even if the opponent was a strong opponent like Brazil or the Netherlands, Sweden had never encountered such a frontcourt player who could not get the ball for a long time.
"Don't worry, Christian, although they are very good at controlling the ball, they cannot always maintain such a state. Sooner or later, there will be problems!"
Li Yun said to William Song very confidently that he believed that Mexico would not always be so stable without problems, and as long as Mexico had problems, he would be confident that he would send the ball into the opponent's goal.
That's right, it's impossible that team can always maintain a very stable state, and there is no problem with the ball in possession. Mexico is of course no exception. They will inevitably make mistakes.
Other teams may not have any good countermeasures when facing Mexico's occasional mistakes. They may defeat Mexico, but generally they will not use Mexico's few ball-handling mistakes to achieve goals. But Sweden is different.
The big thing about Sweden's survival rule is to take advantage of the opponent's ball control mistakes, then get a counterattack opportunity, and then kill one blow and get points. The main figure who achieves this is Li Yun.
With Li Yun here, Sweden is really not afraid of any team with good ball control. The team with technical skills will suffer a great loss in front of Sweden. Because they cannot make any mistakes. Once they make mistakes, it is equivalent to opening their goal to Sweden.
"Yes, unless they are robots!"
Williamson nodded, and he was naturally very clear that Sweden could seize this as long as his opponent had loopholes, and he also firmly believed that Mexico would not always be so firm and would not make any mistakes.
However, Li Yun and Williamson obviously underestimated Mexico. Today, this team from Central America is in very good shape and does not give Sweden any chance. In addition, Sweden has not fully entered the state just now. Even Li Yun, who has always liked to attack others, is unable to concentrate at this moment.
Such a Sweden naturally cannot put enough pressure on Mexico, which makes Mexico even more unable to make mistakes, so it can also launch attacks that are beneficial to them.
Williamson complained in the 6th minute that he could not get the ball, but in the 11th minute, Sweden still did not find any decent offensive. Although it was not much weaker than Mexico in the field, it lacked the chance to score. Sweden did not score or score, so the Mexican would be welcome.
Castrom's ability is obviously not as good as Lungberg. His lower cross did not accurately find the Swedish player in the middle. Li Yun was not in the penalty area at this time, and Albec was at the front point, but the ball flew to the back point. Williamson at the back point also did not hit the ball under the interference of the opponent, allowing the ball to fly directly to the side.
Morales, who returned to defense, happened to receive the ball, and then he was alert and immediately passed the ball forward to Zinia's feet in front.
At this time, several major offensive players from Sweden came to the frontcourt to attack, especially Li Yun, who was at the forefront of the Mexican penalty area and could not threaten Zinia in time. This gave Zinia an opportunity to dribble the ball very easily. Faced with this opportunity, Zinia would certainly not be polite and immediately rushed forward with the ball.
Mexico suddenly changed from offense to defense, and the rhythm changed very quickly. Sweden, which used to deal with others like this, was not afraid of such rhythm changes, but because Li Yun was not at the core, he seemed a little confident.
Especially this time, the back-defense back-defense Melbery is not yet there. The old Mialby is obviously not capable of this position. It is OK to let him assist Melbery, but it will be difficult if he is allowed to command the back-defense, because he cannot lead by example.
Not to mention Jacobson, he is not a very powerful defender himself, and Melberry, who has always been his spiritual pillar, is not here, which makes him even more unbearable and cannot play his due role when facing the opponent's surprise attack.
Under such circumstances, Sweden's defense underwent a very severe test.
Zinia dribbled the ball and killed straight through the center circle, made a simple pass and cut cooperation with his teammate Pardo, and dodged Lindrot's block and successfully entered Sweden within 30 meters of Sweden.
At this time, Sweden's defense was all concentrated in the middle. Their focus on defense was to penetrate Mexico's middle to prevent Zinia from dribbling the ball and killing their defense. However, this kind of pounce on one position was obviously a bit too simplistic.
"That's right! Thank you for your cooperation!"
Seeing this scene, Zinia smiled slightly. The Swedes' reaction was just as he wanted. The practice of focusing all defense in the middle will obviously expose the wing. In this way, Mexico's most threatening offensive means will show its power.
"Go!"
Zinia immediately divided the ball to the left and handed the ball to Pineda's feet. Pineda was completely unpredictable at this time, and Ostrond had returned to the middle defense and could not pose any obstacles to him.
“It’s so easy!”
In this situation, Pineda was very comfortable passing a high-quality cross, allowing the ball to fly straight into the penalty area.
Although Mexico is not outstanding in overall height, they have a center forward with a strong header - Borghetti. This center forward, who is 183cm tall, seems to have a very extraordinary talent in heading. He can always win a header among people who are much taller than him and then break through the opponent's goal.
In the last game, he used his header to open Brazil's goal and helped Mexico tie the opponent. This time, the opportunity came to him again.
That's right, it's on the head, it's true! Pineda's pass was very accurate, which made Borghetti jump high very comfortably, and then headed the ball and let the ball go straight to the bottom corner of the goal.
Isaxon is the one who guards the goal for Sweden today. Isaxon's advantage is his height. Isaxon should be the best at shooting straight to the dead corner of the goal, but this time, Borgerty's top shot is really tricky and the speed is very fast, which makes Isaxon not even have time to save.
"When-brush!"
After the ball hit the inside of the goal post, it bounced into the net. Isaxon, who tried his best to save, only caught the air.
1:0, in the 12th minute of the game, Mexico actually broke through Sweden's goal first. Center Borghetti used his header advantage to push the ball into the blind spot of the goal, taking the lead for Mexico.
“Wow!”
After scoring the goal, Borgety was very excited. He rushed directly to the back of the goal and yelled at the camera. The Mexican players who rushed over behind him also hugged Borgety together, then waved their fists together to express their excitement.
"Hahaha! It's really great! You guys are the best! Kill Sweden!"
The head coach Lavolpe on the sidelines also jumped up at this time, expressing his excitement with a physical movement, and shouted loudly to the players, asking them to continue their efforts.
"This...how is this possible?"
Swedish fans couldn't believe everything in front of them. In their opinion, Mexico is just a very ordinary opponent and there is no need for Sweden to defeat it. Therefore, Sweden's victory today should be inevitable, but the facts are obviously different from their expectations.
"We shouldn't use so many substitutes today. Mexico is not easy to play. They are even more difficult to deal with than Brazil. How can we talk about so many main players to replace them?"
The fans in the stands were talking, and they were dissatisfied with Ragbeck's sending a group of substitutes today, believing that the head coach really did not pay enough attention to the game, which led to the team's first conceding goals.
And this is true. Ragbeck really despises Mexico too much. He believes that Sweden's current players can easily deal with their opponents, so he lets the main players rest.
Therefore, Sweden also lost the ball. If Melbery was there just now, Mexico would basically not have such a cross opportunity, nor would it give Borghetti such an easy header opportunity.
To take a step back, if Lyonberg were there, Sweden would have basically scored in the attack just now. Because Castrom does not have the tacit understanding between Lyonberg and Li Yun, he cannot achieve such cooperation.
However, it is understandable that Ragbek does this, because the main force of Sweden does need rest. Everyone is too tired and rest is necessary. Sweden has already obtained the right to qualify, so there is no need to fight against Mexico.
The primary fact now is not the question of who is responsible, but how to find a way to recover the score.
"What should I do, Captain?"
Seeing that the team lost a goal so simply, these substitutes from Sweden all turned their attention to Li Yun.
"What to do? Simple, cold salad!"
Li Yun once again said what he often said among Swedish players, and everyone was used to Li Yun's words, so they all laughed.
"It doesn't matter if we concede the goal, as long as we come back! We have never used defense to make our opponents surrender. Only attack can we win the final victory!"
Li Yun's method is very simple, that is, to win the victory with the offense that Sweden is best at. Defense has never been good at, and it is unrealistic to rely on things that he is not good at to win.
Swedish players were just a little confused by this sudden unexpected goal concealment, so they forgot what the essence of Sweden has always been. They can survive only by attacking. So, next, no matter what the score is, they only need to stick to the offense and get the opportunity to lead.
"No problem, Lars?"
Assistant coach Sorensen asked Ragbeck on the Swedish coach's seat.
"Don't worry, as long as Stephen is there, there will be no problem!"
Ragbek was full of confidence in Li Yun. Although he knew at this moment that he was really careless and underestimated the enemy, he was not worried because he knew that Li Yun would definitely not disappoint him.
However, Sweden did not take back the initiative in the game after re-telebrating the ball under Li Yun's leadership as Ragbeck expected. Although Li Yun had already begun to enter the state at this time and was not a little sluggish as before, the effect did not appear immediately.
After Sweden's attack failed, Mexico gained another chance.
Johnson's cross was pushed out by Osorio, and the ball fell to Carmona's feet. Before Williamson could come up and steal, Carmona passed the ball with his heel and handed it to Pardo.
Pardo did not stop too much, so he directly sent the ball out and sent it to Morales on the right to let his right forward decide the next trend.
Morales is also a determined player. Seeing that this opportunity was very good, he immediately dribbled the ball and launched an attack, successfully crossed Edman's defense, dribbled the ball and broke into Sweden's position.
According to Mexico's style of play, as long as they can get such an opportunity on the wing, they will play Borgeti without hesitation. Therefore, although Morales has been able to cut in and attack, he continues to rush forward without hesitation, preparing to create opportunities for Borgeti in the middle.
"It's here!"
When Morales raised his head again and saw that Borgeti had already landed, he immediately passed the ball to the middle of the penalty area and went to find Borgeti.
"It's mine!"
Borgette's position selection is very good. He can directly receive a pass from his teammate and then use the most effective header to attack. The last time he hit the lower corner of the far corner of the goal, but this time, he just turned the ball to the upper corner of the near corner.
"It's over! Why did you give this guy such an opportunity again?"
Seeing Borgette get the chance to head the ball again, Swedish fans couldn't help but hold their heads in despair. They seemed to have seen the team fall behind the second goal.
"Don't think about it!"
This time Isaxon was furious. He did not allow his opponent to trample on his dignity again. It was just a ball like this, but it continued to appear one after another, which was something he could not allow. With all his strength, Isaxon jumped up, then held the ball with one hand, allowing the ball to slightly deviate from the original flight route.
"when!"
"Pass!"
With a crisp sound and a muffled sound, the ball and Isaxon hit the goal frame at the same time. The ball hit the crossbar and bounced out, while Isaxon hit the post because he rushed too hard.
"Quickly re-shoot!"
Seeing the ball bounced out and Isaxon hit the post and couldn't get up for a while, the Mexican players shouted hurriedly, asking their teammates to go forward and shoot.
Fonseca rushed over first, but when he just approached the ball and was about to push it with a nudge, he felt a very strong momentum, and then a strong force came from his side, making him unstable, let alone playing football.
One foot appeared between him and the ball, and before Fonseca could hit the ball, he hooked the ball at his feet, completely letting Mexico's plan to re-shoot.
"You guys really made me angry!"
Of course, Li Yun was the one who intercepted the ball, and facing the many Mexican players in front of him, Li Yun's eyes were full of anger.
Chapter completed!