Chapter 504 First victory in the World Preliminaries!
Chapter 504 First victory in the World Preliminaries!
Author: Ant who watches football ruthlessly
After scoring a goal and boosting their morale, the Dragon Country team continued to launch a fierce attack on Qatar's position.
And Qatar was obviously a little confused.
In their plan, the goal of this game was to stabilize the game at the beginning and then counterattack from the Long Guo team.
But now that a goal is scored so quickly, how can one execute such a strategy and tactics?
Before they could fully react, the Long Guo team seized another opportunity, and Zhang Linpeng quickly launched an attack along the right.
That time, Qatar finally understood which side the Red Dragon Kingdom was attacking from, and quickly mobilized more troops to defend it.
But Zhang Linpeng made a wide-range transfer and gave the ball to the left.
This is also a trick often used in side overload tactics, which is to attract the wrong legs to your strong side, and then move the ball to the weak side, which will create a lot of gaps for your own side.
At that time, left back Jiang Zhipeng got the ball, took two steps and passed from the left.
That choice was not a good one, because at that time there were already two Qatari central defenders guarding Zhang Yuning.
Sure enough, the ball was pushed out.
Wu Xi, who was sitting in the back row, grabbed the first spot and fired directly, but the ball was saved by the wrong goalkeeper with divine help.
Lin Liangming, who was on the right, followed quickly, stopped when the ball was coming, and immediately stepped forward to hit again!
That shot was a fast and urgent shot. Although the Qatar goalkeeper had already stood up, his line of sight was blocked by his defender. He heard a muffled sound through the air. By the time he reacted, the ball had already hit the ball.
hit the goal next to him.
Two to zero!
The scene once again burst into overwhelming cheers.
Tens of thousands of Dragon Kingdom fans cheered Han Xuan crazily.
In just five minutes, the Dragon Country team created several shooting opportunities in a row, beat Qatar hard, and scored another goal!
Two to zero, although that score is still not safe, it already means that the Dragon Country team has a very high possibility of winning the Eastern Conference.
What’s more important is that the momentum displayed by the Dragon Kingdom team from the beginning of the game has never been seen before!
Is it true that there is a feeling of rebirth and recovery!
The formation arranged by Lippi's coaching team has fully demonstrated its power at least on the offensive line.
The fulcrum role of Zhang Yuning in the middle, the firepower of Wu Lei and Lin Liangming on both sides, including the assists provided by the two fullbacks, were all displayed vividly in those 15 minutes.
"That's simply unbelievable. Isn't that the Dragon Country team they are familiar with?"
"Lin Liangming, who will only be 19 years old next year, will play his first game on behalf of the National Team, and he performed very well after being switched to the right. Now, he has also scored a goal on behalf of the national football team.
His first goal, let them congratulate him!"
"Lin Liangming will play for Real Madrid's Castilla team before next year and is preparing to participate in the Spanish League C. Pan Yi brought him to York City and made him a perfect main force for the new English League One team."
"The training in League One has greatly improved the youngster's self-confidence. I will see that he is not afraid at all when facing Qatar's defense tomorrow. He dares to make moves and shoot."
"It can be said that after Wu Lei, Pan Yi has brought another star of hope to their Longguo football... No, he has brought another explosive point for the striker!"
"Although Zhang Yuning has never been with Pan Yi, he was also inspired by Wu Lei, so he embarked on the road of studying abroad and established a firm foothold in the Eredivisie."
"Tomorrow's set of Overseas Tridents really showed that they are better than their teammates! It also tells them how meaningful it is to go abroad to play football and improve the level of the national football team!"
"Of course, Lippi has the trust of Pan Yi and the trust of those players, and he also values it, and he also showed his belief in winning."
"When they were leading by one goal, they were all wondering whether they should hold on to that lead first, but it turned out that he boldly begged the team to take the initiative, and as expected he made another move! Now, they
Victory is in sight! They will not be eliminated early!"
"Thank you Lippi! Thank you Pan Yi! Thank you to the national football players who are fighting hard here!"
The commentator was very excited, and the fans were even more excited.
It can be said that as Lin Liangming expanded the score, the entire Tuodong Stadium went completely crazy.
Tens of thousands of fans stood up from their seats and sang the war song extremely loudly and loudly. Such a large-scale chorus demonstrated the majestic momentum and deeply affected everyone outside the stadium.
If you want to, you will explode under pressure, if you want to, you will die under pressure!
And the national football team chose to explode!
Lippi was also very excited on the sidelines. He shook hands with the assistants on the sidelines to celebrate. When he held Pan Yi, he even pulled him over and the two hugged tightly.
Today's tactics were not proposed by Pan Yi and were carefully discussed and refined with Lippi.
Even for those two goals, the style of play was designed to target Qatar's defensive loopholes, and the offensive routines were all practiced before the game.
Obviously, under such a tactical system, the national football team's offense is smoother, and the characteristics of the players are also brought out.
In particular, let Wu Lei play as the left outside forward and Lin Liangming as the right outside forward.
Because both of their players need teammates in the center position to defend him, and they also need players on both sides or midfielders to create opportunities for him and pass threatening balls.
Only by giving the task of "carrying monsters" to the tall and powerful Zhang Yuning, while Wu Lei and Lin Liangming hide behind or on both sides of him, and then wait for opportunities to move and shoot, can the team's firepower be maximized.
It can be said that with the current two-goal lead, the most important thing is not to change tactics.
As for the design of the tactics, it is obvious that Pan Yifou made the first contribution!
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After taking a two-goal lead, the Long Guo team began to use a more balanced style of play, no longer pressing and pressing from a high position, and investing less in the offensive end.
This does not mean that Lippi will give up if he wants to see good things, but it is actually limited by the capabilities of the national football players.
After all, the high-intensity full-court press used to grab the start like that will test the players' tactical execution, coordination, and physical fitness.
Even the world's top teams cannot maintain pressure for a long time, let alone the national football players who have just been exposed to such advanced tactics.
In other words, the current frontcourt trident of the national football team has been influenced by excellent foreign tactics. Otherwise, it is hard to know whether someone else can execute the pressing for ten or twenty minutes.
As soon as the national football team was recovered, Qatar got a chance to breathe, and its performance began to improve.
Although they were already two goals behind, Qatar's morale was greatly affected, but they also knew how much impact that game had on their qualifying situation, so they could not help but regain their spirits and start a counterattack.
Throughout the second half of the half, Qatar began to frequently put pressure on Dragon Kingdom's goal, while the national football players temporarily focused on defense.
At that time, the team's understanding of Pan Yi's tactical intentions was fully tested. Although it was difficult to be proficient, at least it was decent. This also made it difficult for Qatar to create opportunities, and it could pass long shots.
To threaten the goal.
The Long Guo team used the speed of the forward to create counterattack opportunities.
Before the end of the half, Qatar made an attack. They quickly advanced along the wing, and Lin Liangming chased back from the front court to the middle line. Together with his teammate Huang Bowen, they simultaneously attacked Qatar's left wing player.
After stealing the ball to the east, Lin Liangming launched a counterattack with the ball and passed the ball over the top, sending the ball into the penalty area, where it landed just behind the Qatar defense.
Zhang Yuning countered offside and entered the penalty area with understanding. On one side, he used his body to block the defensive player, and on the other side, he used his body to stop the ball. He turned around and took a shot. However, the shot was not strong enough and was hit by the wrong goalkeeper.
Confiscated.
However, Lippi and Pan Yi on the sidelines applauded that attack.
That's not the kind of effect they want.
That kind of defensive counterattack can preserve the victory and keep the pressure on Qatar, and it will not consume a lot of physical energy of our own players. It can be said that it is a very economical and cost-effective way of playing.
If Zhang Yuning had seized the opportunity just now, the goal would have been scored again.
Of course, they will not be too demanding on the national football team. After all, the national football team's individual capabilities lie there.
If he could score every shot, wouldn't he become Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi?
Well, even if Melo is rejected, he cannot give that guarantee.
Therefore, in the locker room at halftime, Lippi focused on that counterattack and praised Lin Liangming, Huang Bowen and Zhang Yuning by name, believing that they achieved what he wanted in that tactical cooperation.
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As for Wu Lei, who opened the scoring in the first half, Lippi was also generous in his praise.
Returning to the locker room with a 2:0 lead, the team was full of confidence in winning in the East, and their mentality also improved a lot.
In his motivational session, Pan Yi on the one hand praised the tenacious fighting spirit and devotion to the game shown by the national players in the half-court, but at the same time reminded everyone that a two-goal lead does not represent previous victory.
"A sage named Lu from another country once said that only if you dare to face things squarely can you dare to think, speak, do and act."
"They did play well in the half, but they must also see that Qatar did not admit defeat and they fought back hard."
“So in the east half, they need to continue their performance in the half, suppress their counterattack, score more goals, and then kill the game with all their strength. He believes that we will not let him down!
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After a change of sides in the eastern half, Qatar launched a counterattack as Pan Yi expected.
However, the Dragon Country team was well prepared and was still able to defend and counterattack in response to mistakes. This made Qatar's counterattack after the start of the eastern half ineffective.
On the contrary, after playing for more than ten minutes, Qatar's offensive "was exhausted, then weakened, and then exhausted."
When they were unable to score quickly and their morale gradually declined, the Dragon Kingdom team took advantage of the situation and pressed forward again.
At that time, the fitness of the Dragon Kingdom team also began to take advantage!
As the saying goes, "This goes down, another goes up", but that's not true.
The Long Guo team once again invested a lot of troops. Both full-backs often pressed past the center line, especially in the midfield and frontcourt. They were obviously more confident and dared to take the ball and control the ball, which helped the national football team once again form a suppressive situation.
And Qatar once again fell into passivity.
In the 70th minute, Zhang Linpeng once again stepped in to receive the ball and participate in the attack on the right. He was followed by a Qatar defender on the right and immediately passed the ball to Lin Liangming, who was retreating to cover. The latter did not stop the ball and directly kicked the ball back.
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Huang Bowen took the ball head-on and passed it crosswise to Zheng Zhi in the middle.
Zheng Zhi misunderstood the defensive player and passed the ball low to center Zhang Yuning in the frontcourt.
Zhang Yuning leaned against the defensive player, passed Zheng Zhi's through ball to Wu Lei running from the left, turned around and rushed towards the penalty area.
Seeing an opportunity, Wu Lei took advantage of the situation and shot into the far corner with his right foot!
However, Qatar's goalkeeper reacted very quickly, jumped in to save the ball, and blocked the ball.
Bu Nao Wu Lei's shot was sudden and fast. He couldn't catch the ball. After a block, the ball bounced back into the penalty area.
When the Qatar goalkeeper stood up and begged for another attack, he saw a red figure passing in front of him.
When he looked again, he found that the ball was already rolling in the net behind him.
Then, the tall forward of the Dragon Kingdom with a slippery hairstyle rushed to the side of the court with open arms and started celebrating.
And the fans in the stadium cheered again.
"The ball goes in again!!!!!!"
"In the 70th minute, Zhang Yuning made a missed shot in front of the goal!"
"Then the third goal of this game for the Long Guo team came from center Zhang Yuning, No. 9! All three tridents scored a goal!"
"They took a look at the slow-motion replay of that goal. The continuous coordination of the Long Guo team looked very pleasing to the eye. Is that kind of offensive cooperation extremely rare in previous national team games."
"Starting from Zhang Linpeng, the ball passed through the cooperation of Lin Liangming, Huang Bowen, Zheng Zhi, and Zhang Yuning, and then formed Wu Lei's shot..."
"The continuous cooperation of the offensive players in the national team's frontcourt directly tore apart Qatar's defense, and Wu Lei's shot caused the Qatar goalkeeper to slip off his leg. Zhang Yuning fired in front of the goal and penetrated Qatar's goal again.
Three to zero!”
"Tomorrow night, in that life-and-death battle, the national team played a wave of offensive, which is unbelievable! They withstood the pressure and played the best game in recent years!"
"And that first goal had a very strong flavor of Pan Yi's tactical style. They had to admit that Pan Yi had begun to leave his mark on that national team."
"They really want to win tomorrow's game!"
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The referee finally blew the whistle to end the game.
The scoreboard of the stadium is there, showing an exciting score: three to zero!
Relying on the goals of the front three, the Dragon Country team defeated Qatar with three goals at home.
Although everyone knows that winning the East Asian game does not mean anything. After all, it will only accumulate four points, surpassing Qatar with three points, and rise to the bottom two position in the group;
But no, after losing to Syria and Uzbekistan in a row, just when we were preparing for the 2022 World Cup, we were able to defeat Qatar, which is not weak, with three goals. Why shouldn't everyone who cares about the national football team be excited?
When the game ended, tens of thousands of fans in the entire stadium stood up from their seats and sang "Ode to the Motherland" in unison.
The live broadcast camera scanned the fans in the stands, and many people could not help but burst into tears.
They have been waiting for a hearty victory like tomorrow for too long.
From the "glory despite defeat" in the first two games against South Korea and Iran, to the embarrassment of two consecutive losses, and then to the scenery of that game, the national football team is like a roller coaster, which makes the national football fans experience a heart-pounding feeling.
After scoring one point in four rounds, most fans had completely lost confidence and hope in advancing. However, the coaching change at the critical moment and the addition of Pan Yi made everything turn around again.
There is really hope for them!
At the scene, the national players also hugged each other and said words of congratulations and encouragement to each other.
I'm afraid even they themselves can't imagine that they will kick Qatar completely and completely without any strength tomorrow!
Was that really something unimaginable before?
With the capabilities of national football players outside of Asia, even if they can win, they often rely on defense and then the forwards steal one.
But tomorrow, it can be said that whether it is a "technical knockout" or a complete victory!
On the sidelines, the coaching staff of the Dragon National Team also shook hands with the coaching staff of Qatar, then walked into the stadium, hugged the international players outside the stadium one by one, and asked the captain Zheng Zhi to lead the international players to the stands to thank the fans.
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The game is over, but the fans in the stands are still singing loudly, and they will not stop or leave for a long time.
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"He's very happy. It's great to win tomorrow. All of them are very proud of the game tomorrow night."
Captain Zheng Zhi spoke on behalf of the national team players when being interviewed by foreign media reporters in the interview area after the game.
He first expressed his gratitude to the fans who came to the scene to support the national football team. He also said that everyone in the national team in East Asia worked hard to play every game well.
"He thought that at this moment, the person they should be most grateful to is of course their coaching staff, especially Mr. Lippi. Although he has only been in office for a short time, he has brought a strong ideological impact to each of them.
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"Of course, he would also like to thank Pan Yi for his guidance. He made all of them feel what the world's advanced football concepts are like, and they learned a lot from it."
"Including Lin Liangming, who he recommended to join the team, they all saw how capable that young guy is."
"He also studied abroad, and to be honest, he also felt the huge gap between them and the European football system. Fortunately, there are players who studied abroad like Lin Liangming, Wu Lei, and Zhang Yuning in their team."
"Not only has their ability been improved, but more importantly, their acceptance of advanced tactics has been much better than their foreign players."
"So, what Pan Yi said before is correct. Their young players do not want to stay in their comfort zone, but have the courage to step out. Only in this way can the overall football level of Longguo be truly improved!"
"As for the games from Donglai... they need to fight one game at a time. They are lagging behind by a lot of points, but he believes that he just asks them to stick to the tactical guidelines guided by Mr. Lippi and Pan Yi and take good care of themselves."
Things are kicked out, everything is promising!”
In the post-match press conference, national football coach Lippi also expressed cautious optimism about the upcoming games.
He praised the players for their outstanding performance in tomorrow's game and believed that everyone deserves the greatest credit for the team's victory in that crucial game. However, he also warned everyone that the real test has just begun.
"There are strong teams like Iran and South Korea in this group. If you want to qualify, you have to win over one of the teams. That is undoubtedly a very difficult thing."
"No, he knows that the third place in the group can also qualify, but first he has to play a play-off with the third place in Group B. At present, whether it is Japan, Saudi Arabia, or Australia, it will not be easy to pay.
team."
"And even if we break through the Asian play-offs, we have to face a team from Central America and the Caribbean to play in the play-offs. At that time, we don't know whether it is the United States, Mexico or Costa Rica. It will be even more difficult."
"So, he hopes that he can strive to get the top two in Group A... That will be difficult, but it is not impossible - as long as they can perform as well as tomorrow in the following games."
"Fortunately, after tomorrow's game, East will miss South Korea's game until March next year. That means they will have enough time to further refine the lineup and improve
The technical and tactical level of the team.”
"During that period, his coaching staff, including his consultant Pan Yi, will help him improve the team's strength. And he sincerely hopes that everyone can continue to support him and serve them as they did in that game.
Create a better and more relaxed environment.”
At the beginning of the press conference, Lippi said jokingly:
"During that process, Pan Yi begged him very hard. He hoped that after he returned to York City, he would forget about them without asking for help..." (End of Chapter)