In the pre-match interview, Ambrish seemed very low-key: "Our opponent team has top players like Pato and Ben Arfa, as well as Nie Jiang, a World Junior Championship Golden Ball and Golden Boot winner.
At the same time, their midfield is also very strong. The game against them will not be easy and the competition will be very fierce. But this Club World Cup means a lot to me. I have played in the Club World Cup as a player.
Now we will strive to achieve good results and defend the dignity of the Mexican and Central American teams."
Compared with Ambrish's modesty, Sambueza, the captain of the American team, seemed very confident: "We all decided to show our best level. Our ultimate dream is of course to win the championship. We are really eager to win.
We hope to make history."
"River Plate was my home club and I really want to meet them in the final. It would be a dream and I will always be grateful to River Plate because I started my career there. So we will
Try our best to reach the finals, this is a rare opportunity for us." Sambuesa even found a reason for himself to win.
Compared with the head coach and players in the team who have different attitudes, China is overwhelmingly unfavorable to the Dragons.
Some media analyzed the number of international players in the two teams and believed that the Mexican American team, which mainly has national players from the world's top teams such as Mexico, Paraguay, Colombia, the United States, and Argentina, is much stronger than the Longteng team, which mainly has Chinese national players.
After all, neither Pato nor Ben Arfa has international status, and Roque Gil has never been selected for the Argentina national team.
Domestic media generally believe that when the Longteng team faces a team like Team America, its offense still relies on foreign aid. What the team's domestic international players must do is to play the role of engineers and obey the team's overall tactics, even if their abilities are
Although you are limited, you should also have the ambition and determination not to be inferior to others.
The only thing they are looking forward to is whether local Chinese players can achieve a zero-goal breakthrough in the Club World Cup, because in 2013, Guangzhou Evergrande scored four goals in three games in the Club World Cup, and the goals were scored by Konka (2 goals).
, Muriqi and Elkerson scored, in other words, foreign aid accounted for all the goals.
Finally, the domestic media also held the good wish that "the ideal may come true" and said: "In the Club World Cup, what people remember is not only the wonderful shots, but also the high-quality saves and successful defense. Perhaps, Long Teng
The team's international players will be spotted by scouts because of this. Perhaps Nie Jiang can also make a shocking move with a cold arrow."
Zhang Sheng looked down upon this.
Although the current Longteng team is, as the media said, a team that plays as a whole, foreign players are not the only protagonists in the team. Apart from talented players like Nie Jiang, other players include Tao Wentao,
Lin Feng and the others all have a certain level of strength, and are far more powerful than Guangzhou Evergrande in 2013 and 2015 in history.
Since Guangzhou Evergrande has been able to defeat the Mexican American team in history, why can't I?
Although Lin Feng thinks too highly of himself, his spirit of not admitting defeat is right, and compared to the Mexican American team, Zhang Sheng knows them far better than his opponents.
Mexico America's coach Ambrish bluntly stated before the game that he didn't know much about the Dragons. "I mainly know it through game videos, but I know very little about it. We believe in our own strength more." Ambrish said, "But we know a lot about the Dragons."
I respect the Dragons very much. Their midfield is very strong, with Pato, Ben Arfa and Nie Jiang also very good."
With calculated calculations but no care, Zhang Sheng believed that he had a high chance of winning.
Of course, when accepting external interviews, Zhang Sheng was much more low-key: "The opponents are very strong. There is still a very obvious gap between our overall level and them. But we will work hard to win."
Soon, the game between the two sides will begin.
The venue for this game is at the Nagai Arena in Osaka, Japan, the home ground of the J-League team Osaka Sakura. This stadium can accommodate more than 47,000 people, but China can clearly be seen from the stands.
There are far more fans than America's fans.
There had always been rumors that CCTV would not broadcast the Club World Cup, but this rumor was quickly refuted by CCTV, and the classic combination of He Wei and Xu Yang was also announced.
When He Wei saw the Long Teng team's starting lineup this time, he was very surprised, because according to the arrangement on the roster, there were five guards.
From the Longteng team's starting list, we can see that Ma Yongli, Lu Zhihui, Du Zhenyu, Xiao Yunfan and Wei Zhimin are all there. Based on their positioning in the Longteng team, the first three are center backs and the last two are full-backs.
This arrangement did not surprise He Wei: "The Long Teng team's starting lineup is a bit unexpected. Are the five defenders prepared to defend and counterattack?"
"It's understandable." Xu Yang also frowned, a little dissatisfied, "Considering that the opponent is stronger than us, the five-back formation is not surprising. It just feels a bit too conservative, and
The Dragons rarely play five defenders, so I don’t know if the players on the field can adapt to this new formation."
Not only were the two Chinese commentators a little surprised, but also the head coach of the Mexican American team, Ambrish, was a little confused when he got the starting lineup of the Longteng team, because all the previous tactical arrangements of the American team were aimed at playing 4-2-3.
We went to the -1 Longteng team. Unexpectedly, now, the opponent has changed into a five-back formation.
Since then, there are many changes in the five defenders. Judging from the Longteng team's starting list, in addition to the five Chinese defenders, there are 4 foreign players in the frontcourt, namely Pato, Ben Arfa, Roque Gil and Cha.
Weiss, the only local Chinese player is Lin Feng.
Such a starting lineup may be a 5-4-1, a 5-3-2, or even a 3-5-2 or 3-6-1 formation. The game is about to start.
How to respond to the opponent's changes in formation is a difficult problem.
In the end, Ambrish still chose to believe that the opponent was afraid of him and played five defenders in order to stabilize the defense first. In this case, as long as he sticks to his own style of play and ignores the opponent, it will be fine.
"The other side seems to be scared." Ambrish increased his interest and encouraged his players, "No matter how many defensive players we put on the field, we are stronger than them. The more conservative we play, the more danger we will face."
More opportunities to attack. As long as we stick to our style of play, victory will definitely belong to us."
In the Longteng team's locker room, Zhang Sheng relieves the pressure on the players: "I think the opponent must not have expected our change of formation. No matter what they think, whether they think we are afraid of them or think we are conservative,
One thing is for sure, they are definitely not sure about our routines. We have been practicing hard for more than two weeks just to beat them."
"Before the game, the opponent's head coach said that he is not familiar with many of you." Zhang Sheng smiled teasingly, "It's time for him to get to know you."
Pato, who is sitting below, is the most excited at this time, because this is a rare moment when he can show his status on the world stage.
When the Brazilian team announced the roster of the new national team, Tardelli, who plays for Shandong Luneng in the Chinese Super League, was selected into the squad. From this, it can be seen that playing in the Chinese Super League can gain attention, and he can play as the main forward in the national team.
Pato, who has his own responsibility, is even more passionate - his ability is no worse than Tardelli, and his performance this season is far better than Tardelli. Why can he enter the national team, but I can't.
Soon the game started with a long whistle from Swedish famous whistler Jonas Eriksson.
After the game started, He Wei was extremely surprised to see the positioning of the Longteng players on the field, because the Longteng team did not play a conservative 5-4-1 or 5-3-2 but an extremely risky 3-5-2.
"Are we going to attack the first half with all our strength?" He Wei said in disbelief. "How to coordinate the three defenders and the midfielder is a very complicated problem. Defense is not easy to play."
Before He Wei could explain what he said, Xu Yang saw what was happening on the field and shouted loudly: "Beautiful!"
At this time, the two frontcourt forwards of the Longteng team, Chavez and Pato, pressed the opponent's two center backs very hard. The American team, who originally thought that the Longteng team was a single forward, was very aggressive with such two forwards and two midfielders.
unsuitable.
The American team's left back Samudio was obviously not well prepared. Under Chavez's pressure, he hurriedly passed the ball to Xiao Yunfan on the right.
Xiao Yunfan, who was in the thirty-meter area in the frontcourt, immediately dribbled the ball and accelerated without thinking.
"The Longteng team stole the ball in the frontcourt." He Wei also shouted loudly, "The Longteng team played very proactively, and the frontcourt pressure was strong and orderly. This is the Longteng team's opportunity."
At this time, the pressure of the 3-5-2 formation on the 4-4-2 formation is reflected.
When Xiao Yunfan rushed forward with the ball, the two frontcourt players of the Longteng team, Pato and Chavez, directly pressed against the two center backs of the American team, making them afraid to go forward at all. Lin Feng and Xiao Yunfan on the wing were fighting alone.
The local advantage of one of the opponent's full-backs.
Seeing this situation, Samudio could only follow Xiao Yunfan and did not dare to rush to grab Xiao Yunfan, because if he failed to grab Xiao Yunfan, his entire midfield would be completely empty, and Xiao Yunfan would take over.
Whether it is directly dribbling the ball into the penalty area or easily passing the ball to the two forwards in the penalty area, it is extremely dangerous.
Samudio was able to prevent Xiao Yunfan from breaking through easily, but he was unable to prevent Xiao Yunfan's pass.
After seeing Samudio defend very steadily, Xiao Yunfan decisively passed the ball to Lin Feng diagonally behind. Lin Feng returned the ball without stopping and handed it to Xiao Yunfan. Such a very simple one-two from the wing.
Samudio's defensive efforts were in vain.
After Xiao Yunfan got the ball, he directly passed a beautiful inverted triangle to Pato who was running over. Pato, who kept on facing the ball, shot directly.
The central defender following Pato, Paul Aguilar, was simply unable to prevent Pato's shot in such a short period of time. When Pato's shot was completed, he stretched out his feet to block it. Unfortunately, it was already too late at this time.
Pato's shot was aimed at the upper right corner of the goal. By the time Mexico America's goalkeeper Munoz tried to block it, the upper corner of the goal was already difficult to defend.
Pato's blast shot directly passed Munoz's hand and flew into the goal.
Just two minutes into the game, the Longteng team relied on pressing in the frontcourt to score a goal. This was a dream start.
"Xiao Yunfan dribbled the ball very quickly." He Wei looked at the Longteng team's offense expectantly, "Passed the ball, one-two, beautiful! The Longteng team's cooperation on the right. Xiao Yunfan entered the penalty area, how to deal with it. Inverted triangle
Back pass, Pato! Pato's shot, the ball went in! The Longteng team scored. One minute and 43 seconds into the game, the Longteng team scored a goal, from Pato's shot."
"This offense is so beautiful." Xu Yang also said excitedly, "The Longteng team's 3-5-2 has an absolute advantage in the number of people in the midfield and frontcourt. Such changes in formation and tactics must not have been expected by the opponent. Added
When the Longteng team pressed up front, Pato's shot was so beautiful! It caught the opponent off guard."
At this time, Pato on the court excitedly rushed to the sidelines and blew a kiss to Lu Shuang who was watching the game in the box, while other players of the Longteng team gathered around him excitedly.
Zhang Sheng also jumped up happily on the court with a smile on his face. The opponent was indeed not prepared for his changes.
"Coach Zhang Sheng seems to have worked hard on the 3-5-2 formation." He Wei began to comment on the Longteng team's tactics, "The two wing-backs attacked very high, and Xiao Yunfan was on the opponent's side just now.
Defend the 30-meter area. It can form a local numerical advantage with its two centers and midfielders. The opponent obviously did not expect to be prepared to deal with this."
Xu Yang also said: "In the last three rounds of the Chinese Super League, the Longteng team used this tactic, but it was not used in the AFC Champions League. It seems that coach Zhang Sheng has been prepared for it."
"I guess the Longteng team also practiced this tactic during the training camp during this period." He Wei said with a smile, "A soldier never tires of deception. Coach Zhang Sheng is very good at it."
After scoring the goal, the Longteng team played more confidently.
During the AFC Champions League, Zhang Sheng was very good at predicting the opponent's tactical changes and easily figured out how to resolve them. In the end, everyone easily won the AFC Champions League.
And now, it is Zhang Sheng's magical tactical changes that allow the team to take the lead when facing a strong team like the Mexican American team.
With a head coach who can suppress the opponent tactically, why should the players not play the game with confidence?
The players on the field know very well that as long as they can implement the coach's tactical intentions well, they will definitely win.
Regarding the team's lagging behind, Ambrish, the head coach of the Mexican American team on the sidelines, regretted very much. He should have thought more deeply before the game, thinking that his opponent was afraid of 5-3-2. Unexpectedly, others played 3-
5-2.
After taking a look at Zhang Sheng on the coaching bench next door, Ambrish thought bitterly: "He is a cunning opponent."
Ambrish really underestimated his opponents before the game and adopted a 4-4-2 formation with stronger attack power. According to his usual tactical arrangements, when encountering weak teams, it would be 4-4-2 or 4-1-3.
-2, when encountering strong teams it was 4-2-3-1. It seems that changes must be made now.
