Just before Chen Xingyi scored, Japan team head coach Hiroto Motegi looked very calm in front of the coaching bench.
When Chen Xingyi caught the ball, he stood up suddenly from his seat, and his previous "famous coach" demeanor was gone.
He told his players to hold on tight and not panic. But he himself didn’t hold back...
Perhaps he immediately realized that he seemed to have lost his composure. Motegi Hiroto did not make any other moves and just stood in front of the coach's seat, his face solemn and even a little dark.
Chen Xingyi's goal was really unexpected.
Although the Chinese team's attack before that was very fierce, in Motegi's view, it was nothing more than a bluff.
He has quickly made adjustments, asking the team to recycle their defense and withstand the Chinese team's offensive first. Special defensive arrangements were also made for Hu Lai to ensure that he would not get open space in the penalty area.
The next thing to do is to wait patiently until the physical fitness of the Chinese team players declines and they have to slow down the pace. At that time, the Japanese team will quickly seize this opportunity and carry out a wave of precise attacks on the Chinese team's defense line.
As long as they can score a goal, the Chinese team will collapse - because their psychological quality is not good.
This is the plan and expectation Motegi Hiroto has made in his heart for the next game.
As a result, the development of the game was completely different from what he expected, and could even be said to be "the opposite".
The Japanese team did not wait for the Chinese team to slow down its speed and rhythm. What waited was... to lose the ball!
The one who scored first was not the stronger Japanese team, but the Chinese team!
And the one who scored the goal was not Hu Lai, whom he had always asked the team to take care of, but Chen Xingyi!
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In front of the coaching bench of the Chinese team next door, Dong Jianhai, who had a "sad look" on his face before, finally grinned. But even if his team scored a goal, he was not very excited. He just stood there with his arms raised and smiled.
Celebrating.
It's like an old farmer smiling happily when he sees his crops growing well.
Happy, but not ecstatic yet.
Because old farmers know that there will be many difficulties in between from the happy growth to the final bumper harvest.
This goal of the Chinese team only initially proved that his tactics were effective, but whether this effect can last for the entire game and whether it can allow the Chinese team to win the game...it is hard to say.
The Japanese team is very strong, the best in Asia. The Chinese team's goal just caught them off guard and was a bit of a fluke. And the Japanese team will definitely counterattack next, which will test not only the Chinese team's defense, but also their mentality.
So before the final result came out, Dong Jianhai's heart couldn't let go. Naturally, he didn't dare to celebrate as much as he wanted.
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“I’m so fucking awesome!!!”
When Chen Xingyi shot the football into the Japanese team's goal, the whole bar burst into deafening cheers.
However, their celebration did not last long, because while cheering, they also felt faintly worried in their hearts.
This kind of worry prevents them from truly relaxing and celebrating and cheering to their heart's content.
Mainly because of the three games in the Asian Cup group stage, Chinese fans suddenly found the feeling of watching national football games in the past - even if the Chinese team was leading in the score, they would worry about conceding a goal.
After all, they conceded goals against Palestine and the Philippines.
So now against the Japanese team, especially the enraged Japanese team, how can it be possible not to concede a goal?
After the Japanese team loses the ball, it will definitely attack in a counterattack. With the weak defensive performance of the Chinese team, can it defend it?
If you can't defend and lose the ball, if your mentality fluctuates, and then the Japanese team seizes the opportunity to score another victory... wouldn't it be a complete collapse?
In fact, they all saw the Japanese team's head coach Hiroto Motegi walking to the sidelines through the TV broadcast and beckoning the team to attack - he kept waving his hands from the Japanese team's backcourt to the frontcourt.
Any fan can understand what this action means.
It doesn’t matter if you don’t understand. Commentator He Feng gave them the answer: “Hiroto Motegi asked the Japanese team to attack after losing the ball... Indeed, they need to attack.”
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After the game restarted, the Japanese team changed its previous defensive style of play and began to actively move forward to seize control of the midfield.
Use their technical advantages to control the ball and organize the offense.
"...The game entered a rhythm that the Japanese team is familiar with. It is not fast, and even a little slow. But they use back and forth passes and movements to pull the Chinese team's defense line and find gaps...This requires our players to be defensive.
You must always concentrate and not make any mistakes..." Yan Kang analyzed the game for the Chinese fans in front of the TV.
"At the same time, the two wingers Kiyota Yoshitoki and Kawasaki Eiji also joined in the attack, making the Japanese team's offense more three-dimensional and changing the rhythm - when the Japanese team needs to accelerate, the two wingers
The road is the engine that speeds them up."
As if to prove what Yan Kang said was true, the Japanese team quickly launched an offensive, splitting from the center to the wings, and finally from the wings back to the center.
Eiji Kawasaki made a pass from behind. Instead of passing the football up, he made an inverted triangle pass close to the ground!
The Japanese team's forward line has pressed the Chinese team's back line almost into the small penalty area, and a space has appeared near the penalty spot!
And Kawasaki Eiji’s kick passed exactly that space!
Japan's midfielder Masao Yonezawa, who was just passing the ball in the middle, had already entered the penalty area, came into the space, and pushed the ball back towards him!
"careful!"
The Chinese fans who saw this scene had their hearts in their throats!
Fortunately, Wang Guangwei stretched out a kick to the side in time, and the football hit his foot and deflected out of the baseline...
The Chinese fans and Japanese fans in the stands exclaimed at the same time. The former was naturally lucky to have survived the disaster, while the Japanese fans felt regretful that they failed to score a goal in this attack.
If the Japanese team can equalize the score within two minutes of conceding the ball, all the advantages established by the Chinese team will be lost.
"Ah! Yonezawa Masao missed an excellent opportunity!" The Japanese commentator's tone revealed endless regret.
In the TV broadcast, Yonezawa Masao, the main midfielder who plays for Real Catalon in La Liga, put his head in his hands and grabbed a bunch of hair. He also regretted that he missed such an opportunity.
In order to ensure stability when shooting, he did not exert too much force, and his technical movements were push shots. This resulted in a light shot and a slow ball speed, giving Wang Guangwei time to react.
But if you choose to volley with force, you may kick the football over the crossbar.
Although the Japanese team did not score a goal in this attack, they gained confidence. They still used their best method to launch the attack and gradually pushed the Chinese team back.
During this time, the fans of the Chinese team watched with fear. They were afraid that the Japanese team would score a goal in one attack...
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Yao Huasheng, who has a protruding shoulder, was used by the Japanese team as a breakthrough in the Chinese team's defense.
Although he never revealed that he was playing with a closed painkiller injection, the Japanese team also knew that Yao Huasheng had injured his shoulder and could not use his full strength 100% without knowing this information.
So he must be a hidden danger in the Chinese team's defense.
Even Japanese players will actively seek physical confrontation with Yao Huasheng...
For example, this time, when Yonezawa Masao passed the football to Yao Huasheng's defensive zone, the Japanese team's forward Masato Hirokawa ran into Yao Huasheng, trying to knock Yao Huasheng away.
Yao Huasheng gritted his teeth when he was hit on his right shoulder. Even though he received a sealing injection, he still felt discomfort coming from his right shoulder.
But this discomfort did not affect Yao Huasheng's movements. He took a shot in time and cleared the ball before Masato Hirokawa.
"Good goal! Yao Huasheng made a key defense! Although he was injured in the game against the Philippines, judging from his performance in this game, it seems that he was not really affected by the injury..."
After completing the rescue, Yao Huasheng looked back at Masato Hirokawa, and he knew that the other party did this on purpose.
At this time, he suddenly envied Hu Lai for knowing so many languages.
If he could also speak fluent Japanese, he would definitely taunt the other person at this moment. He would not even be able to bear the injury of himself, what a waste!
If you believe that the other person will be irritated by you, you will lose your calmness and reason.
As a forward, calmness and rationality are one of the most important qualities.
Now he can only look at Masato Hirokawa, smile at him and shake his head, using this body language to tell the other person:
Little Japan, you can’t do it!
Masato Hirokawa noticed Yao Huasheng's action. He didn't react at all. He just ran to the sideline, intending to receive the throw-in ball from his teammate.
Yao Huasheng turned around, raised his shoulders, and shouted to his teammates: "Hold on! Director Dong is right, we have a chance!"
When arranging tactics for the last time before the game, Dong Jianhai told the players in the locker room that if the Chinese team could score the first goal, the Japanese team would definitely attack and try to equalize the score as soon as possible.
If the Japanese team really does this, it will be an opportunity for the Chinese team.
Therefore, we must first withstand the Japanese team's attack, and then resolutely counterattack. When counterattacking, we must dare to invest troops and don't worry about what is behind us. Only in this way can we score goals.
Now it seems that the process of the game is pretty much what Director Dong expected.
This makes the players of the Chinese team full of confidence in the next game.
They know that they can't just squat down and take beatings. Facing the Japanese team, they also have the ability to fight with them!
You must know that they are in the lead now, not the Japanese team.