World Cup of Great Powers

Chapter 299 Let the Cheetah Run First
"What a great save!"

"Hey, Ou Chuliang made a textbook save for us!"

Zhang Hehe also praised it.

Shoot beautifully, flutter even more beautifully!

Just because of Ou Chuliang's ball, bursts of applause came from the stands.

"Ou Chuliang, Ou Chuliang!"

Behind the goal, fans from China stood up, waved their hands and called Ou Chuliang's name.

Yokohama is not far away.

Suwon is closer.

South Korean fans do not support the Chinese team, but our own fans support it!

Especially when they heard that the Chinese team in this Confederations Cup is likely to play only one game in South Korea, the fans enthusiastically bought tickets and came to support.

This includes Wang Lei and his father.

Wang Lei, born in 1989, is 12 years old this year.

He started to practice football at the age of 5, and his parents also supported him very much.

At the beginning of 98, Father Wang took Wang Lei, who had practiced for two and a half years, to the training camp.

After three years of training, Wang Lei has become one of the best goalkeepers in Huayuankou Youth Training Base.

Seeing that Ou Chuliang took off the ball steadily, Wang Lei couldn't help shaking his arms and shouting "OK"!
Father Wang was on the side, patting his son on the shoulder.

"Xiao Lei, did you see it? Train well, and you will be like Ou Chuliang in the future and become the national team of the Chinese team!"

"Ok!"

Wang Lei hummed, still staring intently at the field below.

Looking at Ou Chuliang's vigorous back, Wang Lei fantasized more than once, if he was the gatekeeper below, what choice would he make?

Ou Chuliang's performance today can be said to have satisfied Wang Leiguo's eyes.

High pick to resist, left and block again.

In the opening 10 minutes, the opponent's shots were firmly caught three times.

Every time he saw Ou Chuliang catch the ball shot by the opponent, Wang Lei's heart beat violently.

"Okay!"

"Flick good!"

"Ou Chuliang!"

"It's so beautiful!"

Watching and watching, Wang Lei will also imitate some small movements of Ou Chuliang.

Or chewing gum, or wiping your nose with your finger.

Under Cameroon's high pressure in the opening game, the Chinese team frequently heard the voices of fans in this half.

The fans enjoyed watching it, but the coaches frowned.

"Coach Zeng, you can't go on like this!"

"Yes, Coach Zeng, Cameroon's offense is too fierce!"

Indeed, it has been so long since the start, and the Chinese team has been under pressure on the scene.

Not to mention passive defense, the gate behind Ou Chuliang was also frequently threatened.

Eto'o, the former Real Madrid "celebrity", has more superb skills than a year ago.

Fast speed, good technique, tough body, high ball quotient.

Such a striker is a devastating threat to any team's defense.

If you are not careful, you will be fatally hit by your opponent.

In this case, it is almost necessary for the team to compress the formation and play intensive defense.

But Zeng Zheng did not issue such an order.

In front, only Yang Chen occasionally ran back to participate in the defense.

This guy Zhang Xiaorui only fought to the death a few times after the opening.

However, after several consecutive collisions, it was found that the physical energy consumption was extremely high.

In the end, he simply cruised around the midfield, looking for a fighter.

In other words, the offensive players in the frontcourt did not seem to have a decent defensive posture.

Most of the pressure in the defense was on General Fan, Li Weifeng, Li Tie and Li Xiaopeng.

"Cameroon's offensive style won't last long."

Zeng Zheng said lightly.

"Why?!" Chi Shangbin was confused.

He is a figure at the coaching level of domestic clubs, that's right.

But he has no experience at all in high-end games against Olympic champions like Cameroon.

Not to mention being late, how many people like Jin Zhiyang, Shen Xiangfu, and Li Huajun have had this kind of experience?

Especially these two years.

The Chinese team began to emerge in various intercontinental competitions.

The first-class coaches in the country want to go to Zeng Zheng's coaching staff to open their eyes when they are overwhelmed.

One is to gain knowledge, and the other is to learn from experience and see how other world-class teams play.

After that, it is how you play to beat your opponent.

This is a long process.

It is also a gradual process.

Even if it was Zeng Zheng, he didn't dare to pat his chest and say that he could beat the African team that he faced in this level of competition.

Even though they belong to third world countries.

But compared with Asian football, African football has inherent advantages.

First of all, African players with less talent can't get ahead at all;
Secondly, all African players who can play well are the targets of competition from European clubs.

Faced with such an opponent, once domestic coaches find that players cannot play as they usually do in training, they will choose to let all players retreat and defend passively.

This is also what often happens when an ignorant weak team encounters a strong team.

"Coach Chi, don't look at the fierceness of Cameroon, but there are not many key points, just a few!"

Zeng Zheng pointed to Eto'o at the front of the formation and said:

"Eto'o, 20 years old, currently playing for Mallorca in La Liga."

"African Cup champion, Olympic champion, Cameroon national team emerging talent!"

"Fast, good ball skills, keen sense of smell in front of the goal, high awareness of forward rush, erratic running, and strong anti-offside ability."

"Such a player can't be watched just by relying on a certain player's close defense, nor does it mean that how dense your formation is and how many defensive players you can completely restrict him."

"Veteran Mboma, by comparison, is not good."

"He's gone downhill very badly."

"It is said that it is the cause of the injury."

"The reason why he won the African Footballer of the Year is more of a symbol of honor."

"For Cameroon, he is more of a spiritual symbol."

While speaking, Mboma spread her legs, and with the advantage of half her body, she rushed to catch up with her teammate's Zhisai in front of Wu Chengying.

But that was all he could do.

The short-distance sprint consumed a lot of his energy.

After Wu Chengying received the ball with one step, he immediately used the outside instep to push the ball a little to the outside, then quickly stopped and turned around, turning his back to the sideline to regain control of the ball.

Seeing that the other party didn't intend to be aggressive, Wu Chengying also hurriedly stopped.

He turned sideways, with his hands behind his back, and stood in front of Mboma.

Facing Wu Chengying's close defense, Mboma pulled the ball horizontally to the bottom line for a few steps, then pushed it in the opposite direction suddenly, and let the back kick pass.

In the penalty area, Ou Chuliang, who had been prepared for a long time, leaped high and picked the ball off with both hands in the air.

The goalkeeper has absolute air supremacy in the penalty area!

After landing, Ou Chuliang leaned forward and fell to the ground to protect the ball.

"If this happened five years ago, it would be no wonder Mboma didn't force Xiao Wu!" Jin Zhiyang sighed.

This time, Ou Chuliang lay on the ground for five or six seconds before getting up.

Of course no one would think he was injured.

By doing this, he is buying time for his teammates and slowing down the pace of the game.

"Look at the Cameroon midfielder."

"Gremy, Lauren, Vivian Foo, Olembe."

"Just like us, young people."

Ou Chuliang threw the ball to Sun Jihai on the wing.

Sun Jihai took a step forward and passed the ball to Li Xiaopeng who came to meet him.

"Don't look at Gremi at Real Madrid, Lauren at Arsenal in the Premier League, Vivian Foo and Olembe also play in Ligue [-]."

"But the problem is that when Graeme and Lauren were at the club, they weren't good at where they are now."

"Although Olembe is good at his position, he is also a product of the Nantes youth training."

"But his national team experience is shallow."

"Cameroon's team this time was mainly built by the team from last year's Olympics. He is too young and has no tacit understanding with his teammates."

"Do you see that when he is on the court, does he often fight alone?"

Jin Chi and the two looked at the field.

Sure enough, Li Xiaopeng accelerated obliquely and swayed Olembe over.

After passing the opponent, Li Xiaopeng continued to dribble forward.

He was not chased and intercepted by his teammates.

In other words, although Olembe is in Cameroon, he is like an isolated island.

Whether it is offense or defense, he only represents himself.

"As for Vivian Foo?"

Speaking of this, Zeng Zheng paused.

As the oldest player in Cameroon's midfield, Marco Vivian Foo is only 26 years old this year, at his golden age.

In 93, Vivian Foo played for the Cameroon national team and has played more than 40 games so far.

The position is also midfield.

Compared with Olembe, who is not good at positions, Gremi and Lauren, and has a low degree of tacit understanding with his teammates, and is always isolated, Vivienfort is the pinnacle in terms of age, ability, position, and tacit understanding!
It stands to reason that he should be the most stable part of Cameroon's midfield!
But when his name was mentioned, Zeng Zheng sighed.

From the look of his face, he was more regretful than anyone else.

"While browsing the news, I saw a report from the year before last."

"It's about why this guy gave up the more competitive Premier League and chose Ligue [-]. Some people said that he didn't adapt to the Premier League, and some people said that he was not acclimatized."

"But according to reports in the local West Ham paper, it was because of a medical examination that revealed a heart problem."

"Although African players have good physical fitness, you can't guarantee that they will suffer from various diseases."

"Just like the Cubs project that the Dalian team had, how many of them got stuck at the customs?"

"Although I don't know if it's true or not, but since then, Vivienne has not been as hard-working as before on the court."

Hearing this, Jin Chi and the others frowned and closed their mouths.

Everything that Zeng Zheng said greatly exceeded their expectations.

I thought that Zeng Zheng would analyze this game from the opponent team's tactics, style of play, and experience from past games.

But I never thought that Zeng Zheng said a lot about the personal situation of the players.

It's okay that Lauren and Graeme are out of position.

Do you know that Vivienne has heart disease? !

How much information did you check before the game!
The coach who led the team before, who would care about your problems? !

Even if this kind of information was delivered to his ears, he would turn a deaf ear to it.

It seems to be exactly what Zeng Zheng said.

The Chinese team has passed the ball to the front of the Cameroon penalty area.

Vivian Fu was still running slowly back where he had just passed the middle circle.

It seems to be participating in the defense, but in fact it has been drifting outside the main "war zone".

At this time, the ball has come to Zhang Xiaorui's feet.

Seeing Zhang Xiaorui dribbling the ball, the Cameroonians also cheered up and became nervous.

Lauren and Gremi turned sideways, with their hands behind their backs, and stared at the ball under Zhang Xiaorui's feet without blinking.

I'm afraid that the opponent will speed up or feint and deceive the two of us away.

Olympics, Confederations Cup.

Zhang Xiaorui has already branded himself "China's Maradona".

Such a player holds the ball, and the defender is also extremely nervous.

Just as Zhang Xiaorui was pulling the ball horizontally, looking for a space to pass the ball, a yellow sneaker suddenly stretched out.

Swish!
This sneaker was inserted directly into the center of Zhang Xiaorui's legs.

Did not touch the ball!
Zhang Xiaorui, who was dribbling the ball laterally, tripped and fell to the ground.

When the foot wearing the yellow sneaker was retracted, people were surprised to find that the player was wearing a red sneaker on the other foot.

FIFA does not stipulate that players cannot wear different sneakers on the field.

There are also many players who choose special tattoos and hairstyles to show their personality.

In fact, wearing different sneakers is also a way to show your personality.

But why do so few people do it?

"Because such a player will not only attract the attention of the referee, but also attract the attention of the opponent."

Zeng Zheng spread his hands and gave the answer.

"After being deliberately 'entertained' by referees and opponents many times, there are many fewer players wearing different sneakers."

"Nowadays, players who still wear sneakers like this are either fledgling stunned youths, or have brain bubbles! In our Northeast dialect, it is the head kicked by the donkey!"

Zeng Zheng pointed to Rigbert Song who was warned by the referee, "This guy is exactly the kind of player!"

Speaking of which, Rigbert Song can be regarded as the defensive general of the Cameroon team.

Not only can he play multiple positions in the workplace, but he also has good physical fitness, strong confrontation, and extremely aggressive playing style.

But his shortcomings are also obvious.

This guy couldn't control his strength, and he always caused fouls because of too much rushing.

Four years ago in the World Cup in France, Rigbert Song of the 4st team played for the first time as the captain of Cameroon.

As a result, in the 1-1 tie against Chile, Ligbert Song received two yellow cards and was sent off.

Besides his dark skin and fit figure, the impression this guy left was his two-color boots, one red and one yellow!
As a veteran player over 25 years old in the team, Song will never be able to reach the status of a spiritual pillar like Mboma.

On the contrary, in Zeng Zheng's view.

The Cameroon veteran is the ticking time bomb in his team.

Zhang Xiaorui listened to Zeng Zheng's command and deliberately brought the ball in front of him.

Whoosh! ! !
Li Jinyu's free kick slid past the goal.

Didn't pose much threat to goalkeeper Songo'ao.

Seeing that this free kick was directly kicked into the stands by Li Jinyu, Huang Jianxiang and Zhang Hehe felt a little regretful.

"Oh, Li Jinyu kicked the ball too high, it seems that he didn't hold it down."

"Hey, it would be great if I could keep scoring goals in the match against France, hey."

Different from Ou Chuliang's control rhythm, Song'ao immediately kicked the ball towards the middle circle.

Gremi leaped high and forcibly won the first place for the ball from above Li Tie's head.

Lauren flew up and kicked the ball forward with his right foot.

After looking up, he sent a long pass directly to Eto'o's back.

Eto'o's speed is too fast!

It was so fast that his teammates couldn't accurately predict his running.

So this kick, Lauren kicked high, fast and urgent.

Eto'o also lived up to expectations.

Spread your legs, like a gust of wind, rush past the Chinese team coach Xu Qian.

"This ball...should be going out of the baseline, right?" Jin Zhiyang's eyes widened.

"Look at this speed, maybe we can catch up." Chi Shangbin was also in doubt.

Only Zeng Zheng chuckled, "Don't worry, let him run for a while."

(End of this chapter)