World Cup of Great Powers

Chapter 71 Radical Holden
In the second half, they changed sides and fought again.

Neither side changed players.

The offensive and defensive rhythms of the two teams have dropped, and the possession of the ball has frequently changed hands.

The Danish team seemed to be still trying to test the Chinese team. They kicked a few long balls in a row, and there was a tendency to count where they hit.

This slowing down of the pace, on the contrary, made the Chinese team unable to play.

Seeing that the opponent made frequent mistakes, the Chinese team thought they had found an opportunity.

Under the tandem of Zhang Xiaorui and Ma Mingyu, they can also attack the Danish team in front of the penalty area.

But the last pass is always a mess.

Either the pass was late and was intercepted by the opponent, or the ball receiver had not adjusted his pace and was destroyed by the opponent.

After playing for 10 minutes, the Danish coach Johnson took the lead in making substitution adjustments.

Replaced Weghorst with Tottenham midfielder Nelson and moved Laudrup to the front midfielder position.

Seeing this, Horton reacted immediately.

When Li Tie was replaced, Zeng Zheng let out a long breath through his nostrils, and then shook his head.

No one knew what expression Zeng Zheng had under the sunglasses.

But judging from the expressions of Horton and his advisory group, it seems that they are urging the players to step up their offense.

Think about it too.

If you can win Denmark, even if you lose to the French team, you will still have a great chance of qualifying.

Denmark played so slowly.

Which coach can resist such a big temptation?

The replacement was Cao Xiandong, who won the silver medal at the 94 Hiroshima Asian Games and was known as the "Golden Left Foot".

Due to personal reasons this season, Cao Xiandong transferred from Beijing Guoan to Qingdao Manatee.

Originally, Cao Xiandong withdrew from the top ten due to injury in 97.

But when he saw that the team entered the World Cup, Cao Xiandong hurriedly transferred to adjust his status, and was finally appreciated by Horton this year and brought him to France.

Seeing Cao Xiandong play, many Guoan fans in the stands shouted "Cao Baier"!
no way.

Cao Xiandong was so handsome when he was young!

Even Gao Yuanyuan, who just starred in "Love Mala Tang", played the female student He Ling, once wrote a love letter to him.

Horton replaced a handsome guy to play at this time, of course not for public relations.

"The Chinese team is going to attack!" Huang Jianxiang told the truth.

In the 63rd minute, Cao Xiandong stepped in from the left to instigate an attack.

The cross just landed on the top of Dian Su's head behind the goal, and the golden-headed Lao Maoliao returned the ball, and Zhang Yuchen, who followed, kicked the ball.

This Liaozu stalwart, who has slammed the Quartet in A-B this year, his first shot in the World Cup was very substandard.

It has to be said that Cao Xiandong's appearance did create a lot of opportunities.

Two minutes later, it was Cao Xiandong's cross again, and the golden-headed Lao Mao headed the ball high.

It can be clearly seen from the zoomed-in lens that Schmeichel was quite dissatisfied with the lax defense of his players.

"Ha, the Swedish goalkeeper is in a hurry and started to curse!"

"Dude, are you drinking too much? This is the Danish goalkeeper!"

"Don't care about Sweden and Denmark, anyway, they can't hold it anymore! Come on, Chinese team, come on!!!"

Not only the fans in front of the TV and radio, but also the fans at the scene were gearing up and waving their flags desperately.

All in one go.

The offensive is strong right now, so of course we have to take the opportunity to attack him!

But just when the Chinese fans in the stands were in full swing, Schmeichel kicked the goal kick to the Chinese team's half with a big kick.

Nelson grabbed the header in front of Peng Weiguo and headed the ball to the feet of teammate Kolding.

Kolding failed to stop the ball and the ball rolled between his legs.

After turning around and grabbing the ball, Zhang Xiaorui ran to him.

Seeing this, Kolding passed the ball directly to Laudrup, who caught the ball and knocked it straight, and the ball was obtained by Jorgensen who was running in front.

Jorgensen was not blocked as soon as he took the ball.

Seeing the gap, he directly handed the ball to Laudrup Jr. who was plugging in at high speed.

Due to Jorgensen's blocking, Laudrup Jr. still had most of the adjustment time when receiving the ball.

He paused for a moment, glanced at the Chinese team's penalty area, and then made a pass.

Ripert, who was unguarded at the end, jumped high and knocked the ball horizontally in the air with his head into the gate guarded by Jiang Jin.

wow~~~
In the stands, a relatively small number of Danish fans suddenly let out a loud roar.

After scoring the goal, Ripert stood in front of the Chinese team's goal, embracing his teammates who ran forward.

"The ball went in."

"It was No. 3 Ripert who scored the goal."

As a commentator, although Huang Jianxiang was helpless, he still performed his duties.

"It's a player playing in the Scottish Premier League."

"And participated in the European Cup in 1996. He is a well-known central defender in Denmark."

"This time the Danish central defender came in and we had a man-marking error at the back."

"Look (replay), this is it."

"Our players were all attracted by Laudrup Jr. and Jorgensen, and missed Ripert behind."

"Compared with our opponents who have participated in several competitions, our players are still somewhat inexperienced"

Huang Jianxiang analyzed clearly and logically.

The fans in front of the TV also sighed.

The defenders are all long-established old international footballers, and they are fully qualified to represent the highest level of Chinese football at the moment.

If you can't even look at them, there is nothing to say if there is a situation of missing people.

The fans sighed repeatedly.

The sound of cheering that was still full of enthusiasm just now also came to an abrupt end after the goal was lost.

Immediately afterwards, the Chinese team seemed to want to take advantage of the opponent's goal to tie the score.

After Peng Weiguo stole the ball, he quickly made a big kick, but the forward Su Maozhen made a mistake in stopping the ball with his chest, and Schmeichel broke the ball out of the baseline.

The corner kick was taken, and Zhang Yuxie's header deviated from the goal post.

After conceding the ball, they were unable to catch up with the score for a long time, and the international players on the field became anxious.

Both Jin Chi also spontaneously came to the sidelines, yelling at the players alternately, hoping that their command would achieve results.

Zeng Zheng looked at Li Tie, who was watching the game seriously, and said nothing.

When Li Tie took the card and Horton did not strengthen the midfield defense, Horton fell into the trap set by Johnson.

Denmark had possession of the ball in the first half, but those few shots were unable to knock on the door of the Chinese team.

The reason is that they are always rushed through the midfield and the strikers are uncomfortable with the ball.

Although Li Tie received a yellow card, he is still on the field after all, sticking to the lower limit of defensive strength.

At the beginning of the second half, Denmark seemed to be playing haphazardly, but in fact they were trying to confuse Horton, making it look like they couldn't start the situation.

Even if Horton is not fooled in the end, they can take this opportunity to try more new offensive methods and find other gaps for the Chinese team.

But Horton just fell for it.

Li Tie was replaced.

Coupled with the fact that the focus of the Chinese team is all on offense at this moment, it is inevitable that the defense will be empty and opportunities will be seized by the opponent.

Just now, whether it was Nelson's header or the in-situ adjustment of the passing players behind, all proved Zeng Zheng's point of view.

If Li Tie was on the field, the defense he guided would never allow the opponent to pass the ball so comfortably after adjusting for a second or two, resulting in the final loss of the ball.

Of course, it cannot be said that Horton's coaching is useless.

With Horton's ability, Zeng Zheng guessed that he also saw the opponent's coach's intentions.

However, the strategy he adopted was to use his tricks and compete with Denmark.

If Cao Xiandong can grasp one of the several opportunities he created in a row after he came on the field, the scene will not be so passive.

Reminiscent of this being the World Cup and being in the same group as the host team, France, Horton's approach is understandable.

The defeat is because he has not led the team for a long time, and he doesn't know much about these players under his command.

The coaches of both sides have already made moves, and the Danes had the last laugh.

Ripert scored in 66 minutes, with less than 25 minutes left in the game.

Jin Chi and the two looked at Horton, who was muttering to the consultant, and put all their hopes on the foreign teacher.

(End of this chapter)