Legend of Fengshen

Chapter 304 Substitution
After the game against Bayern Munich, Zhang Yuan embarked on the journey of the Asian Cup qualifiers. This time he will participate in the two games of the Chinese team against Lebanon.

One was on November 11th in Beirut, Lebanon's home court, and the other was on November 14nd at the home court of the Chinese team in Hangzhou.

Since Schalke 04 had negotiated with the Chinese national team earlier, Zhang Yuan was naturally recruited into the team again by Coach Gao in these two games.

Zhang Yuan flew directly from Munich to Kuwait. Tomorrow the Chinese team will play a warm-up match in Kuwait against the Kuwait team.

Evelyn was also accompanying Zhang Yuan this time. She was not only Zhang Yuan's personal assistant, but also Digan's personal assistant. Fortunately, the two of them did not have much personal affairs.

After arriving at the national team, Zhang Yuan lived with captain Zheng Zhi as usual. In the game against Kuwait, coach Gao did not send Zhang Yuan to play, and he could not play. He needed to rest after a long journey.

Chinese fans and the media have high hopes for Zhang Yuan's return, but only the person involved knows that this is not realistic.

On the one hand, Zhang Yuan can't be said to be integrated into the team now. He rarely participates in the national team's training camp, and only once so far. Under such circumstances, Zhang Yuan may not be able to show his own strength when playing.

On the other hand, how to use Zhang Yuan is also a difficult problem for Coach Gao. In the club, Zhang Yuan has always appeared in the form of a center forward and a winger, but what about the positioning of the national team?
Is it okay to rely on Zhang Yuan to build an offensive system?

There is nothing wrong with that, but Coach Gao is unwilling. A strong team can rely on stars, and a weak team depends on the overall team. Controlling football, he doesn't want everyone to pin their hopes on Zhang Yuan.

It's a pity that it is difficult for the Chinese team to achieve such football. Other teams are full of stars, but the Chinese team members do not have such strength.

But the media still want to sing high-profile, this is a new trend, we should support it!
The fans are also happy to see such a scene. The Chinese team cooperates with the flow of water to beat the opponent to the ground.

So now Coach Gao is still insisting that Zhang Yuan's return to play will give him a headache. He hopes that Zhang Yuan can use passing to guide the game instead of breaking through.

Including the summer training camp plus this training camp, Coach Gao quickly discovered that Zhang Yuan was out of tune with the team.

His running teammates didn't pass, and his passing teammates didn't quite understand his thoughts. He broke through and many people just watched and didn't know how to respond or were unwilling to respond.

The Chinese team is at least a place where qualifications are recognized. A small guy like Zhang Yuan will naturally not attract the echoes of the leading brothers. This is also the reason why Coach Gao did not use Zhang Yuan as the core of the attack. There is no way!

At the press conference before the match against Lebanon, many reporters asked the same question, "Will Zhang Yuan start?"

"He still needs time to adapt, and we'll know if he can play tomorrow!" Coach Gao said vaguely.

During the training camp, Evelyn arranged an exclusive interview with Zhang Yuan, a well-known media in China. In the interview, Zhang Yuan repeatedly stated that he was willing to accept the coach's arrangement, and he could play in any position. He even joked: " I can also play at the back if needed!"

No matter what he said, coach Gao still didn't put Zhang Yuan in the starting lineup during the game on the 14th, and he sat on the bench.

The Chinese team is a weak team, and Lebanon is also a weak team, but at their own home court, they still play more vigorously.

The superiority in the ball possession rate, the conditions on the field are very poor, the field is very bad, the players of the Chinese team are very uncomfortable with this kind of field, the pass error rate on the field is very high, Coach Gao is very anxious on the sidelines, but he There is no other way.

At the end of the first half, the Chinese team took the lead. In the 44th minute, Rong Hao made a pass from the left. The Lebanese defender cleared the ball out of the penalty area with the first point. After the top fight, Yang Hao got the ball for the second point. Hanging into the restricted area, Yu Hai volleyed with his left foot against the goalkeeper in front of the small restricted area line, and China led 1-0.

However, there was some controversy about this goal. The Lebanese players believed that Yu Hai was offside. They appealed to the head coach, but the head coach still ruled that the goal was valid.

Zhang Yuan, who was sitting on the bench, was not too clear about whether he was offside or not, and he couldn't see it either.

But after all, China took the lead first, which still makes him very happy. The World Cup is over, and the Asian Cup is the only major competition. He really wants to participate.

In the second half, Zhang Yuan got a chance to come off the bench. In the 67th minute, he replaced the starting center Gao Lin.

It has been several years since he played on such a field. When he was studying, the field condition was worse than this. After a short period of adaptation, Zhang Yuan was able to perform very freely on such a field.

Of course, his accuracy in passing the ball will drop a little.

Seeing Zhang Yuan on the field, Lebanon felt as if they were facing a formidable enemy, and put a lot of energy into him. This is the most threatening striker of the Chinese team, and they had to do so.

But even so, Zhang Yuan showed a genius level. After only 2 minutes on the field, he made a beautiful stop to get rid of others, and shot from a long distance, allowing Lebanese goalkeeper Larry to make a wonderful save.

In the 73rd minute, Zhang Yuan moved to the wing, dribbled past two Lebanese defenders continuously, and made a cross, which caused chaos in front of the Lebanese goal. Another striker came off the bench and scored the ball in the chaos. At the gate of Lebanon, the Chinese team leads the opponent 2:0.

Coach Gao on the sidelines breathed a sigh of relief. This is his first official game after taking over the Chinese team. Although the conditions are relatively harsh, he still hopes to score three points and gain a favorable position in the group stage.

He also has to admit that Zhang Yuan's strength is indeed high, and he only played on the court. Needless to say, the tacit understanding with his teammates is not very good, but relying on his own personal ability can still help the team and create a new team for the opponent. threaten.

However, Qu Bo's goal was suspected of handball. Not only the Lebanese players protested to the referee on duty, but even the opponent's officials wanted the referee to protest.

There were very few fans at the scene today, only more than 200 fans. These fans began to insult the referee on duty loudly. The referee happened to be from the UAE and could understand the insults from the fans, so he asked the fans to leave the field. Otherwise the game is aborted.

So the game was inexplicably suspended, and Zhang Yuan and the others could only return to the bench and wait.

After a stalemate for about 10 minutes, the referee blew the game again. In the rest of the time, the Lebanese players were affected by "misjudgment" and made great moves. When the victory was locked, Zhang Yuan did not dribble the ball frequently. , He is also afraid of getting hurt.

When he came to participate in the national team competition, Magath also specifically told him not to get injured during the national team competition and to protect himself.

The Chinese team as a whole is like this. Coach Gao directed the players to do a good job of defense. Lebanon occupied the possession of the ball in the following time, but they had nothing to do in the face of the intensive defense of the Chinese team. In the end, the Chinese team defeated Lebanon in an away game. scored three points.

Both goals are controversial, but sometimes this is football, and the referee’s misjudgment is indispensable. The head coach of the Chinese team who got cheap said at the post-match press conference that he did not know whether there was a foul Suspected, he chose to believe in the referee's judgment.

The opponent's head coach naturally doesn't think so, Lebanon thinks the referee is really bad.

But the result is already like this, it doesn't matter what you say, Zhang Yuan's contribution after playing is obvious, and Coach Gao also affirmed it.

He already had a plan in his mind to go back to Hangzhou and put Zhang Yuan in the starting line-up for the next game. Whether he likes it or not, Zhang Yuan's strength lies there, and he also wants to understand that the most important thing is to make good use of Zhang Yuan. Instead of blindly sticking to one's own tactical philosophy.

After the game, the Chinese team returned home. The fans warmly welcomed all the Chinese team members at the airport. Zhang Yuan’s enthusiasm must be the highest. Many fans held posters of Zhang Yuan. Zhang Yuan and other teammates Also stop to sign autographs for everyone and answer questions from reporters.

(End of this chapter)