Legend of Fengshen

Chapter 966 Asian Cup (Twenty)

As usual, the Chinese team has a 4231 configuration, with two midfielders, three midfielders, and a single forward. Zhang Yuan is at the top. Before this game, since Perrin made up his mind to attack his brother, he will leave it to Zhang Yuan. , then he will naturally give Zhang Yuan unlimited freedom and the right to fire, kick as you like, anyway, just don't get burned.

Stillik of the South Korean team naturally sent his own 352, because everyone is equivalent to hoarding heavy troops in the midfield, so when the game starts, the core area for the two teams to compete is in the midfield.

What did Zhang Yuan do? He retreated like a midfielder, so the Chinese team actually had 6 players in the midfield. This can’t be smoothed out with five midfielders. Sun Xingmin actually doesn’t like to retreat. In the middle of the road, he is very used to being involved in the wing, which may have something to do with his habits in the club.

In a short period of time, fouls continued on the court, and everyone could only use this opportunity to hit the opponent's core within 25 meters, but it was useless.

Stillik frowned on the sidelines. No wonder, the Chinese team said that they had less rest time than the South Korean team, but the morale started really well, especially the defense is relatively tight, and the interception success rate in the midfield is relatively high.

The South Korean team couldn't do anything about the Chinese team for a while. Of course, because of Zhang Yuan's retreat, the Chinese team put less pressure on the South Korean team, let alone a threat, but the three defenders of the South Korean team did not dare to be careless. Dare to go up rashly. I have seen many beautiful goal collections of Zhang Yuan. If you are not smart, you will learn to be smart. It's not uncommon to see good goals.

The rash upward pressure may have caused Zhang Yuan to suddenly lose his temper, and there was no chance for the defender to retreat!
Perrin was also very nervous, like a student going through the college entrance examination, but as the situation stabilized, he still felt relieved a lot. .

The Chinese team is indeed in a good state today, especially the zone defense arranged by Perrin is relatively in place. The South Korean players will face the double-teaming of several players of the Chinese team as soon as they get the ball, and the forward delivery route is basically cut off.

Faced with such a situation, there will always be a few powerful breakthrough players and passers in the top teams, either using breakthroughs to seek variables, or widening the width, running long passes and dispatching to mobilize the opponent's defense. Of course, if If there is a high center forward, there is another kind, directly looking for the center forward, and the midfielder follows up to find the second landing point.

But the South Korean team is not that good, the level of passing is not top-level, and there are really not many good players who break through, so they can only fight hand-to-hand with the Chinese team.

Helping his teammates adapt to the atmosphere on the court, Zhang Yuan no longer retreated, but moved laterally cleverly, avoiding the marking of the South Korean team's midfielder, and finding space to catch the ball to go forward. His mentality is really relaxed today. It's really comforting myself that way, once every four years, I have at least three more times, and I will always catch it.

The more he is in a relaxed state, the better his sense of the ball is. It is quite difficult for Ki Sung-yong to defend him. Ki Sung-yong is about the same size as Zhang Yuan, and a little taller. The absolute main force in Swansea, his long pass is actually not bad, but Stillik is a bit of a failure in using him as a defensive midfielder. His speed cannot keep up with Zhang Yuan, and he is not as dexterous as Zhang Yuan. That body and the character of being immortal.

In the 12th minute, Zhang Yuan flickered and quickly received the pass from his teammate. Ji Chengyong was half a beat too late. It was too late to make a hasty shovel. Zhang Yuan had already passed him, and then he did not look up. , directly more than 40 meters away from the midfield, and directly lobbed the South Korean team's goal.

This is again taking advantage of the negligence of the South Korean team. Their central defenders did not dare to press forward, and the goalkeeper Kim Jin-hyun was very courageous, and his footsteps moved to the front of the penalty area unconsciously.

Zhang Yuan has been observing for a while, and this time he made such a bold attempt. Kim Jin-hyun saw the ball coming straight towards the goal, and ran back quickly. Unfortunately, Zhang Yuan's big-footed shot was still too powerful. One point, slightly higher than the door beam, but Jin Zhenxuan's performance was very embarrassing.

The fans of the Chinese team in the stands exclaimed and applauded happily. Jin Zhenxuan's expression was as embarrassing as it was.

Stillik kept a cold face on the sidelines and didn't say anything. Only then did he realize that the Chinese team had the upper hand for a long time. Even with the addition of Zhang Yuan now, the South Korean players still unconsciously underestimated them psychologically. Isn't it unreasonable that the South Korean team, which can't run to death, can't beat the Chinese team's midfielder? !

Would a goalkeeper like Jin Zhenxuan dare to take it lightly in front of Zhang Yuan? !
Zhang Yuan watched the ball fly off the crossbar from a distance and had to hold his head in both hands, regretting that such an opportunity is rare, and it will be difficult to get such an opportunity next time.

Zhang Yuan threatened the South Korean team more than once. Every time he got the ball, he did not bring a huge deterrent to the South Korean team. However, the pressure of the Chinese team was very unresolute. Not enough, this is Perrin's suppression, he doesn't want the midfield to press, he is timid!

Zhang Yuan was not discouraged after several helpless passes back or lost the ball. This game is about perseverance. Whoever makes a defensive mistake first has a 70% chance of being unlucky. Pei Lan’s choice is timid. But I have to say that this will reduce the possibility of the Chinese team making mistakes to the greatest extent, so Zhang Yuan does not complain. become.

After 20 minutes, Stillik was a little bit impatient at first, and began to seek changes. He asked the players to strengthen breakthroughs when appropriate. When the method of penetration did not work, he began to forcefully launch such a method. The breakthrough ability is not good. , but try it now.

When the South Korean team stepped up their efforts in this area, the life of the Chinese team began to become difficult. It was not that they were so good, but it gave the Chinese team an unreasonable feeling, no matter whether they were trapped or not. , is to dare to move forward with the ball, Sun Xingmin and Li Tingxie are doing this kind of attempt, but the midfielder behind them got a few chaotic long-range shots, allowing Wang Lei to make two wonderful saves.

To be fair, the state of the South Korean team is not very good, otherwise Stillik would not have taken such an extreme approach.

But when such methods are still unable to open the door of the Chinese team, what Stillik can do is to stop as soon as possible. In such a final atmosphere, he will not be under less pressure than Perrin.

The story of the entire first half was like this. Everyone was tied 0-0. The Chinese team was at a disadvantage. The ball possession and shots were lower than that of the Korean team. Only Zhang Yuan's long-range lob shot counted. In terms of extreme threats, as for the South Korean team, they had a few wonderful shots, all of which were opportunities in the chaos, but the shots were a little hasty, and any threats were resolved by Wang Lei.

During the intermission, the players of the two teams were very tired. After so many games in a month, the time interval is so short. The training is all restorative training, and I didn't do high-intensity exercises, and there was no internal confrontation. It is not easy to be able to play in such a state in the first half of today.

In the first half, the Chinese team did better in terms of interception, but the quality of the offense was really poor. The facts also told Perrin that it would not work if Zhang Yuan did not rely on Zhang Yuan for the minimum support in the offense. Zhang Yuan did not perform well, on the contrary. He is very active and can make the players of the South Korean team nervous every time he takes the ball, but in the end he still has to enter a dead end.

Zhang Yuan can also realize this. During the intermission, he boldly suggested to Perrin that we can also try to attack at the beginning of the second half. We should try to attack first. This move must be beyond the expectations of the South Korean team. Stillik never thought that we, who were conservative, would attack.

This idea is very tempting, and Peilan hesitated again, why did he engage in defensive counterattacks, because in his opinion, the Chinese team is very weak, and the Chinese team's defensive counterattacks are quite good in this cup, which is also true. It gave him a lot of confidence, so at the level of the finals, he couldn't help being more conservative.

(End of this chapter)