There is a belief called football

Chapter 207 A Good Coach Is A Good Coach

Just as Stan was fighting "Kasimov" with his eyes, there was a loud cheer from the scene.

"What's wrong," Stan thought to himself.

Looking up at the big screen, Stan understood that the real-time score of another game came in. Australia led South Korea 1-0, but what is there to be happy about?

The fans are very simple. They think that if Australia wins South Korea and China wins this game as they wish, then the Chinese team will be the first in the group.

But the scheming Stan doesn't think so. He thinks that the most ideal result of another game is a draw, with Australia and South Korea each scoring one point. Although in that case, the Chinese team will not be able to reach the top, but Stan looks at the overall situation. What he wants is not a momentary "vanity", but a real advantage.

So the Australian took the lead, and Stan didn't care.

But just 5 minutes later, the audience cheered again. You don't need to look to know that Australia scored again, leading South Korea 2-0.

"Looks like the Koreans got abused by the Australians in Melbourne," Stan thought.

Australia was very helpful, but the Chinese team hadn't opened yet. Gradually, the fans began to shout, "China team, get one, China team, get one".

Stan understands the mood of the fans, and scored 7 goals on the field. This time, when he returns to the home court, he should make the fans happy no matter what.

Stan doesn't know the phrase "one effort, then decline, and three exhaustion", but Stan understands this truth very well. If you can't attack for a long time on the court, the player's mentality will become more and more anxious.

In the first few minutes of the second half, the Chinese team's strategy of concentrating superior forces to attack the center was very effective and won several opportunities. However, after Uzbekistan discovered this and strengthened the defense in time, the effect of this method was compromised.

Stan looked at his watch. It was 20 minutes into the second half. If there is no change in the situation at this time, it would be a good idea to change players.

The Chinese team made a substitution, and Zhang Xizhe replaced Deng Zhuoxiang. This is a matchup substitution, that is, a substitution in the same position, so the formation does not need to be changed. It is just a clear signal-the coach is not satisfied with the offense.

Many people may not understand the importance of formations in football matches. I have read the historical story of Qi Jiguang’s fight against Japanese pirates. Qi Jiguang led troops to fight against Japanese pirates. In fact, the people were still those people (locals from Yiwu), but the effect was very different. The reason is that Qi Jiguang designed many new formations, the most famous ones being the “Mandarin Duck Formation” and “Three Talents Formation”.

The most important thing for a good general in ancient times to lead troops in battle is to keep the formation in order. For example, in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Cao Cao only needs to watch the opponent's formation, and he can basically know the opponent's weight and whether the opponent's generals are capable.

The situation on the football field is similar. In the second half of the game, Stan saw that the opponent's defensive formation was still very neat and protected each other well. Stan knew that the Uzbek team's usual training must be very systematic. Otherwise, as the game progressed, the opponent's formation would become more and more scattered.

Stan understood that it was difficult to break Uzbekistan's iron barrel formation with conventional means, so Stan decided to make some changes. He pointed to Li Qiao with his left hand and Lin Zhijian with his right hand, and then made a separate movement, which meant obviously, looking for opportunities on the sideways again.

After 2 minutes, Stan made another gesture, asking Li Qiao and Lin Zhijian to switch positions. Li Qiao ran to the right and Lin Zhijian to the left.

Then Stan asked Zheng Zhi to retreat. Zhang Xizhe and Hao Junmin pressed forward. In fact, a formation of 4141 was formed. Zheng Zhi defended behind alone, and the midfielders were from left to right.

With the strength of Uzbekistan, if the Chinese team plays the whole game with one set of offense, then Uzbekistan will have no problem defending, but the real difference between a strong team and a weak team lies in whether they can adapt to the rapid changes on the court.

Within 10 minutes, Stan made several changes, and Uzbek immediately felt that the opposite team had changed a team, and was a little at a loss.

Uzbekistan's head coach "Kasimov" has also seen the changes on the field, but he is a little helpless at this time. Of course, he can also change the formation, but he knows the ability of his team.

At this time, it was obvious that Kasimov's coaching skills were not good enough. Even if the lineup was not changed at this time, at least a new player had to be replaced, so that the replaced players would come on the field with the coach's new instructions, even if it was a word of encouragement.

But Kasimov didn't do anything. He stood on the sidelines and watched dully, hoping that the players on the field could survive the most difficult 10 minutes. In the last 10 minutes, maybe the Chinese team had no physical fitness.

But the Uzbek players on the field were very uncomfortable, and it could even be said that they wanted to cry without tears. For example, their right back, 10 minutes before the second half, he was defending Li Qiao.

The change of the Chinese team finally tore a hole in Uzbekistan's middle. Lin Zhijian's decisive breakthrough caused a foul by the opponent. The Chinese team won a free kick in a very good position. At this moment, Stan clenched his fists. He knew that the opportunity had come!

*****
When the referee called Uzbekistan a foul, the Uzbek players protested around the referee. At this moment, Li Qiao sneaked over and "take a free kick" (that is, take a free kick before the referee blows the whistle, which is considered a rule).

But this time the referee blew the whistle again. He said that the free kick needs to be retaken because he is still dealing with the situation on the field. This ball does not belong to the category of quick free kick.

Li Qiao's "sneak attack" failed. The referee asked Uzbekistan to line up the wall, and then pointed to his whistle to the players on both sides, which meant that he had to wait for me to blow the whistle before starting.

Just when Uzbekistan was lining up the wall, several free kick masters of the Chinese team got together to discuss how to kick the ball.

In the end, Hao Junmin took the initiative to walk away, leaving only Li Qiao, Zhang Xizhe, and Lin Zhijian next to the ball. Will the three play a tactical cooperation, or who will take the penalty? The three covered their mouths and discussed in low voices.

The ball is about 27 meters away from the goal, which is more suitable for falling leaves, and Zhang Xizhe is used to free kicks that are curved kicks, so after discussing, Zhang Xizhe also took the initiative to leave the penalty spot.

There are two people left - Li Qiao and Lin Zhijian will take the deciduous ball. Li Qiao's level is a little higher, but Lin Zhijian's shooting power is a little stronger. This distance may be more important than skill.

Li Qiao really wanted to take this free kick, he thought it suited his footwork, but Lin Zhijian was not to be outdone, and he was unwilling to leave.

In the end, the Uzbekistan side of the wall has been lined up, but the Chinese team has not yet decided who will take the penalty.

Before Lin Zhijian, Li Qiao must be the number one shooter in Stan's mind, but now these two are players that Stan relies on very much, he is a bit difficult to deal with.

Li Qiao knew the current situation, and the only way was for the head coach to decide. Stan avoided this question before the game, and now he can no longer avoid it.

Li Qiao and Lin Zhijian looked at Stan, and Stan made a gesture for the two of them to come over.

"One time each of you, whoever kicks this time, the next one will kick another person," Stein said.

Both felt it was fair.

"So who will play this time"?Li Qiao asked.

Stan looked at Li Qiao and thought, "Joe, why don't you let the newcomer go".

But facing Stan's eyes, Li Qiao was unmoved. He really wanted to play, because the free kick player has a special meaning to a team, such as Beckham is to the England team, Zidane is to the French team.

"Let's sort by your initials, then," Stan said.

"Coach, but my surname is Li, and his surname is Lin, both initials are L," Li Qiao said.

"Oh my God," Stan yelled inwardly.

"Then let Lin Zhijian play first this time, this is the final decision",
Li Qiao didn't object, as long as the coach said it was the final decision, then the players shouldn't have any objections, unless you are a ball bully.

The problem was solved. Lin Zhijian stood in front of the ball. The referee blew his whistle to indicate that Lin Zhijian could kick. After Lin Zhijian made a long run-up, he took a shot. After the ball flew out, it fell irregularly, which was later commonly known as the "S" free kick, but the ball was still hit a little higher. As the ball flew out of the baseline, the fans on the scene let out a loud sigh.

*****
"It will definitely be better if I play," Li Qiao thought.

But Li Qiao is a very team-minded player, he continued to play without a word of complaint.

After Uzbekistan took the goal kick, the Chinese team soon gained possession of the ball in the frontcourt. The game time has reached the last 5 minutes, and the injury time will not exceed 10 minutes. At this time, the Chinese team was a little anxious and impatient to push forward the attack layer by layer. Instead, they played a long pass. Stein also replaced Sun Jihai with "Gao Lin" and added a high center forward.

Zheng Zhi took the ball from the backcourt and looked for Yu Dabao and Gao Lin in the penalty area.Gao Lin tried his best to fight for the top, but the ball didn't fly to the goal. Just when everyone felt sorry for returning in vain, Li Qiao came out and dribbled the ball forward. Suddenly, the opponent's defender stretched out his foot and kicked Li Qiao.

penalty!

The referee ran over and pointed to the 12-yard penalty spot without hesitation.

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