There is a belief called football

Chapter 220 Disrupting the Midfield
"coach",
"It's unbearable to interfere with such a little bit, are you still worthy of being a Korean national gate?"
Faced with Cui Kangxi's sharp reprimand, Zheng Chenglong lowered his head, and Stan saw all this. He felt that Cui Kangxi had gone too far, and players should be comforted instead of punished for making mistakes. From this point, Stan also felt that Cui Kangxi would not stay as the head coach of the South Korean national team for too long.

*****
When Stan returned to the locker room, he saw that the faces of the players were very good. Although they didn't laugh, they were all about to "bud".

Stan kicked away a small table in front of him. The Koreans put a lot of messy tables in the dressing room, making the dressing room look messy. I heard that Arsenal’s Arsene Wenger specially increased the ratio of tables and chairs when designing the visiting team’s dressing room to make the opponent uncomfortable. Now Stan guesses that the Koreans also followed Wenger’s trick.

"What? Are you complacent about equalizing? Have you forgotten our pre-match goal?"
"I haven't forgotten, kill the Korean team," everyone answered Stan in unison.

"It's good if you don't forget",
Stan gave a thumbs up to "Pu Cheng", "Gao Lin" and "Deng Zhuoxiang" with a smile. Although Stan didn't say anything, everyone understood and everyone was snickering.

"Coach, you are so despicable," Qi Bing said with a smile.

"Whether you can speak Chinese is called smart",
Finally, everyone couldn't bear it anymore and coaxed a smile.

"But those are trivial skills. What really matters is our strength and the attitude of the game. Joe, your corner kick is very good, a bit like Recoba."

Li Qiao didn't say anything, just smiled.

"The Koreans will definitely not let it go in the second half. They are in a disadvantageous situation in the group now. I predict that they will pounce on us like crazy beasts in the second half. Don't think that the 1-1 second half will be easier," Stein said.

Stan’s words brought everyone back from joy to reality. Stan was right. Now that the metronome is still in the hands of the Koreans, the Chinese team is still unable to control the rhythm of the midfield and play as they want. The goal at the end of the first half also benefited from the opponent’s goalkeeper’s mistake.

"Stan", Li Weifeng said hesitantly.

"Just say what you have",
"Now we can only chase each other's buttocks, and the rhythm can't be controlled",
Everyone knows this, but no one dares to say it in front of Stan.

"I understand, the opponent has Ki Sung-yong, but we don't." Then Stan looked at Zheng Zhi who was not very happy.

"Now that we have closed the door, we can talk about everything. I don't need to say anything. The Korean team is stronger than I thought," Stein said.

Everyone lowered their heads, surprised at Stan's frankness on the one hand, and a little embarrassed on the other hand, why can't we be better than the Koreans?
"Don't be downcast, everything is temporary. Yes, we lost the midfielder. Ki Sung-yong's ability is not developed in a day or two, but we also have our advantages."

When they heard what Stan said, everyone's eyes lit up. They looked at Stan, expecting Stan to say something superior to others to enlighten themselves.

Just listen to Stan say: "We have Joe Lee"! !

*****
Stan's words are true, but the problem is that although Li Qiao is very good, facing the overall Korean football, Li Qiao doesn't have much room to play.

"Remember the game against Uruguay? We also lost the midfielder, but we didn't give up. We couldn't control the midfielder, so why not change our thinking",
"Change your thinking"?
"Yes, why do we have to have a midfielder, why can't we completely give up the midfielder," Stein said.

Stan can always say amazing words, and this time is the same. Guardiola said that "the one who wins the midfielder wins the world". In recent years, Spanish football has dominated the world because they have firmly controlled the midfielder, but Stan told us not to have a midfielder.

Stan understood everyone's incomprehension, he said: "If you don't understand anything, just say it, and now there is no outsider."

The players expressed their doubts, especially taking Spain as an example.

Stan found a chair and sat down, raised his legs and said: "It would be great if we could control the midfield, but the problem is that we don't have it now."

"Have you seen the Scotland game"?
Everyone shook their heads.

"It's not good-looking. It's a very primitive English style of play. It's still the same style of play 20 years ago. It doesn't need a midfielder at all, but sometimes the effect is very good."

"Learning to send Chengyong is not a matter of a day or two, but you can learn to be rough with him immediately."

"In the second half, I ask you to mess up the midfield. It's better to make a mess. We don't want the midfielder, and we don't give it to the Koreans. Then, if you have the opportunity, make a long pass to Li Qiao and Lin Zhijian."
Everyone nodded. Although Stan was a bit of a rascal, that was the only way to go now.

*****
The second half began, and the Chinese team kicked off.

Hao Junmin took the ball and passed it back to Wei Xiao. Wei Xiao gave it to Sun Jihai from the side, and Sun Jihai gave it to Zheng Zhi.

The Chinese team passed it back and forth in their own half. This is not only a strategy, but on the other hand, it is completely acceptable for Stan to score an away game.

But the Koreans couldn't accept a point. If the Chinese team didn't attack, they would press forward. Under the pressure, the Chinese team followed Stan's deployment and sent a long pass to the front without fighting.

After Cui Kangxi saw it, he laughed heartily and thought: "This is how the British played like this 60 years ago. Now it is the 21st century. The Chinese are so retro."

Even Li Qiao couldn't get the ball to the frontcourt. This style of play is like this. The success rate is not high, but one success is a lore. It belongs to the game of chance.

The Chinese team's tactical execution is very strong. In the second half, if the opponent has the ball, they will grab it roughly.

In this way, it really limits Ji Chengyong. A metronome like Ji Chengyong needs the ball under his feet. Now the ball is flying around his head, so his ball control and distribution will not be able to play well.This is Stan's brilliance, what you are good at, I will destroy what.

*****
At 10 minutes into the second half, Cui Kangxi slowly saw that something was wrong from the initial ridicule. The Chinese team did not "give up on themselves" in the second half, but to abolish the Korean team's metronome.

Cui Kangxi slapped his thigh and scolded Stan in his heart, "now the world advocates beautiful football, but the Chinese team plays it so dirty."

But Stan's principle is, "If you want to be beautiful, we are beautiful together. If you are beautiful and I am uncomfortable, then I will not do it."

In addition, Stan is not afraid of being called "dirty" by the media all over the world after the game. Stan knows that people are forgetful. As long as he can go to the World Cup, being a little dirty now will become a great achievement for Stan.

In the last World Cup qualifiers, the North Koreans entered the World Cup in South Africa with the most ugly football by relying on the wonderful tactics of 5 defenders. In the end, who will remember the "ugliness" of North Korean football? Everyone only remembers the tears of "Jung Dae-se".

At 15 minutes into the game, Ki Sung-yong kept shaking his head. In fact, at 15 minutes into the second half, the Chinese team only received a yellow card, because the Chinese team's damage was not to kick people, but mainly to disrupt the opponent's smooth attack and disrupt the opponent's rhythm. The rhythm was wrong, and Ki Sung-yong was very uncomfortable.

For example, when the ball is dead, the Chinese players deliberately hold the ball to ask the referee to argue. Such an action will not win the card, but it will slow down the rhythm of the game. For example, when Ji Chengyong serves a free kick, the Chinese player repeatedly complains that the opponent's ball is placed in the forward position.

However, at 18 minutes into the game, the South Korean team still created a very good opportunity. Sun Xingmin faced Qi Bing on the sidewalk.

Sun Xingmin also knew that he pretended to walk towards the bottom line, and after deceiving Qi Bing's center of gravity, he hit the ball with his back heel, similar to Ronaldo's favorite move at Manchester United. When Qi Bing realized it, it was too late and he fell.

After Sun Xingmin passed Qi Bing and cut inside, Wei Xiao immediately made up for it. Sun Xingmin knew that it would not be easy to pass Wei Xiao, so he didn't dare to try it lightly.

Park Zhouyong got stuck inside, and Li Weifeng was behind him. At this time, Li Weifeng lost his position, even if he was as tall as Yao Ming, it was useless.

Park Joo-young received a cross from Son Heung-min and made a comfortable header.

But the top was too tricky, the ball hit the goal post again, Li Weifeng followed up and kicked the ball out of the touchline.

Park Joo-young seems to have a special relationship with goalposts. It was his free kick that hit the goalposts in the World Cup in South Africa.

Missing the goal that must be scored, Park Zhouyong covered his head and couldn't believe his eyes.

And another Qi Bing who was also upset, he punched on the lawn, the court was very noisy, no one noticed him, Qi Bing was passed for the nth time in this field, and he doubted himself, "Am I really qualified to enter the national team?"
Only one person noticed this scene, and that was Wei Xiao. He walked up to Qi Bing and pulled him up. Just as Wei Xiao was about to speak, Qi Bing waved his hand and said, "I don't need comfort."

"Hehe, I won't comfort you, we are all professional players, I believe in you",
"That's good," Qi Bing said coldly.

Now any consolation is like pity, Qi Bing doesn't need it.

When Wei Xiao turned to leave, he said, "You are sure about Sun Xingmin's outside line, just leave the inside line to me. Don't always think about doing everything alone. What you need to defend is teamwork."

Hearing Wei Xiao's words, Qi Bing was enlightened. Before that, he wanted to solve Sun Xingmin alone, so he was always fooled by Sun Xingmin's fake moves.

"Thank you, Wei Xiao," Qi Bing said.

Wei Xiao looked back, but still didn't smile.

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