There is a belief called football

Chapter 226 Australia's powerful British style of play

Referees in Asian competitions generally adopt the principle of avoiding East and West Asia. For example, if both teams are from West Asia, referees from South Korea and Japan are generally arranged. If both teams are from East Asia, referees from West Asia and Central Asia are arranged.

For the upcoming key game, the AFC also gives the highest attention. They sent the law enforcement officer for this game to be the number one golden whistle in Asia-Irmatov.

Irmatov was very responsible. After he finished his routine inspection of the goal and the net, the game was about to start.

In the first half, the Chinese team kicked off first. Li Qiao of the Chinese team, Yu Dabao stood in the middle circle and kicked off. Yu Dabao flicked the ball, Li Qiao passed the ball back to Zheng Zhi, and the game began!
After the game started, the CCTV commentary was silent for a moment. Stan was a good coach, but not a good host. After the game started, his soul flew to the field, forgetting that he was sitting in the commentary seat, not the bench.

Duan Xuan coughed slightly to remind Stan.

"Oh, the game has begun. We saw that the Australian team pressed forward from the very beginning. Due to historical reasons, most Australian players played in the Premier League and the English Championship. Therefore, the characteristics of Australian football also uphold the traditional British style of play, with fast speed and fierce confrontation," Stein said.

"Yes, and Australia is also the world's top team in American football, that is, rugby," Duan Xuan said.

"Yes, I once visited the University of Sydney. The University of Sydney has a very strong football team and a very good rugby team. When I was there, I saw the students of the University of Sydney doing rugby training. They used to pull the front of the "tractor" to train," Stein said.

"Wow, I don't know if their football team trains like this," said Duan Xuan.

"Football is better. After all, the rules of football are stricter, but I know traditional English football. It is normal for a player to break his leg several times in his career," Stein said.

"It is true that after the start of the game, the Chinese team was very difficult in the midfield, and this difficulty was different from that of South Korea. The last game was because the ball was not as good as the opponent. This time, the opponent's midfield was too strong."

"Yes, you can look at one of the opponent's two midfielders—Jedinak, who plays for Crystal Palace in the Premier League. Anyone who has watched the Premier League knows that Crystal Palace is a strong team in the Premier League," Stein said.

"So, Coach Stan, can you tell me what specific arrangements you have made for this game?" Duan Xuan asked.

Stan chuckled and said, "I'll tell you after the game".

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Several of Australia's midfielders are world-renowned "titans". If they are used internationally, their skills are a bit rough, but in Asia, such skills are enough, and they can completely make up for it with their own strong bodies.

Now Zheng Zhi of the Chinese team is holding the ball, and Australia's bearded "Yedinak" is running from the side and rear. When watching the game video before the game, Stan has given important instructions not to confront the Australian midfielder head-on, so Zheng Zhi turned his body 180 degrees to the right and turned his body sideways to protect the ball.

But Yedinak seemed to be really playing rugby, he didn't stop, and still bumped into Zheng Zhi, and Zheng Zhi immediately fell to the ground as if hit by a bull.

After knocking down Zheng Zhi, Jedinak still refused to let him go. He felt that Zheng Zhi was too good at pretending.

But this scene angered Wei Xiao, who also played in the Premier League. He rushed forward and pushed Yedinak away. The two players had played against each other in the Premier League.

Here Li Weifeng held Wei Xiao, and Cahill held Yedinak on the other side, but both of them were very reluctant, and both of them were very good at English, they only heard the two of them swearing at each other in the air, even swearing out London slang.

Irmatov's English is not that good, but he knew that the two of them must have bad things to say, so he signaled to Cahill that there is no need to persuade Li Weifeng, I will deal with it myself.

He called the two people to him and warned them not to make trouble. The professional players are all veterans. They knew that the best way to do it now is to shake hands and make a gesture to show the referee, so Yedinak stretched out his hand, and Wei Xiao patted the referee, saying that I would pay attention, but he ignored Yedinak's hand at all.

In this way, Jedinak's outstretched hand hung in the air awkwardly, but Irmatov resolved the embarrassment. He reached out and shook Jedinak's hand, and then signaled the game to continue.

*****
Australia's attacking 4-man group is mainly "Bresciano", "Kruse", "Lecky" and "Cahill".

We are very familiar with Bresciano. He has played in League One for a long time. He has played in Empoli, Parma, Palermo, and Lazio successively. His offensive power is very good.

In the 10 minutes of the first half, after Bresciano got the ball in the backcourt, the Chinese team failed to grab it in time. Bresciano found that this was a good opportunity, so he planned an attack. He took the ball into the Chinese team's half.

This kind of tactic of inserting in the back row will cause a temporary local numerical advantage, which is a good way to break the dense defense.

Now for the Chinese team, Zhou Dun is staring at Cahill, and Wei Xiao is also staring at Kruse. If Bresciano does not advance, then Australia does not have much advantage in the middle, but if he advances, the current situation is that Bresciano is in an unguarded situation.

The situation is not good, Zhou Dun and Wei Xiao have seen it, but they can't make up for this position. That position is the midfielder, that is, Zheng Zhi's position, but Zheng Zhi did not follow Bresciano.

Wei Xiao and Zhou Dun are people who take tactical discipline higher than the sky. They know that they must not move their position now. If the ball is lost, it is not their responsibility.

Facts have proved that Wei Xiao and Zhou Dun are right. In fact, Bresciano's dribbling into halftime is already at the end of his battle. What he hopes most now is that the Chinese team's defense line will be attracted by him, thus creating space for the forwards.

In this way, the only choice for "Lecky" is to pass the ball to Bresciano in the middle, and Bresciano has no energy. After he receives the ball, he shoots hastily.

*****
"It's too dangerous. This ball, where did the Chinese team's midfielder go? Why didn't the central defender make up?"Duan Xuan said.

But Stan laughed in his heart. He knew that the key to this ball was that the defender did not lose his position easily, and Zheng Zhi's ability to chase back might not be as good as Bresciano's.

"It's a good thing we didn't concede the ball," Stan said perfunctorily, and then he concentrated on watching the game.

*****
While the ball was flying, Zheng Zhi, who was still chasing back, heaved a sigh of relief. He smiled at Wei from a distance, and Zhou Dun gave a thumbs up to show that he was doing well.

Zhou Dun also smiled at Zheng Zhi, but of course Wei Xiao remained expressionless.

The characteristic of Australia's offense is the fast midfield advance and the sharp striker Cahill in front, but Cahill has met his opponent in this game. The little-known Zhou Dun watched Cahill closely.

And Wei Xiao froze Australia's No. 10, the shadow striker "Kruse" who played for Leverkusen in the Bundesliga. The two arrows were controlled by the Chinese team.

If the center cannot be opened, Australia still has another move, crossing from the wing and bombing from high altitude.

At 15 minutes into the game, Australia's right back "Milligan" and full-back "Lecky" made a screen. Milligan made an assist, and here was China's Sun Jihai defending.

Ji Hai knew that he only needed to defend the outside line, that is, to prevent the opponent from making a low pass. If the opponent went inside, then he would hand it over to Zhou Dun.

Milligan had played in the Chinese Super League before. He knew Sun Jihai well, and he didn't intend to break through. He passed the ball directly at a 45-degree angle to the Chinese team's penalty area to find Cahill.

Cahill and Zhou Dun activated at the same time, their eyes fixed on the flying football.

In the end, Zhou Dun jumped even higher. He pushed the ball out of the penalty area and just landed at Zheng Zhi's feet.

Zheng Zhi turned around with the ball and was about to organize a counterattack when he suddenly felt a gust of wind blowing from behind. He instinctively felt bad, but when he glanced out of the corner of his eye, he found that it was Zhou Dun on his side. Zhou Dun sprinted forward with all his strength.

"What does this guy want to do"?Zheng Zhi thought to himself.

But after being dazed for a second, Zheng Zhi understood that Zhou Dun wanted to assist. This idea was crazy, but Zheng Zhi still handed the ball to Zhou Dun.

The situation is a bit weird now. The central defender of the Chinese team is rushing forward with the ball, and no one knows what he is going to do.

Yedinak reacted quickly, he was the first to appear in front of Zhou Dun, Zhou Dun was not reckless, he gave the ball to Zhang Xizhe on the side, and then he accelerated forward, Zhang Xizhe passed the ball back to Zhou Dun, although he himself could not believe this scene.

Australia's defenders all have their own defensive tasks. Li Qiao, Yu Dabao, and Lin Zhijian all need someone to mark them. Now that the opponent's central defender rushed up, the Australians were instantly dumbfounded.

　There was an error yesterday, now it's fine
　　
　
(End of this chapter)