There is a belief called football

Chapter 271

Mikel took the ball in the backcourt. He looked at Moses on the left and Moussa on the right. There was no good passing route. Mikel stepped on the ball and was about to turn around and give it to the central defender.

At this moment, "Onazi" who played for Lazio shouted, and Mikel did not return the pass, but gave the ball to Onazi on the right.

Onazi is a very good midfielder in the Nigerian team. He not only has the speed and explosiveness of African players, but more importantly, he has the overall situation and clear mind that most African players do not have.

Onazi dribbled forward and met Li Qiao and Pu Cheng on the left of the Chinese team.

Pu Cheng made a gesture to Li Qiao, signaling you to defend the side. Li Qiao understood, and was going to rush out to intercept the ball once Onazi changed lanes and went to the side.

But Onazi was a very intelligent player, he protected the ball half-turned and passed the ball back to Mikel.

Mikel has now crossed the middle circle, and his teammates in front of him have also dispersed. He can pass a few points, but there are also players from the Chinese team defending closely. Mikel can try it, but it requires very precise footwork. Maybe his club teammate "Cesc Fabregas" can do it.

Mikel hesitated when he dribbled the ball. It stands to reason that this is a good time for the Chinese team to grab the ball. The opposing Chinese midfielder should immediately grab the ball. But in this game, Stan gave the order to die. The first half was to grind against Nigeria and consume their temper.

Because of the change in the Chinese team's tactical thinking, the rhythm of this game is completely opposite to the rhythm of the last game against Belgium. The last game was like Sanda, where you punched each other and kicked each other at the beginning, but this game is like Tai Chi. After the Chinese players took their positions, they did not act rashly.

The characteristic of Nigeria is "fast". The tridents in the frontcourt - Emenik, Moussa, and Moses are all players who are good at speed. Now they are playing at such a slow pace, and they are very dissatisfied and depressed.

The Nigerian metronome "Mikel" saw that "Babadund" on the left was reaching for the ball, and he hesitated again, because although he wanted to give the ball to Babadund, the three people in front had already raised their hands for a while, what should we do?Is it an aimless pass to the front, or is it more conservative and passes to Babatonde?
Mikel hesitated, so the Chinese team will help him.Li Weifeng leaned towards Babatonde, and when he saw that Babatonde's position was not good, Mikel didn't hesitate, he kicked a 30-meter diagonal pass to find "Moses" who was on the left winger.

Moses is a player that Liverpool borrowed from Chelsea. Although his skills are average, his speed is really fast. The moment Mikel passed the ball, Moses started it. However, this kind of ball that is not sudden and has such a long distance is no threat to the current Chinese team. Chen Fei easily intercepted the ball.

Chen Fei took the ball and looked at it. Li Qiao and Lin Zhijian were in good positions. He really wanted to find them with a long pass. Chen Fei also had the ability to do so, but Stan said that in the first half he was "playing grandson", so Chen Fei had no choice but to pass the ball to Zheng Zhi.

Stan said that there are 11 players on the Chinese team, but they only have one brain, which is my brain. Stan puts the most emphasis on observing team discipline, and no one is allowed to challenge this. So after he took office, the execution of the Chinese team has become very strong.

After Zheng Zhi got the ball, Mikel and Onazi rushed up immediately. Zheng Zhi gave the ball to Park Sung, and Onazi was there. He immediately turned back and ran to chase Park Sung.

Being "walked" on the field is the most annoying thing. After this 40-meter turn-back run, Onazi was tired and angry, but it was not over yet. Mikel was still robbing Zheng Zhi. When he waved, Onazi had to go back.

Zheng Zhi didn't stop the ball this time, and directly passed the ball to Li Qiao at a 10-degree angle with the outside of his instep in the direction of 45 o'clock.

Although Zheng Zhi and Park Sung's 2 passes were not threatening, they "walked" Mikel and Onazi a few times. This is the effect that Stan wanted. Stan knew a truth-quantitative change will turn into qualitative change. As long as you keep making your opponent unhappy, there will always be a point where the opponent will lose control, and that is the time for the Chinese team to "result" the opponent.

Li Qiao’s defense here is the Nigerian right back "Omerrouo". Like Moses, he is also a player who was loaned out by Chelsea. He is now playing for "Middlesbrough". He took the ball to face Omerrouo. Li Qiao did not choose to break through, but kept pulling and dialing the ball with the soles of his feet.

Omeruo was very experienced. He thought that Li Qiao was waiting for his teammates to come up, but he turned his head and saw that the three Chinese players were still in their own half, and the others had no intention of coming to help.

Even among these three people, only the "white-haired" one ran to the left, and the other one was still on the right.

Omeruo couldn't understand it, but he didn't dare to relax. Onazi here returned to the defense. He and Omeruo were defensive partners on the right.

When Onazi came back, Li Qiao didn't go any further. He kicked back to Park Sung, and was walked three times in a row. One can imagine the depression in Onazi's heart. At this time, he didn't know how many times he cursed in his heart.

In the 10 minutes of the first half, the ball possession rate of the two sides was 55% for China and 45% for Nigeria. In terms of shots, China had 0 and Nigeria had 1. This time, Mikel took a long shot from 1 meters away and there was no threat.

By the 15th minute of the first half, Nigeria's head coach "Stephen Keshi" couldn't sit still anymore. He walked to the sideline and made a "hand knife" gesture, which means "cut inside" and be more decisive.

But Stan on the side laughed when he saw this gesture. Stan's opinion was completely different from Kathy's. He felt that Mikel was too hesitant to pass the ball, not that the forward player was not decisive.

The reason why Stan's style of play could not be used in the first game is because the Belgian midfielder can see every stitch, and their passing will not make too many mistakes because of the large number of opponents in the backcourt.

But not in Nigeria. Although Mikel is well-known, he is still far behind Chelsea’s midfielders Ramirez and Essienby. If Hazard’s passing space only needs 1 meter, then Mikel needs at least 5 meters or more.

By the 20th minute of the first half, the gap between the Nigerian players had begun to widen. The striker complained that the midfielder was hesitant to pass the ball, and the midfielder also felt that the striker was incapable of running out of space.

And at this critical moment, Stan "helped" them again!
The thing happened like this, a Nigerian throw-in, Babatunde ran towards the sideline, and Stan was also in this area at the time, the ball rolled towards Stan and was stepped on by Stan with his foot, usually just kick the ball to the opponent at this time, Babatunde also thought so, he gestured to Stan, meaning give me the ball.

But Stan picks up the ball and throws it to the caddy. Stan's move is perfectly fine according to the rules, but Babatonde suddenly explodes. He thinks Stan is wasting his time, and he rushes to Stan angrily.

Stan folds his arms across his chest poisedly, thinking, "Hit me, hit me, idiot."

But none of this happened. Mikel ran over to grab Babatonde in time, and soon, several people from the Nigerian bench rushed out to persuade them to fight. They knew very well that if Babatonde's punch really went down, it would not be a matter of his suspension alone, and the entire Nigerian team might be punished.

Things calmed down soon, but Babatonde's yellow card couldn't run away, and the referee gave him a yellow card.

Stan gave the referee Rich a thumbs up, meaning the decision was good.

Maybe it was Stan's action. Nigeria's head coach "Kathy" suddenly walked towards Stan. The Nigerian players looked at it and said, "Oh my God, I have to persuade another fight."

But Kathy spread his hands and said to the players who came to persuade the fight: "Don't worry, I won't cause trouble." He walked towards Stan and stretched out his index finger, swaying from side to side, and kept saying: "You can't do this, you can't do this...".Apparently, Casey felt that Stan was bullying his players.

Stan was not polite, he stretched out 3 fingers and made a shut up gesture, which means "shut up for me"!
The whole incident seemed intense, and the fans of the Chinese team booed the opponent vigorously, but no one came out from the bench of the Chinese team to boo.

So Stan dared to be so "arrogant" because he knew his "rear" would be fine.Kathy was still very excited, when the referee came over, he pointed to the stands to Kathy, meaning that if there is trouble again, you can go to the stands.

In desperation, Kathy returned to his coaching bench, but the mentality of the Nigerian players was completely confused.

As the game continued, Babatonde was still complaining about Mikel, "Why are you stopping me?"
Mikel thought to himself: "You fool, if I hadn't stopped you, you would still be on the court now."

Stan smoothed his suit with his hands, straightened his hair, and stood watching from the sidelines with his hands folded over his chest again.

He stared at "Babatonde", knowing very well that this guy would never last until the end of the first half, and the result was indeed as Stan expected. At 30 minutes into the first half, Babatonde made an action that he would regret for the rest of his life after the game.

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