There is a belief called football

Chapter 630 Fighting Belgium ([-])

After the national anthem is played, the game will begin.

At this time, Jiayuan was very excited. When he introduced the starting lineup, his voice was choked up.

The Chinese team has changed a lot today.

Goalkeeper - Qi rate

Defense line - Chen Fei, Zhou Dun, Wei Xiao, Qi Bing

Back midfielder - Liao Lisheng, Wang Kong, Hao Junmin
Avant-garde line - Lin Zhijian, Li Qiao

Forward - Ding Mu

In the formation of 4321, Stan not only changed one person, but also changed the formation, 4321, commonly known as the Christmas tree formation.

This is likely to be conservative. On the one hand, it is the quarter-finals. On the other hand, the more important thing is that Belgium is indeed too strong.

The starting XI for Belgium is:
Goalkeeper - Thibaut Courtois

Defense - Seaman, Alderweireld, Vermaelen, Fairhunton

Defenders - Fellaini, Witsel

Avant-garde line - De Bruyne, Nainggolan, Hazard
Forward line - Lukaku
The formation of 4231, compared with the last game, except that Lukaku on the front line replaced Origi in the last game, the other positions are exactly the same as the last game.

This is the No. [-] strong team in Europe (the latest ranking), and the battle is imminent. Belgium took the lead in the first half.

*****
Let's go back to the night before the game, Wei Xiao and Zhou Dun lived in the same room, both of them were thinking about the upcoming game.

The biggest advantage of European teams is that they have a particularly strong impact. Many people also say that several Belgian forwards are stupid.

But the stupid big man is like a tank. As soon as he charges in front, the loopholes in the Chinese team's defense will come out, and then players like Hazard and De Bruyne can kill with one blow.

"Wei Xiao, are you asleep?"
"Not yet, Captain",
"Are you thinking about tomorrow's game?"
Wei Xiao hummed.

"Me too",
"Actually, it's not necessary. The current Chinese team is different from four years ago. It's not like we don't have a chance against Belgium."

Zhou Dun knew that Wei Xiao was comforting himself.

"Wei Xiao, you know, I'm currently studying the Italian defense in 2006",
"Really, what do you think?"
"Yes, in fact, Italy's defense is based on blocking positions and predicting in advance",
"I know this too, but it's hard to do it",
"certainly".

After a while Zhou Dun continued, "But if we go head-to-head with the Belgian players, then we have no chance of winning at all, we have to rely on our brains."

"I thought so",
Wei Xiao signaled Zhou Dun to continue.

"Tomorrow's game, I will give you a sign. If I beat you to 1, then you will go up and I will fill in. If I play 2, then you will fill in and I will go up. I ask you to obey my orders 100%, okay?"

Wei Xiao agreed without saying a word.

"No problem, boss, I trust you."

*****
On the court, Zhou Dun remembered yesterday's agreement. After the opening, Zhou Dun has been staring at Lukaku.

He is Belgium's battering ram, and Belgium relies on him to break through the Chinese team's defense, and then create some opportunities when the Chinese team's rear is chaotic.

What Belgium never expected today is that the Chinese team has arranged three midfielders. In this way, Belgium has little advantage in the midfield.

De Bruyne, Nainggolan, and Hazard can only cooperate with short passes in a very small space.

When the ball reached Hazard's feet, the Belgian pretended to go down to Chen Fei. The reason why he called it a feint was because his eyes betrayed him. It was an inadvertent look, but Zhou Dun saw it.

Hazard glanced at Lukaku before waving the ball.

Zhou Dun immediately compared a 1 to Wei Xiao from behind. Wei Xiao understood and leaned forward.

Sure enough, Hazard made a sudden stop, then passed the ball to Lukaku with his left foot, and then cut into the penalty area himself.

Hazard's wishful thinking is that Lukaku leaned against someone in front of the penalty area. After stopping the ball, he happened to be in the penalty area, and then Lukaku could pass the ball to himself.

While Lukaku was waiting for the ball, suddenly, a person flashed beside him. Lukaku is no stranger to this person, and the two have also played against each other in the Premier League.

Hazard, who ran in place in the penalty area, turned his head to look, and was also surprised that his pass was cut off by Wei Xiao.

Wei Xiao ran forward after stealing the ball. If it was Zhou Dun at this time, he would have dribbled the ball up by himself, but this is not Wei Xiao's characteristic.

He looked in front of him, and there was no good point of exit. As a defender's instinct at this time, Wei Xiao's idea was to kick the ball as far as possible.

So Wei Xiao gave a big kick and kicked the ball towards Li Qiao.

The ball slowly flew towards Li Qiao, but Li Qiao didn't run, because Fellaini was also retreating, and the ball was really not sudden, it was [-]% Fellaini's ball.

Sure enough, Fellaini headed the ball away.

Wilmots held his head in regret. He was very dissatisfied with Lukaku in his heart. He shouldn't have waited for the ball. Even if he waited, at least he could see clearly whether there was anyone around him.

This may also be the reason why Lukaku's worth is so high, but no European giants have really made a move to snatch people.

Lukaku feels...always missing something.

*****
Stan's eyes were shining brightly. He saw that the best part of the ball was Wei Xiao's sudden attack. He walked to the sideline and gave Wei Xiao a thumbs up. Wei Xiao was also very pleased that his hard work was noticed by the coach.

Soon, Belgium's offense made a comeback. Anyone who has watched the Belgian game knows that Belgium's offense can be described in four words-vigorous and resolute.

This is different from Spanish football, which can also be described in four words - sleepy, the ball is passed around, and finally it is almost passed into the goal.

Even the fans in the stands could feel the coercion of Belgium, as strong as a dark cloud.

The fulcrum of this offensive is "Nainggolan".

"Nayinggolan" who played for the Roma team looked fierce, and his style of play was the same, very tough.

He dribbled the ball in the midfield, Hao Junmin and Liao Lisheng only made a symbolic resistance, and it was Wang Kong who really kept up.

Wang Kong and Nainggolan competed while running in the midfield.

Wang Kong Lana Yinggolan's jersey, Nayinggolan hit Wang Kong with his elbow, seeing that Nainggolan is getting closer to the penalty area, Wang Kong is ready to kick.

If you step here, even if you give Belgium a free kick, the threat is not great. If you advance 10 meters, it will be in danger! ! !

Wang Kong kicked his feet, and stretched his long legs horizontally in front of Nainggolan. Nayinggolan and Wang Kong were like two pieces of dough, immediately stirred together.

"foul"? ? ?
Players from the two teams looked at the referee at the same time, and just as the referee was about to whistle, Nainggolan, who had fallen to the ground, poked the ball.

Favorable attacking side! ! !

The referee's gesture is to continue to attack.

Nainggolan poked the ball right under De Bruyne's feet. De Bruyne looked in the penalty area and directly chose to cross.

This time it was head-to-head, and Zhou Dun could only fight with Lukaku.

With a 45-degree diagonal pass, De Bruyne's pass was very accurate, just a little before the penalty spot. In this place, whether it is Zhou Dun or Lukaku, as long as it is touched, the ball is likely to go straight to the back corner of the goal.

Cannavaro once said that when a short defender is defending, the first thing to do is to predict in advance, and the second most important thing is to make some concealed fake moves when necessary.

Height, weight, and Zhou Dun are not as good as Lukaku, but when taking off, Zhou Dun pushed Lukaku very covertly.

It was this negligible action that made Zhou Dun jump to the same height as Lukaku, and finally cleared the ball out of the penalty area.

Lukaku ran to the referee and kept making push gestures. Seeing that the referee ignored him, he complained to the baseline referee.

The bottom-line referee just smiled. In fact, the bottom-line referee saw Zhou Dun's movements, but the movements were so small that they really didn't constitute a penalty.

*****
With two good chances, Lukaku didn't even make a shot, which made the Belgian very angry.

They have to admit that the Chinese team has become smarter.

In fact, this is football. Do you think Materazzi's "swearing" in the 2006 World Cup and Suarez's biting in 2014 are not tactics?
Lukaku obviously felt uncomfortable. Yes, Zhou Dun and Wei Xiao made him very uncomfortable, not only physically, but also mentally.

He always felt that Zhou Dun and Wei Xiao were watching him all the time.

Queiroz covered his mouth and whispered in Stan's ear, "Zhou Dun, Wei Xiao is not bad, did you order it privately, and I didn't even tell you."

Stan shakes his head, "I didn't say, it should be their own decision, but honestly, I like it".

After speaking, Stan burst out laughing, just in time to be caught by the camera, and this scene was broadcast live worldwide.

The Belgian fans in the stands were very dissatisfied, "This bad thing, Lukaku was obviously pushed just now, it must be arranged by this bad thing, he is still laughing."

So Stan laughed wantonly on the big screen, and the Belgian fans at the scene gave Stan the middle finger.

"F...",
"You guys kick dirty, you know that"?
"Stan, people seem to be yelling at you," Queiroz said.

"Really? That's the best. Which great coach didn't grow up amid scolding."

After speaking, Stan laughed even more.

The Chinese fans were applauding, and the Belgian fans were booing, but all of this was not for the players on the field, but a "smile" from Stan on the sidelines.

This might be the other complicated smile in the world besides the Mona Lisa.

"Laugh at your head", the Belgian fans became more and more annoyed.

*****
After 15 minutes in the first half, Belgium's advantage on the scene was absolute, but no goals were scored.

Wilmoth's tactic of "smashing" the Chinese team's defense did not work. It was very simple. The moment the Chinese team raised the hammer, the Chinese team's defense unloaded Belgium's battering ram-Lukaku in advance.

Belgian Warcraft was also very depressed. He simply gave up the ball and went directly to the penalty area, because his success rate of getting the ball with his back in front of the penalty area was too low. Wei Xiao and Zhou Dun were both faster than him.

At this moment, a mistake by the goalkeeper of the Chinese team almost gave Belgium a big gift! !
(End of this chapter)