Fox in the Penalty Area

Chapter 1744 The purpose of the warm-up match

Hulay and Milos Vukovic shook hands in front of the cameras.

At the same time, Vukovich smiled at Hu Lai: "I won't pass the ball to you, Hu Lai."

Hu Lai laughed.

In an interview before the game, he said that he hoped that Vukovich could pass the ball to him during the game, just like playing in the club.

Now this is Vukovich's response to those words.

The two hugged each other and then separated, each shaking hands with the next opponent player.

This is the picture before the match between the Chinese team and Serbia.

Although Hong Renjie told Hu Lai that he may not have much playing time in these two friendly matches.

But in the first game, Hu Lai was still scheduled to start.

It's just that apart from him, the Chinese team's starting lineup is not the same as what everyone is familiar with.

Dillon's Chinese team's starting lineup, which everyone is familiar with before, is 352. The main goalkeeper Lin Zhiyuan, the main center backs are Wang Guangwei, Mao Junzheng and Liu Yan, the main defensive midfielders Xia Xiaoyu and Gao Ruimin, the main attacking midfielder Zhang Qinghuan, and two wingers. The guards are Chen Xingyi and Luo Kai, and the forwards are partnered by Hu Lai and Zhou Zijing.

This is the strongest lineup that the Chinese team can currently field.

But this time the formation is still the same, but the starting lineup has changed a lot.

The goalkeeper has not changed, Lin Zhiyuan is still starting - there is no problem in testing newcomers at the goalkeeper position. Lin Zhiyuan is only 23 years old this year. He will definitely stay as the main goalkeeper of the national team for at least ten years. The goalkeeper is a special position that requires stability. Once the main candidate is determined, it will not be changed easily.

Unless it is a bonus game, substitutes will be considered.

And now it's clearly not that kind of game.

Center back Wang Guangwei started the game, as did Liu Yan, but Mao Junzheng did not start, and his replacement was Cai Shuyi. He was once the captain of the National Olympic team and led the team to achieve a historic breakthrough in Chinese football at last year's Olympic Games and win the championship gold medal.

The Shanhai Mariners who are currently in the Chinese Super League are also the main players.

Mao Junzheng is already 35 years old, and he will be 36 years old in next year's World Cup. It is almost impossible for him to still be the main force.

Now that Cai Shuyi is replacing Mao Junzheng, Dillon hopes to give young players more opportunities so that they can step up.

But this does not mean that Cai Shuyi will definitely be able to participate in next year's World Cup, or will definitely be able to play in next year's World Cup.

Because behind him is Qin Qi, who currently plays for Frankfurt White Hart.

Qin Qi is 19 years old this year and 20 years old in the World Cup next year.

It is not an exaggeration to participate in the World Cup at the age of twenty, and it is normal to play in the World Cup.

The starting midfielder partnership in this game is not Xia Xiaoyu and Gao Ruimin, but... Xia Xiaoyu, Gao Ruimin and Ou Yangjin.

Dillon arranged a three-midfielder lineup.

Among them, Xia Xiaoyu is in the middle, and Ou Yangjin and Gao Ruimin are on the left and right.

Therefore, Zhang Qinghuan did not start the game.

As the core organization of the Chinese team, Zhang Qinghuan also faces the risk of being frozen. So Dillon tried to arrange a three-back midfielder this time, letting Xia Xiaoyu organize the attack in place of Zhang Qinghuan, and letting Gao Ruimin and Ou Yangjin escort him.

At the same time, because two defensive midfielders are placed, they can take care of the wings, so the defensive tasks of the two wing-backs Chen Xingyi and Luo Kai are not so heavy, and they can focus more on offense in the game.

Besides Hu Lai, the other starting forward is not Zhou Zijing, but Gao Chen.

When Gao Chen was young, he had speed and skills. Before Zhang Qinghuan, he was regarded as the hope of the future of Chinese football.

As a result, he was seriously injured in a World Cup qualifying match against South Korea, and his career began to decline.

Although he could still be selected for the national team, he ultimately failed to meet people's expectations for him.

After the serious injury, he lost his speed advantage, but he ran diligently and became better at giving the ball to his teammates.

At the same time, his playing style is different from that of the two powerful centers Zhou Zijing and Tan Yunlong. His physical fitness is not as good as the first two, but he is more flexible and can make more passes from the side. At this point, Zhou Zijing and Tan Yunlong are both inferior.

His partnership with Hu Lai is very different from the "Hu Lai-Zhou Zijing" and "Hu Lai-Tan Yunlong" combinations.

You can somewhat see Jorge Dillon's thoughts from this starting lineup.

He wants to make the most of the opportunity of the warm-up match to make some adjustments and changes in tactics and staffing to enrich the team's style of play, so that he can have different responses to different situations.

The Chinese team with such a starting lineup did not play very well after the start. After all, the staffing and tactical ideas were different from before, and everyone needed to adapt.

Although they have been practicing for some time before, how can the training be compared with the actual game?

The warm-up match is set up for this purpose - to allow the players to experience new tactics and new ways of playing through actual combat.

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Because the Chinese team is still adapting to new tactics and new staffing, it has been unable to enter the game state.

Serbia was not polite to them.

In the 19th minute of the game, Serbia took advantage of a corner kick to score the first victory.

The goal was scored by Serbian center back Dejord Igor, and the assist was provided by Hulay's teammate Milos Vukovic in Madrid Pirates.

Serbia's next attack made the Chinese team's backcourt turbulent and dangerous.

Although Dillon arranged two midfielders, Ou Yangjin and Gao Ruimin, in the midfield, he was still very passive.

So much so that Xia Xiaoyu had to frequently participate in defense and had no time to organize attacks.

For about ten minutes, the Chinese team was completely suppressed.

Fortunately, Wang Guangwei and Lin Zhiyuan performed well and the Chinese team did not continue to concede goals.

Seeing this, Dillon said to Jin Tao: "Yu, let's make it simpler in the middle of the midfield. When there is the ball, just pass the ball diagonally to find the two wings."

Yu Jintao stood up and walked to the sidelines, shouted Xia Xiaoyu's name loudly, and then conveyed Dillon's latest instructions to the latter.

Next, Xia Xiaoyu stopped trying to move forward. Instead, under the protection of Ou Yangjin and Gao Ruimin, he used long passes from behind to launch the attack.

He was mainly looking for Chen Xingyi, Luo Kai and the flexible Gao Chen.

The effect of such changes is obvious.

The Chinese team has simplified the steps of football circulation in the midfield. By directly passing long balls to the front, the Chinese team can quickly advance the attack to the thirty-meter area of ​​​​Serbia, forcing Serbian players to quickly return to defense, which increases physical energy consumption. .

Chen Xingyi and Luo Kai are two wide players with speed, skills, and strong individual combat capabilities. They can fully support the Chinese team's simple and direct style of play.

If it were replaced by a player with less personal ability, then this tactic would not work.

When the Chinese team's two wings became active, Serbia's defense immediately felt the pressure.

After one season of transformation in Madrid Pirates, Vukovic is now playing as a defensive midfielder in the Serbian national team.

It's just that there are still some differences between the way he plays in the national team and in the club. In the national team, he focuses more on organizing offense rather than defense.

It can be said that the ratio of offense to defense is about 70-30.

In the club, maybe it’s 60-40 or 50-50.

Now as the Chinese team's offense intensifies, he also has to take on more defensive work.

Chen Xingyi dribbled the ball and cut inside, and Vukovich stepped forward to defend.

Then with the help of his full-back teammates, they worked together to intercept the ball.

But just as he took control of the football, he saw the Chinese team's forward Gao Chen pounce on him.

He must make the right decision immediately.

At this moment, he heard a call from behind: "Return, Milos!"

He turned around and was about to pass the ball back, but at this moment he suddenly came to his senses, raised his foot to pass the ball back and pushed the football to the side. At the same time, he turned around again and blocked the rushing Gao Chen. behind.

Then he passes the football.

After doing all this, he turned back and looked at the position behind him.

Sure enough, he saw there... Hu Lai with a disappointed look on his face!

He said to Hu Lai: "Don't try to lie to me, Hu Lai!"

Hu Lai, whose ruse was discovered, was not embarrassed or tried to hide it. Instead, he smiled and spread his hands to him, shrugged, and asked confidently: "What if?"

Playing against Hu Lai for the first time gave Vukovic a completely new feeling.

But honestly, this feeling was not unfamiliar to him.

Although there is no mirror now, he can guess the expression on his face.

Because of that expression, he had seen it on the faces of opponents of Madrid Pirates...

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Serbia ultimately failed to prevent Hule's goal.

This time it was not that they made any mistakes when defending, but that they simply failed to guard Hu Lai.

Chen Xingyi broke through from the wing and cut inside into the penalty area, causing local chaos in the penalty area.

Hu Lai took advantage of the chaos and ran into the space, and Chen Xingyi's ball was also passed over.

Although Serbian center back Dejord Igor had been following Hulay before, he was half a body away from Hulay when he shot.

It was this half position that gave Hu Lai the space to shoot.

He decisively took a shot, and the football flew into the Serbian goal without any suspense!

Hulay’s iconic celebration also appeared for the first time at the home stadium of the Serbian national team and the Belgrade Ghosts!