Fox in the Penalty Area

Chapter 1745 Another warm-up match purpose

Having equalized the score, the Chinese team's morale was greatly boosted and they launched a fierce offensive towards Serbia's goal.

Dillon began to make substitution adjustments at this time, bringing on Guo Junfu, replacing Ou Yangjin, and adjusted back to the original midfield configuration.

After Guo Junfu came on the court, the Chinese team's offense became more layered. It no longer just used Xia Xiaoyu's long pass to find two wings from behind.

Chinese fans were very happy to watch that time, because the Chinese team actually beat Serbia, a traditional European team.

For a time, many Chinese fans felt that either Serbia was too arrogant, or that our Chinese team was already average in Europe.

They have begun to look forward to the Chinese team defeating Serbia in the away game.

But that changed after Jorge Dillon made personnel changes in the second half.

The Chinese team's offensive threat suddenly became smaller and it was unable to suppress Serbia, which in turn gave Serbia the upper hand.

In order to avoid conceding the ball, the Chinese team could only shrink its defense.

However, when Dillon made a substitution before, he adjusted the three defensive midfielders back to the double defensive midfielders. The Chinese team's defensive hardness declined, so they conceded another goal in the 62nd minute.

Although at halftime, Dillon replaced most of the starting players.

But everyone knows that the main reason for the sharp contrast between before and after is actually that he replaced Hu Lai.

After replacing Hulay, the Chinese team's pressure on Serbia on the front line immediately decreased a lot.

Although the replaced Zhou Zijing is also a main player in the Premier League, his scoring ability is still far behind Hu Lai.

The pressure he puts on Serbian defenders is much less than Hule.

This is really not a pretense, but the true feeling of every Serbian defensive player.

Hu Lai really couldn't be distracted for even a second. As soon as Hu Lai came out, all of them breathed a sigh of relief.

Facing Zhou Zijing again, I felt... just an ordinary opponent, and the psychological pressure was much less.

Hu Lai's "bad reputation" will certainly put more pressure on defensive players.

As for Zhou Zijing, his physical fitness is indeed very good. He can be said to be the "number one strong man" in the Chinese national team, but in front of the Serbian internationals, he is just like that.

No matter how powerful it is, it is not strong enough to break through the limits of human beings, so it can still be defended against.

The Serbian commentator said: "Dillon may be testing how the Chinese team will perform without Hu... Facts have proved that

Without Hu, the level of the Chinese team will drop by a notch..."

As he said this, the television broadcast gave Jorge Dillon a close-up shot.

Dillon was expressionless in the camera, showing no sign of the current situation of being pressed and losing the ball.

Then there was a shot of translator Yu Jintao covering his mouth and tilting his head towards Dillon. The Serbian commentator joked: "I guess he must be asking Dillon: 'What should we do next?' Ha!"

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Yu Jintao covered his mouth and came to Dillon's side and said: "I guess at this time someone must say that you are experimenting with how to play without Hu Lai..."

Dillon remained expressionless and hummed softly: "Does this still need to be tested? Without Hu, it's impossible to play at all!"

What he said in a serious manner was really hilarious, and Yu Jintao, who covered his mouth, was amused.

But he immediately realized that the Chinese team was still lagging behind. The TV cameras might have caught the Chinese team's coaching bench, so it was better not to make his eyes roll with laughter and cause unnecessary trouble for himself...

Thinking of this, he quickly straightened his face again.

Dillon continued: "Through this game, I believe our players must have a deeper understanding of the level of European teams. Serbia did not even enter the World Cup finals, but we played without Hulay. It’s so difficult. If we really go to the World Cup, if all the players still think that the Chinese team will be able to play better than the last World Cup after reaching the World Cup twice in a row...then they are totally wrong.”

"So that's why you came to Serbia to warm up? Because Serbia didn't even make it to the World Cup finals."

Dillon admitted that he did have such a small thought: "If we lose to France, Germany, and Spain, I'm afraid they will take losing to these strong teams for granted, and then the real problem will be covered up."

Outsiders would speculate that Dillon wanted to test the team's contingency strategy after losing Hu Lai, but Dillon had no such idea at all.

He certainly has to test different strategies and personnel.

But the premise is that Hu Lai must be on the court for such a test to be meaningful.

A player of Hu Lai's ability is indispensable whether he is in the Chinese team or a strong European and American team. Without him, the team can't play well.

So there's no need to test his absence - if he's not there, it's over.

The main goal of this game is to educate other Chinese team players and promote optimism from within the team to the external environment.

He told team leader Hong Renjie that he would open the eyes of the whole world and re-understand Chinese football at next year's World Cup.

At the same time, he also knew very well how difficult it was to do this.

He will not allow anyone to think that winning in the World Cup is an easy thing.

Don’t you always say how awesome Hu Lai is?

Okay, then I will replace Hu Lai and let you see how the Chinese team performs without Hu Lai.

No matter how powerful Hu Lai is, he is only one person, and the Chinese team is a whole. And the overall strength is still at a relatively weak level.

Regardless of Xia Xiaoyu, Zhang Qinghuan, Chen Xingyi, and Luo Kai, they all seem to be performing well in their respective clubs, but the difference in level between club teammates and national team teammates must also be taken into consideration.

Overall, the club is definitely stronger.

In Dillon's vision, if the Chinese team wants to achieve good results in the World Cup, it must try its best and play every game as a World Cup final.

Only by achieving this step can you be qualified to expect the blessing of the goddess of luck - without luck, even if you try your best, you may still go home after playing three group matches.

But if you want to be qualified to talk about the role of luck in the game, you must at least try your best first...

In short, the World Cup is definitely not as easy to play as some optimistic people imagined.

It's as if all the Chinese overseas players are put on the field and the strongest lineup is released, and the group can be determined.

How is this actually possible?

Asian traditional strong teams like Japan and South Korea have participated in many World Cup finals, but how many times have they been able to reach the knockout rounds?

In the last World Cup, four teams from Asia participated, and only the Japanese team reached the top 16.

This shows how difficult and difficult it is for a team to reach the knockout rounds.

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With half an hour left in the game, Serbia also began to make constant substitutions and adjustments.

The team's core Vukovic was replaced, and Serbia's offensive intensity also slowed down.

Dillon replaced Zhang Qinghuan on the field with fifteen minutes left in the game.

However, the Chinese team's offense has not improved.

In the end, neither the Chinese team nor Serbia scored again, and the score was fixed at 2:1.

The home team Serbia narrowly defeated the Chinese team with one goal.

The Chinese team that entered the World Cup lost to Serbia, which did not even enter the World Cup, and it was not dominant from the scene. If the defense performance was not stable, the score difference might be more than one goal.

Such a result certainly does not satisfy Chinese fans and reporters.

At the post-match press conference, Dillon was asked why he had to make such drastic changes to the lineup. This is his answer: "Isn't this the purpose of the warm-up match?"

The reporter who asked the question in one sentence had nothing to say.

Dillon later explained further: "Testing and testing the team's different personnel combinations and tactical configurations are not conducted in the warm-up match. Do we have to wait until the World Cup? Although we lost, I am very satisfied with the overall performance of the team. Yes, I think we fully demonstrated our characteristics and capabilities..."

After Yu Jintao translated these words, he stared at the Chinese reporters present and observed their expressions.

Obviously, the reporters didn't quite understand why Dillon said this.

Yu Jintao remembered what Dillon said to him, and then looked at the reporters' performance, and he complained in his heart:

This bad old man is so bad!

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After losing to Serbia, the Chinese team packed up and left, flying to their next destination-Switzerland.

For this warm-up match, Dillon did not completely disrupt the staffing and tactical arrangements like he did against Serbia.

It's just that he still didn't field the entire main lineup, but a mix of half the main lineup and half the substitutes.

There was a different set in the first and second half.

Hu Lai came on as a substitute in the second half this time.

He failed to score.

In the end, the Chinese team lost to the Swiss team 1:3.

The only goal scored for the Chinese team was Zhou Zijing.

Although they still lost, and lost by two goals, the scene this time was much better than the last one. Facing the Swiss team, which also qualified for next year's World Cup, the Chinese team's players can still play something of their own on the court.

After the two warm-up matches, the overseas players said goodbye to the national team directly in Switzerland and returned to their respective clubs, while the remaining national team players returned to China.

Dilong and Yu Jintao did not leave.

They want to stay in Europe to examine the performance of overseas players. The first stop is Germany to examine the performance of Lin Zhiyuan and Qin Qi in their respective clubs.

In addition, in the two warm-up matches in November, the Chinese team will also come to Europe for training, and their opponents will still be European teams.

Next year's World Cup will be held in Europe. European teams will play better at home.

By training and competing in Europe, the Chinese team can quickly adapt to the feeling of playing in Europe, and at the same time establish a more intuitive impression of the European teams - because the World Cup group draw results have not yet come out, there is no need to choose based on the group results. Targeted warm-up match opponents.

European training and warm-up matches were Dillon's opinions, and the Chinese Football Association also followed them.

The opinions of this world-famous coach are almost accepted.

Although training and playing in Europe will cost the Football Association more money, this is not a problem.

As long as we can really achieve results in next year's World Cup, the Football Association is willing to pay no matter how much money we have.

For the Chinese Football Association, this is actually a..."gamble".