Fox in the Penalty Area

On the training field, the defenders of the Chinese team are undergoing special training.

Each of them had to face two opponents, and the two opponents held up the cushions and joined forces to squeeze and charge them.

The defenders must withstand such a collision, and then jump up to clear the high ball passed by the coach.

This is the Chinese team's training program specifically for Russia.

Although everyone knows the name of "Ivan the Terrible" and what he is best at, seeing him upset the Brazilian defenders in the penalty area of ​​the Brazilian team in the live broadcast of the game, everyone was still deeply shocked.

Regardless of the fact that the Brazilian team's central defenders are not in the best physical condition, but how many of them have not been able to fight against them who have played in Europe for a long time?

They can't stop "Terrible Ivan", let alone the defenders of the Chinese team?

Therefore, according to the characteristics of Ivan Romanov, Shi Wujian came up with such a special training method.

It is hoped that the gap between the two sides in the confrontation can be made up to some extent in the game.

"Wang Guangwei's performance is more outstanding than others." After watching the training for a while, the team leader Hong Renjie also saw the clues, and he said to the head coach Shi Wuji next to him.

Shi Wuyin was not surprised by this. He explained to Hong Renjie: "I heard from Lao Zhao that Wang Guangwei asked the club to increase his physical confrontation training after returning from that European training. So his current confrontation ability needs to be improved. stronger than it was then."

"No wonder" Hong Renjie nodded. "It turned out to be well prepared."

On the training field, Wang Guangwei collided with the duo of Zhou Zijing and Luo Kai first, then jumped up to fight for the top, and hit the football before it flew over his head.

But because he wasted time and energy in the physical confrontation with Zhou Zijing and Luo Kai, his take-off timing was a bit late, and the ball was a bit reluctant to hit the top, but not far.

Even so, he has performed well.

After all, he can still hit the ball. Some people missed the best time to take off because they were entangled in the confrontation with the training opponent, and they could only watch the football fly by.

If this is in the game, it is considered a missed goal.

With Russian players behind, they can catch the ball and shoot without defense.

It's a very dangerous situation.

And Wang Guangwei's performance belonged to the fact that although he was reluctant, he was able to get ahead of the opposing player behind him and hit the football first. Although it is not a direct clearance success, it can interfere a little bit and make the opponent lose the best shot opportunity.

After explaining to Hong Renjie, Shi Wuyin walked onto the training ground and blew his whistle: "Then we will switch to offensive training!"

Against Russia, we must not only solve the problem of not conceding the ball, but also solve the problem of how to score goals.

Yes, Shi Wuyin didn't intend to keep a 00.

Because holding such a mentality to compete with the opponent, it is very likely to lose the game in the end.

Shi Wuyin knew that Russia was stronger than Algeria, and he still hoped that the Chinese team would not lose even if they could not win. So goals are very important. As long as we can score goals, whether it is the space for tactical maneuvering or the mentality of the players, it will be much better.

Hou Lai scored two goals in the game against Algeria. Although he will not feel how good he is after watching the whole game, except for those two goals, his performance at other times is not outstanding, but he is still selected after the game Best of all.

It is impossible for the Russian coaching staff not to arrange special personnel to mark Hou Lai. Algeria can do this. Can Russia not do this?

Coupled with the fact that Russian players have better physical fitness and stronger confrontation ability than Algeria, it will be very difficult for Hu Lai to score in this game.

So Shi Wuyin decided to use Hu Lai to contain Russia's defensive forces.

What to practice in the training is that Hu Lai takes away the opponent's defender and creates space near the penalty area, and how other Chinese players use these spaces to threaten the Russian goal.

It is not a good thing for Hu Lai to be in the limelight personally, because he is being watched to death. But for other Chinese players, it is a good thing.

Because Hu Lai's brilliance is too bright, other Chinese players may not be so conspicuous and have not been targeted.

Especially Luo Kai, who also plays in Europe, but is far inferior to Hu Lai in terms of fame and performance.

Although his performance is not as good as that of Hu Lai, and he only played at the end of the season in Veronica, but in any case, he also received training at the Eredivisie level in Europe, and he is always better than other players in the Chinese team.

It can even be said that there are only two players in this Chinese team who can play in European teams, one is Hu Lai and the other is Luo Kai.

In the last game against Algeria, Luo Kai's performance was not outstanding, and he was more active on the side. However, due to Zhang Qinghuan's poor performance, Luo Kai was also affected.

But this is unintentional, and Russia's defense against Luo Kai may not be so strict.

Let Hu Lai take away Russia's defense, and then rely on the offensive combination of Luo Kai, Zhang Qinghuan and Chen Xingyi to find opportunities to score.

This is the offensive tactic that Shi Wuyin prepared for the Chinese team in the second group match.

In the meeting room, the head coach of the Russian team, Alkom Mashaninov, has just shown his players the highlights of the Chinese team’s last game carefully edited by the coaching staff, or “Hu Lai’s summary of shots from the last World Cup ".

"Through this video, we can see Hu's running habits. In order not to be offside, he will always run horizontally first, and then suddenly change forward. So when offside, we must be firm and not hesitate .Secondly, when following him near the penalty area, we must also beware of his counter-run, such as his first ball. Everyone focused on the final shot. But it was just a lucky goal. That's all. I bet if you let him play another kick in that position, he will never get in!" Mashaninov said in a very firm tone.

"So what matters is not his shot, what matters is his running position before the shot. Look at how he runs? First he takes the initiative to meet the football and make the illusion of catching the ball. But in fact at this time he It's clear that he can't catch the ball because of the height of the football, unless he jumps up, but then he just stops the football and doesn't pose a threat. Before he was ready to catch the ball, Hu had already thought about it It is very important to understand what Hu said, and it will help you get rid of the thinking logic of just passively following him to defend in the game. If you don’t understand what he is going to do next, then It would be like the Algerian centre-back who used a fake move to catch the ball and was swayed behind him."

As he said that, Mashaninov played again the running position before Hu Lai scored the first goal.

As a player who knows where the football falls, can Hu Lai know that the height of the ball is beyond his reach?

of course I know. But he still ran up to catch the ball.

Why?

Of course it was because he wanted to use this action to trick Mousavi away.

And he did succeed.

After all, the defensive players basically see how the offensive players run, and they run as they please, and they don’t think about why the opponent is doing what they do. There is no time for them to think about this problem in the game. , the other party has already dumped you. Therefore, defense is often a subconscious action without any deliberation. And good defensive players mean that they have enough experience and high enough talent to help them make correct actions subconsciously.

"As long as we can make sure that Hu doesn't get the chance to catch the ball in the open space during the game, we can stop his goals. Because his physical confrontation ability is not enough to shake our defenders!"

When Mashaninov spoke, his tone was very firm.

He does have such confidence.

The two main central defenders of the Russian national team are Alexandrovich Kuzmin, who is 1.91 meters tall and weighs 88 kilograms, and Victor Pretny, who is 1.88 meters tall and weighs 84 kilograms. husband.

The two of them are like a wall in front of Hu Lai.

Speaking of this, Mashaninov looked at the two people: "You will work harder than usual in the next game, because you are not only as simple as defending your position, but also trying to keep up with Hu's rhythm."

"No problem, coach, we will do our best!" the older Kuzmin promised the head coach on behalf of his partner.

"Very good. Now let's talk about how to break the goal of the Chinese team. Obviously, their defenders are not strong enough and look very thin," Mashaninov said with a shrug. "So how do you break the Chinese team's goal? It's very simple, make full use of our physical advantages! Ivan, treat the Chinese team's restricted area as your home, do whatever you want, and do whatever you want!"

Ivan Romanov, who was as tall as a bear, grinned and showed his white teeth, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, coach. I will stir them like brains."

Mashaninov grinned when he heard his words: "Next time you can describe it differently, Ivan. Although you look like a bear, you are not a bear after all."

"Okay, coach." Romanov grinned and nodded in agreement.

"Yesterday, the Chinese team has moved from Atlanta to Miami, where they will challenge the second opponent in the group stage, the Russian team. This afternoon, the Chinese team came to the Miami Rock Stadium for training to adapt to the venue. From the training, we can see that in the Zhang Qinghuan, who was slightly injured in the match against Algeria, performed positively, and there is no serious problem Competitive level"

The screen changed, and Hu Lai appeared in the camera, facing the reporter's microphone and said: "Russia is strong, but we are not weak. The Chinese team will go all out to fight every opponent, every minute!"

Reporter Wang Shanshan smiled softly: "In the just-concluded selection of the best goal in the first round of the World Cup, your first goal was selected as the best goal in the first round. Are you happy now?"

"Of course, of course I'm happy." Hu Lai nodded. "I hope I can keep scoring goals. I know Russia is strong, but I'm also confident that I can score goals against them! Their two centre-backs are strong but not flexible enough."

The scene of Hu Lai speaking these words to the camera was paused.

The Russian subtitle of the video also stays on the sentence "their two central defenders are strong, but not flexible enough".

Kuzmin turned his head to look at Pletnev beside him, the two looked at each other, and then looked up at coach Mashaninov at the same time.

Mashaninov spread his hands to them: "He is deliberately irritating you. I hope you will restrain your temper during the game. Another point, I must remind you, that is, Hu's playing style is controversial. He has a history of cheating penalties in the box. So you guys have to be extra careful not to defend him with just your body."

Seeing the seriousness of the head coach, Kuzmin also replied with a serious expression: "Coach, don't worry. We will not let him cheat us into a penalty kick. We will definitely not let him score!"

, Tomorrow three more! Five more the day after tomorrow!

2. The European Cup reignited the flames of war. In the knockout stage, I am optimistic about Wales' one-goal victory over Denmark.

As for the match between Italy and Austria, is there any suspense? Of course Italy wins! And win two goals!