Golden Greenery

The 48-year-old Dutchman Frank Rijkaard is undoubtedly very 'Dutch' in football. Throughout his coaching career, he has always adhered to the football concept of total offense and total defense. Even when coaching a weak team like the Chinese team, he stubbornly persists in coaching. Looking for a way out in total offense and total defense.

Since becoming the head coach and coaching independently in 1998, Jieshuai has only served as the head coach of four teams in 12 years, including two national teams, two clubs, two giants and two local dogs. Among the two giants, Barcelona undoubtedly brought him to the pinnacle of coaching, while the Dutch national team has always been a source of worry for Jieshuai.

Almost exactly ten years ago today, in the semi-finals of the 2000 European Cup, the Netherlands, led by Jie Shuai, held down Italy, who was fighting with one less player, and attacked wildly, leaving the Italians almost powerless to fight back. But on that day, Santordo fell from the sky and killed the magnificent Dutch team by himself.

The Dutch only missed one of the six penalty kicks in the game, missed two penalties during the game, and missed three more penalty kicks in exchanges. Among the five misses, Toldo saved three and frightened two away.

That time, the Netherlands was the host nation and was the undoubted favorite to win the championship, but the Italians ruined the celebration like this. Jieshuai couldn't stand the Italian villain's face after his success, and he didn't want to be picked on by the media. After the game, he chose to resign angrily.

Ten years later, when the underdog Chinese team he coached edged out Italy in a life-and-death battle at the World Cup, although the game was thrilling, who could know about Jieshuai's secret joy.

Today, like a new love meeting an old love by chance, Rijkaard's former and current Dutch and Chinese teams came together. In the Moses Mabhida Stadium, the 1/8 finals of the South Africa World Cup are starting.

Rijkaard has been away from Dutch football for many years, and the tulip in front of him is a little strange. Captain and full-back Van Blomhorst is the only "remnant" of the national team from ten years ago. Midfielder Van Bommel had an unpleasant cooperation with Jie Shuai for a year in Barcelona. Except for the two of them, Jieshuai has almost no interaction with other Dutch players today. He was not originally a sociable head coach.

Van Marwijk, who shook hands with Jieshuai enthusiastically before the game, also doesn't like unnecessary socializing. In fact, when it comes to the popularity of Dutch football media today, Van Marwijk is far less favored than Jieshuai.

Although the Chinese team led by Jieshuai is a weak team, it played ups and downs in the World Cup group stage. The passionate elements in the game are endlessly memorable. What's even more commendable is that the Chinese team's insistence on total offense and total defense has become a highlight of the World Cup, which is refreshing in today's world of utilitarian football. On the other hand, the Dutch team, the originator of total offense and total defense, was called the "ugliest Netherlands in history" after Lao Fan took charge.

Lao Fan's Dutch team held high the banner of defensive counterattack from the beginning, no matter who the opponent was, Andorra or England,

Lao Fan always defends against counterattacks. The Dutch have a total offense and total defense complex, so it's strange that they can treat Lao Fan like this.

They defeated Denmark 2-0 in the first game of the group stage, but because of their "anti-Dutch" ugly football, Lao Fan was criticized by the domestic media. But Lao Fan is also a stubborn person. Not only does he refuse to repent, but he openly declares to the camera that "Total Attack, Total Defense" is no longer appropriate. It is a backward football tactic that only exists in ideals and should be discarded into reality. In the dust.

Lao Fan believes that even the Netherlands has never played full offense and defense in the true sense. Everything is just people's good expectations. People have to live realistically, and the same goes for football. The defensive football he advocates is the 'king way' for the team to win.

Debates over the theory of football tactics are as meaningless as swords in the mouth, and there are also cases where the author is not the first, and is just a mouthful. But today, the least Dutch Netherlands and the very Dutch China collide, and there are indeed not a few Dutch media who support China.

However, support is support. There is indeed a huge gap between the Chinese team and the Netherlands. Not many people were optimistic about China before the game. Especially in this game, the Chinese team has several absolute main players unable to play due to the previous accumulation of yellow cards. Even the Chinese media is paying attention to the game with a good attitude.

Li, Shao Jiayi, and Sun Xiang are all unable to play today. Although the gap between the Chinese players except Zhuo Yang is not obvious due to their insufficient level, the three of them can be regarded as today's midfielders with their own characteristics. Indispensable.

Starting from this World Cup, yellow cards will not be cleared until the semi-finals. The purpose is not to affect the enjoyment of the finals and semi-finals. The top 16 will not have this benefit. But this is also the norm in football matches. Jieshuai will not panic because of this. He replaced the starter with Hao Junmin, Zhao Jiuri and Rong Hao.

The Dutch team only has one minor injury in Van der Vaart, and he is not yet the absolute main force. As for the attacking midfielder, Van der Vaart prefers Sneijder, who is in great form this year. On both sides of Sneijder are Robben and Kuyt, and in front of them is Zhuoyang's old friend Robin Van Persie.

Van Persie had a heated argument with coach Van Marwijk at Feyenoord, and almost got into fistfights several times. Later, under the guidance of the Six Musketeers, he did not try to get into trouble anymore, but chose to hide away if I couldn't afford to offend him. He went to Arsenal, but had a deep hatred with Lao Fan.

After the 2008 European Cup, when Lao Fan succeeded Van Basten as the coach of the Dutch national team, Van Persie was immediately fooled. In the end, thanks to the mediation of his agent, Lao Fan came to the rescue and forgave Van Persie gracefully, and the Dutch football world became reconciled.

Behind Sneijder are the two most daunting midfielders in this year's World Cup, De Jong and Van Bommel. Although Van Bommel is the son-in-law of Master Van, the media generally believes that the low-key, simple, hard-working Kuyt is the player who best matches the temperament of today's Dutch team.

The Dutch attack line is full of stars. Van Persie, who can't control his words, once made wild remarks before the World Cup. He believed that he, Sneijder, Robben, and Van der Vaart were all skilled gods, and they were the four kings of the Netherlands. Kuyt starting up front is simply unappetizing.

Fan ignored him, Kuyt ignored him, and even Robben and Sneijder ignored him. Just when Van der Vaart wanted to speak in support of Van Persie, the butcher frowned: Shut the hell up, both of you!

De Butcher said to Zhuoyang: I would rather go to Brazil to play Kaká than meet you.

Zhuo Yang knew that Butcher didn't think China was better than Brazil, but that they were evenly matched with Brazil. However, facing the weak Chinese team, Butcher felt a little sorry for himself. Zhuo Yang also knew that the Butcher felt sorry for him, but he was not vague at all when defending his brother during the game.

A few days ago, Gattuso's difficulty caused Zhuo Yang to still have a shadow in his heart. Today's butcher is the 2.0 version of Ba Ye. His defensive ability in the midfield is even better than that of Gattuso at his peak. One head stronger.

When the two brothers came out of the tunnel to warm up before the game, Zhuo Yang said to the butcher: "I think my life will be very difficult this year."