Golden Greenery

Chapter 194 Two people with headaches

Zhuo Yang, who suffered an ankle injury, was unable to provide technical support to the national team, and he was unable to exert a deterrent effect on the Syrians as he was on crutches. The law of spiritual encouragement cannot play a leading role in every game.

Falling behind 0:1, the Chinese team launched an even more frantic counterattack, like a cornered wolf. Sforza sent out almost all the forwards on the team and made cheap and helpless efforts, allowing the Chinese team to take 13 shots in the second half and 21 in the game.

But 0:1 was the final score, and the Syrians successfully converted the sneak attack into victory. The Chinese team suffered its first defeat in the top 12. It was also the first time it lost at home in the World Cup preliminaries since Zhuo Yang returned in 2008, and it was also in Zhuo Yang's hometown.

Putting aside the scene where goalkeeper Gu Chao made a mistake and conceded the goal, the national team also exposed many problems, especially on the offensive line, which was in a state of mediocrity. After the game, the media analyzed the reasons for the defeat from various angles, and the national team also conducted a deep review within the team.

But all this is superficial. At its root, the national team is in a period of fragmented self-awareness.

Zhuoyang is back. Although he has not returned to the game yet, everyone subconsciously returns to his status as the top eight in the World Cup. Before the game, the domestic media were talking about how Syria was a weak and vulnerable team. It sounded as weak as a straw, and it was the perfect target to score points in the top 12.

The game hasn't started yet, let alone the home game, the fans from the two games against Syria and the team are all included in the game.

However, everyone has ignored that since 2008, except for Zhuo Yang, the current national team has never defeated Syria at the same level in the Asian Youth Championships at all levels, and even lost 0:4 The fiasco.

They have also lost to almost all the top teams in Asia, as well as opponents such as Vietnam and Indonesia that they have never lost before. They have already lost all the games won by the adult national team on the surface.

Leaving Zhuoyang, with the composition of this team, the basic strength is far around the top 10 in Asia. To enter the top 12, it is actually very lucky.

Except for a few individuals, this national team is actually useless, and Sforza has no choice but to believe in evil or not. The efforts to forcibly discover new players and forcibly verify new play styles failed in this game.

The national team needs to step back from the brink and change course, and Zhuo Yang needs to lead another group of people.

Five days later, the Chinese team drew 1:1 with Uzbekistan in the fourth round of the top 12 at the National Athletic Stadium in Tashkent. A goal was scored in the second half. In the 83rd minute, Shukurov's shot hit Zhang Chendong and redirected into the net to equalize the score.

It's all about Zhang Chendong.

Goalkeeper Yan Junlin saved two must-goals, and Uzbekistan still had three goalposts. Unfortunately, luck did not favor them.

After four rounds, the Chinese team became the only team in Group A that had not yet won. Iran has 10 points with 3 wins, 1 draw, Uzbekistan has 7 points with 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss, and South Korea has 5 points with 1 win, 2 draws and 1 loss.

The Chinese team has 3 draws and 1 loss, and Qatar and Syria, who both have 1 win and 3 losses, have 3 points.

The Chinese team is a little depressed about this record, but not deeply, because Zhuoyang is on the sidelines. When he can play, all problems will be solved, just like what happened before.

But one loss and one draw made Zhuoyang's head hurt. He followed the team with a stick to supervise the battle, but it seemed to have no effect.

All the hard work was in vain, and I also lost a lot of favors from Manchester City Club and Guardiola.

Guardiola's head hurts more than Zhuo Yang.

This international match day comes at a very bad time for Manchester City. Having previously tied with Celtic and lost to Tottenham, Guardiola has noticed that the team is in a subtle and dangerous situation.

Manchester City's main lineup is basically the main force in European and American national teams. After experiencing the European Cup, America's Cup and Olympic Games in the summer, they did not get enough rest.

After the start of the new season, Manchester City played a brilliant ten-game winning streak, but Guardiola knew very well that the team's skills and tactics were far from being in place, and the staffing was also very unsatisfactory. This was just because the opponents were against Manchester City's control and control. Being unfamiliar with the law, he was caught off guard and was defeated one by one.

After ten consecutive victories, the team's integration progress was slow, the freshness faded, and the fatigue of continuous battles set in. The previous ten consecutive victories were enough for subsequent opponents to analyze and study some methods. It is foreseeable that Manchester City began to encounter some real resistance. get.

What Manchester City should do most at this time is to make some fine-tuning of tactics through integrated training, especially on the two wings where the problems are most obvious, and then make planned rotations according to the situation to survive the October game smoothly.

But the arrival of the international match day threw all these plans into chaos, and all the problems came together.

The tactical fine-tuning of replacing the current four defenders with three central defenders cannot be fully practiced, so they can only go directly to the field to try and make mistakes. However, the fatigue of many international players in the team has increased. They may sound like the backbone of the national team, but in fact they are being used as mules.

The three Argentines, Aguero, Zabaleta, and Otamendi, played through the two rounds of the South American qualifying rounds of the 2018 World Cup. Just fight, the performance of the three players is not very good. Argentina drew with Peru 2:2 and lost to Paraguay 0:1.

Boss Mei, who has returned to the national team, suffered a slight injury in the previous La Liga game and legitimately missed the two rounds. After the new coach Pausa took office, Aguero, who was reduced to a substitute, was re-entrusted with important tasks. The impact of the two starts was The forward position is actually Messi's traditional territory.

As a result, Aguero performed like Wu Lei of the Chinese team in these two games. His attacks were weak and sparse, and he did not score any goals. He also missed a valuable penalty kick in the second half of the game with Paraguay.

After ten rounds in the South American region, Argentina, which has been winless for three consecutive rounds, has fallen to fifth place, not much better than the Chinese team in the Asian region.

As for Manchester City's other important players, David Silva is currently the current left winger in Spain, De Bruyne is the core midfielder of Belgium, Stones has replaced Smalling, and Cahill has become England's key player. The main central defender partner.

After surviving the domestic World Cup crisis, Feiniao once again became Brazil's chief defensive midfielder, along with Germany's Gundogan and Serbia's Kolarov. They all played 180 minutes in the two games on this international match day.

After returning, the team was exhausted and injured, and Guardiola wanted to curse at the top of his lungs.

Zhuo Yang comforted him and said: "Brother Gua, don't get excited. The season always has to wait until the second half of the season to see the outcome. Where are we now? Besides, there are so many names in the English competition. In the first year, just pick one." The champion will be able to compete, it’s early.”

Guardiola looked at Zhuo Yang and then at his crutch, feeling even more annoyed.

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