The Midfield Master

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On January 21, 2015, at 17:45, the Sydney Football Stadium in Australia, which can accommodate nearly 40,000 people, was turned into a sea of ​​red by 30,000 fans of the Chinese team. Cup semi-finals are about to begin.

"Chinese team, come on! Chinese team, come on..."

Cheers and cheers sounded in the stands, covering the entire stadium. With less than 10,000 Japanese fans, there is no way to counter the momentum of Chinese fans.

After several games of rehearsal, the cheers and cheers of the Chinese fans on the scene have cooperated quite tacitly. The stands on this side stopped, and the shouts from the stands on the other side sounded. During the 90 minutes of the game, there will always be cheers from Chinese fans.

Under the leadership of captain Zheng Zhi, the players of the Chinese team slowly walked into the field from the aisle, each holding a ball boy in their hands. This is a ritual that has been going on since the knockout round.

In the last game, the Chinese team eliminated the host Australia team, and the caddies they were holding in their hands looked at them a little unkindly.

Xia Ze was the shooter of the penalty kick that killed his opponent at the last moment of the last game, and the little girl he was holding was pouting, looking aggrieved.

"Little beauty, please smile, you see so many cameras facing each other, it doesn't look good if you don't smile." Xia Ze chatted with the little caddy he was leading while walking.

This is a way for him to relax. The pressure of this game is too great. The shouts of the fans in the stands are not just encouragement, which makes the pressure on him even heavier. Chatting with the caddy at this time can be a good way to relax.

"Hmph! The Japanese team will beat you!" The little girl snorted and said disdainfully.

Apparently she's still bitter about Xia Ze beating her country's team.

"How do you say? We are also very good!" Xia Ze was a little surprised, stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile.

"They have Kagawa Shinji, Honda Keisuke, and many very good players. You can't win." The little girl seemed to be not very fluent in her speech, biting a few words with difficulty to express her point of view.

Xia Ze couldn't help laughing when he saw how she knew everything. He is not looking down on the Japanese team, he knows that the strength of the Japanese team is definitely above the Chinese team.

The reason why he laughed was because he was amused by the little girl's expression.

As for the match against the Japanese team, we can only fight like the last one!

After a series of simple ceremonies, the national anthem was played and sung. The Chinese national anthem "March of the Volunteers" was played first. The 30,000 Chinese fans at the Sydney Football Stadium, including the players on the field, sang the national anthem together.

Although many fans in the stands are already Australian, this melody still evokes their nostalgia and love for the motherland.

Beep——

The referee gave a long whistle, and the game started, and the fans of both sides in the stands cheered unanimously, welcoming the start of this life-and-death decisive battle.

The Chinese team kicked off the ball first, Gao Bo knocked the ball back to Xia Ze behind him, Xia Ze passed it to Zheng Zhi, and made a reverse kick in the middle and backcourt.

Compared with the previous game, the starting lineup of the Chinese team has changed a bit. Wu Xi, the defensive midfielder, was exhausted in the last game, and Lippi had to worry about the Japanese team's offensive strength, so he was sent. Cai Huikang, who defends better than Wu Xi.

Except for this position, the starting lineup at other positions has not changed.

At the beginning of the game, the players of the Japanese team started to siege the Chinese team in the frontcourt. Compared with the Chinese team, they have more overseas players in their starting lineup, and most of them play for the mid-upstream teams in the five major leagues.

After the midfielder Shinji Kagawa returned to Dortmund from Manchester United this season, he played a dominant performance in the Bundesliga.

After Keisuke Honda joined Milan in the winter transfer window last season, he quickly became an important offensive piece for the team in the frontcourt.

Nagatomo Yuto and Uchida Atsuto, the two full-backs, have established their main positions in Inter Milan and Schalke 04 respectively.

At the center position, Shinji Okazaki also got more opportunities to play in Stuttgart.

I have to mention that Wu Lei and Shinji Okazaki in the Chinese team are teammates at the club, and in the Bundesliga, as a left winger, he also had direct contact with Atsuto Uchida, the main right back in Schalke 04. Confrontation.

Zhang Linpeng also faced Keisuke Honda in Serie A, so there are still people familiar with each other in this game.

The three attacking midfielders of Keisuke Honda, Yasuto Endo and Shinji Kagawa pressed forward in the frontcourt, making it impossible for the Chinese team to reach their feet in the backcourt and could only quickly pass the ball to the players in the frontcourt.

"Chinese team, come on! Chinese team, come on..."

The shouts of the Chinese fans in the stands came again, which, to a certain extent, increased the pressure on the players on the Chinese team.

Players like Cai Huikang who didn't have many chances to play in the first few games made obvious mistakes in passing and receiving the ball.

Although Xia Ze and Zheng Zhi tried their best to control the rhythm of the field, after the backcourt players were pressed, they always couldn't pass the ball safely, but rushed to the frontcourt with their big feet, easily losing possession of the ball right.

In the first 15 minutes of the game, the Chinese team's pass error rate remained high, allowing the Japanese team to repeatedly launch counterattacks in the frontcourt.

"Oh, the Chinese team lost the ball again! The Japanese team's counterattack is dangerous..." Duan Xuan said anxiously.

In the sound of his commentary, the Japanese team created another chance. Fortunately, Shinji Okazaki missed the ball.

"Although the Japanese team failed to score a goal, the Chinese team gave them too many opportunities in the first 15 minutes." Duan Xuan said helplessly: "I feel that the players on the field today are too nervous and their movements are too tense. Too many mistakes."

He thought for a while, and then continued: "It may be because our domestic media put too much pressure on them in this game. In fact, no matter whether they win or lose, as long as they show their normal strength, I believe the domestic fans will be satisfied."

"Don't worry, slow down!" Lippi stood up on the sidelines and shouted at the players of the Chinese team on the field.

In the ten minutes of the game, the gap between the technical and tactical abilities of the players on both sides was too great.

It stands to reason that the Chinese team also has 6 overseas players on the field, and their personal abilities are not too far behind Shinji Kagawa and the others. However, the overall passing and receiving cooperation is very different from that of the Japanese team.

If the Japanese team's offensive cooperation in the frontcourt is a Ferrari sports car engine, which runs fast and smooth, then the Chinese team can only use a tractor engine produced in China in the 1950s and 1960s, which is rusty and slow.

Lippi frowned tightly, his eyes full of worry. He is not only worried about this game, but more about the transformation of the Chinese team in the future.

After all, compared with the Japanese team, the Chinese team is too far behind. c