World Cup of Great Powers

Chapter 155: Advance to the semi-finals

"China team, come on!"

"One more, one more!"

"Come on, come on!"

In the stands, the fans of the China Youth Team shouted so loudly that their voices went up in smoke.

Before the team could calm down, the Chinese Youth Team lobbed the ball into the penalty area again.

Looking at the indiscriminate bombardment of the China Youth Team on the court, many fans shouted their voices hoarse.

Zhu Guanghu was filled with emotion as he looked at Zeng Zheng, who kept giving loud instructions on the sidelines.

Let alone a fan.

Even he has never seen such a fierce attack by Guozihao!

Over the years, how has the national team ever attacked during this time period?

Since the 1970s and 1980s, Chinese football has been on a decline.

However, in horizontal comparison, the abilities of other Asian teams are not very good, so the Chinese team has always maintained its external advantage.

Since entering the 1990s, the gaps between Asian teams have become apparent.

Due to the lack of scientific systematic training and professional attitude towards football, domestic players generally have the physical fitness to run for only 60 minutes.

Regardless of the nutritional conditions over the years, this phenomenon is common among players and is also due to the times.

But this is a drawback after all!

And it is a shortcoming that can be compensated and remedied.

As long as the training method is scientific, supplemented by adequate nutrition and a serious professional attitude.

Whether you are a young or mature player, running for 90 minutes or 120 minutes is not a problem.

Forget about the previous generation of players, starting from the 1977 batch of players, Zeng Zheng’s first priority was the physical fitness of the players.

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But there are some differences between physical fitness and physical fitness.

Due to the lack of scientific training, the previous football teams often practiced long-distance running starting at 10,000 meters.

think about it.

Before even practicing their professional skills, the team members were tortured to death by the 10,000-meter long-distance running.

A training camp lasts at least half a month.

After running this 150,000 meters, even the iron man will be exhausted, let alone the players.

Compared with long-distance running, Zeng Zheng pays more attention to players whose performance in short- and long-distance return running is not much different.

If you can run 4.5 seconds for 30 meters when you are full of energy, I don’t mind that you are slow. After running countless 30 meters in thirty minutes, if you can still run 4.6 or 7 seconds in the 30-meter test, then you are considered to be in good physical fitness.

That is to say.

Zeng Zheng’s public training with back-and-forth runs is actually the core of the Chinese youth team’s training!

It’s just that the media and fans don’t know the difference!

Under Zeng Zheng's "training", whether it is the National Youth or National Olympic Games, the 30-meter return run results are ahead of the country.

This is also a signal sent by Zeng Zheng.

You may not be technically strong, or you may not have any other physical qualities.

But in terms of physical fitness, it must be passed.

Only if your physical fitness reaches the standard can you join the national team, otherwise there is no need to talk about it!

It is precisely this selection standard that supports Zeng Zheng's tactics on the court today.

Chinese players generally lost strength by the 60th minute, as did other teams.

60-70 minutes is the critical point of most teams' physical fitness.

Zeng Zheng chose to launch an aggressive attack during this period, not to show off the physical training effects of his own players, but to take advantage of this weak period to catch his opponents off guard!

Judging from the formation, Zeng Zheng replaced all midfielders, turning 442 into 361.

But in fact, with the increase in midfielders, the positions of Shao Jiayi and Li Yan have moved forward accordingly.

If you don't look at Li Yi, who specializes in protecting the ball and being the bridgehead during the attack, the formation of the Chinese Youth Team is more inclined to 343.

This is a standard offensive formation!

It is understandable that the Paraguayans did not react.

In the 64th minute, the China Youth Team intercepted the opponent's big foot in the midfield to make a clearance, and quickly launched a long pass to the open space on the left.

After Shao Jiayi got the ball, he dunked the ball lightly and made a direct pass.

Facing three attackers in the penalty area, the Paraguay goalkeeper knocked the ball out with a single punch.

However, as soon as the ball flew out of the penalty area, it landed on Zhao Junzhe's chest.

The young Liaozu player stopped the ball with his chest and dunked it lightly, then quickly pushed the ball straight to the right.

Chen Licheng caught up with the ball and made the same pass.

Facing the melee in the penalty area, the Paraguayans had no choice but to push the ball out of the penalty area.

"Come out, come out quickly!"

Following Zeng Zheng's roar, Li Yi, Li Yan, Zheng Zhi, and Xu Yunlong came out of the penalty area more actively than anyone else.

Seeing the opponent's four attackers running back from the offside position, the Paraguayans could only grit their teeth and move forward.

But the ball fell at the feet of the Chinese Youth Team again.

Zhao Junzhe passed the ball to Lu Bofei, who saw the opportunity and sent a through ball.

Facing the incoming ball, the four attackers of the China Youth Team continued to turn back.

But just as he turned his head, Paraguay defender Maldonado fell to the ground desperately and scooped the ball out.

As a result, the four middle-aged and young players changed their running direction again.

"mine!"

Chen Licheng ran back to the penalty area, blocked the ball with his body and intercepted the ball again.

Seeing that his teammates were in control of the ball again, with a snap, four more players rushed into the Paraguayan penalty area, disrupting the opponent's defense.

"Come on, come on!"

"One in, one in, one in!"

Faced with the Chinese youth team's constant possession of the ball in the frontcourt and creating shooting situations, the fans in the stands were also willing to risk their lives.

As long as you continue to attack, our cheers will continue to see who can hold on longer!

This time, Chen Licheng did not pass the ball into the penalty area hastily, but once again passed the ball to Shao Jiayi on the left side.

If there is a gap on the right side, hit the right side; if there is a gap on the left side, hit the left side.

With Zeng Zheng’s reminder and Zhao Junzhe’s passing and support in the middle, the China Youth Team can always pass the ball to the opponent’s space as soon as possible.

Ignoring the pull of the opponent beside him, Shao Jiayi rushed to the ball's landing point and used the arch of his foot to catch it, then took a step forward and walked around to the ball.

Stopping and protecting the ball is just a basic operation for Shao Jiayi, and turning and changing direction is also easy.

The passive Paraguayan players could only run back and forth after Shao Jia's kick.

If there is a slight gap, there is a risk of being broken through or passed by the opponent.

But no matter how hard he put on a defensive stance, he was still a step too slow.

Seeing Shao Jia's kick, the Paraguayan defender stretched out his leg desperately, but the kick missed.

This time, Li Yi saw the gap and quickly moved forward. While squeezing into the penalty area from the front point, he received Shao Jiayi's diagonal pass.

In this position, the Paraguayan players did not dare to make a move easily.

As long as Li Yi falls to the ground, it will be a feast of yellow spots.

Li Yi did not protect the ball this time, but put the ball in front of him and made fake moves back and forth to attract the opponent's attention.

As soon as the Paraguayan player stepped forward, he quickly passed the ball to the center.

boom!

There was a muffled sound.

Zheng Zhi, who stepped in from the middle to receive the ball, pushed the ball and pocketed the ball into the Paraguay goal with his left foot.

"The Chinese team shoots!"

“goooooooooooooooal!!!”

The on-site commentator roared again.

"In the 68th minute, in a series of attacks, the Chinese team used a cross from the side to score another goal!"

"Although the Paraguayan goalkeeper responded to this goal, he still could not prevent the ball from entering the net."

"This is a team effort from the Chinese team!"

"Strong Chinese team."

"The Paraguayans were so beaten that they had no power to fight back!"

Zheng Zhi, who has scored goals before, has become much more "mature and steady" after scoring this time.

He jumped directly over the billboard, then ran across the plastic track, rushed to the bottom of the stands, and shouted at the fans.

The fans also responded to Zheng Zhi with the warmest applause and screams. There were even many young female fans in the crowd shouting Zheng Zhi's name and blowing kisses to him.

Seeing this, Zhu Guanghu on the sidelines laughed and cursed: "This stinky boy is floating!"

“After scoring a goal, I didn’t even know I had to ask the coach to tell me the good news!”

At this time, other team members followed Zheng Zhi, ran across the track, and waved to the fans in the stands.

"This is the third goal of the Chinese team in this game. The score on the field is currently 3-1!"

"The Chinese team leads by two goals."

The on-site commentator shouted loudly, "This is definitely a wonderful game."

"The Chinese team showed its powerful offensive capabilities in front of the whole world."

"For five minutes, the ball was at the feet of the Chinese team and they launched several consecutive attacks."

"Under such high-pressure conditions, the Paraguayans still failed to hold on."

"They dropped the ball again."

"In just 7 minutes, the Chinese team won two games in a row."

"This goal may directly seal the victory!"

"Of course, Paraguayans still have time."

"As long as they organize the middle and reconnect the backcourt and frontcourt players, they may be able to tie the score or even take the lead."

"Now it depends on how the Paraguayan coach arranges it."

"As of now, Paraguay only has one substitution left."

"I hope this last substitution card can perform a miracle!"

At Zeng Zheng's reminder, the players celebrated and then hurriedly ran back to their own half with their arms in hand.

The attack time set by Zeng Zheng has not yet passed.

During this period of time, the Chinese Youth Team must attack as much as possible and score as many goals as possible!

Soon, with the active running and clear goals of the players, the ball returned to the feet of the Chinese Youth Team again.

With this energy, Mou continued to attack until the 74th minute.

Zeng Zheng nodded, waved his hand, and announced that the team members would retreat.

In the following time, as long as we defend steadily, promotion is basically a certainty.

On Paraguay's side, after the head coach played the last substitution card, there was only two words left - attack.

In order to increase their offensive intensity, the Paraguayans even pushed out the defense line.

Anyway, losing by two or losing by three is a loss, why not have a good fight with the Chinese Youth Team.

But the problem is that after more than ten minutes of fierce attack by the Chinese Youth Team, Paraguay's entire defense line has been broken into pieces and completely defeated.

It took a long time just to organize the players to regain their confidence and regroup, let alone create decent offense and shooting.

In the 79th minute, the Paraguayans finally found a chance and sent the ball into the penalty area of ​​the China Youth Team.

Paraguay forward Santa Cruz suddenly broke in along the right wing, passed two people and suddenly broke into the penalty area of ​​the China Youth Team.

Faced with the double-team defense of the Chinese Youth Team, Santa Cruz neither chose to pass nor shoot directly. Instead, he stopped the ball at his feet and made a fake move.

The sudden change caught Wang Xiao off guard, and he accidentally kicked Santa Cruz down in the penalty area.

The referee immediately blew his whistle and gave his opponent a yellow dot.

Santa Cruz personally took the penalty, and the ball hit the lower left corner of the goal, leaving Liu Yunfei behind.

Looking at Santa Cruz running back with the ball in his arms, Zeng Zheng smacked his mouth.

“Paraguay responded very quickly!”

According to Zeng Zheng's plan, even if the opponent wanted to organize a decent attack after more than 10 minutes of this attack, it would have to be 80 minutes later.

It doesn't matter even if you concede a goal during this period, just continue to strengthen your defense.

But I never thought that the Paraguayans would react so quickly and get a goal back before the 80th minute.

This time point is extremely unfavorable for the Chinese Youth Team.

Especially Zeng Zheng will face the dilemma of whether to defend with all his strength or defend and counterattack.

"The whole is the whole, and the stars are also very important!"

Zeng Zheng sighed, waved his hand, and gave new instructions to the team members.

After the restart, the Paraguayans, who had pulled back a goal, were about to make persistent efforts. When they took advantage of the last ten minutes to score another victory, they found that the Chinese youth team that had just recovered had once again spread out their formation and occupied the midfield.

"what's the situation?"

"The Chinese team still wants to attack???"

Paraguay was also surprised when they saw the China Youth Team getting into shape.

"The coach of the Chinese team responded so quickly!"

Zeng Zheng is not stupid.

It’s the last 10 minutes. It’s okay if you hold on tightly, but what if you don’t?

If he doesn't keep it, he will be the one who is passive.

When the time comes for overtime, he will have to reorganize the team, adjust the mentality of the players, and launch an attack just like Paraguay did.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! If the team members are a little late in getting into the state, time will pass by.

And with the current Golden Goal overtime rules, if your opponent scores first, you will lose completely!

So Zeng Zheng made a decisive decision and launched a defensive counterattack at the last minute.

For players, it's just that the running distance is longer and the running time is longer.

Grit your teeth and persevere.

What's more, the best defense is offense.

If another goal is scored in the last ten minutes, the victory will be completely sealed!

After playing the last substitution card to stabilize the defense, Zeng Zheng changed the formation from 361 to 541. When he found an opportunity, he used the speed of the forward players to attack the Paraguayan half.

At this point in the game, both coaches have exhausted their cards.

What matters is the ability and fighting spirit of the players on the field, as well as the occasional luck.

Fortunately, with two backcourt backbones, Zheng Zhi and Xu Yunlong, the Chinese Youth Team's central defense has never been given any chance by its opponents.

Paraguay gave it a go and pressed forward with all its strength in a last-ditch effort.

In the 92nd minute of the game, facing Paraguay's last attack, Liu Yunfei actually took the ball away.

Fortunately, Zheng Zhi in the penalty area reacted promptly and ran to the ball immediately, fell to the ground and shoveled the ball out of the penalty area.

Li Yi, who retreated outside the penalty area, did not hesitate, turned around and kicked the ball forward.

Seeing the ball flying far away, the referee immediately blew the whistle to end the game without hesitation.

"Long live, long live the Chinese team!!!" the fans shouted in unison.

"The semi-finals, these are the semi-finals of the World Youth Championship!"

Zhu Guanghu grinned widely and stretched out four fingers on the sidelines.

He didn't react until the team members rushed to his side.

The semi-finals, this is a historic semi-finals!!!

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