World Cup of Great Powers

"Coach Zeng, you and Spanish coach Seth both chose 451 today!"

On the sidelines of the Chinese Youth Team, there is a "stranger" with a work badge around his neck.

He is said to be unfamiliar because in this World Youth Championship, he did not appear in the Chinese youth team once;

I put quotation marks around him because he went to Nigeria with the Chinese youth team. In terms of status, he is still a member of the Chinese delegation.

That's right, his identity is the referee!

Golden Whistle Army!

Since there were Asian teams in both games of the semifinals, the Army, which was originally scheduled to enforce the semifinals, was immediately free.

According to the identity and status of the Army, if China and Japan can reach the finals, then the third or fourth place finals may be left to him.

However, the team failed to live up to expectations in the early days, and the Army failed to win a single game in the last four games.

Since I had to pay for my flight back home, the Army stayed with the Chinese Youth Team during this period.

The Seth he was talking about was Spain's head coach.

"The 451 formation is very popular in our coaching community." Zeng Zheng replied calmly.

Zeng Zheng was neither cold nor disgusted with this "golden whistle".

In his previous life, everyone knew the fate of the Army, and countless clubs and players were cheated by him.

But Zeng Zheng was not particularly disgusted by this.

If the water is clear, there will be no fish.

In such a general environment, even if his army holds on, there will still be Wang Jun, Li Jun, Chen Jun, etc.

The main reason why people hate corrupt people is that they are not the corrupt ones.

The army is greedy, and his reputation as a golden whistle is real!

Nowadays, domestic referees have been separated from Bamboo Shoes in terms of status and are controlled and managed by Wang Yilin's branch.

But when it comes to competitions at the national level, the Army's reputation still rests on its bamboo shoes.

Moreover, the referee has been in charge of Zhu Xie for so many years, so how can he just decide the score at once?

There are countless connections here, which cannot be cleared up all at once.

For someone like Lu Lu who is at the top of the industry, even a nationally renowned coach will try his best to build a good relationship with him.

The captain and the young and middle-aged team members all affectionately call Army "Teacher Lu".

So in such a final, the Army is really qualified to stand by Zeng Zheng's side.

"Oh? Why?" When it comes to matters that are not his own expertise, the Army is still very humble in front of professionals.

"Of course it was last year's World Cup final!" Since Army asked, Zeng Zheng didn't mind explaining a few more words.

“The French team played Brazil in the World Cup final last year, and Kaiya used the 451.”

"As soon as the Brazilian team lost, Kaiya's formation became popular. Now coaches all over the world are studying this trick!"

"Oh! So that's it!" Lu Jun nodded.

He also went to the World Cup last year, but he was only the referee in one group match and served as a linesman in the other two group matches.

Even this experience is enough to make his status as the "number one referee" in the country more stable.

"Coach Zeng, what are the characteristics of this formation?"

Seeing that Lu Jun was still a good kid who was studious and inquisitive, Zeng Zheng couldn't help but smile.

“Let’s not talk about the features first. Let’s talk about why this set of 451 came out.”

"First of all, from the perspective of positional equipment, this formation is a defense-oriented formation."

"This is also to deal with the strong Brazilian team."

"The second most critical thing is that the French team's forwards are too weak!"

"Those guys, Henry and Trezeguet, are just in their infancy and are still too young; that guy Guivarc is too soft and useless!"

"As long as Jivarche has some ability, it won't be a problem for the French team to score more players!"

"Because of the weakness of the forwards, Kaiya had to withdraw a forward to strengthen the midfield."

"With the three defensive midfielders of Deschamps, Kalembou and Petty, the French team can attack with confidence."

"This is the origin of this set of 451!"

After hearing this, the Army nodded repeatedly, and then continued to ask: "Coach Zeng, I heard you say this, this 451 is basically a formation of weak against strong."

"But Spain also uses 451 today. Is it because they are afraid of us?"

Zeng Zheng shook his head, "There are also differences between 451 and 451."

"The 451 that Seth and I use is not the most traditional parallel position."

"The 451 used by Seth can be stretched into 4231."

"Double defensive midfielders stand parallel, with three attacking midfielders in front."

"With this formation, you can advance and attack, and retreat and defend."

"If it weren't for the fact that the young goalkeeper had only played once in this World Youth Championship, Seth's formation would have been bolder and more offensive!"

As a golden sentry, although the Army is not professional, it is still very knowledgeable.

"I see."

Don't look at the fact that the Chinese Youth Team has reached the final for the first time, and players such as Shao Jiayi, Zheng Zhi, Li Yi are also very famous.

But in the eyes of most fans, the China Youth Team is still a "dark horse."

Look at Spain.

Most of the team members are members of the La Liga B team. They have been trained in major clubs in Spain since childhood and participated in competitions of all ages.

These players have just reached adulthood and are on the verge of joining the first team.

The major teams in La Liga also want to use the World Youth Championship to take a good look at who is qualified and capable of promotion, and who needs to be observed for a few years.

So from the overall strength point of view, the Spanish team is at least one level better than the Chinese youth team.

If the main goalkeeper hadn't been injured, Seth would have at least thrown 442, and it's not impossible to hit 433.

"Since Coach Zeng sees it so thoroughly, he must have already figured out how to deal with it!"

Zeng Zheng snorted slightly after hearing this.

We have already reached the finals. If I don't show my strength, how can I be worthy of these hard-working players and the cheering fans in the stands?

[Chinese Youth Team: 96% tacit understanding]

[Overall status: Full of momentum]

[Weather in Lagos, Nigeria: sunny; temperature: 26-33 degrees Celsius]

[Team buff 1: World Youth Junior Team 1]

[World Youth Junior Team 1: Increase the midfielder’s ability to steal and counter-attack]

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! [Team buff 2: World Youth Junior Team 2]

[World Youth Junior Team 2: Improve the passing ability of midfielders and expand their passing vision]

[Team buff 3: World Youth Junior Team 3]

[World Youth Junior Team 3: Enhance the physical fitness limit of midfielders]

[Team buff 4: World Youth Junior Team 4]

[World Youth Junior Team 4: Enhance the midfielder’s one-touch passing ability]

[Team buff 5: World Youth Junior Team 5]

[World Youth Junior Team 5: Improve the strength of midfielders against injuries]

[Team tactics: attack in the middle, free man in the midfield]

[Middle attack level 4: Attacks launched from the middle are more likely to result in shots]

[Midfield free man lv5: Set a player as a midfield free man to improve the player's full ability]

The Chinese Youth Team entered the World Youth Championship as a dark horse.

All along, Zeng Zheng used anti-counterattack tactics and followed the path of defeating the strong with the weak.

Even in the Asian Youth Championship, Zeng Zheng's "active defensive counterattack" caused a lot of headaches for many teams.

This can't help but make others feel that the China Youth Team is a "weak team".

This is of course contrary to Zeng Zheng's original intention.

Therefore, in the final, Zeng Zheng chose a proactive offensive formation and equipment tactics for the first time.

Zeng Zheng has always felt that in terms of talent, his own players are no worse than foreigners.

In this case, they are all young men in their 20s. There is no reason for us to be timid and always want to seize the loopholes in the opponent's offense and then use them to prevent counterattacks.

What if the opponent's coach arranges things properly so that no one can find any loopholes?

Then we won’t attack?

To this end, Zeng Zheng simulated more than 50 games against Spain in these days.

Under his little bit of fine control, coupled with his guess about the opponent's formation.

By the end of the simulation, the winning rate can even reach 64!

This does not include the fact that the other party did not expect that he would make this "strange move".

If you play well, it is not impossible to defeat Spain in just a few minutes!

Sure enough, after the game started, the Chinese Youth Team relied on their strong midfield performance to steal the ball and immediately turned away.

After six games, the team members have already adapted to such a world competition.

Even in the finals, no one had stage fright and got into the mood immediately after the buzzer started.

Facing the central attack of the Chinese Youth Team, the Spaniard obviously did not have much preparation.

In fact, according to the scene that Seth painted for them, the ball should be at their feet at this time.

The three attacking midfielders move back and forth and then look for shooting opportunities.

But now, the situation on the field is completely different from what they imagined.

Facing the menacing Chinese youth players, the ball was passed out by the opponent before the Spaniard could get close.

The ball passed three times and fell down twice before returning to Zhao Junzhe's feet.

This young rookie from Liaoning Football Team has always been hailed as the future leader of Liaoning Football Team.

After catching the ball, he slowly pulled the ball to the side.

The center of gravity foot then moved and avoided Gabri's upward attack.

Although he was not completely shaken away by himself, Zhao Junzhe's lateral movement distance was just enough to put him in a relatively safe space, and he still had enough time to block the position with his body.

Seeing that Gabri was out of position, Barrera immediately rushed over to make up the defense.

However, just when he was about to run in front of Zhao Junzhe, the latter finally touched his second foot.

Snapped!

There was a crisp sound.

The ball moved very fast against the turf, passed through Varela's wicket, passed by Jusue's feet, and dived into the Spanish penalty area.

At the same time, the negotiator on the right side also quickly stepped in diagonally and caught the ball before Marchena.

After catching the ball, he only took one step forward and swung his right foot. The ball instantly changed direction and rolled toward the far corner of the goal along the turf.

In the lightning flash, a yellow figure flew in front of the ball and pushed the ball out of the penalty area with one palm.

"Oh!"

Less than two minutes into the game, the China Youth Team completed an attack.

The fans were frightened and excited to see it.

Before anyone could react, young Cassie immediately stood up and quickly retreated to the door.

"Push forward, press forward!"

Cassie yelled.

The through ball penetration of the Chinese Youth Team just now caused the Spanish defense to retreat too far.

Now the ball is out of the penalty area, and they are standing in such a back place.

No matter how the opponent passes the ball, it will not be said to be offside, and it will block Cassie's line of sight.

Under Cassie's shout, the Spanish player with excellent execution ability immediately raised his arms and ran towards the outside of the penalty area.

In fact, it was the correct response at this critical moment that allowed them to escape.

On the line of the penalty area, Li Yan pushed the ball forward.

The moment Li Yi received the ball, the referee's whistle sounded.

The Chinese Youth Team caught the ball offside!

Li Yi looked back at the linesman who was raising the flag, casually tapped his foot, kicked the ball toward the baseline, and ran out of the penalty area without saying a word.

Cassie muttered a Spanish national curse, then asked the ball boy for a new football and placed it on the line of the small penalty area.

After the kick was taken, the high-altitude ball was again obtained by the midfielder of the China Youth Team.

Faced with a situation where both the first and second points were controlled by the Chinese Youth Team, the Spaniard could only take the initiative to take advantage.

After receiving the ball, Zhao Junzhe did not turn around, but pushed directly forward, then turned around to get rid of Xavi's pressing.

Defender Chen Licheng did not touch the ball at all after getting the ball, and passed the ball directly to Xu Yunlong who opened the gap and ran to meet him.

After receiving the ball, Xu Yunlong calmly turned around, looked at the gap and pushed lightly, and the ball once again came to the feet of Zhaojun who was advancing forward.

At this time, Zhao Junzhe, who was in possession of the ball again, had already passed the midfield.

In front of him, there were four middle-aged and young players running around.

The Spaniards did not dare to be careless at all. One person followed Zhao Junzhe and gradually retreated, while the others moved around to keep the formation intact.

Seeing this, Zhao Junzhe stepped forward with his left foot, speeding up instantly.

Barrera was helpless.

Originally a midfielder, he retreated all the way, but now he had to grit his teeth and follow through.

However, as soon as he ran to the left side of the court, he was about to be surrounded by his teammates.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Zhao Junzhe passed the ball!

The ball was pushed forward quickly by him. At the same time, Shao Jiayi also accelerated down the court.

Keyinla had no choice but to give up Zhao Junzhe and quickly ran towards the bottom line.

Shao Jia picked up the ball one by one, and all the cameras in the field were focused on him.

As the top star of the China Youth Team, he is the most handsome boy on the court at the moment!

Fans are looking forward to the top scorer of the World Youth Championship scoring another goal and achieving another great result.

But just when the director on the sidelines zoomed in on the camera, preparing to take a detailed picture of Shao Jiayi's foot movements.

But unexpectedly, Shao Jia, who had the ability to break through the baseline or cross the ball, took two steps with the ball and then simply dunked the ball back to Zhao Jun's feet again.

At this time, Zhaojun, who was in the upper left corner of the Spanish penalty area, got the ball and pulled it horizontally.

Facing Bormudo, who was always guarding him, Hao Junzhe had already selected his target with just one sideways kick.

When he caught up with the ball again, he made a light move with his right foot.

Whoosh!

The ball was drawn in a banana-like arc in the air and flew accurately towards Li Yi, who was running in the penalty area.

Since the ball was flying toward Li Yi's head, no one would think that this "protective forward" would use his big head to protect the ball.

boom!

Under the double-team of the two men, Li Yi stretched his neck, thrust his head forward, and pointed his forehead.

The ball was hit on the turf in the blink of an eye, and then bounced quickly.

Spain's defenders are confused now!

Because in addition to Li Yi, Li Yan is also moving around.

Even Xu Yunlong, who was playing as a defensive midfielder, rushed into the penalty area now.

With so many contact points, who knows who Zhao Junzhe will pass to?

I don’t know, I don’t know, I still have to defend the ball!

At the critical moment, another yellow figure jumped out in front of the goal and blocked the ball in front of the goal line.

How could Jusue, who was rushing towards him, care about Cassie who fell to the ground?

Facing the ball that bounced towards him, he turned 180 degrees in an extremely awkward posture and kicked the ball out of the penalty area.

For a central defender, this kind of embarrassing clearance regardless of his own center of gravity will never be made until the critical moment.

Plop!

Jusue sat down on the ground.

No matter how much Cassie shouted, he was still the last defender.

Just when Jusue was struggling to get up quickly, there was a muffled "bang" from outside the penalty area!

The ball soared into the sky and flew towards the stands under the horrified eyes of Jusue and Cassie.

Looking at the empty goal behind them and Yu Feng covering his head in frustration outside the penalty area, the two looked at each other and let out a long sigh.

"Phew! Fortunately, it was the defender who shot!"