World Cup of Great Powers

"?What new formation is this?" the Spanish assistant coach babbled, a little stunned.

"This is not a new thing!" Seth gritted his molars, "This is basically an old antique that has been eliminated long ago!"

In the history of football, almost no coach would start with a parallel position of 451.

Most of the time during the game, at the moment of full counterattack, the formation is lightly adjusted to a parallel position of 451.

Due to the parallel positioning of the three central midfielders, the formation lacks a sense of hierarchy. After the change of the head coach, a midfielder is usually selected to play as a single defensive midfielder in the parallel positioning of 451.

That is 4141.

As a branch of 451, the formation shortcomings of 4141 are also very obvious.

Not to mention the defensive vacuum on both sides of the midfield of the formation, the requirements for a single defensive midfielder are extremely huge.

Not only does this player have to be both offensive and defensive, but he also has to take on responsibilities such as defense, reception, running, and ball distribution.

Such a comprehensive midfield talent is very rare, and once injured or suspended due to red and yellow cards, the impact on the team will actually be huge.

On the basis of 4141, the head coach had to withdraw a midfielder again to form a double midfielder configuration.

As a result, 451 developed into today's 4231.

Although the overall formation tends to be stable, the emergence of 4231 actually goes against the original intention of 451!

Think about it, when you need a comprehensive counterattack, and there are two midfielders behind the center line, what kind of counterattack is there?

But there is never the best or perfect formation, only whether it is suitable or not, and whether it is restrained or not.

The tactical play adopted by Zeng Zheng today is another transformation of 4141.

But this time, Zeng Zheng did not directly change the formation to 4231, but divided Zhao Junzhe between the central midfielder and the defensive midfielder, sandwiching the two.

Commonly known as the midfield free man!

Under Zeng Zheng's arrangement, Zhao Junzhe's range of activities was huge!

Not only does he have to retreat to the single midfielder to assist in defense when defending, but he is also responsible for organizing and assisting when attacking.

Even some backcourt shots are handled by him.

As a result, the team's requirements for this player are even higher than the single midfielder of 4141.

This is also the reason why the team BUFF chosen by Zeng Zheng today was all focused on Zhao Junzhe.

To put it bluntly, although Zhao Junzhe seemed to be standing parallel to Xu Yunlong due to the compressed formation during defense;

But in fact, compared with Spain's two defensive midfielders, Zhao Junzhe has more offensive organizing tasks.

This is the biggest difference in the formation arrangements of the two sides.

In today's final, both sides' formations and defenses had deficiencies.

Spain is afraid that its goalkeeper is not good enough and Zheng Zhi of the China Youth Team will not be able to play.

Therefore, the head coaches of both sides unanimously chose the 451 formation, which is suitable for defensive counterattacks.

After studying and analyzing Spain's previous six games, Zeng Zheng found that the opponent preferred to advance from the center.

Therefore, Zeng Zheng was sure that even in the finals, even if it was a defensive counterattack, the opponent would adopt this step-by-step mid-push tactic.

In this case, Zeng Zheng took the risk and adopted such a formation that defended the center and left the sides.

In the first half, if Spain had been more flexible and used more wings, they would have found that the midfield defense of the China Youth Team would be so vulnerable and easily beaten into the penalty area by the opponent.

But unfortunately, Seth's team had no chance of discovery at all.

The reality is that for most of the first half, the Chinese youth team's midfielder was actually responsible for organizing and delivering the ball when attacking.

As a result, the three attacking midfielders and one forward are freed up to take full charge of the offense.

Especially Li Yi.

Today he was given unlimited firing rights by Zeng Zheng.

So after receiving the ball, you basically hit the goal directly with one kick.

It was precisely the use of this kind of offensive pressure that forced Spain not to discover the gap in the Chinese Youth Team's defense earlier.

"In other words, if we focus our attack more on the wing in the second half, the midfield defense they built will be easily broken?" Upon hearing this, the assistant coach's eyes gleamed.

"That's right!" Seth fist-bumped.

"Igor's performance exceeded my expectations."

"He was in great shape today!"

"Since we don't have to worry about him, why should we fight back?"

"We'll be done with a full-scale attack!"

"Tell the boys to calm down and I'm going to plan the tactics for the second half!"

...

Seth's analysis was correct, and he even considered Zeng Zheng's prediction points clearly.

That's what Zeng Zheng thought.

In this World Youth Championship, both Shao Jiayi and Zheng Zhi have become Oriental stars.

For Zeng Zheng, this is not enough!

In this last final, in addition to winning, Zeng Zheng also had a "star-making plan"!

By setting up the midfield free man's tactics, we fully highlight Hao Junzhe's role in the team.

The entire first half, including Shao Jiayi, was Zhao Junzhe's foil.

Born in Zhaojunzhe in 1979, he is only 20 years old this year.

Compared with Li Tie, a pure engineering player, Zhao Jun is not physically tall and does not have superior strength.

Compared with Zheng Zhi, he lacks Zheng Zhi's fierceness and hard work.

If Li Tie's training direction is Makelele, Zheng Zhi's training direction is Davis.

Then the training direction set by Zeng Zheng for Zhao Junzhe is Modric.

He is thin, has a slow personality, is willing to work hard, has good footwork and good vision.

Such a player is most suitable to be trained by Zeng Zheng into an excellent B2B midfielder.

It's still 1999, and the era of the classic attacking midfielder has not yet completely come to an end.

However, at Zeng Zheng's request, the selection of midfielders has begun to develop in an all-round way.

Only in this way can players adapt to the team's arrangements as soon as possible after arriving at a European club and get more playing opportunities.

When his own league was unable to send overseas players in large quantities, Zeng Zheng could only use this method to ensure quality first.

After 45 minutes of competition in the first half, the China Youth Team has scored a leading goal, which can be regarded as meeting the minimum requirements of Zeng Zheng's plan.

Anticipating that the opponent was going to change formation, Zeng Zheng called the players one by one to talk in detail alone during these 15 minutes.

...

"In the second half, that's probably how we played."

"If you weren't injured, you would have played the full 90 minutes."

"In terms of physical fitness, you should weigh it yourself and don't exert yourself too much."

"In terms of defense, I give you the green light, so you don't have to participate in defense."

"But once I want you to play a role, you have to work hard for me!"

As the bell rang to start the second half, Li Yi, the last one to be called out, nodded fiercely.

Seeing Li Yi's firm eyes and expression, Zeng Zheng also nodded.

Winning against Spain and winning the World Youth Championship has reached the final stage for Zeng Zheng!

...

In the second half, the teams changed sides and fought again, but both sides were still the same team.

1-0 is a completely unacceptable score for Spain.

"Xiao Zeng, Spain will definitely counterattack with all its strength in the second half." Zhu Guanghu looked worried.

"Should we change some defensive players?"

Zeng Zheng nodded.

"Substitution will definitely happen, but now is not the time."

Zeng Zheng has a habit.

That is, before making a substitution, he likes to "squeeze out" the physical energy of the players being substituted.

With the existence of the system panel, Zeng Zheng can clearly see the physical condition of any player in front of him.

Once it is time to make a substitution, Zeng Zheng will remind the player to increase his running and completely consume his energy.

If things go on like this, although this kind of substitution method will be easily noticed by the opponent's coach, there may also be some accidents in the process.

However, Zeng Zheng was still happy to use this move when there was a high probability that he could take out a lot of physical energy from his opponent.

As Zhu Guanghu expected, in the 49th minute of the second half, the Spaniard made a fierce attack from the left.

After Barrera successfully broke through from the left, he passed the ball across to Xavi in ​​front of the top of the penalty area.

After receiving the ball, the latter faced Hao Junzhe's defense and pushed forward with his right foot, as if he wanted to use a change of rhythm to get past the opponent.

Sure enough, Zhao Jun was stunned and gave up his position after being deceived by his opponent.

But immediately after, Xu Yunlong immediately put the defense in place.

After being reminded by Zeng Zheng, Xu Yunlong did not take action rashly, but got stuck in front of Harvey, blocking his next path forward.

To pass this defensive zone, Xavi must either change direction or hand over the ball.

Seeing that his opponent did not take the opportunity to grab the ball, Harvey stretched out his foot and pulled the intentionally wide ball back to his feet.

Seeing the opponent's speed of pulling the ball, Xu Yunlong couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva.

Good guy!

This guy is really fast on his feet!

If Boss Zeng hadn't reminded him, he might have been passed over now.

After taking control of the ball, Spain had already reached the front of the China Youth Team's penalty area.

Seth on the sidelines nodded when he saw this.

The two wings are indeed the weak point of the Chinese Youth Team's defense.

Facing the intensive defense of the Chinese Youth Team that was still rooted in the middle, Harvey and his teammates made several small-scale passes before forcing the ball into the penalty area.

When Pablo and Liu Yunfei saw this, they were already running desperately.

At the critical moment, Geng Yujie stepped forward and destroyed the ball with a sliding tackle.

Seeing this, the fans swallowed their hearts back into their stomachs again.

Shortly after this attack was disrupted by the Chinese Youth Team, Spain made a comeback.

Not only Zeng Zheng, but also Zhu Guanghu keenly discovered that Spain had adjusted its formation to 442.

The two forwards were like two fangs, deeply embedded in the defense of the Chinese Youth Team.

Coupled with the tacit cooperation between Xavi and Gabri, Spain attacked several times in a row, all of which reached the penalty area of ​​the Chinese Youth Team.

"Pablo shoots!!!"

As the commentator exclaimed, the ball soared into the sky and flew straight into the stands.

On the penalty area line, Pablo covered the back of his head, feeling annoyed.

Why!

Why is this ball kicked so wide???

For Pablo himself, this position is indeed a good starting point, and he also has the ability to score from this position.

But for Seth, something was wrong everywhere.

Why is that guy shooting there?

Is it overconfidence?

Or should I say that I can only shoot there?

"What are you doing?"

"Pass it in! Pass it!"

"Pass the ball into the Chinese team's penalty area and shoot!"

“Can’t you understand Spanish?”

As time passed by, the situation on the field gradually favored Spain's side.

Without the worries on the defensive line, when the Spanish team attacks, even the Brazilian team can't hold it back.

But the problem is that so far, even though the Chinese Youth Team has replaced someone, Spain still has very few shots in the Chinese Youth Team's penalty area.

what 's wrong?

After Seth observed it for a while, a frustrated expression appeared on his face again.

"Damn it, it turns out that the Chinese team has already reacted!"

When Spain changed its formation in 442, Zeng Zheng also changed its formation.

It's still 451, but it's a lineup that completely goes against the 451 formation - 4411!

Four defenders, four midfielders.

A total of eight people gathered at the front of the penalty area, forming two airtight defensive lines.

With such a dense defense, it is no wonder that Spain cannot attack.

Faced with a situation where he is surrounded by opponents, even the future midfield master Xavi will not be able to penetrate these two walls without the cooperation of Messi and Iniesta.

In the 65th minute, Gabri went straight to the frontcourt, trying to pass the ball to Xavi who was advancing.

However, the pass was a little small, and Zhao Junzhi touched it with his foot, causing the ball to roll out.

When Xu Yunlong saw this, he immediately rushed over.

Every half ball must be fought for with all one's strength.

The Chinese Youth Team has been able to hold on until now, and this request is indispensable!

Although Xu Yunlong worked hard, Harvey worked even harder!

After Xu Yunlong made a flying tackle, he immediately stood up and hooked his left foot to protect the ball under his body.

Using the figure flashing in his peripheral vision, Harvey immediately judged the movement of his teammates.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! With a click of his heel, the ball rolled into the penalty area of ​​the China Youth Team.

At this time, everyone's attention was focused on Xavi and Xu Yunlong. No one thought that Pablo would suddenly break into the penalty area of ​​the China Youth Team.

Seeing that the Spaniard was about to form a single attack, at the critical moment, Liu Yunfei abandoned the goal and walked out.

The young Chinese youth team player opened his arms and blocked Pablo's fatal push with his chest.

Bang!

There was a muffled sound.

Spain's best chance to tie the score was missed by him!

After the missed shot, Pablo still looked annoyed.

This expression has appeared on his face countless times.

The scouts in the stands who were very optimistic about him before the game were shaking their heads at this moment.

One more game, one more opportunity.

But sometimes when there are too many opportunities, people will inevitably show their timidity.

After seeing Pablo wasting such an opportunity, the evaluation of him by major clubs instantly dropped a few points.

"Obviously the opponent is only the Chinese team!"

The commentator looked at Liu Yunfei who kept punching in front of the goal and murmured, "I didn't expect Spain to be so defeated in front of the Chinese team!"

So far in the second half, Zeng Zheng's team has not shown much offensive power.

In this way, it not only saves physical strength, but also confuses the opponent.

As time passed by, Seth finally couldn't bear it anymore.

If we don't score a goal, I'm afraid this game will really be lost!

And no matter how he looked at it, he felt that Zeng Zheng had some tricks up his sleeve.

In the 20-odd minutes of the second half, the Chinese Youth Team defended very steadily!

Many times it is not that the Chinese youth team has no chance to counterattack, but that it is "missed" by the players.

But it didn't matter if he missed it once or twice, he missed it every time, and Seth couldn't help but feel nervous.

According to the offensive efficiency of the China Youth Team in the first half, the current rhythm of the China Youth Team is definitely intentional.

So, why not fight back when you can?

After thinking about it, Seth could only attribute it to the lack of physical fitness of the members of the Chinese Youth Team.

Think about it too.

In the first half, they kept attacking from the middle. If they maintained that intensity in the second half, they would not be able to play the entire game.

So far, Zeng Zheng has only played one substitution card.

"Mr. Seth, the Chinese team seems to be deliberately slowing down the pace! Are they trying to waste time on purpose?"

Seth bit his lip, thought for a moment, and then shook his head.

"Probably not!"

"According to my previous observations of the Chinese team, their coaches like to make the most of it in the last 10 minutes!"

"I think they are saving their energy to prepare for the attack in the last ten minutes!"

"Think about it, we were already leading 1-0. At that time, we were short of troops and horses. If we were attacked by the opponent, it would directly kill the game!"

"no!"

"We can't attack like this anymore."

"We have to remind the team members to save their energy and prepare for the final offensive and defensive battle!"

Under Seth's command, Spain's offensive gradually slowed down.

In these 10 minutes, the two sides seemed to have formed some kind of tacit understanding.

If you can attack, then attack; if you can't, then go back to the backcourt.

Seeing that the two teams were gradually calming down, the fans in the stands also took the opportunity to breathe a sigh of relief.

"Hey, tell me, has Spain given up?"

"What a bullshit! How is it possible? Can't you see it? You are definitely saving your energy and planning to counterattack at the last moment!"

"It seems that the Spaniard is just like us, and his physical fitness is not good either!"

"Please, whether your physical fitness is good or not depends on how you play! If the whole field is attacked with high intensity, even an iron man will not be able to stand it!"

"Oh, that's it!"

Like these two fans, among the 95 countries and regions that are paying attention to this World Youth Championship, all TV stations broadcasting the game are also discussing the current situation heatedly.

Seth's thoughts are very clear.

After attacking for dozens of minutes without success, rest for a while and then make a final counterattack.

The Chinese Youth Team led by Zeng Zheng is also not difficult to guess.

So far, both Li Yi and Shao Jiayi have been left on the court by Zeng Zheng, who clearly wants to use their offensive abilities to tie each other down.

And if given the chance, this shock will turn into reality and become a fatal blow!

The defensive counterattack of the youth team in this World Youth Championship has made countries all over the world shine.

Everyone also believes that Zeng Zheng is also waiting for the moment to defeat Spain!

Is it the Matador who counterattacks, or is it the Oriental Dragon that kills the game with thunderous momentum?

The fans held their breath and kept glancing at the timer.

In the 77th minute, Spain, which had made two substitutions, suddenly launched a strong attack.

After passing the ball several times in a short period of time, he suddenly found a breakthrough in the middle.

No matter how Zeng Zheng shouts here, he always slows down a beat.

Under Xavi's connection, Spain's offensive machine in the frontcourt is rolling forward.

In the blink of an eye, the ball was passed into the penalty area of ​​the China Youth Team.

When he saw Gabri going down to chase the ball, Zeng Zheng suddenly reacted and shouted hurriedly.

"Be careful of the inverted triangle cross!!!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Gabri's knockback ball rolled towards the penalty spot.

Fortunately, Zeng Zheng gave a reminder one second in advance, and the two defenders and two midfielders quickly moved towards the center.

Swish swish!!!

Three bodies jumped out in front of Harvey.

Faced with Harvey's leg swing, the defensive players subconsciously flew to block the hole of the gun.

In front of the goal line, even Liu Yunfei made a save.

But when Xavi's right foot was already at a height parallel to his waist, the fans did not see the ball flying up.

"Missed the kick?"

Zhu Guanghu looked surprised.

"Fuck! It was leaked on purpose!" Zeng Zheng gritted his teeth.

Xavi's shot was so fake!

No matter from running position or swinging his legs, everyone thinks he will shoot directly.

But this happened to be a fake move.

After the ball quickly slipped away from his feet, defender Marchena, who was inserted from behind, met the ball and swung his leg.

boom!

This time, the Spaniard's foot actually kicked the ball.

Liu Yunfei, who was knocked to the ground by Harvey in front of the goal line, barely raised his body and threw himself towards the ball.

But just relying on the strength of the body to stay in place, it is impossible to jump very far.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! In addition, Liu Yunfei's natural height disadvantage is also included.

At that moment, he only felt a strong wind blowing in front of his fingertips.

Fuck! Didn’t touch it!

The next second, Liu Yunfei was not upset.

There was a sudden muffled sound behind him.

"Bang!!!"

Buzz buzz buzz~~~

The entire door frame of the China Youth Team shook.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh~"

"It's the goalpost!"

"What a pity!"

"The Spaniard missed the best chance to equalize the score!"

Not only the commentator, but also Seth on the sidelines almost leaned over in annoyance.

He did not wait until the last 10 minutes to launch the attack, but quietly advanced the attack, just to catch the Chinese Youth Team off guard.

But it’s up to people to plan things, and it’s up to God to make things happen.

This goalpost completely broke his heart.

Yu Feng rushed over quickly and kicked the ball out of the sideline.

Until this moment, the bodies of the team members couldn't help but start to tremble.

Afraid!

Liu Yunfei couldn't care less about being angry now.

He turned around and kissed the goalpost hard.

Because the doorframe was still shaking, when Liu Yunfei's lips left the doorpost, a trail of saliva stuck to them.

Seeing the China Youth Team goalkeeper kissing the goalpost so hard, the fans could more or less understand Liu Yunfei's mood at this moment.

"Hanging, it's really hanging!" Zhu Guanghu stroked his chest on the sidelines and kept breathing heavily.

"Oh! I am so old."

"Things on the court are actually a bit unbearable."

Zhu Guanghu's words were entirely meant for those assistant teachers.

Maybe after this World Youth Championship, he might be transferred to Bamboo Shoes as a part-time job!

Seeing that the attack was "revealed", Seth decisively played the last substitution card and made the final attack.

When Zhu Guanghu saw this, he couldn't help but elbow Zeng Zheng to remind him that he still had two substitution cards in his hand.

Seeing that Zeng Zheng was indifferent, Zhu Guanghu stopped talking.

At this moment, he believed that Zeng Zheng had made his own decision in his heart.

Spain is about to begin its general offensive!

Substitution is a signal.

At this moment, the Spanish fans in the stands immediately stood up and cheered for the home team.

In the 79th minute, Spain once again kicked out several pleasing touches in front of the top of the penalty area of ​​the China Youth Team. The cooperation between Xavi and his teammates almost reached a seamless level.

Before the defenders of the China Youth Team could react, Harvey flicked the ball again.

Buzz!

Pablo rushed to the penalty spot and took a shot without stopping the ball.

From the point of view of the ball being released, the ball is fast and tricky, with a tendency to run into the blind corner of the goal.

Liu Yunfei had no time to react.

Fortunately, at the critical moment, Chen Licheng stepped forward and blocked the ball out of the penalty area with his legs.

The ball bounced to the right side of the penalty area, which happened to be the vacuum zone for Spain's attack.

Seeing Xu Yunlong speeding towards the ball, Seth on the sidelines immediately shouted: "Go back! Go back, go back!!!"

Before he could finish shouting, Xu Yunlong took action.

The ball flew into the air and headed straight into the Spanish half.

Shao Jiayi, who had become a midfielder, quickly leaned to his right, jumped up high and suddenly tilted his head back. The ball hit his forehead and continued flying towards the front court.

At the same time, under Seth's reminder, three Spanish defenders have been put in place.

As for the Chinese youth team, the only one who stepped in to chase the ball was Li Yi.

"good!"

"I'm holding on now!"

One against three, Seth didn't think Li Yi had this ability.

Seeing Li Yi catch up with the ball and take it to the baseline, Seth, after the alarm was lifted, began to urge the players to intercept the ball quickly and then continue to attack.

However, what he didn't expect was that Li Yiwu took the ball towards the corner kick in the face of the two men's attacks.

As the space for movement became smaller and smaller, in the end, Li Yi was forced to the corner kick area alone.

"Hurry up, grab the ball quickly!"

Under Seth's urging, the two Spanish defenders tried their best, but neither of them touched the ball from Li Yi's feet.

Seeing this scene, Seth was shocked and quickly looked towards the midfield.

Oops!

Where are the shadows of the Chinese youth players taking over?

Except for Shao Jiayi who strolled towards the corner area, the other players were standing in the backcourt without any intention of attacking.

It was not until this moment that Seth finally realized Zeng Zheng's true intention.

"Shet!"

"This guy actually stopped attacking!!!"