World Cup of Great Powers

Seeing that the high-altitude attack could not be opened up, and with no good solution, the Iranian team could only strengthen its long-range shots from the middle.

The Iranian team's long-range shooting has never been bad.

Players like Bagheri and Madavecchia have all blasted the Chinese team's door open with long-range shots.

In the 21st minute, the Iranian midfielder imitated his senior Bagheri, suddenly inserted in the middle, and hit the ball with a fierce kick!

This is a long shot of great quality!

The ball was so fast that the defenders of the China Youth Team in front of it didn't even have time to fly over and block the ball.

But the original god who pursues power too much is not so tricky.

Angel only moved one step laterally, then opened his arms to receive the ball in his arms.

Then, An Qi still carried out Zeng Zheng's tactics meticulously.

First he knelt down on his knees, and then his whole body fell forward.

The Iranian players who quickly returned to defense looked back after running back to their respective positions. Angel over there had not yet gotten up.

Until the last second when the goalkeeper could hold the ball, An Qi chose to throw the ball to Eric Mu on the wing.

Perhaps I was disgusted by the "Tai Chi style" of the China Youth Team.

This time, the Iranian players engaged in a high-position press.

After Erikmu got the ball, he took a few steps before he was attacked by the opponent's forward.

In addition to the forward, there are two other frontcourt players running respectively to block Eric Mu's passing route.

You have a good plan, I have a wall ladder.

Under Zeng Zheng's shouts, there was always one more team member to respond than the one to attack.

Coupled with Angel's constant running behind, virtually every backcourt player with the ball has at least two safe passing routes to choose from.

After several passes from the wing, including the goalkeeper, the Iranian team's frontcourt was completely disconnected from the backcourt.

Wang Xinxin saw the opportunity after catching the ball, turned around and followed up with a ground ball diagonally!

The ball accurately passed from the two Iranian team members and rolled directly to the feet of Yan Song who retreated to the center to receive the ball.

A textbook standard direct pass and diagonal pass!

At the same time, the three Chinese Youth Team players in the frontcourt immediately started.

In the blink of an eye, a 3-on-4 situation in the frontcourt was formed.

As Yan Song passed another diagonal pass with his foot on the ground, several Iranian defenders in front of him immediately raised their hands to indicate that the ball was offside.

However, the referee's whistle did not sound until Qu Bo rushed forward to catch the ball.

Offside counter was successful!

Seeing the referee's reaction, the Iranian team's defenders ignored it and rushed toward Qu Bo.

But the speed of chasing coquettish people is starting to increase.

It was already too late to pursue him at this point.

Qu Bo is fast and can dribble the ball quickly.

The two defenders who were following him were pulled further and further away.

Seeing that his teammates could not count on him, the goalkeeper of the Iranian team had no choice but to yell and leave the goal.

At this time, Qu Bo has dribbled the ball from the center to a position slightly to the right. If he wants to score a goal safely, it is best to use his right foot to reverse.

After Qubo made some adjustments, he did exactly that.

Iran-Contra quickly lowered his center of gravity and stretched his body diagonally against the turf.

He still couldn't reach the ball until his body fell heavily to the ground.

Although it’s a reverse angle, isn’t the angle too big?

Too big to be a shot!

It's definitely not a shot.

On the other side, Yu Tao rushed over.

He stretched out his kick in front of the Iranian defender's tackle and lightly pushed the ball into the goal.

"Yansong Zhisai..."

"Qubo!!"

"Anti-offside was successful..."

"He broke into the restricted area..."

"How to deal with..."

"Shoot... Ah Bu, cross the ball..."

"Yu Tao!!!"

"pretty!"

"The ball is in!"

"Faced with an empty goal, Yu Tao easily scored the ball!"

"1 to 0!"

"In the 25th minute of the first half, the Chinese Youth Team used a fast break to open the door to the Iranian team."

"1-0, the Chinese Youth Team is temporarily in the lead!"

The moment Yu Tao stretched out his foot and easily pushed the ball into the empty goal, the Azadi Stadium fell silent for an instant.

All that could be heard were cheers coming from the corner.

That was the voice of a handful of thousands of Chinese fans.

There is no comparison with the boos from more than 90,000 home team fans.

The moment he touched the ball, Yu Tao had already confirmed that the ball would definitely go into the net.

So even if he was tackled to the ground by an Iranian defender, there was no careless expression on his face.

He quickly got up and ran towards Qu Bo who was slowing down and crossing the bottom line.

The latter is standing on the baseline at the moment, with his arms spread wide, waiting for his teammates to rush over.

"In, in!!!"

"Nice shot!" Qu Bo laughed.

Yu Tao jumped on Qubo, stretched out a finger towards the Iranian fans in the stands, and kept drawing circles in the air.

Hello!

Did you see it?

I just scored a goal.

Why are you silent?

Liu Jianhong also explained accordingly:

"Yu Tao's goal silenced the 100,000 Iranian fans present."

"Maybe they never dreamed that they would attack the gate of the Chinese Youth Team so many times."

"It will be us who scores in the end!"

"I have to say that the counterattack of the China Youth Team is really sharp!"

"Like a sharp scalpel, it accurately cuts through the opponent's entire defense line."

"Look, Zeng Zheng, the head coach of the China Youth Team, appears in the camera."

"Judging from his calm expression, this goal seems to have been in his plan..."

“As expected of Coach Zeng.”

"With him on the sidelines, we will have full confidence in defeating any team we face."

...

The home team was one goal behind and the Iranian team was even more anxious.

After the restart, the Iranian team launched a wave of offensive.

The Chinese Youth Team was also very decisive and recycled across the board.

Eric Mu and Sun Xiang were on the left and right, one of them was very skilled and the other was a fierce fighter.

Two different defensive styles completely welded the wings to death.

Wang Xinxin and Wang Sheng lined up on the left and right, blocking the front of the penalty area.

Behind them, Du Wei and Zhang Yaokun were holding their positions tightly, refusing to give up an inch of ground.

Even forwards Qu Bo and Yu Tao formed a defensive chain in the midfield, constantly harassing their opponents with their runs.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! If you are not careful, you will be approached by two people, waiting for an opportunity to steal the ball.

After the first few consecutive attacks failed, the Iranian team's defensive midfielder did not dare to step forward easily, reducing the number of assists he stepped forward.

The speed of these two people is unstoppable!

If they were allowed to run, they might not be able to hold them back.

Even so, An Qi didn't dare to be careless at all.

The Iranian team has a variety of offensive methods, and the players are also lacking in skills and physical fitness.

In addition, this is their home court, and most of the physical contact will be suffered by the middle and youth players.

Facing the opponent's crazy attack, the Chinese Youth Team's defense was gradually compressed to the edge of the penalty area.

In the 27th minute, Iran chose to break through from the right.

The right winger who pulled up to the sideline did not choose to break through when facing Sun Xiang's blocking position, but directly passed the ball to the center of the penalty area with one kick.

The forward of the Iranian team took a header and forced the goal from the front.

Fortunately, Angel reacted in time and pushed the ball out of the post with the palm of his hand.

Then the Iranian team took a corner kick and was cleared by Du Wei from the penalty area.

In the 30th minute, the Chinese Youth Team was stuck by the opponent when they were turning back from the backcourt.

Wang Xinxin fell to the ground with two other players while protecting the ball, but in the end the referee only gave the opponent a simple verbal warning.

Xu Liang was angry but stepped forward to argue, but was handed a yellow card.

In the 34th minute, the Iranian team's frontcourt press was effective again.

After stealing the ball from Yan Song, he immediately moved to the left wing to start the attack.

Eric Mu extended his foot to block the opponent's cross twice in a row, and finally forced the opponent to break through the base and kicked out a low-quality cross, which was eventually obtained by An Qi.

Although the two wingers of the Chinese Youth Team defended very well.

However, the Iranian team discovered several times on offense that, relatively speaking, the wings are still the weak link of the Chinese Youth Team's defense.

There is nothing we can do about this.

The defense on the wing is naturally at a disadvantage.

The full-back usually has to wait for other teammates to come over and double-team in order to intercept the ball from the opponent's winger.

As a result, the defense in the middle will be relatively weakened.

At this moment, the Iranian team, addicted to attacking, decisively chose to change direction after their side attack was blocked.

Faced with a ground ball pushed to the center by their own winger in advance, the Iranian team's midfielder turned around to meet the ball and blocked Xu Liang with his body.

After waiting for the ball to come, he followed the ball and rotated most of his body.

Not only did he keep throwing Xu Liang away, but he also faced the goal of the Chinese Youth Team with the ball.

It was this turn towards the ball that caused a vacuum at the top of the arc for the Chinese Youth Team for a few seconds.

The Iranian team's midfielder took the ball forward before other middle and youth players could catch up, then decisively raised his right foot and shot the ball hard!

This time, it was almost a 1V1 shot in front of the penalty area line.

Angel swooped forward and already touched the ball with the index and middle fingers of his right hand.

But in the end, it still couldn't stop the ball from moving forward.

With great power, the ball went directly into the upper left corner of the goal.

"Wow~~~"

The moment his team equalized the score, a burst of crazy shouts erupted above the Azadi Stadium.

The Iranian fans went crazy. They shouted, yelled and cheered for the goal.

No. 8, who scored the goal, waved his fist fiercely, yelled, and then hugged other teammates tightly.

They didn't expect that this goal would come so hard.

Almost before the end of the first half, the goal was scored due to the hard work of the players.

Of course they should cheer for such a hard-won goal.

On the sidelines of the court, Tang Pengju and Chen Jingang both looked unhappy.

Same as last semifinal.

It was clear that they were leading in the first half, but were tied by their opponents at the last moment.

No one would be happy if this happened to anyone.

"TMD, it was almost, just a little bit close!"

"If we hold on for two more minutes, the first half will be over. Entering the halftime break with 1-0, our advantage in the second half will be much greater."

"Now that I'm fucked...I've been caught up with you, my time? My fate? Alas!"

To celebrate this goal, Iranian fans started to make waves in the stands.

The Chinese coaching staff waved their hands and sighed.

Obviously the Chinese youth team has done a good enough job in defense.

Even their players couldn't break into the penalty area with the ball again.

But with this long shot just now, God is undoubtedly on the side of the Iranians.

Shortly after the game restarted, the referee blew the whistle to end the first half.

1 to 1.

Neither side could do anything to win over the other.

...

"It was a good first half."

As soon as he entered the room, Zeng Zheng took the lead in applauding a few times and praising him.

The players in the locker room looked at each other, all a little ashamed.

There is nothing wrong with the coaching staff's tactics.

But someone still scored.

That's because there's something wrong with their playing.

Faced with Zeng Zheng's praise, the team members could only think that Zeng Zheng was deliberately comforting them.

"Don't droop your face, I'm telling the truth."

Zeng Zheng stepped forward and patted the first row of players on the shoulders one by one.

"Let me ask you a question first. Do you have the confidence to score one, two, or even more goals in the second half? Let's end the game directly within 90 minutes?"

"Yes!!!" the team members shouted in unison.

"What are you talking about? I can't hear you!"

Zeng Zheng tilted his head and put his hands to his ears.

"Have confidence!!!"

"What are you talking about? I didn't hear you!" General Zeng Zheng said the same thing again.

"Have confidence!!!!!"

This time, all the team members who returned to the room stood up and shouted with all their strength.

Many people use too much force, causing veins in their necks to bulge.

It looks very scary.

"As long as you have confidence, then we will win."

After saying that, Zeng Zheng came to the coach's seat and sat down as if nothing had happened.

"You guys have a good rest first, Xiao Tao. Bring those bananas, glucose, etc. to replenish your strength."

"We won't make any substitutions in the midfield."

"How you play in the first half is how you play in the second half."

"Okay, you all should have a rest."

Zeng Zheng's words made the players and coaches look confused.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Everyone thought that after the old-fashioned mobilization just now, Zeng Zheng would say a lot of impassioned words to enhance confidence.

Or maybe he would explain the tactics he had already planned in detail and give his opponent an unexpected blow in the second half.

But now, Zeng Zheng has done nothing after mobilizing.

This is like taking off your pants after checking into a room, but the other party tells you that it's over.

Xu Tao arranged the supplies for the team members, while Tang Pengju approached Zeng Zheng and asked quietly what was going on.

"Coach Zeng, we are so powerful! Why don't you say a few more words?"

Zeng Zheng put on a question mark face, "What are you talking about? I've said everything I need to say!"

Tang Pengju looked aggrieved, "You've finished everything you said, and I, the coach, didn't even hear it!"

"I told everyone to have a good rest. We won't make any substitutions. How will we play in the first half and how will we play in the second half? Isn't this clear?"

"But, but..."

Tang Peng held it for a long time and finally asked hesitantly:

"Coach Zeng, is this okay?"

"Iran scored goals in the first half."

"And they may have researched some new tricks in the past 15 minutes and are ready to defeat us in the second half!"

"Don't you take some countermeasures or something?"

Zeng Zheng spread his hands.

"Coach Tang, tell me, if you are the Iranian coach, how do you plan to defeat us in the second half?"

"Ah this..."

Tang Pengju was speechless for a moment.

He neither understands the Iranian players nor the entire Iranian team, nor does he understand the tactics that the Iranian team is good at.

If he is really the coach of the Iranian team, the only thing he can do is to encourage everyone during the halftime break.

When raising morale to the highest level, tell everyone to repeat the goal that tied the score as many times as possible.

Since the goal has been scored from that place, if the opponent does not change the formation at all, you can try again and again until you score again.

This is also an attack method often seen on the court.

After hearing Tang Pengju's doubts, Zeng Zheng patiently explained:

"Coach Tang, you are right."

"If we don't change our formation and the opponent continues to play in the same way as they just scored a goal, it is indeed very likely that another goal will be scored."

"But there is a premise."

"That's how many more attempts are they going to have?"

Tang Pengju looked confused, "Ah? This...just try as many attacks as you want!"

Zeng Zheng: "Then let me ask another way. If they have to try 10 more times before they can score a goal, but they only have 8 or 9 attacks in the entire second half, do you think they will still score?"

Tang Pengju rubbed the back of his head and said, "Coach Zeng, what you said is wrong. Scoring a goal is a matter of probability. If the probability of scoring a goal is one in ten, if they can play eight or nine times, the chance of scoring a goal is quite high.

Yes!"

Zeng Zheng: "Coach Tang, you don't understand what I mean."

"I admit that Iran's kick was not a scam."

"But it's extremely difficult for them to replicate that goal!"

"Don't say ten times, even if you give them twenty or thirty times, they still can't hit that kind of shot! Kick that kind of goal!"

"Besides, they don't have many chances to kick a shot like that!"

Why?

Tang Pengju's face was filled with questions.

“It’s easy!”

Zeng Zheng narrowed his eyes and smiled.

"They can't kick anymore!"

Can't kick?

Tang Pengju had a flash of inspiration, "Coach Zeng, are you saying that the Iranian players have no energy left?"

"That's right!" Zeng Zheng snapped his fingers.

"Don't think this is their home field."

"But from the beginning of the group stage, the Iranian team did not take it easy."

"In order to avoid us in the semi-finals, they faced Xiaojian in the last game of the group stage and used most of their strength to win."

"And in the semifinals that just ended, they were dragged into a penalty shootout by Iraq."

"After these consecutive games, the Iranian team has long been at the end of its strength."

"Look at our team members again."

"Let you tell me."

"In these five games, which one did we play with difficulty? Did we play in a hurry? Did we play in a hurry?"

"Even if we face Japan and South Korea, we can win more than enough, right?"

"And in these five games, we have never been behind."

"Even if we concede a goal, we will be temporarily tied by our opponent."

"What does this mean? It means that our team is already a level higher than our opponents in terms of overall strength."

"Look at the 45 minutes of the game just now."

"How did we score the goal, how did they score the goal?"

"How many times have we attacked, and how many times have they attacked?"

"Although the Iranian team's home game is scary, sometimes it is also a psychological burden for the home team players."

"They are too afraid of losing, and they can't afford to lose."

"What's more, these are still a group of eighteen or nineteen-year-old children, and their mental endurance is not as great as that of adults."

"After we took the lead in the first half, look at how anxious they were."

"Everyone is like a mad dog, trying desperately to score a goal."

"In this case, how can they think about conserving their energy?"

"Look at the players during the halftime break. Their legs seemed to be filled with lead and they couldn't even walk."

"In this state, he still kicked JB in the second half!"

"Look at our team members again."

"Those idiots like Yan Song and Xu Liang almost broke my eardrums just now."

"Everyone is so powerful!"

"Coach Tang, I won't hide it from you."

"I have led nationally renowned teams to international competitions quite a few times."

"This is the first time we have played such a rich game away from home!"

"My tactics are fine. Even if Hiddink and Lippi come, they will still have to bite us."

"Look at it!"

"It won't be long before the second half, and the Iranian team will definitely collapse!"

After Zeng Zheng finished speaking, he peeled off a banana.

"Coach Tang, would you like one?"

Tang Pengju was still immersed in what Zeng Zheng had just said and couldn't extricate himself.

He never dreamed that Zeng Zheng would pay such attention.

Are you not physically fit enough to play against the home team in an away game?

Isn’t this so fucking crazy?

Looking at the young man in his early 30s with a relaxed expression in front of him, he refused to believe that this was Zeng Zheng's plan early in the morning.

But the facts are right in front of us.

The China Youth Team has indeed never fought any tough battles along the way.

The Iranian team did indeed stumble to reach the final.

Everyone saw clearly what happened in the first half.

Although the score is 1-1.

But the energy and physical reserves of both sides can also be seen clearly.

Except for those few fast breaks, the Chinese Youth Team did not run much at all.

Even when defending on the wing, they are usually double-teamed with the cooperation of teammates.

The place is small and there are many people, so naturally less physical energy is consumed.

On the other hand, look at Iran.

Not only do the forwards often lead the midfielders out of formation and cross the center line to grab the ball, but they also always miss the ball and then desperately chase after it.

After the recovery position was reached, the China Youth Team's attack was finished and the players all withdrew again.

Except for set-pieces in the frontcourt, defenders with offensive abilities like Du Wei and Sun Xiang have never been in the frontcourt at all.

When others are exhausted and I am exhausted, poor physical fitness will naturally show up.

Seeing the eager and impatient team members in the room, Tang Pengju was instantly full of confidence.

It turns out that football games can be played like this!