World Cup of Great Powers

The sun is shining brightly in Toulon.

The average temperature in France in May is around 20 degrees, which is very suitable for outdoor sports.

Jianlibao and French team members were doing warm-up games in their respective halves.

The stands were once again crowded with fans who came to watch the game.

"John, who do you think will win this game?"

"Of course it's the host France team, why don't you even think about it?"

"Not necessarily, this Chinese team is very evil! Everyone feels that they are not that strong, but they just can't play!"

"That can only mean that his opponent is too weak!"

"Too weak? Are Germany, Brazil and Portugal all weak?"

"Who knows? It's weaker than Argentina anyway!"

The first place in Group A is not the French team.

But Argentina led by Riquelme.

But in the second round, Argentina lost to the host France 0-3.

Even so, they still had 2 wins and 1 loss, ranking first in the group and advancing to the semifinals.

On the contrary, the French team, which defeated Argentina in the group stage, only achieved 1 win and 2 draws, ranking second in the group.

Some people say that this is a trick played by France and Argentina.

But England itself failed to live up to expectations and lost to Argentina in the final group match.

Some people also say that this is a tactic of the French team, and their purpose is to face the Chinese team in Group B.

But is the Chinese team in Group B really weak?

A reality that cannot be ignored is: last year's Toulon Cup, the French team led by Henry and Trezeguet in 1977 won the championship.

In other words, the average age of players like Jianlibao is two years older than their opponents.

In the youth group, the two-year gap is already obvious.

...

The game lasted for more than 20 minutes, and the score was 1-0.

Not only was it lagging behind, Jianlibao was almost beaten.

Different from when playing Brazil, the French team is really strong.

After all, they are the hosts.

Competing on someone else's territory is more or less psychologically stressful.

Zeng Zheng held his waist and stood on the sidelines without saying much.

He has almost trained the Jianlibao team.

In the past four or five years, the tacit understanding between each team member and him has reached over 95%, and several have reached 100%.

Not only that, even the players' various passive skills are all developed to the same extent.

All that's left is to improve the skill levels and ability attributes through years of competition.

Therefore, when leading this team, Zeng Zheng usually keeps silent and relies entirely on the team members to be conscious.

Whether they played well or not, what went wrong, and where they made mistakes, Zeng Zheng would ask the players to watch the video after the game and then write a summary.

This has become Jianlibao’s internal tradition.

Competitions like the Toulon Cup are about getting to know the team.

If you interfere too much with Qianliyin, it will be detrimental to the growth of your team members.

If I guessed correctly, this Toulon Cup may be the last time that the Jianlibao team will perform on stage.

By then, how many players will be selected for the National Olympics?

As Zeng Zheng was thinking, the players on the court suddenly ran to Zeng Zheng again.

Facing the French team's attack, full-back Zhang Yonghai struggled to defend.

When Jianlibao first arrived in Brazil, Zhang Yonghai was one of the last in terms of skills and his talent was not outstanding.

But thanks to SS's concentration, Zhang Yonghai has always been one of the hardest-working team members.

With this unwillingness to admit defeat, Zhang Yonghai has not fallen behind so far.

Malouda strolled around, playing with the ball while looking for suitable teammates to receive him.

Even though the other party was in such a relaxed state, Zhang Yonghai still pursed his lips, put his hands behind his back, leaned his body, and got stuck about one meter in front of Malouda.

Seeing that Zhang Yonghai did not take action as easily as last time, Malouda was a little unmotivated.

What he hates the most is this kind of team member.

He is not very talented or very capable, but he is very self-aware.

Such players go on the field and know what to do and what not to do.

Even if you make a mistake, you will correct it immediately and never make it again.

Just like a robot.

Such players are called "engineers" on the field.

In Zhang Yonghai's passive skill column, the skill "engineer" has reached LV4.

Apart from Zhang Yonghai, the only one on the team who has this passive is Li Tie, whose level is higher than his.

Seeing that Zhang Yonghai refused to falter, Malouda had no choice but to pass the ball to his teammate who came to meet him in the middle, and then ran towards the baseline.

Zhang Yonghai did not panic when he saw this.

He first followed Malouda and ran two steps.

After seeing that F. Li Huate had no intention of returning the message, he immediately turned around and ran back.

In this way, Malouda was directly exposed behind all Jianlibao's defenders.

Malouda, who realized he was offside, had no choice but to stop and walk back.

Li Huate dribbled the ball horizontally and saw the opportunity to send a through ball towards the Jianlibao penalty area.

Defender Yao Li tried his best to tackle and intercept, but the ball still slipped away from his toes.

Saha, who followed, penetrated the Jianlibao penalty area diagonally from the other side at lightning speed, and took the ball away with his right foot.

Not only did he trap Tao Wei who was following him behind him, but he also blocked Li Weifeng, who was instantly out of defense.

At this time, Li Jian had also followed Saha's sprint and moved to the right goal post.

After blocking two defenders, Saha caught up with the ball and pushed hard with his left foot in the opposite direction.

Li Jian, who had quick reaction, fell to the ground instantly.

But his height of 1.78 meters is still a bit too short.

I stretched my arm, but it didn't touch the ball at all.

"Are we going to lose the ball again?"

Li Jian felt bitter.

At this moment, a clear crisp sound came from above the head.

collapse!

This sound is like the sound of nature.

Li Jian, who fell to the ground sideways, turned over and propped himself up. At the same time, he bent his two calves and jumped out like a leopard.

puff!

This time, Li Jian pounced with both hands and firmly pressed the ball that bounced on the goalpost under him.

"Wow~~~"

There was an uproar in the stands.

The fans obviously felt sorry for Saha's missed shot.

"Did you see that? What do you do with a ball like that?"

Zeng Zheng put a hand on Liu Yunfei's shoulder and asked questions with interest.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Save in advance?" Liu Yunfei asked tentatively.

"Then what if he hits the near corner?"

"This..." Liu Yunfei fell silent.

From his point of view, this ball is a problem for the central defender.

The two central defenders failed to stop anyone. Not only were they dribbled into the penalty area, they were both stuck on one side.

Even when Saha started to kick, Li Weifeng didn't even have a chance to fall to the ground to block the eye-catcher.

If the opponent shoots from such a close distance, it is almost certain to go in.

Even if Zoff came to guard the door, he could only stare.

"angle."

Zeng Zheng quickly gave the answer.

"At that time, you should not be parallel to the goal line."

"Look, the opponent has rushed to the small penalty area and is so close to the right goal post. It is obviously not at a 90-degree angle to the goal."

"So while you are moving, you have to keep facing the opponent at all times, and strive to be in the same straight line as the shooting foot and the ball."

"At that time, if you make a save, you won't be like Li Jian who is close to the goal line, but will be at an angle with the goal line."

"Just relying on this angle, you might be able to reach the ball."

While Zeng Zheng was talking, Liu Yunfei was thinking in his mind.

Combined with Li Jiangang's save, we immediately understood what Zeng Zheng meant.

Seeing Liu Yunfei nodding, Zeng Zheng didn't say anything more.

He had already taught Li Jian this knowledge.

But the court is unpredictable and no one can be perfect all the time.

to the end.

When learning the same knowledge, who performs well and who performs poorly depends on individual talent and hard work.

...

On the court, Saha had great confidence in his footwork after finishing the shot, and did not even think about taking a follow-up shot.

After seeing the ball being tackled by Li Jian, he spat out of habit.

"Fuck, what bad luck!"

They are both France's top forwards, and perhaps this is the biggest gap between him and Henry.

"Hey, Louis, is this okay? Could it be that your feet are weak? Geez, glee~~~"

At the same time, there was laughter from the stands.

Saha looked for fame and couldn't help but spit.

"Damn it DeVita, for doing something unnecessary!"

"What's so great about the Chinese team! Do I need you to help me with my honey trap?"

"Such a weak team, I will knock them down in minutes!"