Chapter 167
The ball was immediately passed to Zheng Jun's feet. The captain of Longguo raised his finger and pointed forward. Liang Dai, who was on the front line of Longguo, immediately began to accelerate. Zheng Jun made a long pass across the entire midfield area and directly hit the restricted area of Fuso.
Liang Dai and Chen Huan were like two sharp arrows, rushing to the landing point together.
Among them, Liang Dai rushed directly to the first landing point of the football in his prediction; while Chen Huan was ready to compete for the second penalty.
But in the end, Zheng Jun's long pass missed the target and did not fall when it should fall. Kawashima Eiji, who rushed to the edge of the small penalty area, easily raised his hand to pick up the ball.
The ball changed hands, and the attacking group of the Fuso team once again began to cooperate with very interspersed runs.
In the last few minutes of the first half, Fuso completely controlled the rhythm of the court. They pressed Longguo in the half and bombarded 4 shots, and achieved 1 goal.
In the Sydney National Athletic Stadium, the stands were as quiet as a library. It was not until the whistle at the end of the first half that it stopped���The Fuso team, which had clearly controlled the rhythm of the attack, attacked again.
Head coach Leeson stood on the sidelines and hugged the players who left the field one by one, whispering in their ears,"You played well."
The gap between the two teams was huge. The Fuso team was a seeded team in the first tier recognized by the Asian Football Association, while Longguo was only a second or third tier team.
The situation on the field now also matched the paper strength of the two teams.
On the Fuso team side, whether it was the head coach or the players on the field, everyone had a smile on their face or a forced smile of shock.
"Keep working hard in the second half, and maybe your first goal for the national team will come soon."When facing Yamaguchi Hotaru, Takeshi Okada suppressed his smile and encouraged the opponent
""Hi!" Yamaguchi Hotaru bowed slightly.
Although the Fuso team only scored one goal in the first half, they fired nearly 15 shots and got more than half of their shots on target.
There were several chances that were sure to score, but Zhao Qianming's superb performance saved them all.
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"Coach Zhang, do you think that after the halftime break, Coach Leeson will make changes immediately to turn the situation around?"
Dragon Country Sports Channel, during the halftime break, Xiao Zhan asked
"I don't think so, because although the first half was ugly, we only lost one goal, so we must be more stable in the second half. The attacking group of the Fuso team, including Hiroshi Kiyomi, Yuya Osako, Shinji Kagawa, Hotaru Yamaguchi, etc., is really too powerful, so we have to be careful."
"What do you think was the reason why we were slow to open up the game in the first half?"Xiao Zhan once again raised a new topic
"Because we are a"single core" team, Chen Huan is our core, and he is to some extent restricted by the close defense of Fuso Country, that is, Hasebe Makoto. If we want to play well on the offensive end, I think the most important thing is to have someone to share the pressure for Chen Huan."
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"Liang!"
In the Longguo locker room, Li Sen pointed at Liang Dai, who immediately stood up.
Liang Dai's sturdy upper body was muscular, and his height of nearly 190 cm gave people a strong sense of oppression.
"You need to run more." Leeson pointed to the tactical board and pointed at the Fuso penalty area and the Longguo midfield area and said,"I need you to retreat and switch positions with Chen Huan from time to time to disrupt Fuso's defense and win space for Chen or you. Can you do it?"
"I will definitely try to do it."Liang Dai quickly agreed.
On the other side, Chen Huan, who was drinking water, also nodded.
"Okay, our defense in the first half was generally good. Keep it up in the second half, but remember to pay more attention to the situation on the court. I don't want to see another goal conceded because one of you didn't pay attention to the situation behind you."
"Got it!" Everyone answered in unison.
At this time, the staff came to the door to remind everyone in the locker room that the second half was about to begin, and now they had to go to the player tunnel to prepare.
Leeson clapped his hands and said loudly to the players who stood up and put on their jerseys and sneakers:"We are only one goal behind Fuso. It's not that we don't have experience in reversing them. Remember? We scored 4 goals against Fuso in the second half of the Panda Cup not long ago and completed the reversal!"
Leeson's words made the eyes of the players in the locker room light up slightly.
The head coach was right, they had just reversed the Fuso team once before.
The players set their eyes on Chen Huan, who was wearing sneakers. Chen Huan noticed everyone's gaze without looking up. Chen Huan smiled and said,"I will do my best."
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"Okay, the halftime break is over, the two teams will change sides and start again."
"We can see that neither side made any adjustments to the players, and both sides continued with the lineups from the first half."
"Liang Dai kicked off in the center circle and passed the ball to Chen Huan. How did he deal with the ball? He passed it back to the defensive midfielder."
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On the court, Fuso still maintained its offensive posture in the first half. Half of their players were in the center circle, and the offensive group took the initiative to pressurize Longguo's back line, as if they were looking for an opportunity to launch an attack on the spot after the ball was intercepted.
Chen Huan expanded his vertical running position, and Hasebe Makoto followed closely beside Chen Huan. After running back and forth several times, Hasebe Makoto's brows were getting more and more furrowed.
He didn't know why Chen Huan suddenly expanded his running area, but he felt that there seemed to be some conspiracy hidden in it.
Once again, when Chen Huan controlled the ball in Longguo's midfield, he did not retreat to respond, but ran forward. Hasebe Makoto followed him for a few steps, but found that Liang Dai, who had just been on the front line, accelerated and retreated past the midfield.
Liang Dai received a pass from his teammate in the empty area left by Chen Huan, turned around and dribbled the ball. When facing pressure, he knocked the ball horizontally to Zheng Jun who was advancing.
""In front!" When Zheng Jun was about to touch the ball, Chen Huan turned and accelerated towards Fuso's penalty area.
Longguo captain Zheng Jun did not adjust and directly made a long pass to Fuso's penalty area, which was also in front of Chen Huan.
"Damn it!" Hasebe Makoto cursed, but Chen Huan was too fast, so he could only follow behind him with all his strength.
"Leave it to me!"Near the landing point of the football, Uchida Atsuto accelerated towards the landing point of the football.
This ball was too far away from Chen Huan and he could not get it.
Chen Huan looked up and was shocked. With the help of the Hawkeye system, Chen Huan noticed that Uchida Atsuto had misjudged the landing point of the football.
Good opportunity!