Chapter 75 Substitution

During the halftime break, both TV stations analyzed and commented on the first half of the game and predicted adjustments and changes in the second half.

The guests in the studio behind China all questioned Gao Hongbo's employment. At this time, they did not mention the doubts caused by Gao Hongbo's recruitment of five new Olympic players in one breath...

In the Japanese studio, the hosts and guests started from last year's Asian Cup final. The Chinese team did not have Zhou Yi in the Asian Cup final, but it made the Japanese team a little uncomfortable. Why did the Chinese team not create any trouble for the Japanese team with Zhou Yi in this game?

Does this mean that even with Zhou Yi, the Chinese team is not a very powerful opponent and there is no need to be overly nervous?

Some people also mentioned the issue of the young Olympic players. He Ying's performance in the Olympics left a very deep impression on the Japanese media. He counterattacked sharply, held the ball steadily, and shot decisively and accurately. However, he was very few in the first half today. None of these advantages were seen in the few times he got the ball.

Everyone came to the discussion forum to discuss and felt that they had over exaggerated the strength of the Chinese team and were frightened by the performance of the Chinese team in the Asian Cup and the Olympics. However, in fact, in games like the top ten, the Chinese team cannot go all out. compete with the Japanese team. Japan's most important opponent in this group is actually Australia.

The last guest said: "...We need to know that although the Chinese team now has several players playing in Europe and looks good, the other players in the Chinese team are all players who train and compete in China. His personal ability has been restricted by the overall level of Chinese football, and his improvement is limited. And football is not a game where one or two people can decide the outcome. It depends on the team. Even if China has outstanding players like Zhou Yi, there is no team that can For a team that matches him, this is actually the tragedy of Zhou Yi and Chinese football."

Especially "humanistic care".

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In the Chinese team's locker room, Gao Hongbo is making adjustments to the team. He is going to make substitutions.

But he did not replace Li Fengwei, who conceded a goal in the first half, but replaced midfielder Lu Peng.

This substitution adjustment is actually not surprising. Even Lu Peng himself was not surprised.

Because although Kagawa Shinji broke through Li Fengwei and scored the goal in the first half, tracing back to the root cause was actually Lu Peng not being in his position at the critical moment. Shinji Kagawa's activity in the first half was also related to Lu Peng's lack of restrictions on him.

Therefore, if adjustments are to be made, Lu Peng, who performed poorly, will of course be replaced.

So who will be replaced?

Yang Muge.

This normally inconspicuous midfielder has won the jackpot and is about to play his first official match with the national team in his career.

At the beginning, he was just a marginal figure in the youth team of the domestic club. At that time, his club teammates and coaches probably did not expect that this taciturn child, who they evaluated as "lack of aggressiveness and lethality", would one day Bar?

Yang Muge got the opportunity to represent the national team, but Guo Nu did not.

Li Fengwei was not substituted, and Gao Hongbo did not make any personnel adjustments to the back line. He just asked the players to respond to each other, maintain unified actions, and not to be distracted, but not to panic.

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After the intermission, Zhou Yi and Yang Muge walked to the court together, communicating as they walked. Zhou Yi told Yang Muge what he observed on the court and reminded him what to pay attention to during the game.

"...Don't just focus on Shinji Kagawa, they also have Makoto Hasebe, Keisuke Honda, and Shinji Okazaki in the midfield and frontcourt."

Yang Muge nodded, indicating that he understood.

While the two were talking, they met players from the Japanese team in the player tunnel. Shinji Kagawa and Keisuke Honda also walked out while chatting.

After seeing Zhou Yi, Shinji Kagawa walked up to him and asked him seriously: "Zhou Sang, why didn't you respond to my challenge?"

Zhou Yi grinned and lectured: "Have you read too many hot-blooded comics? A football match is not a boxing match. Two people can decide the outcome of the match one-on-one. Football is a team sport, a team sport, do you understand?"

Faced with Zhou Yi's lesson, Kagawa Shinji was not angry, but laughed: "As expected of the Zhou Sang I know, he is still so calm. But Zhou Sang, football also needs blood, your performance in the first half was too tame ,including you."

Zhou Yi spread his hands: "The aggressive method is useless to me, Xiangchuan. Let's wait and see in the second half."

After saying that, he took Yang Muge and left.

"What was he talking to you about?" Yang Muge asked, because Zhou Yi and Shinji Kagawa were communicating in German the whole time, so he didn't understand.

"He wanted to play psychological warfare against me, but I defused it. Hum, am I someone who is easily disturbed by him?" Zhou Yi said proudly.

Yang Muge nodded beside him: "Yes, you have such a dirty heart, who can play psychological warfare with you?"

"Hey, Lao Yang, why don't you just learn this from Panpan? Those who are close to Mo are black!"

"But Zhou Yi, geographically speaking, Schalke is closest to Dortmund."

"..." Zhou Yi was choked by Yang Muge and was speechless.

On the other side, Keisuke Honda, who did not understand German, was also asking Shinji Kagawa: "What are you talking about?"

"I wanted to stimulate Zhou Sang, but he didn't take the bait." Shinji Kagawa said honestly. "It would not be a good thing for us if he stayed calm."

"Zhou Yi is indeed great, but I think the Chinese team cannot rely on him alone. The rest of them are too far away from Zhou Yi. They are not in the same world and the channel cannot match." Keisuke Honda respects Zhou Yi, but he has no respect for Zhou Yi. Other Chinese team players were somewhat disdainful in their words.

"You can't say that, Honda-san." Kagawa Shinji shook his head in disapproval, "Have you seen the player who was standing next to Zhou-san just now?"

"I see, what's his name... Anyway, it's a midfielder." Honda said nonchalantly.

"Don't underestimate him, otherwise you will be in trouble."

"Yes, yes, yes, I understand." Keisuke Honda still said in a nonchalant tone.

Kagawa Shinji knows what he is saying now, but Honda Keisuke may not believe it, so let football tell him the answer.

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Before the second half of the game started, players from both sides were already standing on the court. The fourth official walked to the sidelines and raised a sign to signal the Chinese team to make substitutions. But no one is standing next to him. The people have been replaced. Now holding up the sign is equivalent to making a note.

At the same time, the Chinese team's substitution information was also printed on the live TV screen.

"The Chinese team made adjustments during the halftime break, replacing midfielder Lu Peng, and made a matchup substitution. The Chinese team replaced the midfielder Yang Muge, a young player currently playing for Schalke 04. Liu Hong introduced it to the audience in front of the TV.

At the same time, the Japanese commentator was also introducing Yang Muge: "Yang Muge plays in the Schalke 04 club and is currently the main defensive midfielder of Schalke 04. I think Gao Hongbo's substitution should be for the Chinese team. In the first half, the midfielder made a relatively passive adjustment...but I think it was just a simple substitution, which may not achieve the effect he wanted to achieve. In terms of numbers, the Chinese team still has four people in the midfield, and there is no With the numerical advantage, even if Yang Muge is superior, it is difficult to cover all the areas of their back line clamps. I think they should replace He Ying, who performs averagely, so that there are five people in the midfield, two of whom are dedicated As a defensive midfielder, we can contain our midfielder to some extent..."

The Japanese have always had a psychological advantage over their midfield strength because Japan is rich in high-level midfielders.

On the domestic Internet, although Chinese fans are happy that Yang Muge is playing, they also have a question: "Why not replace Li Fengwei and let Guo Nu come on?"

"Poor Guo Nu, forgotten!"

Because Yang Muge was already on the court, there was no need to wait for the player exchange. The fourth official returned to his position after holding up the sign, and the referee blew the whistle to start the second half.

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After the game started, the Japanese team continued to adopt the tactics of the first half, taking advantage of their home field and midfield advantages to launch a fierce offensive into the Chinese team's penalty area.

In the view of Japanese reporters, in the midfield tie between the Chinese and Japanese teams, the only thing the Chinese team can do is Zhou Yi. No matter how powerful Zhou Yi is, he cannot single-handedly fight against so many outstanding players of our Japanese team. Midfielder, right?

Endo Yasuhito's defense against Zhou Yi was successful in the first half, which speaks volumes.

But not long after the start of the second half, the Japanese team discovered that the situation had changed.

It has not become so easy for them to organize passes in the midfield or use offense to threaten the Chinese team's goal.

Why is this so?

It's simple, because the Chinese team has a low-key but tough midfielder.

Yang Muge took his own characteristics to the extreme. He kept running in the midfield, always appearing in the most critical position, and then used his foot speed to poke the ball at the feet of the Japanese players. Walk.

Japanese commentators previously believed that Yang Muge, a transferred defensive midfielder, could not cover the entire area in front of the Chinese team's defense.

But ten minutes after Yang Muge came on the court, he saw how Yang Muge covered every corner.

His body doesn't look strong, but his running ability is very good. It seems that there is no area in the backfield that he cannot cover.

The midfielders of the Japanese team also experienced the power of Yang Muge.

Keisuke Honda bore the brunt.

Because Shinji Kagawa knows how powerful Yang Muge is, he tries to reduce the time he spends with the ball at his feet. But Keisuke Honda relied on his personal ability to frequently attack the Chinese team's defense with the ball, hoping to disrupt the Chinese team's defense and then pass the football into the fatal zone. This is how he assisted Shinji Kagawa in the first half.

But when he met Yang Muge, he found that his dribbling was no longer a threat. The sharp knife seemed to be wrapped in a soft but tough net. No matter how hard he tried, it was cut. Don't open this network. On the contrary, the harder he exerted force, the tighter the net became, until in the end he couldn't move at all.

And every time when he stumbled on Yang Muge's side and was very upset, he would look at Yang Muge's expression again, but it was as calm as water, as if nothing had happened just now. There was no trace of anger on his face at all. To the excitement after stopping the Japanese team's attack, everything seemed to be taken for granted.

This poker face really made Keisuke Honda feel unhappy. (To be continued)). If you like this work, you are welcome to vote at Qidian.com (). Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile phone users please go and read. )