Chapter 181 Pressure and Beating

Although Lippi asked everyone to break the boat and have a good fight with Dortmund. But this does not mean that he has lost his mind in tactical arrangements and is only filled with passion.

The tactics he designed for Hengyuan were defensive counterattacks.

In this game, Guangzhou Hengyuan, who was obviously at a disadvantage, chose a natural tactic, which was defensive counterattack.

Doing this may disappoint those fans who hope that Hengyuan will not be timid and confront Dortmund head-on.

But it's a wise choice.

Especially after seeing Dortmund's offensive display after the start of the game, the commentators felt that Lippi was indeed a famous coach, wily and well-prepared - if he really faced off against Dortmund, Hengyuan would probably last even half an hour. Don't go there.

The game had just begun, and Dortmund's offense hit Hengyuan's half like a gust of wind.

In the first five minutes, Dortmund had three shots, two of which hit the goal frame, forcing goalkeeper Zengcheng to make two saves.

"Zengcheng! Another wonderful save! This is only the first five minutes! Dortmund's offensive is so fierce!" the commentator of Chinese TV station Heping exclaimed again and again.

He also usually commentates on Dortmund's Champions League games. If such a scene happened in a Champions League game, then He Ping would definitely cheer for Dortmund's performance. But now, he is not.

Although Dortmund has two Chinese players, it is not a Chinese team after all. When a Chinese team is Dortmund's opponent, as a Chinese commentator, of course he will stand with the Chinese team without reservation. After all, Dortmund's jersey does not have a Chinese flag on it, only Guangzhou Hengyuan's jersey does. .

Of course, the national flag on Hengyuan's jersey also caused a period of controversy after the Club World Cup started. The main reason is that there are some people on the Internet who may not watch football at all, but also need to use hot topics to criticize China, so they took aim at the national flag design on Hengyuan's jersey for the Club World Cup. Criticizing other countries' football is just football, not political, and no one will print the national flag on the club's jersey to express themselves.

As a result, such mentally retarded remarks were of course criticized by the majority of Chinese fans. Not long after Hengyuan won the AFC Champions League, it also represented the Chinese team in the historic Club World Cup. Its status in the hearts of fans is quite high.

Suddenly, many people on the Internet found pictures of national flags on the jerseys of clubs from various countries and slapped each other in the face.

He beat the other party until even his own mother could not recognize him.

Why can't a Chinese club team represent China when it goes to a foreign country to compete? Why can't the flag be printed on the jersey? Do you still have to be secretive when fighting for your country?

He Ping obviously had the same idea, so after the game started, his whole heart turned to Guangzhou Hengyuan. Even if Dortmund has two Chinese players, Zhou Yi and Yan Min, they cannot get his support.

Looking at Dortmund's fierce offensive, he was really worried that Hengyuan would be defeated in a very short period of time.

The Chinese team finally got an opportunity to compete with the European champions in an international competition, and he did not want it to be a defeat in the end.

Guangzhou Hengyuan shoulders the expectations of all Chinese fans and football people. They can lose this game, but they cannot surrender.

What He Ping went to see was a team that represented the highest level of Chinese football, in terms of technical and tactical ability, psychological quality and game style.

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The players of Guangzhou Hengyuan struggled to support themselves on the court, and at the same time they admired their head coach Lippi to death - the old man really got it right!

Dortmund didn't intend to play with them slowly at all, but wanted to kill them as soon as they came up!

But if you think about it carefully, it's actually normal to do this. The two teams tested each other when they first met because the two teams were close in strength but didn't know each other well at the same time.

Dortmund may not know enough about Hengyuan, but the strength of the two teams will never be close. Dortmund has an overwhelming advantage in strength, so they naturally don't need to get entangled with Hengyuan's test.

Before the game, Lippi showed his aggressiveness and wanted to advance to the finals. But in fact, the lineup he took was contrary to his intention-for this game, Hengyuan arranged a lineup with three midfielders in the midfield.

This shows that Guangzhou Hengyuan simply wants to solidify its defense.

During the game, the defense was all handed over to local Chinese players, while on offense, Lippi handed over the foreign aid to the South American Trident. The offensive line composed of three South American players, Muric, Elkeson, and Conca, was Hengyuan's main offensive force won the AFC Champions League.

If Hengyuan wants to score Dortmund's goal in this game, it will also need to rely on the tacit cooperation and personal abilities of these three players.

But now that Dortmund is playing against Guangzhou Hengyuan, the Guangzhou team has no chance to attack, and the three South American foreign players naturally have no chance to perform.

What Dortmund contended with during this period was a defensive lineup composed of Chinese players. There is only one non-Chinese player in this lineup - South Korean foreign aid, center back Kim Young-kwon.

The performance of the Chinese players is also the focus of everyone's attention. Facing Dortmund's stormy attack, how long can they withstand it?

When Hengyuan won honors before, there was always a voice that ridiculed that Hengyuan's achievements had nothing to do with Chinese football, because it was the South American Trident who scored the goals and stole the show, and the Chinese players were completely a foil. , make up the numbers.

People who think so obviously don't understand how important defense is in football.

They believe that football is purely determined by offense and goals.

Nowadays, Chinese players are stealing the show. The Hengyuan players who appear the most in the TV broadcasts are the Chinese players, because they are resisting Dortmund's attack.

Among them, the captain Zheng Zhi is almost everywhere, appearing in every place where he is needed.

When he was young, he played as a defender, so he had good defensive abilities.

In this game, he also performed very actively.

Commentator He Ping also mentioned his defensive performance many times: "Zheng Zhi defended all the way to the corner flag area..."

"Zheng Zhi chased back and destroyed Dortmund's attack! It's amazing!"

"Zheng Zhi worked really hard today. That tackle just now was actually very dangerous..."

Of course, what everyone is most concerned about is the direct dialogue between him and Zhou Yi during the game.

Because Zhou Yi and Zheng Zhi are both midfielders in this game, and their positions are exactly opposite each other, naturally there will be a competition between the two in the game.

And it can be clearly seen that as long as Zhou Yi gets the ball, Zheng Zhi will definitely stick to it and defend Zhou Yi tightly, and his movements are not small when defending.

This scene fell into the eyes of many supporters of Zhou Yi, and they naturally scolded Zheng Zhi for taking this opportunity to take revenge.

But Zhou Yi didn't think so. He only saw Zheng Zhi who was seriously defending.

However, although Zheng Zhi worked very hard and defended very hard, the actual effect was not very good, otherwise Dortmund would not have completely suppressed Guangzhou Hengyuan offensively. Soon after the opening, Dortmund's back line overwhelmed the half...

Zheng Zhi's defense was very hard, but it didn't hinder Zhou Yi much.

On one occasion, despite being guarded closely by Zheng Zhi and unable to turn around, Zhou Yi still used an unexpected heel pass to send the football to Mark Wagner's feet, allowing Mark to complete a shot, threatening Guangzhou Hengyuan's goal.

Compared with Zheng Zhi's hard work, Zhou Yi seems to be much more relaxed, and he can pass the football to where it needs to go just by strolling in the garden.

This made He Ping, who was commentating on the game, sigh: "Zheng Zhi is already the highest-level midfielder in China today, but compared with Zhou Yi, we still have to admit that there is a huge gap between the two. No matter the way of playing, In terms of thinking, Zhou Yi is at a completely European level... Even if Zheng Zhi enters the national team, it will not threaten Zhou Yi's status, but it will be a useful supplement to the national team..."

He also supports letting Zheng Zhi enter the national team. The atmosphere of the national team today is completely different. There is no need to worry about Zheng Zhi joining the national team and forming cliques.

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Although Zheng Zhi worked hard, and although Hengyuan's Chinese players worked hard to defend, their tenacious resistance did not last even thirty minutes.

In the 28th minute, Zhou Yi sent an exquisite through ball and passed the football to the ribs of Hengyuan's defense. After receiving the ball, Royce quickly passed the ball across the middle. Mark Wagner missed the ball at the front point. Aubameyang, who inserted in from behind, swept the football into the goal.

Although Zengcheng made a save and encountered the football, it was unable to change the flight trajectory of the football...

"Ah..." After seeing the football flying into the goal, He Ping sighed and felt sorry for Hengyuan. Although we knew that Hengyuan would concede the ball, it was still frustrating to lose the ball in less than half an hour.

The same is true for the Chinese fans in front of the TV. When they had not conceded a goal before, many people still hoped that Hengyuan and Dortmund would play a defensive counterattack, and then take advantage of Dortmund's back line to overwhelm the center line, counterattack and score a sneak attack. Woolen cloth……

Now that Hengyuan is lagging behind, it will not be easy to defeat this counterattack and sneak attack...

When the football flew into the goal, it felt like the confidence supporting the Chinese fans collapsed in an instant, and everyone's hearts fell to the bottom of the abyss.

It's over.

This idea came to many people's minds.