Chapter 197 Tactical Arrangements

When Chen Xingyi returned to his room, he found that the group of people who had just played cards were now waiting for him in his room.

As soon as he saw him coming back, Xia Xiaoyu went up to him and asked, "How are you, Brother Xing? Why is Brother Lin looking for you?"

Everyone else also turned their attention to him.

Surrounded by everyone's eyes, Chen Xingyi didn't know what expression he should make.

He said: "Well, Brother Lin asked me to ask me how I felt about defending Melli..."

This answer confused everyone in the room.

Because it was far beyond everyone's expectations.

During the period when Chen Xingyi was called away by Qin Lin, everyone had no intention of playing cards. They gathered together to guess why Brother Lin called away Chen Xingyi alone.

Guessing, either he was dissatisfied with Chen Xingyi's performance, such as he didn't score a goal, and criticized him.

Either there is some new offensive tactical task assigned to Chen Xingyi.

In the end, no one expected that the head coach asked Chen Xingyi to talk alone, and he actually asked questions related to defense...

"Why is this? Why are you looking for Brother Xing to defend Merry? Hey, no... Brother Xing has indeed defended Merry!"

"Yes, yes. In the second round of the Champions League semi-finals, Brother Xing defended quite well..."

Chen Xingyi quickly defended: "It's not bad. I allowed Melli to score a goal, and I almost allowed him to score twice."

"You can't say that, little star. You are a winger at Manchester United. You can temporarily defend Melli and only allow him to score one goal. It is already very good!" As a defender, Wang Guangwei has also played against Melli in club games. Having played against Melli, we know very well how difficult Melli is to guard against.

As soon as he gets the ball, as a defensive player, it doesn't matter if you stretch your feet or not.

Just run with him, and there's a good chance he'll use the change in rhythm to get rid of you. Don't run with him...How could you not run with him? !

Vesuvius and the Kings of Madrid met in the Champions League group stage. In these two group matches, Vesuvius lost one and drew one, without taking any advantage.

Melli scored in both group matches.

As Vesuvius's main central defender, this data obviously cannot explain how successful Wang Guangwei's defense against Melly was.

Therefore, Wang Guangwei has a strong say in this issue.

While everyone was discussing in full swing, Zhang Qinghuan suddenly asked: "Little Xingxing, Brother Lin doesn't want you to defend Melli in the final, right?"

As soon as he asked this question, all discussions ended, the room returned to silence, and everyone turned to look at Chen Xingyi.

Chen Xingyi shook his head: "I don't know. Anyway, Brother Lin didn't tell me about the finals. He just asked me how I felt when I defended Melli..."

After listening to Chen Xingyi's answer, the group of people's doubts were not only not solved, but became more serious.

Just asking?

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"...Although Melli is a right winger in Madrid, because of his playing characteristics, he will often drop back to receive the ball. In this way, his position on the field overlaps with mine, so Munster will consider letting him I'm going to defend him..."

"...Actually, it's very difficult for me to defend because I have to chase back from the front again and again. If I don't want to chase back, then I have to wait in the midfield, so I can't participate in the attack. I'm not very I wanted to give up the offense, so I was very tired in that game..."

"Munster chose me to defend Melli. Maybe they thought I was fast and flexible and could trap him. But actually in the game, I wasn't the only one to defend Melli. I was responsible for trapping him, and then Create opportunities for other teammates. If Melli and I were to fight one-on-one, I feel it would be difficult to guarantee that I could guard him..."

"...Defending Melli is indeed more tiring than ordinary defense. I feel that Melli will always change the rhythm when attacking, with a lot of sudden stops, starts and changes of direction. If you want to keep up with his rhythm, You have to passively stop, start and change direction, which will increase physical exertion. Anyway, that was how I felt at the time. After that game, I felt that both legs were no longer mine..."

"I made a defensive mistake once... It's not a mistake. It should be a problem of ability. I didn't guard Melli and let him slip away from me. Fortunately, when he passed the ball, Paye was offside, otherwise we would have been offside. Maybe I won’t make it to the finals... I was really weak at the time, and I felt like I couldn’t keep up with his rhythm..."

Qin Lin and the members of the coaching staff gathered together, listening to the recording played from the mobile phone. These words were all said by Chen Xingyi. When Qin Lin asked Chen Xingyi, he took out his mobile phone and recorded what he said. Record it so you can listen to it again and again to extract useful information.

"Are you planning to let Chen Xingyi specifically defend Melli in the final?" Assistant coach Ding Gaoyi asked after listening to the recording.

Qin Lin shook his head: "No, letting him defend Meili exclusively will mean that we are giving up an arm. However, Chen Xingyi does have to take on some defensive tasks during the game. Because Meili is here, our left wing will be in trouble during the game. We were under a lot of pressure, so our offense in the final was mainly launched from the right wing.”

Having said this, Qin Lin turned to ask Yuan Bo, the team medical leader: "How is Yuan Da's condition?"

The Chinese team's right back Yuan Da was replaced midway through the match against Brazil.

On the one hand, replacing him was to adjust the tactics. On the other hand, Yuan Da also fought with injuries, which affected his performance.

In the game against Brazil, Yuan Da's injury further worsened. After being substituted, he immediately received simple treatment on the bench.

Yuan Bo shook his head and gave Qin Lin a bad answer: "Not too optimistic. I suggest not considering the possibility of him playing."

The answer made the air in the room feel heavier.

Yuan Da is the main right back of the Chinese team. If he cannot participate in the finals, the Chinese team's 442 will basically not be able to win.

At the right back position, in addition to Yuan Da, the Chinese team has two options. One is Sui Sheng, who plays in the domestic Hedong Thunder, and the other is Wang Dong, who plays in the second division St. Andre.

There is a gap between the two of them and the main player Yuan Da.

A group of people looked at Qin Lin again, waiting for the head coach to make up his mind.

In the eyes of everyone, Qin Lin fell into a long test.

After thinking like this for half a minute, Qin Lin said: "We played 352 in the final..."

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"...the Chinese team's two players on the left are both stronger at offense than defense. I think we can make a fuss about this."

Argentine head coach Lucas Feisol said about the Chinese team’s main lineup.

He began to place the pieces representing Merry.

"Although Melly is on the wing, he needs to go to the center more and use his dribbling and passing to instigate the offense. We don't have a fixed center when we attack, but anyone can appear at the center position. Whether it's Farias, Cantero, or others... we use our flexibility to cause trouble for the Chinese team's back line. From a positional point of view, the three frontline players are positioned like this..."

Fissol places the pieces on the tactical board.

Cantero in the centre, Farias on the left and Mellie on the right.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see the problem with this position at a glance.

Because Cantero mainly played on the right side at Manchester United, the center position was given to Janus Edman.

In the national team, he played as a center. Can he play?

"But after the game starts, our strikers must rotate and cannot be fixed in one position. This will make it more difficult for the Chinese team to defend against each other. When Melli retreats to respond, we can even do without a center. At this time, Cantero can pull to the right and help Melli attack the Chinese team's left defense line. Break through or create threats here.

"Our advantage is that with Melli as the core, we can flexibly rotate when attacking, while the Chinese team's offensive method is relatively fixed. Their advantage is that Hu's personal ability is too strong..."

After explaining the specific tactical arrangements, Feisol said to his coaching staff:

"I think our focus in the finals should not be on how to prevent Hu from scoring - facts have proven that any coach who wants to prevent Hu from scoring will end badly in the end."

At this point, Feisol laughed and made a little joke.

"Because the energy of a team is limited, when you put too much energy on Hu, you will make mistakes in other places. So instead of racking your brains to think about how to freeze Hu, it is better to think about how to compare. The Chinese team scores more goals. Isn't that what football matches are like? Whoever scores more goals wins."