Chapter 192 That's It? [2200 Are All Booked and Updated, Please Subscribe to a Monthly Pass]
On the evening of July 17, the Beijing Workers' Sports Center.
The opening game of the Asian Cup, the first round of Group A, the host China faces Bahrain.
When the game reached the 40th minute, the Chinese team pressed the attack heavily, and the defense was empty. The opponent played a long counterattack. The Bahrain striker No. 29 directly faced the goalkeeper and scored a goal.
This goal came very suddenly, and all the fans in the entire Gongye were shocked.
Even the coaches and substitutes on the field were equally surprised.
No one would have imagined that the Chinese team, which had just attacked the opponent's goal and created a lot of threats, would suddenly be attacked by a counterattack, giving the Bahrain team the lead in the away game.
There were boos in the audience, and the Chinese fans at the scene were obviously quite dissatisfied with the result.
The national team players on the field were also hit hard.
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Yang Yang sat on the bench and watched the game silently all the time. After seeing the opponent's striker scoring a goal, he could only shake his head in disappointment. This was an unexpected but reasonable goal.
Alihan once again formed a 442 formation in this game. Three foreign players including Yang Yang, Sun Jihai and Shao Jiayi were placed on the bench. Shao Jiayi was on the bench until the 32nd minute. Only played to replace the injured Li Xiaopeng.
Although it was 442, in fact Alihan's formation was quite particular.
Yan Song on the left was the main breakthrough for the team's offense. Both Li Jinyu and Hao Dong were asked to expand their scope of activities, while on the right, Zhao Junzhe, who was supposed to play in the middle of the midfield, was in the middle. Li Xiaopeng and teenager Zhou Haibin occupied the middle.
This kind of employment may seem strange, but if you think about it carefully, it is not surprising at all.
Alihan's requirements for the midfield and frontcourt are very simple, exactly the same as that of Ajax, that is, pressing and pressing. Once he loses the ball, he will launch a counter-attack on the spot. Even if he can't grab the ball, he must delay the opponent's attack.
Using Zhao Junzhe to play on the right is obviously to use him to suppress the opponent's left, and give full play to his more abundant physical strength than Li Xiaopeng, but he does not seem to understand the coach's intention, leaning more towards the middle and putting the right. let it out.
The goal conceded just now was a long pass from Bahrain's left backcourt.
Wei Xin is diligent and diligent, with no outstanding performance, but no mistakes, but his characteristics are not good at forward attack.
The inactive pressing and pressing in the midfield and frontcourt directly led to the imbalance in the midfield. Zhou Haibin was supposed to play a role similar to AC Milan Pirlo, giving full play to his scoring and organizational skills, but now he has to invest more The energy to defend, but defense is not his strength.
From the perspective of the entire first half, Alihan's employment is understandable, but it must be a failure, because the players have no way to understand his intentions, just like Zheng Zhi can't understand what a center defender is before.
Pressing and pressing from high positions and passing the ball from the middle and back are not new at all in Ajax, in the Netherlands and in European football, but for Chinese football, this kind of thing is too advanced, and it is difficult for players to understand .
Just like Yang Yang, it took a lot of time before to let his roommate Zheng Zhi initially understand the responsibilities of the center defender.
This time, I played the Toulon Cup first, and then participated in the national team training camp. Yang Yang found that Chinese players are not too bad from the perspective of personal technical ability. The reason why people feel so bad is mainly because of their psychological quality. and tactical skills.
The tactical literacy is not something that can be developed overnight, but must be accumulated over a long period of time, through youth training and leagues, the national team is not a place to train players, especially now that FIFA reforms the schedule, basically it is The mechanism of attacking and then dispersing requires higher tactical literacy of players.
And the psychological quality level, in the first half against Bahrain, it was more vividly reflected.
Whether it is Alihan or the coach of Bahrain, before the game, he emphasized that the host's home game is a double-edged sword, which may bring help, but too much pressure may also overwhelm the players, and there is no doubt that it was reflected in the first half. .
The players played too cautiously on the field, afraid of making mistakes, unable to let go, and unable to implement the coach's tactical intentions, resulting in the team playing in a chaotic manner without rules, and this was the sneak attack by Bahrain.
Of course, apart from the factors of the national team, the Football Association's logistics preparations are also quite bad. In terms of intelligence, it is not even as professional as Ajax's second team. At least Yang Yang wants to simulate his own in the super training ground. It's not easy for the opponent.
The previous experience of the National Youth Team in the Toulon Cup also reflects this problem.
In addition to intelligence and logistics organization, the players' eating habits, professionalism and other aspects are still lacking. Whether it is the previous national youth team or the current national team, Yang Yang has seen that some teammates have irregular diets, but he can only pretend He didn't care, and he himself strictly restrained himself according to the requirements.
I don’t know if it’s because of reading, but Yang Yang likes to think. He feels that all the phenomena he has seen so far show that the entire football industry in China is still at a relatively backward stage, and no one pays enough attention to it.
As for the national team coach Alihan, Yang Yang has a good impression of him personally. He must have some coaching skills, and his thinking is quite clear. He just wants to transplant the Ajax style of play to the Chinese team. , but for now, not yet.
The tactics are too complicated. Even if Yang Yang has been playing in Ajax for a year, he is still not sure that he fully understands it, let alone a player of the national team?
In addition, the national team's striker strength is insufficient, and the awareness of pressing and pressing in the midfield and frontcourt is not enough, especially the overall pressing and pressing.
This kind of pressing must be done as a whole to be effective. One or two people force it to be useless.
As for forwards, it is not difficult to guess by looking at the forwards that Ajax has relied on over the years. Even a strong center like Ibrahimovic cannot satisfy this style of play. All Ajax requirements.
After thinking about this level, Yang Yang suddenly had a feeling that Arihan himself should know that, after all, he has been coaching for two years. , the most severe thing is defense.
That is to say, he knows where the problems of the Chinese team are now, and he is also trying to find a way to solve the problem.
At this moment, Yang Yang suddenly recalled what Alihan had said to him when he was in the Netherlands.
"Whether it's the Chinese team or me, I need you very, very much right now."
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"Yang Yang!"
Just when Yang Yang was thinking, Alihan, who was standing in front of the coach's bench, suddenly turned around and shouted skillfully in Dutch.
"Go and warm up, go back to the locker room immediately, I'll wait for you."
After that, he has taken De Young directly into the player tunnel.
At this time, the first half of the game on the court was over.
The Chinese team trailed Bahrain 0-1.
Is Alihan going to make a substitution in midfield?
Many people didn't understand Alihan's Dutch, but they all vaguely guessed what it meant and turned to look at the national team recruit Danzi with different eyes.
From the first day Yang Yang joined the team, everyone knew that he, from the Netherlands and from Ajax, was a player selected by Alihan, and it was only a matter of time before he was reused.
And now, Arihan can't wait.
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Yang Yang ignored the eyes and thoughts of the other players, he quickly ran onto the court to warm up, and then quickly returned to the locker room.
As soon as he entered the door, he found that the atmosphere in the locker room was strange.
There was a bit of a rigid atmosphere between the players and the manager, and it was clear that both sides had some issues with each other.
It's not uncommon in the locker room, when you win, you are good and I am good, and when you lose, the sword is drawn, and it is the same for teams all over the world.
But the rule of the locker room is that when you walk out of this door, you must not reveal anything about what happens inside.
After seeing Yang Yang coming in, the expressions of many players in the locker room changed obviously.
Yang Yang can play in many positions. He made his debut as a right winger at Ajax, but played as a striker in the Toulon Cup. The previous video clips made many people optimistic about him playing in midfield. No one guessed how Alihan would arrange him. .
"Zhou, I'm sorry, we have to make some tactical adjustments in the second half." Alihan said apologetically to Zhou Haibin.
Zhou Haibin nodded silently, stood up, turned and walked towards the shower area behind.
Many people in the locker room obviously didn't believe what Alihan said, except for Yang Yang.
The starting tactics in the first half were too complicated, and the players were not able to execute them properly. It really needs to be adjusted.
Zhao Junzhe returned to the middle and played the defense behind him. Shao Jia moved forward and Yan Song and Yang Yang played on both flanks. This should be the adjustment of Alihan. In this case, Zhou Haibin was very embarrassed. Not as good as Shao Jiayi, can only be replaced.
"Yang, in the first half we gave the opponent too much freedom on the left side. In the second half, I suppressed him, can I do it?" Alihan asked in a deep voice.
Yang Yang nodded and said, "Yes."
"I don't want you to defend, I just want you to press their left flank, don't let them pass that kind of ball, understand?"
The goal conceded in the first half came from a long pass from the left in the backcourt. The defender did not step forward to block it immediately, and the Chinese team's back defense was exposed.
"I know." Yang Yang nodded.
Alihan is also very reassured about Yang Yang. He is very aware of Yang Yang's performance in Ajax. There are many things that others can't understand. He believes that Yang Yang can definitely do it, because that's what he did in Ajax.
Everyone else in the locker room looked blank.
That's all?
In the first half, someone was replaced due to an injury. At halftime, another seventeen-year-old teenager was replaced. The tactical arrangement was as simple as two sentences? Don't you need to arrange it carefully?
"Coach, do you want to explain it to Yang Yang in more detail?" the Chinese coaching staff asked with concern.
Arihan shook his head and said, "No, he understands."
Having said that, he turned his head and arranged with Shao Jiayi how to play in the second half in detail, and decided to change from attacking on the left to the current two-flank takeoff, because Yang Yang also has a strong assault ability.
The members of the Chinese coaching staff still felt uneasy, turned around and asked Yang Yang, "Are you sure you understand what you want to do? If you don't understand, you should ask more and ask more clearly, otherwise you will be confused when you get to the court."
Yang Yang knew that the other party was well-intentioned, and he was not angry. He nodded lightly and said, "I really understand."