Chapter 317 I Won't Give Him Any Chance! [The Third Update, Please Subscribe to the Monthly Pass]

Tilburg, Netherlands, World Youth Championship training ground.

After successfully qualifying for the group stage with three consecutive victories, the Chinese team quickly moved from Utrecht to Tilburg.

After arriving in Tilburg, Krautchen immediately led the team to the training ground.

The opponent for the knockout round of the sixteenth round is out, Krautchen's homeland, Germany.

Before the National Youth Team played a warm-up match with the German team, it was a 2-2 draw, and no one could take advantage.

But that time, the National Youth Team did not have Yang Yang.

The three-game winning streak did not make the National Youth Team lose its mind completely. In the subsequent group stage summary, when Yang Yang spoke as a player representative, he was the first to point out the team's defensive problems. the biggest obstacle.

Krautchen also said that he already has a whole set of plans to improve his defense.

After arriving in Tilburg, Krautchen took a closed training session and declined interference from outside media reporters.

For defensive training, Clausen focused on letting players practice the overall operation and coherence of the defensive system. What he emphasized the most was not to blindly press, but to work together as a whole to maintain a meticulous integrity.

"Individual defense not only has no effect, but will continue to waste our physical energy. Only the overall defense can protect our goal!"

Since many of the things that Klauchen emphasized are very similar to those of Ajax, Yang Yang also took the initiative to play a guest role as a translator and commentator, hand in hand to convey Klauchen's intentions to the players, especially when Klauchen decided Feng Xiaoting, the leader of the defense.

In order to better help Feng Xiaoting comprehend Clausen's intentions, and at the same time direct the defense of the team, Yang Yang once again resorted to the trick he had used to help Zheng Zhi. Combined with the video and analysis report on the laptop, he explained to Feng Xiaoting the need for How to be the backbone of this defensive core, and how to ensure the ball in the midfield and backcourt.

In addition to the German team's offense, set-pieces will also be the magic weapon for the German team, because their height occupies an overwhelming advantage, which is also the most obvious advantage of the German team.

"The German team has a strong integrity and is relatively average in technology, but its tactical awareness is very mature. Its body and impact are the strongest team in this World Youth Championship. Therefore, set-pieces will be their most threatening team. Offensive."

In response to this, Krautchen made targeted arrangements for set-piece defense.

At the end of the training, it is how the Chinese team will overcome the enemy and win.

The strategy given by Clausen is to control the midfield and give full play to Yang Yang's advantage on the offensive end.

Gao Lin's performance in the first three group matches has been recognized by everyone in the team, including Yang Yang. Although he doesn't seem to score many goals, as a high center, his tactical role is quite obvious.

Chen Tao's performance on the right is also quite good, and in this game, Kraushen obviously does not want Yang Yang to face the German team's defenders directly, but hopes that he can attack in more ways in the future. .

As for the most important midfield arrangement, Krautchen decided to leave out a more controlled, technical midfielder.

From the pre-match drills, it is not difficult to see that the midfield combination of Hao Junmin, Cui Peng and Zhou Haibin is the most affirmed by Clausen, and it is also the most controlling midfield combination that the National Youth Team has been able to discharge so far.

Among them, Cui Peng from Shandong also performed quite well in this World Youth Championship.

In addition to the tactical level, Krautchen also deducted quite finely in technical details. For example, he personally went off the court and taught players how to deal with the pressing of German players, and what he emphasized most was turning around suddenly after receiving the ball.

"The German players have a height advantage, but they turn very slowly, and we have an advantage in this regard. As long as we turn around, we can immediately form a local advantage."

These seemingly simple and basic things have actually brought great benefits to the players of the National Youth Team.

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Due to the limited training space, the Chinese team and the German team shared a training ground, and the two sides communicated and coordinated time with each other.

As a result, the German team was twenty minutes earlier than the agreed time.

There are three venues in the same training ground, but after the German team arrived at the training ground ahead of schedule, they did not go to other venues to train directly, but stood on the sidelines and watched the Chinese team's training with great interest.

Among them, the most curious German player is Yang Yang, the top star of the Chinese team.

But instead of finding Yang Yang in the main group, they saw him appear in the substitute group.

This can not help but let the German team feel puzzled.

When playing in Panama, Yang Yang didn't show up, and he didn't give accurate information to the outside world, and now he's on the bench, what do you mean?

"They deliberately messed up the order, they just don't want us to see their starting lineup." German coach Skibe laughed, this is just a trick used before the game.

Everyone knows that it is impossible for Yang Yang to fail. He is the core fighting force of the Chinese team.

Not only is the lineup messed up, but even the content of the training is not unusual. It seems to be some ordinary group confrontation. At most, we can only see the strength of the Chinese players, and we can't see the specific content at all.

On the contrary, when Yang Yang quickly dribbled the ball and forced a breakthrough, the pendulum passed the goalkeeper and pushed the empty goal successfully, which won warm applause both inside and outside the field, and even the German players on the sidelines applauded.

"Hey, nice job, Yang!"

"The pendulum is amazing, it's amazing!"

However, the booing of the German players quickly caught the attention of FIFA officials, who immediately walked over to remind them not to hinder the training of the Chinese team, and the group of German players walked to the training ground next door indifferently.

However, the head coach Skibe's expression was a solemn one, and he solemnly told his players.

"In the game, you have to freeze Yang Yang no matter what, don't give him any chance, he will be the deadliest knife of the Chinese team, block him completely for me!"

Rene Adler, the German captain who played for the Bundesliga pharmaceutical company Leverkusen, turned around, frowned and looked at Yang Yang in the distance, and replied in a deep voice: "Don't worry, I won't give him any chance. !"

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Willem II Stadium in Tilburg.

World Youth Championship round of 16 knockout, China against Germany.

To everyone's surprise, the seemingly strong German team did not take the initiative to attack as expected by many outsiders, but actively and steadily tightened the defense line after the opening.

Fierce pressing, solid overall defense, and physical fitness with obvious advantages all made the German team struggle with the Chinese team from the very beginning of the game, especially the offensive players in the frontcourt.

"Early before the game, German head coach Skibe said that the Chinese team's attacking power in the group stage is worthy of vigilance, while the German team did not show any offensive performance in the group stage, but no one thought of it. , he will use defensive counterattack tactics to deal with the Chinese team, which is quite unexpected indeed."

"For Yang Yang's defense, the German team is obviously well prepared."

"From the perspective of the three group matches, the defense has always been the advantage of the German team. They only conceded one goal in the three rounds, and that was to the Argentina team. Relatively speaking, the Chinese team has been able to win three consecutive victories from the group stage. , by virtue of the attack."

"So, this game may surprise fans a bit."

"The seemingly strong German team actually faced the weak Chinese team and played a defensive counterattack."

"But we must not be careless, because Germany that plays the defensive counterattack is the most terrible German team!"

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The commentary from the national TV station that was broadcast live in China did not reach the Willem II stadium.

But there is no need to remind the outside world, the National Youth Team has a very clear understanding of this.

The German team adopted the four-four-two method, but took the initiative to shrink the three lines, and the intention was very clear, that is, to freeze Yang Yang.

For this, Yang Yang also has his own clear understanding.

In this game, Klauchen played a four-three-three formation, Yang Yang was arranged on the left, Gao Lin played the center, Chen Tao played on the right, and the midfield was a combination of Hao Junmin, Cui Peng and Zhou Haibin.

But in fact, Yang Yang and Chen Tao's positions have retreated a lot, the purpose is to ensure the initiative in the midfield.

From the very beginning of the game, the Chinese team controlled the ball very smoothly and gained an advantage in the possession rate.

The German team mainly deployed in the center line and did not retreat very far, but their pressing was very active, and their one-on-one defensive advantage was very obvious, which made it difficult for the Chinese team to organize effective cooperation.

The smooth ground penetration in the first three rounds of the group is also difficult to reproduce on the German team, and the offense is somewhat stuck.

On the other hand, the German team has no advantage in ball control, but has a strong advantage in physical confrontation. Once they are close to them, the ball is easily broken. Once the ball is intercepted, they immediately hit back and counterattack, giving full play to the speed advantage of the strikers.

In the opening stage, both sides played a little chaotically. First, Yang Yang was very active on the left, but the German team quickly put heavy troops on the right. As soon as Yang Yang got the ball, he was immediately closely guarded by the German team.

Yang Yang was already mentally prepared for this situation.

Seeing that it was difficult to play the ball in the midfield, he immediately retreated and responded to his teammates in the midfield to play the ball.

In the 19th minute, after Yang Yang retreated to receive the pass from the midfield, he suddenly turned to get rid of it, dribbled the ball along the left, and shifted the entire German defensive attention to his side, when suddenly a big foot shifted. to the right.

Chen Tao was ready to go, and after stopping the ball in his chest, he dribbled the ball down the right and made a pass.

Gao Lin, who was in ambush in the penalty area, grabbed a position in the middle, headed the goal, and hit a far corner, but the German goalkeeper Rene Adler flew to save the ball and gave the Chinese team a corner kick.

But this wonderful flying save won the full house applause for Adler.

The young German goalkeeper didn't care, instructing his teammates to start corner kick defense, looking like a general.

When Adler looked at Yang Yang again, the tall German goalkeeper couldn't help but wonder.

Isn't it said that Yang Yang is a famous scorer?

Why did he not even have a shot in the opening 20 minutes and looked more like a midfielder?

Could it be that this was Krautchen's arrangement?

Well, he did have a few good passes, especially the big foot transfer just now, very thoughtful.

But is he the only thing he can do?

Adler will definitely not think so, because Yang Yang is the winner of the European Golden Boy Award, the best player in the UEFA Cup, and the Eredivisie Golden Boot Award. At the same time, he broke the legendary record of Ronaldo at the age of 18, and is famous for the genius of European football.

Is that limited by our defense?