Chapter 558 It's Him Again!

As early as the late 1980s, Japan launched a mighty football reform.

Beginning with the Prime Minister of Japan, government departments at all levels have attached great importance to the development of football events, which has triggered an unprecedented football boom in Japan. In the World Youth Championship ten years later, Japan entered the WTO with a record The final of the youth competition is the node.

This means that Japan has begun to rise in an all-round way in Asian football and has begun to usher in a harvest period.

Nearly ten years after the World Youth Championship, Japan has performed better and better. It won the Asian Cup in Lebanon in 2000. In 2004, it lost to the host China in the final and missed a precious opportunity to defend the title.

But no one can deny Japan's strength.

Backed by the already stable youth training system and football industry in Japan, Japan's overall competitiveness has been continuously improving.

After Troussier coached Japan and helped Japan reach the top 16 in the World Cup in Korea and Japan like never before, Japan is committed to learning from Brazil, and the coach has always been inclined to technical flow.

But this does not mean that Japan is just blindly learning from Brazil, because everyone knows that a very fatal thing about Brazil is that they pay too much attention to the individual and underestimate the whole, which is a dead end for Brazil over the years.

Whenever the Selecao wins the championship, it is often a good solution to individual and overall problems, such as the World Cup in Korea and Japan.

Japan learns from Brazil and respects the individual skills of players, but at the same time they pay more attention to the integrity of the team.

Teamwork is the most important part of Japan. The individual ability of players who have an advantage in the Asian region is that Japan can accurately play the ball and move at high speed, which enables Japan to play a more holistic pass control style. .

In the Asian region, the Japanese national team has excellent individual ability and strong integrity, which makes Japan a veritable strong team in the Asian region, and in this Asian Cup, Japan has performed very well.

Two wins and one draw in the group stage, and a one-to-one draw with Australia in the quarter-finals, and the final penalty shootout.

In the four games, the overall strength of the Japanese team has left a deep impression on people.

But more importantly, this team has few obvious weaknesses and flaws.

The only problem is that they insist on the three-five-two style of play, which makes their defense a little weaker on the flanks.

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Before the semi-finals, the coaches of both sides were looking forward to this game.

Osim said that he hopes to lead the Japanese team to wash away the humiliation in Beijing three years ago. He firmly believes that the team can continue the excellent performance of the previous four games and freeze the Chinese team's offense, especially Yang Yang.

"There is no doubt that Yang Yang is the world's top star. He has a much higher personal ability than other Asian teams. Only by restricting him can it be possible to restrict the Chinese team's offense, and I think we have done a good job. Prepare."

Alihan's words also indirectly agreed with Osim's remarks. He believes that Yang Yang is the key to this game, because he is in very good form recently. Activating Yang Yang's offense in the frontcourt will be the key to the team's victory.

But at the same time, the Dutch head coach also said that the team's back line will be a big test, because the overall attack of the Japanese team is still very strong, which will cause considerable pressure on the defense of the Chinese team.

In an interview with the media, Alihan said that the Chinese team has also insisted on passing and controlling play for the past four years, and he is eager to compete with the Japanese team in terms of technology and ball control.

"I believe that in Asia, we will not lose to any team!"

But it turns out that Alihan's pre-match remarks were nothing but a smoke bomb.

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Yang Yang, Gao Lin and Chen Tao, this is the trident of the Chinese team.

Shao Jiayi, Zheng Zhi and Zhao Junzhe, this is China's midfielder.

The back line is still the combination of Sun Xiang, Feng Xiaoting, Li Weifeng and Sun Jihai.

Obviously, Alihan didn't plan to grab the ball with Japan, because he knew very well that he couldn't grab the ball at all. Therefore, he could only use double midfielders like Zheng Zhi and Zhao Junzhe to be responsible for interceptions and steals.

Even in the first 20 minutes of the game, the Chinese team did not even play a decent attack.

The Japanese team's ball possession rate reached an astonishing 78%, and the scene can almost be said to be one-sided.

It was not until the 24th minute that the Chinese team got a very good chance.

After Gao Lin made a steal in the frontcourt, he passed the ball to Yang Yang, who suddenly kicked the door after getting rid of the defender.

This shot was blocked by the Japanese center defender Yuji Nakazawa and failed to threaten the goal, and the subsequent corner kick failed to create any more threat.

But just two minutes later, it was Yang Yang who got rid of the ball from the left and was fouled by the Japanese defender. He won a free kick in the frontcourt. Shao Jiayi took the penalty, and Li Weifeng nodded to the goal. , slightly higher.

The real turning point of the game occurred in the 34th minute. After Yang Yang took the ball on the left again, facing the double-team of two Japanese defenders, he decisively dribbled the ball and forcibly cut inside, relying on his personal ability to attract the left side of the front of the penalty area. caught the attention of Japanese defenders.

Suddenly, Yang Yang sent a precise bounce ball from the three players.

Gao Lin used his body to block the Japanese central defender Jia Diliang. He didn’t pick it up, but turned around and faced the incoming ball with a volley, which pierced the Japanese team’s goal and broke the deadlock on the field.

But the good times don't last long.

After the Chinese team took the lead, the Japanese team launched a crazy counterattack.

Yang Yang repeatedly reminded his teammates to pay attention, but the result was a mistake. When defending the corner kick, he missed someone, and the Japanese team seized the opportunity and scored.

Japanese central defender Yu Nakazawa, who did not stop Yang Yang's pass and assist before, scored with a second header.

After the Japanese central defender scored, he deliberately ran over in front of Yang Yang provocatively, and the celebration was also very insolent.

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At halftime, Alihan reviewed the game in the first half and adjusted some of the team's tactics.

After changing sides in the second half, the Chinese team suddenly launched a wave of attack.

Just one minute later, after Yang Yang got a pass from Sun Xiang from the left, he stopped and took the ball in one go. He made a pass from the bottom to the back of the goal. This time, Chen Tao finally caught up with Yang Yang's footsteps and made a cool push.

The Chinese team once again exceeded the score!

Then the Japanese team launched a counterattack again and won the opportunity for corner kicks one after another.

Ten minutes after the Chinese team took the lead, the Japanese team took advantage of a corner kick to tie the score again!

Two to two!

No one would have thought that the Japanese team, which has always been known for its skills and passing control style, showed such bravery in this game.

People who don't even know it must think that the Korean team is playing against the Chinese team.

Because this style of desperate and bloody fighting to the end has always been a traditional feature of the Korean team.

After pulling two goals in a row, the Japanese team also seemed to sense the opportunity and began to press the overall formation.

Coach Osim also began to make substitutions to further strengthen the team's frontcourt offense.

The Chinese team lost and retreated and had to retreat again and again.

Alihan had to replace Shao Jiayi with Zhao Xuri, trying to stabilize the team's midfield.

Then he replaced Chen Tao with Cui Peng, pulled Zheng Zhi back to the back line, and formed three central defenders with Feng Xiaoting and Li Weifeng. The two full-backs, Sun Xiang and Sun Jihai, pressed forward appropriately.

As for the frontcourt, the two forwards Yang Yang and Gao Lin were left behind.

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In the continuous siege, the Japanese team frequently got opportunities, and the Chinese team was very embarrassed.

Even Gao Lin, who was at the front, had to actively retreat to the midfield and participate in the defense.

The strength gap between the two sides is obvious. The Chinese team is still the same as three years ago, and its overall strength is still not as good as Japan.

But after Alihan's training, the Chinese team's defense has also improved a lot in the past few years, especially after the test of the World Cup, the confidence of the players has also increased significantly.

In the entire back line, except for Li Weifeng, all of them are international players from overseas. Sun Xiang and Feng Xiaoting both play in the Eredivisie. Among them, Feng Xiaoting still plays as the main defender in the Eredivisie giant Feyenoord and has performed very well. Sun Jihai plays in the Premier League. Manchester City.

In addition to the midfield, Zheng Zhi, who played for Mainz, Zhao Junzhe, who played for the Celtics of the Suzhou Super League...

The Chinese team's midfield and backcourt strength is not bad. It is not easy for the Japanese team to break through.

The two sides attacked and defended, and the game time quickly entered 80 minutes.

The Japanese team's three-back style of play has its own natural flaws in the defense of the wing, and the Chinese team's counterattack also played on the wing intentionally or unintentionally, especially the left wing where Yang Yang was, and was given the burden of counterattack.

After switching to three backs, Sun Xiang and Sun Jihai were more active on the flanks, especially Sun Xiang.

This move finally came into play in the eighty-third minute.

The Chinese team stole the ball in the backcourt. After Zhao Junzhe stole the ball, Zheng Zhi quickly returned to Feng Xiaoting. The latter made a long pass and sent it to the left of the frontcourt. Yang Yang grabbed the first spot, got the ball with his back, and stopped the ball. After that, he passed it back to Sun Xiang, who was plugged in, and turned around and rushed towards the penalty area.

After Sun Xiang plugged in, he passed it back to Yang Yang, who was plugged in.

After receiving the ball, Yang Yang suddenly accelerated, using his personal ability, under the double-team of two Japanese team defenders, directly rushed into the penalty area, and used a wonderful pendulum to pass, and passed the arrogant celebration in front of him just now. Yuji Nakazawa suddenly smashed the ball inwards and hit the goal with his right foot near the left side of the penalty spot.

This is the area he is very used to and is very sure of.

After the ball crossed a graceful arc, it almost rubbed the angle between the goal beam and the column, and crashed into the Japanese team's goal.

After scoring the goal, Yang Yang didn't celebrate, as if he had just accomplished something he was accustomed to. He smiled and spread his hands, with an expression of no big deal.

In front of Yuji Nakazawa, he seemed to see the eyes of the Japanese central defender spitting fire.

In the final three years ago, it was also Yang Yang's excellent performance, especially the handball, which caused the Japanese team's mental imbalance in the end, was completely won by the Chinese team, and missed the championship.

Unexpectedly, after three years, it was him again!