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Chapter 192 Take 1 Point Each

Chapter 192

"Everyone did a good job in the first half! You know, you are facing the same elites who have already played in the top league at a young age! What's more, they have an advantage over you because except for their captain Insua, the other players are all playing in the Argentine domestic league, and the degree of tacit understanding is better than yours! In the case of weak strength, you need to rely on cooperation, but you were able to achieve a draw in the first half when you were neither superior nor even inferior... In my opinion, your draw is worth a victory! "

In the locker room, Ding Yu expressed his praise without hesitation: "In the second half, I think they should also understand our strength. Argentina has no shortage of tactical masters... Long Bisheng, you were the one who created the most threats in the first half. They will definitely regard you as a key target in the second half. Therefore, in the second half, you should switch positions with Dai Guangming behind them more often, to empty their defense in the penalty area, and create opportunities for teammates who insert behind. Dai Guangming, I think you must be more than a commander in Spain. right."

Dai Guangming nodded with a smile: "Sometimes I will take the lead in the charge."

"Then I need you to do this in the second half." Ding Yu nodded with satisfaction, and then turned to Zhang Yi around: "As for you two... continue to play according to your usual habits, create opportunities for me on the wing, and at the same time suppress the opponent's wing attack. Passing back, it always ends up being a shot, defending near the penalty area, even if Argentina wants to score, it is not so easy."

After the tactics were almost arranged, Ding Yu waved his fist: "Remember, our minimum goal is to qualify for the group stage, so at least we must get a draw between Argentina and Spain! As long as we are tenacious enough, Argentina will not choose to fight us in the first game! Do you understand?"

"Understood!" The players replied in unison.

If Ding Yu said this before the start of the game, some players might not take it seriously. After all, these players are arrogant and unwilling to convince others easily. After the first half, the players knew that their opponents were also elite players of the same age group, and the overall level of Argentine football is definitely higher than that of China!After understanding this, they also understood why Ding Yu was so steady.

There are many things in this world, which cannot be felt so deeply if one does not understand them personally. The so-called reading thousands of books is not as good as traveling thousands of miles. This is the truth.

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After the start of the second half, Argentina's defense against Long Bisheng was indeed a bit tighter than in the first half. In addition to Tobio still harassing Long Bisheng with ubiquitous small moves, Insua also focused most of his attention on this big man. Firstly, it was because Long Bisheng was the biggest threat to their defense in the first half. Second, it was also because among the players of the Chinese junior team, Long Bisheng, the Serie B silver boot, was probably the most famous. some.

The return of Naples to Serie A last season is considered a major event in world football. There are also many football topics in this regard. As the top scorer of Naples last season, it is relatively easy for the Argentine national team to get information about Long Bisheng. Naturally, it can be seen that Long Bisheng has excellent header ability and accurate judgment. He has a long shot from outside the penalty area, but his personal dribbling skills can only be regarded as average.

Knowing the technical characteristics of Long Bisheng, it will be much easier for the Argentine National Junior Team to defend Long Bisheng. Try to interfere with Long Bisheng's jumping in the penalty area to minimize the power of his header. Outside the penalty area, he is close to the defense, preventing him from taking long shots smoothly. Although this kind of defense is very difficult, it can basically control Long Bisheng.

It’s just that Long Bisheng is very used to this kind of treatment last season. Even with this kind of defense, he can still play his role. Not to mention that his header cannot be completely controlled in the penalty area.

Because of this, even though the only striker of the Chinese team is under the strict marking of the Argentine defenders, the Chinese team is still extremely smooth in counterattack.

"pass it to me!"

Salvio, who retreated to the midfield, yelled at his teammates, then took the ball from his teammates, made a quick change of direction, swayed around the defense, and began to break through quickly along the right!

Up to now, he has not been able to break through the gate of the Chinese team, which makes this excellent right winger feel angry. The speed around him is not slower than him, but his defensive ability is indeed a bit worse.

After Salvio broke through to the 30-meter area with the ball, Long Xing approached him very cautiously. He is a defensive full-back with plenty of physical strength. Although he doesn't have many offensive means, he can make up for the lack of defensive ability around him. Facing Salvio who rushed over with the ball aggressively, he chose the safest defensive method. First, he blocked the opponent's breakthrough route and forced the opponent to slow down.

But Salvio didn't want to give him this chance. Seeing Longxing approaching, he immediately sent the ball to the middle, and rushed towards the bottom line without slowing down.

The characteristics of Argentine players are different from their neighbor Brazil. Although they are all representatives of South American football with delicate skills, they seem to be better at teamwork and ball handling. Just like the football representatives of the two countries, the Brazilian football king Pele is a good scorer who charges forward, while the Argentine football king Maradona is better at passing the ball!

After receiving Salvio's pass, his teammate did not stop the ball, but immediately sent a diagonal pass, and the ball flew right in front of Salvio. Salvio, who had not slowed down, used his speed to get rid of Long Xing, who had a mediocre acceleration ability.

In the middle, the two forwards of Argentina and the two defenders of the Chinese team competed for positions. A figure suddenly rushed up from behind and rushed the ball out of the penalty area in front of the Argentine forward!

In the defense just now, Hu Gandang did not go to defend Salvio, but directly returned to the penalty area, and terminated a very threatening breakthrough of Argentina with a clean header!

"Hold the ball! Let's hit him back!" Hu Gandang got up from the ground and roared.

Salvio took a corner kick, Wu Bufan quickly attacked, punched the ball over the opponent's head, and the ball rolled to the feet of Zhang Yi who had returned to the front of the penalty area. Zhang Yi immediately made a long pass and passed the ball to the center circle.

Long Bisheng jumped up near the middle circle, with a pad on his chest, stopped the ball comfortably, and then carried Tobio on his back, waiting for his teammates to come up to respond.

Tobio kept harassing Long Bisheng from behind, but he knew in his heart that it would be difficult to break the ball smoothly from the feet of this big man. After all, he is too big, and if he crosses in front of you, he will block you tightly, and there is nowhere to stretch his feet.

Seeing that Dai Guangming had rushed up at an extremely fast speed, Tobio knew that Long Bisheng was about to pass the ball, but this big man was unusually stable every time he wanted to steal the ball, so Tobio relaxed his confrontation with him a little, and planned to make up for Dai Guangming or the surrounding area at any time.

Tobio unfortunately fell into a misunderstanding. Long Bisheng seldom turned around and dribbled a breakthrough when he was far away from the penalty area, but it does not mean that he would not turn and dribble a breakthrough. In fact, in the Serie C league last season, he once turned and dribbled a long shot to score a goal.

Just after Tobio relaxed a little, he suddenly felt that Long Bisheng's center of gravity shifted to the left, and when he subconsciously moved to the left, Long Bisheng suddenly made a beautiful half-turn, and immediately carried Tobio behind him again - only this time he turned from his back to the goal to face the goal!

After using his physical advantage to carry Tobio behind him, Long Bisheng immediately accelerated, took the ball forward, and then ran forward with both legs!

Now Tobio is left behind by Long Bisheng. Apart from the goalkeeper, only Insua, who has just returned to defense, is left in front of Long Bisheng. In such an open area, even if Long Bisheng's dribbling ability is not particularly good, it is still possible to speed up to chase the ball after stepping forward!

Tobio desperately chased after him, but after he had chased almost, he realized that if he wanted to steal the ball from Long Bisheng, he had to go around him, but Long Bisheng occupied a larger area, and one step with those two long legs was equal to another step and a half, which is actually not too slow!

If he wanted to get around Long Bisheng and stop him, he had to slow down and change direction. At this time, Long Bisheng took two big strides, and immediately pulled the distance away.

But Tobio was not too worried, because he saw that captain Insua was already standing in front of Long Bisheng, blocking his way into the penalty area.

"Damn it, let's see if you're still alive?" Tobio thought hard in his heart. Insua's position is very good. Even if Long Bisheng took a long-range shot, he could immediately stop the ball.

Insua stared at Long Bisheng closely, paying attention to his every move. At this time, Long Bisheng took another step forward and was very close to Insua. Suddenly he raised his foot, and Insua immediately rushed forward, but Long Bisheng did not shoot, but swiped the ball horizontally!

Behind Long Bisheng, Dai Guangming has already rushed up quickly, received the pass from Long Bisheng, and entered the penalty area in one go!

"Oops! Single-handed!" Insua was taken aback, but he didn't panic because he already had experience in the Premier League. He immediately stopped his center of gravity forcibly, took a few steps back, and blocked Dai Guangming's route to the middle. As for the goal, it can only be handed over to the goalkeeper!

The goalkeeper did not disappoint him. He blocked Dai Guangming's shot. After Dai Guangming took a step forward, he barely held the shot. When the ball was about to fly into the goal, Insua, who returned to the defense in time, kicked it far away!

"Oops!" Ding Yu off the field was about to raise his hands to cheer, but he was sorry to see the ball being cleared by Insua's big foot. He was not the only one who was sorry. Whether it was the Chinese players on the field, the substitutes off the field or the Chinese fans in the stands, there was a huge sigh.

"Aaron, I'm sorry, I wasted your pass." Dai Guangming covered his face, and said regretfully to Long Bisheng.

"I should be the one who's sorry... If the pass could have been made a bit more forward, that defender would have no chance to return to the defense." Long Bisheng shook his head, but instead said to him apologetically.

He was telling the truth, just now Long Bisheng's pass was indeed a bit late, and Dai Guangming had to slow down to get the ball smoothly, which directly led to a sudden drop in shooting.

"There is still a chance next time." Dai Guangming patted Long Bisheng on the shoulder and ran back with him.

Although this shot failed to score, it surprised Argentina. In the next game, the pressure they put on the Chinese team was significantly reduced. As Ding Yu judged, even for Argentina, a draw in the first group match is acceptable.

In the rest of the game, both sides were unable to launch a threatening attack again. The Chinese team focused on defense, and Argentina was also wary of the Chinese team's counterattack. The final score was zero to zero, and the Chinese national team won a precious point.

One point each seems to be an acceptable result for both sides. With this point, the situation of the two teams in the following games is not bad.

(End of this chapter)