PFC Chapter 829 Focus Battle
Chapter 829 Focus Battle
Chapter 829 Focus Battle
It has been a curse for the Chinese team for decades to qualify for a draw. The head coach Gao Hongbo has lingering fears. He once witnessed as China’s main striker that a draw is equal to being out. He is a witness to history. Now, as the head coach, he must lead by example, use his behavior to infect the players, and prevent them from falling into a dead end of thinking...
When the Chinese team was preparing for the final round of the group match, many foreign media with China Hands interviewed Ai Luo.
However, facing these topics, he raised the corner of his mouth and pointed to the tattoo on the side of his right calf, which was exposed outside, and said confidently: "I exist to break all records. As for the so-called black history, after many years, it will be just a joke for us Chinese after dinner..."
Through Ai Luo's efforts, many players in the team who had negative emotions were instantly filled with positive energy, especially when it came to losing to the German team due to luck, their confidence was bursting!
So is it difficult to win Serbia, which lost to Ghana?
In the Serbian team, Aiello also has many acquaintances. Ivanovic, who will face him in the last group match, is a Chelsea teammate. Stankovic is the core midfielder of Inter Milan. He has had four contests in the Champions League in Valencia, and the main defender Vidic is more familiar. During the Chelsea game against Manchester United, I don’t know how many times he was abused by him...
It is worth mentioning that two days before the start of the game, the good media tried to interview Ivanovic and Vidic. They are the most reliable players in Serbia's solid defense. It can be said that whether they can hold the offensive of the Chinese team depends on their specific performance, but both of them are afraid of Aiello, especially Vidic...
The peak season of Vidic's personal career was the two seasons when Manchester United won consecutive runner-ups, but every time Manchester United faced Chelsea, he became the best supporting actor, setting off Aiello's strength.
As Ai Luo's teammate, Ivanovic naturally has the most direct understanding of Ai Luo's ability.
Half a month ago, Ai Luo came back in the warm-up match between the Chinese team and the French team. The head coach Antić found Ivanovic for the first time, wanting to understand Ai Luo's weakness at the first time. As a result, Ivanovic gave a clear way that was equal to no way-luck and fouls.
In other words, Serbia wants to limit Ai Luo, except for the never-ending fouls and enough luck, there is no possibility of successfully defending Ai Luo...
So when the reporter interviewed Vidic and Ivanovic, both of them just responded in a coping style and did not dare to accept the interview in depth.
The final World Cup Group D match between China and Serbia and Germany and Ghana in the same group is scheduled at 08:30 in the evening. Compared with the heat of the afternoon game, the evening is more suitable for high-quality football matches, but the most suitable places for the game are Durban and Port Elizabeth, which are near the sea, and can feel the sea breeze blowing from the Indian Ocean...
Group D is known as the weirdest group, and it naturally receives the most attention. No one can accurately predict the final team. They only know that China and Germany are the two teams with the highest chances of promotion. However, in football matches, you can't use odds to judge the outcome of a game. You can only wait for the end of the game...to find out.
Before the game, half of the top ten bookmakers in the world gave odds for the teams qualifying for Group D, with Germany and Serbia leading slightly...
Among them, only William Hill and Ladbrokes are optimistic about the prospects of the Chinese team, and the German team advanced to the top [-].
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Compared with the last match against Ghana, the Chinese team has adjusted two positions. The veteran Sun Xiang replaced the injured Jiang Zhipeng, and Yu Hanchao replaced Hao Junmin, who had accumulated two yellow cards and was automatically suspended for one game.
Servilli also offered the strongest lineup, but the formation is relatively conservative [-], goalkeeper Stojkovic, defenders Kolarov, Vidic, Subotic and Ivanovic, midfielders Stankovic, Lazovic, Petrovic, Kuzmanlovic, Krasic, and forward Zikic.
The outcome of this game is very important to both sides, and the atmosphere before the game was quite depressing. Aiello and Ivanovic, the Chelsea teammates, just nodded in the pre-match warm-up.
This shows the importance of the last round of the group stage...
A draw is acceptable for the Chinese team, but for Serbia, which is at a disadvantage in goal difference, there is only elimination, so it must be won!
Therefore, Serbia coach Antić has adjusted the starting lineup, from a four-four-two with a balanced offense and defense to a four-five-one that is more inclined to defensive counterattacks.
Half an hour before the game, countless commentators registered with FIFA got a starting list. They were all puzzled by Antić’s adjustment. Serbia, which must win to advance to the top [-], should adopt a more aggressive four-three-three formation. What the hell is a four-five formation?
"The starting rosters of both sides are now in my hands. Surprisingly, Antić has formed a defensive-oriented four-five formation. Stankovic, who played in the tenth position in the first two games, will return to the fourth position. He will partner with Lazovic and Petrovic in the third midfielder. The offense will only rely on Kuzmanovic, Krasic and Jovanovic..."
Serbia's national TV commentator frowned and said.
Immediately, the guest commentator, the legendary Serbian star Mikhailovich, said with a smile: "Actually, Antić's arrangement has a certain reason. Ai's personal ability to hold the ball is super strong. If the defense is close to Ivanovic or the midfielder Petrovic, it will be difficult to limit the defense, and it will also cause defensive leakage in some positions. Don't forget that the German team and Ghana lost the ball. It is because of one thing and one loss. , facing the Chinese team, you should play a defensive counterattack..."
Zhan Jun, who was sitting in the on-site commentary seat, got the starting list of both sides, took a look and laughed: "Serbia is really a magical country. The 23-man roster has [-] players with the word 'odd', and there are [-] players with the word 'Vitch'. Among them, in the starting list in my hand, there are ten players with the word 'odd'..."
Shen Fangjian's characteristic loud voice chuckled: "That's true, but the Serb's 'Qi' is to commemorate the surname of the ancestors, and it has the same meaning as the word 'Sen' commonly used by the Swedes..."
And the Chinese fans who are idle and have nothing to do are also posting these idle and painful topics on post bars, forums, penguin groups and Weibo...
At the same time, Gao Hongbo and Fu Bo frowned, a little surprised by Serbia's starting list.
It is a fatal temptation for the Chinese team coached by Gao Hongbo to qualify for a tie!
In June last year, China's promotion to the final stage of the World Cup was considered to be due to Ai Luo's contribution. As the head coach, he was only the No.1 in the world.
Now that two rounds of the group stage have passed, the Chinese team has one win and one loss and ranks first with the advantage of goal difference and number of goals scored. As long as they can advance to the top [-] of the World Cup, then they will definitely be recognized by domestic fans!
Since you can qualify for a tie, why take the risk of attacking?
Only by winning the game can Serbia have a chance to advance, so it will definitely have the strongest attacking lineup in the last game, so Gao Hongbo believes that playing a defensive counterattack in the last game must be very cost-effective.
But who would have thought that Serbia would also put on a defensive counterattack lineup?
Headache!
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Time passed quickly, players from both sides entered the locker room from the court, and then walked from the locker room to the player tunnel.
At this time, almost all TV stations with the rights to broadcast the World Cup in South Africa received the signal from the live Mbobela Stadium.
Fans watching the live TV broadcast or the live broadcast on the Internet can see the scene of the player tunnel. Dortmund teammates Subotic and Feng Xiaoting hugged and shook hands, and Ai Luo and Ivanovic also made some gestures before the game. The two often cooperated with each other in the middle and long distances in the 2008-2009 and 2009-2010 seasons, so they have a good relationship.
This was followed by a series of simple and complicated rituals, and finally the competition began...
"China Central Television, China Central Television, is now broadcasting live the focus match between China and Serbia in the last round of Group D of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. In the past two rounds, we and Serbia have won one and lost one, but we ranked first in Group D because of our advantage in goal difference and number of goals scored. This means that this game is not very stressful for the Chinese team. A tie can qualify..."
Before Shen Fangjian finished speaking, many fans in China complained about him.
"Nimma Shen Fangjian! Which pot should not be carried!! Can you talk? I won't let Mr. Zhan Jun talk by himself!!"
"Damn it, if you don't mention a tie, you can qualify and die? Bad luck!!"
"Totally agree with the above point of view. Hearing what you said, my little heart is 'thumping'!"
"---puff!!"
The game was declared to start after the referee's whistle. The Chinese team who kicked off first did not rush forward to attack, but followed Gao Hongbo's temporary adjustment before the game to focus on control. Anyway, Serbia can only advance to the top [-] if they win. The Chinese team can advance as long as they don't lose. If you want to waste, you can spend together...
Therefore, the Chinese team played very relaxed in the first 10 minutes of the game, focusing on the control of cross passes and return passes.
Of course, Ai Luo took the initiative to take the ball and break forward is an exception.
After 10 minutes of probing, Serbian coach Antić frowned. Under normal circumstances, don't you choose to take the initiative to attack when you know that the opponent is in a defensive posture?
He knew that he underestimated Gao Hongbo, who was coaching the national team for the first time...
However, Antić adjusted quickly. He took advantage of a dead ball and made a subtle tactical change gesture at Stankovic.
(End of this chapter)