Fox in the Penalty Area

"Hey, it's dangerous... Be careful! Oops!"

Seeing the football being headed into the goal by Juan Vega, He Feng let out a long sigh—the ball was still lost.

Before this corner kick, he had a very dangerous premonition.

He had hoped that he was worrying unfoundedly, but he didn't expect that "a word became a prophecy".

After the goal, the Mexican players celebrated heartily, and the shouts in the stands of the Provincial Sports Center were much smaller than before. Seeing the loss of the ball, many Chinese fans closed their mouths in disappointment and pain, unable to make any sound.

In front of the Mexico coach's bench on the sidelines, coach Alfonso Ledes rushed out of the coach's bench and cheered, passionately celebrating the goal.

As a head coach, it is very rewarding to see my adjustments take effect so quickly.

In front of the coaching bench of the Chinese team, head coach Jorge Dillon covered his mouth and seemed to be talking to his assistant coach Keely Sequeiros.

In fact, it was Sequeiros who said to Dillon: "Mexico's high press is very thorough..."

Dillon shook his head slightly: "No way, we have just started to take over this team, and the training has just started..."

He is not looking for an excuse to shirk responsibility, there is really no way.

Everything that needs to be done is done, but football training is a long process. It is impossible to say that with only one week of training time, the team can be reborn and achieve the effect of one year of training, that is unscientific.

The Chinese team has shown changes this time in the China Cup, and this is the most important thing.

It proves that Dillon's new tactics and new ideas designed for the Chinese team are correct. After clarifying this point, just continue walking in this direction.

The so-called all things are difficult at the beginning, in fact, it means not knowing that the beginning is wrong.

If the direction is wrong, the harder you work, the more you will fail.

For Dillon's coach Xu, the China Cup is a good opportunity to verify the direction.

Through the semi-final against South Africa and the first half of the final against Mexico, Dillon actually got the answer he wanted.

Although he said "no way", Dillon immediately asked Yu Jintao to go to the sidelines to speak to the frustrated Chinese players.

"Don't panic! Think about training! What are we training so hard for! Isn't it just to deal with this kind of situation?!"

Almost all of the Chinese team's training with the ball has added confrontation elements.

Isn't it just hope that the players of the Chinese team can keep calm and play normally when they encounter such a press in the game?

Although the training time is still relatively short, changes have already taken place. The Chinese team is not just helpless and helpless in the face of pressing as before...

After Yu Jintao shouted loudly, he returned to the coach's bench, drenched himself with saliva, and then took a throat lozenge to protect his throat.

This is already a basic operation for him, and he can't be more familiar with what he is familiar with.

When Dillon was coaching Dashun Golden Arrow, he had to work as an assistant coach as a translator, that is to go to the sidelines and yell to convey the intention of the head coach Dillon to the players on the field.

So being an interpreter for football coaches is not just as simple as being an interpreter.

At the very least, it takes more voice than ordinary translation...

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After Mexico equalized the score, of course they will take advantage of the situation to launch a fierce attack on the goal of the Chinese team, hoping to make another victory in a short time.

After all, they scored a goal after only three minutes in the second half, and there are seven minutes left in the ten minutes the coach said, so why can't we score another goal in these seven minutes?

Now this goal has shaken their confidence, another goal will completely destroy their fighting spirit!

But the scene they imagined did not appear.

After the Mexican players tasted the sweetness of the high pressing, they continued to press like this.

They thought they could force the Chinese team to make another mistake.

Unexpectedly, the Chinese team resisted this time.

Although it is still a bit embarrassing...

For example, facing Mexico's high-position press at the beginning,

The Chinese team can only kick forward with big feet and try to keep the football as far away from the penalty area as possible.

Although this prevented Mexico from stealing directly in the frontcourt, the Chinese team actually had no way to counterattack and was still beaten by Mexico.

Fortunately, the Chinese team has two players with good skills in the midfield - Zhang Qinghuan and Xia Xiaoyu.

Especially Zhang Qinghuan, he can still rely on his own skills to deal with the Mexican midfielder Juan Vega.

It will not be completely passive to be beaten.

During this period of time, the Chinese fans and commentators He Feng and Yan Kang in the stands were also very nervous.

Yan Kang kept repeating: "You must hold on, you must hold on! Mexico's high-level pressing cannot continue forever! Their physical fitness can't stand it!"

Yan Kang echoed: "That's right! When you meet in a narrow road, the brave wins! If you can withstand this time, you will see the sun!"

The Chinese team finally withstood.

Mexico's frantic high press didn't last long, not even ten minutes.

After all, they have already played half of the game, and their physical fitness is not that good.

If it was the first half, they might have been able to press high for 20 minutes.

Now they have to save some energy for the next game.

Seeing that the team's high-position pressing was unsustainable, and the gap was torn open by the Chinese team's passing and cutting movement, and even hit the 30-meter area, the head coach Alfonso Ledes waved his hand, and the whole Mexican team was like The low tide generally takes it back.

The stone that weighed on everyone's hearts was lifted away, making people feel light all over.

"They have withstood the test." Translator Yu Jintao said to Dillon upon seeing this.

Dillon was expressionless, or said calmly: "This is just the beginning, Yu."

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Dillon was right.

The two sides entered a stalemate in the next game.

Relieved, the Chinese team continued to attack Mexico, just as they did in the first half.

But the Mexican players who equalized the score were very stable. The most important thing is that they know that high pressing is effective for the Chinese team, so they are not in a hurry.

Wait for them to rest and come back to attack from a high position, maybe they can make another victory...

With this in mind, Mexico played very calmly.

In addition, the overall strength is already higher than that of the Chinese team, and the Chinese team's offense can't do anything against them for a while.

Both parties come and go, and there are some opportunities, but none of them are particularly good opportunities.

As the game time passed, the score remained unchanged and was still tied at 1:1.

Alvarez was very active and wanted to score, but he was on the right, and Wang Guangwei happened to be facing him.

This is a difficult role.

Wang Guangwei, who is 1.86 meters tall, is not so short that he completely loses his air defense advantage, but he is also so tall that his speed and agility are affected.

Facing Alvarez, who is flexible at his feet, he is calm and calm. He doesn't take his feet easily, but sticks to the opponent, using his advantage in physical strength to keep squeezing against the latter, making it difficult for him to control the ball.

But when he judged that he needed to make an interception, his movements were steady and ruthless, without hesitation or procrastination.

Alvarez, the striker who scored seven goals in the Europa League and ranked first in the scorer list, was temporarily dumbfounded in front of Wang Guangwei.

This surprised him a little.

Occasionally, he would successfully get rid of Wang Guangwei, but he was quickly surrounded by other Chinese players, and Wang Guangwei was able to return to organize the defense.

The overall defense of the Chinese team is better than Alvarez imagined. They are not fighting independently, but are very closely connected.

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Dillon raised his wrist on the sidelines to check the time. It was the 68th minute of the game.

The score is still 1:1.

Since the first high press, Mexico has not pressed high again.

But Dillon knew that within a few minutes, Ryders would have Mexico up again.

Until then, the Chinese team will be very dangerous.

Because of physical fitness.

The high-intensity training made the players of the Chinese team generally more tired. After the semi-finals, the physical problems became more serious.

So in the remaining 20 minutes, he had to make substitutions and adjust to stabilize the physical fitness of the Chinese team.

Otherwise, it may be taken away by Mexico in a wave and completely overwhelmed.

But a substitution... means that it will be difficult for the Chinese team to create any more offensive opportunities. After all, the current lineup on the field is the strongest lineup of the Chinese team.

Whoever is replaced will have an impact on strength.

The substitution adjustment means that the Chinese team will strive to maintain a 1:1 tie in 90 minutes, and then the two sides will directly hit a penalty kick.

Whether you can still win the championship depends on luck...

Jorge Dillon didn't think about gains and losses for too long before making a decision-substitution and adjustment.

Although the offense will be affected after the substitution, at least there is a chance to drag the game into a penalty shootout.

But if there are no substitutions, it is very likely that they will not be able to survive the penalty shootout at all...

He asked the translator Yu Jintao to call back the right back Bai Di who was warming up.

Judging from this candidate, he is ready to replace Luo Kai.

The formation remains the same, still 352, but the wingback Luo Kai is replaced by a fullback who is better at defending, to strengthen the defense and hold the 1:1 draw.

On the bench next door, Mexico coach Alfonso Ledes got up from his seat again and walked to the sidelines.

He was ready to give orders to the Mexican players on the field, and let them press up again for a high press.

Taking advantage of the critical moment when the Chinese team's physical fitness is declining... kill them!

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