Fox in the Penalty Area

Chapter 1744 The purpose of the warm-up match

Holly and Milos Vukovic shake hands in front of the cameras.

At the same time, Vukovic smiled at Hu Lai: "I won't pass the ball to you, Hu."

Hu Lai laughed out loud.

In an interview before the game, he said that he hoped that Vukovic could pass the ball to him in the game, like playing in the club.

Now that's Vukovic's response to his words.

The two hugged each other before parting, each shaking hands with the next opposing player.

This is the picture before the match between the Chinese team and Serbia.

Although Hong Renjie told Hu Lai that he may not have much playing time in these two friendly matches.

But in this first game, Hu Lai was still scheduled to start.

It's just that apart from him, the starting lineup of the Chinese team is not quite the same as the one everyone is familiar with.

Dillon’s starting lineup for the Chinese team that everyone is familiar with before is 352, the main goalkeeper Lin Zhiyuan, the main central defenders are Wang Guangwei, Mao Junzheng and Liu Yan, the main midfielders Xia Xiaoyu and Gao Ruimin, the main midfielder Zhang Qinghuan, and the two wings. The guards are Chen Xingyi and Luo Kai respectively, and Hu Lai and Zhou Zijing are partners on the front line.

This is the strongest lineup that the Chinese team can currently arrange.

But this time the formation is still the same, but the starting lineup has changed a lot.

The goalkeeper has not changed, and Lin Zhiyuan is still the starter-there is no question of testing newcomers in the position of goalkeeper. Lin Zhiyuan is only 23 years old this year, and he will definitely be the main goalkeeper of the national team for at least ten years. Goalkeeper This is a special position that needs to be stable. Once the main candidate is determined, it will not be changed easily.

Unless it is a reward game, the substitute will be considered.

And now it's clearly not that kind of game.

The central defender Wang Guangwei started, and Liu Yan also started, but Mao Junzheng did not start, and Cai Shuyi replaced him. He used to be the captain of the Olympic team and led the Olympic team to achieve a historic breakthrough in Chinese football in the Olympic Games last year, winning the championship gold medal.

The Shanhai Sailors currently in the Chinese Super League are also the main force.

Mao Junzheng is thirty-five years old, and he will be thirty-six in next year's World Cup. It is almost impossible for him to be the main force again.

Now that Cai Shuyi is used to replace Mao Junzheng, Dillon hopes to give young players more opportunities so that they can stand up.

But this does not mean that Cai Shuyi will definitely be able to participate in next year's World Cup, or will definitely be able to play in the World Cup next year.

Because behind him is Qin Qi who is currently playing for Frankfurt White Hart.

Qin Qi is nineteen years old this year and twenty years old next year.

It is not an exaggeration to participate in the World Cup at the age of twenty, and it is normal to play in the World Cup.

The starting midfielder partner of this game is not Xia Xiaoyu and Gao Ruimin's partner, but... Xia Xiaoyu, Gao Ruimin and Ou Yangjin's partner.

Dillon formed a lineup of three midfielders.

Among them, Xia Xiaoyu is in the middle, while Ou Yangjin and Gao Ruimin live on the left and right.

Therefore, Zhang Qinghuan did not start the game.

As the core of the Chinese team, Zhang Qinghuan is also facing the risk of being frozen. So Dillon tried to arrange three midfielders this time, let Xia Xiaoyu replace Zhang Qinghuan to organize the attack, and let Gao Ruimin and Ou Yangjin **** him.

At the same time, because of the two defensive midfielders, they can take care of the wings, so the defensive tasks of the two wing backs, Chen Xingyi and Luo Kai, are not so heavy. They can focus more on offense in the game.

In addition to Hu Lai, the other starting forward is not Zhou Zijing, but Gao Chen.

Gao Chen had speed and skill when he was young. Before Zhang Qinghuan, he was once regarded as the hope of the future of Chinese football.

As a result, he was seriously injured in a World Cup qualifier against South Korea, and his career began to decline.

Although he was still selected for the national team, he failed to meet people's expectations for him in the end.

After the serious injury, he lost his advantage in speed, but he ran diligently and became better at playing for his teammates.

At the same time, his playing style is different from Zhou Zijing and Tan Yunlong, two powerful centers. His physical fitness is not as good as the former two, but he is more flexible, and he can pull more to make crosses. On this point, Zhou Zijing and Tan Yunlong are both inferior.

His partner with Hu Lai is very different from the combination of "Hu Lai-Zhou Zijing" and "Hu Lai-Tan Yunlong".

From this starting lineup, you can somewhat see Jorge Dillon's thoughts.

He wants to make the best use of the opportunity of the warm-up match to make some adjustments and changes in tactics and staffing to enrich the team's style of play, so that he can have different responses to different situations.

The Chinese team with such a starting lineup did not play very well after the opening game. After all, the staffing and tactical thinking are different from before, and everyone needs to adapt.

Although they have been practicing for a while, how can training be compared with actual competition?

The warm-up match is also set up for this purpose-to allow players to experience new tactics and new styles of play through actual combat.

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Because the Chinese team is still adapting to the new tactics and new staffing, it has been delayed to enter the game state.

Serbia was not polite to them.

In the 19th minute of the game, Serbia took advantage of a corner kick to take the lead.

It was Serbia centre-back Djord Igor who scored the goal, and it was Houlay's Madrid Pirates team-mate Milos Vukovic who provided the assist.

Next, Serbia's attack made the Chinese team's backcourt jittery and dangerous.

Although Dillon arranged Ou Yangjin and Gao Ruimin as two defensive midfielders in the midfield, he was still very passive.

So much so that Xia Xiaoyu had to frequently participate in the defense and had no time to organize the offense.

For about ten minutes, the Chinese team was completely suppressed.

Fortunately, Wang Guangwei and Lin Zhiyuan performed well, and the Chinese team did not continue to concede the ball.

Seeing this, Dillon said to Jin Tao: "Yu, make it easier to play in the middle of the midfield. When there is the ball, directly pass it diagonally and long to find the two sides."

Yu Jintao got up and walked to the sidelines, shouted Xia Xiaoyu's name, and then told Dillon's latest instructions to the latter.

Next, Xia Xiaoyu no longer tried to go forward, but under the protection of Ou Yangjin and Gao Ruimin, he used a long pass to attack from behind.

He was mainly looking for Chen Xingyi, Luo Kai, and Gao Chen who had a flexible position.

The effect of such a change is obvious.

The Chinese team simplifies the steps of football circulation in the midfield. By using a direct long pass to find the front, they can quickly advance the offense to Serbia's 30-meter area, forcing Serbian players to return to defense quickly, which increases physical consumption. .

Chen Xingyi and Luo Kai are two wide players with speed, technique, and strong personal combat ability. They can fully support the simple and direct style of play of the Chinese team.

If it is replaced by a player with less personal ability, then this tactic will not work.

When the two sides of the Chinese team became active, Serbia's defense immediately felt the pressure.

Vukovic has been transformed for a season in the Madrid Pirates. Now he is in the Serbian national team and also plays as an organizational midfielder.

It's just that there are still some differences between the national team and the club. In the national team, he focuses more on organizing offense than defense.

It can be said that the proportion of offense and defense is about 70-30.

In the club, maybe it's June 4th, May 5th.

Now as the Chinese team's offense strengthens, he also has to take care of more defensive work.

Chen Xingyi cuts in with the ball, and Vukovic goes up to defend.

Then, with the help and interference of the full-back teammates, they worked together to steal the ball.

It's just that as soon as he controlled the football, he saw the striker Gao Chen of the Chinese team pounce on him.

He must make the right choice immediately.

At this moment, he heard a shout from behind: "Call back, Milos!"

He turned around and was about to pass back, but at this moment he suddenly came back to his senses, raised the foot that was about to pass back, and turned the football to the side. At the same time, he turned around and blocked the rushing Gao Chen. behind.

Then he passes the football.

After doing all this, he turned his head to look at the position behind him just now.

Sure enough, there he saw... a disappointed Hu Lai!

He said to Hu Lai: "Don't try to lie to me, Hu!"

Hu Lai, whose trick was seen through, was not embarrassed, nor did he hide it. Instead, he spread his hands to him with a smile, shrugged his shoulders, and asked in a particularly straightforward manner, "What if?"

The first time he played against Hu Lai as an opponent, Vukovic experienced a brand new feeling.

But to be honest, this feeling is not new to him.

Although there is no mirror now~www.novelmt.com~ but he can guess the expression on his face.

Because of that look, he's seen it on the faces of opposing players from the Madrid Pirates...

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In the end, Serbia failed to prevent Hou Lai's goal.

This time it wasn't that they made any mistakes in defense, but simply failed to guard Hu Lai.

Chen Xingyi broke through from the side and cut inside into the penalty area, causing local chaos in the penalty area.

Hu Lai took advantage of the chaos and ran into the space, and Chen Xingyi also passed the ball.

Although Serbia's central defender Dejod Igor had been following Houlai before, he was thrown away by half a body when Houlai shot the goal.

It was also this half position that gave Hu Lai the space to shoot.

He shot decisively, and the football flew into Serbia's goal without any suspense!

Hu Lai's iconic celebratory action also appeared for the first time at the home court of the Serbian national team and the Belgrade Ghosts!

(end of this chapter)