The Ball at Your Feet

Throughout June, Zhao Yaning didn't have much to do. And with the advent of July, he also reported to the national team, ready to play the Asian Cup with the national team.

Zhao Yaning said that this year's Asian Cup Chinese team will play good results, but in fact, he is not very confident in his heart.

The reason for his lack of confidence is very simple: after 2004, fa made an important decision: because Australia’s annual competition is too monotonous, Australia’s strength is too much stronger than other teams, so fa let Australia Australia's overlord left Australia and merged into the jurisdiction of the AFC. This move has undoubtedly added a strong opponent to the Asian game. Australia's strength is, in other words, the first-class strong team in Asia.

Asia is naturally dissatisfied with this resolution: Asia has only four and a half places in the World Cup. Australia has come but the places have not increased. In other words, they are destined to take away the places in Asia. Japan, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, plus China, these countries were already crowded enough, but now it has been expanded to six people to grab four places, and naturally it is even more tense.

Some people even suggested that China should simply let China go to the Australian group. When it gets there, China should be a sweeping force.

However, in private, Zhao Yaning is very opposed to this. He even despises Australia, which has joined the AFC. Why should the AFC join in the fun? Looks easy to qualify? If you really want to become stronger, you go to UEFA and South American Football Federation, playing with the strong team gets stronger, and always playing with the weaker team, what is the skill?

However, since Australia did this, Zhao Yaning could only continue.

What makes Zhao Yaning even more depressed is that although China's points have been high enough in the past two years, because China did not play well in the Asian Cup qualifiers, China was regarded as the first place in the group division. The second-grade group is grouped. China and Japan, Vietnam, and Qatar are divided into a group, because group b is the second and group a is the first. Therefore, if the Chinese team wants to avoid fighting against Australia, which is the strongest in group a, they have to fight Japan in the group Compete for the first place in the group.

This is really troublesome.

However, speaking of it, the benefits are not without it. At least, without having to touch South Korea, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Zhao Yaning is still quite happy. The four teams of Japan, South Korea and Shay have always been higher than the Chinese team. Although Zhao Yaning does not even know their composition, he also knows that the Chinese team has always been upset with them. Now it seems that Iran does not need to worry: they seem to be fighting again, but South Korea, Saudi Arabia, and China are still unsure of winning.

Zhao Yaning himself is not afraid of them, but football is not played alone after all. He always thinks of the lines in a movie: I am a little bit taller than them, but with you, it will be a little bit lower-and for Zhao Yaning, he is higher than the Japanese and South Korean Shay players overall. A lot, but if you add ten people, it will be a little bit lower...

In comparison, Japan is still the weakest among these teams. Although it can be regarded as a strong team in Asia, Japan’s combat effectiveness has been declining since 2004. Hidetoshi Nakata decayed before old age, and Japan has not seen any new outstanding players in this period of time. Because of the changes in world tactics, Many of their players have gone off the road and it is difficult to catch up with the needs in time. Now, their European-level players, that is, can only rely on a Nakamura Shunsuke as the core of the team, dragging the team forward— -Although Zhao Yaning doesn't think that the Chinese team must be very good if they have themselves, but he is much better than Shunsuke Nakamura, and he still has this confidence.

After returning to the national team, after meeting Coach Gao, Zhao Yaning became more confident after learning about the changes in the national team during this time.

"The national team is now Li Leilei as the starting goalkeeper. Our goalkeeper has changed. As you know, the physical fitness of Asians lies there. As soon as they reach the age of 27 or 28, their physical fitness declines. No more."

This Zhao Yaning didn't have any opinions, and he knew this too. European goalkeepers can play after the age of 30, and even some goalkeepers only show their strength after the age of 30. But Asians can’t. Asians’ bodies begin to decline before the age of thirty. It’s impossible to keep playing high-level football.

As a goalkeeper, it seems that other positions require physical fitness, but in fact it is not. The goalkeeper's response speed is very fast, and the jumping ability and flexibility are very good. A goalkeeper with insufficient physical fitness suffers a lot from defending. Zhao Yaning does not know that in the future Manchester United, there will be a goalkeeper named De Gea whose physical fitness is very unqualified. Although he has no choice in goalkeeping skills, his poor body determines the weakness of his air defense ability. Whenever they see the opponent's set kick, Manchester United fans can't help but be afraid.

For goalkeepers with good physical fitness, it doesn’t matter if some are slightly less technical. The most typical one is the future Bayern goalkeeper Neuer. His hand control skills are so poor that he can’t bear to look directly at the ball, and he is always unable to successfully throw the ball. In the hands, even fans who like him can only jokingly claim that he is a wall in front of the goal. However, even so, he is still an extremely reliable goalkeeper because he has almost the best physical and psychological qualities in the goalkeeper position.

The physical fitness of Asians generally determines the decline of players earlier-to be precise, they are East Asian players. It's determined by diet and living conditions, and there is no alternative to this. Compared with the West, the diet structure of China, Japan and South Korea is not conducive to keeping players in shape. Moreover, if the players themselves are not very careful, then the decline in the peak period of less than 30 years old is also extremely common. Most Chinese players are like this, and a few are self-disciplined and can persist for a longer time. And Japanese players, although there are models of longevity players like Miura Zhiliang, but there is no shortage of negative models like Nakata Hidetoshi-in 2000, Nakata's physical condition was at its peak, and Fan Zhi couldn't stop him from fouling him. he. However, after just a few years, his body was in a mess, and he even planned to retire early-it was always okay to focus on models, female stars, and making money, even if he was an alien physique. It's hard to last, let alone him?

It is the same in China. The change of goalkeeper has been a noisy thing since last year. Now that it has been changed, Zhao Yaning didn't think it was unexpected.

"On the back line, we are currently using Sun Xiang, Li Datou, Feng Xiaoting, and Xu Yunliang. Of course, this is because Sun Jihe has not returned. After he returns, he may have to change."

Although Zhao Yaning frowned, he accepted it.

During the Alihan period, Li Datou and Zheng Zhi were the defenders on the back line. China's defenders are generally slow to turn around. Letting Zheng Zhi with a good physical condition can effectively make up for this problem.

However, Zheng Zhi himself has always been quite dissatisfied with this arrangement: he played as a front midfielder in China, and sometimes also played as a back midfielder, but it is difficult for him to be satisfied with him as a defender. In the national team, he can be regarded as an outstanding player. As a big name, coach Gao dare not offend him casually. Therefore, he moved him back to the position of the back midfielder, and in the position of defender, Feng Xiaoting was used.

Zhao Yaning can understand to let Zheng Zhi go back to the midfielder. Firstly, Zheng Zhi himself is willing, but he still has to consider what he says. Secondly, because there is really no one available for the Chinese team's midfielder, Zhou Haibo is now faintly ranked first in China. The midfielder is now, but his strength... Anyway, Zhao Yaning can't look down on it.

However, coach Gao asked Feng Xiaoting to go instead of Xu Yunliang, which still puzzled Zhao Yaning. Xu Yunliang's physical fitness is obviously better, turning around faster. However, the use of Feng Xiaoting is largely due to the fact that he is the defender of the National Olympic team-there is an unwritten rule in Chinese football. The main central defender has always been the main force of the Olympic team. It is difficult for others to get to the top. Coach Gao still didn't dare to break this rule, and only dared to use Feng Xiaoting.

However, it is still a good idea to let Xu Yunliang play the right back. The two full-backs of the Chinese team had always attacked from the left and defended on the right. Now, it is the same. However, Coach Gao himself also knows that Sun Jihe is back, and I am afraid that there will be trouble. At that time, should he be suppressed or let him play. Coach Gao will have to get Zhao Yaning's support to get things done.

Sun Jihe has been a substitute at Manchester City this year, and his strength has dropped a lot, but Zhao Yaning feels that he should still be better than the domestic gang. Therefore, he also put forward his opinion: let Sun Jihe play the main force, while letting Xu Yunliang play the central defender.

"Let's try." Coach Gao didn't say anything about this.

Then, above the midfield, the current midfield trio is Zheng Zhi, Zhou Haibo and Shao Jiayi. All three of them are players in the five major leagues, plus Zhao Yaning on the left and Qubo on the right. The Chinese midfielder is definitely one of the best in Asia, and can make up five European midfielders. Not many in Asia.

But the forward line ~www.ltnovel.com~ is slightly worse. Now, the forward line of the Chinese team is only Gao Lin, Han Peng and Daewoo, who is old. This kind of strength has dropped a lot compared to before.

"Our tactics are now close to counterattacking. It's just like Chelsea's style of play."

Coach Gao used the most concise words to explain China's style of play: Zhao Yaning is very familiar with Chelsea. This sentence made him understand what kind of football he is playing now.

And this idea is good: Gao Lin has always been criticized for not being able to shoot, but he has to say that his other abilities are very good, and it is not a problem to be a tactical fulcrum in the frontcourt. Although the Chinese team's rear defense has the problem of slow speed, if the defense line shrinks tightly enough, it can also block the opponent's attack well.

And when it comes to counterattack, Zhao Yaning can indeed counterattack well. just……

"How did you play when I didn't come back?" Zhao Yaning was rather strange about this.

"Let Mao Jianqing play your position. He has good abilities. You can imitate your role and perform tactical rehearsals. The effect is pretty good, and our training is also very effective. Until now, it is up to you to come back and carry on with us. The tactics are matched to the drill."

"You bothered." Zhao Yaning rarely used an honorific. To be able to do all of this, not to mention the ability, at least it is indeed done with heart. This approach is enough to satisfy Zhao Yaning: what he needs is not such a helper who is willing to do things honestly?