The Midfield Master

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In the locker room of the Chinese team, the players are drinking water and resting.

The last game against Australia was too exhausting, and the fighting in the first half was too crazy, which made many of them reach the critical point of physical fitness.

And now it's only halftime, with 45 minutes to play. If the physical energy is consumed so quickly, the second half will undoubtedly be terrible.

"Everyone played well in the first half, but at the beginning, you were too nervous. I hope it can improve in the second half." Lippi entered the locker room and said to the national football players.

He glanced at the crowd and saw that everyone was well dressed and seemed a little tired.

Before halftime, he felt that the physical strength of some players was declining, which made him quite worried.

"In the second half of the game, we don't need to run as much as before, pass more balls in the midfield, and slow down the rhythm of the game."

Lippi adjusted his glasses, and continued: "The further the game goes, the worse it will be for the Japanese team. We don't need to worry about them."

The players of the Chinese team listened quietly to Lippi's lecture, nodding silently in their hearts.

For this famous Italian coach, they admire from the bottom of their hearts. Players like Zheng Zhi and Zhang Linpeng who have worked with Lippi for several years are even more obedient to him.

In the locker room of the Japanese team, the players of the Japanese team also sat in the locker room panting, but their faces were not as tired as the players of the Chinese team, but their faces were full of excitement and even anxiety.

They were talking in twos and threes, discussing the first half of the game.

A slightly fat, gray-haired foreign man in his sixties appeared in the Japanese team's locker room. He is the current head coach of the Japanese national team, Alberto Zaccheroni.

He has taken over the coach of the Japanese national team since the 2010 World Cup, and it has been more than 4 years since now.

In the past 4 years or so, Zaccheroni's transformation of the Japanese national team can be said to be very successful.

Won the Asian Cup in 2011 and the Confederations Cup in 2013. Although the three group matches were exhausted, the strength shown in the match against the world's top team Italy,

Still shocked the whole world.

During his more than 4 years in the Japanese team, he is very familiar with his players. The Japanese players also gave him absolute trust, even more than the Chinese players gave Lippi.

"You gave your opponent too many chances in the first half!" Zaccheroni said with a stern face, "Our performance was very good at the beginning, but you shrank under the fierce fighting of the opponent. That's not the quality a player should show!"

Under Zaccheroni's serious lecture, the players of the Japanese team all bowed their heads.

"They can shovel you, which shows that your passing is not fast enough and accurate enough! Then you need to face the opponent's press more bravely, and use more accurate passes to penetrate their defense."

Zaccheroni paused, and scanned the crowd with icy eyes: "In the second half, I need you to attack them at the beginning, don't give them a chance to breathe, I don't want to see a draw!"

After finishing speaking, he left the locker room, leaving only the Japanese players with complex expressions.

After 15 minutes, the intermission time is up, the players of both sides come out of the locker room, and the second half of the game is about to start.

According to Lippi's tactical intention, the players of the Chinese team will slow down the pace after the start of the second half, and draw out the opponent's players by turning their feet in the midfield.

But after the kick-off, the players of the Chinese team realized that the Japanese team didn't need to lure the snake out of the hole by themselves, they just swooped in. At the beginning of the second half, the players of the Japanese team made a crazy frontcourt press against the Chinese team.

"Oops!" Xia Ze knew the situation was not good when he saw six or seven players in the opponent's frontcourt frantically pressing forward.

When Zhang Linpeng took the ball in the backcourt, Shinji Kagawa forced him up, and he could only pass back to goalkeeper Zeng Cheng. After Zeng Cheng received the ball, he found that several defenders were watched by the players of the Japanese team, and Shinji Okazaki also quickly chased him.

In desperation, he could only choose Bigfoot to drive the ball to the middle circle.

Under the pressure of the opponent, the Chinese team easily lost possession of the ball.

Endo Yasuhito got the ball near the middle circle, because the overall formation was pressed up, so he quickly found the point of release and gave the ball to Shinji Kagawa on the left.

The left back Nagatomo Yuto immediately stepped aside, but the Chinese team's right winger Ai Huang was still in the Japanese team's half at this time, and it was too late to return to the defense. Zhang Linpeng had to face the attack of the opponent's two top players.

Zheng Zhi came to help, but Kagawa Shinji was still very calm in the face of Zheng Zhi's pressing.

Zhang Linpeng rushed over to defend in a hurry, with a sliding shovel, trying to intercept the ball.

But when he took the shot, he knew he was reckless, because Changyouyou was very cold, he kicked his left foot, passed Zhang Linpeng, and immediately pressed into the penalty area.

The defense line of the Chinese team is in danger!

Mei Fang went to make up for it, but before it was close, Nagatomo Yuto passed the ball to Keisuke Honda in front of the penalty area.

Fortunately, Cai Huikang has been pestering Keisuke Honda, so that he has no chance to kick. But Keisuke Honda didn't stop the ball and hit Shinji Okazaki in the penalty area directly. He quickly inserted to the right side of the penalty area, and Cai Huikang hurriedly followed.

Shinji Okazaki leaned against Zhang Wei, and instead of turning around with the ball, he knocked the ball back to the left of the gourd top in front of the penalty area again.

A series of rapid cooperation by the Japanese team dazzled the audience in the stands and caused an uproar. The fans of the Japanese team cheered even more, as if they were warming up for the final outbreak.

In front of the penalty area, two figures, one red and one blue, appeared on the ball at the same time. They were Shinji Kagawa and Zheng Zhi!

This pair of midfield enemies who faced each other many times in the first half, at this time once again fought hand to hand. It's just that Zheng Zhi seemed to react slower than Shinji Kagawa, and Shinji Kagawa got the ball first and pressed it directly into the penalty area!

Because both Zhang Wei and Mei Fang were restricted by the opponent's defender, Cai Huikang followed Keisuke Honda to the right side of the penalty area, so Shinji Kagawa directly faced goalkeeper Zeng Cheng after entering the penalty area and got a single-handed opportunity.

"It's dangerous!" Duan Xuan in the stands uttered a worried voice again.

Zeng Cheng attacked quickly, spreading his hands and feet in big characters, trying to block the opponent's shooting angle as much as possible. Zheng Zhi is also pressing behind Shinji Kagawa, hoping to interfere with his shot.

But Shinji Kagawa was very calm. Facing Zeng Cheng who was attacking, he flicked his right foot lightly, and the ball jumped over Zeng Cheng's head and fell into the net.

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