Super Marshal

Referee Pereira finally blew the whistle to end the first half.

Zhang Yuning, who missed an excellent scoring opportunity in the first half, lowered his head and felt guilty.

What a great opportunity it was. As long as he had been calmer at the time, the ball would have definitely gone in. But for some reason at the time, when the opportunity came, he was in a hurry and hit it without thinking.

After the shot went out, he knew it was useless, because it was only then that he noticed the position of the opponent's goalkeeper.

What a pity!

It was such a pity that he almost wanted to twist his own head off.

As the forward of the national team, he knows better than anyone that in an away game against Uzbekistan, there will probably not be another scoring opportunity like this in this game. If the goal is scored, the situation of the entire game will be completely different. Twist and rewrite, and he will once again become the goal-scoring hero of the national team.

But where in the world can we take the regret medicine?

"Don't take it to heart." Teammate Gao Lin gasped and came over to comfort him.

Zhang Yuning looked at his teammates and nodded slightly, but what he was thinking about was that if the same opportunity was given to Gao Lin, he would definitely be able to score. He admired the mental quality of the national team center.

"Everyone will have such a period of time, and it will pass after adjusting. Moreover, if you score consecutive goals before, your opponents will definitely pay more attention to and study you than before. It will definitely be more difficult to score again at this time." Gao Lin smiled.

Zhang Yuning nodded. He really felt that the opponent's defensive players were taking more and more care of him and no longer easily gave him space. This was the case last time against Syria, and it is still the case this time.

This made him feel a little depressed, but at the same time a little scared.

Could it be that this is the real defensive intensity of the top 12 games?

In the top 40 matches before, including South Korea and Iran in the first two rounds, he won on the premise that his opponents were unfamiliar with him and didn't know him well?

Could it be that once his opponent closely monitors him, he will not be able to do it?

The thought of doubting himself just passed through his mind, and Zhang Yuning would definitely not feel that he was incompetent, because head coach Gao Han had told him more than once that as long as he worked hard, he would definitely be able to gain a foothold in European football with his potential.

Who is Gao Han?

The world's most famous Bole, how many top stars have he discovered with his fiery eyes?

His vision was even more convincing to him than Zhang Yuning himself.

Perhaps seeing the change in Zhang Yuning's expression, Gao Lin walked over with a smile and hugged his shoulders forcefully, "Don't worry, just like the boss said, if you can't score, then run more and help your teammates with the ball." The opponent's defense is in disarray, and sometimes chances to score just appear."

After finishing speaking, Gao Lin couldn't help laughing.

Zhang Yuning looked at Gao Lin gratefully and nodded heavily.

Many people say that Zhang Yuning's rise has led to Gao Lin's relegation to the second line. This made Zhang Yuning worried at first whether Gao Lin would be resentful towards him. But now it seems that he is the one who judges gentlemen with the heart of a villain. Belly.

Just as the two centers were walking towards the tunnel with their arms around their shoulders, Wu Lei, Hao Junmin, Zhang Xizhe and others on the side also came over to comfort the young international player, especially captain Zheng Zhi and vice-captain Feng Xiaoting. Constantly encourage him and hope that Zhang Yuning will not have psychological pressure and baggage.

"The most important thing now is to play lightly. There will definitely be a chance in the second half." Zheng Zhi comforted.

Zhang Yuning nodded gratefully to his teammates, and he quickly noticed the head coach Gao Han who was standing at the entrance of the player tunnel to greet them, which made Zhang Yuning feel nervous again.

After Gao Han shook hands with every player, he sent them all into the tunnel. When he approached Zhang Yuning, he laughed.

"That shot just now smelled so bad, even I could smell it standing on the sidelines!"

The head coach's words, coupled with his slightly exaggerated expression, caused a burst of laughter all around. Even Zhang Yuning himself couldn't help but smile, but soon showed a look of shame.

"I'm sorry, boss, I was too anxious just now."

"It's nothing, just a shot. There will definitely be a chance in the second half. Go back to the locker room and change your smelly socks."

Gao Han's joke made the surrounding players laugh for a while, but Zhang Yuning nodded seriously, but he felt a lot more relaxed in his heart. The pressure caused by missing a single goal was also greatly reduced.

Gao Han, on the other hand, stood at the entrance of the passage and watched the international players go back, feeling very happy in his heart.

Everyone can make mistakes on the football field. As a team, the most important thing is to be tolerant rather than complaining.

This is also the mentality he has been instilling in his players on weekdays. It is obvious that Gao Han was very satisfied with their performance in the first half. Even though it was indeed a pity that he did not score a goal, the players took the initiative to comfort Zhang Yuning, which made him I saw the unity and harmony within the locker room.

As long as everyone is united, Gao Han believes that the team will be invincible.

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"I believe you all have guessed it. If there is no suspense, Uzbekistan will attack aggressively in the second half."

In front of the tactical board, Gao Han's eyes swept across the eleven players in the locker room. At this time, left back Jiang Zhipeng had been replaced by Gao Han, and Ren Xing started as left back.

This was a forced substitution.

The attack in the first 20 minutes of the first half was very taxing on the team. Jiang Zhipeng also started in the last game against Syria. His physical fitness was not in the best condition, and the attack in the first half was almost exhausted. His physical strength.

This is the difference in physical fitness between the national team players and the top European league players. If they were players from the top European leagues, they would definitely be able to last for sixty minutes or even seventy minutes, but the current physical fitness of the national football players is only That’s it.

Rather than wait until the second half begins and make passive substitutions shortly after the start of the second half, it is better to be more straightforward during the halftime break and directly take the initiative to make substitutions. Gao Han still has enough time to adjust the team's defense.

Ren Xing has not played a game in the Chinese Super League for a long time, and his condition is relatively average. Therefore, in the last game against Syria, Gao Han specially asked him to come on as a substitute and play for a while to familiarize himself with the rhythm of the game and feel some of the atmosphere of the game.

When Li Xuepeng was injured, Gao Han really had no other choice for the left back position, so he could only transfer Ren Xing to the team to fill the vacancy. Fortunately, Uzbekistan is a typical left-back strong and right-weak.

"Our strategy in the second half of the game is to defend and counterattack. Everyone must pay attention to this. This is Uzbekistan's home court. These three points should be in their plan, especially after they just lost to Iran in their last home game, they urgently need it. It’s three points, so we will definitely try our best to win.”

Uzbekistan won two consecutive games in the first two rounds of the group, but in the last round they lost to Iran 0-1 at home despite being short of major generals. Therefore, they will definitely not give up easily in this game, but will go all out. Fight to win.

As Gao Han said before, the gap between home and away games in the top 12 is too big, especially for Central Asian teams like Uzbekistan. Going to East Asia to compete, traveling back and forth for thousands of miles, consumes too much players, so they can only do their best at home Only by getting three points and keeping a draw in the away game can we hope to advance.

It can be said that the home court is the best weapon for teams in the top 12 to grab points.

But there are only five home games in total, and Uzbekistan has one win and one loss in the first two. Now if they can't win this one, the home points will be far behind the original plan, so they will definitely not be willing to keep a tie.

"Since it is a defensive counterattack, each of us must have enough patience. For us, one point is acceptable, but the opponents are different. This is our psychological advantage, so we must play with more patience. , especially when the situation is tense, you must stay calm."

"Our top priority in the second half was defense. Uzbekistan's offensive advantage on the left is very obvious..."

Uzbekistan's offense mainly focuses on the two wings, focusing on attacking the opponent's wings and ribs. This strategy ensured that they could win in previous matches against Syria and Qatar, but the offensive routine was a bit too simple and lacked effective changes.

In the second round of the match against Qatar, Uzbekistan was defeated by the opponent's targeted defense, and none of the twelve passes were successful. In the third round against the Iranian team, the latter also adopted the same blocking tactics, resulting in None of Uzbekistan's sixteen crosses were successful.

More importantly, when playing against Qatar and Iran, Uzbekistan had very few corner kicks, but relatively many free kicks. Although veteran midfielder Heinrich was not the main player of the team, he used free kick tactics. His free-kick kicking is a crucial part of the game. This is why Heinrich often comes on as a substitute in the second half, but can become the current top scorer in Uzbekistan.

But in this game, both Heinrich and Ismailov were suspended due to accumulation of yellow cards.

This is undoubtedly a great benefit for the Chinese team.

Gao Han had already instilled all targeted tactics into the players during the preparation period. By this time, he had nothing to pay special attention to.

Compared with Iran and South Korea, Uzbekistan is indeed not that strong and has its advantages, but its shortcomings are also obvious.

Gao Han firmly believes that as long as the team can strictly implement his tactics and as long as the national players do not make mistakes, there will be no problem in holding on to the second half, and this is the limit of what he can do as a head coach.

After all, it is impossible for him to replace the players in the game, and he does not have the ability to compete.

"What I want to tell you is that I, like you, feel very sorry that we failed to score in the first half, but you must remember that in the second half we have to defend and defend to the death, especially in the beginning. We must give me Hold on tight."

Gao Han's eyes scanned every player very solemnly, and finally fell on Ren Xing, but Gao Han didn't say anything, just nodded heavily, as if to say, I believe you, you will not let me down. of.

Ren Xing also nodded heavily, he knew how important his position was.

Although Uzbekistan is strong on the left and weak on the right, there is no guarantee that the opponent will not seize the opportunity to attack from the left.

Gao Han obviously also had this concern, so he specifically told Feng Xiaoting and Hao Junmin to pay attention. In the second half, the three midfielders should adopt parallel positions to protect the wings and ribs.

"Everyone, as long as we keep the goal in the second half, I guarantee that Uzbekistan will definitely make mistakes, they will definitely make mistakes, and when the time comes we will hopefully catch their mistakes and defeat them in one fell swoop!"

Gao Han clenched his right hand and swung it out hard, like a powerful boxer!