When the referee whistle sounded, the flashes in the stands were made, and the cheers from the fans also increased a lot, and the game officially began

The Japanese team kicked off first, and they took advantage of this opportunity to keep the football firmly under their feet and did not rush forward.

Zachelloni has studied the tactical styles of two teams.

Although Gao Hongbo's Chinese team has changed to playing control balls since he took office and learned from Barcelona, ​​they have become monks halfway through the game. How can they compare to the top Asian leader in Japan in terms of control balls?

Japan has decided on their football style since the 1990s - learning from Brazilian football, a country with the most immigrants in Japan, insisting on playing on the ground and taking the technical route. This is also very consistent with the characteristics of the Japanese, because Japanese are generally short, thin and lack strength. If they use their own bodies to fight against their opponents on the football field, they will completely hit the stone with eggs. This is why the Japanese team could not beat the Chinese team at the time, but the physical fitness of Chinese players is too good.

The Japanese should give full play to their advantages, being short and flexible, so it is most suitable to take the path of technical football.

Japan has been on this road for almost twenty years now.

When it comes to foot skills and ball control, Zacheroni is confident that no team in Asia can compare to Japan.

Japan has agreed to the football style since elementary school football. Their football teams, from elementary school to middle school, in college, professional teams, and national teams all pay attention to foot skills and control of the ball.

Such a unified and consistent football style naturally brings the result that Japan is the best team in Asia that is good at playing and controlling the ball.

Playing ball control in front of Japan is like showing off.

To defeat the Chinese team, there is actually a very simple way, that is, try not to let the Chinese team get the ball, control the football on Japan's side, and try to keep the Chinese team in control as little as possible.

Ball possession is particularly precious to Japan.

So they couldn't end the ball after the kick-off with a shot that was not sure what would be.

If they want to shoot, they must be more than 70% sure of doing so. Otherwise, they will just hand over the ball to the Chinese team easily.

This is the final, there is no need to play the scene, how good it looks, how intense and exciting it is. The Japanese team does not need to play a classic and great game with the Chinese team.

They just need to be able to beat the Chinese team.

The advantage of ball control tactics is that they can attack and retreat or defend.

Keeping the football under your feet can slowly organize the attack.

At the same time, controlling the football under your feet can minimize the danger and prevent the Chinese team from obtaining the ball near their goal. It can also delay the game time, leaving less time for the Chinese team to score goals. This is also a safe and active defensive strategy.

So in this game, the Japanese team's tactics are to maximize the ball control they are good at.

Use ball control to suffocate China to death and torture China to death.

In this game, the Japanese team only needs one goal, and as long as one goal is there, they can defeat the Chinese team.

So five minutes after the game started, the Japanese team kept passing the football around, but did not shoot a single shot.

Football is still at their feet.

The Japanese TV commentator kept praising the Japanese players' skills and cooperation.

"... Hasegawa passed the football to Endo, and Endo turned around and passed the football to Honda... It was such a wonderful pass, and the football bypassed the Chinese team player who was robbed..."

"Zachelloni's tactics are against us. We use our skillful cooperation and footwork skills to mobilize Chinese players, make them exhausted and consume their physical strength in this meaningless running..."

"The scene where Japanese internationals played dreamy football with one kick in succession reminded me of the kind of practice the team often does in training... Haha"

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The Japanese players even passed back and forth between two players many times, making the Chinese players who were robbed like monkeys who were walking.

The Chinese fans in the stands booed and scolded, and of course they were very ugly words.

They are expressing their dissatisfaction in this way.

The commentator of the neutral country was also a little surprised. Unexpectedly, the start of this highly anticipated final was like this - Japan was completely unprofitable and fell in the middle and backcourt after getting the ball.

"The Japanese team is a bit too bullying," Liu Hong was very upset. In his opinion, the Japanese team's approach is a bit frivolous, unlike what they should do when facing an opponent in a final.

He felt that the Japanese team looked down on the Chinese team and was contempt for the opponent.

But he wrongly accused the Japanese players and Zacheroni.

On the contrary, this is exactly the performance of the Chinese team that the whole Japanese team attaches great importance to

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Five minutes into the game, the Japanese team did not shoot a single shot, and the football was still under their control. Ten minutes into the game, the Japanese team finally completed their first shot in the game.

This time the shot was indeed very threatening. With the Japanese team's continuous passes down, the Chinese team's defense finally had a loophole.

The Japanese team seized the loophole and Hasegawa Makoto sent the football to the air. Forward Keiyuki Honda quickly inserted it and then took a kick.

As a result, the ball was slightly off the goal, which shocked many Chinese fans in a cold sweat.

"Keyou Honda shot - this ball is so dangerous." When Liu Hong said this, everyone could clearly hear the fear in his tone.

When Keiyu Honda inserted into the penalty area and received a pass from Hasegawa Makoto, he was really shocked and his heart was in his throat.

At this time, he didn't bother to scold the Japanese team for humiliating China... If he was really scored, even if the Japanese team humiliated you, you would have no choice.

Seeing this, Gao Hongbo left his seat and came to the sidelines.

At first, he thought that the Japanese team looked down on China and played so much, but now he suddenly realized that in the seemingly meaningless back and forth transmission of the Japanese team, there was actually a hidden murderous intent.

The Japanese team intends to use passes to tear open the Chinese team's defense line, so that the Chinese team's defenders are numb in this continuous pass, and then they come out in a free time...

If the Japanese team plays like this, it will be difficult for the Chinese team to break the football off their feet, because the Japanese players' feet are obviously better than the Chinese players, and they have been very familiar with this kind of football since childhood. When they pass on each other, they don't even have to turn their heads to observe the positions of their teammates, and they know where to pass.

The Chinese team can't do this yet.

They and Glory need to cooperate, and the speed is not fast.

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The Chinese goalkeeper Zeng Cheng passed the football to Zhao Pengju, who came up to pick up his defender, and Zhao Pengju, passed the football to Yang Hao. As a result, Yang Hao just received the ball, and behind him was Keiyu Honda of the Japanese team.

He almost lost the ball

He couldn't turn around at all, it would be great if he could protect the football.

At this time, he could only pass the football back again.

In this way, Zhao Pengju received the ball again.

But when he thought about the football passing, he was stunned.

Because he found that in front of him, as long as he could pass the ball to a Chinese player, there was a Japanese player around him.

As long as you switch the football past, the opponent will definitely go up and press the receiver.

If he is farther away, he has his own teammates, but then he can only use long passes to send the football on.

However, in Gao Hongbo's team, long passes are forbidden. Gao Hongbo's tactical requirements are to use fast ground connections when passing through the midfield, rather than passing the football from the backcourt through the midfield with a big foot.

Therefore, Chinese players rarely make long passes in the backcourt to attack directly in the backcourt. This is why Gao Hongbo was always uncomfortable with the existence of Rongguang, because Gao Hongbo's existence may make his tactics meaningless - with a forward like Rongguang, it is too easy for the defenders to directly search for Rongguang from the backcourt with a long pass, and then enter the play mode.

Because he rarely practices in daily training, or never launches long passes to the backcourt to conduct exercises, even if Zhao Pengju wants to directly pass the ball to find Rongguang, he is not sure that he can accurately deliver the football to Rongguang's feet.

For a moment he was in trouble.

But he cannot be trapped for too long because he is a central defender. The longer he takes possession, the more threatened the Chinese team's goal.

This does not meet Gao Hongbo's tactical requirements. Gao Hongbo's requirements for the team in the backcourt are to focus on safety and defenders cannot stick to the ball.

Now, when the Japanese players saw that Zhao Pengju didn't seem to know how to pass the ball, they rushed forward and rushed up to break his ball.

Zhao Pengju had no choice but to pass the football to the side.

He passed the football to Zhang Linfan.

Zhang Linfan could only force the ball forward, and he passed the ball to Haomin. However, Haomin was facing away from the offensive direction and following a Japanese player close to his body, so he couldn't control the ball at all. Under the close press of the Japanese player, he accidentally took the ball out of the sideline, and the ball control rights were returned to the feet of the Japanese team.

Japan in the stands cheered the fans.

The Chinese team fans frowned and were worried.

"The Japanese team's out-of-bounds ball, the Chinese team is in trouble now, and they can't even get through the half." Liu Hong's tone suddenly made many Chinese fans in front of the TV ring their familiar Liu Hong... It's really the original recipe, but it's still a familiar taste...

Seeing that the Japanese team regained possession, Zacheroni, who had been standing on the sidelines since the beginning of the game, finally walked towards the coach's seat.

Whether it is the ball-control tactics in the ball-holding state or the high-pressing tactics in the ball-out state, their players have performed well.
Chapter completed!