On the evening of July 17, Beijing Workers' Sports.

In the opening match of the Asian Cup, in the first round of Group A, the host China faced Bahrain.

When the game reached the 40th minute, the Chinese team pushed the attack with a large pressure, and the defense was empty, and the opponent made a long pass counterattack. The No. 29 forward of the Bahrain team faced the goalkeeper directly and scored.

This goal came very suddenly, and all the fans of the entire Workers' Team were shocked.

Even the coaches and substitutes on the court were also very surprised.

No one expected that the Chinese team, which had just attacked the opponent's goal and created a large number of threats, would suddenly be broken by a counterattack, giving the Bahrain team a lead, which was playing away.

There were booing sounds from the audience, and the Chinese fans at the scene were obviously quite dissatisfied with this result.

The national team players on the court were also hit hard.

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Yang Yang sat on the bench and watched the game silently. After seeing the opponent's forward scored, he could only shake his head in disappointment. This was an unexpected but reasonable conceding.

Alihan once again ranked in the 442nd formation in this game. Three international players from abroad, including Yang Yang, Sun Jihai and Shao Jiayi, were all placed on the bench. It was not until the 32nd minute that Shao Jiayi came on the court to replace the injured Li Xiaopeng.

Although it is four or four, Alihan's troops are still quite particular.

Yan Song on the left is the main breakthrough of the team's offense. Li Jinyu and Hao Dong are both asked to expand the scope of activities, while Zhao Junzhe, who should have played in the middle of the midfield, Li Xiaopeng and young player Zhou Haibin occupy the middle of the midfield.

This kind of employment seems very strange, but if you think about it carefully, it will not be surprising at all.

Alihan's requirements for the midfield front are very simple, exactly the same as Ajax, that is, pressing and pressing. Once the ball is lost, the counter-robbery is launched on the spot. Even if the ball cannot be grabbed, the opponent's attack must be delayed.

Using Zhao Junzhe to hit the right side obviously means using him to suppress the opponent's left side and fully utilize his physical fitness than Li Xiaopeng, but he does not seem to appreciate the head coach's intentions, and leans more towards the middle and gives way out the right side.

The goal just now was a long pass from Bahrain's backcourt on the left.

Wei Xin was diligent and had no outstanding performance, but he did not make any mistakes, but his characteristics were not good at forward attacks.

The inactive pressing and pressing in the midfield directly led to an imbalance in the midfield. Zhou Haibin originally wanted to play a role similar to AC Milan Pirlo and fully utilize his pass and organizational skills, but now he has to invest more energy to defend, but defense is not his strength.

Judging from the entire first half, Alihan's employment is understandable, but it must have been a failure, because the players could not understand his intentions at all, just as Zheng Zhi could not understand what a goal-posting center back was before.

High-pressure and pressure and mid-back passes and passes are not novel at all in Ajax, in the Netherlands and European football, but for Chinese football, this kind of thing is too advanced and it is difficult for players to understand.

Just like Yang Yang, he spent a lot of time before allowing his roommate Zheng Zhi to understand the responsibilities of the goal center back in advance.

This time, I played the Toulon Cup first and participated in the national team training camp. Yang Yang found that if we look at personal technical skills alone, Chinese players will not be too bad. The reason why they feel so bad is mainly due to their psychological quality and tactical qualities.

Tactical literacy is not something that can be done overnight, but through long-term accumulation, through youth training and league, the national team is not a place to train players. Especially after FIFA reforms the schedule, it is basically a mechanism that attracts and disperses when they are played, which requires even higher tactical literacy.

The psychological quality level was more vividly reflected in the first half of the match against Bahrain.

Whether it is Alihan or Bahrain coach, before the game, they emphasized that the host's home game is a double-edged sword, which may bring help, but excessive pressure may also crush the players, and there was no doubt that it was reflected in the first half.

The players played too conservatively on the court, afraid of making mistakes, and could not let go. In addition, they were unable to implement the head coach's tactical intentions, which led to the team's play in chaos and lack of rules, so they were attacked by Bahrain.

Of course, in addition to the national team factors, the Football Association is also quite bad in its entire logistics preparation work, and it is even less professional than the Ajax second team in terms of intelligence. At least, Yang Yang is not even easy for him to simulate his opponent in the super training ground now.

The previous experience of the National Youth Team in the Toulon Cup also reflects this problem.

In addition to intelligence and logistics organizations, players still lack food habits, professional qualities, etc. Whether it is the previous national youth team or the current national team, Yang Yang has seen teammates with irregular diets, but he can only pretend not to care, while he himself strictly restricts himself in accordance with the requirements.

I don’t know if it’s because of studying, but Yang Yang likes to think very much. He feels that all the phenomena he has seen at the moment show that China’s entire football industry is still in a very backward stage, and no one pays enough attention to it.

As for the national team coach Ali Han, Yang Yang personally has a good impression of him, he must have a coaching level and his thinking is quite clear. He just wants to transplant Ajax's playing style to the Chinese team, but for the time being, it's not possible.

The tactics are too complicated. Even Yang Yang has been playing in Ajax for a year, but he has not yet been sure to say that he has fully understood it, let alone a player of the national team?

Also, the national team's forward strength is insufficient, and the sense of pressing and oppressing in the midfield and frontcourt is not enough, especially the overall pressure and pressing.

This kind of pressing must be a whole to be effective. One or two people are useless.

As for the striker, it is not difficult to guess at the forwards that Ajax has relied on over the years. Even a powerful center like Ibrahimovic cannot meet all Ajax's requirements.

After thinking about this level, Yang Yang suddenly felt that Alihan himself should have known that he had been coaching for two years, and it was impossible to be clear. From the beginning of the training camp, the one he emphasized the most and grasped the most was defense.

In other words, he knows where the Chinese team’s problems are now and is also trying to find ways to solve the problem.

At this moment, Yang Yang suddenly recalled a sentence Alihan had said to him when he was in the Netherlands.

"Whether it is the Chinese team or me, I need you very much now."

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"Yang Yang!"

Just as Yang Yang was thinking, Alihan, who was standing in front of the coach's seat, suddenly turned around and shouted skillfully in Dutch.

"Go to warm up quickly and go back to the locker room right away, I'll wait for you."

After saying that, he had already taken Deyang directly into the player channel.

At this time, the first half of the game on the court had ended.

The Chinese team fell behind Bahrain by zero to one.

Is Alihan going to substitution in the midfield?

Many people couldn't understand Alihan's Dutch language, but they all vaguely guessed what it meant. They all turned to look at the recruit from the national team, with different eyes.

From the first day Yang Yang joined the team, everyone knew that he, from the Netherlands and Ajax, was a player appointed by Alihan, and it was only a matter of time before he was reused.

And now, Alihan can't wait.

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Yang Yang ignored the eyes and thoughts of other players. He quickly ran to the court to warm up, and then quickly returned to the locker room.

As soon as he entered the door, he found that the atmosphere in the locker room was very strange.

The atmosphere between the players and the head coach was a bit stiff, and it was obvious that both sides had some opinions about each other.

This is not uncommon in the locker room. You are good when you win, and you are nervous when you lose. Teams all over the world are the same.

But the rule of the locker room is that when you walk out of this door, you must not reveal any sentence to the outside.

After seeing Yang Yang come in, the expressions of many players in the locker room changed significantly.

Yang Yang can play many positions. He debuted as a right winger in Ajax, but played forward in the Toulon Cup. The previous short video made many people optimistic about him playing midfielder, and no one guessed how Alihan would arrange him.

"Zhou, I'm sorry, we must make some tactical adjustments in the second half." Alihan apologized to Zhou Haibin.

Zhou Haibin nodded silently, stood up, turned around and walked towards the shower area behind.

Many people in the locker room obviously did not believe what Alihan said, except Yang Yang.

The tactics in the first half were too complicated, and the players did not perform properly, so they really needed to adjust.

Zhao Junzhe returned to the middle lane and played the defense of the back. Shao Jiayi went forward, Yan Song and Yang Yang played on both wings. This should be the adjustment of Alihan. In this case, Zhou Haibin was very embarrassed. The defense of the back was not as good as Zhao Junzhe, and the attack of the sudden forward was not as good as Shao Jiayi, so he had to replace it.

"Yang, we gave the opponent too much freedom in the first half. I suppressed him in the second half. Can I do it?" Alihan asked in a deep voice.

Yang Yang nodded and said, "Yes."

"I don't want you to defend. I just want you to press them on the left side tightly and stop letting them pass that kind of ball, do you understand?"

The goal conceded in the first half was a long pass from the left side of the backcourt. The defensive players did not go forward to block the game immediately, and the Chinese team's defense void was exposed.

"I know." Yang Yang nodded.

Alihan was also very relieved about Yang Yang. He knew Yang Yang's performance in Ajax. Many things others could not understand. He believed that Yang Yang would definitely be able to do it because that's how he did it in Ajax.

The rest of the locker room were all confused.

That's it?

In the first half, I had already changed someone due to injury. During the halftime break, I changed to a 17-year-old young player. The tactical arrangement is just so simple. Don’t you need to make it more carefully?

"Coach, do you want to explain it to Yang Yang in detail?" asked the Chinese coaching team members with concern.

Alihan shook his head and said, "No, he understands."

As he said that, he turned to make detailed second-half play with Shao Jiayi, and decided to go from an attack that was originally leaning towards the left to take off from the current two-wing takeoff, because Yang Yang also has strong assault ability.

The Chinese coaching team members still felt worried and turned around to ask Yang Yang, "Are you sure you understand what you are going to do? If you don't understand, ask more questions and ask clearly, otherwise you will be dizzy when you get on the court."
Chapter completed!