The Brave is Fearless - Reflections on the Battle of Jiehe
When the Netherlands was leading two goals, I thought that the Netherlands has always been inadequate enough psychological quality. If it leads one goal, it is easy to be equalized or even overtaken by the opponent. However, if it leads two goals, according to the Netherlands' ability to control the ball, there should be no big problem.
But I just finished thinking about it. Dutch captain Cocu made a cross pass in the midfield, allowing the Czech Republic's Barroche to drive the ball to thirty meters. Then two Dutch defenders blocked the ball and passed the ball to the unmarked high center forward Jan Kohler. The next thing was the football entered the net, and the Czech Republic scored a goal.
I really don’t give me face, I thought in my heart. In this case, the Netherlands will only lead by one goal, and it may be tied.
To be honest, I am more optimistic about the Netherlands in this European Championship because they have the best players and are not weak overall. They have the fighting spirit, the Serie A championship, Sitorf, one of the best central defenders in the world, the penalty area king Fanny, and a group of young and promising rookies... But this game told me that there is another character they should not be ignored, that is, their head coach Edvocart...
I really don’t know how Edvorkat brought the Dutch team with a dishevelled lineup to the semi-finals in 1994. He has been coaching the Dutch under 23 national team. Now many young players in the team can be said to be promoted by him... He has a very bad past, but last night his performance was like a woman, yes, a woman!
From the beginning of the game, there was no mistake in the Netherlands' tactics. Facing a team like Czech Republic, the Netherlands had the ability and confidence to attack, so they did it, and they had two goals in ten minutes. But when the Czech Republic equalized the score, I was vaguely worried that it would turn into reality in the second half.
It can be said that it is not the Czech Republic that makes this worry a reality. What they do is only attack and defend according to normal tactical requirements. Everything is an unexpected surprise given to them by Edvocart. I still can't figure out why Edvocart replaced Ruben, who has performed well, has no physical problems and is not injured? And the one that was replaced was Persville, who is already 34 years old! I don't know much about him, but I know that he is playing football at Manchester City and is Sun Jihai's teammate. But Edvocart obviously cannot replace a familiar face because of taking care of the Chinese audience who stayed up late, so that the commentator is full of pride. De said that this is Sun Jihai's teammate, and it also makes Chinese fans happy?
Han Dada said that Edvocart's move is to stabilize the midfield... I want to vomit his face. Replace the next midfield and add another midfield to increase the midfield advantage? The numerical advantage is not reflected, and the quality advantage is not reflected. I don't think Sun Jihai's teammate Boswell is better than Ruben's ball control. Do you still want to shrink back to defend against a team like the Czech Republic? Even if you want to shrink back, the Netherlands does not have the qualifications. Their defensive ability is obvious to all! Offense is the best defense. You can only use your own offense to press the opponent in the half. Even if you can't press the opponent's back line, so as to reduce your defensive pressure in the half.
But when I saw Ruben's reluctance, I knew that the Netherlands had already surrendered the gun. They were satisfied with 2:1, and they thought the Czech Republic could not do anything to them. So Ruben clapped Boswell with a fierce look, full of confusion, and aggrieved. His performance was definitely called the Netherlands' best player in this game, but he was replaced by an extremely conservative coach.
Conservative. This word seems to be the consensus of many strong team coaches participating in this European Championship. Conservative Spain, conservative Italy, conservative England, conservative France, conservative Germany, conservative Netherlands. The only thing that is not conservative is the Czech Republic, so they qualify early. What is brave and fearless? The Czechs taught all conservative coaches a good lesson. Facing the unexpectedly tenacious Latvia, Czech coach Bruckner sent seven attackers and finally won the tenacious Latvia. If you think the Czech move is bullying Latvia, then take a look at the game against the Netherlands last night!
Even a coach made completely different substitutions and adjustments on the court, and the effect was immediate. The effect of the Netherlands was to concede the ball immediately, while the Czech Republic was naturally the opposite. A standing center like Jan Kohler had too much psychological pressure on the rear of the Netherlands. Although Stam said we were not afraid of him, the Netherlands finally fell under his feet and chest. One of his chest made the ball, allowing Baroshe to equalize the goal, and what about Bosville whom Edvorkat replaced? Except for kicking the ball out of bounds in the penalty area once, I never saw him on the court again. This was to increase the midfield advantage, and this was to consolidate the midfield... I was speechless.
Then after the score was equalized, Edvocart seemed to have made a small calculation. He also replaced Van der Mede, who was good at performing. Only Van Nie was able to threaten the Czech defense line. He thought that it was a very good result to get a point in a strong team, and then in the last round, it was certain that he would get three points against the weak team Latvia. But if he casually handed over his fate to the future, will the future really give him the results he needed? Look at Latvia's performance, did Edvocart not even have that little awareness? He made a calculation and then finally calculated himself. The Netherlands couldn't blame anyone for losing, and he was too unscrupulous!
Smitchell, who was replaced in the second half, completely defeated the Dutch's fighting spirit and hope... They even had the last fig leaf, and the last hope was gone. This is the result of conservatism! Nedved was depressed in the first half of this year, but his several long shots in the second half seemed to see his peak condition again, but why didn't the Dutch see it? Why didn't Edvorkat see it? Why didn't anyone specifically target Nedved in the second half?
The Netherlands finally paid a heavy price for their conservatism. When the game ended, I even hoped that the Netherlands would lose to Latvia and bid farewell to the European Cup completely. In this way, the conservative coach might reflect, otherwise he would still think that the God of Destiny would favor the Netherlands and him. Go dreaming!
Although the Netherlands has only won one major international championship, although they have nothing in the World Cup, they still have passion. Isn’t the orange that symbolizes passion the best praise for them? As long as there is passion, there is Netherlands. But look at the current, is this Netherlands? Don’t joke, let them change their clothes and don’t insult the word “Holland”! Dutch football is offense, offense, and attack again! Even if you lose, you will die in the attack, without regrets, and it will make people applaud! Now in the Netherlands, I can no longer say anything...
Although I have always disliked the Czech Republic because I don’t like Nedved very much. But they performed very well in yesterday’s game, especially the courage they showed as always at 0:2, 1:2 and 2:2. They deserved the victory, they deserved the title of the first to enter the quarterfinals, they deserved the cheers of fans, and they deserved the jealousy of Dutch fans...
The brave are fearless! The Czech Republic is the brave, so they won. The Netherlands is not the brave, so they lost. So what about other teams? Can you see what to write about in this game? Italy, England, Spain... Have you seen it? Do you still have to be conservative? Especially Italy! Is conservative interesting? Can you guarantee that you win the game? Did you win something by conservative? You didn’t win anything!
I'll send you a household word that is well-known in China:
Chapter completed!