Since the coaching change of the national football team, and more importantly, the news that Pan Yi joined the coaching staff was confirmed, every move of the national football team has affected the hearts of the whole country.
Even their adaptation training session at Kunming Tuodong Stadium attracted huge attention from domestic fans.
Both formal media and self-media are rushing to spread it, and it has also aroused heated discussions among netizens on the Internet.
"This team seems to have a good mentality!"
"With Pan Yi's team, the self-confidence will be much higher than before."
"Lippi's coaching team is also very talented. This training model seems to have never been seen in the national football team before."
"Countless facts have proven that excellent coaches can raise the team's skills and tactics to a new level. Just look at Lippi and Pan Yi's transformation of the national football team!"
However, although the fans expressed their appreciation for the training performance of the national football team, everyone was very worried about the upcoming life-and-death battle.
The national football team has lost two games in a row.
If you can't beat Syria or Uzbekistan, can you win against Qatar?
The Dragon Kingdom team can't even afford a tie.
In the fourth round of Group A, there was a focus battle, which was a head-to-head confrontation between South Korea and Iran, which had two wins and one draw and remained undefeated. This was almost a key battle that could determine the top spot in the group.
In this battle, the Iranian team had the last laugh.
With the only goal of Azmoun, a striker who plays in the Russian Super League, Iran defeated South Korea 1:0.
After this victory, Iran also ranked first in Group A with 10 points, while South Korea could only rank second with 7 points.
As a Dragon Kingdom team with only 1 point, it has only played four games and is already 6 points behind the second-placed South Korea!
Therefore, this game really must be won, otherwise the points will only get bigger and bigger.
But can the Dragon Kingdom really win?
Every fan who cares about the national football team is worried.
They are also worried about whether the current national team coached by Lippi will repeat the mistakes of the past, and whether there will be another tragedy of losing the chain in front of Qatar at a critical moment?
Fans of Dragon Country dare not place too much hope on the national team, nor do they dare to give too much confidence, because they are afraid.
Shortly after the training session, head coach Lippi and captain Zheng Zhi attended the pre-match press conference. When interviewed by the media, he stated that the goal of this game was 3 points.
"I have never seen so many reporters when I was coaching Hengtai. Thank you everyone for your support."
"Leading the Dragon Country team into the World Cup finals is a very difficult task. The team has not only improved in skills and tactics, but more importantly, in self-confidence. However, I still hope that we can create a miracle and reach the World Cup. !”
"I believe that the strength of the national team can produce beautiful football. We have excellent defenders, midfielders, and forwards. The strength of our team does not match the current results. Our team has strength. Our goal is simple, Just score 3 points in tomorrow’s game.”
A reporter asked: "The current situation of the Dragon Country team is very serious. Is the team under great pressure now?"
Lippi said: "There is pressure on both sides. The Dragon Country team is ranked last in the group. The situation is very difficult, but theoretically there is hope of promotion. We hope to work hard to score points, and the team focuses on promotion. If we cannot advance, I hope The team can improve."
The reporter asked again: "Do the players really understand your technical and tactical play?"
Lippi replied: "All the players worked very hard and the training was very fruitful. Speaking of which, I would like to especially thank my technical advisor Pan Yi for his help. He helped me formulate many detailed tactics. I know very well I believe everyone here is also aware of his strength. It is an honor for me that he is willing to be my advisor, and I will trust him unconditionally."
The reporter asked captain Zheng Zhi: "Some people say that players only play 40% of their strength in the national team. Does Pan Yi have a way to solve this problem? What kind of state does he bring to the players?"
Zheng Zhi said: "Pan Yi not only helps us technically and tactically, but more importantly, gives us confidence. Our players have greater pressure in the national team competition. The national team competition is more important than the club. We represent the country." As a team, we need to turn the pressure of the game into motivation. This is the key issue we discussed on the first day after coach Lippi came to the team. It is also what coach Pan Yi often enlightens us, which is to let us relax. Go enjoy the game.”
At the end, the captain of the national football team once again expressed his determination: "We have the strength to come up with beautiful football. We need to show confidence, courage, and decisiveness. As long as we do this, we can definitely defeat our opponents!"
Lippi and Zheng Zhi's pre-match remarks were also recognized by domestic fans.
Everyone hopes that the national football team can give its best and leave no regrets.
The remarks made by the two of them about Pan Yi in the interview also aroused the attention and curiosity of many people.
Obviously, Pan Yi plays a very important role in this national team.
So, can he really continue his magic at Chelsea and the Swedish team? What are the specific tactics he formulated for the national football team?
After days of reports and attention, tonight, fans across the country have turned their attention to Kunming Tuodong Stadium.
As the game time approaches, the stadium is not only crowded and packed with seats, but also countless fans who have come to the scene but cannot buy tickets to enter are gathered outside the stadium.
Under such circumstances, it is difficult to buy even scalper tickets!
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Kunming Tuodong Stadium, home team locker room.
At this time, head coach Lippi had already received the starting list for this game in Qatar.
Members of the coaching staff, including Pan Yi, gathered together to look at the list.
Although Pan Yi is only Lippi's "personal consultant" in name, the Football Association still very wisely prepared a formal work certificate for him and allowed him to enter and exit the locker room and the stadium like other assistant coaches.
If you don't do this, you will definitely be blasted by angry fans!
To the surprise of the coaching staff, Qatar still used the 4-5-1 formation they used in their last game against Syria.
They used this formation to defeat Syria 1:0, and naturally they wanted to follow the same example and use it to defeat the Dragon Kingdom team that was defeated by Syria.
"Although this Qatar team does not have stars like Son Heung-min and Azmoun, their defensive players in the midfield and backfield are very active, they press and press at a fast pace, and they are very physical. This will be a good thing for us. Big test.”
"As I told everyone before the game, after the opening, we must attack and disrupt the opponent's rhythm from the beginning. The defense line must press forward, and the three lines from front to back must put enough pressure on the opponent. They must press me hard. Stop them and don’t give your opponents any chance to breathe.”
Everyone in the locker room looked at Lippi seriously and nodded solemnly.
These are what Lippi and the coaching staff have repeatedly warned before the game.
"Everyone, I don't need to say more about the importance of tonight's game."
After Lippi emphasized the final tactical requirements, Pan Yi began to carry out the final mobilization before taking the field.
This is also what Lippi requested, and it is also Pan Yi's important job in this national team.
Because although Lippi's coaching staff is professional, they are all Italians after all and do not understand Chinese!
No matter how passionate and reasonable it is, the taste will definitely be impure after it changes hands through translation.
But Pan Yi is different.
He is a native of the Dragon Kingdom and a world-famous football psychology master. There is simply no one more suitable than him to give lectures in the locker room!
And he now understands that although he hopes that the players will put down the pressure and prepare for the game easily in normal training, in such a crucial game, everyone still needs to focus their attention.
Too much pressure is not enough, and no pressure at all is not enough. This is a recognized fact in competitive sports.
And Pan Yi is a master who can keep the players' tension about the game at an appropriate level.
"If we fail to defeat our opponent in tonight's game, then our efforts to compete in the 2018 World Cup in Russia are likely to stop there, and many players in the team will never have the opportunity to compete in the World Cup."
After hearing Pan Yi's words, many old players, including captain Zheng Zhi, looked a little sad.
After experiencing a brief period of glory in 2002, no player in the current national team has the opportunity to step onto the World Cup stage.
For any professional player, playing in a World Cup is probably their lifelong dream.
But unfortunately, as a Dragon Country player, such a dream seems a bit out of reach.
Four years after that and four years after that and four years after that.
The Dragon Kingdom football team was even eliminated in the first stage of the Asian qualifiers for the three World Cups in 2006, 2010 and 2014!
Being able to reach the top ten stage of 2018 this time is actually the best performance in so many years!
Such poor results made the Long Guo team the target of abuse and ridicule by the Chinese people.
Many people enjoy making fun of the national football team, even if they distort the facts, because this will generate traffic.
Things like "the men's football team can't beat the women's football team", "the Chinese Super League can't beat the Village Super League", "the national football team 0:12 Malaysia", "the stationery store team defeated the national football team", etc. will be uploaded on the Internet, but what are the facts? Not many people care.
This is a tragedy, but neither party is innocent in it.
For these so-called "fans", the Dragon Country men's football team is just a spittoon for them to vent their dissatisfaction. They can spit in it when they have nothing to do. As for how many bowls of noodles the six children have eaten, who cares?
As for the national football players, I believe they also know why they have ended up in such a situation.
Isn’t it because of the poor performance that everyone hates iron for not becoming steel?
It's just that this kind of emotion is used by some people to gain eyeballs and exchange traffic.
Now, it's time for a fight to the death, whether to continue to be scolded and laughed at, or to become a hero once and for all, starting tonight!
Pan Yi continued to say loudly:
"In tonight's game, the most terrifying thing is not the opponent on the other side of the court, but ourselves."
"You are eager to enter the World Cup and eager to win, but whether you can truly wash away the doubts that fans have had about you over the past decade or so, you need to prove it yourself in tonight's game."
"I don't want to say a lot of high-sounding words. I'm here and I just want to say to you: Tonight, you have to fight for yourself! Fight for your name! Fight for the World Cup!"
Captain Zheng Zhi stood up from his seat and stretched out his hand:
"Everyone, let's work hard together!"
At this time, all the national football players stood up, put their hands on the back of their captain's hands, and shouted in unison:
"come on, come on, come on!"
The fighting spirit in the locker room was high for a while!
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"Viewers, welcome to watch today's game."
"We are currently broadcasting a live broadcast for everyone at the Tuodong Stadium in Kunming. This is a contest in Group A of the top ten Asian qualifying matches for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. The Dragon National team will face the Qatar team at home."
"The two teams have played against each other 16 times in history. The Dragon Country team has 7 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses, and has the upper hand in the overall record. However, most of the games won by the Dragon Country team were in the past, and in recent times The Chinese team won only once in five encounters."
"Group A has now played four rounds. The Dragon Kingdom team has 1 draw and 3 losses without winning, ranking last in the group. The Qatar team has 1 win and 3 losses, and is only ranked ahead of the Dragon Kingdom team."
"It can be said that no matter which team it is, this game cannot afford to lose. The coaches on both sides shouted slogans at the press conference before the game to win three points."
"In the center of the current broadcast screen, the starting lineup of the Dragon Kingdom team for this game has been shown."
"Lippi adjusted the starting lineup and no longer adopted the 4-4-2 formation of the Gao Hongbo era, but used the 4-3-3 that is now more popular internationally."
"The goalkeeper is Wang Dalei, the defense is Jiang Zhipeng, Feng Xiaoting, Mei Fang and Zhang Linpeng, the midfielder is captain Zheng Zhi slightly behind, Wu Xi and Huang Bowen are in front of him, and the forwards are Wu Lei, Zhang Yuning and Lin Liangming."
"Yan Junling, who has been starting since Zeng Cheng was injured, did not play. He was replaced by Wang Dalei from Shandong Luneng. This is still a bit surprising."
"York City youngster Lin Liangming, who was selected for the national team for the first time, also appeared directly in the starting lineup, forming a frontcourt trident in Europe with Wu Lei and Zhang Yuning."
"According to Lippi, the head coach of the national team, Pan Yi has contributed a lot to the team's formation and specific tactical design, and his influence seems to be evident from this starting list. .”
"4-3-3 itself was Pan Yi's favorite formation in the early days. Now York City also often uses this formation, including Wu Lei who was very accustomed to playing a winger position in such a three-forward formation when he was in Hamburg. And Lin Liangming himself was recommended by Pan Yi to join the national team, and now he also takes on important responsibilities on the front line."
"The most obvious one is Wang Dalei. This individual goalkeeper who can only serve as a substitute for most of the time in the national team is currently the one who best suits Pan Yi's sweeper goalkeeper style in the national team. His being promoted also shows that today's national team The team’s focus is still on offense.”
"Qatar still uses a 4-5-1 formation. It seems that although they want to win, they still have to rely on their own defensive counterattack tactics."
"Whether an offensive formation like the national football team can break down Qatar's defense, and what changes in tactics will occur, we can only wait and see after the game starts..."
In the commentator's explanation, the players of the two teams have already walked out of the player tunnel under the leadership of the referee team.
The whole stadium immediately cheered crazily.
More than 40,000 fans cheered hoarsely in the stands, forming an overwhelming momentum.
Especially when members of the coaching staff of the Dragon Kingdom national team, especially Pan Yi, walked out of the players' tunnel, the shouts on the scene reached their peak.
After the players from the two teams lined up at the exit of the player tunnel, the national anthem of the visiting team Qatar was sung first, followed by the national anthem of the home team Dragons.
When the loud March of the Volunteers sounded in the stadium, all fans in the audience stood up in unison. All the staff on the home team's coaching bench and bench, including Pan Yi, also stood up and sang the national anthem of the Dragon Kingdom along with the singing.
Although the Italian coaching staff cannot sing, they still stand solemnly.
They have all played for the Italian national team, and of course they understand the significance of this moment to a country!
When the inspiring songs floated over the stadium, everyone felt a power from this song!
During the singing process, many fans couldn't help but burst into tears.
In fact, they can't tell what kind of emotion this is, but under such an atmosphere, they will shed tears!
After captain Zheng Zhi also finished guessing the side, he called all his teammates around him and formed a circle. Everyone folded their hands together again and shouted in unison: "Come on! Come on! Come on!! !”
Along with the shouts of the national football team, thunderous applause erupted from the stands again.
Then the singing started again.
This time, it was "the five-star red flag fluttering in the wind..."
The 40,000 national football fans present are using this method to inspire the national football players in the stadium! ——
As soon as the game started, the Dragon Kingdom team immediately launched a fierce attack on Qatar.
According to Lippi's pre-match arrangement, the team boldly pressed the defense, headed by the front three, to put pressure on Qatar.
Qatar also followed the strategy formulated by the coaching staff before the game and retreated immediately, leaving only a single forward Sebastian Soria waiting for an opportunity to counterattack.
Less than a minute into the game, Long Guo got a shooting opportunity.
Wu Lei broke through on the right and went down, but because his speed was too fast, no teammates in the center or left could catch up. So Wu Lei cut inside and shot a shot with his left foot, but it was not strong enough and was missed by Qatar goalkeeper Al Shib. Easy to take.
"You two, you can just switch places!" Seeing this, Pan Yi immediately stood up and shouted in Chinese.
This is Pan Yi's biggest advantage.
Instructions from the coaching bench can be conveyed to the field immediately without the need for translation - the translation may even be miscommunicated, after all, many times there are very professional vocabulary involved.
In addition, speaking in Chinese is equivalent to an "encrypted call". No matter how loud you shout, it will be inaudible to Qataris.
As for such a winger change, Pan Yi has already been angry with Lippi, and of course the old man also supports it.
It's because the Dragon Kingdom team is now the main attacker, and if they are all on Shunzu's side, the firepower from both sides will eventually only be concentrated in the middle. The firepower point is too single and easy to be defended.
At this time, if you force a cut inside, you can only shoot with your back foot, which obviously does not work well.
But if Lin Liangming and Wu Lei swap places, just as Pan Yi said to them before, they will become two sharp knives and pierce Qatar's ribs!
After hearing Pan Yi's shout, Lin Liangming and Wu Lei both waved to the sidelines to express that they heard it, and then ran to the other side.
"We can also let both sides press a little higher. We must strive for an early goal!" Lippi also stood next to Pan Yi and said.
What kind of translator is needed at this time? Pan Yi is the best translator!
Pan Yi nodded and immediately shouted to the court: "Jiang Zhipeng! Zhang Linpeng! You all, go a little further forward, be proactive, and be proactive in asking for the ball! And the midfielder, be careful to push forward at any time!"
At this time, the Dragon Country team looked like they were going to devour their opponents in one bite. All the national football players also worked hard and ran actively.
After Lin Liangming and Wu Lei changed positions, and Jiang Zhipeng and Zhang Linpeng pressed up, the Dragon Country team's wings began to exert force.
In the 10th minute, Lin Liangming took the ball from the right and cut to the middle. He failed to get a chance and passed the ball back to Huang Bowen.
Huang Bowen kicked the ball out and distributed it to the side.
Zhang Linpeng quickly moved forward along the wing. After getting the ball, he directly passed the ball with his right foot and hoisted the ball to the top of the penalty area.
Zhang Yuning seized the position at the top of the penalty area in time, jumped up high, and headed the ball to the left side of the penalty area.
At this time, Wu Lei suddenly rushed across from the left side along the front edge of the penalty area, stopped Zhang Yuning's ball forward, then feinted a shot to throw away the Qatari player who was following him, and then cut inside with his right foot. Just a straight shot!
The ball was like a cannonball, quickly blasting into Qatar's goal.
"The ball goes in!!! Wu Lei scores the goal!!!!"
"This is a dream start! Only 10 minutes into the game, Wu Lei took Zhang Yuning's header and fired a furious shot from the left side of the penalty area, piercing the Qatar goal!"
"Dragon Kingdom leads Qatar 1:0!"
As the commentator shouted at the top of his lungs, all the fans jumped up and cheered wildly.
After Wu Lei scored, he was immediately hugged by his teammates around him.
After breaking free, Wu Lei immediately rushed to the sidelines, hugged Lippi, and then hugged Pan Yi.
Of course, the bench was also cheering.
Everyone knows what an important goal this is!
The Long Guo team's strategy of attacking at the beginning was successful!
"Wu Lei first played as a right winger after the start of the game today, but soon moved to the left. This is definitely a small tactical adjustment intentionally made by the Dragon Country team, and Qatar obviously did not keep up with the rhythm, which led to the failure to defend this time. Live Wu Lei's inside cut."
"This is the change that Lippi's coaching staff has brought to the team's tactics. We have also seen that Pan Yi is also very active in directing from the sidelines. The positioning of the players on the field started after several of his shouts. Changes, and the goal happened exactly after such changes!”
"On the premise that there are no major changes in the national football players, they played a very smooth offense. This further illustrates the important impact of excellent coaches on the game situation!"
"Now, all the players and coaches are gathered together and seem to be saying something... Although we can't hear it, we can see from this scene how united they are!"
On the sidelines, Pan Yi shouted to everyone:
"The ball went in beautifully, but don't relax, we have to keep attacking!"
"It's just a goal, it's not enough to ensure we win, do you understand?"
"Just play like we did at the beginning and try to score more goals. We have to kill our opponents in one go!"
The players cheered in unison, and then roared back to their own half, waiting for the kick-off.
This goal is not just a goal.
It allows all national football players to see their own changes and their true strength!
Starting from this goal, they began to truly believe that they could really win this game, and even win more games, and even...
Can enter the World Cup! (End of chapter)
