Chapter 726 Opponent Ronaldo
Yin Jun stood at the front of the team, and the Portuguese players were coming over to shake hands one by one. In this game, the Chinese team drew the home jersey and played in the traditional white home jersey of the Chinese team.
In front of them were numerous journalists, with long spears and short cannons.
Ronaldo walked up, he slightly raised his head and wiped Yin Jun's eyes. After the two of them held their hands, they quickly let go, even making people wonder if they had really held them, or they had hit each other - just like the other players on both sides who shook hands before the game.
The two of them had neither eye-catching confrontation nor verbal communication, and they said nothing. They touched their palms and palms and separated. Ronaldo went to find the next Chinese player to shake hands, and Yin Jun also turned his attention to the next Portuguese player.
Although the two are teammates in the club and friends in private, there is only one relationship on the field: opponents!
Moreover, before the game appeared, the two had already communicated in the player channel. Now the game is about to begin, and both of them have focused on the game that is about to begin.
As the offensive core of their respective teams, the two shoulder the team's offensive responsibility, and even the hope of whether the team can continue to move forward in the World Cup, the pressure is quite high.
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"...After the game started, after ten minutes of the game, we can clearly see that the Chinese team took a defensive counterattack in this game, which is not unexpected. The Chinese team can only do this. Otherwise, their goal will be sieve..." The commentator of Portugal TV station joked.
The Chinese team is indeed playing a defensive counterattack, basically completely giving up possession and handing over the football to Portugal, allowing them to fall back and forth in their half. As long as Portugal misses the center line, they will not go up and grab it. If Portugal passes the center line, the intensity of the pressing is not very strong.
Only when Portugal approaches the 30-meter area of the Chinese team will their defensive intensity increase accordingly.
If Portugal tries to break into the Chinese team's penalty area, it will be subject to stubborn resistance from the Chinese team.
When facing technical teams, most teams will use tactics, commonly known as "bus placing buses".
Portugal is also a technical team in the world football world. At least the Chinese team is far inferior to the opponent in terms of ball control. If they compete with the opponent to control the ball, they will definitely lose miserably.
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It is not surprising that Portugal faces a team that focuses on defense. They also have a set of ways to deal with such teams. Although it is a little troublesome, it does not mean that they cannot win.
If the Chinese team didn't come up to grab it, they would pass it back and forth in front of the Chinese team's penalty area, waiting patiently for the opportunity.
The Chinese team's offensive method is very simple. If the ball is on their side, they will basically not push the attack, nor will they use short passes to advance, which has a high success rate but requires a lot of manpower. Instead, they directly pass a long pass to find Gao Lin who is at the forefront.
As the arrowhead of this game, Gao Lin is in the center, and he is the closest person to the Portuguese goal in the Chinese team.
After he got the ball, he used his fulcrum to find opportunities for the Chinese team. He either dribbled the ball to attack the Portuguese defense line, or headed the ball to find two Chinese team's wing forwards, or headed the ball back and cooperated with Yin Jun who was inserted behind him.
However, this kind of opportunity is too few. After all, the quality of the offensive still needs to echo the number of people. If there are enough people, it will be difficult to deal with.
Therefore, it is difficult for the Chinese team to threaten Portugal's goal.
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The Chinese team is focusing on Ronaldo. As long as Ronaldo gets the ball, two players will immediately surround him and follow him tightly, so that he won't let him get the ball easily.
However, even so, it can still be seen that the two Chinese players who defended Ronaldo seemed very difficult.
This Portuguese team has a good age structure. Although the golden generation represented by Figo has gradually grown old, and even many celebrities including Rui Costa have withdrawn from the Portuguese national team, the new generation of players represented by Cristiano Ronaldo has grown up and made up for the team lineup well. Moreover, these players have worked together for many years and have a full understanding.
For example, when Ronaldo tries to cut in from the right side, whether it is the Portuguese striker near the penalty area or the midfielder, they can form a connection with Ronaldo.
When Ronaldo faces two opponents' defenses, he can pass the football forward to the retreating striker, or pass the loan period to the midfielder who is waiting by his side, then cut the run empty and cooperate with his teammates in various wall-to-wall triangles, making it uncomfortable for the defenders to defend.
After all, when Ronaldo passes the football, it is impossible for him to not defend the players who get the ball. Other Portugal players are not easy to save money and have super personal abilities. If they all go to defend Ronaldo, they will also lose the ball.
Even if they were able to make Ronaldo not score a single point in the whole game, but they still lost the game in the end, what's the point?
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"Little Ronaldo is here!" When Ronaldo started dribbling the ball from the wing to the middle again, Chinese commentator Huang Jianqiang exclaimed. Every time Ronaldo dribbles like this, he is worried, fearing that the Chinese team's defense line will not be able to hold on to collapse.
This time, Ronaldo made a wall-to-wall cooperation with Thiago while dribbling. He passed the football to Thiago who was retreating and responding, and then accelerated suddenly, breaking through the two Chinese defensive players. At the same time, Thiago passed the football back to him. He slightly pointed his feet, avoiding the Chinese central defender Li Weifeng's robbery, and directly shot with his left foot.
"Dangerous!" He Wei shouted.
The football drew a clear arc and circled towards the back corner of the goal. Although Li Leilei made a save move, it was still quite far from the football.
Just when everyone thought the Chinese team was going to lose the ball this time, the football flew out of the bottom line against the outside of the post!
"It's so dangerous!" Huang Jianqiang breathed a long sigh.
The collective screams of Chinese fans also sounded in the stands.
Ronaldo, who had no goal, shook his head gently, a little regretful.
Although Ronaldo did not score a goal, Portuguese head coach San Scolari sat firmly on the coach's seat, not in a hurry or regret.
This ball did not score, but he had already seen the Chinese team's defensive line shaking during this attack. I believe that if this continues, Portugal will definitely score in no time.
It's just a matter of time, and this time will not exceed the end of the first half at the latest.
He is very happy that his players have not underestimated the enemy and the game is developing on the right track.
Chapter completed!