"According to the news feedback from the stadium, the Olympic Sports Center's venue maintenance is progressing smoothly. Before the game, we expect to be able to conduct two infield trainings to get familiar with and adapt to the new turf as soon as possible."

On the bus to the Shenyang Olympic Sports Center, Xiao Mu reported the latest situation to Gao Han.

I just played in South Korea last night, and every international player's physical and mental state was not very ideal. According to Gao Han and Buenaventura's usual habits, the recovery training in the morning was very critical. Therefore, even if the team wins the ball, they still have no rest and must continue to invest in preparation for training.

The home game against Iran is scheduled for six days, only four days, so it is still quite nervous.

The matter of replacing the new turf at the Chenyang Olympic Sports Center was a decision made by Gao Han after inspecting the venue. He felt that the original venue was not suitable for the team's performance. Before going to South Korea, the national team had entered the infield training twice.

This is also an advantage of being a home team, especially the vast land area of ​​China.

The home court is located in Shenyang. After the Iranian team plays home games, they have to fly for a long time and distance. The Chinese team can travel back and forth that night after playing South Korea, which can be said to have the three elements of the right time, place, people and people.

"Is the barbed wire around the outer field okay?" Gao Han asked with concern.

The Olympic Sports Center exterior court where the national team trains is the same as the outfield at the Seoul World Cup Stadium in South Korea. It is separated by barbed wire. Anyone can see it at a glance nearby. However, unlike in South Korea's away game, the Chinese team will naturally have obvious advantages in their own territory.

During the training camp, Gao Han specially asked the Football Association to cover all the barbed wire with red curtains to prevent the team from being spied by the opponents from spying on military information in the team's training. In fact, South Korea does not have a deep understanding of the Chinese team's preparations, which has a good effect in the game. This will also be the case in the next game.

"I have confirmed the phone number, and they are still there, no problem." Xiao Mu replied.

Gao Han nodded, still very satisfied with Xiao Mu's preparation.

But after the team arrived at the Chenyang Olympic Sports Center, Gao Han found that there were many media reporters and fans gathered at the scene, with at least a thousand people, and they all held various slogans and flags to welcome the arrival of the national team.

It is obvious that the battle against South Korea last night completely ignited their enthusiasm.

But what followed was that in order to further spy on the team's training situation, a few media reporters and fans actually privately destroyed the curtains blocking the wire mesh around them, which made Gao Han a little dissatisfied.

Now it’s just restorative training, that’s nothing, but if you really do this when it comes to targeted training, if you are spying on the intelligence and make sufficient preparations in advance, wouldn’t you be in a disadvantageous situation for the national team?

The media and fans support the national team, which is a good thing. Gao Han is also grateful, but preparations must be kept confidential.

So before the training class that morning, Gao Han asked the team leader Li Tie to notify the media reporters on the spot that after the training, Gao Han will hold a brief press conference and hope that all media reporters can participate.

When facing the media reporters this time, Gao Han rarely spoke in an undisputed tone, hoping that everyone would not spy on the training of the national team, especially not to destroy the curtains that blocked the surroundings.

"I know, maybe everyone will think I'm making a big deal, but I hope you understand that confidentiality is the unquestionable bottom line, so I hope everyone can actively cooperate with the work of the national team because I believe that our goals are consistent."

Gao Han also issued a statement on Weibo, hoping that all fans and media reporters who came to Chenyang to watch the national team training can consciously abide by the order of the scene and not affect the training of the national team due to personal behavior.

This move also attracted the support of domestic fans and netizens. Everyone felt that if it was to satisfy their curiosity and the national team's preparation and training were spied into intelligence by opponents, it would be more than worth the effort.

Even the next day, when the team started training, the security personnel of the Olympic Sports Center patrolled everywhere according to the national team's requirements and found that many Chinese fans spontaneously formed a guard team to guard the stadium and prohibited anyone from approaching, let alone destroying the curtains and spy on military information.

The actions of this group of cute fans also touched Gao Han and the national team.

But how to fight Iran has become the number one problem facing Gao Han.

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"This is what I analyzed, Iran beat Qatar 2-0."

At the coaching staff's first tactical preparation meeting, Sergio Garcia still analyzed the opponents in the next game as usual, so that everyone can have a clearer and more intuitive understanding.

Judging from the posted data, Iran does not have the advantage in ball possession rate, only 53% of which, with twelve shots and four shots, but there were more fouls, twenty-two times, which also led to Qatar's free kick opportunities.

"In this game, Iran still played in the 4231 formation, with twenty-three crosses, six threatening balls, five breakthroughs, and five shots in the twelve shots, five of which were outside the penalty area and seven of them in the penalty area. This should reflect the tactical characteristics of the Iranian team to some extent."

"In addition, I analyzed the goals and analysis of the entire World Cup qualifiers in Iran. I scored seven goals in the positional battle, nine goals in counterattacks, two free kicks, four corner kicks, and five penalty kicks. The average number of passes per game is 457, and the South Korean team is 659."

"The four offensive players and left-back in the frontcourt are Iran's most threatening offensive firepower, and the wing attack is their characteristic. Dejaga is one of the most threatening players in Iran. In the last 40s, he has three assists and twenty-three threatening passes, but he will be out of the game due to injury."

"Injured?" Gao Han was a little surprised.

"In the 68th minute of the Qatar, he was replaced. According to the information we arranged for inquiries in Iran, he was indeed injured, and it is said that he was injured in his right foot and leg."

"Can you find out the specific injuries?" Gao Han asked with concern.

If you can know the injury or injury, you can determine whether you can get through the six-day game.

Sergio Garcia shook his head, "We did our best, but the Iranian team has been keeping it secret. Obviously they are also buying time. Dejaga's absence has a big impact on them, but I think it will be basically confirmed after they come to Chenyang."

Gao Han understood that he was making a mystery and the other party was not a good-looking person.

The head coach of the Iranian national team is Queros, Ferguson's assistant coach and former Real Madrid coach, has always had a relationship with Gao Han. He has taught many coaching classes in Chinatown and has coached Iran for six or seven years.

From the data analyzed by Sergio Garcia, it is not difficult to see that the team created by Queroz is definitely better than the Chinese team, and their physical fitness is definitely better than the Chinese team. However, they are not good at passing and controlling styles, and they are more focused on repeated attacks and fast-paced counterattacks.

This is very similar to Manchester United during the Ferguson era.

In the latest FIFA rankings, Iran ranks 39th, Asia first, South Korea ranks 48th, and Asia second. In comparison, the Chinese team ranks 78th and Asia eighth.

Although this ranking does not represent the outcome of the game, it reflects to some extent the strength of a team.

There is still a huge gap in strength between the Chinese team and these Asian rivals, so there should be no carelessness at all.

Sergio Garcia then introduced the players of the Iranian national team, especially several main international players. He listed the characteristics and advantages and disadvantages of each player very clearly and thoroughly, making people clear and clear at a glance.

"In general, the current Iranian team can rank first among many Asian teams, and its strength is undoubtedly unquestionable. The tactics Queros has created for this team are very consistent with their characteristics and can also exert the strength of this team."

"There are no obvious soft columns and shortcomings, and the wing and middle lane are well combined. Faced with such a team, we really don't have a good way except to fight hard. Of course, if Dejaga is really absent due to injury, it may have some impact on Iran's midfield."

Sergio Garcia said helplessly.

For such a very balanced team, it is indeed difficult to find a way to effectively restrain your opponents, so you can only fight hard.

"How to play this game in Qatar?" Gao Han asked with concern.

"On the surface, the score was 2-0, but in fact, Iran scored in the last ten minutes of stoppage time. That is to say, in the regular time of the first ninety minutes, Qatar has well curbed Iran's offensive, mainly in the midfield's oppression and pressing against Iran."

"A very intuitive data is that Iran's passes in this game were only 303, which was far lower than their average data in the top 40 games. The success rate was only 69%, which was also lower than the average level, but the risks also existed. In the end, Qatar could not hold on to his physical fitness and was tragically reversed."

After hearing this, Buenaventura kept shook his head, "If we press high, our physical fitness will not last for so long."

He is responsible for the team's physical fitness, and of course he is aware of the degree of physical energy consumption under various tactical styles.

The physical fitness of the Chinese team is indeed a problem. Not to mention that they just fought hard against South Korea, even if they played in the best condition, they would probably not be able to support the consumption of high-level pressing and oppression, and they would still end up like Qatar.

"By the way, why is the stoppage time between Iran and Qatar so long?" Xiaomu asked curiously.

When everyone heard this, they were all curious.

Sergio Garcia nodded with a smile and said, "I know what you want to say, but I'm sorry, there's nothing wrong with it. As I said before, Iran has more fouls, and Dejaga was injured and there were many pauses in the second half. I think ten minutes of stoppage time should be considered relatively reasonable."

Perhaps seeing that his colleagues were silent, Sergio Garcia continued to talk.

"After analysis and statistics, I discovered an interesting phenomenon. Iran conceded three goals in the top 40s. In fact, the opponents in the top 40s were not strong, and all three goals were lost at the beginning of the second half. They played Turkmenistan away in the 46th minute, played Oman away in the 52nd minute, and played Turkmenistan home in the 62nd minute."

"Two of these three goals came from crosses on the wing, and one came from corner kicks. I think this may be a link worthy of our delves."

Sergio Garcia's words made everyone present look of thought.
Chapter completed!