Referee Pereira finally blew the whistle to the end of the first half.

Zhang Yuning, who missed an excellent scoring opportunity in the first half, lowered his head and felt full of self-blame.

What a great opportunity. As long as he calmed down a little, he would score the ball with a clear goal, but he didn't know what happened at that time. When the opportunity came, he was anxious and he would hit it without thinking.

After the shot was shot, he knew there was no chance, because he only noticed the position of the opponent's goalkeeper at that time.

What a pity!

Unfortunately, he almost wanted to twist his head off.

As the striker of the national team, he knows better than anyone else that he will not score a goal like this in this game with a goal opportunity. If that goal is scored, the situation of the entire game will be completely reversed and rewritten, and he will once again become the goal hero of the national team.

But where can I take regret medicine in this world?

"Don't take it to heart." Teammate Gao Lin came over with breath and comforted him.

Zhang Yuning looked at his teammates and nodded slightly, but what he thought was that if Gao Lin had the same opportunity, he would definitely be able to enter. He admired the psychological quality of the national team center.

"Everyone will have such a time, and it will be over after adjustment. Moreover, if you scored consecutive goals before, your opponent will definitely pay more attention to and study you than before. It will definitely be even more difficult to score another goal at this time." Gao Lin said with a smile.

Zhang Yuning nodded. He really felt that the opponent's defensive players took care of him more and more closely, and no longer gave him space easily. This was the case when he played against Syria last time, and this game was still the case.

This made him feel a little depressed, but at the same time a little scared.

Could this be the defensive intensity of the real top 12 games?

He played in the top 40 games before, and played against South Korea and Iran in the first two rounds. He won both on the premise that his opponent was not familiar with him or not know him?

Could it be that once the opponent closely monitors him, he will not be able to do it?

The thoughts that he suspected that he had just passed by his mind, Zhang Yuning would definitely not feel that he was not capable, because head coach Gao Han told him more than once that as long as he was willing to work hard, he would definitely gain a foothold in European football with his potential.

Who is Gao Han?

The most famous mentor in the world, how many top superstars have been discovered with his pair of fiery eyes?

His eyes were even more convinced than Zhang Yuning himself.

Perhaps seeing the change in Zhang Yuning's expression, Gao Lin walked over with a smile and hugged his shoulder hard, "Don't worry, it's as the boss said, if you can't score a goal, then run more and make more goals for your teammates, and mess up the opponent's defense line. Sometimes the chance of scoring suddenly appears like this."

After saying that, Gao Lin couldn't help laughing.

Zhang Yuning looked at Gao Lin gratefully and nodded heavily.

Many people say that Zhang Yuning's rise led to Gao Lin's retreat to the second line, which made Zhang Yuning always worried at first whether Gao Lin would feel resentful towards him, but now it seems that he was judging a gentleman with the heart of a villain.

Just as the two centers were holding their shoulders and heading towards the player channel, Wu Lei, Hao Junmin, Zhang Xizhe and others on the side also came over to comfort the young international, especially the captain Zheng Zhi and deputy captain Feng Xiaoting, and kept encouraging him, hoping that Zhang Yuning would not have psychological pressure and burdens.

"The most important thing now is to go into the game lightly, and there will definitely be a chance in the second half." Zheng Zhi comforted.

Zhang Yuning nodded to his teammates gratefully, and he soon noticed that the head coach Gao Han, who was standing at the entrance of the player's passage, made Zhang Yuning's heart tight again.

After Gao Han shook hands with every player, he sent them all into the player channel. When Zhang Yuning approached, he laughed.

"That shot just now was so smelly. Even I smelled it when I stood on the sidelines!"

The head coach said and combined with his slightly exaggerated expression, the fight made everyone laugh around him. Even Zhang Yuning couldn't help but smile, but soon showed a look of shame.

"I'm sorry, boss, I was too anxious just now."

"It's nothing, just a shot. There will definitely be a chance in the second half. Hurry up and go back to the locker room and change your smelly socks."

Gao Han's joke made the players around him laugh, but Zhang Yuning nodded seriously, but he felt a lot more relaxed. The pressure brought by missing a single shot was greatly relieved.

Gao Han was standing at the entrance of the passage and watching the international players go back, feeling very relieved.

Everyone on the football field may make mistakes. As a team, the most important thing is to be tolerant rather than complain.

This is also the mentality he has always instilled in the players on weekdays. It is obvious that their performance in the first half made Gao Han feel very satisfied. Even if it was indeed a pity that no goal was scored, the players were able to take the initiative to comfort Zhang Yuning, which allowed him to see the unity and harmony inside the locker room.

As long as everyone is united, Gao Han believes that the team will be invincible.

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"I believe you all have guessed it. If there is no suspense, Uzbekistan will put a big push on the offensive in the second half."

In front of the tactical board, Gao Han's eyes swept over the eleven players in the locker room. At this time, left-back Jiang Zhipeng had been replaced by Gao Han, and Ren Xing served as left-back.

This is a last resort.

The first twenty minutes of the first half consumed a lot of money on the team. Jiang Zhipeng's last game against Syria was also the same. His physical fitness was not in his best condition, and the attack in the first half almost exhausted his physical strength.

This is the physical gap between national team players and European top league players. If it were players in European top leagues, they would definitely be able to last for 60 minutes or even 70 minutes, but the current physical fitness of the international players is just like this.

Instead of waiting for passive substitutions not long after the start of the second half, it is better to just make a little easier during the halftime break and take the initiative to make adjustments. Gao Han still has enough time to adjust the team's defense.

Ren Xing has not played in the Chinese Super League for a long time, and his condition is relatively average. So in the last game against Syria, Gao Han specially asked him to play on the bench for a while, familiarize himself with the rhythm of the game, and feel some of the game atmosphere.

When Li Xuepeng was injured, Gao Han really had no other candidates in the left back position, so he could only draw Ren Xing into the team to fill the vacancy. Fortunately, Uzbekistan is a typical strong left and weak right.

"Our strategy in the second half is to counterattack the defense. Everyone must pay attention that this is Uzbekistan's home court. These three-pointers should be in their plan, especially after losing to Iran at the last home court, they urgently need these three-pointers, so they will definitely strive to win."

Uzbekistan's group won two consecutive games in the first two rounds, but in the last round, he lost to Iran by zero to one at home, so they will definitely not give up easily in this game, but will strive to win with all their might.

As Gao Han said before, the home and away gap in the top 12 matches is too big, especially for Central Asian teams like Uzbekistan. When they go to East Asia, they travel back and forth for thousands of miles, and the players consume too much. Only by trying their best to score three-pointers at home and keeping a draw away can they have hope of advancing.

It can be said that home court is the best goal-grabbing weapon for the teams in the top 12 games.

But there are only five home games in total, and Uzbekistan has one win and one loss. Now that I can't win this game, I will be far behind the original plan at home, so they will definitely not be willing to win.

"Since it's a defensive counterattack, each of us must have enough patience. For us, a point is acceptable, but the opponents are different. This is our psychological advantage, so we must play more patiently, especially when the scene is stalemate, we must stay calm."

"Our top priority in the second half is defense. Uzbekistan's left offensive advantage is very obvious..."

Uzbekistan's offense mainly involves two wing lanes, focusing on attacking the opponent's wing lanes and ribs. This strategy ensures that they can win against Syria and Qatar before, but the offensive routine is a bit too single and lacks effective changes.

In the second round of Qatar, Uzbekistan was defeated in the opponent's targeted defense. He made a twelve cross but failed. In the third round of the Iran team, the latter also adopted the same blockade tactic, resulting in Uzbekistan's sixteen crosses not succeeding.

More importantly, when playing against Qatar and Iran, Uzbekistan had few corner kicks, but relatively many free kicks. Although midfielder Heinrich is not the main player of the team, he is a crucial part of the free kick tactics. His free kick footing method is the key, which is why Heinrich frequently plays as a substitute in the second half, but can become Uzbekistan's current number one scorer.

However, in this game, Heinrich and Ismerov were suspended for accumulating yellow cards.

This is undoubtedly a great benefit to the Chinese team.

Gao Han had already instilled all targeted tactics into the players during the preparation period. By this time, he had no more attention.

Compared with Iran and South Korea, Uzbekistan is indeed not that strong, and has advantages, but its disadvantages are also obvious.

Gao Han firmly believes that as long as the team can strictly implement his tactics and as long as the international players themselves do not make mistakes, there is no problem in holding the second half, and this is the limit he can achieve as a head coach.

After all, he cannot play in the game instead of players, and he does not have the strength to play.

"What I want to tell you is that I was like you who didn't score a goal in the first half, and I feel very regretful, but you must remember that we must defend the second half, especially at the beginning, we must hold on to me."

Gao Han's eyes swept over every player very seriously, and finally fell on Ren Xing's body. However, Gao Han said nothing, just nodded heavily, as if saying, I believe you will definitely not disappoint me.

Ren Xing nodded heavily, and he knew how important his position was.

Although Uzbekistan is strong on the left and weak on the right, it is difficult to guarantee that the opponent will not attack on the left.

Gao Han obviously had this concern, so he specifically reminded Feng Xiaoting and Hao Junmin to pay attention to the third midfielder in the second half to adopt parallel positions to protect both wings and ribs.

"Everyone, as long as we hold the goal in the second half, I promise that Uzbekistan will make mistakes and they will make mistakes. At that time, we will have hope to seize their mistakes and defeat them in one fell swoop!"
Chapter completed!