The sixth professional football player who started with Manchester United

Chapter 125 The third round

When the outside world is analyzing the qualifying situation of each group, the second round of all eight groups is also over. During this period of time, Wales is conducting closed training, so some disturbances from the outside world did not interfere with him.

The time soon came to November 6th.

The two games in the third round of Group A will start at 5pm at the same time with the whistle blowing.

At [-] o'clock in the afternoon, the bus of the Welsh team arrived at the Pernambuco Arena, and then under the leadership of Koeman, the players quickly entered the stadium. Facing the reporter's interview, the Welsh team also refused.

Players from both sides then entered the court for adaptive training.

Then, with nearly five or 10 minutes before the start of the game, the two sides returned to the locker room again for final arrangement and mobilization.

"Hello, audience friends. Welcome to one of the third round matches of Group A of the 20th World Cup explained by Mr. He Wei and I. Today, the two matches of this group will start at the same time. The first game was Mexico vs. Wales. To be honest, after two rounds of this group, I guess no one would have expected the current ranking. After two rounds, Wales is ranked first. Teacher He has thought about this the situation?"

"No, to be honest, I dare not think about it. When the grouping of this World Cup was determined, it was said that Brazil should be the safe group No. [-], because in terms of the strength of the team's lineup alone, there is no such thing as Brazil in this group. The opponent's, but what I didn't expect was that the host, as the favorite to win the championship, ended up with two consecutive draws."

"Actually, judging from the current ranking situation, Wales can qualify as long as they draw in this game. On the contrary, Mexico is a bit unstable. If they want to qualify safely, it is best to beat Wales. If they draw, then It depends on the situation in Brazil."

"Yes, so this is likely to affect the tactical arrangements of the two sides after the opening."

"Hey, we just got the starting lineups of the two teams for this game. Let's first introduce the starting lineup of the two teams tonight. Let's look at Mexico first. Coach Herrera's ranking is still the same as the previous two games. Mexico's commonly used formation in the game, a 532 formation, the goalkeeper is Ochoa, the defense line is Aguilar, Rodriguez, Marquez, Moreno, Layun, the midfielder is Herrera, Vazquez And Guardado, the forwards are Dos Santos and Peralta. Most of the current Mexican players play in the Mexican local league. The real core players in the team should be Dos Santos and Guar Too much."

"Yes, dos Santos played for Villarreal last season, and Guardado started last season at Valencia and later moved to Bayer Leverkusen in the Bundesliga."

"Let's take a look at Wales' starting lineup today. It seems that Koeman still has some ideas about this game and did not adjust the lineup. He still chose the same lineup and formation as the previous two games. This shows that Koeman did not We did not choose to adjust the lineup just because we currently have the advantage, which is a relatively safe choice.”

Just as the two were discussing some comparisons of the match lineups of both sides, the starting players of both sides also came to the player tunnel, and soon walked out of the player tunnel under the leadership of the referee Irmatov from Uzbekistan.

It seems that there are more Welsh fans at the scene today. Nearly 5000 Welsh fans came to the scene today, so when players from both sides entered the stadium, the momentum of the Welsh fans in the stadium also overwhelmed each other. fan.

Deafening cheers echoed throughout the stadium.

After the short pre-match process, the starting players of both sides also stood in their positions and waited for the start of the game.

Soon the time came to five o'clock in the afternoon local time.

As Irmatov blew the whistle, the match between the two sides officially began.

Today, Wales is the home team, wearing a red jersey. As the whistle blows, Kanu pushes the ball at his feet to the backcourt, and Wales takes the lead.

However, after the opening game, Wales was not in a hurry to attack. Just as Duan Xuan and He Wei analyzed, Wales is currently taking the initiative, and they don't need to rush to meet the opponent's bayonet.

With a large number of backward passes, Wales also tried its best to slow down the rhythm.

In the first 10 minutes, Mexico did not increase its intensity. It seemed that they wanted to test the opponent's details. However, after 10 minutes, Mexico could not stand it anymore. After all, they were at a disadvantage in the situation.

Then slowly Mexico began to push the formation forward, and the offensive momentum became more and more fierce.

The two full-backs of the five backs also slowly moved their positions forward, basically being in the middle of a full-back and a full-back. Immediately, Mexico's formation changed from the original 532 to a 352 attack formation.

After Koeman saw the changes in his opponent on the sidelines, he shouted to Dabao on the court in time, and then made a gesture after attracting Dabao's attention.

After receiving the message from the head coach, Dabao also began to convey the new instructions to his teammates. Immediately, Wales began to withdraw its formation. In addition, it also began to invest in the midfield in terms of defense, and the intensity of the defense was also higher than that of the previous 10 minutes. Much stronger.

Dabao's main target today is Dos Santos, one of the opponent's forwards.

In the 13th minute of the game, the two sides collided head-on for the first time. Dos Santos retreated to meet his midfielder. Dabao also followed the opponent inseparably. Then Santos received a pass from his teammate and Dabao directly posted it. Seeing the opponent's flexibility, Dabao was careful when he posted it, and his center of gravity was not pushed forward.

Sure enough, Santos felt Dabao approaching the moment he caught the ball, and then he knocked the ball with his heel, and then turned around flexibly in an attempt to pass the ball.

But the result of the fact is that the ball passed but the person did not.

Dabao quickly completed the turn the moment he saw the opponent's movement, and his prediction of the opponent was also very good, so when Santos completed the turn, he directly hit a wall.

There is a big difference in the bodies of the two. Santos, who is 1.7 meters [-] in height, was directly brought down to the ground by the force of the rebound.

And Dabao's body didn't even shake.

Dabao, who accelerated to catch up with the football, didn't even look at Santos who fell to the ground. After catching up with the football, he handed the ball to Ledley on one side.

(End of this chapter)