The sixth professional football player who started with Manchester United

Chapter 129 Against Chile
Chile is actually not well-known among all the teams in South America. The best result in the history of the team in the World Cup was the third place in the World Cup held in Chile in 1962. All other teams participated in it before 98. The world results are all out of the group. In 94, he was fined by FIFA and banned from participating in all international competitions until he reached the top 1998 in the 16 World Cup.

After that, all the World Cups in 02 and 06 were absent, and then in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, Chile reached the top [-] again.

The biggest contributor to Chile's ability to reach the top 34 in this World Cup is Alexis Sanchez, who is currently playing for Barcelona. Last season was Sanchez's third season with Barcelona, ​​and he was also the most outstanding one. Last season, he played a total of 27 games for Barcelona, ​​including 19 starts, scoring a total of 10 goals and [-] assists.

In addition, in the Chilean team, Dabao is probably most familiar with Chile's midfielder Vidal. Vidal, who is currently playing for Juventus, and Dabao also played against each other last season.

Especially in the away game between Inter Milan and Juventus, I believe Vidal should be very impressed with Dabao.

At the same time, in the Chilean team, another striker, Vargas, also performed very well in this World Cup. He has scored one goal and assisted one time in the current three games. Vargas played for Valencia last season, and at the same time Central defender Medel is also playing in the five major leagues. Medel is currently playing for Cardiff City in the Premier League. However, some time ago, there were rumors that Inter Milan had taken a fancy to Medel, so maybe Dabao and Medel will be teammates next season. .

Another central defender, who is also the captain of the Chilean team, Francisco Silva, is currently also playing in La Liga, playing for Osasuna. At the same time, there is Chilean goalkeeper Bravo in La Liga, who also played for Real Sociedad last season. .

Koeman also attaches great importance to this game. He has been studying his opponents since the top [-] list. From Chile’s previous group matches, it is not difficult to see that Chile is a very traditional South American team. The team is strong in attack and weak in defense.

As time goes by, the knockout rounds of the top [-] are getting closer and closer.

The atmosphere of tension is getting increasingly intense among all teams.

"Mr. Koeman, are you looking for me?" At the end of the day's training, the assistant coach told Dabao that the head coach is welcome.

"Well, yes, Jack, sit down and talk."

"Why, sir, is something wrong?"

"No, no, no, I just want to talk to you about tomorrow's game, Jack. I hope you understand the arrow character who can kill the opponent. Do you know who it is?"

"I know. I've heard from them in the past two days, and I've checked the information."

"I will let you play as a free agent in tomorrow's game, which means you don't need to be fixed in the midfielder position. You not only have to keep an eye on Sanchez, but you also need to organize faster and more concisely when the team counterattacks. , we can’t spend too much time in the midfield, our skills at our feet are not as good as the opponent’s, so we must play faster and simpler, and this is exactly what you are best at, do you understand what I mean?”

"I see."

"Well, of course this will also be a big test for your physical strength, so you must be very clear on how to reasonably allocate your physical strength during the game. Of course, I believe you will be able to do it."

"Sir, don't worry, I will definitely work hard."

The time finally came on June 6, and the game between Wales and Chile will be played at two o'clock in the afternoon.

Both Wales and Chile arrived at the Minerand Arena two hours earlier.

The stadium in Belo Horizonte, the capital city of Minas Genes state, is home to Atlético Mineiro and Cruzeiro in the city, which is also Brazil's fourth largest.

As the first one-eighth knockout match of this World Cup, this game also attracted a lot of attention.

In the eyes of many fans, Wales is also a dark horse in this World Cup, and Chile, as a traditional strong team in South America, this game is also equivalent to a home game.

From the number of fans captured by the camera when the two sides arrived at the stadium, it can be seen that the number of fans wearing Chile jerseys is obviously much more than that of Wales.

After entering the stadium, both parties quickly came to the stadium to start adaptive training.

After adapting to the court and warming up, all players from both sides returned to the locker room for final mobilization and arrangements.

At this time, the stadium was almost full.

The Mineirao Arena, which can accommodate less than 6 people, looks at nearly 3 people wearing Chilean jerseys, while there are only more than 1 fans in Wales.

"Friends from the audience, friends from the fans, hello everyone, I am Duan Xuan, Mr. He Weihe and I are now at the Mineran Stadium in Belo Horizonte, the fourth largest city in Brazil. Less than an hour later, Ben The first round of [-] of the World Cup will start here. Today, Wales and Chile will face each other. Mr. He, many fans say that Wales is also a dark horse in this World Cup. What do you think? Is it accurate?”

"It's not accurate. If you look at the history of a single round of the World Cup, Wales is indeed a dark horse, but if you talk about the professional leagues in which players play, Wales basically plays in the Premier League, so I don't think there is any comparison."

"Then who do you think has a better chance of winning this game?"

"Let's open five to five. The strengths of both sides are very close. There are also players who play for giants in the team. It is even a coincidence that the giants of both teams are rivals in their respective leagues. For example, Bale plays for Real Madrid. , while Sanchez in Chile is playing for Barcelona, ​​while in the midfield, Dabao is at Inter Milan and Vidal is at Juventus."

"Don't talk about it, it's very interesting. The contest between two wingers in La Liga and the confrontation between two midfielders in Serie A is really an interesting coincidence."

At this time, the starting lists of both sides also came out.

Chile's head coach Sampaoli arranged a 5212 formation, with goalkeeper Bravo, two full-backs Isla and Mena, three central defenders Silva, Medel and Jara, and midfielder Dia. Si and Aranguiz appeared in the defensive midfielder position, Vidal took the central midfielder position, and the two forwards in front were Sanchez and Vargas.

From this formation, it can be seen that Sampaoli from Argentina is also a little afraid of Wales. After all, the two sides have never played against each other before, so Sampaoli also chose such a lineup tactic that can be adjusted at any time.

(End of this chapter)