After time travel, I can only beat up the national football team

Chapter 198: What rank is the Macau team in?

Zhang Desheng's outburst that he couldn't hold back in the first half not only greatly boosted the morale of his teammates, but also made the Japanese players start to feel fear.

Although this breakthrough failed to complete the goal, from the perspective of a Japanese player, it was so desperate!

They almost used a suicidal approach to defend Mr. Zhang, but after guarding for half the game, they were suddenly told - he can still tear you apart at any time if he wants to!

Originally, many Japanese players, including Japanese fans, felt that Zico's defensive arrangement against Zhang Desheng was too extreme.

No matter how powerful he is, can he defeat a team by himself every time?

But now they know that Zhang Desheng can really do it. This monster once again proved this with a desperate performance after the Asian Cup.

How to play in the second half?

It seems impossible for them to defeat this god-like being on the football field!

Zico said: I don’t know what to do anymore!

He was so frightened by the last hit of the first half that he almost peed his pants!

Although the Japanese team is not very strong in his eyes, is it still too much to be played like this by you?

I couldn’t do it back then!

Tsuneyasu Miyamoto and Makoto Wada are less than 1.8 meters tall, but their physical fitness and defensive ability are stronger than Koji Nakata at this time. If they are sent up, they can at least barely keep up with the rhythm.

This is also a characteristic of the Japanese team's players in Europe. Basically, except for Hidetoshi Nakata in the past few years and Shunsuke Nakamura in the past two years, the rest are playing soy sauce roles in Europe.

Today, the Japanese players faced the Macau team's proactive pressure in the frontcourt and high-position pressing tactics, and it was already difficult for the Japanese players to attack.

After the 70th minute of the second half, Zico saw that his team was unable to equalize the score. He had no choice but to risk using young forward Keiji Tamada to replace Koji Nakata, who had already received a yellow card. , ready to change to 3-4-3 to give it a try.

However, after Zhang Desheng joined the defense and frequently commanded, the Macau players immediately had a backbone, and they began to develop an active and increasingly stable defense around Zhang Desheng.

This phenomenon is easy to understand. After all, in addition to the fact that oneself and opponents can clearly perceive the decline in ability, both the media and the fans are definitely delayed in their perception.

The most uncomfortable thing is that although Zhang Desheng's defensive skills are average, his shots are ridiculously accurate, fast and fierce, and his prediction of incoming and outgoing balls is also very good. This makes Hidetoshi Nakata as if he was being beaten by the Tathagata Buddha's Five Fingers Mountain. It's like it's covered.

This is also a real core role. As long as Zhang Desheng stands on the court, the players of the Macau team will have confidence and can naturally show above-average performance.

They now have a one-goal lead, so there is no need to use an attacking formation anymore. In the second half, they will directly defend and counterattack!

But the biggest problem is that the two useless forwards wasted too many opportunities.

That's right, he spent the second half specifically to defend the guy who is still called "the number one player in Japanese football" by the Japanese media!

Now, under the leadership of Mr. Zhang, the Macau players have become more focused on details and overall cooperation in the second half. This has caused the midfielder led by Shunsuke Nakamura to encounter more and more troubles.

This scene reminded Chinese fans of Yang Chen in the World Cup. The Japanese team's main forward in Hamburg looked exactly the same!

This is because the defensive end requires very high physical and experience requirements for players, but the offensive end relies more on talent and a flash of inspiration. This is also the current strength and weakness of the Macau team.

After all, this is the first real giant in Asian football. Even if he is abused, he will not be ashamed.

But when Hamburg's main forward faced Kong Xiaochuan in the penalty area, he didn't dare to try to get past the goalkeeper. He didn't even dare to make more moves. He shot too hastily, and as expected, the shot missed.

But the Japanese fans did not call him a waste because of this. Instead, they encouraged him not to be discouraged and to stand up quickly and continue sending!

However, others did not receive such good treatment, especially the midfielders who began to have difficulty delivering cannonballs in the second half, and the frontcourt, which had fewer and fewer opportunities but was still wasting them.

The most impressive scene for Chinese fans in the first half was the Japanese team's most threatening counterattack. At that time, Niu Zhanshan had already been passed by Naotai Takahara to form a one-on-one shot.

This change of formation made the Japanese team's counterattack in the second half very difficult, especially when Zhang Gongzi also retreated to participate in the defense. Even though his defensive skills were still not very good, with his overwhelming physical fitness and unique tackle skills, Nakata was still able to defeat Nakata. Yingshou was shoved and screamed!

After the game restarted in the second half, the Macau team changed their formation to 4-5-1.

At the same time, Liao Qimin also replaced the midfielder Zhang Yalin, who was in average form, with Zhang Yalin, who performed well in the Chinese Super League last season. This is to prepare for a double midfielder lineup.

This is mainly because the defensive quality of the Macau team has gradually improved. They were not stronger defensively than the Japanese team, and were even slightly weaker. What makes this Macau team stronger than the Japanese team is actually their offense.

The Japanese players continued to attack for 20 minutes in the second half, but apart from allowing Thiago to almost score a goal through counterattack, they did not really threaten the goal guarded by Kong Xiaochuan.

Even Zhang Desheng was surprised by this. Although Naotai Takahara and Shoshi Daikoku were not big players in Europe, they were considered first-rate in Asia.

Therefore, this substitution is of no use. There is not much difference in combat power between the forwards of the Japanese team.

Zico also felt that these two people wasted too many opportunities, so he replaced Daikoku Masashi at halftime with Atsushi Yanagisawa, who played soybean for the Serie A team "Mesina".

In addition, the price paid by the Japanese team in order to defend Zhang Desheng was indeed too high. Not only was its own offense affected, but the key point was that it was impossible to defend against such a defense!

First of all, there was a problem with Zico's employment. In order to increase his height against the Macau team, which had stronger aerial capabilities, he sent out the only two central defenders in the team who were over 1.80 meters tall.

The most desperate thing deep in Zico's heart is that he originally went to the sky to boast about Zhang's victory in order to highlight himself.

But to be honest, in the first half, except for Zhang Gongzi’s final outburst, which was really helpless, the Japanese team’s biggest problem still lies in the performance and tactics of the players.

But at this time, he was shocked to discover: He was not wrong? People are really at this level! But the problem is that Zico knew very well that he would never reach this level back then, so wouldn’t it be me who became the clown?

During the halftime break, commentators and guests from various Japanese TV stations were all racking their brains to make suggestions for the home team.

But today, the performance of these two people is no different from that of the Chinese team's trash snacks. The Japanese team's striker is basically a replica of the Chinese team's performance in the World Cup three years ago.

In the eyes of Japanese media and fans, Hidetoshi Nakata is still the number one player in Japanese football, including his status as one of the two core players in the team.

This extreme adjustment is not without effect. Keiji Tamada, who is excellent in dribbling and very fast, created a scoring opportunity just two minutes after playing.

Nakata Hidetoshi himself was a little desperate because Zhang Desheng was obviously much taller than him, but his steps were more flexible than him, his movement speed was faster than him, and his explosive power was incomparable after his physical fitness declined. So physically he was eaten to death.

He used obviously faster and more flexible movement than Niu Zhanshan, took advantage of Zhou Ting's opportunity to cover the position, got into the penalty area, and got a shot from a small angle, but it was a serious one-shot opportunity.

So Hidetoshi Nakata's performance has declined, and everyone just wonders if he is injured? Could it have something to do with the team's tactics? Could it be because of too much fatigue?

Now that Hidetoshi Nakata is facing Mr. Zhang, there will be even more excuses to attack.

It is difficult to quickly change people's inherent impressions accumulated over the years. Besides, even if a player declines, it will not be like a free fall. A-shares will also become popular during the holidays.

Therefore, less than ten minutes after the start of the second half, Hidetoshi Nakata was defended by Mr. Zhang in a panic.

But the two have height, but their speed and agility are far behind. Koji Nakata is ranked last among the Japanese team's defenders.

Chinese fans ridiculed them as all face-saving projects sponsored by Japanese companies. At least at this stage, this is true. There are many similar situations in South Korea.

However, Keiji Tamada has good passing and control skills and is very fast, but his shooting ability is very average and is still not among the top in Asia.

At the same time, Kong Xiaochuan had been pushed to 84 by the forwards of the Japanese team, and his condition was on fire!

So facing this low shot with good strength but limited angle, he used a beautiful fall to the ground and stretched his legs to the limit to block the ball from the baseline.

This made the 70,000 Japanese fans at the scene so angry that they beat their chests and feet. Keiji Tamada even knelt on the ground and slapped the turf in annoyance!

But Kong Xiaochuan was even more excited. His 84 combat power had already turned red on Zhang Desheng's system, and there was a special flame effect on his name.

This flame naturally represents his hot state at this time, and the red name means that he is hitting the next level.

That's right, the Japanese team actually fed Kong Xiaochuan to the critical point where he could break through.

If the small book continues to feed like this, Kong Xiaochuan may really break through to the mid-8 series.

Of course, the probability of this breakthrough is not very high, because Kong Xiaochuan's talent is not yet at the level of a true genius.

So even in this kind of "one battle to become a god" level competition, he would have to attack at least several times before he has a chance to break through.

But this kind of opportunity is rare. It must first be at the intercontinental level or at the championship level of each continent. Then the opponent must be a strong team of the same level or higher. At this time, you still have to perform amazingly, preferably with the ability to turn the tide and help the team win; only by combining so many elements into one can you meet the conditions for a breakthrough and be considered a god in one battle.

Therefore, Mr. Zhang is very eager to play against these powerful Asian teams. Whether his boys can break through quickly and how much talent they can finally realize depends on the sacrifice of themselves and others in these teams.

Doesn’t the Chinese team often play this role? Which of those Asian stars were not chased and fed by the Chinese team?

Now the tide has turned. How much talent the talents of the Macau team can realize depends on the help of strong Asian teams such as Japan, South Korea, and Australia.

Today's Japanese team was very generous. After the next corner kick was taken, Kong Xiaochuan took it directly. This time, his name became even redder.

Naturally, the Japanese team didn't know how many good things they had done. They continued to attack with all their might, and even took away some of the manpower defending Mr. Zhang.

Zico also knows that it is too easy to be caught and counterattacked when playing like this, but in this format, the difference between losing one and losing two is not big.

They must find a way to get at least one point at home. Otherwise, if they can't even defend their home court, they will really be in danger of death in this death group!

The Japanese team finished in the top 16 of the last World Cup. If he doesn't even make it out of Asia this time, someone might hand him a knife.

In the 77th minute of the second half, the Japanese team, which started to involve full-backs in the attack, finally broke through Kong Xiaochuan's goal through Junichi Inamoto's shot from the penalty spot.

However, just as the 70,000 Japanese fans at the scene were cheering thunderously, the referee's gesture of invalidating the goal immediately filled the entire "Yokohama International Arena" with the sound of "Haga".

Junichi Inamoto couldn't accept this and stepped forward to loudly question the referee - there were a large group of Macau players in front of him when he received the ball. How could this be offside?

The referee did not hesitate to draw a yellow card warning - because according to the new rules, although Inamoto Junichi was not offside when he received the ball, if his teammate was in an offside position and obviously benefited, he could also be called offside based on the actual situation. A penalty was made to disallow the goal.

At this time, judging from the slow-motion replay, when Junichi Inamoto received the ball just now, two of the three forwards of the Japanese team were in an offside position.

There is actually no problem with this, but the problem is that their movements and positions obviously interfere with the goalkeeper's judgment and vision.

Kong Xiaochuan had to focus on them at that time, so he failed to react to Junichi Inamoto's shot.

So this penalty was invalid, and it was definitely a faultless penalty.

Barcelona was whistled off such a goal in the Champions League last season!

Of course, if the penalty goal is valid, then there is nothing you can do about the referee.

But this time the referee was obviously not bribed by anyone, and he decisively ruled that the goal was invalid, causing fans all over Japan to yell "black whistle"!

At this time, the Japanese didn’t know whether they had heard a sentence: If you survive a catastrophe, you will be blessed later!

After the Macau team escaped the disaster, they soon got an excellent chance to score.

But this opportunity has little to do with Mr. Zhang. He had a strong presence on the defensive end in the second half, but was almost invisible on the offensive end.

This time, Yang Feng, who had just come on, stepped in from the left wing. This Porto substitute full-back is not good at defense, but his speed and dribbling are very good. He passed the ball long into the backcourt with his left foot. , and are very good at passing from bottom to top. This time, his high-speed rimming made the Japanese team's defense very hesitant. Nakazawa Yuji, who happened to come to help defend, hesitated for a moment and had no choice but to give up surrounding Zhang Desheng and follow up to prevent Yang Feng from getting the ball.

But after Yuji Nakazawa was pulled out, the Japanese team's relatively three-dimensional defense immediately lost a fulcrum.

Zhang Desheng's on-court reading ability is much better than Li Wei's, and he immediately cut to the spot where the Japanese team's position was vulnerable without the ball.

The Japanese team's defense was seriously disturbed, and Shen Yi immediately gave the ball to Yang Feng, who was on the wing.

Yang Feng's eyes lit up after he got the ball, because the Japanese team's defensive formation had been pulled to the middle by Zhang Desheng. As long as he broke through Yuji Nakazawa in front of him, there would be a large open space in front of him.

And this Nakazawa Yuji is not a speed player, so Yang Feng, who is dribbling the ball at high speed, immediately makes a bold pass to pass the ball, and directly uses his speed to forcefully overtake from the outside!

Yuji Nakazawa is one of the few tall and powerful central defenders in Japan, but his mobility is indeed average, even in Asia.

But Yang Feng's speed is considered to be top-notch even in Europe, so the visual impact of these two people's one-on-one is too strong, especially Yang Feng's separation of man and ball is really something that can only be seen at a high level. Only in the major leagues can you see the feeling of "eating" your opponents alive like lightning.

After Nakazawa Yuji was humiliatingly eaten alive, the Japanese team's defense line that had been pulled away by Mr. Zhang was instantly penetrated by Yang Feng.

At this time, from an overhead perspective, there are still several Japanese players surrounding Zhang Desheng, and they are passively following him into the penalty area.

But at the same time, off-camera, Zhu Biao began to accelerate from the backcourt and perform a back cover, while Thiago gave up his position and also penetrated into the penalty area.

If Li Xiaobo also rushes to the penalty area to assist, the Japanese team's defense is completely in chaos. For a time, it is the Japanese team that has a numerical disadvantage, because most of their defense is still contained by Zhang Desheng.

Yang Feng did not pass the ball into the penalty area at this time, but passed it to Shen Yi who was receiving the ball outside the penalty area.

Zhang Desheng and Li Xiaobo had already rushed into the small penalty area. Just as the Japanese players were becoming more and more at a loss, Shen Yi suddenly sent the ball to the right.

Is this passed to Zhu Biao from behind?

No, this is a through ball to Thiago!

The moment Thiago passed the ball from Shen Yi, he used his short-distance explosive power second only to Zhang Desheng to get rid of the three defenders and rushed outside the small penalty area on the right side in an instant.

And football was also introduced to him at this time.

"Well done!"

Thiago couldn't help but praise in his heart. Shen Yi passed the ball with such high quality that he didn't have to stop the ball when he ran in front of him. He only had to kick the ball in front of him.

Of course, he still didn't aim specifically when shooting, nor did he observe Kawaguchi's positioning, he still kicked hard based on feeling!

This somewhat unlucky shooting method has always been a shortcoming that has hindered him from going further. It is also the reason why he missed two of his three shots today, and once made Kawaguchi Noomi's chest hurt.

But this time, his shot finally worked wonders.

Kawaguchi was able to survive only to feel a strong wind blowing past his ears. He could even feel a tearing sensation caused by the strong wind, which shows how powerful the ball was.

If it gets to your face, you won't be able to survive.

But precisely because the speed of the ball was so fast and the shooting distance was so close, even if Kawaguchi could reach it by raising his hand, he still couldn't even raise his hand.

"The ball is in!"

"The main striker of the Macau team, Thiago, who is of Chinese and Portuguese descent!"

"He completed the goal with a powerful volley from close range, and the famous Japanese player Nori Kawaguchi had no reaction!"

"But in addition to Thiago's fierce shooting, the sharp breakthrough of 20-year-old Yang Feng is undoubtedly a display of speed and skill, and Shen Yi's passing is a perfect release of wisdom and imagination!"

"The Japanese team's defense did not make any mistakes, but the Macau team's perfect collective performance broke all the Japanese team's protection, pressure, and balance!"

"..."

At this time, CCTV's commentary was exaggerating the Macau team to the sky, but what the Chinese fans didn't know was that at this time, the Japanese commentator even boasted even more powerfully, and the words he used were even more impeccable!

They have no choice but to make the Macau team strong enough to make their defeat look less embarrassing!

After the Macau team scored this goal, the Japanese team's defeat was completely irreversible.

Their desperate gamble ended up causing them to lose completely again!

"Oh, these teammates of mine all have their own characteristics, but they also all have flaws!"

At this time, one person was involved in nearly half of the defense, and Mr. Zhang actually took the lion's share of the credit. When he went to celebrate the goal with his teammates, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Shen Yi's overall view and passing and controlling ability are indeed good, but like Shunsuke Nakamura, he lacks physical fitness, especially the ability to break forward.

Li Xiaobo has height, strategy and intelligence, but his foot skills and physical confrontation, including shooting skills, can only be played in Asia.

Tu Guangtai has solid defense, strong interception ability, and abundant physical fitness, but his offensive ability, explosive speed, and physical confrontation can only have a certain degree of dominance in Asia.

Levi has good foot skills and excellent dribbling, but lacks explosive power and shooting accuracy.

Thiago is explosive and confrontational, and his dribbling is not bad, but he lacks shooting ability and technical sophistication, especially his composure and dynamic vision.

The new batch of good seedlings such as Zhu Biao, Ma Zhenguo, Wang Zhen, and Yang Feng have relatively fewer flaws, but they are too young, that is, their combat power and experience are far less than this batch of relatively new ones. Veterans.

When Zhang Desheng thinks about taking these teammates who have great skills but also obvious shortcomings to compete with the strong teams from Europe and South America, he can only show a hint of it. Smiling bitterly.

In the 77th minute of the second half, the Macau team led 2:0, and the victory or defeat was decided!

Zico still wanted to struggle a little more, so he made the final substitution adjustment on the sidelines, using Mitsuo Ogasawara to replace Shinji Ono, who had a mediocre performance today.

But this new-generation Japanese midfielder, whom Zico had coached in the J-League, naturally couldn't find any good opportunities when facing the Macau team's more retracted defense after 2-0.

One of the reasons why this Japanese team is not as good as the Korean team in Zhang Desheng's eyes is that they lack a star who can really break the game!

If it were Hidetoshi Nakata three years ago, he would still be considered one.

But the current Japanese team is really not as good as South Korea and Iran in terms of hard power, and it is not easy to play against the powerful Saudi Arabia. They are really likely to be eliminated in this group!

Liao Qimin also mobilized his troops in the final period. In the 79th minute of the second half, he replaced Li Xiaobo with speed striker Yan Song, preparing to use him and Thiago to form a double arrow of counterattack.

This substitution was beyond Zico's expectations. Liao Qimin did not replace a defender or defensive midfielder to strengthen defense, but replaced him with a speedy winger?

At this time, except for Zhang Desheng, probably no one would have thought that the difference between the Macau team and the Japanese team was the "head coach".

Zico was definitely a historical superstar in his playing days. Although calling him a quasi-ball king is a bit flattering, it is not too much.

However, in the coaching era, Zico was mediocre.

The reason why he can always find decent jobs is mainly because he relied on his reputation as a player to receive invitations from third-world football teams, such as Japan, which is crazy about Brazilian football.

Mr. Zhang's system also evaluates the head coach's ability, so he knows that Liao Qimin's coaching ability has reached 82 at this time, but Zico has just reached 80.

The most important thing is that Liao Qimin's upper limit has reached 89, but Zico's upper limit is only 84.

This is also the reason why he will not change the head coach easily. After all, Milu, who has been at his peak in recent years, has a coaching ability of 87 to 89 in his system, and Liao Qimin's future limit has the opportunity to grow to Milu's level at this time. level, which is naturally enough for the Macau team.

Of course, Milu's potential is still higher than Liao Qimin.

But the problem is that both the head coach and the players are the same. Most of them cannot perfectly realize their potential, and there will be times when they perform abnormally.

Milu will occasionally make mistakes, and in these games, his coaching ability will drop below 70.

Zico made a lot of mistakes in his formation today, and his adaptability in the second half was also very poor. At this time, the real-time coaching ability displayed by the system has dropped to 65.

But today, Liao Qimin actually surpassed Zico in both his pre-game arrangements and his weak on-the-spot arrangements. Especially after replacing Yan Song, the effect was immediate.

In the 83rd minute of the second half, the Macau team found the fast Yan Song in the counterattack.

Yan Song's performance and growth in the Macau team are better than in his original position. At this time, he has grown into a typical Asian fish pond king.

There are several such players in Asia every year. They cannot perform at their normal level in Europe, but they can perform at their best in Asia.

What Yan Song is best at in the past few seasons is naturally his speed. Regardless of whether he cuts inside or makes a hard pass, he has entered the fish king period in Asian football at this stage.

And his specialty, when everyone's physical strength declined in the second half, naturally made the Japanese team's defense easily pierced like a piece of tofu.

This time Kaji Liang had no choice but to use a red card to prevent Yan Song's counterattack from scoring. However, the Japanese team, fighting with 10 men, completely lost the possibility of a comeback.

In the end, after the Macau team wasted several counterattack opportunities, the 2-0 score remained unchanged until the end.

"The ability of both sides to seize opportunities is not very good!"

In addition to defense in the second half, Zhang Desheng also let his teammates take the lead on the offensive end.

But although the result was a goal, the process still left him unsatisfied.

Their problem is actually similar to the Japanese team, that is, the ability of the forward players to seize opportunities is too poor, and the midfielders also lack sufficient hard-hitting ability, both of which are the key to a team fighting tough battles.

Of course, it's not like they didn't show their strengths.

The Macau team's defense is not outstanding, but its stability is pretty good and it rarely makes serious mistakes. And they have sufficient reserve strength. They will not fail to deal with opponents with various specialties. Their overall strength is already considered to be the fourth level, and they are improving very quickly.

In addition, their midfielder is also good at passing and controlling, and their defense is not a shortcoming. Their overall ability can even barely reach the level of the third-rate end.

Therefore, the Macau team at this time has a midfielder who is at the bottom of the third-rate team in the world, a defense who is at the top of the fourth-rate team in the world and has a lot of room for improvement, and a striker who is also at the level of a fourth-level team except Zhang Gongzi (World Cup team). Divided into four levels).

But there is a huge variable here, that is, as long as Zhang Gongzi, a three-body man, is serious, then he alone can be more terrifying than the entire front line of any team in the world. He alone is enough to make the Macau team The striker immediately jumped from the fourth level to the first level!

If we look at the strength of the entire team at this time, especially the potential...

"Okay, at least we can play for a while!"

Mr. Zhang shook his head mockingly when he thought of this. If the Macau team didn't have so many shortcomings, it wouldn't be able to portray him as a savior.

In fact, the problems he is struggling with now can only be solved by relying on "luck" to continue to discover outstanding newcomers and then make up for it bit by bit.

(End of this chapter)