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Chapter 590 Difficult situation

On June 2002, 6, the penultimate matchup of the quarter-finals of this World Cup began. The two teams facing each other were the Chinese team and the Japanese team.

The head coach of this Japanese team is still the "White Wizard" Troussier. Under the leadership of this Frenchman, this Japanese team holds high the banner of offense, and at the same time emphasizes team cooperation and technology. It is a team with its own characteristics. In the group stage, they drew with the European "Red Devils" Belgium team, defeated Russia and Tunisia. Although the team's striker lacks dominant players, the Japanese team's midfielder But it is full of talents. Players such as Hidetoshi Nakata, Junichi Inamoto, Shunsuke Nakamura and Nobuo Ono are outstanding. Although only Hidetoshi Nakata in the team played for Parma in Serie A, it has to be admitted that this Japanese team The team's midfield strength is still very strong.

Facing the Chinese team, Troussier did not adopt a special style of play, but still used the midfield diamond-shaped 442 lineup in the group stage. Troussier hopes to use the advantage of the midfield to control the rhythm of the game and suppress The Chinese team's offense, but Troussier still made a special arrangement for Liu Han. He did not use a full-back with a strong assist ability, but let Matsuda Naoki and Morioka Ryuzo, who are excellent in defense, serve as full-backs so that To flank Liu Han when necessary, it can be said that Troussier completely put his hope in the midfield in this game. After all, their striker is really not very good. , while the other strikers lack enough impact to threaten the Chinese team's defense.

For the Chinese team, Horton has changed quite a lot. First, the lineup adopts 352. The position of Yang Pu and Wu Chengying has been mentioned as a full-back position. Liu Han is still in the center, with Li Tie in the back midfielder, Zhang Xiaorui in the front midfielder, and Zhang Yuning's partner in the front line. , This lineup completely copied the Brazilian team's routine, and the combination of an old man and a new one on the front line is to restrain the Japanese team's defense through impact. After all, the Japanese team's defense line defense ability is average.

Liu Han was at the front of the team wearing the captain's armband. Behind him were Chinese team players with firm faces and Japanese team players who were not without envy. Many people in the Japanese team regarded Liu Han as their idol. They not only envied Liu Han Han Tianci's physical fitness is also envious of Liu Han's legendary life experience. Liu Han, who is comparable to the protagonist of comics, has many supporters in Japan.

When the Chinese team walked into the Sendai World Cup Stadium wearing the traditional red jersey, there was a lot of cheers in the stadium. On the one hand, the cheers came from the Chinese and ethnic Chinese living in Japan, and on the other hand, from many Liu Han supporters.

With a whistle from the referee Frings from Germany, the game officially started.

The Japanese team kicked off first, they passed the ball back to the backcourt, and then slowly advanced through the midfield pass. As the host, their style of play was quite cautious.

Compared with the Japanese team, the Chinese team seemed to be much more proactive. After the formation unfolded, the players of the Chinese team quickly ran into place, and the players in the midfield began to press the Japanese team on the spot. Compared with the Japanese team, The group stage of the Chinese team ended on June [-], so they had to rest one day more than the Japanese team.

Although the Chinese team's pressing is very active, it has to be admitted that the cooperation of the Japanese team this time is indeed very tacit, and the players' foot skills are also very good.

The players of this Japanese team were basically born when the Japanese economy was rising day by day, so their living conditions were pretty good since they were young. In addition, Japan has been actively learning football from Brazil since the 80s, so their players have accepted it since they were young. Professional football training and technical football training make the players of the Japanese team appear more calm when facing the pressing of the Chinese team.

Liu Han did not rush to the front court immediately after the start of the game, but has been hovering around the middle circle. He felt that this Japanese team was very different from the Japanese Olympic team at the Sydney Olympics. In the first National Olympic team, the physical fitness and game experience of the Japanese team players are much stronger. In the one-on-one with the Chinese team players, the Japanese team players did not fall behind, and even had a slight upper hand.

As the game progressed, the Japanese team began to attack boldly. Although Nakata Hidetoshi completely disappeared under Liu Han's deliberate defense, the Japanese team's two full-backs Shunsuke Nakamura and Shinji Ono were extremely active.

In the 7th minute of the game, the Japanese team organized a relatively good attack. Jun Inamoto broke through Zhang Xiaorui with the ball and then approached the right of the Chinese team. Shinji Ono also immediately went straight to the right of the Chinese team. The defense of the Chinese team began Shifting to his left, Junichi Inamoto, who was dribbling the ball, suddenly made a diagonal pass to Shunsuke Nakamura on the left. After receiving the ball, the latter suddenly cut inside. Falling to the ground, the referee of the German team immediately blew his whistle. In fact, Yangpu hit the ball first, but after all, it is the home court of the Japanese team, so the referee's whistle is acceptable.

However, just when Yang Pu got up and was about to retreat to defend, the referee drew out a yellow card to Yang Pu. This yellow card was a bit too much anyway. After all, the game started less than 10 minutes ago, and Yang Pu's tackle action was not good. not big.

"Sir, this penalty is inaccurate, our player touched the football first."

As the captain, Liu Han came to the referee to protest after stopping his teammates who rushed forward to argue with the referee.

"Liu, I don't think there is a problem with my penalty. Please go back to the game, otherwise I will think that you are deliberately delaying the game."

What Liu Han didn't expect was that the referee's attitude was extremely tough, and he even threatened Liu Han. Given Liu Han's status in world football, few referees dare to be so tough now.

Liu Han realized that something was wrong. The Japanese’s overtures before the game really had bad intentions. Their “enthusiasm and thoughtfulness” made the Chinese team a little careless. As the host of this World Cup, the Japanese team naturally has a huge advantage, but No one would have thought that the Japanese would be as "shameless" as the Koreans.

Liu Han, who protested to no avail and received threats, chose to compromise on the surface, but he began to calm down in his heart. At the same time, he was also thinking about how to deal with the next situation. A yellow card on the back of Yangpu is very important for the Chinese team. Unfavorable, not only the attack on the right will be restricted, but Yangpu must also pay attention to his actions in defense.

The next free kick of the Japanese team did not directly attack the goal. Shunsuke Nakamura passed the ball into the penalty area of ​​the Chinese team and caused some confusion. Li Weifeng cleared the ball out of the penalty area with a big kick.

Although no goals were conceded, the yellow card in less than 10 minutes of the game still cast a shadow over the situation of the Chinese team. Anyone with a discerning eye can see the difficulties that the Chinese team will face next.

(End of this chapter)