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"Chile's formation looks like the back line is not very stable!"

the Brazilian commentator asked.

If facing a weak team, this formation is okay. The three defenders can draw out one player to increase the control of the midfielder, and at the same time, the midfielder can drive the frontcourt to launch the attack.

But the problem is, Chile’s opponent is Croatia!

Croatia, which has many breakthrough players and attackers such as Suker, Mandzukic, Rakitic, etc., has the possibility of taking off against the three defenders.

Especially Suker, who is on the wing. In Suker's club and national team competitions, any opponent who dares to put up a three-back formation in front of him will be dealt with miserably.

Of course, Chile also has its own ideas, which the Brazilian commentator does not know.

But in his opinion, this formation is indeed not stable enough.

"Chile wants to compete with us for midfield rhythm!"

Besic raised his eyebrows slightly.

Croatia has adopted a rhythm-grabbing formation in the midfield since the beginning of the group stage. Compared with counter-attacks, they play more of a pass and control game to control the initiative.

Chile naturally believes that this is Croatia's main style of play in this World Cup.

After all, since Spain swept the World Cup with passing control in 2010, many teams have become obsessed with this style of play, even to the extent of destroying their own traditional tactics to imitate and learn from it.

Germany in the future is the best proof of this!

Today's German team is quite restrained, but after this World Cup, Germany will move towards abandoning the traditional style of play and crazy pursuit of passing and control.

This also caused Germany to encounter an unprecedented Waterloo in the 2018 World Cup in Russia, and was directly eliminated in the group stage.

Chile believes that Croatia may be pursuing something of the same kind.

But what he doesn't know is that Croatia is a combination of multiple tactics. Their tactics are prepared according to different events, which does not mean that they can only play one tactic.

This is the reason for not understanding the essence of Croatia.

“Chile is finished!”

Seeing this scene, Kaka shook his head directly in the hotel where the Brazilian national team stayed.

He knew very well how terrifying Suk's impact was when facing three defenders.

Once Suker breaks through the midfield defense, the three defenders are almost useless.

Su Ke is a player who can play threatening offense when faced with a three-man defense.

As long as Croatia focuses on the attack on the left and allows Modric to retreat slightly and be mainly responsible for organization work, while Rakitic is responsible for delivering the ball and creating opportunities for Suker, then Croatia will have a much easier time.

Just as Kaká thought, after seeing this formation, Croatia formed a clear idea in their heads. They all had a clear idea of ​​how to play this formation, how to move, and how to cooperate with their teammates. concept.

Rakitic even gave a thumbs up to Suker.

‘It’s your show time! ’

Su Ke also nodded without hesitation. Since the stage was prepared, he would not be stingy about his performance.

Players from both sides stand on both sides of the court and the game is about to begin.

Chile is also nervously preparing for the game, especially Sanchez in the middle circle. He constantly takes deep breaths to adjust his emotions and become calmer.

There is pressure, and it's great.

After all, who dares to say that playing Croatia is without pressure.

But what they need to do now is overcome these pressures.

Beep! ! !

A sharp whistle sounded.

Sanchez took the ball decisively and immediately headed towards the Croatian half.

The Chilean midfielder also became active instantly. After Vidal received the ball, he continued to pass backwards and then ran to the next receiving position.

But in the process, he saw Croatian players passing him one after another and starting to attack their own half.

"High press!"

An idea immediately emerged in Vidal's mind.

He didn't think his midfielder could withstand Croatia's high press.

During the World Cup, many teams used high pressing, but the one that performed the best was undoubtedly the German team.

But one thing needs to be made clear: Croatia is the easiest to play with this set of tactics.

After all, they were once known as the 'Croatian track and field team', and every thief could run!

Sure enough, when Croatia began to form a purposeful pressing formation, it became very difficult for Chile to play the ball.

There is even a feeling of stumbling.

"Pass it out!"

Vidal immediately retreated to respond. He clearly understood that he could not play with fire in his own half and needed to pass forward as soon as possible.

Thanks to the large number of personnel deployed in the midfield, they will not be able to find a position to play the ball.

Vidal also quickly received the ball, but the next second, he was surrounded by Croatian players.

Perisic stared at the left side, Rakitic began to press, and Brozovic also blocked his passing channel.

In an instant, Vidal was isolated.

"Croatia's high press, they know very well that Chile's passes will be passed through Vidal. For this reason, their previous runs were very purposeful, which was to let the Chilean players pass the ball to Vidal, and then immediately form an encirclement. Their goal is Vidal from beginning to end!”

In the fierce confrontation, Vidal was also a little overwhelmed.

He could only turn around with the instep of his foot and pass the ball. The ball was passed, but the quality of the pass was not high.

It's not high, it's not low, and it's not fast.

Modric seized this opportunity, immediately took a few steps back, jumped into the air, intercepted the ball with his chest, and pushed it to Srna not far away.

Srna stepped on the ball firmly at his feet. He was not in a hurry to pass the ball, but waited to see if the Chilean players made a move. Once they did, they would immediately start counterattack mode.

But Chile seemed to have some concerns. They also made a move, but the move was not large, with only one player stepping forward to interfere.

Seeing this scene, Srna shook his head slightly with regret. He was already ready to directly pass the ball 45 degrees, which is his unique skill.

Under the current circumstances, he can only transfer the ball laterally to center back Vida.

"Turn around!"

After passing the ball, Srna did not forget to direct.

Vida immediately passed the ball to his partner Lovren, and Lovren passed it to Planic.

Planic pushed forward along the wing, Modric rushed to the position and controlled the ball again.

At this time, there were almost no Chilean players around Modric.

"Croatia stole the ball, but more importantly, their choice after the steal. After seeing that Chile did not steal the ball, they immediately transferred the ball to the other side. The speed was very fast and the rhythm was smooth. More The key thing is that Su Ke has already retreated to respond! "

Seeing Su Ke retreating to respond, Modric also passed the ball to Su Ke.

Su Ke received the ball from the wing. He received the ball sideways, so he quickly completed the turn.

Seeing Suker receiving the ball, Dias and other Chilean midfielders immediately gathered around.

Chile's formation is said to be 3-4-3, but the actual position is 3-2-2-1-2.

The four midfielders are in a square position, forming contact points at both ends. Vidal is in the 1 position, which is the key to the entire offensive and defensive transition.

The actual attackers are Sanchez and Vargas.

Mena and Diaz on the right simultaneously put pressure on Su Ke, and signaled Hara behind him to be calm, and they went to interfere with Su Ke first.

Seeing the two men attacking, Su Ke actually advanced instead of retreating.

Seeing Suk's operation, Dias felt like his head was about to explode.

He acted very ferocious, as if I am going to shovel you to death, but in Su Ke's opinion, this was just a stern voice.

Even though he looked aggressive, he was actually scared to death.

Su Ke took the ball along the wing, and Mena took the lead to follow up.

At this time, Su Ke moved the ball horizontally and pretended to go inside.

When Mena and Diaz both moved their centers of gravity laterally, Suker directly spiked the ball and started quickly towards the sideline again.

Suk started very quickly, and Mena reacted, but still couldn't keep up.

Fortunately, Diaz's position was slightly behind, and this guy just hugged Su Ke. No, to be precise, he hung on Su Ke, knocking Su Ke down like a wrestling.

"damn it!"

Suk couldn't help but swear and glared at Diaz.

Is this a fucking kick?

Why don't you go wrestling?

Dias also looked a little embarrassed, this was his subconscious move.

He understood that once Su Ke broke through this line of defense, the back line would be in danger, so he subconsciously hugged him.

And his actions came at a cost.

Only 4 minutes into the game, Dias received a yellow card!

"Dias successfully stopped Suker, but he also paid a yellow card for it. He received a yellow card in 4 minutes. This means that when Chile faced Suker's impact, there was no other better way but to foul. method, but Dias, who has already received a yellow card, must restrain his movements. In this way, Chile’s defensive pressure on the right side will be greatly increased!”

The Brazilian commentator shook his head and said, just as he thought before the game, Chile would not be able to withstand Croatia's left-side attack.

Croatian commentator Krausiewicz looked excited.

"Suker's first offensive attempt earned a Chilean player a yellow card. This means that our offense was very effective, and Chile's subsequent defense will only be even more distressed!"

He was indeed angry at Diaz's actions, but this was just the beginning, and it was an effective attack, which yielded benefits. He can look forward to Suker's more exciting performance in the future.

"If there is still danger next, I will take action!"

Mena took the initiative to approach Dias and said.

He knew that Diaz had been targeted by the referee and that move was indeed too dangerous.

However, he also understood that Dias might make this decision if he were in his place.

They cannot let Suker attack the back line. This is a death order from the coaching staff.

Stop it by any means.

But the problem is, they also paid a heavy price for it!

Croatia's frontcourt set-piece was far away from the goal, so Modric took the kick.

Su Ke and others ran to the top of the penalty area.

But Modric did not pass the ball towards the penalty area, but gently moved the ball laterally.

With no one watching, Brozovic quickly moved forward and hit the ball with a powerful volley.

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The ball hit the goal like a cannonball, almost grazing the crossbar and flying out of the baseline.

"This ball is so dangerous!"

The Chilean commentator's heart felt like it skipped half a beat. The ball looked so similar. If it had dropped a little, it might have been a goal.

Brozovic's first long-range shot threatened the goal.

Brozovic stomped his feet in annoyance. He failed to kick the long-range shot well, failed to form a downward trend, or fell too late.

But Suk and others still gave Brozovic a thumbs up, indicating that they would continue to try.

"This kick is really good!"

On the bench, Simunic grinned and said regretfully.

Duimovic on the side said proudly: "Then don't you see who you learned it from!"

"You taught me?" Simunic turned his head and asked.

Duimovic nodded as a matter of course: "When this guy just joined the national team, he pestered me to learn long-range shooting skills. I was annoyed by him and just called him a few times. This guy has good talent and this kick is quite good."

There was some disdain in his tone, but pride gradually appeared on his face.

Simunic couldn't help laughing and said, "Then he really put you on the bench."

Dujmovic waved his hand: "Without him, I would also be a substitute. Don't forget, I am the key man. I don't play in ordinary games. When the team is in danger, they will remember me."

"Let you go up and make a blind kick?"

"What do you mean by a blind kick?" Dujmovic glared: "That's called technology!"

Simonic smiled: "There will be plenty of opportunities next time, such as the next game."

"Brazil~~" Dujmovic frowned slightly; "Play this game well first!"

Brazil is indeed a strong opponent. No matter which World Cup, Brazil is an opponent that needs to go all out.

And judging from the first few games of this World Cup, Brazil is also in good shape.

The defense line is very stable!

The midfield is supported by Kaka!

Neymar, Pato and others on the front line are competing for brilliance, and the strength of its lineup is not inferior to Croatia at all!

Bang!

Another long shot attempt, this time it was Modric's attempt, using his best outside foot.

However, the Chilean goalkeeper flew to save the ball and barely managed to lift it out of the baseline.

"Croatia's continuous attack is a bit too much for Chile!"

Since Chile's defense line is willing to shrink, Croatia will start to try long shots from the outside.

With Suker and others' forward runs, it is only a matter of time before they score again and again.

Croatia's first corner kick.

After Modric took the penalty, Mandzukic successfully competed for the header, and the main goalkeeper randomly hit the ball out.

Rakitic made a second shot, and the Chilean central defender flew to block it, and the ball hit his chest and flew out again.

Perisic on the wing made a third shot, but because he was too focused on the angle, the ball hit the goal post and flew out of the baseline.

Three consecutive shots scared Chile into sweating, and from this time on, Croatia's siege situation had been formed.

"The situation is getting worse and worse!"

The Chilean commentator was also worried.

Anyone can see how passive their situation is.

Sanchez and Vargas in the frontcourt had almost no chance to attack, and the midfield failed to create opportunities for them to advance.

The midfield, which should have been competing for the rhythm, was suppressed by Croatia. Not to mention controlling the ball, they retreated to join the defense and were exhausted.

And their forward pass was more like a clearance than a pass.

The ball was kicked high and far.

Either it was headed back by the Croatian central defender or it was caught by goalkeeper Subasic.

Croatian goalkeeper Subasic was already standing on the penalty area line, and the back line was pressed to the center line. Croatia bombarded the main force, and the situation gradually became one-sided.

"Kick it out! Kick it out!"

"Don't pass the ball in the back!"

Vidal kept shouting loudly.

But every time the Chilean player kicked the ball out, Croatia either grabbed a little and counterattacked again, or headed it back directly.

They couldn't run out of the penalty area at all!

The only lucky thing was that the game time came to 25 minutes, and they hadn't lost the ball yet.

But the problem is that they still have to hold on for another 20 minutes before the end of the first half.

The most critical problem is that they have no chance to counterattack!

Expect Croatia to make mistakes?

These guys are like machines, they don't make any mistakes at all, let alone those exaggerated mistakes.

Snap!

Srna gently stopped the ball with the back of his foot. This clearance ball went straight up and down, requiring accurate judgment of the landing point.

And Srna made a perfect prediction and showed superb stopping skills.

The falling ball seemed to stick to the back of his foot and was easily removed.

After completing the unloading, Srna did not rush to pass the ball, but looked up at the penalty area.

At this time, he saw Suker pointing to the position under his feet.

Srna immediately understood and kicked directly into the penalty area.

"Retreat to compete for the header!"

Silva loudly commanded the retreat, and the others also struggled to get into the penalty area.

But at this moment, Vidal saw that Suker did not move forward, but stood still.

When he looked up at the ball's flight path again, his heart skipped a beat.

Oops!

"Be careful."

Before he could finish his words, Suker suddenly jumped up from the spot.

His action attracted other Chilean players who were originally retreating. Some of them stopped and wanted to counterattack like Suker.

Suker seized this opportunity and suddenly shook his head.

He threw the ball directly into the penalty area.

The ball landed just past the back line and in front of Mandzukic.

The latter rushed forward and suddenly fell to the ground to shoot the ball.

Mandzukic could clearly feel that the ball hit the ball with the instep, and the ball went into the goal post along the right straight line.

Swish!

The ball hit the net.

At this moment, the entire Maracana Stadium was boiling.

Tens of thousands of Croatian fans stood up and cheered in an instant.

The cheers of commentator Klausevich spread throughout Croatia.

"GOAL!!!!!!!"

"Mario Mandzukic's forward run, wonderful shovel shot!"

"In the 29th minute, Croatia broke through the Chilean goal. Suker's header was at the right angle, Mandzukic's forward run was also excellent, and Srna's pass was also very accurate!"

"This is the tacit understanding of this generation of Croatia!"

"This is the cooperation that has been developed through ten years of common growth!"

"This is the lineup that Croatia is about to create a new history!"

"Cheer! Shout! Enjoy! For this wonderful goal, and for the outstanding performance of the boys!"