Tyrant of green giants, signed Guardiola at the beginning

Chapter 495 A valuable lesson!

6 month 19 day.

The second round of Group E of the South Africa World Cup has officially begun.

Durban International Stadium.

The Dutch team and the Japanese team met as scheduled.

After Shen Hao entered the field, he stood in the coach's command area.

However, Japanese coach Takeshi Okada came forward with a slight stoop and stretched out his hand from a distance.

Shen Hao noticed the other person, turned around and stretched out his hand as usual. His hand was held by the other person's hands, and then Takeshi Okada bent slightly to greet him.

Shen Hao just smiled and nodded, and then Takeshi Okada turned and left.

After the whole process, Takeshi Okada does seem very humble.

However, Shen Hao is hailed as the Asian Miracle and the Pride of Asia by the Japanese football community.

Maybe they can compete with the Dutch team led by Shen Hao.

Takeshi Okada is the envy of countless Japanese coaches. At the same time, this is also a battle that tests the strength of the Japanese team.

Shen Hao said before the game that if the Japanese team can break through the Dutch team's defense head-on, they will have the hope of winning the championship.

This may be a distant dream.

But not everyone has the patience to wait for that ethereal future, especially whether the future can be realized is still a big question mark.

The starting players of both teams made their debut.

The atmosphere was restless.

"Hello, viewers, the second round of the South African World Cup Group E Group's highlight match is taking place at the Durban International Stadium.

The Dutch team and the Japanese team are the teams that have won the first round of this group. The result of the battle between them will directly affect the qualifying situation of this group.

The Dutch team continues the starting lineup from the previous round.

Goalkeeper: Stekelenberg.

Defenders: Van der Wiel, Matthijssen, Heitinga, Van Bronckhorst.

Midfielder: De Jong, Inglal, Sneijder, Van Bommel.

Forwards: Robben, Kuyt.

The Japanese team started with 4231.

Goalkeeper: Eiji Kawashima.

Defenders: Yuichi Komano, Yuji Tanaka, Yuji Nakazawa, Yuto Nagatomo.

Midfielder: Makoto Hasebe, Yuki Abe, Keisuke Honda, Yasuhito Endo, Daisuke Matsuda.

Forward: Yoshito Okubo.

The game is about to start, let's see how the two teams will perform today. "

Shen Hao looked at the Japanese team's starting lineup.

In terms of paper strength alone, it is still far from a strong team.

On the stage of the World Cup, it is a civilian team.

However, if you look at the Japanese team by the standards of Asian football, it is a different picture.

Lots of talent!

On the bench, Uchida Atsuto, Okazaki Shinji, Konno Yasuyuki, Inamoto Junichi, Nakamura Shunsuke...

In Asian football, it really feels like a dimensionality reduction attack.

However, Shen Hao did not mention anything about Japanese football.

The Japan Football Association is indeed doing its best to cultivate talents, but there are problems in terms of routes.

They try to build two or even three strong lineups.

Sounds powerful, no problem.

But actually?

National team competition resources are limited, and international competitions will only use a maximum of 14 players per game.

If you create 100 players of similar strength, it will increase the probability of a star being born.

But it has lowered the upper limit of only pursuing the ultimate combat power of a lineup.

The most obvious one is the Asian Cup.

National teams in Europe and South America attach great importance to the Intercontinental Cup, which is directly related to the degree of football development.

Asian football is lagging behind.

The Japanese team seems to have no problem training in the Asian Cup, as it is cultivating talents.

But imagine, when the national team really needs to strive for results, the first team only plays in a major competition once every four years, and it is not even called up frequently for the world preliminaries.

It seems that the Japanese team is consciously controlling the intensity of the game to allow young players or second-tier national team players to get actual combat training.

Yes, 80% of the first team's games in Asian football were absolutely miserable.

But can’t the abuse of food be improved?

Is there no point in abusing food?

Even if it is just for the first team to maintain the team chemistry of regular training and actual running-in, it is necessary to send the first team to play as much as possible in official games and perform small and appropriate rotations.

Therefore, the Japanese team's lower limit is very high, but it is far from reaching the ceiling of combat power.

When the game started, the pace was not fast.

The Japanese team is understandably cautious.

The Dutch team's conservatism is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

The tentative offensives of both teams failed to create a threat.

Dutch fans are already numb.

If you don't get surprised, you won't be impatient.

Since the Japanese fans are well aware of the gap, they certainly do not expect to be able to overpower the Dutch team on the scene.

However, the smooth transmission and cooperation of some of the Japanese team's offensive organizations are still pleasing to the eye.

The basic skills are very solid, and the simple team passing and cutting coordination are also impressive.

After penetrating into the key area of ​​the Dutch team's defense, Keisuke Honda's personal breakthrough was taught by Van Bommel on the spot.

The speed of the wing attack is lacking, and a simple pass and run will be intercepted quickly after stopping the ball.

Van Bronckhorst relies on experience, and Van der Wiel relies on impact.

Coupled with the defensive assistance of De Jong and Van Bommel, the Japanese team's offensive threat has never been seen.

When the game passed 20 minutes, the Dutch team began to frequently play triangular passes and cuts in a small area in the middle of the frontcourt.

It's still Kuyt, Robben and Sneijder.

Kuyt's fulcrum role was even more prominent when facing the Japanese team.

Because he has an advantage in confrontation and can ensure the efficiency of protecting the ball after stopping the ball.

Robben and Sneijder also did not go deep into the opponent's penalty area.

If there are opportunities on the right side of the arc in the penalty area and in the middle, he will take long shots.

The quality of the shots was significantly higher than in the last game against Denmark.

Status improved.

The Japanese defense line was under heavy fire.

Almost every two minutes, they will face a long-range bombardment from the Dutch team.

When Robben hit the outside of the left post with a curve ball and bounced off the baseline, the Dutch fans sighed.

Japanese fans are numb!

"If the Dutch team keeps shooting like this, they will destroy us with just long-range shots!"

"But those are Sneijder and Robben, two world-class stars!"

"Did you see it? This is the ability and role of a star!"

Takeshi Okada kept gesturing on the sidelines to direct the team's defense.

Standing with his hands behind his back, Shen Hao saw that the Japanese team was immature in the rhythm of the game.

Even though the Danish team does not have an outstanding midfield commander, at least Eriksson is not the absolute main core of the Danish team so far, and naturally cannot play the role of a commander.

But the Danish team knows the importance of the rhythm of the game.

They will actively slow down the pace when dealing with the Dutch team.

The Japanese team does not have this awareness.

It is enough to show that they still have a long way to go.

He has become a leader in Asian football with his hard power, but he is still a primary school student in front of the strong European teams.

If the Japanese team does not press the rhythm, it will give the Dutch team more frequent offensive opportunities.

Regardless of whether the Dutch team can shoot or create a threat.

But in the process of constantly trying to attack, the Dutch team's offensive status will only get better and better!

Because they have talented players.

At the same time, this also makes the scene more beautiful.

At least the Dutch team's offensive statistics are much more gorgeous than the first half of the last game against Denmark.

In order to curb the Dutch team's long-range shot threat, the Japanese team is extremely cautious to strengthen the top defense of the back line. At the same time, in the top defense, it is also obviously biased towards blocking Robben's front line.

The Japanese team will naturally be afraid of Robben's inward breakthrough.

Perhaps among the teams participating in the World Cup, there is no team that is not afraid of it.

The Japanese team's fine-tuning seemed to work well.

The Dutch team failed to form a long-range shot in two consecutive waves of attacks.

This made the Japanese commentators at the scene very excited.

"Takeshi Okada's on-the-spot adjustments were very targeted and achieved results quickly."

"The Dutch team's plan to score goals through long shots is failing!"

But the situation was only comfortable for about 5 minutes against the Japanese defense.

As the game approached 40 minutes, the Dutch team quickly broke into the frontcourt again.

Sneijder passed the ball directly to the top of the penalty area in front of Makoto Hasebe.

Makoto Hasebe has a good football intelligence. The Dutch team's attack from the left did not move, so he took the initiative to help defend from the right to the middle.

Sneijder continued to move forward after releasing the ball, just like he did before, it seemed that he was still looking for space to receive the ball and then take a long shot.

However, after taking the initiative, Kuyt controlled the ball and attracted Yuki Abe to press closely.

At this moment, Robben suddenly made a cross-cutting move from the front and right of the penalty area to the back of Kuyt.

Sneijder also moved forward. It seemed that the positions of the three offensive players of the Dutch team overlapped too much.

But Robben's movement got rid of Yasuhito Endo's defense, and it became futile for the Japanese team's defensive line to block his inside route.

Because he is moving away from the top right half of the penalty area.

Yasuhito Endo switched the pressing target and launched a pincer attack on Kuyt together with Yuki Abe.

Just as the two stretched their legs, Kuyt passed the ball short to the back.

Robben crossed the ball from less than two meters behind him.

When Hasebe Makoto retreated to make up for the interception, Robben smashed the ball and changed direction to dodge. He saw him running the ball towards the left rib of the penalty area.

King Tanaka immediately moved in front of him. As soon as he took a step, Robben suddenly slanted the ball to the left of the center of the penalty area.

Tanaka Hat King suddenly stopped and turned back, but he was still too slow.

Sneijder made a forward pass and succeeded in countering offside!

The Japanese team's slightly defensive line exposed the gap behind them!

Kawashima Eiji immediately abandoned the door and left.

However, Sneijder took a step towards the left side of the penalty area and then quickly pushed the ball with his left foot.

The football rolled toward the far corner of the goal.

Kawashima Nagaji put his weight on the ground and stretched his legs to intercept.

He didn't touch the ball and subconsciously turned his head to look.

The football rolled into the lower right corner of the goal!

Sneijder turned and ran along the edge of the baseline to celebrate the goal. His blowing kiss made the Dutch fans excited.

"The ball went in! A clever connection between Sneijder and Robben!"

"Even if Robben doesn't rush into the penalty area, his ability to disrupt the opponent's defense is still terrifying. In order to limit the Dutch team's long-range shots, the Japanese team pressed forward slightly from the back line, giving the Dutch team the space and opportunity to play a subtle triangle!"

"The Dutch team's personal offensive ability and team coordination ability have been squeezed to the limit by the Chinese coach!"

Japanese fans:! ! !

Their commentator also fell silent for a moment.

The defense looked stable in the past 5 minutes.

What we didn't expect was a disaster.

Takeshi Okada looked dull.

He didn't know whether he made a mistake in his on-the-spot adjustments or fell into the Dutch team's trap.

But before he could adjust, Robben had already hit the post with a long-range shot.

How can it not be frightening?

How can we ignore the threat?

For a moment, my thinking was messy.

Shen Hao raised a smile and applauded the goal.

In terms of skillful switching of techniques and tactics and keen insight into the scene environment, even though the Dutch team used less to attack more in the offense, they also used top-level standards to launch a dimensionality reduction attack on the Japanese defense line.

The Japanese team actually has a lot of defensive problems.

The first is the lack of sufficient awareness of rhythm, and the second is defense...too clean!

I don't know whether he advocates competitive sportsmanship and regards fouls as an offense against the opponent, or whether he believes that using more defense and less defense will be foolproof.

But with their attitude towards football, this game must be a valuable lesson in their development.

Netherlands team 1:0 Japan team.

The game will definitely enter the Dutch team's favorite scene and rhythm.

There wasn't much time left in the first half.

In the final stage, Shen Hao gestured to the team to strengthen defense.

Kuyt's position has obviously retreated.

The Japanese team calmed down and stabilized their emotions and mentality.

Seeing that the Dutch team further shrunk their defense, they tentatively strengthened their offense.

As a result, there was no threat, so we continued to increase the offensive intensity.

When their overall formation began to press forward, the Dutch midfield defense created a tit-for-tat effect with their offensive organization.

Kuyt was like a desperate man sweeping through the midfield.

Forcing the Japanese team to pass the ball forward more hastily.

Daisuke Matsui moved from the wing to connect, but he made a mistake when he made a sudden pass under the pressure of De Jong's defense.

It’s a big trip!

Van der Wiel stepped forward to steal the ball, and then passed the ball to Inglar, who adjusted and quickly sent a direct pass forward.

At this time, the Japanese team's defense suddenly discovered a strange phenomenon.

Forward Kuyt is positioned deeper than Sneijder!

In other words, Kuyt and Sneijder have actually completed a position swap.

The difference is that Kuyt, the central midfielder, strengthens defense.

Sneijder, whose position has become a shadow striker or attacking midfielder, can use a better starting position to create the fastest counterattack threat!

After receiving the ball, Sneijder made a stop and headed into the dangerous area. In fact, he only took two steps to reach the Japanese team's defense line.

The retreating Japanese defense line had no time to retreat into place, so they launched an encirclement and suppression campaign against Sneijder.

However, Sneijder changed the direction of the ball and dodged Yuki Abe's press, then sent a through ball that penetrated the Japanese team's defense!

When the Japanese team's defensive line turned around and retreated, Robben had already countered offside and advanced diagonally to the top of the penalty area to take the lead in controlling the ball!

Robben, one shot!

Kawashima Eiji gave up the goal again, and Robben took a step to adjust the ball and shot furiously from the penalty area line.

The ball blasted with his left foot has almost no spin.

Instead of arcing inside the instep, he volleyed the ball towards the far corner of the goal!

Kawashima Eiji's save was completely in vain.

There seems to be a time difference from football flight.

The football flew by before his save action came out. Not to mention that it was out of reach, it was not at the same point at all.

The Durban International Stadium burst into cheers!

The Dutch fans looked at the football flying into the Japanese team's goal and cheered in succession!