Chapter 143: Battle of Saudi Arabia
"Audience friends, this is the live broadcast of the 2015 Asian Cup in Australia, we bring you the live broadcast of the match between the Chinese team and the Saudi Arabian team in Brisbane, I am He Wei."
"I'm Duan Xuan."
The starting line-ups of both sides were shown on the TV screen.
Chinese team lineup: 23-Wang Dalei; 3-Meng Fang, 2-Ren Hao, 5-Zhang Linpeng, 17-Zhang Zhangdong; 10-Zheng Zhen, 15-Wu Xi; 11-Hao Junmin, 7-Wu Lei, 21-Yu Hai, 9-Jiang Chenxi.
Saudi Arabia line-up: 1-Waleed Abdullah; 13-Shahrani, 5-Omar. Hausawi, 3-Osaou-Hausawi, 2-Saeed al-Muwallad; 14-Carriri, 6-Mustafa Bassas; 18-Al-Dosari, 20-Abid, 7-Faraj; 9 - Hazaz;
"Although he still looks a little tired after a long journey, Jiang Chenxi appeared in the starting lineup of the Chinese team without surprise."
"This is also Jiang Chenxi's first continental tournament on behalf of the senior national team!"
"In the Saudi team, the 2014 Asian Footballer of the Year Shamrani is out due to injury." He Wei said, "On the Chinese team's side, Zheng Zhen, the 2013 Asian Footballer of the Year, is in the starting lineup. ”
"If it weren't for the relevant regulations of the AFC, Jiang Chenxi would undoubtedly be the Asian Footballer of the Year in 2014." Duan Xuan said.
Jiang Chenxi led Dortmund to stand at the top of Europe last year, and won the Champions League Golden Boot for two consecutive seasons, and the transfer from Dortmund to Liverpool created the most expensive transfer value in the history of the Premier League. In the end, Saudi Arabian Shamrani was named Asian Footballer of the Year.
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In fact, this is also the most criticized part of the selection of Asian footballers, this mandatory rule of the AFC is very unfriendly to Asian players who play in the five major European leagues, and it is impossible for players to travel long distances to come back in the league to receive awards, and Jiang Chenxi, Park Ji-sung and Keisuk Honda and other South Korean and Japanese internationals have also repeatedly pushed off participating in the AFC award ceremony, of course, this is also related to the relatively weak influence of Asian footballers, in short, this is a vicious circle, if you don't come, I won't give you trophies, If you don't give me trophies, your influence will get worse and worse.
"In terms of historical head-to-head records, the Chinese team has 6 wins, 4 draws and 7 losses against Saudi Arabia, and the record is still good, but the last time it defeated Saudi Arabia was an old thing in the 1997 top ten." "We haven't won against Saudi Arabia for 18 years!" ”
"In the history of the Asian Cup, the Chinese team has 1 draw and 3 losses against Saudi Arabia." Duan Xuan's voice was low, "That is to say, we have never won Saudi Arabia in the Asian Cup!" ”
"I hope that in today's game, the Chinese team can rewrite history!" He Wei said.
"Absolutely!" Duan Xuan said, 'Because we have Jiang Chenxi', he didn't say the phrase, and the Chinese people are still used to not talking too much.
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Ten minutes after the start of the game, the Chinese reporters in the media gallery all looked surprised and puzzled.
"Coach Perran's tactical arrangement is really a bit surprising." Duan Xuan said.
"This is a new change, and as for the effect, it will take time to verify." He Wei said.
Jiang Chenxi did not appear in the position of the center forward, but his position was behind, behind Yu Hai and Wu Lei.
"Is this for Jiang Chenxi to organize the attack?"
"Dual-core? Zheng Zhen sits in the midfield, and Jiang Chenxi plays the role of nine and a half? ”
The Chinese reporters in the media table were full of discussions, and they were very surprised by this change in the Chinese team.
"What are you doing, with a top shooter like Jiang Chenxi, don't let him attack the city in front, but come to organize the attack?" Someone complained.
"I thought I could give it a try. Although Jiang Chenxi has not played this position in the club before, and he is not an organizational player, his ability is there, and it is not impossible to play this position. Pei Lan is going to use Jiang Chenxi to drive the whole team. ”
"Ha'eryo." Some people disagreed, "Organize a hammer, with Jiang Chenxi on the field, other players will pass the ball to him and let him score!" ”
Zhong Dajun didn't speak, he was thinking, in the long run, Peilan's attempt, can't say no, this is a new idea, the Chinese team wants to explore, Peilan wants to build a new team, this is an attempt.
However, it is not known whether this attempt will be effective, and let Jiang Chenxi organize the attack and deliver shells to Wu Lei and Yu Hai, it feels like picking up sesame seeds and losing watermelons.
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The Chinese fans at the Roar Stadium in Brisbane and the Chinese fans in front of the TV were also stunned and incomprehensible in the face of the new tactics of the Chinese team.
In particular, they could see that Jiang Chenxi was also playing awkwardly.
The game has been going on for half an hour, and neither side has any good offensive opportunities, Xu is taken by Jiang Chenxi's deterrence, Saudi Arabia has adopted the tactics of steady counterattack at the beginning, and it is absolutely easy to press out to attack, and the Chinese team is also running in, and there is no good offensive effect.
Jiang Chenxi received a pass from Hao Junmin, he pulled the ball to avoid the Saudi Arabian player Kariri, took two steps forward, and made a gesture to shoot from a distance, attracting the Saudi team player Saeed. After Muwallad made a jump block, he pushed the ball diagonally to Wulei.
Wulei dribbled forward, a good stop and smashed, shook off the angle and then shot at goal, however, the shot had no power, and the ball was lost by Saudi goalkeeper Al-Walid. Abdullah hugged easily.
Wu Lei scratched his head regretfully, and then gestured to Jiang Chenxi with some embarrassment.
Jiang Chenxi didn't say anything, he gave Wu Lei a thumbs up.
Not to mention shooting, the two movements after Wu Lei received the ball were still good.
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The fans guessed well, Jiang Chenxi played a little awkwardly, the whole team has always served him and fed him the ball, and now let him organize the attack, he is really not used to it.
However, the head coach Pei Lan arranged it this way, Jiang Chenxi could only listen, he was a big name, this is true, but the authority of the head coach cannot be provoked, the coach makes a decision, and as a player, he can only obey it.
As long as he is still on the court, the coach's arrangement must be obeyed, and even if he is dissatisfied, he can only wait until the game is over.
Therefore, Jiang Chenxi can only suppress his desire to shoot, follow the head coach's arrangement, and create opportunities for his teammates.
In fact, just now he could indeed directly try to shoot from a distance, and Jiang Chenxi still had a certain degree of certainty in firing the cannon at that position.
However, what made Jiang Chenxi a little happy was that the tacit understanding between him and his teammates had improved.
He has fed Wu Lei and Yu Hai many times before, however, the two sides lack tacit understanding, or to be honest, his teammates are not on the same channel as him, and it is difficult to connect.
However, this time, Jiang Chenxi sent a pass when he saw the vacancy, and Wu Lei was also interspersed in place.
In addition to Zheng Zhen, this is the second player in the Chinese team who can successfully contact Jiang Chenxi.
However, such connections are relatively rare after all.
Therefore, what fans see more is that the Chinese team advanced from the midfield, and Jiang Chenxi and Zheng Zhen were able to complete a certain amount of cooperation, and then when they came to the front, Wu Lei and Yu Hai could not be on the same step as Jiang Chenxi.
"What's the matter?"
"We have the best goalscorer in football, and you're going to let him organise the attack?"
The fans are already dissatisfied.
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Perrin sat in the coach's seat, and he shook his head helplessly.
Let Jiang Chenxi organize the attack, this is one of Perlan's plans, he carefully studied Liverpool's game, Jiang Chenxi is usually the one who completes the final shot in Liverpool's offensive tactics, but he also noticed that Jiang Chenxi and Coutinho and Salah or Sterling have cooperated with each other, Jiang Chenxi has also had a dazzling organizational performance in the front quartet, which shows that Jiang Chenxi has the ability to organize the attack, but Liverpool does not need a top scorer to organize the attack, So, he rarely does that.
Liverpool don't need it, but the Chinese team needs it.
Therefore, Peilan's idea is that Jiang Chenxi will organize the attack, and then take Wu Lei and Yu Hai and other offensive players to fly together.
However, it is clear that judging from this attempt, which lasted more than half an hour, the effect was not good.
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On the Saudi team's side, the head coach of the Saudi team, Kosmin, was very cautious, he asked Saudi Arabia to defend first, he was too jealous of Jiang Chenxi.
However, Jiang Chenxi actually appeared behind the two strikers and acted as the organizer, which surprised Kosmin.
At first, he also judged that this was the Chinese team's 'trick to lure the enemy', in order to attract Saudi Arabia to attack.
However, more than half an hour passed.
Kosmin finally determined that it was not a so-called trick, this was the tactic of the Chinese team.
Although I don't understand what the French head coach of the Chinese team thinks about letting the most efficient goalscorer in football be the playmaker, the Chinese team is not showing the threat of attack now, which makes Kosmin see an opportunity.
Since the Chinese team is not threatening for the time being, then Saudi Arabia can try to attack.
How wonderful would it be if you could attack and score a goal?
Kosmin got up and came to the sidelines, where he called out to the team's midfielder Mustafa. Bassas, made a gesture:
Offensive gestures!
The Saudi team wants to seize this opportunity, and strive to score a goal and take the lead in the score when Jiang Chenxi has not yet played an offensive threat, and when the head coach of the Chinese team, Perrin is still 'obsessed', this is a good opportunity.
Kosmin didn't notice that there was a dead ball opportunity on the field, and the head coach of the Chinese team, Perrin, made a gesture to the field:
Abandon the first option.
Implement the second plan!
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