Chapter 445: Attacking instead of defending
The German team has the highest average height at this World Youth Championships, and their entire team is over 1.85 meters tall.
So the Germans played very simply in attack, they didn't have the kind of playmakers who had the finest footwork at home, and unlike the senior national team, they didn't play Jurgen Klinsmann's technical football, but the physical football that the Germans were best at.
Playing the Chinese team, Germany's tactics are to rely on the body and bomb at high altitudes!
The defenders of the Chinese team are generally not tall, the highest is only 1.86 meters, and compared with the Germans, they are thin and weak.
So from the very beginning of the game, as long as the German team took the ball and organized the attack, they would go wide and then cross high into the box.
They can be regarded as finding the weakness of the Chinese team's defense.
This Chinese team is not without weaknesses, but they have been too strong before, and their weaknesses have been covered up.
But in reality, no team is perfect.
This Chinese national youth team is no exception.
They do stand out among the many teams participating in this World Junior Championships, but that doesn't mean they have to stand out from the crowd.
The weakness of the Chinese team is their defense.
This sounds strange, how can the backline, which only conceded a goal because of Dong Zhuofang's mistake in the three group games, be a weakness?
But that's true.
The Chinese team's air defense is indeed their weakness, it's just that the first three teams were intimidated by China's strong attack and didn't expect this at all.
Despite this, Panama's centre-backs used their height to pose a threat to China in their final game.
It's just that those opportunities were not seized once.
Skibe discovered the problem after carefully studying the footage of the Chinese team's game.
And high-altitude bombing is exactly what the German team is good at.
This gave Skibe a glimpse of the light of day for the Chinese team.
Don't fight with the Chinese team for any midfield, nor do you compare any foot skills, just play simple and rough.
Bombarding the Chinese team's defense with aerial balls.
They did that after the game started, and it really caused problems for the Chinese team......
China's central defenders Feng Tingxiao and Zheng Tao struggled to face such high-altitude bombardment.
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"The Chinese team is in trouble...... The Germans are too tall......" Huang Jianqiang also saw.
For the first time in front of the TV, Chinese fans felt nervous about the game.
There are even some fears that the team will get carried away after qualifying from the group...... Didn't there be media reports before the game that the atmosphere of the Chinese team's preparation was very relaxed?
Could it be that it was blown into the sky, so it got carried away?
If this phenomenon really happened to the Chinese team, it would not be surprising...... Chinese football has this tradition. What they are best at is "victory and defeat".
Although it was able to break into the top 16, it was already the same as the results of the previous Chinese youth team in the World Youth Championships.
But anyone who has watched these three games will probably not be willing to stop at the top 16 like this.
They are not the only ones who are not willing to stop there.
Rongguang also saw that the Chinese team's backline was facing a crisis.
If they continue to let the German team attack like this, they will concede goals sooner or later.
But he is not a defender, and he is not good at header defense, so he can't directly solve the problems that the Chinese team's backline is facing.
But that doesn't mean he can't help it.
He's a striker, he can score.
Don't they all say that "the best defense is offense"?
Then I'll use offense to solve the defensive problem!
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Cheng Tao took the ball in the front court, he saw the glory and beckoned to him again, asking him for the ball.
Although Rongguang had two players from the German youth team defending him, Cheng Tao still passed it without hesitation.
He believes the Glory must have a way to get out of defense, as he has shown them in those three games.
On the pitch, there's no problem with him at all.
Rong Guang ran up to the football, followed by two German youth team players behind him.
Coach Skibe has reminded them more than once that the defense of Glory in the game must be "not far from an inch", otherwise there is no point.
Now they really can't leave an inch!
Glory ran to the football and it looked like he had little chance of possibly getting rid of the two German players behind him.
At this moment, Rongguang raised his right foot, made a gesture to pass the ball, and kicked the ball with his foot.
Passing the ball back and then turning around to cut through the air without the ball is a common way for many players to get out of the way behind them.
As soon as he passes the ball out, he should immediately turn around and stick it behind the defender.
The two German youth defenders knew immediately what they had to do.
Seeing Rongguang kicking towards the football, the two of them quickly turned around and retreated - since the speed was not as fast as Rongguang, they could only make moves ahead of him, otherwise when Rongguang turned around, they would have been thrown away long ago......
But when they turned and retreated, they did not find Glory coming up.
The two of them braked sharply one after the other, only to find that the glory was not moving!
He kicked out his right foot and only made a false shot, and instead of passing the ball back, he stepped on the ball and stopped it in place.
When the two of them stopped in surprise and looked back, they just saw Rongguang stepping on the football and turning around to face them.
Then they saw Glory smile at the two of them, and before they could react to the meaning of the smile, he jerked the ball out of the way, and then accelerated to chase the ball!
Rushed past the two of them!
The two German youth team defenders did not react at all......
"Beautiful!! The breakthrough of glory was unexpected! The two people he tricked retreated first, but he himself didn't move in place, which immediately widened the distance between him and the other party, allowing him to calmly turn around and make movements! "Huang Jianqiang's shooting is amazing.
After breaking through the two German players who had been following him, Glory was like a fish swimming into the sea, swinging his body in the water and hitting the water!
He picked up his speed and the German players rushed up to stop the glory.
Glory made a feint to shoot from distance on the run, and right in front of him, three German youth defenders simultaneously prevented Glory from scoring in various ways.
Two people fell directly to the ground and raised their legs to fly the shovel, and one of them jumped up and turned one hundred and eighty degrees in the air, blocking the long shot of glory with his back.
But glory is just a feint.
After slamming his foot, he didn't shoot, and when his foot fell, he flicked the ball to the right side of the ball, and at the same time he dodged and rushed past the three men!
"Beautiful, glory breaks through !!" Huang Jianqiang roared hoarsely, his voice a little hoarse.
These days, he has not yelled like this, which is a great damage to his throat. But at this time, who cares about the throat!
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Seeing this scene on the sidelines, Skibe gritted his teeth, leaned back slightly, clenched his fists, his body tensed, and the whole person was extremely nervous......
Then he saw Glory burst into the penalty area and picked up his right leg again in the face of Adler, this time no longer a feint.
The ball went straight between Adler's legs and rolled into the goal behind him......
"Ball-in-la-!!!!" Huang Jianqiang raised his arms and shouted.
In front of the TV, there are countless Chinese fans who are doing the same thing as him.
They ...... from the bed, from the couch, from the chair Jumped down, stood on the ground, leaned back, raised his arms and shouted: "Drift - brightββ!! β
"When the Chinese team has problems, you can always expect him to step up, and every time he does, he never disappoints! This is the No. 10 of the Chinese team, the well-deserved core - glory! β
On the TV, Huang Jianqiang is desperately touting glory.
But no one found these words to be numb and disgusting.
At this moment, they even want to hear Huang Jianqiang say more such things and praise the glory more.
Praise the glory, and let them feel good.
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Skibey, who had been tense just now, was now like a deflated ball.
Finally conceded the goal......
He firmly believes that as long as the German team is given some time, it will definitely be able to break through the Chinese team's goal. He had never doubted this until now.
But he didn't expect that Glory would score first before that......
Leading and being led are two completely different states.
The impact on the players is not the same.
When you are ahead, your players will have high morale, which will be good for the rest of the game.
And now it's like this, it's the state of being led......
The Chinese players celebrated their goals, while the German players were stunned.
Skibe bet they must have thought of the terrible rumors of glory.
Rongguang's goal was not only as simple as helping the Chinese team take the lead, but more importantly, it was a very beautiful goal.
It will remind the German players of how terrifying Glory is and how good he is against those professional teams......
They will be aware of ...... Yourself is challenging a seemingly invincible giant!
This is definitely not a good thing!
He wants to boost morale, but there's not much he can do on the sidelines, and football is not like basketball, so you can ask for a timeout and let the manager explain directly to the players.
It doesn't make sense for him to just yell on the sidelines for a shout or two.
So we have to wait until halftime to adjust.
And now the game has only started for seventeen minutes......
The first half was still long......
What if you concede a goal before then?
But if you just recycle the defense, it's not easy to score again...... It looks like it's about to break down the Chinese team's backline......
Damn it!
Skibe thought it about it and finally made a decision.
The decision was very much in line with the nature of the youth team players β he didn't ask the team to recycle the defence, but continued to let the players attack.
Since we can't stop Glory from scoring, let's just not focus on him. You can score our goals, and we can score yours!
Go on the offensive! Look who's afraid of whom!