When the referee blew the whistle, the flashing lights in the stands were loud, and the cheers from the fans were much louder, and the game officially began

The Japanese team kicked off first, and they took advantage of the opportunity to keep the football firmly at their feet and were not in a hurry to move forward.

Zaccheroni has studied the tactical play of both teams.

Although Gao Hongbo's Chinese team has changed to control the ball since he took office and learned from Barcelona's set, after all, they are halfway monks, how can they compare to Japan, the first brother in Asia, in terms of controlling the ball?

Since the 90s, Japan has decided on their style of football - learning from Brazilian football, the country with the largest number of immigrants to Japan, sticking to the ground and following the route of technical flow. This is also very much in line with the characteristics of the Japanese, because the Japanese are generally short, thin, and lack strength, and if they use their bodies to fight against their opponents on the football field, it is completely an egg hitting a stone. This is the reason why the Japanese team couldn't beat the Chinese team at the beginning, but the physical quality of the Chinese team players is too good.

The Japanese want to make the most of their strengths, being short and agile on their feet, so it is most appropriate to follow the path of technical football.

Today's Japan has been on this path for almost 20 years.

In terms of foot technique and ball control, Zaccheroni is confident, and in the whole of Asia, there is no team that can compare to Japan.

Japan, however, have agreed to the style of football since elementary school football, and their soccer is from elementary school to middle school, and in college, professional teams, and national teams, all pay attention to foot skills and ball control.

Such a uniform style of football naturally leads to the fact that Japan is the best team in Asia to play possession.

Playing ball control in front of Japan, the Chinese team is tantamount to an axe in the class.

If you want to beat the Chinese team, there is actually a very simple way, that is, try not to let the Chinese team take the ball, control the football in Japan, and try to let the Chinese team control the ball as little as possible.

Possession is especially precious for Japan.

So they couldn't just rush to end the possession with a shot that they didn't know what the outcome would be after the kick-off.

If they're going to shoot, they'll have to be more than 70 percent sure they're going to do it. Otherwise, it's just a matter of handing over the ball to the Chinese team.

This is the final, and there is no need to play a beautiful and exciting game, and the Japanese team does not need to play a classic and great game with the Chinese team

They just need to be able to beat China.

The advantage of possession tactics is that they can be attacked, retreated, and defended.

With the soccer ball at your feet, you can slowly organize the attack.

At the same time, by controlling the football at the feet, the danger can be controlled to a minimum, so that the Chinese team does not get the ball close to its own goal. And it can also delay the game, leaving less time for the Chinese team to score. It's also a safe and aggressive defensive strategy.

So in this game, the Japanese team's tactic is to play the ball control that they are best at to the extreme.

Suffocate China with ball control and grind China to death.

Japan only needed one goal in this game, and as long as there was one goal, they would be able to beat the Chinese team.

So five minutes after the start of the game, the Japanese team kept passing the football around, but did not have a single shot on goal.

Football is always at their feet.

Nippon TV commentators kept praising the skills and coordination of the Japanese players.

“…… Hasebe passed the football to Endo, who turned around and passed the football to Honda...... It was a brilliant pass, and the football bypassed the Chinese players who grabbed it......"

"Zaccheroni's tactics were the opposite, using our skilful coordination and footwork to mobilize the Chinese players and make them exhausted in this senseless ......run."

"The scene of the Japanese internationals playing fantastic football in a row really reminds me of the kind of exercises that teams often do in training...... Hah"

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The Japanese players and even the two players passed back and forth many times, making the Chinese players who grabbed them like monkeys who had been walked.

The Chinese fans in the stands booed and cursed, of course, for those unpleasant words.

This is how they express their dissatisfaction.

The commentators of neutral countries were also a little surprised, but they didn't expect this much-anticipated final to start like this - Japan was completely unenterprising, and when they got the ball, they fell in the center and back.

"It's a bit ...... for the Japanese team to play like that It's too much to deceive people," Liu Hong looked very unhappy. In his opinion, Japan's approach is a bit too frivolous and not like what they should do when facing an opponent in a final.

He felt that the Japanese team was looking down on the Chinese team and was contemptuous of the opponent.

But he has wronged the Japanese players and Zaccheroni.

On the contrary, this is exactly what the whole Japanese team attaches great importance to the Chinese team

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Five minutes into the game, Japan didn't have a single shot on goal, and the football was still under their control. Ten minutes into the game, Japan finally had their first shot of the game.

The shot was indeed very threatening, and the Japanese team's continuous passes fell to their feet, and the Chinese team's back line finally showed holes.

Japan seized the holeshot and was sent to the vacancy by Makoto Hasebe, who quickly cut in and shot with his feet.

As a result, the goal was slightly off the goal, which shocked many Chinese fans in a cold sweat.

"Keisuke Honda shoots - this ball is so dangerous," Liu Hong said this, and everyone could still clearly hear the fear in his tone.

When Keisuke Honda inserted into the penalty area and received a pass from Makoto Hasebe, he was really startled, and his heart rose to his throat.

At this time, he didn't care about scolding the Japanese team and humiliating China...... If you really get scored, then even if the Japanese team humiliates you, you can't do anything.

Seeing this, Gao Hongbo left his seat and came to the sidelines.

At first, he thought that the Japanese team was playing so much because he looked down on China, but now he suddenly found that in the seemingly meaningless back and forth transmission of the Japanese team, there was actually a hidden murderous motive.

The Japanese team intends to tear apart the Chinese team's defense by passing the ball, so that the defenders of the Chinese team are numb in this continuous pass, and then the gap will come out......

If the Japanese team plays like this, it will be really difficult for the Chinese team to cut the football off their feet, because the Japanese players have obviously better foot skills than the Chinese players, and they have been playing this kind of football since they were children, and they are already very familiar with it.

The Chinese team can't do that yet.

They and Glory have to cooperate, and the speed is not fast.

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Zeng Cheng, the goalkeeper of the Chinese team, passed the football to Zhao Pengju, the defender who came up to pick up his own, and Zhao Pengju passed the football to Yang Hao, the defender, but Yang Hao just received the ball, and he was pasted with Keisuke Honda of the Japanese team behind him

He almost conceded a goal

He couldn't turn around at all, and it would be nice to be able to protect the football.

At this point he can only pass the ball back again.

In this way, Zhao Pengju received the ball again.

But when he thought about it again, he was stunned.

Because he found that in front of him, as long as he could pass the ball to the Chinese player, there was a Japanese player next to him.

As long as you change the ball yourself, the opponent will definitely go up and force the receiver.

Further afield, he has his own teammates, but then he can only use long passes to get the ball up.

But in Gao Hongbo's team, long passes are forbidden. Gao Hongbo's tactics require the use of fast ground connection and cooperation when passing through the midfield, rather than directly passing the football to the front court from the back to the midfield.

Therefore, it is rare for the players of the Chinese team to attack directly with long passes in the backfield during the game. This is also why Gao Hongbo always felt uncomfortable with the glory of saving zài, because Gao Hongbo's saving zài may make his tactics meaningless - with such a striker as glory, it is too easy for defenders to directly find glory from a long pass in the backfield, and then enter the play mode.

Because he rarely practices in training, or never practices attacking with long passes in the backfield, Zhao Pengju is now not sure that he can accurately deliver the football to the feet of glory even if he wants to make a long pass directly to find glory.

For a moment he was in a difficult situation.

But he can't be trapped for too long, because he is a central defender, and the longer he keeps the ball, the Chinese goal will threaten.

This is also not in line with Gao Hongbo's tactical requirements, Gao Hongbo's requirements for the team in the backfield are to focus on safety, and the defenders cannot stick to the ball.

Now, when the Japanese players saw that Zhao Pengju didn't seem to know how to pass the ball, they slammed forward and rushed up to break his ball.

Zhao Pengju had no choice but to pass the football to the side.

He passed the football to Zhang Linfan.

Zhang Linfan could only force the ball forward, he passed the football to Hao Min, but Hao Min was facing away from the direction of attack, and followed by a Japanese player behind him, he couldn't control the ball at all, under the close pressure of the Japanese team players, he accidentally held the football out of the sideline, and the ball was back at the feet of the Japanese team

Japan in the stands cheered the fans.

The fans of the Chinese team frowned and were worried.

"The Japanese team's throw-in, the Chinese team is in trouble now, they can't even get through half time" Liu Hong's tone of words suddenly made many Chinese fans in front of the TV ring their familiar Liu Hong...... It's really the original recipe, and it's still a familiar taste......

Seeing that Japan regained possession, Zaccheroni, who had been standing on the sidelines since the start of the game, finally walked to the coach's box.

Whether it's possession with the ball or high pressing without the ball, their players execute it well.

He can breathe a sigh of relief and go back to the dugout and sit down and take a sip of water. I640