Chapter 1137: Sky Whale

As soon as the game began, everyone found out what Jordan's tactics were for this game.

It's not a defensive counterattack, or a contraction defense, only letting go, no counterattack.

At the beginning of the game, the entire Jordanian team withdrew to their own half, and when the Chinese team attacked, they were even overwhelmed within 30 meters at one point.

Obviously, Jordan's tactic is to hold on to the end, relying on numerical superiority in the backfield, holding the draw until the end of the 90-minute game, and then until the end of the 120-minute game.

Then drag the game into a penalty shootout.

The reason why they use this tactic is that only in penalty shoot-outs will Glory's individual ability be weakened to the maximum.

No matter how strong he is, he can only score one goal, which is only one point in the penalty shootout, but the penalty shootout is five rounds.

Another one of Jordan's strengths is their goalkeeper Shafi.

The goalkeeper is arguably the biggest star of the Jordan team, and he is also the strongest.

He represented Jordan for the first time at the age of 22 at the Asian Cup, which was also the first time the Jordanian national team played in the Asian Cup.

With his excellent performance, the Jordanian team reached the quarterfinals. In the end, it was eliminated by Japan by very despicable means.

This is his second time participating in the Asian Cup, and he met his old rival Japan in the first game of the group stage.

The goal he guarded was not broken by Japan until the 91st minute, and it ended up being a 1-1 draw with Japan. It was not able to take revenge, but it was still surprising to be able to draw the Japanese team with stars such as Shinji Kagawa, Yuto Nagatomo, Makoto Hasebe, Keisuke Honda, Hohito Endo, Atsuto Uchida, Shinji Okazaki, etc.

Shafi is nicknamed "Sky Whale", which describes his action as a whale leaping out of the sea and rushing into the sky.

Because of his sheer size, it's apt to describe him as a whale.

He could be the only man who can pose a threat to the Chinese team in this matchup.

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Although Jordan adopted such tactics, the Chinese team did not take this opponent too seriously.

Among the top eight teams, Jordan is perhaps the weakest. Encouraged by Gao Hongbo's words, the players of the Chinese team thought about the semi-finals.

According to the matchup arrangement, after the Chinese team enters the semifinals, they will face the winner of Australia and Iraq. The Chinese players hope to meet Iraq, because Iraq they have just beaten in the warm-up match of the Asian Cup, if they can meet Iraq, it means that they have a good hope of reaching the final.

In the face of the shrinking Jordan, the Chinese team pressed the bombardment indiscriminately.

After the start of the game, Rong Guang continued his style of play in the last game against Uzbekistan, hiding himself behind the scenes, passing the ball more to his teammates and running to create opportunities for his teammates, rather than shooting himself.

Since the opponent is not too strong, then it is better to treat this game as a warm-up game to train the team.

Now, every game is crucial, because they can't make it to the final to run the team, right?

In the eighth minute, the Chinese team got a good chance, the glory of the straight plug penetrated the Jordanian defense, Gao Lin successfully countered offside, received the ball behind the back line, and then he shot directly with his feet!

The Chinese fans in the stands couldn't wait to cheer, and the Chinese fans in front of the TV and computer also shouted "the ball is in" in advance.

However, the football shot by Gao Lin was blocked by Shafi, who blocked the angle of the shot with her toes, and the ball finally missed the goal!

"Gollim's shot...... Ah! Shafi! Liu Hong held his head in his hands and shouted in annoyance.

At that time, the players of the Chinese team didn't take Sha Fei's save too seriously, anyway, the game had just started, and there was still time.

Gao Lin only looked up at the sky.

The Chinese team then continued to besiege Jordan's goal.

But as the game time went by, they gradually found that the Jordanian goalkeeper Shafi had become an insurmountable wall for them......

Whether it was Gao Lin, Deng Zhuoxiang, or other players from the Chinese team, their shots were all in vain in front of Sha Fei again and again.

Shafi made high and low blocks, and also attacked frequently, turning the entire penalty area into his defensive area. The Chinese team is very uncomfortable with Sha Fei's expression.

The result is that until the end of the first half, the score on the big screen has not changed, it is still 0:0!

Technical statistics: In the first half, the Chinese team had ten shots on goal, and six of these ten shots hit the goal frame, but none of them scored!

At the same time, in the Jordanian closing statistics, Shafei made six saves, while China's goalkeeper Zeng Chengcai made two saves.

The gap is stark.

When the first half ended, Liu Hong still couldn't believe that the Chinese team had not scored a goal with such a fierce offensive...... He thinks that any chance in it is a must-score.

The overall performance of the Chinese team in this game was much better than the first half against Uzbekistan, and the players cooperated tacitly and were often able to play amazing and exquisite combinations.

But these cooperation could not help the Chinese team break through the door of Jordan.

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At halftime, Gao Hongbo did not rush to adjust his tactics because he did not score in the first half, and let Rongguang serve as the main attacker, and he asked the team to continue to play according to the tactics of the first half.

Glory did not object.

The two of them have the same idea, in this Asian Cup, in the subsequent World Cup qualifiers, there will definitely be such a situation often, especially as the Chinese team's performance in the Asian Cup is getting better and better, there will definitely be some teams when facing the Chinese team, they will choose to defend rather than play against the Chinese team. How to play when the Chinese team lacks space and time inside and outside the opponent's penalty area?

Therefore, this match against the Jordan team is a good opportunity to train the Chinese team and increase everyone's experience in dealing with this situation.

Of course, they can let Rongguang solve the problem quickly, but then they will lose the meaning of training the team, why do they have to train from the beginning, and simply let Rongguang finish the Asian Cup alone.

The change in mentality makes Gao Hongbo not so utilitarian now.

And in the dressing room on the other side, Jordan's head coach Adnan Hamad is encouraging his players.

"You guys did a good job in the first half! Or should I say very beautiful! But don't forget that football is divided into two halves, and a good performance in the first half can also be ruined by a lax mistake in the second half. In the second half, we have to keep it like this, stay until extra time, and then stay until penalties! ”

Before this game, the Jordanian team specially practiced penalty kicks, and he believed that he must be more adequate than the Chinese team in the preparation for the penalty shootout.

The Chinese team must rely on their glory and think that they can definitely solve the battle in 90 minutes, maybe they haven't prepared a penalty at all!

At the end of the break, when he came out of the locker room, Shafi held his gloves in his hand, he was also very satisfied with his watch in the first half, he felt that his state in this game was simply the best since the competition, he was confident that he could block anyone's shot, even if it was Rong Guang himself to shoot, he dared to let the opponent return in vain!

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After the start of the second half, neither side made any adjustments.

It's normal for the Jordan team to not adjust, they played a successful first half of the game, and there was no need to change tactics.

But the Chinese team has not adjusted, which is incomprehensible.

Everyone knows that the Chinese team wants to make them look more like a team, but that is when there is no danger. Didn't Glory do this after helping the team score a goal in the last game?

And now, how to do it when you have to advance, will there be a suspicion of playing with fire?

It's too much, isn't it?

Shouldn't this time be a quick solution to the problem and play slowly?

When will the Chinese team also have the qualifications and ability to take the knockout rounds seriously?

These people can't figure it out, but it's actually quite simple.

After Glory scored the goal, Jordan's tactics will definitely not be what they are now, so it will lose the meaning of training the team in a specific environment, and Jordan will lose its value as an opponent.

Therefore, Gao Hongbo and Rongguang did not mean to exert their strength in the second half, they still played step by step according to the original tactics.

However, Gao Hongbo did not tell his players about this consideration, and the glory was not revealed to them.

Just like military training, if it is only an exercise and there will certainly be no deaths, then it will never be possible to adapt the troops to real war. Only by not telling them that this is an exercise, but a real battle, before the exercise, can they gain experience from it and their ability can grow.

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In the second half, the Chinese team intensified its attack, and it was simply bombarded indiscriminately around Jordan in the half.

However, Shafei's table is also better, trying to keep the door open.

He seems to be the kind of goalkeeper who plays well when you press a lot, and the stronger your attack, the better he plays.

In the 55th minute, the score was 0:0.

In the 65th minute, the score was still 0:0.

In the 70th minute, the score was still 0:0.

The players of the Chinese team began to be a little impatient when they saw that they could not break through Jordan's goal.

Jordan seem to be getting closer to their penalty shoot-out goal.

It was at this time that Rongguang decided to put an end to this qiē.

The exercise is coming to an end.