World Cup of Great Powers

"41131? What new formation is this?" The Spanish assistant coach slammed his mouth, a little stunned.

"This is nothing new!" Seth gritted his back molars, "This is an old antique that has long been eliminated!"

In the history of football, almost no coach would start with a 451 parallel position.

Mostly at the moment of the full counterattack during the game, the formation was lightly adjusted to a 451 in a parallel position.

Due to the lack of layering of the formation due to the parallel positions of the three central midfielders, the parallel position of 451 is changed by the head coach, and a midfielder is usually selected as a single midfielder.

That is 4141.

As a branch of 451, the shortcomings of 4141's formation are also very obvious.

Not to mention the defensive vacuum on both sides of the formation midfield, but the requirements for a single midfielder are extremely huge.

This player not only needs to have both offense and defense, but also undertakes responsibilities such as defense, response, movement, and delivery of the ball.

Such a comprehensive midfield talent is very rare, and once an injury or a cumulative suspension of red and yellow cards, the impact on the team is actually huge.

On the basis of 4141, the head coach had to withdraw a midfielder again to form a double defensive midfielder.

In this way, 451 developed into today's 4231.

Although the overall formation tends to be stable, the emergence of 4231 actually violates the original intention of 451!
Think about it, when you need a full counterattack, there are two midfielders behind the halfway line, so what counterattack?
But there is no such thing as the best and perfect formation, only whether it is suitable and restrained.

Zeng Zheng's tactical play today is another transformation of 4141.

But this time, Zeng Zheng did not directly change the formation into 4231, but separated Zhao Junzhe from the central midfielder and midfielder, and sandwiched between the two.

Commonly known as the midfield free man!
Under Zeng Zheng's arrangement, Zhao Jun's range of activities is huge!
He not only has to retreat to the single midfielder to assist in defense when defending, but also is responsible for organizing and assisting when attacking.

He is also responsible for some backcourt play.

As a result, the team's requirements for this player are even higher than 4141's single midfielder.

This is also the reason why Zeng Zheng's selected team buffs were all focused on Zhao Junzhe in the end.

To put it bluntly, although Zhao Junzhe was defending due to the compression of the formation, he seemed to be standing parallel to Xu Yunlong;
But in fact, compared with the two midfielders in Spain, Zhao Junzhe has to undertake more offensive organization tasks.

This is the biggest difference between the formation arrangements of the two sides.

In today's final, both defenses have flaws.

Spain is afraid that its goalkeeper will not be good, and Zheng Zhi will not be able to play for the China Youth Team.

Therefore, the head coaches of both sides agreed and chose 451, a formation suitable for defensive counterattacks.

After studying and analyzing Spain's previous 6 games, Zeng Zheng found that the opponent prefers to advance layer by layer from the middle.

Therefore, Zeng Zheng was sure that even in the last final, even if it was a defensive counterattack, the opponent would adopt this kind of step-by-step mid-push tactic.

That being the case, Zeng Zheng went all out and adopted such a formation of defensive center and sidelines to start.

In the first half, if Spain were more flexible and took more sideways, they would find that the midfield defense of the China Youth Team was so vulnerable that they were easily hit by the opponent in front of the penalty area.

Unfortunately, Seth's team had no chance of finding out.

The reality is that for most of the first half, the Chinese youth team was actually responsible for organizing and delivering the ball when the midfielder was attacking.

In this way, the front three attacking midfielders and one striker were liberated and fully responsible for the offense.

Especially Li Yi.

He was given unlimited firepower by Zeng Zheng today.

So after catching the ball, it is basically a direct attack with one kick.

It is also the use of such offensive pressure that forced Spain not to discover the gap in the defense of the China Youth Team earlier.

"That is to say, in the second half, if we focus more on the flanks, the midfield defense they built will be easily broken?" Hearing this, the assistant coach's eyes lit up.

"That's right!" Seth clapped his fists together.

"Igor's performance exceeded my expectations."

"He's in great shape today!"

"Since we don't have to worry about him, why should we fight back?"

"It's over if you attack in an all-round way!"

"Talk to the boys, let them be quiet, I'm going to arrange the tactics for the second half!"

Seth's analysis was correct, and he even considered Zeng Zheng's pre-judgment point clearly.

Zeng Zheng thought so.

In this World Youth Championship, both Shao Jiayi and Zheng Zhi have become Eastern stars.

For Zeng Zheng, this is not enough!

In this last final, apart from winning, Zeng Zheng also has a "star-making plan"!
By setting the tactical approach of the midfielder Libero, fully highlight Zhao Junzhe's role in the team.

The entire first half, including Shao Jiayi, was Zhao Junzhe's foil.

Zhao Junzhe, who was born in 1979, is only 20 years old this year.

Compared with Li Tie, a pure engineer player, Zhao Jun is not physically burly, nor is he superior in strength.

Compared with Zheng Zhi, he lacked Zheng Zhi's ruthlessness and hard work.

If Li Tie's training direction is Makelele, Zheng Zhi's training direction is Davis.

So Zeng Zheng's training direction for Zhao Junzhe is Modric.

The reminder is thin, with a slow personality, but also willing to work hard, as well as skilled foot skills and good vision.

Such a player is most suitable to be trained by Zeng Zheng as an excellent B2B midfielder.

It is still 99, and the era of the classical midfielder has not yet come to an end.

However, under the request of Zeng Zheng, the selection of midfielders has begun to develop in an all-round way.

Only in this way, after the players arrive at the European clubs, can they adapt to the team's arrangements as soon as possible and get more opportunities to play.

When his own league has no way to send out a large number of overseas players, Zeng Zheng can only use this method to ensure the quality first.

After 45 minutes of competition in the first half, the China Youth Team has already scored a goal, which can be regarded as meeting the minimum requirements of Zeng Zheng's plan.

In anticipation of the opponent's change of formation, during the 15 minutes, Zeng Zheng called the players to his side one by one to discuss in detail.

"In the second half, it's probably like this."

"If you don't get injured, you will definitely play the full 90 minutes."

"In terms of physical fitness, you should weigh yourself, and don't use up too much."

"I will give you the green light on defense, so you don't have to participate in defense."

"But once you are asked to play a role, you have to work hard for me!"

As the bell rang for the start of the second half, Li Yi, who was the last to be called wrong, nodded fiercely.

Seeing Li Yi's firm eyes and expression, Zeng Zheng also nodded.

Winning Spain and winning the World Youth Championship, for Zeng Zheng, has reached the final stage!
In the second half, they changed sides and fought again, and the two sides were still the same team.

1 to 0 is an unacceptable score for Spain.

"Xiao Zeng, in the second half, Spain will definitely counterattack with all its strength." Zhu Guanghu looked worried.

"Should we change some defensive players?"

Zeng Zheng nodded.

"Substitutions are definitely possible, but now is not the time."

Zeng Zheng has a habit.

That is, before the substitution, he likes to "squeeze out" the physical fitness of the replaced player.

With the existence of the system panel, Zeng Zheng can clearly see the physical condition in front of any player.

Once it was time to make a substitution, Zeng Zheng would remind the player to increase his running to completely consume his physical energy.

If things go on like this, although such a substitution method will easily be noticed by the opponent's coach, there may be some kind of accident in the process.

However, Zeng Zheng never tires of using this trick when there is a high probability that he can wipe out a lot of physical energy of his opponent.

As Zhu Guanghu expected, in the 49th minute of the second half, the Spaniard made a fierce attack from the left.

After Barrera successfully advanced all the way from the left, he crossed the ball to Harvey in front of the top of the penalty area.

After taking the ball, the latter faced Zhao Junzhe's defense and pushed forward with his right foot, as if trying to pass the opponent with a change of rhythm.

Sure enough, Zhao Jun was stunned, and after being deceived by his opponent, he gave up his position.

But then, Xu Yunlong immediately made up defenses.

Under Zeng Zheng's reminder, Xu Yunlong did not rush out, but stuck in front of Harvey, blocking his next step forward.

In order to pass this defense zone, Harvey must either change direction or surrender the ball.

Seeing that the opponent didn't take the opportunity to grab, Harvey stretched out his foot a little, and pulled the deliberately big ball back to his feet.

Seeing the opponent's speed of pulling the ball, Xu Yunlong couldn't help swallowing a mouthful of saliva.

Good guy!
This guy is really fast!
If Boss Zeng hadn't reminded him, he might have been passed over right now.

After controlling the ball, Spain has reached the front of the China Youth team's penalty area.

Seeing this, Seth nodded.

The two wings are indeed the weak points of the China Youth team's defense.

Facing the dense defense of the Chinese youth team still rooted in the middle, Harvey and his teammates made several consecutive small-range passes and forced the ball into the penalty area.

Seeing this, Pablo and Liu Yunfei were already running desperately.

At the critical moment, Geng Yujie stepped forward and destroyed the ball with a sliding tackle.

Seeing this, the fans swallowed their hearts back into their stomachs again.

Not long after this attack was sabotaged by the China Youth Team, Spain made a comeback.

Not only Zeng Zheng, but even Zhu Guanghu keenly discovered that Spain has adjusted its formation to 442.

The two forwards are like two fangs, deeply embedded in the defense line of the Chinese youth team.

Coupled with the tacit cooperation between Harvey and Gabriel, Spain attacked several times in a row, all of which reached the front of the penalty area of ​​the China Youth Team.

"Pablo shoots!!!"

With the exclamation of the commentator, the ball soared into the sky and flew straight to the stands.

On the penalty area line, Pablo held the back of his head in annoyance.

why!
Why did the ball go so far? ? ?
For Pablo himself, this position can indeed play a role, and he also has the ability to score in this position.

But for Seth, something was wrong everywhere.

Why is that guy shooting there?
Is it overconfidence?
Or, just shoot there?

"What are you doing?"

"Pass it in! Pass it!"

"Pass the ball into the penalty area of ​​the Chinese team and shoot!"

"Can't understand Spanish?"

Time passed by every minute and every second, and the situation on the court gradually favored Spain.

Without the worries of the back line, the whole Spanish team attacked, and even the Brazilian team couldn't handle it.

But the problem is that until now, even if the China Youth Team has changed a player, there are still very few shots from Spain in the China Youth Team's penalty area.

what 's wrong?
After Seth observed for a while, an expression of exasperation appeared on his face again.

"Damn it, it turns out that the Chinese team has already reacted!"

When Spain changed to 442, Zeng Zheng also changed.

It is still 451, but it is a lineup that completely violates the 451 formation-4411!

Four defenders, four midfielders.

A total of eight people gathered at the front of the penalty area, forming two airtight defensive lines.

With such a dense defense, it is no wonder that Spain cannot attack.

Facing the situation surrounded by opponents, even the future midfielder Harvey, without the cooperation of Messi and Iniesta, he alone cannot break through the two walls.

In the 65th minute, Gabriel went straight to the frontcourt, trying to pass the ball to Harvey who was going forward.

However, the pass was a bit small, halfway through it was touched by Zhao Jun, and the ball rolled out crookedly.

Seeing this, Xu Yunlong immediately rushed over.

Every half ball must be fought for.

The Chinese youth team has been able to defend until now, thanks to this request!

Although Xu Yunlong fought hard, Harvey fought even harder!

After Xu Yunlong made a flying shovel, he immediately stood up, hooked his left foot, and protected the ball under his body.

Using the figure that flashed in the corner of his eye, Harvey immediately judged the running position of his teammates.

With a knock on his heel, the ball rolled into the penalty area of ​​the China Youth Team.

At this time, everyone's attention was focused on Harvey and Xu Yunlong. No one thought that Pablo would rush into the penalty area of ​​the China Youth Team at this time.

Seeing that the Spaniard was going to fight alone, at the critical moment, Liu Yunfei abandoned the door and left.

The young Chinese youth player opened his arms and blocked Pablo's deadly push with his chest.

Bang!
A muffled sound.

Spain's best chance to tie the score was just missed by him!
After the miss, Pablo still looked annoyed.

This expression has appeared on his face countless times.

The scouts in the stands who were very optimistic about him before the game are also shaking their heads at this moment.

One more game, one more chance.

But sometimes there are too many opportunities, and people will inevitably show timidity.

After seeing Pablo wasting opportunities like this, the evaluation of him by the major clubs dropped a bit instantly.

"Obviously the opponent is only the Chinese team!"

The commentator looked at Liu Yunfei who kept punching in front of the goal, and murmured, "I didn't expect Spain to be so deflated in front of the Chinese team!"

So far in the second half, Zeng Zheng's team did not show much offense.

In this way, it not only saves energy, but also confuses the opponent.

As time passed, Seth finally couldn't help it.

If you don't score again, I'm afraid this game will really be lost!
And no matter how he looked at it, he felt that Zeng Zheng still had a back move.

In the more than 20 minutes of the second half, the China Youth Team defended too steadily!
In many cases, it is not that the Chinese youth team has no chance to counterattack, but is "missed" by the players.

But it doesn't matter if you miss it once or twice, every time you miss it, Seth can't help but feel wobbly.

According to the offensive efficiency of the China Youth team in the first half, the current rhythm of the China Youth team is definitely intentional.

So why not fight back when you can?
After much deliberation, Seth could only attribute it to the lack of physical fitness of the youth team members.

Think about it too.

In the first half, he kept attacking in the middle. If he maintained that intensity in the second half, he would not be able to play the entire game.

So far, Zeng Zheng has only played one substitution card.

"Mr. Seth, the Chinese team seems to be deliberately slowing down the pace! Are they trying to deliberately waste time?"

Seth bit his lip, thought for a moment, then shook his head.

"It shouldn't be!"

"According to previous observations on the Chinese team, their coaches like to put Bao in the last 10 minutes!"

"I think they should be saving energy and preparing for the last 10 minutes of offense!"

"Think about it, we were leading 1-0 at the beginning. At that time, we were exhausted. If we were successfully attacked by the opponent, it would directly kill the game!"

"no!"

"We can't attack like this anymore."

"Remind the team members to save energy and prepare for the final offensive and defensive battle!"

Under the command of Seth, the Spanish offensive gradually slowed down.

During these 10 minutes, the two sides seemed to have formed some kind of tacit understanding.

If you can attack, attack, if you can't attack, you will fall to the backcourt.

Seeing that the teams on both sides are gradually calming down, the fans in the stands also took the opportunity to breathe a sigh of relief.

"Hey, tell me, has Spain given up?"

"Crap! How is it possible? Can't you see it? It's definitely saving energy, and I plan to counterattack at the last time!"

"From this point of view, the Spaniard is the same as us, and his physical fitness is not good!"

"Please, whether you are physically fit or not depends on how you play! If there is a high-intensity attack on the court, even Iron Man can't stand it!"

"Oh, that's right!"

Like these two fans, among the 95 countries and regions following this World Youth Championship, all TV stations that broadcast the game live have heated discussions on the status quo.

Seth's thinking was clear.

After attacking unsuccessfully for 10 minutes, rest for a while, and then do the final counterattack.

It is not difficult to guess the Chinese youth team led by Zeng Zheng.

So far, both Li Yi and Shao Jiayi have been left on the field by Zeng Zheng, obviously trying to use their offensive ability to drag each other down.

And if there is a chance, this deterrence will turn into reality and become a fatal blow!
The defensive counterattack of the youth team in this World Youth Championship has caught the eyes of countries all over the world.

Everyone also believed that Zeng Zheng was also waiting for the moment to kill Spain!

Is the matador fighting back, or Dongfanglong killing the game with thunder?
The fans held their breath and kept glancing at the timer.

In the 77th minute, Spain, which had completed two substitutions, suddenly launched a strong attack.

Several consecutive one-kick passes in a short period of time unexpectedly punched a breakthrough from the middle.

No matter how Zeng Zheng yelled here, he always slowed down.

Under Harvey's tandem, Spain's offensive machines in the frontcourt rolled forward.

In the blink of an eye, the ball was passed into the penalty area of ​​the China Youth Team.

When he saw Gabriel going down to chase the ball, Zeng Zheng suddenly reacted and yelled hastily.

"Be careful of the inverted triangle cross!!!"

As soon as the words fell, Gabriel's return kick rolled towards the penalty spot.

Fortunately, Zeng Zheng gave a reminder one second in advance, and the two defenders and two defensive midfielders quickly moved closer to the center.

Swish swish! ! !
Three bodies popped out in front of Harvey.

Faced with Harvey's leg swing, the defenders subconsciously flew to block the hole of the gun.

In front of the goal line, even Liu Yunfei made a save.

However, when Harvey's right foot had been kicked to the height parallel to the waist, the fans did not see the ball flying up.

"Missed the kick?"

Zhu Guanghu was surprised.

"Fuck! It was leaked on purpose!" Zeng Zheng clenched his molars.

Harvey's shot is simply fake!

No matter from running position or swinging legs, everyone thinks he will shoot directly.

But it happened to be a fake move.

After the ball quickly slipped away from his feet, defender Marchena, who jumped in behind, swung his legs to meet the ball.

boom!
This time, the Spaniard's feet really hit the ball.

Liu Yunfei, who was knocked to the ground by Harvey in front of the goal line, managed to prop up his body and rushed towards the ball.

But just relying on the strength of the body in situ, it is impossible to jump very far.

Coupled with Liu Yunfei's natural height disadvantage.

At that moment, he only felt a gust of wind blowing in front of his fingertips.

Fuck!Didn't touch it!
In the next second, before Liu Yunfei was upset.

There was a muffled sound behind him.

"Bang!!!"

buzz buzz buzz ~~~
The entire door frame of the China Youth Team shook.

"Ahhhhhhhhhh~~~"

"It's a doorpost!"

"What a pity!"

"The Spaniard missed the best chance to equalize!"

Not only the commentator, Seth on the sidelines was almost so annoyed that he leaned over.

He didn't wait until the last 10 minutes to launch the attack, but quietly advanced the general attack, just to catch the Chinese youth team by surprise.

But it's up to people to plan, and it's up to God to make things happen.

This goalpost completely broke his heart.

Yu Feng rushed over quickly and kicked the ball out of the sideline.

Until this moment, the players' bodies couldn't help but began to tremble.

I'm afraid!

Liu Yunfei couldn't care less about being angry now.

He turned around and kissed him hard, directly at the doorpost.

Because the door frame was still shaking, when Liu Yunfei's lips left the door post, there was still a stream of saliva sticking to it.

Seeing the China Youth team goalkeeper kissing the goalposts all the way to Lasi, the fans also more or less understood Liu Yunfei's mood at the moment.

"Hanging, it's really hanging!" Zhu Guanghu stroked his chest on the sidelines, panting continuously.

"Oh! I am really old."

"Things on this court are a bit unbearable."

Zhu Guanghu's words were entirely for those teaching assistants.

Maybe after this World Youth Championship, he might really be transferred to Zhuxie for a leisurely job!

Seeing that the attack was "revealed", Seth decisively played the last substitution card and made the final attack.

Seeing this, Zhu Guanghu couldn't help but elbow Zeng Zheng, reminding him that he still had two substitution cards in his hand.

Seeing that Zeng Zheng was indifferent, Zhu Guanghu stopped talking.

At this moment, he believed that Zeng Zheng had his own judgment in mind.

Spain is about to start a general offensive!
A substitution is a signal.

This time, the Spanish fans in the stands immediately stood up and cheered for the home team.

In the 79th minute, Spain once again kicked a few pleasing kicks before the top of the penalty area of ​​the China Youth Team. The cooperation between Harvey and his teammates has almost reached a seamless level.

Before the defenders of the Chinese youth team reacted, Harvey rubbed the ball lightly again.

hum!
Pablo, who rushed to the penalty spot, kicked up and shot without stopping the ball.

From the point of view of the ball, the ball is urgent and tricky, and has a tendency to run towards the dead corner of the goal.

Liu Yunfei had no time to react.

Fortunately, at the critical moment, Chen Licheng stepped forward and blocked the ball out of the penalty area with his legs.

The ball bounced to the right side of the penalty area, which happened to be a vacuum for Spain's offense.

Seeing Xu Yunlong speeding up towards the ball, Seth on the sidelines immediately shouted: "Go back! Go back! Go back!!!"

Before he could finish shouting, Xu Yunlong stepped out.

The ball flew into the air and went straight to the Spanish half.

Shao Jiayi, who had become a midfielder, quickly leaned to the right, leaped high and threw his head back. The ball hit his forehead and continued to fly forward.

At the same time, under the reminder of Seth, there are already three Spanish defenders who will be put in place.

And Li Yi was the only one in the middle youth team who jumped in to chase the ball.

"it is good!"

"Hold on now!"

1 vs 3, Seth didn't think Li Yi had the ability.

Seeing Li Yi catch up with the ball and bring it to the bottom line, Seth, who was cleared of the alarm, began to urge the players to stop the ball quickly, and then continue to attack.

However, what he didn't expect was that Li Yiwu took the ball towards the corner kick in the face of the two's upsurge.

As the room for movement became smaller and smaller, in the end, Li Yi was forced to the corner alone.

"Hurry up, grab the ball quickly!"

Under the urging of Seth, the two Spanish defenders tried their best to avoid touching the ball from Li Yi's feet.

Seeing this scene, Seth was startled, and quickly looked towards the midfielder.

Hey!
Where is the shadow of the young and middle-aged players?

Except for Shao Jiayi who strolled to the corner area for a walk, the other players stood in the backcourt without the slightest intention of attacking.

Until this moment, Seth finally sensed Zeng Zheng's true intentions.

"Shet!"

"This guy doesn't attack anymore!!!"