Football: The butcher in the midfield at the start, the magic bird stunned

Chapter 202 World Cup, so close yet so far away

Just now, countless thoughts flashed through Guqiao Hengwu's mind.

That boy from the Red Country made a "1", what the hell does that mean?
It must have been Roma's tactical cue, telling the Brazilian goalkeeper where to go.

The question is which side does the "1" refer to?

Left, center, right, left?Right, center, left, right?
oh!wrong!He then gave the goalkeeper a thumbs up!

This seemingly meaningless gesture of encouragement must also be part of the signal!

Thumbs up, is it the upper corner?

No, no, such an obvious gesture certainly doesn't have such a straightforward meaning!

That's the lower corner?
That's right, it must be the lower corner!

What about "1"?Is it left or right?

Could it be the middle?

impossible!
How could there be such a straightforward code!Is this still called a password?

right!Just like the thumb up is deliberately deceiving, the middle of the finger must also let you stay in the middle!

In less than 0.5 seconds, Guqiao Hengwu's head was like a small village that had just been connected to the Internet, and an explosion of information poured in, and then he made a "logical and meticulous" judgment.

And Fozzato, who stood opposite him, was also occupied by IQ.

Chen Xiaoliang pointed at me, what do you mean?
Logically, he has never participated in goalkeeper training, so he probably doesn't know the gestures we usually use to ask for the ball in training...

But there is no such gesture in the training...

Is it reminding me, recalling his selection of the penalty kick against Atlanta in the last game?

First?
The first one he pounced on the left side, the second one was on the left side, and the third one was in the middle.

He made me jump to the left?

wrong!

He missed the ball he threw to the left. At this critical moment, he will not remind me of a failure case!

That's the third one!

Yes, it turns out that this "1" refers to the last one!
He asked me to bet on the middle road!

Thinking of this, Fuzzato felt a shudder in his heart.

The leaders of the locker room have issued orders, so what burden does he have on his mind?
He is just a substitute for ten thousand years, making one for one, earning one for two, and it’s okay if he can’t. Everyone knows that after Patricio recovers from injury, he will still be the number one goalkeeper.

In front of Fuzato's eyes, Guqiao Hengwu was ready to shoot angrily!

The Brazilian goalkeeper pretended to pounce sideways and shook his body twice!

Guqiao Hengwu thought that his guess was right, and he strengthened his confidence even more!
At the moment when the foot is about to touch the ball, the ankle is locked, and the arch of the foot is pushed hard!
"This…"

In the live broadcast room, Zhan Jun and Liu Yue were dumbfounded at the same time.

The entire Celtic Park stadium also broke out a burst of lamentation.

Many fans couldn't believe what was happening in front of them. They opened their eyes wide and looked at each other to see if other fans around them were as shocked as they were!
"Guqiao Hengwu! Yigao is so bold! He even chose to push the low ball directly in the middle at such a moment when he was able to tie the score before the end of the first half!"

"However, Fuzzato didn't have any pre-judged reaction!"

"Many fans were dumbfounded."

Liu Yue: "That's right. At first glance, I thought it was my defender passing back to the goalkeeper. Forzato squatted down gently and hugged the ball without any effort."

Guqiao Hengwu covered his face with his hands, and a hundred thousand Pikachu and Squirrels rushed past in his heart.

But what he was thinking in his heart was not "Why am I so stupid?!", but "Why is that boy from the Red Country so stupid in his code, I thought too much!"

After Fuzato caught the ball, he lay down and pressed it tightly.

He has already felt the applause and encouragement from his teammates rushing over to slap and praise him. At this moment, he finally felt the brief, heroic courtesy!
I am a thousand-year-old iron bench, and there is also a moment when the iron tree blooms!

No, no, Chen Xiaoliang is still awesome, he can guess what the Japanese is thinking, it's incredible!
If it wasn't for his reminder, I would definitely fly to the right or left, and then I would be humiliated and pushed in the middle by Little Japan, and then I would look at their humiliating eyes and the disappointing eyes of my teammates, and tie the score at 1-1 .

Sure enough, geniuses are interlinked!No wonder the head coach values ​​this Red Countryman so much!
Chen Xiaoliang shouted hello twice, but since there was no dead ball, he immediately called on his teammates to return to their positions as soon as possible.

As he ran, he was secretly frightened.

This Fuzato... is really courageous, to sit still and wait for a rabbit...

But I didn't expect that Little Japan was more courageous than him, so he would push the middle road if he had nothing to do...

Different from the shock, surprise, bewilderment, and helplessness of other people in the stadium, the head coach of the Japanese national team, Moriyasu, who was sitting in the VIP area of ​​the south stand, looked pale and dignified.

The Japanese team stumbled all the way to break through the top 12 in the Asian region and entered the World Cup in Qatar. Mori Yasuichi has already been under tremendous pressure from the Japanese Football Association and fans.

In the past four years, more and more Japanese players have traveled to Europe and played well. In addition, the total number of Japanese players in Europe has exceeded the sum of other Asian countries. In the last World Cup, Japan killed the South American powerhouse Colombia. The group qualified second, and fought against Belgium until the last minute before being counterattacked and scored a lore goal, losing 3-2.

Japan's domestic goal for this World Cup is locked in the top eight, and Mori Yasuchi also vowed to the people that he will achieve this goal.

Recently, he has been traveling all over Europe to observe the performance of the players on the spot.

Especially tonight, although the Soviet Super League is not one of the five major leagues, Roma's excellent ranking in Serie A makes this game very "reviewable".

Coupled with four potential candidates, Mori Yasuchi can be said to come here with confidence.

But the goal by Yoshigo Furuhashi just now, including the previous three Japanese players who were not straightforward, decisive, and did not choose to hit the goal directly in the penalty area, disappointed Moriyasu.

In the European Cup, such a good opportunity was missed, and there may not be a next time, let alone the World Cup.

Not only Mori Hoichi in the stands thought so, but Celtics coach Postkoglu also found that his starting lineup was too idealistic.

With three dexterous strikers at the same time, it is indeed easy to control the ball and pass the ball. However, facing Rome's three central defenders who are obviously superior in confrontation ability, without a fulcrum in the penalty area, it is really difficult to rely on pass control to tear apart the defense. Difficult.

The Celtics, like the Japanese national team, need to put a "pile" in the penalty area that can fight with the opposing central defender, create space for the other two forwards, and divert defensive attention.

Furuhashi Henggo didn't know yet, silently, in Mori Yasuichi's heart, he had already been removed from the World Cup list.

It’s no wonder that Takumi Minano, who moved from Liverpool to Monaco, Junya Ito, who is also in Ligue 175, Don Anru from Freiburg, Kubo Yingying from Real Sociedad, Kaoru Misaki from Brighton, and Toto from Stuttgart. Fujiko, among the midfielders who play in Japan's five major leagues, almost all of them are 68 tall and about [-] kg.

Relying on this group of people alone, no matter how improved their skills and abilities are, it is difficult to achieve a breakthrough in the competition with the strong European teams when they are weak in physical confrontation, not to mention that the strong European teams are also making great progress.

The same is playing with skills. Belgium has Lukaku in the frontcourt, Spain has Ferran Torres and Morata in the frontcourt, especially Morata. No matter how doubtful he is, Enrique is determined to choose him. Not for anything else, just because he has a height of 189 and a weight of 85 kg among the "small bodies".

Let alone the French team, which is almost occupied by blacks, whether it is the 192 veteran Giroud, the 192 height Marcus Thuram of Borussia Mönchengladbach, or the 187 height Mouani of Frankfurt. At the beginning of the year, once the situation cannot be opened, everyone needs two tall men to tear up space in the penalty area.

Even Brazil, the originator of technology, is said to have to bring Pedro, a little-known striker from Fiorentina, because his height of 186 can be regarded as "outstanding" among Brazil's forwards.

The first half ended quickly, and the score of 0 to 1 did not change.

"They are not Atalanta, they are not Juventus, they are not playing pass control, they are playing a very strange, meaningless football!"

In the locker room, Mourinho explained loudly to the players.

"Pass for the sake of passing, no point! We managed to keep almost all of their shots out of the box, but we still made mistakes, although only once, the only time, they hesitated and didn't shoot, the referee Still awarded a penalty!"

Mourinho looked at Forzato: "Very well done!"

Then he went on to say: "Their coach is very experienced, otherwise they wouldn't be so far ahead in the Suchao, and they would almost win the championship ahead of schedule!"

"They will definitely change in the second half."

As he said that, Mourinho "slapped" a "7" on the Celtics striker on the tactical board.

"This person, we mentioned many times yesterday, the Greek Gigomagis, he will definitely play!"

"Just like we used Cesco, when he came on the field, you will see a lot of high-altitude balls hitting our penalty area directly from the Celtics' midfield and two wings!"

"At that time, the two people around him, whether it's the nimble Portuguese or the short Japanese, will show a real threat!"

With that said, he pointed at Zalewski again: "The defense just now was very good, but you can't just watch the ball!"

"Once the opponent is attacking, the wingback must be inward! On the wing, as long as the opponent is willing, they can always play more and less locally. You can't defend against two opponents alone!"

"Come in, compress their passing space, especially let their full-backs press up, let them pass more high-altitude balls, so that we have more opportunities to counterattack!"

Time passed and the second half began.

Although in Mourinho's mouth, Celtics coach Postkoglu is called "very experienced", but it turns out that compared with Mourinho, Postkoglu is still far behind .

Sure enough, as Mourinho predicted, Furuhashi Hengwu was replaced, and high center forward Kigao Magis stood on the court.

Furuhashi Henggo naturally knew that Moriyasu was sitting in the stands, and he also knew that with the Japanese team full of talents, especially when there were many competitors in the five major leagues, his performance today basically bid farewell to the World Cup he was thinking about. .

Although it is only his second season in Su Chao, Guqiao Hengwu is actually 27 years old.

Like the vast majority of Asian players in Europe, he was picked up by scouts and brokerage companies after he made some achievements in his home league. He first went to the European mid-range league to test the waters.

It can be said that there are very few players who can really go to the five major leagues, even the Premier League and La Liga. Many people have not made it to that day, and their careers are coming to an end.

Like Yoki Ito, who played in Japan's second-tier professional league for two years and was favored by the five major leagues. He became the absolute main player of Stuttgart at the age of 22. He is a "miracle" in Japan and Asia.

Chen Xiaoliang?
Furuhashi Henggo is not jealous of Kagawa Shinji and Honda Keisuke who are older than him and have created brilliant results, nor is he jealous of Ito Yoki and Ku Jianying who are younger than him but have already flourished in the five major leagues , and will not be jealous of Sun Xingmin's kind of Asian king who has only achieved after a lot of hard work.

But thinking of Chen Xiaoliang, Guqiao Hengwu always scolded "Baga".

Why?
why?
It seems that he has the aura of the protagonist of this world. Except for the few superstars standing at the top of the football pyramid, the other players are like supporting roles around him.

Guqiao Hengwu was very unconvinced, he covered his face with a sweat towel, and sat with his head up without saying a word.

The most regrettable thing in this world is that I could do it, but I didn't;
The most helpless thing is that I really want to do it, but I just can't do it.

For this point, Wu Lei, who is sitting on the other bench and has not played for several games, is actually more touched.

The 27-year-old Furuhashi Hengwu still has time to look forward to a better future, while Wu Lei, who is about to turn 31, has not started his career in Europe for a long time and is already drawing to a close.

In today's football world where more and more football powers are recruiting players under the age of 20 to the World Cup roster, and they are becoming famous earlier and earlier, a 30-year-old player who has not yet made a name for himself is basically sentenced to death.

On the field, exactly as Mourinho expected, after Kigao Maggis came on the field, the Celtics re-added the tactic of long passing and rushing in the intensive short pass style of play.

Like Harry Kane, the Greek center retreated frequently, using Wellertu to stick to the vacuum of Callum, bypassing Matic to catch the high ball, and then transferring to Maeda Daran and Horta on the wing.

But in this way, the number of times the Celtics moved forward increased, but the increase in long passes made the pass success rate also decrease.

In the 54th minute, Horta transferred from Kigaumagis and cut inward on the left. Seeing that the left back Taylor was about to go in and out, Zalewski did not choose to continue to defend, but retracted inward to his defensive position. zone.

Matic and Mancini surrounded Horta with one front and the other with the right. Horta flicked his right foot, kicked the instep, and passed the ball to Kigamagis who inserted in the middle of the ball!

The Greek center jumped directly to meet the ball, Smalling had no time to grab it, and blocked the shooting angle in front of him, but he did not expect that Kigamaggis flicked the header and pointed it to Dairan Maeda on the right!

Forzato scolded his mother in his heart: What's wrong with this team, a group of big men don't like to shoot in the penalty area, they are always passing around!
He thought as he moved towards the left post.

Maeda Daran volleyed, and the ball was very tricky!

"Oops! Good shot!"

Zhan Jun and Liu Yue exclaimed at the same time!
"Fozato, Fozzato, the two saves today are enough to prove to Mourinho that he is capable of becoming the team's No. [-] goalkeeper!"

"The penalty kick just now gave him a lot of confidence. This kind of psychological suggestion will help the goalkeeper's flexibility and stretch."

Liu Yue: "That's right, sometimes you will encounter such a goalkeeper. The opponent didn't shoot for a long time, and his body was cold when he stood there. Suddenly he took a cold shot and went in unexpectedly. And often after the opening, he was pressed and beaten. After a while, I took a few high-resistance defenses, and I became completely excited, and my state will be surprisingly good."

Forzato roared, feeling very excited himself.

Seeing his tricky shot being thrown out of the baseline by him, Maeda felt helpless.

At this time, the referee's whistle sounded, and Matic was sitting on the ground, calling the team doctor to enter the field.

After the Roma team entered the field to check, they helped Matic walk off the field slowly.

There seems to be no serious problem, as if I sprained my ankle when blocking it just now.

The Celtics were about to take a corner kick, and Chen Xiaoliang withdrew to the penalty area immediately.

Before the head coach makes a decision to make a substitution, the team will have one less player to fight, and he must return to the midfielder to assist in defense.

Callum's corner kick was not threatening, the ball was too low, and Chen Xiaoliang kicked him into the stands.

Mourinho looked back at the bench, and made a sign to Wu Lei to go on the field.

Foti hurriedly followed the preset plan, took the tactical board and told Wu Lei to play right winger, and the team would play 5-2-3 instead.

After taking off his warm jacket and getting ready to stand on the sidelines waiting for the dead ball, Mourinho put his right hand on Wu Lei's back and said to him: "I decided to send you on the field because I believe that at this moment, your ability can help to the team, but I don't want you to be nervous."

"You performed very well in the Europa League this season. Although you don't have many opportunities in the league, I still believe in you."

"Don't think about your age, your past, your own national team, or someone else's national team."

"Going out on the court, all you have to do is to play to your full potential."

"You are number 14 in Rome, and you are now ranked second in Serie A. In my eyes, you are better than the few Japanese in front of you."

"Go up and prove yourself, a player's life is very short, not to surpass everyone, just to leave no regrets!"

　Thanks to the club executive director [Yu Qingfeng] for the monthly ticket!

　　Thanks to the senior director of the club [still the original you] for the monthly pass!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)