Nine and a half

Chapter 281 Suffocation? (National Football Team Story, Daily Transition)
"FIFA takes this game very seriously."

"Infantino watched the game live."

"His expression looks like he's praying!"

"The Chinese national football team's qualification for the 2018 World Cup will bring inestimable commercial benefits and value to Chinese fans."

Infantino's bald head looks like a bright light bulb under the spotlight.

His face was flushed and he almost joined the Chinese fans in shouting Gao Qi's name.

Try to control yourself and keep your expression neutral.

FIFA is very fond of the World Cup benefits that Gao Qi brings.

The prelude to the national anthem sounded.

More than 30,000 Chinese fans at the scene unfolded a giant TIFO - the Great Wall pattern and the word "CHINA" rolled down from the top of the stands.

It was like a surging red ocean surrounding the green field.

Fisht Stadium, Red Chorus.

The close-up shot slowly moves across the faces of the national football players.

Solemn and solemn.

Emotionally.

The passion to fight for the country is boiling.

"The five-star red flag is flying at the World Cup."

"The national football players carry the expectations of hundreds of millions of eyes."

"Come on, Chinese team!"

Gao Qi finally realized what Pele had said four years ago: the “hero’s tears”.

The gears of personal destiny meshed with the sense of mission of national affairs.

The phrase "fighting for the country" has gradually become more concrete on the World Cup stage.

No tears.

He tried to calm down and prepare for the upcoming game.

【Mission trigger: Defend dignity.】

[Task Introduction: No more words are needed to describe the difference in strength between the two teams. The odds of Spain winning the World Cup are 1 to 7, and the odds of the Chinese national football team winning the World Cup are 1 to 800! How to play? Defend the dignity of Chinese football! ]

[Quest Reward: Eternal Legend Treasure Chest. ]

The coin was flicked into the air by the thumb.

Flip upside down.

Refracts light.

Land steadily on the back of your hand.

"Spain has the ball."

Beep!
Accompanied by the referee's whistle.

The game officially begins.

Morata kicked the ball back to the backcourt.

The Spanish formation moved forward slowly. There was no quick attack from the wing, and the players did not rush forward desperately. Instead, they controlled the ball and advanced at a leisurely pace.

"Be careful."

"Isco and Asensio have a tendency to speed up and penetrate the flanks."

"Correct."

"Our defensive focus needs to move back"

"Morata's counter-running return?"

"Correct!"

"We must seize the opportunity, move forward and cut off Spain's forward passes."

"Hey? Gao Qi retreated while waving his hands to signal his teammates not to move forward."

"Too late! Oops!"

"What's going on? It's been shot through!"

Morata ran back and made a knock.

Busquets has moved into a comfortable passing environment.

Kick forward.

Snapped!
The football stuck to the grass and penetrated the Chinese national team's forward defense line.

China's half was like a cake cut diagonally.

"Right road."

"David Silva."

"Another touch."

"Asensio starts."

“Not offside.”

"Single blade, it's dangerous"

"Why does Spain need to pass the ball? Pass it to Iniesta!"

"oops!"

The commentator was completely disappointed.

The 34-year-old Iniesta calmly stopped the ball and took the opportunity to shoot.

More than 30,000 Chinese fans at the scene felt like they were falling into an icy cave: they were suddenly attacked by the opponent right after the start of the game?
Snapped!
A tall figure appeared in the camera.

It seemed as if it flew into the camera.

"Wow!"

"Rescued by Gao Qi who came running back like crazy"

"He cleared the ball and Spain got a corner kick."

Gao Qi was lying on the grass.

The thighs and buttocks were rubbed by the ryegrass and became hot.
No complaints.

No spreading of hands.

He stood up quickly, gestured to his teammates, and then gestured to the coaching staff.

The lip-reading expert at the scene held up a telescope and quickly interpreted it.

Hierro applauded vigorously.

Lippi frowned.

Studio.
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[What is the Chinese national football team doing? Isn't it better to park the bus and shrink? They were beaten by Spain in an instant! ]
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[The overall selection and defensive changes of the Chinese national football team just now are not wrong, but the opponent is Spain. ]
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[Over the years, Spain has not been able to find a successor to Xavi, but the coach still insists on passing and controlling the ball, which indirectly exposes many problems, so they will not insist on hypnotic passing and controlling the ball, but tend to "dispatch the opponent's defensive focus." ]
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[Morata just retreated "brainlessly", like an idiot, what kind of center forward retreat, resulting in no other Spanish players "rotating" to the front line to occupy space. Lippi's defensive strategy is very reasonable: the overall defense line of the Chinese national team pushed forward, on the one hand to create offside; on the other hand to accumulate local numbers to disrupt Spain's ground penetration;]
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[Yes, it makes sense. This is how Italy beat Spain.]
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[Yes, the idiot center retreated recklessly, without considering whether his teammates could rotate to the center position in time and whether they could suppress the Chinese national team's defense line; it was reasonable for our national team to push forward. ]
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[However, Busquets's pass was too fast, and David Silva's timing was too subtle, so our defense was unable to successfully create an offside. ]
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[Lippi wants to use the Italian way to defeat Spain, but Gao Qi knows Morata and his teammates better. ]
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[Damn, from what you guys said, I almost thought the Chinese national football team and Spain were evenly matched.]

The game resumes.

Spain's corner kick was blocked out of bounds.

Lippi kept waving his hands on the sidelines, and translator Zhao yelled at the top of his voice.

The game entered a positional battle.

The entire Chinese national football team retreated.

"We can't fight against Spain."

"The broken ship still has three-pointers. Even if the Spanish team has not produced a successor to Xavi, few teams can compete with them in attack."

The football rolled slowly on the green field.

Spain took its time and did not rush to attack.

No need for language or finger communication.

Iniesta, Busquets and David Silva, the old duo, steadily built a network of suppression.

Perfect delivery line.

The ultimate in precision.

Just the right amount of passing power.

They created a large net that easily covered the Chinese team's defense line.

The national football players gradually felt suffocated.

"Without a midfielder like Xavi, Spain's passing and control will not be suffocating."

“We don’t have any pressure.”

"Spain's record in the World Cup European qualifiers is 9 wins and 1 draw, scoring 36 goals and conceding 3 goals, which shows that they no longer have the dominance they once had."

"Hey! All of that was invalid ball control!"

"It's useless to have a high ball possession rate. Statistics show that 65% of Spain's passes in positional warfare are horizontal, which is useless."

"Lippi's defensive deployment was correct: deliberately giving up the outside line and concentrating troops to block the flank penetration route."

"As long as our national football players do a good job of defense, why can't we stop Isco?"

Left rib.

The moment Isco receives the ball with his back to the goal.

Gently lift your left foot.

The football went over the head of Hao Junmin who was closely marking him.

at the same time.

Real Madrid midfielder completed a 180-degree turn.

Feng Xiaoting quickly made up for the defense.

Snapped!
Isco seemed to be dancing.

Second lob with right foot.

Step forward and speed up!
"Pick up the ball and turn around for a double combo!"

"For example, the speed difference of the ball can break through the close defense and create space for breakthrough!"

"Breaking in!"

During this historical period, Isco, under the urging of Zidane, changed his bad habit of "stuck head".

After breaking through China’s left flank defense line.

Snapped!
The football stuck to the grass and drew an arc in the Chinese team's penalty area.

"Morata!"

"Danger!"

Morata's movement is top-notch.

Before the forward run.

He pretended to retreat, and then used his terrifying explosive speed to cut diagonally into the space behind Deng Hanwen.

Facing the oncoming football.

The Spanish striker didn't hesitate and shot the ball.

In an instant.

The mood of tens of thousands of Chinese fans at the scene fell to the lowest point.

Bah!
The football whizzed out of the stands!

Fisht Stadium was silent for a few tenths of a second.

Then there was a burst of cheers of survival.

The old men in the Spanish coaching staff beat their chests and stamped their feet.

Hierro covered his heart with his hands with a painful expression.

Morata rubbed his face, spat, and gave Isco a thumbs up.

The audience in front of the TV excitedly shouted Morata's Chinese name.

Lippi was also a little confused.

Times have changed.

Are the forwards now different from the ones he coached in Serie A?

Morata, who has top-notch positioning, top-notch awareness and terrifying explosive power, had such a bad finishing shot.

How dangerous.

Gao Qi was not happy.

From a bird's eye view, we review the flaws in Spain's high-level defense exposed during positional attack.

He seized the opportunity during the dead ball phase and actively had brief exchanges with Hao Junmin and Wu Lei.

The chances are slim.

But at least it exists
(End of this chapter)