strictlysupreme Chapter 150 Sometimes This Is Football
Chapter 150 Sometimes This Is Football
Chapter 150 Sometimes This Is Football
Can beat the proud Brazilian to pray to God, Stan's tactics in the first half obviously achieved good results.
At the end of the half, the score was still 1-0, Guangzhou Tianbao took the lead, and Stan's goal was considered to have reached 30%. What was waiting for Guangzhou Tianbao in the second half?Stan knew it.
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In the locker room, the head coach of Santos seemed a little silent in front of his disciples. In the first half, there was no problem with his tactics, and the execution of the players was also fine. It wasn’t that they didn’t create chances. Looking at the half-time statistics, we can see that the number of shots taken by our team is far ahead of the opponent, but why is the score behind?
Maybe this is football! !
Morrisi Ramalho thought of the World Cup held in Brazil in 1950. In the final final, Brazil VS Uruguay. The Brazilian team can be said to have the right time, the right location, and the harmonious people.
Sometimes there are things on the football field that are really unclear. Even if you do it [-]%, you still can’t get satisfactory results.
"Do you believe in God?" Maurice Ramalho suddenly asked his team members.
Although Brazil is a country with freedom of religious belief, most people believe in Christianity, so most people nodded in response to the head coach.
"I have nothing to give you during the intermission. Let's take a look at the shooting data. We don't have a chance. I think all we can do now is pray. I hope God bless us with better luck in the second half."
At first hearing, the players thought the head coach was crazy, but after thinking about it carefully, what the coach said was not wrong, but praying in the locker room?Only *** can do this, at least the players present have never done this. Brazilian football has always spoken with strength.
But since the head coach said it, everyone followed suit, and some players with Bibles even took out their Bibles.
(The Brazilian national team once prayed collectively after the Confederations Cup, but that time it was on the court and was finally punished by FIFA, but it can be seen that the Brazilians are very devout in their faith).
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On the other side of Guangzhou Tianbao's locker room, Stan played Wang Leehom's new song "Full Firepower". He asked the players to listen to the song while watching him draw a tactical board.
"Full firepower", the team members hummed involuntarily as they listened.
Stan turns to look at everyone, and the players immediately shut up.
"It's okay, hum it," Stan said.
Stan let the players listen to this rock-style song during the halftime break, just to keep everyone in a high mood.
Li Qiao didn't have to play in the second half, so Stan asked him to take a shower to avoid catching a cold.
The other player, Recoba, did not enter the locker room. Stan asked Pekovic to give him a small fire outside, warming up and arranging tactics for him.
Stan draws a rectangular area on the tactical board and says, "This is where Ganthor moves."
"so small"?Everyone thought.
The range of movement of this classical attacking midfielder is indeed very small. Stan understands this very well. If such a player does not fight or break through, he relies on his teammates to grab the ball and give it to him. Unless he is equipped with Makelele or Vieira to serve him, Ganso's role is really limited.
But the problem is that Guangzhou Tianbao is always pressed and beaten by his opponents. If he always hides in the penalty area, then Gansuo's power is still very powerful.
So Stan made an unexpected arrangement, that is, Brahimi did not defend Neymar, but Ganso.
As long as Ganso's passing is choked, Santos' offensive threat will be greatly reduced.
The players didn't understand Stan's decision. Neymar was stronger than Ganso in terms of fame, value, and performance on the field. What would happen if Brahimi was transferred and Neymar was allowed to run freely?Everyone dare not imagine.
Faced with doubts, Stan did not explain, because on the football field, there is no need to explain if you win, and it is useless to explain if you lose.
Stan looked at his watch, the time was almost up, "Okay, boys, give me full fire for the second half".
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In the second half, Guangzhou Tianbao's Recoba replaced Li Qiao, and Santos also made a substitution. The defense was strong, and the late bloomer "Elano" replaced Enrique.
When the fourth official held the substitution card, according to the rules, he needed to confirm Li Qiao. At this time, Stan took the initiative to explain to the fourth official, and then he did not forget to greet the Japanese referee.
Just when the greetings were over, Stan saw that the head coach of Santos was still chattering to "Elano" who was about to play, and Elano was rubbing his hands to keep warm. Obviously, the Brazilian who had just flown from the southern hemisphere in summer was not used to the cold weather in Japan.
Stan snickered in his heart, the opponent's disadvantage was his own happy event, he really hoped that God would help, there would be snow in the second half, but according to the weather forecast, it will definitely not snow in Yokohama tonight.
With the whistle of the referee, the second half began.
Considering Recoba's age, Stan let him play as the front midfielder, which is the position of Santos Ganso. This position does not require too much running, as long as a deadly pass is passed at a critical moment, and Conca goes to the right to fill the position of Li Qiao.
In the second half, Guangzhou Tianbao kicked off. After Recoba played, Guangzhou Tianbao’s ability to control the ball became stronger. After 20 years of football career, football is now a part of Recoba’s body. When the ball reached Recoba’s feet, Santos’ Elano and Bruno couldn’t grab the football together.
In desperation, Bruno pushed Recoba. Even though the referee noticed Bruno's small move, he was warned.
The game restarted, and Recoba was still in possession of the ball in the midfield. The opponent's midfielder was really helpless. Facing a "ball skin" like Recoba was really a headache.
Ganso from Santos looked at the situation and came back to help grab it. Three people grabbed one. Recoba couldn't do it anymore.
Nekonan gave the ball to Recoba again, and Recoba began to protect the ball again.
One goal behind and one less player, Santos was indeed difficult to play in the second half, but the South American champion has a strong background. Facing the unfavorable situation, everyone in Santos stepped up their running, hoping to use the extra running to make up for the disadvantage of one less player. Even Ganso, who usually does not run much, became active.
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The pressure was high, and Guangzhou Tianbao's pass immediately went wrong. Santos regained the initiative, and Recoba did not defend. In this way, in terms of numbers, Santos will not suffer for the time being.
Elano, who Santos just played, is very similar to Deng Jia, the captain of the Brazil team in the 98 World Cup.
The main reason for the head coach to appoint him is that he can be used by one person as two people. Another purpose is to find a bodyguard for Gansuo, who has a soft style of play. With Elano's protection, Gansuo can have no worries.
Elano snatched the ball, and Ganso organized the attack. For a while, Guangzhou Tianbao’s midfielder had no advantage in front of the opponent. Ganso made a precise long pass of about 30 meters and found Neymar.
Because of his good ball-stopping skills, Neymar can carry out follow-up actions very calmly. He rushed to Gabriel, facing Neymar, Gabriel could only retreat, and he thought to himself, "Taiwo quickly come to help defend."
At this time, the central defender can only stand still to avoid being passed by, but cannot pounce on the opponent, because once passed, Neymar will directly face the goalkeeper alone.
And Taiwo?
The Nigerian can't go away either. He is marking Santos' right winger "Aloka". Neymar will not give Gabriel a chance to rescue.
He swayed left and right, trying to pass Gabriel with a fake move, but at this time Gabriel was behind the small restricted area, and it can be said that there was no way out.
Gabriel moved his body to one side and released the side, which is the side defended by Isaacson. Gabriel gave Neymar an angle to shoot.
This is also a helpless move, it is better than being passed by.
Neymar saw that there was a shooting angle. Although Isaacson defended the angle here, Neymar, who was full of confidence, decided to take a shot.
The direction of Neymar's shot is the upper corner of the goal where Isaacson is defending, that is, the dead corner. When the ball flew out, Isaacson jumped up to save it, and Gabriel could only pray.
Neymar's footwork is very good, the football basically flies to the dead corner of the goal as he expected, but Isaacson, who is nearly 2 meters tall, defends half of the goal. For him, the ball is still possible.
Finally, Isaacson touched the ball lightly with his fingertips, changed the direction of the football, and the football flew out of the baseline.
Such a goal was missed, and Neymar kicked the lawn hard, kicking up a large piece of floating grass, which he obviously felt very regretful.
And all the players from Guangzhou Tianbao came over to give Isaacson a high-five and thanked the Swede for making such a beautiful save.
But the Swede hugged Gabriel alone. Only he knew that if Gabriel hadn't blocked half of the goal, Neymar would have more angles to choose, and the possibility of scoring a goal would be greater.
Surviving another catastrophe, Stan on the sidelines exhaled. The hot air quickly condensed into mist in the icy air. Stan’s hands were shaking slightly, not because of the cold, but because of nervousness. He looked at the big screen. There are 30 minutes left, boys, can we make it to the finals?
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