football fight

Chapter 53 New Maxima
The image of the North Korean national men's football team in the past has always been a tenacious team in Asian football.

They have a tenacious and excellent style, and they train hard and fearlessly like revolutionary soldiers. In addition, they have always spared no physical strength and are good at running in the competition. They are also called "Maxima".

However, their lack of competition experience, limited domestic training conditions and other reasons have always been the reasons that restrict their development.

Fortunately, thanks to North Korea's reforms in recent years, football has also been positively affected, and the performance of teams at all levels has also improved.

However, from a detailed structure point of view, the personnel reserves of their teams at all levels are not very comprehensive, and there are no corresponding teams for several age groups.

Therefore, most of their energy is spent on the adult team and the Olympic team, and they are forced to focus on training players who are in line with the team's style of play and the positions of each team's style of play.

To put it simply, the players in their 4231 formation all have specific player attributes, and there are specific substitute players in the game, and there are usually specific rotation players.In this way, their styles and characteristics look almost indistinguishable, as if they are the same type of products produced by a factory.

This extreme approach has indeed created the current results of the North Korean team, and there is nothing wrong with it in a short period of time.

"However, in my opinion, this approach is equivalent to rigidly determining the nature of most players, limiting the players' on-the-spot adaptability, and also limiting the players' more possibilities." Lu Jingshan in the locker room speak to everyone.

Five days have passed since the first warm-up match for the Olympic team, and they have returned to the Haicang Sports Center, where they will face the North Korean U23 team later.

Lu Jingshan pointed to the tactical board, and drew a circle with his hand hanging on the position of the magnetic mark representing the North Korean team, "I have to say that their team has a very strong ability to execute tactics against the coach, and their formation is also very stable. ,us……"

A few minutes later, players from both sides entered the field.

There are still a lot of spectators present today, and the atmosphere in the stadium is well enhanced.

朝鲜U23首发的11人的号码都是从1-11排的，首发球员的号码里没有一个数字大于11号的。

The height and body shape of the players in each position are also in line with the characteristics of each position. They should be taller and stronger, and they should be evenly distributed.

Such a team has a unique aura standing on the court, giving people a sense of awe and self-importance. This may be their temperament like a revolutionary soldier.

But in the face of such a team, some people in the Olympic team whispered about them, saying that they looked very rigid, sluggish, and so on.

"Respect your opponents, I don't want to keep reminding you of some basic things." Lu Jingshan stood in front of the bench, without turning around, just tilted his head and said to the players sitting on the bench.

He doesn't get angry often, but when he is angry, he always gives the players a particularly domineering feeling.

All these thoughts came from some players on the bench, and none of the players on the field showed a look of underestimating the enemy, which made Lu Jingshan very relieved.

The lineup of the Olympic team today has only one adjustment in one position, which is to replace Song Junyi, the former central defender, with Gu Fan from the Shanghai Red Owl team.

As the game progressed, it did not exceed Lu Jingshan's expectations, nor did it exceed the media's predictions. It was the Olympic team that took the initiative to control the ball.

The positions of the North Korean U23 players are basically stable, and the proper pressing also allows the Olympic team to wander around the middle circle for a long time.

The defensive position is stable and the pressing is moderate. This is no different from the previous tactics of the North Korean team.

The finishing touch is that there is an extra midfielder, which increases the two-way strength of the midfielder's defense and offense, and can also interfere with the opponent's core players.

In this game, Bai Liqing, the core of the Olympic team, has been interfered by North Korea's U23 No. 10 player for a long time, unable to give a good pass forward.

Lu Jingshan regards him as the core of the playmaker and Kong Pengyu as the core of the offense, but now the ball cannot pass to the right, and it is even difficult to receive the ball from the left.

The opponent's formation was really tight, and half an hour of the game had passed without any loopholes. The Olympic team's hasty long-range shots didn't see the highs.

At this time, it depends on personal ability.

Kong Pengyu retreated frequently to take the ball. Although he could only take the ball a few times horizontally after taking the ball, this also made his defense on the right side much empty.

Bai Liqing will switch to Kong Pengyu's position from time to time, and right back Yu Wen will also slip in from time to time.

Although Bai Liqing's speed is not very fast, Kong Pengyu and Yu Wen's speed is not up to North Korea's U23 side, and the acceleration to the bottom line is enough for them to catch up.

After repeating this several times, the opponent's defense in the right area was brought into a bit of a mess.

Bai Liqing gave the ball to Kong Pengyu, he took the ball in the right side and cut inside, facing the defensive player who was facing him in a defensive position, a personal pass came, and then pushed the ball forward until the front was free Area.

Yu Wen rushed forward at high speed, faced the ball, made a fake pass, kicked the ball back, and passed it back to Kong Pengyu.

Kong Pengyu was on the right side of the penalty area, stepped into the penalty area, and dribbled the ball diagonally towards the front of the penalty area. Facing the rushing defenders, on a whim, he went through his wicket and pushed a ground ball towards the far corner!
The ball passed under the feet of the two defensive players behind and ran towards the far post, but it seemed that the angle was a bit off, and it should have slipped out of the baseline.

A dramatic scene happened. After the ball rolled past the wickets of the three players, it was blocked by the No.4 player's foot. goal!
The goalkeeper was blocking the near corner. Seeing that the ball was about to go out of the baseline, he couldn't catch it, so he didn't make any reaction.

But after being touched by his own player, the ball changed direction and went towards the goal.He took a step forward to remedy this huge mistake, but it was too late.

As soon as he took two steps, the ball rolled over the goal line and into the goal!The Olympic team took the lead by one goal!

The North Korean U23 goalkeeper and the player who made a big mistake just now were very annoyed, with ugly expressions on their faces, but their captain and teammates encouraged them. After all, the game is not over yet, and there is still a lot to do.

Although it can't be regarded as a goal scored by himself, the players of the Olympic team still gathered together to celebrate, and they were also happy for this way of opening the situation.

The audience's emotions were also mobilized by this goal. Compared with the past, the stadium just now was so "quiet" that it was outrageous.

The first half of the game is over. Although the balance of the score has been broken, the situation on the court is still not very clear.

The re-kick-off of the North Korean U23 showed more dedication, tenaciously confronting the Olympic team, and they still have many opportunities.

(End of this chapter)