Godfather of national football

Chapter 673 Top of the World ([-])

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According to the usual practice, Li Zibing first introduced the starting lists of both sides.

The French team is:

Goalkeeper - Lloris
Defenders - Sagna, Umtiti, Koscielny, Evra
Defenders - Matuidi, Pogba
Midfielders - Koeman, Mbappe, Martial
Forward - Griezmann

The only change in the Chinese team is that Mu Fei returned to the starting lineup as a right back, with veteran Zheng Zhi still in the attacking midfielder position.

As a senior commentator who witnessed the French team winning the championship in 98, Liu Jianhong still has a deep understanding of the strength of French football.

"Mr. Jianhong, do you have anything to say about this French team?"

"Very strong, the best defense in the world, the strongest midfielder, the most terrifying attack line, this is the current French team."

Li Zibing was silent for a while. He knew that what Liu Jianhong said was correct. If you just look at the cards, the Chinese team seemed to have no chance at all. But fortunately, football is never just a game of cards.

Before the match, Li Guo discussed with Chen An and Ji Hai repeatedly, but in the end it was all over. In this level of competition, some small tricks seem to be useless.

"Defend!"

This is the only consensus reached by the final three.

After the game started, the Chinese team retreated across the board, and all 11 players were in their own half.

The French team is well-organized and launched an attack on the Chinese team.

Five minutes before the opening, the French team seemed to have a slow pace. I don’t know if it was a deliberate test or the French team was not in a hurry. At this time, Pogba shot a long shot from 5 meters away, and the ball was slightly higher than the crossbar of the goal.

This kick is a demonstration, the meaning of shaking the mountain and shaking the tiger.

Several world-class forwards of the French team have been running, basically running against the last line of defense of the Chinese team.

"Martial has the ball, it's dangerous, single-handed!"

Deschamps clenched his fists, but seeing the linesman's semaphore again, Deschamps smiled wryly and shook his head, Martial was offside.

Looking at the slow-motion replay, it is clear that when Martial ran forward, the Chinese team lined up four people in the back line to form a straight line. That's how Martial's anti-offside failed.

"It's dangerous." Mu Fei looked at the other teammates. Fortunately, it's just started, and everyone's minds are still clear. If it's the second half, the Chinese team's formation will definitely be loose, and it will be more troublesome.

If it was in the past, the leader of the Chinese team's defense must have been Zhou Dun, but now the leader of the Chinese team's defense is Mu Fei.

"Yin Di, Li Heng, pay attention to keep your position, don't let others penetrate."

What Mu Fei said, "Don't let people penetrate it" means don't let people get offside.

But today the French team is still trying to beat the Chinese team. Perhaps Deschamps also understands that the Chinese team must be defending intensively, and the French team can't take advantage of head-on head-on confrontations. The best way is to play behind the Chinese team.

Matuidi took the ball, and the French team's forwards started instantly. Griezmann, Martial, and Mbappe were like three swimming fishes interspersed in the gap of the Chinese team's defense.

Matuidi kicked straight to Griezmann, and the Chinese team's defensive strength gathered in an instant. The moment he took the ball, Griezmann missed the ball.

This shook the defense players of the Chinese team. Except for Mu Fei, he stared at Martial, as if he had guessed something in advance.

"It really is a thief."

Griezmann's ball was missed to Martial. Although Martial's shot angle is a bit small after taking the ball, he can still push the ball to the back corner.

When Martial shot, Mu Fei's foot also arrived, and the two touched the ball at the same time, and the ball bounced and rolled out of the baseline.

"Good job, Mu Fei." Li Guo applauded from the sidelines. In the finals, we still have to rely on veteran players. Mu Fei's defensive prediction was too strong just now.

Martial was a little frustrated, he thought he was already unguarded, "Shoot should be faster, no, you should shoot directly like Henry."

*****
In the 10 minutes of the game, the French team missed several good opportunities to score, but the Chinese fans were not happy at all, as if they were the ones who missed the good opportunities.

This is because the situation on the court is one-sided. The current French team is too strong, just like the French team that was in full swing in the late 90s.

The attack on Martial was unsuccessful. The French team immediately adjusted their offensive strategy. Pogba kicked the ball to Koeman on the right.

Koeman, who played for Bayern, can be regarded as a new generation of excellent wingers, but whether he can succeed Ribery depends on his performance.

Facing Geng Chong, Koeman pretended to cut inside. After deceiving Geng Chong's center of gravity, Koeman flicked the back of his foot and moved the ball forward.

Geng Chong knew that Coman was going to the bottom, but at this time the center of gravity could not be reversed. After the bottom, Coman made a pass to the middle of the penalty area.

Griezmann and Mbappe outflanked at two points.

"Almost, still a little bit." Liu Jianhong's tone had a sense of survival after a catastrophe. The French team's two outflanking points were all a little bit short.

Seeing this scene, Deschamps knelt down and patted the lawn, just a little bit, especially Mbappe who hit the back, his toes touched the ball.

Li Guo just looked at it coldly. French football seems to often be able to concentrate and explode. They were like this back then, bringing together the Serie A Golden Boot Trezeguet, the Ligue [-] Golden Boot Cisse, and the Premier League Golden Boot Henry.

Now it is again.

Mbappe in Ligue [-], Martial in the Premier League, Griezmann in La Liga (just transferred, still at Atletico Madrid last season).

At 15 minutes into the game, the Chinese team was beaten for 15 minutes. This may be normal, but there is one thing that is not normal, that is, Li Guo, who has always been easily excited, was not excited at all in this game, and he was even a little cold-blooded.

No one knew that Li Guo was very excited, but he was excited towards Ferguson in the system at this time.

"My lord, think of a solution quickly. If this goes on like this, it only takes one ball, and the children on the field will be discouraged."

Li Guo knows that the reason why the players are still holding on is because the score is still 0-0, and the balance has not yet tilted. No matter how passive a football game is, as long as the score is 0-0, then there is no loss. There is no crime of passive play in a football game.

"Bring back the two backs."

"What? That is to say... playing six defenders?"

Ferguson nodded.

"Damn, at most I heard five backs. If the Chinese team played six backs, it would be unprecedented."

"Isn't that shameless?"

"Li Guo, let me ask you, the game is more important, or your face."

Li Guo fell into deep thought, "But in football theory, in fact, there are too many defenders, which is not a good thing."

Ferguson chuckled, "If there are well-trained defenders, the more the better, don't you see that Italy has five defenders?"

(End of this chapter)