During the halftime break, both TV stations analyzed and commented on the first half of the game, and predicted the adjustment changes in the second half.

The guests in the studio behind China all questioned Gao Hongbo's employment. At this time, they would not mention the doubts that Gao Hongbo had attracted after recruiting five new national Olympic talents in one breath...

In the Japanese studio, the hosts and guests started with last year's Asian Cup final. The Chinese team in the Asian Cup final did not have Zhou Yi, but instead forced the Japanese team to feel a little uncomfortable. Why did the Chinese team fail to cause any trouble for the Japanese team after Zhou Yi in this game?

Does this mean that even if you have Zhou Yi, the Chinese team is not a very powerful opponent, so don’t be overly nervous?

Some people also mentioned the issue of the young players of the National Olympic Games. He Ying's performance in the Olympics left a very deep impression on the Japanese media. He fought sharply, took the ball firmly, and shot decisively and accurately. However, in his few few times in the first half today, these advantages were not seen.

Everyone came to the discussion area and felt that they had exaggerated the strength of the Chinese team before and were scared by the performance of the Chinese team in the Asian Cup and Olympics. However, in fact, in the competition like the top ten, the Chinese team cannot compete with the Japanese team, which is doing their best. The most important opponent of the Japanese team in this group is actually Australia.

The last guest said: "...We must know that although the Chinese team now has several players who play in Europe and look good. However, other players of the Chinese team are players who train and compete in China. Their personal abilities have been restricted by the overall level of Chinese football and have limited improvement. Football is not a game where one or two people can decide the outcome. It depends on the team. Even if China has excellent players like Zhou Yi, there is no team that can match him. This is actually the tragedy of Zhou Yi and Chinese football."

Special "humanistic care".

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In the locker room of the Chinese team, Gao Hongbo is making adjustments to the team and he is going to make a substitution.

But he did not replace Li Fengwei who lost a goal in the first half, but replaced the midfielder Lu Peng.

This substitution adjustment is not surprising, even Lu Peng himself was surprised.

Although Shinji Kagawa broke through Li Fengwei and scored a goal in the first half, it was actually because Lu Peng was not in his position at the critical moment. Shinji Kagawa's activity in the first half was also related to Lu Peng's insufficient restrictions on him.

So if you need to adjust, Lu Peng, who has poor performance, will of course be replaced.

So who is going to be replaced?

Yang Muge.

This midfielder who is not usually showing off has won the title, and he is about to usher in the first official national team game in his career.

At that time, he was just a marginal figure in the youth team of domestic clubs. At that time, his club teammates and coaches probably didn't expect that the taciturn child who was rated as "lack of aggressiveness and lethality" would have this day?

Yang Muge got the opportunity to play for the national team, but Guo Nu did not.

Li Fengwei was not substituted, Gao Hongbo did not make any personnel adjustments to the back line, but only asked the players to echo each other, maintain unified actions, and not be distracted, but don't panic.

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After the halftime break, Zhou Yi and Yang Muge walked towards the stadium together, communicating while walking. Zhou Yi told Yang Muge what he observed on the stadium and reminded him to pay attention to during the game.

"...Don't just focus on Shinji Kagawa, there are also Makoto Hasegawa, Keiyuki Honda, Shinji Okazaki."

Yang Muge nodded and said that he knew.

The two were talking and met Japanese players in the player channel. Shinji Kagawa and Keiyuki Honda also walked out while chatting.

After seeing Zhou Yi, Shinji Kagawa walked up and asked him with a serious expression: "Zhou Sang, why didn't you respond to my challenge?"

Zhou Yi grinned and taught a lesson: "Have you read too many passionate comics? Football matches are not boxing. Two people can decide the outcome of the game one-on-one. Football is a team sport, a team sport, do you understand?"

Facing Zhou Yi's lesson, Shinji Kagawa was not angry, but laughed: "It's really worthy of being the Zhou Sang I know, and he is still so calm. But Zhou Sang, football also requires passion. Your performance in the first half was too gentle, including you."

Zhou Yi spread his hands: "The provocation method is useless to me, Kagawa. Let's take a look in the second half."

After saying that, he took Yang Muge away.

"What are he talking to you?" Yang Muge asked. Because Zhou Yi and Shinji Kagawa communicated in German throughout the whole process, he didn't understand.

"He wanted to play psychological warfare against me, but I resolved it. Humph, am I the one who is so easily disturbed by him?" Zhou Yi said proudly.

Yang Muge nodded beside him: "That's right, your heart is so dirty, who can play with psychological warfare before you?"

"Hey, Lao Yang, why are you learning these from Panpan? Those who are close to the ink are so bad!"

"But Zhou Yi, in terms of geographical relations, Schalke is closest to Dortmund."

"..." Zhou Yi was so choked by Yang Muge that he couldn't speak.

On the other side, Keiyuki Honda, who couldn't understand German, was also asking Shinji Kagawa: "What are you talking about?"

"I want to stimulate Zhou Sang, but he was not fooled." Shinji Kagawa said honestly. "If he keeps calm, it will not be a good thing for us."

"Zhou Yi is indeed amazing, but I think it is not possible for the Chinese team to rely on him alone. The other people of theirs are too far apart from Zhou Yi. They are not in the same world and the channel cannot match." Keiyu Honda respects Zhou Yi, but he is a little disdainful of the other Chinese team players.

"You can't say that, Honda Sang." Shinji Kagawa shook his head and said disagreement, "Did you see the player who was standing next to Zhou Sang just now?"

"I saw it, what's the name... I'm a midfielder anyway." Honda said indifferently.

"Don't underestimate him, otherwise you will be in trouble."

"Yes, yes, yes, I understand." Keiyuki Honda said in an indifferent tone.

Shinji Kagawa knew what he was saying now, and Keiyuki Honda probably wouldn't believe it, so let football tell him the answer.

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Before the second half of the game started, the players of both sides had already stood on the court. The fourth official walked to the sidelines to raise the sign and signaled the Chinese team to replace them. But no one stood beside him, and the person had been replaced. Now holding the sign is like making a note.

At the same time, the Chinese team's substitution information was also displayed on the live TV screen.

"The Chinese team made adjustments during the halftime break, replaced the midfielder Lu Peng, made a counter-substitution, and replaced it with a midfielder. Yang Muge, a young player currently playing for Schalke 04." Liu Hong introduced to the audience in front of the TV.

At the same time, the Japanese commentator also introduced Yang Muge: "Yang Muge played in Schalke 04 club and is currently Schalke 04's main midfielder. I think Gao Hongbo's substitution should be an adjustment for the Chinese team's midfielder in the first half... But I think it's just a simple counter-substitution, which may not achieve the effect he wants to achieve. In terms of number of players, the Chinese team is still four people in the midfield and there is no advantage in number. Even if Yang Muge is outstanding, it will be difficult for them to cover all the areas of their back line clamps. I think they should replace He Ying, who performs in average performance, so that there are five people in the midfield and two are back midfielders who specialize in defense, so that we can curb our midfielder..."

The Japanese have always had psychological advantages over their midfield strength, because Japan produces high-level midfield players.

On the domestic Internet, although Chinese fans are happy about Yang Muge's appearance, they also have a question: "Why don't you replace Li Fengwei and make Guo angry?"

"Poor Guo Nu, forgotten!"

Because Yang Muge was already on the court, there was no need to wait for the players to exchange. After holding up the sign, the fourth official returned to his position, and the referee blew the whistle to the start of the second half of the game.

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After the game began, the Japanese team continued to use the tactics of the first half, using their advantages in home and midfield to launch a fierce offensive against the Chinese team's penalty area.

In the eyes of Japanese reporters, the Chinese team can only play the draw in the midfield between the Chinese and Japanese teams. No matter how powerful Zhou Yi is, he cannot fight against so many outstanding midfielders of our Japanese team with his own strength, right?

In the first half, Endo's defense against Zhou Yi was successful, which is very telling.

But not long after the second half began, the Japanese team discovered that the situation had changed.

Whether they are passing the ball or threatening the Chinese team's goal in the midfield, it has become not so easy.

Why is this happening?

It's very simple, because the Chinese team came up with a low-key but tough midfielder.

Yang Muge brought his own characteristics to the extreme. He kept running in the midfield and always appeared in the most critical position, and then stabbed the ball under the Japanese player's feet with his foot speed faster than his opponent.

Japanese commentator previously believed that Yang Muge, a midfielder, could not cover all areas in front of the Chinese team's defense line.

But ten minutes after Yang Muge appeared on stage, he saw how Yang Muge covered him without blind spots.

His body doesn't look strong, but his running ability is excellent, as if there is no area he cannot cover in the backcourt.

The Japanese midfielder also learned about Yang Muge's excellence.

Keiyu Honda is the first to bear the brunt.

Because Shinji Kagawa knows Yang Muge's power, he tries to minimize the time he takes the ball under his feet. But Keiyu Honda relies on his personal ability to frequently drive the ball to the Chinese team's defense line, hoping to disrupt the Chinese team's defense line and then pass the football to the deadly area. This is how he assisted Shinji Kagawa in the first half.

But when he met Yang Muge, he found that it was difficult for him to pose any threat to his dribbling. The sharp knife seemed to be wrapped by a soft but tough net. No matter how hard he exerted, he could not cut the net. On the contrary, the more he exerted, the tighter the net would be wrapped, and in the end he could not move completely.

Every time he fell into trouble with Yang Muge, he looked at Yang Muge's expression again, but the ancient well was as calm as water, as if nothing had happened just now. There was no excitement on his face after stopping the Japanese team's attack, as if everything was taken for granted.

This poker face really made Keiyu Honda feel unhappy.

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Chapter completed!