The Japanese team's left-hander Tetsuo Sakata has always been near Yuto Nagato, and he should have built the first line of defense for interception;

But when Changyou, who assisted a large-scale "offside" at this point, he received the Changyou's second insurance;

Through previous confrontation, Sakata has become familiar with Long Tian’s breakthrough. Although his speed is not slow, he has realized that the Chinese No. 2 is far faster than him;

Any attempt to suppress him in terms of speed is useless. Sakata's strategy is to hide behind Yuto Nagato to observe. No matter which side Long Tian swings the ball from, he will put the shovel at the first time.

It should be said that Sakata's response strategy is relatively effective. When any speed player makes a swing and accelerates the breakthrough, the starting stage always starts with the ball leaving the ball control foot at a certain distance;

Just like in the F1 arena that pays attention to speed, even the best-performing top racing cars may inadvertently be affected by a racing car that slips and flicks its tail next to it, or even fails to accelerate completely;

Sakata saw it very accurately. As soon as the ball was pushed out by Long Tian, ​​he flew towards the ball with a fierce and accurate sickle leg. At full speed, Long Tian got rid of Yuto Nagato at the end of the thorn. He had never expected that Tetsuo Sakata, who had come out of the diagonal thorn, seemed to be gradually moving away from his control;

Long Tian, ​​who had not given up, gritted his teeth and increased his speed. Although he still couldn't fully control the ball, he had greatly narrowed the distance with the ball. From falling behind to being equal at such a close distance, Long Tian's speed advantage was amazing, making the opponent desperate;

What's even more amazing is that once you enter a half-to-half equal battle situation, Long Tian always has the ability to break the balance situation with his opponent half-step. On the surface, the two are about to fight head-on, but the ball suddenly bounces out to the sideline, barely avoiding the tackle movement that Sakata Tetsuo took a slight step;

The action of poking the ball at the same time as the supportive action was to jump upwards. The clever Long Tian had already connected the action of poking and jumping well, but he still couldn't completely avoid the opponent's planned shovel;

Long Tiantuo, whose body was in the air, was kicked in the bottom left foot. He staggered forward, and he felt that he had lost his center of gravity in the air and he was strong and stable in his body;

His eyes were fixed on the ball in front of him, his right foot hit the ground first, his body was shaking and falling forward, and his hands were supported to the ground;

At the same time, with the help of a slap on your hands, you grab the ground with your feet and exert force, and your body rushes forward in the direction of falling;

Although this movement of using hands and feet is ugly, it cleverly turns the gravity of falling into forward momentum;

Long Tian, ​​who had not fallen, jumped up on the ground and hooked the ball back thrillingly on the sideline;

The lineman not far behind him was squatting and watching the movement of the ball. After confirming that the ball was not out of bounds, he quickly retracted his eyes back to the middle;

Seeing that he had no intention of raising the flag, the referee also accelerated his pace and saved the beautifully, and the game continued.

Yuto Nagato, who had been retreating rapidly, originally expected Sakata to delay Long Tian's advance and buy time for his return to position;

Unexpectedly, even the intention to knock him down was so difficult to achieve. Long Tian, ​​whose movements were connected quickly and compactly, did not waste time. Nagato Yu had just run to the level with him. When he was about to get close to the interference, Long Tian, ​​who had increased his speed again, once again left him behind;

The back midfielder Shinji Kagawa has not yet run back to the position, and he, the left-back, is also stranded behind him. In this case, the team will only have two central defenders and goalkeepers left in the backcourt;

The blockbusters of space were exposed to the opponent, which was a very fatal mistake. Nagato Yuuo didn't dare to imagine it and rushed back with all his strength.

The Japanese team's formation feels like it is top-heavy, with a plump midfielder and a strong forward line. When facing Asian-level opponents, with their superior midfield ball control skills, the three defenders are enough to deal with it;

But when facing teams that are good at playing wing attacks, even if the opponent is not as technically as our team, it is difficult to win. The Nigeria encountered in the group stage is a good example;

In Asia, the Japanese team will always play smoother and smoother when facing tall and strong Iran and Uzbek teams. When facing the Korean team that cannot run, or even Thailand with a team with good wing assaulters, the scene will be ugly, which also well illustrates the characteristics of the Japanese team's dominance in the middle;

The reason why the Japanese are afraid of wing tactics is that the wing opponents often do not engage in too much with the Japanese team in the midfield, but quickly bypass the Japanese's thick midfield through the wing attack and reach their weak defense;

Once the Japanese midfielder cannot use the ball to effectively cut off the opponent's pass, what awaits them will inevitably end up with a crushing defeat;

In terms of combat effectiveness, the Japanese team may find it difficult to break through the Iron Barrel formation after making many complicated passes in the midfield, but as long as the opponent has a sharp counterattack, it will completely push them into the Jedi;

The Japanese have learned countless lessons in this regard. The latest example is that in Vietnam on the other side of the mainland, in the 14th Asian Cup group stage, the Japanese team in Group B was tied by Qatar in the first round that just ended the day before yesterday, which also well explained the weaknesses of Japanese football.

The Chinese team's No. 2 fast horse Longtian takes the entire left side of the Japanese team. His current position is very suitable for raiding. In addition, he is in a sympathetic manner. Center Ma Kang, who has been waiting in the middle, has two front midfielders Zhang Chang and Zhu Liye. In the backcourt of the Japanese team, the number of Chinese teams is one more than them. Long Tian's successful breakthrough inadvertently hits their fatal point.

Long Tian had no intention of staying at all. Although his bad habits made him look down more often at the ball, his goal had clearly pointed to the Japanese team's goal;

Soon, he had arrived at the front of the left side of the Japanese team's penalty area. The central defender Nakada Masaki, who was originally dedicated to guarding Ma Kang, came up diagonally. Under the current circumstances, he had to pull it out and delay tactically to win time for his teammates to return to defense;

Long Tian is not the kind of brain-type player with meticulous thinking. In his mind, passing as quickly as possible is his only idea;

After crossing the ball to the outside, he drew a circle with his left foot, and pushed the ball from the outside with his right foot, and accelerated the breakthrough. Masaki Nakada had already anticipated his move. After occupying his position, he saw that he accelerated the ball and quickly turned around and followed;

Although he was half a position behind, he still occupied the inner position. Long Tian would have to cut inward or shoot directly. The position where Nakata was located was very conducive to robbing;

When Long Tian saw that he had a strong breakthrough in the bottom line, he adjusted the ball behind him with his right heel and was about to kick the big foot into the position of the middle horse resistance, which caused Nakata to block it. A close white shirt appeared in front of him in a vague way. Long Tian poked the ball without hesitation;

The person coming was Zhang Chang. He had been following Long Tian's position. He was not close or far away because he knew what kind of ball would be transmitted from Long Tian's narrow vision;

Sure enough, Long Tian felt his unball running position, and the ball passed as he wished. Facing the incoming ball, Zhang Chang directly raised his right foot and hit the ball strongly on his feet. The strenuous ball rushed towards the goal;

The ball was very fast and suddenly hit the middle, beware that he was unable to stop the ball from passing over his head on both sides;

"Bang", the ball hit the crossbar and bounced back into the field. Uchida Atsuto in the middle was entangled with Ma Kang. Although the right back Uchida had good heading ability, he had already been completely defeated by the Chinese Tower in terms of height;

Moreover, as a full-back, the habit of quickly forwarding makes them not emphasize the sense of position when defending high altitude like a central defender, and the cold heads happen from time to time;

And this time, after basically occupying the position, Uchida was anxious to push the ball out and take the lead to push the ball forward. The overly urgent intention of clearing the ball was made to make the ball too early. The ball that had not reached the peak naturally passed over his head;

Ma Kang's eyes kept observing the coming ball, not acting rashly, but patiently waited for the best hitting point to appear. Even Japan No. 3's first-step ball-heading action did not affect him, because he understood that this advance action was just useless;

The ball indeed crossed Uchida, and the best hitting point appeared. The ball was not very high, but just near his forehead. Therefore, Ma Kang did not take off, but exerted force on his abdomen;

He looked straight at the ball in front of his forehead, and pushed the ball hard towards the ball. The ball that was folded under force flew towards the goal again. Unfortunately, he pushed it too straight. Inukatsu Yasuke firmly put the ball in his arms in the future, and the Japanese escaped.

In the future, after re-control of the ball, the Japanese team continued to attack wildly, while the Chinese team still held on and made no achievements in a short period of time. After three minutes of stoppage time, the first half of the game was over, and China and Japan exchanged blank sheets.

Although it was only a game without goals in the first half, the audience did not feel too much sleepy. The Japanese team's overwhelming ball-control style pleased local fans well, and several powerful young players in their team performed well, and the wonderful performances from time to time won a lot of applause;

Although the Chinese team is conservative, they use the Christmas tree formation that focuses on the midfield to create the anti-reflection smell of the iron barrel formation. This bold idea is refreshing, and the rapid speed of Long Tian, ​​the short-legged tiger, made them even more exclaim;

This civil war in East Asia allowed the harsh Spanish fans to see a new connotation, completely subverting their definition of Asian teams. In their opinion, the Japanese team that is rampant in the midfield is a streamlined version of Barcelona;

The Chinese team, which has tenacious defense and excellent physical conditions, is more like a simplified version of defensive team such as Valencia and Santander. The confrontation between the Chinese and Japanese teams made them vaguely see the smell of a group of powerful men in La Liga against the universe team;

La Liga has always been known as Real Madrid and Barcelona's Spanish Super League and other La Liga teams. Who else outside Real Madrid can resist Barcelona's strength has become a theoretical pursuit proposition;

Especially last year, Barcelona once again dominated Europe 14 years later, and the Dream Team's strong revival pace became unstoppable. Even if Real Madrid came from behind in the league this season (2006-2007) and overwhelmed Barcelona and once again won the league championship, people still have a big question in their hearts:

How to resolve the advantages of ball-controlled teams, or even defeat them?

After watching this half game, the performance of the Chinese and Japanese teams was very consistent with this assumption. The Japanese team's possession of the ball was still unsolvable, and the Chinese team's defense was still tough;

Where will the outcome of the game go? Is it the gorgeous offensive football revival rise, or is the snobbish defensive football laughing to the end again?

Not only did Spanish fans care about this issue, but even fans around the world have attracted attention.

Especially at last year's World Cup in Germany, the Italians at the twilightest side of the West Hill were once again involved in the Hercules Cup with an old theory of defensiveness, and the debate over offensive and utilitarianism once again emerged;

The match between the two Asian youth teams was elevated to the level of rational thinking, which somewhat also shows the success of the half-time game and the attention to the second half has increased suddenly;

This knockout match, which was staged at the first time, was originally regarded as the starter for the wonderful showdown of Argentina, hosts Spain, Brazil and Portugal;

But after watching this half game, many tinted glasses were taken off, and the "u21 World Cup" once again demonstrated its unique charm.
Chapter completed!