Chapter 346 Why Attack?
"Soria, pass to Boudiaf who is in a better position"

"Budyaf..."

"The ball is in! The ball is in!"

"Hey, in the last minute of the first half, Qatar, with all their might, seized the opportunity to score a goal. The Chinese team seemed a little careless after taking a 3-goal lead..."

"Ohh!"

"Grass!"

When the fans in the stands behind the Chinese team's goal saw the ball go into the net, they immediately started cursing. There was even a bad-tempered uncle who shouted "idiot" loudly, and the pressure on the Chinese players on the field was maxed out.

"Oh shit"

Jiang Yuan frowned, and then tilted his head and spread his hands towards the bench, wanting Li Yi to change his tactics. But because of the goal, Li Yi was very upset and only wanted to continue to expand the score.

Li Yi's idea was actually very simple. The Chinese team's advantage in the first half was hard-won, and it would be best to use this advantage to widen the score gap as much as possible, to bring honor to the Chinese men's football team and also to himself.

After all, Fosati is an experienced coach, and he might be able to come up with some good tactics to target the Chinese team during a halftime break. So in the second half, the Chinese team might not be able to score so easily. Coupled with the goal just now, Boudiaf's shot was like a slap in Li Yi's face, making Li Yi's face red.

After comprehensive consideration, Li Yi's choice is...

“Keep going, you can score a goal, you can score a goal!”

Looking at Li Yi waving his hands outside the court, Wu Lei spat on the ground and then slowly walked towards Jiang Yuan.

It was obvious that Wu Lei was very disgusted with the tactics arranged by Li Yi.

"Brother Yuan, what should we do?"

Wu Lei looked at Jiang Yuan in front of him, while Jiang Yuan looked at Li Yi outside the court: "Brother Lei, you can talk to Li Yi. I can't hold on physically. Maybe it will work."

"I already said it!"

Wu Lei almost shouted: "Damn it, he told me that there was no such thing as exhaustion in the first half, and asked me to charge in the last few minutes. I was really convinced, how could I charge if he asked me to?"

"..."

Jiang Yuan patted Wu Lei on the shoulder. Because of the public opinion brought by Zhou Wencheng and the other two, Li Yi was indeed a little too anxious to prove himself to the fans.

There is a saying that is indeed true. If you want to get something that does not belong to you, you will need to bear more pressure. Li Yi is now being backfired.

Xiaotie, you are too greedy!
As the game continued, the decline in the form of Wu Lei and Zhang Yuning meant that Qatar's backcourt players no longer had pressure to pass the ball, which made Qatar's subsequent attack more fierce. In the first half stoppage time, the same scene appeared again. Facing the attacking Yan Junling, Soria passed the ball horizontally to Boudiaf who was in a hot mood for shooting.

Fortunately, Yan Junling was in good shape today. He used the gravity of his body to sit down, and finally blocked Boudiaf's shot with his ankle.

“Let’s go!”

At the end of the first half, after 47 minutes of fierce battle, the Chinese team successfully brought a 3:1 score advantage to the midfield.

With the team leading in the score, Chinese fans are of course happy.

The problem was the game situation. The Chinese team, which was originally leading, suddenly began to weaken after scoring the third goal, and was basically suppressed by the visiting team in the remaining 10 minutes.

As soon as the halftime report was released, it immediately sparked heated discussions in the comment section of Dongqiudi.

[What the hell, why are we suddenly at a disadvantage? Is this reasonable? ]

[Damn it, Li Yi is an idiot, he didn't defend even though he was leading 3:0. I think Wu Lei and Zhang Yuning were almost exhausted]

[Indeed, they should have played defense immediately after the score was 3:0. Li Yi was a bit greedy. I guess he wanted to take advantage of the fact that Qatar had not adjusted its tactics to score more goals, and then play defense in the second half to save face.]

[Fuck your mother, what's the point of saving your face? What if we get tied at this rate? 】

[Stop criticizing, stop criticizing. Li Yi is an Olympic meritorious coach, and his considerations are definitely more thoughtful than yours. The players on the field all agree with Li Yi's tactics, but you people watching on TV are dissatisfied.]

[I am also a player, although I play in a semi-professional league, but I want to say that no matter how high your endurance level is, interval sprinting is very physically demanding. The three forwards of the Chinese team pressed for more than 30 minutes, so they must have physical problems.]

[I support the brother above. Jiang Yuan is okay, but I think Yuning and Wu Lei are a bit overwhelmed. Should we replace them?]

[If you make substitutions in the first half due to physical exhaustion, how can China play in the second half? The 343 substitution quota must be reserved for the midfield. To be honest, it is definitely better to switch to defense. Zhang Linpeng and Feng Xiaoting almost caught a cold in the first 30 minutes. Why don’t you give them some strength before the end?]

[The distribution of the team's physical energy consumption is completely unreasonable! 】

[Brothers, please get some plane tickets. I am going to Kunming to coach the Chinese men's football team. I promise to lead the team to success.]

The game was indeed very popular. The halftime report of the team received more than 3 comments in less than 2000 minutes, and there were very obvious camps in the comment section.

On one side are Li Yi's loyal supporters, referred to as the Ironclad Army. No matter what tactics they use, as long as they come from Li Yi, they are correct.
On the other side is the anti-armor army. In their view, no matter whether you, Li Yi, won the Olympic bronze medal or not, your tactics are wrong.

I have to rush for more than 30 minutes and still have to rush. Who can stand this?
The fans' debate is still going on, and the administrators of the APP are also busy. If these staff members had not been deleting comments all the time, the real-time comments on the half-time report would probably have exceeded 5000.

In the home team's locker room, the Chinese players walked to their seats one after another and sat down. Now there was a very strange phenomenon in the team, that is, the front court players frowned, while the back court players looked relaxed.

The forwards and attacking midfielders were very tired, but the defenders and defensive midfielders had no physical exertion at all, and they were still able to lead the opponent for 2 minutes. For them, today's game was simply too exciting.

Snapped!
Li Yi, the last one to come in, closed the door. The players in the locker room immediately raised their heads and looked at Li Yi who was in the middle of the room.

Judging from his facial expression, Li Yi is not very happy now, and can even be said to be a little angry.

"No, why?"

Li Yi spread his hands to Wu Lei: "Run forward, I told you to press, why didn't you press? With our style of play, what's the point of playing if the forwards don't press? Our backcourt can't defend at all!"

"..."

Wu Lei lowered his head. He wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't dare to say it. Zhang Linpeng noticed that Wu Lei clenched his fists tightly, and it can be said that he was very aggrieved.

"I really don't understand you guys anymore"

Li Yi looked away from Wu Lei and held his head with both hands: "In the first half, we could have made the score 4:0, or even 5:0! Given the situation at that time, as long as you can keep up the pressure in the front court, it is only a matter of time before we continue to expand the score!"

"In the end, you let the other team score a goal!"

"Brother Tie, the problem is that I really can't run anymore"

Zhang Yuning tried to defend himself, but was immediately bombarded by Li Yi: "Zhang Yuning, why don't you listen to what you are saying? If you can't run after running for more than 30 minutes, then why are you still playing professional football?"

Zhang Yuning was young and had a lot of temper. He confronted Li Yi directly: "You have been sprinting for more than 30 minutes. Running 20 50m intervals must be more tiring than running 1000m at a steady pace. Besides, Brother Lei and I ran more than 20 50m in the first half."

In Zhang Yuning's opinion, he, Wu Lei and Jiang Yuan were running high-intensity interval sprints, and there would definitely be problems with their physical strength.

"Nima's"

Li Yi took a step towards Zhang Yuning and stared into his eyes. "If you have problems with your physical strength, you should doubt yourself, not my tactics. Damn, didn't I run like this when I played in the Premier League? Why do you blame me when you can't do it yourself?"

"..."

Zhang Yuning found that he couldn't reason with Li Yi, and didn't know what to do for a while. At this time, Jiang Yuan stood up suddenly and said, "No, Coach Li, why, isn't the intensity of the interval sprint of more than 30 minutes very low?"

?

The locker room suddenly fell silent. Li Yi felt a chill on his back. He turned his head carefully and looked at Jiang Yuan: "Xiao Yuan, hey, what you said is unnecessary. Look at Wu Lei and Yuning. They obviously still have the energy to run, but they just don't run."

"Are you so sure they still have the strength?"

Jiang Yuan confronted Li Yi: "Do you need a break after the interval? If you want us to keep going, then don't you have to give us a break? We only have three forwards, and we keep pressing in front without a break. Who can stand this? Are you sure Brother Lei and Brother Ning still have the energy to run? And why do you keep bringing up the Premier League? We're not playing in the Premier League right now, are we?"

Jiang Yuan took a step forward. Now the distance between him and Li Yi was no more than 3 meters. "If you're talking about the Premier League, I can hardly run anymore. I'm confused. Are you better at playing in the Premier League or am I not good enough? Why do you think it's easy for us to run like this? Coach Li, can you answer this question for me?"

i wipe...

Zhang Linpeng and Feng Xiaoting looked at each other, feeling that something bad was going to happen, while Wu Lei and Wu Xi were frantically suppressing their joy and avoiding smiling.

Like the fans, there are two factions in the Chinese men's football team. The Iron Armored Army is composed of Li Yi, Zhou Wencheng, Han Qing and others, and the Anti-Armored Army is led by Jiang Yuan, Wu Lei, Zhang Linpeng, and Wu Xi.

The Iron Armored Army is in the open, while the Anti-Armored Army is in the dark, so Li Yi is currently unaware of the existence of the Anti-Armored Army.

But it’s different for the Anti-Army Army. Don’t think that few people know Li Yi’s little secret. In fact, some players who played against Hebei China Fortune can see it a little bit. When he comes to the national team, one passes the ball to ten people, and ten passes it to a hundred people, and almost everyone knows it.

People are not fools. If a teammate suddenly becomes weak, can it be the team's problem? It must be the opponent's problem!

Two words can describe the Anti-Armor Army's current mental state: excited!
Oh my goodness, it’s finally here. Li Yi, this idiot, has ruined the league and now he’s here to ruin the national team. Just wait and see whether my brother Yuan will take action against you!

"No, Xiaoyuan, listen to me..." Li Yi's expression was obviously anxious. As the head coach, it was right for him to criticize Zhang Yuning and Wu Lei, but the problem was that Jiang Yuan's status in the national team was somewhat special. Unless Li Yi led the team into the World Cup, he would never dare to challenge Jiang Yuan.

"Coach Li, just tell me why we continued to play pressure offense even though we were leading by a large margin. Is it because we have a deep bench or our opponents are weak? Neither condition is met. Then why did we continue to put pressure on our opponents when we were 3:0?"

Jiang Yuan's jersey was covered in sweat. Halftime was an opportunity to change into a new jersey, but Jiang Yuan was not in a hurry because he had more important things to do.

Gao Hongbo wanted to say a few words to help Li Yi, but after thinking for a long time he couldn't figure out what was wrong with what Jiang Yuan said.

Yes, the Chinese national team is not a super giant like Chelsea, Manchester City and Real Madrid, and the bench lineup is of a very average level. When the score was 3:0, Li Yi asked the team to maintain the original offensive rhythm. Isn't this just making things difficult for the players?
"..."

Li Yi fell silent. He was as embarrassed as he could be.

It is difficult for people in high positions to discover their own mistakes, unless someone with a higher status than them points them out, just like what Li Yi is experiencing now. Jiang Yuan spoke out what the players were thinking on behalf of them and gave Li Yi a blow.

Cough!

Li Yi coughed twice in embarrassment. He now realized his problem, but considering his reputation, he still had to defend himself: "I am also thinking about the team, thinking that you can score more goals to win myself honor. Xiaoyuan, you don't have to do this..."

"I don't have to do that. Damn, if I don't stand up, are you going to play like this in the second half? I've already said that the depth of the bench is there, and a 3-goal lead must be maintained."

The leader of the Anti-Armored Army launched a verbal attack on the leader of the Iron Armored Army, forcing the outnumbered Iron Armored Army to retreat repeatedly.

"Let me put it this way, Xiaoyuan. Maybe I really didn't think it through. Well... in the second half, we should still focus on defense and not make any other adjustments."

Li Yi stepped back, so Jiang Yuan must take a step forward: "If we want to play defense, 343 will not work, we have to play 433"

"Okay, okay... okay, then... then let's just 433, Wu Xi can just retreat to the backcourt"

……

At the beginning of the second half, just as arranged during the halftime break, the Chinese team changed their formation to 433. Wu Xi, who was originally a midfielder, now moved to the center back position, and Zhang Linpeng changed from center back to right back.

On the other hand, because Qatar had caught up with a goal at the end of the first half, the visiting players are now more passionate. Coach Fossati has prepared new tactics and is ready to fight back against the Chinese team.

The effect was obvious. By the 60th minute, Qatar's ball possession rate reached 60%, completely suppressing the Chinese team. Fortunately, due to the presence of four defenders, Qatar could only attack, but it was difficult to find effective shooting opportunities.

In the eyes of the fans, Li Yi was enlightened, but unfortunately, the fans had no way of knowing what happened in the Chinese team's locker room in the midfield.

In the 72nd minute of the second half, Feng Xiaoting successfully snatched the ball from Soria in the backcourt with a very wonderful steal. After that, Feng Xiaoting did not hesitate and made a long pass accurately to Zhang Yuning who was in the front.

"Go forward, go forward!"

Jiang Yuan stretched out his hand to give instructions on the left. Zhang Yuning stepped back and headed Feng Xiaoting's long pass to Jiang Yuan, who then accelerated the ball.

"The Chinese team's offensive tactics are very simple, which is to find Jiang Yuan"

"But as we said, the simpler the tactics, the harder it is to deal with. Facing a speed-type offensive player like Jiang Yuan, Qatar will have a hard time."

"Asadala and Miguel are with Jiang Yuan, Jiang Yuan, come on your own"

"..."

"Hit the door!"

"The ball went in!!!"

"Jiang Yuan scored from the dead corner, a hat trick, this is Jiang Yuan's hat trick!"

"The Chinese team leads 4:1!"

"Oh my god! This..."

Under the gaze of nearly 10 million people in the live broadcast room, Jiang Yuan ran from the penalty area to the bottom of the stands and roared at the Qatari fans in the stands.

Afterwards, Jiang Yuan gave Li Yi a look. What exactly it meant depended on how Li Yi interpreted it.

"It was a very smooth attack. The initiator of this attack was Feng Xiaoting, the defender and second captain of the Chinese team. Zhang Yuning also got an assist."

"In fact, I guess Zhang Yuning himself didn't expect that he could get an assist with this goal."

The CCTV commentator was right. Zhang Yuning is in a completely confused state now. He headed the ball in front of the center circle, intending to cooperate with his teammates, but Jiang Yuan ended up bringing the ball into the goal.

Zhang Yuning's luck can be said to have been maxed out as he scored a goal and provided an assist in his first national team start!
"Brother Yuan, awesome!"

"Brother Yuan!"

The Chinese players on the field ran quickly towards Jiang Yuan. Because the celebration location was close to the bench, Gao Hongbo also rushed into the celebrating crowd.

Li Yi was blowing his hair, his expression extremely serious.

I almost forgot about Gao Hongbo. In the current locker room ecology, Gao Hongbo is the only one who is not sure whether he is an Iron Armored Army or an Anti-Armored Army.

Li Yi really wants to recruit Gao Hongbo into the Iron Armored Army, but now it seems that Gao Hongbo may be more inclined to become a member of the Anti-Armored Army.

The reason is simple. Jiang Yuan can bring victory to the Chinese team, but Li Yi's words...

He can't do it!
The score gap was widened to 3 goals again. The Qatar team led by Fossati did not give up and seized the opportunity to launch a crazy counterattack against China.

But unfortunately, Yan Junling maintained his form in the first half and made two saves to ensure that the Chinese team did not lose the ball in the second half.

“Let’s go!”

"Okay, dear audience friends, the game is over now."

"In the end, our Chinese men's football team defeated the visiting Qatar national team 4-1 at home in Kunming, successfully winning the precious 5 points in the 3th round. At the same time, Jiang Yuan, who played for the national team for the third time, also scored the second hat trick in his national team career."

"This victory makes China's qualification situation clearer. According to the Asian qualifiers schedule, the sixth round of Group A will be in March 17, which is still four months away."

"Four months is a long time, but not too long. We believe that the Chinese men's football team can make good use of this precious time to improve themselves and face the next five games!"

CCTV5 ended the broadcast of the game early, and what reappeared on the screen were some wonderful shots of both sides of the game.

At 9:50 in the evening, the first and second grade teaching building of Qingshan Middle School seemed to have an earthquake. The noise from the 4th floor spread to the 3rd floor, and then to the 3nd floor. Finally, the entire teaching building fell into chaos.

"Wuhu! Jiang Yuan, awesome!"

“China is awesome!”

“Take off! Take off!!!”

Hey Hey hey!
In the classroom of Grade 15, Wang Hairong, who was sitting at the back, quickly signaled everyone to calm down: "The seniors are still studying, what's the point of doing this?"

Wang Hairong was right. At this point in time, the senior students might still be taking exams. Making such a big noise at this time would definitely disturb them.

Soon, Wang Hairong's mobile phone began to make ding-dong sounds. These were messages from the directors of each grade in the group, asking the head teachers to maintain class order and avoid affecting the senior grades.

The efficiency was very high. Under the organization of dozens of class teachers, all four teaching buildings became quiet. Despite this, everyone was very excited.

There aren’t many football fans in the school, but everyone watches it together, and even those who are not football fans find it very exciting.

It feels so cool to watch the game with classmates using multimedia in the classroom!

Like Qingshan Middle School, the match between the Chinese national football team and Qatar attracted many non-football fans. I believe that after tonight, the number of football fans in China will increase significantly.

"Cough cough!"

The radios in the four teaching buildings sounded at the same time, and the voice of the principal Wang Hongming came from the radio: "Good evening, teachers and students of Grade 4 and Grade 4. Just now, we watched a very exciting football match, and saw our country's football team beat the Qatar men's football team with a big score of 1:. I know that many people are not used to watching football matches, but as a senior football fan, I want to tell you that this victory was not easy for the Chinese men's football team."

"Well, you might ask, after watching this game together, do we need to write a review or something like that? Is there a word limit..."

When Wang Hongming said this, the nearly 2000 students in the first and second grades of high school suddenly lost their smiles.

Sure enough, there is no free lunch in the world!
However, what Wang Hongming said next was beyond everyone's expectations: "I will not arrange any reviews or anything like that. In March and April, the national football team will have home games. I checked and the time is 3 or 4 o'clock in the evening, and it is all from Monday to Saturday. So, if you can achieve breakthrough results in the provincial unified examination in January, then I, as the principal, can assure you here that for the next five rounds of games, except for the last round that starts at 7 o'clock in the evening, you can watch all the games from the 8th to the 1th rounds, and you can watch them in school, using the school's big screen."

"Don't tell me that your class teacher won't agree. It's useless if your class teacher agrees!"

"Okay, that's all I have to say. Today's evening study session will end early. You can all stay in the classroom to watch the game highlights or go back to the dormitory to rest. Be careful not to disturb the senior students who are taking exams."

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(End of this chapter)