Fox in the Penalty Area

The Abu Dhabi National Stadium, which can accommodate 30,000 people, was full of seats and people were buzzing. The game hadn't started yet, and there were no empty seats in the stands.

In this way, people poured in from various entrances one after another.

Even further away, people can be seen even on the roof of the stadium!

The Chinese reporters in the media seats couldn't help but be speechless when they saw this scene: "Good guy... Are all the fans from the entire UAE here?"

"This is the impact of that incident... The collective sense of honor of the UAE people has been successfully stimulated. Originally, the UAE people were not so interested in coming to the stadium to watch the game. We can turn this place into our home stadium..."

A colleague immediately retorted: "I don't think it has anything to do with Hu Lai. Even if there was no such thing, it would be difficult for us to turn this place into our home field. I didn't see that the UAE only allocated 1,800 tickets to us in order to restrict us. Tickets? What is enough for 1,800 people to come in?"

Everyone looked at the stands and talked. Although the Chinese fans in red were very eye-catching and easy for them to see among the large white figures, red is indeed not the mainstream in the stands of this stadium.

It's like a few red plum blossoms in a snowy field, sporadic and unable to form a climate.

"But now everyone is united and they want to beat us. Didn't their captain Saleh say that? They will beat the Chinese team at home..."

"There is nothing else to say except this. You can't say at home that we have no confidence to win, right? Of course away games are difficult to play. Whether or not there is something about Hu Lai and that reporter will not change this. Instead of entangled with Hu Lai The opponent's fighting spirit has been provoked, so why not think about how Shi Wuyin's young lineup will deal with their first top 12 match."

As soon as this remark came out, the Chinese reporters in the media seats fell silent.

The away game was not easy to play, and Shi Wuyin temporarily replaced so many people and recruited several young players who had no experience in the national team. This is not a warm-up match, nor is it a friendly match, nor is it the East Asian Cup or the Asian Games for training. They will play the top 12 matches as soon as they come up, and they will bear the heavy pressure of the Chinese team qualifying for the World Cup, as well as the eager expectations of hundreds of millions of fans across the country.

This is simply the opening hell mode.

No wonder everyone is worried about it.

Although in the first round of the top twelve, the Chinese team once defeated the United Arab Emirates at home.

But now it's an away game. In the away game of the West Asian team, sometimes it is not only the strength of the two teams that affects the result of the game,

and something else...

Unless you have the absolute strength to crush your opponent, it will be difficult for the opponent's small tricks to cause trouble.

Does the Chinese team have one?

Everyone is a reporter who often reports on the Chinese team's games. Judging from the training camp of the Chinese team during this period, it is obvious that this Chinese team is not strong enough to crush the United Arab Emirates in the away game.

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"Don't think too much about it. No matter how much the media hypes it, it's just a football match. It's impossible to change the game time from 90 minutes to 120 minutes just because it's the top 12 match. It's also impossible because it's At home in the United Arab Emirates, so they can score one goal and we can score two goals... We have beaten them at home, and we can definitely beat them away. The most important thing is to believe in ourselves, since we can participate in Twelve If it is a strong match, then it is definitely not a weak team, at least it is one of the twelve best teams in Asia..."

In the locker room of the visiting team, Shi Wuyin was mobilizing the players of the national team before the battle.

But in Hu Lai's eyes, there is always a little bit of disobedience...

It's not that the prestige of Shi's guidance doesn't work in the national team. How can I say that before retiring, he was once a well-known striker in Chinese football, the kind that can rank among the top few in history. With such a status in the world, even after retiring for many years, there is still some prestige. It's not enough to say a few words in the locker room, and no one in the national team listens.

The international football team really gave Shi Wuyin enough face, and they were listening to the head coach's speech seriously and attentively.

Hu Lai felt that the violation was because Director Shi waved goodbye to them so emotionally after the Olympics, and felt like he would never see them again.

Unexpectedly, it was only a blink of an eye, and they met again, and Director Shi was still his head coach. This is kind of... fun. I don't know if Director Shi sees those familiar faces at this time, will he remember the situation when he ordered the Olympic team to disband?

What is the difference between the head coach of the Olympic team and the head coach of the national team?

Through observation, Hu Lai discovered that some changes had also taken place in Director Shi.

It's normal. After all, the method of managing a group of young lads on the Olympic team must be completely different from managing all kinds of people in the national team.

He could see that Director Shi was still trying to adapt to his new role. From the pre-match speech, it could be seen that Director Shi was not as comfortable as when he was in the Olympic team.

After all, this is the first national team game that Director Shi led the team to play.

Is Director Shi a little nervous?

Hu Lai entered the system space and looked at his points and locker.

In the end, I did nothing and exited from the system space.

Although this is the first national team game directed by Shi, even though Uncle Yong told him that for Director Shi, the next game cannot be lost...

But Hu Lai still thinks that it's just a fight against the UAE, and if I still want to cheat on the weakest team in the group, isn't it a bit... too embarrassing for the UAE?

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"CCTV, CCTV, audience friends, welcome to watch the top 12 match between the Chinese team and the United Arab Emirates... This game kicks off at 11:00 pm Beijing time, and Abu Dhabi has already entered the evening. The temperature is lower than in the daytime... This is the first game of the former Olympic team coach Shi Wuyin coaching the Chinese national team. He made an unexpected starting lineup in this game. Chen Xing, who was selected for the national team for the first time Yi and Luo Kai are starting this match..."

The voice of the commentator He Feng sounded from the TV.

Wang Guangwei's father, Old Wang, in front of the TV heaved a sigh of relief—fortunately, his son was sitting on the bench, and if someone really had to take the blame, it would definitely be Chen Xingyi and Luo Kai.

The wife next to him said disappointedly: "Those two are starting, why can't our son start?"

"The central defender has a special position and generally requires stability. Yao Huasheng and Mao Junzheng have been working together as a central defender for many years, so how could they be easily changed?" Lao Wang patiently explained to his wife with his heart on the rocks.

At the same time, there are many discussions on the Internet about Shi Wuyin's starting lineup.

Although Shi Wuyin recruited six rookies who had never played in the national team before, the fans really did not expect him to change the entire starting striker combination of the national team.

Let Gao Chen, Zeng Yuanzheng, and Xu Yi, the strikers who have always been relied on by the national team before, all sit on the bench, giving way to Luo Kai, Chen Xingyi, and Hu Lai.

Let's not talk about Hu Lai. Although this is also his first start in the top 12, how did he perform in the Premier League? What is not worthy of starting the national team?

The main controversy and worry centered on Luo Kai and Chen Xingyi.

Before this game, everyone was guessing the starting lineup of the Chinese team, and they felt that there was no big difference from before. The few young players that Shi Wuzhen recruited should be more to give the old players some sense of crisis in training, and tell them that if it doesn't work, someone can take over at any time.

But no one thought that Shi Wuyin didn't do this at all, and just let the young man come on top...

This is the final stage of the World Cup qualifiers!

Wouldn't it be a bit too much to do so?

Many Chinese fans are nervous and always feel that Shi Wuyin is destroying his future.

Wouldn't it be nice to be safe?

Is it not good to take pictures slowly?

Is incremental reform bad?

The TV broadcast showed a shot of Shi Wuyin who was already standing in front of the coach of the Chinese team. He and all the colleagues of the coaching staff were standing in front of the coach and were singing along with the national anthem played on the spot.

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After the necessary procedures were completed, with a whistle, the game officially started.

The UAE took advantage of the kick-off and took the lead in attacking the Chinese team's goal.

From the moment the football was kicked out by them, huge cheers erupted at the scene.

The sound of nearly 30,000 UAE fans was deafening, and people could feel the pressure of the away game even through the TV screen.

This made fans even more worried.

After all, the national team has always been criticized for its poor psychological quality.

Under such a huge away pressure, it is a dream to expect them to perform supernormally, and it is very difficult to perform normally!

Amid everyone's worries, the UAE's offensive has ended.

They failed to form a shot and were intercepted by the Chinese team when they passed back and forth in front of the penalty area.

After stealing the ball, the Chinese team seemed to be hesitant. Central defender Mao Junzheng did not pass forward after receiving the ball, but chose to cross to full-back Qu Lu.

This action made Shi Wuyin, who was originally sitting on the coach's bench, stand up abruptly, walked to the sidelines and yelled, and used gestures to ask Qu Lu to pass the football forward.

In Shi Wuxian's tactics, he divided the court into three lines and nine areas. Safety is required in the backcourt, and defenders should not make redundant movements, especially against the practice of back and forth.

For the midfielder, he asked to use fast ground passing and coordination to organize the offense, instead of the midfielder and the backcourt directly hitting the football to the front. After all, Hu Lai is in front of him, and it is a little bit less interesting to fight the opponent's defender for the first spot. Coupled with the fact that there are playmakers like Zhang Qinghuan in the midfield, it is really a waste of Zhang Qinghuan's ability to make long passes to find the center forward.

When attacking in the frontcourt, he requires individual performance, especially near the penalty area, encouraging players to be bold, to cooperate in a small range, and to make bold moves.

In this regard, he is somewhat similar to Zhao Kangming.

Now seeing that the players on the field did not play according to his requirements, he seemed very anxious.

At the same time, Zhang Qinghuan also quickly approached Qu Lu's wing, asking him for the ball.

But the UAE players also followed him, making it difficult for him to catch the ball.

Seeing this, Chen Xingyi who was here didn't run forward, but turned back to meet Qu Lu.

Then he reached out and asked Qu Lu for the ball.

"Brother Qu!"

Hearing his shout, Qu Lu hesitated a little, and still passed the football to him, because there was no better point to shoot the ball——Zhang Qinghuan was even more inappropriate. If it is further away, he is afraid that the transmission will be cut off.

But just as he passed the football, he saw behind Chen Xingyi, the UAE's right back lunged forward, as if he wanted to take advantage of Chen Xingyi's unpreparedness and go around and cut off from behind him. ball.

"careful!"

Qu Lu only had time to shout this loudly, when he saw Chen Xingyi, who was catching the ball, turn slightly to one side, letting the ball pass by the right side of his body. But the opposing full-back passed him by from his left!

Immediately afterwards, Chen Xingyi completed his turn, left his opponent behind, caught up with the football he let pass, and launched a counterattack with the ball!

"Hey, beautiful! Chen Xingyi is very clever! The Chinese team's attack!"

He Feng roared loudly.

Chen Hantang in front of the TV waved his fists: "Come on, son!"

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Chen Xingyi dribbled the ball and ran along the sideline at an accelerated speed. He could feel the wind blowing on his face and twirling his hair.

When he returned to the Dashun Golden Arrow from the Flash Star, he was called by the head coach Dillon alone for a long time on the first day. When Dillon asked him if he wanted to play in Europe, he said yes without hesitation.

Then the head coach laughed, and said to him: "Then I will ask you to follow European football standards in normal training and games. Remember the first point, never stand still and play in the game, Even when catching the ball, you have to prepare your body for the next move immediately. This will make your explosive advantage more obvious..."

That's what the coach said, and that's exactly what he did.

For this reason, he suffered a lot under the hands of the old man.

But when he dodged the opponent with his dexterous figure just now, and immediately counterattacked with the ball, it seemed that the crimes he had suffered before had turned into sparkling experiences, integrated into his body, and became an instinct of the body.

He felt that his rhythm on the field was indeed faster than before!

The UAE fans in the stands seemed to be intimidated by Chen Xingyi's breakthrough and momentum. After a brief moment of astonishment, they booed shockingly.

None of these sounds could disturb Chen Xingyi. To him, the hissing was as common as the wind noise on the highway, and it was not worth paying attention to.

Soon his dribbling was blocked by the opponent, and he didn't continue to dribble, but after making a fake move to break through in a straight line, he passed the football sideways to Zhang Qinghuan who was a little behind him.

He didn't even turn his head to look for Brother Huan's position before passing the ball, but simply relied on the tacit understanding between him and Brother Huan in Flash Star for two seasons, guessing that Brother Huan should appear in that position at this time, and then he Pass the ball over.

Zhang Qinghuan was indeed there.

When he was about to catch the ball, he didn't look at Chen Xingyi, but looked up and looked ahead.

Because of Chen Xingyi's dribbling with the ball, they were almost within 30 meters of each other.

Hou Lai is in the middle, and Luo Kai is on the far right.

Seeing Zhang Qinghuan looking up, Hu Lai in the middle suddenly accelerated and sprinted diagonally, heading towards the left rib of the penalty area.

His run took away the UAE captain who defended him, centre-back Ali Saleh.

So much so that another UAE central defender, Saeed Akbery, had to fill in the middle to help defend.

Seeing this scene, Zhang Qinghuan already knew what to do.

At the same time, Chen Xingyi's pass rolled to his feet. Instead of stopping the ball, he directly rubbed the ball with the outer instep of his right foot, cutting out an arc, and letting the ball go straight to the far right. !

There, Luo Kai rushed forward and shot with his feet!

Boom!

UAE goalkeeper Abdullah Faisal raised his arms almost reflexively as the ball bounced off the crossbar as it hit his clenching fist...

"Beautiful—ah!!" He Feng couldn't help shouting when he saw Zhang Qinghuan passing the football to Luo Kai instead of Hu Lai. He didn't let out a long sigh until he saw Luo Kai's shot was saved by the opponent's goalkeeper.

"It's okay!" Yan Kang hurriedly comforted He Feng and the fans in front of the TV, "Although the goal was missed, as the first attack of the Chinese team in this game, we saw a lot of things! First of all, our offense is more threatening than the United Arab Emirates! Secondly, the two young players who made their debut in this offense performed very well! The worrying situation of not being able to open their legs due to tension or pressure did not Appeared! Shooting directly without stopping the ball and hitting the ball within the range of the goal frame, although the shot is a bit on the right track, this performance is commendable for a young man who is making his debut!"

In the live broadcast, Luo Kai held his head in his hands, regretting that he failed to score his first goal for the national team.

But he didn't forget to turn around and give Zhang Qinghuan a thumbs up, indicating that the pass was good.

Zhang Qinghuan also gave him a thumbs up, indicating that he shot the ball beautifully.

In front of the coach's bench, Li Zhifei saw Shi Wuyin jump and turn around after Luo Kai's shot was saved.

He thought Xiao Shi was sorry for Luo Kai's failure to seize this opportunity, but he saw Shi Wuyin gritted his teeth and smiled, his eyes were bright.

"I can do it, Old Li!"