Author: Ant who loves watching football

In today's game, both sides had a well-organized formation.

The lineup of the Dragon Kingdom team is exactly the same as that of the South Korean team.

The goalkeeper is Zeng Cheng, the defense is Jiang Zhipeng, Feng Xiaoting, Mei Fang and Zhang Linpeng, the midfielder is Wu Xi, Zheng Zhi and Huang Bowen, and the frontcourt trident is Wu Lei, Zhang Yuning and Lin Liangming.

Obviously, at the devil's home court in Tehran, Lippi and Pan Yi still want to continue the defensive counterattack style they played against the South Korean team.

With the current overall strength of the Dragon Country team, it is too demanding to play smooth passing and controlling football in a short period of time. At least there may be trouble in the backcourt stage...

Not to mention that under the high pressure of today's away game, it is even more difficult to develop a good passing system.

Therefore, Lippi and Pan Yi are still very pragmatic and just prevent counter-kicks!

The Iranian team looks like this:

Goalkeeper: Beiranvande;

Defense: Ghafri, Praliganj, Montazeri, Mohammadi;

Midfielder: Ezzatolahi, Shaojie, Ibrahimi;

Forwards: Jahanbakhsh, Taremi, Guchannejad.

Xu Yang nodded again: "Yes, now the competition has reached a fever pitch. This is the time to test the will and quality of both parties."

Iran's central defender Praliganji was well prepared and immediately went over to lean on Zhang Yuning, trying to steal the ball.

"However, it can also be seen from this attack that not only the defensive level of the current Long Guo team has been greatly improved, but the counterattack has also become sharper."

But before Queiroz could say anything, Long Guo launched another attack in the backcourt.

Long Guo asked Zheng Zhi, who is also the captain, to stay behind and be responsible for protecting the defense and following Shaojie, preventing him from passing the ball forward comfortably.

In the middle, the two central defenders of the Dragon Kingdom kept an eye on their center Taremi, preventing him from having a comfortable shooting opportunity.

He has carefully studied the match between the Dragons and the South Korean team, and he is confident that based on the defense of the Dragons when playing against the South Korean team, Iran can break through and score goals.

It is helpless because his team has not been able to find an effective way to defeat the Dragon Kingdom team so far, but what I admire is that these two guys are truly world-famous coaches.

And all the Dragon Kingdom players rushed towards him.

"The ball is scored!!!!" He Wei shouted loudly.

Of course, such a change of formation is relatively demanding for the two full-backs Jiang Zhipeng and Zhang Linpeng.

After Jiang Zhipeng caught up with the ball along the left wing, he quickly dribbled the ball forward. Just after he passed the center line, he stopped dribbling the ball and sent the ball into the Iranian team's penalty area with a 45-degree pass to the ground.

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The two counterattacks of the Dragon Kingdom team were quite threatening!

If his goalkeeper hadn't played well, he would have been scored!

Queiroz was startled and quickly shouted to his players to pay attention to the support of the ribs, but also to pay attention to the first point of competition and the second point of protection!

Two consecutive counterattacks were basically the same routine, and they were both used so skillfully!

I only saw a long pass from the backcourt of Long Guo, crossing half the court and flying towards the frontcourt.

"Yes." Xu Yang rarely went off topic and said, "Iranian goalkeeper Beiranvand looked in very good condition today and saved two of our most threatening shots."

Although Iran also failed to penetrate the Dragon Kingdom's defense in the first round, the Dragon Kingdom was closer to retreating at that time, and there was no chance to threaten Iran's goal.

Then, Queiroz asked his midfielder to pay more attention to filling these gaps and reducing loopholes, but it was obvious that Long Guo made changes immediately.

This is why although Iran has played six games and remained unbeaten, they have only scored five goals in total.

Although the offensive players in Iran's frontcourt are all very impactful players, once the opposing team maintains a tight formation and does not leave space for them, their offensive effect will be greatly reduced.

First of all, in Iran's three-midfield system, captain Shaojie is positioned slightly forward. He also leads the ball distribution and creation of opportunities in the frontcourt during the offense, and is responsible for delivering cannonballs to his teammates.

At this time, it was Iran goalkeeper Beiranvand who took the goal kick with his big kick, and Mei Fang grabbed the ball before Taremi and headed the ball back to the midfield. Huang Bowen immediately passed the ball to the right, and Zhang Linpeng led along the right.

Advance the ball and start planning the attack.

This strategy is also very clear, which is to push the original wings forward and increase the width when attacking, but when defending, the defensive force in the middle remains unchanged. The purpose is to continue to block the Iranian team's strong attack in the middle.

"Wu Lei looks very depressed. He should really feel depressed about this attack. What a great opportunity."

Today, the Long Guo team not only has a rigorous steel defense line, but the speed and efficiency of counterattacks have also been improved many times, and this is obviously the credit of the coaching staff.

According to Queiroz's original plan, the Dragon Kingdom traveled a long distance and marched 6,000 kilometers, but it was definitely not in its best condition.

In response to this characteristic, Lippi's coaching staff also adjusted the tasks of the defensive line, allowing Jiang Zhipeng and Zhang Linpeng on the two wings to move inward. This was mainly to block the Iranian team's inward cuts.

Today's CCTV commentators are He Wei and Xu Yang. They are commentating on this game in a domestic studio.

But at the critical moment, Iran's goalkeeper Beiranvand flew up and lifted the ball over the crossbar with one hand, as if by divine help, once again resolving a scoring crisis.

Queiroz on the sidelines even yelled Portugal's national curse.

This goal is so crucial!——

"fodas!"

"The through ball from Wu Xi was very exciting, and it happened to land on the path of Wu Lei diagonally into the penalty area. At this time, the Iranian team's central defender was pulled out by Zhang Yuning, and Lin Liangming also stood in front of him.

On the right side, there was some space in the penalty area, and Wu Lei stepped in to create a scoring opportunity."

After Zhang Yuning stopped the ball, he turned around with his right foot and shot furiously.

The ball followed a straight diagonal line from behind Praliganji and slid towards Wu Lei's sprint path.

Including the last time the Dragon Kingdom was able to score 0:0 against Iran at home, this was also the case.

"It doesn't matter if the goal didn't go in. As long as our boys stay calm and take their time, there will definitely be a chance!"

"His role is really great! It's a pity that he is not young now, but there is no one in China who can take over his role."

The South Korean team was anxious and was scored on a counterattack and received a red card. In the end, they were defeated 0:3. The Iranian team could not be like them.

But he underestimated the Dragon Country team's defense.

He Wei: "Oh? Does Xu Yang guide you to know a lot about Iranian football?"

All the Iranian fans in the audience were in an uproar.

Over there, I saw Lippi and Pan Yi sitting in their seats chatting, and they didn't seem to be in a hurry.

When the game reached the 40th minute, Lin Liangming passed the ball back to Huang Bowen from the right, who quickly passed it across to Wu Xi.

This time it was still a diagonal pass from Zheng Zhi on the right side of the backcourt after getting the ball.

And Queiroz can also see that the Dragon Country team's counterattacks are basically aimed at Iran's weaknesses.

Wu Xi quickly passed the ball to the left wing and found Jiang Zhipeng.

Coupled with the favorable factors of playing at home, the Iranian team will definitely get three points - as for the remarks before the game that a tie would be enough, it is just a smoke bomb.

He Wei: "...?"

Everyone knows that whether it is the overall strength, players' personal abilities, physical confrontation capabilities, or the team's technical and tactical level, Iran is above the Dragons.

Xu Yang nodded: "Everything you said is right, but we still have to be more patient, try to control the ball under our feet, and then make more use of the width of the field..."

After all, everyone knows that as long as the Dragons score a goal, their defensive counterattack will be more resolute and thorough. When the time comes, it will be more difficult for Iran to score, and there may even be a risk of the score being widened.

It was Zheng Zhi’s long pass and fast break!

He Wei also quickly joined in to explain the situation on the field:

"Zhang Yuning of the Dragon Country team was in the frontcourt, competing with the opponent's central defender Montazeri for the first goal, and Zhang Yuning won the header!"

"After all, Iran's counterattack is also quite sharp, and each of these three forwards is very threatening. While we are strengthening our offense, we still have to watch them."

However, Feng Xiaoting was well prepared and got ahead of Taremi and headed the ball out of the danger zone.

After the kick-off, captain Shaojie passed a long pass from the backcourt to Guqiannejad who was on the wing, and then passed directly into the penalty area, looking for center Taremi.

"Judging from the two shots just now, the Long Guo team's defensive counterattack is becoming more and more threatening. At this time, it is understandable to invest more troops in the offense, but we still need to pay attention to the defense behind us."

Just when He Wei didn't know how to answer the call, a burst of exclamations suddenly came from the stadium stands.

He Wei was full of praise for Long Guo's solid defense. Of course, he also praised Lippi and Pan Yi for their training of the Long Guo team.

"The goal from forward Wu Lei, this is a very wonderful teamwork! Beautiful, really beautiful!"

Soon, the Long Guo team also found an opportunity to counterattack. Zhang Linpeng launched a long pass in the backcourt for a fast break. Lin Liangming stopped the ball and passed it to Zhang Yuning in the penalty area.

Rookie striker Azmoun didn't even get a chance to start, which also shows how strong the Iranian team's reserves are on the front line.

And because of their prominent position in Asia, whether Qatar, Syria or any other team encounters them, they will actively shrink their defense, making it difficult for them to play.

Lin Liangming understood this and used his body to block Iranian midfielder Ezzatolahi. He didn't let the ball stop at his feet and pushed it behind him.

However, the Iranian team's defender returned to defense very promptly. Zhang Yuning's movement was a little slow and was destroyed.

"It's really a pity. The Dragons had the best scoring chance in the game so far."

So Pan Yi suggested that Lippi should "defend the center and let the sides go", which means blocking Iran's attack in the center, letting go of the wings, and allowing them to pass.

"What a pity, the goal didn't go in again." He Wei sighed in the commentary box.
To be continued...