host must win

Chapter 531 Confederations Cup debut
On June 2005, 6, local time in Germany, two games in Group B of the Confederations Cup started one after another.The first battle in the afternoon was the focus match between the Chinese team and Mexico at the AWD Stadium in Hannover.

This is a strong dialogue between No.13 in the world and No. 38 in the world. It is also the top two teams in world football. Unbeaten in Class A events.

From the looks of it, this is a close game.But as the person concerned, Yin Jun is very clear that the difference in strength between the Chinese team and the Mexican team is very obvious.

This Mexican team does not have any big-name players. The biggest player in their team is Barcelona's central defender Marcos Alvarez.Although the Mexican defender is Barcelona's main defense force, Marcos is just a very ordinary member in the star-studded Barcelona.

Moreover, this Mexican team has almost no players who play in the European League. Except for Marcos who plays in Barcelona, ​​​​the only midfielder Geraldo Torrado who is currently playing in La Liga Santander A player who plays in Europe.

However, this team can rank sixth in the world in the FIFA rankings, overwhelming European powers such as Italy, England, Spain and Portugal, which has explained many problems.

Their coach, Ricardo Lavolpe, was a member of the 1978 World Cup winning team Argentina. He served as the second alternate goalkeeper of the Argentine national team during the 1978 World Cup in Argentina. He was "famous" for his hot temper.Since November 2002, he has been in charge of the Mexican team. He has had mixed reputations in Mexico.But it has to be said that his insistence on rejuvenation is of great significance to the renewal of the Mexican national team.

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"This Mexican team is very gorgeous. In the three years since Lavolpe joined the team, he has transformed the team very successfully. The Mexicans' defense is very strong. Their defense is not a defense in the simple sense. In the midfield The direct counterattack of stealing the ball created more unexpected troubles for the opponent. Many of their fast attacks were directly launched and completed briefly after stealing the ball in the midfield. This is the most active defensive tactic of the Mexicans. In the offense, Mexico He is also very particular about passing and catching the ball, the running positions of the midfielders and the pass of the organizer complement each other, and the strange route of the ball makes it difficult for the opponent to guard against..."

Alihan is holding a meeting with the coaching staff and players, mainly to analyze the opponent's tactics and style of play, as well as the Chinese team's countermeasures.

In the end, Alihan threw the tactical board on the table, stared at his players, spoke slowly but firmly and said: "In this game, I only have one request, and that is to win!"

What?The Chinese team wants to win the Mexican team?
If this sentence was placed in another time and space, the people who heard it would probably laugh out loud, thinking what an exaggerated joke they heard.

Who is the Chinese team?A second-rate team in Asia, the only time in the history of the team to advance to the World Cup finals was the soft persimmon picked up after the two strongest teams in Asia directly advanced to the World Cup. Swallowed 9 goals but failed to score a goal, eating duck eggs and out.

And who is the Mexican team?Since the birth of the World Cup in 1930, he has advanced to the World Cup finals 17 times. The total number of participations is only less than that of Brazil, Germany, Italy and Argentina. Since the World Cup in Mexico in 1970, he has been able to break into the knockout round almost every time. The world ranking has remained in the top ten for a long time. .In CONCACAF, they are the well-deserved overlords, winning 8 CONCACAF Gold Cup titles.

Therefore, as long as people with a little sober mind see it, the Mexican team is almost a behemoth in front of the Chinese team. It is almost impossible for the latter to win the Mexican team.

However, in this time and space, under the leadership of Yin Jun, the Chinese team set off a red youth storm in world football, and also used their outstanding record to make people look at this Asian team with admiration.Especially a few days ago, they attracted the attention of the whole world as the first team to enter the World Cup in Germany through the qualifiers.

Let's not talk about whether the Chinese team is really capable of chasing a place in the German World Cup knockout round, but certainly no one will regard the Chinese team as a "fishy belly" anymore.

Judging from the current world rankings of the two teams, they are evenly matched.

Therefore, now the Chinese team is fully qualified to shout the slogan of killing the Mexican team. At least, if the media hears these words, they will not say that Alihan is too arrogant.As for the outcome, it's hard to say yet.

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Before the game, the media’s predictions for this game were relatively cautious, and there were even big differences. Some media believed that because of the existence of Yin Jun, the Chinese team had a great chance of winning, while some media believed that the overall strength of the Mexican team was stronger than that of the Chinese team. Yes, the chances of winning are great.And more media believe that the two teams are more likely to draw. The Chinese team is in good shape, and the Mexican team is also in good shape.

Before the start of the game, Ricardo Lavolpe, the Argentine coach of the Mexican team, shook hands with Arihan on the sidelines and exchanged some pleasantries. Then goodbye.

The head coach of the Mexican team praised the Chinese team for playing beautifully and Alihan as a talented coach, saying that the game will be very difficult for the Mexican team.

Ali Han complimented that the Chinese team will face a respectable team in this game.

Both of them were more polite, and they seemed to be sympathetic to each other, but when they turned around, both of them had serious expressions, and both were extremely eager to win.Because for both sides, it is necessary to win the opponent if they want to break through the group stage.Because the other two opponents, Brazil and Greece, are very difficult opponents.

The starting lineups of both sides of the game were also displayed on the big screen at this time.

For the Chinese team, the goalkeeper is Li Leilei, and the defense is a combination of Sun Jihai, Li Weifeng, Zheng Zhi and Sun Xiang. In the midfield, Zhao Junzhe and Xiao Zhanbo form a double midfielder. In front of them are Zhou Haibing, Zhou Haibing, Yin Jun and Shao Jiayi, Dong Pengzhuo shot forward with a single arrow.

For the Mexican team, the goalkeeper is No. 1 Sanchez, No. 3 Salcido, No. 2 Galindo, No. 18 Carmona and No. 5 Osorio form the defense line, No. 8 Pardo, No. 6 Torado, No. 21 Lozano, No. 7 Zinha partner in midfield, and No. 9 Borgetti plus No. 17 Fonseca as strikers.

The number one star of the Mexican team, Barcelona defender Marquez was injured in training and missed his left leg. This is undoubtedly good news for the Chinese team.

(End of this chapter)