Chapter 1985 Preparing for the Quarterfinals

Without the intervention of the Chinese team, the public opinion against Wang Guangwei on the Internet lasted for two days.

Two days later, although there were still people discussing it, there was basically no disturbance.

In the first two days, there were various marketing accounts following the trend.

On the third day, I didn't even use the marketing account, and everyone knew that this matter was cold.

After all, marketing accounts are like dogs on the Internet, with very sensitive noses, and they know the trend of popular topics on the Internet better than anyone else.

If they are not involved in a certain topic, it means that the topic is not hot to rub.

In fact, this is the case.

Wang Guangwei's handball matter, even if there is a heated discussion, it will definitely not reach the point of being so crazy and involving the whole people.

The main reason is that the Chinese team made it to the quarter-finals of the World Cup historically. This popularity has caught everyone.

When various factors are superimposed, it becomes a hot topic that detonates the whole network.

Those "Holy Dukes" and "Holy Mothers" probably didn't expect that they would be able to attract so much attention with their usual eccentricities and cursing "your country".

Of course, they don't want their speech to be ignored, and they also hope that many people will see it, so as to achieve their goals.

But maybe they themselves don't want this attention to be so high...

Because the debate about the morality of Wang Guangwei's handball is over, but the majority of netizens continue to pick their skins about these "Holy Dukes" and "Holy Mothers", and they have turned out all the stupid remarks they made in the past. One of the aftermath.

But this has nothing to do with the Chinese team.

The Chinese national team got out of the vortex of public opinion and gained temporary tranquility.

They have to prepare for the quarter-finals against the Netherlands.

That's not an easy opponent to deal with.

And the Chinese team does not have enough preparation time.

The game was played on the night of July 2nd.

On July 3rd, the World Cup has a day off.

The first two quarter-finals start on July 4th.

The quarter-finals are the same as the eighth-finals, still two games a day.

So it was over in two days.

The two quarter-finals in the second half of the division will kick off on July 5th. The match between the Chinese team and the Netherlands will be the last quarter-final match. The kick-off will be at 3 o'clock in the morning on July 6th, China's domestic time.

With full play and full calculation, the Chinese team only has two days to prepare between the quarter-finals and the quarter-finals-July 5th is already the match day.

In these two days, the Chinese team has to complete the run-in after the lineup adjustment and let the new combination find the feeling.

In addition to Wang Guangwei's inability to participate in the game, Chen Xingyi's injury was not very optimistic when he was checked after the game, which will have a certain impact on the next game:

His physical condition, I am afraid that it is difficult to guarantee that he can play a full game and remain fully healthy.

So Dillon considered letting Chen Xingyi sit on the bench, and then change to the game depending on the situation.

At least he won't be allowed to play in the first half.

At that time, the Dutch army was strong and strong, and their physical strength was just right, so it was difficult for Chen Xingyi to break through the Dutch players who were familiar with him.

Instead, he waited until the second half, when the opponent's physical strength declined, and then replaced Chen Xingyi. His speed and impact could still be somewhat threatening.

It's just that, in this World Cup, the Chinese team Shuangyi, which was originally expected to be high, has only started two games at the same time...

I have to say it is also a pity.

While Chen Xingyi cannot start, Cui Zexu can only continue to start.

Originally positioned as a backup panacea, he did not expect that he could start three consecutive games in this World Cup...

Regardless of the previous two national team games, Cui Zexu was on the right side, replaced by Luo Kai.

But in fact, in the club, he is a left midfielder, and the position he is more familiar with and prefers is still on the left.

So this time Chen Xingyi could not start, Dillon let Cui Zexu return to the left side he is most familiar with, and left the right side to Luo Kai who is recovering well.

Luo Kai will start the next game. This is also his first start in the World Cup since the second group match.

"It's a pity..." Yu Jintao sighed and complained about the current situation of the Chinese team. "This national team, which has high hopes, is difficult to appear on the field in the strongest form..."

Dillon next to him looked as usual, and said in a normal tone: "This is nothing more than normal, Yu. It is so normal that for the head coach, it is a daily routine in our work-you should never expect your team to always be able to do it at the same time. The best state to prepare for the game. Player injuries or other messy reasons leading to absences are the main theme within the team."

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"It is reported that Chen of the Chinese team may not be able to play due to injury..."

"Where did the news come from?"

"On the Internet in China, it seems to be called 'Weibo'."

"Is the source reliable?"

"I don't know, it's said to be news from a regular media..."

"But judging from the slow motion of the game video, Johnson Law's foul on Chen, at that level, shouldn't it be impossible to play in the quarter-finals?"

"Is there a possibility... that the Chinese media is cooperating with their national team to create fake news and use it to confuse us? Make us misjudge?"

"Create fake news? Use the reputation of the media as a price? Is this too cruel?"

"Who knows... They are also using rumors, even if they are wrong, it will not affect their reputation."

"Hey, since it's a rumor, what's the value of discussing it?"

"I'm afraid that the truth will be in the name of rumors..."

In the room of the Dutch coach Josef Drost, the coaches of the Dutch national team gathered here to discuss and discuss the next game.

Apart from Hu Lai, Chen Xingyi may be the most familiar Chinese player to these Dutch coaches. After all, Chen Xingyi has always played in the Eredivisie.

Naturally, they were more concerned about Chen Xingyi's situation.

If Chen Xingyi can play, the wings formed by him and Luo Kai can still pose a threat to the Dutch defense.

If Chen Xingyi can't play, that is of course a big plus.

At that time, the Chinese team will lack the core player Wang Guangwei in defense, and Chen Xingyi, the sharp knife on the wing, in offense. How will they face the Dutch team when they play with a broken formation?

The head coach Droste, who had been silent during the discussions among the coaches, finally spoke:

"Don't think about it too much. Whether Chen really can't play, or just can't start, but will come off the bench ... for us, it's all the same. We just need to insist on ourselves. Our opponent is the Chinese team, so we will change our style of play. In this game, the Dutch team will still adopt defensive and counterattack tactics.”

Everyone looked at him.

With everyone watching, Droste continued:

"Just because the opponent's strength is not as good as ours and the lineup is not complete, we can't change the style of play that our players are familiar with. And doing so will give the players a very bad hint, that is...'The opponent is easy to deal with, and you can play casually Win'. But in fact, the Chinese team is very difficult to deal with. England has proved this for us. Facing them, England has not changed their style of play. They have shown their good performance and state, and they also attach great importance to their mentality. , it stands to reason that England should have won based on the strength gap between them and the Chinese team. But what happened?"

Having said that, Droste shrugged.

"Of course, in order to eliminate England, the Chinese team has paid a heavy price. But who can guarantee that they will not continue to use a heavy price to eliminate us? Why do we let Argentina and Italy take advantage of it? So we just Use the best and safest way you can deal with them, and pay full attention to this opponent no matter in tactics or mentality."

After listening to the words of the head coach Droste, everyone nodded in agreement.

This Dutch team does not conform to the traditional perception of Dutch football by the public. It plays conservatively, which is contrary to the "passionate" Dutch football tradition, and is a symbol of "negative football" and "ugly football".

But the grades speak for themselves.

In the last World Cup, the Dutch team reached the round of 16 as the second in the group, and then faced Argentina in the quarter-finals.

After the last fierce battle, the penalty shootout lost to Argentina 2:4 and was eliminated.

Since Josef Drost took over the Dutch team after the US-Canada World Cup, he has adjusted his style of play and used a more pragmatic attitude to successfully bring this team into the World Cup finals.

Then get the first place in the group stage.

Although they encountered a strong opponent Belgium in the quarter-finals~lightnovelpub.net~, they also eliminated their opponents with a pragmatic style of play.

This time they even made a major breakthrough in the penalty shootout, which they were not good at before, and eliminated their opponents with penalty kicks!

The process is not pretty, so what?

Can win!

Dutch football needs too much victory in the World Cup to regain its glory, otherwise people will only think that Dutch football is second-rate in Europe.

But how can Dutch football, which has produced geniuses in large numbers and has produced superstars such as Joap Munster and Maxi Carey, be second-rate in Europe?

That's why the Dutch Football Association allowed Drost's national team to play very un-Dutch football.

Sticking to tradition is not always a good thing.

It was the luck of the Dutch team to meet the "remnant" Chinese team in the quarter-finals.

But they also have to treat this "good luck" in the safest way.

They don't want any surprises in this game.

(end of this chapter)