At 7:30 pm on May 10, the Portuguese team finally welcomed their opponent Santos in the first round of the Brazilian League at home.

Santos' lineup has changed a lot compared to last year. In this game, they deployed a 343 offensive formation. This formation first originated from former Barcelona coach Cruyff and has very high speed requirements.

With such a formation, it is obvious that the Santos team does not take the Portuguese too seriously and wants to give the newly promoted team a disastrous performance in the away game.

Their starting lineup is goalkeeper: No. 12 Vladimir; defender: No. 14 David Blas, No. 13 Victor Ferraz, No. 2 Willy; midfielder: No. 8 Renato,

No. 15 Edwin Valencia, No. 23 Chiquinho, No. 20 Lucas Lima; Forwards: No. 11 Guinho, No. 7 Robinho, No. 9 Ricardo O

Rivera.

The most threatening player in the Santos team is the famous Robinho. Although he is still on loan, his offensive power cannot be underestimated.

Although the Portuguese is playing at home, they have made certain adjustments to their playing formation. They did not use the usual 433, but a 442 that seems to have less obvious characteristics. The reason for this is because coach Hiddink asked for leave.

It is said that there are important family matters that need to be dealt with, so the command of this game was handed over to assistant coach Su Maozhen.

433 can achieve the best effect in the hands of Hiddink, but Su Maozhen still can't do it even though he also followed him. So he chose it more carefully for a while, but he still couldn't fully understand the essence of 433.

It was easy to get out of the game, and the opponent was the notoriously vicious Santos team, so I chose a 4-4-2 formation that was easier to control.

It is worth mentioning that Li Zhao's jersey number was changed to No. 10 for the first time today, which is also what everyone expected.

"Su is still too careful. The Santos team's lineup looks bluffing, but in fact there are many problems in the defense. Although it is not easy for him to make mistakes, he will also lose a lot of opportunities." Sitting on one side of the audience stand.

Figo looked at the game going on and murmured to himself. The position here was specially arranged for him by Li Zhao. Although it was not the same stand where the fan club was, the view was wider.

"Haha, although I don't know much about formations and stuff, it makes sense to hear what you say." At this moment, Taoist priest Zhao Hong suddenly sat down in the empty seat next to him.

"Oh, it's so rare! I haven't seen you for a long time. How are you doing lately?" Figo turned to look at him with a smile.

Taoist priest Zhao Hong nodded and said with the same smile: "My life here is not bad. Although I don't have the same feeling as when I was at home, I am still leisurely and comfortable. I can occasionally help my daughter and grandson, which is true.

It's quite like the retirement life of the elderly. Football is Xiaozhao's career, but actually I also have ideas. When I was tinkering with Cuju recently, I was thinking about how to promote this sport, and it can be completely borderless.

"

"In this case, I would be very willing to help you. We can first use Sao Paulo as a starting point to establish a Cuju team, and then continue to radiate to the surrounding areas to promote this sport. The specific operation can be like this..."

Figo was attracted by Taoist Zhao Hong's words and began to discuss the idea of ​​how to develop the Cuju movement.

While the two of them were still further discussing Cuju, the match was also in full swing, and the actual situation on the field was indeed similar to Figo's prediction. The Portuguese's conservatism still gave the opponent an opportunity to take advantage of it.

, this made the Santos team, which was originally more than capable of offense but insufficient of defense, very happy, and began to organize continuous offensives with confidence and boldness. In contrast, the Portuguese team failed to find its correct rhythm, and had quite a few attacks and defenses.

They all feel constrained.

After several consecutive attacks after the opening, Santos, the away team, took the lead in the 12th minute of the first half. The goal was indeed Robinho. Although he is not too young, his overall performance

His physical condition is still very good. Although he may not be as good as young people in terms of pure speed, he is still very strong in terms of instantaneous explosive power.

After receiving the pass from Chiquinho, Robinho used an acceleration to pass Gil who was following him, and then faced Caio who stepped forward to block him with continuous fake moves to get rid of him.

, and then he shot without hesitation. At this moment, Dyna also made some misjudgments, which caused his movements to be slower, and in the end he failed to block the goal.

0-1, the Portuguese, playing at home, fell behind.

"Xiao Su still lacks some experience. He should have more momentum in the home game. If this continues, even if he can turn around in the end, the fans will not buy it. The so-called layman watching the excitement and the expert watching the door, I am just a fake fan.

, so I can’t see the door, but I still have basic judgments. Of course, don’t mind if you make a mistake!” Taoist priest Zhao Hong was still very polite when speaking in a field that he was not familiar with.

"Haha, the old man is being humble. What you said is actually quite right. It is indeed the first time for Xiao Su to direct a game of this level, so it is normal that he did not adjust for a while. After all, I have led him before."

Figo answered.

"What you said is basically correct. The rhythm of the Brazilian League is indeed faster. But he has actually coached a lot of games before, including the World Youth Championship. In the case where the 433 formation cannot be fully understood,

There is no problem in doing so. I believe he will be able to adjust in time. If he wants to become an excellent coach, he must go through this hurdle by himself." At this time, another person suddenly sat down next to the two of them.

, the tone of his speech also seemed quite calm and composed.

When Figo heard this voice, he was confused at first. When he saw the person next to him clearly, he was surprised and said: "Gus, it is you! But shouldn't you be staying in Wasveld's hometown right now?

Is that right? Didn’t you go back at all?”

"I was really ready to go back, but before I left, I received a call from someone at home, telling me that everything was fine at home and that the original problems had been solved, so I was fine again.

But since I have reported the matter to the club, I just think of it as giving myself a holiday," Hiddink said.

"Are you really not going to go check with the coaching staff, or are you confident enough about Su?" Figo still reminded.

"It's not over now. It just so happens that I can re-examine this team from the perspective of a bystander. Maybe there will be some unexpected discoveries. Again, I need to test whether Su can face the competition alone.

His coaching ability." Hiddink said calmly.

Su Maozhen, who was sitting on the Portuguese coach's bench, also fell into thinking about this matter. After a while, he seemed to have some enlightenment and walked to the sidelines. While shouting loudly to the players on the field, he also reset the formation.

Adjusted to 433, now he has to give it a try. As for substitutions! Just kidding, with less than 30 minutes of play, I won't do this unless necessary.

After adjusting the formation, the Portuguese finally had no problems with connection, and the effect was immediate. The players seemed to be more adapted to this offensive football style, and they broke out with stronger fighting spirit, and the attack against Santos was also better.

He has to be lively and frequently shoot threatening shots.

The Portuguese's efforts soon bore fruit. In the 38th minute of the game, Ronaldinho seized the gap in the opponent's backcourt defense and passed the ball into the small penalty area. Li Zhaoxin understood the idea and started early and rushed to that position.

Although his back was facing the goal at the moment of the ball, he stopped the ball and knocked it with the instep of his foot, adjusting it to the position of his dominant foot, and then shot sideways in the air. The ball went out.

The wonderful "zi"-shaped arc first dropped rapidly to the ground, then slightly changed its angle, and then moved forward at a faster speed, entering the lower left corner of the goal under the puzzled gaze of the goalkeeper.

1-1, both sides finally returned to the same starting line.

Li Zhao's shot is quite creative and is the result of his recent special research. After countless shooting experiences, he found that although shooting movements that require extremely high technical and physical fitness are more powerful, in many cases

The error rate is also higher, and sometimes the gain is not worth the loss. On the contrary, the low and flat ball with a high success rate but not too much technical difficulty is the most efficient and widely used shooting method, and he added on this basis.

The improvement of this kind of "zigzag" low and flat ball can further improve the success rate of the shot without increasing too much technical difficulty, and also makes the goalkeeper difficult to defend.

Before the end of the first half, Li Zhao once again almost scored with a low zigzag ball. The last shot also bounced off the ground and unfortunately hit the post.

"The effect is pretty good, but the degree of folding after hitting the ground needs to be further improved." Li Zhao was still muttering to himself on the way into the lounge.

"Brother Zhao, can you teach me the way you shot just now? I feel like this way is tailor-made for me." Wang Ziyi heard what he just said very clearly and couldn't help but say with envy.

"No problem, I will be able to teach it to you when I further improve it, but for now we should think about how to play the second half well to win this game!" Li Zhao promised. In fact, he

There was an original intention to teach this to Wang Ziyi, and this also applies to several other teammates in the team who are inherently deficient in this aspect. For him, it is better to make progress together with his friends than to stand alone.
Chapter completed!