The Pakistani national team is recognized as the defending champion in the world. Whether it is attacking or letting go, it is the top team, bar none.

However, such a powerful team met the Italian team and ended up with a 0:0 draw. In the end, the Brazilian team ranked first in the group stage with a goal difference advantage.

This shows how strong the Italian national team is.

Robin asked: "What do you think, Mr. Zhang, please tell me first?"

Zhang Xiaodao: "I don't know much about the technical aspects of football, but I know some football strategies. To put it bluntly, it is like marching to fight, using your own advantages to slam into the opponent's disadvantages, so that you can get twice the result with half the effort."

"Let go of the Italian team's iron bucket. Even the Brazilian team's World Footballer, Mr. Meyerson, has less than five shooting opportunities. From this point, we can see that the Italian team's defense is

It’s the best in the world.”

"To put it bluntly, with the strength of our forwards now, it will be extremely difficult to score goals."

Then he looked at Wang Mi and explained: "Wang Mi, I don't mean it against you."

Wang Mi waved his hand and said: "Brother Xiao, I understand that there is a huge difference in strength between us and the Pakistani team. If they can't score a goal, we will be even more in trouble. Please continue talking."

Zhang Xiao nodded and said: "But the Italian team also has a huge flaw. They are good at defense but not good at offense. This may be because their players are relatively tall. Their most common scoring method is header shooting.

The technique is not refined enough, the dribbling ability is average, and the flexibility is lacking.”

"I think we should be able to play a defensive battle with them. We can not score goals, but our colleagues cannot let them score goals. Only in this way can we have hope of winning."

Robin nodded when he heard this and said: "Mr. Zhang, never say that you don't understand football in the future. Your insights are definitely not something that a layman can see."

Zhang Xiao said with a smile: "Coach Luo, please don't praise me, I can't stand this."

Robin laughed, looked at the captain Wang Mi and asked: "Wang Mi, what do you say?"

After Wang Mi pondered for a moment, he said: "I basically agree with Brother Xiao. Although it will be ugly to play a defensive battle, with Brother Xiao's goalkeeping ability, we still have a high chance of winning."

"The key is the physical strength and endurance of the players. It will be difficult for us to beat them. The players of the Italian team are much better physically than the Portuguese team. If we fight hard against them, it will be difficult for us to persist until the end."

Baoshuiyuan said: "Then use entanglement tactics. The players of the Italian team especially like to engage in physical confrontation. We will definitely not be able to defeat them in this aspect."

"Brother Xiao also said just now that their dribbling ability is not very strong. We can wrap around them like vines and make them uncomfortable, but we will not engage in confrontation with them."

"Those Italian players have quite a temper, and they might even get a lot of red cards."

"Shui Yuan is right." Wang Mi nodded and said, "In the last game, the Italian team received a lot of yellow cards. We can start to think of ways from this aspect."

After listening to what the team members said, Robin said: "Okay, let me say a few words now. We have a foolproof goalkeeper who already has the greatest advantage in letting go. As long as we don't let them shoot happily, we will

It can almost be said to be invincible.”

"But during our match against the Portuguese team, I discovered the biggest problem with our players, which is that they cannot keep up with their physical strength.":

"Many players can't even play the whole game and have no physical strength. This is a very serious problem. Therefore, when playing against the Italian team, everyone must allocate their physical strength reasonably and try their best without confrontation.

Don’t be confrontational.”

"You just need to remember one word, that is to entangle, entangle their offensive players like candy."

"Do you understand everything?"

Everyone replied in unison: "I understand."

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When the Chinese national team is studying the Italian national team, the Italian national team is also studying the Chinese national team.

The team coach Del Piero pointed to Zhang Xiao on the screen and said: "Everyone should have seen that the core of the entire Chinese team is Xiao Shen, a billionaire."

"Judging from their match against the Portuguese team, I dare say that Xiao Shen is the best goalkeeper in the world, bar none."

"His reaction ability and physical fitness exceed everyone else's, almost standing at the limit of human beings, so it is definitely not an easy task to score from the goal he guards."

Goalkeeper Lotus said unconvinced: "Coach, with the strength of the Chinese team, I am confident that I will not concede a goal."

Del Piero asked: "What if it's a penalty kick? How many can you save?"

"This..." Lotus was silent for a moment and said: "I don't know, it depends on the situation at the time."

Del Piero said: "I doubt that Xiao Shen has the ability to save all the penalty kicks."

"No, this is absolutely impossible." Lotus said with disbelief: "No goalkeeper in the world can do this."

Del Piero said: "With Xiao Shen's skill, it is entirely possible. Lotus, I know you have always regarded yourself as the best goalkeeper in the world, but Xiao Shen is not an ordinary person."

Captain Karl asked: "Coach, what tactics are you going to use?"

Del Piero said: "We will attack with all our strength. We have to deal with them in the 90 minutes of the regular season. We must not delay it to overtime, let alone a penalty shootout."

Everyone nodded in unison: "Yes!"

After the meeting, Lotus said to Karl: "Karl, to be honest with you, I really want to have a penalty shootout to see who is the number one goalkeeper in the world!"

Karl patted him on the shoulder and said: "Don't be ridiculous, Xiao Shenshen is an actor, director, and billionaire. He is not a goalkeeper at all. In this World Cup, he is just here to make a cameo."

"Even if you defeat him, what's the use?"

Lotus touched the back of his head and said, "That's right!"

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Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, it’s time for the Chinese team to play against the Italian team at eight points and four o’clock.

This game is very important, as it determines who can enter the semi-finals of this World Cup and win the ticket to the final.

Fans from both countries accounted for almost half of the audience, with various banners and slogans on their faces, and countless fans had their own flags on their faces.

After the Chinese team defeated the Portuguese team, domestic fans finally became eager for the Hercules Cup.

Because the Portuguese team is ranked among the top five in the world and such a super team can be defeated, this shows that the Chinese team is still qualified to win the Hercules Cup.

Although the main source of this strength is Zhang Xiao.

In the auditorium on the Chinese side, in addition to ordinary audiences, there were also many celebrities from Hong Kong Island and the mainland, including many kings and movie kings.

They are all football fans, and they came mainly to cheer for the national team.

"Du~~~"

With the referee's whistle, the game finally started.

The Italian football team was the first to serve. Their overall style was like a mountain, slowly pressing towards the backcourt of the Chinese team. Although the speed was not fast, they played very solidly.

Zhang Xiao was surprised to find that six of their players participated in the attack. Apparently the opponent had predicted the Chinese team's game strategy, so they planned to use a sharp offense to tear apart the Chinese team's defense.

Bao Shuiyuan, the core figure in the defense, saw this and shouted: "Enter them."

According to the pre-match deployment plan, the players of the Chinese national team no longer care about whose feet the football is at, but focus on an opponent player. Wherever the player is, they are there.

He didn't engage in physical confrontation with the opponent, he just interfered with them getting the ball.

The Italian team's foot skills were three points weaker than the Portuguese team's, and coupled with the interference from the Chinese team's players, this made them very uncomfortable.

However, relying on the overall height advantage and physical fitness, the Italian team players still kicked the football into the Chinese team's penalty area.

"Noel, catch the ball!"

Forward Roger kicked the football hard.

The football passed over the heads of the two Chinese defenders and fell directly to the feet of Neuer, who had entered the penalty area.

It was Bao Shuiyuan who was struggling with Neuer. At this moment, he jumped up high and wanted to stop the ball, but found that the ball was too high and he couldn't reach it at all.

"Hahaha!" Neuer laughed three times and jumped up, his forehead just touching the football.

"Bang!"

The football changed direction and flew to the left side of the goal.

"No, it's Karl!"

Bao Shuiyuan's expression changed drastically. He saw Karl was like a cheetah, throwing away the defender who was entangled with him at an extremely fast speed, grabbing one and a half positions, then raising his right foot and shooting furiously.

Less than three minutes into the game, the Italian team ushered in its first threatening shot.

Karl is only twelve meters away from the goal, so the hope of scoring is still very high.

"Goal must be scored!"

The fans of the Italian team shouted loudly.

"If you can't get in, if you can't get in, Xiao Shen will definitely be able to prevent it."

Although the fans of the Chinese national team were quite quiet, their eyes were fixed on the flying football in the air.

Football is played in a blind spot on the right side of the goal. Logically speaking, from this angle, the goalkeeper is completely powerless.

However, this is only for ordinary goalkeepers, Zhang Xiao is not included.

The moment Karl kicked the football, Zhang Xiao had already judged the direction of the football, but he did not dare to be careless. He moved three feet to the right. When Xiu Fei came, his legs suddenly jumped up and stretched out.

He opened his arms and punched the football with both fists.

The football was blown away and landed in the audience.

"Alas~"

The Italian fans sighed.
To be continued...