Lippi, who was sitting in the middle of the front row, watched the players laughing, and a smile appeared on his dark old face.
This is great. The atmosphere in the locker room has always been an important factor in determining the team's competitive status.
The reason why Croatia is so strong this year also has to do with the atmosphere in their locker room.
After Dalic took over the Croatian national team, he quickly straightened out the relationship in the locker room and united all the players. Only then was he able to implement his own tactical system and bring Croatia from the play-offs to the World Cup.
"Bah bang bang!"
After a while, Lippi clapped his hands, signaling everyone to look over.
Everyone suddenly became quiet and looked at Lippi with respect in their eyes.
Although Lippi has not been in office for a long time, he recalled Mo Yang and Bai Lele, then re-created tactics, brought the Chinese team into the World Cup, and reached the knockout rounds as never before. This was enough to bring his prestige to its peak, eclipsing all previous presidents.
Head coach of the Chinese team.
"Who can tell me why Argentina failed!" Lippi asked with a smile.
But this question made Mo Yang and the others silent.
Just because no one is talking, doesn't mean they don't know.
Lippi didn't say anything. He looked at all the players quietly and waited patiently.
Not long after, Mo Yang raised his hand and said with a smile: "Sir, in this game Argentina, they were unable to control the midfield and exposed too many defensive loopholes. There were too many spaces that the French team could run and exploit.
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"Although Messi's performance is no longer confusing, and he even scored two assists, his performance is very good, but it is a pity that no one else in Argentina stepped up to help him!" Mo Yang's words ended here.
But there was one thing he didn't say, and that was, 'Argentina's failure also showed people that football is not an individual sport!'
"Good!" Lippi heard the answer he wanted and took the lead in applauding. He was completely relieved when he heard that Mo Yang had a clear understanding and was not dazzled by the joy of entering the knockout round.
Lippi is not as worldly and considerate as Mo Yang. He said bluntly: "Yang actually has one thing that he has not said yet, and that is that this game proves to everyone that football is not a one-person sport!"
Hearing Lippi say what he said, the corner of Mo Yang's mouth twitched. He didn't say this because he was afraid of being misunderstood and making his teammates think too much.
Because now the media from all over the world have exaggerated the Chinese team's historic entry into the World Cup knockout round into personal football, saying that the Chinese team is actually like Argentina and will only rely on him as the core of the midfield.
There is also the argument that once he is restricted, the Chinese team will be finished.
But Mo Yang felt that this was not true. It was true that he was the core of the midfield, but without the help of Zheng Zhi and others, he would have been kicked out of the game a long time ago.
There is also Wu Lei. Although he only has one assist and no goal, every time he attacks someone, he runs forward with all his strength to contain the opponent's defensive players.
There is also the nearly 40-year-old captain Zheng Zhi, who runs desperately on the field in every game, and Feng Xiaoting and others make various rescues without regard to their own safety.
Mo Yang can say that the reason why the Chinese team has reached this point is definitely because of team football.
It's just that his effect is stronger, covering up the light of other teammates.
"Now many media are saying that we are a team that plays individual football. What do you think?"
Just when Mo Yang's thoughts were wandering, Lipi said this again.
"Poof!" Bai Lele, who was drinking water, was choked. Apparently, the human spirit also realized that something was wrong.
"Silly boy, have you offended the old man!" After Bai Lele coughed crazily, he secretly poked Mo Yang with his right elbow, "This old man seems to want to beat you to death!"
Just when he finished speaking, he heard Lippi say: "I'm sorry, guys, I actually agree with the media's statement in my heart!"
"Cough cough cough!!"
Hearing that Lippi had dropped another depth charge, Mo Yang suddenly choked on his saliva and coughed repeatedly. Was the old man Lippi trying to kill him?
Bai Lele, who was on the side, looked at Mo Yang with pity, and suddenly slapped Mo Yang's back with his right hand, and howled in a melodious tone, "Xiaoqiang! Xiaoqiang! What's wrong with you! Don't want to die! We have been dependent on each other for many years! You
Why are you so willing to leave me! Oh my god!"
"Ha ha……"
When Zheng Zhi and others heard Lippi's words, their faces turned a little ugly at first, but when Bai Lele made a joke, they couldn't stop laughing again.
At this moment, Lippi, who was standing in front, wanted to strangle Bai Lele to death. Why didn't he know the potential effect of this bastard's gag?
"They say we rely too much on the sun, and we must admit it, but I don't agree with what you said is useless!" Lippi scolded everyone to quiet down, and then continued to speak.
"Damn it! Can you stop breathing so much when you talk?" Mo Yang complained in a low voice, while Bai Lele next to him was trembling with laughter while holding back his laughter.
"call!"
"call!"
"..."
Hearing Lippi's words, Zheng Zhi and others immediately breathed a sigh of relief. Wu Lei rolled his eyes. He thought Lippi was going to set the fire on fire.
"So in this game, I want to liberate Yang and let him devote all his energy to participating in the offense! And the defense will be left to you!"
"Now! Please tell me! Can you do it?"
"Tell me! Can you stop the disgusting media with facts?"
Lippi’s next words are more important than the next!
And Zheng Zhi and others were also stimulated by Lippi's powerful words, and everyone's chest rose and fell a little faster.
At this point, everyone already understood that Lippi was playing a provocative game today.
But they agreed very much with what Lippi said.
Because Zheng Zhi, Hao Junmin, Feng Xiaoting and others have long been holding their breath in response to the disgusting arguments made by foreign media.
Mo Yang and Bai Lele, who were sitting in the back row, looked at each other and saw the speechlessness in each other's eyes.
There is no one left. If you want to provoke them, just go ahead and do it. Why are you gasping for air? It almost scared them both to death.
In fact, Mo Yang didn't know that Lippi was also helpless.
In fact, since Lippi took over the first game of the Chinese team, he found that except for Mo Yang, Wu Lei, Bai Lele and others, other players seemed to have become unconfident during the long-term failure, and some players had even reached the point of self-doubt.
situation.
This is a very scary psychological state. It is like two quagmires next to each other, allowing players to jump sideways repeatedly but still unable to escape, so this must be changed.
But it's impossible to do it in the short term. We can only change it bit by bit through game after game.
But until the World Cup came, Lippi found that although many players in the team were much more confident, they still fell into inexplicable tension when playing against strong teams, completely unable to let go and tied up.
For example, in the three games of the group stage, most of the Chinese team's passes were very sure-footed passes.
It’s okay to be cautious, but it’s not good to be so conservative that you don’t dare to take any risks, because you will miss a lot of opportunities!
Is it because the player's ability is too poor?
Lippi doesn't think so. For example, Zheng Zhi and Hao Junmin have all played for clubs in the five major leagues. No matter how long they played at that time, being able to enter these clubs has proven that they have certain abilities.
Excellent quality does not mean they are poor in ability.
Moreover, this also involves the huge difference between Eastern and Western youth training philosophies. Being unable to adapt to the style of the league does not prove that the players are garbage.
So after thinking about it, Lippi still feels that it is a psychological problem caused by the players' psychology being affected by the national team's losing games for a long time.
That's why today's scary scene happened.
no way!
Lippi has been analyzing Croatia's technical tactics and players' competitive status during this period.
He knew very well that if their psychological problems did not change, and the overall strength gap between the players on both sides was already huge, there would be no chance of winning against Croatia.