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Chapter 408 The Difficult Mexican

Chapter 408 The Difficult Mexican

On June 6, Oita City, Oita County, Kyushu, Japan, Oita Sports Park Comprehensive Arena.

In the final round of Group G, Mexico played against Italy, No. 207 minutes, 0:0.

"The Italian team is currently in a very unfavorable form with one win and one loss. In this game, they must not only defeat their opponents, but also have to strive for enough goal difference so that they can grab a favorable position to qualify. The Mexican team has now won two games. Two victories, and this game is far from the strength of the Italian team. It is estimated that they will play a defensive counterattack, using the experience of Blanco and other veterans in the midfield to bring trouble to the Italian team's defense. After all, they have won One point will lead to the first place in the group."

"Oh? It turned out to be such an active attack. It seems that, as the Mexican coach said before the game, they will definitely go all out to win this game."

As the Mexican head coach Aguirre said, in his opinion, this game is extremely important for Mexico. What they want is not a draw, but a head-on victory over a strong team that aims to win the World Cup. The blood of the strong came to baptize their next knockout tour.The man who replaced Enrique Mesa as head coach of the Mexico national team before the World Cup and led his team to the finals with an unbeaten record in qualifying has made no secret of his desire to win.

Sure enough, in the game, the Mexican team played very proactively in all aspects. They once again demonstrated the smooth ball control shown in the previous two games. It is hard to imagine that this will be a team from Central and North America.And although the Italians who were fighting to the death were not to be outdone, to a certain extent the Mexicans undoubtedly had the upper hand.

"This is a very wonderful cooperation. The Mexican has played his excellent imagination! From Maldini's defense, he is very fast. It is hard to imagine that this is a veteran who has been in football for so long! He It hit the Mexican midfielder Blanco and broke the ball. There was a huge boo from the Mexican fans. From the pictures captured by the camera, we can clearly see that this is a foul! Sure enough, the referee Carlos from Brazil Simon showed Italian captain Paolo Maldini his third yellow card of the match!"

"I have to say that this life-and-death battle was full of gunpowder from the very beginning! In the 2nd minute of the opening, the Italian team Keini quickly dribbled the ball from the left, and the Mexican midfielder Arellano fouled with a tackle and received a yellow card warning. Then the Italian took a free kick from the left to Totti. The Mexican defender made a header to clear the siege. Nesta, who found a chance to plug in, shot a powerful long-range shot from 35 meters away. Unfortunately, the ball flew out of the bottom line.

After only two points, in the 4th minute of the game, the Mexican quickly responded to the enthusiastic Apennine fans with his swift attack. Arellano made a pass from the right, but fortunately, Nesta flew in the small penalty area. A diving header cleared the siege, and then Cannavaro fouled Blanco with a tackle near the right sideline of the midfield, and also received a yellow card warning. "

"Although the offensive launched by the Mexicans after their sudden infiltration was successfully blocked, this is definitely bad news for the Italians. After less than 10 minutes of the opening, the two defensive generals each received a yellow card. Under such circumstances, even the experienced Maldini and Cannavaro will inevitably appear restrained in the following games."

"Italian coach Zoff arranged a 3-4-1-2 formation in the last game, Buffon still served as the starting goalkeeper, and Nesta, Cannavaro and Maldini formed the defense line of the three central defenders. They can't afford to miss the game. Di Biagio, Tomasi, Kenny and Zambrotta will play in the midfield. More threats, Totti is responsible for organizing the team's attack, and Vieri and Inzaghi, good friends, will take on the important task of destroying the city in the frontcourt."

"In the last game of the group stage, it was extremely bold for Zoff to make such a formation change. We know that Italy has almost never released such a formation in the previous games, whether it was the group stage or the qualifiers. , especially the system of three central defenders! There is no doubt that this system is not only extremely demanding on the three central defenders, but also extremely strict on the players in the midfielder position, so this game is definitely a huge challenge for Tomasi test!"

"Whether Kenny, who was once again placed in the midfield by Zoff, can play a corresponding role is also one of the focuses of many fans before the game. However, judging from the performance of the past 20 minutes, the club has always Kenny, who played as a winger and achieved great success, can only be said to be mediocre in this new position. Although he has caused a lot of trouble for the Mexicans, in all fairness, compared with the highlights at the club, this performance is not bad. Far from enough!

We all know that the reason why Zoff chose Kenny when he has many good players is because of his offensive ability on the wing. Far from enough! "

"At the same time, it is not a small change to start Inzaghi on the front line. In the previous two games, the Cheetah has never had a chance to start. But playing in such a life-and-death battle shows the trust of the coach Zoff. .”

"Of course, the Mexican team, which is aiming to win, is not careless. It still plays almost all the main lineup. Perez is still the starting goalkeeper. Vidri, Marquez and Carmona form the defense; Arellano, J -Rodriguez, Torrado, Luna, Morales form a 5-man midfield to compete with the powerful Italian midfielder, and finally Blanco and Boghetti will be the biggest threat to the Italians on the front line."

I have to say that this game was indeed very intense. Before the commentator finished speaking, the Italian team once again launched a quick counterattack. Inzaghi made a diagonal pass to Vieri from the left. After receiving the ball, Vieri did not choose to shoot. Instead, he feigned a shot and continued to pass from the left, but this move was seen through by the Mexican team captain Marquez. The young captain Marquez jumped into the penalty area and made a header to make a clearance, allowing Totti, who wanted to outflank After returning in vain, Kenny was judged as a foul by the referee Carlos Simon when he was vying for the ball with the Mexican players.

Kenny, who served as a full-back in these three 10 minutes, felt most intuitively that the Mexicans' passing and coordination were indeed smooth and smooth, and they were often able to make breakthroughs and pose threats in unexpected situations.They were able to achieve such a breakthrough before facing the defense that the Italians have always been proud of. It can be seen that the Mexican team has already played this game with great proficiency.

On the other hand, the Mexicans have not shown any obvious flaws in the defense until now, which is simply unbelievable!You must know that both Vieri and Inzaghi are the heroes of the restricted area, and the fact that the Mexicans can hold on under their repeated attacks is enough to explain everything.

Thinking of this, Kenny wiped off his sweat, and immediately rushed towards the side. In the previous 10 minutes, he had always positioned himself as the second attacker, and this was also the task assigned to him by coach Zoff. Involve and make the ball. After all, if too many people in a team share the offensive power, it will inevitably affect the cooperation, so it is necessary to have the main and the second.But now that Kenny can't take advantage of the penalty area, he decisively decides to try a long-range shot. He believes that Mr. Zoff can understand his thoughts.But what gave Keney a headache was that the Mexican team's midfield of up to five formed an impenetrable chain when defending, which almost made it difficult for him to find a good enough position. Back to Totti.

No.30 In the second minute, Totti, who received a pass back from Kenny, picked the ball to the center forward Vieri. However, the goal was directly confiscated by the Mexican goalkeeper Perez because the strength was too soft.

No. 306 minutes, after Mexico was resolved twice in a row from the left, Mexico's midfielder Torado tried a long-range shot, but this long-range shot that did not attract people's attention at first was hit after a loud noise. Hitting the goal post made the Italian fans exclaim with lingering fear.

Only 2 minutes later, Torado made a comeback again. This time he still blasted a high-quality shot. Fortunately, this shot was caught by the prepared Buffon with a little thrill.

This player has played for all levels of Mexican national teams, and in 1999 he went to the Nigeria World Youth Championship with the Mexican youth team for the first time and helped the team reach the quarterfinals. He was then selected for the Mexican national team and won the Confederations Cup that year. In people's eyes, the champion's defensive midfielder is a defensive midfielder who plays with his brain. He is full of energy, and his tireless running and robbery in the midfield has reduced a lot of pressure on the defense. They built a tight line of defense, but this time he made everyone realize his long-range shooting ability that made the opponent's goalkeeper often fail to defend when he suddenly kicked a long-range shot from the front of the penalty area.

Now how to do?

In this back and forth attack, everyone gradually discovered that Italy's most proud defense not only failed to cause enough trouble for the Mexicans, but the Mexicans succeeded in freezing Vieri and Inzaghi. Two world-class top shooters!This seemingly back-and-forth mutual attack is actually a big loss for Italy. It is forced to give up the most advantageous and sharpest penalty area killer and play long-range shots with Mexico. This is not a good thing!

(End of this chapter)