Nine Hundred and Thirty-Three: It Is Easy to Try Your Best, but It Is Too Difficult to Work Hard!

The Red Devils generals basically welcomed the president's joining on social platforms.

Lin Huang even posted a classic photo of coaching the president on the training ground.

Ye Yifeng smiled all the way in the special car.

The days are getting more and more prosperous.

The joining of the president will definitely make the Red Devils even more powerful.

What kind of sparks can he create on the court with the president?

When he arrived at the national football team's training camp in Doha, the smile on his face disappeared.

My mood suddenly became heavy.

This is probably how he feels when he returns to the national football team this year.

Is it like the fans are so sad about their misfortune and are so angry that they don't fight?

Or is the lack of support driving him into despair?

Wanting to play in two more World Cups, he seemed unable to see the slightest hope from his local teammates in the national football team.

What else can be said about the Chinese Football Association’s naturalization policy at this time?

Ye Yifeng arrived in Doha and rested for a day to adjust to the time difference, then trained for a day to prepare for the game, and then he had to play in the game.

September 3rd, late.

Khalifa International Stadium.

Australia and China compete in the first round of the top 12.

In the pre-match ceremony, Exxon, a naturalized player, made his debut. He seemed to take the ceremony of playing the national anthem more seriously than other Chinese players.

Understandable.

Throw him back to Brazil, let alone enter the national team, I am afraid he will be unknown in Brazilian football from birth to death.

But he has gained all the achievements in Chinese football, including the league, the AFC Champions League, and playing for the Chinese team after becoming a Chinese citizen. Not to mention how many profit factors are involved, at least how much support has he received from fans?

This sense of identity, existence, and accomplishment is something he cannot get in other countries in the world.

Other naturalized players are mostly in a similar situation.

Therefore, they will not work hard and can be big names in the club, but when they get to the national team, even if there are not many pairs of eyes watching,

Just seeing the man wearing the captain's armband on the court, they probably wouldn't dare to neglect him.

Since the year Ye Yifeng entered the national team, he has played against Australia uninterruptedly.

From the Asian Cup to the World Cup preliminaries, Ye Yifeng is very familiar with his opponents.

Compared with six years ago, the Australian team can be said to have replaced a new group of players and completed an update.

Looking at the Chinese team, they have almost completed the upgrade.

It's just that compared to other teams, it's a replacement of old and new.

The Chinese team, on the other hand, just retired the old ones and replaced them with less old ones.

The 29-year-old Ye Yifeng is considered a young player in the starting lineup of the national football team. This situation is not only terrifying to think about, but also scary at the slightest thought.

Lippi was still very cautious when fighting on a neutral ground.

The Chinese team formed a 4231 formation.

Ye Yifeng sits in the midfield and partners with Wu Xizhi, and Zhang Xizhe is in front of him, responsible for frontcourt connection and organization.

Australia has the same 4231 formation, tit for tat.

After the game started, the Chinese team consciously entered a defensive counterattack posture.

Australia controlled the midfield with physical confrontation and technical advantages.

Zhang Xizhe, who is over 30 years old, can still stand in the Chinese Super League. In this kind of game, the physical disadvantage is too great and he cannot control the ball at all.

Ye Yifeng suddenly lost his train of thought.

Australia's fundamental skills and tactics are derived from England. They are best at flying on both wings, so the wing offensive is fierce.

Frequent crosses suppressed the Chinese team's full-backs, causing the Chinese team's midfielder to be positioned on the penalty area line.

With frequent clearances in the backcourt, it is difficult for Ye Yifeng to form effective cooperation with his surrounding teammates even if he controls the ball.

At this time, he missed Zheng Zhi, Huang Bowen and the others, who could at least act as tool men to provide some cooperation.

You can only make long passes to find Wu Lei or Exxon.

After Wu Xinghan on the left gave two balls, the opponent stopped the ball once and went straight out of the sideline, and once he didn't run at all.

The food is picky.

It's not that Ye Yifeng's superior strength means he despises his teammates for their lack of strength.

But for players with hard work and ambition, technical strength is always only a part, or even accounts for no more than half of the overall strength.

You can practice strong physical confrontation.

You can improve your game reading skills and actively compete.

Tactical fouls can be committed in key positions.

There is always a way out.

Do Chinese players have these qualities?

some.

But it's always short-lived.

Ye Yifeng still remembers that when he first joined the national team and played in the Asian Cup, Sun Ke on the wing used his thin body to sprint endlessly. His enthusiasm was like a flame, burning his own physical fitness and igniting the passion of every fan.

But what happened next?

A good person will be gone if he says no.

Ye Yifeng didn't care where he went or what happened to him.

There is no doubt about Zheng Zhi’s previous hard work.

But now some players in the national team seem to have made it clear: I only have this strength, and there is nothing you can do if you can't beat me.

It is said that as long as the mind does not slip, there are always more solutions than difficulties.

But some players look more like zombies, with empty frames instead of fighting souls.

Ye Yifeng is limited by his position and role, and his enthusiasm cannot be fully maximized.

This was what made him even more helpless.

It was as if he was carrying shackles.

In the 28th minute of the game, the Chinese team had not yet found its counterattack rhythm, and Australia's constant bombing from the side finally paid off!

Winger Mabil cut inside and outflanked the goal.

Lippi looked mournful on the sidelines.

Australia is the strongest opponent the Chinese team has encountered since reaching the top of the 2019 Asian Cup.

It was like a magic mirror, and the team's shortcomings were instantly seen.

It would be unfair to say that it is entirely the fault of the defensive line.

The defense was being beaten all the time, and it was only a matter of time before the ball was conceded.

The offense failed to pose a threat and failed to form an effective active zone defense and counterattack, which put disruptive pressure on Australia's offensive organization.

Attack is a bigger problem than defense!

Zhang Xizhe and Wu Xinghan have no effect at all.

The opponent attacked the wing, and Ye Yifeng was in the middle. He wanted to help defend the wing, but the front was too long.

But Ye Yifeng still actively tried to help defend the wing to control the opponent's offensive threat.

Australia's response is simple, wherever Ye Yifeng is, avoid him!

After quickly transferring the offensive, other lines of attack will create threats.

In the 35th minute of the game, the Chinese team's second goal came!

Ye Yifeng helped defend the left wing, and when he was about to press, his opponent passed the ball in advance and hoisted the ball into the penalty area. Although the first wave of offensive was not successful, the ball that was released was still controlled by Australia in the middle of the backcourt, and then played to the right road.

Right winger Boyle helped the team score another victory.

Chinese team 0:2 Australia.

The Australian players laughed heartily and celebrated the goal with ease.

They were worried that the Chinese team would catch them off guard. After all, they were the Asian Cup champions.

But as they fought, they discovered that the Chinese team posed no threat at all.

There was a time when Ye Yifeng's positioning in the midfield was considered a brilliant move.

Looking at it now, this wonderful move has turned into a bad move!

Lippi finally understood that apart from Wu Lei, there was no player trustworthy in the Chinese team's frontcourt!

Australia began to consciously strengthen its defense, and Ye Yifeng also took the initiative to slow down the pace.

The Chinese team needs to adjust!

After finally making it to the end of half-time, Ye Yifeng walked into the player tunnel with a gloomy face.

After returning to the locker room, Lippi did not criticize the team, which was meaningless.

He just replaced him.

Local players are unreliable, so naturalized players are better.

Not to mention anything else, physical confrontation, fighting awareness, and enthusiasm must be brought out.

Luo Guofu and Alan appear.

Wu Xinghan and Zhang Xizhe ended.

Exon is on the left, Luo Guofu is the midfielder, Alan is forward, and Wu Lei is on the right.

Regardless of whether it is his best position, Lippi confirms one thing: no matter how bad it is, it can't be worse than the performance of the players in the first half.

Ye Yifeng remained expressionless.

Counting Jiang Guangtai on the defensive line, the Chinese team will have 4 naturalized players on the field after the substitutions.

When the players walked out of the locker room, Wu Lei came to Ye Yifeng and asked in a low voice: "Captain, are you in mood?"

Ye Yifeng replied calmly: "Our generation's lack of effort has turned the national team from a pure color into a mixed color. Should I be happy about this?"

Wu Lei was silent for a while and then whispered: "Most people have tried their best."

Ye Yifeng said without looking back: "It's easy to try your best, but it's hard to work hard. Forget it, I'm not qualified to criticize others."

He really isn't qualified.

He thought more than once that if he didn't have a plug-in, he might not even be able to enter the national team.

Why ask others?

But at this point, all he can do is try his best.

He strives to defend the jersey he wears and deserves the fans who support him.

In addition, he also tried his best to prevent the national team from becoming a situation where naturalized players dominate the world while he was still serving as captain.

The Chinese team's substitutions had an immediate impact.

At the beginning of the second half, the three naturalized players in the frontcourt plus Wu Lei launched a crazy counterattack.

Confrontation cannot be said to have advantages, but at least it is tenable and the awareness is stronger.

Australia wanted to control the situation, but in the end they were forced to speed up and their offense was rather sloppy.

Ye Yifeng first launched an offensive according to his previous ideas, but there were also problems with the cooperation between his teammates in the frontcourt.

After all, there is no tacit understanding between them.

After 50 minutes of the game, Ye Yifeng began to frequently intervene from behind. Seeing this, his teammates in the frontcourt passed the ball to Ye Yifeng as long as they had the ball.

The gameplay is relatively simple.

But it is the most effective.

Ye Yifeng can at least deliver the ball to the dangerous area in the frontcourt. He only needs the cooperation of the Chinese team's forwards to prepare the final blow.

Luo Guofu and Exxon failed to create a threat with long-range shots, but at least some decent shooting opportunities appeared.

In the 59th minute of the game, Australia made a mistake in clearing the ball in the backcourt. Ye Yifeng directly stole the ball in the center circle and dribbled forward in one go!

The Australian defense retreated, and the Chinese team's forwards quickly moved in and out.

I have never seen this offensive scene before in the first half!

When Ye Yifeng frequently changed his dribbling rhythm and direction and broke through to the front area of ​​​​the penalty area, the Australian team was distracted from other offensive points and failed to step forward to block it in time.

Ye Yifeng decisively kicked the goal!

The heavy artillery blasted out, and the football hit the blind spot!

After Ye Yifeng scored, he immediately turned around and trotted towards the midfield.

His face remained expressionless.

On the other hand, the three naturalized players who were actively retreating looked at each other, and finally experienced Ye Yifeng's strength in person. He was so powerful!

Leaving a superstar in the Asian arena, as long as the team can play decently, can it still become useless? !