amaotonovel Chapter 204 XZ Special Training (3)
Chapter 204 XZ Special Training (3)
Chapter 204 XZ Special Training ([-])
After solving some difficulties, Stan's training was on the right track. What surprised Stan was that the training effect of the Chinese team on the plateau was very good. In the first week, everyone felt very uncomfortable and uncomfortable.
On the one hand, it’s because I’m very tired physically. Training once in LS is more tiring than training three times in the plains. On the other hand, the city of LS is too peaceful, there’s not much fun to do, and the diet is very monotonous, such as yak meat, buttered tea, tsampa and so on.
At the beginning, Stan was more worried about this kind of diet. Everyone knows that the diet of athletes is high in protein, high in fiber, but low in fat, while XZ's diet is exactly high in fat.
But after Dong Zhou's analysis, he felt that in this environment, it is okay to have more fat in the food. With Dr. Dong's analysis, Stan felt relieved.
When the training entered the second week, the players not only adapted to the environment here, but also gradually fell in love with it. LS is sunny every day, which makes people feel very comfortable. In addition, the calmness of LS makes the players calm down gradually, which washes away their usual impetuousness.
Some players even asked whether the training camps could be arranged in LS in the future. This was a surprise for Stan and Dong Zhou. Dong Zhou learned from German experience and created an electronic file for each player to record the data of each training session.
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Before I knew it, the time had come to the end of May, and I was about to go back to prepare for the first game of the top 5. The first game was an away game against Lebanon. The first game of the competition was not easy to play, let alone the away game.
But before that, Stan still has a warm-up match to play, and that is the game with the Iranian team that has been scheduled for a long time.
The Iranian team has been in LS for two weeks. Stan has never contacted the opponent before, nor has he watched the opponent's training, but there is one thing that Stan doesn't understand, that is why the Iranians suddenly apply for XZ training on a whim?
It may be impossible for Stan to understand this for a long time. We know that Iran itself is a plateau country, and most Iranian cities are above 1000 meters above sea level. This may be the reason why Iranian football has always been tenacious and energetic.
And this time the coach of the Iranian team, the Portuguese "Queiroz", is going to take the advantage of the Iranians one step further, so he thought of going to a higher altitude city for training.
In fact, speaking of Queiroz, this person is really similar to Stan. After he took office in the Iranian team, he also kept coming up with novel ideas. For example, his first idea was to find the descendants of Iranian immigrants overseas. For this reason, he found "Der Jaga" in Germany and "Guchan Ahmadinejad" in the Netherlands. The "introduction" of these two people has greatly enhanced the strength of the Iranian national team.
Another point is that after taking office, Queiroz continued to use his contacts in the football circle to find high-level warm-up opponents for the Iranian team. It can be said that Queiroz is the "Stan" of the Iranians, with power and maverick.
But Stan didn't know all this. After taking office in the Iran team, Queiroz was very low-key, so in the eyes of outsiders, he was still the less successful assistant coach of Manchester United, Ferguson's little follower.
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On May 5, Queiroz arrived as scheduled to discuss the warm-up match with Stan, and both of them brought their team doctors.
Stein suggested that the game should be played for 60 minutes, with 30 minutes in each half and a 30-minute intermission.
As soon as Stan proposed this plan, Queiroz laughed. The team doctor on the side didn't smile out of politeness, but he also looked a little disdainful.
Queiroz came prepared, and he took out a newspaper. The news on it was that a friendly match in Bolivia was held above 3000 meters, and the second half of the game was 15 minutes each. Queiroz's meaning was obvious.
"15 minutes? Isn't it too short"?
"But for safety's sake, there can be no more game time," Queiroz said.
Stan smiled in his heart, "It seems that the Iranians don't have any high-tech equipment, and they only train based on experience."
In fact, Stan did an experiment with the cooperation of Dong Zhou's team. In LS, the Chinese team fought in groups, and it was safe for more than 20 minutes.
"You can see the difference between having high-tech equipment and not having it," Stan thought.
"Well, it's all about safety," Stan said.
The two finalized the warm-up match to be held the next morning, 15 minutes a half, and the intermission was also 15 minutes.
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In this kind of warm-up race, Stan is already sure of winning. For example, it is like two cars rushing towards a cliff. If the car is not equipped with GPS, then you may have to stop 30 meters in advance, but if you have GPS, you can do it more accurately.
Now the Chinese team is like this, the players can play their lives a little bit, but the Iranians can't.
But Stan doesn't want to win, but wants to lose. He knows that if the Chinese team wins Iran, which is Asia's top class, it will become the focus before the top 10. That is not a good thing.
Before the game started, Nekonan of the Iranian team embraced Stan warmly, and Stan patted him like a big brother.
"Stan, what are you going to do today?" Nekonan asked.
"Hehe, are you a spy sent by Queiroz?"
Nei Kenan is usually a big and rough person, he regards Stan as his big brother, but Stan doubts him, he is not happy, and said: "Hehe, well, if you don't believe me, then let me tell you, Queiroz asked us to take the initiative to lose to the Chinese team", and Nei Kenan left after speaking.
"Queiroz? Take the initiative to lose to us"?Stan doesn't know whether to say "heroes see the same thing" or "a thief like me".
But because of this, Stan understands that Queiroz is scheming and cannot be underestimated. It is estimated that Queiroz can lead the Iranians to leave something in Brazil.
*****
At the start of the game, Iran's 442 formation, full main lineup.
The Chinese team Stan has a 433 formation, which is also the main force in the top 20.
But after the start of the game, the two teams gave up the press as if they had made an agreement. If you get the ball, I will follow you. I will never tackle the ball, let alone group siege.
If this situation is normal, everyone knows that it is a match-fixing, but in the plateau, everyone knows that friendship comes first and competition comes second. This is really a veritable "friendly match", very friendly.
Only Stan understood what was going on, but he kept his face and said nothing.
To be honest, it is not easy to win a football game, but it is even more difficult to lose, so the rhythm of both sides on the field is getting slower and slower. Finally, when the game lasted for 5 minutes, the assistant coach Pekovic couldn't help it, and said to Stan: "This rhythm is slower than my grandfather's."
Stan couldn't hold back, and chuckled, "We've seen a lot of fast-paced, but this is the first time we've seen such slow-paced, isn't it good?"
"Our players are fully capable of playing the rhythm of the plains here, Stan why..."?
Stan made a hush gesture, "A good coach must not only win, but also lose when necessary. In this regard, Queiroz is better than you."
Stan watched the top 10 matchup table every day. He knew that Iran's first match was the strongest Japanese team in the group. Queiroz wanted to start the top 10 match with a "loss" more than himself, so as to make the Japanese paralyzed.
The 15 minutes of the first half ended quickly in a relaxed atmosphere, and the intermission took place on the sidelines of the court. Stan asked the players to form a circle and surrounded himself in the middle.
"Coach, the Iranians seem to let us in on purpose," captain Li Weifeng said.
In fact, everyone understands that the word "like" can be removed, but when talking to the coach, Li Weifeng pays more attention.
Stein said: "No, the top 10 will be played soon. No one wants to get hurt now. You should learn from the Iranians."
"Could it be that the coach also asked us to let us go back, is it a reciprocity?"Everyone thought.
Stan understood everyone's thoughts, and he emphasized again, "If you are injured and can't go to the top 10, don't cry to me then."
After listening to Stan's warning, no one dared to say anything.
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In the middle of the second half, the statistics of the two teams are: shots, 0, yellow cards, 0, threatening balls, 0, in a word, except for passing, everything else is 0, and the coaches of the two teams are quite satisfied with this situation.
Finally, when the game reached 12 minutes into the second half, the Chinese team passed the ball back to the goalkeeper Qi Qi. Originally, Qi Qi only had to pass the ball to the full-back, but Qi Qi watched the whole game.
So Qi Qi didn't pass the ball, but rushed forward with the ball himself.
"What does the little fat man want to do, like Neuer?"Stan says to Pekovich.
Pekovic didn't answer, just smiled.
The Qi rate quickly crossed the center line, and the Iranians were in a dilemma, should they intercept or not?
But Qi Rate doesn't care that much. While the Iranians were in a daze, Qi Rate was almost at the restricted area.
Finally, the Iranians didn't hesitate any more, and saw four people rushing towards the Qi rate together, and the Qi rate was one against four!
As a goalkeeper, it is impossible for Qi Qi to miss the opponent's 4 people. Qi Qi is very smart. He looked aside and found that Li Qiao was responding to him. He decisively gave the ball to Li Qiao, and then rushed forward by himself.
"Li Qiao, pass it back to me," Qi led shouted.
In fact, even if he didn't shout, Li Qiao was going to do a collision with the wall. When Li Qiao sent the ball forward, he kicked it all together.
In this way, with the "excellent performance" of the Chinese goalkeeper, the Chinese team beat Iran 1-0.
After the game, Queiroz took the initiative to find Stan to shake hands and congratulated the Chinese team. Stan smiled and said, "Thank you too."
"no need thank me"?
"Thanks for letting Nekonan pretend to give us information," Stein said.
I saw the smile on Queiroz's face froze for a second, and then he recovered immediately. He whispered in Stan's ear: "Thank God, we are not opponents."
Stan laughs too, "I feel the same way".
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