Chapter 68: Asia's Number One Wing Defender

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  Sun Jiehai has always been considered the strongest player developed after the start of the Chinese professional league (after 1994 entering the first team), and is also considered one of Asia's best full-backs, but in any aspect, Madavikia is better than him. It's no wonder that Sun Jiehai, who obviously plays more right-back positions, is considered Asia's number one left-back, which is completely because Madavikia plays on the right side...

  It's unclear whether it's a coincidence, but Madveev and Sun Jiehai have many similarities, including their personal experiences. For example, both were born in 1977, rose to fame at a young age, started out as all-around full-backs who excelled at both offense and defense, and even made their national team debuts around the same time. However, it's as if Madveev was destined to be Sun Jiehai's nemesis, suppressing him in every aspect...

  In terms of defensive ability, both are quite good and can be said to be evenly matched. Among them, Sun Jihai can play the positions of right-back and center-back, while Madavikia's position is increasingly moving forward, towards a pure attacking hand, from this point of view, perhaps Sun Jihai's defensive ability has a slight advantage, however, when Sun Jihai played as a center-back, his performance never reached the domestic first-class level, mainly because his movements were too big, often unnecessarily leading to penalties or free kicks in dangerous positions for the opponent, so even with some advantages, it is not much stronger.

  However, Madvecchia's attacking ability is much stronger than Sun Jiehai. His long-range shooting ability is considered the best in Asia, while Sun Jiehai has almost no scoring ability (when Ali Han first came to China, he actually let Sun Jiehai play as a forward, which shows that at that time he was indeed very poor). Even in terms of assists, Sun Jiehai cannot be compared with Madvecchia, who was once the assist king of the Bundesliga.

  In terms of physical fitness, Sun Jiehui can keep up with the intense physical confrontation in the Premier League, which is enough to show that his strength is above average. However, compared to Madavikia, who is as sturdy as a tank, he still lags behind (Note 1). In terms of speed and endurance, both players have Asian top-level standards and can be said to be evenly matched. Sun Jiehui's only advantage is probably his height and jumping ability (considering the two together), but because he is not good at heading the ball (Madavikia is also not good at it, and in this aspect, they are like brothers), so this advantage actually has no practical significance.

  In terms of technique, both have excellent basic skills and have dribbling and passing abilities that are not inferior to those of top Asian midfielders. It can be said that they are on the same level, but considering Madavikia's more comprehensive ability, he is actually one step ahead.

  As for the stability of their performance, both players have a very small fluctuation in state and are deeply trusted by the head coach of their respective teams. In terms of performance in major tournaments, Sun Jiehai often has brilliant performances, but classic examples of saving the team as the main character are rare. Since Madavikia joined the Iranian national team, he has been active in almost every classic match, including some where he was the main character, such as the Jinzhou War, which is etched in the memory of Chinese fans and is considered Madavikia's coming-of-age battle...

  Putting it all together, a very frightening conclusion can be drawn: Sun Jiabao is almost not superior to Madawikiya in any aspect, while Madawikiya has multiple aspects that are significantly better than Sun Jiabao. This kind of similar but stronger opponent is actually the most desperate. Moreover, from the beginning of their debut, it was like this, and then they were suppressed by Sun Jiabao all the time, whether it was in the national team or traveling abroad. Madawikiya's position was higher than Sun Jiabao, and his performance was also better. In these years, the gap between the two has not only narrowed but has even widened unknowingly. I don't know if Sun Jiabao had an idea similar to Huang Zong in Jin Yong's novels when he insisted on not retiring...

  In this game, Gao Jun, who seemed a bit idle due to not getting the ball, couldn't help but express his feelings, "Although considered Asia's top two full-backs, the gap between second and first is quite large! By the way, Ma Da is still Asia's best right forward, even calling him 'Asia's No. 1 full-back' is not excessive, compared to Yu Hai, he's really too tender."

  But Gao Jun soon realized a problem, "No, Yu Hai may not be Madada's opponent in both offense and defense, but Madada frequently assisted in the front court in this game, and there were large empty spaces behind him. As long as there was an opportunity to counterattack, with Yu Hai's speed, he should have been able to do a lot! Even if Madada's speed is not much slower than Yu Hai's, his explosive power is even stronger, but Madada is still in the front court, and it will take time to run back?"

  However, Gao Jun's confusion did not last long. With his rich experience, he soon figured out the problem: "The starting point of the counterattack must be the cut-off ball, that is to say, at that time, most of our players were still in a defensive state, Yu Hai defended very hard, naturally it was the same, but this way, when we launched a counterattack, Yu Hai and Ma Da were not far apart, with a speed difference that was not large, without the ball at his feet, Ma Da would definitely move faster, so he could always catch up before Yu Hai got the ball to form a threat.

  After realizing this problem, Gao Jun thought that Li Yi could hold the ball but was limited by his rough passing technique and narrow field of vision, making it difficult to pass the ball to himself who had already run out of space. He made up his mind that even if he knew it would offend people, he still loudly called for Yu Hai to stop taking care of defense and stay in the front court with him to counterattack. As for the problem of insufficient defensive numbers, let center Li Yi return to defense to make up for it...

  Li Yi stopped immediately after hearing this. Although both Hao Dawei, who had already retired from the national team, and head coach Arihan, as well as officials from the Football Association, had all decided that Gao Jun would be the new core of the national team, and Gao Jun's abilities were sufficient to take on this responsibility, he was still not yet 17 years old. The older players on the national team could not possibly fully obey him. Usually, Gao Jun was fairly polite to them and did not act as if he were the core player, so they gave him some face. But now, in a moment of urgency, he actually directly ordered Li Yi around, and even had him, a regular center forward, do the work of a defender. How could Li Yi possibly listen and obey?

  Note 1: Sun Ji-hai's height during his peak was 183 cm and weighed 78 kg, while Mada was only 176 cm tall but weighed 76 kg, with a more robust build. Moreover, Sun Ji-hai's muscle type with a higher proportion of white muscle did not have any particular advantage compared to Iranians who grew up eating beef and mutton from a young age.